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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-18
For Burns. Bruises and Sores

fhe quickest and surest cure for
burns, bruises. boils, sores, infamma-
ton and all skin diseases in Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. In four days it cured
l.. H. Hadin, Of dredell. Tex, of sore
on his ankle which panied him so he
could hardly walk. Should be in
every house. Only 25c. Recon-
mended by
B. 1. Browder, Selmer, T.S. Davis.
Bethel Springs. adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-18
Largest Magazine in the World

ToDAY's MAGAZINE is Che largest
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newsdealers. Every lady who appre-
ciates a good magazine should send
for free sample copy and premium
catalog. Address Today's Magazine,
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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-18
School Picnic.

Everybody cordially invited to
come to the big picnic at N. A.
Erwin's spring today FRIDAY
1sth.) Bring well-hlled baskets
and spend a pleasant day. Pu-
pills please meet at school build
ing at $3.50.
J. T. Robson.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-18

have good 5 passenger Over
land car and will carry passengers to
all parts Of the county at reasonable
prices. ERMIcK McCULLAR,
Both Phones Selmer, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-18

II you need Letterheads, Envelopes,
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leave your order with the Ipdepend-
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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1913-04-18
SAN D BOX

ford. Conn, where is the beauti-
full family cemetery. Con-
gresham Underwood, the en-
gineer Of the tariff bill, is worn
out and has gone to his bed for
rest. He is not the first man the
tariff has worn to a fragile. ......
Friday is the big circus in Cor
NTH, but trains do not run to
suit this community to attend.....
The pope after a second re-
lapse seems to be pulling through
.Selmer is well stocked with
chickens, which have escaped
from the yard where confined
awaiting a car. Another flu
tile effort by an anarchist to kill
King Alphonso of Spain lately.
........ The Tennessee legislature
is mellowing up preparatory to
adjournment in a few days..
Strings of wagons go out loaded
with fertilizer from Selmer all
this week. ........ The election of
city officers occurs today, as is
usual once year. There are a
number of candidates for marshal
........T The Sun Telephone Com
pany is stringing cables for their
wires on all the main streets lead
ing from central office. This will
be a great improvement over so
many single wires. The boys
would rather President Wilson
would drop the tariff and take
up the postoffices ........ Can any
one tell why while still a goose
always stands on only one foot?
The mystery surrounding
the disappearance of Martin, the
Memphis millionaire, in London
may be explained by the fact
that the firm of which he was
president has gone into bank
ruptcy.. Slowly the rivers
recede above and break levees
below. Gardeners say the
heavy rains have mashed the
ground into the earth" .........lt is
an awful thing for Gov. Hooper
to veto bills because they were
not legally enacted. .....At last
accounts the Pope was at the
point of death, and blythe time
this is read will be no more. ......
The peach crop in this Sec
ton will be short. There are
about enough young peaches set
to make crop, but usually they
keep falling when affected by
cold... ....... School warrants are
below the ford, and the Trustee
says he will not have funds to
pay them off before the available
state fund in July.......... 1t is
said steps are being taken to le-
gally determine who is the head
of the county court. The County
Judge is at the rudder now........
The financial report of the
First National Bank shows there
is plenty Of money on hands by
depositors. 90 instead Of 1900
bales Of cotton on hand on which
warehouse receipts were predica-
ted indicates something more
about the Martin mystery ........
Capt. Hunter is right when he
pours hot shot into the base ball
sluggers. 1t is a shame to spend
SO much ink on the reports of
the game by the city papers,.
DIR. Boiling, the preacher,
writer and great Confederate
is dead at his home in
Clinton, Ky,....... DR.. Friedman
has not yet satisfied the Doctors,
at least, that his serum will cure
consumption. ...... The present
days are charming. .......
Mrs. Atkins lectures at the
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14

pretty good single handed talker,
me, when get an intelligent and ap-
preciative listener-like you, dearie-
but lIr. Prollicks could fill his mouth
with hot mush and make me seem
tongue-tied. II he'd only whistle once
in a while, he'd be so much better
company"
We'll" observed Aunt Jane, there
are some men who never have a
chance to say for themselves"
81 doubt it." replied Mrs. Merriwid.
when it comes to themselves, they
are all, more or less. loQuacious; it's
when you try to switch to less In
teresting subject that they fall back
on grunts. Women have wider con-
Germs. They'll extend the discussion
to their husbands and the servant
problem and infant culture and chif-
fons at least Mr.. Prollicks doesn't
confine himself to anything. how
ever. If anybody started the idiosyn-
cracies of ichthyosauri as a topic, he'd
butt in and hold the floor indefinitely
explaining how it came that he had
never devoted any time to that branch
of information"
What did he talk about this after
noon?" asked Aunt Jane.
Mrs. Merriwid cast her eyes up
ward. LET me see," she began. "The
weather first, think, then other pre-
dictions and fortune telling and clair
voyance and esoteric Buddhism and
Mr.. Isaacs. From Isaacs to Open
helm was a natural transition. and
detective stories carried him to
science, which embraced wireless
telegraphy and aeroplanes. Then he
volplaned to earth and automobiles
In wide and fluent spirals and, by way
OF country roads, he arrived at bunga-
lows and from bungalows to cottages
and from cottages to love-"
"Oh, hol" said Aunt Jane. rubbing
her sapient nose with her forefnger
and smiling.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
MELISSA AsHoRs AvocAL VOL
CANO.


