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The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
TiInm-ls Dead.

i5i $1cuus
Thomas Timms, OF Cottage avenue,
is dead at the age of ~ years. Funeral
services were held at the Catholic
church, with interment at the Mach
.pelah cemetery. He is survived by one
brother, Michael Timms. Of ISittson-l
willie and two sisters, Miss Catherine
Timms and Mrs. Peter Dargan.
To Administer Oaths.
The county court convened today to.
administer the oath of Office TO the
newly elected officials and deputies.
Repair Parsonage.
The Methodist Episcopal parsonage
on Center avenue IS undergoing con-
siderable repair, both inside and out.
Repaint Store.
The front Of the 70. j. Kane hardware
store has been repattncd.
Public sale.
The Railroad employees Coo Operative
Store, which Went into a receivers
hands some days ago, will be sold at
public sale December If, ifsnot sold by
private sale before that date.
Ccttrill Child III.
The small child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clint CottriIl has been very i'll. Bailey
King has been filing Mr.. Cottrill's
place At the sub-statlon during his alb
ssence.
To Sell Horses.
About one hundred head of standard
bred horses including Lord Roberts,
o:07, being the property of the late
Judge George Bennett, will be sold
December 2S. The county will prob
ably lose some OF the best bred stock
that it ever possessed. The sale will
he held in the covered track at the
Riverside stock farm below town.
New Employc.
Miss Eula Evans Is II new empIoyc
in County Clerk Troaell's Office.
Girl Born.
Born. unto MIR and Mrs. Charles II.
Lindsey, of Kennedy station. ten
pound girl.
Moves Into New Home.
Charles Carr. the cement contractor,
moved into his handsome new home in
the AfcGarry addition this week.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
HCGttrill Clild nj.

The small child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clint Cottrill.has been very i'll. Bailey
King has been filling Mr.. Cottrills
place at the sub-statlon during his alb
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10

The Railroad employees Co-Operative
hands. some days ago, will be sold at
public sale December If If not sold by
private sale before that date.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
2epnir Parsonage.

on Center avenue is undergoing con-
siderable repair, both inside and out.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
To Administer Oat.hs,

The county court convened today to
administer the oath of Office to the
newly elected officials and deputies.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
Repaint Store.
Public Sale.

The front o.. the F j. Kane hardware
store has been repaitncd.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10

Lindsey OF kennedy station. ten
pound girl.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-10
To Sell Horses.

Miss EuIa Evans IS Il new employs
q County Clerk TroSell's Office.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11

How many Englishmen-or, for that
matter, how many Swiss living in Eng.
land-could give offhand the name Of
the president of the Swiss confedera.
ton? In accordance with the Swiss
constitution, the head of the state, or
the president of the federal council, as
he is officially called, only holds of.
flee for a year, and is elected every
December. The federal assembly has
just elected it's president for next year
He is M. Camille Decoppet, who re-
ceived 1856 votes out Of 1873.
Owing to the curious international
position of Switzerland and its rela
lions with the belligerent powers, the
position might be supposed to be one
of considerable Importance, but even
the Swiss people are apathetic as to
who shall occupy 1t, and they give to
their chief no state honors whatever
He il accessible to almost anybody
and British minister at Berne has
told how, when he went to visit the
president once, the door was opened
by his wife. who was busy cooking
while the president was sitting at his
desk in his shirt sleeves. Switzer
land Is true republic. according I'd
the old and classic ideal-the only
one.-Manchester Guardian.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
QUIT MEAT IF KIDNEYS
BOTHER AND USE SALTS
Take Glass Of Salts Before Break
fast II Your Back 10 Hurting or
Bladder 10 lrrltated.

II you must have your meat every
day. eat It, but flush your kidneys with
salts occasionally, says noted author
ity who tells us that meat forms uric
acid which almost paralyzes the kid
neys in their efforts to expel 1t from
the blood. They become sluggish and
weaken, then you suffer with dull
misery in the kidney region, sharp
pains in the back or sick headache,
dizziness, your stomach sours, tongue
is coated and when the weather is bad
you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the
channels often get sore and irritated,
obliging you to seek relief two or
three times during the night
To neutralize these irritating acids,
to cleanse the kidneys and flush of
the body's urinous waste get four
ounces Of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy here; take q tablespoonful in Q
glass of water before breakfast for q
few days and your kidneys will then
act fine. This famous salts is made
from the acids of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithia, and has
been used for generations to flush and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
neutralize the acids in urine, so 1t no
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in
jure. and makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater dripk.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
ENDS DYSPEPSIA,
INDIGESTION, GAS
"Pape's Diapepsin" cures sick,
sour stomachs In five minutes
Time II!

