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The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-01-24
Modern UNI
brella Displac-
es the Old.
J. S. Reeves & Co., OF
Nashville Secure Line
Which is RevOlutionlz-
ing the Business.

j. S. Reeves & Company, the
big Nashville wholesale dry
goods house, has just a closed a
deal with the Hull Brothers I'm,
brella Company, Toledo, the re,
trilers of this territory in that
FLOR the first time they will have
a chance to secure Hull umbrel-
las, of which there are now more
than a million in use.
A few years ago the Hull UNI.
brella was just an idea-with nc
manufacturing plant and mighty
little money behind it. But the
idea was magical in its effects
1t captured the public's imagi.
nation. Since that time the
Hull Brothers Company has
built four factories in an effort
to keep pace with the constantly
increasing public demand-the
last one said to be the largest
umbrella plant in the world
making high grade umbrellas.
The Hull Brothers Company
has not dared, until now, to in
wade the south, because they
have never been equipped to
handle the enormous business
they knew would result, until
the completion of the new facto-
ry it was far more than they
could do to supply the demand
nearer home. 1t is highly prop
er and fitting that they should
make their first lid to the south
ern trade from Nashville, the
gateway to the south. 1t is also
fitting that the first house to
handle the Hull line of umbrel.
las is second to none in Dixie
and capable of placing Vim the
hands of a small army of travel.
ing statesmen to be distributed
over several states.
| Nearly ten thousand dealers
are selling the Hull umbrella
throughout the United States
Aside from the fact that it is
one of the best umbrellas on the
market, the Hull has a detacha
BILE and interchangeable handle
which keeps umbrella expense
at the minimum, permitting q
person to purchase a nice handle
and use fit for years, merely 60
ing to a dealer when the cover
becomes old and having another
snapped on in sixty seconds
time. And this new cover, it is
said, costs no more than it would
to have the old frame recovered
Any Hull handle fits any Hui
umbrella, thus allowing person
to buy three or four handles and
only one frame and cover, The
detachable feature is also of val
ue in chat it enables one to car
ry an um brella in a trunk wher
ever one goes. The Hull line Of
handles consists of several thous
ands Of the finest and most ar.
tistic designs.
The deal by which j. S
Reeves q Company secured the
exclusive agency in this terrific.
ry for the Hull umbrella was
negotiated by VIM. j. Everett
the special representative Of the
Hull Brothers Company in the
south. Mr.. Everett is now on q
four months trip in the interest
of his line and writes that the
only trouble he is having is in
picking out the most suitable
houses to handle his line, as all
want it on first sight.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-01-24

invaded the United States from
Mexico over century ago. The
infection gradually spread north
ward from the Mexican border
until about forty or fifty years
ago when it made it's first ap-
pearance in Tennessee, and fin
ally spread over 81 counties in
this State. For many years it's
causative agent was unknown.
1t was IN the year 1887 that
Cooper Curtis was the first to
suggest the tick as the carrier of
the infestation of this disease,
but it remained for Smith and
Kilborne in 1889 to demonstrate
that the tick did really transmit
the disease. OF course for many
years no one knew or even sus-
pected that it was possible to
eradicate this disease producing
tick. In was in the year 1894
that Cooper Curtis demonstrated
the possibility of exterminating
the fever tick.
About this time the first bull.
letins on this subject were got
ten out by Mohler, Dalrymple
and Morgan. To Myer of Louis
lana belongs the credit for pre-
senting the first bulletin calling
attention to the economic impor-
tance of eradicating the tick.
He placed the annual losses to
the Southern States ut 500, 000,-
600. The early field work was
done by Butler, N. O., Gary,
Ala, and DMwiddie, Ark. They
demonstrated that tick eradica-
ton over large areas of infected
territory was practical. They
demonstrated beyond q shadow
of a doubt that ticks could be
eradicated from any prescribed
territory in a short time at reas-
enable cost.
In 1906 a committee, from the
Commissioners of Agriculture of
the Southern States prevailed
upon Congress to make the first
Federal appropriation to begin
the work. This appropriation
amounted to $S2, 800. DR.. r. Z.
Steddom and w. P. Ellenberger
did the pioneer work in Tennes.
see, but to Dns. j. A. Herman
and II. E. jackson the credit is
largely dive fO, the excellent re-
suits which have been accom-
piished in this State.
As said before this disease had
spread to 81 counties and the an
nual losses in this State from
deaths of cattle from the disease
and from the depreciation in val
ue as a result OF the handicap of
quarantine restrictions, far ex.
ceeded $1,000,OO0.
This work of tick eradication
has gradually progressed unit
nay we have succeeded in free
iiN44 whole counties of ticks
and those Al counties have been
released. from quarantine. Only
sevSn counties and parts of coun-
tiesremain in quarantine. These
great results have been accom-
plished in only few years and
at avery small expense to the
State, counties and Federal gov.
eminent, when we pause to con.
slider Che manifold advantages to
the cattle raising industry which
have accrued therefrom.
However the work is not yet
completed and. the annual losses,
even at the present time as are
suit Of the existence Of this dis
ease will probably exceed $780,
600. Now is the opportune time
to complete work in all of these
seven tick invested counties if
the cattleraisers in these coun-
ties could only be made to real
ize it.
The tick can be destroyed now
with less expense than later.
The stockmen Of these remain
ing quarantined counties can
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Auto Frightened Mules

