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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-12
Farm for Sale

Two hundred acres. rs in Crooked
creek bottom and in cultivation.
Four miles from Selmer, on Stanton
vile road. Good houses and out
buildings. A bargain can be had in
this place. For particulars enquire at
this office.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-12

me most unique as well as the most elab.
crate entertainment OF the kind ever at
tempted in the Southern states. In adj
dition to the ordinary features, there
will be many new and novel ideas intro
duccd for the first time, including the
musical ride by 30 couples.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-12

Take Herbine for heartburn, sour
belChing or constipation; it cleanses
and strengthens the liver, stomach
and bowels. Price SOC. Sold by B.
L. Browder, exclusively. adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-12
Better Than Spanking!
Spanking will not cure children Of
wetting the bed, because it is not a
habit, but a dangerous disease. The
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y. II. KUN AN DkUtt W.
Chicago, Illinois.
have discovered a strictly harmless
remedy for this distressing disease
and to make known its merits they
will send a 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 THEM TODAY
FOR THE FREE MEDICINE
Cure the afflicted members of your
family. then tell your heighbors and
friends about this remedy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-12

5or 6 doses 66S will break
any case of Chills & Fever; it acts
on the liver better than Calomel.
and does not gripeor sicken, 25c
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-12

Does your husband know. just how
much you need the little eonyeniences to
make your work easier! Have you ever
told him!
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-09-12
SAN D BOX

