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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

Exoneratjnu the kinobird,

The department of agriculture has
granted certificate of good character
to the kingbird, sometimes known in
the rural districts as the bee martin,
a species of fly catcher which inhabits
nearly every part of the United States.
The kingbird has been under indict-
ment in many sections as destroyer
of bees and foe of apiarists.
Experts now declare that it kills
only the drones and the useless bees,
and is, therefore, a boon to the bee
raiser. Besides that, it preys on many
harmful insects and protects farmers
chicken yards from depredations of
crows and chicken hawks, which 1t
savagely attacks.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

the right way, and when good stock
is kept. The fact that it pays to keep
a COW that merely pays for her feed
because of the fertility she returns to
the soil is no reason why we should
not keep a good COW.
A good cow will bring us just as
much fertilizer, will cost very little
more to keep, will bring the owner a
much larger net return. The same is
true of good beef. and good hogs, and
good poultry. We cannot afford to
waste time and money on poor stocks
for the best is none too profitable.
The buyer Of pure-bred live stock
must get away from the idea that
really good registered animals may
be wisely sold for the market price
Of beef, pork or mutton. Breeders
complain that a large number Of
their inquiries are for SIS bulls or for
$40 cows. Such are plain scrub stock
prices.
Oftentimes the breeder has scrub
pure-bred on hand, and the tempta-
ton to sell is great, SO he puts on a
price q little in excess of the stock
yards valuation, and ends up by ship
ping the animal and mailing the pedi-
gree. The buyer thinks that because
he is getting pure-bred he is getting
superior animal, when the chances
are that the best of his stuff at home
is better. Naturally, he becomes dis.
satisfied in time, and tells his neigh.
bors. Thus prejudice grows.
Blood lines mean nothing unless &C
companied by superior individuality,
The breeder has a heavy investment.
His advertising charges, his showing,
the extra care and attention he must
give the high-class stock make 1t nee.
essary for him to charge prices which
seem unduly high to many of US; but
which are really low when the value
of their good stock as sires is con.
sidered.
They cannot breed. high-class pure
bred stock merely for fun. The cas-
| trating knife should be used more
than it is; but so long as the farmer
asks for pure-breds at an advance OF
few dollars over the cost of grades
some breeders will continue to supply
them, to the detriment of themselves
the buyer, the breed and of the whole
live stock business. A scrub pure-bred
causes more damage than a grade and
SIS mature bulls cannot be anything
more than scrubs.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
EXPERIMENTS IN
STEER FEEDING
Silage Can Be Used as Roughage
Even in Coolest of Winters
Other Tests Made.

Experiments in steer feeding at tho
Pennsylvania Experiment station
showed that in cattle feeding the
profit secured from the by-product OF
feed lots may amount to more than
the direct financial gain on the cattle.
The test shows conclusively that
silage can be used as roughage even
in the coolest of winter when fed in
an open shed; that there was con
siderable saving of corn by the exclu.
sive use of silage during the first part
OF the feeding period and that the
value of feeds utilized in the produc-
ton of beef during the winter of 1911.
IL was much greater than their mar
ket value.
The results of this and other tests
at the Pennsylvania station indicate
that beef can be finished profitably In
the state, where due attention 10
paid to the growth of crops equally
adaptable to the soil and to feeding
purposes.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
SCARCITY OF PURE
BRED STATIONS
Some Of Specimens Of Horses
Used for Public Service Are
Remarkably Poor.

The situation abroad is very much
better than In this country. In fact
practically no scrub, grade or nom
registered stations. are used for pub.
lie service.
In investigations of this matter car
ried on by DR.. A. s. Alexander of
Wisconsin It was found that there
were in one state so per cent. grade
stations and only 40 per cent. pure
bred.
Some of the specimen horses used
for public service ere remarkable ex-
hibitions of wretchedly bred, run down
and diseased animals.
The effect of breeding from such
stock is apparent in the very low
grade of horses produced. Water can
not rise above its level neither can a
grade stallion raise the blood level Of
his progeny above that Of his own
veins in quality.
: The use of such sires, therefore,
means a retrogression and a great
damage to the farmers Of any state.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
A New Metal.