FIR, m Wednesdays Timesett.
Ed Banks, driving team of mule
to a farm wagon, was coming int
town yesterday and as he approached
the railroad crossing out on Souti
Santa Fe avenue, an autom obile tool
The grade coming from town and
came down hill so fast that the Car
was almost upon the team before
they were aware Of its approach, Th,
team did a circle In no time and
overturned the wagon, spilling Mr..
Banks out. He dropped the lines but
by that time the mules were no
longer frightend and made no attempt
TO ruu away. Mr.. Banks was not
hurt by his fall. He could not see
the mum ber Of the Car and had Mt
means Of finding out who his joy.
riding friends were.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Never Drunk
Ayers Roosevelt
Doesn't Claim to Be a Tee
totaler, But is Temperate.

Marquette, Mich. May 27.-Theo.
dore Roosevelt picture of ruddy
vigor and perfect health, turned a
square head and square jaw in the
direction of the twelve farmers, team
sters, minors and woodsmen in court
today and gave his character for So
briefly as mot total abstainer"
Roosevelt told the story to the jury
and said that he was really not a
drunkard as charged in an allegedly
libelous editorial by the defendant,
George A. Newett.
AS witness Roosevelt said he was
not a teetoler but was never drunk,
that he takes heavy liquor only on the
advice of his physician, that he drinks
wine socially, but asserts that he
despises beer and whiskey, says that
his mint jupep record was poor and
that champagne was not habitual
drink with him.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
MISS ALCOCK WEEDS K. C. MAN

Miss Beulah Franz Alcock and Mr..
Joseph Campbell Fourmy Of Kansas
City were married Wednesday morn
ing at the home OF the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Alcock
PIP North Highland avenue, at five.
thirty o'clock, by Rev. J. r. Nc
Fadden,> pastor of the Metho dist
church. The wedding was quiet
fl air, attended by only the members
OF the family and the brides aunt,
Mrs. A, II Prescott of Boston, Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Fourmy left for Kansas
City on the O'Clock train wher,
their home has been placed il
readiness by Mr. Fourmy.
1t was generally understood, and in
fact given out, that the weddlug
would take place next Wednesday
morning, but in order to avoid the
attentions usually bestowed on newly
married couples by their mischievlous
friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Fourmy were
married a week before the date given
nt1t
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Glass Plant Will
Close 8 Months Fire
Work Stops at Midnight
Thursday Night After a
Seasons Good Run

The Chanute Window Glass
Company's fire will be drawn
Thursday at midnight along with
that of every other window glass
plant in the United States running
under the rules Of the Association.
AT that time the wag. schedule
agreed on expires and the plants
will close down. This will end an
eight months run here, of what
Frank Bostock, manager of the
company describes as "good rum
In regard to the reopenlng of the
plant next fall Mr.. Bostock said,
''We are going to try very hard to
reopen this plant, and will certainly
10 so if we can get a supply of
fuel. What will really be done In
the matter will not be decided until
August when the stock holders have
heir regular annual meeting"
The local plant was handicapped
asst winter by the shortage of gas
nd unless an adequate supply is
'ecured the plant may not be opened
'txt season.
The plant has produced during
ais months run approximately one
1undred thousand boxes of glass
nd shipped out about one hundred
lad twenty five cars. There will
)e about six thousand boxes of
glass in the plant Thursday night,
Nay 20, when it closes down.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Salary Schedule
Adopted by Board
Former Schedule in Force,
With a Few Slight Changes

