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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
IN 4 STORM OF GERMAN SHELLS
Shepherd Tells of the BOmbardment Of
Belgian Town.

Continuing his story from the head
quarters of the British army in North
ern France, published in the Missouri
an Monday, William G. Shepherd,
United Press staff correspondent,
writes:
You two run over to a restaurant
and get something to eat" These
words took my attention away from
the pathetic scenes.
There are two men over in tie
hospital who were badly hurt by one
of those shells One has had his low
er jaw blown off and his throat laid
open and the other had the top of his
head knocked off. I've got to ease
them up bit"
AS he ran across the street to the
hospital door | saw him taking off his
overcoat; few seconds more and his
house coat would be off; then he
would be in a white apron and soon
the apron would be red and the
great physician from London would
be doing the work of mercy that no
ordinary man would even like to look
at
The roar of hundreds of guns came
to us from the battle line as We el-
tered a little country hotel to eat. No
shell had fallen on the town for an
hour now; the tension was relieved;
there were not so many Belgians with
packages: some of them were sitting
on chairs, at their doorways, hoping
that the zone more shell" that would
be the final tugging at home ties
would not come.
If you're afraid of lightning in a
storm, multiply your fear by hun
dred, imagine a storm in which you
can hear the lightning coming.
storm which will drive you away
from your home perhaps forever. if
it doesn't kill you: storm which
may last not for summer afternoon
but for many days and even months
and you'll begin to understand how
those Belgians felt with the roar 81
the German cyclone in the air.
"Do men ever get used to shell
fire?" l asked the man who knows
Wall Street.
81 never saw anyone who did, he
answered simply. ANY man who
SAYS he doesn't mind it is liar"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
SOME ODD NOTES OF THE WAR
Millionaire Now a TOrpOral-AuStrian
Art Treasures Moved.

Art Treasures Moved.
BY United Press
LONDON-Sir H. H. Raphael, MEM
ber of Parliament, the only millionaire
serving in the ranks of the British
army, has been promoted from private
to corporal.
COPENHAGEN-Advices from Aus
tria say art treasures valued at nearly
S5,00O,OOO have been moved from the
museum at Vienna and Budapest to
safer places.
LONDON-Practicall all British
medical students are serving in the
Royal Army Medical Corps and every
community is short of registered doc
tors.
LONDON-The infant son of a
British soldier was christened George
Kitchener Jellicoe."
CARDIFF-Cardiff street railway
workers passed resolution against
the employment of women conductors,
four of whom the company allowed to
take the places of their husbands who
went to war.
LONDON-Rumors say the war will
mean a reconciliation between France
and the Duke of Orleans-Bourbon
King of France-who is in exile.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10

stock members of the various COM
panies employed by the Lubin COM
pany, Lubin asserted, he will cast
well-known actresses and actors for
the various roles, to obtain the type
necessary to convey the Illusion to
the auditor. He declared that the
day had gone by when the photoplay
can be staged in any old way, with a
scratch cast. Today, he said, the
motion picture must be artistic, must
tell stirring tale, and have the neces-
sary punch"
The yearly payroll of his actors,
Lubin emphasized, will be more than
$3.OOO,OOO.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
MAY INSURE AGAINST SICKNESS
U. S. and States May Provide for
Workers Temporarily Laid on.

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Juno 10.-The feas-
iblity of a system of sickness insur-
ance for the United States and for
states, by which wage-earners would
be enabled to meet the expenses of
ill-health and the various health pro-
noting agencies be stipulated in the
prevention of disease among indus
trial workers. has been the subject
of investigation by members of the
staff of the federal Commission on
Industrial Relations and the U. S.
Public Health Service, according to
an announcement by the Bureau Of
the Public Health Service here.
A system of sickness insurance,
similar to those in operation in
European countries. states the report,
is based upon the principles that the
insured wage-earners, by small week.
ly payments that are supplemented by
proportionate payments from eni-
ployers and from the government, will
be enabled to receive weekly cash
benefits and medical and hospital SER
vice for himself and his family ia
times of sickness.
Employers. employees and the pub
lie will thus have a definite financial
incentive to reduce the amount of
sickness, and the preventive agencies
now at work will be afforded a field
for closer cooperation with indus
trial and trade union organizations
for the purpose of lessening disease.
Under present conditions, it is
pointed out, millions of low-paid
wage workers are unable to meet the
expenses of sickness and not only
suffer from lack of proper medical
care, but are deprived of their income
during periods of ill-health.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
UNIVERSITY MISSOURIAN
CThursday, June 10, 1879
A LARGE CROP OF COURTESY.

