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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
MILLIONS SAVED in
PEOPLES COAL BILL
SWEEPING REDUCTIONS RANG
ING FROM 81 TO SIS A TON is
AGREED UPON

Sweeping reductions in the price
OF bItuminous coal at all mines east
OF the Mississippi river, ranging from
81 to So ton to the public, with
further cut of so cents for the
government, were agreed upon
Thursday at conferences between the
operators and government officials.
The new prices became effective July
l.
Four hundred operators, who gath
cred in Washington at a call from
Secretary Lane, and pledged them
selves to furnish their product at
reasonable prices, were represented
IN the final conferences by commit
tees from each field.
Director Smith, of the geological
survey, estimated that the reduced
prices woul mean that the operators
would get $18O,0OO,OOO less annual
ly for their output and that the saw
ing to the government and the coal
consuming public would be even
greater.
Only One Commission.
In addition to placing prices upon
coal at the mines it was announced
that jobbers, brokers, retailers and
commission men would be permitted
to charge commissions of not more
than 25 cents a ton, and that no
more than one commission should be
charged. In other words, the con-
sumner will get his coal at the mine
price plus transportation charges and
25 cents per ton.
Give Minimum Price
Representative from various states
were asked to quote the minimum
prices at which they could furnish
coal. The Clearfeld district of Penn
sylvania agreed to cut its price for
coal as it was loaded at the mouth
of the mine from $5.25 to So, with
$3.50 for lump sizes. Tennessee
came down from $3.50 to SO. Vir-
glnla did likewise. West Virginia re-
duced the current contract price of
$3.50 to SO, and Illinois and Indiana
coal as it come from the mines.
reduced their prices to S2.75 for
Alabama, which mines under differ
ent conditions, with special expenses,
reduced its price from $3.50 to SO at
the lowest and 81 at the highest.
Maryland lowered its estimate from
1913 to the standard figure. So and
$3.50.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
Notice to Charlie Morrow

State of Georgia, Terrell County.
In the superior court, May term,
1917, First State Bank VS.. Charlie
Morrow. 1t being represented to the
court by the petition of First State
Bank that by deed of mortgage, dat
ed the 21st day of October, 1915;
Charlie Morrow conveyed to the said
First State Bank house and lot in
the city of Dawson, Terrell county,
Georgia, fronting on Fourteenth ave-
nue. fifty feet and running back one
hundred and forty feet; better de-
scribed in mortgage transferred
from the Dawson Variety Works to
the First State Bank. Said property
bounded on the west by property of
Bob Pittman's estate, on the east by
property of Chas Williams, on the
south by Fourteenth avenue and
north by vacant lots, being lots Nos.
q and 3 of the Paschal addition to
Dawson, Ga, for the purpose of Sc
curing the payment of a promissory
note made by the said Charlie Nor
row to the said First State Bank, due
on the 1st day of October, 1916, for
the sum of three hundred and sew
enty-five dollars, which note is now
due and unpaid.
1t is ordered that the said Charlie
Morrow do pay unto this court, by
the first day of the next term, the
principal, interest and costs, due on
said note or show cause, if any he
has to the contrary, or that in de-
fault thereof foreclosure be granted
to the said First State Bank of said
mortgage, and the equity of redemp-
ton of the said Charlie Morrow
therein, be forever barred, and that
service of this rule be perfected on
said Charlie Morrow according to
law. A true copy from the minutes
of this court. w. G. WORRILL,
Judge Superior Court, T. c., Ga.
w. S. DOZIER, Clerk.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03

