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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-09-15
PERSONALS

Miss jessie Lee Alexander Is VlSlU-
ing i'll Bethel Springs this week.
No. 666 will cure Chills and Fever.
1t is the most speedy remedy we know.
Mr.. Virgil Simpson, of Chicago. Ill
visited his brother, Mr.. W. B. Simp-
son, last week.
No. 666 will cure Malaria or Bilious
Fever. 1t kills the germs.
MIS-. J. W. Wallace is at the bed
side of her daughter, Mrs. Ward
Maness, of Finger.
Rub-My-Tis -Antiseptic, Anodyne
Kills pain, stops putrifaction.
Misses Kathleen and Grace Wood
and Mr.. Aaron Brooks took dinner
Sunday with Miss Ruth Cox.
Misses Paulins and Rosa Haynes
left Wednesday for Jackson, where
they will enter the M. C. F. l.
Mrs. Nina May and Josie Kerr
Perkins attended the fail. at Jackson
Wednesday.
Mrs. X. S. Bell and children, of
Vina. Ala, are visiting relatives at
Falcon and Selmer.
G. W. Wcoten, from near Chewalla,
has been spending several days here
visiting his sor, A. 0. Wooten.
Hurley Dickey, Art Dancer, Clyde
Perkins and Tim Stiles motored to
Jackson Wednesday to see the fair.
Drs. j. Hugh and Parvin Carter, Of
Memphis, came Tuesday to visit home
people. All are glad to greet them.
DR.. W. W. Wallace, of Ramer, has
been seriously i'll for the past week.
He Is some better at the present
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Maness, Of
Finger, are the proud parents of a
fine boy. He arrived last Sunday
morning.
Miss Lain, Of Corinth, spent the
first days Of the week with her sister,
Mrs. Bit McCullar, at Chrystal Lake,
north Of Selmer.
Carl Ferguson has been called to
the Memphis postofiice. where he gets
regular job on his standing in the
civil service examination.
Selmer is on the boom, with six
cotton buyers, eight seed buyers. and
Warren & Co. have a fine fresh sup
ply of just what you need.
Trustee F. 0. Hamilton has quail
fed as Trustee, and been installed.
His Office will be that occupied by
former Trustee Erwin.
We will pay you big prices for
your cotton seed and seed cotton and
sell you what you need as cheap as it
can be sold by anyone. Warren &
Co.
Rev. J. H. Curry, who has been
quite feeble for some time and not on
the streets often, is now able to Lee
out, aud made Is a social call Thurs
day morning.
Wanted Man past 30 with horse
and buggy to sell Stock Condition
Powder in McNairy County. Salary
$40 per month. Address 9 Industrial
Bldg, Indianapolis. Indiana.
Mrs. Mamie Perkins had as her
guests Monday, DR.. w. G, and Mrs.
Petty of Hamburg. Mrs. l.. c. Perkins
OF Stautonville, Mrs. H. B. Reed Of
Nashville, and Mr.. and Mrs. N. A,
Erwin.
We never were in position to serve
the general public as right now. We
can save you from 75c to $3.50 on a
barrel of -four and we have all kinds
Of meat, lard, etc. Warren & Co.
Marvin Emmons spent the last part
Of the week with his grandmother,
who was hurt by recent fall. Mar
vim has charge Of crew Of hands
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-09-15
SAND BOX

