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Newspaper Page Text2 FEW GENTS DESTRQTS YOUR DANDRUFF AND STOPS FALLING HAIR Save your hair! Make it thick, wavy and beautiful — try this! Thin. brittle. colorless and scraggy hair is mute evidence of a neglected •caJp: of dandruff—that awful scurf. There is nothing so destructive to -he hair as dandruff It robs the hair of its lustre, its strength and its very life; eventually producing a feverishness and itching of the scalp, which if not reme died causes the hair roots to shrinx. loosen and die- then the hair falls out fast. A little Danderine tonight—now —any time— will surely save your hair. Get a small bottle of Knowlton’s Dan- Marine from any drug store or toilet counter, and after the first application your hair will take on that life, lustre aa i luxuriance which is so beautiful. 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It will help keep th. cl HtUe onca happy and healthy J 25c a hottie at your drug I--] gist’s or general store; or if ll "U jroor dealer can’t supply you. ic-nd Ma name and 2'c in stamps and we'll send yon a hottie promptly E. & S. FREY, Baltimore Md TOBACCO F ■ WSerrwwr anu-eri Sent on trial. If it cares, coats you SI. If it faita. costa noth ing Super ba Company. H B. Baltimore. Ma. We Club With the Cultivator The Semi-Weekly Journal is the best newspaper in the South. The Southern Cultivator is the best Farm paper for the Southern Farmer. Send us 11.25 ana we will send you both of these papers for one year each. Address all orders to The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal. Atlanta. Ga. HARRIS’CHANCES GROW BETTER. MANAGER SMS Dr. Ledbetter Claims Howard Is Practically Out of . the Race Dr L. S. Izedbetter, campaign man ager for William J. Harris, candidate for United States senator. Saturday gave out the following statement with .reference to the progress of the cam paign. "The situation, from our viewpoint, is ; growing more satisfactory from day to day and from week to week. The state- ■ tnent which I made last week to the ; effect that the people of Georgia* are -settling upon Mg. Harns as the loyal ■candidate to defeat Senator Hardwick, is being borne out more and more in the hundreds of letters we are receiving from all parts of the state. These let ters show that voters who have been undecided, have now, in the Light of de velopments, made up their minds to support Mr. Harris and through him, the administration of President Wilson. “Congressman Howard is practically out of the race. His methods, which are those of a clown and mountebank, have helped toward his elimination. His false statements, disproven on every side, have acted as a boomerang against him. He may easily be dis missed. “The only real fight in Georgia, as we have before pointed out, is between loyalty on the one side as represented in the person of Mr. Harris, and the absence of loyalty as represented in the candidacy of Senator Hardwick. Mr. Hardwick's claim of loyalty is repud- I iated by his own record. The people of Georgia have made up their minds that no matter what happens, the defeat of Hafdwtck. whose attitude has been to encourage the 'beast of Berlin* who is aiming for world dominion, must be accomplished. “Realinzing this situation, the loyal people of Georgia are not going to let division in their ranks make possible the election of the candidate whose record is distasteful to the adminis tration and which has stood in the way of the successful prosecution of the war. "With a strength throughout the state which spells victory, Mr. Harris’ campaign is growing in force and vigor every day. He spoke Thursday at Cor dele. to the largest crowd assembled In Crisp county for a political meeting in the past several years. He spoke Fri day in Vienna and Unadilla to large and appreciative audiences and was sim ilarly wen received in Hawkinsville on Saturday. < “Everywhere Mr. Harris goes, the people are flocking to him as the rep resentative es loyalty and service and the candidate in whom there is the greatest hope for the well-being and safety of cur soldier and sailor boys across the water. We are confident of the victory which will be ours when the ballots are counted September 11. “Indicative of the way the situation looks now is the following telegram from Moultrie, like many we are re ceiving from other sections of the state. "This telegram, dated August 23, says: Straw vote in the city of Moul trie this morning gives Harris 101, Hardwick 57. Howard 30. Shaw 2 Coop er 1 ’ It is signed by S. P. Turnbell. As to Folk County •The ridiculous camouflage of the Howard headquarters concerning Polk county, the home of Mr. Harris, may have deceived some people who do not know the facts. It is quite unnecessary to secure a certificate of character or bill of health for Mr. Harris among hie own people, but to inform any who may have been misled we are giving here with a telegram received at our head quarters Saturday, which needs no com- “ The undersigned citizens of Polk county take great pleasure in assuring the public once more that the home county of William J. Harris is over whelming for him for United States senator. In our opinion, the Harris vote will far exceed the combined votes of his opponents. It is conservatively es timated that Harris votes will be at least three times that of Hardwick, with Howard generally recognized as very much weaker than Hardwick.’ (Signed) W. W. Crawford, ordinary; T. P. Lyon, sheriff; W. S. Hightower, chairman board of county commissioners; John B. chairman county Democratic committee; F. D. Noble, mayor of Ce dartown; J. J. Cooper, representative of Polk county; William W. Mundy, sen ator Thirty-eighth district; C. Van Wood, county physician; J. W. Good, city physician Cedartown; E. B. Rus sell, editor of Cedartown Standard; Charles R. Brumby, Jr., superintendent Standard cotton mills and Cook Duck mills. -Mayor of Bockmart, polk County “Polk county is sure to give W. J. Harris a majority of its votes. (Signed) "E. R. MORGAN, “Mayor of Rockmart. Howard a Small Factor "Howard is a small factor all over Georgia, except to divide the loyal vote, thus giving Hardwick a chance to carry several counties by a mere plurality. His only strength is in the Fifth con gressional district. For instance, when . he spoke at Thomson, McDuffie county, i ■ there were only qtwenty-three people in the courthouse; in Millen, Jenkins coun ty, there were only forty-four; in Waynesboro. Burke county, only seven ty-five. All over Georgia such small audiences show his utter lack of general strength which shows that there is no interest in his race or confidence in 1 his ability to win. The fight ts between Harris and Hardwick, loyalty and dis loyalty. for President Wilson or against ♦he president, for our country to win -gainst the brutal Germans." Calomel Users! Listen To Me! I Guarantee Dodson's Liver Tone Your druggist gives back your money if it doesn’t liven your liver and’ bowels and straighten you up without making you sick. L'gh! Calomel makes you sick. It's horrible! Take a dose of the dangerous drug tonight and tomorrow you may lose a day’s work. Calomel is mercury or quicksilver which causes necrosis of the bones. Calomel, when it comes into contact with sour bile, crashes into it, breaking it up. This is when you feel that awful nausea and cramping. If you are slug gish and “all knocked out,” if your liver is torpid and bowels constipated or you have headache, dizziness, coated tongue, if breath is bad or stomach sour, just try a spoonful of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone tonight. Here’s my guarantee—Go to any drug store and get a bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone for a few cents. Take a spoonful THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1918. EXPLOSION KILLS FOUR i ABOARD IL S. TRANSPORT I Orizaba, Homeward Bound, Also Has 19 Men Injured by Depth Charge WASHINGTON, Aug 23.—Four men , i were killed and nineteen others severely ! wounded by the explosion of a depth ( i charge on the U. S. S. Orizaba at sea on • August 17, the navy department an nounced today. Lieutenant Commander William P. Williamson, of ISO Madison avenue, New ’ York City, executive officer of the ship, was Instantly killed. Commander R. D. White, in command of the vessel, suffered a broken jaw and I ' his knee cap was fractured by the ex ! plosion. The three enlisted men who were kill i ed are: i Samuel T. Lambert, U. S. N. R. F., i of 562 Fairview street. Riverside, N. J.; ! Frank J. Mayer, U. S. N., 512 Dandridge , i street, Cincinnati, and ArthurK. Baird, I U. 8. N. R. F., 714 East Parkway, Pitts burg. The announcement did not give the names of the eighteen wounded enlisted men. I I The explosion of the depth charge oc curred August 17. j The Orizaba was in the troop trans ' : port service, but was westbound with ' out soldiers aboard. i Whether the explosion indicated some 1 action involving the use of a charge agaipst a submarine was not made i! known. , Commander Williamson’s widow lives in New York City, The officer was born in Virginia, and was appointed to ■ the naval academy from Minnesota. 150,000 New Men Added To Nation’s Muster Roll WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. —America’s second class of 21-year-old men enroll ed today under the selective servict act with the prospect of an early call to the colors. One hundred and fifty thousand, I it was estimated, were added to the se lective service muster roll with a ma jority—perhrps two-thirds—going into class one. The registration was the last for a 21year-old class as the man-pow°r bil’ eliminated this distinction by chang ing the ages All youths becoming 1 twenty-on? since June 5, last, the anni j versary of the first, registered today with failure to do so meaning the for feiture of possible deferred classifica tion. The only exception is that Jews or others, because of religious scruples opposed enrollment today, may register on Monday. How