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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
NO BAKING POWDER MORE
WHOLESOME THAN ALUM
POWDERS.

Washington, d. C.-Alum baking
powders are no more harmful to per-
son than any other baking powders.
Such is the conclusion of the ref
cree board Of consulting scientific ex-
perts of the department of agriculture
as the result of experiments to deter
mine the influence of aluminium COM
pounds on the nutrition and health Of
man. The report gives the results Of
three sets Of extensive experiments on
human subjects conducted independ-
emily by members of the board and
was in response to questions put to 1t
by the department of agriculture. The
boards report was unanimous and was
signed by Ira Remsen, president Of
Johns Hopkins university, Chairman:
Russell H. Crittendon, professor Of
physiological chemistry in Yale uni
versity and director of the Sheffield
Scientific school, John H. Long, pro-
fessor of chemistry in Northwestern
university; Alonzo E. Taylor, profess
sor of physiological chemistry in the
University Of Pennsylvania, and Theo-
bald Smith, professor Of comparative
pathology in Harvard.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
IF HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Don't Look Old Try Grandmothcr's
Recipe to Darken and Beautlfy
Gray, Faded, Lifeiess Hair.

Grandmother kept her hair beauti-
fully darkened. glossy and abundant
with brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Whenever her hair fell out or took on
that dull, faded or streaked appear
ance, this simple mixture was applied
with wonderful effect. BY asking at
any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Hair Remedy" you will get
large bottle Of this old-time recipe,
ready to use, for about SO cents. This
simple mixture can be depended upon
to restore natural color and beauty
to the hair and Is splendid for dan
druff, dry, itchy scalp and falling hair.
A well-known druggist says every
body uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur,
because it darkens SO naturally and
evenly that nobody can tell 1t has been
applied-it's SO easy to use, too. You
simply dampen a comb or soft brush
and draw it through your hair, taking
one strand at a time. BY morning
the gray hair disappears; after an
other application or two, It is re-
stored to its natural color and looks
glossy, soft and abundant. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make Il Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur-
liant and Remove Dandruff--Real
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, iuf.
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as young girls
after "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with little
Danderine and carefully draw 1t
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair Of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and In just few moments you have
doubled the beauty Of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle Of
dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-dne and
downy at first--yes--but really new
growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of it. surely get rs cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try it. ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomachs in five minutes
Time Il!

Really does" put bad stomachs In
order-"really does" overcome indiges-
tion,~ dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in five minutes-that-jus
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. II what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps, YOU belch gas and
eructate sour, ,undlgested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filled
with bile and indigestible waste. re-
member the moment "Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing almost marvellous, and
the joy Is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case of Pape's Dia.
pepsin will give you q hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction.
It's worth it's weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom.
achs regulated It belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy
in case Of sick. sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
stomach doctor in the world.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
'CASCARETS' ACT
ON LIVER; BOWELS.
No sick headache, biIiousness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get q 10-cent boz.

Are you keeping your bowels. liver.
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing q
passageway every few days with
Salts. Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgative Waters?
Stop having bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases.
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
In the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep--neyer grippe, sicken
or cause any Inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents box from your store.
Millions Of men and women take
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache. Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach OF
Constipation. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05

Times Have Changed Since 1915.
A hundred years ago, during the
Waterloo campaign, it required three
days for the duke of Wellington to
send a message from the battle froLt
to England, and three days more to
receive reply. But Sir John French,
the British field marshal, hundred
years later, makes a visit to England
and is able to keep In direct touch
with the army by means of the tele-
graph. Sir John visited Walmer cas-
tie, the home of Prime Minister AS
quith, where a council of war was
held; went also to London, ,iere he
was present at series of councils
during the next two days, spent a con-
siderable time in his own home, re-
ceiving messages every hour from
headquarters in France, and in no way
felt that he was handicapped by his
absence from the battle line. This is
only one indication of the great
changes which have come over the
methods of making war In the last
hundred years.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
Fruit Growing Talked.

One Of the most successful in all
ways was the tenth annual convention
OF the Tennessee Horticultural society,
held in the assembly room at the
Maxwell house, Nashville. Fruit grow
ers and horticulturists from THO
state, from the west and from the
other sections OF the south were pres.
ent, and the whole time was filed
with interesting discussions as to fruit
and Its cultivation.
Besides the addresses there were
displays of fruit, Tennessee grown,
and from other states.
The election of officers resulted as
follows; President, Robert s. Walker,
Chattanooga, editor Southern Fruit
Grower; vice-president, Neal varnell,
Cleveland; vice-president for East
Tennessee, A. w. Helm. Luttrell; vice
president for Middle Tennessee, Percy
Brown, Spring Hill; vice-president
for West Tennessee, w. Wade, Ken
ton; sceretary-treasurer R. G.. Briggs,
Knoxville. The place for the next an
nual meeting is left to the officers Of
the society.
The report Of the president, Henry
R. Howard Of Chattanooga, and the
secretary-treasurer, r. G. Briggs, of
Knoxville, was read
Wood ashes were given credit for
much Improvement in production,
while commercial fertilizer was re-
garded as very valuable. Some fear
was expressed that spray solutions
would injure the COW peas and clover
crops in orchards. but experienced or
chardists said the solutions did no in
jury.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
PEOPLE TO BE TRUSTED.