ton being picked and sold to sat-
isfy spectators that the crop is
short. If they wait month or
so they will be convinced. :. -.
Selmer believes in putting people
walking, as cement walks are be-
ing put down in good shape, but
the streets are neglected .......
The Memphis Fair comes in two
weeks, and it will doubtless be
the best in the South. ....... Cot
ton is coming to the gins, and
picking is in order this week on
most farms ........Next week is
circuit court. 1t will not have
many cases of general interest.
.....This has been moving week.
Mrs. Anderson moved to Mrs.
Bryant's residence, and Mr..
Richardson goes to his residence
on Pharr ave. Others are NOV
ing. Residences are scarce, and
1
all occupied ........J. E. Hamilton
has sold his residence to Trustee
Hamilton and his barber shop to
Odell Carothers with a view to
buying a shop in Jackson and
moving there; the chief induce
ment being free high schools for
children. Another family driven
FROM town on account of not
having free high school. .......
| Fighting all along the line, with
the advantage in favor of the
1a!lies. 1t is long and, rough
road to victory. Politics seems
to be warming up. The SPELL
binders practiced on Maine, for
the more important engagements
!, in close states. $500. That strike
law is looming up as the biggest
thing on the bills. ......... Wilson
should call congress in extra
session and grant the wishes of
100000 strikers in New York
4 City. They are paralyzing the
traffic and business Of the city.
This is larger crowd by far
than the one that held up the
whole push ....... H IL bent" is
the way Maine went. ....... We
wonder if Wilson would say 8
hours to the strikers if he had it
to do over. That was his Water
loo,.......T is a bug bearing
into cotton bolls in this section
and doing much damage. 1890.
| The inmates of the Missouri pen
itentiary do not seem to enjoy
their home, and have fired three
times recently the building, de-
stroying many Of the depart
Iments ....... The second time has
a long span in a bridge across the
st. Lawrence at Quebec, Canada,
toppled and went 200 feet to the
bottom, killing IL men One
may not be a false prophet if he
says an early frost may be the
aftermath Of hot summer .......
The Mercantile Co. bought sew
eral bales Tuesday, and this week
will see a lot of cotton at the
gins. The cool weather is fine
for picking. Read the adver-
tisement of the McNairy County
Fair, as well as the Memphis and
State Fairs, and arrange to at
tend some of them at least.
Stockard, of Camden, was nomi-
mated last Saturday for the state
senate, defeating Alternately 49,.
The United States is as strongly
republican as Tennessee is demo-
CRATE, when the parties are unit
ed, as they both seem to be.
We are under obligations to D.
R. Hurst for services in making
out our mail last week, while we
were at Jackson at the Institute,
Never was sl1ch luhhin0
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-09-15
Change of Schedules, Mobile &
Ohio R. R.

Effective May End, trains will leave
Selmer, Tenn, as follows:
Northbound
No. 2 Express Daily .. " 1880 am.
No. a ExpressDaily Nv 1888 pm.
No. 6 Express Daily-.,.lv All pm,
Southbound
No. / Express Daily. " 8:05 pm
No. 3 Express Daily Nv TOT am.
No. 5 ExpressDaily -..,..-lv ll:28 am.
For any information regarding
rates and routes apply to j. D. A.
Coleman, Ticket Agent, Mobile &
ohio R. R., or write G. E. Allen, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, Jackson, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-09-15
Order for Publication Of
Nonresident Notice

Mrs. Matt A. Struder, Adm'x,,
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
So-Called Efficiency Which Breaks Man
Down in Prime Really Is IneGciency
By DARWIN p. KINGSLEY
President Of the New York Life Insurance Company

The neency of efficiency has proved both costly and brutal
Every system of efficiency of the future must consider human life first
If human life to be jeopded by haste don't hurry If life
to be sacrificed by speeding efficiency be less ecen the human
body to be MANNED destroyed order speed and power
along with less power This doctrine is merely senmental it
than reflection of the and hearbeak that follow the
strokes of industry and traffic.
Human life is the only thing in the world that has value all
other values derived from this value The asset of
the the only thing that stands between his family per-
haps future dependence charity his earning Some plan
which capas his future earning power his physical strength must
be incorporated in the efficient industrial system of the future
An vitality gain has been achieved in the earlier stages
of life much larger percentage reach maturity through improved
methods sanitation but the human machine begins
fffve 1t the result of the heavy strain in the United States
product of life 1t the ougowh of the worst form of
neency of attempt be efficient without properly counting
the COST
Think of the value lives snued out at fve Just when these
lives reached their maturity power when knowledge has become
WISDOM when judgment has become well baancedfeen the
choicest part of their lives snufed Quit
should be at his best up to seventy If man disappears at
yfve inefficient matter what he has done before that time
inefficient because he has thrown the ripe fruit of all mis- life
It's neicncy, though the and the system may call efficiency
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
Principles Of Democracy Fostered by
System Of Universal Military Service
By PROFESSOR MUNRoE SMITH Of columbi. University

