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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
New coIIeae Al aristol

Bristol, Tenn.-Dr. w. q. Martin of
Nashville and the board of trustees
of Sullins College, this city. have per-
fected all arrangements for a site for
the new Sullins College, which is to
be conducted by DR.. Martin. The city
council Of Bristol, Va, has taken the
final vote on exchanging Virginia park
for the original college site. H. G. Pc
tiers. speaking for the board of trus-
tees, announced to the council that the
new institution would be Forthcoming
Construction work is to begin early in
the new year, and the first building is
to represent cost of about 100000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
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STOP AND THINK.

- 49, NV tSttNNs
From bulletin issued by the Chi
cago health department:
"You had a glass of beer or three
fingers of rye today, didn't you? You
think that 1t puts snap in your wits
and steam in your cylinders. You feel
fine and you think you are ready to
tackle your job and meet any problem
In sight with clear head and strong
hand. But your feeling has deluded
you. The fact is that the drink you
took actually diminished your power to
add numbers, to memorize, to associate
ideas and to see, hear and think quick
ly.
"This statement Is not the result Of
guesswork or question of antithis or
antithat on moral grounds. 1t is based
on experiments made by an eminent
scientist, Professor Kraepelin of Wen
ma, who has devised series of tests
and applied them to many individuals
before and after they have taken al
coholic liquor. His findings have been
duplicated by other scientific men.
"In all cases the ability to add, to
memorize and to think quickly were
greatly reduced within few minutes
of taking the drink, and the handicap
lasted for as long as three days. The
more difficult the task, the greater was
the handicap, and the more numerous
were the mistakes made by the one
tested.
"This should make you think before
you order another stein; for while you
may drink another fellows health in
it, you are hurting your own brain
power. And who does not need all the
mind he can muster in these days?"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

ket, the lonely little schoolma'am set
OF down the trail toward the Tucker
place, where she boarded.
1t was showing hard now and the
trail was rapidly disappearing under
the white blanket. In the deepening
gloom dark shapes appeared, approach
ing and receding, but they proved to
be the pine trees fringing the steep
slopes.
Far below, the lights Of the town
cleaned through the darkness and
then vanished, and Bernice, plunglng
out Of the path to avoid deep drift,
took wrong turning and soon ac-
knowledged to herself with a fright
ened sob that she was lost on the
mountain In raging blizzard.
Hours afterward, she sank exhaust
ed at the foot of pine tree and drop
ped her head on her outstretched
arms.
II will rest for few minutes" she
murmured drowsily.
Down In the town Mrs. Tucker
waited supper that Christmas eve un-
til nine o'clock. Then little Willie
Tucker sleepily announced that Mrs.
Halliday had invited teacher to spend
the night and eat Christmas dinner at
the Halliday ranch. Gliding Willie for
his tardy information, Mrs. Tucker
FASTENED to the telephone and called
the Halliday ranch; but the wires were
all down, and so the anxious little
woman decided that the teacher had
been unable to send word about her
change Of Christmas plans, and went
about the trimming Of the Tucker
Christmas tree with renewed activity.
Bernice opened her eyes in the liv-
ing room Of n warm log cabin. Gay
Navajo blankets hung from the walls
and covered the broad couch on which
she reclined before q blazing fire of
hickory logs.
Two men were bending over the fire
one was stirring something in bright
tin saucepan, something hot and
steaming which he poured into a tum-
bier and brought to her bedside.
"Hellol" he smiled. Awake are you
Drink this mess and tell us how it all
happened
Bernice smiled back into bronzed
face that inspired Instant confidence.
He was yount, with very blue eyes and
very brown hair.
Bernlce obediently drank the steam
ing mixture and Struggled down in the
blankets and went to sleep.
Il wonder who she is, JIM" said the
last conner.
aShe came to us out of the storm
little snowbird." murmured Jim But
YER.
Billy Smith smiled shrewdly.
sIittle Snowbird will be missed on
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
ALCOHOL AND MEMORY.

