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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-05-18

toe so big 1t was murder to put Oh
my shoe. I used salves and other
things that ate off more of the too
than they did the corn. I'd cut and
dig with knives and scissors. but
now no more fooling for me. Two
drops Of 'Gets-It' did all the work.
1t makes the corn shrivel and get %
loose that you can just pick 1t righe
off with your fingers!"
There has been nothing new dis
covered for corns since "Gets-It~
was born. It's the new way-tho
common-sense, simple, sure way.
''Gets-It" Is sold everywhere. z5e
a bottle, or sent on receipt of price
by e. Lawrence & Co. Chicago. III.
Sold in Columbia and recommended
~ the worlds best corn remedy b
CO., BLACK DRUG
CO., SMISER DRUG CO.-(AdvtA
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

Foley Cathartic Tablets thoroughly
cleanse the bowels, remove undigested
waste matter, sweeten the stomach
md tone up the liver. Do not grippe
Tor nauseate. Stout persons praise
Foley Cathartic Tablets for the light,
tree and comfortable feeling they
BRING. Will not addict you to the
pill habit"-SMISER DRUG CO.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-05-18
sPRAINs AND STRAINS RELIEVED

Sloan's Lniment quickly takes the
pain out Of strains, sprains, bruises
and all muscle soreness. A clean.
clear liquid easily applied, it quickly
penetrates without rubbing. Sloan's
Lniment does not stain the skin or
clog the pores like mussy plasters OF
ointments For chronic rheumatic
aches and pains. neuralgia, govt and
lumbago have this well-known remedy
handy. For the pains of grippe and
following strenuous work, 1t gives
quick relief At all druggists, 25e.-
(Advt)
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-05-18
Corns [ loosen OF
With Magic Gets K'
Q Drops Do the Work, Painlessly.

81 tell you, before l heard Of
'Gets-It' ! used to try one thing after
another for corns. / still had then
] used bandages and they made my
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
THE END.
The State of Westsylvania.

The province and government or
Westsylvania" was a proposal made by
the settlers in the southwest Of Penn
sylvania and the adjacent territory for
the creation of a new state. 1t Origi-
mated in connection with the troubles
between Virginia and Pennsylvania,
and the scheme was brought forward
early in July. 1776 A description of
the proposed government defines the
bounds as beginning at the eastern
branch of the Ohio opposite the mouth
Of the Scioto and running thence in a
direct line to the OwasiOtO pass, thence
to the top of the Allegheny mountains,
thence with the top Of the said noun
tains to the northern limits of the pur-
chase made from the Indians in 176S at
the treaty of Fort Stanwix, thence
with the said limits to the Allegheny or
Ohio river and then down the said
river as purchased from the said In
dams at the aforesaid treaty Of Fort
Stanwix at the beginning" A call for
a convention to organize the govern
ment was issued, but memorial OF
the Virginia committee Of West Au-
gusta county to the lower house OF as
sembly led to the abandonment OF the
plan.-Philadeiph Press.
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surplus stocs. If had undertaken to
eat and drink and smoke all the things
that were brought to me by Americans
just because l was an American I'd
be back In that hospital now only get
ting fairly started on the job. It's
some country when you need it.
Wounded Get Great Welcome.
The wounded soldier getting back to
England doesn't have chance to i'm
ag1ne that his services are not appre-
clated. The welcome he receives be-
gins at the railroad station. ALI traf-
nc is stopped by the hobbies to give
the ambulances a clear way leaving
the station. The people stand in
crowds, the men with their hats of,
While the ambulances pass. Women
rush out and throw flowers to the
wounded men. Sometimes there is a
cheer, but usually only silence and
words Of sympathy.
The King George hospital was built
to be government printing Office and
was nearing completion when the war
broke cut. 1t has been made a para
disc for convalescent men. The bare
ness and the sick suggestion and char
acteriStic smell, so to speak, of the
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
londcn's Crystal Palace.