Some remarkable qualities are
claimed for steelite. new metal
which is composed Of rs per cent. OF
cobalt and the remainder of chro-
MUM. 1t may be cast and ground to
a fine edge, is impervious to rust and
the action of acids and highly flexible.
AS lathe tool 1t will cut steel at the
rate of 200 feet minute, speed at
which steel would ordinarily burn.
Certain notifications Of this alloy will
cut glass and even quartz crystals.
Steeiite is said to be particularly suit
able for watch fittings.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
MEMORY IMPROVED.
Since Leaving on coffea

Many persons suffer from poor
memory who never suspect coffee has
anything to do with 1t.
The drug-caffeine-in coffee, acts
fnjuriously on the nerves and heart,
causing imperfect circulation, too
much blood In the brain at one time,
too little In another part. This often
causes q dullness which makes a good
memory nearly impossible.
Il am nearly seventy years old and
did not know that coffee was the
cause of the stomach and heart trou.
BILE / suffered from for many years,
until about four years ago." writes y
Kansas woman.
"A kind neighbor induced me to
quit coffee and try Postum. / had
been suffering severely and was
greatly reduced in flesh. After using
Postum a little while l found myself
improving. My heart beats became
regular and now / seldom ever no
tice any symptoms of my old stom-
ach trouble at all. My nerves are
steady and my memory decidedly
better than while was using coffee.
Il like the taste OF Postum fully az
wei as conee.
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Greek, Mich. Write for booklet, "The
Road to MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boAed).
Instant Postum doesn't require
boiling but Is prepared instantly by
stirring level teaspoonful in an or.
binary cap Of hot water. which makes
It right for most persons.
A biz cup requires more and some
people who like strong things put in
q heaping spoonful and temper It with
. large supply OF cream.
Experiment Until you know the
amount that pleases your palate and
have It served that way in the future
ssrhare's Reason" for Postum.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

Compound and now am stout, well and
healthy. can do all my own work and
can walk to town and back and not get
tired. / would not give your Vegetable
Compound for all the rest Of the medi-
cines in the world. tried Doctors med
icines and they did me no good. Mrs.
MARY EARLEwINE, R. Ed. No.3, Utica,
Ohio.
Another Case.
Nebo, I'll. --"I was bothered for ten
years with female troubles and the doc
tors did not help me. Twas so weak and
nervous that / could not do my work
and every month / had to spend few
days in bed. read so many letters about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound curing female troubles that | got
abottle of it. 1t did me more good than
anything else I ever took and now it has
cured me. / feel better than | have
for years and tell everybody what the
Compound has done for me. IbelieveI
would not be living to-day but for
that. - Mrs. HETTIE GREENsTREET.
Nebo, Illinois.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Very Many Like Him.

Sometimes children are more OBJ
servant than they are credited with
being Little Rob's mother, for in
stance. was telling visitor how mas
terfup' another neighbor was In his
home life when Rob. unnoticed beside
her, put in bis little oar. Il don't
think Mr.. Tate is SO awful bossy,
mamma" he remarked suddenly.
Course he does lot of talking, but
he never makes Mrs. Tate do thing
she doesn't wanter, I've noticed that"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