Professor Vogt of the University Of
Christiania made tests upon himself to
determine the effects Of alcohol upon
memory. He daily committed to men,
DRY % lines of Greek poetry and re-
corded the number of minutes re-
CURED to learn them. On the days
when he took as much alcohol as one
would get in from one and one-half to
three glasses Of beer, 1t took him on
the average IS per cent longer to
learn the lines than when no alcohol
was taken. Six months later, when he
reviewed and relearned the Same
lines, he found that the lines learned
on the alcohol days required more
time for relearning.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
BOY PERIsHEs IN SCREENINGS.
Small Boy Perishes When Playhouse
Caves ln--Qulck Work on Part
of EMPLOYEES Saves One.


Murfreesboro, Tenn.-While playing
in a pile Of concrete screening Charley
Mcknight, aged 10 years, lost his life
when pile of the screenings caved in
on him and his little brother, aged 5.
Some of the employees of the local fac
tory were going to dinner and in pass
ing the screening noticed the head of
the little fellow protruding from the
base of the pile, apparently dead. They
Immediately exhumed the boy and he
was revived without trouble. He went
home to his mother but did not relate
the incident.
Later in the day some of his little
playmates went back to the place to
play, and noticed their playhouse was
gone. Determined to have another they
starter to remove fallen stone from
their pit and a few minutes discovered
their playmate, the elder Mcknight
boy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
SHORT COURSE IN
AGRICULTURE FREE
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE WILL
GIVE FREE COURSE OF IN
STRuCTIoN.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BUSY
State Highway Department Is Doing
Active Work Throughout State
Soldiers May Be Home In
Time for Christmas.

--NaSnVllle.
Commissioner OF Agriculture H. X.
Bryson is enthusiastic over the ad-
vance steps being taken by the farm
ers OF Tennessee. He says the agri-
culturists of this state are reading,
thinking and studying as never be-
fore.
In view Of the fact that the College
OF Agriculture. University of Tonnes
see, at Knoxville, will on January /,
1917, open its short course, to run for
six weeks, he is anxious to have all
who contemplate taking this course
send their names at once to Prof. H. A.
Morgan at Knoxville. No fee or en-
trance are required, and the course
Is open to all, old or young-women
as we'll as men. The railroads will
make reduced rates to those who at
tend the course.
The subjects to be taught at this
short course include: Soil and crops,
dairying, live stock, truck and fruit
and fruit growing, and general farm
management. The commissioner says
he feels that this is an offering to the
farmers that has no parallel, since 1t
requires SO little time and small ex-
pense with such beneficial results.
Soldiers May Return Soon.
One of the most definite indications
of an early return of the troops to their
home state has been the receipt by the
railroads entering Nashville Of a list
of the routings for the troops of many
states, including those from Tennessee.
These routings show that the Third
Tennessee regiment will come back to
Nashville by exactly the same roads ON
which they went to the border, while
the First ennessee will follow almost
identically the same route that they
took on their southwark journey. Rail-
road men and military authorities of
the state seem to believe that the re-
ceipt of these routings and other sig.
nificant moves made in the past few
days indicate return of the Tennessee
boys before Christmas.
The next question that arises is that
If they are brought back to mobiliza.
ton camp by Christmas time will they
be allowed to scatter to their homes
over the state for the Christmas cele-
bration? The mastering out process
that will follow return to mobiliza-
tion camp is likely to be slow one,
occupying two or three weeks.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
New Light Contract Prepared.

Manchester, Tenn.-The city council
has appointed committee to draft a
new contract with the Public Light &
Power Company for lighting the
streets Of Manchester, which will elm.
mate the Objectionable features of the
contract.
The new contract will provide that
the company maintain their own me-
ters, and that no meter rent win be
charged, and will also provide for re-
auctions In the city's light bill when
the lights are not given on the streets.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15


ished men, and, above all, its loneli-
ness! It was all so different from
New England-and yet she fled from
Massachusetts to hide heartache.
"There is something wrong with
me-" she sighed at last. 1T can't be
the country or the people--they are
kind and generous-it's the way feel
How can I cure the ache and the
inconsistencies for things that may new
er beY
No answer came to her out of the
swiftly falling winter twilight.
Perhaps the knowledge that we'd
ding was taking place In Boston at
that very hour confused her reasoning
powers. The man had ceased to love
her and she had offered him his free
dom and he had accepted 1t. and SO.
being without near relatives, Bernice
had found position out here In Mon
tana. This was her first Christmas In
Rocky Gulch.
After awhile she locked the school
house door, and with the children's
Christmas offerings in her lunch bas-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
AUTHORITIES ON BEER.

