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ALABAMA MINERS TB STRIKE ■ - Report Declared Operators Failed T< Put Coal Commission's Awards Into Effect As Ordered Indianapolis.—John L. Lewis, pres ldent of the United Mine Workers ol America, has issued uh order for a general strike in the bituminous coal fields in Alabama. The order follow ed a report made by the organization committee of the international exeeu live board. The report declared the coal opera¬ tors had failed to put into effect the awards of President Wilson’s coal commission of last March. It said the mines were working for wages far Jess than those specified by the com mission and declared every attempt to arrange a conference with the coal operators of Alabama and failed r ?' ct ^°' ‘ ^® 0 nnai ° £ the ” er ’ mine h resldent workers of with “ p * lces at Birmingham, has been no ti ed of ihe strike order by telegraph. . uniejous mines in the Alabama fields have been idle because of the alleged refusal of the operators tc accept the findings of the coal com¬ mission. President Lewis’ telegraph to Mr. Kennamer, in part, follows: ‘ The organization committee of the international executive board who re cently visited Alabama and the exec utive officers of the international un ion at a meeting at headquarters, gave the fullest consideration to the unsat isfactory conditions prevailing in the mining industry in the state of Ala bama. We realize that ever the award of the president’s nous coai commission was rendered in the month of March that Alabama mine workers have been struggling to secure the improvements allotted by the commission. TROOPS AND MINERS COME TO SERIOUS CLASH AT WILLIAMSON, W. VA. Nothing Is Yet Known As To The Outcome Of The Fighting—Re¬ inforcements Sent Williamson, W. Va.—Firing from the wooded heights upon the village of Chatterer in the coal strike country Worn Down , Out of Heart Georgia Lady, Worn-out and Tired, Tells How She M/cs Helped by Ziron Iron Tonic. T HE personal experience of Mrs. Nannie Phillips, of Powder ftp lings, Ga., is printed below in her ova words: I I v, as in a worn-out condition. My stomach was out of order. I didn't Bleep well. I was tired all the time. I couldn't half eat, and didn't rest well at night. “I would get out of heart and blue. I would feel like I was going to be down In bed. 4’et I kept dragging around. r NOTICE n I M-to ALL-■— Car Owners ! We have just secured the Agency for the famous and to get this tire more in use in this vicinity, the company is going to allow us to give with each tire one of their heavy grey tubes. These tires are adjusted on a 6 000 mile basis in t fabrics, and 10,000 mile basis in cords. This tire is a very good tire and is highly recommended- by us. We, ourselves, will guarantee satis¬ faction to all our customers. This free tube proposition is only for a limited time and you lose if you don’t buy now t We also carry a complete line of Pennsylvania and Howe Tubes. We carry a cheaper Tire which is a very good tire for the price, We also have factory seconds. All Stand ard makes. New tires or tub es put on rim free. It will pay you to see ue before buying your next tire or tube. L J THE LEADER TRIBUNE, FORT VALLEY, GA., SEPTEMBER 16, 1920 Bear hero continued during most of the night of September 1, according to information from that point. Attacks have been renewed upon Mine xo. 2 of the Thacker Coal com pany, two miles up Thacker creek from the Norfolk and Western Rail road. Reinforcements of federal sol dices were sent to both points, j^'ews of the attack was sent to mil¬ itary headquarters at Sycamore Hol¬ low, near here, and reinforcements were hurried to the town. Nothing is known here as to the outcome of the fight. The shooting at Mine No. 2 of the Thacker Coal company became so heavy during the night, according to information which reach'd! here Sep ; ember 2. that a special train was quickly made up at Sycamore Hollow wd a large detachment of men bur rie d to the town. .. Co - Operative Elevators Disapproved Columbus, Ohio. The natioual board ;lf £arm organizations hero voterL dis a pproval of a resolution designed to (, aye £aralers take over 2,000 co-oper ltive elevators throughout the country md £om g : ganUc wheat pool. V coinmIUee £rom the boanl will see Governor Cox to ascertain his views i m agricultural problems uul will see ! Senator Harding later. ! Four Stills Are Brought To Revival Knoxville, Tenn.