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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
The JEFFERSONIAN IS
BARRED FROM THE MAILS

Dawson Postal Authorities Receive
Notice That Publication Cannot
Use Mail at Second Class Rates.
Postmaster Cheatham has been no.
titled that the postmaster general has
revoked authorization of Tom Wat
sons paper, the Jeffersonian, to mail
privileges as second class matter The
action of the department is based on
section 4811a of the postal laws and
regulations, derived from the espion-
age act of congress, passed in June.
The postmaster at Thomson has been
notified not to accept the Jefferson
ian in the future as second class mat
ter.
The complaints filed against the
Jeffersonian were based on attacks
made on the draft law and alleged
efforts to incite readers to violations
of the law The action of the gov
eminent is expected to go a long
ways toward putting the Jeffersonian
out of business.
There are a number of intricate
steps which must be taken before the
Jeffersonian can be admitted to the
mails as second class matter again,
and its admission at any future time
is in the discretion of the department.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
MEDICINE OR FOOD.

You have always bought the bulky
stock food and given to your stock
as medicine. Why not buy only
the medicine and furnish your own
food? The medicine will be much
more certain. In fact, B. A. Thomas
Stock Remedy is so certain to give
the right results that we sell it on
the money back plan. If it doesn't
straighten up your horse or COW or
sheep, we give your money gack.
Wall Brothers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
BIG MUNITIONS FACTORY
BLOWN UP AND MANY KILLED
Employed Thousands of Workers, and
Loss Runs Into Millions.

RIGAUD, Quebec, August 49,
The great plant here of Curtis &
Harvey, Limited, explosive manufac-
turers, was wrecked today by a series
of explosions and buried beneath the
ruins of the factory buildings are an
unknown number of dead
Several thousand men and women
workers were in the danger zone for
hours. An estimate places the mum
Der killed at II to 25. The loss in
the value of buildings and stock will
reach well up into millions
The first explosion was caused by
the overheating of the machinery in
the nitric acid building.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
STATES DEFICIT WILL Be
CLOSE TO MILLION DOLLARS
State Tax Rate For the Present Year
Is Fixed at Five Dollars on
The Thousand.

Governor Dorsey and Comptroller
General Wright have issued the usual
proclamation fixing the state tax rate
for the year 1917. They fixed it at
five mills, which is the maximum tax
rate allowed by the constitution.
This maximum rate of ad valorum
tax on the real and personal proper
ty returned for taxation, plus the
states revenues from other sources,
will Lack $998,00O of producing
enough money to pay the states de-
ticit, or floating debt, which will have
accumulated by this time next year.
The state of Georgia's existing de-
ticlt or more than 100000, plus the
additional deficit created by the gen.
eral appropriation bill and the def
cheney appropriation bills, Just pass
ed the legislature, will create a def
cit amounting in round figures to
$99S,000 at this time next year, ac-
cording to the estimates of the COVER
nor's Office.
In other words, a year hence the
state will lack only $4,000 of owing
S1,0O0,000 in addition to its bonded
debt.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
FORMER GOVERNOR BROWN
STATE UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE
Is Appointed by Governor Dorsey to
Succeed C. E. Maddox.

Is Appointed by Governor Dorsey to
Succeed C. E. Maddox.
Governor Hugh M. Dorsey has ap-
pointed former governor Joseph M.
Brown as trustee of the University
of Georgia, for term of eight years
to succeed G. E. Maddox, whose term
expires soon.
Governor Brown is also trustee for
the Joseph E. Brown $4,000 schol-
arship at the university, and for the
the Julius Brown fund for Tech
amounting to approximately SIS, 200.
Governor Dorsey made the follow
ing reappointments of trustees whose
terms soon expire:
Ex-Governor H. D. Mcdaniel, of
Walton county; Harry Hodgson, of
Athens; Lloyd Cleveland, of Spald-
ing.
All these terms are for eight years,
beginning August %.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
PROMINENT SUMTER CITIZEN
ANSWERS THE LAST CALL
Well-known in Dawson, Where He
Often Visited Relatives.