Beer comes next to brandy as a
poison drink. 1t limits the capacity
and lowers mind, soul and body. The
soldier who abstains altogether is the
best man.-Count Won Haesler, Late
Commander Of the Sixteenth Army
Corps, Germany.
There Is no justification for calling
beer "liquid bread" A glass of heavy
beer costing rs pfennigs has no more
nourishment than piece Of cheese
costing one pfennig. Beer is
not the harmless drink 1t is supposed
to be.--From German Army Pamph-
let.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

Memphis Tenn.-Part of former
fashionable section on Madison ave
nue., near the Lyric theater, where the
F. F. MS lived just prior to the Civil
War, and for several years thereafter,
is being torn down for a new fire
proof business house.
Later, when the city began to move
eastward, and progress showed society
further away from the hub of business,
the property was converted into the
first apartments in Memphis and were
leased for rooming and boarding
houses.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Farmer Slain BY NeIahbor.

Paris, Tenn.-Bob Beavers, aged 40
years, was shot and killed by Charlie
Wright, aged about 35 years, north.
east of town about 10 miles. in diff
ficulty. The district is rather mac
cessible to telephones and details are
yet lacking, but according to Sheriff
Hagler. II seems that Wright was cut
severely by Beavers before he fired on
him. Wright gave himself up to JUS
tice Coleman.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
BOOZE PRIMER.

DUUZt UHktS DuluS.
Buns make business for jail build.
ers.
Jail builders make the people pay
higher taxes.
Buns, jails and high taxes heap bur-
dens on innocent people.
Get rid of booze and you get rid OF
bums.-Cole's Michigan Review.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
WHAT IS INTEMPERANcEY

"Intemperance does not necessarily
meah only obvious and palpable
drunkenness. From the very moment
In which alcohol has disturbed the
healthy exercise of the mental facul-
ties, or has impaired the moral sense
by unduly exciting the animal pas
sions or has in any way untitled a
person for discharging his duties In
the proper struggle for survival, from
that moment has there been guilt Of
intemperance."-T B. Hyslop, M. d.
Royal Hospital for the Insane, Eng
land.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
1000 carnI.hments I.sued.

Nashville. Tenn.-Seven thousand
garnishments have been issued by
County Trustee Felix 2. Hilson in an
effort to collect back poll taxes. Taxes
are due from 1915 all the way back
through 1911, and the force in the
trustees office is busily engaged In
sending out notices.
There are many more garnishments
to be issued.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
w. w. oqlIvle Dies in Mar.ha,,.

Lewisburg, Tenn.--W. w. Ogilvie,
former state commissioner of agricult-
ure, and one of the most prominent cit
liens of Marshall county, died at his
home four miles south Of this city. His
illness, uremic poison, was of brief
duration.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
SOCIAL VALUE.

A pathetic evidence Of the social
value of prohibition is the fact that
the number of suicides in Seattle in
the first six months of prohibition was
only half as large as for the CORE
spending months Of last year. Drink
ruins man, drives him to despair.
takes his last nickel and then dumps
him in the river.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Half Moon Headlight.

Knoxville, Tenn.-A half moon
headlight that will follow curve has
been invented by r. G. Harris,
Knoxville man. He has secured
patent on the light and declares tina
II is a great improvement over an.
STYLE of light now in use.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Improving Highways.

