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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
''Niagara" In
Hard Storm
(RY ASSOCIATED pRESS)

INY ASS0CIAT"D rRESS)
FAlllPORT, o.. July 1.-THE old
Perry Flagship, the Niagara" rebuilt
from its hulk after being raised from
the bottom of the harbor at Erie, Pa,
had hard time weathering a storm IN
Lake Erie last night while It was being
towcd to this city from Erie by the ma.
val boats, the Wolverine and Essex
At one time the sea swept the deck of
the old vessel and it was necessary to
lash her guns to the deck.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
Wealthy Man Good Fairy @,
To Countless Suffering Tots

TULSA, Okla July 14.-Every poor
child is singing the praises of Charles
rage, local millionaire, through
whose generosity they are privileged
to enjoy a daily outing during the hot
months OF summer and who has adopt.
ed 800 children and hopes to increase
the number to thousand.
Likewise many tired. overworked
mother is happy In the midst OF the
heated season, for she knows her lit.
tie ones will have the fresh air and
recreation they heed to keep them
healthy and contenied, and that she
will be able to have her hours OF rest
every day.
Near the village Of Sand Springs, a
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
BANK TO REOPEN.

WASHINGTON, July l4.-Thomas
p. Kane, acting comptroller of the
currency, today authorized the re.or.
ening Of the First National Bank OF
M:Keesport, Pa, which closed its
doors a week ago. National Bank Ex-
aminer Williams, reported the institu.
tion solvent and strong In cash.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
Women Suit
Makers Go Out
my ASSOCIATED rKEssl

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July IA
Several thousand men and women af.
filiated with the Ladies' Cloak and
Suit Makers. union, went on strike
tere to-day. 1t is estimated that about
two hundred factories are affected.
"hc employees demand higher wages
and recognition OF the union.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
Call Troops to
Stop Strikers

LEXINGTON. KY, July 14.-wildest
disorder marked the attempt OF the
Kentucky Traction company to ope.
rate cars with strike labor breakers
and as a result an appeal has been
made for State troops.
The new men we're pulled of the
cars as soon as they reached the heart
of the city. One car was filled with
passengers but every one was elected
by the strikers. Another car was
burned on the track and the company
abandoned its effort by eight o'clock.
A score OF arrests were made while a
number OF strike breakers and deputy
sherifTs were badly beaten.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
LIGHTNING pEcoRATEs 2 MEN.

CHARLOTTE. Mich. July IA
lightning phenomenon Is reported
from Carmel township. While Fred
Barnhart and his son were sitting on
the porch during an electric storm
lightning knocked off their chairs and
a representation Of a maple leaf was
burned on the hips OF both.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
(BT ASSOCIATED PREss)

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Eastern
railroads involved in the wage contro
versy with the trainmen and conduc,
tors issued statement this afternoon
through the conference committee OF
saying that they were will.
Ing to arbitrate the question at issue
Confined on PAGE EiahtI
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
JEALOUS MINER KILLS
WIFE, 3 CHILDREN
AND HIMSELF.

coNNELLsvILLE, Pa, July
f4-6eorse Mehafisin, a polish
miner, shot and killed his wife
Oorah and their three children,
trma aged s,Anthony aged 3 and
Andrew aged six, at their home
In Protter. a mining village one
mite from here.
He then killed himself.
Jealousy was assigned by
neishbors as the cause Of the
tragedy.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-07-14
INSTANTLY KILLED.

WHEELlNG-Joseph Roy, a brother
OF William Roy. vice president OF Dis.
trict No. 5. United Mine Workers. was
instantly killed this morning In the
mine of the Bakewell Coal Co., two
miles west Of Bellaire.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28

day. He will have charge Of the tick
work this season under the United
States Department of Agriculture.
He says it is intended to finish UP
the job in McNairy county this sum-
mer.
W. P. Perkins was a caller Friday
and reported visit to Wayne county
where he met Capt. c. M. Thompson,
of Martins Mill, who is an old &C.
quaintance and fast friend Of the In
dependent. The Captain is SO and
his good wife 81 years of age. and
both hale and hearty. Mr.. Perkins
ordered the Independent to him as
the Captain expressed a desire to
hear from McNairy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
Better Than Spankingl

