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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-19
Appls.--New. sSo5Oc per Ou.; ,i-aSg

Appies--New. sS@5oc per bu.; ,i.2Sg
BaBanas--Good shipping stock. $50
@225 per bunch.
Beans-pried Limas III use per ID:
sresn soc ssf ger pef aS SsI soc per Su
Gs1iinewerEsi5o0i75. ~
Celery = Michigan. large. 200 asc;
small. lows Rss eo1 sr,ee. Michigan
HATS. IAN q l6c; New York. l6h Ql7c;
limburger. 13h Ql4hc: domestic Swiss.
imP0stsd d sTsss $50 sse isd ioIn rs
CaIisornia Fruits-Plums, SLoo@i.7s
per box: peaches. S19Las per box:
pears. s2.25as5o per bog:
s0shc H.; Dromedary. $3.50 cass.
Dressed Caives-.Fancy. ls0lsc; COM
mon. l4Ql5c per ID.
soc@S per blu; green onions. ishc per
dog. cucumbers, &c per "a; raaishoS
loc per doz.: green beans. he per b.:
sae ssn w Sosn Sea1s S hemsgrown &
tomatoes, 66970c bu.; lettuce, b0Q60c
bu.: spinach. " per GU: parsley 500
Csc per doz.. head lettuce. sl.7s per
lsSi9s: psia% sss isSsSe per rS SID
basket: ponies. l2qias ,.a,
amber. loQllc ib:; extracted, 7@Sc 10.
Hay-Detroit shippers are paying the
FOLLOWING prices Tor oaisc nay II car
new. 6@ls.5o: standard, sl5Q15.5e;
sIs61s.5o; rye straw. sfso0s; wheat
Hiaes No cured. l6c; No.
green hides. I3c: No. / cured bulls
lie: No: ! green bulls. loo: No.
KIP. i4e: No: L cured %urrain. ise: No.
i.sa Ne. j horse i.ss: 10. hor:s
calf: ihe on; sneepskin, a. to amount
California. assoc per box
Limes--sl OILS per boz.
Rocky Fords. SiasGI5o case: Usage
Siash reons~S50 4oc Per In
= Oranges-california vaiencias. ss.Ss
onions Indiana, sIQI.a5 per loo-lb.
sack; Spanish, - per blu.
- Pesr..Bartiett. sl.258L6o: ordinary.
P. :sl e la' s RI basket. K. $50. b
Potatoes -, ersey cobblers. $3.50
a.sG per sack: Michigan. H.7s0l.so per
.Poultry-springs l5c; live hens, 1sc:
NO. 2, l24l4c; old roosters, IL a lie;
geese. Ice; ducks, la l5c: turkeys. 1s
sweet Pota,oe.--yirginia. % per
Pi.e.pSlss Florida. ,s0Ass per
Tsilew--No. /. sac: No. l. sme
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-19
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS

DETROIT. Sept. 1s.--Close: Liver
4 DooI had steady wheat market at
ne opening and the same tone pre-
vailed on this side or the Atlantic
News or all kinds was scarce and spec
uintors were undecided what TO do.
E{ The Paris market closed lower Tor
10Th wheat and Hour. Liverpool was
o4oy but plenty OF support came on
The decline and spot wheat was nrm,
especially American grades, and there
<Xas talk OF smaller worlds exports.
*0emand from the continent Is increas-
Ing and North America is about the
oniy country Offering any wheat.
Winnipeg reports an excellent de-
s and for wheat 4 repor, comes ines i rom
marketing their wheat IL was from
this state that the heavy Minneapolis
1oceipts came and IL Is expected the
Exoneral spring wheat movements VIII
1how decrease. Stocks at Minneap-
<xkS Increased z,l50,V00 bu this week.
Speculation Is very quiet. Some
1peculators who had been acting on
Var news In the past are at loss
What 10 do. as they are not able 10
make UP their minds from the news
|aper reports Home conditions are
4ceiving greater attention from deal
III and there Is a feeling that the
markell has received Its war boom
or the present at least.
Wheat was firm during the greater
4rt OF the day and closed &c higher
pf cash and &c higher.
Corn was steady Oats advanced u Q
nd rye gained 1c Seeds were steady.
Wheat quotations; Cash and Sep
2ehed without change at sii4 ad,
9uced to tl.15h, declined 10 $1.l5 and
o1ed al $1.16; May opened at 81. Il
Ivanced to S1,22h, declined to t1.2i
md closed at S1.23: No. white, $l.1o
-. white. car at sl.o6: No. q mix.
e ear. AZ 1927; No ,,s, mixed mixed. o ca'
III No. a. 7yc. No. yellow, Sic: No
yellow, 79c. Oats: Standard. cal
< 49c; No. 8 white. car at 48hc; No
white. 4 car at Ale. Rye: Cash No
Hate and prompt shipment, Sass: DC.
ober. S2,5. Cloverseed: Prime spot and
)otober, $40; December, $10.10. March
1o. 90; sample red. 36 bags at 1925, I
~ y7.75: prime alsike. 1875; sample
lsike, "a bags at sI2o; Iimothysesa
F & Receipts In the Detroit market Fri.
NY Included 1000 bbls OF flour, IL
lars or wheat, 3 OF corn, IL OF oats.
- rye and OF hay. Withdrawals were
e2o bnis OF Hour i LOCO eu o. a. PAY az,
4 "a or wheat, S. 500 bu of corn. l66. 400
~ Of oats and 1910 bu of rye.
rs Receipts OF wheat friday: South
vest 10000 bu, against $4,000 bu q
Voar ago; Duluth. 4s2 cars. Minneap-
k1s4 cars, against LAS; Chicago. s4s
&9ru. against 20.
4 exports OF wheat and -four Friday.
<1o1,000 bu.
q Primary wheat receipts were 2.537.-
10 bu. against Ills, 900 bu year ago.
+ liverpool wheat closed unchanged TO
Nd lower and corn Id higher.
Exports OF wheat and Hour from
America this week. 7.31S.000 bu.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-09-19

Belgium last year exported $4,000
horses.
The day book., 1914-12-30

sci, as good: soldier should He
was still under reserve to the Sox
and was carrying out his share of
the bargain. ..-,.
Maybe. as has been intimated,
Gleason would not have been content
to work as helper to a man who lack
ed major league experience. But no
such opinion was ever heard from
Gleason himself and he evidenced no
dissatisfaction. .....-, s..
Gleason not only refused to jump
to the Federals, but he urged Presi-
dent Comiskey to empower him to re-
taliate on the third ,1eaguers by coun-
ter raids. His wide acquaintance
among ballplayegs was. an advan-
The day book., 1914-12-30

Freddie Welsh, Lightweight Cham
pion, Who Must Ultimately Meet
Either Shugrue or White.
tage in this idea and he declared he
could go out and sign some of the
stars. Comiskey never thought high
ly of this plan.
In some quarters it has been charg-
ed that Gleason was prone to joking
and would inject some of his we'll
known humor into the proceedings
just after the Sox had lost a ball
game. This, we have been told, was
not pleasing to Comiskey. It doesn't
seem probable that the Old Roman
would so far misjudge Gleason, who
was hard fighter and seemed on the
field to have more pepper and gin
The day book., 1914-12-30

ger Jnan the majority OF the aInlebeS.
. In fact, he was generally credited
with being the dynamo that furnished
a, good share of whatever fight the
White Sox team may have possessed.
If the Kid had never done anything
else for the Sox he deserved unusual
credit for the retention of Reb Rus
sell, the big southpaw. In the spring
of 1913 when Russell came up from
the minors for trial he did not i'm
press Manager Callahan.
The manager was on the point of
sending the Texan back for more sea-
soning. At this juncture Gleason
wired Cal that Russell deserved more
chance and prophesied that he would
make good under the big canopy.
Russell was kept on and proceeded to
justify Gleason's opinion by being the
sensation of the season. He did more
work than ary other pitcher in the
American league and was among the
first three rated on effectiveness. He
slipped last season, but that wasn't
Gleason's fault.
In whatever other respect Gleason
failed, he was solely responsible for
the work the Sox got out of Russell
in the 1913 season. And what would
have happened to the team that year
without the assistance of Tex is sad
to ponder on.
If Gleason desires he can undoubt-
edly get berth as minor league
manager. His chances with the Fed
eral league are closed. All third
league jobs were filled while he was
remaining loyal to the White Sox.
So far as is known Manager Bres-
nahan of the Cubs did not succeed
in pulling off a deal with the Cincin-
natl Reds. He conferred with Garry
Hermann, and at the conclusion of
the confab it was given out that no
swap had been made. -.
Bresnahan wanted to talk to Her.
zog, but the Red manager was not in
Cincinnati. Roger reached here this
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
New High School at Putnam.

