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Arizona republican., 1915-08-20
MOTH AND THE FLAME
 IS ARIzONES FEATURE

A stirring oto-adaptation- of what is probably Clyde F'itch's greatest play, The Moth and the Flame" produced by the Famous Players Film company and released on the Paramount Pro- gram, is the attraction at the Arizona tonight. The original stage production of this celebrated play met with as- founding success wherever presented, and the faithful screen version supplied by the Famous Players, combining the overpowering dramatic elements of the play with a pictorial elaboration of scenes and settings not possible on the oral stage, is bound to exceed the suc- cess of the stage version.
 The play possesses an unusual meas ure Of picturesqueness for a drama of its kind, dealing as it does with the most intense human emotions and the greatest dramatic depths. With his master hand, Clyde Fitch has C on structed situations the tensity and power of which cannot be verbally de- which the drama reaches it's climatic heights is one of the most powerful scenes ever presented on the screen.
 The pictorial representation of the fashionable church wedding. halted at the eleventh hour by the heart broken woman who comes forward to the altar and tells the assemblage that the man rightfully owes his name to her, is graphically set forth, and is followed
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20
JUDITH 0F BETHULIA'
 FEATURE AT LAMARA

The great Griffith picture Judith of Bethulia' four part Biograph release and reissue will be shown at the La mara this morning and continuing to- morrow. This picture is one of the most splendid conceptions that has ever been filmed. It made Griffith's reputa- tion- Some regard it as the greatest picture ever made in America. Blanche Sweet, with great cast of some fifteen hundred assists in making the spec tacle really inspiring and uplifting. Miss Sweet takes the title role in the picture and her subtle work has been the cause of much admiring comment from thousands Of film fans through out the entire country.
 The picture is based upon Thomas Bailey Aldrich's story and concerns an incident in the struggle of the Macca- bees Of Palestine to continue indepen- cent of the eastern Satraps of Persia This particular one is called Holofer- mes, a sensuous military chief who has about conquered the portion of Canaan. Bethulia alone holds out and the inhab- itants are reduced to starvation for food and famishing for water. Judith,
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20
ADJUSTMENTS
RIVERSIDE RHYMES
 NICKELS AND DIMES

There used to be time one day when evcTr year folks vent away with all the money they could save and spent it by the ocean wave Q splashing in and SplashinS out with many a laugh and Elecful shout. and every year they came hack home. broke, cross and tired from their roam. It used to take all winters work with never chancc to play or Shirk from early fall till late in Lent to pay back mo:ey they had spent in making good their yearly boast that they had summered on the coast. But now an things have changed around and folks are happy for they've found that summer days are pleasant here with Riverside so cool and near where they can go and wet their feet and get away from uptown heat It doesn't take an all night ride for folks to get to Riverside or give your pocket book
 a strain for riding a railroad train and when you get there you can swim and make sand piles and get some vim and play around and have a iark the same as folkS at Ocean Park: and then at night when I get through with all my work I go down too and find the folks all feeling fine just like they'd had a glass of wine and I feel so good my suit does rip when I go out to take my dip | tell you what there's nothing Net like Riverside for getting wet: you needn't be a millionaire to have a heap of fun down there, there's bathing, pie JurcS dancing too and many other things 10 do, we're saving money stay lnS here and having lots more fun this year and when fall comes we'll not he broke with all our clothes and junk in soak. it's Riverside that we must thank for having money in the bank and all the family up and say you bet next wear We won't go away. We've saved enough this year alone to buy a Ford ear all our own and now you bet that we're some class and all the folks that watch Is pass are talking round and want to know and wonder where We got tho dough when times are like they are today and We at home were forced to stay. The ones who go don't stop to thini- II costs dime to take a drink and no one vet could ever save over where tho wavelets wave. We staved at home and had our fun and saved lot of hard earned rlon by nightly talk ing that snort ride down to the park at Riverside where anyone can have a time and only have to spend a dime.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20
CATHERINE COUNTESS
 IN THE AVALANCHE