Crystal palace was originally built
In Hyde park for the great exhibition
Of 1851, being afterward removed to
its present site and re-erected- At
the first state opening of the palace by
Queen Victoria it was urged that the
usual artillery salute should not be
fired. the reason given being. that the
conclusion would shiver the glass roof
and the company assembled below. in
Guiding her majesty. would be cut into
mincemeat. Dire were the predictions
Of the scaremOngers when the design
for the palace was made public. The
first gale, they said. would inevitably
wreck it. while the heat engendered by
the sun pouring its rays upon the
domed glass roof would be so terrific
that no human being could Withstand
lit. Consequently If they escaped an
avalanche of glass they would be roast
ed to death inside the case.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14

mans so fearless and ferocious as the
Red Cross emblem. On the top of each
of the cars in this train there was a
Red Cross big enough to be seen from
miles in the air. The German aviators
accepted them merely as excellent tar
gets. Their bombs quickly knocked
three or four cars from the rails and
killed several of the helplessly wound
ed men. The rest Of the patients, weak
and nervous from recent shock and in
jury, some of them half delirious and
nearly all Of them absolutely helpless
and in pain, were thrown into near
panic.
Two Of the nursing sisters in charge
of the train were the coolest individ-
-uals present. They walked calmly up
and down it's length, urging the pa
tents to remain quiet, directing the
male attendants how to remove the
wounded men safely from the wrecked
cars and paying no attention whatever
to the bombs which were still explod-
ing near the train. did not have the
privilege of witnessing this scene my
self, but know that have accurate
ly described it, for the details were
told in an official report when the king
decorated the two sisters with the Roy
al Red Cross for valor in the face of
the enemy.
The trip from Contay to Rouen was
a nightmare-twenty-s hours travel
ing $50 miles On a train which was
forever stopping and starting, its jerky
and uncertain progress meaning to us
Just hours and hours Of suffering. do
not know whether this part of the sys-
tenn for the removal of wounded has
been improved now. Then, its incOn-
veniences and imperfectiOns must have
been inevitable, for in every way after
ward the most thoughtful and tender
care was shown us. In the long rows
of huts which compose the British gen.
eral hospital at ROuen we found our
selves in what seemed like paradise.
In the hut which constituted the spe-
cial ward for leg wounds l was lifted
from the stretcher on which had trav-
eled all the way from Poizers into a
comfortable bed with fresh, clean
sheets. and instantly / found myself
surrounded with quiet, trained, eff
Gent care. / forgot the pain OF my
wounds and the dread of the coming
operation when tray of delicious food
was placed beside my bed and nurse
prepared me for the enjoyment of 1t
by bathing my face and hands with
scented water.
On the following morning my leg
was X rayed and photographed. told
the surgeon | thought the business OF
operating could very well be put Oh
until l had had about three more
square meals, but he couldn't see II
that way. In the afternoon l got my
first sickenins dose Of ether, and they
took the first lot of iron out Of me-
suppose these were just the surface
deposits, for they only got five or si1
pieces. However, they continued sys
tematically. l had FIVE more opera
tons, and every time came out O.
the ether the row Of bullets and shell
scraps at the foot Of my bed was
little longer After the number hat
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
'0VfR THERE
The Thrill and the He'll of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock of Lex.
ington, KY, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American VIII
Read, For He Tells the Facts Unadorn-
ed. Wounded, Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "0ut There, Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies. An In
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14

People Stand In Crowds, the Men With
Hats Off, While Ambulances Pass.
which had engraved upon it: Present
ed with the compliments Of the Union
Castle line. May you have a speedy
and good recovery" The box contain
ed cigarettes, tobacco and pipe.
When the ship locked at Southamp-
ton, after a run of eight hours across
channel, each patient was asked what
part of the British isles he would like
to be taken to for the period of his
convalescence. l requested to be TAX
en- to London, where, thought, there
was the best chance of my seeing
Americans who might know me. Say,
| sure made a good guess! l didn't
know many Americans, but didn't
need to know them. They found me
and made themselves acquainted. They
brought things. and then they went
out to get more they had forgotten to
bring the first trip. The second day.
after had been installed on cot in
the King George hospital, in London,
: sert 1900 cigarettes back to the boys
( IF our battalion in France out OF my
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14
No. 6. Decorated For
Bravery; Home and
Uncle Sam.
By Sergeant Alexander McCIintock,
D. G. M, 87th Overseas Bait,
Canadian Gren. Guards.
Copyright, 1917, by the Bell Syn
dicate Inc

