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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18
GRAND JURY ORDERS NO
SMOKING IN COURT ROOM

The grand jury, with J. A. Shields
as foreman, is now in session and is
rapidly getting all business complet-
ed For the first time an order was
passed forbidding anyone smoking IN
the court room while court is IN SEES
sion. The grand jury is endeavorlng
to get through with their work at the
earliest possible moment, and if pos
sible earlier than any other has com
pleted it.
Save a date for "a Regular Girl.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18
WRECK ON SEABOARD
DELAYS CENTRAL PASSENGER
Two Care Were Derailed at Junction
While Backing Onto Switch.

The Central of Georgia passenger
train due in Dawson at 3 80 p. m.
was delayed Monday afternoon until
5:48 on account Of the Seaboard Air
Line freight train No. 139 being de-
rallied at the crossing of the Seaboard
and Central tracks near the Dawson
Ice Co.'s plant. The trucks were torn
from two box cars and the cars were
derailed across the Central's track,
causing traffic to be blocked for a
number of hours. The freight was
going into the "Y" to back in to the
freight depot when the wreck occurr-
ed, and it happened in such a place
that there was not clearance enough
to permit the passenger train pass
ing.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18
MONEY TO LOAN.

If you are buying a farm and need
money, or if you have loan on
your place already and want to pay
it off, or if you own farm and need
money for any reason, see or write
US. PARKS & BELL. Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

WANTED-Sewing, plain or fancy.
MRS. C. C. TURNER, Bronwood,
Georgia.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

FOR SALE-At a substantial dis
count, two Coles Hot Blast heaters.
One in absolutely first class condi-
ton, being used only one season.
NEWS PRINTING CO., Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18
SPECIAL NOTICES

WANTED-Poultry. R. C. McCOL-
LUM, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

JUST RECEIVED a new line of
FURS. 7. S. & G. B. MARTIN.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

FOR QUICK sALE-A good piece of
land in Terrell county, Ca, con-
tanning 107 acres, Would give terms
on part or would take a good new car
as part payment. Write N. W. 10
SEY for particulars, Wauchula, Fla.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

STOLEN-Sorrell horse, five years
old, weight about 1000 pounds,
left front and hind feet white to
knee. Black, rubber tired buggy with
end springs, top comparatively new.
No name on buggy. $25 reward.
CAIN WALL, Dawson, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

FOR Waterproof wagon
body, manufactured by Shields
Geise Lumber Co. Length ten feet,
has door in rear and fits one horse
wagon. Will acrry fifteen school chill
dren. Cost $3.50, but will sell at a
bargain. See H. H. WATERS, Daw-
son, Ga.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

BILLIE BURKE in THE MAKE-BELIEVE
WIFE" There is nothing more to be said
it's Billie Burke "YOU CAN'T BLAME
HER," Christie Comedy. Open p. m.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

WALLACE REID in TOO MANY MIL
LIONS" How would you like to inherit 40
millions? Also Fox News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-11-18

WEDNESDAY, NOVEND1N I5III
NO PICTURES WILL BE SHOWN. COME
ALONG, MARY" the speediest musical COM
edy out will be here, Curtain rises at 8:15.
Prices: S1.10, s1.65; Balcony for colored,
83c, this includes war tax.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
WORK AND SAVE IS
RESERVES ADVICE
Federal Currency Body Says
Thrift Will Cut Down High
Cost Of Living.