The recently established Putnam
County High school will be taught in
the building of Dixie College in Coop
erville. The board of trustees of
Dixie College very generously offered
to give all needed study halls, class
rooms and library and gymnasium IA
cilities required for the needs of the
high school, also the use of the ath-
letic fields, campus and lecture
courses of the college. The County
High School board accepted this offer.
The town of Cooperville has pur-
chased large lot adjoining the col
lege campus on which brick board
ing hall to cost about $4,000 will be
erected at once. The cost of the lot
and the boarding hall will be paid en-
tirely by the city.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
HOTEL MEN FINED
FOR VIOLATIONS
L. P. BROWN, STATE INSPECTOR,
TURNS ATTENTION TO MEM
PHIS-WIL.L ENFORCE LAW.
DOPE CASES ARE ALSO HEARD
ProPrietors of Southern and Savoy
Hotels Fined in Magistrates Court
-Savoy's Fine RENTED by
Prompt Compliance.
Mash

NASHVILLE.
DR.. l., P. Brown, state food and
drug inspector, and hotel Inspector,
plunged again into the fight to clean
up Memphis. The Arrest of two hotel
men was the result of his first half,
days work.
c. K. Sturges, proprietor of the
Southern Hotel, and w. r. Zaun. pro-
prietor of the Savoy Hotel, were fined
in magistrates court for violations
Of the state hotel law relative to fire
escapes, certificates, blind" rooms,
etc. Zaun's fine was RENTED when
it was shown that he had complied
with the law between the time of is.
suing the warrant and the hearing. Dr.
Brown will pay especial attention to
hotels and soda fountains.
81 hope all Memphis hotel men will
comply with the law at once and no
more arrests will be necessary" he
said.
With regard to soda fountains DR..
Brown declares that all fountains
must post signs saying whether or
not benzoate of soda is used in their
fruit flavors. The law does not for
bid the use of benzoate of soda in
small quantities, but provides that
fountains shall post signs declaring
whether or not they are using 1t.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
REUNION AFTER 81 YEARS.
TaIley Brothers of Gibson County
Ag,in Greet Each Other.

TaIley Brothers of Gibson County
Ag,in Greet Each Other.
Trenton.-W. P. Talley, who lives
three miles north of Trenton, was
surprised by a visit of his brother,
Frank Talley, whom he hadn't seen
in nearly 81 years, and during which
time he had only received one letter.
In 1878 Frank Talley left his home
near Grizzard, in this county, and set
tied in Kentucky, where he engaged in
the railroad business, and after sew
eral years removed to Alabama and
became engaged in the manufacturing
of slaves. From thence he removed to
New Albany, Miss, where he has since
remained
w. P. Talley has remained in Glib
son County during these years and is
one of the county's most successful
farmers. Fortune has smiled kindly
on these brothers, both being blessed
with an abundant supply Of this
worlds goods, and both have married
and reared large families of children
and grandchildren since last they met.
While separated when beardless
youths and had lost track of each
other, they never gave up hope that
they would some. day meet again.
Twilight was approaching as the prod
igal reached the home Of his brother
Will, but they recognized each other
at a glance and the meeting was one
not soon to be forgotten. Like the re-
turn of the prodigal of old, the event
was celebrated by the killing of the
fatted calf, and family reunion was
held at the Talley home where things
which had happened for the past 81
years were told and retold Those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. w. p.
Talley, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Patterson,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. P. Orr and children,
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Newbill.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
WHAT A WRITER SAW.

WHAT A WRITER SAW.
A short time' ago | noticed him as
he came into town, with his wagon
full Of vegetables, and chickens, and
eggs. He found a ready market for
his produce, and thought how happy
his little ones would be when he re-
turned home in the evening with toys.
and dresses, and shoes, and food for
the morrow, and some clear money in
his purse. | thought could see his
wife standing in the doorway to give
him cordial greeting on his return,
so DESTROYS was that he should make
the home ones happy and contented l
could almost see his cheerful face as
he returned to his family after a days
absence. So / thought, and returned
to my work. But evening came, and
he passed by my window again. He
had nothing thought he would have.
The bed of the wagon was bare. No
little shoes, nor food for the morrow,
nor money In his purse, | dare say.
The man was drunk. He had changed,
and this changed my thoughts of his
home. | could see the children shrink
ing from his approach, and the wife,
so care-worn and sorrowful She
could not meet him with the tender
smile with which she had intended
greeting him. He was breaking her
heart, and preparing to make a DESC
late home for his wife and children
w. H. Engler.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
COST OF A BOY.

