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NASHVILLE TENNES5K' ai The Nashville American, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1919. City School I JAMES ARNOL NASHVILLETENNESSEAN and Circus Within a Circus Promised For Children With Southern Exchanges ly communing with tlicm, as If In iplte of; nil Ha efforts at comradeship." That's nice, but contribution to the effort to give the future Lincoln myth. Lincoln had struBRle in the effort to rise aoclally and professionally. He wns unhappy In courtship and marriage. When he rame prominently into notice politically, he was face to fare with a contest between the states.

Alt this wits sufficient to give him serious cast of countenance. -But probably he wn born that way, liko a great mnny other men who cannot be described as guarding a myNtery of mind nnd heart. He wan bent' known In his prc-preflldentlnl period for h(n humor; and It Is a truth that your humorist hon a foclal solemnity that belies his nature. Mr. Lincoln.

had nothing, probably, in life, heart or mind ho was averse to revealing. The contention to' the contrary Is sHly when coming from practical and Benslblo men. COMING ikiJullAU BROS. IS INDICTED Killed Sergeant Wlilliron in Raid Two Months Ago. GRAND JURY MAKES REPORT Returns True Bill Against Will Wall for Beating His Crippled Daughter Other Cases.

The grand Jury made Its first report yes terday for this term of tho criminal court, and returned many Indictments, some of tho mora Important being against James Arnold. Indicted for the murder of Sorgt. John Mllltron; Jnck Carter nnd Alvls Si art low, Indicted for highway robbery ami assault on Turner Leslie; Will Wall, In dicted for whipping his little crippled daughter, Minnie Wall; Charley Crunch, Robert Willis and Guy Pen son, Indicted for tho murder of Will Ballard; "Son1 Bullock, Indicted for the murder of Jltn Davis, another negro. The case of James Arnold, aliped mur derer of "Tlgo" Mllllron, the well-known police officer, Is known to the public. Mill-iron attempted a raid on the house of Arnold about two months ago, and was refused entrance to the house.

The officer made his way In, and soon after met his death nt the bonds of Arnold with a shot gun. Arnold was seriously wounded himself by another officer taking part In the raid. Mrs. Clara Arnold Is named ns nn accossory before tho fact In the indictment against her husbaud. Jack Carter and Alvls S.

Partlow, two soldiers, held up Turner Leslie about two weeks ago on Mulberry street and relieved him of some $30 or more, and beat blux Into Insensibility with nn nx. Will Wall severely beat his little daugh ter, a paralytic, with a broomstick lout week out on Fourth avenue, north. Wall Is alleged to have hcutcu the little girl unmercifully nnd without reason. Charley Cranch, Robert Willis and Guy Benson are the ones who took part In tho fight which occurred several months ago in which Will Ballard was stabbed to death at Fourth avenue and Church street. Charley Crunch Is charged with tho murder, and Willis and Benson as accessories before tho fact.

"Son" Bullock Is Indicted on tho charge of killing Jim Davis last Monday night when Davis, a negro chauffeur, ran over his mother, who afterwards died of her Injuries. Davis was driving along Cedar street near Eleventh avenue when the old woman stepped out In front of his car nnd was knocked down. Bullock picked Up his mother and took her into the house, and then came out nnd fired three bullets Into Davis, who died at the city hospital tho next day. The criminal court yesterday disposed of the case of John McAdoo, who pleaded guilty of voluntary manslaughter, and was sentenced to the state penitentiary from two 'to ten' years. McAdoo alao.

pleaded guilty fo a charge of assault with Intent to commit murder, und received a sentence of- from three to thlrty-onu years In tho state prison. Monroe Bowers was lined $10 and sentenced to thirty days on the county roads -for assault and battery. The afternoon Besnlon of the court was taken up with the trial of mi arson case, which was not colupletcd before the court adjourned. STATISTICAL RECORD MAKUItfiE LICENSES. White John 11.

Iioyett to Nirlllo E. vts: Duncan lJc ml reman to Mary Lodford: C. F. Htllley to Florence L. Vlcborn: W.

Cecil Boono to Evu Mat dower; M. W. Fritn-cla to Blancho Ferguson; Charles Walter Watts to Ueda L. Fuston. Colorod Frank McClenton to Donnio Davis.

BIKTHS. Mr. and Mrs. C. H.

