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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16
MANY ADVANTAGES OF
The SUMNER SILO

(By c. A. Hutton, Division OF Exten-
sion, University of Tennessee;
A small silo for summer feeding Is
one of the best means of keeping up
the milk flow Of the dairy herd. Few
dairymen have sufficient pasture for
their herds during the hot, dry months
of midsummer, and, as result, the
milk flow usually decreases.
More COWS can be fed from the same
acreage by the use of the silo than by
pasturing There is no waste from
tramping down of the food, and the
cows are not exposed to the hot sun
and flies. An excellent plan is to have
silo small In diameter so that some
silage can be fsi every day during the
summer, If 1t should be needed. Many
dairymen now have two silos-a large
one for winter and small one for
summer.
The dairy with plenty of good silage
is very largely independent of weather
conditions. There is seldom season
when he can not grow a fair crop of
silage corn. and there are few sum-
mers when he could not make more
money from his herd il the dry, short
pastures we're supplemented with a
ration of corn silage.
From twenty to thirty pounds of
silage would be fair daily ration for
COW II she has some pasture. About
two and one-half to three inches
should be fed off OF the surface OF the
silo daily during the hot weather, in
order to keep the silage sweet and
free from mold. Allowing an average
ration Of twenty-five pounds per day
for the six summer months, herd of
twenty cows would require forty-hve
tons Of silage, and silo 10xS0 feet
will be required. From four to six
feet should be added to the silo to
allow for settling Of the silage. For
herd Of thirty cows, 81 tons would
be needed. and silo 12xSo would be
required.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16
6 Percent MONEY 6 Percent

Loans may be obtained for any pur
pose on acceptable Real Estate secu :
ity; liberal privileges; correspondence
solicited. A. c. Agency Company,
767 Gas, Electric Bldg, Denver, Colo.
446 Pierce Bldg, St. Louis.
W. R. Weeks returned from Mem
phis Saturday.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

One of the absolute requirements o1
highly profitable farm is the efficient
use of farm machinery. The average
farmer in Tennessee thinks SO him
self, because he is spending large
amounts for equipment.
The strange part of it all Is that he
has realized so well the value OF ma.
ehinery, and yet has learned SO little
OF the. art of caring for it, both while
In use and while it is idle. He has
learned SO little of it that the life OF
most farm machines is not more than
half what it should be.
Records show that the initial outlay
must be replaced each ten years, be.
cause that is the average life of ma.
chimes. This means that one-tenth Of
the value Of all machines Is spent
each year to buy new ones. Records
further show that in special cases, the
same machines have done the same
work and lasted twice as long. A
good binder ought to last twenty years
with a crop of fifty to a hundred
acres; a farm wagon should last fifty
years, hay rake or grain drill, twen-
ty-fve years; a disc harrow, fifteen
years. But the fact remains that only
a few of them reach this age. Why?
Because they are not properly housed,
repaired and painted.
This is the season of the year to do
these three things. More machines
rust out than wear out The former
loss is preventable one to a large
extent. 1t requires moisture to make
rust. If there is not enough covered
space on the farm to take care of the
implements during the winter, shed
should be built, but not cheap one.
1t is possible to build shed that will
depreciate as much as the machinery
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16
No Use 10 Try and Wear Out Your Cold,
n viii Wearyou Out Instead

Thousands keep on suffering coughs
and colds through neglect and delay.
Why make yourself an easy prey to
serious ailments and epidemics as the
result Of a neglected cold? Coughs
and colds sap your strength and vital
ity unless checked in the early stages
DR.. Kings New Discovery is what You
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

Fill your gnllies, take care of
your cleared land, protect and
save your timber" is the watch
word Of r. S. Maddox, the for
ester for the State Geological
Survey. This is striking right at
the core of things. Certainly
timber is becoming scarce, much
farm land is lying waste and
more is being added to it every
year. Gullies grow with every
washing rain that falls. Every
farmer in the county can add
value and looks to his farm by
putting it in trim. 1t is safe
bet that gullies won't stop them
selves. They must have help.
Last fal! Mr.. Maddox was
through the county in the inter-
est of the quilted and waste
lands, and is again in our midst
on the same mission, advising
>the farmers to stop their gulliea,
and claim their space for useful
ness. His remedy is at once
seen to be good and easy. Some
Of the things he advises to be
used, are black locust bushes,
wild honeysuckle vines, and ber-
muda grass. Black locust makes
a long life post, and every farmer
needs them; bermuda glass and
wild honeysuckle furnish good
grazing; they all fill gullies. 1t
is to the interest of every farm
er to respond to this work. Time,
certainly it will take time to stop
the gullies, but the owners will
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

