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experienced it's hsaith-g giving ana
strength building effect, and in the IN
terest OF the public welfare reel ~ my
duty to make known the results OF It's
use / am well past my tnreescoIe Years,
and want to say that / believe my own
great physical activity is largely due
TODAY TO my personal use OF Nuxated
Iron From my own experiences with
Nuxated Iron | feel ii is such val-'
liable remedy that it ought to be used IN
every hospital and prescribed by every
physician in this country,
Dr. r.. SAFER, Boston physician who
has studied abroad in great European
Mason is right AS I have said hum
bred times over, | regard organic iron
a : the greatest of all strength builders.
Iron is absolutely necessary to enable
YOUR blood to change your food into Nv
ing tissue. Without it. no matter how
much or what you eat. Your food merely
passes through yon without doing you
any good. You don't get the strength
out of it. and as consequence YOU be-
fust like plant trying to grow in a
soil deficient in iron
DIR. SCHUYLER G. -Jadues. Visiting sur
reon ~ ST. Fiizabeth's Hospital. New
York CITY, said: IT have never before
given ont any medical information or
advice for publication, as ! ordinarily
10 not believe In 1t. But In the case Of
Nuxated iron feel would be reniss
by Senator Mason with such surprising
above by physicians Is. not.
,wn to druggists everywhere. Unlike the
nv assimilated and does not injnre the
stomach. The manufacturers guarantee
Ills TO every purchaser or they viii re-
llier Drug Co. and all good druggists.
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pital his pockets were picked Of his
watch and purse.
Invitations Issued to
the Joint Luncheon for
Major Smith March 20
Ladies Are Invited = Reservations
Should BE Made at Once to
Insure a Plate

Extensive arrangements are beim
made by the Chamber of Commerc'
civic association, Rotary club and XII
wants club for the luncheon to be
given Wednesday. March 20. at
o'clock at the Tutwiler hotel in honor
Of Major Rutledge Smith Of the TINT
ted states army. who win deliver an
address in Birmingham on that day
10. the national council of defense.
The following invitations are being
sent out:
"The Chamber of Commerce, the
Birmingham Civic association, the XII
wants club of Birmingham, the Ro-
tary club of Birmingham request the
pleasure of your company at lunch-
con, given in honor of Major Rutledge
smith, u. S. A., on "Our National De-
fense," Wednesday, March 20, 1918, at
/ o'clock, at the Tutwiler hotel. One
dollar the plate Music. Reservations
must be made at once. Ladies' in
vited."
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RUSSIAN SEEKS
RELEASE FROM
MILITARY SERVICE
Sister of Soldier Stationed at Camp
Mcclellan Claims Violation of
Selective Draft Act

Claiming that her brother, John Sirge-
das, a Russian, was unlawfully drafted
into the military service of the United
States and that his detention at Camp
Mcclellan Is illegal and In violation of
the selective service act, Anna Kvar-
tanus, through her attorney, Nicholas
Aicinikofr of New York. yesterday filed
a petition for a writ OF habeas corpus
in the United States district court in an
effort to secure his release. Judge w. /.
Grub has set the hearing for next
Monday morning.
According to the petition Sirgedas came
to the United States from Russia in May,
securing employment at a New Jersey
factory: that he could neither read or
speak the English language intelligent
ly. and that he was induced to register by
his foreman without a full understanding
of what he was doing. The petition fur
Their sets forth that Sirgedas was under
81 years OF age, and was not given the
opportunity Of a hearing before the New
Jersey exemption board.
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DIXIE DIVISION IS
MAKING FIGHT ON
LITTLE MOSQUITO
War Is Being Carried Into
Base Trenches of DAN
gerous Enemy
BREEDING PLACES
BEING DESTROYED
Two Battalions a Day Are Engaged
in This Work, Which Will Pro-
tect Health of Men
Nv GEORGE NJ. SPARKS

Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga, March
1S.-(Special.)- another week two
battalions a day will be used In clean
ing the mosquito breeding places with
in the Camp Wheeler reservation.
Trees are being cut and the under
growth removed. The work is being
done under the direction of Major
Turck, the Camp Wheeler sanitary in
spector, and the operations of the bat
talions are in true military fashion.
just as IL they were clearing the way
for an advance against the enemy in
strange land.
The work of clearing out the
mosquito breeding places outside of
the camp is in charge of the public
health service. About 1900 pounds of
dynamite will be used in blasting
drainage channel inside the camp so
that the drainage can reach Swift
creek with greater speed than is now
possible.
A homing pigeon detachment is to
be formed at Camp Wheeler. Pigeons
are to be trained in the work of car
rying messages and it is expected that
these will be of great Importance In
the war when the troops get over
there" Major Overholser. divisional
signal officer, has requested that all
pigeon fanciers report to him for the
purpose of aiding in training the pig
cons.
The machine gunners who have been
in training at the Barber school with
ing the Camp Wheeler reservation
hsye been sent to the rifle range for
long distance firing and other train
ing which 1t has been impossible to
give within the reservation on the
smaller range.
with the Sixty-first and Sixty-sec-
ond brigade hikes and maneuvers dur
ing the week the artillery on the ar
tillery range and the machine gun
ners on the rifle range, Camp Wheeler
will be several thousand men short OF
the usual number to be found there.
1t has been announced at division
Headquarters that furloughs for AZ
hour period are to be granted to SOL
diers Of the Jewish faith for Pass
over. commencing on the evening OF
March 81. The order Is general in all
camps. it is understood, and Is issued
at the direction OF the Secretary OF
War.
Five thousand pounds of wheat
bread a week, according to hgures
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eon.+or Mason's statement in REGARD
oTmxated Iron was shown 70 several
Lysicians who were requested ~ si'o
p, ~; or,inion thereon. r,s
thT ~ Eerdinand King, New fork M 1 :
S,aian and Medical Author. said.
hsartily indorse Senator MaSons rha.
nearti IN regard to Nuxated Iron. Tnere
m rent ~ ~ vieorous iron menwithout iron.
9 can ~ means anemia. Anemia means
ran allodi aficiency The skin OF anemlc men
iIoi wnmen is pale: this flesh Happy
anu vscles lack tone; the brain Tags.
a an the memory fails and often they
hecome weak. nervous. despondent ana
melancholy. c,,,,,,a tormerIv
physician Of Bellevue Hospital rCut-
dnor Dept), New York. and the West
oposter County Hospital. said: senator
Wason is to be commended on handing
va This statement on Nuxated Iron for
OUuhlic print There are thousands OF
p,an and women who need a. strength
and blood builder but do not know what
70 take. In my own opinion there Is
Nothing better than organic iron-Nux-
ated Iron-for enriching the blood and
durance OF men and women who burn
IN too rapidly their nervous energy IN
~ strenuous strain of the great bust
neas competition of the day.
Former Health Commissioner VIM. Il.
Kerr. OF the City of Chicago, saws: y
have taken Nuxated Iron myself and
NOTE--Nuxated Iron which was used
results, and which is prescribed and re
secret remedy. but one which Is well kr
older Inorganic iron products ii Is eas
teeth. make them black nor upset the
successful and entirely satisfactory res
fund your money. 1t Il dispensed BY q
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ed Senator Bankhead will ask Jonn l..
Raul of Birmingham to accept member
ship, probably the charmanship, of the
commission
TEXT OF REPORT
The report in full follows;
l. The territory which must depend upon
the Alabama coal fields for fuel is suffer-
ing from short supply of coal New
Orleans has until recently depended
largely upon water borne shipments from
Pennsylvania That supply has been
cut off and the service abandoned by
reason of the increased demand at Pitts
burg and the Improbable 19o0-mile river
haul. AS a result the railroads have been
called upon to transport a large adj
ditional tonnage at a time when they
were already taxed beyond their capacity
by the conditions arising from the war.
>. The problem, therefore, is to provide
for a supply of coal that will meet the
present and the probable future require
ments, and also to relieve the railroads
of the transportation of a large low rate
tonnage and enable them to move other
commodities with more efficiency
8. The territory adjacent to the War
rior river is a we'll developed coal field
and can produce an abundant supply
of coal that is satisfactory for bunker
ing ships and for industrial and domes-
tic use.
4. The Warrior river has been improved
by the government at cost OIL $A,WV,-
eco, and is being maintained at lur-
ther cost of about 900 per year. 1t
| ~ M al Ont four times Tile
present coal requirement and has been
in limited use since 1919.
since a remedy for the conditions
cannot be sought in building more
railroads we must obviously turn TO
the river for relief.
s. The records of the local COM
panies which have operated boats on
the river disclose the TACT that naVi-
cation might be conducted with prop
er methods and adequate facilities and
equipment at rates no greater than
the existing railroad rates. On the
other hand, the railroads do not con-
slder the business satisfactory at the
rates and cannot haul a regular and
ample supply.
g. The companies which have at
tempted to conduct transportation on
the river have in great measure de-
veloped a suitable type of equipment,
but they are confronted with many
difficulties, lack of sufficient boats
ard proper terminals, of systematic
methods and cooperation, and with
the uncertainties entailed by war
prices and general conditions.
1t follows that there is no ground
for dependence upon securing relief
from the river in the near future
through expenditure of private cap
ital
z. Transportation by river to be
successful must fill the same require
ments as transportation by rail;
regular and adequate service, full re-
slonsibility of the carrier and alb
sorption of terminal charges.
s. We are satisfied that these essen
tials cannot be secured under private
ownership and therefore recommend
that the government commander the
equipment now existing on the War
rior river and as far as necessary, on
other accessible rivers, build certain
other equipment and create a strong
.,f,f ,i,1ic cop to Of oh
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Complete Report of
Engineers on Warrior
RiUer Traffic Plan
New Features Not Stressed in Summaries Given Out Are
Estimate of Great Saving in Freight Cars With Ex-
penditure of $250,OO0 in Raising Dams, and
Recommendation That Commission of Three
Be Formed to Operate the System
BY HUGH w. ROBERTS

