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SPECIALISTS

nR. A. w. MARTIN, Eye, Ear,
- Nose and Throat Specialist. Eye
glasses fitted. Office hours: 9 a. m.
to l p. m, 2 to p. m. Office, No.
500 Railroad avenue. Phone 3O8.
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G. A. MARcHAND, Attorney at Law
No and Notary Public. Office, 81
Railroad avenue. Telephone 90.
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KARL LEcHE, Attorney at Law.
IN Office, 203 Houmas street, be-
tween Nichols Avenue and Iberville
street.
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If you believe in helping those who.
help you it's your duty to buy at
home.
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ATTORNEYS AND NOTARIES

I'D J. VEGA, Attorney at Law and
Ds Notary Public. Office, 313 Mich
oils avenue. Telephone 81.
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nR. T. Fl. HANSON, Physician. Of
~ fee: Railroad avenue, between
Claiborne and Opelousas streets.
Telephone 240.
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nR. J. D. HANSON, Physician. Of
~ fee and residence: Lessard
street, between Nichols avenue and
Iberville street. Telephone sd.
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PHYSICIANS ~,

r. K. SIMS Physician and Surgeon.
AAs Office in Houmas street between
Iberville street and Crescent Place.
Telephone go
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-07-28

The testing Of milk for the but
ter fat was made at Warren &
Co. store Saturday by the expert
operator. Several lots Of milk
and cream were brought in. To
our mind there is not enough
surplus milk near here for the
business to be very colossal.
There is a home demand for milk
and butter in Selmer at satisfac-
tory prices. Cow feed is too
high to make it profitable to sell
surplus butter and milk. We
trust. however, that there will be
enough of that to increase the
business of shipping the cream
to the creamery at Meridian.
Miss, where it is shipped to
from points on the M. & 0. rail-
road.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-07-28
The Constitutional Convention

We have been frequently asked
why the Independent does not
give its readers more informa-
ton about the Constitutional Con-
vention callto be voted on at the
August electioa. There are so
many reasons, that we cannot
give them all.
1t is enough to know that any
organic state law after more than
forty years, will fail to meet the
demands of industries, develop
ments and discoveries, which
come to q progressive people. in
this advanced age. Our present
constitution was adopted when
the state was not out Of it's death
throes from the war. Progress
and industry had not then as
sumed vitality.
Among hundreds Of things
which should be changed is that
Of grand juries only when called
by the court to investigate great
criminal cases. A substitute
should be a county attorney who
would file informations after in
vestigating all the facts. Abol-
ish the attorney generals office
and each county have it's attorney
on a fixed salary.
The governornor should not
have a veto overruled by less
than a two-thirds vote, and
should have right to veto a
part Of any bill and approve the
other.
The constitution should be
changed, 80 that three-fourths Of
the time of the. legislature would
not be taken up in passing and
trading in private bills. The leg.
islature should have the right te
impose or release taxes where
the best interests Of the state
demand it. Counties should have
few districts. A provision shoulc
be made to get rid of corrup
official without impeachment a
such great cost.
There are many more things
which only constitutional con
vention can accomplish. Whel
ratified it is the concrete voic'
of the people.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-07-28

fore maturity by giving an order to
his broker to sell or buy like am cunt
ia the market for his account"
/ learned from other sources that it
takes about $500 to get in on deal for
100 bales. that amount of money COW
ering sixty points. If man sells
and the market goes up, he has to
increase his margin if he wants to
keep in the market; if it goes down,
he makes money. If he has bought,
just the opposite is the case.
| found that some brokers thought
the making of peace in Europe would
run cotton away up, and others claimed
just the opposite on the ground that
Europe is pretty well bankrupted and
couldn't do much with cotton il she
had it. Nevertheless, | noticed that
even rumors Of peace negotiations
caused the market to rise. The price
of cotton in Hamburg. Germany, is
said to be fifty cents now. The prices
are determined somewhat by the
market reports from Liverpool, but
their Exchange over there closes by
1920 of our time, so that thers is
only bare half hour to study the
market.
Efforts have been made to pass
laws curbing these operations in
futures, but they seem indispensable
to present methods of doing business,
and will be extremely hard to do away
with. Something else will be invent
ed if futures are suppressed, and the
same business will go on.
left these pleasant, brainy gentle
men. The noise Of tickers and the
shouts Of the buyers and the sellers
in the pit" faded away as | walked
out an the street among the hurrying
crowds, while over on another street
the distant roarings of the curb
market could be heard. Great is
modern finance, and New York is it's
citadel.
LINDSAY S. PERKINS.
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NEW YORK
LETTER