Spanking viii not cure children Of
wetting the bed, because it is not a
habit, but a dangerous disease. The
c. IT. ROWAN DRUG co.
Chicago, Illinois,
have discovered a strictly harmless
remedy for this distressing disease
and to make known its merits they
will send q SOC package to any read
er of the independent. This remedy
also cures frequent desire to urinate
and inability to control urine during
the night or day in old or young.
The G. H. Rowan Drug Co., are an
old reliable house,
WRITE TO THEN TODAY
FOR THE FREE MEDICINE
Cure the afflicted members of your
family, then tell your reighbors and
friends about this remedy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
Surprise Your Friends

For four weeks regularly use DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They stimu-
late the liver, improve digestion, re-
move blood impurities, pimples and
eruptions disappear from your face
and body and YOU feel better. Begin
at once. Buy at
B. L. Browder's, Selmer; 7. s. Da-
Wis, Bethel Springs.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
DR.. Vim. Ross Carter
DENTIST
All work done neatly and satisfaction
guaranteed.
Office in First National Bank Building


Dr.. Kings New Discovery and give it
/, the little ones when ailing and suf-
fsring with colds, coughs. throat or
lang troubles, tastes nice, harmless,
once used, always used. Mrs. Bruce
Crawford, Niagara, Mo-, writes: "Dr.
Kings New Discovery changed our
b.. from u pale weak sick boy to the
picture Of health" Always helps.
Euy 1t at
b. l.. Browder, Selmer, I. S. Davis.
Bethel Springs.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28

Send us your order for Job Work Of
all kinds. We can and viii please you.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
SAND BOX

The blue bells will soon be-
peeping up 10y the way, the
Balkans and Turks are still fight
ing, but Mexico has the black
face type.........A new pool room
has been opened up in the Locke
building on Second street. 1t is
not worth to the town what a
cotton factory would be-. The
Northwest is having a general
coat of ice and snow, while we
get sniff Of The inaugu-
ration comes off next Tuesday,
when the old ship Of state will
change captain and crew ........."
The singers Of the county were
delighted at the cordial reception
they received in Selmer. That
is the way we run things here
for every class of nice people,.
Anybody want the job of
President in Mexico? If so en-
quire of some of the recent ones
Most every farmer is out
looking after fences and other
early spring work on the farm.
........ All the Sunday Schools Of
the town were well patronized by
the visitors Sunday........... Those
cabbage plants were delayed on
account of the continued rain in
South Carolina, which prevented
gathering and shipping. They
are liable to come any day.........
According to latest reports from
Mexico it looks like the new pres
ident is placating enemies by put
ting the leaders in Office. It is
possible that it may work for a
while at least. ........ Mrs. Wood
row Wilson is going to set new
rules in the White House concern
ing expensive wardrobes. She
says 81, 600 year is all she ex-
poets to spend. She like her IL
lustrious husband shows good
sense in democratic simplicity.
John Trice and young Bond,
of Jackson, were after the little
quail Tuesday, accompanied in
the field by w. K. Alternately.
Wednesday morning R. D.
Anderson addressed the school
on the "Old Way Of Getting An
Education. ...,.... The exercises
at the College Friday night were
largely attended and highly ap-
preclated. It was a Washington
birthday entertainment. and the
different exercises were well
staged showing painstaking by
the teachers. ......... We will have
another lot Of cabbage plants in
a few days. perhaps by Saturday
......,.... Wednesday was an all
day rain....... Quite a number Of
options are being taken on lands
for the iron ore, It looks like
something good may come from
some of the rocky hills of Nc
Marry. $500. Glenn Lea has leased
700 acres of land near Purdy for
a big cattle ranch. They will
fence 500 acres.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
Largest Magazine in, the World

: ToDAY's MAGAZINE is the largest
and best edited magazine published at
SOC per year. 5 scents per copy at all
newsdealers. Every lady who appre-
ciates good magazine should send
for free sample copy and premium
catalog. Address Today's Magazine,
Canton, Ohio.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
DR.. King New Discovery