—Four stills were brought to Straight Fork church in Scott county and cut to pieces during revival services. One was brought and placed in the church one night with a letter from the owner to moon shiners telling thorn to do as lie hud -.lone, “stack arms, deliver up their -.tills and serve God." When some parties offered to take the stills to pourt Evangelist Adkins said ’there were plenty more in ihe woods. “Go and gc-t some of them, but let these 1 men alone, for they are the Lord's converts and not your convicts,’’ he said. Author Of Popular Song Is Dead New York.—The man who wrote ’Everybody Works But Father’’ is dead. His name was Samuel Lehman. He was run do v by an an' “We give advice because it is practically impossible to sell it. 11 *‘W% heard of Ziron, and from what I read, I was sure It wouldn’t hurt me, if It didn’t help me. But after taking it, I found it really helped me, and I sent back for more. I ate better, felt much stronger. I am sure Ziron is a splendid tonic." Many people, who are worn down and disheartened, due to stomach disorders and nervous tits, find relief by toning up their blood with Ziron Iron Tonic. Tell your druggist you want to try Ziron on our money-back guarantee. NATIONWIDE FIGHT w AGAINST DISEASE I ' ___ Amerloan Red Cross Will Have Health Centers in All Parts of United States. 1 , The American Red Cross has launch¬ ed upon a nation wide campaign of )' physical defect lighting disease and among the American people. A new and unique health Institution has come into being ns the result of several months' study by the Red Cross Health Service Department at National Head Quarters, J Hit,clr.is in charge of ^ ^dict before long his new health ' “vlr ffieToumry!' thaT the sign j “American Red Cross Health Center" —will become as fnmltlar to the peo pi« everywhere as are now the signs of j the telegraph companies. j Busy Long Before War. » | Tile Interest of the American Red Cross in the fight against disease Is not, however, of recent origin, Long j before the war the organization began tills health service through its median in disaster relief work and ID i department During of the Town and County ml following Nut’s Ing. war 11 American the armistice thousands of Red Cross-officials have been ligliUm disease In the war-stricken countries At the same time tens of thousands ol local Red Cross officials have been en gaged at home lighting disease, noin biy during the influenza epidemics. Tlie American T ed Cross lias de termlned that all this valuable experl ence In health service abroad and tv f line shall not go to waste, So loir. as there are a half a million peoph dying yearly In this country from pro rentable causes, iiiul so long as mon than one-third of tlie American chi! dren and young people are victims o' physical defects, the Red Cross recog nizes the urgent need for continue! Red Cross health service at home. How Organization Works. Tlie Red Cross Health Center I governed by business principles, n; plies business methods, and, in it more simple form, can be establish? and conducted by lay people. H proceeds upon the demonstrate' tha fact that health is n 'ommodlty can he bought and sold like broom and soap. Therefore, it establishes !i self In a storeroom In the princlpn business section of the community, displays its goods in the form of a' tractive health exhibits In Its shoe windows. It advertises constantly am extensively, And it uses every busi ness and social device to attract cu> tumors. The Red Cross Health Center is o service to the sick in that it gives ou' reliable and complete information about existing clinics, hospitals, Sana toria and other institutions for the sick and the defective; about available nurses, boil) trained and practical! about when to consult a physician and why to shun the quack and his nos¬ trums. Teaching Disease Prevention. The Red -Cross Health Center Is, however, of even greater service to the well. It teaches people how to pre¬ vent sickness and disease. This 1* dona in many interesting and attractive ways- first of all. by the distribution of popular health literature and through health lectures illustrated with lantern slides or with health motion picture films. Then special exhibits «r« given, one after the other, ori varlou* health subjects. Practical demon turn tions are made; also health playlets by children to interest and instruct them selves and their elders. Classes nr« organized in personal hygiene, hoim care of the sick, first aid and in food selection and preparation, Health clubs, both for younger and older peo pie, are formed; also Little Mothers Leagues. Nutrition and growth eltntri are conducted for children. Already more