I have often intended to tell your
readers something about how the
great financial heart Of the nation
looks while beating here, and to de-
scribe scenes in the stock market,
but It was not until to-day that | got
a first hand view Of the business.
Even then it was only peep at an
institution that is sort of a world in
itself and there is far more to be told
than | can tell about it.
To-day it was great New York
Cotton Exchange that | looked into
As IL is cotton, more than any other
commodity, that interests the MAORI
ty Of your readers, western Tennessee
being distinctly a cotton country
they viii perhaps read this account Of
"the real thing with some interest
for this is by all odds the Creates
cotton market in the world. learned
to-day at the Exchange that New
York handles practically three time
as much cotton Chat is, in the speca
lstive market) as New Orleans, AM
when they ge. an order down Their
for ten thousand bales or over it ha
to come here to be executed. Fort
wears ago | hoed and picked cotto
Ito a certain exteuD on my father
farm near old Purdy. 1t was a. ia
CRY from that peaceful neck Of th
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on tables where could see them.
They are used for grading and com
pairing samples brought in for that
purpose, and being the government
standard each box is stamped with
the great seal and inscribed with the
signature, of the Secretary of Agri-
culture himself, and no one is allowed
to touch the samples.
This department is in charge Of Mr..
Mihett, a very pleasant gentleman
who knows great deal about Ten
nessee and has been with cotton all
his life. Nine grades of cotton have
been established by the Government,
beginning with a beautiful, white
lint, usually the first of the crop be-
fore it has been weathered, known as
Middling Fair. That is the best.
Next in order come: Strict Good Mid
ding, Good Middling, Strict Middling,
Middling (the grade upon which con-
tract prices are fixed), Strict Low
Middling, Low Middling, Strict Good
Ordinary and Good Ordinary. Any
thing lower than the last is not de-
liverable ON New York contracts,
although two other grades, Yellow
Stained and Blue Stained, of their own
grading, were on exhibition. The
yellow staining comes from early
frosts, and it is better than the blue
stained grade, which is very hard to
do anything with. Manager Millett
showed me some cotton raised in
Arizona from Egyptian seed, and he
made the remark that foreign seed
soon loses its character when planted
in this country, showing that soil and
climate have a predominant influence
on the character Of the staple. Be.
| fore leaving this very interesting de.
partment, ] was shown electric lights
which had their rays sifted through q
peculiar glass giving the light almost
the exact power Of the actinic sun.
ray, which is very useful thing OF
dark days for determining grades by
color. $50
| Mr.. Rothschild, who is a descendant
of the famous capitalists Of thai
name, who are among the richest mer
in the world (the name means rec
shield" from the device which they
used to place over their doors) tool
me into his private office, which was
plainly but beautifully furnished
Much of his life was spent in or about
Woodville, Mississippi, where he ha,
controlled and grown as much al
5000 bales of cotton. He has beef
broker here for six years. He ex
planned his method of doing business
as follows: ION booking an order fo
cotton (nothing less than 100 bale
being accepted, he has received am
, pie margin from the customer to pro
: tect him against fluctuation. Mr.
J Rothschild works only on commission
t which is $40 for buying and selling
These purchases and sales are mad
r for future delivery, and the price
3 naturally subject to many rises an
3 falls. The customer has the right t
J dispose Of his purchases or sales be
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tion in regard to stock or coming
crop having been studied and digest
ed, the brokers begin buying and SELL
ing for their clients. Conditions may
have been such at the opening this
morning as to justify me in offering
IL cents for December cotton. We
will suppose that it closed at 3 o'clock
yesterday at 1890. THAI means that
it is up ten points. 1t is just like
any other business transaction; those
who are buying wish to get their
stock as cheaply as possible, and those
who are selling wish to get the top
price. There is nothing underhanded
or secret about it; anybody can un-
derstand how it is done. We apply
scientific Information, derived from
the United States government or any
other reliable source, to actual mar
ket conditions, and the farmer has US
to thank for standardizing and steady
ing the market so that what his cot
ton brings is the result Of the appli-
cation Of exact scientific methods and
accurate business information"
Just then a messenger said some
thing to Mr.. Shut, and he hurried
away to the pit" and | was intro
duced to MIR. Hubbard, one Of the
oldest and most successful traders
there. an elderly gentleman with a
kindly eye, having twinkle ever so
shrewd, and with q handshake like
that Of Hardshell Baptist preacher.
Unlike others spoke with, he thinks
farmers should plant more cotton.
The vast cotton fields of India and
other foreign lands are far away from
transportation. and the same applies
to Eastern Turkestan, in Russia,
which was considered, like Egypt, a
competitor Of this country in cotton
growing. He pins his faith to the
southern United States as the source
of cotton for all time to come. Mr.,
Rothschild, on the simple proposition
that the fewer bales there are on the
market the more they will bring, be.
lieves in curtailing the output, and he
is regarded as one of the shrewdest
men in the business.
1t being the noon hour, the noise in
the ring had somewhat subsidized, but
it still sounded more or less like ar
, Irish wake, although | was Informed
, that that was but gentle zephyr
, compared with the storm of noise
. raging at times, when 100 men OF
more are in the pit" and million oil
: more bales are changing hands in {
! day. The amount dealt in to-day Oh
7 the Exchange was about 100000
( bales.
3 Leaving the clamorous group a
: the pit" we assembled to an uppe
g floor of the great building where tn,
4 samples Of the various grades Of cot
ton established by the United State
| Department of Agriculture are KEEP
e under strict watch by careful and ex
e perienced men. Few outsiders eve
see the inside of that room. Tn
n samples. in pads about SIX inche
i sqaure, six pads to a box, were place
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SOCIETY NEWS
TELEPHONE NO. 81

