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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
GRUMPY PUBLISHING co.
Passing of the Cigarette Fiend.
amount

From all sections of the coun-
try comes the news of the Danish
ment of the cigarette fiend by big
firms and corporations. Several
of our foremost colleges and uni
versities have barred from their
walls the man who smokes the
cigarette, Educators, from the
kindergarten department to the
college professor, are waging war
against this, the greatest of all
intellect destroyers. The ban.
ishment of the cigarette user is
certain and young men who are
addicted to this habit can never
hope to hold positions of respon-
sibility.
The railroads have put up the
bars against men whose fingers
are stained yellow with cigarette
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
HObSOn Warns of War Again.

That the United States and
Japan will be at war within ten
months was the startling predic-
ton made by Representative
Richmond p. Hobson of Ala
hama on the floor of the House
recently. He predicted that the
war would last from five to ten
vars, involving the destruction
of the Panama Canal and the ul-
innate conquest of Japan. Said
HObson:
"We will be struck, and when
We are-gentlemen may differ
with me as to the time, but firm
ly believe that it can be counted
in months on the fingers of my
two handS-we will find ourselves
practically powerless, The ma
tons of the world will call on US
to give up the war and not con-
tinue to disturb the peace of the
world just as we did with Russia
in her war with Japan. Our own
fnanciers will demand that we
end an apparently hopeless strug-
gle. But we will not give up.
We will fight on, angered and
Inundated, until 1t becomes a
mere question of resources. "
Hobson urged the creation of q
big standing army and the build
ing of a greater navy.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
PrOUidClCe

Mrs. A. II. Sanders, of Estill
Springs, spent several days OF
last week in our community Wis
itlng relatives.
Daniel Smith, of near Decherd,
was here Monday.
Il. l.. Bell is on the sick list
this week.
Ralph Levan, of Decherd, is
here, the guest of Claude Hen
ley.
Messrs r. L. aud Patton San
ders were in Tracy City a day or
two Of last week,
Several of our community have
the lagrlppe.
Edgar jackson, after spending
several days in Memphis and
Chattanooga, returned hVme
Saturday.
Daniel Patterson and family
are visiting relatives III Tracy
City.
John Conry and SOD, Lyster, Of
Monteagle, were here yesterday
on business.
Harrison Patterson was in
Decherd yesterday.
The farmers are busy getting
ready to plant irish potatoes.
Tom Conry and wife, Of Tracy
City, spent day or two of last
week here.
Agnes Partin is on the sick
list.
Claud Henley, who is attending
school at Decherd, came nome
Saturday on a visit to his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. s. o. Henley,
John Davis was in Monteagle
Saturday.
William Garner was in Tracy
City day or two Of last week.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
MOnte0gJe.

Mr., and Mrs. Will Metcalf, of
Tracy City, were visiting rela-
tives here Sunday and Monday.
John Parker was IN Wlnches-
ter Monday on business.
Allison Madewell, who has
been visiting relatives here, has
returned to his WORK in Birming-
ham, Ala,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. l.. Wrenn, of
Gunnison, Miss, are here.
Lem Wallace is attending
court in Altamont this weeK.
Mrs. Allie Wallace and chill.
dren have moved to Chattanooga.
Misses Gertrude and Quinnie
Lappin were in Tracy City Thurs
day having some dental work
done.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Shelters
were shopping in Winchester
Monday.
Mrs Matte Mabee and chill
iren, of Birmingham, Ala, are
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Bette Lockhart and son,
Butord, returned from Cha[ta-
uooga last week.
George Parker was in Sewunee
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Lowe, of
Stevenson, Ala, were here last
week.
Miss BERTHE Tucker had as her
VIII 0rs last SUNDAY afternoon
the following Young people OF
Sewanee: Misses SaIlie John.
son, Edith Price, Leona Looney,
Lilly Fischer, Ethel and Edith
Thaxton and Fannie Ruef; and
Messrs. Leon Long, Albert Stew.
man, Joe Owens, Bernlce Loon
ey, Cecil Myers and Joe Riley
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
Types of Weak Men.

