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The Texas Wonder Cures Kidney
and Bladder Troubles, removing grav-
els of the kidneys and bladder in both
men and women. Regulates back,
rheumatism and all Irregularities,
cures diabetes, weak and lame blad-
der troubles in children. If not sold
by your druggist, will be sent by mail
on receipt of 81. One samll bottle is
two months treatment, and seldom
fails to perfect cure. Send for testi-
monials from Texas and other states.
Dr. E. w. Hall, 1926 Oliver St., st.
Louis. Mo. Sold by druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03

Chapter 35 of the Acts of the Legis-
lature of the First Extra Session Of
1913 is an act to prevent frauds in
weights, measures, etc, and to endea-
vor to assure the customer that the
dealer is giving him the weight which
he ought to have, when he is purchas-
ing This act directs the state sealer
and the superintendent of weights AMI
measures to fix and determine a rea-
sonable variation for the weights of
all classes of commodities. These
have been determined for the larger
part of the goods sold within the state
of Tennessee, and are given below,
These variations mean, of course, that
when any amount of the commodities
named is weighed, the weight must
not vary from the true weight by more
than the proportion stated. For in
stance, fresh meats may not vary
from the weight which they are rep
resented to be by more than two per
cent. Thus 10 TBS. weight of fresh
meat must not be less than 9.S ID. or
8 TBS. and 10 OF. These variations of
course are allowed because it is i'm
possible to do weighing with exact
accuracy in every case, DO matter how
hard the dealer may try. Here are the
variations allowed:
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03

eral Superintendent of Transportation
G. w. Taylor, of Washington, and Gen
eral Superintendent r. E. Simpson, of
Richmond, met with the growers to
get their ideas as to the service, car
supply and additional facilities that
will be needed to provide for the
prompt and efficient movement of the
crop.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03
FOOD STUFFS.

Butter, in prints, wrapped, n OF
on the pound or per cent.
Groceries, confectioners, and all
other articles handled by grocers, con-
| fectioners, etc., when sold in one
pound lots or fractions thereof, at a
price not exceeding 40 cents pei
pound, " OF. per ID. or per cent.
All articles same as above sold AZ
over 40 cents per pound, 3s-oz. per
pound or approximately per cent.
All commodities of this character
(which are weighed, in lots from
pound to 10 pounds, IL per cent
Same, in lots from 10 pounds up. per
cent.
Meats, fresh, per cent.
Meats, cured, 1 per cent by weight
on net weight, not including wrapping,
strings, etc.
Ice, when cut from blocks and not
in original blocks made by manufae-
turer, 10 per cent
Ice, when sold in original blocks, no
tolerances allowed below 300 pounds,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03
PO.DO.LAX BANISHES PIMPLEs.

Bad Blood, Pimples, Headaches
Biliousness, Torpid Liver, Constipa'
ton, ETC., come from Indigestion
Take Po-Do-Lax, the pleasant and alb
solutely sure Laxative, and you wonf
suffer from a deranged Stomach oil
other troubles. 1t will tone up the
Liver and purify the blood. Use il
regularly and you will stay well, have
clear complexion and steady nerves
Get SOC. bottle to-day Money back
if not satisfied. All Druggists.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03

except extract wood which is still on
the market at usual prices.
Watermelon men, it is said, are hav-
ing difficulty in disposing of their sup
ply which is said to be unusually
large this season.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03
Want Ads

NOTICE-A rose cancer weighing 2
pounds and 10 ounces taken from
breast of Mrs. C. II. Denton, of Alvar-
ado, Va, with herb medicine can be
seen in alcohol at office of ]. B.
Smith, specialists, GAL 18th ST.. Bristol,
Tenn. Advertisement.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03


