McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-12-03

The greatest oats crop ever grown
In Nebraska by fully 1000. 900 bushels
was that of the current year, IT,
$4,000 bushels, with Boyd county to
make return.
Mrs. Ruth Current of Paducah, KY,
70, has filed suit for divorce from
Jesse Current, II, alleging absence Of
the husband. The couple were mar
ried in 1865 and separated "a years
ago.
It Is officially stated that during
the three months ended Sept. 80 there
were 877 outbreaks OF fire In London,
in which SO persons lost their lives.
DR.. John P. Stanton, a physician,
was killed and his wife injured dn an
automobile accident at Plainsyille, Pa.
Surplus eggs and poultry sold from
the farms of Kansas during last year
brought to the sellers $1l,76T,793, as
shown in the report of ]. C. Mohler,
secretary Of the state beard OF asri-
culture.
Twenty-Five arrests were made at
Fairmont, w. Va, on charges grow
ing out of the recent strike of clerks
and carriers at the local postoffice.
They were charged with obstructing
the passage of mail
Dispatches from Athens say the
Italians are landing In Albania and
that Russia has concentrated a we'll.
equipped army of $4,000 men In Bes-
sarabia.
Five so-called night riders and two
private detectives were wounded in a
pitched battle a mile southwest OF
Clarkton, Mo.
Schedules of the Chicago & Eastern
Illinois proposing a general increase
of ! cent per 100 pounds in rates on
yellow pine and hardwood lumber
were suspended by the interstate com.
merce commission until March 30.
Women will replace men as ships
stewards on many transatlantic
liners II Great Britain resorts to con
scription.
James r. Forgan, president of the
First National bank of Chicago and oil
the First Trust and Savings bank, will
retire Dec. 81, to become chairman oil
the boards OF directors Of those insti
tutions.
Frank Marshall and his wife OF Eas
ton. Nd, who are alleged to have held
Marshall's daughter Grace prisoner
at their home for II years. have beer
arrested.
Herschel Bruner, IA years old, mem
Der Of the Clarkson (Ky.) high .schoo
football team, Is dead from injuries.
Lilloukalani, the surviving ruler o.
Hawaii's days of royalty, has forward
cd to Mrs, Gait, the presidents II
ancee, chiffon scarf of wondrous
beauty.
Col. Charles Med. Townsend an
nounced that q commission hal
authorized the immediate expenditure
Of $4,000 to remove Mud Island" /
40-acre bar directly in front OF thu
Memphis (Tenn.) wharf.
A Swiss military patrol on Simpler
mountain was caught by an avalanch,
and Lieut.. Wiley and five men wer,
buried.
Postal savings deposits in October
increased $2.150,o0O over the proceed
ing month.
Hunting has been prohibited h
France.
I'm mot candidate for president
I'm for Sherman" was the announce
ment of Mayor Thompson Of Chicago
Judge Albert Akers In circuit cour
at Quincy. III, held that the state Law
which allows policemen in service 2,
years or more one-half Of their salar,
was valid.
! One man was burned to death in
fire at the Hotel Burton, Chicago,
five-story structure.
Frank P. McGlynn, a receiying telle
in the office of Chicago city treas
urer, was locked up at the detectiv
bureau following his confession tina
| he had embezzled city funds aggregai
ing between 81 500 and $4,000.
Two new fleet submarines will es
coed the Schley, now the worlds big
gest underwater craft. by 800 tons Il
displacement.
| The Southwestern territory, includ
ing about half of Missouri, parts o
! Kansas, OKLAHOMA ana Arkansas,
suffering from dollar bill and SINAI
change famine.
Word has been received that Co
John N. Merrill. military instructor I
the Persian government, has beet
forced to leave Teheran.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Drummer, eacl
Is years old, were killed when thei
automobile ran into ditch on
Green Bay (Wis.) road and was over
turned.
Matthew Gilmore, prosperou
farmer of Franklin, La. was mul
dered andehis wife and 1S-year-old so
are charged with the crime.