The world is growing better in
many ways despite the retrogression
of wars colossal iniquity.
Take a single instance
Thirty, twenty, ten years ago the
employe of a public utility concera
who recalled that he was also the
servant of the public was the excep,
tion among his fellows. Success wa;
apparently measured by discourtesy
domineering, neglect of the common
decencies of social life. The public
was damned by railway presidents
and railway brakemen. As the rail-
way hired men, so were the employees
of other corporations that lived upon
the public.
All this has changed. Courtesy has
succeeded discourtesy. The rude.
uncouth employe has become the eX-
ception. Women and children may
travel with assurance of gentlemanly
treatment from railway agents and
trainmen everywhere. A modest man
may ask for mail at a strange post
office without being growled at A
telephone subscriber may have call
repeated without a conversational al
tercation with central. The public
is smiled upon, not sworn at.
Il have been travelling in the same
territory in the Southwest twenty
eight years." said William H. Rucker,
land the change for the better in the
attitude of the employees of railroads
toward their patrons has been most
marked. Though gradually brought
about, it has been revolutionized."
Mr.. Fuckers experience is matched
by the experience of all who deal with
the representatives of public service
corporations abroad or at home
The. crouch and boor have not al
together disappeared, of course A
few are near at hand. Their number
in public place, however, is smaller
all the while.
The world is growing better. Po-
liteness, which is the outward sign
of an inward grace, is on the increase
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10

prestige and which controls the conf
dence of its readers that assures the
advertisers far more fruitful return
than II the opposite were true. The
same copy printed in two newspa-
pers of equal circulation, but altogeth-
er unequal in public esteem, will bring
surprisingly different results. 1t is al
axiom among advertising men that a
medium must be reliable if advertising
is to be really profitable. The adver-
tiser, therefore, benefits from news
paper which is clean and depend
able-a newspaper of character.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
HE is A WANDERER AT 8 YEARS
Lawrence DAILY of San Francisco "Just
Wants to See the Country

BY United Press
SAN FRANCISCO. June 1O-Law-
renee DAILY, years old. made twen-
ty-seven attempts to run away frcm
home before he had lived in San Fran
cisco four months. That's at a rate
of more than six a month. Why? "Oh," I"
says the little blue-eyed chap. lust
because | want to see the country"
Recently when the Shasta Limited
stopped in Berkeley. a railway detec-
tive discovered Lawrence riding the
blind baggage. as bold as any profess
sional "bo."
Once, when he vanished, all the eff
forts of the police failed to find him.
Sixty miles from San Francisco a
passenger on the Lark" bound for
Los Angeles, sought his berth. which
had been made up by the porter be-
fore the train started. In the berth
he found Lawrence. fully clothed.
from shoes to cap.
Pardon me-my mistake" said the
S-year-old. climbing out He headed
for the diner, but the conductor sent
him home on the next train. He had
crept unnoticed aboard the Lark and
hidden in the berth in the early even
ing.
Another time a shaggy sea-caDtain,
just as his vessel was standing away
to China from the Golden Gate. lis
covered Lawrence in the midst of
coil of rope. The pilot took him
home, much to his disgust and
chagrin.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
AND TWAS A BARGAIN, AT THAT
"Honus" Wagner Makes DOg.Trade
to Escape From q Cell.

BY United Press
PITTSBURGH, June 10.-Hans Wag-
ner, baseball star, is chicken fanc;er
and dog-breeder as we'll as shortstop
superior, Observation-Disclosures par excel
lence and fisherman with patience
de luxe
Recently, when he paid the Ale
gheny county Jail visit. Warden Ed
ward Lewis locked him in a dungeon
cell for a joke. After enjoying the
darkness and the general sepulchra-
bility for a while, "Honus" began to
rail. Finally he remembered that
Lewis had offered vainly on. several
occasions to make dog swap with
him and in near-despair he called out:
Say, Ed, let me out of here and
I'll give you that thoroughbred for
the bullpup.
Bargain" said Lewis, grinning as
he turned the big key.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
PHILADELPHIA "MOvIE- CENTER