We can get larger returns from our
,orn through our cows, steers and
hogs, than in any other way. For
hree years The writer has been sell
ng his corn to grade Holstein cows
Tor dollar a bushel cash, besides the
fertility returned to the field, says a
writer in the Farm, Stock and Home
The same is true of that which has
been fed to poultry. The remark is
often heard: THE dairy COW is too
much work. / don't like to milk, and
can't get hired men that will do II"
That IS no doubt true where one
tries to do two times as much work
as he ought, and when the dairy is
cared for in 9 haphazard way
where men are expected to work hard
In the field and do the milking in a
filthy barn. 1t is not uncommon to
see barns where the COWS and horses
have to sleep on dirty and hard floors
without any bedding, while tons and
tons of straw are every year being
burnt.
Under such conditions is there any
wonder that our hired men do not
want to milk? In communities where
the most of the farmers have good,
clean barns, with cement floors, and
use plenty of bedding. they have little
trouble In getting their men to milk.
But IL your conditions outside of
these mentioned are such that you
can't help, and don't like to milk,
there are good opportunities for you
In beef or pork raising.
Fit carload or two of steers every
winter to put onto the market In the
spring, when prices are high. It is no
doubt true that the work with fat
stock is not so particular as that with
the dairy COW. 1t does not require
such expensive buildings nor SO much
help excepting in the winter when it
is easy to get Owing to the high
prices of beef during the past two
years cows and young calves that
should have grown into beef have
been rushed onto the market by the
thousands.
Indications are that there will be a
shortage in beef supply, and prices
will be still higher In few years to
come than they are at present. So
there will be good opportunities for
any one who wants to do something
besides growing grain. There is good
money in stock when it is cared for in
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Barrie,s Comfort.

1t is said of j. NJ Barrie that he is
rather shy and retiring in manner and
one of the most enjoyable social func-
tions" he ever attended was, 1t is said.
a dinner in which he turned to his
neighbor and asked: do you con-
verse;"
mo, DON'T replied his neighbor.
Neither do /" exclaimed Mr.. Bar
RE, comfortably.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
The Verdict.

A Chicago politician invited his
cousin from the old country and had
him appointed a smoke inspector.
This was In the old days. He was
turned loose to inspect without any
instructions, whatever, and this is the
report he rendered at the end of the
first month:
Il certify that have inspected the
smoke of this city for the thirty days
past. find plenty of smoke and ap-
parently of good quality. Respectfully
submitted"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
WIRE FENCING

Both welded and wrapped for stock,
pigs, poultry, garden and lawn, all sizes
a good heavy hog proof 26" fence for 1S1kc
per rod. Send trial order. ROOFING of
all kinds. galvanized and painted steel
rubber and gravel coated We have a
good rubber roofing for 85c square, all
complete. Send trial order. Mention this
paper. Pidgeon- Thomas Iron Co, 1896
N. I'd ST.. Memphis. Tenn. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Feeding Counts.

It is the full feeding on good,
sound food that makes the paying
difference between the plump. we'll
feathered chickens that command the
best prices and the lean. thin feath-
ering specimens that are too often
a drag on the market.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Absent-Minded? oh. No!

Two absent-minded college profess
sors were walking together on the
street.
do you know" said one, Il must
have a double. The other day a
woman stopped me on the street and
asked.
"Your name is Mr.. Remington.
isn't it?'"
well, well!" his friend replied.
"and was it,"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

came. / had numb
spells and was dizzy,
had black spots be-
fore my eyes, my
back ached and I
was 50 weak l could
hardly stand up. My
t a ce was yellow,
even my 6ngernails
were colorless and I
had'displacement. I
took Lydia E. Pink
hams We Z a hln
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
oHrLLs AND FEVER AND AGUn

CHILLs AND FEVER AND AGUE
Are Promptly Cured by Elixir Babck.
i recommend elixir Bnbek' to all
sufferers of Malaria and Chills. Have
suffered for several years. have tried
everything, but failed, until / came
across your wonderful medicine. Can
truly say 1t has cured me. "--George In
scoe Company q. 4th Battalion.
Elixir Bnbek SO cents, all druggists or
by Parcels Post prepaid from Kloczew-
ski & Co.. Washington. d. G.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Little Pitchers.