PEOPLE TO BE TRUSTED.
The reason why governments have
not done and are not doing their duty
toward the suppression of alcohol is,
in the last analysts. says Congressman
Hobson, based on the absence of pub
lic opinion on the part Of the masses
as to the true nature of alcohol and
the appalling results that come from
its USE" And DR.. T. d. Crothers, the
noted expert on alcoholism, declares
that IF the actual effects Of alcohol
were known by the people, prohibiting
its use would follow as natural and
reasonable demand" To bring to the
people knowledge concerning the ma
ture Of alcohol and its effects upon the
individual. the family, the state, is the
purpose of the organized campaign OF
education now being carried on
throughout the land from remote coun-
tryside to halls of congress. Given
the facts, the intelligent people OF
this nation will soon settle the liquor
question and settle it right. Bring the
truth to the masses!
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
Plans Conference.

G. w. Blakey, state boys work sec
rotary Of the Y. M. C. A., visited Mem
phis to confer with Memphis Boys
Secretary T. G. Roberts regarding q
West Tennessee sectional conference
that is being planned to be held at
Mckenzie, Tenn. The conference 10
the first in series of three to be
held In the state under the guidance
OF Mr.. Blakey, and 1t is expected that
about 40 boys, the leaders from about
Is high and representative high and
preparatory schools In West Tonnes
see, will attend the conference at Nc
Tyeire school.
Regarding the conference and what
1t will probably lead to in the course
of another year, Mr.. Blakey said:
Il have just finished visiting the 10
schools In West Tennessee which will
be represented. We have not in
cluded Memphis in the conference, be-
cause Memphis possibly will hold an
other sectional conference Of its own.
have found all the boys eager to
have a Y. M. c. A. organization of
their own, but fearful that to do so
they must raise funds for building
and equipment. 1t has therefore been
my good fortune to correct this wrong
impression and to show that Y. M. c..
A. work does not mean a building, but
Is movement,
I'm February we intend to hold
similar conference at Nashville, for the
leading high school and preparatory
school boys in Middle Tennessee.
Later, probably in March, we will hold
similar one in East Tennessee, prob
ably at Knoxville or Johnson City.
The ultimate result of these three con-
ferences is, we hope and believe,
big statewide conference of boys, to
be held possibly within the next year.
This conference, similar to those al
ready held in other states, will be-
come an annual feature"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
Attacks Criminal Procedure.

Speaker Anderson of the senate left
his seat to advocate the adoption of
an innocent looking resolution, and
before he had finished he had lifted
the members from their seats also.
Briefly, he wanted to know where
the money goes that the state pays
out for costs in criminal procedure.
II was simple question, but 1t opened
up a subject that may prove exceed
ingly embarrassing to somebody be-
fore this investigation shall lave fin
ished.
During the past two years the state
of Tennessee has received from the
clerks of the various judicial circuits
in fees due the state as its share of
the costs in prosecutions total of
1891.
The amount paid out by the state
during this period was $342, 490.36 for
criminal prosecutions. It might be said
that this represents an increase over
the two years before of $16,622,95.
1t is claimed that persons convicted
of crime in many of the counties are
sentenced to the county roads or work
house, there to work out fines and
costs. But the clerks, notwithstanding
the convictions, do not come under
the observation Of the state, collect
the costs from the state. There may
be reasonable explanation, but not
a member of the senate offered one.
The strange part of the affair is that
the bigger the amount paid by the
state for the prosecution the less the
county's return to the state.
In this matter 1t appears that Shelby
county is the general offender Shelby
led by almost double every county in,
the state, with the exception Of Da-
wilson, in the sum received of the
stafo
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
OUR NATIONAL DISEASE
Caused by Coffee.