they do with Willie Thaw........
H. c. Gooch is building quite an
addition to his hotel in the form
of summer rooms over the front
pagoda ....., Rev. H. B. Mays re-
turned from a months revival
work in North Mississippi Friday
and filled his regular appoint
ments Sunday. u. E. Hamilton
has bought the brick store room
he has been occupying for his
barber emporium. He is i'm
proving the front and has his
bath and pressing rooms in the
rear. L. A. Beatty. the picture
man, will occupy one half the
building. ....,.., Unity Association
Of the Baptist church met at
GAINESVILLE Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. J. H. Curry, Dr.. J. Hugh
Carter and others attended from
Selme". :. Circuit colrt next
week, when several Of the larks
will be up on misdemeanor
charges ......, The Selmer High
School had a number of new
students from abroad enter this
week. b. l.. BroW0er has
moved his drug stock to his new
brick. 1t is one of the largest
and most attractive drug stoI es
in West Tennessee, and reflects
credit to the town. Plenty of
Gotten open, but the sun is a lit
tie too impressive to warrant
many in tackling the job........
If we have winter turnip salad
the seed have yet to be planted,
and before that a good squirt
from the water wagon .......All
cotton ginned in the old sized
boxes will be charged $1.00 as
freight penalty. Tie standard
size now is 27X54 inches. Our
ginners should Immediately re-
duce the size of their boxes to
that dimension, or every bale
put up will be penalized an extra
freight $l.00 per bale. $500. Chan
Gerry court last week. There
were no cases tried of any i'm
portance. One party granted a
divorce. We bet on an exodus
to Kentucky if an attempt to
pass the enforcement bills with
any degree of success obtains. J..
We'll, who would have 'thunk"
Patterson would have lined up
with Hooper so soon, and yet
Crump did on a short notice. :.
John McCullar has a new sor-
ghuln mill of the modern make.
........ Between Nicely, Hawkins
and Sweat one can get a soup
| bone most any time ,....... The fur
will fly during the next fortnight
lin Nashville Lay on McDuff,
etc.........A sausage factory in
| Selmer could find plenty of the
raw material. Singing at Fal-
con on 5th Sunday was a sue
cess, and second Sunday in Sep
TENDER at three o'clock the class
| will meet again, .......H. P. Wood
has occupied his new offices. He
| has a suite of three, built espe-
cially for the purpose, and nc
law office in the state is more con-
venient and attractive. The
election in Maine Monday tc
elect congressman resulted in
a regular republican, over a DEM
ocrat and a bull mooser. Bryan
and Clarke made speeches and
counted on electing the democrat.
,.".,.The regulars have made
rules to suit themselves TO run
the special session .Hooper'S
message to the legislature is a
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lively recent date. The contrast be-
as great as hat between p~resent-day
rail travel to- our own Grand CANYON
in Arizona and the 10-mile stage ride
that was formerly the prelude to a
view of the titan of chasms. OF course
it has been possible, for some years
past, to travel direct by rail to Kill
larney from Cork or Dublin or any
of the principal cities of ireland but
all tourists who could afford the time
and expense have been wont to ag)-
proach the mecca by a coach or car
riage ride, through the mountains of
southwestern Ireland where the seen
cry is a worthy prelude to the placid
beauty of Killarney.
However these coach rides over
carefully ~mapped-out routes. such as
the "Prince of Wales Route were
Understanding and also fairly ex-
pensiVe because, aside from the outlay
for a conveyance, there We're stop
have in great measure disappeared
now that the NOTORIOUS, a sort of
sightseeing automobile, has been intro
duced in the Killarney district, BY
this s~cheme-Whicl might profitably
be copied in a number of Americas
scenic Observation-Disclosures char-a-
bancs are operated on regular schedule
connecting Bantry, Gl%engarriffe, Park
nasiIla, kenmare and other beauty
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spots with the hub OF tourist travel at
Killarney. and for a fee of $500 to $40
the traveler may enjoy a scenic ride
Of more than fifty miles in all the COM
fort he could expect in his w private
ear.
But if the twentieth century pilgrim
finds an innovation in the mode of
reaching Killarney ho need not expect
much change in Killarney itself. To
be sure the town of Killarney, q place
of some 5000 inhabitants, located
about a mile and "a half from the lower
take and a community which formerly
felt the pinch of poverty, has "sprueed
up considerably in recent years and
many new buildings have been erected,
but the lakes and their settings seem
of overwhelmingly so. Why. the
soiourner i'm this restful paradise is
not even disturbed by the chng~cllug
of q lauusl or n motor boat, the Earl
of Eenmare, who owns the lakes and
most of the surrounding country hay
ing steadily refused to allow power
boats of any kind on the lakes or to
sanction the use of craft other than
the large roWboats which are em-
p}oycd to convey tourists back and
forth throughout the chain of three
lakes. tho largest of which is five miles
in length.
There are some people on either
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the case. Many We're small children
n thousands of others fled in pov-
erty from an oppressed and famine
stricken Land. Thus it comes about
that many of the exiles, who. having
found fortune in the other Ireland"
turn their steps nomeWard and first
seek Killarney as a dream long cher
ished.
1t naturally follows that Killarney,
with her lakes and fells, mountain
paths and woodland dells, is the ideal
spot in which to find concrete express
sion of the Irish holne-going move
ment as it has developed during the
past few years. This movement-an
elaboration of the American old
home week. dea-attracted consid-
able attention at it's inception in
1910 in which year more than
10000 residents of the United States
visited Ireland, but a considerable por-
ton of the. public is probably not
aware that this home-going is beco1n-
ing a permanent annual event and
each spring and summer large dele
cations of the sons and daughters of
Erin land at Queenstown or Derry.
Killarney, however, is first and fore
most a pleasure mecca. 1t is to Ire
land what Niagara Falls is to America,
and more. Moreover, Killarney is
thoroughly typical of the Ireland of
popular mgaination. There. are parts
of Ireland, almost as beautiful in
their way, as is Killarney that are sug-
gestfve of the Rockies or Norway or
switzerland rather than the Adiron-
dacks-the latter, our own nearest APP
proach to Killarney. And, similarly,
there are Irish cottagers who, for all
their kindly hospitality, are not in the
least like the devil-may-carc Trishman,
as we see him depicted in romantic
drama. But there are none of these
shocks Or surprises at Killarney. Here
there is every effort to live up to all
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side of the Atlantic who are skeptical
enough to say that this exclusion of
power-boats from the lakes is nothing
more or less than u shrewd business
move on the part of his thrifty lord
ship, the Earl of Kenmare. And as
StIredly any person who has done
Killarney thoroughly must come away
With II high respect of the carts bust
ness ability. The explanation Is found
in The system of fees which the boss
of the lakes oxacts from the travelling
public. OF course, the Earl OF Ken
mare is by no means unique In this
form of money making. Admission
fees arc charged at castles and estates
QIl over England and in Europe. but
the master of Killarney is certainly
entitled to the onors for overlooking
no moves in the game.
For a consideration the earl wilt
put mis- entire estate temporarily at
your disposal There is a fee when
o enter tho outer gates. and then
there is an extra charge If you wish
to gain access to the private gardens
and grounds which Immediately sur
round kcnmaTe house or Killarney
house, the mansion of one hundred
rooms, and from the terrace of which
may be viewed the most impressive
panorama of the lakes. Another fee
must be forthcoming if you would
climb to the top of Ross castle and
view the lakes from the top of this
Uncovered ruin which dates back
some three centuries. An told, the
earl takes tribute to the tune of "a
cents from each visitor. no admission
ticket being good for more than one
day, The amount Is, OF course, in
significant in the case of the individual
but Wilon it Is taken into considera-
ton that more than t00, 900 people
visit Killarney every year it will be
appreciated that there results Il tidy
contribution. to the up-kenp of the
estate. No wonder the earl has re-
fused the offers of Irish~American
miilionajres Who have Deer axious to
acquire Killarney,
Across the Verdure-rimmed mirror
formed by the waters of the AXE when
placid the visitor to the konmare es~
tate may soc a rival ~estate-the only
other notable private holding in this
vicinity and II that Is now ~ cXCep-
ttonal interest to all American visitors
by Virtu" of the fact that it has re-
Gently been acquired by an American.
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preconceptions of Irish dash and light
h~eartedness. The green flags fly from
almost every building; the. street must
clans play "killarney'; and the Jar
veys of the jaunting cars are paragons
of Irish wit and humor.
Indeed, the only fault that can be
found with Killarney by even the most
capt1ous is based on the fact that her
glory may be temporarily dinmed
by rain or sightseeing excursions cur
tailed when an occasional gale rem
ders the. k too rough to be safely
naVigated by the small boats. Killar-
hey bright and fair is indeed peer
less but it must be admitted that dur
ing most seasons of the year the Irish
weather which, in its sudden vagaries
has been compared to the intimate re-
lation of Irish laughter and tears, may
compel tourist to don and doff his
ralncoat several dozen times a day.
But, on the other hand, any pro-
longed dry spell transforms the en-
chanting waterfall at Killarney into
a tame, trickling stream, so that, per-
haps, the ~oft-repeated sudden showers
nave their compensation.
The observation-disclosures and other tour
lists who have, during the past couple
OF years, invaded the County Kerry
nave discovered that 1.-THE new way
to reach Killarney is infinitely more
pleasurable than that afforded bv the
faclhtles in vogue until a COMPARE
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Missoula Man Catches Sharks

