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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
HAVE you TRIED THlS2
Simple Prescription Said to Work
Wonders FOR Rheumatism.


This has been well known to the
best doctors for years as the quickest
and most reliable cure obtainable for
rheumatism and backache. II has been
published here for several winters and
hundreds of the worst cases cured By
1t In a short time. Prom your drug
gist get one ounce of Toris compound
dn original sealed package) and one
POUND. Take these two ingredients
home and put them into half pint OF
good whiskey Shake the bottle and
and at bedtime" Results come the
first day. II your druggist does not
have Toris Compound in stock he will
get 1t In a few hours from his whole
sale house. Don't be influenced to take
some patent medicine instead Of this.
Insist on having the genuine Toris
compound In the original, one-ounce,
sealed. yellow package. Published by the
Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories %
Chicago.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Champion Corn Grower.

Cevington.--James Ruffin, the 1s-
year-cld son of Capt. d. w. Ruffin of
Covington, who won the first prize in
the Boys Corn Club of Upton county,
has just returned from Columbia, S. c.,
where the National Corn Exposition was
recently held. The president Of the ex-
position complimented young Ruffin by
announcing that he had raised his corn
at less cost to the bushel than any other
boy in the United States participating
in the competition.
Ruffin raised niney-six bushels and
four pounds of shelled corn OH one acre
Of land on his fathers farm. about a
mile west of Covington. The land has
been in cultivation for sixty or seventy
years; s2.27la was the aetun, cost of
all the fertilizer used IN raising tho
corn
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Nashville Vital Statistics.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to the January
report of the city board of health, the
total number of deaths in Nashville for
the month was IT'S, making death rate
of 1897 per cent. There were rs deaths
among the colored population, as COM
pared with 1899 per cent among the
whites.
Heart disease heads the list of fatal
diseases with IS deaths; tuberculosis
of the lungs is next with II deaths ;
apoplexy and pneumonia are each cred
tied with II deaths.
The total number of deaths was less
than for any January since 1909, when
it was 172; last January there were 1S9
deaths.
There were 1870 births during the
month which was one less than for Jan
uary, 1912, but considerably more than
for any January of the three previous
years. There were 131 births OF white
children and SO colored.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Plan Aid for Missions.

Chattanooga.-The two days confer.
ence of the Baptist State Mission Board
Secretaries closed with the unanimous
recommendation that Chattanooga be
chosen for next years conference.
The conferees endorsed plan for all
mission causes as follows: The sum of
$1,25O,O0O for the Judson fund; $1,000
600 for homeless churches in the South !;
$1,250,OO0 for foreign missions; $780,
600 for state missions and education.
The last two funds are to be raised
by April 80 of this year and the Others
in three years, making total of S..
100000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
A DIFFERENCE.
Il Paid This Man to Change Food.


what Is called good living eyentu.
ally brought me to q condition quits
the reverse Of good health writes q
N. Y. merchant.
Improper eating told on me till my
stomach became 90 weak that food
nauseated nae. even the lightest and
simplest lunch, and was much de.
pressed after night Of uneasy slum-
Der, uniting me for business.
"This condition was discouraging,
Is I could find no way to improve It
Then / saw the advertisement of
Grape-Nuts food, and decided to try
1t, and became delighted with the re.
suit.
For the past three years I have
used Grape-Nuts and nothing else for
my breakfast and for lunch before re-
firing. 1t speedily set my stomach right
and I congratulate myself that I have
regained my health. There is no great
er comfort for a tired man than a
lunch Of Grape-Nuts. It insures restful
sleep. and an awakening In the morn.
ing with feeling Of buoyant courage
and hopefulness.
Grapo-Nuts has been q boon to my
whole family. It has made of our q
year-old boy, Who used to be unable
to digest much of anything, robust,
healthy, little rascal weighing 80
pounds. Mankind certainly owes a
debt Of gratitude to the expert who
invented this perfect food" Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich. There's a reason"
Ever read the above 1etters A new
one appears from time to time. The
are genuine. trues and fs'A ~ Snvass
Interest. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Good Business in Furs.