1t seems apparent that the war
cannot last another year. 1t has
assumed such immense proper
tions that it will break down.
Now it is claimed that nearly a
million prisoners are held by each
Of the combatants. There is a
limit to the financial resources of
the richest government on earth.
The people in time will tire of
the war, and the soldiers will
weaken. That provisions will
soon if not already be short in
in Germany is apparent. That
in the end Germany will be de-
feated cannot be questioned.
She is being hammered on both
sides with powers each as power
full as she is. She entered the
war with no expectation of En-
gland being against her. She,
with her great military prepared
ness, could have held Russia and
France at bay, but England, with
her great navy actually bottling
up her great battleships, and
then having enough to control
every ocean in the world. is too
much for any nation to with
stand. The positive blockade of
every avenue to Germany for
outside help for provisions and
military supplies is positively
shut up. Italy is holding herself
In readiness to enter the conflict
when necessary, and even as a
non-fghting ally, she will get a
slice Of Austria when the picking
begins. The longer Germany
holds out the greater will be her
loss and the more fearful will be
the demands when she says
enough.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

One demonstrator reports an aver
age yield of 64.Si bushels of corn per
acre over thirty-three acres. He also
reports that he has eighteen acres yet
to harvest that was planted later and
cultivated under demonstration meth
DDS, the same as the thirty-three acres,
and anticipates an average yield of
seventy or sevcnty-five bushels per
acre. An outside farmer had such a
poor yield ON ten or fifteen acres that
he did not attempt to harvest it. In
this same tract he had other corn that
we roughly estimated that his maxi.
mum yield could not possibly exceed
thirty bushels per acre. This man vol
unfairly admits his failure and says
that his entire farm must be worked
under demonstration methods next
year-E. S. Roberds, Hardin county,
':ovember 2S, 1914.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16
McNairy County Teachers Meet

The McNairy County Teachers AS
sociation met in the court house at
Selmer, Saturday, April 10. 1916.
The house was called to order by the
President. The minutes of the pre-
vious meeting were read and ap.
proved. Mrs. D. D. Pittman discussed
the Reading Circle work on Teaching
Geography. Owing to the rain and
bad roads. only few teachers Were
present, and the Association ad-
journed to meet the second Saturday
in May.
MRS. D. D. PITTMAN, Sec.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16
WHOopIxG COUGH

Well everyone knows the effect
of pine forests on coughs. DR.. Belps
Pirs-Tar-Honey is a remedy which
brings quick relief for whoopine
cough, looseus the mucous, soothes
the lining of the throat and lungs,
and makes the coughing spells less
severe. A family with growing chill
drsn should not be without it. Keer
it handy for all coughs and colds. Zoe
at your druggist.
Electric Bitters Spring Tonic.
odv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

The official report of the gov
ernment bureau March 20 shows
1908 bales ginned in McNairy
county. against 9,726 in 1914 on
that date. The total in the state
for crop of 1914, 371, 126; in 1913,
366 7S6.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16
StramoIine

That powerful lung medicine that
is sold by druggist on a positive guar
antee to give satisfaction or money
refunded. We are not satisfied until
you are satisfied. Large size bottle
sent by parcel post to your door for
one dollar. Address Moore-Higgs
Chemical Company, 94S Linden ave.,
Memphis, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