Editor Muscular Fishing for
man-eating sharks as a sport is little
known outside of these South Sea is
lands and in the tropical waters. So,
being a Missoula boy, and having re-
Gently been fortunate enough to ex-
rerience the thrill of landing a man.
eating tiger shark, l herewith enclose
a few pictures and submit a brief ac-
count of the method employed to
catch them, which l hope will prove
interesting to your readers and the
followers of old Izaak Walton. AS
the waters down here are infested
with sharks, it is not necessary to
pick out any particular place to fish
as long as the water exceeds five
fathoms in depth. The largest sharks
are found near the entrance to Pearl
harbor on the Island of Oahr. Two
caught there recently measured IS
and 20 feet, and they weighed about
a ton and a half each. The native
Hawaiian, or kanakas, as they are
called, use the floating bait and har-
pooh for these large ones. Floating
bait means tying the carcass Of an
ani1nal-horse meat is the best bait
that has not been dead more han -
hours to a buoy and then happening
the shark from the deck of a good
sized launch, as he strikes the bait.
On our trip we used the regular shark
hook, which is made out of half-inch
steel rod. 1t is 10 inches long and
has a four-inch bend to the barb.
Onto the hook is attached a piece of
iron chain three feet long, which pre-
vents the shark from biting off the
line after swallowing the bait. The
line used is a half-inch manila rope,
SO fathoms long.
On the morning of February &c we
started out from the little sugar
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S