Tarailanh, 6300 Park fivenue, September II, won; Afr. und Mm. C. B. Reynolds, 322 Hancock utreot, September 2, non; Mr, und Mm.

William C. Brown, 500 8 runnuylvanlu avenue, August 30, daughter; Mr. and Mm. James Brown, 1411 Hamburg' ftreet. September 7.

Afr. unit Mrs. Goorg Wnnhlneton 614 Jef-fernon street. September 8, son; Air. and Mrs.

William M. Greer, 1300 Hawkins ntrcct. August 30, son; Mr. and Airs. Oscar Blnkloy Former, 607 Fatherland street, September 3.

Hon; Mr. and Airs. Alartln A. Hoonoy, 1030 Fifteenth avenuo, south, September 8, (laughter; Mr. and Mrs.

Charles T. Booth, 919 Fatherland street, Qoptembor to, daughter; Air. und Mrs. J. Ej Mooley, 431 Chestnut street, July 29, daughter.

DEATHS. Mrs. Ellen DUIahunt, aged 65, Soptembor 13, at 236 Putnam atreol. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. Sandford Duncan, trustee, to Gray Dudley Hdwl 100 ft.

liust-lund Ave, I 7,600.00 W. Q. Hlrslg to J. W. Napier, one-fourth Interest in 18.7 acres and 9.12 acres In old Eighteenth district 867.81 J.

A. Shotwoll et ux. to A. II. Oldham ot CO ft.

3th N. 1,800.00 J. B. Sander ot ux. to Mrs.

Laura. W. Allen, nop a to estutu, 100 ft. Spain Ave 4.750.00 Caroline H. ThompMon to Albert L.

Seals et UX 66 ft. Mut Ave 1,876.00 B. Dennlo et ux. to A. 11.

Benedict, 76 ft. 46th Ave 110 fU Pennsylvania Ave; 150 ft. Now Yirk 130 tt. Mlehigun 100 ft. Kentucky 60 ft.

IUI-noin Ave 2,000.00 Stanley Cumpbull ot ux. to Mrs. riortha Urune, separate estate, 100 ft. Sadler Ave v. 800.00 Ala rin F.

Benson and W. Henry Stevena, to Susie Augusta Scott, separate Intercut, three acres In Fourth district 1.00 It. W. Ponmon et ux. to Mrs.

Sarah A. Benedict, 100 ft. Spain Ave 1,100.00 W. J. Boy Itn et ux.

to Airs. Lllla Fletcher Hlckson, separtce estate, 60.6 ft. Manchester Ave 300.00 rnftwrieht. truHtuo. to Ituckor jfc CartwrlKht, 50 ft.

on Josephine St. 2,200.00 1,600.00 Hurry Parker ct ux. to Samuol C. Boyco ot CO ft. on Alabama.

rhnl "it. Warwick. trustof. to V. W.

Blnns and A. C. Smith, 60 ft. Boyco 60 ft. Seventh 233 ft.

Cockrlll St. All asHols of Barley Potlory Co 26,360.00 Robt. Lusk ct ux. to Alary J. "Williams, Bopurato estato, 80 ft, Phil-Hps fit 1.383,00 Total 951,990.81 Edgefield Lodge No.

254, F. A.M. Meet. Corner Fifth nnd Called for work In tho F. O.

Defirrco, fc'rlltt'i September 15. VtaV 8 p. m. All P. cordially A2r Invited.

W. T. SMITH, W. M. II.

W. MOORE, Secretary. (Adv.) West Nashville Lodge No. 612, F. A.M.

Ih called to moot in thoir hall, corner Portv-nlnth nnd Char- lotte Pike, on Friday nlcht. Sontcmbor IB, for work In tho Kntered Apprentice Decree, Unl all Kntered Apprentice Maaons will bo welcome. JOE WEISH, W. M. W.

13. GRIBBL13, Bee. A resolution wub adopted by the city commission yesterday Inviting the mem bers nf the hoard of educntlon to appear before the commission next Monday in order that matters pertaining to changes In the text book system mny be dis- i cussed, so that "the public may he informed as lo what changes really have been made." The action was well taken and It is to be hoped that the members of the board of education will accept tho Invitation, and that the whole situation will be placed clearly heforc the public. The public, ao far os sentiment can be gauged by expressions of people of nil classes, Is not satisfied with some things pertaining to the school, book sltuntlou. Whether well founded or not, the impression does prevail that the American Book company commonly called th book trust has a preponderance of the Nashville business that might give It an undue influence over the selection of books.