There Is growing sentiment in
Laurence county for better live stock.
Five different men are seriously con-
sidering buying a pure bred bull and
two others have bought one. The
pure bred sire is going to come, and
from the progress, the time is not far
of. The exhibit of Eve beef bulls a
few weeks ago has interested many
reoHe in better cattle.-C. P. Barrett,
Laurence county.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

have--their payl in the'..increase
value and appearance of the
land. Put.infyourl brush dams
and start something of your own
choice to growing n'your gullies.
You won't have to say after a
while I'VE ought to have done it
20 years ago."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

need the first dose helps. Your
head clears up, you breathe freely
and you feel so much better. Buy
bottle to-day and start taking at
once. adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-04-16

5 or 6 doses 666 will break any
case of Fever or Chills. Price, 25
cents.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17
PRIMROSE PARAGRAPHS

Dan Pettes was in Melzo Sunday
morning.
Lee Snyder made a trip to Bonnie
Terre Friday.
Charley Lawson was Bonnie Terre
visitor Sunday.
Miss Rose Meyer of Desloge is at
home on visit.
Lass Cash was visiting in the Lead
Belt over Sunday.
Adelbert Pratte was visitor in
Bonnie Terre Monday.
Jack Nash of near here was in
Bonnie Terre Monday.
Miss Beulah Moon attended Sunday
school at Prospect Sunday evening.
Jacob Murphy, Jr., of near Big
River was in Bonnie Terre Friday.
Robert Jones of Melzo was guest
at the home of VIM. Roberts Satur-
day.
Mrs. Alice Moon was a guest at the
home of VIM. A. Moon Monday even
ing.
Mrs. Ida Jones and Miss Annie
Moon were Bonnie Terre visitors Fri
day.
Samuel Jones and Ronald Pratte
were guests at the home of Vetal
Pratte Saturday.
Miss Rose Moon, who is teaching
the Primrose school, spent the week
end in Bonnie Terre with home folks.
There was party given at the
home of Vetal Pratte Friday night.
Everyone present reported having had
a fine time.
A party was given at the home of
Jack Larkins of near Prospect Satur-
day night. A good time was reported
by all present.
Fred Green and Marvin Ward of
Bonnie Terre were guests here Sun
day. They attended the B. Y. P. U.
at the 7. M. B. Church Sunday night.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17
HOLMES BRINGS
SUIT FOR 100000
Against, Certain Officers and Direc-
tors of the St. Joseph Lead Co,
Growing Out of Dissolution of
Farmers & Miners Trust Co.

There was filed in the Supreme
Court, County of New York, on OF
about October 20, 1915, very inter-
esting as well as important suit
wherein Robert Holmes, individually
and as trustee, John Howard Holmes
individually and as trustee, Belle R
Holmes, Mary Brooks Holmes and
Florence Woodruff are plaintiffs, and
Clinton H. Crane, Hugh N. Camp,
Francis V, H. Parsons as sole execu-
tor of the last will and testament Of
Roscoe R. S. Parsons, deceased, EN-
lily Lefferts Jones, Irwin H. Cornell
Gustavus C. Marshall and William B.
Symmes, as executor of the last will
and testament of Dwight A. Jones.
deceased, and Saint Joseph Lead
Company, a corporation, are defend
ants.
The petition of plaintiff is quite
lengthy, being twenty-four typewrit-
ten pages, and has thirty-four sepa-
rate allegations or paragraphs; but
the substance of the charges are: That
the st. Joseph Lead Company is in
corporated under the laws of the
State of New York, having an author
lied capital stock of $20,00O,O00, of
which there is now issued and out
standing about $15,O0O,OOO; that its
chief Office is in the City, County and
State of New York, and does business
in Missouri; that the Farmers and
Miners Trust Company was incor-
porated under the laws of Missouri
on or about December %, 1896, and
was doing business as such Trust
Company at Bonnie Terre, st. Fran
co.'s County, Missouri, and that the
Trust Company was dissolved by or
der of the Circuit Court Of st. Fran
co.'s County on or about May 27, 1914
and that during the time it was do.
ing business it had an authorized
capital stock of 100000 all issued,
outstanding and paid in; that during
the time the Trust Company was do
ing business the St. Joseph Lead
Company owned continuously 83h
per cent of the total and authorized
and issued capital stock, and that I'M
der the laws of the State of New
York this ownership was illegal,
Then after stating the various Off
cial positions and dates of defendants,
the petition alleges that without war
rant of law, the st. Joseph Lead Com
pany, by and with the knowledge and
consent of defendant officials both of
the lead company and the trust COM
pany, during the period between No
vember l, 1912, and November 2
1918, advanced to the Trust Company
in the aggregate $424,371.12; and by
a certain written agreement between
the two companies, and with the full
knowledge and consent of its officers
these defendants, this large sum of
money so advanced was to be used in
the business of the Trust Company,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17
CHESTNUT RIDGE AND
ROUTE NO. THREE.

