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The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
A SEPARATE VOTE
ON CONSTITUTION
BALL0TING IN SAME POLLS AS
GENERAL ELECTION
State Board of Election Makes An
nOuncement and Also Offers Sug-
gestiOns to County Boards
: for Holding Election.

Nashville, July <12-Under instruc-
tions from the state board Of elections
at meeting of the board held in
Nashville today the constitutional
convention referendum will be conduc-
ted in the same voting places and bs
the same election officers who hold the
general August election, but the elec-
tion will be separate in that additional
clerks in each precinct must be pro
vided to have charge of the poll lists
and tally sheets for the constitutions
convention election. The returns OF
the constitutional convention referen-
dunn must be made on separate blanks
to the secretary of state and must be
canvassed by the state returning
board, consisting of the governor, sec
retary of state and comptroller.
The board adopted the instructions
as offered by J. R. Penland of Knox
vile.
All the suggestions offered were in
regard to the time Of the election
which was fixed for the first Thursday
in August, and the manner of ballot.
ing.
The board of elections met for the
purpose of filling vacancies in several
counties caused by the failure of ap.
pointees to qualify and also to FIJI va.
cancies causeyl by appointees having
been DISQUALIFIED However most d
the, time wassdevoted to an effort to
straignten out the situation in regard
to the constitutional convention mat
ter. The act iali2rs for the Submission
III the wauelSi5n ''f''H CT -toastl lr0tso IA
convention to the voters only provid-
ed that the vote should be taken "the
third Thursday in August" No fur
ther directions were made, and the re-
suit is there has been difference of
opinion all over the state as to wheth-
er the constitutional question was to
be held jointly with the general elec-
tion. Some counties have named two
sets of officers and some one,. but the
action today by the election board di-
rects that it be conducted separately,
but by the same officers as are named
to. conduct the general election, with
additional clerks to have charge of
the poll books and tally sheets.
1t developed today that the custom
of the Office of secretary of state in
supplying poll books and tally sheets
is not provided for in appropriations
for expense of the staet. The expense
of preparing the books, etc, has been
paid out of the running expense ac-
count of the secretary of states Office.
Just at present sufficient funds are on
ly available to supply poll books, etc,
for the regular election, and another
set is required for the constitutional
referendum under the ruling of the
board. The Office of the secretary of
state is in a quandery as to where the
money TO pay for the additional poll
books is to come from.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
GOOD REASONS WHY
The $2O,OOO,OOO Government Nitrate
Plant Should be Located
at Muscle Shoals.
lBy Col. A. NJ. Shook.l

Some of the reasons why the Muscle
Shoals in the Tennessee river is the
best site for the government nitrate
plant are that the geography is better
than any other site that has been pro-
posed or suggested; it is as nearly inn
mune from attack of an invading foe
as any site that could be secured in the
United States; it is far enough south
to escape the rigors of the northern
winter; it is far enough north to es-
cape the heat of the southern summer;
it is far enough east to be easily access
sible to all Atlantic and gulf ports; it
is far enough west to be accessible to
the Pacific ports as any site located
east of the Rocky Mountains. 1t is the
largest undeveloped water power of
any inland river in the United States
It possesses both the essential attrib-
utes for generation of large units Of
hydro-electric power, having both the
volume and the fall, as there is more
water passing over the Muscle Shoals
than there is in the Ohio River. With
in a distance of twenty-eight miles
between the foot of the shoals at
Florence, Ala, and the head of the
shoals near Decatur, Ala, the fall is
140 feet. A large volume of cheap
power is the most essential factor to
be considered in the location of plant
for the making of nitrates from the
atmosphere. A large majority of the
other elements that enter into the op-
Grafton of nitrate plant for the pur-
pose of making war munitions are in
closer proximity to Mussel Shoals than
to any other point that can be selected
The cotton fields are all around. The
acids used in the production of war
munitions are more largely produced
at Birmingham, Ala, today than at
any other point in the Union. The
copper, sulphuric acid, zinc and alum
mum are all being produced in East
Tennessee along the upper tributaries
of the Tennessee river. The trans
portation facilities are all that could
be desired. The Memphis and Charles
ton branch of the southern railroad
practically parallels Muscle Shoals
from Decatur to Florence, furnishing
adequate rail transportation facilities
for all the eastern and western bus
mess. The main line Of the Louisville
and Nashville railway system between
Cincinnati and New Orleans crosses
the Tennessee river at Decatur, a few
miles above the head of the Shoals.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
COMING TO MUSSEL SHOALS
MEETING.