soon ths new registrants will be called into service varies with locali ties, •eeordlng to the numerical strength of class one-A. In many places, it was expected, that they would be under arms by the middle of September. Eenough numbers remain from the lot tery following the June 5 registration, when a million was added by the first 21-year-old class to care for all men reg istered today. These numbers will be assigned the new registrants by officials and by reference to the master list of the last lottery the new men may learn the order of their call. THE TEXAS WONDER Cures kidney and bladder troubles, dia betes, weak and lame back, rheumatism, and dissolves gravel in men and wom en. Sent by mail on receipt of >1.25. Small bottle seldom fails to cure. Send for sworn testimonials. Dr. E. W. Hall,. 2926 Olive St.. St. txjuis, Mo. Sold by drug gists.—(Advt.) Aviators Discover Many Moonshine Stills and Cause Arrest of Twenty COLUMBUS, Miss., Aug. 24.—Twenty alleged moonshiners are in jail at West Point today as a result of detective work by the only “aviation posse" ever recorded In the hostory of chasing evad ers of. the law. •• The makers of **mountain dew" were seen by army flyers from a United States aviation camp who spotted the illicit stills while flying low in the hill country near West Point. Their movements were observed by the aid of powerful field glasses. The alleged moonshiners were taken completely by surprise when their re treat was raided by revenue officers last night. Many complete distilling outfits were also seized. 7 KILLED INF EXPLOSION ON AMERICAN TRANSPORT AN ATLANTIC PORT Aug. 24. —Sev en m?n were killed and a number are said to have been Injured tonight by the bursting of a steam pipe on an Amer ican transport lying at a dock here. Fourteen coal passers, it was said, were in the auxiliary coal room of the ! ship when the explosion occurred. Sev i en of them were so badly scalded that • when rescuers made their way to the room they were dead. The naval authorities declined to give ary information concerning the cause of the accident, and no report was made to the police. The transport, which is said to have been one of the largest and most popu lar of the German liners before it was taken over by the government, has been in tie harbor for some time undergoing repairs. - and if it doesn’t straighten you right up and make you feel fine and vigorous I want you to go back to the store and get your money. Dodson’s Liver Tone is destroying the sale of calomel because it is real liver medicine; entirely vege table, therefore it can not salivate or make you sick. I guarantee that one spoonful of Dod son’s Liver Tone will put your sluggish liver to work and clean your bowels of that sour bile and constipated waste which is clogging your system and making you feel miserable. I guaran tee that a bottle of Dodson’s Liver Tone will keep your entire family feeling fine for months. Give It to your children. It is harmless; doesn’t gripe and they like its pleasant taste. —(Advt.) J. A. SMITH WAHM Ll ANSWERS HARRIS CHARGES Detailed Reply Is Made to ""Attack of Senatorial Can didate in Pulaski Speech Replying to charges made against him Saturday by William J. Harris, candi date for the United States senate, in an address in Pulaski county, J. R. Smith in charge of the campaign head quarters of William Schley Howard, on Monday issued a statement emphati cally repudiating the allegations. That William J. Harris is “a political liar” is the answer to Mr. Harris’ charge ■ that “J. R. Smith is a political grafter.’* Answering Mr Harris' charge that Mr. Smith is not sending "his boys to wa-.” Mr Smith says that his only sen, after repeated attempts io volunteer as a private, “without seeknig the aid of Harris, Howard or any other politician to get a soft job," finally succeeded in passing his physical examination and is now In the naval reserve, awaiting his call. In connection with his detailed reply to various charges, Mr. Smith states that "Mr. Harris, who is bringing these charges agaisnt me, sent two of his friends to me and asked me to take the chairmanship of his campaign commit tee. The statement of Mr. Smith follows, in full: Statement of Smith "Editor Atlanta Journal: “My attention has been called to a personal attack upon me as a private citizen by William J. Harris, candidate for the United States senate, before an audience of citizens of Pulaski county on Saturday last, and will you not be generous enough to permit me to reply through your columns to this charge. “Mr. Harris charged first, that 'J. R. Smith is a political grafter,* and my reply to this is that he is a political liar. And that this charge is outside the pale of common decency unless supported, when made, by facts, which he failed to do and which he can never do, because no such facts exist and are not therefore obtainable from any source on this earth. “I have never supported any man for public office with the hope of reward any greater than that received by