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DICKERSON, KELLY & ROBERTS Attorneys at Law Tanner-Dickerson Building, DOUGLAS, GA W, C. Lankford. R. A. Moore. LANKFORD & MOORE Lawyers DOUGLAS GEORGIA DR. WILL SIBBETT, Treatment of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat a Specialty. DOUGLAS. GA W. C. BRYAN ATTORNEY-AT LAW Lankford Building, DOUGLAS, GA CHASTAIN & HENSON ATTORNEYS AT LAW Overstreet Building DOUGLAS GEORGIA NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PAPER. DR. GORDON BURNS Physician and Surgeon Office Union Bank Building DOUGLAS, GA. r. WILLIS DART ATTORNEY AT LAW Union Bank Building DOUGLAS, GA. W. H. HUGHES, D. C. CHIROPRACTOR Union Bank Building, DOUGLAS, GA. DR. T. A. WEATHERS DENTIST AMBROSE, GA. DR. E. B. MOUNT VETERINARY SURGEON Douglas, Georgia Office: J. S. Lott’s Stable TURRENTINE & ALDERMAN DENTISTS Union Bank Building DOUGLAS, GA. ■ J. W. QUINCEY > Attorney and Counselor at Law > Union B&uk Building ■ DOUGLAS GEORGIA. McDonald & Willingham Attorneys at Law Third Floor Union Bank Bldg. DOUGLAS, . . . GEORGIA. DR. JAMES DeLAMAR Office In Langford Bldg. Hours 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. Sunday 9 to 11 i a DOUGLAS, GA. " 11 v QUR TIME, P I knowledge 1 Or I and experience q | lin the printing dale I fo** o ®*** When 70a are b need of mxao thicg b this ibe DON'T FORGET THJ? UNOFFICIAL RETURNS SHOW PRESIDENT WILSON RE ELECTED Result So Close In Several States That Republi cans Demand a Recount—Democrats May Not Have Working Majority In House of Representatives. President, WOODROW WILSON. Vice President THOMAS R. MARSHALL. New York, Nov. 11. —One the face of the unofficial returns, the above is the choice of the American people for chief executive officers of the nation for the next four years, but the result is so close in several states that Re publican leaders are not willing to ac cept the verdict until a recount of the ballots has been made in these states. The situation is extraordinary and has resulted in days of nerve-racking strain for the people of the country. If the election officials of a few remote precincts in a few states know how the nation has been waking breathless to hear from them, they must be swelled up enormously with a sense of their importance. For on those few pre cincts has depended the nation’s choice of its chief executive. That Mr. Wilsou’s victory over Mr. Hughes will not be conceded without a recount in the close states, such as Cal ifornia, New Hampshire, New Mexico and North Dakotu, was determined at conferences of the Republican leaders here. Chairman Willcox asserted a re count would be demanded wherever the margin of Democratic victory was so small that comparatively few votes would turn the scales. He and his as sociates say they take the position that there should be no cloud upon Mr. Wilson’s title to the presidency. The Democrats, for their part, declared that there must be a recount in New Hampshire, even though the returns gave the state to Mr. Wilson. That the returns are still incomplete is due to the presence on the border of the National Guard of a number of states. The soldiers are permitted to vote by mail, their ballots being for warded to the auditors of their home counties, and in Minnesota especially the vote of the Guardsmen is likely to cut a figure iu determining whether the state goes into the Wilson or the Hughes column. Minnesota was as bad as California in the matter of shifts, and as its dele gation is nearly as large, it, too, was watched with the intensest interest. Through days and nights of counting, the race was a see-saw, with but a thousand or so of votes separating the candidates. Neither side would ad mit defeat, and even now both are awaiting the soldier vote and the offi cial count New Hampshire a Surprise. Perhaps the most surprising ©f all the states was New Hampshire. It alone of all New England failed to give the Republican candidate a substantial plurality, and for days no one knew in which column it would land. The astonishing closeness of the vote was shown by the rival claims, three days after the election’, of 100 plurality for Hughes and 84 for Wilson. In the cir cumstances it is no wonder that the managers of both parties should de mand a recount. New Mexico, with three electoral votes, attracted national attention by placing itself early in the list of doubt ful states, and as it soon appeared that almost every electoral vote would be vital, the returns from down on the border were grabbed hot off the wires. After veering back and fortli for days, New Mexico was definitely placed in the Wilson column, though there, too, the president’s margin was so scant that a basis was afforded for the call for a recount. A few mistakes dis covered in the figures of the precinct officials might well swing the state over to Hughes. Willcox Demands Recount. On Friday National Chairman Will cox of the Republican party handed out the following statement: “The result still depends upon the vote in a few close states. It must be borne in mind that the returns thus far announced are, in most states, un official, and may be changed by the official count required by the laws of those states. “Twice during these unofficial com putations yesterday in California mis takes in additions were announced from that state, substantially changing figures previously given. “It is a common experience that the result of the official count almost al ways varies from the returns first an nounced. “Where the vote is as close as that reported in several states, it may well Centenarian Favored WilsonT”^^ Streator, El., Nov. 10.