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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
BY Prof r. X De Loaoh,
I. THE USE OF COMMERCIAL FERTILizERs-HisToRY.
The First Series Of Articles.

rst Of a Series Of Six Articles.
commercial fertilizers aSpus p $ TO Try to give complete com HISTORY o. the use 81
grew the Southern United States Generally speaking
been taught the underlying principles industry.
sns the yields back
applied animal manues to their soils for this The Chinese
with phenomenal results Won Tshudf Travels
value of Guano by the Peruvians
Bousngaut wheat grew every
The practice Of using mineral fertilizers
states but Peru seems to be- the in which the
to soils as plant food We do not
know this is true but all evidence
tn. F.. Use Of fIs perussn russns euaDa .a asfu
The hs In the Southern
Dickson Of Sparta Ga who
can Farmer published baltimore perhaps
dollars farming and who
duced into the used it, and on find
Ing Ing that nat paid him. bought in quantities till
doubt the first instance the
The universal with which
s sv sn1 @ %ns ss me to e0. % his
10 believe that the application this mineral fertilizer
dent Its success was unqueonb based
quickly available manure was what the needed and when
After time found guano pru
yield fruit and hence
The First Use Of German Potash.
About this time the between the
time the discovery Of the potash beds
market Of various kinds of fertilizers
inss Of Won iebg of Germany who
ular Peruvian subsidized
era question OF the
and the students of agriculture.
Two great contributing factors the rise the erzer
south are hrst the abolition of slavery
Before
srowng farm the
land
Tor any artificial manure In 1882 the Morrill, Bill
colleges
campaign for methods
public
a@ss immediate
era plant foods and which
fertilizers From this great demand there fertilizer
all All kinds
good and but
restrictions
would smell strong and that could
count OF state laws did not
OF the taken In the
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
Another Old Citizen Dead.

Mrs. Jane Andrews, aged sc years,
died Friday. She was an invalid for
many months, and fell a few days be-
fore her death and broke her hip,
which FASTENED her death.
She was one Of the six Dixon sis
tors. all deceased except one. Mrs.
Andrews was a member Of the Baptist
church, and was we'll known and loved
by all the old citizens Of the county.
Funeral services we're held at her late
home by Revs. Curry and Carnell. In
terment was made beside her sisters
in the family lot at Oakhill cemetery.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
REPUBLICAN MASS
CONVENTION.

Pursuant to a call, a mass meet
ing Of the party was held in the
court room Monday. Chairman
W. Fl. Stone called the meeting
to order and stated the object was
to elect delegates to to state and
congressional conventions. Ev-
erything was arranged that
morning and P. H. Thrasher was
nominated for chairman and John
Swain for secretary.
The names of the committee
on resolution was handed to
Thrasher who appointed the same
with Chas. Dunaway as chair
man.
By motion, the convention se-
lected the delegates instead of
being selected by a committee.
The committee on resolutions
soon returned with a carbon copy
of resolutions furnished them by
+. S. Elgin representing the big
four who had divided out the ma
tional committeeman, chairman of
the state committee and and the the four
delegates at large. Some objec-
tions were made and some of the
recommendations were elimina-
ted and the balance endorsed,
but no one knew just what was
or was not adopted. But enough
was passed to show that the ca
bal maneuvered by Frank Elgin
of the Republican &? county of
Shelby prevailed, and of course
he was endorsed for delegate for
for state at large together with
the three others agreed upon in
the noted conference at Nashville
a few days ago.
A long list of delegates were
named to go to the conventions
and vote as the resolutions di-
rected.
The republican party in former
days would meet in the county
convention and take such steps
as their patriotism dictated, but
now it is all cut and dried. and
office is what the leaders are af-
ter. They have no idea or desire
to carry the state but hope to
reach the federal pie counter via
the delegate route if the party
succeeds in getting into national
power.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
Hon. Dudley Porter

The political pot is beginning to
boil in the 9Th Congressional District.
Dudley Porter of Paris, who is can
didate for Congress, was in Linden
Tuesday looking over the situation
here. He says while he failed to win
the race in the last fight. that be has
not become discouraged and fully be-
lieves he is going to win this fight.
He further says that that time he
was running against Mr.. Sims, but
now Mr.. Sims is running against him,
for Mr.. Sims has abandoned the Of
flee of Congressman and pitched his
tent upon higher grounds, and was
running among the big On's and while
Mr.. Sims was thus running he an
nounced for Congress, and that now
Mr.. Sims was running against him.
Mr.. Porter is a deserving young
man, and has many friends in this
county, and he is the only opponent
that Mr.. Sims has ever had, that has
really made it interesting for Mr..
Sims in this county. If Mr.. Porter's
old friends still believe in him. and
rally around him as of old, he viii
make very creditable race in this
county. Editorial in Perry County
News, (ady9
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
Gard Of Thanks.