Washington, March 1a-(special)-Th
report of A. j. Mason and Daniel Bonte-
cou on the availability of the Warrior
river for commercial development under
government control. the sense of which
was printed in The Age Herald some days
ago, is now available in its entirety.
A study of the full report presents two
new features. The first is the estimate
of the experts that the development of
the river at a cost less than S250.O0o would
release railroad cars. valued at S4,O0o,000
for other traffic of an essential charac-
ter.
the recommendation that commission
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The United States civil service COM
mission will hold an examination for
clerks and carriers on May s. 1918, at
Birmingham. to NIL vacancies in the
postoffice in that city The examina-
ton is open to all who meet the re-
duirements
Application blanks and full informa-
ton, including sample questions. can
civil service board. at the postoffices
Birmingham. or from the secretary.
Fifth Civil Service district. Atlanta. Ga.
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about $4,000 tons, Of which about 70,oo0
tons is bunker coal
Both markets should be materially in
creased II the government should route
transatlantic freight through the gulf
ports to relieve the Atlantic ports.
We deem it wise that ships sailing for
Europe from gulf ports should stop the
practice of coaling at Norfolk.
We consider 1t necessary that opera
lions on the Warrior river, to be of ma
terial service, should be planned to ham
die at least 100000 tons per year.
This requires large addition to the
existing equipment, full provision for
leans in order that the movement may
not be interrupted, and suitable equip
ment for transfer of coal from barges
to either stop piles or ships.
We estimate the cost of the existing
and the new equipment necessary to
transport 10000 tons a year at
50, 100000. and conclude that this ex-
penditure would release 1900 railroad
cars and 80 locomotives. valued at
81, 900, 900.
Should the government establish the
transportation system we recommend,
it would not, in our Judgment, succeed
unless controlled by board of not
more than three men who are chosen
for their business sagacity. familiarity
with local conditions, their business
standing and proved executive capacity.
We. therefore. recommend the appoint
ment of such a board-one member from
Birmingham district. one from Mobile
and one from New Orleans, to carry
out the programme.
ESTIMATE
For suitable railroad spur
connections from coal to
000
Loading stations on river. ... $4,000
Twenty river towboats ...... 700, 900
(Stern wheel, six now on
river. IA now idle on Ohio
rive.)
One hundred river barges... $4,000
(s1 now existing. 50 to be built)
One storage yard and transfer
at Mobile ......,.....,.... $4,000
Six self-propelIed barges... 100000
Four tugs Tin New Orleans). 100000
Thirteen deck barges Gin New
orleans) ................... $4,000
One storage yard at New Or
leans Observation-Disclosures. $4,000
Working capital and contin-
gencies 100000
$4,000, 900
OPERATING COST
Interest ...........,........s 10000
Thirty towboats, tugs and self
propelled barges at $4,000
each per year .............. 1880. 900
Three storage transfer yards
at $40 per day ............ 43,S00
Maintenance and depreciation 100000
Administration .............. $4,000
50
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Kid Sells Old Homestead
and Leaves for Pebble City