Whatever the condition is. It should bo known. If It is ns It should bo, the people will accept it. If it Is not ns It should he. tlipn the way Is clear for righting it.

The city owned a great number of books said to be $10,000 or $50,000 bought while the free text book system was in vogue. Tho people of tho city paid for tllcso books In taxes. Presumably, those books havo been sold, not direct to tbe children who use them, but to the book company, or tho distributors, and the people of tho city are paying for these books a second time when they buy them us second hand books nt the depositories. The transaction, doubtless, was ns It should be', and the price received for the books was probably a fair one. But the people arc Jealous ot things for which they have paid with tax money, and there are strong Indications that they want lo know about this transaction.

The board of education cuu hove no objection to letting them know. Possibly tho Information has nl-rcady been given out lu some way, but the people nre restive over It and Bbould be told again. There are various less Important matters over which there have been murniur-Ings. They should be cleared up. The city commission, ub much ns tho school board, Is interested In seeing that these things oro done.

The city commission, in the last analysis, Is responsible for school book matters. Coitfmisstoncr Trcanor's position. In his speech yesterday, Is poorly taken. If commissioner has nothing to do with school books, why did Mr. Treanor and fifteen others, us he says, pledge themselves In the lust com missioners race In favor of free text books? Mr.

Trcanor's record puts him In the clear as an advocate of free books, but why should It be deemed necessary to deny the responsibility of the commission? School book matters are handled, directly by the board of education. The mem bers of the board of education nre nomi nated by tho mayor, a member of the board of commissioners, and confirmed by the full board. Responsibility attaches, in the last analysis. Mr. White's card, nt which Commissioner Treanor npponrs to havo taken offense, said thnt every commissioner, will have to answer for his part In abolishing free text hooks.

Mr. Treanor favored free books and ho should have noth ing to fenr from the public on that Bcore If tho public also favors free books which It may or may not neither has ho nny Just quarrel with Mr. White. He might leave that to his fellow members of the 'com mission. The Tennessean and American does not know whether tho people of Nashville want free text books or not.

But It does know that great many people nro In nn InqulRl- tlve mood ns to tho text book and It believes that It would be the part of wisdom for the commission and the board of education to co-operato In giving them the Information they seek. Lloyd-George soys: "Tho nippers nre gripping." Yes, nnd little Inter tho grlppcrs will be nipping If they can got the nip. A Cleveland minister advises: "Never pick nt the enemy who hates you." Well, not with a pin, anyhow. If you'vo Just got to pick him, do It with a pickaxe. One of those little Interesting Hems that they use ns fillers says, "The blllygoat Is becoming extinct." MIstnke in spelling or grammar.

Ought to bo ex-stunk. Want Ilyo In Cannon county. Headline, Has anybody Inquired whether corn or bourbon would do ns well? 50 Years Ago Today In Nashville (From the Files of The Union and American.) Dr. A. G.

Goodlctt, nn old and esteemed physician and preacher, died from an attack of cholera. Henry Fogg, thought to be a genuine African, was arrested In the city on state's warrant for bigamy and carried before Recorder W. H. Wilkinson. II, G.

Scovel sent a letter of in reply to request, signed by many friends, to run for mayor in the next election. In view of the cholera situation, Mayor W. M. Brown Issued a proclamation pro hlbltlng the selling or offering for sale for consumption, within the city limits, nny of the following articles: Melons of any kind, peaches, apples, cucumbers, cabbage, corn and fresb fish. The police were Instructed to arrest for any violation of this order.

Tho first issue of the German Democrat was published, with tho salutatory being printed on the front pago in German and English. nut- i has been Another Southern Exposition. The Mobile Iteplster Is enthuslnstlc over the contemplated Mississippi contenrirul exposition which will open nt Gnlfport. Oct. 18, 1017, and dose May 1, 1018, aud gives these particulars: "One million dollars.

will be expended, In grounds and buildings. The stie has appropriated $12,1,000 for a state building, and the city of Culfport nnd Harrison county will contribute $250,000 for build-' lugs. etc. The exposition company will furnish $000,000 for improvements nnd tho federal government has appropriated 000 for the transfer am). Installation of Its San Diego exhibit.