In the great modern European states universal military SERVICE
which reappd in revolutionary France has been generally adopted
because of its demonstrated efficiency The establishment
OF universal military service European monarc has not been fol-
lowed by increase of royal power the tendency has been toward
democratic government In all these excepting Russia, the
people have today voice determining the laws and policies of the
country and looks it, broadly speaking the imposition of the duty
OF military abeboded male citizen had forced the
monarcc and astocrac elements cncede the people
OF political rights They really had to admit that the who
fight for country ought have something about its
would of be absurd that universal military service
necessarily makes country democratic 1t will not have this result
the people monahca minded But if the people of country
Economically minded universal military service make for
suona government monarces and for of popular
government in republics.
pass from history to theory it is difficult why universal
military service not essentially the democratic system This hardly
be questioned by who admits that democracy equality of
duties well equality Of rights Those indeed who identify democ
with liberty and eqahose to whom democracy the mini
governmental consantmay consistently assert that voun
essentially democratic This idea of democracy however,
false and democracy organized in accordance with this idea
be held permanently only by those who discharge corresponding
duties and the natural tendency Of asez fa in the political in the
economic SYSTEM is toward olgarchy.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
BRIEF INFORMATION

If baby had the appetite of a young
potato beetle it would eat from 90 to
100 pounds of food every "a hours. II
a horse ate as much as a caterpillar,
in proportion to its size, 1t would con-
sumo ton of hay every "a hours. A
caterpillar eats twice its weight of
leaves every day, but a potato beetle
devours every day at least five times
its weight of foliage.
A converted schooner of $50 tons
burden is soon to sail from New York
for Columbia on an old-fashioned bar
tering expedition, the vegetable ivory
nut, extensively used In button max
Ing, being sought in return for a
varied cargo Of American goods. The
promoters hope from such small be-
ginnings to develop a continuous and
profitable trade.
One w. II. Young, who has written
a humorous book on his adventures as
a business man in South America, tells
Of a Brazilian, Senior Don Jose de Bra
gsnza, whose eagerness for a title went
so far that he had printed on his cards
'Ex-passenger, first-class, r. NJ. S. p.
c." He had once taken a trip, first
cabin, on a Royal Mall Steam Packet
company boat.
Vincent, an Airedale terrier owned
by O. M. Wilson Of Pawtucket, r. L.,
has been serving the family for some
time as newsboy, Job which he Sc
lected himself and has filed faithfully.
Every day Vincent goes to the train
with his master, who fastens paper
to his collar, after which the dog trots
home. He has slipped up on only one
morning.
A shell eight inches long and three
inches In diameter, which was fired
into Atlanta, Ca, by General Sherman,
was found in an excavation In a
street. The shell has the appearance
of solid shot and not an explosive
shell and is now being used by ii. II.
Godfrey, who found 1t, as paper
weight.
Denver is to Issue a million color
post cards, quarter Of million guide
books. half a million one-day trip pam.
phlets and much other matter. to be
distributed by tourists bureau, I'M
der the direction of the city. with the
aim OF attracting summer visitors.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
hardships Come First.

Lucky" Baldwin was one of the
well-knOwn characters ON the Pacific
coast up to Il few years ago, when he
died. Ills case is contradictory in u
way, as his luck" came only after
such struggles and hardships as few
men 90 through. AS n prOspsctor he
was near death many times and li7eu
in desperate poverty for the greater
part of his life. Then he made strike
in prospecting which left him fabulous.
ly wealthy. His sobriQuet of Lucky
Is decided mlsnomer here, especially
as family troubles and litigation EN-
Uttered his last years.
In glancing over the list of those
who control the largest fortunes In
this country, 1t is often impossible to
realize how 1t comes that men of such
varying qualities attain success.
Where does this success come from.
anyway? Is II foresightness, Is II
strength of character, force of person
Rlityf
Or is II a quality called luckf
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
Mere Assent of Intellect to Orthodox
Greed Does Not Make AnyMan Christian
By REV. MADISON PETERS Of New York City

There vast difference between naturalizng Matchmaking
man. the act of baptism church membership gives
title to the Christian The most unhettng assent of the
intellect to the most orthodox creed framed will make
Christian.
The profession religion that counts is life devoted clarifying
God living obedience his commands and make the world
little less accursed and more worthy of God.
Chri mission do good and ambassadors Chrs
stead carry out his purpose You superior position in society
to help someone up and
Your responsibility does end with attendance public worship;
if does then the church nothing than spiritual board
ing house There apoc saints in churches who
crammd full with spiritual truths but suffering for want of
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
Honesty First Among the Essentials
That Lead TO Success in Life Work
BY THEODORE P. sHoNTS
President marlborough Rapid Transit Company Of New York