This is the concluding article of the
series of sic by Sergeant McCIiat0ck,
an American boy of Lexington, Ky.,
decorated for 6raUery and inUdlided
home. He has been promised COM
mission in our army. The first JfUe in
sediments told of the fighting in Bel
GUM and on the Somnle, qohere he acas
desperately tCOunded. This final in
stdIlment describes his journey to the
rear acith tloenty-tioo pieces of shrdpnel
IN one leg and his meeting aoith the
king in London hospital.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-08-14

shaken up. We were beginning also
to realize we were by no means out of
the woods surgically. Our wounds had
merely been dressed. Each of us faced
an extensive and serious operation.
We arrived at Contay silent and pretty
badly depressed. For twenty-four
hours in the Contay casualty clearing
station they did little except feed us
and take our temperatures hourly.
Then we were put into hospital train
for Rouen.
Germans Bomb Hospital Train.
Right here would like to tell a lit,
tie story about hospital train leaving
Contay for Rouen-not the one we
were on, but one which had left q few
days before. The train, when it was
just ready to depart with a full quota
Of wounded men, was attacked by
German aeroplanes from which bombs
were dropped upon it. There is moth.
ing apparently that makes the Ger.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
New Mexico,

On March 1st the Oaks Company
paid it's fourth consecutive monthly
dividend of 1 per cent on outstanding
preferred stock.
The North drift from fifty-foot level
in Eberle mine in the Mogollon dis
trict continues in ore, and a shipment
to custom mill will be made.
The shaft on Johnson mine at Mo-
gollon is now down 400 feet, with sta
tions and levels at each 10O-foot point
Ore has been exposed for the entire
depth. A small compressor plant will
be installed at once
A cross-cut is being driven from adit
level on Clifton mine to determine To-
cation of foot wall. This is part of the
Queen Vein system of the Mogollon
district and the ledge is of mammoth
proportions for greater part of it's
extent.
At the Maud s mine the Oaks Com
pany is clearing old drifts and getting
ready for an extensive course of de-
velopment. 1t has produced around
one million dollars and great extent
of virgin ground remains to be ex-
plored.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Arizona.

Experiments in the Outman district
indicate that concentrates of thirty
tons into one can be made by the flo
tation process.
The mill of the Leviathan Mines
Company is now turning out 40 per
cent molybdenum which is sold at
Yucca at $1,000 per ton.
j. H. Dundon and J. H. Bea~champ
are exhibiting jewelry gold ore from
the Mohawk group, located in the
southern end of the Chloride district.
Recent wage advances to miners OF
Jerome section made in conformity
with the advance in the average price
of copper per pound, will raise the
mine payroll of that section to above
100000.
Showing an income for the year
1916 of $2O,5S7, ,94O6O, from the sale OF
copper, silver and gold, and an expen-
diture of $9,431, ,1O5.22 and a cash bal
ance, as of Jan. 1st, amounting to ST.
643,57O, the annual statement of the
Calumet and Arizona Mining Company
has been made public.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Healthy Skir,
DEPENDS ON KIDNEYS.

The skin and the intestines, which
work together with the kidneys to
throw out the poisons of the body, do
part of the work, but a clean body
and a healthy one depends on the kid
neys. If the kidneys are clogged with
toxic poisons you suffer from stiffness
in the knees in the morning on arising,
your joints seem rusty" you may have
rheumatic pains, pain in the back, stiff
neck, headaches, sometimes swollen feet,
or neuralgia pains-all due to the uric
acid or toxic poisons in the blood. This
is the time to go to the nearest drug
store and simply obtain SOC. package
Of Anuric, the discovery of Ir. Pierce
of Buffalo, N. Y. Then drink cup of
hot water before meals, with an Anuric
Tablet, and notice the gratifying results.
You will find Anuric more active than
lithia. Dissolves uric acid as water does
sugar.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
takes OFF DANDRUFF
HAIR STOPS falling
Girls! Try This! Makes Hair Thick
Glossy, Fluffy, Beautiful-No
More Itching Scalp.