The man who allows his anger
to throw him off his balance, who
permits his breast to BE- filled
with murderous resentment, is a
weak man and not a strong man.
He is too weak to master himself
and in his vanity and barbarous
egotlsm he places his own sense
of anger and selfish instinct
above the right of others and the
fair and just requirements of law
and society.
Anger is no evidence of cour-
age. Passion is most quickly
manifest in the man in whom
mere animal impulse easily
dominates reason. Mere brute
courage supported by anger is
cowardice compared with moral
courage. The bullying, quarrel
some, brawllng brute, ever ready
to fight somebody in time of
peace, has been known to whine
like a cur and run like a coward
in battle where the bullets are
not respecters OF persons. He
has been known to flee from con-
taglon when the stricken needed
aid, and to hang back from a
burning building, deaf to the
implorlne cries he hears, while
quiet, persuaded men with never
a quarrel to their discredit, risk
ed their lives for the endangered.
He is poor sort of man who
cannot control himself. The man
who is "a pitiabIo weakling in the
face of temptation who is most
apt to become a drunkard or a
gambler or to yield to lustful
passion, and who mistakes the
very weakness of vain anger for
manly strength, is most apt to
excuse or defend the murderer.
There are certain types of which
sympathize instinctively, if un.
consciously, with certain other
types different olly in their con-
nate weakness. One must study
these types in order to differenti-
ate them.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
REMEMBER
that Laundry leaves the City
Drug Store every Tuesday
afternoon. Bring your laun-
drv in.
Circuit Court Proceedings.

Circuit Court convened at AL
lamont in regular session last
Tuesday with Judge Ewin L
Davis on the bench and Hon. W.
w. Fairbanks, attorney general,
at his post of duty. The follow
ing grand jury was empaneled,
sworn and charged by Judge
Davis in his strong virile man.
ner, yet a more comprehensive
and exhaustive charge has not
been heard fron this bench in
many days: &. L. Hill, foreman;
9. L. Clay, W. A. Sanders, Gil.
liam Barker, VIM. Byers, John
W. Fults, Ellsberry Wooten,
Lawrence Wooten, Houston Ang
lin, W. Fl. Meeks, Jr,, Geo. Pat
ton, John Overturf and Sterling
eagle.
A reasonably heavy docket ap.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
ALtUnIOILf.

W. L. Cooper, Of Anderson,
spent Sunday with friends in the
city.
Joe Creighton, of Coalmont,
was seen in Altamont Sunday.
ElderJ. D. Northcut, Of Tracy
City, preached at the Hall sun
day morning.
Oscar White, of TatesviIle,
who is attending school here,
spent Saturday aud Sunday at his
home.
John Scruggs, G. & NJ is in
Nashville this week representing
the Masonic Lodge of AItamOnt
at their Grand Lodge which is in
session there.
Miss Lena Woodlee has gone to
Nashville where she will be con-
nected with St. Thomas Hospital
as nurse.
J. G. Morton, of Tarlton, was
here Saturday,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. V. Woodlee,
Misses Mary Sue WooIlee and
Marguerite Drake and Messrs.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09

juice. A number of men so
branded have been discharged,
and no more will be employed.
The reason given by the railroad
officials is that cigarette smok-
er is inefficient and unreliable
and not safe to be trusted with a
responsible position. The Santa
Fe Company does not profit the
use of cigars or pipes by it's men,
holding that healthy and mature
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09

men suffer no measurable bad
results unless the weed is used
to excess.
The report of the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue shows that
more than 7,OOO,OOO,O0O cigar
cites were smoked in this country
during the year ending last June,
and that the consumption of to,
bacco in all forms is largely in
creasing.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09

W. L. Beard and Mark Leneham
spent few hours in Beersheba
Springs Sunday.
J. E. Scruggs, of Tarlton, pass
ed through the city Saturday.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
Wanted.

Parties visiting Nashville de-
sizing first-class board stop with
Mrs. X, @. Knox and Mrs. G w.
Alexander. Rates $1.00 per day.
315.317 Sixth Ave. N. Nashville,
Tenn. Telephone 425SL. 1929
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
Local and Personal.

