McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-08-04
NEWS or THE WEEK
FROM OVER WORLD
HAPPENINGS IN OUR OWN AND
OTHER COUNTRIES HERE
ARE BRIEFLY TOLD.
SHORT ITEMS FOR BUSY MEN
condemnation of Weeks News Re
viewed Without Comment-An
Nations Find Something to
Edify and instruct.

EdIfy and instruct.
Warning has been issued to the psb-
Tic by the department Of agriculture to
look with extreme suspicion upon any
preparation offered for sale as being
effective for the treatment of infantile
paralysis.
Sheriff Fred ]. Collins of Musketon,
Mich, has taken charge of his wife
Sarah, whom he will return to Muske-
ton to face charge of aiding two
prisoners to escape from the county
Jail.
A meteor, the unbur&ed part Of
which Is as large as a five-room house,
fell on farm 20 miles west of Hot
Springs, Ark.
The army appropriation bill, the
last of the big preparedness measures,
has passed the senate. The bill car
ries appropriations Of approximately
$308, 100000.
Organization of all of the working
men and women of the United States,
including the systematic collection of
funds from both employers and en-
ployes for local anti-tuberculosis cam
paigns, is proposed by the National AS
ISOLATION for the Study and Proven.
ton of tuberculosis.
Lieut.. Otto Parschau, recently given
the decoration of Pour LIE Merite for
bringing down his eighth enemy aero
plane, has been killed in an air battle
Departments of their plants which
have been closed six months are be
ing opened by Pittsburg dyers. Part
of the dye cargo Of the Deutschland
was consigned here.
Robert E. Pruitt, SO years old, Of
Detroit, Mich, climbed to the top Of
an electric sign on the roof of the Ter
minal hotel, at st. Louis, ITO feet
above the sidewalk.
With practically only one county miss
ing. the totals tabulated in the recent
Texas primary showed an increased
lead in favor of the submission Of 8
prohibition amendment. The figures
were: For, 1906; against, 154,72O
Thirty-five persons were injured
when Midland Valley train ran into
an open switch at Tulsa, Ok, ant
crashed head-on into freight train.
President Wilson has signed the riv
ers and harbors bill, carrying an ap
preparation of s42,SS6.0S5.
Charles 8. Hamlin Of Massachusetts,
governor Of the federal reserve bank
was nominated for another term b,
President Wilson.
Great britain Is not firing of tn,
war: on the contrary, the country ha
never been more hopeful and united,
said Lord Derby, undersecretary To-
war. in an interview.
Six civilians have been executed b,
the Germans at Client. charged wit.
war treason"
The Standard Oil Co. Of Louisian;
has announced 1-cent reduction Ii
the price Of gasoline at all Arkansa
stations.
The Austro-Hunga-ian foreign min
lister has handed note to the neutra
representatives in Vienna, protesting
against the sinking Of Austrian mel
chantmen by entente allied subma
rines.
President Wilson has definitely de
cided to remain In Washington, n,
matter how late congress is in see
sion.
A pageant depicting the entry o
the Mormons into Utah nearly g.
years ago and into Mexico in 1888
was presented before Gen. Pershin,
and his staff at Colonia Juarez by tn,
Mormon colony.
tuberculosis has caused the dis
charge Of 10000 soldiers from tn
French army up to April / Of thi
year.
After being held up since Januar,
on objection of Senator Hitchcock
the nomination of Thomas 8. Allen a
United States attorney for Nebraska
has been confirmed by the senate.
Judge and Mrs. H. A. Miller Of Lei
anon. ILL.,. celebrated their fiftietl
wedding anniversary.
Twenty-Five thousand employees Il
the mechanical division Of the For
Motor Car Co., at Detroit, have begul
a two weeks vacation, to end Aug.
William o. Potter, Judge of the mu
nicipal court at Marion, ILL.,, has with
drawn from the race for the Republic
an nomination for state senator iron
the Fiftieth district.
Everod s. Downing. 81 years old.
pioneer In the development of tn
west, is dead at the home of hi
daughter in Kansas City.
Why He Quit
THAT efficiency expert got DISCUS,
ed early in the game. / thought b
was going to make everything eficien