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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
FIX JUDICIAL EXPENSE
Iaadidssy Committee Recommends $500
Limit to the Senate.

Nashville. Following two hours ar
:sssaexts for and against the measure,
i7oe Judiciary committee OF the senate
recommended the bill providing for ex-
pemses for judges, chancellors and attor-
aGSs general for passage with certain
<xrasdments.
The bill as introduced provided for the
vayment Of 5000 each for the expense of
IN circuit judges, chancellors and attor-
seys gcaeral.
Appearing before the committee for
she bill as introduced were Chancellor
W. ID. Wright of Knoxville and Gen. d.
Il Caldwell OF Union county. They ar
;ssed the bill from the judges stand
sesak.
tarancellor Wright pointed out the ne
H1asity Of the bill on account of the
hravy expense the East Tennessee judges
sr~ pat to in travelling over so many
cs@s1ties, some of them having no rail
snasas- Gen. Caldwell represented the at
Ssrscys general and made a strong argu-
~xsse for the bill.
Opposing the bill were Senators Robert
snkias of Weakley and Church of Maury.
.shsae gentlemen stressed the expense
Ekas bill was putting the state to, and
IN The fact that it was far-reaching, in
iA@l It opened an avenue that is long
xza has no turning point.
Following the arguments the commit
tns itself became very much divided on
etss subject, numerous amendments were
ssksxed resulting finally in the adoption
NJ N amendment providing for $3.50 Il
.ssm< intsead of 5000. This amendment,
hswever, failed to satisfy the committee
asA ia the final vote it stood six for and
frs against.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
Senate Passes Telephone Bill.

Nashville. With the passage Of the
amendment to the charter Of the city,
the mayor Of Memphis is now prepared
to wage the identical suit which the city
of Louisville won recently in its contest
for the right to govern the telephone
companies. The first thing which the
mayor proposes to do is to pass an ordi-
nance prescribing the rates which the
city will require the Cumberland Tele-
phone Company to put into effect, and
then undertake to secure an improve
ment in the service. A lawsuit will
probably follow, and the federal courts
will doubtless have occasion to pass on
the rights Of the city to make such re-
quirements.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
HICKS NEW JUDGE.
Republican Will Preside Over Newly
Created District.

Nashville. Xenophon z. Hicks
al Clinton, Anderson county, has been
afpoiated by Gov. Hooper as judge Of
sAs newly-created judicial circuit in
,lnwt Tennessee.
Judge Hicks is one of the best known
Republican attorneys of East Tennessee.
. The circuit over which Judge Hicks
WIN preside was recently created by an
aE4 Of the present general assembly for
Ske purpose of relieving the congested
edition Of the docket of other circuits
In IL same section in East Tennessee.
TiAs governor signed the bill creating
In new circuit and Immediately ap-
pounded the judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
STATES ORGANIC LAW.
Judge ]. c. Wilson Outlines Some Pro.
posed Changes.

Memphis. Judge J. G. Wilson, in an
address before the City Club, suggested
a unmber of changes and notifications
of the constitution of Tennessee which
he believes are imperatiyely needed and
which can be secured only through the
adoption of a new constitution.
He discussed the questions from le-
gal standpoint, laying stress upon the
delays now occasioned in securing final
adjudication of many legal questions,
and proposed as a remedy the consoii
dation of the two appellate courts OF
the state into one tribunal
He called attention to the good results
which followed the adoption of new
constitution in Mississippi, and the need
for limiting the necessity for such a
flood of special bills as now appear at
each session of the Tennessee legislature,
by providing through general laws for
the needs of municipalities.
He also suggested change in the
jury law, so that majority verdict
might be accepted, instead of an agree
ment by the entire jury in civil actions.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
LADS SHOOT ! GUARD
ALL ARE CAUGHT AFTER RUNNING
TWO-MILE PISTOL FIGHT.
Desperate Effort Made by Ed Neal and
Joe Kincaid to Liberate Joe King
in Tennessee State Re-
formatary