Within ten minutes after an appli-
cation of Danderine you cannot find
single trace of dandruff or falling hair
and your scalp will not itch, but what
will please you most will be after
few weeks use, when you see new
hair, fine and downy at first--yes-but
really new hair-growing all over the
scalp.
A little Danderine Immediately dou-
bles the beauty Of your hair. No diff
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten cloth with
Danderine and carefully draw it
through your hair, taking one small
strand at a time. The effect is amaz-
ing-yOur hair will be light fluffy and
wavy, and have an appearance Of
abundance; an incompatible luster,
softness and luXuriance.
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store, and prove
that your hair is as pretty and soft
as any-that it has been neglected or
injured by careless observation-disclosures
all-you surely can have beautiful hair
and lots of it if you will just try lit
tie Danderine. ADV.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
"chinese Knew the English"
deliveries guaranteed.


An EngliShman who was appointed
to an important post in China married
soon after. Among the recipients of
the usual little cardboard boxes con-
tanning pieces of wedding cake was a
Chinese merchant with whom the
bridegroom had an outstanding ac-
count for goods supplied. After the
honeymoon one of the first persons
the newly-wedded husband met was
his Celestial creditor.
"And how did you like the cake?"
said the Englishman, laughingly, after
the usual congratulations.
"Ah, ha," returned the Chinaman,
with a cunning leer, 'me no such big
fool to eat him, sab, me put cakee in
fire. Burn him up. Ha he!"
ooh, that's too bad," said the Eng
lishman, very much hurt. "You might
have tasted it at least, out of compli-
ment to my wife and myself. Why
didn't you?"
"Me too clute, sah," said the Celes-
tial, with the same cunning smile.
"You owe me monee, sab; sendee poi
son cakee; eat him; 1 die; you no
payee up. Houp-la! He! he! he! l
know you IngleeSh -
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Gen. Murguia Wants Men Paid.

Ell Paso, Texan American ar
irving from Chihuahua City Tuesday
brought a report that Gen. Francisco
Murguia, commander III chief of the
de facto troops in the north, had sent
a message to Gen. Carranza request
ing money with which to pay his
troops and munitions with which to
conduct his campaign against Villa,
threatening to resign unless the re-
quest was met at once. The report
was in general circulation in Chihua-
hua City, the American said, but
could not be confirmed.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31

The mill crosscut on the Silver Bell
mine at Ophir Loop is now in about q
600 feet.
Bartlett tunnel on Sugar Loaf noun
tain, Leadville, is shipping a steady
tonnage of silver ore.
A rich strike is reported made by J..
L. Wilson, lessee of the United Gold
Mines Company at Cripple Creek.
The New Monarch Mining Company
at Leadville is retimbering the Cleve-
land shaft from surface to a depth of
25O feet.
United Gold Mines Company of
Cripple Creek sold sixty-six broad
gauge cars of ore in February, 1000
tons, average $22, gross production
$4,000.
Developments in Cresson mine in
the past few weeks indicate that the
production on one of the lower levels
will be doubled.
The experimental flotation plant at
the Smuggler mill at Telluride is work
ing we'll. The plant will be made large
enough to treat 600 tons.
The search for lead-silver and lead
silver-zinc properties in Colorado bids
fair to reopen number of old mines
in Boulder, Gilpin and Clear Creek
counties.
Development programs in the Clear
Creek, Summit, Lake, Eagle, Teller,
Ouray and San Juan camps are fairly
marked out for 1917, with capital and
skill behind them.
Wintry weather interfered but little
with development at Cripple Creek. In
all sections of the camp programs for
1917 are now under way, and valuable
ore strikes are reported.
Georgetown reports that Convery &
McCluskey, who are leasing in the
Capital 100 feet west of where the rich
gold strike was discovered by Hanson
& Company late in the fall, opened up
a body of ore a few days ago which
showed gold, plainly visible to the
naked eye.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
BOSCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used for fifty-one years in all
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries, for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. 1t
gives the patient good nights rest,
free from coughing, with easy expec-
toration in the morning giving nature
a chance to soothe the infamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible.
Trial size 25c, and 75c family size.
Sold in all towns in the United States,
Canada, Australia, and other coun-
tries.-Adv.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Candles High in Paris.