any other citizen in my state. I was chair man of two of Governor Brown’s cam paigns for governor. He lives at Ma rietta and a letter addressed to him there by either Mr. Harris or any of his supporters will bring the answei from him that he had never paid me one cent for services rendered nor did I ever seek or receive at his hands personal or political favor. “I served on Governor Harris’ cam paign committee in his first campaign. A letter addressed to him at Macon will bring an answer that he did not pay mt> one cent for the services rendered nor did I during his incumbency of the of fice ever seek or receive a personal or political favor. “I served on Governor Hugh M. Dor sey’s campaign committee and a letter addressed to him at the state capitol will bring forth an answer that I never re. ceived one penny from him nor have I ever asked him for a personal or politi cal favor. “I supported President Wilson tn all of his campaigns in this state and a let ter addressed to him at Washington will bring back a reply that I have never re ceived one penny for the services ren dered nor have I ever asked him for a personal or political favor. •’Yet William J. Harris would justify his candidacy for the United States sen ate by an attempt to besmirch my char acter before the people of my native state and among whom I have lived for more than half a cerury. "Not being satisfied wtih this he at tempted to question my loyalty by say ing in the same speech that I am not sending my boys to the war. "Replying to this infamous charge and insinuation, let me say that I have but one son and before he was out of his teens he twice volunteered to enter the service of his country as a private and without seeking the aid of either Har ris, Howard, or any other politician to get a soft job, and was turned down on his physical examinations. Mow in Naval Reserve “Not being satisfied, he went to Caly ton, Ga., to recuperate hnd immediately upon his return volunteered to enter the sei vice in the navy, and on the 12th day of July of this year he stood his examination and passed, and is now in the naval reserve, anxiously awaiting his call together with his comrades and his friends. And yet this man m his desperation for public office stands be fore a Georgia audience and charges that my boys are not going to war. He has previously stated while speaking of a relative, Captain Harris, who is with the expeditionary forces In France: 'Ho (Captain Harris) has probably done more fighting in France than any other Georgia boy now over there.’ “He states further that ’while ycur sons are over in France fighting, J. R. Smith is making money hands down from fat contracts at Camp Gordon.’ Why does he confine his attack upon me when every contractor in this country was called upon by the government to file their questionnaires in order that the enormous undertaking of the gov ernment of building cantonments and equipment for the soldiers could be handled economically and expeditiously, and contracts were awarded, so far as I know, to practically all the contrac tors in Georgia as well as in other states who complied with the govern ment’s regulations, which was abso lutely necessary. As to Contracts "His answer to this will be that I used political influence to obtain these contracts, which is untrue; and would be, if true, a reflection upon his gov ernment and the officials in charge of this branch of the government’s work. “The first contract that my company had and executed, was obtained with out the knowledge of a single politi cian in this or any other state and the remainder of the work given to my company, which was only in proportion to that given other contractors, was awarded on the merits of the contract already executed for the government. All the Georgia work so fas as I know has been executed by Georgia contrac tors and Georgia workmen, and this has never set well with Mr. Harris. “Although I have it on good author ity that he interviewed himself and turned the interview over to a corres pondent of the Atlanta Constitution, claiming all the credit for getting Camp Gordon and all the other war activities that came to the Fifth congressional district, and requested its publication; when the editor refused to publish it aJ a news story, he wrote the editor and requested him to publish it at regular rates, which the editor refused to do because there was not a word of truth in it. Harris Sent for Him “My fellow countrymen, things are all right in connection with this war pro vided Mr. Harris has credit for their ac complishment, but they are all wrong unless credited to hi(> account. “Mr. Harris, who is bringing these charges against me, sent two of his friends to me and asked me to take the chairmanship of his campaign commit tee. He did it at a time when it looked ONLY W BODIES OF MONTAUK VICTIMS FOUND Seven Men, Including Atlan tian, Lost When Patrol Boat Runs Ashore JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Aug. 23.