600 a year ago. Three shifts of men
are working on government orders.
while police and national guardsmen
watch the plant, aided at night bv
powerful searchlights. Big contracts
from the United States government
have forced Hartford firms to cease
manufacture of automatics and re-
volvers for the commercial trade.
Remington Doubled Its Force.
The greatest increase in Connecti-
cut has been at Bridgeport, where the
Remington Arms and Ammunition
company is employing II, 900 and 12,-
600 persons, compared with 5000 or
5000 a year ago. With increased
facilities the company is now employ
ing this number of men in two shifts,
instead of three shifts as a year ago,
Almost the entire output is for the
allies. Wages at the plant have in
creased from 20 to 80 per cent in
the year. In the same city the
Bridgeport Projectile company has
increased its force so per cent. and
the wages rs per cent. during the
past year.
New Haven is another city that is
helping Connecticut maintain it's
martial reputation. Twenty thousand
munition workers are employed in
that city, most of them by the Win
chester Repeating Arms company.
While the company will not give out
any figures it is estimated that its
output is 1900 Winchester rifles a
day. It is said that the daily pro-
duction could be increased to 1000
rifles. The Connecticut Aircraft
company, in the same city, has al
ready produced several aeroplanes
accepted by the United States.
The vast munition business of
Pennsylvania centers about Pitts
burg, where 100000 person are
employed as munition workers. The
monthly payroll is estimated at $780,
100000. Most of the industry is
that of the United States Steel cor
poration, with its immense plants at
Braddock, Homestead, McKeesport
and Pittsburg. The Jones and Laugh
lin Steel company, the Phillips Sheet
and Tin Plate company, the Crucible
Steel company and the Pittsburg
Steel company also are doing rec
ord business.
Wages in the vicinity of Pittsburg
are higher than ever before. Since
the beginning of 1915 the U. S. Steel
corporation has increased wages a
total of 40 per cent. In the eastern
part of Pennsylvania, Schwab's i'm
mense plant, the Bethlehem Steel
company is second only in size and
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
War To End August 28, 1917, According
To Prophecy of Monk 667 Years Ago

ROME, Italy.-The great war will
end on August %, 1917, if the pre-
diction of St Malachi, an Irish monk,
who lived about 1850 A. D., is full
filled.
Two of st. Malachi's predictions
regarding the war already have been
fulfilled, it is said. One was the date
Of its start, the other the date of
Roumania's entry into the war.
This is st. M-alachi's prophecy as
found on an original manuscript:
when the first number shall meet
the ninth and when they two shall be
united with the first and sixth (1916)
during the sixth month of the year
august, according to the old calen-
dar), and after two times four and
two times ten days shall have passed
august 28), the new races which
drew their name from Romulus (Rou-
mania) shall rise and shall ally them
selves with powerful nations.
Beast Shall Die
''Then the fierce beast who for two
years and one month (exact date of
the beginning of the war; has been
filling all the earth with blood, with
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
A FAMILY
MEDICINE
In Her Mothers Home, Says This
Georgia Lady, Regarding Black
Draught. Relief From Head
ache, Malaria, Chills, Etc.

Ringgold, Ca Mrs. Chas. CASTOR,
OF this place, writes: II am q user
of Thedford's Black-Draught; in fact,
1t was one of our family medicines
Also in my mothers home, when
was child. When any Of us child
rem complained of headache, usually
caused by constipation, she gave US
a dose Of Black-Draught, which would
rect1fy the trouble. Often in the
Spring, we would have malaria and
chills, or troubles of this kind, we
would take Black-Draught pretty reg
ular until the liver acted well, and
we would soon be up and around
again. We would not be without it,
for it certainly has saved us lots of
doctor bills Just a dose of Black
Draught when not so we'll saves ca
lot of days in bed"
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
In use for many years in the treat
ment Of stomach, liver and bowel
troubles, and the popularity which it
now enjoys is proof of its merit.
II your liver is not doing its duty,
you will suffer from such disagree.
able symptoms as headache, bilious
ness, constipation, Indigestion, etc,
and unless something is done, serious
trouble may result.
Thedford's Black-Draught has been
found a valuable remedy for these
troubles. 1t is purely vegetable, and
acts in a prompt and natural way,
regulating the liver to it's proper
functions and cleansing the bowels of
Impurities. Try it. Insist on Thed-
ford's the original and genuine. e 70
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
OH, SKIN NAY! BUT
The MERMATDS! SEE The NJ!
Silvery Fish Scale" Bathing Suit Is
Thriller to Be Seen at
Atlantic CITY.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. 1.-THE
mermaid was the sensation of the
formal opening of the summer sea-
son here. Attired in a beach garment
of silvery texture cut short as to
skirt and low as to bodice, with hos
iery Stimulating fish scales to match,
she formed a striking picture. And
there were several of her.
The warning of W. Frank Sooy,
director of public safety. that display
of dimpled knees would lead to ar
rest was fully observed. But fem
mime extremities were covered with
the loudest hosiery the beach has
ever seen.
Bathing caps took the form of
trench helmets and other varieties
of headgear associated with the bat
tlefeld. Bathing canes were also in
troduced.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
importance to the United States Steel
corporation.
Springfield Plants Are Busy,