Chattanooga. March 1a.--(special.)
Kid Elberfeid, former Chattanooga
manager. has sold his old home and
farm on top Of Signal mountain here,
where he was born and raised. and has
left for Little Rock with his family.
The new Traveller boss will live in the
Arkansas capital for the present. He
is making the trip through by tutomo-
hi1A
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compiled at division headquarters. as
a result of the "wheat1ess days" Sol
diers are rather fond of war punk"
according to the mess sergeants, which
makes it doubly easy to put into force
at least seven wheatless meals
week.
ton has been thoroughly demon
strated to mess sergeants of the divi-
sion and to other officers who have
a hand in providing food for sol
diers. Not scrap of bread is allowed
to find its way into the garbage can.
II one piece of bread should be found
In garbage can it means stiff
"calldown' for someone.
Fats are also being saved by the
mess sergeants throughout the Dixie
division. Many mess sergeants are us
ing the fat fried from bacon as the
only grease used in their cooking, And
1t is said that the men in the COM
panies where the bacon grease is used
are the best fed in the division.
A gang of small boys. the leader OF
which is only 10 years old. were found
by the county officials and military
authorities who had been systemat-
ically stealing from the officers OF
the 124th infantry for several days,
Their "shellhole" had wagon load
of watches. razcrs, kodaks, bayonets
and side arms buried by the young
bandits.
Grady Sinclair was found by the
sentry in front of an officers tent,
after having fallen over a guy rope
and injured himself. While the guard
was carrying the boy to the base hos
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What Senator Mason Says

Gentlemen: ,.,..,
have often said would never recommend medlclhe
~ anv kind believe that the doctors place. How
ever after the hardest political campaign or my me-
without chance for vacation, had been starting 70
court every morning with that horrible tired feeling one
cannot describe was advised to try Nuxated Iron AS
pioneer in the pure food and drug legislation, was
az first loath to try advertised remedy put aIter
dvisinr with nv medical friends gave it test The
results have been beneficial in my own case made
mn NV mind to let my friends know about 1T, and you
~ 81 liberty to publish this statement II You desire.
7 am now IS years of age and feel that remedy
hich will build up the strength and increase the power
of endurance of one at my age should pc known 70 ne
rorld Yours very truly
JNga n1h~a~A0>-
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From the Congressional Directory
published by the United States Gov
ernment--"Wm. Il. Mason. Senator
from Illinois. was elected to the 5oth
Congress in 1887, to the 51st Con-
gress In 18o1--dcfeated for the SID
Congress 1Sg2--elected Senator to
the 55th Congress 1897 to 1903.
Senator Mason is now Congress-
man from the state OF Illinois
Senator Mason's Championship OF
Pure Food and Drugs legislation, his
fight for the rural free delivery sys-
tenn and his strong advocacy Of all
bills favoring labor and the rixhts
of the masses as against trusts and
combines make him national fis-
ure at Washington and endeared him
to the hearts of the working man
and the great masses OF people
throughout the United States Sen
ator Mason has the distinctions Of
being one of the really big men u :
the nation. His strong endorsements
of Nuxated Iron must convince any
Intelligent thinking reader that III
must be a preparation Of very great
merit and one which the Senator
feels is bound to be Of great value
TO the masses OF people everywhere
otherwise he could not afford 10 lend
his name to II. especially after his
strong advocacy Of pure food and
drugs legislation.
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B. X. Clemmens. field examiner Of
the civil service, is here today look
ing over Decatur and Albany. AS a
result OF his visit it is expected that
either Decatur or Albany will be
named as a permanent place for hold
ing examinations for typewriters ana
stenographers.
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Total cost s145 per ton.