tBy MRS. ELLA A. BORLE, President
New York State w. c. T. u
IL / were to place money value on
what that mother does for the boy
from the time he is born until he Is
twenty-one years of age, am not put
ting 1t too high when l assert 1t is
worth say two dollars a week-you
could not hilss it done for that-which
means that the mother has invested in
the boy from the time he was born
until he Is twenty-one years of age
more than twenty-one hundred dollars
in hard work.
What has the father done for the
boy? He has provided the home, the
food and lodging, paid the doctors
bills, paid for his books, his clothes,
his schooling, and his bills when he
went to college, SO that when make
the average amount expended by the
father 500 per year my estimate 10
low. This means that when the boy
has reached twenty-one years of age
his father and mother have expended
upon him in cash and hard labor more
than $4,000.
Ii ! had house valued at $4,000
and some one were to destroy it by
fire, would have the man arrested
and sent to the penitentiary, but if
had boy, and house, | would a
thousand times rather some one would
set fire to my house and burn it to
the ground than have the saloon get
hold OF my boy and ruin him body ane
soul. Wouldn't you?
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
SCHOOL EXERCISES.
Three Graduate From MiIlington High
This Year.

This Year.
Millington. - The commencement
sermon for the graduating class of the
Wilmington High School will be
preached on Sunday, May II, by DR..
w. A. Russell of Memphis. On Wed.
nesday, May Goth, the graduating exer-
cises will be held at 10 o'clock at high
school auditorium, and that evening
the primary department will give its
entertainment.
Thursday morning, May 81, declam.
atory and oratorical contests will be
held for both boys and girls. Thursday
evening, at s o'clock, the expression
class, under Mrs. Annie A. Uhl of
Memphis, will entertain, and a series
of entertainments will close on Friday
evening, May %, with program by
the music class under the direction OF
Mrs. Ruth Radford.
There will be three graduates at the
close of this school year, Misses Ma
ME Armour and Aileen Hornsby, and
Herbert Oglesby. The school has made
excellent progress this year under the
principal, Prof. T. c. Coulter.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
THINK yEGCS ARE
BANDED TOGETHER
NEW METHODS ARE USED BY A
GANG IN MEMPHis-SAFE OF
STORE IS BLOWN.
LITTLE MONEY IS SECURED
Usual Method Employed in Most Jobs
Was the Removal of the Bottom Of
Safe Which Permitted the Elk.
traction of Contents.

Memphis. - Using nitroglycerine,
burglars opened the safe of Your
Stores branch located at 929 Madison
Avenue and secured $23 in cash. The
police were notified and Officers
Brown and Clark made an investiga-
ton. They think 1t the work of regu.
lar yeggs. The safe, which was not
very large, was removed from the
front of the store to the rear, where
1t was blown. A hole had been drilled
into the top of the safe to the inner
steel. Nitroglycerine was then poured
into the hole and set off. The result
was hole blown into the top of the
safe. That hole was large enough to
admit the hand of yegg, who robbed
the drawer directly under the hole.
All the money was taken. Two
checks found in the drawer were left
by the yeggs. Two or three hams
were also missing
Entrance was effected by forcing a
heavy screen from rear window.
Sacks of flour and potatoes were piled
on the safe to deaden the sound Of
the explosion.
Reports of the several jobs which
have been made to the police for the
past two or three weeks indicate that
there have been some yeggs of more
than local fame at work. The safe at
Your Stores No is the only one on
which dynamite or nitroglyeerin has
been used. The half dozen jobs prior
to that one have shown a new method
Of operating on ordinary safes. They
were entered by taking off the bottom,
feat which was accomplished with
seeming ease and with little damage
to the property.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
SMALL PROFIT TO FARMER.

The manufacturers of intoxicating
liquors quite frequently represent
themselves as indispensable to the
farmers, on account OF the market
they afford him for his grain. But
investigation shows that only a very
small part of the farmers total prod
ucts are taken by the breweries and
distilleries, For instance, during the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1911, 114,-
509,S55 bushels of barley, wheat, rye,
corn and oats we're used in making al
coholic liquors. But the farmers
raised, during the year 1910, total
of 6,143,1S7,0 900 bushels of these same
grains and this shows that the liquor
traffic uses less than two and half
per cent. Of the FIVE leading grain
crops Of the land. For every bushel
of grain used by the breweries and
distilleries more than forty-four and
three-fifths bushels are used for legiti.
mate food purposes.--Prof. John A
Nichols.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
Officers Have Had Time.