The exposition will have a line frontage along the short of the Gulf ot Mexico." 1,1 New Virginia Highway. Witrfc on the Itichmond-Wnshlngton highway is again progressing, with pros pects of completion before snow falls. The Richmond Virginian says: "There Is no estimating tho good this highway wilt do for Richmond. It will not only be a source of comfort and convenience to tourists, but In a business wny Richmond may expect to derive much. Progressive farmers nre using automobiles in hauling their truck.

With good roads this custom will and by Its extension. Richmond may be able to secure more, and, consequently, cheaper farm produce." Circumventing the Weevil. The Macon Telegrnph desires the swata- tlon of the boll weevil, and tells how It con bo successfully done: It seems we can add another noun to the famous slogan the late John C. Heesc brought hack with him from Mississippi nfter being over there for some weeks for the Macon Telegraph to Bee what we might do against the coming of the boll weevil to Georgia. Mr.

Reese then declared 'Hog and Hominy was the answer, that 'Hell und a Hummer' even wouldn't do the work. The antidote has proven time und again to be good, but In Georgia and Alabama wo are adding another constituent to It. It is velvet beans." 'Blockade Buncombe." The Memphis Press Is not stampeded over the howl for retaliation against Brit ish blockade sclzureH. It does not like the crowd that urges, saying cheerfully: One really curious feature of this agi tation Is that the very same elements which vociferously apologized for the LtJ.sitanifi massacres and the other coldblooded murders of American civilians as being Justified by tho law of 'military are the authors of nil the blood nnd thunder talk about tiic 'violations of International law' by the British blockading squadrons." Alabama and Sheep. Urging the rejuvenation of the Bheep Industry in Alabama, the Montgomery Ad vertiser observes: "Wool is unprecedentodly high and will be higher after the war, with production comparatively smaller, according to nu thorltles.

A few days ago Covington county farmer sold his clip for $18,000. He won't havo to work any more this year, but he probably will. In years gone by Bheep raising -was a eonstderuble Industry In. Alabama, but owing to the shecp-kllling dog the Industry has had Its troubles. There's money In it, and sheep can bo raised on poor ground." For Republican Digestion.

Suggesting thnt the republicans take no tlco! the Charlotte Observer shows how i democratic adminstrntlon helps prices in North Carolina "Kile Bransuomb of Carroll county sold a two-horse load of cabbage at the Mount Airy market last week and got cash for tnc loan to tne amount oi jusc sip.i-. Think nf it more than llftv dollars for a load of cabbage. During any time of the late lamented sixteen years of 'unparalleled republican prosperity' this load of cabbage woujii nave nrongiit nnoui Occasional Observations By XVIJjU T. HALE. Alone With Memory.

Her portrait, Is It' made long since that filtnfltl ilnv. 1 A score of yearn ago, when we each went a separate way Her cheeks seem thinner, and her hair that shows a grayisn touen; The mouth, too well, it hints that she had sorrows mucn. Was death a welcome or farewell rll like so much to know To her. who had the tender eyes nnd loved me long ago The more think of the south tho nroud or I nin nf It. Ah one of her distinguished sons has said, "It is a land that has known sorrows; It is Jitnd that has broken tho nsheu crust and moistened it with her tears: a land scarred and riven by tho plowshare of war and billowed with tho graves or nor acau; out it mini oi legcuu.

a la nil of Kontr. and land of hallowed and heroic memories." Perhaps: our friends north of the line, too. have a liner annum-tinn for it tliini thov would have us be- llevn. If not, why Is It that tho one great political hero of that section was chosen i ruin mi: iim -uinuoui Eineotn's htrthnlnce was Hodgenvlllc, Ky. His ancestors wero Virginians.

His fnthnr remained in the south until about forty-nine years prior to the war between the states, and young Abo was seven vearn old before lie set foot In the north All this and moro was brought out the other day when the sons mnnpmce in the smith was inntio a national monument, But the Montgomery Advertiser points out umnntlilnir innBt of iis overlooked the re- fiiptitre of Lincoln by southerners on the noted occnsiou at- uouguiiviiiui inu priu- eimii address was rrcnhicnt wuson, Virginian; the President of the monument fiNflnnlntlnn. who nreseiited the gift to tho im ion, was Joseph Folk, Tennessenu; the delivery or one ot me most eloquent nu-dresBes was made by Secretary N. D. ti if i.i Vlrelnlnn: nnd another consnlcu ous orator of the day was John Sharp Williams, Tennessean. From Washington down to the present we have not had to go outside of Dlxlo to find porfectly good heroes; and we congratulate tho north on its enterprise, looKing tins way to: men to wiiom it wouiu pay noiuage.