WASHINGTON. Aug. Ito work
And 70 save is the remedy for the in
creaSlng cost of living pointed out Sun
Jay by the federal reserve board.
IN reply, to an inquiry from the SEN
ate banking committee, asking If il
was advisable to attempt contraction
OF currency by legislation I'm the hope
OF reducing prices, Gov. HardinR wrote
chairman Mclean that the growth in
1ne volume OF circulating notes was the
elIect n not the cause Of advancing
wages and prices and that the war
period of finance would not be over
until government obligations, nov car
ried by the banks, were absorbed
through the actual savings of the peo-
strong c%ensure. Of strikes and ex-
was implied In Mr.. Hard
ings letter. which did not, however,
undertake to blame any one section al
me population, but referred to the ma
uon asa whole, especially to the re-
isSatlon OF economies practiced during
essential articles by persons enjoying
large, incomes for the first time.
Legislation Undesirable.
THE federal reserve believes that
my currency LEGISLATION at this time
= unnecessary and undesirable" Mr.,
Harding wrote, and would suggest
that whether viewed from an economjc
or financial standpoint, the remedy
TOT the present situation is the same,
70 work ana to save: to work reg
ularly and efficiently, on order to pro
duce and distribute the largest possi
Die volume OF commodities: and to ex-
erclse reasonable economies in order
that money, goods and services nav he
aevoted primarily to the liquidation OF
debt n to the satisfaction OF the
demand for necessities, rather than Ia
indulge in extravaganza or the gratjfi.
cation OF q desire for luxuries. The
war Is over in a military sense and
while the bills have been settled by
loans TO- governments, these obliga-
tons so far as they are carried by the
banks u be absorbed before the war
chapter of the financial history OF the
country can be closed"
Money In circulation actually has
shown a decline since the postwar peri-
Cd set in, Mr., Harding said. The total
on Dec !, 1918; wa IS, !l29, 9s5, 900, q
was reduced to S4,79s, 800, 1000 and S45.i il
on the first of this month. The figures
on April /, 1917, were sk1Oo, 976, 900 and
In considering the increased circula-
ton. the committee. vas told. there
should be considered the factors de-
handing more currency. such as the
enlargement OF pay rolls, both az tc
the number OF workers and the wages
paid, the effect of prosperity on the
amount of money carried by individ-
uals the Increased amounts locked ur
by .hiGhly paid workmen i~gnopant oi
banking methods, money carried out Of
the country by aliene returning to Eu-
rope and prosperity In the Philippines
Hawaii. Cuba ana certain Contra
American countries where U. S. money
circu@teS freely, Foreign circulation
$3.50. 900. 900. -
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
NO CONTESTS
IN MISSISSIPPI
Democratic State Committee
Win Have Little to Do at
Jackson Meet.

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. II. tSpll-No
contests of any character are In pros
pect for the Democratic state executive
committee when il meets at the state
house Wednesday to declare the results
OF the party primary held last Tuesday.
In no instance was the vote between
RSpirants for state office sufficiently
close TO warrant a contest, and the
committee will have little TO do except
canvass the returns, declare the nomi-
nees, and arrange the official ballot for
the second primary or Aug. Is,
The new ballot will be certified by
Chairman Mullins and Secretary Nor
wood to the county executive commit
tees, and these bodies will arrange all
necessary details for the second pri-
many. In nearly all instances the same
clerks and judges who served In the
various precincts last Tuesday will be
expected to serve at the primary on
Aug. rs.
The several state candidates who
failed TO get majorities last Tuesday
resumed their campaigns today. Lieut.
Gov. Lee Russell, who received the plu-
raltty vote for governor, spoke this
morning at Decatur. Union county, and
will speak tonight at P%aulding. Jasper
county. Lieut.. oscar Johnston. who
finished a close second, resumed his
campaign this morning at Alderman.
Choctaw county, addressing a large
crowd at the opening Of the circuit
court session.
Both candidates for the governorshrp
nave apparently planned 20 devote as
much time as possible during the nNAt
awe weeks to the counties in which
their defeated opponents, ex-Gov. Lon
eino and Attorney-G General Collins re-
ceived plNraliti0s. In brief, they are
TGhting for the votes OF the van
Quished, and II promises to be one OF
the liveliest political battles In the Ais
tory of the state, with a good prospect
FOR the total vote cast to bS Q few
thousand larger than that in the first
primary, owing to a Reneral awakening
Of public interest in the contest, Here
ana there may be found a LonWino or
Collins supporter who Is so dissatisfied
with the result OF the first primary that
he declares his intention to remain away
from the polls on Aug, 26, but they are
few and far between, and this feeling
will no doubt wear away ~ election day
approaches.
The contest for lieutenant governor,
which attracted almost no attention
whatever prior to the first primary, ID
also coming in for q good share OF ct
tention. Both Of the candidates, John
Y. Frierson, OF Lowndes, and II. II,
Casteel. OF Holmes, are members OF the
present legislature, the former In the
lower house and the latter In the senate
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
TEXAS CITIZEN
NOW TESTIFIES
HanuS Says rheumatism Is
Entirely Gone and He Now
Feels Fine,

