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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02

time for delay. Swift danger swept
away his temerity. HE forgot that he
was but struggling bank clerk and
June the daughter of .Dashville's
wealthy mayor. Like any knight Of
medieval times he was rescuing his
lady fair from impending death, death
from a rampant cyclone. And. unlike
the valorous knight of old who WELD
ed spear In defense of his love, he
was forced to the ignominious device
of seeking cellar 1t would be the
only spot respected by the destroyer.
With vicious lunge he burst In the
door of the nearest house that offered
basement protection and ,leaped down
the cellar stairs. The next moment
there came grinding roar as IL the
very universe was being uprooted and
flung to the raging winds. Terrified.
June chung to her lover while he free
ly uttered the long delayed words
of endearment In that supreme mo-
ment their meeting lips sealed their
troth. Then they became aware that
the destroying agent had passed. leav-
ing desolation In its wake. The house
above them was gone, revealing a
lurid sky. About them were strewn
the ruins of RACED village. Dash
vile was mainly kindling wood and
scattered stone.
Dust-begrimed, disheyeled but alb
surdedly happy the two climbed from
the cellar and sought the mayor. The
station where Tom Norris owned prop
erty was unscathed. 1t was fortunate
ly at one side Of the path of the ruin
that included the Munshaw residence
and over half the town. He would
offer refuge to his future father-in-law
and at the same propitious moment
ask his daughters hand In marriage.
They met dismsyed residents search
ing among the debris for shattered
homes yet thankful for their lives.
The Fourth OF July picnic had saved
them. But for the gathering at the
grove many would have been caught
In crashing buildings and persisted.
Finally the mayor, or what was left
of him, doomed In view.
Papa cried June when she recog-
nized the wreck Of her once spic-and-
span parent. TON saved me! Carried
me into cyclone cellar! But what
ever happened to you?"
"Nothing's happened to me-" testify
declared the foremost citizen of Dash.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
Victims Of the Drug Habit.

According to recent estimate OF
the United States public health serv.
ice, the number of persons in this
country who are victims Of the drug
habit Is about 10000, and the number
of doses Of narcotic drugs consumed
by them annually is about $4,000, 000.
This estimate is based on figures col.
lected in the state Of Tennessee where
under a recently enacted antlnarcotic
law 1,403 permits were issued in six
months to persons petitioning FOR the
privilege of using narcotic drugs, and
the consumption Of such drugs amount.
ed to 1882 average doses.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
FOOD FOR TAXPAYER.

Census bureau statistics show that
for the year 1913 the liquor revenue
received by state, county and munich
pal governments amounted to only
s79,516, 9S9. or per capita Of So cents.
This includes all incorporated places
of $500 people and over. This 1lquor
revenue constituted only 4.3 per cent
of the total state, county and munich.
pal revenues, s1S45.901, 12S. To put
1t simply, the states. counties and
cities got total revenue of $40 per
capita and liquor revenue Of only
$0S2.
Inasmuch as the per capita drink
bill of the American people is in ex
cess of $23, 1t is apparent that we
spend about 81 for every three and
one-half cents returned to the states
counties and cities by the liquor traf
10.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02

spoonful and If 1t doesn't straighten
you right up and make you feel fine
and vigorous want you to go back to
the store and get your money. Dod-
sons Liver Tone Is destroying the
sale Of calomel because 1t Is real liver
medicine; entirely vegetable. therefore
1t cannot salivate or make you sick.
l guarantee that one spoonful Of
Dodson's Liver Tone win put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
bowels of that sour bile and consti-
pated waste which Is clogging your
system and making you feel miserable.
! guarantee that bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone will keep your entire FAM
lily feeling fine for months. Give 1t to
your children. It is harmless; doesn't
grippe and they like its pleasant tastA
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
.FUN'S FABLES UP TO DATE
This 10 About the Literary Man Who
insisted on Writing just What
He Wanted to Write,

