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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-11-05

Ideal autumn weather continues.
The district singing convention met
here Sunday. A very good crowd in
attendance considering the number Of
conventions, fairs and other places of
amusements there have been to attend
thid year.
Most all our ladies went to Corinth
last week to get their new fall suits.
Miss Grace Paysinger, Of Pocahon-
tas, is visiting in and around Chewal-
la this week.
Miss Sallie Gurley, Of Little Rock.
Ark, has come back home to spend
while. She has been gone about
three years.
Mrs. Lon Farris and little son, How
ard, came out from Memphis Wednes-
day. He has recently recovered from
diptheria.
Miss Cecil Gurley and Mrs. Rosa
Capooth went to Middleton Wednes.
day to attend a reception given by the
o. e. S., in honor of Mrs. Geneys
Dodd, Grand Deputy of West Tennes
see. They report very interesting
lecture.
George Wilmeth; Of Walnut, Miss.
is visiting relatives here.
Last fall we seldom saw piece o
beef except at the market, but thi
fall, the regular Sunday dinner is
nice roast with sweet potatoes.
DR.. E. l.. Baker and wife went t
Memphis Saturday to visit the latter
parents, G. W. Hurley, Jr., and wife
ia. Shelton and wife, of Ramel
passed through here Sunday enrout
to Pocahontas to spend the day.
t. E. Smith, of Sheffield, was her
Sunday night visiting homefolksS
Elmer and Mrs. Mona Robinson.
Ramer, we're among the out of tow
members attending the singing.
DR.. Key and family, of Ramer, vi
tied in Chewalla Sunday.
]. H. Cotton has purchased a ne
wagon and let Of farming impl
ments, and intends farming next yea
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-11-05
Another Cotton Gin Accident.

Tuesday at Stantonyille, D. Combs,
10 years old. who was employed at
the cotton gin at that place, had his
left arm horribly maugled. He was
working around the ginhead when in
some manner his arm became entang-
led in it with the above results.
He was distantly related to the old
family of Combs. who are among the
most prominent families in the county
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-11-05
Gravelhill.

After several weeks absence from
the columns Of the Independent on
account Of the pressure of work, we
will give a few items of general news
from this place.
Health Of the community general
ly good, except Mrs. D. Armstrong.
who is very low with fever.
The weather for gathering crops
has been the very best, and the cot
ton crop is practically all gathered
and sold at good prices. Corn gath
ering is the employment now.
]. w. Mccoy had the misfortune of
losing a good mule last week. G.
Bell also lost one Sunday, while others
report some of their stock sick.
Will Smith, of Wenesoga, is haul
ing lumber preparatory to building a
a dwelling and store here. McCullar
& Smith will soon put in a stock of
goods in the old store, whice will give
us three stores. We have no kick
coming, as competition is the life Of
trade.
H. A. Warren and daughter, Mrs
Fannie Gooch, visited W. S. Mccoy
and family Saturday and Sunday.
Dennis Latta, of Corinth, was here
among relatives and friends Sunday
L. A. Beatty was out last week TAX
ing pictures and creating some hearty
laughs.
J. w. Springer visited his daughter
Mrs. Julia Gooch. in Birmingham last
week. He reports Bryan Gooch do
ing fine after having to undergo al
operation for appendicitis.
]. b. Higgins has his new hom'
practically completed and has move'
in. and celebrated bis 48th birthday
by having with him his father. moth
.er-in-law, Uncle Win Hogan, Randolph
Higgins, and his mother, Mrs. Eliza
beth Higgins, who, on account of ne
feebleness, had not been in his HON
for two years, also host of younge
people whose names we will not men
tion for lack of space. What pleas
ure it is to have such good old poopl
in our homes for counsel and advice
and who is it that can look into tn
faithful old souls and not think Of tn
great responsibility that will soon res
upon our shoulders? The writer
forced to admit that this is questio
that has been too carelessly consider
ed in the younger days of his life
however it is better late than neve
as it is responsibility in great mea'
ure that makes the man.
Drills English and Miss Mabel Hev
lit we're married Sunday by Esq, Be
Darby.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-11-05
A Profitable Farming Camsaign

