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Chickamauga’s oldest business lays off 24

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Chickamauga’s oldest business, run by a congressional candidate, has laid off 24 workers.

Crystal Springs Print Works, which prints camouflage and other designs on textiles, dropped its work force from 108 employees to 84 on Friday.

Owner Steve Tarvin, who is running in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District Republican primary on July 20, said his business is a victim of the economic slump.

“We haven’t lost any customers, and we haven’t lost any market share,” he said. “Our customers just don’t have any money right now.”

Before 1976, Crystal Springs employed as many as 1,200 people. Gradually, the work force dropped to 400, 240, 108 and now 84, Mr. Tarvin said. The operation was founded 100 years ago, and Mr. Tarvin has owned it for 28 years.