Mrs. Carrie jackson was found dead
in her bed Tuesday morning about
2 o'clock by her sister, Mrs. John
Pengilly, with whom she was living.
Mrs. Jackson had been in poor health
for some time, but was able To be up
most of the time during the day.
Monday evening she had a chill, and
her sister gave her medicine and the
necessary treatment which relieved
her, and later in the night she said
she was feeling fine, but the death
angel came a little later and called
her home where there is no more
sickness. They lived on a farm one
and half miles from Chestnut
Ridge.
The people of Chestnut Ridge have
finished gathering corn and are now
busy butchering their hogs.
Mrs. Ed Shinn is on the sick list
at present.
Mrs. Mary Clay and daughter,
Rachel, and one of Rachel's friends,
Miss Virgil Black, Of Flat River, re-
turned home Monday after spending
Sunday with Mrs. l.. d. Close of this
Route.
Mr.. John Porter left Saturday for
Oklahoma, where he expects to spend
the winter, and if the country suits
him there he will probably stay long
er.
Messrs. R. E. Hawn ard Adam
Swarts were in the Sprott neighbor-
hood saving wood the first of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Porter and fam
lily and Grandma Porter spent one day
recently in Doe Run with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. N. Bono and family.
Mr.. U. G. Hawk of this Route has
been on the sick list.
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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17

We are for water works frts, last
and all the time Fredericktown Tri-
bune.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17
Whole Family Benefited
By Wonderful Remedy

There are many little things to
annoy us, under present conditions
of life. The hurry, hard work,
noise and strain all tell on us and
tend to provoke nervousness and
irritability. We are frequently so
worn out VIC can neither cat, sleep
nor work with any comfort. We
are out of line with ourselves and
others as well.
A good thing to do Under such
circumstances is to take something
like
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17
DR.. Miles Anti.Pain Pills

are relied upon to relieve pain,
nervousness and irritability in thou
sands Of households. OF proven
merit after twenty years use, you
can have no reason for being longer
without them. !,
A. all Druggists, rs doses rs cents.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhsrt. Ins.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-12-17
DR.. Miles Anti-Pain Pills

to relieve the strain on the nerves.
Mrs ]. b. Hartsfcld, 81 Plum St,
Atlanta Ca, writes
Il have on several occasions been
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icines especially the Anti Pain pills,
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as headache remedy Often I am
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when otherwise ! wot.id be in bed My
husband joins me in i'lH praise OF the
Anti Pain Pills and Norvine."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-23

controls the destinies of all the cut
tiers and filters in the garment indus
try in Chicago is the statement to a
Day Book reporter of Frank Rosen-
blum of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, which has start
ed a campaign to organize the $4,000
tailors of Chicago.
This agency is located in the Me-
dinah Temple and is backed by the
Clothing Manufacturers Assn, which
comprises all the manufacturers,
with the possible exception of a few
little fellows.
''The only way a cutter or filter can
get a job in Chicago is through this
employment agency, which was es-
tablished by the bosses right after the
lost strike Of 1904. ''Rosenblum said:
eff cutter or filter objects to any
thing in the shop where he is working
and quits, if he objects to the thing
that has happened continually, the
cutting Of wages, he finds he cannot
get a job in any other shop in the city,
duu uuICSS uC 4u1JS IllC luuuSIIy uG
must meekly go back and submit to
conditions at the shop he quit.
I'm addition, this agency is con-
stantly recruiting apprentices to take
the place of the skilled men. The APP
prentice starts at low wages and is
kept until he reaches the place where
he expects a fair wage, then he loses
out to another apprentice.
I'm the tailoring industry women
are rapidly sUpplanting men. A man
as the head of a family must have a
certain amount of money on which to
support his family and therefore he
makes a bigger kick when the cutting
is done by the bosses. The women
submit more meekly and they can
live on less money because they have
not the same responsibilities.
In this campaign we mean to or
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-23
GARMENT WORKERS CHARGE BOSSES OPERATE
BLACKBALL SYSTEM