Newbern, Tenn.-The Dyer count
convicts are working the Dyersburg
and Trenton road at RoEllen, and the
hills are being cut down, and the road
bed had been made wider. Dyer coun.
ty has some Of the best roads leading
through West Tennessee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Returns After sixty Years Absence,

Returns After Sixty Years Absence.
Manchester, Tenn.--For first time
in over sixty years Thomas Jackson Of
Chicago visited the place of his birth
this week. He was born before the
Civil War on farm near Manchester,
and on his return few days ago
found only a tumbled-down building
which represented the house in which
he was born.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
poIcfuI Associations.

"Why is your husband so irritable
about women's fancy work clubsf"
II guess 1t is because he had such
a time last year having to stay in
the house while his broken leg was
knitting"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

You never can know how superior to 9th.
er preparations in promptness and efficien-
cy is DR.. Peery's Dead Shot" until you
have tried it once. A single dose cleans
out Worms or Tapeworm. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Old Master Anyway.

Miss Manyears-Yes, that was paint
ed Of me when l was little girl.
Col. Bune-Is 1t a Rubens or a
Observation-Disclosures Opinion.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Tennessee Beef Breeders, Association

Nashville, Tenn.-The recent sale of
registered Hereford cattle at the state
fair grounds, under the auspices of the
Middle Tennessee Beef Breeders AS
ISOLATION, was perhaps one OF the most
successful ever held in the state, and
1t is very gratifying to the association
that Ga per cent of the cattle sold re.
NAMED in Tennessee. As result Of
the interest manifested in this sale it
is announced by the officials Of the or
gapization that these sales will be an
nual affairs.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
To Drive Out Malaria '
And Build In The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
wha. yo4 azo taking, as the formula Is
printed on every label. showing il Is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
ProperIy SuueIched.

Heidi you see those motors skid?
She-How dare you call me that?--
London Opinion.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Highway Department is Busy.

Among the activities OF the state
highway department mention may be
made of the fact that it has recently
taken over for maintenance that part
Of tho Dixie highway running through
Coffee county. This section was re-
built by the citizens of Tullahoma and
the people living along the road. The
department has treated the turnpike
from the city limits to Goodlettsville,
and mile beyond, except stretch OF
about three miles, which was not in
condition for treatment. That three
mile stretch is now being prepared for
treatment, and the work will be COM
pleted this winter.
The department is also treating the
Lebanon turnpike from Mt, Olivet
cemetery for a distance of seven miles
east.
The Murfreesboro turnpike is being
prepared for oiling for a distance OF
six miles fom the city limits and the
work will be completed next spring.
The Hillsboro turnpike is being plac-
ed in condition for oiling fgrom the
city limits to the Williamson county
line.
The department has made as good as
new the Gallatin turnpike from the
Davidson county line to Gallatin.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Want Woman Rartenders.

Tavern keepers in Scotland have
asked permission to employ woman
bartenders, as men are scarce.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

Falcon Motor Car Co., Memphis;
capital stock $4,000. Incorporators,
]. G. Hamlet, G. A. McGill, E. e. Kari
son, ]. R. Manley, Charles F. Kessler.
To manufacture and distribute motor
cara.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
A HINT TO WISE WOMEN.

Don't suffer torture when all female
troubles will vanish in thin air after using
"Femenina" Price soc and SI.oo.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
MILITARY TACTICS.

Twentieth-century military tactics
Trust In God and keep your army
dry"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

HE schoolteacher at Rock
Gulch dismissed her pu-
pills with a smiling face.
Behind the smiles lurked
unshed tears. When the
last youngster had van
ished down the snow-coy-
cred trail, Bernice leaned
her head against the win
dow frame and the hot,
rebellious tears flooded
her soft gray eyes.
How she hated this far
western country, with its
crude ways, its dowdily
dressed women, its unp0l-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
BAR LIQUOR ADS.

Daily newspapers reaching more
than 100000 readers are now barring
liquor advertising.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
WIlson,s Malority 1890.