—Mrs. Thomas Morgan, former Civil wnr nurse and more than one hundred and one years old, was conveyed to the polls here. “Well, grandma, whom do you want to vote for?" inquired the election Judge, who offered to assist her in marking her ballot. “Mr. Wilson, God bless him," was the reply. lowa Brigade Votes in Texas. Brownsville, 111., Nov. 10.—The total vote of the lowa brigade gives Wilson 961, Hughes 992. be that material changes will result from the official count. “We owe it to the country to take all necessary steps to see that an ex act and honest count of the vote is made. When the current seemed to be running against Mr. Wilson on Wednes day the Democratic managers an nounced their intention to demand a recount in every close state. “All we desire is to make sure that the vote is counted as cast.” Botli sides conceded that no matter what action might be taken in regard to a recount there was little likelihood of a contest being carried to the house of representatives as it was after the v//\ (Z/oocfroa/ -Jr—YlJh Ilayes-Tilden campaign in IS7C. Legis lation enacted in 1887, it was said, made the state sovereign in pronounc ing judgment in a recount of the pres idential vote. How Congress Stands. Congressional election returns, near ly completed, assure President Wilson in the forthcoming administration a Democratic senate, but with five dis tricts still undecided, the best that the Democrats could claim was a plurality of four votes in the house. Upon the basis of revised returns the Democrats have elected 215 mem bers of the house and the Republicans 211. In addition there have been elect ed one Independent, one Socialist, one Progressive and one Progressive Pro tectionist. Four districts in West Virginia, two of them nominally Democratic, and two Republican, and one district in New Mexico, are still undecided. If these districts do not change, the Democrats will have 217 and the Republicans 214, a plurality of only three. As there will be four members of other minority parties, a working ma jority for the Der- ’rats is improbable unless some of the minority members should choose to cast their lot with the administration forces. The senate, according to latest fig ures, will consist of 54 Democrats and 42 Republicans, a majority of 12. The Democratic majority in the present senate is 16. An unusual feature of the result is the election of the first woman to con gress, Miss Jeanette Rankin, Repub lican, apparently having been elected in Montana. Six States Go Dry. Prohibitionists are jubilant over the results of the election where prohibi tion was an issue. From Washington the legislative committee of the Anti- Saloon league issued a statement, say ing: “Prohibition lias taken another great leap forward. Michigan has voted for state-wide prohibition by 75,000 majority, Nebraska by 35,000, Montana by 20,000 and South Dakota by 25,000. Idaho lias adopted a pro hibition constitutional amendment by a majority of 3 to 1. Utah has prob ably elected a legislature pledged to enact state-wide prohibition. Wash ington, lowa, Colorado, Arizona and Arkansas have defeated attempts of the liquor people to secure the adop tion of proposals which would nullify their prohibitory laws. “Thus 24 states out of 48 —one-half of the states of the Union—have now declared for state-wide prohibition, Women Vote as Do Men. From the general result it is clear Goes 5,000 Miles to Vote. Jarroid Valley, W. Va„ Nov. 10.—Dr. W. Byrd Hunter voted here, having traveled 5,000 miles, he said, to vote for Wilson. Doctor Hunter is stationed at the bureau of fisheries on the Seal islands, Alaska. Guardsmen in Texas Vote. El Paso, Tex., Nov. 10.—Twelve out of seventeen military organizations of Pennsylvania troops in the field give for president: Hughes, 1,717; Wilson, I.SOB. For senator the figures were: Knox, 550; Orvis, 249. that as the men voted in the suffrage states, so did the women. In Illinois men and women seemed about equally divided as to prefer ence. The state went for Hughes by a big plurality. In Kansas, Colorado, Montana, Washington, Oregon and California, where women also vote, Wilson was successful, but his pluralities were not sufficiently large to indicate that the woman voters supported him as a unit. Farm Vote the Factor. There are several great outstanding facts concerning the result of the elec tion, one of which is that iaijor, in all the big industrial states except Ohio, declined to give its undivided support to President Wilson despite his claim to it on the score of having persuaded congress to pass the Adamson “eight hour” bill. New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, In diana, all gave the Republican candi date pluralities, and Ohio’s vote in fa vor of Wilson is not certainly to be at tributed to the labor vote. Another interesting development was the independence of the West, which is asserting that it elected a president without the aid of New York and Penn sylvania and other big western and central states. When it was found, early in the evening of election day, that the empire state had gone for Hughes, the newspapers of the metrop olis, even those that had supported