We wish to say to our friends
Though the Independent. that we ap-
preciate their kindness to US during
the sickness and death of our sister
and aunt, Mrs. Jane Andrews. not
only for this time, but for all their
goodness to us during the last few
years. We hope that your lives may
be free from the Affections which
have been our lot.
MISS SALLIE DIXON.
JAMES PAsCHAL.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
LIABILITIES

STATE OF TENNESSEE, McNairy County
I, L. A. Weaver, cashier of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true. and gives the
actual condition of said bank as shown
by the books ON file in said bank.
l.. A. WEAVER, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to this sth day
of March, 1916.
w. P. MASSEY, Notary Public
Correct-Attest:
j. r. HARRIS, Director.
H. L. HODGES, Director.
j. s. LAIN, Director.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
Marriage Licenses

A. G. Maxedon to Ella Maxedon.
A. c. Meeks to Hattie Newell.
Henry Phillips to Leona Watts.
Hurshell Walker to Maggie Ether
idge.
Napolean Fowler to Mae L. Rucker.
]. L. Basham to Zadie Nsylor.
J.F Dillon to Mrs. B. D. Sanders.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
RESOURCES

RESOURCES
Loans and discounts. unts...........s s,957.H
Banking house. ouse.........-............... 100000
Furniture and fixtures. 10000
Actual cash on hand S 1,6l6.2O
Due from banks and
bankers Con demand) 3l,296.7l
s2,sl2.sl
Total 81, $40. .0s
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION. OF
HOME BANKING CO.,

located At Finger. Tenn.
At the close Of business, Feb. rs, lol6
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-03-10

Legal blanks at this Office.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Dionities Of Office.

This story-which is perhaps true
and perhaps not-is being told in many
Italian messrooms. On one Of his royal
tours, King Victor Emmanuel spent
the night in a small country town,
where the people showed themselves
unusually eager in caring for his COM
fort. So when he had gone to bed, he
was surprised to be wakened by q
servant who wanted to put clean
sheets on his bed. However, he wait
ed good-naturedly while 1t was done,
and wished the servant good night. He
had dozed off to sleep, when he was
reused for the second time by rap on
the door; and the servant reappeared,
asking to change the sheets again. Nat
urally. the king asked why the change
was made SO often. The servant an.
swcrcd reverently, For oneself. one
changes the sheets every week, for an
horo.cd friend every day, but for a
king every hour."-Youth's Compan'
ion.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Chores and School Credits.

Schoolmen everywhere are coming
to realize that their duty to their pu-
pills does not begin with tho school day
nor end with the school yard. they
have learned that the quality OF q
child's school work and school deport-
ment depends, in a large measure, up
on the nature of his home environ
ment; they believe that the child
ought not to be handicapped in his de-
velopment and education by the mis-
fortunes or shortcomings of his pa
rents; and they know that, If the
school is to accomplish its object, 1t
must, in many instances, supply the
deficiencies and counteract the inn
proper tendencies Of home training. A
very interesting instance of the tend
ency to extend the influence Of the
public school is the policy, now In
force in the schools of Los Angeles, or
granting school credit for home chores
done under the supervision of teachers
and parents.-Thomas J. Davis, IN
Countryside Magazine.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Far From COMPLIMENTARY,

When any young woman of Spriggs
Corner attempted to coquette with
Elisha Boggs or to draw compliment
from him she was sure to have uphill
work" my brother Tom has a sore
throat; he's had it for nearly week,
said a damsel whom Elisha was sol.
EMMY escorting home from the social
evening IF it hadn't been for that, :"
she added, with a slantlng glance from
under her lashes toward Mr.. BoggS
impressive features, I'D not have had
to trouble you to see me home, Mr..
Boggs" What we need in this town"
said Mr.. Boggs, lis another doctor and
q spryer one. TIE way trifling little
ais linger on under old Doc Jones is
enough to drive folks crazy. "-Pitts'
burgh Chronicle-Telcgraph.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Milk Production In United States.

The production of milk in the Uni
ted States in 1915 is estimated at about
II ,59O.0OO,OO0 gallons; this figure is
obtained by applying an estimated
yield per COW of 537 gallons, as midi
Gated by estimates made by crop cor
respondents of the bureau of crop esti.
mates, to the mean of the number Of
COWS at the beginning and at the
close of the year. This production is
equivalent to about lis gallons per
capita population Of the United States.
In the North Atlantic states the per-
capita production is estimated to be
about II gallons; in the South Attain
tic states &C gallons; in the South
Central states IS gallons, and in the
far Western states 131 gallons.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
s,!1!hi
Hot Endorsements.