The Avalanche story of the stock market by Robert Hilliard and w A Tremayne. with the well known actress Catherine Countiss in the leading part. is the feature attrac- tien at the Lion theater today and tomorrow. Avalanche mining stock causes lots of excitement in the stock market, when 1t dropped six points and a woman was the cause. The fiim production is in five parts and Miss Countiss has the support of a large cast of we'll known screen art ists- The play is interesting in the extreme and contains many very in tense situations that are cleverlv handled by the players The first performance at the Lion begins at ten a. m- and every hour and a half throughout the day. and in addition to The Avalancher the program car ries a mirthful comedy called "EtheTs Romance" featuring Fay Tincher and Charlie Chaplin in a regular laugh maker entitled "A Film Jonnie." mak- ing a fine seven reel show.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20

has given to the picture lover no bet ter tale of the perfidy of a wicked
 woman than this gripping emotional story of a heartless siren and her victim. "Tricked By a Vampire IS to be screened at the Plaza all day and tonight and Manager Cavaness believes that he has a drama offer
 ing that will rank with any of the devil women plays that have held the screen at more pretentious houses. The vampire in this remarkable story
 is woman who has earned an en- viable name in the world of the dra- matic art and with a big strong cast the picture should appeal to all who go in for the sensational as it is said to abound in situatio that are re-
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20

row so little as a quarter of a dol lar from a neighbor and fail to re- turn it would not invite respect. Yet it is quite as bad not to return a book or ma gazine. Who has not had anguish of heart to have some choice, dearly prized volume returned. soiled or torn, with pages lacking? :? That Tom upset his inkstand," or the baby got hold of it. or similar excuse, does not mend the matter The borrowed book should be pro- tected from such accidents. What was worth borrowing is certainly worth returning. Certainly it should be clear in your mind that it is not yours but the property of another,- Milwaukee Journal
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20

of Finnigan and we suspect he will get as much fun out of it as any body in the audience. There will be a host of new songs and a lot of new dances and by the way this company has some of the best dancers that have ever been at the Coliseum They are not only nimble but exceedingly graceful.
 Madeline Lee, Phyllis Eltis, Tommy Burns, Lew Mathews and Frank Vack Iall have specialties which will make an everlasting hit and "Finnigan's Picnic will be some show.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20

a beautiful widow deliberately bargains with the Persian to sell her soul and body for the price of the relief of her city. She goes to the tent in the dead of night dressed in the height of the then fashion, ascinates the general and stabs him. When the body is found pandemOnium breaks loose, the Bethul- ians in desperation attack and the city is saved.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20

by a terrific climax, involving the re- lection of the groom by the bride ana his subsequent restoration to the other woman.
 A splendid cast illuminaJes the tense episodes of the thrilling drama in et- fective manner. The subject Will re- main at the Arizona tonight and to- morrow.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20
THE BOOK BORROWERS DUTY

Have you borrowed C book? Read and return it. If you cannot read it soon, return it and trust to your be- ing able to borrow it again. In keeping it an unreasonable time, you may be keeping someone else from the pleasure reading it may afford
 Look over your shelves. and see what you have there that should be re- turned. The man who should bor-
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20
Finniean's Picnic

It's 'Finnigan's Picnic" at the Coll scum tonight and that means pie mic for those in front of the cur tain as well as those behind. It IS a bill filled with novelties and one of the funniest offered this summer. Of course Jimmy Lee plays the part
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20

moved from the commonplace. On
 the bill there will also be Hearts
 and Flames a two reel comedy fea- ture with Billy Rich, and "A Wo-
 mans Pluck" a splendid western drama.
Arizona republican., 1915-08-20
"Tricked By a Vampire"

The wave of vampire screen plays that has swept over the movie vorru
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
Gibson County Stuff.

A right smart" of US clod-hoppers
in this county are taking the McNairy
Independent. McNairy county is not
so thickly populated as Gibson, and
her soil is not SO rich as Gibson
county soil, but McNairy county
brains are sufficient to get out one of
the cleanest, most compact, compre-
hensive county papers in any county
in the State. Anyway, we enjoy get
ting it. A young lady said, Its like
weekly visits of my best boy" Well,
we do become attached to things that
way. All those good things said by
W. T. Hovis, ]. F. Sweat, and the
beautiful flow of language from the
gifted pen of Mrs. Stainback- well,
we would feel at home in a hollow
tree with their letters, and the dark
est night would be a,day of glory in
their memory.
We note in Sand Box" of last
week, Every man own his own farm
and no renters should be the slogan
of the South" Many hundreds of
heads of families have doubtless read
these words and passed it up as
"fillen," not for one moment stopping
to ponder the depth Of truth under
lying it. During the past four years
the writer has travelled 1889 miles
in all directions over Western Ten
nessee and stopped in the homes of
about 1000 renters. This expert
ence gives information not in posses
sion of the man who remains in one
locality. One area of country of
over 200 square miles was found in
which only two men owned their
own home." all the other families
NEARLY 1000 being renters. All the
land in this 200 square miles is owned
by about six men. One man with
whom | talked said: Every renter is
deeply in debt to land owner and mer-
chant and is bound by mortgage till
he is virtually in slavery" If the
reader would travel and investigate
he would gradually come to under
stand the restless, unsatisfed and
crushed condition of the great float
ing mass Of good, honest. hard-work-
ing people who DO NOT own their
home. Ponder this we'll. 1t is far
better to own a poor home than rent
rich land. buy a small farm study
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
Trustees Sale.