Wilson, conceded the victory to the Republicans, without waiting to hear from tho middle West. When the re turns came in from these regions, it was found that the farmer and stock raiser had decided the election. Yet another fact that calls for com ment is that Governor Johnson of Cal ifornia, running on the Republican and Progressive tickets, has been elected to the United States senate by something like 300,000 plurality, and yet state went Democratic on the presidency. ffifo/noJ' & ( -fjj Wjj THE ELECTORAL VOTE States Wilson Hughes Alabama 12 Arizona 3 Arkansas 9 .. California 13 .. Colorado 6 Connecticut 7 Delaware 3 Florida 6 Georgia 14 Idaho 4 Illinois 29 Indiana 15 lowa 13 Kansas 10 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 10 Maine 6 Maryland 8 Massachusetts 18 Michigan 15 •Minnesota Mississippi 10 Missouri 18 Montana 4 Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey 14 New Mexico 3 New York 45 North Carolina 12 North Dakota 5 Ohio 24 Oklahoma 10 Oregon 5 Pennsylvania 38 Rhode Island 5 South Carolina 9 South Dakota 5 Tennessee 12 Texas 20 Utah 4 Vermont 4 Virginia 12 Washington 7 West Virginia 8 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 Totals 276 243 •Result in Minnesota, with 12 votes, will not be known until soldiers’ vote is counted. It is possible that recount in close states may change the total to some extent. New York Centenarian at Polls. Dorchester, N. Y„ Nov. 10. —John D. Wilson, one hundred and one years old, voted here for Charles E. Hughes. He visited the polls early, declined the assistance of friends and cast his bal lot on the modern voting machine. Arkansas to Stay Dry. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 10. —By ma jorities against the proposed constitu tional amendment which would substi tute local option for the present state wide prohibition were reported in early returns. Inurmtional SUNWSGIOOL LESSON (By E. O. SELLERS. Acting Director of Sunday School Course, Moody Bible In stitute. Chicago.) (Copyright. 1916, Western Newspaper Union, i LESSON FOR NOVEMBER 19 FROM MELITA TO ROME. LESSON TEXT-Acts 28:11-31. GOLDEN TEXT—I am not ashamed of the gospel; for it Is the power of God un to salvation to everyone that believeth.— Rom. 1:16. In this lesson we see somewhat of the human- side of Paul’s character. No man appreciated fellowship more than he. Look up Acts 17:15; 18:5; I Cor. 7:0; I Thess. 3:1, 2; II Tim. 4:21. I. The Sea Journey (vv. 11-14). Paul left Melita (Malta) probably Feb ruary, A. D. 60. From there to Syra cuse was a distance of between 80 and 100 miles. From the island of Syra cuse (now n part of Italy) to Rhegium was one day’s sail. From Rhegium to I’uteoli was ISO miles. I’uteoli (mod ern Pozzuoli) is in the Bay of Naples, eight miles from the modern city of Naples. Paul and his band who had done so much for the Maltese were specially honored with many honors, (v. 10.) In these verses we have a picture of Paul seeking out his brethren wherever he went, thanking God and taking courage as they came to meet with him and converse with him. It is a picture upon which we ought to ponder deeply and be grateful that it reveals to us a side of Paul little known and appreciated. 11. The Land Journey (vv. 14, 15). At Puteoli, Paul and his companions began tlieir march to 140 miles to the city of Rome. After a march of 60 miles they reached the famous Appii Forum, i. e., “The market of Appius.” Here Paul is met by the first dele gation from the church at Rome, who were waiting to welcome liTm and Luke and escort them to the capital city. A second delegation met them at the Three Taverns, or “The Three Shops,” as we would call stores in the modern sense. These Christians had come at no small cost, as they had to walk 46 miles to the Appii Forum and 33 to the Three Taverns, and then walk the same distance back to the city. Thus it was that the sight of these friends cheered Paul and he thanked God. We can well imagine the joy of those souls, the communion enjoyed by those pilgrims as they journeyed toward the imperial city. We can see In the letters which Paul wrote from Rome plain signs of his longing for sympathetic friends and can imagine how he must have felt upon being thus greeted on his journey. We can also imagine something of the blessing and inspiration which must have come to those Christians who met this famous soldier of the cross and had the privilege of escorting him to the city. 111. In Rome (vv. 16-29). Having entered into the city the centurion Ju lius, who had become a friend of Paul, delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard. This officer we are told was a liberal-minded man, one of the few good people in the corrupt life of the city. Paul was probably first taken to the forum, which was the center of imperial power and magnificence and near which was the “house of Caesar.” (Phil. 4:22.) Paul was not sent to prison for it was against the law to put a Roman into prison without a trial, but he was permitted fo dwell by himself in “his own hired house.” Of course, there was a soldier who guarded him. This was the city where Paul had so long desired to preach the Gospel. (Rom. 1:14-1G.) As in other places, he first turned to the Jews, for lie loved his own people no matter how much he had suffered at their hands. He got them together that he might preach unto them Jesus and sought to conciliate them. In Paul’s