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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-03-25

public corporations.
"3. Exemption OF such corporations
from process OF EarnishmGnt Is not a
personal privilege which may be
waived by them, by appearance and
answer. but one based on principles
OF public policy and which cannot be
yIyn TVgn4
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
CARRANzA LIMITS
POWER OF ENJOYS
IN REPLY TO U. 8. NOTE MEXICO
REJECTS PROPOSAL FOR EN-
LARoING SUBJECTS.
NAMES THREE MEN TO ACT
They Are To Devote Their Attention
Preferably To Resolution OF
Points Mentioned In the
Previous Note.

Washington.-Gen. Carranza's reply
to the last American note accepting
his suggestion for a joint commission
to adjust border differences, but pro-
posing a broader scope for the com.
missions work. was delivered to the
state department by Eliseo Arredondo.
Mexican acknowledgements. 1t an
nounces the appointment Of three
Mexican commissioners, with instruc-
lions to devote their attention prefer
ably to the resolution Of the points
mentioned IN the previous note"
Thus, the de facto government ap.
parently rejects the proposal that the
commission consider other questions
than the military situation and limits
Its discussions to subjects originally
suggested by Carranza-withdrawal of
American troops from Mexico; formu-
lation of protocol to cover future OPP
erations against bandits and investiga'
ton of interests which may have pro-
NOTED border raids.
Whether this will be satisfactory TO
the United States government has not
been indicated.
Old Point Comfort, Va, or Asbury
Park, N. J., probably will be selected
as the meeting place of the joint Amer.
lean Mexican commission to adjust
border differences, Arredondo said.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
HEAD HUNTERS GETTING BUSY
vantage Of War to Gather
Trophies.

At first sight there does not seem
to be very close connection between
the war In Europe and head hunting
In the Solomon Islands. Nevertheless,
the one arises from the other.
Previous to the outbreak of the
war, according to Vancouver Worlds
Sydney IN. s. W. correspondent, Brit
ish. and occasionally German war
ships patrollyed the islands and en-
deavored to keep down cannibalism
among the natives, who are largely of
Papuan or Malaysian stock. How
ever, the requirements for the trans
port Of troops led to the recall Of the
British warships-and the happy head
hunter has been free to follow his own
devious courses.
In one raid made by mountain
tribe upon a small village near the
coast no less than 20 heads were Sc
cured. No punishment followed be-
cause the whites were unable to or
ganlze In time. As consequence
the raids are growing more dangerous
and. although as yet no Europeans
have been attacked, planters have con.
stantly to keep on their guard.
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ENFORCING THE LAW.

Amusing stories are being told by
London newspaper correspondent con.
corning the carrying out of the mo
treating" orders issued by the British
board of control. On one occasion
two detectives attired as lockers WIS.,
tied a Liverpool house. One of them
ordered "two pints' and rendered
money in payment. The barman
brought the drinks and the change,
whereupon he was informed that he
had broken the law. "Not bit of It,"
replied the apron-wearer, "you ordered
two pints, and I'm going to stand here
and 'see you drink them yourself"
A New Brighton "public" was the
scene of this story: Three men en-
tered and one of them ordered and
paid for three bottles Of stout. The
barmaid brought the bottles I'M
corked and one glass. On being asked
for two more glasses she politely in
timated that the man who ordered the
three bottles must drink them, and
that she had nothing to do with his
companions.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
MAKE BIG GUNS OBSOLETE
Western Inventor Devises an Aerial
Torpedo That Gives Promise
OF Effectiveness.

What may eventually prove to be
highly effective war implement, and, II
SO, possibly render present heavy ar
tillery obsolete for long-range opera
lions, is a seif-controlled aerial tor
pedo that has lately been developed, In
Colordo. 1t Is described In the Au-
gust number Of Popular Mechanics
Magazine. In a general way, the In
strument attempts to accomplish over
land what the United States navy's
new wireless torpedo does at sea. Its
principle and method Of operation, Of
course, are entirely different. AS Is
to be inferred, 1t consists Of small
aircraft-much like an ordinary BIZ
plane-earrying a large, high-explosive
torpedo which it Is designed to drop
at any predetermined spot within a
certain radius. The projectile, which
is about twelve feet in length, forms
the body Of the machine and Is divided
into two compartments. The propel-
Ter Is mounted at the front end of 1t,
while the shaft extends through the
entire torpedo to the rear compart-
ment, where an 1S-horsepower motor
Is housed. The speed and course Of
the machine are regulated by means Of
gyroscopic mechanism, while TIM
Ing device of some sort releases the
engine containing missile at the prop
err instant for 1t to strike its target.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
READ THIS FROM A
PROMINENT RAILROAD MAN