The greatest interest is being shown
in the convention to be held in Nash
vile today in the interest of securing
the Federal Government nitrate plant
4 VI Mussel Shoals, on the Tennessee
river in North AIavalna. A letter sent
from Guntersville, Ala, says that a
delegation of twenty will be sent from
that place. Many letters are being
received from various towns and cit
les, and the agitation of the wonder
full advantages Of Mussel Shoals for
the location of the great plant has
met with the enthusiastic approval
in many sections of the country. All
indications are that the convention
will be one of the most important
meetings for the advahcement of the
south held in years.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
Haywood County Crops in Fine Shape Despite Rainy Weather
FLOODS NEARING END
in

The Florence branch of the Louisville
and Nashville railway system crosses
the Tennessee river at Florence, with
in two miles of the foot of the shoals,
furnishing. adequate rail transporta-
tion both north and south. The Ten
nessee River, navigable all the year
round from Florence, will furnish wa
ter transportation to the mouth of
the Mississippi river, all dawn stream.
All the claims above referred to are
based upon the location of Muscle
Shoals only from a military standpoint
or as war preparedness measure.
Certainly the greatest value that will
result from this plant to this country
will not be the manufacture of NUM-
tions of war, but will be the value of
the products of this plant in time of
peace. No one thing can do as much
for the wealth and prosperity of the
nation as doubling, tripling, or even
quadrupling, the products of the soil.
This can only be done by fertilization.
In times of peace the entire output of
this plant could be used in manufac-
ne of high grade cheap fertilizers.
The fact that the great phosphate beds
of Middle Tennessee are almost with
In a stones throw of Muscle Shoals
gives the plant a value in times of
peace that no other ocation will ques-
ton or claim. Today the phosphate
rock of Middle Tennessee is being
shipped all over the United States to
the different fertilizer plants as raw
material to be converted into the fin
ished fertilizer. When this plant has
been completed, and is not engaged in
he making of war munitions, the en-
tire product will be used in making
commercial fertilizers, practically
where the raw material is produced,
saving largely the cost of transporta-
tion, both of raw material and of the
product, 49,
With all these elements of value,
whether viewed from a war stand
point, or a peace standpoint, certainly
Muscle Shoals has the right to lay
claim to the location,
q +
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14

Doing hard wark in bent or stoop-
ing position puts stitch in the back
that is painful. If the muscles have
become strained, you can't get rid of
it without help. The great penetrat-
ing power of BALLARD'S SNOW
LINIMENT woll appeal to you most
strongly at such times, because it is
the very thing you need. Price 25c,
SOC and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by ]. d.
Curtis Drug Co.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
RAILROAD ORDERS MEN TO MILK
cows ON RIGHT OF WAY.

Instructions have been issued by Joe
NJ. Pagan, freight agent for the Cen
trail of Georgia Railroad, for employ
es of the road to milk every COW they
find on the tracks. AS a consequence
the workmen have been enjoying much
milk with their meals recently, and
dairy men and other COW owners have
found dry animals in the evenings.
The order was issued in an effort to
make the owners of cows keep them
off the tracks where they get killed
and otherwise interfere with traffic.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14

Mr.. Isaac Cantrell, R. No. 2, Terre
Haute, Ind, writes-"My experience
with B. A. Thomas Hog Powder, is
that it has given good results in help
ing those that were sick and keeping
those well that were not sick. 1t
does all that you claim for it. would
not have had sick hog if | had used
it sooner. Short & Collins il
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14

In every home where there is baby
there should also be a bottle of Nc
GEES BABY ELIXIR. 1t may be
needed at any time to correct sour
stomach, wind collie, diarrhoea or sum-
mer complaint. 1t is a wholesome rem
edy, contains no opium, morphine OF
injurious drug of any kind. Price 25c
and SOC per bottle. Sold by ]. D. Cur
tbs Drug Co.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14

If 'you feel blue, = mo account, y Ia
zy, you need a good .eeaning out.
HERBINE is the right thing for that
purpose. Itstimnlates the liver. tones
up the stomach and purifies the bow
els. Price Soc Sold by j. d. Curtis
Drug Co.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
This is the Age of Youth.