An amusing il stration Of very
excusable misuse Of idiom comes from
Calcutta. Mrs. Ada Lee tells the
story: The Lee Memorial Normal
Training school needed a teacher, or
pundlt, as such a one is called in In
dia, for mathematics. An ADVERTISE
ment was inserted in the Calcutta
Statesman. There were many appll.
cants. one Of whom promised enthust-
astically If you will give me the ap-
pointment l shall not cease to throw
hot water into the institution from the
time enter until leave OF course,
the pundit supposed that his efforts
would have just the opposite effect
from throwing cold water on the en-
terprise. "-World Outlook.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
POST ON UNEMPLOYMENT

Despite these so-called good
times, when thousands of men have
jobs in munition factories, we still
have tho unemployed problem" says
Louis F. Post, assistant secretary of
labor. He asserts that If all the job
less men in the GENTRY were put into
the manless jobs, there would still be
many men without work He points
out that as long rs this condition ex-
lists men will underbid each other, and
cause them to be "afraid of their jobs"
"Ths does not include only the
ctesses who do manual labor" says
Mr.. Post. 1T applies to all classes,
up to the highest. There is an under
supply of opportunities, not an over
supply Of men. One of the aims Jbf
the department of labor is to create
conditions in which men can make
their own jobs. Along this line is
the movement to make farmers of
them and get them to cultivate the
waste ground in cities. Every social
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
SMO0T WANTS GOOD COOKS

The American garbage can Is the
latest in all the world" declared Sem
ator Smoot Of Utah to the senate, in
jecting into the discussion on pre-
paredness" a plea for preparedness
for good housekeeping and better
homes. Senator Smoot urged action
on his bill for increased appropriations
for home economics, ito prepare the
girls and mothers Of the country for
their life duties.
eff I had a dozen daughters sld
was able to give each of them a mil
lion dollars the day of her marriage,
I would still want each to know how to
cook, make her own clothes and, in
fact, be superior housekeeper," said
the senator.
Il cannot understand why girls Of
the working classes are ashamed to
confess, and rather pride themselves
upon. their ignorance of the simplest
form of cooking Then, after marriage,
they bewail their fate if their lus-
bands tOrmented by dySpepSia seek re
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Water-SuppIying Tree.

The rain-tree of Colombia measures
about fifty feet high when at maturity,
and about three feet in diameter at
the base It absorbs an immense guam.
tity of moisture from the atmosphere,
which it concentrates, and subsequent
ly sends forth from its leaves and
branches in a shower, in some in
stances so abundantly that the ground
in it's vicinity is converted into quag-
mire. 1t possesses this curious prop
erty in it's greatest degree in the sum-
mer, precisely when the rivers are at
their lowest and water most scarce.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
GOVERNMENT LANDS
FOR SETTLEMENT.
200 Miles Northwest Of Duluth on
Canadian Northern Railway.

The Department of Indian Affairs
will sell by public auction at Rainy
River, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday,
the 18th of May, 1916, many thousands
of acres Of splendid Farming Lands,
which have just been relinQuished by
the Indians to the Government.
This is your opportunity to secure
valuable land. worth not less than
$1,000 per acre, at Public Auction.
The land lies in the heart of the
famous Rainy River Valley-"where
clover is weed" Surrounded by
thickIy settled townships, schools,
churches and splendid markets at
your doors.
For further particulars, write Sec
rotary Board Of Trade, Rainy River.
Ont AS
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
lehman BLUFFED 1T OUT

When Frederick w. Lehman, for
mer sol;citor-general Of the United
States, studied in southwestern Iowa
to become lawyer the "udiments OF
law differed somewhat fror today-at
any rate for Mr.. Lehman.
Il never saw the inside of law
college," says Lehman, who once
was president of the American Bar
association. "In those days the rudi.
ments of the law profession were, first,
to make fire in the old cannon stove;
second, sweep out the office; third,
trimming the smoky coal oil lamp.
which served for our Biblical mid
night OIL by which to study, and.
finally, to write out in fair hand
what had been scrawled by our mas
ters"
Here is Mr.. Lehmann's version Of
how he passed his bar examination in
Missouri in 1890, when he became
general attorney for the Wabash rail-
r0ad.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
OUR OLDEST SENATOR