hens teeth. That faction is dead
here and all that is left of it is the
Echo" A polite way of calling a
man id political rascal here is to
call him a Shipleyite, Divinite or Cox
tie. They all know what it means
and take it accordingly.
Cal Hoss and family, after spending
Ia week here among friends and at
tending to the sale of the personal
property of his father, the late Henry
Hoss. returned to his home in Bristol
a few days ago.
The sick people lately reported are
no better but gradually growing worse
and it is only question of time when
death will relieve them.
Uncle Dave Erwin, an old, old and
much respected man residing near this
place has. been seriously indisposed
with another threatened attack of
paralysis is reported to be much bet
ter at this writing His restoration
is anxiously expected by his many
friends.
How can Roosevelt man claim to
be republican when Roosevelt him
self says he is no longer one? Do
they claim to be what their leader and
boss says he is not? Rather incon-
sistent, is it not? But any old thing
for Office and power. say the little 2x4
would-be-leaders of some party they
know not and care not what, just so
their little heads can be seen bobbing
up in the confusion.
1t seems to be fare you we'll to any
further office so far as the unspeak-
able Cole Blease present Governor of
South Carolina is concerned, Senator
Smith having recently badly defeated
him for United States senator. 1t
seems the decent class of the Old
State are still in the ascendency when
they become aroused.
Germany taught Japan how to fight
and now the pupil thinks she is big
enough to whip the teacher.
We notice lot of men are interest
ed in the integrity of China who have
no integrity of their own.
Lest we forget we will say, that the
anti-Sells men among republicans
here are scarcer than sober men at
Paddy's wake when the corpse was the
only sober man present and he died
drunk.
w. H. CARRIER, son of l.. C. CARRIER,
who has been in Coma and California
the past four years returned home
last Friday.
Miss Hassie CARRIER, who has been
friends in Bristol and Erwin
the past 10 days returned home
Hiram Bayless, prominent citizen
here recently sold his possessions and
will move to Knox or Anderson coun-
ty soon.
Neither Carranza nor Roosevelt are
occupying much space on the froat
page of papers of late.
The republicans will be given
''cussin out" with frills on it by the
after the November cleo
ton.
Everything in the lumber, log and
wood business is at stand still here
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DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, ETC., so
BY LINEAR MEASURE.

When sold in one yard lengths, Il
of an inch per yard.
When sold in more than l yard up
to and including yards, q inch per
yard.
When sold above 4 yards, lie of an
inch per yard. All these to be taken
on the total number of yards and will
apply when sold in bolt, roll or like
packages.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1914-09-03
Weekly Chats With the Consumers
By the Tennessee Food and Drugs Department
How Much Shortage is Allowed Dealer
in Weights and Measures.
By LUCIUs z. BRGWN, Commissioned

since these blocks are manufactured
to go to the dealer with a weight VI
300 pounds or over
Salt, when sold in barrel lots. 1 per
cent by net weight, not including bar
rel. This applies only to salt not sold
for food purposes for man or other
animals.
FEEDS.
Hay, baled, timothy, and timothy
and clover, per cent
Hay, baled, clover or alfalfa, per
cent.
Hay, baled, clover and other gras-
ses, ~ per cent.
Corn, hulled or cracked or when
mixed with other feeds and sold in
burlap bags weighing ~ o., IL per
cent.
Same in sacks, X of l per cent
Oats, in sacks, " of ] per cent; in
bags, GA-oz. burlap), ~ per cent.
All other grains same as oats.
All other feedstuffs, whether cracked
or not, sold in sacks, u of / per cent.
Same when sold in 7h-oz, bags, ~
per cent.
Coal, coke and like products, l per
cent.
HARDWARE.
Up to and including lib packages,
2 per cent.
Up to and including 10-ib packages,
1A per cent.
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Housewives in particular ought 10
cut this out and post it up in their
kitchens so that they may always
have it in mind and know when they
are being cheated, and practically
every other consumer, especially those
buying much feed, hardware, etc.
ought to clip it and paste it in their
hats"
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Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio Railway.
In Effect June 18th, 1914.
Eastern Standard Time. I
Leave Johnson City.
NORTHROUND.