A Profitable Farming Camsaign
A great agricultural campaign has
been organized by the farmers, bank
ers and business men in SO counties
in western Tennessee, northern Miss
issippi, and eastern Arkansas.
These eighty-counties lie within a
radius Of $50 miles of Memphis, Tenn.
1t is not a Memphis Campaign. 1t
will be conducted on a cooperative
basis under the auspices Of the Bureau
of Farm Development of Memphis.
It will be inaugurated about the 10th
of November, 1915, and continued
for forty or fifty days. There will be
thirty to sixty meetings in each conn
ty, making total Of about $500
meetings. Organized into the work,
are the most prominent interests Of
che three states where the campaign
will be carried OH, State Departments
of Agriculture and Education, Bank
ers, Railroads, Farmers Unions,
Womens Clubs, Newspapers and Com
mercial Organizations, assisted by the
International Harvester Company.
A prominent feature Of this great
extension work is the plan Of holding
1.-THE meetings at the farm homes and
in the country schools, as we'll as in
the towns and villages. The farmers
will not have to come to town to hear
the speakers, but the speakers will go
out to the homes of the people and
discuss their individual problems.
Sixty speakers will be divided into
crews two speakers in each crew
and routed in each county according
to schedule. Advance men will assist
the local people in each county in
making up their schedules Of meet
ings. The speakers will be in conn
ty from one to two days. Each crew
will hold three or four meetings day
Each speaker will have large
charts six feet square to illustrate
his lecture. These charts will be pre-
pared to suit the conditions of the
. South.
The farmers and business men OF
Mississippi, Arkansas and tennessee
are spending $25, 900 in money, anc
as much in service to carry on this
work.
] Booklets have been prepared tt
meet the needs of those who live anc
do business in the trade territory o.
Memphis. There are books on live
/: stock farming, boil weevil, cattle
ticks, on various crops such as corn
soy beans, COW peas, alfalfa and les
pedeza, gardening, canning and poul
: try.
h The Memphis Bureau of Farm De
yelopment is directing the work
Sixty speakers will be selected from
well known agriculturists Throughout
the South with national reputa
tions.
t Every one prominent in his line
n These speakers will talk on cattle
t hogs, poultry soil, legume crops, boz
4 cholera, cattle ticks, boil weevil an
d the things particularly adapted t
each locality.
b Here is another valuable feature Q
>. the campaign; from twelve to fiftee
i Of the speakers will have special lee
l. ture charts to use in the city an
country schools. These speakers wi
<. talk home conveniences. cooking, cal
ID ming, home economics and the thing
it that 60 to make better home life.
Do you want this campaign?
" you do, write to the Bureau Of Far
s. Development, Memphis, Tennessee.
m
The Cordova daily times., 1915-09-22
EXPEDITION
 RETURNS TO NOME

Four members of the Smithsonian institution expedition have returned to Nome on the power schooner Eagle after a year In the Arctic along the Siberian coast.
 They have been gathering speci- mems of fossils, mammals, birds, floral, etc, and have large and exceedingly valuable collection.
 All of the members of the party are well.
 They are under the direction of Johann Koren who remained in the Arctic last winter. His feet were frozen and he lost three fingers from one hand and one finger from the other owing to frost bite.
 -: o: :
 Nifty job printing at the Times.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-09-22

