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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

INDICTMENT OF BOOZE.
(By JUDGE GEMMIL. of the Municipal
Court of Chicago)
| have observed that every bandit
crew that goes forth to murder starts
from saloon; that every panderer
has his rendezvous In q grogshop;
that every den of thieves makes its
victims drunk before II robs them;
that every house Of prostitution has
It's bar or is in partnership with
booze; that every gambling den either
Ia In a saloon or sustains close re.
lationship with one; that the pick
pocket trust" is housed In a saloon;
that the "pay-off joint" for the crook
and the crooked policeman Is In q
saloon; that the professional bonds
men and character witnesses for
thieves and holdup men are saloon
keepers or bartenders.
Booze has caused 100000 divorces
In the United States in the last twen-
ty years, and adds $4,000 more to this
number every year. 1t divides more
homes, fills more jails and empties
more churches than all other influ.
ences combined.
Judges, legislators, mayors, gov
ernors and even presidents sit dumb
or quail in the presence of this mon
ster, which enters millions of homes
and leaves them desolate.
Booze never built a park, a play
ground, a school or a church, but Is
the enemy of them all.
War may be hell, but where 1t Stays
its thousands booze destroys it's tens
Of thousands.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
PEOPLE BUYING HOMES.

(By w. c. HOUCHINS, West Virginia
Real Estate Dealer.)
Being real estate man, am in
position to know whether or not the
sale of whisky affects the growth of
the business of the city. Prior to our
campaign of 1912. the whisky inter
ests claimed that our storerooms
would be vacant, that hundreds of our
dwelling houses would be tenantless,
and that real estate in general would
suffer great depreciation. On the con-
trary, find that the storerooms and
dwelling houses are now all occupied,
and that there are hundreds of appli-
cants for houses whose wants cannot
be supplied at the present time. l
wish to state that during this period
of depression in business l am selling
homes to men whom have known for
a number of years, and who are not
making as much money as they were
two or three years ago. These men
are not investing In homes money
which was saved by them when times
were better, but are making small
cash payments, and seem willing to
assume the obligation of large month
ly payments, which, In most instances,
will induce the owner to sell.
II think it would be we'll for men in
states which contemplate having a
prohibition election, to study the con-
ditions as they now exist in West vir-
ginia, If they are hesitating about vot.
ing the dry ticket because they fear it
would hurt their community from e
business standpoint"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
LAD
HELDFOR MURDER
sHERlFF ARRESTS FRANK McMlL
Ian FOR KILLING THOMAS
coFoRTH, 10 YEARS OLD.
SORRY He SIGNED CUSTER
John McSweeney Asks Leave of the
Court to Take His Name OF Petl.
ton Against Mayor crump
at Memphis.

Covington.-Shsrif B. K. White has
arrested Frank Mcmillan, a 7-year.
old boy, son of Jasper Mcmillan, who
lives near Gilt Edge, on a warrant
charging him with the murder OF
Thomas Goforth. c. H. Norman, the
stepfather of young Goforth, who was
10 years of age, swore out the war
rant before Squire o. R. Lavelle. Nc
MILAN protests his innocence.
The dead body of Thomas Goforth
was discovered Sept. by his STEP
father lying under wild grape vine
In a clump of woods not far from his
home, mile west of Gilt Edge. The
lad had been shot in the head and
body and evidently had been instantly
killed.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
IT sLuGS HARD.
Coffee q Sure and Powerful 1ruiser.