Jerusalem is the shrine of the
Christian world. In this ancient city
of Solomon, David and Jesus, the Jew
turns in veneration and Worship and
the Moslem in reverence. AS a whole
the city is now Saracen and of the
ancient Jerusalem of Christ there is
little to be discovered. Little remains
of the city as it was prior to the com
ing of the Saracens and Crusaders,
But of the Christian antiquities still
standing the Churh of the Holy Sep
ulch.n is the most noteworthy and
interesting. The church was conse-
Grated in 1886. The original building
has changed IL good deal in form dur
ing the passage of the years and a
great part of it was rebuilt after the
fire of 1903. Within the church is the
sepulChre proper, which is enclosed
within a 16-sided chapel beneath a
dome 60 feet in diameter.
OF all the sacred traditional sites
in jerusalem the most important are
those of Calvary and the tomb of
Joseph of Arimathea, the scenes of the
crucifixion and the resurrection. These
sites are close together and for 16
centuries the Church of the Holy Sep
ulchre has been visited by thousands
of devout Christians as the veritable
! scene of Christs resurrection.
In 1926, when the Empress Helena
made her visit to the East there was
a belief current in Jerusalem that the
sites Of Calvary and the. Holy Sepul-
chre lay beneath a great Temple of
Venus, which had been erected in
Hadrian's Aaelia almost 200 years be-
fore, This stood upon a great bank
Of earth. Constantine gave orders
that this be removed. When this
was all done, to the Wonder of all, a
tomb was disclosed. The Christians
firmly believed that this was the sep
ulchre of Christ wonderfully preserV-
ed n miraculously revealed to them.
Over this Constantine built his church,
and this is the rock cave now con
cealed by the fantastic decorations
which disguise it's character. The
rock which must originally have sur
rounded the tomb was cut away to
allow it to stand isolated.
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SYMBOL OF EASTER

The Easter egg is emblematic of the
beginning of all things and 1t is rec
oGnized by many religions some OF
them ontedating Christianity. Many
quaint customs have grown up in con-
hection with the exchange of Easter
eggs and nearly every country has its
own peculiar way of utilizing he egg
symbol. The distribution of eggs 10
poor children by the farmers of Fin
%istcrc, France, is one or the pretty
there. After returning
from high mass on Easter the
farmers give large quantities of coll
ored eggs to the children waiting at
the door of the farmhouse and the gift
Is received by the children With an
Easter hymn.
About the fourth century eggs were
prohibited by the church as a Lenten
diet, and, being more plentiful in the
spring than at any other time, there
was such an uIatiOn at the end
of the. 40 days that peasant and cpl
cure We're alike puzzled to cuntrive a
way to dispose of them without loss.
1t is said some inventive mother con-
verified them into playthings for her
children; hence the custom of boiling
and coloring them. The Easter egg,
born of economy, has evoluted during
the centuries till 1913 finds it often a
thing of extravaganza and price. ~s
From G~ermany-rich in weird traai-
lions comes the quaint cOnceit that the
week before Easter rabbits are en-
doWod with the power to lay eggs.
Young children, believing the fantasy,
watch in the fields for rabbits. and
when the startled creatures, seeing
them, rum, follow in their track. Shout
ing the flattering e%ntreaty, Go, pretty
rabbit, sweet rabbit, and lay ms a nest
of red Easter eggs
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lowing in the wake of the bait. The
e'g1nes We're stopped and the bait
hauled in close to the boat. Furious
Of having been cheated of his prey,
the shark dashed the quiet waters into
foam with his powerful tail and
drew close to the boat, The greatest
a T was now used 50 that no injury
would result when he took the bait.
Inc line was run through a pulley in a
davit on the ships side and the bait
was swung out and dropped in front
OF MIN. Driven to frenzy by his vora-
cious appetite, he made one circle
around the bait and struck. on ac-
count of the peculiar formation of the
Jaws it is impossible for a shark to
strike without first turning on his
back. He was allowed to have his
mead for a few minutes, but the line
was kept .taut SO that it would keep
his mouth pen After the water cure
mad been administered for a sufficient
length of time the line was run to the
steam winch and he was hoisted on
deck. A line was made fas around
the tail and capstan bar was showed
down his throat as far as possible to
NS@p MN tloll ioppiHS All ON9T the
deck and smashing everything to
pieces with his enormous tail. 1t is
almost impossible TO kill a shark with
a blow on the head, so the. fisherman
always has a very sharp and heavy
knife handy, and at the first oppor-
tunity he cuts the backbone through
close to he tail, which renders the
shark helpless and harmless as far as
any damage from his tail is con
cerned. The shark usually lives about
two hours after the backbone has beer
cur. We caught -four in this manner
as the shark is like the Volt in some
respects, the more blood hat is spill
upon the water the faster they come
to the bait, and the sport could last
for hours. After photographing Tho
catch, the carcasses were cut up fol
souvenirs. The backbone makes {
splendid cane or walking stick wher
treated. The teeth make fine charms
for watch fobs. and the immense ia W
bones make excellent wall racks fol
paper, etc. With hest wishes for the
prospecting of Miss1ula and it's people
am, sincerely,
ED. w. JANISH,
NJ. E., u. S. S. Patterson.
honolulu, T. H., March /, 1918.
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Muckross estate is the domain in
question. and it's new proprietor is Mr..
William Bowers Bourn, long known as
one OF the wealthy residents of San
Francisco. Mir. Bourn cannot lay
claim to being an lrish-Ameriean, but
his daughter has married a Dublin at
torHey, and it was for her sake as we'll
as hy reason Of his own keen interest
in Irish antiquities and tradition that
this well-to-do American was induced
to purchase this estate at a price that
is said to have been upward OF
$375,O00.
The Muclross estate entirely en-
circles the middle lake at Killarney,
sometimes referred to as the Muck
ross lake, and the road around which
is eight miles in length. The show
Place of the property is o the man
sion, which is modest enough in its
way. but the famou Muckross abbey,
q historic structure which ranks with
that other ivy-hung ruin, Ross castle,
as the chief show place of the lake
region. Muckross abbey, according to
most historians, was founded in LAO,
and it ranks with Melrose abbey in
NEolHdui ana hellllWOfln Caste III
England as among the most pietur-
esquc and interesting ruins in the
world. A burytng ground with monu-
ments of rare interest surrounds the
ruined abbey,
Most OF the Irish-Americans who
have the leisure to permit it remain
at least a week at Killarney and lovers
of the lakes claim that with CONTINUE
GUS good weather the varied attrac-
tons of the region canno possibly be
seen in less time. Despite the fact
that it is u realm of mountains, woods
and waters, With many a nook that
suggests the heart of the prImeval
wilderness there are at Killarney no
hardshipS that need appal the most
4asS-going traveller II We except. per
haps, the trip to the Gap of Dunioe,
where sturdy ponies, led by sure
footed mountatneers, afford means of
iocomotion for the tourists who are
not good walkers, Whereas motor
cars are seen in increasing numbers
OF the roads that encircle the lakes,
the taunting car, the national Vet#t9le
of the land of the green flag, will
probably hold its popularity il for no
other reason than by virtue of the
novelty afforded by the experience of
trips in SO distinctive conveyance.
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The GH1oQ@x Eooxf
az <ner7z7z<7e HoAye OHexloakxzS ZbeZzheg