about 66 per cent. How do you make
 such grade matter" and it took sev
 eral days of correspondence to con
 vince the smetrs of Old Swansea
 across the ocean that they were rece.
 lying ore instead of the product of a shelter.
 Henry Krumb was the field engin-
 ger who reported on Utah Copper, the
 Nevada Consolidated, and did the
 drilling and reporteing on Ral, and the
 drilling and reporting on Inspiration
 which latter company will soon come
 into the copper world with over hun
 dred million pounds of copper and may rival the famous Utah Copper mine with it's 16O,OOO, 900 pound pro
 'uction.
 The problem now is, what does Krumb mean, as conservative min. ing engineer, when he reports Kenne- colt a world beater and it's ore show ing the greatest in the history of min ing?
 His detailed report and personal observations are awaited with consid. erable interest by the men in New York who have been identified with the building of the railroad and the development of Kennecott Copper.
 Besides the above dispatches, which were too strong for print. even though from an engineer with such a record behind him, the real news is that the capacity of the shelter at Tacoma has been ordered expanded so as to make a product of 90,000,00O pounds of cop per per annum from Kennecott.
 There are s10,O0O,00O Kennecott bonds covering the mining property, and one-half the net earnings must | be devoted to the retirement of these bonds, but the whole may convert at any time after June 1, 1917, into stock at s25 per share. There are now outstanding 72O,OOO shares, with put par value. It Is believed from | present indications that all the bonds | will take the first opportunity to con- vert, but meanwhile or for a year and a half after next January, one half the net earnings must go into a sinking fund for their retirement, but they are neither convertible nor call able until June l, 1917, when they may be converted as above or called at 105.
 Therefore we must figure on the con version Of all the bonds. as the trus- tees may be unable to call any in be- fore June 1, 1917. At $45 a share the mine has a market value of about S50,- DOC. 900.
 As this company has now the lowest cost sheet in the world at under 5 cents per pound, the question of divi- iends upon its shares is already under | discussion and in some quarters pre- iictions are made of s6 a share for a | beginning.-Boston News Bureau.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-09-22
ORE WORLD $ B|G
 PROPERTIES

One now must have a very broad view to keep well informed on the COD. per world. For many years American incestors have looked to this countr alone as dominating in the red metal market because the American produc- tion was two-thirds of the world out put and of this we exported about SO per cent.
 We have grown confident in our position because the big deposit in Australia requires seven years work to bring it to producing basis, while more than seven years wor kin Cen. tral Africa has failed to bring out Ianganyika as any effective factor in the metal market, South America has had record of past performances,
 Now South America is likely to come forward in the copper world with the latest Chilean development, but Alaska bids fair to rival Chili as the new source of copper supply.
 We paid s7,5OO,OOO for Alaska, or about the same amount that Boston people and their associates have put in cash into a single gold mine-Al- aska Gold, about 75O,OOO shares with par cost of s1O, now selling at more than three times this amount.
 Recently the reports from Alaska of copper expansion were so large that We refused to print them until we had made further investigation.
 Henry Krumb reported on the AL aska copper field and it was upon his report that s22,OOO,OOO was put into a railroad in Alaska to open up this field, as Engineer Pope Yeatman ad- yised.
 All sorts of difficulties stood in the way of this railroad and within three years. a western mining man reported that the copper field would just about return the cost of the road.
 Engineer Henry Krumb on July 20 wired to the bankers who put the money into the building of the road and the development of the Kenne- colt mine:
 Ore showing is the greatest in the history of mining and has wonderful possibilities"
 On the 16th of August Krumb again wired.
 Conditions greatly changed in nine years. Kennecott a world beater."
 These telegrams are believed to be based on the showing of one of the company's mining veins on the 500- foot level, where for a width of 61 feet the copper ore assays TO per cent.
 This of course, means that where in the Butte mining camp, the Bon- anza or 70 per cent ore was found for few feet in the center of a vein 100 to 12O feet wide, Alaska has gone the Butte camp and the famous Ana conda several times better.
 Copper matte from the smelter usu, ally assays from 55 to 65 per cent, ana when the Anaconda, the greatest silver mine in the world. struck al heavy black ore of very much the ap- pearance or anthacite coal, and made | its first shipment of a carload to Swan. | sea Tor treatment and report, the re- ply, was, unusually high in conner
The Cordova daily times., 1915-09-22
FOUND-A bunch of keys. Finder can have same by calling at this office.

LOST-A bunch of keys. enclosed Tn black leather holder. Finder please return to this office.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
BIRTHDAYS TODAY
September 29.