Let your coffee slave be denied his
cup at its appointed time! Headache
sick stomach--fatigue. ] know 1t all
in myself, and have seen 1t In others.
Strange that thinking. reasoning be.
ings will persist In its use. says . To-
peka man.
He says further that he did not be.
gin drinking coffee until he was twen-
ty years old, and that slowly 1t began
to poison him, and affect his hearing
through his nervous system.
Finally, l quit coffee and the condi-
tions slowly disappeared, but one cold
morning the smell of my wife's coffee
was too much for mo and took q
cup. Soon was drinking my regular
allowance, tearing down brain and
nerves by the daily dose Of the nefa-
rious beverage.
Later, I found my breath coming
hard, had frequent fits of nausea, and
then / was taken down with bilious
fever.
Common sense came to me, and I
quit coffee for good and went back to
Postum. I at once began to gain
and have had no returns of my bilious
symptoms. headache, dizziness or yer.
tigo.
81 now have health, bright
thoughts, and added weight. where be-
fore there ~as invalidism and the
blues.
MY brother quit coffee because Of
its effect on his health and now uses
Postum. He could not stand the nerv-
Gus strain while using coffee, but keeps
well on Postum" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek. Mich.
Postum comes In two forms:
Postum cereal-the original form
must be well boiled. 15c and 25c pack
ages.
Instant Possum-a soluble powder
dissolves quickly In cup of hot wa
ter. and with cream and sugar. makes
a delicious beverage instantly. soc
and soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious and
cost about the same per cup.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
sold By Grocers.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Three Hurt When Auto overturns.

Knoxville.--Thee persons were So
riously injured, one of them possibly
fatally, when an automobile truck
carrying twenty three passengers
overturned, backward, down an en-
bankment, on the Neubert Springs
pike, six miles from this city. The in
jured are Vivian and Ruth Jenkins,
son and daughter Of DR.. A. M. Jen-
kins. druggist at Fountain City, and
Miss Stevenson, a nurse. The other
twenty occupants of the truck were
all spilled out, and were more or less
scratched and bruised, but escaped
without any serious hurts.
The accident was due to the failure
of the brakes ON the truck to work.
Heavily laden with it's human freight,
the truck stalled on Browns noun
tain, and commenced to back. The
efforts of the driver to check the
backward course of the heavy truck
failed. The truck completely over
turned, spilling all the passengers out,
and catching the little jenkins girl
under its great, weight.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Concerning Women on Juries.

"no women have 70 81. on !nries q
they voter" DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
president of the National American
Woman Suffrage association was re-
Gently asked.
'Not necessarily" said Doctor
Shaw; "but l have seen a lot of ju.
ries which needed to have someone
sit on them, and have known wom-
en- who have had to stand up at most
difficult and disagreeable employments
who would be glad to sit on juries
and receive about double the price
they get by standing. And these men
and women who prey upon the virtue
Of girlhood and boyhood would rather
face Satan himself than jury Of
mothers. Yes, we need women on
some juries."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Johnny Had the Proof.

In instructing youthful class in
mathematics the teacher turned to
John Jones.
Johnny" she remarked, "can you
tell me what an average is?"
yes, ma'am," was the prompt re-
Spouse of Johnny. "An average II
what hen lays eggs on"
''What?" exclaimed the amazed
teacher What on earth are you talk
ing about?"
That's right, Miss Mary" was the
rejoinder of Johnny. Most every les
son in our 'rithmetic starts off II
hen lays three eggs week on an
average"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Merchant Kills self.

Whiteville.-Will Smith, aged 80
years, committed suicide at his home
at Rhodes Store, a short distance
from Whiteville, by drinking a guam
tity Of carbolic acid. He leaves two
sons and three daughters, his wife
having been dead several years. He
was a prominent merchant and was
highly respected In his neighborhood
No cause for the suicide is known.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
TWO RUNOFFS IN
PRIMARY ELECTION
CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL BE
CHOSEN IN ELECTION TO BE
HELD ON sEPTEMHER %.
GOLD PRODUCED IN STATE
Precious Metals Are Recovered From
States Copper Mines.--Large In
crease In Output Of Zinc
In One Year.