—The body of Joseph Emerson McCurry, yeo man third class, of Florence, S. C., one of the seven men lost when the United States patrol boat Montauk was driven ashore by a high northeast gale on Cum berland Island, twenty miles north of Fernandina early Wednesday morning, was recovered Friday floating between the jetties at the entrance of Fernan dina harbor. Seaman second class, Sample, of New berry, S. C., and F. S. Stewart, seaman second class, of Greenville, S. C-, whose names weer not available Thursday, were today announced as having been lost in the disaster. Only two of the bodies have been re covered, McCurry’s and that of Robert Travis, of Atlanta, announced yester day. Patrols are searching the coast in the hopes of recovering other victims. A complete list of those lost follows: Robert Travis, Atlanta. Sample, seaman second class, Newbery, S. C. J. E. Singley, seaman second class, Newberry, S. C. J. Suddeth, seaman second class, New berry, S. C. F. S. Stewart, seaman second class, Greenville, S. C. Joseph Emerson McCurry, yeoman, third class, Florence, S. C. Nichols, fireman, third class, Greenville, S. C. The seventeen survivors are: Ensign W. Norman Beckett, Savan nah, who commanded the Montauk. A. F. Daschar, seaman, second class, Claxton, Ga. C. H. Beach, seaman, second class, ad dress unknown. L. F. Glover, seaman, second class, ad dress unknown. Louis R. Fripp, quartermaster, third class, Ridgevile, S. C. H. B. Hardwick, seaman, second class, near Florence, S. C. J. J. Gentry, Jr., seaman, second class, address unknown. F. W, Arnold, seaman, second class, address unknown. J. K. Polklnghorne, machinist's mate, second class, address unknown. A. Benson, seaman, second class, ad dress unknown. J. Martin, boatswain’s mate, second class, Birmingham, Ala. Charles C. Adams, boatswain, Savan nah. E. P. Sledge, chief boatswain’s mate, address unknown. E. B. easier, Jr., seaman, second class, Jacksonville. E. Hodges, machinist’s mate, second class, address unknown. L. J. Smith, machinist’s mate, second class, address unknown. E. S. Tolson, machinist’s mate, first classi address unknown. Several of the survivors were slightly injured and one or two suffered from exposure, but it was stated that none will suffer any ill effects from their ter rible experience. The Montauk is a total loss, the Cum berland Island beach for miles being strewn with wreckage from the ill-fated craft. 160,000 Miners Now on Strike in Yorkshire LONDON, Aug. 23.—One hundred and sixty thousand Yorkshire miners are out, it was estimated today. Practi cally all the pits in vlest Yorkshire are reported to be idTb. as though there would be no opposition except himself to Senator Hardwick, and I informed each of these friends that 1 would not under any condition accept the chairmanship of his committee, but in the absence of a stronger man to rep resent the people as against Hardwick, I would vote for him. / •“If I was good enough three months ago to have served as his chairman, can the people believe that I am today the undesirable character, the undesirable citizen, that he, William J. Harris, would have them believe me to be? The truth Is, that William J. Harris has cap italized and cashed in on his support by public men until he now has an over draft. "It all goes to show that, what he wants, regardless of the price, is public office. "The truth is that he has not a friend in Georgia who does not know that Wil liam J. Harris on his own merit as a statesman cannot carry a single county in the state of Georgia for the United States senate. Then why is Georgia to have a millstone tied around its neck while facing the greatest international crisis in the history of the world? “There is not a red-blooded Georgian or an American anywhere who has hes itated to place upon the altar of his country not 'only the lives of his sons but his own life as well and every dol lar he possesses, reserving only to him self the right to vote as he pleases, a right which was won by the blood of our forefathers and for which v.-e make this great sacrifice that the world may be ruled by the people themselves at the ballot box.” "J. R. SMITH." The Subscription Price of the Semi-Weekly Journal Is Now 75c a Year; We Do Not Know How Soon That Price May Be Advanced— So Renew Now! There ia one thing the United States government is absolutely determined to do, and that is WIN THE WAR. To make our success on the battlefield absolutely certain, the government has had to curtail, in many Instarfces, the consumption of raw materials, and the prices of the finished product has, in numerous other instances, been fixed by government boards. These boards have fixed the amount of certain foodstuffs that you may buy, the amount you may eat, and also the prices you must pay. It is right that this should be done, if the doing of it will aid us to WIN THE WAR. and no one questions the wisdom of the methods being used. The War Industries board has now be gun to turn its attention to the pub lishing business. The postage rates were