BY virtue of the power invested in me
by certain Deed in Trust signed BY
Mary l.. Thomas and j. w. Thomas
March 3. 1914, and recorded in Book IA,
page l42, of Deed Trust Book of Me-
Marry County, Tenn, April 10, 1914,
wherein said Trust Deed recites an in
debtedness of said Mary l.. Thomas and
j. w. Thomas as evidenced by note of
even tenor and date. Said note and
Deed in Trust on April ID, 1914, was
assigned by the beneficiary, ID. J Brew
er, to w. f. Wallace. who was substi-
tuted to all the rights of said Brewer
Said Deed in Trust conveyed to J. L.
Ramer, as trustee, two tracts of land.
The first being the one-sixth undivided
interest in II tract of III acres, described
as follows: Being a portion of entry
No. 1853, and beginning ut stake. pop
lar and two black oak pointers, 1877 poles
west from the corner of said entry, and
running west 200 poles to stake in II
field; thence north 40 poles to black
oak pointer; thence east to Tuscumbia
creek; thence easterly with said creek to
the beginning, containing u acres, more
or less.
Second tract: The undivided one-sixth
interest in same, being east half of sec
ton 3, township l, and range 5, contain
ing by es imation 81 acres, more or less,
and known Us the j. X. +. Carter land,
and being the same Ian $ that was allot-
ted to o. I'll. Tapp as one of the legatees
of division of the w. s. Wisdom lands
after his w. s. w sdom's death, and sold
to j. Ii. Duke as said Tapp's agent to
Z. w. Nelson. Both of said tracts lie In
McNairy county, Tennessee.
BY the terms of said Trust Deed in de-
fault of payment of the aforesaid note
which was due Nov. 10, 1914, upon re-
quest of the beneficiary, | was directed
to sell said property, for cash. Said de-
fault is made and said note for $40 and
interest is still due and unpaid. and at
the request of the beneficiary am
rected to sell said property. Hence, by
virtue of the powers of said Deed In
Trust. | wi sell for cash, to the highest
and best bidder. said two foregoing de-
scribed tracts of land on
AUGUST IA, 1915,
ut 100 o'clock at the courthouse door In
the town of Selmer, Tennessee, to satisfy
said note. costs and expenses;
The title is suppose to be good. but [
sell rs Trustee and only the interest of
the said Mary l., Thomas and j, W.
Thomas.
This July 5, 1918.
j. Il. RAINIER. Trustee,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
A Good Household SaIVe

Ordinary ailments and injuries are
not of themselves serious, but infec-
ton or low vitality may make them
dangerous. Don't neglect cut, sore,
bruise or hurt because it's small.
Blood Poison has resulted from pin
prick or scratch. For all such all
ments Bucklen's Arnica Salve is ex-
cellent. 1t protects and heals the
hurt; is antiseptic. kills infection and
prevents dangerous complications.
Good for all Skin Blemishes, Pimples,
Salt Rheum, Eczema. Get an original
2-ouuce 25c. box from your Druggirt.
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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23

The third annual Woodmen of the
World rally. barbecue and feld-day
will be observed at the Fair Grounds
at Selmer, Thursday. August 5, 1915.
A. G. Matthews, past head consul of
Tennessee, of Memphis; R S. Maddox,
Of Nashville, Forester the State Geo
logical Survey; A. Y. Simmons of Hum
boldt, and a wide-awake good roads
speaker from out of the county will
address the crowd. There will be a
ball game, trap shooting, races, foot
races, and a varies program, with
premiums and purses for various con-
tests. A complete program will be
announced in a few days.
W. d. Hagy,
Committee: J. H. Richardson,
W. X. Alternately.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
TWENTY GOOD FARMERS WANTED THIS FALL
East Texas Improved Farms
ON THE CROP PAYMENT PLAN
Owners their confidence the accepting
ON THE CROP PAYMENT PLAN