Mr.; John W; Haser, Fuel Inspector ,,c Of
u the n. E; I s.: {; Ry.. living q sGOs
the fail Of iei4 I had the grippe for six
weeks and had three doctors. One bottle
of Lung-Vita did me more good than all
of the medicine they had given me. Last
winter my little boy had the whooping
cough and we thought he would never be
well again. We tried everything we could
think Of, with no results, until we used
Lung-Vita. After using this medicine be
is well and hardy and has never been both.
cred any more. We would not be with
out it in our home" Use Lung-Vita for
consumption, asthma, coughs, Group, colds,
and whooping cough. If your dealer does
not have it send sl.75 for thirty-day
treatment today. Nashville Medicine Co..
Dept. c, Nashville, Tenn. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
"Maonet BlII.1

He doesn't look like very important
part of big automobile organization.
this stopped, grizzzled man, but the
president of a great motor car COM
pany says that Magnet Bill" saves his
salary a dozen times over every day
he works. Rain or shine, summer or
winter, Magnet Bill" may be seen
walking slowly about the automobile
plant, his eyes on the ground. Mag
net Bill'' gets his nickname from the
fact that his tools consist solely of one
tin bucket and big steel magnet.
strapped to the end Of a shovel ham
die. 1t Is his duty to save automobile
tires by removing from the roadway
every nail and bit of metal that might
cause a puncture. Thousands Of cars
are run over the roadway to the test.
ing place and 1t is figured that with.
out the precaution taken by Magnet
Bill" the cost for cut and punctured
tires would be $4,000 every year.
Popular Science Monthly and Worlds
Advance.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
WHY HAVE CH,LLS AND FEvERf
Plantation" Chill Tonic is guaran-
teed and will do the work In q week.
Your money cheerfully refunded by
dealers II It fails after giving It Q
proper trial. Price 50c.--Adv.
A Wise Provision.

A good story is being told, apropos
of preparedness, on clever labor
orator who lately spoke In Baltimore.
In speech made in another city he
absentmindedly put his finger In his
mouth and In an Outburst of ener-
getic eloquence inadvertently bit it.
Later on, exigencies more or less
common to suffering humanity caused
him to part with the offending teeth
and replace them with good brand
Of artificial ones. But the remem-
brance of the former still ranked, and
when he began his preparations to
speak in Baltimore he removed the
teeth carefully, and putting them on
the table beside hin, looked at the au-
dience and quietly remarked: Safety
first"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
Easement 10 Executed.

London.-Roger Easement, former
British knight and consul, was hanged
at 9 a. m. Aug. 8, in Pentonville jail
for high treason. He was convicted
Of conspiring to cause an armed re-
volt in Ireland, and with having
sought German aid to that end.
Hours before the execution crowd
Of men, women and children gathered
before the prison gates. At me mn-
ute after a single stroke Of big bell
announced that the trap had been
sprung. It was the signal for mock
ing, jeering yell from the crowd. which
suddenly died away.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
Rluhteous Inclination.

He had been showing his rich old
aunt from the country some Of the
sights, and this evening they were to
witness a revue.
He was keen on making a good I'm
preston, as he had great expectations
from the old lady. So he was quite
taken back when, as soon as the cur
tain rose, the good dame grasped him
by the arm and hurried him from the
theater.
"Disgraceful Such bad manage
mentl" she said, Indignantly, when
they had reached the lobby. Just
fancy allowing the curtain to go up be-
fore those poor girls were dressed!'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
MAN GOT A BATH OF EGGS
Ten Crates OF Hen Fruit Bury Pblla-
deIphlan When Car Hits
Wagon.