With Saint Patrick's Day at hand
and springtime fast approaching
the springtime that, in the words of
the song, is associated with the snam-
rocks it is literally Come Back to
Erin for great numbers of Americans
of Irish birth or descent. It is re-
markable how insistent is the invita-
ton to the green little isle-at once
an appeal n a command-and even
more remarkable how many Irish
Americans, even those who have not
yet fallen under the spell of Ireland's
charm, feel its compelling influence
and yield to it's well-nigh hypnotic
power.
When one stops to analyze the sit
uatlon, however, there is no mystery
IN the magnetism that attracts to Kill
larney. To the younger generation of
lr1sh-Americans-fed on Killarney's
praises, as expressed, from time out of
nina IN art, music and literature-it
must naturally appear in prospect the
very embodiment of Irish natural
beauty, the climax of Erin's scenic
splendor and historic interest. And
Killarney is one "shoW place. that
fully justif1es all the extravagant
praise that has beer showered upon
her as the 'fairest' spot under the
heavens. So much for the situation
as 1T relates to the juniors of Irish
blood. With reference to the natives
who return to Ireland after long resi-
dence in the United States the case is
somewhat different. To them, to be
sure, Ireland is not so new q story
but, strange as it may appear, Kill
larney is likely to be a long-anticl-
pated novelty. That self-same consci-
BUSINESS of Ireland's modest size be-
gets decomposition in the Yankee
mind that every Irishman must have
seen Killarney before he ''came over
But, unfortunately. such has not beon