WiIsons MAJORITY Sf,xSu.
Official returns of the election In
Tennessee Nov. have finally been re.
ceived from all SO counties by the Sec
rotary OF state and the state return
Ing board, composed of the governor,
the secretary of state and the attorney
general, will meet soon, to certify to
the result and issue commissions to
presidential electors and other off,
cials. The last county to report was
Claiborne.
The total vote received by President
Woodrow Wilson In Tennessee was
1884, while Charles e. Hughes re.
ceived 116.114 votes. a majority for
President Wilson of 1920.
The total vote received by Gov. Tom
C. Rye was 146,75S, while John w.
Overall received 1887 votes, ma.
jority for Gov. Rye of 1924.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15
Tennessee Charters.

Nashville, Tenn. The following
charters have been issued by the sec
rotary Of state:
Memphis Shelby County Anti-tuber-
culosis League, Memphis; no capital.
Incorporators. J. L. Andrews, Cum.
mings Harris, Neumon Taylor, G. A.
Mantle. To aid in the prevention, euro
and treatment of tuberculosis.
Combs Fort, Incorporated, Robertson
county; capital stock, $1,000. Incorpo-
rators, Combs Fort, ]. C. Pope, Jr., s.
A. Van Ness. John e. Barriers. To en-.
gage in the general trade of merchants.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-12-15

Dixie Ink Ribbon Manufacturing Co.,
Memphis; capital stock $1,000. Incor-
porators, w. A. Mcclure, w. d. Brown
ing, J. N. Maus, ]. H. Carter. To en-
gage in the manufacture and the re-
linking of typewriter ribbons.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-16
ENGLAND MUST FREE
Of DYE DEPENDENCE

EDINBURGH, Scotland, Aug 16.-
The three days session of the annual
meeting of the Society of Chemical In
dustry showed that the chemical in
dustry of Great Britain would in the
future largely break away from it's
dependence on Germany and other
countries so far as dye and fine chem
icals were concerned, and at the same
time brought out prominently the
need for still further research and
development on the part Of Britishers
generally.
Papers were read indicating the
enormous waste of by-products or
coal going on in the country, while It
was asserted five per cent OF coaA IT.
self was wasted in some pits, twenty
twenty per cent in others and forty
per cent lost in certain Doncaster pits.
On the subject of tar distillation-a
process yielding about dozen chem
ical products-a speaker stated that
the industry had suffered from lack of
cooperation and that more scientific
attention with a central research lab
oratory were required to re-capture
the fine chemical and color trade from
Germany.
Regarding the prospects of British
dye supplies it was stated that at
present the necessary products were
required for the government, colors
varying from KHAKI; to violet being re,
quired; but that after the war acids
would be in abundant supply and with
plants now in course of construction
las well as organized research, the
British chemist was being given a
chance to compete with the German
chemist as with those of America and
Japan.
1t was generally agreed that some
state subsidy or protection by tariff
should be afforded for AT least ten
years. At the final session a paper was
read on rare earths," its author as
erting that the situation was full or
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-08-16
STATE CHAMBER To
MEET IN MACON SOON

MACON, Ca, Aug. 16.-E. Y. Clarke,
secretary-manager of the Georgia
Chamber of Commerce, states that this
organization has voted to hold their
annual meeting in Macon, September
20 and 81. It was decided to meet in
Macon some time ago, but it was not
until Tuesday that the time of the
meeting was agreed upon.
At this meeting. the chamber will
elect officers and a board of directors
and transact much important business.
The present officers are C. ]. Haden,
o, Atlanta, president; Wilmer L.
Moore, of Atlanta, first vice president:
Sam Tate, Of Tate, second vice presi-
dent; Crawford Wheatley, of Ameri-
Gus, third vice president; R. F. Maddox
OF Atlanta, fourth vice president, and
E Y, Clarke, of Atlanta, secretary and
manager.
1t is said that Charles J. Haden is
not DESTROYS of standing for re-elec-
ton, preferring that some other man be
given the duty of directing the work Of
the chamber. However, it is said there
is strong desire, especially in the
middle and southern portions of the
state, that Mr.. Haden continue at the
head of the organization The position
is taken that the selection of a new
president at this time is not desirable
for the chamber is just now beginning
the most impor ant and effective work
of its history.