Nashville.--After running revolver
fight over about two miles, in which 80
or more shots were exchanged, Ed Neal
IL, and Joe Kinca:d, 10, were captured
by guards of the Tennessee State Re.
formatory and neighbors of that insti
tuition. The youths made desperate
attempt to liberate Joe King, 15-year
old boy, serving an indeterminate sen,
tence on charge of chicken stealing.
Earl Cato, a neighbor, formerly q
guard at the reformatory, was shot
through the leg by Kincaid, but con
tinued in the chase until Neal had been
captured
Sunday is visiting day at the insti
tuition, and Mrs. Alice King, mother OF
the boy, in company with her daughter
and two youths, visited her son.
1t was more than Mrs. King could
stand, she made it appear, to part with
her son. She told Superintendent Hard
that she would take the lad away, either
with consent of the authorities or with
out Mrs. King was finally put out Of
the visitors chamber.
Neal and hincaid remained inside
however, until suddenly they made a
dash for the door, along with the King
boy. The three outside, Mrs. King held
the door and attempted to restrain
guards Superintendent Hard sent after
the runaways.
Seeing that they were pursued, the
two boys drew their revolvers and be
gan firing. The boys were finally cap
| tured.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
FOR STATE FAIR.
Trustees Lay Plans to Rush Bill For
Appropriation.

Nashville.-At called meeting Of the
board of State Fair trustees all mem
bers were present except Messrs. Over
ton of Nashville and johnson of Jack.
son.
Chairman Peck announced the follow.
ing executive board to cooperate with
the legislative committee in the effort to
have the interest Of the State Fair
taken care Of in the appropriation bill:
Emmett Cooper of Nashville, Rob Roy of
Alexandria, R. L. Burch of Nashville and
Sam N. Warren Of Spring Hill
The trustees are anxious for tho Gem
eral Assembly to appropriate to the fair
$4,000 this year, $4,000 to be devoted
to county fairs and $4,000 in 1914 fo'
improvements
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
NEW HOUSE BILLS.

New bills:
AGREE Road law for certain counties.
Chamblee-Providing for the distribu-
ton of minors funds.
Dannel-- Providing for tax on unau-
thorized insurance companies, corpora
tions or individuals collecting premiums
or placing insurance in Tennessee.
Dannel-Direct tax of % per cent Of
gross premiums for reinsuring compa-
MES.
Dorsey-Increasing pensions for wild
ows.
Bullard--Stock law for certain coun-
ties.
Same-County compulsory school law.
Gilbert--Authorizing governor to con-
vey one and one-half acres to Hermit
age Church Association.
Hill-Preventing spread of tubercu-
losis by establishing hospital.
Koffman--Fixing pay of jurors.
DISCRIMINATING compensation of
justices of the peace In certain counties.
Stone of Cheatham--Levee for Muir
freesboro.
Todd-Relative to election and term
of office of county superintendent.
Fleeman-Relative to damages for UNI
lawful cutting of timber.
Cochran-C Creating especial school dis
trict in Obion and Dyer counties.
Testerman--Regulating pay oil sheriffs
in certain counties.
Senate resolution No. 90 congratulate
ing Senator Webb on his vote on the
Webb bill, was adopted.
General compulsory educational bill
came up as special order on previous
question. The bill passed, 81 to 4.
Senator Baxter's resolution providing
for committee to investigate the con-
stitutionality of the exemption of state
bonds from taxation was adopted.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
CAN BONDS BE EXEMPT
Taxation Question on New State Issue
as Yet Undecided.