Well-known in Dawson, Where He
Often Visited Relatives.
The death of Mr.. William Andrew
Webb, one of the best known farm
ers of Sumter county, occurred at
his home in Sumter on last Tuesday
evening. He had been in roor health
for several months, but only for the
past two weeks had his condition
been considered serious.
Mr.. Webb was 68 years of age and
was born in Sumter county, spending
all his life there and becoming enc
OF the leading figures in the activi-
ties OF his home community. He was
well known in Dawson and Terrell
county, making frequent visits here
to see his son, Mr.. ]. R. Webb, and
his daughter, Mrs. A. L. McLendon.
He is survived by his wife, his
mother, Mrs. John R. Webb; one sis
ter, Mrs. Georgia Johnson, of Plains
six brothers, T. g., J. B., R. K, G..
f., II. G. and E. C. Webb, all of Sum-
ter county; ten children, j. R. Webb,
OF Dawson; w. T. Webb, of Sumter;
Mrs. Joe Poole, of Americas; Mrs.
Annie Lou Fain, of Button, Ga. !;
Mrs. Alvin McLendon, of Dawson;
Mrs. Kate Wells, of Webb, Ala. !;
Ruth, Benjamin, Frank and Vera
Webb, of Sumter.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon from the Baptist church at
Sumter, Elder ]. NJ. Murray, of Ella
vile, officiating. Interment took
place in the family cemetery at Sum-
ter, the pail bearers being his six
brothers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
RUNAWAY CAUSED LIVELY
TIME ON MAIN STREET

There was lively scene on Main
street Saturday about five o'clock,
when a pair of mules hitched to a
loaded wagon ran madly through the
crowds, scattering rolls of bagging
and ties and other heavy articles of
merchandise, which fortunately miss
ed the heads of pedestrians. The
runaway team was stopped before
any serious damage was done to the
outfit.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
GEORGE. AND HARWELL
ARE APPOINTED JUDGES;
George. VIII Succeed Evans, and Har-
well Will Succeed George.

Judge B.. D.. Evans, of the state
supreme court, who was appointed
as judge of the United States district
court, has rendered his resignation
to Governor Dorsey to take effect
September l..
The governor has announced that
he will appoint Judge w. F. George
of the court of appeals to succeed
Justice Evans, and Judge Frank Har-
we'll of Lagrange will be appointed
to succeed Judge George. Judge Har-
well managed Governor Dorsey's
campaign.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
HOG PRICES SOAR, WHILE
WHEAT DROPS DOWN TO So

CHICAGO.-Get ready for a veg
etarian diet. Hogs sold at SIS today,
a gain of $3.50 in two weeks. Lambs
brought II, a similar gain in the
same period, and cattle were up 35
cents over yesterdays mark to SIS
But while meats scared September
wheat, in which speculation ceases
August 25, dropped to even So, loss
of a cents over yesterdays close.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
TEST DRAFT CASE
IS HEARD BY SPEER
WATSON ARGUES THAT CLIENT
is HELD IN SLAVERY. THOU
SAND PEOPLE PRESENT.
Holds Law Constitutional.

MOUNT AIRY, Ca, Aug. 20
Judge Emory Speer rendered a de-
cision in favor of the government
last night in the Watson test of the
selective army law, holding that the
law is constitutional.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
Notice 10 CITY Voters.

The books of registration for the
city primary election to be held on
September u, 1917, are now open
anad will remain so until ten days
before the date of said primary.
Please call and register, thus quail
flying yourself to participate in said
election. This August 8, 1917
R. E. BELL. City Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
STORM AT CAMP HARRIS
SWEEPS AWAY $4,000 IN BILLS
Money Had Been Collected In = Pan
By Officer of Albany Company.

MACON, GA wind storm that
struck Camp Harris this afternoon
while the Second Georgia infantry
was being paid off carried away
$4,000 in currency.
The money had been collected in a
pan by Lieutenant John J. West, of
the Albany company, in payment for
canteen checks, and he was approach
ing the canteen to make the transfer
when the storm broke.
Twelve hundred dollars in bills
were picked up by the soldiers, but
the balance has not been found.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
TO SEIZE WHEAT
FROM SPECTATORS
COAL MINES MAY ALSO BE TAX
EN- OVER BY THE GOVERN
MENT, 1T is REPORTED.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Federal
prosecution, heavy fines, prison!
That is what the food hoarder of
the United States faces under the
new food bill, which gives the nation
the right to control all food necessi-
ties and which strikes a death blow
to the booze evil
With Herbert C. Hoover clothed
with all the power of food dictator
the nation is looking to him to bring
the prices down, strike out the evil
influence of the "middleman" and
Spectator and seize all foodstuffs if
necessary.
Hoover's Food Plan.
The law gives the president and his
food dictator widespread powers, and
Mr.. Hoover has announced these reg
ulations, effective on September L:
1. For the vigorous prosecution of
all persons who hold more wheat or
-four than is required in their normal
business.
2. For the maintenance of a fair
price throughout Lu0 country, Dy
Selling, if necessary, the entire 1917
harvest and determining the cost to
the consumer.
3. For food administration agen-
cies at the principal wheat terminals
throughout the country.
a. For the restriction of storage to
thirty days, unless special permit is
given by the food administration.
5. For the elimination of specula-
ton by compelling all mills and ele-
vators with more than 100 barrels
daily capacity to take out a govern
ment license.
Seizure of the 1917 wheat crop.
after paying the farmer a minimum
of 81 a bushel for his product, is
deemed almost certain. That move
will be necessary, it is believed. to
keep hoarders and spectators from
buying up the supplies from the pro-
ducers and holding them for exorbi-
tant prices
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
SOUTH GEORGIA STILL
CONFISCATED BY SHERIFF