Edwin ID. Mead, prominent American
author and lecturer, and chief director of
the World Peace Foundation, j. 66 years
old today. He j. recovering from a
nervous breakdown brought on By over
e~xertion IN the cause of peace IN Europe.
Mr.. Mead was born ut Chesterfield. y. H..
September %, lS49, and spent IN. boyhood
on a farm and a. clerk in a country store.
lie had gained whatever education 4 coun-
try town affords at the age of II. and
he secured a position with Boston book
publishers. When he was % he went
abroad and studied for four years in Eng
llsh and German universities. He took up
lecturing and literary work, and gave the
world several philosophical books. He has
made his nome in Boston for many years.
taking active interest IN good citizenship.
!iberality in religion and other progressive
movements. lie married Lucia True Ames.
authore>s and peace worker, in 1898. Mr..
Mead has been chief director of the World
Peace Foundation for many years, and has
attended many peace meetings n a dele
gate of the American Peace society.
Gabe +. Parker. register of the United
States treasury, 81 years old today.
DIR. Charles :. Howe, president of Case
School of Applied Science, 81 today.
Earl G. Dinwiddie. American temperance
worker. rs years old today.
Miss Annie Russell, noted actress, Az
years old today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
TODAY IN HISTORY
September 20.

1066-William the Conqueror landed in
England and began his conquest and re-
organization Of it, institutions.
1720-Bursting of the big "South Sea
Bubble "A scheme to pay off the ma
tional debt Of England thousands lost
their savings.
l75s-Lord Nelson. famous British naval
commander, horn. He died October
II. 1905.
l1s9-CongresS established a regular army
for the United States.
ls25-Died Daniel Shays. revolutionary
soldier, who headed the famous.
"Shay'S rebellion"
lo9O-Centennial Of the introduction III
cotton spinning celebrated at Paw
tucket, X. /.
l9OO-James Howard convicted OF the
murder Of Governor William Gocbel ~
Kentucky.
1911 Italy declared war on Turkey and
blockaded the coast Of Tripoli.
lall-The War: Germans fail IN attempt
f. pierce the allies center. Great
Britain bars foreign trawlers from her
east coast. Italians warned bv their
government not 10 enlist abroad.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
HUMAN INTEREST STORIES FROM OTHER NATIONS

Berlin. Sept. 2a.-The splendid o u
try residence for the Crown Prince on
the Jungfcrnes. n broad arm of the
Havel at PotSdam. has now been com-
pleted in the rough and will be ready for
occupancy by next spring. The erection
of the palace was rendered necessary. il
il exp.ained bv reason of the increase in
the Princes family. The Emperor sup
piled the money for building it. and
will remain the property of the Crown,
10 become the residence of future Crown
Princes.
The palace is really a group of build
ings centcring upon not less than 1--WE
courts and covering about 10000 square
Yards. There are apartments for the
Crown Prince himself. then for the
Crown Princess and children: others for
the officials of his n-lurt. and still others
for the servants. Not less than -four ap-
proaches for vehicles will be madeleine
for members of the royal family. which
leads into the court of honor. a second
for guests and the court officials. a third
for the children of the royal couple. and
a fourth for trades people and servants.
The buildings will be surrounded by
spacious grounds. partly terrared; there
will be two so-called rose gardens. and
these. as well as the rest Of the cStab-
'ishment. will give beautiful views over
the IIavcl lakes. The buildings are IA
Their low and of simple outlines. with
high roofs covered with red tiles The
palace vii, he Just a good modern house
with an abundance of room and with
modern comforts. which are rather
scarce in the older palaces Of Germany.
There will be. for example. not less than
twenty bath rooms.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
Wild Dreams Become True.

The truth Of the philosophers statement
that whatever human mind can conceive.
human hands can accomplish. ha- been
demonstrated during the last year or two.
When Jules Verne wrote hi book. "A
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-" Ii was
read with interest. Just n the Arabian
nights and similar works are read. but
with no idea that such 4 thing u, an under
sea boat would ever exist outside the cover
Of a novel. The same thing occurred when
Wells wrote biz enhancing book. 1.-THE
Wan Of the Air" The horrible sides OF
underwater and aerial warfare were too
appalling for serious consideration. and
no one Dreamed that the Wild imagining of
the novellst~ would become realities. Yet
both are now accomplished facts: W, much
- a are the dreadnaught~ and iron clad
cruisers. State Topics has drawn attrn-
ton 10 the construction OF ten powerful
submarines IN tins country. each 81 ~uf-
tclent power to eros, the Atlantic and re-
turn again. Now follows the statement
that powerful air~hip- are being construct
ed near New York which will eros, The Al
%lantic, flying al the rate Of 10 miles an
hour and carrying one or two tons of extra
weight. These airships will carry bat
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
SUNFLOWERS VERSUS PETUNIAS
IN KANSAS.