Almost Immediately after the street
door closed Mrs. Merriwid tottered
into the room where her maternal
maiden aunt Jane was sitting at lit
tie tea table. There she collapsed in
q gradual Delsartean movement at
the foot Of an easy chair, allowing her
head to droop weakly against its cush-
ion.
Get up, Melissa, and don't make a
fool of yourself" said Aunt Jane.
Tea, give me teal" murmured Mrs.
Merriwid, family.
"You might have had 1t before 1t
got cold if you had been little more
hospitable," Aunt Jane remarked, as
she poured.
He didn't give me a chance to in
vite him." said Mrs. Merriwid, scram-
bling to a more conventional posture.
He was SO much occupied with our
pleasant little chat that / couldn't
have interjected an invitation to par
take of a glass of water. He's a
great little monologue artist, Mr.. Prol-
licks is. I'll bet you could use his
vocal chords for an elevator cable and
get past the Inspector"
He certainly has a command of
language" Aunt Jane agreed.
He hasn't any control of it," said
Mrs. Merriwid. 1T runs away with
him every time and the great trouble
is 1t never gets any place in par
ticular. Talk about speaking volumes!
That man will speak a congressional
library during a morning call and
never bat an eye. If had a dear
little lap dog whose hind leg / had
any regard for, I'd certainly tie him
up in the basement when Proily cali
ed. My own understanding"
"Melissa!" said Aunt Jane. reprov-
ingly.
Pardon me, dearie," said Mrs. Mer-
riwid, plucking down her skirt. 1T
was careless of me. / mean to say
1t passes my comprehension how any
creature that hasn't red beak and
green feathers can make such con-
versational nuisance of himself. I'm
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14

"Ah hal" Mrs. Merriwid mimicked
"Yes, he said that after all 1t was
love that made the world go round. /
suggested that at times 1t was an in
judicious indulgence in cocktails and
such, but he didn't hear me because
he was busy explaining his theory at
length. 1t seems that he had imagined
several times that he had been in
love only to discover that it was a
passing fancy, and he thought 1t not
improbable that marriages had been
made on equally baseless supposi-
tions, Foxy ProllyD 1t was there he
paused for the first time and gave me
my opportunity.
"T love a good game of bridge
whist said, and love to fish where
you have to be very quiet, and i love
the reading rooms in the public IL
braries and desert solitudes and dumb
animals and watch cases and clans
"Why clamsT says he. Because
they're happy?
mo says l. sweetly. For another
reason altogether
"He seemed a little bewildered and
mechanically pulled out his watch.
"'Good gracious!' / said. Is it
really as late as thatT
We'll, he thought he would have to
be going. He didn't even ask about
the watch case"
What was there about it?" inquired
Aunt Jane.
"Oh, nothing, but they're generally
easy to shut up" replied Mrs. Merri-
wild.
Copyright, 1913, by w. G. Chapman.)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
Nothing Doing There.

"a persistent insurance agent had
long been Fostering certain engine
driver to take out policy on his
life. Meeting with little success, he
called at the works where the man
was employed and endeavored to
work on his fears.
Nov, look there" said the agent,
pointing to a couple of huge boilers
close at hand. IF they were to ex-
plode, where would you be?"
There's no KNOWN" was the re-
ply. Il might be anywhere at the
time-safe 4 bed for choicei" Z
Yes, yes" said the agent; but
that isn't what / mean. II they were
to blow up now-at this identical mo-
ment-"
well, + that case" replied the
other. quietly, Il reckon me an thee
'ud finish our little argument up 4
the cloudsi"
Then the agent gave it up.-Tit-
Bits. =
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14

in the practice work seemed to come
her way.
On one afternoon one of her teach
ers found her in a hallway OF the
gymnasium crying bitterly.
What is it, Marion?" she asked.
Don't you like the practice work?
What is your position on the team,
dear?"
L don't = don't know, ma'am,"
blubbered Marion, but the way they
they" storm of sobs, treat me, /
think I'm the basket."-Mother's Mag
azine.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
Mistaken Identify.

