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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
PERSONALS

F J. Floyd of Finger was business
visitor in Sslmer Monday.
W, M. Phillips Of Cairo came Sun
day to spend a few days with Selmer
friends.
Fletcher Ammons and family of
Corinth, Miss, spent Sunday with
S4lmer relatives.
Mrs Joe Williams and son 0nie
spent last week visiting relatives and
friends in Chester county.
Hay, grain, shorts, mixed feed,
meal and hulls for sale at the right
price by ]. T. Warren & Co.
R. l.. Wilmeth called Monday and
continued his subscription. He re-
ported his section in need of rain.
Our esteemed friend D. c. Griswell
of Finger called Monday and left his
annual remembrance on subscription.
Mrs. Curtis Wright and two chill
dren Of Henderson are spending the
week as guests of Mr., and Mrs. Sam
Freeman.
S. H. McCullar of Gravel Hill was
here Monday and made us short
business call. He says they are need
ing rain badly.
Rev. ]. w. Cornall will fiji his pull
pit Sunday morning and night. His
friends think he should not, but he
says he feels able.
Butter wanted by Parcel Post, soon
as churned and worked. Save COM
mission, Send in box secured from
leakage. to Sheffield Butter Co., Shelf
field, Ala.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06

We have more fruit jars than we
can use and are selling them cheap.
If You need any, call J. 7. Warren &
Co., both phones "A. Free delivery.
A. c. Lea of Shreveport, La, and
little daughter came Wednesday to
STAY until Monday, when he goes to
Red Boiling Springs for a few days,
G. r. Houston called Monday and
had his paper changed from Guys to
the route from Ramer. George is a
full fedged farmer and is making a
success.
We have the best assortment of
nice fresh groceries we have ever had
are more anxious to have your bust
ness than ever. Call "A on either
phone. j. T. Warren & Co.
A. G. Mckenzie prepared himself
Monday with tickets for the election
Thursday in the 10th District for
Justice of the Peace. Cyclone Will
Wilson and he are the known candi-
dates.
Dan B. Gooch got back from his
Western trip Friday and had much to
relate about HE extensive "trip. He
was member of the Shriners great
convention at Seattle, and from there
they went to the San Francisco and
San Diego expositions. and home the
southern route.
Rev. j. M. Anderson, secretary of
the Home Mission Board of the South
ern Baptist church, is on tour of
visiting every congregation in this
Association. He spent Sunday here
and preached twice at the Baptist
church. He is strong man and a
most earnest and interesting speaker.
His two themes were Love" and
Cooperation"
Rev. R. A. Bivins and Miss Ethel
Garrett were married Saturday night
at the home of the bride in the pres
ence of few close friends. Rev. T.
L. Peery performed the ceremony.
The groom is Methodist preacher
and on his first year in Arkansas,
where he has been transferred. His
home address is Saledo. Ark. He is a
young minister with promise of much
usefulness in the service of the Master.
The bride is the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. T. Garrett of our
town, and is young woman of real
merit and true womanhood. The
happy couple left Tuesday for their
home in Arkansas. We, with many
friends, wish them joy and pros
perity.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
TWENTY GOOD FARMERS WANTED THIS FALL
East Texas Improved Farms
ON THE CROP PAYMENT PLAN
Owners their confidence accepting

ON THE CROP PAYMENT PLAN

LOCATION: Pneland Sabine County, 1870 Gulf
Mexico the Santa Railroad Pine hardwood
which the pine has been
SOILS AND CROPS Sandy loan soils with good sbos
upands Perfect drainage Soils excellent fer holding moisture AMI
fertility Cotton,
sudan grass and especially good for fruits vegetables sweet and Irish potatoes
Excellent livestock country The most successful farmers diversity and have
all kinds
their crops this year Only this year
Select farm and there late this fall
PRICES AND TERMS will sell
large split with
hog fencing for line until
experienced and practical planting
Price cash. half of the be
men Ten years time you need it. although GIVE years be sufficient
HOUSES Price of lumber there good
payment for house and well in
Iyu good these farms
and have implements which viii
payments improvements
will will
iizer. etc. 1Wanti
enostl berao o the
en:e.
Write mef9 details advising whether livestock
RI Kenney. Ion iaton Magnetism FL alway,
Krla City, No.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
StramoIine. That Lung Medicine