NASHVILLE.
Nashville on Sept. 9 voted on candi.
dates for city commissioner of
finance, lights and market house and
city commissioner of fire, sprinkling
and building inspection. No candi-
date in either race received enough
votes to elect and the two highest
men in each contest will be in rum
off on Sept, 20. Ten candidates were
in the first mentioned race and eight
in the race for fire commissioner.
The leading candidates, who will be
In the runoff, are:
Finance Commissioner - James B.
Armstrong and Paul Treanor. Fire
Commissioners. J. Killen and Geo.
j. Tompkins.
Park Marshall, present finance COM
missioner, candidate for reelection,
ran fifth. Marshall was recently
elected by the City Commission to
succeed Lyle Andrews, who was sus-
pended following investigation of city
hall conditions.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
ANOTHER BLOW FOR ALCOHOL


Employees of the Anaconda Mining
company have been given this warn.
ing in bulletin posted by the COM
pany:
Never go to work after drinking
liquor, and II you must drink, stay
home. Experience has proved that
great many accidents are caused from
drinking intoxicating liquors. 1t will
be remembered that from September
l. 1914. to September IA. all saloons
In Butte were closed; that from Sep
TENDER IA to September "a they were
open only from o'clock in the morn
ing to o'clock at night, and that for
the remainder of the month they were
open only from o'clock in the morn
ing to 10 o'clock at night The acci-
dent records of the Anaconda Copper
Mining company show the following
significant figures: Number Of acct
dents per ten thousand shifts: July,
6.22; August, lbs; September, Al;
October, 75S; November, GOT"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
TRAVELLING SALESMAN WON.

II you do not believe in the efficacy
and benefits OF prohibition take trip
through the state Of Kansas and you
will experience change of mind. At
least, that is what happened to a
travelling salesman, G. N. Mahon by
name. who lives in South Carolina.
Mr.. Mahon was q bitter opponent of
prohibition because he believed It
was injurious to business. After max
ing trip through Kansas he admitted
he was converted. "The facts" he
said. ARE so different from the re.
ports that have been sent out by the
brewers. have found business splen
did in this state. I find q rustline
and progressive people, and the
sight Of towns without saloons Is ar
inspiration. / am going right back
home and take the stump for prohibi
ton and its strict enforcement, and
I am going to tell the folks there the
truth about Kansas"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
panoerous 10 Wear Reards.

Huntingdon.-E. A. Morgan, Hunt
ingdon's postmaster, had an exciting
experience while out squirrel hunting
with his son. Eugene. The latter saw
what he thought to be a squirrels
tail on tree trunk near the edge Of
a creek and the elder Morgan imme-
diately fred. They were Mortified
when they found they had peppered
an uncle, John Morgan. Unknown to
them, the old gentleman was out fish
ing, and from their position his beard
had the appearance of squirrels tail
His injuries are not serious.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Tennessee Boy Kills Self.

Knoxville.-John Bowers, Is years
Of age, son of R. A. Bowers of Eliza
bethton, committed suicide by drink.
ing carbolic acid. He was at Wau-
tauga Falls. N. c., where he has been
employed. 1t is said by members Of
his family that he has threatened to
take his life ever since friend, Roy
Hampton, destroyed himself in Eliza
bethton few months ago.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Killed in Runaway.

Lexington. = Mrs. Amanda Allen.
aged Sc, highly respected woman Of
thin place, mother Of Mitchell R.
Gibson, a jeweler, met a tragic death
near Luray, In this county, while rid
ing In a buggy. The horse took fright,
ran away and overturned the buggy
containing the elderly lady and q
companion, Miss Bertha Adcock. Mrs.
Allen sustained broken limb, sew
eral external bruises and also inter-
nal injuries. from which she died
within very short time
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Food psalera Tried.

Chattanooga.-Five dealers in food
stuffs arrested Aug. 81. after visit
here by Glen c. Medaris, assistant
pure food inspector. were tried before
a magistrate here and acquitted. One
hotel keeper pleaded guilty to violat-
ing the state hotel laws and was
fined $50 and costs. Several similar
cases were continued.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Civil War Bomb ExpIodes.

Chattanooga A big bombshell,
probably fired into Chattanooga by
Gen. Sherman's invading army, ex.
ploded at a local brake shoe and
foundry company's plant. A section
of the smelling department was
wrecked, but by miracle no one was
killed or injured. Through an over
sight the old bombshell had gotten
into a heap Of scrap iron, and with
the scrap iron found its way into the
big cupola furnace. Immediately a
terrific explosion occurred and about
a ton of melted iron went skyward.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Wants Name of Custer Petition

Memphis.7John e. insolvency, one
Of the REALTORS for the state in suit
filed in charcery to GUST E. H. Crump,
r 2 4. IgJt.! ,ecyy and Q. Y. Perry. city off
Gals, has filed a petition asking leave
to withdraw.
McSweeney's reasons for wishing
to withdraw as stated in his petition
are that undue infiuer se was brought
to bear on him and that he now con.
siders the charges made against tho
defendants were exaggerated If nos
untrue.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Gold Produced in Tennessee.