NORTHBOUND.
1855 a. m, and Sis p. m. for Gray,
Yorktown, Pactolus and Nngport,
Tenn, Cameron. va.-Tenn., Speers
Ferry. Hill, Fort Blackmore, DUNCAN
non, st. Paul and Dante, Virginia.
S0UTHBOUND.
11:45 a. M. for Unicoi, Erwin,
Loves, Chestoa and Unaka Springs,
Tenn, Huntdale, Green Mountain,
Toecane, Boonford, huntsville, Pensa-
cola, Sprucepine, Altapass. N. c., and
Marion, S. c., and Spartanburg, S. C.
$3.50 p. m. for Unicoi, Erwin,
Loves, Chestoa and Unaka Springs,
Tenn, Huntdale, Green Mountain,
Toecane, Huntdale, Green Mountain,
pine and Altapass. N. C.
For definite and additional inrGrma-
ton apply at depot ticket once or to
CHARLES T. MANDEL,
Asst. General Passenger Agent,
]. j. CAMPION,
Vice-Pres. and Traffic Manager.
Johnson City, Tenn.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
CHICAGO WoMANs SHELTER
tt2 s., Morgan Street

Chicago, Ill.,, December 16, 1914.
Dear Friend:
In desperate earnestness | come to
you today pleading your aid for the
great army of cold. hungry women.
who, because women are losing their
places Of labor everywhere, are today
walking our city streets wretched and
discouraged.
! come to you for the woman of
fifty-alone In the world. friendless-
too old for hard work, too young for
the poor house, and for the girl--half
fed--who lived in furnished room,
and after a weeks sickness and loss
OF work is thrown on the street to
weep and go hungry and be tempted
beyond human endurance; and the
baby; that baby whose mother works
every hour in the day to support ii. |
come to you for this baby.
The Chicago Womans Shelter gives
immediate aid, good food, a clean bed,
and chance to wash her clothes OF
she needs clothing we furnish it,, and
aids into employment the homeless,
stranded woman; while since May 1st
the attendance at our day nursery lin
the Shelter Annex and cooperating
with Aiken Institute) has totaled two
thouRand IittIe children
Thanking you for a quick reply, and
with all good wishes, remain,
Yours sincerely,
MRS. JEAN T. ZIMMERMAN, NJ. D.
(Signed) Superintendent.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
CHARITY VERSUS JUSTICE

CHARITY is necessary until we get
just social order" ~ substantially
the argument used by charity adyo-
Gates. when told that Justice Is better
than charity To this argument there
Is logical reply Since those who
oppose just social order are the
ones who make charity necessary,
then these should do all the contribut-
ing to charity funds Those who are
working for the measures that will
establish social justice should refer
all charity solicitors to their oppon.
ents, Whatever spare funds the work.
err for justice may have should be de-
voted to justice. To give any Of it to
charity only weakens support that
might be given to justice. For this
reason the following correspondence
is of interest between charity soil.
citor and a worker for Justice
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
rs 1T SOUP OR JUSTICE YOU
VOTE FOR?

In Buffalo, according to the Evening
News of that city. there is an army
of $4,000 men and boys who are will
ing to work, but who can find no work
to do. Over sixty of these unfor-
Inmates. states Judge Keller, of the
city court, applied in one week and
asked to be sent to Jail where they
might at least be out of the cold and
have a place to sleep and eat. Many
of them were boys IS and 10 years old.
The judge says they are not pan
handlers or buns, but worthy work
ingmen.
The only practical way of solving
this matter" says Judge Keller, 'is
to establish soup kitchens"
Soup kitchens! Capitalism's fav-
orite and only remedy for the problem
of unemployment Great, isn't it?
And yet we are told that Socialists
are dreamers, want to break up the
family and the home, and destroy civil
lization CD generally, because we pro
pose to put these men and every other
unemployed man at work producing
things that millions are in sore need
of.
There are at this very moment thou
sands of miles of railroads that are
not safe to travel over and should be
rebuilt at once; the railroad magnates
themselves admit this. This much
needed work is not being done simply
because RAILROADS under the present
system are run to make profits for
their private owners and not to give
the best possible service to all the
people.
Thousands are this very day in need
of shoes, clothes and other necessities
of life. There is plenty of work for
all, but the private owners of the raw
material and the machinery necessary
to make into things we all need re-
fuse to allow these idle men to do
this work because there is no profit
in it for them.
AS long as things are made for pro
fit instead of use soup kitchens will
remain the only solution for the prob
lem of unemployment.
Whenever you vote an old party
ticket you vote for soup Kitchens
Appeal to Reason
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
DeQUER ILLUSTRATED
LECTURES TO BE GIVEN
IN MONROE NEXT WEEK