importance to the United States Steel
corporation.
Springfield Plants Are Busy,
The state of Massachusetts, is well
represented by Springfield, which has
an output even greater than that of
year ago. The Westinghouse COM
pany is employing 10000 men and
is running night shifts. This firm has
been working three shifts a day ever
since the war began. The Springfield
armory had been peace basis for
several years, but has been operating
three shifts daily since the United
States severed relations with Ger
many. The Westinghouse plant is
employing many women and paying
them high wages, not as high, how
ever, as are paid to men. The Spring
field armory soon will have 5000
employees. The wages are not quite
so high as in other plants, but the
men are given nearly 80 days vaca-
ton a year with pay and assured
steady work for several years.
The Hendee Manufacturing com
pany in Springfield is employing g.
500 men and is turning out large
numbers of motorcycles most of
which are sold to armies, either at
home or abroad.
Maryland Firms at Top Notch.
The Poole Engineering company,
with plants at Woodberry and Texas,
Md, is just finishing a contract with
the Russian government and soon
will start work for the American gov
eminent. At its two plants this COM
pany makes one-pound gun that can
be adjusted as single shot, semi
automatic or rapid-fre gun.
Another Maryland concern that has
been working night and day on Rus
sian contracts and soon will start for
the American government, is Bart
lett Hayward company, of Baltimore.
This company employs about 5000
men and women, at wages ranging
from 20 to 60 cents an hour. All of
the acid plants in the Curtis Bay Sec
ton of Maryland have greatly in
creased their production and now pro-
duce about Is per cent. of the worlds
output of sulphuric acid. The Davi-
son Chemical company has doubled
its size during the past year.
Other "war plants" such as the
American Brakeshoe and Foundry
company, of New York city and Erie
Pa, and the General Electric COM
pany, of Erie, and Schenectady, N.
Y, are filling large contracts for the
Russian, British, French and Ameri-
can governments.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
THREE BROTHERS AND "PA''
WE'D THREE SISTERS AND MA
The Vasseaus and the Douvilles Score
in Grand Marital Marathon.

ST. PAUL, Minn.-C. V. Vasseau.
Jr. of New Richmond, Wis, in 1891
married Miss Gina Douville Of
Nechel, N. D. On Oct. Is, 1902, at
Grand Forks, N. D., Eugene Vas
seau, brother of c. V. Vasseau, Jr..
married Mlss Harriet Douville, sis
ter of the wife of his brother.
In tee meantime another romance
was moving rapidly toward the altar.
for on Oct. II, 1908, Mrs. John Dou-
vile, mother of the wives of C. ",
Jr., and Eugene Vasseau, was welded
in st. Paul to C. V. Vasseau, Sr.,
father of her daughters husbands.
Now comes the word that Arthur
Vasseau, brother of c.. ", Jr., and
Eugene Vasseau, took as his life part
ner Miss Flora Douville, sister of
the wives of his two brothers. They
were married at Saltwater.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
DAVIS WILL KEEP HIS
JOB AS FEDERAL MARSHAL
Report Says Senator Hardwick Will
Lose His Fight to Put in Kelly.
Wrangle Over PIE" Continues.

Lose His Fight to Put in Kelly.
Wrangle Over PIE" Continues.
Washington dispatches say it
seems to be generally conceded that
United States Marshal Joseph A. Da-
Wis, of the southern district of Geor-
gia, will not be superseded in re-
spouse to the request of Senator
Hardwick, who has recommended R.
A. Kelly, of Tennille, Washington
county, for the place
Senator Hardwick has let it be
known he is out for the scalp of
Joe S. Davis, United States marshal
in the southern district of Georgia,
and that he will make an especial
effort to have R. A. Kelly, of Wash
ington county, Mr.. Hardwick's home,
appointed in the, place.
The matter has been brought to
the attention of the president and
definite information comes that Pres
ident Wilson will not, under any con-
dition, displace Davis to give Kelly
the place
Under the law the marshal holds
office until his successor is appointed
and qualities and, if pressure is at
tempted, there merely will be no APP
pointment made.
Another Development in the Geor-
gia situation here is the report that
the name of Judge W. f. Thomas
will almost Immediately be sent in
for the vacant judgeship in the
southern district and that confrma-
ton will again be fought by the
Georgia senator's, which, it is said,
is going to still further complicate
the Georgia political situation.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03