Tennessee has long been a gold.
producing state, and the record which
she made during 1914 for the produc.
ton of precious metals causes her to
hold the station in this regard that 1t
has always enjoyed. The state pro-
duced that year in gold 1914; in sill
yer $53,SG4. There have been, how
ever, no gold, silver or lead mines
producing in Tennessee in recent
years, and the entire gold, silver and
copper output recorded was from
653,621 short tons of copper ore pro-
duced in the Ducktown district with
an average precious metal recovery
of 80 per ton, against .112 in 1918.
The increase in zinc production In
Tennessee during the past year was
phenomenal, being 96S4,000 pounds,
following an increase of S76,4,700
pounds in 1918, and was by far the
largest output in the history of Ten
nessee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
He Let II Go.

Fault Finder lin front Of dairy res
taurant)--I notice the word dairy on
your new sign is spelled diary.
PROPRIETOR know 1t Is. was
going to have 1t changed. but the
painter convinced me his way Of spell.
ing the word was more suggestive.
Fault Finder-More suggestive?
Proprietor-Yes; he said 1t con-
veyed the idea Of putting hings down.
Judge.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
HUSBAND HAS THEM.

DO you take any periodicals." asked
the clergyman on the FIRST round Of o
parish visit.
well. l don't" replied the woman.
"but my husband takes 'em frequent.
I do wish you'd try to get him to sign
the pledge"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
on an lsIand.

where can buy souvenir post.
card?'
"You can't buy one on this island.
This island belongs to a man who pos
itively won't allow EN- to be sold"
Hum" said the summer visitor.
II see I am going to like this place
even more than l expected Louis.
vile Courier-Journal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
IN WEST VIRGINIA.

In the six dry months ending Febru-
airy % Of this year, Wheeling, w. Va,
served 1900 meals In the city work
house; IN the six wet months ending
February 28 Of last year, 36,45s meals
were served there.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
WATER FOR CHRISTENING.

Illinois is the first state to launch
q naval reserve hydroaeroplane. 1t
was christened In Chicago by Miss
Mona Dunno, daughter Of the gov
ernor, with water from a well on Abra
ham Lincoln's Springfield home.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
LIQUOR BARRED.

Intoxicants were barred In the en-.
campment OF the REINFORCED brigades
OF the New York National Guard, July
7 to August 1, the prohibition .nclud
ing both officers and men
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

The fishing schooner John G. Will
den was wrecked, with the loss Of
eight of her crew, near Tarpon
Springs, by the hurricane that struck
the Florida coast.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Tennessee Woman Honored.

For the first time in the history OF
the Tennessee State Board of Char
tiles a woman has been appointed a
member. Gov. Rye on Sept. named
Mrs. John Hill Eakin, a wealthy and
philanthropic resident of Nashville, to
fill a vacancy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

The body of Earl Donaldson, who
was murdered by the Mexicans near
Brownsville, Tex, was takensto Mont
8omery City, Mo-, for burial.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Hia View.

HIS View.
0ptimist--What do you consider the
greatest thing that ever happened?
Pessimist-It hasn't. --Puck.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

The British vessel Mimosa has been
sunk by German submarine.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

A Boston terrier belonging to Ehr.
man Goodway of Helena, Ark, was
successfully operated on for appendi-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Three Die In Tragic Shooting.