"Tanlac sure relieved me OF my
troubles and | gained fifteen pounds
after | began taking IT. says ], j..
Hanus, q prominent resident Of Ennis,
Tex, living at TQi East Waco street.
that city.
For years. he continued, II had
been going hill and getting worse
every day inNSpite Of all the medicine
and treatments | took. Then | began to
have terrible attacks of seiatic rheu-
matism, which kept me in bed for as
long as five weeks at a time. ! boz
came very nervous and went to a we'll
known health resort, hoping to get re-
lief. but that did me no good either,
AT last | was induced by what |
had head and heard about Tanlac to give
It a trial, and ] am positively amazed
at the change 1t has made In M. Why,
| am entirely free Ct rheumatism and
simply feel fine. All my troubles are
gone and I am certainly delighted with
the way Tanlac has fixed me up and
am glad to recommend 1t to my
friends
Tanlac is sold in Memphis by War
mock Drug company and Weiss Phar-
macy and all the leading druggists in
practically every city, town and village
in America, aNv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
ACTORS PLAYING FOR
STAGE HANDS AID

NEW YORK. Aug, lin an effort
TO obtain the support OF the stage
hands and musicians in the strike OF
the Actors Equity association, which
has closed ten New York theaters, the
actors will confer tomorrow morning
with officials Of the other two unions.
Richard Gordon, who said he was an
actor, was arrested outside the Winter
Garden tonight on a charge Of disor-
derby conduct, after he is alleged to
have accosted patrons and told them It
was IA bum show The 4ith Street
theater tonight was added to the list
Of p~layhouses closed by the strike.
Actors gathered tonight at strike
headquarters greeted with cheers all
address by John Drew, who announced
that his nephews. Lionel and Jack Bar
rymore, had requested him to notify the
strikers that they were with the Ac-
tors Equity association. " He also read
a letter from Ethel Barrymore In Whlch
she allied herself with the organization.
A bulletin read at headquarters stat
ed that Al Jolson, Harry Fox, Ed
Wynne and Frank Fay had been APP
pointed special strike deputies FOR
their work during the present trouble,
The managers tonight professed sat
isfaction with the result Of steps token
by them to fill the gaps in their casts
caused by principals going on strike.
Some managers declared much new
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
ENFORCEMENT OF
LAWS TO Be AIDED
Col. Rosne Waring Head Of
Committee Of Chamber
of Commerce.

W. II. FftzHugh, president OF the
Chamber Of Commerce, has announced
the appointment Of Col. Roane Waring
as chairman Of the chambers commit
tee on law enforcement Col. Waring
will appoint the members OF his COM
mittee, and as was the case last year,
when the law enforcement committee
was established, the names Of the mem
bers will not be publicly known. Last
year the committee was organized with
five members, and with an auxiliary
committee of nearly 100, whose duty
1t was to EfDort n form Of law viola
ton that came under their personal OBJ
them in any way. The committee
worked with law enforcement officers
OF the city and county, but in many
cases received little cooperation.
Col. Waring recently returned from
overseas where he served for nearly
a year on staff duty with the 33d d.
vision.
Several months ago another commit
tee on law enforcement was formed
by citizens, which secured a consider
able amount OF evidence OF violations
Of the liquor laws and held numerous
conferences with law-enforcing officials,
They had evidence ready at one time
for presentation to the grand jury, but
postponed taking such action pending
the results Of the federal investigation
as to liquor law violations. The ame
OF members Of this committee have
never been nam known. but 1t num-
bers between W and 40 men. and is
attn quietly carrying on its work,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
MEMPHIS MAN
PRAISES LUNG-WTA
Broke ChiIdren's Whooping
Cough in Short Order.
WELL IN TWO WEEKS
Mr.. Hanson Says He Had Ex-
peCted the Children to
Suffer Till Spring.

Three Of my grandchildren were
been suffering about three weeks, when
| began giving them Lung Vita saws
Mr.. @. r. Hanson, 1859 Mcmillan St,
Memphis, Tenn.
In less than a week the whoop stop
ped and in another week the cough
was gone. That was the first time !
ever knew whooping cough to be cured
we had expected the children to be
bothered until spring with II, But to
our INTENSE qualification the disease
yielded Immediately to Lung Vita"
Lung Vita Is excellent for stubborn
coughs, colds, asthma, and bronchial
troubles; Get : bottle from your drug.
write Nashville Medicine Co, Nashville.
Tenn, for free booklet. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
Activities Among
Memphis Negroes
BY raw. r. O.. FULLER.