Total cost $145 per ton. 81, 453,S00
project is under consideration to
increase the depth of the river from
six to eight feet, at a probable cost
of $250,00o, by raising the dams two
feet Doing this would have a marked
and beneficial effect upon the economics
of transportation and it is safe to say
that the above costs of operation would
be reduced 20 per cent
ARTHUR J. MASON,
DANIEL BOTECOU.
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The Baptist preachers Of the Ten
nessee valley have organized a Pas
tors union. The organization is com
posed of nearly all of the pastors Of
the various Baptist churches Of the
Tennessee valley.
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Former United States
Senator Mason, Pioneer
legislation Father Of Rural Free Delivery System
SAYS Nuxated Iron

Increased His Power and Endurance
So Much, That He Feels 1t Ought
to Be Made KnoWn to Every NerU-
Gus, Run -down, Anaen1ic Man,
Woman and Child.
Opinions of DR.. Ferdinand King, NeU YORK
Physician and Medical Author; Or.
lanes Francis SulLiDdn, formerly Ply
sician of Bellevue Hospital Outdoor
Dept.) New York and the Westchester
County Hospital; Former Health Com.
missioner VIM. r. Kerr, of the City OF
Chicago and Others.
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Eight former employees of the Ten
nessee Valley bank are now in the
service of Uncle Sam. The bank has
Just unfurled service flag with eight
stars on 1t. Just below the flag hangs
q life-size oil painting of the late
Gen. Joe Wheeler.
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At least one preacher has come to
the conclusion that his services are
mere valuable as farmer than as
a preacher. He is the Rev. W. b.
Strong, pastor of the Willoughby
Presbyterian church. Albany. ts
Rev. Strong will go to farming at
once having rendered his resignation
as pastor.
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DECATUR

Decatur, March Undergraduates
Albany silk mill will hold their for
NAL opening on March is. at which
time the public will be invited to at
tend. This mill has been in success
full operation for several months and
is the only silk mill in the south to-
day and the only one ever established
in the south so far as known.
According to the figures of the coun-
ty exemption board. there are 700
class / men in this county. The last
Of the notices have been mailed out
to registrants and the last contin-
gent of 40 men have been summoned
to appear for examination on March
18th.
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of three men, one of Birmingham, one
of Mobile and a third of New Orleans,
be named to take charge in the capacity
of directors of the government river sys-
tenn. If this recommendation is adopt
ed Senator Bankhead will ask John L.
Kaul of Birmingham to accept member
ship, probably the chairmanship, of the
commission
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Five thousand pounds of wheat
bread a week, according to figures
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error was made on the assessment
rolls of this amount. One half of the
tax being paid, a %refunding order of
1882 was issued, and an abatement
of 1882 was ordered for unpaid half.
Frank Sherwin was granted an
abatement of the 1917 tax, and the can
collation. of the tax sale of 1916, on
the part of the SWA NWA of sec.
25-110-50 (9.S0 acres) for the reason
that tax on this land was paid on for
three years, under the description on
the NJ of Blocks 1873, Pleasant Hill
addition to the City of Brookings.
The application of the Farmers Ma
tional Bank for refund, and abatement
of the tax for the year 1918 on a val
uation of $15,946.OO, error in the as
sessment of the bank, was on motion
granted, amount of refund $212.40 abat-
ed $212.40.
On motion the board adjourned.
H. G. Halvorson,
Attest: Chairman.
John Alton, County Aud.