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DR. R. Y. RUDICIL PASSED
AWAY TUESDAY MORNING
Dr. Iliibert Young Rudicil died I
Tuesday morning at bis home two!
miles above town after a short ill- )
ness.
In the death of Dr. Rudicil. the
< ointy .sustains a great loss. He,
came to this place from South ,
Carolma more than filly years ago
and has practiced his profession ,
over the comity. He has represen- !
led Chattooga county in legislature
and lias also served as senator from
this district.
He served through the sixties as j
surgeon of the Gth Ga. Regiment,
Wheeler's cavalry.
He was a faithful member of the
Presbyterian church.
the funeral will be conducted by
[lev. .1. C. Hardin at the Rudicil
Home, Wednesday afternoon al 1
o’clock. The interment will be in
the Summerville cemetery.
Quarantine Against
Miningitis Epidemic
Midville, <■a., Dec. 23. Armed
deputies were stationed today on
every public road entering this
place to enforce the quarantine de
clared as a result of the menin
gitis epidemic which up to the
present lime has caused twelve
deaths. No deaths were reported
today, and only one additional case
developed. Nine patients now are
being treated.
The general exodus of citizens
was stopped today when the guards
were stationed to enforce the quar
antine. Advices from the adjoin
ing towns of Millen and Waynesbo
ro slate that fugitives from Mid
ville have been isolated and will
be kept under quarantine for
two weeks.
Physicians placed in charge of
the situation by Burke county of
ficials today expressed the belle!
that the epidemic had been got
ten under control.
"\Ve have it very well it hand;
the progress we ure making is en
tirely saat isfactory,' declared Dr.
I lieodore < >. Kershaw.
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Postage stamps in mile lengths
*’oon will be printed by the gov
ernment as the result of the inven
tion of a machine by Benjamin 11.
Stickney, of the bureau of en
graving and printing. file new
machine will print, perforate, gum '
drv and either cut into sheets or '
coil in mile lengths the product
of the press. It will save the gov
ernment a vast sum of money, for ■
it is claimed by the inventor that i
it will cut down the cost of pro- ■
during stamps at least 57 percent.
This is the whole story in a mil- j
shell. The farmer wants higher . (
prices, the wage-earner wants,
higher wages. The store keeper
wants higher profits. President
Harrison once said that a cheap,
coat marks a cheap man. He was (
right. Things are the cheapest i (
when things are depressed. The .
bargain counter always opens dur- i
mg a panic. In tunes ot prosperi- ,
ty. when wages are highest, when ,
the factories are busy, the farm- (
er sets aside a surplus. Vet. ev
erv one wants to buy the oilier
mans' products at the lowest price (
and sell Ins own at the highest
How selfish human nature is. la.
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California Woman Seriously Alarmed. ’
"A short time ago 1 contracted a
severe cold which settled on my •
lungs and caused me a great deal
of annoyance. I would have bad ;
coughing spells and my lungs were •
so sore and inflamed 1 began to be v
seriously alarmed. A friend reconi- i
mended Chamberlain's Cough Remedy ;
saying she had used it for years. 1 I
bought a bottle and it relieved my i
cough the first night, and in a week ,
I was rid of the cold and soreness <
of uiy lungs." writes Miss Marie Ger- t
her. Sawtelle. Cal F*®r »■*'■* ’by ’ll •
tgaJsis. j J
'"“•a firr
car W, Underwood and h«''/ M **l *
cratic colleagues of the wr p
means committee already y re L
discussing the tariff probl"" )
which they must find ilpMtntial I
solutions when congress meets in
extra session. The senate is busy
just at present with the impeach
ment proceeding's in the case of
Judge Robert W. Archbald of the
commerce court. With the tariff
engaging the attention of bouse
leaders, although no immediate ac
tion is contemplated, and with
impeachment proceedings in t he
senate, and to them both being add
ed the necessity of putting through
a billion dollars in appropriations, j
lit would seem tfiat there is not to I
be much time or opportunity fori
general legislation at the present
I session, but it is quite certain, re-|
ports to the contrary notwithstand-1
mg, that legislation of moment is
to be enacted neforc the March
winds blow.