Some unpoetic genus wants the state
Of Kansas L. discard the ~unflowcr a. the
state floral emblem and substitute the pc
tuna for il. II "e resided IN Kansas. we
would promptly vote mo" ou such Il
proposition. The ~untlower may be a bit
gaudv in the eyes ot the lover of the pc
tuna. but there j. something ~ the way Of
a Sunflower. with it, bright golden petals
and velvcty dark heart. turning~ it, face
daily 10 follow the course Of it, deity
across the overarching sky. that takes IL
out of the ranks of the Common. even
though il be- the cummunc~t III field flow
ers. Kansas no doubt viii reject the pro
posed abandonment III the Flower which
has given 1t the pretty name Of the sun
flower State for everyone whose eve has
been gladdened hv the sight Of the n"dding
yellow blossoms. shedding their bright
glory 50 generously abroad over the
blessed state of Kansas. would think II u
very foolish move.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
Easily EXPLAINED.

oklahoma limits the expenses of
candidates for public office. For in
stance. the g~ubernatorial candidates
can spend only $1,000 each. We
can't understand how the Oklahoma
newspapers make a living .-Clarks-
Vile Times.
That is easy enough when YOU take
into consideration the fact that every
man YOU meet in Oklahoma is Il
candidate for governor or some other
high office. If they all spend as much as
$1,000 each, every newspaper man in
the state ought 10 have AN automobile,
No such luck for Texas editors, how.
DcmiHln Daily Herald.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
A SUFFERING Community.

The mosquitoes are still ~ numberleSS
AZ the sands of the sea. There are evil
IDENTIFY breeding places in the city that
have escaped the vigilance of the clean
up officials. The Eagle would suggest
that the city appropriate the sum Of 800
and employ a mosquito objective for
thirty DAYS, clothe him with police pow
ers aud put him To work. Let him work
the town block by block. In his way and
in this WAY alone can all the breeding
places be discovered and the proper
remedies applied 1t is a disgrace for
4 town c. be infested. bcSicged and bonn
.ardcd with mosquitoes as Bryan il To.
day.-Bryan Eagle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-09-29
. ODD ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE /.


The peak of Tencriffe casts a shadow ON
the ocean fifty miles deep.
Copper i produced in nineteen states
and Alaska; the ore III All except five
states. contains gold.
Shaving was introduced BY the Romans.
and the first shave was a ceremony of
initiation 10 manhood.
One child in every four dies before il
y six years of age, half die before I6 \,
reached, and only one in 100 lives to br
IS years old.
American railroads employ l.3l5.2sg
persons, who have an average yearly wage
n more than a thousand dollars.
Americans consumed fortv-Six million
punches Of bananas last year.
Electrically speaking. the average man
uses M each day about = l-2 kilowatt
hours Of energy in motion. Muscular action.
mental e~xertion and heat radiation.
One grain of radium will so ~fertilizr
seven hundred tons Of soil that grain will
grow with great rapidity. RadiShes and
'arrotN raised III this soil grow to six
lines their usual weight.
The y. NJ. {. A. spent Thirteen millions
u dollars IN their work in the United
States las tyear. There are 620. 600 mem
bers.
Wisconsin sends ont a train load Of
-heese every day Of the ayear.
About 2,735.000 600 tons Of solid spb-
tances are annually carried bv rivers ~
he ocean.
The department Of agriculture scientists
ave decided hat the moon has mo- effect
N growing vegetation.
Left handedness j. inherited. often
Trough several generations, according ~
n English scientist who has investigated
: families.
\ Canadian military officer who also
,eepS a clothing store declares that tba
yar has caused an increased chest eypap-
ION among his patrons. He explains II a.
he ground that men are mentally and
'hysicaliy preparing for service.
Alexander Pope, the poet. was four faat
tx inches high, and was unable to dras.
r undreSs himself.
The hump of a camel is regarded as p
'holce morsel Vi food in Arabia.