We are pleased to learn that com
rade John DeQuer has been engaged
o. give his very instructive science
lectures in Monroe December q, Is
and 20 These lectures on cosmical,
biologic and economic evolution will
serve as splendid foundation for the
study of Marian Socialism, and com
rades throughout the state should
avail themselves of comrade DeQuer's
services
At the base Of all oppression, and as
a condition leading to the opportunity
for one class to exploit another lies
superstition, the child of ignorance
And there is no current superstition
that does not have its roots in ignor-
ance of Mans Place in Nature" and
Of the true factors of stellar and or
ganic evolution The Greek mandate
know myself" as a prerequisite to
freedom and happiness, can be follow.
ed only after an intelligent under
standing of the earths place in nature
The great French astronomer Camille
Flammarion, has well said
when men know something of the
earth, and understand the modest posi-
ton OF our planet in infinity; wnen
they appreciate better the grandeur
and the beauty of nature, they will be
fools no longer, as coarse on the one
hand as credulous on the other; but
they will live in peace, in the fertile
study of Truth, in the progressive de-
velopment of the reason, and in the
noble exercise of the higher faculties
of intelligence"
Value of Science.
Once break the shackles that bind
the workers mind to the errors and
superstltious of the past; once start
him out ON a Jealous search for
Truth; once Undue him with the mod
ern scientific mode Of thought, and
method of study, the "somber gloom
of ages disappears" and he stands
erect before the pedants and time
servers OF the ruling class, ready to re-
examine for himself the dogmas and
conclusions of his masters-traditions
which have all along served only to
hold him in mental, moral and eco
nomic bondage. We may do well to
add here the voice of Professor A.
Zazel, who says on this point:
Astronomy, geology, biology and
sociology together form an impregn-
able bulwark against the inroads of
superstition. And where the seeds of
that deadly mental disease have been
already sown, these sciences form an
infallible antidote and cure"
There will be no sound Socialist or
ganization in the United States SO
long as any compromise with error,
ignorance and superstition is tolerat-
ed by the membership. DeQuer is
helping to destroy the workers one
enemy-Ignorance
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
SOCIALIST PARTY
OF WASHINGTON
STATE OFFICE PRESS SERVICE
Postnone state Conventlor.

Postpone state Convention.
The following motion for state ref
erendum has been proposed by Local
Everett No /
Moved by Local Everett No J that
the state convention be postponed for
one year,
These reasons are submitted by the
local for the motion:
u) The state executive commit
tee announces that II Is probable that
there will not be enough funds on
hand to pay the delegates mileage.
(2) A convention composed of dele
gates who have to pay their own rail
road fare will be of doubtful value.
The party membership would not be
truly represented. since many of the
wage working delegates would have to
remain at home.
(s) Even II there were ample funds
on hand 1t would be serious question
whether the funds could not be used
to better advantage by building up the
organization than by paying the ex-
penses OF a convention. which would
be at least 5000.
(4) Some OF the principal functions
of the previous conventions such as
the nomination OF party officials, are
now exercised through party referen.
dun by the membership direct.
go There are no great problems
before the membership such as there
are in campaign years and no business
to come before the convention that
could not be transacted as well in
other ways,
Since the date set for the conven.
ton was March 18th. and since no
constitutional amendments can be
submitted within two months of that
date, all seconds to this motion MUST
be received by the state office by
January 18th.
Hoquiam Referendum.
The proposed referendum from Lo.
cal Hoquiam No. to strike out
Article XIV of the state constitution,
has received the required number of
seconds, and ballots have been sent
to all locals this week.
Invite Karl Liebknecht.
At its recent meeting the state exc
cutive committee of the Socialist
party of Washington unanimously
adopted the following resolution:
Whereas, We recognize the fact that
the action OF the Socialist represen-
tatives in the German Reichstag of
voting for the war appropriation dis
solved their connection with the So
cialist party and totally absolved COM
rade Karl Liebknecht from his duty OF
voting with the others under the unit
rule, therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the state executive
committee of Washington wishes to
express its satisfaction with. and con
fidence in, comrade Liebknecht and
hereby extends to him the hand of
comradeship and an invitation to be-
come an honorary member of the So
cialist party of Washington
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
N o.