White Bluff.--Hunting the wild ami.
NAL for its fur as well as for sport has
become a profitable industry in this
county. The furs are unusually fine and
trappers have so far had successful
season. Furs are demanding good prices.
For several years past quantities of furs
of various kinds have been handled and
shipped from this market. One OF the
finest furs shipped from here was a
large otter that brought handsom'
price.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
rwo.Year-old,s Burns Fatal.

Nashville. = Henry O'Kcene Jarvis,
sged two years, died here as the result
of burns inflicted when the child set
It's clothing afre while playing with
matches at the family home. The
youngster was in room alone and
climbed up in chair and reached box
Of matches, and after striking several
his clothing caught fire.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are a tonic to the stomach, liver and
nerves. They invigorate instead Of weaken;
they enrich the blood instead of impover-
ishing It; they enable the stomach to get all
the nourishment from food that is put into
it. Price as cents. All Druggists.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Fear Wild Animal.

Paris.--Again community in Henry
County is being terrorized by the pres
ence of an unknown animal whose dep
relations are costing the good farmers
dollars and cents and making the timid
quake and fear to 90 out of doors dur
ing the hours of darkness. From the
Briarwood section of the county, which
is on the edge of Clifty bottoms, comes
the report of the presence of the ami
NAL, which Is said by some to be q
panther and Others as catamount or .
bobcat.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Young Man Kills Self.

Nashvillc.-William Dunway of Sixty.
second avenue and New York street
sent bullet from revolver through his
brain Sunday after coolly announcing to
his father: Il am going to kill myself"
They were alone in room. No reason
has been assigned for the act, and the,
father, j. W. Dunway, is inclined TO
believe his son was mentally unbalanced
from business worry. Dunway, who
owned nearly twenty residences in Nash
vile, had been worrying over trivial mat
tiers of business recently.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
What She Meant.

$50 you think l smoke too much T.
he asked, just to keep up converse
ton that seemed to be languishing.
mot at ALL" she answered. not
very skilfully concealing a yawn.
"You said you thought So"
Pardon me. l don't think you are
smoking too much"
Didn't you say that I'd die IL !
didn't cut 1t DOWN."
"Yes-that's what / said"
It took him long time to get IT,
and then he was quite angry.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
BIG CITIES AID.
Four in Tennessee Prevent Big Postal
Deficit.

-Four In tennessee prevent Big Postai
Deficit.
Observation-Disclosures made here
shows that but for the postal receipts
in Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga and
Knoxville there would be a deficit in
the postal system of Tennessee each
year of approximately 100000.
The receipts of the Nashville office
are $4,000 year less than those of the
Memphis office, but they are more than
those of Chattanooga and Knoxville COM
-bined. But for the receipts Of these
four cities, however, Uncle Sam would
lose lot of money on his mail service
in Tennessee. Offices in small towns
and the rural routes nearly all cost
more than they bring in. All the rural
carriers in the state are paid from the
Nashville office, and last year the checks
sent them totaled $443, 1851.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
TENNESSEE LEADS THEM ALL
REVENUE COLLECTIONS FOR MONTH
OF JANUARY.
Sale of Snuff Stamps Shows an Increase
of $44,948 Over Same Month
Last Year.

Notwithstanding is comparative
statement of the internal revenue collec-
lions for January, 1912, and the CORE
spending mouth of 1913. 1t will be OBJ
served that the sale of snuff stamps for
January, 1913, exceeds that of January,
1912, by $44,946, which breaks all rec
ords under his head.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Deputy Sued for Shooting.

Knoxville. for $4,000 damages
was filed in circuit court against Dep
uty Sheriff j. I. Thompson and his
bondsmen by II. G. Moody, administrator
Of the estate of Garfield Sexton. Sex
ton was shot by the officer while resist
ing arrest and died at local hospital.
It is claimed by friends of Sexton that
the shooting was entirely unealled for
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
BIGGEST STILL TAKEN.
Lincoln County Distillery Contained
5000 Gallons Incomplete Whiskey.