Emil Won Bergen has returned to
Memphis.
Walter Travis was in Coalmont
Tuesday.
D. r. Tucker, of Monteagle, was
here Saturday.
Arthur Marler's family have re-
turned from Midland Ind.
Messrs. Ed and Jim Levan have
returned from Lynchburg.
Miss Florence Berry visited rela-
tives in Shelbyville this week.
Messrs. Arthur Upton and Will
Cox left Tuesday for Alabama.
DR.. W. L. Tillett, of Decherd,
was here a day or two this week.
Mr.. and Mrs Will Metcalf visited
relatives in Monteagle last week,
Patton and R. E. Sanders, Of
Providence, were here last week.
Read Tracy City from 1898 to
1910" on fifth page of this paper.
Rev. w. A. Couser and John
Wilder of Pelham, were here last
Friday.
Misses Lappin, of Monteagle,
were here one day last week on
business.
Miss Kazie SAMSON, of Murfrees-
boro, was the guest of relatives here
this week.
The family of Tom Warren ar
rived here last Thursday from Mid
land, Ind.
Mrs. E. w. Cheek and children
have returned to their home i'll
Shelbyville.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. V. Lowe, OF
Stevenson, Ala, were here the lat
ter part of last week.
Geo. w. Tidman is attending
the Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. at
Nashville this week.
J. G. Henley has moved his livery
business to the stable opposite Dor
ris & Cheeks drug store.
E. P. Burnett, Deputy Sheriff
for the Pelham district, was in the
city a few hours last Friday.
Rev. LEVER, of Sewanee, preach
ed an interesting sermon at the
, Episcopal Church last Sunday.
I. H. Cannon has moved his fam
lily to Coalmont where he and the
boys are employed in the mines.
Misses Wilcia and Oma Lee Cope
were the guests of the family of Z
w. Cheek in Shelbyville this week
Mrs, B. B. Boyed, of Nashville
is visiting the family of her son
Mr.. Geo. Boyd, here for a few
days.
Messrs. Myers & Hutson have
moved their livery business to the
stable formerly occupied by J, G.
Henley.
Roy Brookman and Garrett Rod
dy were in Whitwell a day or two
last week OIL a visit to the Hooper
brothers.
Miss Irene SAMSON, who is teach
ing school near Manchester, Spen
Saturday and Sunday with he
mother here.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
DOCTORS QUESTION
Much Sickness Due to Bowel
Disorders.

A DOCTORS first question when
consulted by a patient is, care
your bowels regular?" He
knows that $50 of illness is at
tended with inactive bowels and
torpid liver, and that this condi-
tion must be removed gently and
thoroughly before health can be
restored.
Rexall Orderlies are positive,
pleasant and safe remedy for con-
stipation and bowel disorders in
general. We are so certain of
their great curative value that
We promise to return the pur-
chaser's money in every case
when they fail to produce entire
satisfaction.
Rexall Orderlies are eaten like
candy, they act quietly, and have
a soothing, strengthening, heal
Ing influence on the entire in,
testinal tract. They do not
purge, grippe, cause nausea, flat
ulence, excessive looseness, diar-
rhpa or other annoying effect.
They are especially good for
children, weak persons or old
folks. Two sizes, 25c. and 10c.
Sold only at our store-The Rex
all Store. Doris & Cheek.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1911-03-09
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The Adair County news. [volume] (Columbia, Ky.) 1897-1987, 1911-11-22
An Anf;dofe Handy.

The woman was the author of cook
book that had been published at her
request with wide margins and occa-
sional blank pages for notes and ad-
ditional recipes. Often she had ex-
pressed a wish to see an old copy Of
the book and find out to what use the
blank spaces had been put One day
In a secondhand bookstore her hus-
band unearthed an old volume. No
ticing that it had been annotated free
~, he bought it. After a day or two
he said:
'fHow about the notes in that cook
book? Were they interesting"
NO." she said CURLY; they didn't
amount to anything"
When he got a chance he looked
through the book himself. Every note
the book contained was a remedy for
dyspepsia and stomach trouble.-New
York Times.
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Greenland Is Green.