Owner of Picture Company Plans to
Pay Actors $3,OOO,OOO a Year.
BY United Press
PHILADELPHIA. June 10.-Philla-
delphia is to be the home of the
movies" This is the prediction of
Sigmund Lubin, pioneer motion pic
ture producer and owner of one of
the greatest movie" plants in the
world. In announcing the future
plans of his corporation, Lubin de-
clared today, hereafter only master
films will be pictured here and that
the standards of art, photography and
acting will be raised to the highest
possible degree.
Instead of making up a cast out of
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
Close Watch Kept
on the Newspaper

From the journalism Week address by
George B. Deaiey. general MANAGE of
the Dallas News.
From a purely selfish viewpoint. it
would be folly for a newspaper to
permit advertisers to exert an improp-
er influence on the publication of
news. l think | am safe in saying that
with reputable newspapers, no such
influence exists. In the first place,
advertisers are after publicity for the
wares they have for sale and are as a
srple not seeking influence. Some ad-
vertisers who have imagined in the
past that because they spent certain
amount of money with a newspaper
they had a moral right to require thar
paper to advocate legislation for their
benefit, have been enlightened by hav-
ing their business refused by many
of the leading papers of the country.
There is no business on which closer
watch is kept by the public than that
of a newspaper. What the publisher
does and what his papers opinion is,
goes before the public every day. That
same public is merciless in its crit
icism, quick to jump at conclusions
and frequently unjust in its judgment
A newspaper may deceive part of its
readers for a while, but none of them
for a very long time.
Another critic of the newspaper
who is always watching for an evil
dence of corrupt influence is the low
class politician. Every newspaper Of
any worth has an active and sleepless
enemy in the army of the kind of
politicians whom it has had occasion
to oppose at some time in its career.
No issue of the paper passes without
being scanned for an opportunity to
attack it. With the caustic critics who
make up its subscription list. and the
enemies seeking an opportunity to
assail it. a newspaper must for self
protection be above suspicion.
think It may be accepted as for
mula that, in the long run, the adver-
tising columns of a newspaper are
salable directly in the proportion that
its editorial and news columns are
independent. honest and unpurchas-
able. For the public has an instinct
that may be depended upon to detect
dishonesty in a newspaper, and, once
they come to suspect it of dishonesty.
they will quickly render its advertis-
ing columns unstable by the simple
process of refusing to read, or, un-
consciously perhaps, refusing to be-
lieve many things printed in its ad-
vertising columns. There is certain
intangible value in the advertising
columns of a newspaper which has
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
Panama Canal Affects Railroads.

BY United Press
WASHINGTON, June 10.-Although
the Interstate Commerce Commission
order, requiring several eastern rail-
roads to give up their steamship con-
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10
Governments Summer Vacation Oh

By United Press
WASHINGTON, June 10.-The sum-
mer vacation season for government
clerks is on. Today the vanguard of 4O,-
600 government employees are their
leave" as their periods of vacations
are popularity called. Each is en-
titled to 80 days, exclusive of Sundays,
and most of them take it during the
heated term. The vacation season
proper begins June 1. but extends
right up to New Years Day. Satur-
day half holidays are also being view
ed with satisfaction. for three months
the departments observing the rule
of closing at l p. m. on Saturday.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10

Will serve meals after June 1st. for
SO per week. Call 81 S. Sixth st. or
Phone S56-White. M-23S
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1915-06-10

nections on the Great Lakes, does M,
go into effect until December 1. tha
Commission is being kept busy e..
planning the reason for the ordey
which was made under the terms a
the Panama Canal act.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20