Charged with violating the bone
dry law, Wiley Carswell was arrest
ed near Waycross by Deputies Jesse
Cannon and C. L. Mattax yesterday.
A lard can still was found in Cars
wells home and, with twenty gal
Ions of corn liquor, was confscated
by the officers Carswell has not as
yet arranged bond and is being held
at the county jail.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
May Operate Coal Mines.

Coal mines also may be operated
under government supervision to
keep out the widespread graft and
gambling in that commodity. And in
that manner it is expected that the
soaring prices will be brought down
to the level of the average American
citizen.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR cOUNCTLMEN.
The friends of

The friends of
D. H. OZIER,
H. A. WILKINSON,
w. F. ENGLISH,
hereby announce them as candidates
for councilmen, subject to the demo-
cratic primary.
We hereby announce ourselves as
candidates for councilmen of the city
of Dawson, subject to the democratic
primary. Your support is solicited
and will be appreciated.
W. A. BALDWIN,
H. A. PETTY.
C. E. Raglan.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21
BRONWOOD YOUNG MAN
HONOR GRADUATE OF EMORY

Mr.. A. Watson Murray, of Bron-
wood, was a visitor to Dawson Mon
day. Mr.. Murray graduated with dis
tinction at Emory college, Oxford,
this summer, and is receiving con-
gratulatiOns of his friends on having
been offered a professorship in the
chemistry department of his alma
mater.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21

Cannon & Morris sell and guaran
tee the Runnells Peanut Digger to
do the work. Price $500 each.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-08-21

Abruzi rye for sale. Dawson Trad
ing Co.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
MAMMA! DON'T YOU
SEE YOUR CHILD Is
SICK, C0NSIIPATEL
LOOK AT TONGUE! MOVE POiS
ONS FROM LIVER AND BOW.
ELS AT ONCE.

Mother! Your child isn't naturally
cross and peevish. See if tongue is
coated; this is a sure sign its little
stomach, liver and bowels need a
cleansing at once.
When listless, pale, feverish, full OF
cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesn't
eat sleep or act naturally, has stom'
ich-ache, diarrhoea, remember gen
lie liver and bowel cleansing should
.lways be the first treatment given
Nothing equals California Syrup OF
Figs for chjldren's' ills; give tea
spoonful, and in few hours all the
,oul waste, sour bile and fermenting
food which is clogged in the bowels
)asses out of the system, and you have
4 well and playful child again. AL
children love this harmless, delicious
fruit laxative, and it never fails to
effect a good inside" cleansing Di
ections for babies, children of adj ages
and grown-ups are plainly on the bot
tie.
Keep it handy in your home A lit
tie given today saves sick child to.
morrow, but get the genuine. Ask your
lruggist. for a 50-cent bottle of Cali.
tornia Syrup of Figs" then look and
see that it is made by the California
Fig Syrup Co."-(Advt.) 9
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
WONDERFUL STUFF!
LIFT OUT YOUR cORNS
Apply A Few Drops Then Lift Corrs
Or CaiIuses Off With Fingers
Mo Pain.

No humbug! Any. corn, whether
hard, soft or between the toes, will
loosen right up and lift out, without a
particle of pain or soreness.
This drug is called freezone and is
a mound of ether discovered by q
'incinnati man.
ASK at any drug store for small
bottle of freezone, which will cost bu;
a tritie, but is sufficient to rid ones
feet of every corn or callus.
Put a few drops directly upon any
tender, aching corn or callus. Instant
ly the soreness disappears and shortly
the corn or callus will loosen and car
be lifted off with the fingers.
This drug freezone doesn't eat out
the corns or calluses but shrivels them
without even irritating the surround
ing skin.
Just think. No pain at all; no sore
ness or smarting when applying it Of
afterwards. If your druggist DOM
have freezone have him order 1t fol
you.-(Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
TWO men BFRS OF
BOARD ARE HERE
PROF MORGAN AND Mr.. BRANDON
BOTH VISITORS TO
COLUMBIA. f