You will look ten years younger if
you darekn your ugly, grizzly, gray
hairs by using la Creole" Hair Dres-
sing. Price $1.00.
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
Save A Doctors Bill

by keeping Mississippi Diarrhoea Cor
dial handy for all stomach complaints.
Price 25c and Soc >
The states-graphic. (Brownsville, Tenn.) 1???-1984, 1916-07-14
Spartan Women Suffered Untold
TOrtures.

But who wants to be a spartan ?
Take ''Feminina" for all female disor-
ders. Price Soc and S1.00 2
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30
The Soaring Price Of Gasoline.

| If Representative Towards information and
statistics relating to the production and price OF
gasoline reliable Congress should adopt his
resolution authorizing the President to place an
embargo on the expectation of the fluid that keeps
so many wheels of industry and transportation
moving in the United States. 1t would not be
necessary to impose the embargo; the placing OF
the power to do so in the Presidents hands would
be sufficient to keep the price within reason. For
Representative Howard has stated, quoting gov
ernmental authorities, that the production OF
crude oil, from which the gasoline is made has
not been curtaed, that the war in Europe has
decreased rather than increased the demand abroad
and that there is large supply of gasoline on
hand in this country than ever before in its his
tory.
Accepting all these statements as true what
possible excuse can the manufacturers offer for
an increase between three and four fold in the
price? The positive statement is made that pro-
ducers refusing to make contracts with the
government to supply it with gasoline at whole
sale for less than 40 cents gallon Should the
government be forced to pay 40 cents the price
to individual consumers of smaller quantities will
not stop far short of so cents. According to
ducers for advance from II cents to 40 cents
gallon is the increased foreign demand due to
the war, and this he rejects false. If it is a
fact that the foreign demand has increased to
an extent justifying such an enormous increase
in price embargo expectations would be
drastic and perhaps unwse but it would afford
relief to domestic consumers; and if there has
been no such increased demand from abroad the
mere threat to deprive the producers of what
ever foreign markets do exist would accomplish
the same purpose, provided the other contentious
of Representative Howard are sustained
By use of the machinery of the Department
Of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commits
sion it should be simple matter to establish the
whole truth of the situation Should it be dis
covered that the facts are as asserted and that
the producers making the public victims
of their rapacity and greed, then it will be the
imperative duty of the government to provide
a remedy without delay. Millions of people in
this country engaged in its industries have become
to large extent dependent gasoline for mo-
tive power in manufacture or transportation To
permit any one interest to cripple them or retard
their activities by imposing upon them injustice
and hardship is to permit attack upon the well
fare of the whole country There should be a
speedy investigation followed by action as firm
and drastic may be necessary to right a great
wrong if it exists.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30
The Herald's Army and Navy Department
Latest and Most Complete News Service and Personnel Published
In Washington.

Mesoames a. L. Rhoades J. W. CuIiclr
and w. w. Rose gave sewing parties,
wnere many OF the bags were made
Mrs. W. o. Peace entertained al cards
In honor OF Mrs. Forbes Prizes were
won by Mrs. p. II. Lincoln and Mis-,
Magruder. Other guests were Mesdanes
Nugent Gasser Waggenmsnn, Seaman.
and Quick
Mrs. J. J. Grace gave q card party for
Mesdames Haines. Reyboid, Hope Gar
rett, Wtllett, Stockton. Horovftz. Bender,
Buttgenbsch. Msgruder, Grain. Brigham,
Misses Sadler. TruItun. OF Norfolk, and
Magruder. Prizes were won by Mesdsme,
Bender, r. z. Hsines and Garrett
Miss Pauline Magruder entertained at
cards at the Fort Monroe mess In honor
Of the Misses Russell Mrs MAsruder
assisted. Prizes were won by Mira. ". T.
Boyd and Miss Berry Other guests
were Mesdsmes W. r. Smith. J. X
Grain. McMenamin, OF Hampton: W. G.
Peace. the Misses oler OF New York:
Perkins OF Norfolk; Dunn and Atkinson,
of Baltimore
Mrs. Franklin Kemble gave a tea in
honor Of her guest, Miss RembIe, and
for Mesdsmes r. p. Hall. @. B. Gorhsn.
F. NJ. Green. r. C. GHdsrt. C. n. WI
son, NJ. B. Willett, J. T. II. o'Resr. and
Miss Fowler.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30
Two Ways with Germany.