In a recent observation I colled atten tion to a milliner or. giiteu Boumeru nAn. ntnnnir Mr 1 nil On ti' Lewis of the Houston Post. Around the office here I'm told that tho newspaper boys who personally know the poet are kidding me for calling him out of his name, which is Judd. How do they know It was not a typographical error Just like thnt In Col.

George Bailey's column of brilliants, wherein he was set down not Jud-son nor Judd but Judge? And how do they know It was not slip of the pen like that which led Hamlin Garland to give ono of his characters In novel those names? But I will admit tho mistake. Since I have been a reader of Lewis' column from tho time he, ns plain J. M. Lewis, started It, enjoying both his humor and verse, let me aver that I think his songs under any old name even Joshua or Jonli would bo as sweet and helpful. Jefferson Starnes says "The most nleasln' compliment you enn nay a woman nowadays Is to acuso her of havln' opendi- oytus.

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The Tenneasenn nnd will not knowingly publlah a fraudulent or dishonest advertisement In ensa of unsatisfactory dealings with Tenneaaean and American advertisers, every 'effort will be mado by the publishers to secure an equitable adjustment FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 15, 1016. DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES, NATIONAL (Election Ttirndny, November 7.) President Woodrnw Wilson. Vltfr-rrrslnVnt Thomas B. Mnrhall.

United States Senator K. D. McKellnr. CoiiKresntmui Jos. W.

Byrns. Presidential Electors; Hill MeAHnter, Ben II. Tnylnr. FIrt District .1. M.

TTarrls. Rrrond District Sam Johnson. Third District T. Iv. Stewart.

Fourth District Wnodall Murray. Fifth District Gconre Sutton. Sixth District W. Rice. Srri-nth Dlitrlrt Tyler Berry.

Elffhth District J. A. Shrlton. Ninth District O. C.

Sherrod. Tenth District A. M. Trewltt. STATE.

(Election Tuesdny. November 7.) Oovcrnor Tom C. Rye. Rnllronil ComImlnnir A. Enloe.

FOR CONGRESS. District. Third John A. Moon of Hamilton. Fourth Cordcll Hull of Smith.

FJfth Wllllnm C. Houston of Cannon. Sixth Joseph W. Byrns of Dnvldson, Seventh Lemuel P. Padgett nf Maury, KtjrMh Thotii W.

Sims of Perry. Ninth Finis J. Garrett of Weakley. Tenth Hubert Fisher of Shelby. The State Fair.

Btnto fair, Just an truly ns a state col- lego, 1b nn educational Institution. It Is more widely an educational Institution, be cauao It numbers its attendants by the thousands Instead of hy the hundreds, be-. cause it does not confine its Instruction to tlio young, who nro preparing for a llfo work, but extends It to those of all ageH who aro engaged busily In the work they hare chosen. It is, perhaps, more pleasantly educational because It combines -n zost of amusement, oven of excitement. Tho Tennessee state fair is Tennessee's great agricultural school not intensive, but extensive; teaching not by linrd-sct fact 'and changeless formula, hut-by suggestion, by exhibition of attained results, by an In terchangc of Ideas and of achievements.

Every fanner in Tennessee coutd well afford to come to the stnte fair for tho pleasure, the thrills, the oxhUarotlon, the relaxation from routine that the visit would give him. But every farmer In Ten nessco owes It to himself to come to tho state fair for the better results that tho would enable 'him to gain, for tho greater welfaro ofj those who depend upon his sucecHH us a farmer for material, Intellectual oven spiritual woll-helng. Tho TennoRsco state fair is, to bo sure, la great Bhow, a great mnusomont proposition. That Is one of Its virtues. But thoHo who think of It ns only a pluco of atmiBemcnt arc missing the biggest sldo of It, Evfry man who grows cropa and feeds live Btock every woman who hus to do with caring for a farmhouse; every boy who might linvo pit; and a plot of corn; every girl who might have Homo chickens and a tomato vine or two every ono of these should value the state, fair for Its educational side, and should not fall to "claim tho benefits that it has to confer.

