McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-10-01

movie theaters were showing the
films to packed houses.
Elder ]. H. Zook, who preached at
the final camp meeting Of the Holt
ness denomination at Bellevue, Neb.,
cursed the town for what he termed
its Indifference and wickadness- and
prayed that the wages Of sin be Wis
tied upon 1t.
Three children, aged l, and Z, of
Joseph Szencsoik, were suffocated at
Dayton, o., when fire damaged their
home while their mother was absent
on an errand.
The Dutch steamer Koningen, of
5000 tons, which struck a mine as she
was on her way to Amsterdam from
Batavia, Java, capsized and sank in
the Thames.
A 2-cent letter rate and extension
of the parcel post system to all coun-
tries on the American continent were
discussed at meeting of the United
States International High commission
on uniformity of laws.
President Robert G. Allen of the
Little Rock club of the Southern as
sociation turned over to the Arkansas
penitentiary 100 baseballs for the use
| of prisoners.
1
Student walters will be employed to
serve the meals in Princeton Univer-
sity Commons.
The body of Miss Jennie Davis, %
years old, was found in Shaker lake,
Cleveland, o., by Robert T. Hattwick.
An outbreak of typhoid fever in
Menard county, H., caused call for
assistance to be sent to the state
board of health. There are 80 cases
at Petersburg, 16 at Athens and nine
at Greenwich.
Examination of the contents OF the
stomach and portions of the liver and
kidneys of Mrs. Polly Davis of Breath
lit county, KY, whom Mrs. Mamie
Hamlin of Fayetteville. Ark, was ac-
cused of poisoning. shows no evidence
of poisoning.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, will continue to
live under the commission form OF
government. At special election the
commission form of government was
voted to be retained. The vote was
| 2,773 to LAP.
Esther Morton, wealthy and promi-
nent business man of Providence, KY,
shot and killed Harvey Mcdowell,
whom he had found with his wife, and
shot and MORALLY wounded Mrs. Nor
ton.
| Isabella Wade of Chicago, who was
arrested in Milan, italy, in June.
charged with being an accomplice of
a Bavarian officer. Martin Schehmam-
mer, previously accused of espionage.
has been released.
Michael McGraw, 30, and John
Grant, As years old, were drowned
near Tulsa, Ok, when broken cul-
vert let the horses and wagons into
nine feet of the Arkansas river.
Damages to the amount of $3.50, 900
were asked by the Prince Line, Lin.
tied, of Newcastle, England. from E.
d. Steger, in q suit which alleges fail.
ure to deliver horses in Galveston for
shipment to France.
| The first Australian to win the Vic,
toria cross in the present war ie
Lance Corporal Jacka of Bendigo, in
this state (Victoria). In the trench
fighting he single-handed shot five
Turks dead and bayoneted two others
Clyde Davis, circuit court clerk OF
Ray county, Mo-, was killed when a
motor car in which he was riding
overturned.
Judge Christian OF the district Grim
inal court sent J. Evans Smith, New
Orleans (La.) Item reporter, to jail
J for "a hours for refusing to tell his
source of information for story con
corning cabarets and resorts.
Secretary Lansing has signed q
! trade agreement between the United
States and Russia.
Harry Thaw has arrived in Port
land, Ore, from San Francisco and
met his mother.
Two men were instantly killed q
the new high level bridge being con
structed over the Cuyhoga river a
Superior avenue, Cleveland, o.
, The body of Miss Gladys Doyle o
Lake Charles, La, II years old, be
heved to have been poisoned, has beel
. ordered exhumed.
Fifteen bishops and archbishop
participated in the conservation o
: Rev. A. J. SCHUYLER as bishop Of E
r Paso.
The German admiralty is now Ger
! tain that the Allan line steamer Hes
perian was not destroyed by German
submarine. All the underwater boat
which were out at the time Of the dis
! aster have returned, and 1t is statet
: that none of them torpedoed tn
steamer
The private bank Of J. B. Fuller
: Son, owned by ]. Bradley Fuller an,