materially increased on newspapers July Ist, and the sending of free exchanges and giving of sample copies has been forbidden. Now the cutting down of the number of pages a daily newspaper can publish in any one issue is being considered. And Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga: Enclosed find 75 cents for The Semi- Weekly Journal, 1 year. Name P. O R. F. D State POLITICIANS AND SLACKERS DENOUNCED BY JUDGE FITE Makes Some Caustic Comment on Removal of Bartow Board and Himself Judge A. W. Fite, of Cartersville, well known lawyer and jurist who Thursday was, on the order of Washington au thorities, relieved of his duties as gov ernment appeal agent for Bartow coun ty, has addressed to The Journal the following card: “Cartersville, Ga., Aug. 23, 1918. “Editor Journal: “A few little politicians and cowardly slackers here and in Atlanta have, by false representations, deceitful means and artful practice secured the removal of the members of the local board of Bartow county, than whom there were none in Georgia more honest, impartial and faithful, efficient or patriotic, aud also of myself as their legal advisor; but I am sure that President Wilson had no more to do with the removal than the ‘man in the moon,' though done in his name. “I am and have always been for Mr. Wilson, and took the stump for him when corporate money was flowing free ly against him, and these selfsame lit tle politicians were denouncing me as a political judge because I was for him. “I have long since decided that no slacker in Bartow county shall escape service in this great war for Democracy if I can prevent it, and no designing politician can deter me from doing my duty. "Respectfully, "A. W. FITE.” $2,840”000 IN BOOZE GOES UP IN SMOKE Green River Distilling Com pany’s Plant Is Destroyed by Fire OWENSBORO, Ky., Aug. 24.—Fire starting tonight at’7 o’clock at the plant of the Green River Distilling company here by 10:30 o’clock tonight had de stroyed the entire ’ plant, 43,000 barrels, of whisky and entailed a loss well in excess of |3,000,000. The whisky alone was valued at 12,840,000, and the loss to the United States government in taxes Is approximately >6.750,000. The blaze started in a pile of trash alongside the distillery bottling plant which burned first. The flames were then communicated to a warehouse con taining 9,000 .barrels of whisky and then to the still house. Two other ware houses containing 34,000 barrels of ( whisky then took fire despite every ef fort that had been made to check the blaze. > The Green River Distilling company, of which J. W. McCulloch, is president, is controlled Montaigne & Co., of New York. Japan Plans for Direct Wireless to America TOKIO, July 30.—(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)—The installation of a new high power wireless system between Japan and the United States is actively occupying the department of communications. Officials announce that the project is a result in part of the very great congestion and delay tn cable transmission whjch prevents the desired freedom of communication between Japan and the United States. ’ The present Japanese high power wireless station communicates direct with Hawaii. The proposed station will work with a station on the Pacific coast, tie site of which probably will be near San Francisco, a distance of 4,000 miles. This will be one of the longest direct wireless services in the world. The estimated cost of a new wireless system Is about >400,000. While another cable linking the two hemis pheres Is desired, a line from Japan to Guam alone would cost >3,000,000. ' LEMON JUICE TAKES OFF TAN Girls! Make bleaching lotion if skin is sunburned, tanned or freckled i.tt-iitt - - - -- -- -- -- - Squeeze the juice of two lemons ln-.o a bottle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the best freckle, sun burn and tan lotion, and complexion beautifier, at very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion into the face, neck, arms and hands each day and see how freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. Yes! It is harmless.—(Advt.) the reductions mentioned range from 10 per cent to 60 per cent. In connection with this proposed ruling the fixing of a minimum retail price of 2 cents to the subscribers is being considered. And if the War Industries board thinks it necessary to fix the price of daily newspapers, whs It may also fix the price of semi-weekfy and weekly publications. The Semi-Weekly Journal is still 75c a year, and we sincerely hope that price will not have to be advanced, but we do not know when we may have to an nounce that the price has been increas ed, by order of the government, to >1.50 or >2, or even more. And for this reason we think it the right thing for us to advise you that these possibilities stare us in the face. We can and will now accept subscrip tions at the rate of 75c a year and will Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga.: Enclosed find >2.25 for which send The Semi-Weekly Journal 1 year each to the following: Name - Address For my trouble send me the Semi-Weekly Journal 1 year. MOTHER! 