Diplomatic relations between the United States
and Germany are shortly to be severed, or Ger
many is to receive final assurance that the killing
of Americans bound on lawful errands upon the
high seas, in ships of neutral or beiligerent ma
tons, will continue to be regarded by this gov
eminent as an offense demanding merely the for
warding of formal note of protest to Berlin.
Nearly year has elapsed since the American
people were staggered by that savage and then
almost unbelievable crime against humanity, the
destruction of the Lusitana. The government has
since received from Germany pledge after pledge
every one of which has been broken. And now
come the murderous attacks upon Americans on
the Sussex and the Englishman, not to mention
the Patria and the Tubantia
Germany will not abandon her nhuman meth
cd of warfare cease her attempts to slay
Americans until the warshps of the allies gain
the mastery over her new submarines OF that
we may be quite sure if we are capable of be-
heving indisputable evidence. She may promise
to do so and hurl a shipload of Americans to
sudden and awful death next day Therefore
there is nothing for US to consider in German
promises. We may continue to maintain outward
ly friendly relations with the relentless murderers
of our citizens and with every fresh attack for
ward note of protest, recognized in both coun-
tries merely formal and ineffective and mean
ingless; may decline further intercourse
with the slayers thus saving remnant of our
own self-respect and enabling Germany to aban-
don her guise of friendship as she pursues her
work of killing. 1t is not likely that her oppor-
tunities will permit her to slsy more Americans
as foe than as friend, and there will be less
humiliation for the people of this country if pre-
tense is abandoned. Which it is to be Germany
and the American people soon must know.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30

Had there been no question what
should be done with the negroes. all
might have gone smoothly enough,
whether the leaders of Congress and OF
opinion liked the re-admission of the
southerners to their place and privilege
in the general government or not
But there was much more to be done.
as 1t seemed to the radicals vho now
stood at the front Of counsel. than mere
ly to determine the processes by which
the governments of the southern States
were to be formally reconstructed and
made safe within the Union: and it was
no doubt necessary to do what was to be
done before admitting southern men to
Congress. where their presence would
reduce the Republican majorities from
absolute mastery to mere preponderance.
They were but "whitewashed rebels -
at best. and in nothing showed their
unchanged temper more clearly than in
their treatment Of the freedmen.
That, in the view OF the radicals, was
the crux Of the whole matter; and they
had the pity and the humane feeling Of
the whole country on their side.
They did not deem the southsrners safe
friends of the freed slaves
They had not noted how quiet, how
unexcited. how faithful and steady at
their accustomed tasks, how devoted in
the service of their masters the great
mass of the negro people had remained
amidst the very storm and upheaval
OF war; they had noted only how thous-
ands had crowded into their camps as
the armies advanced and plantat tons
were laid waste, homes emptied OF their
inmates; and now every federal comman-
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30
By PHILIP GOODMAN.
SLAVERY.

The most absurd statement in our
school histories is that Abraham Lin
coin freed the slaves. If he did. he
didn't free them all.
Slaves have always existed; they
exist today, and any one who believes
that the only servitude ever known
in our country was that condition
which existed in the South prior to
1861 is blind and deaf-blind to the
sight of sweat shops in every big
city, and deaf to the cry of little
folks who plead for sleep, sleep. just
a little sleep!
If there is any difference between
a black man in a cotton field with ST.
mon Legree standing over him, or a
poor unfortunate working twenty
hours day within four tight walls
in a tenement house in the lower East
Side of New York with the sting of
starvation threatening, the advantage
swings heavily to the former
After fifty years our vision is clear
ed a bit and we see now that Mrs.
Stowe wrote a book that we Northern
ers wanted to read-that Uncle Tom
was well-fed and well-beloved-that
Simon after all was just stage viii
lain" used for dramatic veri-simili-
tude.
But the scenes in Henry Street is
not fiction-it is grim truth.
1t is slavery more cruel than the
world has ever before seen because it
is slavery in a period of the worlds
development when it could well be
averted.
1t is slavery without sunshine or
laughter. and who would say that the
slavery of the South did not even have
it's merriment?
In that bondage was born the only
thing that today resembles native
American music.
And music does not come of an I'M
hapr4 people.
But the music of Henry Street! Ha,
you know well those strains composed
by Wheeler and Wilson, which serve as
an accompaniment to the wall of a
little kiddie as 1t grasps for nourish-
ing air and hungers for human-fit
food.
VIII this new-kind slavery ever
give to the world a music?
If it does, 1t will be in the form of
a dirge that will make every face in
Christendom blush for having lived
in a Tina when hideous greed could
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30
More Money for Night Schools.