Ies...-2 ace." nnt had atnmachs In
order-"really does" overcome indiges-
tion, dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sourness in FIVE minutes-that--just
that-makes Pape's Diapepsin the lar
gest selling stomach regulator in the
world. II what you eat ferments into
stubborn Jumps. you belch gas and
eructate sour, undigested food and
acid; head is dizzy and aches; breath
foul; tongue coated; your insides filed
with bile and indigestible waste, re-
member the moment "Pape's Diapep-
sin" comes in contact with the stomach
all such distress vanishes. It's truly
astonishing almost marvellous. and
the Joy is its harmlessness.
A large fifty-cent case of Pape's Dia-
pepsin will give you hundred dollars
worth of satisfaction.
It's worth its weight in gold to men
and women who can't get their stom-
achs regulated. It belongs in your
home-should always be kept handy
in case of sick, sour, upset stomach
during the day or at night. It's the
quickest, surest and most harmless
ctomach doctor in the world.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
FOOD FACTS
What an M. D. Learned.

A prominent physician down in
Georgia went through food expert.
ence which he makes public:
1T was my own experience that first
led me to advocate Grape-Nuts food !;
and l also know from having pre-.
scribed 1t to convalescents and other
weak patients that this food is a won.
derful rebuilder and restorer of nerve
and brain tissue, as well as muscle. II
improves the digestion and patients
gain, just as / did in strength and
weight, very rapidly.
Il was in such low state that
had to give up my work entirely and
go to the mountains, but two months
there did not improve me; in fact |
was not quite as well as when left
home. My food did not sustain me
and 1t became plain that / must
change.
Il began to use Grape-Nuts and in
two weeks could walk mile, and In
five weeks returned to my home and
practice, taking up hard work again.
Since that time have felt as well and
strong as I ever did in my life.
las physician who seeks to help
all sufferers l consider 1t a duty to
make these facts public"
Trial 10 days on Grape-Nuts when
the regular food does not seem to sus.
tain the body will work wonders.
There's Reason" Name given by
Postum Co.. Battle Creek, Mich.
Ever read the above letter. A new
enc appears from time TO time. They
are genuine trues and fan Of hunan
fntenest.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT.
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make II Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxu>
liant and Remove Dandruff--Real
Surprise for You.

Pour hair .::s:.. Becomes , Right, wavy, nuf
~, abundant and appears as soft, lus.
trous and beautiful as young girls
after "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with little
Danderine and carefully draw 1t
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides identifying the hair at once,
Danderine dissolves every particle Of
dandruff; cleanses, purifes and inyig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch.
ing and falling hair.
But what will please you most will
be after a few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair--fine and
downy at frst--yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty, soft hair and lots
of 1t. surely get % cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try It, ADV.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
venlson From Alaska.

Another great possibility of the fn-
ture of Alaska Is the raising of rein.
deer for the United States markets.
! have visited the reindeer herds, and
the slaughter houses at Nome, where
the deer are even now being killed,
to be sent in cold storage to San Fran.
cisco and Seattle. The shipping Of
venison has already begun and the
time is not distant when fresh deer
meat from Alaska will be sold in all
of our cities, just as fresh Alaska sal.
mon and halibut are sold today.-Cor.
respondence of the Christian Herald.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
SWAMP ROOT SAVES
KIDNEY SUFFERERS

You naturally feel secure when you know
that DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney, liver and bladder remedy, is alb.
solutely pure and contains no harmful or
habit producing drugs.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence, prescribed by DR.. Kilmer
many years ago, is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
Swamp Root is scientifically compounded
from vegetable herbs. 1t is not stimu-
liant and is taken in teaspoonful doses. 1t
is not recommended for everything. Ac-
cording to verified testimony it is natures
great helper in relieving and overcoming
kidney, liver and bladder troubles.
If you suffer, don't delay another day.
Go to your nearest druggist now and get
bottle. All drug stores sell 1t in two
sizes-ffty cents and one dollar.
However, if you wish first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for q
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
WELL, STRONG
AND HEALTHY
Doctor Recommended Cardui to
Build Up Her Strength. Said It
Was a Fine Medicine.

Mandarin, Fla.-"About Is years ago,
after the birth Of my child" writes
Madame C. Billiard. of this place, Il
was in a very low and rundown
state of health, and was very weak.
DR.. then of - 80. recon.
mended that take Cardui. He was
treating me, and he told me to take
it to build up my strength. Said II
was fine medicine. took bottles
and it built me up. After the use Of
Q, was greatly improved in flesh,
strength, and health, in fact was en-.
tirely well, but took one more bottle
to be sure I'd taken enough. was
able to do my work and was q well.
strong woman.
Il highly recommend it as tonic.
have never had bad health since, have
been we'll and strong and healthy ever
since"
Cardui, the woman's tonic, is medi-
cine prepared from vegetable, medici-
nal Ingredients, which have been found
to exert tonic, building influence.
For over 40 years this medicine has
been used by the women Of this coun.
try, and the thousands Of letters, which
come to US every year, are proof Of its
real therapeutic, beneficial medicinal
value.
II you are in need OF remedy FOL
womanly Ills, take Cardui, the woman
tonic. For sale by all druggists.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
fruit LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD.
california Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs that this is their ideal laxative,
because they love Its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour. look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give q
teaspoonful Of this harmless fruit
laxative" and In few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a well. playful child
again. When its little system Is full
Of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions of mothers keep California
Syrup Of Figs handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for 80
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs" which has directions for babies,
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Fulton Mothers Nov Treat
Childrens Colds Externally

