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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
PERSONALS

Miss Velma Peery of Corinth spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. W. H.
peery.
We have Flour, Flour. Flour for
everybody at the price to suit you.
Warren & Co.
Mrs. Richardson of Whiteville, is
visiting her sen, M Mr. John Richard Richard
son, this week.
G L. Haynes and daughter, Miss
Pauline, left Wednesday on business
trip of couple of days.
Miss Orsini Tyrrell of Mobile, Ala,
is spending the summer at the Gooch
hotel, the guest of Miss Luna Gooch
Our old friend Esq. Peddy of Hen
derson was the only representative
from that town at the good roads
meeting Tuesday.
The many friends of Rev. J. W..
Carnell will be glad to learn that he
is slowly recovering from his serious
illness of last week.
Miss Jewel Story Of Savannah and
Miss Kathleen Wyatt of Kendrick,
Miss, are visiting the family of Dr..
R. M. Kendrick this week.
Hon. j. D. Johnston, Asst Com. of
Agriculture for West Tennessee, was
here Tuesday and met cordial greet
ing from many friends in the county.
Judge J. G. Houston, wife and
daughter went Monday to Red Sui
phur Springs for a spell of rest and
recreation. We wish them a pleasant
outing.
Mrs. Mary Lou Anderson and chill
dren of Ellisville, Miss, and Mrs. CAL
Stumph and children of Bostrof, La,
are visiting their relatives, Mrs. Lou
Stumph and family, west of Bethel
Springs.
J. B. Person of Guysville, Ohio, has
been here recently through the infu-
ence of the McNairy County Land Co.,
and was so we'll pleased with the out
look that he may locate here and put
up tile factory and buy property.
We give full weights and measures,
deliver your goods quick and sell you
the very best of everything as cheap
as anybody. What more could you
ask? We only ask that you PAY when
your bill comes due. Warren & Co.
The Fourth District Sunday School
Convention, which includes northeast
McNairy and west Hardin counties,
meets at Adamsville on the fourth
Sunday in July. Everybody in that
section is invited and all the schools
to be represented.
W. R. Hair and Mrs. Ophelia De-
vault we're married a few days ago at
the residence Of Elder Houston who
performed the ceremony. Mr.. Hair
is the Oldest son of the late Haywood
Hair, while the bride is the daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Greer of Selmer.
They left Thursday for their home at
Mary vile, Texas. We trust that long
life and prosperity may be theirs to
en- oy,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
Marriage Licenses

Willis Harris to Minnie Robertson.
Frank Walker to Ella Mae Corother.
W. R. Hair to Ophelia Devault.
D. |. M. King to Matte Atkiuoon.
D. A. Wooten to Mamie Erwin.
Henry Ingle to Maude Alternately.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23

brother Woodmen being pail bearers.
TO his aged father and mother, the
brothers, sisters and Lille, we would
say BE submissive to Gods will, for
He doeth all things WELL"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23

This Is prescription prepared especially
for MALARIA or CHlLlS & FEVER.
Five or six doses will break any case, and
If taken then 40 tonic the Fever will not
return. II acts on the liver better than
Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
Change of Schedules, Mobile s
Ohio K. R.

Effective May End. trains will leave
S-lmer, Tenn, as follows:
Northbound
No. 2 Express Daily 49,. " 7:30 am.
No. A ExpressDaiy ..lv 9:38 p m.
No. 6 Express Daily Nv 4:2l pm.
Southbound
No. l. Express Daily Nv sos pm.
No. 3 Express Daily Wv 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. E. Allen, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, Jackson, Tenn.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
LEADING CHICAGOANs DECLARE NEW
ERA OF PROSPERITY IS AT HAND

/ in the manufacturing districts; the
farmers are getting good prices for
winter wheat and there are good pros
poets for spring wheat. It looks
TO us as if the general situation is i'm
proving every week.
Charles L, Hutchinson, Vice Presi-
dent Corn Exchange National Band
Large crops at good prices the feel
ing that the attitude Of the government
lis not so aggressive against the cor
poration then, of course. the orders
from the other side Of the sea-aII
these are factors that are improving
business in general
Walter H. Wilson, former City
Comprehensive people were. stun
ned by the war; now they are getting
accustomed to It. General business is
Frightening. b.. As confidence
grows times become better. for bust
ness is a matter of sentiment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