Observation-Disclosures the Baxter resolu-
tion providing for light on whether or
not the new state bonds, the committee
appointed by the speaker met and, after
ascertaining that it would cost $1,000
to get the opinion worth something from
lawyers who know the bond business,
failed to agree and SO reported to the
finance committee of the senate.
The finance committee thereupon held
a session in which the provisions of the
bills were discussed, but no action was
taken and another meeting was arranged.
The house committee on insurance
recommended for passage the bill to abol-
ish contingent premiums of mutual fire
insurance companies.
The bill to prohibit insurance COM
panic sfrom selling insurance policies Of
more than $1,000 at less rate than
they will sell policies of smaller
amount was held over for further con-
sideration and will be taken up by the
committee at later date.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
SKATERS RACE WITH TRAIN
HoIIanders Travel Over Ice From Tho
Hague to Amsterdam and Back
In One Day.

Amsterdam.--Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle tells how he learned and how
he crossed an Alpine pass on ski in
an entertaining little volume of com
piiiiations On winter sports.
q. de Amicis contributes to the vol
ume an article on skating in Holland,
In which he says that it is not merely
favorite amusement, 1t is a common
mode OF locomotion. The peasant
skates to market, the mechanic to his
work, the tradesman to his business,
whole families skate from their coun-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

try homes to the town, with their
bags and baskets on their backs, or
In sledges they draw along with them.
Skating Ii as easy and natural to them
rs walking, and they skim over the
Ice with such speed that the eyp has
some difficulty In following them In
former years wagers were often laid
among the most swift Dutch skaters
as to who could keep up with a stated
train, skating upon the canals that
run parallel to the railway, and In
most cases not only did the skaters
keep up with the engine but they
would at times shoot forward and
keep ahead of 1t for a few minutes.
People skate from The Hague to Am
sterdam and back again the same day;
the Utrecht university students leave
that town In the morning, dine at AM
sterdam and are at home before night;
the wager Of going to Amsterdam to
Leyden in little more than an hour has
several times been laid and won. And
1t Is not only the wonderful speed but
the unerring surefootedness with
which such long journeys are accom-
plished that Is worthy of admiration.
There are peasants who skate by
night from one town to another.
Young men go from Rotterdam to
Gouda; at Gouda they buy long pipe
Of chalk and skate back to Rotterdam.
carrying it safe and sound in their
hand. Sometimes as one is walking
by canal human figure win be seen
to shoot past like an arrow.
Here, indeed, is the place 70 enjoy
winter. The dry. feathery snow de-
scends, but no one needs it.. We turn
up our coat collars and drive on.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
n. Great White way.

Union City.--Union City is to have a
t&sAt White Way in its principal bust
xms district. A fund for this purpose
~ nsr almost complete. A committee
fssm the Business Mems Club in few
ksurs secured the most Of the money.
~ has been augmented with moving
rissurs show benefits and tag day, in
wfieA the ladies' took the initiative Sat
m5sy. The White Way win include
aAsut half dozen of the business blocks
vSaA Eve lamp posts 100 feet apart on
eSlker side Of the street.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
Recess Starts February Fl.

The house adopted the senate joint
resolution providing that the legislature
should take recess from February 21 to
March II. The vote was unanimous.
This will give the legislature less than
two weeks to pas practically all Of the
general legislation and most of the local
measures which have been proposed. The
calendars are badly congested and it -
almost impossible to get bills through.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
Rode Free When Hurt.

Nashville. staet railroad commits.
of the Memphis fire department, won .
damage suit against the Memphis Street
Railway Company in the court of civil
appeals for personal injuries sustained
while enjoying free ride on one of the
cars of the street railway company. The
car on which Caviness was riding col.
lided with wagon and the fireman was
painfully injured. He filed suit in the
circuit court of Shelby county for dam
ages, and won it, and the court of civil
appeals, in. an opinion BY Judge Franz
p. Hall, affirmed the verdict.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
british seamen,s Thrift.

For the years 1856 to 1912 the mum.
=. - of British seamen's money orders
issued at ports in the United Kingdom
and abroad was 1896, 4S9, of the value
Of over e19,000.OO0 On March 81
last, only 742 of these orders re-
NAMED unpaid, their value being
G7.060. The total amount of seamen's
wages transmitted home between 1878
and 1912 was G5,550,000. and the
amount transmitted foreign between
1894 and 1912 was over G1.0O0.000.---
Shipping" Illustrated.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
TAX BILL DISCUSSED.
Joint Committee Adjourns Without TAX
ing Vote.