horror, and with carnage, now sur
rounded, smitten from all sides and
roaring in vain, will seek whom he
may devour, but shall not find him.
''There shall be new battles while
new moons shall wax and wane thir-
teen times. The fifth day after the
sun leaves the sign of the lion the
beast shall die a fearful death. A
virgin whose name contains two iotas.
two alphas, a tau and a lambda
(Italia) shall crush his head and the
Latin people shall share his spoils.
Astronomers Figures.
Astronomers point out that on
August %, 1916, there was new
moon. So on August II, 1917, thir-
teen new moons will have set. The
sun leaves the sign of the lion on
August %. The fifth day thereafter
brings the date of the end of the
war, as predicted in the prophecy, to
August %, 1917.
Chevalier Monti, director of the
civic museum at Como, Italy, has the
original manuscript.
Astronomers consider the prophecy
particularly wonderful because it is
based on astronomical facts unknown
at the time Malachi lived.
Italian journals say Malachi has
predicted with signs and symbols the
name of every pope since his time.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03

When the baby is suffering the
double affection of hot weather and
bowel disorders, the remedy needed
is McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR. 1t re-
duces the feverish condition, corrects
the stomach and checks the looseness
Of the bowels. Price 25c and SOC per
bottle. Soldaby Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03

Come and inspect the 30. K" pea
nut digger. At the Dawson Hardware
Company's.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03

Come and inspect the 30. K" pea
nut digger. At the Dawson Hardware
Companyis.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1917-07-03
RUB-MY-TISW

sWill cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Headaches. Cramps,
Eolic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
vt" Antiseptic AnOdyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price Csc.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25
JOHN BARLEYcoRs, GOODBYE

National prohibition of drink evil is at door.
John Bareycorn is hunting the cyclone cellar On
Saturday of representatives by what amounts
to unanimous vote passed bill to prohibit the man
ufacture alcoholic liquor from foodstuffs animal
feed during the period of the war. The law makers
went further They the president power to take
over the alcohol convert to beneficial
The old senators may wiggle and twist for time
before toeng the mark they will toe the mark be-
canse tremendous public sentiment behind them
prodding them up to their manifest duty.
Just consider this from communication sent out
by the committee Wartime Prohibition of which
Prof Irving Fisher of Yale is president
sThe Connecticut Manufacturers association, repre-
senting over 200 of the leading manufacturers of that
state passed resolution favoring complete war pro-
hibton by a vote of ITS to 1. That remarkable.
THE American Medican association, the most rep
resentatve body kind in the world, at its national
convention in New York this month adopted resou-
tons declaring alcohol to be neither food nor slim
ulant. That remarkable.
1.-THE National Conference of Charities and Correc-
ton violated its custom passing resolution
subject and recognizing the patriotic char
acter and overshadowing Importance of the question:
unanimously adopted the resolution Iavorlng pronlDl-
ton. That remarkable
This cutting out of the manufacture of alcoholic
drinks from grain while the world is crying for bread
appeals to the clear of intelligent
man 1t is the right thing do and the it is
done the better.
Fellow bought sack of potatoes the other day Tor
s675 When he opened the sack he found note telling
him that the man who grew the spuds got 1925 for
them. That's business.
When you get tired swatting the fly, change of
and take a crack the potato bug That will rest YOU
Are you in the Red? If not, the time is short. Must
have that 800, 100000.
There are no exemptions in the Red Cross draft.
No limit either
The faster food goes down the faster it goes up.
BE canny-can what you can
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25

ed. The carriers assert that if the
increase is granted the money de-
rived will not fully meet the increased
costs and any deficit will have to be
absorbed by them in part at the ex-
pense of the stockholders and by the
curtailment of service and restriction
OF betterments, improvements and ex-
tension of lines.
If the equity of these claims is es-
tablished by the carriers, then the
commissions should not hesitate in
dealing with the situation broadly and
literally, without fear, with the as
surance that fair minded public will
endorse their action.
The railroads ask the pepole to
bear in mind the outstanding fact
that adequate freight rates are nee
essary.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25
TRENCH TALES.