Covered from head to foot with bro.
ken eggs, and In a dazed condition, An
thony Capola, thirty-six years old of
904 Pierce street, wss carried into the
Methodist hospital last night. After
the eggs had been scraped from his
clothing and body it was discovered
Capola was suffering from decorations
and contusions Of the body.
Capola was riding in wagon along
Moyamensing avenue and was buried
beneath a wreck of ten crates of eggs
when the vehicle was struck by troll
ley car. John Downey, an egg and
poultry dealer Of Chester, driver Of
the wagon, failed to see the approach
of the car and drove across the tracks
directly In Its path.-Philadelphia
Record.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
MANY ARE LEFT HOMELESS
Sixty Are Dead From cIoudburst In
East Tennessee.-Property Loss
Approximately 100000.

Knoxville, Tenn.-With 60 known
dead and q property loss Of 100000,
the people of Big Barren Creek, in
Claiborne county, are, many Of them,
homeless and stricken with sorrow.
Following rainstorm In which II
inches Of rain is reported by the
weather bureau officials to have fall.
en- a flood which tore away 35-foot
dam surged down the valley, carrying
ruin in its wake. The dead--Mrs.
Crockett Edmondson. her four chill
dren and two grandchildren, the
Misses Lille and Minnie Wiley, daugh-
tiers of Mr.. and Mrs. s H. Wiley of
Monroe. Mich; Robert Jackson and
wife, Frank Cupp and wife, Robert
Walker and family of eight. Bush Fer
guson and wife and seven children.
W. P. Zachery and wife and five chill
dren, unknown girl, three years Of
age, Arthur Johnson and wife and
three children, Cornell McBee and wife
and seven children.
A man and wife and five children
in an isolated section are known to
be drowned. They are said to be
Huse Birch and family.
Rescue parties returning from the
stricken district report that the water
Is all over the little valley of Blairs
Creek and that apparently every home
along the creek for a distance of six
miles has been washed away.
The damage was first reported to
have been the result of cloudburst.
but although hole 80 feet deep and
$50 feet long was torn in the ground
in one place, the people Of that sec
ton believe that the storm was the
hardest that could have been, without
being a cloudburst. The flood waters
confined in narrow valley a quar-.
ter to half mile wide surged to their
outlet in Clinch river, 10 miles below.
at which point the effect Of the flood
was dissipated. Five Touring mills
and three sawmills, many residences
and granaries and all the crops have
been destroyed in the section. When
isolated points have been heard from
1t is believed that the loss Of human
life will include more residents of the
valley.
Rescue parties that went into the
valley brought out number who have
been made homeless and these are be-
ing taken care of in Tazewell and In
farm houses In that vicinity.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11

The most dangerous Of the biting In
sects is said by most entomologlsts to
be the mosquito, and the species which
is the chief carrier of malaria is found
very widely distributed throughout the
world. AS a rule individuals do not
wander far on their own account, but
they can be blown considerable dis
tances by wind, and they have a
habit of travelling about in trains and
ships. The female hibernates through
out the winter, and, it is reported, has
been found under the frozen SHOWS of
Siberia, mingled with the moss and
snow.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11

ASHAMED OF ITS CUSTOMERS.
The saloon is ashamed of its hes.
customers.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
Laps.

His prowess as a walker was the
subject of jenkins Boosting one day.
"One holiday" he said, loudly, II Sc
lected a course measuring four miles
over the country, and timed myself.
The result was that in one hour COW
cred IL miles in three laps"
He waited for the EXPLANATIONS of
amazement, which did not come. In
stead, one of his listeners remarked in
n bored voice:
THAT'S nothing special. know a
young lady who once did 80 miles all
in one lap, and she would have re-
turned In the SAME lap, only got a
cramp so badly in the legs"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11

Weak, Fainty Heart, and HysterIes
can be rectifed by taking ''Renovine" q
heart and nerve tonic. Price soc and 81. MI
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
UGH! CALOMEL MAKES YOU SICK!
CLEAN LIVER AND BOWELS MY WAY
Just Once! Try "Dodsons Liver Tone" When Bilious Constl
pated Headachy-Dont Lose Days Work.