In most cases Of cancer, contrary 10
common belief. there is no history Of
cancer n the family.
Cancer IS not q definite disease: II
is a group Of different diseases, all
more or less malignant or fatal if not
promptly recognized and properly
treated
Epitheli0ma. or skin cancer. is the
least malignant and the most durable.
Carcinoma, or gland cancer, develops
usually in some internal organ, but Il
often appears in the breast. Il
spreads by "metastasiso which means
the breaking of from the parent can
Ger Of a minute fragment OF cancer
cells, and the carrying Of these seeds
10 fresh soil, near to or far from the
parent cancer; carcinoma also spreads
by direct growth. Unlike plants, how
ever, the roots of a cancer do not nour-
ish the cancer; the cancer nourishes
the roots. That is to say the growth
is an extension Of the cancer through
the roots. AS many Of these roots are
invisible to the naked eye It is fmpos-
sible 70 say that any given treatment
has destroyed all the roots; only time
viii tell. Sarcoma is the most rapid
" fatal form Of cancer. It will de-
velop anywhere, at any age: it is like
" to give rise to secondary. growths
at distant places in the body very
earIy-the first few weeks-owing to
the ease with which minute seed frag-
meuts break of and enter the circula-
ton.
Although any kind Of cancer may
occur at any age. sarcoma is charac- |
teristicaIly disease Of young persons |
OF children; carcinoma is a disease Of |
middle age; epithelioma is a disease of /
advanced age.
Epithelioma appears most frequently
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
TAVEENER' S LABOR BEAR
ING FRUIT

/ An entire edition Of The Argus. If
/ devoted TO nothing else but the re-
producing Of editorial comment on
! Congressman Clyde Il Tavenner's
campaign for government manufac-
tuTe Of munitions Of war, would be
unequal to the occasion
With the entrance into the arena
Of that portion Of the press which
/ represents the views Of Wall street.
revealing that the attitude Of Wall
street toward increased armament is
that the increased armament must be
furnished by the Wall street controlI-
cd war trust, Taveuner's plan for
government manufacture is coming in
for a good deal Of discussion all over
the country.
1t is fast becoming evident that the
big fight In the coming congress is
not to be over the question of tucreas-
ed armament, but over the question
OF whether the increased armament is
to be furnished by the war trust. with
huge profits to its stockholders, or
whether the increased munitions are
10 be obtained in The government ar
senals and navy yards at actual cost.
Congressman Tavenner will fight
for government manufacture to the
last ditch, even If he has to fight
alone. But that he viii not be alone
in the next fight is fast becoming evil
dent. The Cleveland Press recently
sent reporters 10 the three Cleveland
congressman, asking them what their
stand would be on the subject OF com
plete government manufacture. and
all three Of them, two democrats and
republican, according to the Cleve-
land paper, came out squareIy for
government manufacture While this
does not imply that a majority Of the
members Of congress are today for
complete government manufacture. #
Indicates that the movement is grow
ing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
AUSTRIA AND AMERICAN
AMMUNITION.

One Of the diplomatic events Of last
month was the sending by the Aus
trian government Of a memorandum
70 the United States. protesting against
the American trade in arms and mu-
nitions Of war, which now benefits the
allies because OF their control OF trans
portation by sea. Austria's doctrines
are not consistent, however. the Re
Fiew Of Reviews points out. inasmuch
IS she has Joined Germany In demand
ing Of RumanIa the continued free
dom OF passage for munitions intend
ed 70 be used by Turkey against the
allies The freedom that Austria now
demands in Rumania is that which
she opposes in the United States. It
is true that the existing conditions
give the allies an opportunity to bay
taings that they wish in the United
states and To take them away. The
SermaRs have equal opportunity to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
The Daily Story
Episode Of the Russian Revolutionary Willard Brakeman