W. D. Hagy is spending this week
in Memphis.
Miss Lucille Brown, of Newborn, is
the guest of Mrs. Mamie Perkins this
week.
Miss Maggie Grissom of Newborn
is is inc guest OF Miss Kathleen Wood
this week.
Miss Gladys Bradley Of Belzona,
Miss, is the guest of her grandfather,
J. W. Stumph.
Miss Dollar of Adamsville is spend
ing the week with her sister, Mrs.
Robert Struder,
Mrs. Noah Prince and Mrs. Mamie
Houston and child. en- autoed to Mid
dleton Wednesday to spend the day
with Mrs. Tally, Mrs. Princes sister
G. L. Haynes, F. f. Hendrix, 7. A.
Haynes and Robert Struder went to
the Merchants Convention at Memphis
Monday, with ]. E. Powers as auto
driver.
&. D. M Perkins and family Of
Pine Castle, Fla. are spending a few
days with McNairy relatives. He is
the youngest son of the late E D. M.
Perkins Of Washington, D. c.
DR.. and Mrs. B. F. Johnston of
Fairview, Okla, were the guests Of
J. E. Powers and Albert Gillespie.
brother and sister of Mrs. Johnston.
They left Saturday to visit relatives
at Savannah.
MRS. G. W. Mckenzie and two little
sons, Milford and Ethel, of near
Adamsville, have been the guests Of
relatives in Selmer this week. enroute
to Corinth where they will visit
another sister, Mrs. L. S. Wright.
John Hill, north of Purdy, died at
the home of his father J. A. Hill last
Saturday. He was about Is years old,
was single. He was sick about three
months, which was superinduced by
whooping cough. He was buried at
Rose Hill cemetery Sunday afternoon,
Rev. C. N. Ralstou conducting the
burial services. A large concourse
followed the remains to its last rest
ing place.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
Is Sickness 4 Sin?

If not, it's wicked to neglect illness
and means Of relief. It's wicked to
endure Liver Ills, Headache, Injiges-
ton, Constipation, when one dose cf
Po-Do-Lax gives relief. Po-Do-Lox
is Podophyllin MAY APPLE, without
the grippe. 1t arouses the Liver, in
creases the flow Of bile Natures an
tiseptic in the Bowels. Your Consti-
patton and other ills disappear over
night Po-Do-Lax has helped Nature
to remove the cause. Get a bottle
from your Druggist today. Get rid
Of your Constipation overnight. ad,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20

TO Introduce guaranteed quality automobile and motorcycle and
tubes have all distributor and and
will sell the automobile and motorcycle direct before
offered and under conditions which LIBERAL
and above board We will ship c. o. D. WITHOUT ANY DEPOSIT
and SUBJECT TO INSPECTION where full
order for will PREPAY ALL TRANSFORMATION
CARGES AND AGREE that arrival Of tubes they
ordinary offer and the herewith change
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
PERSONALS

Hubert Fulghum Of Memphis is Wis
iting homefolks this week.
c. L. Haynes returned from his
Memphis outing Thursday morning
by rail.
Mrs. J. A. Carter of Dyersburg is
spending few days in the home of
Mrs. Dr. Carter.
Rev. T. L. Peery will begin a meet
ing at the Methods church at Che
Nalla Sunday, Aug. %.
]. W. White of Florence, Ala, is
visiting in the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Louis Adams, this week.
0.C. Hagy Of Memphis spent a few
days last week with his family, who
are spending a months vacation in
Gelmer.
Mrs. Mary Meeks, after spending
several days at Stantonville after Wis
iting relatives in other towns will re-
turn to her home in Texas near the
Mexican border line.
s. W. Sargent Of Willow Springs,
Mo-, has purchased through the Nc
Marry Co. Land Co. a 100 acre tract
known as the Jim Kay land owned by
Bud Erwin. Consideration, $700.
Invitations are out announcing the
marriage Of Miss Irene Lutishy Stead
man and Andrew Lonas Payne on
August 25th. The bride is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Stead
man.
Paul Tompson Of Blytheville. Ark,
who has been visiting his grandmother.
Mrs. N. A. Kendrick of Stantonville,
passed through Selmer enrouts home
and was the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
A. Houston Wednesday night.
The contract for the Cypress creek
canal was let Monday to the Swamp
Dredge Co. Of Tupelo, Miss, at 81
cents per yard, including the right Of
way. The cost per acre will be $l0.l5
on the estimate Of the excavators.
Misses Lorraine and Ruby Hagy Of
Memphis. who have been visiting their
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. A..
Erwin, for several weeks, left Tues
day for a visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Prank HHsKJ On Shiloh National Park.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
Thirty-First Annual Sunday School
Convention of McNairy County
Dc i'.id al SeiIner, Tenn. Thursday and Friday
August rs and 27, 1915