preaching he always em phasized that a Messiah was risen from the dead as a guaranty of all other resurrections. In his day, as in this present one, there were those who spoke against this, and yet that resurrection was to conquer the world and to save it from moral ruin. Those present had had no word out of Judea, (v. 21.) At a later and a public meet ing (v. 23) there came unto him, that is, into his lodgings, great numbers to whom Paul sounded the Gospel of the kingdom and gave his personal testi mony. He proved out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets, com mon ground for them all, that the Mes siah had truly come, the prophecies of the kingdom of God had been fulfilled, and that Jesus by his life and death and teaching had shown the Jews how perfectly the latter were fulfilled. This Faul did from morning till evening, following the same line as in - his speech before Agrippa and in other places where he had been testifying. All of his explanations and testimon ials centered in Jesus. It was no ab stract mental theory for an improved order of society but a definite reign of a definite person, Jesus of Nazareth. Paul is a great example for any Bible student to follow. As on so many other occasions, Paul’s preaching caused a division, (v. 26.) And again he turns to the Gentiles, (v. 28.) Paul told them plainly what lay at the root of their unbelief (v. 27), and though they refused the salvation it was none the less of God. TURNED TO OLD FRIEND CARDOI And Soon Was Perfectly Well and Strong, And Better Than She Had Ever Been, Says Kentucky Lady. Narrows, Ky.—Mrs. C. F. Askins, of this place, writes: “About 15 years ago I had got into a run-down state, my back ached all the time, felt weak, my hones seemed to ache all over. I had weighed only 104 lbs. when I married, and never had been right ro bust since I reached womanhood . . . but after my marriage I seemed to get worse all the time for two years . . . until at this time my brother’s wife . . . advised me to take Cardui. Therefore, 1 began taking it, and in a short while I began to improve, my health and strength began to be built up, and also my flesh. After my first child’s birth, over two years had passed by, but the . . . didn't appear. My husband got me some medicine from our doctor, which did me no good, tho he intended it to bring the . . . about, for he said the blood was going to my head and caus ing it to ache, which also helped to make me so dizzy. . . So I turned to my old friend Cardui and began tak ing it and . . . soon I was perfectly well and strong, gradually gained flesh until I weighed about 195 lbs., and was so stout and strong, better than I ever had been.” Cardui, used by thousands of wom en, and prescribed by physicians, must be a good medicine. Try it. —Adv. GREAT ACTOR ON HIS DIGNITY Richard Mansfield's Rebuke to Subor dinate Who Spoke Lightly of Theatrical Production. With reference to fine discrimina tion in the use of the well-known Eng lish language, it is possible to overdo the tiling. Diving into the trunk of recollections for the suitable illustration to adorn this remark and point the moral, we find it in Richard Mansfield’s occupan cy of the Garrick theater in New York days of hilarity on that stage. To Mansfield this theater was a tem ple. He tolerated no lightly spoken references to it. One day, when an attache reported, Mansfield gave in structions and started for his dressing room. “I’ll see you after the show,” said the business lieutenant in parting. “‘After the show?”’ repeated the actor-manager, with dignity. “Are we acrobats?” “After the performance,” replied his associate, humbly. “ ‘The performance!’ exclaimed Mansfield. “Are we ants?” “I’m very sorry,” mumbled the crushed manager; “I’ll see you ufter the play, sir.” “I shall be pleased to see you then,” answered Mansfield. HEAL SKIN TROUBLES That Itch, Burn and Disfigure by Using Cuticura. Trial Free. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. Rashes, eczemas, pimples, dandruff and sore hands yield to treatment with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. Relief is immedi ate and healment, in most cases, com plete, speedy and permanent. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Best of References. The cook is leaving today and wants me to give her a recommendation, but I don’t know what to say.” “You might say she is a good work er.” “A good worker! She’s anything but that.” “Oh, I don't know. She has worked us for SBO a month and her board, hasn’t she?” To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents. Superficial Elegance. “Don’t you admire the hand of iron in a glove of velvet?” “Yes,” replied Miss Cayenne; “but what you more frequently observe Is the rough neck under a fur collar.” How True. “It hat in your opinion is the most startling transformation?” “When a note becomes due.” WOMAN’S CROWNING GLORY li her hair. If yours is streaked with ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use “La Cre ole” Hair Dressing and change it In the natural way. Price sl.oo.—Adv. A woman is always ready to admit a man’s superior intelligence if lie’ll admit that she knows more than he does. Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pallets are the orig inal little liver pills put up 40 years ago. They regulate liver and bowels.—Adv. Some wirepuller* are telegraph line men and some are politicians.