The A English class of Louisville
school, says a writer In the Courier
Journal, formed basket ball team. 1t
was wholly composed of girls and prac-
tice work began with vigor It was the
intention of the team after 1t became
proficient to challenge the players Of
several other classes. No member OF
the A English class was over twelve
years of old, and Marion, who was be-
ing tried out for a position on the
team, was only ten. She was quick
and athletic, but all the hard knocks
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
Synopsis Of Game Laws-open Sea-

Synopsis of Game Laws--open Sea-
son.
1. Doves-From September 1 to
March l.
2. Wood or Summer Ducks-Sep-
tember to March 1.
8. Teal Ducks-September 1b to
April /.
4. River Ducks-october 1 TO
March Is.
5. Coots or Poule D'eau-october
to March Is.
g. Geese or Brant-october to
March 10.
Z. Snipe-September Is to April 1.
s. Turkey (cocks only)-Novem-
Der to April 15
8. Quail-November Is to March
10.
10. Robins-November Is to March
Is.
II. Deer Ducks only)-octobsr
to January L.
Limit Of Bags in Day:
25 ducks.
Is of all other game birds.
2 bucks, and not more than five IN
a season.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
Religious Notices.

Rev. P. H. Fontaine. pastor II. n
church, holds services at Wesley
chapel on morning and afternoon Of
first Sunday, and at the Union
church. st. Joseph, on the night of
the first Sunday and morning and
night OF the third Sunday.
Rev. Father Degnan of Vidalia says
mass at the Catholic chapel, St Jo-
seph. once a month, following an
nouncement.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
Members Parish Democratic Execu-
five Committee.

Members Parish Democratic Exeeu'
tive Committee.
First Ward-R. w. Newell. Newell
ton: F. L. Guthrie. Notnac p. 0.
Second ward-Louis Buckner, New
elton: r. Y. Newell, Newellton.
Third Ward-A. e. Green, st. Jo-
seph: Louis Buckner Jr., st. Joseph.
Fourth Ward-R. B. Lynch, New
Light: P. C. Smith, Delta Bridge.
Fifth Ward-D. H. o'Kelley, ASH
wood: B. F. Mcvay, Ashwood.
Sixth ward-G. C. Goldman, Gold
man P. o.; Allan Shelton, Waterproof
Seventh Ward-D. F. Miller, Gold
man; e. D. Coleman, Highland.
At Large-Joseph Curry, st. 10
seph: w. NJ. Davidson, st. Joseph
John Hughes, St. Joseph; DR.. X. b
Mcmillan, Point Pleasant; John Muir
doeh, NeweIlton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
District Court.

District Judge-John Dale, Vidalia-
District Attorney-Abner Z. Green,
st. Joseph.
Terms of Court-The terms of the
District Court IN the parish of Tensas
are hereby fixed as follows. to-wit:
Jury Terms-Third Mondays In
April and October.
Civil Terms-Third Mondays In
January, February, March, May. June,
July, November and December.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
=. & A. NJ.

Masonic lodge meets at Newsllton
first Wednesday.
Masonic lodge meets at St Joseph
on second Tuesday.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
rENsAs PARIsH DIRECTORY.

Sheriff-John Hughes.
Clerk Of Court-Joseph Curry.
Assessor-A. Bondurant.
Treasurer-W. NJ. Davidson.
Parish Surveyor-John Johnson.
Game Warden-Charles Johnston.
Coroner-Dr. ]. G. Lilly.
Health Officer-Dr. L. A. Murdoch
Members House representatives
John Murdoch and s. w. Martien.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
Members Police Jury.

Members Police Jury.
First Ward-F. L. Guthrie, Notnac
p. o.
Second ward-John D. Fultz, New
elton.
Third ward-F H. Curry. St Jo-
seph. s7
Fourth Ward Robert B. Lynch.
New Light.
Fifth ward-B F. Mcvay, Ashwood.
Sixth ward-Louis T. Hunter. Wa.
terproof.
Seventh ward-Wm. A. Register,
Clayton p. o.
Clerk-R. H. Whitney, St Joseph.
The Police Jury for Tensas parish
meets first Monday in March, June
July, October and December, at st.
Joseph, at IL O'Clock m.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
Town of St. Joseph.