Liven up your sluggish liver! Feel
nne and cheerful; make your work a
pleasure: be vigorous and full Of am
bition. But take no nasty, danger
GUS calomel. because 1t makes you
sick and you may lose q days work.
Calomel Is mercury or quicksilver.
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel crashes into sour bile like
dynamite. breaking 1t up. That's
when you, feel that awful nausea and
'cramping.
Listen to me! II you want to enjoy
the incest, gentlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced just
take q spoonful Of harmless Dodson's
Liver Tone. Your druggist or dealer
sells you 80 cent bottle of Dodson's
Liver Tone under my personal money
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
M Bv Aeroplane GUN.

London-One of the Zeppelins
which raided the eastern and south.
eastern counties of England was hit
by an aeroplane gun, according to OBJ
servers.
The big air craft was seen flying low
over the water, and is believed to
have been badly damaged.
Anti-aircraft guns gave the aerial
visitors a warm reception. A Dutch
gunner also fired on the fleet as ii
crossed Holland. The four Zeppelins,
homeward bound, were sighted off
Tristan Island August 4.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
RED, ROUGH, SORE HANDS
May BE Soothed and Healed by Use
Of Cuticura. Trial Free.

Nothing SO soothing and healing for
red. rough and irritsted hands as Cuti-
cura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
Soak hands on retiring in hot Cuticurs
soapsuds. Dry, and gently anoint hands
with Cuticura Ointment. A one-night
treatment works wonders.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. l.,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
What Is COMING?

Mr.. r. G. Wells is more interested,
so he tells us in his latest book, "What
Is Coming?" In the tomorrow than In
the today. The past he regards sim
ply as material for future guessing.
Remembering his many successful
forecasts Of previous years, this latest
volume, in which he deals with social
conditions after the war, is possessed
Of great significance. How are people
going to make up the waste Of the
worlds resources, the killing of q
large majority of the men In nearly
every European country, universal loss
and unhappiness? What, In short, Ia
In store for the next generation?
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
HIGH COMMERCIAL STANDING.

A few years ago commission came
over from Germany to investigate the
causes Of the industrial supremacy of
the United States. In their report
they asserted that the victories of
American trade are largely due to the
fact that for thirty years children in
the public schools have been taught
the evils Of intoxicating drink, and
that in more than 400 lines of indus
try no man could secure employment
II he were known to be addicted to
Intoxicating beverages.
1t might be added that the laws
in all the states requiring scientific
temperance instruction In the public
schools are the result of persistent
work on the part of the Woman's
Christian Temperance union.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
A Ton-Weioht Turtle.

That turtle weighing nearly ton"
(fisherman's weight?) lately landed at
Penzance cannot be either the green
turtle, associated with civic feasts, or
the hawks bill, from which we get tor
toise shell. These two belong to trop-
ical seas, and are of smaller dimen-
sions. The ponderous ''hlnseck" caught
off Scnlly must be 'loggerhead" tur-
tie, which occurs In the Mediterranean
and sometimes visits our southern
coasts. The 'loggerhead" is the only
carniyerous turtle, and distinguished
from the green variety by size, shape
of head. and number Of plates on the
armor But he Is occasionally cooked
In mistake for his edible cousin, with
disastrous results to the diners.-Lon-
don Chronicle.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
BEER AND GRAIN.

Germans are beginning to chafe
against the liberty granted to thebrew-
or to waste grain, while the consump-
ton Of bread Is restricted and cattle
are grudged their usual sustenance.
Daily 5000 hundredweight of barley
are wasted by Germans in producing
beer. To make a litre of beer nearly
half pound of barley is required,
and some Germans drink five litres a
day. One writer sums up the case
against the beer drinker in these
trenchant words: whoever drinks
beer during the war takes away a
piece of bread from his fellow man,
robs his people of meat and butter and
deprives our children, our sick and
wounded of the milk and eggs so nee
essary."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
SITUATION IS SATISFACTORY.