Physicians know that drugs will not
correct the evils caused by coffee and
that the only remedy is to stop drink.
ing 1t.
An Arkansas doctor says:
Il was a coffee drinker for many
years and often thought that could
not do without it, but after years Of
suffering with our national malady.
dyspepsia, attributed it to the drink
ing Of coffee, and after some thought,
determined to use Postum for my
morning drink.
II had the Postum made carefully
according to directions on the pkg. and
found it just suited my taste.
AT first used it only for breakfast.
but found myself getting so much
better, that had 1t at all meals, and I
am pleased to say that l have been re-
lieved of indigestion. / gained 10
pounds in 4 months and my general
health is greatly improved.
II must tell you Of a young lady in
Illinois. She had been in Ill health for
many years, the vital forces low, with
but little pain. Iwrote her of the good
that Postum did me and advised her to
try 1t.
"At the end OF the year, she wrote
me that she had gained 40 pounds IN
weight and felt like herself again"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well
ville," In pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum--must be well boiled.
l5c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum--is soluble powder.
A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In .
cup of hot water and, with cream and
sugar. makes delicious beverage In.
stantIy. 3oc and soc tins.
The cost per cup Of both kinds is
about the same.
There's q Reason" for Postum.
r-sold By Grocerk
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
JAILs ARE EMPTY.

JAIIo AnE GmFb Il
The Telegram wheeling, w. Va.),
speaking enthusiastically of the
changed conditions in Wheeling, tells
us that ION the 8th of July the pris-
oners were so thoroughly cleaned out
of the workhouse that when the jail
officials sent for some men to clean
the jail there were not enough men
in prison to do it, and the jail officials
had to do the work themselves"
One instance is related of former
leader Of the vets who Is in the gro
Gerry business. A man who had owed
him a grocery bill for four years came
in the first pay day after the saloons
were closed and gave him $40 on his
account. He explained that now that
he could not spend his money for
booze, he would have 1t to pay his
honest bills. Similar incidents are re.
lated by the hundreds from all over
the state.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
LITTLE ROMANCE IN MEETING
II Was Their First and Only Time, and
the Consequences Were De-
cidedly Tragic.
It was the first time they met.

It was the first time they met.
Save for gray, overcast sky, and
heavy rain or snow, the day was per-
feet.
He came alcng rapidly, as was his
wont, looking neither to the right
nor the left, but gawping at the sky
like rube.
Much more slowly she approached
from the opposite direction, walking
daintily, as usual.
She saw him.
How handsome he Isl" she thought
How big and bold and strong look
ing! How rapidly he moves!"
But If he saw her he gave no
sign.
A little bird lowered in the air far
above.
"He seems in such a hurry!" she
sighed.
And really he was going some.
1t was then, for the first and last
time, they met.
The little nanny-goat went sailing
over picket fence with hurt look
on her piquant face, while the fast
mail for New York sped onward. -
Detroit Free Press.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
BOTH ARE BENEFITED.

Another big corporation to testify to
the advantages Of prohibition as an
efficiency measure is the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company. In a pub
lished statement regarding the coal
mining strike the company said:
"The production at this company's
mines in the southern district Of Colo
RADIO for the first Is days Of April
averaged 5.S5 tons per day for each
miner at work. That was before the
federal troops closed the saloons. For
the first is days Of June with all sa'
looms closed each man produced 6.52
tons, which meant an average increase
in wages Of over eleven per cent per
man.
"This has confirmed the view long
held by us, that II saloons and drink.
ing could be eliminated from the coal
districts, not only the miners but the
companies would be greatly bene
fited."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
nNEERNAL REvENuE.n

1--WE are told that we must have
the liquor traffic for the revenue 1t
yields, for the vast sum that flows
annually into the Golfers Of the ma
ton through infernal-internal rev.
enue," said Michael Tanning, in mas.
terly address In Salt Lake City. who
pays this revenue? Not the liquor
dealer. The average liquor dealer in
the United States last year took in
$500 and paid out an average of $3.50.
the difference being the liquor dealers
toll. This, in the last analysis. is paid
by starving wives, besotted husbands,
helpless orphans, betrayed maiden.
hood, blasted careers. wreck, ruin. de
spair and DEATH"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
Troxolodytes.

A. ]. Drexel, one of the American
volunteers in the British service, dined
with me at the Ritz in London while
on furlough," said a Cincinnati CORE
spondent
Mr.. Drexel told me that he habitu-
ally slept in France eight feet under
ground in clay cave. His bed was
a door. His roof was another door.
The entrance was two-foot square
hole.a
Very luxurious--what you might
call-diggings,' laughed Mr. Drexel."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
Questions to BE Answered.

Questions to Be Answered.
Whittier goest thou?
Where is thy soul?
Is 1t in peace?
If troubled, why?
How art thou fulfilling the duties Of
thy position?
What are they?
What effort hast thou made to
amend thy disposition, and conquer
thy sins? e
Hast thou been faithful to the light
God has given thee?
What means shouldst thou use. es-
pecially with regard to thy most be-
setting sin or temptation?
Hast thou fought against It?
Hast thou thought about 1t at all?
What hast thou done with the cir
cumstances of the last month?
Have they wrought Gods work in
thee?-Pere Ravignan.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
WarnIno 70 Annllcants.