Lincoln's "Mystery," In discussing notabto and distinguished men, as well ob their talk or writings, humanity makes pretense of secinff Bomo thlnpr in them not quite unfolded to others. Kipling's nntural shyness haH often been mlHtukon for rudenesa and self-importance. Homo readers clatmod that In Stephen Crane's unrhymed poems thero was much thnt was too "deep" for tho ordinary per imn. So It Is ns to Individuals, This ono tr, iinpciiotrrthio, nnd we nttrlhute It to a nei-rrt; that ono has a canny ntmoct, we mty that he's i plotter, fit for trea sons, Btrntefilos nnd spoils. Both may bo really lovable men, unburdened by secret or ifchcjne.

Thila a groat deal has been written about the mystery In Lincoln's mind and heart A (rood phrase-maker, President Wilson Bit id recently: "Thnt brooding spirit had no renl fn miliars. I get the Impression that It never bpoke out In complete revelation, and that It could not reveal itself completely one. It was a very loijoly spirit that looked out from underneath thoKe nhuggy brows nnd comprehended men without fill- iinil tln'l lii-imnnv wil New England's Mountain Whites: In' many, even a majority, of respects, tho natives of the northern, southern, eastern and western United States are very much alike: There are distinguishing local characteristics, of course, In Idiom, custom, manners. And the attempted lynching nt Limn, again proves that the mob spirit can be aroused In tho north over bestial outrages and that It goes farther when aroused than In the south. Much has been written relative to southern "crackers," "sangdiggers," "poor nnd even "clay-eaters," until the ordinary individual Is apt to think the type can be found nowhere else In the United States.

vHut an attache of the Philadelphia Evening Star has mado It couvcu- luet to show In nearly two columns of that journal that In progressive England there Is a class of denizens about on a' par, with tho 'hill-billies' and 'crackers' of the south." He says that, unlike their prototypes hereaway, they havo not been exploited In the magazines or dally press. He Is satisfied, moreover, thnt they are moro numerous than the Bamc class In the south. They are poverty-stricken to the verge of starvation, and "have lapsed Into a condition of helplessness and Ignorance that should command the pity and aid of the American people. These tmfortu notes," the writer goes on to say, "are not Immigrants, but descendants of proud old New Kngland stock, and they legally bear namcB that are famous In that section's history; Puritan cognomens that are In dlssoluhly linked with the glory of the Mayflower and the days of the early set tlers; names similar to those of the coun try's early' statesmen, which Is tho pity If not the tragedy of the matter." Examples of degeneracy are given. They nro confined mostly to the New England hill country.

Conditions nro due "to the fact that little by little the furmer folks pushed westward, leaving behind the less ambitious nnd educated. The good stuff to use the writer's words has been drained, leaving tho less Intelligent, vigorous and ambitious to produce and perpet uate the declining stock. Quoting again: Under these circumstances there are many portions of the hill country of New Kngland whore civilization has gone so stcadi ly backward that the wretchedness and poverty nro difficult to Imagine." It did not require this belated admission to Inform nil southerners of certain rural conditions on the other side of tho line. However, It may be helpful north, and luclino the critics of certain phases of southern civilization to cast the beam out of their own eyes. Making a Sale and a.

Store- Friend at the Same Time, A Boston merchant says that he makes advertising pay through making a sale of nn advertised article to ono out of overy three thousand of a newspaper's readors. The estimate, of courso, embraces tho average result, and covers articles of a wide range. Applying tho rule to department store advertising, in which great variety of offers aro made, and figuring that, of each, separate article advertised, sales will bo made to one In every throe thousand readers of the newspaper carrying' tho advertising, the nggrcgato of sales, made directly through Biieh advertising, would be large. Yet tho full valuo of tho advertising Is not at all indicated by such an estimate. Tho reader of an Influenced by that iid.

to visit a Btore, usually makes other purchases, Such a patron gets a little bet-tor acquainted with tho store, with the array of alluring things offered. If, previously, nn infrequent patron of that store, the chances are even that this advertisement will havo won, through the ono sale directly effected by It, a hundred subsequent sales. It will havo changed tho casual customer Into a regular ono. If the nrtlclo advertised la of especial vnlue, at tho selling price quoted, the salo will bo merely the first link In a chain of sales not merely to this patron, but to tho friends of this patron who learn about it. Tho circle of store friends Is 'Widened by this ono pleased customer, who nat urally speaks of prolltnblc shopping in cident when tnlking with ncqunlntances.