Geor Smith, Mechanic, com
mitted suicide here after shooting
and killing his wife, Elizabeth Smith,
and her sister, Mrs Maud Sloan Hun
ter, on a street car The women were
almost instantly killed and Smith ex-
pired few hours later at a hospital
Mrs. Smith was % years old and Mrs.
Hunter SO. Smith was 80.
Three shots were fred on the street
car, Mrs. Smith being struck in the
left shoulder. Her sister was wound
ed in the throat and in the left eye.
The women boarded the car in
front of the home of their father,
where they had been boarding for the
past two weeks. The man got on
with them. A few blocks further the
man drew pistol and began firing.
Everyone made rush for the doors
when the shooting began. Blood
spurted all over the car and ON some
of the passengers After firing the
three shots Smith left the car hur-
riedly and started in the direction of
his home. When the officers reached
the front gate they heard shot and
upon running into the ouse found the
man lying in dying condition on q
bed The revolver was still in his
hand and blood was flowing from a
wound in his temple. Mrs. Smith
left her husband about two weeks age
and filed suit for divorce.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
selects Editor As Manager.

Congress man X. D. Mcclellan, can
didate for United States senator, has
announced that he has selected Ed
ward Albright, editor Of the Sumner
County News at Gallatin, as his cam
paign manager and has opened his
headquarters at the Maxwell House
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
INTERNATIONAL
SUNDMSCIlOOL
LESSON

(By o. E. SELLERS, Acting Director OF
the Sunday School Course Of the Moody
Bible Institute)
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
over Thirty Murder Cases.

Nashville.--With the selection Of
grand and petit juries and the charge
of Judge A. B. Neil, the Davidson
County criminal court has opened for
its September term. The docket for
this term of court is unusually heavy
and contains thirty-two murder cases
alone to be tried. There are hundreds
of cases on the docket covering VIOLA
lions Of the four-mile law. George N.
Thomas has been retained by the
county as special attorney for all
these liquor cases.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Weeks News condensatlons Re-
viewed Without comment--An
Nations Find Somewhat to
EdIfy and instruct

Howard Smith, young attorney.
son of Judge Waiter l. Smith of the
United States circuit court Of appeals,
was found dead at Council Bluffs, Ia,
from a bullet wound in his temple,
inflicted by himself.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER i!
DEFEAT THROUGH DRUNKEN
NESS.

LESSON TEXT Kings 2o:10-n.
GOLDEN TExT-wine and new win
take away the understanding. Hos. Ill
r. v.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

One enlisted man was killed and
two injured in an explosion on the de-
stroyer Decatur at the Cayite navy
yard. Philippine islands.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

News has been received at the of.
fee 81 the internal revenue agent in
the Federal building Of the raid OF
two stills in Giles county near the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

Six men we're held In connection
with the murder of 6-year-old Helen
Petruska at Chicago. The child had
been assaulted and then drowned.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
yi.lta hsrbsrt Domain.

John s. Denton. chairman of the
state board of control, has returned
from q visit to the Herbert Domain.
Mr.. Denton has suggested to the board
that the domain be used as a grazing
place for the state cattle and that
the cattle be shipped to the main
prison for consumption by the pris
oners.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

A $500 contribution to the treasury
conscience fund was received from
Maine woman, who wrote that she
wished to pay the duty on clothes
smuggled into the country 20 years
ago.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

A German aeroplane of the condor
type established new worlds record
at the Rottspausen flying grounds,
carrying four persons up 5000 meters
(10,499 feeD. The previous record
was 1850 meters (10,O06 feet).
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
Bryson Attends Farmers' Meet

Bryson Attends Farmers Meet.
Commissioner of Agriculture Knox
Bryson has returned from Jackson.
where he attended the West Ten
nessee Farmers Institute.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

David Starr Jordan. chancellor OF
Stanford university, advocated chang
ing the naturalization laws of the
United States SO as to admit Chinese
and Japanese to citizenship.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17
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INDICTMENT OF BOOZE.

Z Es.cdaeted By Che Met!cce! VIC.
Christian Temperance Union.)
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

FINS w. Hammons, q grocer, was
shot and killed from clump of trees
Just outside his grocery store In the
outskirts of the city. Hammons was
alone in the store at the time.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-09-17

WI Choa Chu, son of DIR. WI Ting
Fang, former minister to the United
States, has been named councillor In
the foreign office.{