The Board of Education met last
Tues in the Office of SpDt. ]. F.
Hughes and the Teachers and
Salaries Committee offered their
salary schedule for adoption.
The recommendations of the
Committee were adopted by the
Board as they were made.
According to the schedule now
in force High School teachers will
receive salary of $50 per month
for the first year of service and this
be increased five dollars per month
until a maximum of sos Is reached,
for each year except in the case
of the History and Science teach
ers and then the raise may be ten
dollars per month for each year
and the maximum will be one set
by the Board of Education.
The grade school teachers for
the first year service may receive
$50. Their raise per month is five
dollars until maximum of sos is
reached Equal credit Is given for
teaching in schools of equal rank
with Chanute, just the same as if
the experience had been received
in a Chanute school. The salaries
of the principals of the various
buildings were fixed. The salary
of Webster principal is S05; Cross,
500; Alcott, go; Murry Hill, 95.
That of the High School principal
is fixed at $1,000 per year.
Oher teachers not provided for
in the regular schedule are the
Music Supervisor, SIS; Domestic
Science and Art Instructor, SIS
and the Manual Training and
Drawing Instructor, $85.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Jast Here and There

A certain business man in this city
says he has too much business and
says he won't advertise because he
will not be able to handle his trade,
This is the fist man in our news
paper career which we have found in
tins appalling condition.
The Daily Earth Of Coffeyvllle says
that the Boosters of Chanute are a
live bunch and CUffeyville should feel
proud to entertain them. We will
place a little bet on the Earth s
ability to pick out live ones
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
JUST HERE AND THERE

We are dead against holdups, but
will stand for some go1d Chanute
merchant getting our ad man in a
corner and forcing him at the point
OF gun to take full page.
When you see woman displaying,
as far as propriety will permit, a
pair OF one dollar Isle stockings, We
wonder how far she would 90 IL she
| were wearing five dollar pair.
1t is not always true that when a
married man goes to meet his wife
who is returning from a visit that he
is framing up an alibi for something
he has done while she was away.
A good story is being told at one Of
the local stores today about how the
hateful head lights Oh an automobile
discovered certain young man and
his lady friend In a fond embrace and
faces exceptionally close. We won't
mention names.
1t is understood that some people
think when they give an ad to free
publication that they are doing
little cheap advertising. Not so.
They are getting good advertising
cheaper than they could get it else
where. If this is not so why do the
mail order houses send FREE a big
catalogue?
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
NEW MOTOR TAG ON SALE

The Kansas county treasurers began
selllog motor Car license applications
this week. The blanks for the appli-
cations were sent out Monday and
the county treasurers began taking ia
he money. 1t c.sti So year for a
motor Car llcebse and Tag and $2 a
year for motorcycle license and tag.
The money must be paid TO the county
treasurer in the county where the
car is owned. The secretary Of state
c.Dnot accept any money and the
appl cations must be sent by the
county treasurer end not by the car
owner. The county treasurer puts
1926 of the fee into the county road
maintenance fund, or $3.50 il the
liceLse is for pop-pop, and the
money can only be used for dragging
the roads, and not for building them.
The Is per cent goes to the secretary
OF state to ply for the tags and ad
mi listering the law.
Charles Sessions, secretary of state,
has sent a notice to every coul t
telling how tags may be secured. The
notice follows
application must be made to the
county treasurer, who wilf have the
blanks. No application nor money
cah be received by the secretary Of
state direct from the owner.
"If convenient, apply TO your
county treasurer in person, pay him
the fee and have him fill out the
application.
''lf not convenient to 90 to the
county seat, ask your home editor,
garage owner or dealer for a blank,
fill it out In full carefully, and mall
1T to your county treasurer with $5 If
for an automobile tag ald So if for a
motorcycle tag.
write your name and address
plainly.
The county treasurer will send
you receipt which will be good as a
c;nse until July 15 The tag will
be sent you direct from the secretary
Of states Office by paTcal post upon
receipt Of the application from the
county treasurer. At the same time,
a license card, together with full
copy Of the new automobile law con.
taiuing road rules will be sent you By
first class mail.
Practically allof your money is TOD
be kept in your county and US ID for
m maintenance OF the roads, Automo-
bile owners should see that the
money is spent for that purpose
only"
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
A LITTLE INDEFINITE

Although a Kansas City man has
gone some distance in the defining OF
what is right and wrong in the con-
duct Of an engaged girl they are still
indefinite on the matter Of "spoon.
ing" The following are some Of the
rulings Of the court.
"a young woman need not give all
her attentions solely to the swain to
whom she is engaged, She may have
all the beaus she wants, but as to
whether she may spoon with others
well, the court didn't go that far,
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Oft Tired Substitute