DIR. and Mrs. E.. A. Jesmer of
Westhope were guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Thos. Hennessy be-
tween trains Friday.
Miss Jennie McBain has &C.
copied a position as saleslady
at the Wonder Store to fill the
vacancy made by the resigna-
ton last week of Miss Hilma
Erickson.
Miss Matilda Schasky, who
is teaching near Kramer, was
the guest of Mrs. John Velle-
ma over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. S. Nero
and son Donald were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. w. c.
Pepin on Sunday.
Prof. Howard Clark of the
Rugby high school, spent the
week end at the home of his
sister and brother-in-law, Mr..
and Mrs, E.. NJ. Nelson.
Mrs. Lonsbrough and dau gh-
ter, Clara, met with quite a
serious accident last Friday
while driving home from town
when a dog suddenly jumped
mp and frightened the horse,
with the result that the occu-
pants of the rig were thrown
out and badly bruised. Mrs.
Lonsbrough suffered a sprain-
cd wrist.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid
will meet in the church Thurs
day afternoon May 18, with
Aesdames A. O. Trengen and
e. Davis as hostesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Rolling,
Aesdames G.. Swanke and Rub.
bert, all of Kramer, were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. O.
u. Knopper last week.
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The Juniors of the High
School will banquet the SEN
iors at the High School Gym
nasium Saturday ats: OOo'clock.
Miss Jane Beyers is president
for the juniors and will be the
toast mistress. Melvin Gorder
is vice president, Florence Nc
Intosh sec. and Lucille Rogers
treasurer. Oliver Moore, pres
ident, will respond for the SEN
iors. The class colors, yellow
and white, will be used in the
decorations, ionquils being
the chosen flower. Hand paint
ed cards will mark the place Of
each guest.
MI and Mrs. e. NJ. RAIDER of
Kramer autoed over Thursday.
Miss Alma Gagnon, is the
new typist for the Bottineau
County Abstract Co., filling
the position formerly held by
Miss Ida Nansen.
Mrs. N. Sander of Parshall.
arrived Thursday for a visit
with her children, Oranda, Mil
ton and Norman Sander, who
attend high school here. Mrs.
Sander is a guest at the home
of her sister and brother-in-law
Mr. and Mrs. p. L. Eide, where
the Sander children are stay
ing while here.
Mrs. Adele Gagnon visited
with relatives at Omemee over
Sunday.
Mrs. Emil Zilke of Souris
visited with her aughter, Miss
Elsie, who is a patient at St.
Andrews hospital, between
trains Saturday.
Mrs. J. A. Johnston, nee
Mrs. Olga WILDER, who has
been visiting here for the past
week autoed to Omemee Tues
day, from which place she took
the 500 for her home at Riceton,
Can.
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His Mothers LoDe.