Where it is known and tried physi-
clans prescribe Stramoline for all
kinds of lung diseases. 1t is the d.
rect product of the tuberculosis Hos
pital of Memphis years ago. 1t is
sold on a positive guarantee to give
satisfaction and the patient is the
sole judge. Send for booklet of tes-
timonials. Large size booklet sent
by Parcels Post for one dollar. Moore
Higgs Chemical Company, 948 Linden
ave, Memphis. Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
IIarY.SIx FOR rs CENTS

DR.. Kings New Life Pills are now
supplied in well-corked glass bottles,
containing SO sugar coated white pills,
for 25c. One pill with glass of
water before retiring is an average
dose. Easy and pleasant to take.
Effective and positive in results.
Cheap and economical to use. Get a
hottie to-day, take dose tonight
your Constipation will be relieved in
the morning SO fer 25.., at all
Druggists. adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
A Doctors Prescription for Cough
An Effective Couch Treatment

One-fourth to one teaspoonful of
DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken as
needed will soothe and check Coughs,
Colds and the more dangerous Bron-
chial and Lung Ailments. You can't
afford to take the risk Of serious i'll
ness, when so cheap and simple a
remedy as Or. Kings New Discovery
is obtainable. Go to your Druggist
to-day, get a bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery, start the treatment
at once. You will be gratiied for
the relief aud cure obtained. adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
Order of Publication.
Alma A. Trim ct al,

Alma A. Trim ct al,
VS., No. 1862.
Albert Mcleod ct al.
In this cause, it appearing from the
cross bill which is sworn to, that Mrs.
Alma Trim and her husband, ). A. Trim,
are non residents of the State of Tonnes
see and are residents of the. State of Mis-
sissippi, and Minnie McKin and her hus-
band, p NJ. McKin,. are non-residents of
the State of tennessee and residents of
the Dominion of Canada, they are, there
fore, hereby required to appear on or
before the First Monday OF september
next, before the Clerk and Master of said
court, at his office in Selmer, Tenn, and
make defense 60 the cross bill ried against
them in sal court by Albert Mcleod ct
al, or otherwise the bill will be taken
for confessed and the cause set for hear
ing exparte.
1t is further ordered that this notice he
published for four consecutive weeks in
the McNairy County Independent, a
weekly newspaper published at Sclmer,
Tenn. O.V. ERWIN, q. & Nj.
This July %, 1915.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
Notice.

All parties owing the firm of E. F.
Hendrix & Sons, come in at once and
settle the same. am winding up
the business of said concern and insist
on you doing this promptly.
F. f. HENDRIX.
Selmer, June A, 1915.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
NEURALGIA PAINS STOPPED

You don't need to suffer those ag-
onizing nerve pains in the face, head,
arm, shoulders, chest and back. Just
apply few drops of soothing Sloan's
lie quietly few minutes.
You will get such relief and comfort!
Life and the world will look brighter.
Get a bottle to-day. 3 ounces for
25c., at all Druggists. Penetrates
without rubbing. adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
Land Transfers

A. c. McKinzie to d. A.. Mckenzie,
90 acres, $500.
R. A. Smith and wife to J. S. Smith.
three shares in 200 acres, SIS.
]. H. Swain to E. L. Gaddy, IS
acres, 5000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
s 4. N D BOX