We rejoice that the civic recreation
center win soon open at 401 Beale ave
nue., where there is ample room for
offices and amusements, with space out
OF doors for athletics and games in the
open air. We regret, however, that
pool playing Is on the program. In view
Of what is already being done along
that line TO encourage idlenesa with q
gambling touch to It.
Memphis delegates to the National
Baptist convention which meets in New
ark, N. j.. Sept. lois, must send their
nsmes 70 rev ". 7. Wiichsr, 5Is North
OF the entertainment committee.
-
The sacred concert at First Baptist
church, st, Paul avenue, Sunday night
wa interesting and was enjoyed by a
splendid audience.
The present time calls for frAnkness
and conservatism, with no profiteerine
on the unfortunate conditions. Every
leader should be true to himself and
honest with the community. The he
roes in peace are just as desirable as
the heroes in war. We are back from
the victories OF war with the spirit OF
be changed before domestic tranquility
Is assured.
The mosquito refuses to Join the uni
versal strike, He stays on the job and
puts In longer hours. With him the
union cuts no figure.
Friends OF J.. o. A. BrouRhton are ex.
tending him Fluctuations on his having
passed hts 10th milestone on life's pill
grimaGe. Broughton was once a MON :
Der Of the Tennessee general assembly
and deputy register of Shelby county,
Our children are happy over the play
grounds that are In Immediate pros
pect. One north and one west 10 the
program, 1t is said.
Be tolerant and patient with those
who don't think or act like ourselves.
Too many people who pirate about free
dom are unwilling to accord their
nsighbors the freedom they demand for
themselves.
The Sunday school ana n. Y. P. U,
departments OF the West Tennessee as
ISOLATION begin their meetings Tuesday
morning in the Howe chapel. A large
attendance is expected.
-
The Rev. G. M. Davis, one of the
ablese Of the younger ministers of the
Nih1 : w ~ III VA NAIhI III Ill UGCO
Of q Wood pastor.
Walk Circumspectly" was the key.
note of an excellent sermon by Lieut.
Blair T. Hunt at the First Baptist
church Sunday morning.
Prof. ]. r. Gloster spent Sunday al
Tyronza, Ark, where he spoke to ar
appreclative audience.
-
The Junior B. Y. P. u. Of the Metro
politan. church will give a sacred con
cert in the Howe chapel Wednesday
night for the benefit of education, un-
der the direction Of Lucy r. Camp
bell.
On Tuesday night DR.. A. NJ. Town.
send will preach the educational ser.
mon for the Woman's auxiliary.
The Woman's league will hold an I'm.
portant meeting at the Tabernacle
church, Lauderdale and Georgia, Mon.
day afternoon at 5 o'clock. A large
attendance Is desired.
"If every laborer and every employer
Of labor would make God the senior
| partner in their business, there would
be more harmony in individual and
community life." said DR.. ]. Q. John
son in M sermon at st. Andrews Sun
day nigW.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
Discolored Or Spotted
Skin Easily Peeled Off

The freckling, discoloring or rough
ening TO which most skins are subject
at this season, may readily be gotten
rid of. Ordinary mercolized wax,
spread lightly over the face before re-
firing and removed in the morning with
soap and water, completely peels off
the disfigured skin. You need not get
more than an unc OF the wax from
your druggist.
banishing tan. freckles, liver spots,
moth patches, or other cutaneous de-
fects. Minute, almost invisible. skin
particles come off each gay, SO the proc
ess itself doesn't even temporarily
mar the complexion, and you soon ac-
cuire a brand new, spotless, glrllshly
beautiful face. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
No Faults But
Many Virtues
Sweet Dreams Is An Elk
ceptionally Good Mos
quito Remedy.

Some mosquito remedies stain. but
Sweet Dreams doesn't,
Some possess Objectionable doors, but
Sweet Dreams doesn't.
Some are weak and non blasting, but
Sweet Dreams Is double strength and
lasts all night long.
Sweet Dreams Is claimed to be the
greatest mixture that was ever put into
2 bottle and sold for the purposs OF
keeping mosquitoes off. Its million
users say that this claim Is so.
Where mosquitoes are troublesome,
try Sweet Dreams. For sale by al
druggists everywhere. Hessigt ELLIS
Drug Co. wholesale distributors,
adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
WEST TENNESSEE FAIR
TO STAGE AIR STUNTS

JACKSON, Tenn, Aug. II. tSpl)--
Possibly the most unique novelty ever
offered at a fair in jackson will be the
opportunity afforded visitors at the
West Tennessee fair this fall to take
a flight in an airp!ane over the city
and fair grounds. Secretary w. y. Bar
ry wired that he hae just closed a con
tract with the Memphis Aerial company
which will provide the machines for tho
occasion.
1t is stated that the company will
have three or four planes here during
all six days Of the fair. This ell be
the first opportunity ever afforded the
public in jackson, The flights will be
made over the fair grounds or over the
city or most anywhere the patrons de-
sire TO go,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
Mrs. Lille @. Myers.