There are two or three shadows
hanging over Ihe deliberations ot
congress this year. Perhaps a good
many of Hie members of both the
’ houses will not regard them as
■shadows, but they are so spoken
of generally. One is the shadow)
of politics and the other is the
shadow of the civil service. The)
civil service is supposed to be a 1
bright and shining light because
of its “moral political" uplifting)
tendencies, but of a good many
thousands of Americans who fear
that, merit system or no merit sys
tem, they are to lose, their jobs.
Naturally the Democrats of both
house and senate are looking a
head to the glad time when they
will come into full possession of
Hie administration in all its branch
es. The Democratic leaders are
nonplussed as to what to do about
me blanket civil service executive
order issued by President Taft not
long before the election, the effect
of which was to put nearly ill,00(1
postmasters of the country (in .Hie
civil service list. It goes without
saying perhaps that nearly all of
these postmasters are Republicans,
many of whom have held office for
years and who, unless the execu
tive order be set aside, will con
tinue to draw their pay from Un
cle Sam for the years to come or
until death or misconduct removes
them from I heir delivery windows.
There are few Republican lead
ers who find any fault at all with
their democratic colleagues for
urging Hiat President-elect Wilson
set aside tiie civil service executive
order of President Taft as soon
alter .March i as possible. A goou
many of the Republicans are will
ing to confess that it would have
been a bard blow to their party or
ganization if years ago all the post
masters of the country had been
removed from Ihe field of political
appointments. They say they would
have resented il and that they can
not honestly complain because Hie
Democrats now are seeking to pre
pare to have the order rescinded.
I he liepublicans of course say that
Hie postmasters ought to lie kept
on tin- civil service list, but that
tins fact naturally does not prevent
Democratic resentment because the
order was issued just at a tune to
do damage to the faithful who have
been waiting long for preferment.
Nobody knows definitely what
will happen to the postmasters of
the tower ratings when Woodrow
\v ilson becomes president of the;
United Slates, but the Democratic)
leaders say they can prove to the
president-elect that, the order put
ting the postmasters into the civil
Service class was issued for politi
cal effect and that therefore it!
should be sei aside ai once.
Word comes to Washington from
a good many of the postmasters of!
tile country that their hope that
they are to be allowed to remain!
in the merit class is based on
several speeches of Mr. «» ilson in
which he has uphold the civil ser-i
vice and lias said that ail Hie of
fices which it is possible so to
place should be put into the civ
il service class. There is worry,
however, among the democrats
who would like to give oil ices and
among Hie Democrats who like to
receive them over a situation
which cannot be cleared up until
Woodrow WHson makes upon it
definite pronouncement.
For years labor lias asked that
a new department of government
should i«e created to deal alone
with labor problems, with a labor
member in the president - cabinet
As Us presiding chief. Not long
before he set sail for Bermuda.
President-elect Wilson expressed a
desire to have a labor chief in his
family circle. Ihe Republicans in
the pasl have not been avers, to
ttie establishment of a labor de-|
partment. The Demon.i ! > m (he:
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and Inflai Kv-,.
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| We have jip .Ti “J”ied $2500.00 worth of shoes, bought at |
| a sacrifice sale. We will place these shoes on sale at once and |
i will give you the benefit of our purchase. These goods are t
| brand new and up-to-date and all will go at about actual |
t wholesale prices. |
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Ladies Felt Slippers, Fur Top, in brown, QQ P The best hunting Boot to be had. Tan calf
Black and Red j ace stra p S y wo f u ll soles. Ev- EAA
« Ladle. Elastic Sides Kid Slippers, with QQ/> cry |,air guaranteed. Easily worth 6.00 U.UV K
Rubber heels 7OC . .J 0
Men s Dress Shoes in Tan Patent Leather and
® Ladies Tan Kid Lace Shoes, sizes 4, 1 FA Gun Metal
’7 41-2 and 5, worth 2.50, only . , . l.Dv
$ Ladies 16-Button Tan Boots, cheap at 9 2.00,2.50,3.00,3.50,4.00 I
$ 3.00, while they last
r •• • r ol x j n We have a full line of Skuffer Shoes for chil-
fie. Ladies Vici Lace Shoes, guaranteed all jg?