A colored wCmIn went to tue pas
tor Of her church the other day to
complain Of the conduct IF her hus-
band, VIII she said, was low down,
worthless, tritilng fellow. After
listening to log recital of the de-
liLquebcies OF her neelectful spouse
and her Efforts to correct the, the
mi1ster said. "Have you ever tried
heaping Goals Of fire on his head
"No, but / done tried hot water
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
MemorialDayFor
Fraternal alOrders

Next Sunday, June 1st occurs the
ANIMAL Memorial or Deco alton Day
tor the various Fraternal Orders OF
Chauute. | Is custom originated
several. years ago, by one or two Of
the Fraternal Orders a1d 1t has been
kept up, year after year, until now
practically all the Orders unite and
observe the day in memory Of their
dead. This year, Ch2nute Lodge No.
96, A o. U. W. have charge Of the
exercises.
The Memorial address will be de-
livered by Rev Searcy at the First
Baptist church at 2 p. NJ and from
the church the members OF the diff
ferent lodges will maTch to Elmwood
cemetery, where the graves Of the
dead Z: eacn urdtr VIII be decorated
with flJweIs, No greater tribute
could be paid to the memory Of. the
dead and no doubt will be kept up as
the years roll on and it is hoped that
all the Fraternal Orders will attend
this year and help to commemorate
the memory of the dead Of each
order, Further announcement will
be made later,
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
THE LITTLE FLY

Consider now the little fly, whose
name is rhymed with baby bye, He
has his birth in the manure, crawls
forth and loiters in the sewer, and
smeared with deadly typhoid germs,
he leaves his brother maggot worms,
unfolds his dainty wings Of silk, and
dumps his microbes in the milk,
where there huge numbers mount and
mount, increasing the bacterial count
until they reach the food supply some
women feeds her baby-bye. The fly
comes gaily to US, his feet all gummed
with poison-puss, and singing clear
his song so sweet, alights and cleans
them on the meat, He gathers scarlet
fever spores, and leaves them on the
walls and floors; he is not proud and
Oft will stoop to carry heavy loads Of
Group and place it where its awful
death may come and go with baby's
breath. Oh, do not call him indolent.
He calls that summer day misspent
in which he's failed to load the breeze
with the live germs Of some disease
and If he finds them not, though
hurt, he'll be content with just plain
Aft IT.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
erry Taylor Gets
Third St. Contracts
Street VIII Cost $1O,2O5.2O
One Block Brick Remain
der Concrete.

AT the regular meeting of the Board
of Commissioners Tuesday afternoon
the contracts for the paving of West
Third street was awarded to the
lowest bidder, who was Perry Taylor
by little less than seven dollars
The first block will be paved with
brick and from Steuben to Kansas the
paving will be of concrete Con-
siderable discussion was held before
contracts were awarded on the merits
and faults of the two kinds of paving.
Property owners who were to pay for
the cost of the paving were at the
meeting and each side was sure that
t ey wanted the better kind of street.
The arguments in favor of brick we're
that brick had been tested out and
everybody knew that there would be
a street there good for many a year,
and at as cheap price as brick
street could e,er be expectedto be
procured.
On the other hand the concrete
friends spoke of the fact that con-
crete was considerably cheaper, that
it made prettier street and that it
was being used almost exclusively for
the resident streets in such cities as
Kansas City and Wichita.
81 am in favor of you people hav-
ing the kind of street that the major
ity of you want, whatever kind it is"
said Mayor W, M. Glover. Commits
sioner Johnson said 81 am not ex-
pressiA my views on the subject, as
to whether concrete or brick is the
more desirable but am sure that If
concrete street is constructed on
Third Street, it will be the best one in
Kansas, whether that is good or
bad" The bids submitted ran very
close, Seaver pushing Taylor hard on
each proposition.
The complete cost of the street,
figuring the cost Of the street, figuring
the block between Forest and Steuben
at S6 feet and those from Steuben to
Kansas at thirty feet, will be under
Taylor's contract s1O,2O5 20. The
following are the bids for the two
materials chosen:
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
ON TRAGEDIES
SUNDAY NIGHT
Exercise For the Brain on a
Domestic Puzzle of a To-
peka and an independence
Man.