Prof. H. A. Morgan, dean of the
agricultural department of the Univer-
sity of Tennessee, and President A. j.
Brandon, of the Middle Tennessee
Farmers Institute, arrived in Column
Dia this morning to meet the COVER
nor, Commissioner Bryson and the
committee of the county court on the
ocation of the Middle Tennessee sta
lion. They were both very sorry that
the governor had not arrived. Soon
after they reached here, however,
they went into session with the COM
mittee and it was decided that an
effort would be made to get the gov
ernor to come out in car, but If he
would not come, Messrs Brandon and
Morgan would go over the property.
Mr.. Brandon, the president of the
Farmers Institute of Middle Tennes-
see, is a member of the legislature
from Bedford county and was one Of
the strongest supporters OF the Uni
versity of Tennessee in that body. He
is a thoroughly progressive farmer
and has for some time been president
of the Middle Tennessee Institute.
He stated that the recent rains had
been worth millions to the farmers
of that section
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
-FOUR DIRECTORS Of
AETNA OIL AND GAS
CONPA SELECTED
WHO WITH DR.. T. 3. BROWN CON
STITUTE THE DIRECTORATE
OF COMPANY.
OFFICERS ALSO Are ELECItL
Machinery is All On The Ground And
Actual Boring for Oil in The Hamp-
shire Section Will Commence at an
Early Date.

At a we'll attended and harmonious
meeting of the stockholders of the
Aetna Oil & Gas company, four new
directors were elected, who together
with DR.. T. Bledsoe Brown, consti-
tute the directorate of the company
The four new directors are Edward
D. Looney, Austin M. Harlan, Law
renee Webster and M. B. Cecil. The
officers of the company are DR.. T. B.
Brown, president and general mana
ger and Lawrence Webster, secretary
and treasurer.
The company has all of its machin-
cry upon the grounds and all of the
preliminaries for the actual digging
for oil have been completed. 1t is ex.
pected that boring of wells will begin
/ before the end of the month and the
work will be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible.,
! The officers and members of--the
company are very much encouraged
/ over recent oil discoveries, or rather
the discoveries of signs of oil in the
Hampshire, territory. They have
found evidence of oil deposits that
were not. known at the time of the
formation of the company.
| In other words, assures have been
located since the original assures
were found that multiply the evidence
that oil exists in paying quantities. A
fine spirit prevailed in the meeting of
the shareholders and the belief was
expressed that the judgment of those
who have placed their money in the
! enterprise will be amply indicated.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
PORTIONS OF TWO
STILLS DESTROYED
IN WAYNE COUNTY BY DEPUTY
COLLECTOR MAYERS AND
DEPUTY DAVIDSON. -

Deputy Collector E. A. Myers, OF
Nashville, and Deputy Marshal E. L.
Davidson are just back from Wayne
county where they succeeded in find
ing the portions of two wild cat dis
tilleries. The parts of the still found
were the buckets, mash rigs and
water pipes, the boilers and worms
had been so securely hidden by the
wild cater sthat the revenue officers
never could locate them.
The portions of the stills found
we're all destroyed. A man by the
name of Strut Sledge was caught
with four gallon jugs and one two
gallon JUICE in his possession. The
jugs each had little "moonshine"
in them The jugs were destroyed
and Sledge was examined very close
" by the officers but no information
could be obtained from him. He
claimed that he was on his way to
ron City to buy molasses and vine
gar. The officers Kept Sledge with
hem throughout the remainder OF
their search, but released him when
he hunt was given up
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
ONE OF LARGEST OF
POTATO CROPS EVER
GROWN IN COUNTY
MESSRS. CLAWSON BROTHERS
WILL HARVEST PROBABLY
10000 BUSHELS.
HUNDRED ACRES In The FIELD
Believed That The Average Will Be
Not Far From a Hundred Bushels
To The Acre-Good Prices Are Be-
ing Obtained.

Probably one of the largest potato
crops ever grown in Maury county is
being harvested now by Clawson
Bros of Ashwood, the potato king of
this section. They have approximate
" l0) acres of the tubers and the
yield from present indications will
Yield about 100 bushels to the acre.
At 100 bushels to the acre, which is
considered fair and conservative es-
innate, Messrs. Clawson Bros. will get
approximately 10000 bushels on the
hundred acres that they have. These
potatoes are being sold at 81 and $2.25
oushtL making the crop worth gross
more than $4,000.
This is Of cour1s the gross returns.
lie seed that we've planted were high
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
-FOUR IN SERVICE
OF THE COUNTRY
BIG CONTRIBUTION MADE BY
HARLAN, PORTER G. WALKER
TO ARMED FORCES.