When you were a boy you used to
sing "On Greenland's Icy Mountain
well, the country is simply vast nest
of green mountains. covered with
snow, ice and glaciers. These are
known as live and dead glaciers. The
dead glaciers are mass Of snow and
ice which have accumulated between
gorges for a million years or more and
have become so condensed that you
could not penetrate the mass except
by steel drill. The live slaciers are
those that break off and fall into the
waters and become floating masses of
ice, often infiicting damage to ships.
Where the sun can strike a spot the
trees, which are Of a dense growth but
small, wear the most beautiful green.
Atlanta Constitution.
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Didn't Think Il Was Permissible.

81 think" said Mrs. Oldcastle, that
our minister is going too far. Did you
hear his sermon last Sunday?"
YES" replied her hostess as she
finished sealing a letter to her
daughter, the Duchess Of Ramshead.
Both me and Josiah put in fifty dollar
bills when the contribution was tax
en-"
II don't like the habit he has fallen
into of matchmaking the rich"
Mercy! l hadn't heard about him
doin' that. didn't think anybody was
allowed to anathematize people unless
they had appendicitis or somethin'."-
Chicago Record Herald.
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Riddle of Graxitation.

Nearly $50 years ago one of the great
est inteilects connected with science
turned his attention to gravitation. In
that $50 years physical science has
made rapid advances. A boy who has
completed years work in elementary
physics could entertain Newton in cleo
tricity were it possible for the great
philosopher to return to earth. After
learning of the great progress in cleo
tricity can imagine him in his eager
desire for knowledge turning to the
boy and expecting some light on gravi-
tation. Alas, not only the high school
boy. but not even the most learned.
can give any definite information on
gravitation. The problem is about
where Newton left it.-Popular Science
Monthly.
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ARMLESS PAINTERS.
Sarah Biffen, For Instance, Who Made
Remarkable Miniatures.

Rem Variable Miniatures.
Miss Sarah Biffen was a conspicu-
Gus example of the skill which arm
less people sometimes acquire in spite
Of their aff1iction. She was miniature
painter to Queen Victoria, and her
work was widely known for its beau
ty and delicacy.
She was born without arms, but as
a girl, having a great wish to become
an artist, she worked earnestly for
years until she could paint by holding
the brush in her teeth. In 1921, ac-
cording to the Raja Yoga Messenger.
the judges, without any knowledge Of
the means she was compelled to use.
awarded her the gold medal of the
Society of Arts, prize sought by
hundreds of others.
NJ. de Mentholon and Bertram Hiles
were other artists who were deprived
of the use of their arms. The former
had only one foot, which he used to
paint with.
Mr. Hiles lost both his arms in an
accident, being run over by a street
car when be was only eight years old
and when he was just beginning to ac-
quire skill in drawing. He spent two
years in patient toll learning to draw
b holding the pencil in his teeth, at
the end of which time he won a first
class certificate from local art school
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Then He and the Patient Found They
Were Two of a Kind.

Then He and the Patient Found They
Were Two of Kind.
In the Metropolitan theater the
house physician has seat given him
for each performance. He is supposed
to be there every evening. Naturally
there comes time when the play be-
gins to pail on him. One evening not
long ago the stage manager of local
playhouse rushed down the aisle to
Come back at once. The leading la
dy has had an attack"
In the iady's dressing room all was
confusion. "What'll we do, door, cried
the stage manager.
Have you poured water on her
head?"
"Yes, a whole bucket, out of the one
that says Not to be used except in
case of fire."
'Then don't pour any more. 1 fear
you have made fatal mistake. Run
out to the drug store and get this
filed"
When they had run out the lady
opened her eyes. Doc" she gasped.
you're a good fellow, amt you? 1
know you know there's nothing the
matter with me. 1 want day off,
and don't want to go on in this act.
Can you fix it,"
81 sure cam" he answered, wringing
her hand alphabetically. Il amt a
doctor. / came in on his ticket Well
fix it."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Hoiv Ian6s.