The Immediate effected by an advertisement Is tbe Immediately Important thing, of course; but not because of the prollt attaching to that sale of Itself. Tho proilt conies through enlisting another friend for tho store. The Austrian minister of foreign nffnlrs 13 quoted ns saying, "What did fool us was that Rumania made up her mind so quickly." Evidently expected her to reach decision In tho fourth quarter of th millennium. stMm-liour per hmm rimw tin mm-n-niiy TWO OF Til MANY ANIM.lIi ACTOBS Dumb actors from benrhiud, monkey- land, doglaud, ponylaud and many other uiiarters of the nuhnitl klucdom arc now headed in this direction Intent upon tickling the local youngsters and even their grownups with their endless antics. These particular luespiuns are pari nuu purcei of the Rlngling Brothers' circus, which this season is said to have more surprises for Itn Juvenile patrons than ever before.

l-'irsc on i no uuuu tern, program is me remendous spectacle. "Cinderella," which, with its uiiich-Jovod story, bullet of the fairies and princely processions, promises to appeal to notu young unci oiu. -men will come the circus numbers, ami these will Introduce scores of animal actors. There will lie hie and little dra who nlay at leap-frog, skip the rope, ride Shetlnnds and donkeys, make long leaps through the air ana tarn somprsaiuis oy um ncore. There will be monkeys who play ringmas ter, jump on ana on gnnoping ponies, bcarB that skate or run races on bicycles, baby elephants thnt dance as their comrades play upon drums or other liiHtru- GIVE ASSURANCES Declare New Treaty Will Not Affect Open Door Policy in China WASHINGTON, Sept.

If. Both Japan and Russia have given the United States formal assurances that the now Russo-Japanese treaty does not repeal or affect tho treaties or 1007 and 1010 In which those nations pledged themselves to main tain the Integrity of China nnd the open door policy. The assurances were given to Ambassa dors Guthrie at Toklo and Francis nt Po- trograd, in response to inquiries. The state department today received from Mr. Guthrie a note on the subject addressed to him' by the Japanese foreign office stating In unequivocal terms that Japan had not' for moment entertained nn intention of departing from these policies.

Department officials let It be known that the statements were entirely satisfactory and that inquiries regarding the new treaty. over which they hod been considerably per turbed, probably would not he pressed fur; thcr. The Japanese note received through Am bnssador Guthrie was made public by tho state department today as follows "The imperial government desires to assure tho American government that the now convention is in nn seiiRo designed to repeal or modify the provisions of article 2 of the convention concluded between Japan and Russia on July In, jOOi, nor have the Imperial entertained for a moment any intention to depart from the nolicv to which thev have avowedly committed themselves respecting the main tenance cnenuenco am territo rial integrity of China, ns well as the principle of equal opportunity for the trade of all nations In that country. On the contrary, they are as strongly convinced ns ever of the usefulness nf that policy tne interest or the general peace tint! stability In tho far east which they have always ery near their hearts." The result of the Inquiries 'made for mo state department at i'etrogrnti re-tfnrdlntr the effect of the new rrentv ix commented upon by tho atato department as rojjows: "The minister for foreign affairs of the imperial Russian government In like manner assured the America ambassador in response to his inquiry that his govern merit had not withdrawn from the con volitions of 1007 aud 1010. but will main.

tain unimpaired the provisions of those agreements notwiuisuiniiing tne met that no mention or tiicm was msiuc in the con voution of I0W." Abe Martin Says sssm Tell Blnklev has traded fcr a runabout. 1 os It cost too much for sody an cigars t' run his tourln ear. Next t' listiMilti' Mi' minutes of a previous meetln' ther halut no turn as uuti as bum neutral. raents while the clowns of nnlmnl-lnnd bother everyone with their capering on tics. tn iidiiKlmi to the nil! mill features there will he the daring deeds of the scores of foreign artlstB who have Bought engagements In America because of tho great war.