!. With the enlistment of Nathan l.
Brown, the hardware firm of Harlan
Porter & Walker has contributed nc
less than four of its employees to the
irmed forces of the United States
One, Wilmouth Bowen, is in the
officers training camp at Fort Ogle
thorpe; two, w. S. Hayes and Mr.
Brown have entered the artillery ser
vice and fourth, E. Flavius Looney
has enlisted in the navy. Therefore
The four men represent three depart
ments of the armed service of the
United States.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
THREE COMMUNITIES
OF COUNTY TO- HAVE
RURAL SANITATION
PEOPLE MOST ANXIOUS FOR BEN.
EFlTS WILL BE SURE TO
GET THEM.
SHOULD PETITION DR.. BISHOP
Is Anxious That There Should Be No
Delay in Making Plans to Extend
The Campaign for the Preservation
OF Health.

DR.. E, L. Bishop, of the state board
Of health in charge of rural sanitation
work in Maury county, is ready now
TO select three places in the county for
this work. Notwithstanding the fact
that the county court did not continue
the appropriation, due to a technical
objection, the state board of health
has decided to remain in the county
for three months longer with the full
assurance that when the county court
meets again in October that it will
arrange to bear the county's part of
the expense.
Three places have already been pro
vided for in rural sanitation in the
county and they are Culleoka, Cath.
ey's Creek and Woodrow, and the ben.
efts of these efforts to safeguard
health and promote cleaner and bet
ter living will be extended to three
other places. DR.. Bishop will carry
the work to the places where the PEG
| pei manifest the most whole-hearted
spirit of cooperation.
| In other words, communities that
are most anxious for rural sanitation
will get it. 1t will require petitions
signed by the heads of families to get
rural sanitation. In other words, ii
there are four or five names on a petit
ton and they all reside in the same
family and constitute together only
one household, their names will sim
ply count as one. This being the case
but one signature should be obtained
from household.
1t is practically certain that Bigby
vile and Santa Fee will make active
forts to obtain the benefits of rural
sanitation, as in both of these com
munities the sentiment is already de
veloped. DR.. Bishop is anxious -tC
have all applications in at the earliest
possible moent.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20

err than ever before known, and the
expense of planting, cultivating and
harvesting must be deducted. But at
a conservative estimate this ought not
20 exceed $50 or $50 an acre, which
would make a handsome profit if the
average yield should be up to present
expectations.
This field of potatoes has really
never suffered for the lack of rain
There have been several showers that
did not fall in the other parts of the
county. For instance that section of
the county had a good shower last
week when there was practically not
any rain anywhere else.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20


instead Of swelling up like a little
white sponge: Then It loosens from
your toe--and, glory hallelujah! the
corn comes off as though you'd take
q glove off your hand" up
Yes. "Gets-It" is the corn discov-
cry Of the age. More "Gets-It" Is
sold by many times than any other
corn remedy in existence. Try IL
and you'll know the reason why. 1t
takes two seconds to apply it, and
it dries at once. That's all. Don't
experiment-follow the experience
of millions and use "Gets-It."
"Gets-It" is sold everywhere. &c q
bottle, or sent on receipt OF price by
Il. Lawrence & Co., Chicago. Ill.
SOLD IN Columbia and recommends
as the worlds best corn remedy b.
CO, BLACK DRUG
Co, SMISER DRUG CO.-(Advt.)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
YOKELEY CROP
PROSPECTS FINE
RAIN, HOWEVER, WOULD BE VEL
COME, SAYS DEPUTY SHER-
IFF LUCY.

Deputy Sheriff H. o. Lucy, of Giles
county, was here today. Mr.. Lucy
says that crop prospects in the Yoke
ley section. of Giles county are, fine
and that while a good rain would be
welcome now, the corn crop is not
suffering from the lack of moisture.
Below Campbellsville, however, the
corn is very much in need of rain.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-07-20
BIG CROP IRISH
POTATOES SOLI
w. M. cHEAIRs, OF SPRING HILL
is SHIPPING RY THE CAR
LOADS.

One of the largest potato crops Of
the county is that of W. NJ. Cheairs. of
Spring Hill. Mr. Cheairs is now dig
ging his crop and is shipping it by
the car loads. The yield is fairly good
and he has sold the entire crop 10
Clawson Brothers, of Ashwood, the
big potato growers. The price is said
o have been remunerative