der existing conditions the real hard
ship is worked on women because as
through them the wages of men are
cut and less men employed the wOm-
en- will be forced into the position of
taking off mems shoulders the\ sup
port of the family instead of being
supported by men.
Chicago is the second largest
clothing industry in the United States
and it is the least organized. Balti-
more is Is per cent organized, New
York is very largely organized and a
campaign is still being waged there
to organize the entire industry, but
in Chicago there are only about TO-
900 organized tailors out of $4,000.
Wages are being constantly cut
and cut without any reason being
given to the men. The boss or fore
man comes along and says, You will
get so much less, and the man must
either take it or quit and run the
chance of not getting further employ
ment.
'In the unorganized condition of
the industry the foreman is able to
make the lives of the men and women
intolerable. They are treated like
dogs and cannot resent that treat
ment. Organization will alter that
condition.
Most of the work is piecework and
the speeding that is necessary under
present conditions is frightful.
I'VE are confident of success in
organizing the industry. We have or
ganizers of different nationalities
working among the men, necessary
because the industry embraces al
most every nationality but Chinese
and Japanese.
''The suffering of the ,unorganized
tailoTs and the so-caIled few organ
lied garment workers in the clothing
trades in Chicago would take vol
umes to tell. Past and present eXpe-
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
Cross Biackie.

Dear Uncle Jed: An old COW of ours
is rather cross, although she won't
touch anyone unless she is mad. Her
real name is Blossom, but we call her
Blackie.
One day as my father was watering
the COWS, Black got away from him
and he did not stop to get her, but
went about his work. Posy, our heifer,
seeing Black loose, got away, but IA
Their had other work to do, for it was
early and the feed was good, so he
did not bother with them.
When l came home from school 1
noticed that Posy was running around
Black, when she was trying to eat, and
1 also noticed that Black started to
hook Posy; but 1 did not say any
thing.
l went in the house and did my
work. The next time 1 looked out the
window l saw Black hooking Posy.
Posy had her rope on when she got
away from father, and Black had got
one of her horns in this rope and was
choking Posy.
My sister and 1 both rushed out the
door to stop her. Cora grasped a stick
and hit Black with it. Black then
started to hook her, but Leora jumped
innto the door. No sooner had Black
seen Leora out of the way than she
started for Posy again; but Leora
went and took Posy's rope before
Black got there.
1 picked up a stick and went and
stood between them; but Black did not
well what she would get if she did. 1
have not seen her hooking Posy again.
ARLENE PEARL.
Auo1cta Nc
Norwich bulletin., 1915-05-20
lsaacIs Loaves.

Once upon a time there was a poor
man whose name was Isaac. He lived
on the edge of the forest. He owned
a COW, pig and some chickens. One
night the pig died, and the same night
bear ate all his chickens. After that
he was poorer than ever.
One night as he was walking through
the woods he saw spark of fire and
a fairy appeared.
Here is a fine supper for you," said
the fairy, land besides, three loaves
of bread. If you will bring me the
loaves of bread in three weeks, just
as they are now. 1 will make you rich
indeed"
THE poor man thanked the fairy
and hurried home with his three loaves
of bread He put the loaves away and
did not touch them for many days. He
did not have anything to eat or to feed
his COW with which gave him milk
to drink every day. He grew thinner
and thinner and his COW grew thinner
and thinner, and at last he said:
II should rather be all the time poor
than to let my COW starve. I will feed
her with the three loaves."
Just as the COW bit the loaves into
halves out jumped the fairy, Then
she said:
IF you had brought me the loaves
I would have made you rich, as
promised but you would not have any
happiness; but now you shall always
have plenty and be happy!''
You can imagine how happy the man
was.
AGNES KLECAK, Age H.
West Wilmington.