a meeting of a revolutionary com.
nittee broke up in Petrograd, and the
members went out one-sometinles
lwo-at time in order that the5
should not attract the attention OF
j the police. A couple emerging from
the building went together down the
i street.
Peter" said one to the other in an
/ undertone.
What is it. Ivan?"
We have a traitor among us. a spy
Of the government who has joined our
! circle TO betray us"
Heavens! What can we do to cir
eumvent him."
1t will be impossible without max
/ ing sacrifices, I am going to the chief
t OF police to denounce him as a traitor
/ to the government. one who pretends
/ to serve it while betraying its secrets
to the circle. But I will not be be-
lieved unless I betray several Of our
members at the same time"
But they win he sent to Siberia"
! We must c0ntrive to get them off
before they go, and if that is impos-
sible we must attempt a rescue"
"A rescue! Impossible!"
I'VE shall see"
Ivan Damizorf the next day was
closeted with the chief of police. He
named four men who were plotting
against the government, including the
spy, and recommended that they be
confined in a room on the top story Of
a certain building a window of which
could be seen from windows on the
opposite side of the street. other
spiTat0rs," he added, will learn
where they are. will communicate with
them and can be arrested" The chief
assented to the plan, the arrests were
made, and the prisoners were confined
as suggested.
Spies were set to watch the oppo-
site side Of the street, and il any one
was seen making signs TO the prison 1
ers the police were to be informed.
The men were held several days, but
no one was seen TO be communicating I
Not only did the spies become tired /
Of watching and consequently care I
less, but those guarding the prison I
ers relaxed their vigilance. Il was /
hoped thar they would all 60 to sleep .
at the same time, but they did not.
Finally Ivan Demizorf confessed to /
the chief Of police that his plan was
a failure. but 1t was agreed to leave
the prisoners where they were one
day longer, II at the end of "a hours
no other fish were hooked the four
men were to be sent to Siberia.
That night at o'clock a man Of
dark complexion, wearing red fez.
was seen TO enter the building where
the prisoners were confined. About
hair past woman with a long 4
stride Went in; later a negro and still /
later a man I'm MonteHegrin costume. i
The last Of these persons passed in
at 10 o'clock, and none Of them were /
seen to pass out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

upon the cheek, the face or the lip Al
first, perhaps for months or years, II
IS just tpimpie,' d "wart" or q sore
that fails to heal, or bleeds easily. 81
this stage clean surgical removal is
trifing and almost certain 10 cure, es-
pecially if a few X-ray treatments of
the scar follow the little Office opera
ton. Pastes OF various kinds viii
sometimes prove curative. but at great
risk Of death from blood poisoning,
which is so hard to guard against in
a necessarily dirty treatment, and al
most invariably at the cost Of much
pain and prolonged anxiety during the
slow healing OF the ugly ulcer left by
the caustic ingredient Of the paste.
Personally, when we discovered a
near-cancer on our precious hide a
few months ago. did we sidestep the
knife? Not for an hour. We had If
neatly and painIessIy carved out by
a cruel, but thorough colleague, and
now we are happy all the day.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Passing Of silver Complaint
Why is It, muses. a thoughtful cor
respondent, people have less liver com
plant than formerly? One rarely hears
Of case nowadays, whereas We used
TO be quite unanimous about It, least
wise in springtfme
Answer-WelI, we don't drink so
much as We used. and besides the doc
tors have learned to call it galIstones
and ppendicitis-which acts some
what as deterrent.
The Chance Of Survival.
Please state if statistics throw any
light on the chances Of survival for
a person now 81 years old.
Answer-According 70 the Ameri-
can Experience Table the odds are
ffty-ffty he will live SO years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
EVENING IN FLORENCE.

Above the purple line of hills,
So fat against the sunset sky
They seem Ike paper stIh0uettas.
The ev'ning star shines clear and
high.
The mellow vesper bells make sweet
The hush 0f-Ihe descending night.
And the pale West stIlI softly holds
Rejection OF its rosy light
The rush OF waters and the sound
OF womeu's voices as they pass
Both mingle with the quietude
In which day fades, as in q glass,
And memory with ghosJly hand
Pluc6s at tie skirt OF dreaming
Thought
To lift sudden vision up,
Tear-spa fantasy-enwroue
Oh. wonderful Old World, so rich.
Sc mellow. tender and so wise!
Letter while-your magic lift
Your witcacraft dim close nav
eyes.
Oh, the wide meadows with the moon
A-shimmer on their worlds OF
Oh, the fresh, fragrant breath Of June.
The breeze that sweeps SO wild and
sweet
From virgin forests, solItades
The farthest rover scarce may roam.
Green valleys with slow, winding
streams,
The sanctity and warmth Of home.
Oh, my America, my own.
The youngest proutest freest thing
I-FT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