solid leather, either high or low heel. 1 r A dren. Tan, Gun Metal and Patent Leather. The
| Worth 2.00, only 1.3 U best Shoe shown. |
Ladies Gun Metal Shoes, button and Sizes sto 8 . . . . 1.50
ho%o E 3^ yPair . gUarantCed ' Worth 2.00 Sizes Sto 111 .... 1.75 f
Sizes 12 to 2 2.00 -
Men’s Heavy Shoes, 2.00, 2.50 & 3.00 II Boy’s sizes 2‘ to 5' . . . 2.50
| We sell our own brand shoes for men and Guarantee every pair
| We are showing them in tan, gun metal and patent leather, but
| ton and lace 3.50 and 4.00 the pair
| J. H. Shumate & Co. |
| Summerville, Georgia, I
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main seem to be for it, and so it
is probable that one of tne legisla-
Hve acts of moment of the pres
ent session will be to establish
such a department and to give Mr.
W'ilson the right to name an ad
ditional member of the cabinet.
Atlanta, Dec. 18. —There are approx
imately 12.433,000 telephones and
29,566,000 miles of telephone wire in
the world, according to figures which
have just been received by the local
office of the Southern Bell.
The world s telephone investment
is placed at $1,729,000,000, which
is very nearly the value of all the
gold coin and bullion in the Unit
ed States. These figures were com
piled. from world statistics for the
first of this current year, and
new statistics for 1913 not yet ob
tainable will show a tremendous in
crease. The increase of 1912 over
) 1911 was ten per cent in telephones
and 19 per cent in wire.
The year 1911 was the thirty-fifth
i since the invention of the telephone
by Professor Alexander Graham Bell.
During the past year the long dis
: tance telephone service has receiv
ed notable extensions. In the Unit
;ed States commercial service was
opened between New York and Den
jVer 2.160 miles, which is the long)
est distance over which oral commu
; ideation is given commercially. Talk ;
ling from Atlanta to New York. PhTT )
adelphia. Chicago and the big eastern |
cities, is now a comparatively sim- I
pie matter.
London has over 9(1,000 deaf res
idents.
FARMERSVILLE
Mr. W. NV. Shropshire and Mr. I
:J. E. Robinson were in Rome last .
week on business.
Mr. D. T. Parsons will move to
his tutuiv home in Walker eoun- I
ty alter Christinas.
Mr. Paul Rhineheart has moved I
to M. J. E. Robinsons.
Mr. Cromie Moore has moved in-4
to our community.
Mr. A. G. Simpson will make an
auuress at the Farmersville sctiool
j house on tb.e second Sundav : '-tit
|in January. ♦
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Just received a new line of goods
—some of the best bargains we have
ever offered. Call and see them.
J. W. PITTS.
I will buy remnant cotton this fall,
paying highest market price for
same. If you can’t see me, see E. S.
Taylor. SOL ALEXANDER.
The Chinese day is divided into
12 parts.
' Free Calendars :
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u Our 1913 calendars are in and we want every person l
J in Chatt ji 3 ounty to have one of them, so we will
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ask that you call at our store when in the city and
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you will be presented with one free of charge, or if
you had rather, just drop us a postal card, giving your
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We take this means of getting them to you because p
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; Kirkpatrick Furniture Co. §
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301 Main St., Corner Rossville Ave., CHATTANOOGA, TENN. T I
So that it can be used in the dark
a fountain pen has been equipped
with a tiny electric searchlight
and a storage battery by its Eng
lish inventor.
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The people we owe are pushing us.
All notes and accounts that are not
paid at once will be put out for col
lection.
TAYLOR & ESPY.
The Busy Woman's Day.
It begins early, ends late, and is
full of work. She often has kidney
trouble without knowing It. Her
back aches and she is tired and
worn out. Sleeps poorly, is nervous
no appetite. Her bladder gives her
trouble too. Foley Kidney Pills will
cure all that and make her strong
and well. They are the best medi
cine made for kidney and bladder
disorders. For sale by all dealers.