COLUMBUS, Miss, Aug. II. (Spl.)-
Mrs. Lille Cook Myers, wife Of A. c..
Myers, who for a number OF years past
has been a city mall carrier, died at
her home, i0t South Sixth street, Sun
day morning. Mrs. Myers had been
Ill for some time, having suffered from
cancer Of the stomach, but her condi-
tioD was not considered serious, and
her death was a severe shock to her
family and friends. Deceased wa about
30 years old, and, besides her husband,
10 survived by an adopted daughter,
Mrs, Il. s. Evans, Of Selma, Ala,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
Morris Hanft.

HELENA, Ark, Aug. II. (Spl.)-
The body OF Morris Hanft, prominent
business man Of MARVEL, who died late
Friday at his home, was brought to
Helena Sunday morning for burial In
Beth FL cemetery. Services were con-
Quoted by Rabbi Eli Mayer, OF Albany,
ceased man had been connected with
the Hirsch Mercantile company at Mar
veil. He Ia survived by his wife and
daughter, Miss Annie Hanft, who re-
sides at MARVEL. A large number Of
prominent Helena business men acted
as active and honorary pallbearers,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11

fully without consulting state depart
ment files. They concerned chiefly the
governments negotiations with Japan
during the war and the attitude of this
into the war on the side of the allies.
1t was expected that during the day
President Wilson also would send to
the COMMITTEES information bearing on
the Versailles negotiations, asked for
in a resolution sent to the White House
soma DAYS ago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
Your Best Asset
IA Skin Cleared By
IN draegists; soae 2. olptnsss % %, Taieum Is
For Burning Eczema

Greasy salves and ointments should
not be applied If good clear skin Is
wanted. From any druggist for Csc, or
$l.00 for large size, get abottle Of zemo.
When applied as directed it effectively
removes eczema, quickly stops itching.
and heals skin troubles, also sores,
burns, wounds ard chafing. It pene.
trates, cleanses and soothes. Zemo Is
a clean. dependable and inexpensive,
antiseptic liquid. Try it, as we believe
nothing you have ever used Is 40 effec.
tive and satisfying.
The z. ". Rose Ca. cleyel,nd.o
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
BULLET HALTs U

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn. Aug. H.
Richard Luders and Robert Beese, two
German allen enemies confined at the
prison barracks at Fort oglethorpe
made a dash for liberty at 2 O'Clock
this morning during an electrical and
rainstorm, Luders being stopped by a
bullet from the rifle OF a guard, and
Beese escaping.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
NEGRO KILLED
IN FIERCE FIST FIGHT

HELENA, Ark, Aug. II. (Spl)-sl
Mcintosh, n negro, died at his home at
Midland Heights Friday afternoon as a
| result OF n hand to-hand fight with an
other negro by the name OF Charlie
O'NeiI The trouble was said 10 have
and on Saturday morning O'Neill walked
into the jailer's office and stated that
he had come TO give up for the murder
of Mcintosh.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
LANSING TO TALK ON
PARLEYS WITH ORIENT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.-Secretary
Lansing has several carefully prepared
statements ready to present to the for
eign relations committee today on his
second appearance before the commit
related subjects.
The statements were in reply to
questions asked the secretary when he
appeared last wednesday, but which
he preferred not to attempt to answer
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
Louis P. Singer.

HELENA, Ark, Aug. II. (Spl)-
Louis p. Singer, aged 60, died early
Saturday morning at the home OF Henry
Lehman after a long illness. Deceased
10 survived by two sisters, Miss Marie
Singer, OF Helena, and Miss Sophie
Singer, Of New Orleans, and a brother,
sey. The funeral was conducted Mon
day morning from st. Mary's Catholic
church, Father McGrath officiating. In
terment took place In Mount Mary's
Cemetery
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
ROYAL LOOT HELD.

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Copenhagen
ports that the police OF Maimoe,
Sweden. are holding two packages OF
jewels and securities dropped from an
airplane and which they believe to be
the property of the former royal family
of Saxony.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-08-11
Ua1ARI5IEEISn1
O'Nel.v Vaughn.

DYERSBURG, Tenn, Aug. II. (Spl.)
The news of the marriage Of Miss
Annie Laurie Vaughn. of Friendship,
and Clint o'Neil. Of Tigrett, has reached
here. The ceremony was performed at
the home of the bride by her father,
the Rev, R. N. Vaughn, in the presence
Of friends OF the young couple. They
will reside at the country home Of the
groom near Tjsxett, where he Is en-
gagged in farmink