The Holy Land is term used, espe-
cially by Christians, to designate Pal
estine as being the scene of the birth.
ministry and death Of Christ, but also
employed by other religious sects to
describe the places sacred to them
from association. Thus the Moham-
medans speak Of Mecca as the Holy
Land, It being the birthplace Of Mo-
manned. The Chinese Buddhists call
India the Holy Land because the
founder of their religion was born
there, while the Greeks bestow this
same title on Ellis. where was situated
the temple Of Olympian Zeus.
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merce: on the field of battle
where, with flashing eyes and
foaming sides he bears his mar
tial rider to,victory or death; and
on the race course, where
with distended nostril and quiv
ering!nerve:he struggles with his
his kind for the supremacy in
stamina and speed; at all times
and in all places the horse is the
nobelest of Gods dumb creatures.
Bailey.
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Love The Country Life.

II am not able to understand
how a man could prefer the city.
with it's bitter strifes, it's narrow
jealousies, it's tumults and its
passions, over the farm where
the springs and streams, the
fields land pastures, the wood
lands and meadows speak to US
in a ravishing language and
bring us close to the great throb-
ing heart of nature, There |
would be glad to spend my days,
and far from the maddening
crowds ignoble strife. pursue
those studies which elevate the
mind and purify the ambition.
l could live forever at peace
among it's heards and flocks and
horses. l love its cattle which
supply the human race with
meat and drink, | love its sheep,
whose flesh gives strength and
whose fleece gives comfort to
the family of men; and above all
its cattle and sheep. l love its
horses, for they are mans best
friend and servant. AS he walks
with steady tread between the
burrows, helping his master to
produce the cotton and the corn
which clothes and feeds the
world. as through the days and
years he draws his burden in Our
towns and cities, patiently per-
forming de drudgery Of COM
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A REGULAR Sherlock Holmes.

Under the caption "a Triumph of
Sense" "Jugend' tells this story: In
the lower court of a small town in
Saxony William had served faithfully
and well as attendant to the presiding
judge for many years without ever
having received any reward aside from
his legal stipend. On the day Of ad-
journment for the season, when Wis
itors had retired. the Judge. who was
also about to leave. asked, William.
do you smoker Seeing a square box
under the judges arm, he answered
respectfully. Yes, your honor 4
knew it by the smell of your coat
said the Judge as he walked out"
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SAYINGS OF MARK TWAIN.
Bright Things That Are Rarely Cred
i'll A.

Bright Things That Are Rarely Cred
tied to the Humorist.
There has been complaint that every
good story gets accredited to Mark
Twain without his having really de-
served it, but Professor Archibald
Henderson in his book MARK Twain"
points out that actually many of the
best known common sayings first Gre
ated by Mark Twain are very rarely
credited to him. His sayings in
"Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" such
as "the cauliflower is nothing but cab
bage with a college education" are
generally known as written 6by Mark
Twain, but there are otherseof which
this is not true.
Some Of his best sayings are aprOpos
Of the cheerful custom Of lying-for
instance: "Truth is our most valuable
possession. Let us economic it."
Never tell q lie-eXcept for practice"
is not so well known as the more popu-
lar when in doubt tell the truth"
Professor Henderson comments that
of the latter maxim Mark Twain de-
clared that he never expected it to
be applied to himself. 1t was for
other people. When he was in doubt
himself he used sagacity. Perhaps his
best summary is: "Never waste a lie!
You can't tell when you may need it."
A catchword emanating from Mark
Twain is, BE virtuous and you will
be eccentric" Another is that there
isn't parallel of latitude but thinks
it would have been the equator if it
had had its rights" There is some
thing peculiarly American in his warn
ing to girls not to marry-that is, not
to excess. To Professor Henderson
Mark Twain made remark likely to
rank with the best Of his sayings now
that it has been published. Professor
Henderson was advised before under
going a surgical operation, Console
yourself with the reflection that you
are giving the doctor pleasure and
that he is getting paid for it,
OF the hundreds of Twain sayings
none is better known than one often
attributed to Andrew Carnegie, Put
all your eggs in one basket-and then
watch that basket"