Soothes irritated throat and lungs,
stops chronic and hacking cough, re-
lieves tickling throat, tastes nice.
Take no other; cnce used; always
used. Buy it at
B. L. Browder, Selmer, 7. S. Davis
Bethel Springs, y
w. NJ. HILL ct ais
vs.. InC0untV Court
WILL WALKER ct ais
Pursuant to y decree Of the County
Court of McNairy county, Tenn, in the
above styled cause on
THURSDAY. 18th day ofFEBRUAEY,
1913. al Bethel Springs On the promises
the undersigned Clerk OF the County
Court will sell 70 the highest bidder for
one-half cash and one-haif on credit for
II months with interest from dare 3 town
lots in Bethel Springs, designated on
the plan Of said town Is lots Nos. !, 3
and in blccs s.
NOAH PRINCE.
Clerk County Court
Geb. 5, 1913 McNairy Co0nty
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 81, 1918

Memphis, Tenn, Feb. 81, 1918
Nv Dear Col.:-
have been ENJOYING the Independ-
snt for the past five or six wears with
. great deal Of pleasure. always
Rad every line in it just as soon as |
receive 1t. | an always glad to hear
from McNairy AMI the people.
Ny best wishes 70 you and the In
dependent. Sincerely,
J. HUGH CARTER
P.S.-Enclose check for 500
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
PERSONALS

in the city.
Artie Dancer was called home this
week by the serious illness Of his faith
er and sister.
Rev. Cornell gave way Sunday for
the singing and preached at night to
a large audience.
Prof. Horny Hodges and sister,
Miss Maggie, were attendants at the
singing Sunday.
George and Glen johnson, Of Hum
bollt, spent SATURDAY. and Sunday with
their brother, Claude.
Get Joe Floyd to order your Spring
Suit for YOU and you'll have the best
at a reasonable price.
Albert Gillespie has been confined
to his room and bed for ten days with
a severe attack Of grippe.
r. W. IIockaday, one of Oxford's
most prosperous farmers. was here
Saturday and left cash on his sub
scription.
The heaviest rainfall for months
occurred Wednesday and Wednesday
night. The creeks are raging tor
rents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller Kirkpatrick. Of
Corinth, spent Sunday with Selmer
relatives and friends. All were glad
to greet them.
W, NJ, Hill, of Louisiana, has been
here this week looking after the sale
of lots in Bethel Springs for partition
and distribution.
Better get in your order now fol
that Suit Of Clothes. Joe Floyd has
a beautiful line Of samples to select
from and the prices are RIGHT.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dee Erwin raturnet
Wednesday morning from Chronicle
Ala, where they have been spending
several weeks. They were delighted
with their trip.
J. T. Dunaway, for many years !;
Magistrate of the county, was call
err Saturday. He reads the Independ
ent. He is rather feeble and is near
ing his 83rd birthday.
County Judge 7. B. Whitehurst ha
been confined to his bed for severa
days with grippe and stomach trouble
which have enfeebled him greatly
His condition is considered quite ser
ious.
W. R. Locknan, of Bethel Springs
sold two mules Friday for a goo,
price and favored us with a small por
tion. By the way the mule buye
that day bought about twenty goo,
mules.
For the benefit Of the Easter
Star" the members of the order CAV,
a Box Supper Tuesday night and al
enjoyed pleasant hour. The ladie
realized about fourteen dollars TO
their order.
Miss Alice Anderson, after a ten
days visit in Selmer, returned to he
Memphis home Wednesday. A mum
Der Of the boys will look towards thu
Bluff City with longing eyes and pal.
pitating hearts.
Talmadge Bonds. of Humboldt, has
been spending the week with friends
in Selmer. He wishes to correct The
mistake in regard to his being con
nected with the new pool room, as he
has no interest whatever in the bus
mess.
In this issue is to be found the &C
of the Selmer Produce Co., telling Of
their putting in wholesale and retail
department of flour, meal, corn, etc
A carload Of fine -four is in the store
They can supply merchants at attract
i've prices.
c. c. PUNK was a pleasant caller
Friday and continued his own ant
fathers subscription. He is one Of
our first. subscribers on the Bethe
list and an appreciative reader, as
well as one Of the most intelligent
farmers of the county.
DR.. Henry Hodges spent Sunday as
one Of the singers and went Moadal
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-02-28
Order Of Publication