LocATlcN Pnelnd Sabine County, $50
Mexico Fe Railroad
which the pine has been
SOILS AND CROPS: Sandy loan soils with
upands Perfect drainage Soils excellent for holding moisture
1elity Cotton
sudan grass and especially good for fruits sweet and Irish potatoes
Excellent livestock country The most successful farmers diversity have
their this their first to be year
Select farm and there late
PRICES AND TERMS: Owners will sell yacre
stnps split with dynamite and easily
experienced and practical planting marketing
half Of
m Ten years time need it. although five
under normal conditions
HOUSES Price of lumber there They good
will
for house and well n crops.
you good farmer will be farms
and have a Twill
improvements
you Will not credit
Seed feed, fertilizer, etc. it.
ismadeon
Write livestock
R. J. Kennedy Colonization Agent an r anway,
Kac y,Mo
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
s A N D BOX

1t is reported that 100, 900 Chi
nese were lost in the recent floods
in China. Nv ednesday morning
vas cool enough for a September
morn. ...... We believe our people
are going into the road making
in proper way now.......... The
good roads we need in McNairy
are for our people who need them.
,.........Again Mexico City has
changed hands. =. DAILY autos
pass through here going, coming
and from every direction. .... The
recent rains have. met the de-
mands of the crops, which are
the most flattering for many
years. 49,. The West Tennessee
Farmers Institute will meet at
the farm the first part of Sept.
A meeting will be called soon to
select delegates to the meeting.
IA man who does not read
the Independent does not know
what is going on. 1t looks like
from our shop window that the
Germans have about got the
whole Russian push on the rrl",
and will finally whip the wo.ld
with Uncle Sam thrown in.......
The lazy town negroes are happy
cleaning up the remnants Of wat
ermelons laying around loose. =. !.
Late corn will not be laid-by be-
fore August as much of the crop
is late. ......... The Gooch hotel fed
over fifty visitors Tuesday at
dinner.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
RUE. Wis M

VII, cure Rheumatism, Neu-
raj, IL, Headaches, Cramps. Collie
Spraias, Bruises, Cuts, Burns, Old
Sores. Tctter. Ring-Worm, Ec-
cema. etc. Antiseptic Anodyne,
used internally or externally. Csc
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23

your business, till it we'll, live at home
and not out of some store. Do not
ruin your credit and the reputation of
your family by trying to keep up with
that great crowd who think to put
on a show" "a satisfied mind is
more to be desired than great riches. "
By the way, Colonel, in travelling
around through the country meet
up with many of our old McNairy
county friends, and we have a jolly
good time for awhile. Not long ago
| met with ?. M. Deaton and his two
sons, Charles and Claude, who live at
Fulkes. 1t will be remembered that
Mr.. Deaton was married to Miss Glen
denim in the fall of 1875; was marshal
at the county fair at old Purdy 1870
to 1875, and came here in 1880. He
has four boys and four girls: two of
the girls and three of the boys are
married. Bascum lives at Hannibal,
Mo. Perhaps l will be able to tell
you about some more of Our Folks in
Lauderdale county, as am headed
that way the remainder of this month.
Hoping the Independent writers
will not die from over-tax- alton of
stomachs, and with many other good
wishes, | am, OLD ZIQUE.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
ChewaIIa Items.

A number Of relatives and friends
attended the funeral of B. G. McCullal
of Marshall, Texas, who was buried al
Holly cemetery near Wenasoga last
Thursday.
A series of meetings conducted by
Rev. Wilbanks began here last night.
Mrs. Cora Platt and children OF
Meridian, Miss, are visiting her par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Ledbetter.
Mrs. Mary Wright of Essary is
spending the week with her sister.
Miss May Hurley is spending the
week in Memphis the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Alice Baird.
]. A. Ledbetter and son Manson of
Corinth spent yesterday with his
parents.
Mrs. Tenie Derryberry of Selmer
came down Sunday to attend the
meeting.
Again last Saturday as the sun was
sinking behind the trees, and the
shadows beginning to fall upon the
earth, a gloomy shadow which cannot
be chased away by the morning sun,
fell upon our hearts when the Angel
Of death entered unbidden and took
from our midst the form of Willie
Hurley. He had been confined to his
bed only one week with typhoid fever.
All that loving hands could do was
done, bat all in vain. 1t seems so
hard to give him up, as he was just
ripening into manhood, being only 27
years of age. He leaves a wife,
father, mother, three sisters and two
brothers and many friends to mourn
for him. Rev Wllbanks, his pastor,
conducted the funeral services. read
ing some very comforting verses Of
scripture. His remains were laid to
rest in the Indian Creek cemetery, his
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23