Once there was literary man who
decided to write for posterity. He re-
fused to be guided by what the editors
said the public wanted, but wrote what
he thought they ought to want
According to all the rules of the
game he should have starved to death
in very short order, but for once. the
rules didn't work.
Did the public suddenly wake up to
the fact. that genius was in their
midst? And did the editors camp at
his door c!a1or:ns &c. :ass prcauo.. 6:
his pen?
oh, no, dear reader, nothing like that
at all.
A rich aunt died and left him half a
million dollars, and he kept right on
writing stuff that nobody wanted to
read
Whether posterity will read 1t re-
mains to be seen.
AS for the moral, well, you've got US
guessing.-Magazine of Fun.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
Me SANE7
FOU|R1f1H4
DASH'y'IE!E}lf
~
o MNAASGS RkY

"A sane Fourth's the thing" OBJ
served the portly mayor. He glanced
across the table at his wife, then let
his wandering gaze come to rest on
his pretty daughter June. There's
no sense In burning powder and max
ing racket to celebrate our nations
independence; say, let's have a sane
Fourth"
"Of course we'll have a picnic"
planned the mayors better half. ''The
tables can be set under the trees n
that grove by the station. Well get
some carpenters to contribute work on
them and a speakers stand"
THE sooner talk it over with the
business men the BETTER" decided May
or Munshaw. "I'll talk 'em into pro-
hibiting the sale of fireworks. Well
keep 'em for evening and have 'em
set off under the auspices Of the vii
lage. Our counciimen will officiate. +"
Dinner ready" trumpeted Dan
Hughes of the megaphone voice.
Everybody set up! And those what
cant set II have to stand"
Instantly the shifting crowd Goa
lesced like magic about the long table
with Reverend Tanning in a central
position to say grace. and the mayor
stationed at his right. A profound 81.
lence settled over the multitude dur.
ing this invocation, then a buzz of
laughter burst forth with redoubled
gayety.
Superintendent Eldridge will now
read the corner stone of American lib
erty," announced Mayor Munshaw at
the close of the song. He beamed out
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
THE FULL DINNER PAIL.

THE FULL DINNER PAIL.
Everybody's Magazine. in its new
department, Keep Posted" narrates
and comments In a recent number as
fg"aNs: -
"Wine-woman-and-song has gone up
against dollars-and-cents in Lansing,
Mich, and the result is one of the
most notable so far achieved in Amer
lea. The most prominent leader of the
drys Is not an evangelist, nor any
other sort of custodian of the soul. He
is simply commercial person-R. H.
Scott
SIN the year 1910. In the factory of
which Mr.. Scott is manager, in a pc
riod of ten successive weeks, the en-
ployees lost total of 1913 working
days--and the wages of those days
because of not being able to recover
promptly from pay nights spent in sa-
looms.
I'm the dry-versus-wet campaign in
1910 in Lansing Mr.. Scott fought for
morals and economies. Nevertheless
the campaign did not please all of
Lansing's business men. They thought
that q dry town would lose business
to wet towns near by. So, two years
later, Lansing went wet again.
This gave everybody wonderful
chance to compare dry Lansing with
a wet Lansing, commercially.
First, as for the cost of running the
government, 1t was soon found that a
wet Lansing had to spend good deal
of money supporting its wet citizens.
One of many proofs was this: the cost
~ feeding 81. ..:s prisoners in the county
jail during the two years while Ian
sing was dry had been $500, while
during the two ensuing years of wet
ness the cost Of feeding them Cat the
( same rate per person) was $1,000.
Quite difference for town Of 100000.
Second. as for business itself,
scores of merchants were converted to
the proposition that the competition OF
saloons in nearby wet towns would
not be half so Injurious to them as
the competition of saloons on Lam
sings own streets. Their experiences
may be summarized into the statement
of butcher who remarked merely
that when the town was dry he could
collect his back bills, and when 1t was
wet he couldn't.
In the last dry-versus-wet campaign
In Lansing the merchants did not rally
to the support of the flowing bowl at
all. They turned to the overlooking
pay envelope and the paid-up &C
counts. The issue discussed was pros
perity, and the majority for going to
1t sober was 1900.
'The efficiency of the factory Is at
least 10 per cent higher dry than wet
according to Mr.. Scott.
"And similar result is shown In the
cost figures furnished to Everybody's
Magazine by Mr. c. e. Bement, gen.
eral manager Of another company. In
dry Lansing for no reason ex
cept dryness and greater sobriety and
energy-the cost of making engines
by this concern has gone down 70
cents per horse power"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
Proved Himself an Impostor.