The internal revenue people at the
custom house say they have had a
hard time since prohibition went into
effect in Tennessee in keeping the
public correctly informed as to the
attitude of Uncle Sam toward the en-
forcement of the liquor laws AS to
the state prohibition laws, the Federal
government has nothing whatever to
do. All that the revenue agent Is
required to do is to enforce the pay
ment of the government special tax
stamp. If any liquor dealer fails to
provide himself with this government
license and keep it conspicuously
posted In his place of business, he is
notified to appear at the collectors
office and settle the matter according
to law. The only way he can settle
1t is by the payment of a fine of $25
for the first offense and $50 for the
second offense.
If any man is selling whiskey and
has his special government tax stamp
conspicuously displayed in his place
of business, Uncle Sam is estopped by
law from proceeding against him. 1t
then becomes a matter for the state
to handle. If he has not this stamp
and is selling liquor then both the
Federal government and the state can
take shot at him. In the case of
the government, the laws provide only
for fine, so long as the seller per-
sists In ignoring the requirements. 1t
is up to the state to enforce the pro-
hibition laws.
The revenue agents department has
all along been quite active In ferret
ing out offenders and have collected
over $4,000 In fines from them. The.
Federal law in regard to selling il
licit stills and their output is different.
In cases of that kind the government
commands the outfits to be seized and
destroyed. Illicis distilling comes
under the head of manufacturing H.
legally, and that, the revenue men
say, is different proposition from
operating saloon.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
Department Of Education Busy.

For an "off year" ali the state de.
partments on Capitol Hill are busy
very bUsy-but for two or three rea.
sons there seems to be greater activ-
ity III the department of public in
struction than elsewhere just now.
This is the year for the adoption
of text books-an important event
which takes place in Tennessee and
some twenty other states every five
years, except in Texas, where the
adoption is for six years.
The uniform examination law for
teachers goes into effect this year
for the first time, and the education
train, under the engineering of Com
missioner Peck of the department Of
agriculture will have more attention
than ever from the department Of
education this year.
State Superintendent of Public In
struction S. H. Thompson is crowding
a great deal into the month of April.
When asked relative to the above
matters he replied as follows:
1.-THE most important single event
in any five years in Tennessee is the
adoption of text books, particularly so
as far the educational department is
concerned, and almost every other,
for that matter, as they are all re-
lated in very close way. Practical
ly every man, woman and child In the
state is more or less affected by a
school book adoption, for the larger
cities use many of the books we adopt.
1t makes an expenditure of about
three-quarters of million dollars for
books in the five years.
aside from this there will be hun
dreds of children go to school these
five years who have not yet entered
school, and who will not 60 to school
another five-year period or even a
part thereof So it is OF Importance
to all the people of our great state.
''The uniform examination of teach
ers is another forward step for us
educationally, and is undoubtedly the
greatest boon the teachers of the state
have ever had. 1t puts them into the
high profession where they properly
belong, guarantees them against ex-
aminations for five years under rea-
sonable conditions, which under still
more reasonable conditions may be-
come a life certificate, and finally,
with the aid of the normal schools,
the State university and Peabody col
lege, will tend to increase the teach
ing efficiency to a percentage and de-
gree hardly thought of yet by the
most sanguine of us.
THE Educated Train which Capt.
Peck will again put on, is, In my opin-
ion, most useful promoter of all
forms of education. 1t will touch ev-
cry county in the state save about a
dozen. Our department is getting
ready to equip cars in special way
for this, and representative of the
department will be with the train con-
stantly. Practically every citizen of
the state will be given chance to
see at first hand the best educational
work that is being done in all the
counties. am glad of the opportun-
ity to cooperate with the department
of agriculture"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1914-05-01
EXAMINATION HELD.

Only One Person Takes the Test q,
Selmer.
Selmer.-The examination OF candf
dates for county superintendent OF
McNairy County closed here. J. T.
Robson, o. v. Erwin and Miss Yes
sic Carothers composed the examining
committee, appointed by George A. Pra
Their, chairman Of the county court
A. H. Grantham of Bethel Springs
was the ony one who took the exam
nations. Terry Alternately of Selmer,
ex-county superintendent, is his op-
ponent, having been nominated here.
He holds life certificate in the state
and was not forced to stand any ex.
animation.