Berlin Claims To Have Overcome un-
favorable Year of 1915.
Berlin.-The food situation In Ger
many is satisfactory, according to an
official statement which, after compar-
ing the harvests of 1914 and 1915,
says:
1.-THE splendid organization Of the
distribution of bread and corn as well
as the system of economical consump-
ton and the storing in supplies en-
abled us to overcome the unfavorable
economic year of 1856 without seri-
GUS arrangement of the life Of our peo-
pie. The present economic year prom
ises to be even more satisfactory"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11

back guarantee that each spoonful
will clean your sluggish liver better
than dose of nasty calomei and that
1t won't make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone Is real liver
medicine. You'll know It next morn.
ing, because you will wake up feel
ing fine, your liver will be working.
your headache and dizziness gone.
your stomach will be sweet and your
bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone 10 entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and
cannot salivate. Give 1t to your chill.
dren. Millions Of people are using
Dodson's Liver Tone instead Of dan.
gerous calomel now. Your druggist
will tell you that the sale Of calomel
Is almost stopped entirely here.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
BANDITS GET $ss, 10000.

Spectators Thought Moving Picture
Scenario Was Being Enacted.
Detroit.-Five unmasked automobile
bandits held up an automobile in which
$4,000 pay roll money was being TAX
en- to the plant of q machine company.
and before estonished guards could
offer resistance snatched five bags OF
six In the car, said to have contained
between $4,000 and $4,000, and es'
capped.
The hold-up occurred in view Of hun
dreds of employees Of nearby automo'
bile factories and the usual afternoon
throngs on Woodward avenue. Many
thought 1t a moving picture company.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
Well LIN.

Gen. Leonard Wood said In Wash.
ington, apropos Of military question :
These men, In their desire to seem
thoroughly well up In the latest mill
tary science, remind me of the green
horn servant.
'"This servant, though really green
horn, took job under the pretense of
being very highly trained. Her mis-
tress said to her the first day:
~ suppose, Jane, you can fill the
lamps?
"'Oh, yes. ma'am Yes, indeed
ma'amv Jane answered. And which
would we ruther l filed 'em with
gas or electricity"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
TOTAL PASSES ONE THOUSAND

Health Department Daily Bulletin
Shows Plague Continues.
New York.-More than 1000 chill
dren now have been killed by the cpl
demic of infantile paralysis and near
ly 5000 have been stricken.
The health departments daily bull
letin shows that the plague continues
to gain Roadway. During the "a
hours ending at 10 am. Aug. 4, 4b
children died Of the disease In the
five boroughs OF New York City and
ITS new cases. the second largest num-
Der In single day, were reported.
Since June rs there have been 1850
cases, 1,025 OF which proved fatal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
Exports Of Cotton.

New Orleans.--Exports Of cotton
from the United States during the cot.
ton year ending July 81, were $751;
0s4 bales, or 2,310,S14 bales less than
for the previous season, according to
a statement issued by the secretary
Of the New Orleans cotton exchange.
Expectations Of the earlier months OF
the season were that the movement
would be well under 100000 bales,
but lower freight rates swelled ex
ports during the last few months.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
Don't Poison Baby.

YEARS AGO almost mother thought her child must have
laudanum These will produce
sleep and FEW DROPS TOO MANY win produce the SLEEP
have been killed whose health has been ruined for life BY au
prohibited selling
anybody without labelling them poison The definition Of narcotic
"a medicine which relieves and produces out th 81 poison
produces conclusions and DEATH The taste and
Soothing You should not permit
of it IL composed. CASTORIA DOES NOT
Of Chas. a. Fletcher ~ <ANzL@
signature |<ZX /E<4<
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
TREATY IS SIGNED.

United States Purchases the Danish
West indies From Denmark.
Misunderstanding Secretary Polk
has announced that the treaty by
which the United States is to pur-
chase the Danish West Indies from
Denmark for $25,00O.O00 was signed
by Secretary Lansing and Minister
Constantin Brun.
The treaty provides for the transfer
to the United States Of three islands
st. Thomas, st. Croix and st. John
which have been the subject Of negoti-
ations between the United States and
Denmark for many years.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-11
An UnproductlXe Visitor.

"Say, young feller," said Broncho
Bob, "have you got gun on your
NO. sir" replied the man with the
brand-new cowboy uniform. II was
told that it was better to be unarmed,
so as to avoid any impression that l
was seeking quarrel"
well, that's big disappointment.
l needed brand-new gun an thought
you'd be bringin' along at least pair
of 'em. Don't you let anything like
this occur again."