15 CHILO'S STOMACH SOUR. SICK! If cross, feverish, constipated, give “California Syrup of Figs.” Don’t scold your fretful, peevish child. See if tongue is coated; this is a sure sign its little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with sour waste. When listless, pale, feverish, full of col<j. breath bad, throat sore, doesn't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give a tea spoonful of “California Syrup of Figs,” and in a few hours all the foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bowels and you have a well and playful child again. Children love this harmless “fruit laxative,” and mothers can rest easy after giving it, because it never fails to make their lit tle “insides” clean and sweet. ' ' Keep it handy. Mother! A little given today saves a sick child tomorrow, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "California Syrup Os Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Remember there are coun terfeits sold here, so surely look and see that yours is made by the "Cali fornia Fig Syrup Company.” Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup. (Advt.) Dont Send a Penny Tbew Len-Mort Wort and Outdoor Short wonderful value that wa will gladly send them to raj prepaid, —. no money down. You will find them so well- f made and bo stylish and sueh a big mon- i! ey saving bargain 1i that yvu will sure- .\ ly Keep them. tefc. So need to pay SK? higher prices you ran boy jeKr \ direct fmm us. - •SflEßß** \ Why pay io and V for shoes not near so good! >■' Great Shoe mand of an out- tanning process mates ■•I 1 ’.tie. aoft and aaay oq tbo feat. Made "Hfe” ia the leather ai>T^iTea P it tti Vtbblbllm quality. Deuble leather aoiea and beela. Dirt and water proof tonave. Heawy chrome leather tepe. Jnot slip them oa and eee if they are not the most comfortable, easiest, moot wonderful abpee you erer wore. Pay only 15.85 on arrival. If after carw ful examination you don’t find ttem all you axpact. aoud them back and we will return your noner. be the jodsv of quality, style and vahie Keep them ooh ifeart faetonr in every way. Be son to rive size and width. Send now. Leonard-Morton a Co.. Dent. 2624 Chicago American Guaranteed Watch Gvataor BeyszlM.vpaa tMeaiekalsllrar plaivd MM. ZweriMa waeaiMW MMpvm.at. Siad cad nun Mt, MMM art Holand, tally pnvisMM a inUabM tevkwpw. —« . . .tUu ■ -TTra—-- t? sne-o-p- Parcel TortvnWMM.MMlal vsuhM. we will Mod tM« weMh ert e bza.iwnhb eyy f ilpM»q.o D. Tee pay yw pM«naa wlwa yea rMdv» l« W M only aadltiayeus. OaOMieat vs rtvaaM In price. Ud« eSW may sM .MM. vM.OrderMcbm. BeaWMdee enwaataod eieoyowMl P.O.ertMsa BesteeJowelryC«.,3tW.AdamaSt, E.U. CMeste, 111. Smoke Inhalation Expels Catarrh Send Ten Cents for Trial Outfit There must be readers suffering from chronic catarrh who would like to know how they can stop catching cold after cold, for they must realixe that sooner or later this may lead to serious deafness and injury to the system in general. Dr. Bloaser, a respected physician, and for forty-three years an enormously successful & specialist in catarrh, is the discoverer of a pleasant, direct meth od that can be used by man, woman or His Remedy is made from medicinal herbs, flowers and berries, which you smoke in a dainty pipe -or cigar ette, and inhale the vapor into alt the air passages. It contains no tobacco, even though it is used in tbe same manner. Dr. Blosser’s Catarrh Remedy is qqually effective in all forms of catarrh, bronchial irritation, asthma, catarrhal headache and ear troubles that may lead to deafness. You I will breathe better and feel better afterl ) fl using it. > For ten cents (inV coin or stamps) a? / small package will be V- XfUf j mailed, containing x some of the Remedy / made into cigarettes, also some Remedy for smoking in a pipe, and a neat little Month’s supply, either form, costs one dollar. Address THE BLOSSER COMPANY. Box 4171. Atlanta, Ga.—(Advt.) GIVEN U-iay for ’ 1 paras Smith'• Han- OTome to at JOr per pk<. Return 11 2l ar d riw and braeaiet. warranted. SMITH OEUG CO. B«x 151. WoaMtara. M.’ post up the expiration date of all sub scribers sending in renewals now. This will be a good thing for all Semi-Week ly Journal readers to do now, too, for we will send the paper to all until the full expiration date at the old price, it mat ters not /how much the rates for future subscriptions may be advanced. Now here’s an opportunity for you readers of the Semi-Weekly to get an extra year’s subscription without cost to yourself. Send us the names of three yearly subscribers on the blank below, together with >2.25 for the three sub scriptions, and we will mark your sub scription up for another year. There are three of your neighbors who will be glad to give you 75c to have the Semi-Weekly Journal sent them for a year each, and you will find it no trouble to get this extra year’s subscription without cost to yourself.