VS. Cnancery
Sam Freeman, ct al Court ut sell
mer, Tenn.
In this cause it appearing from the
bill which is sworn to, that Sam Free
man, one Of the defendants. IL non-res-
ident of the State of Tennessee, and is a
resident of the State of Texas, he is,
therefore, hereby required to appear on
or before the
FIRST MONDAY OF APRIL, NEXT,
before the Clerk & Master of said Court
at his Office in Selmer, Tenn, and make
defense to the bill filed against him in
said Court by Baker, Eecles q Co. ct al,
or otherwise the bill will be taken for
confessed.
1t is further ordered that this notice
be published for four consecutive weeks
IN the McNairy County Independent, q
weekly newspaper published ut Selmer,
Tenn.
O. V. ERWIN, G. d Nj.
This Feb. 81, 1918.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-03
WILL SUPERVISORS
TAKE THIS DARE !?
Women ITnpersonators
Dare Mayor and Off
Gals to Sit on Stage

Will Mayor Rolph and his Is super
vfsors accept the invitation-or should
It be called the dare?-of the Woman's
Political League of California to sit
upon the stage in the Scottish Rite
temple this afternoon in order that
the audience may see how perfectly
the women have impersonated them In
dress and manner?
The women who are taking part In
the novel play entitled When the
Lady Supervisor ZONES to Town" for
maily invited the mayor and super
visors yesterday not only. to attend
the performance but to mount the
stage after the show and sit there In a
semicircle. This, they pointed out.
would convince the spectators that the
city officials had been truly shown as
others see them.
The supervisors and mayor, all OF
whom will be cleverly. impersonated
by the women. adroitly escaped giving
direct reply to the invitation, no
doubt fearing that worst OF all politi-
cal enemies, ridicule.
II move" said Supervisor Hayden.
to whose committee Mayor Rolph I'm
mediately referred the invitation,
that all those who can possibly do so
shall attend the show. including his
honor the mayor
so ordered" said his honor, but not
word was said about sitting upon
the stage.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-03
WIFE DENIES HER
DEVOTION sTRAYED
Mrs. S. ]. Johnston Demurs
to Charge That She
Had Affinity

Mrs. Sara ]. Johnston. wife of John
w. Johnston. a wealthy local contrac-
tor, filed her answer today in the SUI
perior court through Attorney Samuel
NJ. Shortridge. demurring to her hus-
bands charges that she was infatu-
ated with George b. Hilliard of 332
Third avenue. as charged in his COM
plant for divorce.
Mr.. Hilliard. through Attorney
Shortridge, also presented an answer
denying that he won away the affec-
tions of Mrs. Johnston and that he
caused Johnston to suffer damages in
the amount of sic, 1000, which Johnston
claimed in an action brought against
billiard.
Besides denying the affinity charge
Mrs. Johnston says that she did not
threaten to fix" a can of tomatoes to
poison her husband.
Mrs. Johnston makes no counter
charge in her cross complaint. but she
asserts her right to property worth
$50, 900 held by her husband. She asks
that her husbands petition for divorce
be denied.
The Johnstons were married in
Kansas City in 1892.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-03
Blooms Stubborn or Shy
Just Like People, Ayers
Artist

wild flowers have souls and in
dividualities much the same as peo-
ple." asserts Miss Kate Cole of Berk-
eley after a quarter of a century
spent Investigating the fora of Call
fornia, particularly In the central and
northern part of the state.
Miss Cole chose this pastime when
a young woman, and being gifted
with her brush has made a collection
OF more than 500 studies of rare plants
and their blossoms to be found by the
streams and marshes and mountains.
These she displays to her friends. and
with each group tells the peculiar
difficulties which she encountered with
her model much the same as a por
trait painter.
There are the delicate lilies OF the
field which resent having their fea-
lures portrayed. and Immediately the
easel is in place fall from their
stems, she says. Pins and fastenings
increase their resentment. shown In
the dropping leaves and a general ap-
pearance of depression. There are
the delicate meadow blooms. so shy
that their life is too short TO last
even in the rapid sketching. There
is the changeful color. the restless
moving bloom. the stubborn. ardant
flower
Miss Cole said she has come to
know all their moods. She knows
which odor attracts insects. which
procure the fertilization of the plant.
She learned to paint in the Mark Hop
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-03
FOUR fREIGHTERS
PUT IN DIRECT
ORIENT LINE
Dollar Steamship Company
to Operate Service to
Chinese Ports
MANILA ALSO IN
e NEW ITINERARY
E Royal Mail Agent Reiter-
ates Story of New Fleet
via Panama Canal