The people did a good deal of
volunteer road work last week,
but have much to do yet on the
lines under special consideration.
.......J. K. Powers with his Ford
seems to be beating a saw mill to
a financial goal, and some more.
....... S. +. Weeks is putting up
a brick kiln on his yards near
town. We are under obligations
to Bro. Wilson for a nice lot of
Girkins. Is that right. AT
this date, Tuesday, we of the
central and southern part of the
county are still Cry. Good rains
Monday in east and north part CT
the county. ....... Talk about hot
times, go to Nashville and feel
the municipal coloric. =. :. Monday
was not very brisk, though a
pretty good August first Monday.
....... Mule buyers are not getting
many. War mules are scarce in
this county, The result of the
election in Mississippi in the pri-
mary Tuesday is in uncertainty.
Bilbo is in lead, and only Q1os-
ton of whether he got moi WOES
than the whole push. .......... This
week we have the August Farm
er's section, which contains much
valuable reading for the farmer,
as we'll as every one else .........S.
W. Gooch and his carpenter crew
are at Jackson this week on
railroad job. Uncle Sam has
called in for conference repre-
sentatives of the South American
republics to talk over Mexican
matters again. -. .England's last
note says she stands pat on her
determination to stop shipping to
neutral points when cargoes go
directly to Germany. She cites
instances of the rule in the Civil
war when we adopted the same
thing. Guess she is about right
on that point. IA 15-inch rain
fall in southern Florida was some
dampness. The election board
for McN.iry county organized
with R. M. Houston, chairman;
w. H. Stone, secretary; B. H.
O'Neal is the other member. 49,.
IA scrub game was played be-
tween Bethel and Selmer Tues
day. Score stood in two figures
for Selmer to one for Bethel. ......
Two wagon loads of earthenware
from Toons crockery kilns were
here Wednesday, ordered by our
merchants. eff you want to be
a delegate to the Farmers Insti-
tute at Jackson come to the
County Institute next Saturday |
at 10 o'clock at the courthouse.
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Residence for Sale

| offer for sale my residence on
4th ST., Court Ave-. Selmer, Tenn. 8
rooms, two-story, frame. Lot look
240. Barn, all outhouses. fruit and
good well. A bargain offered. W.
NJ. Phillips, Cairo, Ill. AZ
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
Change of Schedules, Mobile &
Ohio R. R.

Effective NJ y 2nd, trains will leave
Selmer, Tenn, as follows:
Northbound
No. 2 Express Daily ...... " 1880 am.
No, A e ,pressDaily .-..... .lv 1888 p m.
No. 6 Express Daily ........lv 4:2l pm.
Southbound
No. l Express Daily NV sos pm.
No. 3 Express Daily .,......lv 7:0l am
No. 5 ExpressDaily Nv ll:28 am
For any information regarding
rates and routes apply to J. D. A.
Coleman, Ticket Agent, Mobile &
Ohio R. r., or write G.. L. Allen, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, Jackson, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06
RUE. sSEYga'I"S s ma

Will cure Rheumatism, Neu-
raleia, Headaches, Cramps, Collie
Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Buns, Old
Sores. letter. Ring-Worm, &c.
zema, etc. Antiseptic Anodyne,
used internally or externally. Csc
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06

To introduce guaranteed quality automobile and motorcycle and
will sell the automobile and motorcycle direct before
conditions which
and above board We will ship D. WITHOUT ANY DEPOSIT
and SUBJECT TO INSPECTION where full accompanies
CHARGES AND AGREE that if arrival of tubes they
entirely satisfactory charges and promptly refund money This
ordinary offer and the herewith quoted change
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06

Read The Independent for the
NEWS of the county.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-06

MAJESTIC TYRE co. (rlos Inc.)
E. Cor. i4th 81. and Michigan Ave- CHICAGO. ILL.
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Joint Committee to Display Films
Contrasting Methods Of Handling
Convicts in Effort at Improvement

cally every walk of life in the institu-
ton. If we needed an electrician 10
help us set our. lamps for the picture
work we were supplied with several.
while there were men representing
practically every trade hat had to
lend a hand in our work. All seemed
very willing and anxious to be of SER
vice TO us.
We took scenes showing the pris-
pners during their recreation hour
laying baseball, bowling, swimming,
&c. While the men seemed TO he en-
,oying their sports with unusual zest
there was at the same time IA general
feeling of restriction which. even in
their free hours, could not be shaken
on. Considerable freedom was per-
mitted to the men during certain
hours to lounge in the courtyards to
chat or smoke. yet at all times they
preserved a serious manner and be-
haved in a very decorous fashion. We
took scenes showing them at their
various industries. such as at the
foundry, knitting mill. shoeshop. cloth
ing shop and chores. To an outsider Il
was n remarkable experience to find
that these men were turning out {
great deal of valuable work each year,
either for use in other State depart
Etonts or for commercial sale. All tho
shops seemed to h. of obsolete con-
s;ruction and showed the reed of fur
Their appropriations by the State in
order to bring them mp to even aver
& working conditions outside Of the
institution. Such factories would not
il seems to me, pass an inspection by
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Land Values in Parts of
Texas and Other
Arid Regions Sharply
Revised Since Adapta-
ton
ton