Nashville.-What was probably the
largest illicit distillery ever destroyed
in Tennessee was captured in Lincoln
county by Deputy Collector J. S. Porter,
assisted by possemen. Over 1900 gal
Ions of incomplete whiskey and fine
15o-gallon capacity outfit was captured.
This was the tenth outfit found in the
Tennessee district in the last six days.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

Henning, DR.. Stanley b. Sharp, a
prominent and successful young ply
stefan and surgeon of this city, has jus,
received his commission from DIR. @
q. McDowdall, chief surgeon for the II
Iinois Central Railroad, located in Chi
eago, appointing him the Illinoi, Cen
trai snroeon for this nlaea
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
win Get Mileage.

notwithstanding Feb. /, Louis
vile & Nashville Railway engineers and
conductors will be paid for their serv-
ices according to mileage instead of by
the monthly flat wage plan.
The scale provides that $500 is paid
per hundred miles, whereas conductors
run is $50 miles or over and where the
run is less than that he is guaranteed
$3.50 a day, or $135 a month. This
serves to Illustrate the operation Of the
mileage wage scale. 1t is said that the
change means great improvement in
the work of the engineers and conduct
ors.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Rockville raxes lower.

Knoxville.-Annual reports of the
first year of Knoxville's government by
commissioners show that, with a lower
tax rate than in the preceding year, the
commissioners had been able to make a
saving of some $4,000 over the proceed
ing year.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
WOMAN SICK
FOURTEEN YEARS
Restored 10 Health by Lydia
E Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
EIkhart, Ind. :-"I suffered for FOUR
teen years from organic inflammation,

I q m ale weakness,
pain and irregulari-
ties. The pains in
my sides were in
creased by walking
or standing on my
feet and / had such
awful bearing down
feelings, was de-
pressed In spirits
and became thin and
pale with dull, heavy
ewes. / had six doc.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
City Of Florence Sinks.

Clifton.--The steamer "City of Flor
ence,s owned by the st. Louis and Ten
nessee River Packet Company, sunk
about 10 o'clock Saturday night when
she collided with barge at Coffee Land
ing, eight miles below Clifton, in the
Tennessee river. Five people, four OF
them negroes and one an 11-year-old
girl, the child of i. Il. Tarbettt, a
wealthy merchant of Saltillo, Tenn.
were drowned.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
CONSTIPATION

Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are unlike all 9th
err laxatives or cathar-
tics. They coax the
liver into activity by
gentle methods. they
do not scour: they do
not grippe: they do no,
weaken: but they do
start all the secretions
of the liver and stom-
ach in a way that soon
puts these organs in a
healthy condition and
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Show Child Labor.

Knoxville. Miss Julia C. Lathrop,
head of the child labor bureau of the
United States government, accompanied
by Miss Anne Strong, expert in child
welfare work, visited Knoxville and con-
ferred with the local directors of the
National Conservation Exposition rela'
tive to the installation of an exhibit
showing the work being done in the in,
terest of the children oy the govern.
ment.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Bonds for Water Plant.

Knoxville. City voted $4,000
worth of bonds with which to erect q
municipal water plant. The majority
for the bonds was over two to one.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

Ruth-Yes; I got papa 70 buy q
vacuum cleaner for mother.
Maud-How thoughtful!
Ruth-Yes. Mother is little stiff
fened up with rheumatism. you know;
and used to feel SO sorry to see heI
trying to use the broom that always
left home ON sweeping day.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Semi-Annual School Fund Distribution.

Nashville.--The following semi-annual
distribution of the state high school
fund for the various counties is an
nounced by Prof. F. L. Harmed, high
school inspector.
Campbell, s5o4.49; Franklin. $4s6.96;
Giles, $504.49; Hamilton, $504.49; Hay
wood, $155.S6; Henry, $5o4.49; Knox,
$5o4.49; Lauderdale, $452.99; Lawrence,
$27791; Loudon, $239.49; McMinn,
5$o4.49; Madison, $504.49; Marion,
$371.s2; Maury, $504.49; Monroe,
s116.s4; Montgomery, S5o4.49; Rhea.
$5O4.49; Roane, $117.13; Rutherford,
$5O4.49; Scott, $946.s9; Shelby, $5O4.49;
Upton, $504.49; Washington, $504.49;
Williamson, $504.49. Total, $1O,733.24
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Meningitis Abates.