Senator Jacob H. Gallinger, who
recently celebrated his seventy-ninth
birthday, is the dean of the senate.
Not only is he the chairman Of tho
Republican conference and thus en-
titled to the designation of minority
leader, but he is the Oldest member of
the senate either in respect of years
or in point of service.
The senate used to be regarded as
a body OF octogenarians, but it comes
a long way from that nowadays. AS
matter OF fact, Senator Gallinger
though only one year stands between
him and eighty, looks little like man
nearing the mark of fourscore.
He is seemingly as active and
alert as he was ten years ago, and no
man in the upper house is more con-
slant in his attendance on senate bust.
Tess.
He is seldom absent from his
place in the chamber, and rarely
misses a committee meeting. 1t was
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11


the
something
mischief
efficiency the "sngle tax remedy for
problem
would be method.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

SinnOtt was unable to Hft 1t. TIC
deputy sheriff was armed with an
order to search the compartment for
enough cash to satisfy judgment for
$472,OOO, American money, obtained
against Argumedo by the Yucatan gov
eminent, it being alleged that when
Argumedo fled from the country sew
eral months ago he took the war chest
with him.
Sinnott expected to find much
gold, as it had been said the former
royor,or h,d ,,op1,d Ynuch Danar into
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11


bits snakekn
and "geeyzin," which he plays
little dus the night
the snade to
finds his music and
to loudly school OF music
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Arqumedo's Big Bale Of Money (Mex.) Is Found

Ew YoRK-when Deputy
fell out 1t large
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

which had known
both apparently being
did about
correc
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

For a really fine coffee at mod
crate price, drink Denison's Semlnole
Brand, Csc the h., in sealed cans.
Only one merchant in each town
sells Seminole If your grocer isn't
the one, write the Denison Coffee Co..
Chicago, for souvenir and the name
of your Seminole dealer.
Ruv the 3 lib. Canister Can for $1.0O.
ADV.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

his business, but the nelghbOrhO0d
knows. And every frequenter of
Franklin avenue and Fifteenth street
at midnight and the wee hours of the
morning also knows.
When the wash is on the line
Charley plays.
To save light he usually sits in
front of the laundry's big plate-glass
window, which faces the strong arc
light on the Bloomington transfer
point. So the late travellers also know.
From midnight to a. m. are his
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

"If'' is the most unsatisfactory word
in our language.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Minneapolis Chinaman Makes

M Wing Chinese who loves music He loves
fiddle He
he does allow his music interfere with
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

entered
49, 1885, stands third III
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

An old bachelor says there is a Pc
riod in every woman's life when sne
scratches out the size OF her shoes.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

grinding
the business to lie in waste pile unt
complete
thereby finished his church
edifce
attended operation
tmaeri als be
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Philadelphia Church Is Built of Grindstones

dedication of Tacony Baptist church.
edihce
and finished chapter Of seacrhce
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11


packages, whic hwererop together bale
banks government Some
devoted
placed
would
steamship Francisco reports
Wales January
volcanic
Japan 200 pounds sometimes caught
The natives Kill
lowered the bottom "hich
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Missing.
Urban-What do you miss most
since moving to the cOuntry?'
Rural-Trains.
Missing.

FITS, EPILEPSY, FALLING SICKNESS
Stopped Quicklv. Fifty years Of uninterrupted
success of DIR. Kllne's Epilepsy Medicine lnsures
lasting results LXRGE TRIAL BOTTLE FREE. DIR.
KLINE COMPANY, Red Bank, N. J.-Adv.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11


helpless ignorant
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

OH III6 pdIL Oh IHC pe1SIOI III oCCUf IN Q
enough stones to finish the building.
The pastor is Rev. George W..
Tryon. 1t was through his own per"
sonal sacrifice that the church was
made possible and q building erected
large enough to accommodate the
greatly increasing number of mem
bers. With hip boots and pick and
shovel the hustling pastor, in water
to his knees, helped dig the old grind
stones which had been buried for sew
eral wears under great piles of dirt.
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11


fish catching
Gabe
Come along with then and We'll show what you're doing
eighteen College OF
he
minutes
a that?' asked the lieutenant
disorderly conduct" lieutenant
MINNEAPOLIS Chinaman Makes Midnight Music
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11

and rain, chubby youth sat by tnat
puddle on a recent morning fishing.
His feet were clad in large shoes in
state of partial decay. His eyes were
obscured by tattered brown hat and
his shirt was red. He had no collar.
but eleven yards of bright red ribbon
were wound about his neck.
At his right was an alarm clock;
at his left one of those unhygienio
vessels which adorn the lobbies OF
cheap hotels. Ever and anon he gazed
anxiously at the alarm clock, and
The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-05-11
Fantastic Initiation Of New York College Boy

NEW YoRKThere elm Seventh near the corner
puddl
inches Oblvous ee