1.-The barrage ran along in front OF
us, whipping up the earth in spray just
as you see heavy rainstorm splash
ing off an asphalted pavement" said
an N. C. O. of the New Armies. I'VE
followed so close that some of our
men got tackled up with clods OF
earth, and we were coughing with the
smoke For two days we had been
furnishing counter attacks, and the
ground was stiff with dead Huns. Be
fore long we got into whisp OF the
Boche counter barrage and it was pam
icky work when their heavies came all
around us. Still you can be missed
by the heavies.
1--WE got to our objective all right
and had it in good defensive order be-
fore Fritz tried to get it back. He got
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25
GORDON CAMPBELL
4 SILENT HERO
CENSOR SHUTS DOWN OF DEED
THAT WINS HIGH HONORS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Cor d o Z
Campbell, mysterious hero Of the Brit
ish navy, leaped 700 Junior naval Of
ficers in promotion, became a member
of the Distinguished Service order and
was decorated with the Victoria Gross
in less than a year and a halt. Yet
with a storm raging around his secret
career, he is bound by~haval ethics not
to tell publicly how he won either his
promotion or the high honors bestow-
ed by King George.
Curiosity started mildly, but wheh
Campbell and the admiralty remained
silent, the demand for information
reached the proportion of public up
roar. Campbell is not criticised, ex-
actly; the public really wants a chance
to sing his praises. The music is
| ready but English hero worshippers
refuse to sing a song without words,
which makes the present demonstra-
ton a clanor instead of a popular
laudation.
A high official of the admiralty to-
day assured the United Press that
Campbell's achievements and bravery
during the war deserve every ray Of
honor TUNED upon him. When the
war is over the people may know what
he did and how he did it, but for the
time being his deeds must remain be-
hind the VEIL
Just recently his name appeared in
the Court Circular as the recipient of
the Victoria Cross, highest of all hon
ors for sheer bravery, SO Campbell
must have found something more ex-
citing than the command of the Bit
tern.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25
WHY RAILROADS DEMAND
HIGHER FREIGHT RATES
Insist That Cost of Living Has Hit
Them Harder Than it Has People
in General

The railroads of the country are
asking that they be allowed an in
crease of Is per cent in freight rates
to enable them to meet increased cost
of operation. The price of every COM
modify that the railroads use has adj
vanced from IS to over 200 per cent,
but the cost of transportation remains
the same.
The shippers of the country need
adequate railroad facilities far more
than they need low rates at the cost
of bad and Inefficient service, and it
is but just and fair to the people
whose savings are invested in our
transportation systems that the re-
turn on their investments shall be pro-
tected.
Railroad rates are fixed by the in
terstate and state commissions, and
the increases to which the carriers are
entitled ought in fairness to be allow
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25


a surprise then, toos for a. bunch of
our men Who had got too, far ahead
the day before, and had been lying
doggo in bit of old trench, fairly
Drowned them with the Lewis. guns
before we could open on them.
We got to our fellows bit later;
there was only half company Of them
and they had finished their iron rations
They were just hanging on until some
one would come up and get them out.
It's a queer mix-up, this open fighting,
but take it from me, the Germans have
very little stomach for. open-fightinE,
and none at all for hand-to-hand work
with the steel"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25
ARE YOU SERVING YOUR
COUNTRY2

This war is your war. What
!. have you given to your coun-
!. try? Bought a Liberty Bond?
!. But that is not sacrifice; it's
X a paying Observation-Disclosures
!. but remunerative.
= War demands sacrifice. You
!. too, must bear the cross.
Il Give, Give, GIVE. Give now
!. to the American Red Cross.
!. The Red Cross is actually a
!. part of the army and navy, just
!. like the commissary depart
!. ment, though under volun-
!. tary system. When you give
j. to the American Red Cross,
:. you are giving to your country.
!. And there's no nobler chart
!. ty. no higher religious duty,
!. than to give to save the lives
J. of your fellow men.
:. No matter if you are al
:. ready a member of the Red
j. Cross, give again and again
!. 81. 81, $40, 800; all contrib
!. utions are for your country's
!. cause.
). >. j. !. !. !. !. !. !. X !. !.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-06-25
Loyal to the Kaiser

william ellison Foutz, a cook in
Humbird camp Nof2, was arrested
Wednesday on complaint of several
people in the camp that Foutz had
been making derogatory remarks
against President Wilson and the
flag. One of the remarks Foutz is
alleged to have made was that che
would like to put Wilson and his
whole clique into German gun and
blow them into midocean." 1t is also
claimed he had declared his inten-
ton of getting a German flag and
putting it over the cook house.-Pend
d'Oreille Review.