Miss Mamie. why is your head SO
quiet?"
What on earth do you mean. Tom
my?"
why, I've been watching you shake
1t, cause ma said you were rattle
Drained"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Plant coiumhine Seeds.

Plant package of mixed columbine
seeds; they terminate readily and you
won't be sorry that you did it when
they bloom. The eolumbine blooms the
first year.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Wayslde PhiIosophv.

Easy Street must be nice street
to live on" remarked the first hobo
That's nothing to me-" declared the
second wayfarer Il never found that
the alley back of it provided anything
extra in the way Of pickings."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Must Be Reckless.

Women like a brave man." re-
marked the first chappie.
That's right" assented the other
chappie. "A feller's got to be reck-
less where women are concerned. II
girl offers you kiss, wade right
In. Don't stop to ascertain If her
lips have been sterilized."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Not Worth Il.

why did you name the baby Nebu-
chadnezzar?"
His Uncle Nebuchadnezzar has
promised to leave him $4,000"
"The boy may not thank you in after
life. think he'd rather go out and
earn $1,000 than to carry around that
name"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
RUB-MY-TISM

VIII cure your rheumatism and all
kinds Of aches and pains-Neuralgia
Cramps, Collie, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts,
Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptic
Anodyne.. Price 25c.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

Set the potted palms out in the yard
In partial shade, and don't forget to
water them, root and foliage. Shower
the tops morning and evening.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
May Win Later.

whats the matter, old chap"
II have lost my girl. And that's
the second ! have lost this spring"
well, the baseball sharps all agree
that it's better to do your losing early
In the season."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Care Of chrysanthemum.

Get the chrysanthemum slips to
growing for your Thanksgiving bou-
quets. Pot in good soil. with plenty of
moisture, keep them growing and
don't let the soil dry
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

So strong is habit that when first a
burden falls from our shoulders we
feel discomfort In the loss.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Real Merit Has Made
Bonds Liver Pills
a household word through the South.

q HVuScHUku WUEU tuIUuxH tHS OOut0s
We have spared neither time nor money
in perfecting BONDS PILLS for the cure
of Headaches, Biliousness, Constipation,
Malaria and similar ills. MERIT was our
chief object. Rot how "cheap" but how
good we could make them.
The extraordinary success of BONDS
PILLS 10 due solely to their MERIT, not
to loud and misleading claims Of CURING
EVERYTHING.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
chrysanthemum. From Seed.

chrysanthemums From Seed.
Chrysanthemums will grow readily
from seeds; the plants will keep you
guessing, however. as they do not al
ways "come true"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
GeranIum Slips.

Select the best geranium slips, pot
in small pots, keep growing and shift
as the pot fills with rcotlets.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

WILL RELIEVE NERVOUS DEPRESSION
AND LOW SPIRITS,
The Old standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELRSS chill TONIC, arouses the
liver to action drives out Malaria and builds up the
system. A sure Appetizer and aid 70 digestion
For adults and children. 80 cents
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

The Usual Conclusion.
THAT young fellow told me a very
touching story"
For how much?"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
hatch n Not All.

1t Is easier to hatch chickens than
to raise them. but both are easy II
you go 8. It right
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
No Fault There.

"Blagg is no golden-mouthed speak.
err"
well, his dentist did his best to
make him one"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

Cures Old Sores, ther Remedies Won't Cure
The worst cases no matter Of how long standing
are cured BY tho wonderful old reliable Dr. Porter
Antiseptic Healing OIL Relieves pain and heals
at the Same time. Csc. Soc, 3l00L
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
All Dead.

Do you suppose there are any men
who can prove they had no vices?"
Certainly"
Where's their proof"
ION their tombstones."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
HOW THIS WOMAN.
FOUND HEALTH
Would not give Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound
for All Rest Of Medicine
in the World.