To the young starting in life there is only road to
of these essentials Honesty sobret integrity loyalty
by ambous crowned with hard work Honest to his employer
himself Sober in all thoughts and habits Integrity in
gains retains the confidence of his employer and all those with
Loyal and every trust imposed in
him Amabe in that Will make his work lighter and scatter
Ambitious in that he should always
do his little better than the her fellow, which will gain
him advancement leading to final success
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
Septemher z, 1915.

Italians repulsed Austrian at
tack at Monte Nero.
British squadron bombarded
German batteries on Belgian
coast.
German submarines sank Brit
ish, French and Norwegian Ves-
sells.
German alrshlps ralded east
coast Of England, killing ten.
French aviators attacked Frei-
burg.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
To Fortify the System Against
Summer Heat

Many users of Groves Tasteless Chill
Tonic make it practice to take this old
standard remedy regularly to fortify the
system against the depressing effect ct
summer heat, as those who are strong
Withstand the heat of summer bettsr thAs
those who are weak Price soc.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
September 6, 1918

September 6, 1918
Discovery Of documents car
rIed by James Archibald, Amer
lean correspondent, ccmpromls-
ing Doctor Dumba, Austrian am
bassador to Washington.
Austrians attacked Italian po-
sltlon at Monte Nero.
Forty French AeropIanes bonn.
barded Saarbrucken.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
Correct Answer

why isn't nautical mile the same
as an ordinary mileT
Because Ii is knot"
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07

Any young man can get a good living
If his dad Is rich.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
WoMANIs cRoWNINo oLoRY

is her hair. II yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change II In
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
September 10, 1915.

September 10, 1915.
Germans won trenches at
schratzmaenneIe, on west front,
with asphyxIatlng shells.
italians again repuIsed at
ToImlno.
Germans made further prog
ress in the Argonne.
AnaIo-French financial CON-
mission landed in New York.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
Many Like Him.

Hewitt-He's pessimist, all right.
Jewett--I should say so; he could
see the dark side to q blonde!
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK

September 4, 1918.
Artillery duels on the west
front.
Austrians began movement
against italians at Monte Nero.
Allan liner HesperIan sunk
without warning by German SUBJ
marine; rs lost.
September 8, 1915.
Gar assumed supreme COM
nand Of Russian armies.
Australians advance on pubno.
Bloody fighting on 0alllpoll
peninsula.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07

September 9, 1915.
Austrians captured Dubno.
Russians won another victory
southwest Of TrembowIa.
German crown princes army
gained in Argonne district.
United States asked Austria
to recall Ambassador Dumba.
Germany sent note defending
sinking of Arabic.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
September 8, 1915.

September 8, 1915.
Russian Grand Duke Nicholas
shifted to the Caucasus.
Russians recaptured old posi-
tlons In Gallcia, near Tarnopol.
Germans began new offensive
on western approaches to Ver-
dun.
zeppeIins raided east coast and
London district, killing 20.
Dutch sentries fired on zeppe-
lin flying over Holland.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07

Strikes never were known 70 pay.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07

Mexico is 1900 miles long.
Mexico Missouri message., 1916-09-07
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNIMSQlOOL
LESSON

(By d. o. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course OF the Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago)
copyright, 1919, Western Newspaper Union.)
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-09-01
SACRED JEWISH FRUIT.
Extreme Care Taken In Growing and
Protecting the Esroa.

The esrog or sacred Jewish cItron is
one of the costliest and most interest
ing and vet one Of the least known
fruits to he found In the markets Of
the world 1t has been used by the
Jews in connection with the Feast Of
Tabernacles since the time Of the
BabyIoniau captivity and is still treas
ured by orthodox Hebrews In many
countries
III appearance the fruit greatly re
sembles the lemon and it possesses a
strong and agreeable perfume The
tree itself is variety Of ciUou and
belongs to the citrus family, OF which
the orange and grapefruit are mem
bers.
Nearly all Of the esroes. or cedrats
as they are sometimes called are
grown in Palestine and ON islands near
the coast Of Greece. In these localities
the groves are planted IN sheltered val
leys, where the trees win he safe from
frost and drying winds
Great care Is used to protect the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-09-01
FAMILY DINNERS.
In England They Flourish Mainly at
Weddings and Funerals.