The Dollar Steamship company an
9 nounced today that hereafter 1t will
operate four of its largest freighters
in a direct service from Hongkong,
Manila, Shanghai and Hankow to this
port
q The ships will go on the berth at
these oriental ports. according to a
regular schedule, to load general mer-
chandise. The steamers to be so en-
ployed are the Robert Dollar, Bessie
Dollar, Hazel Dollar and NJ. S. Dollar.
Each vessel has carrying capacity OF
about 10000 tons and are all modern
freighters. speedier than the average
tramp and equipped with up to date
cargo handling gear.
These Dollar frieghters have been
engag ed for some time in carrying
lumber to the orient They have
taken a homeward cargo wherever in
the orient they could get it. They
have In the past secured big share
of the general merchandise carrying
in this direction. and as the result of
systemizing their service by adopting
a regular schedule expect to get a
much larger share.
J. Nj. Nash. American representative
of the Royal Mail Steam Packet COM
many of Liverpool, yesterday reiter-
ated his declaration, made some
4, months ago, that his company would
operate a fleet of steamers through
the Panama canal and would make
San Francisco the Pacific terminus OF
the service.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-03
JAIL BIRDS SOUGHT
BY OFFICER RS IN
MANY CITIES
No Trace of Oakland Es-
capes Found in Hunt by>
Numerous Deputies
SHERIFF VEALE
MAY HAVE CLEW
Method of Securing Saws
by Prisoners Perplexes
Keeper of Jail

Sheriff veale OF Contra Costa
county is the only person SO far who
has any kind of clew to the where
abouts of Robert Bradley, murderer
OF Special Oficer ]. A. Williams, and
Robert Graham. burglar. who escaped
yesterday morning from the Alameda
county jail. He was in conference
with Sheriff Barnet OF Alameda
county this morning and is believed
to have some information regarding
their movements.
Barnet refused to discuss the mat
ter.
Deputy sheriffs have been searching
San Francisco and the bay cities. but
so far have found no trace OF the
criminals who sawed their way out
OF the Oakland prison.
Pieces of a broken saw were found
this morning under the bunk In Brad
ley's cell
Sheriff Barnet Is still in doubt as to
how Bradley obtained the tools. but
suspects the only man who has been
permitted to visit Bradley within the
last six months This mans name
he refuses to divulge.
Graham is not believed to have had
much to do with the escape. as there
are indications that Bradley worked
at least three months to saw his way
through the socalled toolproof bars
of his cell, Graham arriving just In
time to profit by the patience and in
genuity Of the murderer.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-03
.RH|NOCERO AUX
FOUND IN ALASKA
Stanford Scientist Discov-
ers Supposedly Extinct
Birds on Island


STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Sept. 8.
A species of the rhinocerous aux.
hitherto supposed extinct. was dis
covered in Forest island. on the
southern Alaskan coast. by Professor
Harold Heath of the zoology depart
ment of Stanford university. this
summer
Heath was sent north by the Ma
.tional Audubon society to study the
relative lives OF the king salmon and
the native birds. 1t was reported
that the latter were destroying the
main industry of the coast sections.
Heath found that the birds were
not harmlng the fish.
This aux is nocturnal bird, about
the size of a large pigeon. 1t makes
Its home in the ground. where 1t
burrows as deep as Is feet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-03
BARBER IN PALACE HOTEL TRIMS
RHEUMATISM WITH AKOz MINERAL
Louis Prick Gets Prompt Re
lief After Suffering for
Eighteen Years

Louis Frick. one of the best known
BARRIERS on the Pacific coast and for
many years In the Palace hotel barber
shop in San Francisco. is now a pain
less barber In double sense Besides
being an adept with the blade, he has
freed himself of rheumatic pains by
using Akoz- After a few days he ef-
fected complete cure with the new
remedy, according to his own words.
Il had in1ammatory rheumatism OF
very painful nature for i years .
writes Mr.. Frick to the Natura Com
pany of San Francisco. which Is pee
pairing the Akoz remedies, but.
thanks to your wonderful remedy.
Akoz, effected complete cure after
only a few days treatment.
While suffering with rheumatism
] frequently had to quit my work, and
was laid up three and four weeks at a
time. tried many remedies and went
to different springs. but nothing. gave
me more than the slightest temporary
relief
One day as i was forced by rheu-
matism to leave my chair In the Pal
ace hotel barber shop, I was urged
by friend to try Akoz. l got almost
immediate relief, and in few days
was back at work as well as eyer.
1t has now been year since