than a hundred oi these Red Cross Health Centers are it actual operation throughout the noun try. Many of them also conduct med icnl clinics, hut the one chief, out standing feature of the American Re 1 ' Cross Health Center is its health edu call<»» service which tenches well p«« pie iiow to keep well. FRENCH PRAISE FOR OUR RED CROSS WORK Lauding th# work accomplished b; American philanthropy for war stricken France, Andre Tardleu, farm er higli nommisslonar from that na tlon to the United States, in a reeen article widely commented en through out the French press, say*! “The American Red Cross has ft f! eomplished a work which calls fo j the heartfelt gratitude of ovary tpni I Frenchman, In W# this great relln organization spent If behalf of Frapc, nearly 87.000,000 francs, and In If*' 1 Its expenditures on obaHtabie project In our country attained Hi* tremen dous total of 171,000,(XX). It has re cently turned over to tlia French reffe organizations hutfe stocks of mil piles whose valuw mtigt he counted u the hundreds qf thousands of francs. M Fifteen million American boys an, girls, banded together In Hie .Tunio Rad Groats of America, are hock of i movement to establish the closest tlei between themselves and France’ younger generation through the chat ttfible works they have financed gn ^ a F(! now carrying out among our iitti j war sufferers. “The bonds of friendship pel wee ; France and America is cemented wit mutual admiration, reaped and grat tude.” a K “ f convenience" had a ci nceplion of the definition of ,h ' w "" r —u U-BOAT DOWN FOR HOURS The S-5 Was On Her Malden Trip When Something Went Radically Wrong New York.—A telephone buoy, toss ng on the waves in the path of the iteamship General Goethals, reveuled .he plight of the crew of the subma¬ rine S-6, submerged for more than ;hirty-five hours off the Delaware :apes, according to information re¬ vived here. The bell on the buoy vas ringing and a sinal boat wae im nediately lowered from the General ioethals. The boat reached the juoy, cut In on the telephone appara us 011 it, and then from the depths >f the seas came this message: "The submarine S-5 has been sub nerged for thirty-five hours. Air is ’tinning short. Machinery damaged. Send for help.” The General Goethals immedaitely sent out radio messages telling of the plight of the submarine und then stood jy to render whatever aid was pos¬ sible, keeping in communication with he submerged vessel by means of the ! elephone on the buoy. An amateur wireless operator, sit- j ing at his instrument at Farmington, Jonn., hundreds of miles from the scene of the trouble, picked up the I Messages from the air and made it public. *■ New Haven.—A wireless message Tom the United States steamship Gen- i iral Goethals picked up at Farming on, Conn., says the United Slates submarine S-5 has been submerged hirty-five hours and asks that destroy¬ ers be sent to her rescue. The submarine's last position was •eported in latitude 38.36 north and ongitude 74.00 west, which is vir ualy due east of the Delaware capes. The radio was received by David L. Moore, who has a wireless outfit at lis home in Farmington, it reads as iollows: “On Board U. S. S. General Goe- ] .hats at Sea.—Send destroyers with j rear to relieve crew in submerged sub- 11 urine S-5. Been in this condition thir y-five hours, Bring material for cut ing through hull.” Inquiry at the United States sub narine base at New London brought i 1 statement from officers that noth- ! ng was ivitown there about, the re port on the S-5. Officers said, how- j >ver, that a submarine could remain j submerged for a much longer period han thirty-five hours without danger .0 the crew, providing its mechanism ,vas in working order << When prosperity struts in, meek¬ ness sneaks out.” • 0 - “Love knots” are tied exactly the same way as a hangman’s noose.” GEORGIA State Fair d) (|) © Under Auspices Georgia State Agricultural Society. MACON, GEORGIA Odtober 28th to November 6th, 1920. (§) BEST EXHIBITS OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVE STOCK EVER SHOWN $30,000 $30,000 <§) In Gash Premiums an d Purses 6 Days of Harness Racing For $6,000 in Cash Purses <§> $10,000 In Cash Premiums for Cattle, Swine $10,000 I (g) and Other Live Stock. - I The Best Live Stock Market in the Southeast—-Sales Daily. <§>: I he Greatest Midway on Earth; Wonderful Platform Acts, Fine Music Day and Night. Write For Premium Lists and Entry Blanks Now. (§) ^ ^ JULIUS H. OTTO, W. G. LEE, CHAS. B. LEWIS, HARRY C. 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