In England They Flourish Mainly at
Weddings and Funerals.
Family dinners are rare in England.
They flourish only at weddings and at
funerals, especially at funerals, for
mankind collected enjoys woe. But
other birthdays and Christ
mas-are summed Christmas especial
ly, In spite Of Dickens and Mr. Ches.
terton, IS not what 1t was, for its quon-
dam victims, having fewer children
and being less bound to their aunts
apron strings, go away to the seaside
or stay at home and hide
That is a general change, and many
modern factors, such as travel inter
course with strangers, emigration. have
shown the family that there are other
places than home, until some Of them
have begun to think that least or
west, homes worst
There Is a frigidity among the rela
tions in the home, a Dissemination to
call ones mother-in-law mother" In
deed, relations-in-law are no longer rel
atives; the two families do not imme
diately after the wedding call one an
other Kitty or Tom. The acquired
family Is merely a subfamily, and Of
ten the grouping resembles that of the
Montagues and the Capulets, If Romeo
and Juliet had married Mrs Herbert
said charmingly in Garden Oats, ;"
Our in-laws are our strained rela
tions w. L. George in Harper's
Magazine.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-09-01
ANTIQUITY OF CHEESE.
The Bible Mentions 1t, as Do Homer
and Other Early Writers.

and Other Early Writers.
Cheese and curdlng Of the milk are
mentioned in the book of Job David
was sent by his father, Jesse, to carry
ten cheeses to the camp and to look
how his brother Jared Cheese of
kline" formed part of the supplies OF
Dayids army at Mahanaim during the
rebellion of Absalom
Homer says that cheese formed part
Of the ample stores found by Ulysses
in the cave Of the Cyclop Polyphemus.
Euripides, Theocritus and other early
poets mention cheese. Ludolphus says
that excellent cheese and butter were
made by the ancient Philippians. and
Strabo states that some Of the ancient
Britons were so ignorant that, though
they had abundance of milk, they did
not understand the art of making
cheese.
There is no evidence that, any of
these ancient nations had discovered
the use of rennet in making cheese.
They appear to have merely allowed
the milk to sour and subsequently to
have formed the cheese from the case
GUS part of the milk after eXpelling the
serum or whey.
AS David when too young 70 carry
arms was able to run to the camp
with ten cheeses, ten loaves and al
ephah of parched corn. the cheeses
must have been very small
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-09-01
MOVED THE LOGGAN STONE.
Then He Had the Costly Job of Moving
1t Back Again.

Do you know what happens to the
iconOclast who attempts to prove to
the world that there is nothing in its
pet superstitions? Did you ever hear
the story of the British naval lieuten-
ant who demonstrated the fact that
there was nothing supernatural about
the Logan stone? Out there at the
tip OF Lands End, close to where the
pirates Of PenZance used to hold forth
the huge mass of rock rested on the
top Of the cliff, so delicately poised
that a child could make it rock this
way and that A gust Of wind would
set 1t to vibrating, and yet for hun
dreds OF years it had been believed
that no earthly force could dislodge 1t
from its position Then along came
the lieutenant, who laughed at all such
silly superstition. He would prove to
the deluded people Of Cornwall that
the Logan stone could be dumped
into the sea by the physical prowess
OF a few sturdy sailors
Luckily for his position in the navy
OF his majesty, George ", the lieu
I1Al1i4I 9hNNNtdtI Olii1 III nuIiIiiS IIlC
charmed rock a little way down the
cliff, where 1t lodged In a shelving
creyice for such howl went up, not
only from the guides ana tavern peo.
pie who made a living Off of the tour
lists who came to see the quiyering
bowlder but from the antiquaries and
scientists who believed that the rock
had been delicately poised there by
the druid priests or that it illustrated
a little understood force OF nature, that
the admiralty sent word to the i'm
pious young officer that he would Ell,
ther restore the Logan stone to its
place or forfeit his. a derrick and a
months salary were required to set
the stone IN its place.-St Louis Globe
Democrat