fsigns can be seen in shop windows al
/ over the city. Many French families
/ have come over also. There was "a
/ long season of French-BeIgian comedy.
played by a company from Brussels
with the best talent of the country.
Nine. Repane and Partisan company
had q successful run in repert0ry and
/ another French company now has
theatre.
The tea rooms Of the fashionable
hotels were never better attended
largely by officers Off duty But tba
mass Of London takes its pleasures
more cheapiy. The band stand ia
Hyde Park has lost none of it's popu-
larity of evenings. but the character Of
the crowd has changed. Before the
war, the band enclosure was The REM
devious of the foreign element. tha
men mostly OF the waiter ami small
clerk class Hundreds, and on SUNDAY
nights, thousands of young Germans
used to be out These times. the Ger
mans, Austriaus, French and italian
young men are otherwise employed.
but there is q foreign element from
Belgium. France and neutral countries.
Most Of the men seen are British sol-
diers in training. with a 5prnkling Of
Belgian soldiers.
Boating on the upper Thames IS one
of London's main summer pleasures
Tea gardens, cottages ami house boats
line the banks, and every bright sarar-
day and Sunday afternoon still finds
the river fun of punts. canoes and
wineries. But instead of white dau-
nels and striped Jerseys, most OF the
men wear khaki.
War scenes still feature the numer-
Gus moving picture theatres of Lon
don, but most Of the film plays are Of
American production,
1t is true that London is darkaned of
nights, but it is no darker than the
average provincial city It's bright
spots with their electric signs and
shop windows are no more. and hotel
blinds must be lowered But off the
main thoroughfares. the Londouer e.
not conscious Of the lighting rcstric-
ions.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
IS TAVENNER's PLAN UNPATRIOTIC?

fner discloses the following prominent
men who are behind the league move
ment, and their identity with other
corporations is sufficient to show just
why they desire to manufacture all
munitions of war:
! J. Pierpont Morgan was until
his death one Of the directors. and in
tensely interested in the leagues
work, to which he was a liberal con
! trIbutor. Herbert L. Satterlee.
/ general counsel for the league. is a
/ son-in-law Of Mr.. Morgan, J. Pierpont
/ Morgan, Jr., is one of the active di-
rectors of the league.
General Horace Porter is president
Of the league. He was for many years
an officer Of the Pullman company,
which is Morgan corporation.
Charles G. Glover is treasurer
of the league. He is president Of the
Riggs National Bank, which is closer
to Wall street than any other bank in
Washington.
Colonel Robert L. Thompson is
chairman Of the executive committee
OF the league. He is an eminent fnap-
cIer OF New York. whose great inter
ests generally coincide with the colos-
sal undertakings of the Morgan group. /
He is also the head-being chairman Of ]
the board of the International Nickel
company, and holds the honorable post
OF president Of the New York Metal
Exchange.
With an alignment of that character
Of individuals behind the desire for the
increase Of the navy and The conse-
quent increase Of munitions of war. +
there is little room for them to offer
any questionings as to why it is best
for the government to assume this i
line Of business for itself.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

There are verjous methods, diplo-
matte or brusque, of notifying an I'M
satisfactory emplDye of his dismissal.
The most picturesque and original
Of methods was that which Uncle
Jimmy Gilbert used to use in his print
ing Office, When new man came
Uncle Jimmy drove a nail in the wall
for him to hang his hat and coat on.
Some morning tae man would come
to work and find the nail driven in uD
10 the head. He knew that he was
through then.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
Chicago Herald.)

f'-AlAtas5A 4AG4 alt,t
Charles l. Derings President Chicago
Association Of Commerce.-It really
looks as If the promised era Of pros
perity that we have been waiting for
these many months is on the way. 7
have talked with dozens Of Chicago
wholesalers the last two days and all
say there are more buyers here than
at any time since the war began.
T, E. Wilder, President Wilder &
Co, leather.-Busines is adjusted TO
the new conditions arising out Of the
war and we are in far better condi-
ton internally than we might have
been. Get out and hustle: that's the
way for each man to hasten prosper
ity.
John Y FarweIl. Of John Y. FarweIl
Company.-The strikes have been set
tied; more people are being employed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06
Sidelights on the European War