Mayor-W. NJ. Davidson.
C1erk-Abner e. Green.
Town Treasurer-R- H. Whitney.
Aldermen = Joseph Curry, B. F.
Young, Louis Buckner Jr, Oscar
Levy, e. ]. WALTON.
Board meets first Tuesday in each
month at office Of the mayor
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
School Board.

School Board.
First ward-M. w. Bland, Point
Pleasant.
Second Ward-Robert Y. Newell,
Newellton.
Third ward--w. ]. steen, ST. Jo-
seph.
Fourth Ward-P. c. Smith. Delta
Bridge.
Fifth Ward. c. Ellis.
Sixth Ward-W. d. A. Gorton, Wa
terproof.
Seventh ward-D. F. Miller, Cold
man p. o.
Secretary School Board and Super
intendent Education - Thomas M.
Wade, Newellton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14

Sixth ward-Magistrate, ]. Fl. Sea-
man, Waterproof: constable, John d.
Shelton, Waterproof
Seventh Ward-Magistrate, e. ID.
Coleman; constable, -.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14
A Drawback.

Sea vessels are different from any
thing else in the world"
How so?"
They can't make knots when they're
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14

Fifth ward-Magistrate. d. H.
O'Kelley, Ashwood; constable, "
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-03-14

Magistrates and Constables.
First Ward = Magistrate, M. w.
Bland, Point Pleasant; constable,
Second ward-Magistrate. Louis
Buekner, Newellton; constable, l.. X.
Fu1tz. Nswellton.
Third Ward - Magistrate e. F..
Newell. st. Joseph: constable, John
r. Smitha, st. Joseph.
Fourth ward-Magistrate, B. Y.
Berry, Delta Bridge; constable,
The Washington times., 1913-08-04
SUNDAY "TROTT|NG"
CLOSES LUNA PARK
Alexandria Sheriff Orders Re-
sort "Shut Tight" After
Watching Dancers.

Disobedience of the Sunday ban, re-
Gently placed on the tango" fish
walk" and other terpsichorean ''crazes''
Of the day by the authorities of Alex
andria county caused Sheriff A. H. Bar
Dor to close the gates of Luna Park
last night. Anticipating a visit to a
quiet amusement place, minus dancing,
the sheriff journeyed to the park, and,
on entering its precincts, was mortified
to discover more than 200 couples lock-
ed in the gyrations of the late dance
novelties
Only a few days before, the sheriff
remembered, he had hailed M. Winnie,
manager of the dancing pavilion at the
and there had convicted by indisputable
testimony the defendant of permitting
Sunday dancing at the place. Winnie
had been sentenced to pay a fine Of
SO and was released on $500 bond on a
promise not to again permit the sane
uty of the Sabbath to be violated by
the Goddess of the Dance within the
confines of Luna Park.
Sheriff Barbor remembered all this.
And there, right before his gaze, on
Sunday evening, as he stood on the
edge of the pavilion. the band played
violated the law.
The sheriff Immediately summoned the
officials OF the amusement place about
him and laid down the law. He even
went further. for he not only closed the
dancing pavilion, but ordered the resort
shut tight
Dancers and other seekers of Sunday
recreation meandered disconsolately out
OF the place and made their way to the
more prosaic confines Of home, sweet
home" 1t is probable that the county
authorities will consider forfeited the
500 bond on which Winnie was released.
Sheriff Barbor is determined that
there will be no dancing on Sunday dur
ing his tenure of office. He will re-
ceive the heartiest support in this de-
termination from Crandall MacKey, COM
monwealth attorney for the county.
Mr.. Mackey said today that he was
not opposed to the running of amuse-
ment places on Sunday provided that
dancing was barred, and the place was
conducted in a decent manner"
The order of the sheriff only closes
the park on Sundays.
The Washington times., 1913-08-04
Wholesale Produce Market