different varieties, tour OF them hav-
ing routstocks like Johnson grass and
the five hers with merely nbrous
roots like the sorghums.
The conclusion seems fairly clear
then that the plants without root
stocks are the true wild forms OF the
sorGhums. II is also quite likely at
least two of the wild forms were
cultivated by the negroes and thus
save rise To the existing sorglums.
Some of the five Wild sorts secured
are slender stemmed.' lcafy plants ex-
cellent FOR hay produCtion-and the
host of these is the Sudan grass that
Las been the agricultural sensation of
the day. Furthermore, this variety is
one that was quite unknown to bot
anlsts and 1t Is therefore necessary to
eivc 1t "A botanical baptism.
The cultivation of Sudan grass for
three seasons convinced Prof. Piper OF
its remarkable value as a dry land
forage crop and II was therefore DIS
tributed 10y the Department in 1912. II
h u happens that a search based on
a botanical theory has given to the
West "A new forage crop of boundless
possibilities.
The extraordinarily rapid develop
ment of Sudan grass as Il crop for
Texas is due largely to the able dircc-
tor of the Texas experiment station.
Prof. II. l~oungblood." said Prof. piucr
recently. "lle quickly realized the
wonderful possibilities of the grass for
dry land farming and has devoted his
energies 10 bringing it to the at,en-
ton Of every farmer in Texas and
elsewhere in the United States.
The value of the grass is hy no
means limited 10 the drier portions OF
h United States. because it has given
excellent results nearly everywhere
that corn is grown"
To make W blades of grass GROW
where but one grew before Is no small
accomplishment, and the introduction
of Sudan grass has certainly done this
for a wide area in the United States.
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State officials II they were operated
ly private people.
After we had completed u work
n evening we We're invited TO at
tend an entertainment in the chapel.
Here we found a complete motion pic
ture outfit had bee installed. and in
n few moments we were seeing n OF
the latest photo plays. In this respect
the prisoners seem 10 be favored
by many big companies which
gladly donate for their use such
entertainment. The men have their
W operator, pianist and chairman.
These entertainments are carried on
under tn auspices of the Mutual We'll
fare League. an organization which
also exists at Auburn. This league
has its own officers and committees
and handles all cases of discipline
among its members. We were able to
secure a motion picture of the execu-
tive committee in session, and the
feeling of responsibility which these
men hold toward their work seems TO
insure more effective support for
prison discipline than any method Of
compulsory treatment.
we obtained a motion picture of
the Mutual Welfare League court
trying a case Of one OF the prisoners.
After this Case had been tried it was
carried to the warden's court, n court
pf higher appeal, in which the warden
is the presiding officer and is assisted
by the prison doctor and principal
keeper. II was remarkable to see the
efficiency with which the business of
tho league was carried on, everything
being handled by some man specially
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7 ment reallzot that one OF the press
ing needs of the farmer was a grass
that would give profitable hay yields
on dry Western prairies. For twenty
years the search continued. Then
Prof. Piper, grass man" and plant
detective. solved II.
The introduction Of Kafir corn and
other sorghums about 1876 opened a
new era in the agriculture OF the
Western dry lands. The sorghums
are a remarkable group Of plants de-
veloped to a high degree in Africa
and southern Asia.
So far as the sorEhums are con-
cerned the problem of their origin
a first scientifically studied by
Hackcl, a noted Austrian botanist.
Hackels studies were based on pre-
served specimens mainly and he
reached the conclusion that the
sorghums and Johnson grass were all
forms of one botanical species. and
that from different wild varieties OF
this the cultivated sorghums orlgi-
mated.
This theory attracted the attention
~ 'l''' VIM Ntl uDbut 10 test
its correctness. Johnson grass is n
native Of the countries immediately
bordering the Mediterranean ana east
ward To India. 1t was introduced into
the United States from Turkey in
1880 II attracted attention as a
forage plant. Unfortunately it is ey-
ceedingly troublesome as n weed
and hard to eradicate whore once
planted, This Is due TO the fact that
it has long white underground
stems, a small fragment OF which will
produce n new plant.
lrof. Piper argued that if Johnson
grass We're the wild original of the
sorghums there should exist forms
without the rootstocks, which are
noNer found in the sorghums. Three
years search for such a strain re-
suited in the conviction that it did
not exist and that the rootstock char
actcr was one which sharply scpa-
rated Johnson grass from the sor-
EhunIs, Furthermore. the two are so
distinct that hyhrids between the two
are very rare and difficult to secure.
The next step taken was to send
to all parts Of the world for seed of
Johnson grass, known to bo,anists as
AndropoSon halopensls. With the
seeds thus gathered were grown nine
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greater tonnage than alfalfa. For the
irrigation farmer Sudan grass Is,
however. merely another crop, while
for the dry land farmer of Texas 1t
is the greatest boon that has ever
happened.
So tremendous n demand for seed
OF Sudan grass has arisen that in 1913
it sold as high as SEES a pound, and
AT present 81 "A pound is being asked.
This is in the face of the fact that no
other hay grass gives such tremendous
fields of seed, As much as $500
pounds of seed have been harvested
from on acre in a single cutting.
No lucky accident produced Sudan
grass. II came to the American dry
,,nd farmer as the result of the
~Shrewdcst sort Of deductive detective
work, for your Agricultural Depart
mcnt scientists are, when one gets
down To hard facts, just plant l.fc de-
tcctivos, They get their clues in the
acts Of plants, and they run them
down just as detcCtors of criminals
run down Their quarry.
sudan grass was developed through
The labors of a man with a scientific
theory patiently following up various
botanical clues, strangely enough, il
proved To be entirely new both to bot
artists and to agronomists.
\ native of the north Pacific coast,
whore grass and everything else
grows thick, Charles Vancouver Piper
has beer an ardent student of plant
'Ff, .f,,,. l,.hA,l II. h.,,,, a, .,,l,.
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Young Woman Photographer Finds In.
mates Eager to Help and Has In.
teresting Experience With Camera