london Corresp ondence OF The
Associated Press One of the para
do1es OF the war is the visiting of Pari-
slams 10 London for a bit OF excitement
and gaiety. Paris is nothing like its
old self, for it's theatres are closed.
motor buses at the front, most Of its
raEis laid up and a large number of
its hotels closed. But London has
sacrificed but little of its old life. Ho-
tells are full, tea rooms and restaur-
ants as crowded as ever, theatres, es-
( peeially the music halls and revues.
well attended, and the Hyde park and
upper Thames have their usual crowds
I of holiday makers.
/ But this does not mean that London
docs not feel the war. The hotel
guests are mainly purchasing agents
for the allied powers, visiting attaches
on official business and agents for
American factories looking for supply
contracts Comparatively few Of the
younger men seen in the fashionable
tea places and restaurants wear civil
ian clothes. Khaki is also the prevail
ing color among the men at the revues
The 'Piccadilly knut," as the young
men who set the fashions are called
has largely disappeared from his old
haunts.
London's gaiety is in one sense
largely kept up by the war. Men ffv-
ing the hard routine Of duty at the
training camps or a life of constant
danger at the front seem to find a
complete change and rest Of mind in
a frivolous show as in nothing else
The first idea of a wounded man on
getting out Of the hospital is a round /
Of restaurants and variety halls. Of I
ncers and enlisted men with arms in /
sings and on crutches are sights too /
common there to attract more than
passing notice
CUriously enough, the new dramas
based on the war, except a few spv
plays, have had no support at all and
were soon taken off Yet a French
giving a series Of short PLAYS
nightly has met a great success he
cause Of its thrillers-tales Of. concen-
.rated horror Comedies Of the light
society kind have failed to attract
while those with real hunlor and we'll
lTaWn characters have enjoyed unin- 1
-errupted runs a season Of Russian
md French opera came to an early and
disastrous close, and the popular |
priced evening orchestral "proms' in
Albert Hall were discontinued for lack
u support Concerts on the whole do
lot seem. however, 10 have suffered
greatly from the war.
Fashionable life has merely trans
ormed its activities. Instead of pri-
ate affairs, society gives benefits.
from gala theatrical perform
Noes with royalty present to garden
etes. It is quite cosmopolitan for its
olect is the raising of funds not only
Or British charities but for Belgian
rench, Russian, Serbian and Italian
eiief funds.
While London has lost its German
nd Austrian colony, it is so filled =
nth Belgians that Flemish and French q
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-06

In the morning when the relief
guard went to the building they found
+ the door Of the room where the pris-
oners had been placed locked. Tbev
called and were answered hv no
guard within and told to break down
the door They did SO and found the
guard bound and gagged while the
prisoners were gone They told The
relief that during the previous even
ing they we're set upon By a number
/ Of men dressed in different costumes
who had succeeded in snatching their
! guns had oyerpowered them and TAX
en- away the prisoners.
The man who wore the fez. first en-
tering the building, was Ivan pemi-
+ zorf; the others we're members M
+ the circle Of which he was member
] They concealed themselves fla differ
/ ent parts Of the building and near
midnight the negro, who was SO black
that he could not be distinguished i'm
/ the darkness, crept up to the top story
where the prisoners were confined
and. peeping, saw that Of the four
men composing the guard at the door
three were sound asleep. and the 9th
er was doing. Returning. be report-
ed what he had seen. and the rescue
party, headed by Ivan Demiz0rf
crawIed up the staircase. On reach
ing the top Demizorf awaited his op-
portuuity, then made a dash for the
gun Of the man who was uoddiug.
One Of the other men OF the rescue
nj 10
asleep without encouutarfnu auv re-
sistance. but the two remaining res
cuers were obliged to fight for the 9TH
er weapons. However. IL was not a
minute before every guard was GOV,
cred By gun IN the hands Of a res,
euer.
Demizorf opened the door where the
prisoners were confined ana found
them all awake and intensely inter
ested in what had been going ou ont
side. There were now double the
number opposing the guards. and
their guns had been taken from them.
Ropes and gags had been brought
and the first thing done was the In
sertion OF the latter. Then the guards
were bound, laid on the floor. the door
locked. and the rescue party depart
ed with the prisoners.
The three bona fde members of the
circle made their escape across the
border. One remained in Germany.
the two others went 20 America. Dem
izorf did not dare. face a suspicion of
having had a hand in the rescue.
though be had been well disguised. so
he made off for parts unknown. He
turned up in the United States. where
he became a head center for an asso-
7iation Of exiIes who plotted to aid
heir fellow workers i'm Russia.
The fourth man who was rescued
vas never heard from after his res
,ue- It is supposed that he suffered
or his treachery before the party
separated.