Aorla ists. wire walkers, acrobats. perch performers and equestrians never linfnre Keen in this coiiAtrv will be dis tributed throughput the tf hours of arenic action in which a total ortalmost four hundred men and women will take part. The riding umbers arc unusually numerous, anil the menage aud high school horses Imported by the Itlngllng Brothers from Arabia winter, contribute tu a remarkable scries of equestrian surprises. The Rlngling menagerie of.

10S dens baa animals, while the stork has added score of ImblcH to the zoo. All will be on hand, from the tiniest member to "Big Bingo," the world's largest elephant, when the circus exhibits here, Monday, Octo ber TIPPLING CASES IN POLICE COURT Negro Chauffeur Draws Fine for Speeding Warned Not to Come Back. TlppKnp cases continue to take up the greater part of Judge Madison Wells time In the city court, yesterdny afternoon four persons having been arraigned before him on that charge. They were Sylvester Har rlson. Will Moore, Charles WUHnms and Will Jordan, nil of whom were found guilty and hound over to the criminal court.

They were assessed $30 lines each. Moore and Williams did not appear in court to answer the charge. Their cash bonds were ordered forfeited nnd the eases were bound over to the criminal court Moore wub arrested by Patrolman Long hurst Thursday morning. Williams was caught by Sergeant Griffin Thursday morning. Jordan was picked up hy Emer gency Officer Sunford ligan and Patrolmen Stephens and Connors.

The arrest of Har rlson was mado by Sergeant Longhurst and Patrolmen Capps and MuCaho Wednesday night. Clarence Green, alias Clarence Meeks, a negro, was found guilty of several charges of housebreaking anil larceny and bound over to the criminal court. Green was arrested several days ago by Detective Bolivar CummlngB In South Nashville. Green pleaded to the charges. Judge Wells found an opportunity to stick an automobile speeder at the aft ernoon session of court yesterday when John Wooten.

a necro. faced him on a charge of fast and reckless running of nn automobile. Wooten was assessed a 5-5 line aud told not to return or the peimity wouiu be greater. uctectivcB Corbltt and Murray, who mode the ar rest, teatided that Wooten was drlvluu his machine at a high rate of speed on Utvision street weanesnay niieruuon ueai a sctiooi limine wane cnuureu were turning home from their studies. SEAT SALE OPENS FOR "BIRTH OF A NATION" The sent sale, which onens this morn lug nt the Vendome theater for tho state fnl week en inurement of "The Birth of a Nation." hcgltiiitu-r Monday afternoon, bids fair to surpass all records In this city, with the exception of the advance for tne same attraction mst January.

D. W. Griffith's great production has nroKen so mnny records in so many ferent ways that it is hard to keep trad of them. Kor length of runs and total at tendance It holds the records In Now York. Chicago.

Boston. I'hllaucluhla. I'ltts burgh. St. Louis.

Baltimore, Washington, San and Los Angeles. In fact. If. has done the same thing In every city u-tie re it nns pinycu, ami it is now duplicating those marvelous records In London, Sydney, Buenos Ay res and other great cities on nve continents. Tlio national cHh1b of 18(11-71.

as ole- tired In the play, holds great lessons, i no tiortn nun soutn, in internecine strug gle: tne strategy or uio retorshurg cam nnfirn and the vast sween nf Sherman' march to the sea; Lee's surrender to Grant and the nrtcrmatu or the war in the bane fill reconstruction norlod all these form i Kcrles of martial nnd political events that enchain the spectator's Interest." Out of that terrible conflict a new nation, united by brotherly, as well iih geographical tics, was born. "The Birth of a Nation" Is now so firmly an established entertainment that It Is seen again and again by the most critical of playgoers. In fact, with Its live thousand swiftly changing scenes, more than one view is required to grasp ill! of Its Interesting phases. At each seeing new beauties are revealed. In its Infinite variety "The Birth of a Nation" far surpasses anything thnt has ever heen shown on a stage.

In mere pictorial beauty It excels tlio materpleces In tbe art galleries of Paris, Rome, Munich and London, for It Is the beauty of nature Itself. Bag Companies to Merge. NEW YORK. Sept. 1-1.

Stockholders of tho Union Hag Paper Company today voted to accept the proponed merger with the Itlcgcl Hag Company. The consolidated company will be known ns tho Union Bag Paper Corporation, with a capital stock of $10,000,000 of only one ClUBB. 1 noml-.