FIRST SESSION. Thursday Morning
1000 Convention called order by President c. M Cooch
Devotional exercises -.--.r- -.--- Rev. ]. w. CARMEL
1920 Purposes Of this Convention and how make the
most Of Them Short speeches. led by Judge
H. P. Wood and C. A. Morphis
1926 Best methods for Sunday School work
Prof Simpson and ] w. T. Denybeny
1855 What part has my Sunday School in this conven-
tona Does do its purt2 General application
P L. Basinger and R. N Shelton
ll:l5 The essentials Of graded Sunday School
Prof. H. ]. Cox and James Hurley
LBS Reports Of District Presidents.
Appointment of Committees
Noon recess-Benedcion by Rev. J. H. Curry
AFTERNOON SESSION
100 Devotional exercises .~--- - Rev. J. A. Houston
Las Graded literature and its benefits
HP. Wood and Rev. L. c. Flat
200 Good records and statistics
Prof A. n. Grantham and Jno R. Erwin
2:l5 The teacher and his class
lios, Hodges and Rev. W. Camel
2:30 Class organization. WHAT Howe Why,
J.W Praher and Aaron Brooks
245 Systematic plans for substitute teachers Whyl HOWE
Terry Alternately and ]. H. Cobb
300 Questions and general discussions by Convention
Committees to report
Benedicdon- H. A. Hunter
NIGHT SESSION
745 Song and prayer service ~ Rev. J. w. Wallace
800 How to reach the masses
Rev. c. N. Raulson and H D. Maxedon
$50 Worldwide Sunday School work
State Sec'y Joseph Carthc
Benedichon-Rev. C. w. Hurley
MORNING SESSION, Friday
$50 Devotional Exercises Rev. ]. B. Maxedon
GAS The aims Of the teacher ]. F. Wilson, T. Williams
1000 Temperance
Member w. c. T. u. and Rev. ]. T. Banks
1920 Keeping the Cradle Roll alive Mrs Minnie Paher
1880 Home Department ---.-.-. --- Mrs. W. T. Bell
lO:4O Workers meeting ~. c. Houston, w. d. Hendrix
loo Forward movement
COL J. W. Pmyance and John Swain
lis Final reports Of committees
Introduction Of resolutions
Questions and answers
Noon recess s.f,s.f
Bcnedicion by Rev. T. l. Peery
.s AFTERNOON SESSION
l30 Devotional exercises ..-. -. Rev. w. S. Lockman
las diminished business
Election Of officers
Fixing date and place Of next meeting
Review remarks, led by Noah Prince d
Reading Minutes
Adjournment BenedHioson ~ " ~
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
County Sunday School Convention

The 3lst Annual County Sunday
School Convention meets at Selmer
next Thursday and Friday, Aug. 26,
27. We trust all Sunday School
workers will attend. We would urge
our home people to be at hand at all
it's sessions. Let us show that Selmer
Sunday School workers are no drones.
We have four fine schools, and all
earnest workers.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
GENERAL REMARKS

All Sunday School Superntendens are especially requested
to have their schools send delegates and complete report Of
their school, Do not fail to include contribution for the
support Of Convention and State purposes
All churches that have Sunday Schools please send rep
resenahves Wewant every church and school in McNany
county represented.
Come to stay throughout both days sessions Of the Conven
ton Semer extends YOU cordial invitation and bids you
welcome. Gomez Gomez Come III Let US make this the
greatest Convention ever held by this organization.
The President offers complete set Of charts for next years
Sunday School work the outoown school having the
greatest number Of its pupils and officers present.
representatives cannot come, don't fail mail your report
ahead Of time to be reported at the Convention.
Address: j. T. WILSON, Secretary.
Bethel Spring. Tenn.
c. M. COOCH President.
Gravel Hill. Tenn.
H. P. WOOD, Wce-Prest
Selmer Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20

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
Higgs Chemical Company, 948 Linden
ave., Memphis. Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
LOOK

Read The Independent for the
NEWS of the county.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
MARRIAGE Licenses

v. T. Hewlett to bruce Cheshier.
Henry Allison to Audry Lee Wall.
]. L. Hendrix te Lula lula Josie / Lain.
J. G. Switon to Emma Coleman.
A. D. Shelton to Claudio Cross.
Harrison Barnett to Gazelle Younger
Bobert Null to Bessie Dixon.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-08-20
4 Mgdiicine Chest ior 75c

In this chest you have an excellent
remedy for Toothache, Bruises, Sprains,
Stiff Neck, Backache, Neuralgia. Rheu-
.matism and for most emergencies.
One 25c. bottle of Sloan's Liniment
does it all-this because these all
ment are symptoms, net disease, and
are caused by congestion and infam-
nation. If you doubt, ask those who
use Sloan's Liniment, or better still,
buy a 25c. bottle and prove it. All
Druggists. adv