soreness. This double action makes
vap-O-Rub really remarkable rem
edy for many forms Of inflammations.
Either infammations Of the air pas
sages, such as head colds, catarrh,
bronchitis, sore throat, or deep chest
colds, or inflammations of the skin
tissues, such as burns, bruises, stings,
piles, itchings and muscular soreness.
1t, Is particularly recommended for
small children, as 1t can be used free
ly, with perfect safety, on the young
est member Of the family.
But let these Missouri mothers
speak for themselves. Mrs. Bolton
writes--"I have used vap-o-Rub on
baby for bad colds. Results were ex-
cellent. l find 1t better than any In
ternal medicine / ever used"
Mrs. Pugh's experience isl tried
your Vap-O-Rub on three of my chill
dren for bronchitis. They would cough
so hard at night / could not sleep, so
would get up and rub their Threats
and chests with Vap-0-Rub and they
seldom coughed any more that night,
and after had kept 1t up for several
nights they stopped coughing. be.
lieve it is better than taking so much
medicine internally" Three sizes,
25c, soc or $1.00. At all druggists.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
100000 AVAILABLE
FOR MILITARY DUTY
ApJuTANT GENERAL TELLS WAR
DEPARTMENT THAT MANY
~ TENNESSEE.
AUTO LICENSE RECEIPTS
Secretary of State Receives $4,000
From Owners Of Machines During
January--Wili Be Applied To
Road Work.

Nashville.
That 100000 men are available for
military duty In Tennessee in case oil
war Is stated by Adjutant General
Chas. B. Rogan in his annual report to
the war department In technical Ian
euage the report is termed the annual
return of the organized militia of the
state Of Tennessee for the year ending
December 81, 1915" The law is that
these annual reports must be forward
ed to the war department on or before
January Dist OF each year.
The report shows that the organized
militia Of the state for the period OF
the report included 11S commissioned
officers and 1878 commissioned men,
aggregating In all 1925 in the militia.
These are divided as follows: Adjutant
generals department, two officers !:
quartermaster's corps, two officers |;
medical department seventeen officers
and los enlisted men; ordnance de-
partment, one commissioned officer; In
fantry, ninety-three officers and 1863
men; cavalry, three officers and fifty
men.
1t Is stated by the adjutant general
in his report that $4,000 is apppropri.
ated for organized militia In Tennes.
see.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Profitable Mystery.

How did you leave all the folks
out homer"
"First-rate." replied Senator Sor-
ghum. Il told them | was going to
see If I couldn't straighten out few
problems for the government between
DOW and spring. That cheered them
up great DEAL
ITO what problems did you have ref
erence?"
"Oh, nothing in particular. | never
go into details with my constituents.
II you go to explaining things, you
are liable to make them sound so easy
that the voters get to thinking they
don't need you" Washington Star.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11

You're bilious! Your liver is slug
gishi You feel lazy. dizzy and all
knocked out. Your head Is dull, your
tongue ID coated; breath bad; stomach
sour and bowels constipated. But don't
take salivating calomel. 1t makes you
alex, you may lose a 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 cramp-
ing.
II you want to enjoy the incest, gen.
TEST liver and bowel cleansing you
ever experienced Just take a spoonful
Of harmless Dodson's Liver Tone. Your
druggist or dealer sells you 50-cent
bottle Of Dodson's Liver Tone under
my personal money-back guarantee
that each spoonful will clean your
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Soil BUILDING Urued.

Soil Building Urged.
Recognizing that the successful
growth of alfalfa, clover and other
profitable crops and soil builders In
Tennessee Is dependent on incubation,
Commissioner of Agriculture H. X.
Bryson has issued notice to the farm.
ers of the state that inoculating mate
terial will be supplied to them at cost
ard that the state will in every way
aid them in securing desired stands OF
these legumes. 1t is one of the most
important actions yet taken by a state
In the south and its great benefits can
be easily recognized 1t is in line with
progressive farming, and will do much
to solve a problem which has been a
serious obstacle to the full develop.
ment OF the farm lands of the state.
From one end of the state to the 9th
er for years past farmers have endeav.
ored to grow alfalfa, clover. peas and
other leguminous crops. and the Uni
versity of Tennessee at Knoxville has
been untiring in disseminating advice
about these crops, the soil require
ments, their profit and their cultiva
tion. Red clover, all things consider.
ed, is regarded by authorities as the
crop Of the state, but with proper cult
walton and soil preparation all legumes
should trive in Tennessee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Prisoners Estate Brushy.