Notwithstanding several hours
discussion on the Preston tax bill, the
joint committees of the House and Sem
ate on finance, ways and means, in SEES
sion at the capitol, adjourned without
taking VOTE ]. R. Jetton, state rev.
enue agent, spoke to the committee in
defense of his record. He stated that
his records were on file with the comp
troller, and that where he settled with
companies for less than the amount back
assessed, it had been shat OF nothing
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
Four Pardons by Hooper.

Nashville. = Gov. Hooper exercised
clemency in four cases. Rude H. Mccain,
Clay county, convicted of selling wits.
key in 1901 and sentenced to six months
in the workhouse and fined $50, was
given an unconditional pardon, provided
he pay the costs in the case. On con-
viction twelve years ago the defendant
fled the state, going to Texas. 1t is
presented that he has been law-abid-
ing citizen since and that he has be-
come lawyer and joined the bar.
Henry Middleton, Will and Bob Sum-
mers, Dyer county, convicted of grand
larceny in 1912 and sentenced to three
years each in the penitentiary, were par
doned. Clemency was recommended by
the pardon board.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

Yes, mean what l say. 1t pre-
vents cough. A cough is an effort to
expel catarrhal discharges in the bron-
chial tubes. There would be no catarrhal
discharges in the bronchial tubes if Pc
runa was taken at the beginning of cold,
therefore there would be no cough. Don't
you catch the point?
After the cough begins Peruna will
stop it just as quickly as it ought to
be stopped. To stop a cough before all
of the expectoration has been removed is
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

| If you used Pc
runa at the begin
ming of every cold
you would then ap-
|preciate the value
Of this great rem
edy. Do not wait
until the cold has
fastened itself up
on you. Take it at
the first symptom.
This is the way to
ward off theA cold
SO that it does you
no harm.
Peruna used In
the beginning Of a
cold prevents n
cough entirely.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
WIG EXCUSED From Iurx.

Seattle. Wash.-Though both Mr..
and Mrs. J. Dean insisted that neither
would influence the other in jury
work, for which they were drawn,
Judge Gillian In the superior court
decided that husband and wife should
not sit on the same case and Mrs Dean
was excused.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

corrects constipation. Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pills are 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 IS cents. All Druggists.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
Parcel Post Crows.

Nashville.--For the first twelve days
In February there were 1910 parcel
post packages received in Nashville and
1s,419 parcel post packages dispatched,
a total of 3o,559, or an average of 1850
pieces handled daily in the Nashville
postOffice,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
sent 70 t,o.pital Twelve rimss.

New York.-Police here are seri-
ously thinking Of providing q special
ambulance for Miss Jennie Rich, the
nineteen-yearold girl. who has been
Ia -en from . street In fainting At
and removed to hospital twelve
times
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
Two Pay Days Monthly.

Nashville-The house committee on cor.
pssations recommended favorably Dan
neSs bill requiring all corporations, firms,
ese, to have two pay days for employees
e.<A month.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
Twin Postofices.

Bristol--When a fourth-class post.
office opened for the accommodation OF
the Virginia half of Bristol a precedent
in the annals of the nation was set.
Never before in the history of this
country, according to information from
the department, was fourth-class Office
opened for the accommodation of pop
ulation of nearly 10000, and never be.
fore did the government have two sep.
arate and Independent Offices in the same
city, with only few rods of space -
tween them.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
STIPATION
Munyon ! Paw-Paw

Munyon's Paw-Paw
Pillsar unlike all 9TH
or laxatives or cathar-
tics They coax the
liver into sctivity by
gentle methods, they
do not scour: they do
not gripe; they do not
weaken: but they do
start all the secrctions
of the liver and stom-
ach in q way that soon
puts these organs In q
healthy condition and
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

Notwithstanding industrial organ
SanAseRs are preparing to 6ght for the
dAnice Of Nashville as the only customs
ssst ofNentry in Tennessee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
JUDGE SHIELDS RESIGNS.
samnel c. Williams Named Chief Justice
Of Supreme Court.