A safety bulletin says that II has
proved of advantage to hang this sign
in conspicuous place at the entrance
of the employment Office of ar indus.
trial plant:
This company does not wish to
employ careless men. II you will not
agree to be careful in your worls and
to take the safe course rather than
the easiest and quickest, do not apply
for employment"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
WHAT DOES He cETf

WHAT DOES He GET7
A New York business man puts II
this way:
Suppose two workingmen, quitting
on Saturday, each with, say, So in
his pay envelope. One goes to the
corner saloon and spends 81 for drink
going home to his family drunk.
and with So in his pocket, while the
other goes to the corner and DELHI
erately throws "a out Of his pay en-
velope into the sewer-going home so
Der, and with IS In his pocket Which
is the better husband and father?
What did the first man purchase with
his money!"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
ENORMOUS WASTE.

ENORMOUS WASTE.
The man of this world is no longer
Indifferent to the mountainous waste
represented by the saloon and its at
tendant vices. The statesman more
than the preacher, the ballot box more
thai the pulpit, is called upon to con-
front this awful waste Of human en-
ergy, this dissipation of earth's re-
sources, misdirection Of mans toll. It
is by the decree of the economist, Of
the good statesman, the boasted prac-
tical man of business, the manager Of
railroads and the directors Of banks.
that the saloon has got to go.-Rev.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
HAIR OR NO HAIR7
II 10 Certainly Up to You and cuel.
cura. Trial Free.

Hot shampoos with Cuticura Soap,
followed by light dressings Of Cuti.
cura Ointment rubbed into the scalp
skin tend to clear the scalp of dan.
druff. soothe itching and irritation and
promote healthy hair-growing condi-
lions. Nothing better. cleaner. purer.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY
Boston. Sold everywhere.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
WHY GRIP is DANGEROUS.

It requires good tonic laxative to
keep the body Of the patient as strong
as possible to counterfeit the effect Of
the poisons created by the grip bacil-
LUIS. An expectorant tonic with some
laxative qualities Is the safest REM
edy. Such Is Peruna.
Mrs. Gentry Gates, 8219 First Ave-.
East Lake. Ala, writes: II had a
bad case Of grip. tried Peruna and
It cured me. ! can safely say 1t is q
fine medicine"
Mr.. George e. Law. 1914 N. Frenk-
lin ST., Brazil. Ind. writes: II am
satisfied that Peruna is a wonderful
remedy for grip. and I do most heart.
fly endorse and recommend It."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
Nothing Ar1ywhereLike
This Wonderful Old
Secret Blend

Look for the name French Market Coffee and the picture
of heod market that every package of French Market
you be satisfied with an imitation take the brand
like the law allows for both in and appearance of pack
age French Market Coffee constantly being initiated But it
won't be Just good and isn't the Sae There only one
FRENCH MARKET COFFEE.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
A POTATO KING

eff were farmer boy, or boy With.
out capital, and wanted an early compe-
tency, I'd start right out growing Pota.
toes" said Henry Schroeder, the Potato
king of the Red River Valley, whose story
in the John A. SaSzer Seed Co.'s Catalogue
reads stranger than romance.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
AlI-star Cast.

"And was the production Of Hamlet
artistic?"
For your life, yes. A famous fe-
male impersonator played Ophelia.
they had lightweight pugilist in as
Hamlet, and four great baseball play.
ers were doing other parts"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
When Your Eyes Need Care

Csc Murine Eye Medicine. Nosmarting-Feels
Fine--Acts Quick Try IL for Red. Weak,
compounded by our Oeulists--not "Patent
Medlcinen-but used In successful Physic- ans
Practice for many years. Now dedicate TO
thu Public and cold by Druggists at Doc per
Bottle. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes,
esc and Soc. Write for Book Of the Eye Free
Murine Eye Remedy Company, Chicago. Adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
Or Send 12c

And we will mail you our
big Catalog and six generous i
packages Of Early Cabbage,
Carrot, Cucumber, Lettuce,
Radish, Onion-furnishing lots a
and lots of juicy delicious IA
Vegetables during the early VII
Spring. and Summer.
Or send to John A. Salxer -
Seed Co., Box 710, La
Crosse, Wis.,, twenty cents
and receive both above collee-
lions and their big catalog. ~
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-05
NO JUVENILE CASES.

Recently superintendent Of the de-
partment of Juvenile courts of the
Kansas w. c. T. u. wrote to the juve-
nile court judges of the different coun-
ties Of the state in an endeavor to learn
the status Of the work in each COM
munity. One Judge reported. I'VE
have no probation officers because we
have needed none. During the past
three years we have had no juvenile
cases." Another Judge wrote. mo
children have ever been sent to In
stitutions from this county"