Tiptonvlle,--No new case of menin
gifts has developed in Lake County with
in the past week. The situation here
has greatly improved.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Just to Prove Il,

PA, what is undying lover
That's the kind the gink has who
shoots himself dead when he Ia re-
jected"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

An old bachelor gets bad case Of
stage fright every time he thinks Of
marriage.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

George Groyne, city taller and special
policeman of Humboldt, was sho5 by
Will Blakemore.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

Miss Ella Morrison mas just closed q
holiness meeting OF TrezeYant.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

The best cure for kieptomania may.
be arrest cure.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

OARNING on the Sewing Machine. Stock.
tngs, Table Linen. Underwear. All kinds Of
clothing Full directions with each sample
35c. Agents wanted. Address ]. Marsh, l40i
West Fifth street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

Nashville---Special Employee w. H.
Tyler destroyed an illicit distillery in
Putnam county and arrested two men.
One of the men arrested is John Smith,
who is said to be brother of Ewing
Smith, who was recently killed in a
fight in Putnam county between reve
nue. officers, led by Special Employee
Tyler.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

Chattanooga.-Rev. Allen Fort, pas
tor of the Baptist Tabernacle of Chat
tanooga, has declined the call to the
Walnut Street Baptist Church at Louis.
Vile.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
INTERNATIONAL
SUNl1YSCnOOL
LESSON

ming Department The Moody Bible In
stituts Of Chicago.)
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

When you have lawsuit to lose
you can afford to hire cheap law
yer.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

Only One SBBOMC QUININR~
That IS LAXATIVE BROMO QUININH look
for the signature Of n. w. GROVE. Cures q CoA
In One Day, Cures Grip In Two Days. DC.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
Surely . Good Cook.

Mrs. Champ Clark was engaging a
new cook. The applicant, nice
looking woman. made a fine impress
sion on Mrs. Clark. After the usual
preliminary questions, the speakers
wife asked:
Can you really cook?"
Can l cook!" exclaimed the appIi.
cant Il should say can cook!"
But are you good cookf'
Am / good cook" echoed the
woman. Il 60 to mass every morn
ing."-The Sunday Magazine.
Proof.
Is Isabel going to q beauty doc
tori"
Cant you tell she Is by the way
she LIS changing countenanceT'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14

Ever read the above 1etters A new
one appears from time to time. Thez
are genuine. trues and fu'A ~ Sus.ss
Interest. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-14
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY is
THE CALL OF ABRAM..

LESSON TExT-GEN. 12:f-s.
GOLDEN TEXT will bless thee.
and mako thy name great; and be thou
. blessing. "-Gen. 12:2
Evening journal., 1913-06-16
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS

Four Nelson letters, written during
the years 1897 and 1884 to Lady
Spencer. the brilliant wife of the
second earl. who was first lord Of
the British admiralty until 1901 were
lately discovered at Althorp, and the
present Earl Spencer, grandson of
the lady to whom they were address,
ed, has permitted them to be made
public The letters seem to be the
sole extant remnant of a voluminous
correspondence with Nelson which
the second carl destroyed shortly
before his death. In the first letter
Nelson pay Lady Spencer the graceful
compliment OF presenting her with
the sword of conquered Spanish
captain (which 7 request you will do
me the honor of hanging GD up In
your dressing room, and which viii.
at least, have the novelty of being the
first sword ever presented to a lady
as an ornamental piece of furniture
for her dressing room"
In the second and third letters,
Lord Nelson points out the merits of
promotion of a young officer named
Capel. who ultimately became a vice
admiral In the third letter. Nelson
stated that Capt Capel was the bearer
Of the duplicate OF Nelson dispatches,
And / request he may be one of your
bread and butter captains I think
you will soon again be troubled with
my visits (unless you. order the door
to be shut against mel. for these fell
lows have broke my head and given
me two black eyes, Tor which the sur
geons say | ought to go home
/ The reference to the "brcad and
butter captains would seem to mean
that Nelson hoped Lady Spencer
would include him among those naval
officers whom she delighted to enter
tain at the admiralty.
The fourth letter is a long one from
Palermo. II is the most interesting
and painful Of the series. It belongs
to the period of Nelson's moral
eclipse when he made his legitimate
concern for the safety Of the two
] Sicilies and his over-strained loyalty
to the queen cloak for his infatua.
tion for Lady Hamilton and an ex.
cuse for his constant sojouruins in
the neighborhood of his two "enchant
] resses."
u would seem that Lady Spencer
had gently limited that Melon was
suffering in repute, and that the let
ter was his apologize" In it Nelson
says
- am favored with, your letter by
the Neopolitan messenger, and fee
sensibly all your psrtiality for my
character. which I trust no part o.
my conduct either public or private
will ever diminish John Bull and al
the world may continue to keep ar
eye on my conduct. they may examine
me in the field. in the cabinet, and ir
my closet and 7 am vain enough Il
believe that ! shall he thought az
purer by the ordeal"
The Queen Of Naples and Lad
Hamilton are described as two o
Evening journal., 1913-06-16
MONDAY. JUNE. is. 1918
sAULsBURY's PAINFUL DILEMMA.