NashvilIe.--Judge John X. Shields,
snisf Justice Of the supreme court Of Ten
nsasss, rendered his resignation to Gov.
Mssper, and it was immediately accepted
- Samuel Cole Williams of johnson
city, an independent Democrat, was ap-
gsfntsd to ell the vacancy thus created.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

Aiamo.-Dr. w, d. Poston, of Ru-
.zssgh, Haywood county, was dangerous
y stabbed with knife. A negro is In
sad charged with the crime.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

Mr. Morrell introduced a resolution to
nezsnd money to Knoxville for paving
xs.e in front of the institution for the
seaf and dumb.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21
His Doubt,

Say, Billy" called the junior clerk
how do you spell citizen?"
Cit"
II know about the front end Of It.
but Is It 'z-u-n or sum-"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

Drcsden.-The 11-year-old daughter Of
v @. Sandefer,. a grocery merchant OF
sasusden, died of meningitis.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

,Mckson.--John Owens, aged 80, shot
s~A killed John Morrell, his brother-in-
Dan.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

Wa anti-pass message of Gov. Hooper,
rsscivcd by the house, was read and
Yread on the journal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

Wsshington.-,Robert s. Sharp of Ten
scssse, chief postoffice inspector, re-
sSssscd to accept business opportunity.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

II it were not for the fools, the way
Of the wise man would be all uphill.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-21

It's easy to be economical when you
have neither money nor credit.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-21
Plea for Liberty.

Mrs. B. was entertaining a few
friends and Elsie was allowed to re-
main in the room, provided she made
no disturbance. But she was inter.
ested and laxative and asked so many
questions that at last her mother be.
came exasperated.
Elsie, If you open your mouth an,
other time, you'll have to go back up
stairs. Now, remember!"
Elsie was accustomed to obey, so,
for long time, Elsie's lips were kept
tightly closed. At last, however, she
touched her mother and said softly:
Mamma, can open my mouth If
don't Say anything ?"-Chicago Trib-
une.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-21
Script and Print.


The differences between script and
print are to be referred to a date long
before the invention of printing. We
must not suppose that the ancient
scribes. in writing papers of but tenn.
porary value, would labor to follow the
same alphabet that the carver en-
ployed upon the monuments Of stone
destined for all time. AS far back as
records have been preserved there was
in existence a cursive style of writing.
Instances have been preserved abun.
dainty In Pompeii Of random remarks
by the ordinary citizen scribbling idle
sentiments upon the walls.
The alphabet of the monuments was
commonly the model for the writer's of
formal literature, professional penmen
who looked forward to the library
preservation of the works upon which
they were engaged Business men
used the curslve script, which was far
more readily and correspondingly
more rapidly written. The monumental
and manuscript hand has served as
the parent of the printed letter; the
cursive hand is the ancestor of pen.
manship.-Harper's Weekly
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-03-21
Cocaine In Paris.

Pierre de Trevieres, French writer,
with hooking irony tells of the
charming progress" that cocaine was
making In "the most select circles of
Paris" He says: For some time the
Parisiennes have given themselves
up to the enchanting cocaine, and
then, that you might join them in its
delights, they offered the divine pow
der with the gesture of a devotee. in
delicate tabatiere. But the newspa.
pers have opened a campaign against
1t to deprive mortals Of its delights,
and to close against them forever this
forbidden paradise. Morphine. opium.
ether, we're all replaced by cocaine, the
sympathetic coco There will only re.
main to the beautiful ennuyees. the
vulgar cigarette, the vulgar tobacco"
This attitude of the press. 1t is ex
planned, has been brought about by
some recent scandals and a fatal acct
dent caused by the use of this drug