Utica, Ohio. suffered everything
from female weakness after baby
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
THIS SET OF

New York is to have free eve
ming high school of industrial art.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
ASK FOR ALLEr,s FooT-EAsE

the Antiseptic powder to shake into your
shoes, Relieves Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing
Nails Swollen anS Sweating feet, Blisters
and Callous spots. Sold everywhere csc
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LeRoy, NY. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

A woman can make pie out of al
most any old thing.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06

Buffalo records one divorce for
every day in the year.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
In Jail.

Sympathetic Visitor-Can't you do
something to make life smooth for
these poor men?
Practical oficer-Sure, lady. Don't
we iron them?
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Its Kind.

The cream of the generals army
was defeated by the foe."
"Ha he! Then It was whipped
cream,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-06-06
Always Trvino


He's always trying to start some
thing"
"A scrapper, eh?'
mo, he owns motorcycle"
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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-22
THE MAYORS VETO
 IS SUSTAINED
(Continued from page 1.)

charge personal spleen and prescu- tion and the playing of politics. when efforts were made by aldermen to compel the company to live up to it's of dollars behind it, he said. and it owns the street car systems of Little Rock, Hot Springs and Pine Bluff. He said it was estimated that the air brakes could be installed on each car at cost of from $500 to $350 car, and that the Westinghouse people and the New York Airbrake Company had both said that single truck cars could be equipped with airbrakes He con- plained about the dangerous speed of the street cars, especially on West Sixth avenue. and predicted that some school child would be killed sooner or later by one of them, You should either reduce the speed of the cars" said the alderman. Cor equip them with airbrakes. It is not a question of persecution of the company but a mat ter of safety for the pubic The life of one child is worth more than that whole corporation.
 Mayor Bloom read some expert opinions. which he had received, rela- tive to the airbrakes and all of them were to the effect that it was imprac- inC r1n ,oIr airbrakes.
 When the vote was taken Aldermen Fox, Johnson, Franey, Simpson and Bahlau voted to sustain the mayors veto and Aldermen Well. Sorrells and Hut voted to pass the ordinance.
 J. D. Boyce, a member of the Boarc of Public Affairs, appeared before the council at the request of the Arkansas Actuarial Bureau, and asked the council to provide an automobile truck, more hose and more men for the fire department. He argued that by improving the service Pine Bluff would be put on 3 1-2 basis by the insurance companies. which would mean practically that the insurance rate in this city would be reduced $l.5O or $2.0O a thousand It was rec commended by the local underwriters that the council make the improve ments. The matter referred to the fire committee for investigation.
 The council donated strip of ground at Ninth avenue and Laurel street to the Pine Bluff Special School District. in order to enable the School Board to add it to the new play grounds. recently purchased for the pupils of the public schools.
 On motion of Alderman Sorrells a | committee of five will be appointed by the mayor to investigate the rumors that young white boys are frequenting negro bawdy houses on East Fifth avenue. The committee will make it's report at the next meeting of the coun- cil.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-07-22
HEARD IN PINE BLUFF
How Bad Backs Have Been Made
 StrOng-kidney Ills Corrected.

All over Pine Bluff you hear it. Doan's Kidney Pills are keeping up the good work. Pine Bluff people are telllng about it-telling of bad backs made sound again. You can believe the testimony of your own townspeo- Die. They tell it for the benefit of you who are suffering. If your back aches, if you feel lame, sore and mis- eraole, if the kidneys act too fre- quehtly, or passages are painful, scanty and off color, use Doan's Kid hey Pills, the remedy that has helped so many of your friends and neigh DOTS. Follow this Pine Bluff citizens duVice and give Eoan's chance to do the same for you.
 r. r. King, 511 Oak St., Pine Bluff, Afk.' says: "l had lame and aching pack and my kidneys did not do their work as they should, causing pains through my loins. Doans Kidney
 HIS removed these troubles and ton- ca up my system"
 Tor sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents Fostes bssitn < Buffalo, SsW York. sole agents for the United States.sA
 tnemember the name Doan's-and 1ke no other.
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