In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, for Snohomish County.
Mary Johnson, Plaintiff, VS.. John B.
Johnson, Defendant.
The State of Washington to the above
named defendant, John b. John
SON
You are hereby summoned to appear
within sixty 600 days after the date
Of first publication of this summons,
to-wit, within sixty 900 days after
the 10th day of December 1914, and
defend the above entitled action in
the above entitled court, and answer
the complaint of the plaintiff, and
serve a copy of your answer upon the
undersigned attorney for plaintiff, at
his office below stated, and in case of
your failure so to do judgment will be
rendered against you according to the
demand of the complaint which has
been filed with the clerk of the said
court.
The object of this action is to OBJ
tain a decree of divorce against the
defendant, upon the grounds of deser-
ton and nOn-support.
PETER HUSKY,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Office and Postoffice address: Rooms
215-16 Stokes Bldg. Everett, Sno
homish County, Washington.
Date of first publication December
10th, 1914.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
WOMANS PARTY OF COOK
COUNTY
Hotel LaSalle-Room 214

Chicago, Illinois.
Mrs. Jean T. Zimmerman, NJ d., Sup
erintendent Chicago Womans Shell
ter, 112 Morgan ST, Chicago.
Dear Madam:
Your letter of the 9th inst. appeal
ing for assistance for needy women
and children. received today
You draw woeful picture, but not
woeful enough We throw to the
jaws of lust and greed 100000 women
annually; millions of children whose
lives are ruined by work; and more
millions of all ages, victims of need
less accidents. In fact nine-tenths of
our people are either in the condition
of those you seek to aid, or in danger
of sinking into it, or are in fear of it.
When we fully realize our actual con
dition the war in Europe will not seem
so very dreadful.
OF the CAUSE of this condition you
say not a word Every lot or acre
held vacant offers opportunity to these
helpless victims. Vacant land offers
good wages, payable just as soon as
we give that land to labor. Our lands
are the best in the world; they will
yield all we need and more. The rea.
son they now yield no more is because
we allow greedy sharks to hold them
for high prices.
Land (and machinery the source
of all subsistence, is held from the
people, and you are ignorant of the
cause of poverty. 1t is as though all
these women were thirsty, were for
hidden access to Lake Michigan, and
you wondering why they we're thirsty.
To stop poverty is better than to
relieve it, urgent though relief may
seem. Make your appeal to land
monopolists who take the rent fund
that belongs to their victims. The
site rentals of Chicago amount to
more than all taxes, besides more than
enough to help the needy. You are
content to allow this rent fund go
into private hands whose hardest toll
is to reach out for the unearned in
come. Wake up and strike at the
cause of want, and you will not need
to exhaust your pity and your strength
in your present efforts. Study the
enclosed platform of the Womans
Party of Cook County, and work with
them for land and liberty
(Signed)
ANNIE WALLACE HUNT,
Chairman Taxation Committee, Won,
ans Party of Cook County.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24
No. 1886
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In the Superior Court of the State of
Washington, for Snohomish County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Flora
NJ. Bartlett, Deceased.
BY order of said court made herein
on the 7th day Of December 1914,
notice is hereby given to the credi-
tors of, and to all persons having
claims against said deceased or
against said estate or against the
community estate of said deceased and
Geo II. Bartlett, to present them
with the necessary vouchers to the
undersigned executor of said estate,
at 1868 Globe Building, Seattle
Washington, the place of business of
said estate, in Seattle in said county
and state, within one year from and
after the date of first publication of
this notice or same will be barred.
Date of first publication December
10th, 1914.
GEO. II. BARTLETT,
AS Executor of said Estate.
SUTTON & HOYT,
Attorneys for Estate.
238 Globe Building, Seattle, Wash.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24

ANNIE WALLACE HUNT,
Chairman Taxation Committee, Won
ans Party of Cook County.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24

Well, il those standing armies ever
want to sit down, there is the seat of
war.-Columbia Star.
The Washington socialist. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-24

The best Coffee for the money Is
our Favorite Blend, lbs. for $1.oO or
IL lbs. for SO cents M. H. Clausen,
2812 Rockefeller. Telephones 5S1.