Eggs-Nearuy. trssn. 2Vc per doz.. south
ern. ls919c per doz.
Cheese-New York. new, i6q17c per ID
fiat, 1edlst1c per ID.
Butter-Elgin prints, SIC per lb.; tubs, 23G
SOC per Ib.; process 27d2sc per lb.
Live Poultry-Hens. l4dl5c per ID; ROSTERS.
l0c per lb.; turkeys, I7dlSc per lb; spring
chickens, 2oc per lb. ducks, 12d13c per ID.
Green Fruits-California oranges S55096. 20
per box; peaches. s.. .ooa&3.oO per crate:
lemons. ssoogsOo per box; pineaples
S. per box: apples. per bbl.. s.. ood3. So;
cherries, 15c per box; pears, s.. 90 per box.
Vegetables-Potatoes. new. 81 o0d2.0o per
bbl. onions. Texas, 81. 80 per crate: per bbI..
$3.50; cabbage, 81 0od260 bbl.; lettuce
s.. 90 per bbl beets. 81 ood25o per 100 punches;
tomatoes, home grown. l50d2.00 per box:
rhubarb, 200 per 100 bunches; yams, $1NoO9
zoo: celery, I.oQ125 per dozen; squash,
81 2ooa2.5o per bbl:: Lima beans. 81
bu; kale, per bbI. 75c0t1 90; corn. 81. cog !. 90
per crate; string beans. s. so per bbl.
Receipts Of live stock moderate. an buy
ers 'hammering at the market fIr the
purpose of lowering prices.
Live Stock-With. lighter receipts of veal
calves. spring lambs and poultry, the market
has taken on new life with frmer prices
Veal calves. SId9c per lb.
With light receipts today Of veal calves
sheep, lambs. and poultry. the market as
sumed a stronger tone. with an advance In
prices all along the line
The Washington times., 1913-08-04
Lawyers Plan Case
Against Railroad

Chaplin Brown, general counsel for the
Chamber of Commerce, and NJ D.
Rosenberg. general counsel for the Re-
tail Merchants Association, are in con-
ference again this afternoon, and ex-
pect to reach a decision as to the
grounds on which they will base their
fight for lower freight rates for Wash
ington before the Interstate Commerce.
Commission.
Mr.. Brown stated today that other
conferences may be necessary before
better TO ask the Interstate Commerce
Commission to force a continuance OF
free store-door delivery of freight un-
der the present rates, or to ask for a
general reduction of rates from the
points affected in the recent order of
feature away from Baltimore and
Washington, the only two cities in the
country which have the privilege.
If the attorneys decided to ask for
a rate reduction, It Is probable that the
reduction. will be based on an estimate
of what II will cost the merchants to
ray FOR the delivery Of separate pack
ages, and II go. IL is claimed this reduc-
ton would cost the railroads more than
the present delivery OF freight costs
ed, can deliver the freight under their
could.
The board of governors of the Re-
tall Merchants Association meets to-
morrow at noon and the board of
directors of the Chamber of Commerce
meets Wednesday night at o'clock.
1t is expected the attorneys will have
SO far determined on their plan of
action that they will be able, at these
meetings. to give the directorates
fairly accurate ideas of how the fight
Is to be waged.
The Washington times., 1913-08-04
Fans Eager to Get
Actual Money Paid
To Walter johnson

4 demand for the actual money that
was presented to Walter johnson
in the mammoth cup given him
on johnson Day at the American
League baseball park Saturday
afternoon, is being made on the
/ Munsey Trust Company where the
bank notes were deposited. The
demand is practically a craze.
AN day, fans and admirers of the
Mighty Walter" have visited the
bank with other bills and money
in exchange for the notes which
previously had been placed to the
credi: of Americas premier pitch
er. The 81, IS, $40, and Sac bills
which fairly filled the cup have
been exchanged for older ones.
The Washington times., 1913-08-04
FOUR LITTLE GIRLS
AID BLIND EVELYN
Maryland Children Send $3.40
to Boost Education Sub
scriptions.

-Four bright little girls, with eight
perfectly good eyes, bent over a letter
than was received at The Times office
, this morning, containing $40 for the
little blind girl. Evelyn. for whom a
subscription is being collected in order
that the child may receive an educa-
ton. Four little girls of Springfield,
Nd, wrote the letter, which wes as
follows:
The Washington Times:
'Gentlemen-We are four little girls
in the country who have heard about
little Evelyn, the blind girl. We wanted
TO help her, and So we worked real
hard making candy and lemonade and
other things TO sell Then We made
little booths, and had all the people
come and buy from us. We got $40.
which we are sending to you for little
Evelyn. The people told us you would
print our letter in your paper, so we
are going to be sure and look all through
The Times tomorrow for 1t. From four
little girls,
CAROLINE H. GRIFFIN, Aged o
"ELEANORE D. GRIFFIN, Aged s.
FRANCES r. GRIFFIN, Aged 6.
MARY A. DODGE. Aged H.
Added to the amount sent by these
wiling little workers was a contribution
of 1855 from the employees of the en-
craving division of the United States
Geological Survey, and S. from Mrs.
Henry S. Casey, of LII Sixth street
northwest making a total OF SASS which
has been received since last Saturday,
when the sum already collected amount
ed TO little over $3.50
The Times, in conjunction with the
Washington branch of the international
Sunshine Society, is endeavoring to
raise the sum of $3.50 which will be
necessary to place Evelyn in an educa-
tional institution in New Jersey, where
she will be trained to become self
supporting.