Proved Himself an lmpostor.
What kind OF show do you give.
Mister?" asked Broncho Bob.
I'm mind reader"
They won't pay no attention to you
here In Crimson Gulch. The last mind
reader that was here could tell Us
what numbers we was thinkin' about
an look right through the wall an
tell you what was in the next room.
An then he set into q poker game
an bet three Of kind against nearly
every flush that was held"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
PERTINENT QUESTIONS.

asked by the Temperance Society OF
the Methodist Episcopal church,
Let us look these questions square
iy In the eye.
Does the liquor traffic pay the
United States?
Does 1t pay financially?
Does 1t pay commercially
Does 1t pay industrially?
Does 1t pay physically?
Does it pay mentally?
Does It pay morally?
What single good thing can be said
Tor the trade In liquors or the habit
of drinking alcohol?
Nothing?
Then why not kill the traffic with
out further delay?
II we cannot kill 1t let us hang our
heads In bitter humiliation, for it Is
greater than we.
II we can kill 1t, then in Gods
name let US do 1t!
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
Generous.

We've won that suit of Thompson's
against the railroad company" said
the Junior partner. What shall we
charge him."
Let me see," said the senior part
ner. What was the amount of the
damages?"
Twenty thousand dollars"
Make the bill out for nineteen thou
sand Ave hundred. He's entitled to
something for giving us the CASE
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
His Excuse.

In his Savannah camp Bill Dono.
van, baseball manager. had dusky
hued waiter at the hotel by the name
of Sutton. Bill had to reproach Sut.
ton more than once for lack of agil
ity in arriving with the food. Sutton
promised to improve. One morning
he brought in a consignment of grid.
dlecakes that had gone cold.
what do you mean" said Bill. "by
bringing me In cold cakes?"
well. tell you, boss" said Sutton
II brung them cakes in so fast for you
that guess they hit draft"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
A JUST DECISION.

All social clubs of Atlanta, Ga, have
been prohibited from dispensing liquor
in any form. Claims of exclusiveness
or aristocracy will cause no distinc.
ton in Chief of Police Beavers ulti.
matum. Rigid democracy will govern
all enforcement measures; the rich
will not be permitted violations for
which the poorer people are held &C.
countable.
This decision has been won by the
persistent work of Messrs. Eagan and
Jackson, the "Men and Religion" ad
vertising men OF Atlanta.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
Up AoaInst u.

Our butcher bills have been fright
fully high Of late" complained the
man of the house. why don't you
economize by using the cheaper cuts
of meat?"
1T can't be done, DEAR" said his
wife, $50 many people are trying that
plan nowadays that the butchers
charge more for the cheaper cuts thai
they do for the choice ones"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
ResemBled DlnIno Car.

Jim Sullivan. typical American
tramp, carried a kitchen cabinet under
his coat. and when arrested In Red
Wing. Mimi. the following things were
found: Eight large, raw potatoes,
weighing seven pounds; one quart bot
tie Of sweet milk, one ten-cent loaf Of
wheat bread, one-half dozen tea bis
cults, one-half dozen rolls. fresh; two
one-pound packages of ground coffee,
two aluminium salt and pepper shak-
ers, glass cruet filled with vinegar. one
raw onion and two Japanese paper
napkins.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-02
Interesting Comparison.

1T beats all how luck does play "a
vorites," remarked Farmer Corntossel.
Il jes' been to see Ezra Hankins."
"How's he gettin' along since he hurt
his foot?"
Hes purity glum. The doctor
charged him hundred dollars fur cut.
tin his foot off. An when the. rail
road cut Uncle Jake's foot the COM
pany paid him six hundred in cash.
Maybe these great corporations amt
as graspin' as some people says"