Can a boy be the grandson o
his father, the step'on of his aunt
and nephew of his half brother:
Also can the mother Of the boy be
the stepdaughter of the husbands
Here's a chance to worry, 1t was
handed to Hugh Mcfarland, Probate
Judge of Montgomery county last
week by Topeka man. The Topeka
mans second wife is the daughter OF
Of his first and he has one son by
each He is puzzled over the rela-
tionship of the members of his family
and asked to help. Judge Mcfarland
is not inclined to want to grow any
wrinkles over the complex problem
and has passed the letter on. 1n a
signed letter to Judge Mcfarland,
the twice husband aud father says:
"In 1876 | married a woman by the
name of Mary J.--a and in one
wear there was born to US a boy,
whom we named Willy. In six
months after, Mary, my wife, who
was widow before our marriage run
off and left me, and In six months
after met a daughter of hers. Her
name was Sally J,----and we
married, and ten months after boy
born to US, We named him Jump
Now want to know If Willy my first
son, was not half brother to my
second wife and grandson to my first
wife, and was not Jump a nephew TO
my first son, Willy. Work this out
and give me your answer, and oblige
"W. H."
P. s. And also was not Sally my COM
bined wife and sterdaughter, and
what relation was l to Mary.
Judge Mcfarland has figured 1t
correctly, If you do not agree figure
1t out for yourself.
Then here's another, This is from
an Independence man:
81 married wi ow with grown
up daughter. My father visited our
house very often and fell in love with
my stepdaughtar, and married her.
So my father became my soD-in-la"
and my step.daughter my mother-ir-
law, because she is my fathers wife.
Soon after my WIFI had son. He is
my fathers brother-in law and my
uncle for he is brother Of my STEP
mother, my fathers wife my step
daughter. My stepdaughttr had a
son he is of course my brother and
also my grandson, for he is the son OF
my daughter. My wife is my
mothers mother. am my wife's
husband and grandson at the same
time and as the husband Of a PERSONS
grandmother is his grandfather, l
am my own grandfather"
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30

When a man kills some one or
marries too often without the for
mality Of a divorce, or robs bank or
something OF the kind, it is discovered
that In childhood some one hit him
on the head. The trouble is all
caused by neglect to hit hard enough,
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Just a Few Minor Defects

Tne women readers Of Paris
magazine have selected as the sevt n
chief faults of man, egotism, azine S
self suficlency, fast living, gamb.
ling, intemperance, abuse of sport
and foolishness. Other wise we
suppose, the critter is all right
Houston Post.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
FOR MISS JULIA NC CARTHY
From Wednesdays Timesett.

From Wednesdays Timesett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Dyer enter.
tanned the members of the Columbia
Club and their husbands and friends
Monday evening, in honor of Miss
Julia Mccarthy who returned to her
home in Parsons today.
The evening was spent with music
and progressive whist was played.
The favors for the ladies went to Mrs.
Bert Bertram and Miss Ermine
O'Hare, for the gentlemen, to Chas
Dyer and Harry Gaughan. Oscar
Schmidt and Mrs. Bert Bertram sang
few selections besides the piano
numbers furnished by others of the
company. At the close of the evening
the hostess served dainty lunch.
She was assisted by Misses Katherine
Dyer and Helen Sewell.
The guests we're, Misses Julia Nc
Carthy, Ermine and Alice O'Bare,
Norah Airing, Mamie Foley, Nell
Dyer, Frances Giesler and Mignon
Sweet, Messrs and Mesdames W. o.
Jackson, Harry Gaughan, and Oscar
Schmidt, and Mrs. Homer Campbell,
Ellis Resler, Roy Virgins, Hal Rum
bic, Ned Sweet, Chas. Dyer and Joe
Hainbach.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30

The Weber Faltinson Dry Goods
Company that closed out the Harlow
stock will take with them to Tulsa
two of the Chanute girl clerks, Miss
Rae Gallagher and Miss LYDIA Dessey.
They expect to leave Sunday and take
their new positions next Monday.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
A NIFTY NEW FRONT

The WIN Clothing Store has just
flushed putting in two big new
display windows which are verv at
tractive. The owners Of this popular
store have been compllmented highly
upon the Improvement.
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30

Now is the time of the year when
the postman begins to carry two or
three college bulletins to the gradu-
ates OF the high school every day
or so,
The Chanute times., 1913-05-30
Methodist Ladies Tea

The ladies of the Methodist church
served tea in the dining rooms Of the
Methodist church Wednesday after
noon. A large number was present
and dainty lunch provided.