Teach your dollars to have more
cents" by bringing them to Warren
& Co.
Miss Lillian Curry of Corinth was
the guest Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
H. Curry.
Miss Matte Little of Florence, Ala,
IS the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Adams this week.
Miss Freddie Haynes of Chewalla,
has been visiting Mrs. Terry Aber-
nathy the past week.
Miss Mary Lea Rice of Shreveport,
La, is spending a while with her
grandmother, Mrs. Jane Lea.
We had a pleasant call Wednesday
from Mrs. Emmons, who in her old
days is enjoying fine health, She says
K. +. Emmons and family are all at
Disco, Ark engaged in the railroad
service.
W. 7. Corothers and Will Walls re-
ceived Wednesday three pure blood
Hereford calves from Edgewood farm
Whitewater. Wis. They are about
eight weeks old and beauties. We
are glad to see such stock come into
our county.
! On last Friday evening Miss Luna
Gooch entertained with an auto party
and Gypsey tea in honor Of Miss Orsini
Tyrrell of Mobile, Ala. The following
young ladies, chaperoned by Mrs.
Patrick Henneberry, were present:
Misses Orsini Tyrrell. Mary Ruth Am
mons, Nola Wilson. Cassie Gooch,
Gladys Brosder, Mai Del Locke, Clara
MAJ Maj PPrather, Grace Powers, Virginia
Steadman, Jessie Lee Alexander, Les
sic Gray, Rebecca Baker. Luna Gooch.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
StramoIine, That Lung Medicine

Where it is known and tried physi-
clans prescribe Stramoline for all
kinds of lung diseases. 1t is the d.
rect product of the tuberculosis Hos
pital of Memphis years ago. 1t is
sold on a positive guarantee to give
satisfaction and the patient is the
sole Judge. Send for booklet of tes-
timonials. Large size booklet sent
BY Parcels Post for one dollar. Moore
Riggs Chemical Company, 948 Linden
ave-, Memphis. Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
Notice to Drainage Contractors
McNairy County, Tennessee.

The contract for the construction OF
Cypress creek Drainage Canal will be
sold to the lowest responsible bidder al
the office of Ii. p. Wood, attorney, just
north of the courthouse, in Selmer, Tenn.
On Monday, Aug st IS, 1915,
at noon. Sea ed bids may be lodged
with tho undersigned, VI with Moan
Prince, clerk of the county court at Ssl-
mer, Tenn. up to said hour, and the
bids will then be opened and compared
All bids must be on forms furnished bv
the Undersigned, or by Ii. T.. Wood
attorney for the district.
The W rk requires the excavation of a
canal in two sections; one being IL, 44O
feet long with cross section of 1SXl2xt
feet. while the other section is 10000
feet long with cross section of 20Xl3X7
feet, and the en- ire yardage of the exca-
walton is estimated at 94,7Oa cubic yards
The work must be completed by March
|, 1916, and may begin any time to suit
the contractor.
The entire work lies along the Mobile
& Ohio Railroad, and will begin at a
point on said railroad about one and a
half miles north of Bethel Springs In
McNairy county. Certified check from
the bidder and bond from the contractor
will be required as prescribed by statute
and the work will he paid for us regu-
lated by law. The right is reserved to
reject all bids.
Detailed information may be had by
inspection of reports. plans, maps and
profile on file in the Office of the county
court clerk mt Selmer, or upon applica-
ton to the undersigned or to IL. +. Wood,
Stlmer. Tenn.
This Jnly l6. 1915.
l.. II. LOCKMAN.
Secretary Board of Directors,
Bethel Springs. Tenn.
Inf An
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-07-23
A Cough Remedy That Relieves

It's prepared from the Pine Balsam,
Tar and Honey-all mixed in pleas
ant, soothing Cough Syrup called DR..
Bells Pine ar-Honey. Thousands have
benefited by its use-no need Of your
risking dangerous Cold. Go to
your dealer, ask for 25c original
bottle DR.. Bells ine-Tar-Honey, start
using at once and get rid of your
Cough and Cold. adv