which the prisoners took pride in
showing.
in taking our pictures at the prison
we were allowed complete freedom to
the grounds. but. owing to the State
laws, we were prohibited from making
n pictures of the death house or n
condemned prisoners. Many people
who have seen pictures OF alleged
death cells or execution chambers have
seen pictures which have been faxed
by motion picture people, who have
never been permitted to take such
pictures. In fact We were the first TO
make motion picture record of Sing
Sing prison which could be said TO be
a real record. Some OF the weekly
hlm companies nave taken flashes Of
different scenes in the prison yards,
but none Of them has ever secured
pictures showing the factories in
operation or giving a complete picture
Of a days work in the prison.
lowing to the public interest in taxi
ing these pictures we found hearty
cooperation from all members OF the
State Prison Department. All seemed
10 be willing TO show the public Just
what conditions are at the oldest
prison in the country, as long as the
prisoners were not exploited. 1t seems
that on evera occasions still pictures
have been made OF the prison and the
inmates which have been turned over
to the papers, and resulted in unwel-
come publicity for some Of the pris-
oners. This has naturally caused re-
sentiment OF the prisoners toward
those who try to capitalize their mis-
fortune, and. as l said before, we prob
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prison Is the mess hall during meal
hours. This mess hall is an enormous
room under the chapel haying about
100 long lines of tables, which are
more like shelves than anything else.
The prisoners all sit facing M way,
as the tables are only disable from
n side. When n meal is to be served
n has n beautiful vista of coffee
cups and plates. all arranged in SYM
metrical fashion, extending in long
lines from one corner of the room to
another. The men file in in regular
order TO take their places. At the
front Of the room is n bulletin board
on which the special notices OF the day
are chalked. Whenever n special en-
tertainment is TO be given the notice
Is usually posted there.
Visitors are sometimes puzzled on
entering the prison to hear sounds
of music from n Of the buildings.
one would hardly expect TO hear
melody drifting around the sombre
walls Of the prison. Under the present
regime those who are capable take
part In musical activities and are en-
couraged to enter the band. This
band rehearses daily and has reached
a high degree If proficiency. The men
in the band do not play Simply popular
airs either, for during the few days
We were working at the prison we
heard all the best In classical music.
zone Of the night activities at the
prison is the knitting class. Here
those who are inclined to this activity
gather in several of the class rooms
and work together. We We're shown
photographs Of a complete knitted
outfit for Gov. Whitman's little child,