Candles have risen in price in
France since the adoption of numer-
GUS measures respecting the cOnsump-
ton of gas, electricity and petroleum
for Illuminating purposes. Retail gro
GERS throughout Paris generally now
charge seven to eight cents for tallow
candles that previously sold for three
or four cents each. Small solid can
dies five inches long, which formerly
retailed at two cents each now cost
the consumer six or seven cents.
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
A Lucky Bullet.

b, Hussar declares that theSe is no
mascot to compare with the bullet
with which man has been wounded.
"At the Battle of the Marne," he says,
IT was struck by a bullet which lodged
in my right thigh without doing much
damage. When it was extracted
drilled hole through it, and supend-
ed it by a string from my neck. And,
although I have been through dozens
of fierce battles since then, including
the hottest fights on the Somme, and
have seen my comrades fall in hun
dreds, I have come through them all
without scratch, thanks, firmly be-
iieve, to my bullet mascot" ."-Tit-Bi
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
CONGRESS CALLED
FOR WAR SESSION
PRESIDENT SETS APRIL AS DAY
WHEN HE WILL ASK DECLARA-
TION AGAINST GERMANY.
U. S. ALREADY IN STRIFE
SESSION TO CONSIDER GERMAN
ACTION IN SINKING THREE
Us. MERCHANT SHIPS.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, March 22.-President
Wilson's decision to call Congress
earlier than the date first fixed for
the extra session, April 16, was an
nounced Wednesday. The Presidents
mind finally was made up as the re-
suit of Tuesdays cabinet meeting, at
which practically a unanimous opin-
ion was expressed that while prepara-
tions to put the nation in full state
of armed neutrality were going for
ward, Congress, which alone has the
war-making power, should be sum-
moned.
The President deliberated on the
question until late Tuesday night and
early Wednesday made his decision.
He chose April 2 because he thought
it would be impossible for all mem
bere of Congress to reach Washing
ton earlier.
The sentiment in Congress is un-
derstood to be overwhelmingly in ia
of Germany's acts against the United
States state of war already exists.
The foremost overt act which
brought the President to his decision
was the torpedoing without warning
of the American merchantmen Vigi-
lancia with the loss of fifteen lives,
some of them Americans.
When the President addresses Con-
gress he is expected to go into the
details of the situation very fully, par
ticularly as to how it affects the flu
ture of the United States. While 1t
is not known how much money Presi-
dent Wilson may suggest to Congress
as necessary to meet the situation,
leaders in the Senate have held the
view that not less than $500, 100000
should be granted at once in case war
is declared. 1t is not probable that
legislation giving such sum would
meet with any opposition.
A volunteer army of 100000 is
planned as a nucleus of what eventu-
ally would be an army of 100000
and would be assembled in training
camps.
The Presidents proclamation call.
ing an extra session of Congress April
2 follows:
Whereas, Public interests require
that the Congress of the United States
should be convened in extra session
at IL o'clock, noon, on the I'd day Of
April, 1917, to receive communica
ton concerning grave matters of ma
tional policy which should be taken
Immediately under consideration;
"Now, therefore, l, Woodrow Will
son, President of the United States
of America, do hereby proclaim and
declare that an extraordinary occa-
sion requires the Congress of the
United States to convene in extra ses-
sion at the capitol in the city of Wash
ington on the I'd day of April, 1917, at
IL o'clock, noon, at which all persons
who shall at that time be entitled to
act as members thereof are hereby re-
quired to take notice.
"Given under my hand and seal of
the United States of America, the 21st
day of March, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand, nine hundred and seven
teen and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and
fOrty-first"
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31

AFTER 1.-THE GRIP" or in GONZALES
cence from pneumonia, fevers, or other
debilitating diseases, your quickest way
to get flesh and strength Is with Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. That
gour gss bPU7 Py and 0a pn eTer1 e0G ancton into
perfect working order. 1t makes thor:
oughly effective every natural means of
repairing and nourishing your system.
For pale, puny, scrofulous children,
nothing approaches it. 1t builds up
completely their flesh, their strength,
and their health.
In the most stubborn Scrofulous, Skin
ond ar dScS eVer1 PIdasGS EndTed men It eect
wonderful cures. Contains no alcohol or
harmful drugs. In tablet or liquid form.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated. tiny granules. easy to take
The Benson signal., 1917-03-31
Wyoming.

The Saiber Company is planning
drilling for deep oil at Byron.
The large oil companies have en-
tered on an extensive era of prepara-
tions for the drilling compaign, which
spring will bring.
The first big oil strike in the Pow
der river dome of Wyoming was made
when the Jorth we'll, in section 80,
filled at once with $50 feet of oil after
the drills had gone three feet into
sand at a distance of $3.50 feet.