Again this year the public night schools OF
Washington will be compelled to close before the
end of the regular school term because the amount
Of money allotted to them was insufficient for their
maintenance. Three schools are to close tomor-
row and three week later. That the Capital is
thus forced to set such bad example to the rest
of the country is reflection on the District gov
eminent and on Congress Not only should the
night schools be kept open throughout the regu-
lar term, but their doors should never be closed
So long as there are boys and girls anxious to
utilize their hours Of leisure after work in the
requirement of education. 1t is not lack of
money but only lack of pupils that should cause
the night schools to close. The cost is not great
and the taxpayers contribute sufficient revenue
each year to meet it. The Districts money can
be used for no more profitable purpose than the
education of its young people who must 60 to
work at an early age to contribute to family in
comes that otherwise would be inadequate
It has been proved that the government is
now paying thousands OF its employees in Wash
ington less than living wages, and for Congress
to refuse to appropriate the Districts money for
the education Of the children of these employees
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30

who are forced to go to work to help support
their families would be unspeakablc injustice
The Board of Education has recommended an
increased appropriation for the night schools next
year, and presumably the District appropriation
bill provides the full amount asked for. 1t is an
appropriation for which the District Commission
ers may with justice and propriety make spe-
csl appeal if necessary. though it is inconceivabe
that those Representatives who are in charge of
the measure would reduce it by single dollar,
knowing that such action would again compel the
closing of the night schools before the end of
the term.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-30
ARMY ORDERS.

Second Lieut. Juseph l. McNull-r L 8 A.
retired. with hp consent Is ssiSned % Gcflv. DUTY
He viii prOceed al onoe 20 CoumbuS y Me1-.
and reTsoT1 20 MAJ. John p MADDEN, Qusrsrnssas
Corps. for duty in chErgs Of Motor TrOc Co<np.n,
No. JefeTs.
Second Lieut.. AEsustin G. R1dd Fou-1h Cszslry
. rrheFed from treatment al the G~nerl Hopul
ron bsysrd. \. MeE., and Is .ttached fo du1
10 the Eshth CsutEy.
BuE. Gen. william NJ. BlacE. Chief of Engin----
Is detailed and snnounCsd a. nemh~T 81 tbs
Board q Ordnance and Fertilization In War DE-
psrtment ordsrs o. October = ls r,afssh-d 10
SPECIAL Ordsu NJ. . February ; lss War D.
paTtDsut. vics Blg. Gen. Dan c. Kinrmsn Uutfed
States amy, retirrd. reiievsd
Prs Lieut.. Nicholas ". CSnpsnol. SIR In.
tsntry, detailed in The signal Corrs 10 tale e<e,
April s. lPle. will proceed on CO about that dsts
70 Fort Bis TeT-. and rpm 10 the emma ndins
ofriceT o. that post foT duty.
Carr. Edward X. MssSes iuf,ntry. now Stts-a1d
10 tbe Secpod InfsntD. 4 assigned 70 the Tweutv-
senood Infsntry and will proceed as soon as puss
tictble to Jon that regiment
CEPL Waltz NJ Whitman. QuArternAste- Co-.
will prOoeed % Coiumbus y Me- and repyl %
the commHnding Officer fo assignment 70 t-rn-
pursrJ duty assistant 70 the quEr1enz.ter
United State E1poditionzry Fo-res
Leave a Gt-enOs for month"; Or surgeon 0
c~TtIhcSts Of disability granted Chaplain Leslie r
Groves Fourteeuth Infantry.
Leave of shseDcp fpr two months " take er~rr
uTou his relef from his p----nt dutj- r,nt-d
Finn Lieut. Henry Il. Malvern. r.. Cost ARTILLERY
Corrs.