r, ,ENAToR SALISBURY had before him on Saturday
- his Democratic lieutenants who hunger for the
wilmington postof1ce. He heard what they had to
say for themselves and reserved decision II may be
several days before he announces his choice
While nothing of definite nature announced
following the appearance of the candidates before him.
the friends Of James J. English did not TO be
particularly well pleased with the way in which things
had shaned ND. There even were rumors on Saturday
night that the big Democratic reyerses IN the Twelfth
ward in the city election had supplied to Senator
Salisbury the he oraved to put both English
and Peter Ford of the running and that Thomas
N sayton had forged TO the front the most formd
able aspirant for the coveted place
1t matters not whom Senator Salisbury appoints he
will have to reckon in future with those whom he
dsappoints. English, Ford. Cooper stayon and FAIRY
are not men who viii submit tamey TO being nounted
by the whom they helped to land in the United
states Senate and Senator Salisbury will not have
enough desirable Offices in his gift plscate those
whom he will turn down to deliver the postmaster
ship TO his favorte. In short he would be pleased
better there fewer candidates and tho few not
bound to him closely by political ties. His dilemma
ir a painful
Evening journal., 1913-06-16
$4OO PROFIT In
QUARTER ACRE
OF STRAWBERRIES

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN, Del, June 16.
David Ryan holds the record for the
yield and sale Of Strawberries this
season II is said he has sold from
one-fourth of an acre from his farm.
near Bishopville more than s400
worth, exclusive of the cost of the
crates and picking.
a surprise was created here on Sat-
urday when its-become known that
Mrs. Lovey Hood and William NJ. p.
Stempless, rural mail carrier. were
married on Thursday night at the NJ.
+. parsonage by the Rev. James W.
COlona.
The inmates OF the Sussex County
Almshouse and the jail were given q
treat by the members Of the local W
c. 7. u. on Saturday afternoon. the
day being observed as the annual
flower mission day.
Some OF the early variety of peaches
are ripening in Sussex, and from Sea-
ford comes the report of the first ship
ments. The crop will not be up to
that OF some former years because Of
the cold weather.
The thriving town of Milton, on the
Broadkln river, finds II a difficult
proposition 20 get a suitable location
for the erection of aNstand-pipe for
the water works system that is shortly
to be installed i'm that town. II seems
that when property owners are ap-
preached by City Council there they
refuse 10 release any Of the land that
IS suitable for the location of the pipe.
Two men in a Stanley steamer au-
tumobile have been touring the county
In search Of Charles ]. Pennock, the
Kennett Square, Pa. magistrate. who
some time ago mysteriously disap-
pcared, and from whom no word has
been received since he left
Owing to the transfen of I. T. Baker
from the Milton passenger station TO
Glendale. r. '. Turner.<of Denton,
Md. has been selected TO fll the va
cancy
Merchants of this town report that
business for the past week has been
better than II has for several months,
and some OF hem state that their re-
CENTS have been greater than any
"a col sinra thsv have heen In hnsiness