Eight known, probably several more
prisoners, escaped from Brushy Noun,
tain prison, Petros, through a hole
dug by two white prisoners on the
night shift, who also escaped.
John McCulley, white, aged 20, Sc.
vier county, sent up Feb. 8, 1914, serv.
ing from three to fifteen years for
larceny and burglary, and Henry Ar.
rington, white, aged q, Greene coun-
ty, sent up July %, 1915, serving four
counts of grand larceny, from three to
ten years each, dug under the manway
by working at night, and slipped away.
The day shift going to work discov-
cred the hole and eight or ten got
away. One negro, Buddy Jones. who
has escaped four different times, has
been captured and three other negroes
are known to be out. They are Oscar
Kirby, William Washington and Syl
vester Alternately. Jones and Aber.
nathy are some of the fifteen who
broke prison in November. Guards
with dogs are out searching.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
WHAT IS URIC ACID?
THE CAUSE OF BAckAcHE. RHEUMATISM. LuMBAGo

Ever since the discovery of uric acid
in the blood by Scheele, in ITS, and
the bad effect 1t had upon the body,
scientists and physicians have striven
to rid the tissues and the blood Of
this poison. Because Of It's over
abundance in the system it causes
backache, pains here and there. rheu-
matism. govt, gravel, neuralgia and
sciatica. 1t was DR.. Pierce who dis.
covered a new agent, called "Anuric,"
which will throw out and completely
eradicate this uric acid from the sys-
tenn. "Anuric'' is 81 times more 20.
tent than Iithid, and consequently you
need no longer fear muscular or ar.
ticular rheumatism or govt, or many
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Satisfactory EXPLANATION.

odt'StaStoTy ENpioHouo'
Paul Revere had justsmade his thrill.
ing ride.
But If you had gone In an automo-
bile you could have made better time
than on the horse" suggested a friend.
Not at all" replied the hero. i
would have been stopped every few
minutes while rural constables took
my number"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11

other diseases which are dependent on
an accumulation Of uric acid within
the body. Send to Or. Pierce of the
Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute,
Buffalo, N. Y, for pamphlet on
"Anuric," or send 10 cents for a trial
package of "Anuric" Tablets.
II you feel that tired, WORKOUT feel.
ing. backache, neuralgia, or If your
sleep is disturbed by too frequent
urination. 60 to your best store and
ask for DR.. Pierce's "Anuric."
DR.. Pierce's reputation is back Of
this medicine and you know that his
Pleasant Pellets" for the liver and his
"Favorite Prescription" for the ills Of
women have had splendid reputation
for the past fifty years.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Lea Complaint Dismissed.

The complaint of Senator Luke lie,
against the practice Of the L. & N. and
the NJ, C. & St, L. railroads In issu
ing free passes, made before the Ten
nessee Railroad Commission. has been
dismissed by the members of the com
mission on the ground that the body
was without jurisdiction to try the
issues presented in Senator LEAFS peti
ton. Opinions by Attorney General
Frank Thompson and Perkins Baxter
special counsel in the passenger rate
case, where cited.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11

sluggish liver better than dose Of
nasty calomel and that it won't make
you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know 1t next morn
ing because you will wake up feeling
fine. your liver will be working, your
headache and dizziness gone, your
stomach will be sweet and your bowels
regular. You will feel like working;
you'll be cheerful: full Of vigor and
ambition.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely
vegetable, therefore harmless and can.
not salivate. Give It to your children!
Millions Of people are using Dodson's
Liver Tone instead Of dangerous cal.
omel now. Your druggist will tell you
that the sale Of calomel is almost
stopped entirely here.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Why Guns Are Fired in Salute.

This is a sign Of honor reserved
for royal and very distinguished per-
sons. When ships or coast forts fire
their guns to welcome distinguished
visitor the compliment. though noisy
in form, Is more delicate in intention
than some of us know. 1t means that
we know the purpose of the visitors
coming is SO peaceful that we need
not keep our guns loaded, but joyfully
empty them in his presence.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-02-11
Footing the Bill.

Mr.. Newman had just recovered
from an operation and was talking to
a friend.
"The surgeon" he remarked, said
he'd have me on my feet again in
three weeks"
We'll, he did it, didn't he?" asked
the friend.
"He did, indeed" responded Mr..
Newman Il had to sell my motor car
to pay his bill. christian Register.