His mother love my baby did not know,
When closely clasped upon my breast he lay;
His dark eyes slunnber. sealed, his breath ing low,
And sweet as gentle springtimes winds aplay
On beds of violets shy, Ger fragrant fern,
Arbutus trailing wild; his face ahush
As If heavens afterglow of light did burn
There, soft as in the prairie roses blush.
1 say, he did not, cannot ever know,
The mighty torrent of the mother-love
That wells up in the mother. heart, to flow,
In streams Of pulsing faith and prayer, above
The unstable sands of self and self-desire:
To bear upon it's crystal surge, a life
With power frau ght, to chill, TO hate or fire
To loving fellowship, a world at strife.
He cannot know. yet needs must ever feel
His manhood faulty, till the constant flow
OF finer graces, nobler thoughts, a zeal
For life, and a love that crowneth life, doth grow
Upon him, a resistless tide, a force,
Which spring snotfrom within him, but doth move
Him on, till, perfected in God, the source
Of manhood's power he sees in Mothers love.
C. NJ.
Bottineau, N. D., May 10, 1916.
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The Lutheran Church

Song service in Bottineau
church Sunday evening at 500
o'clock. Do not miss it. Miss
Ingbertson directs.
Sunday school at IL: 10. This.
is Mothers day and every
mother is urged to come. All
cradle roll babies ought to be
present.
Services with communion in
Manger church. An offering
for mission work will be re-
ceived.
Preaching services in Nord-
lands at 3: 80.
On Thursday, May Is, Mrs.
A. O. Trengen and Mrs. Chas.
Davis will serve in the church
from 5: 90 and on. Plan to be
there.
III. N. Bake, Pastor.
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&@8S&SM&SSAAM @#& A#TS
Mrs. Caruthers and the two
young daughters Of Judge "A.
G. Burr, Marguerite and Berti-
ma, who accompanied Mrs.
Burr to Santa Anna, Cal, last
fall and remained there with
relatives after her death, are
expected to return to Rugby to-
morrow. Mrs. Carruthers will
remain with the family during
the summer.
Mrs. S. N. Britton returned
to her home near Mohall the
latter part Of last week after an
extended visit with her daught-
err and son-in-law, Nh. and Mrs.
Thos. Hennessy.
Miss Anna Burr went to
Lansford Wednesday where
she will hold teachers examina-
ton in the city schools today
and tomorrow. Examinations
are also being held at the court
house in this city, with Supt.
Layne presiding.
DIR. and Mrs. N. b. Halldor-
son of Souris went through
here Monday on their way east.
Mrs. Adams is caring for the
children during their ABSENCE
Miss Ruth Wilson, who teach
es in the Loon district. was a
weekend guest at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. s..
Wilson, last week.
Florence. White, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel White, is
i'll with a severe case of pneu-
monia.
Miss Clara Woodward return
ed to her duties at Westhope
Monday evening after enjoying
a weeks vacation with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. NJ.
Woodward.
Mrs. A. D. Ertresvaag, with
Miss Katherine Scully as honor
guests, was hostess to a num-
Der of old school mates, Thurs
day afternoon when she gave a
birthday party for the honor
guest. The affair was in the
mature of a little girls party
and all came dressed in short
ldresses, curls and ribbons. and
lchildren's games was the pleas
ant afternoon diversion. The
large birthday cake and minia-
[ture imitation flower, pots de-
in sweet peas to hold
the ices were features of the
dainty tray lunch served by the
Hostess, who presented the
guests with little favors. Vases
Idf butterfly. blossoms were
prettily arranged throughout
the rooms.
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F|ade|and- Williams DRUG co.
a remembrance, and in homo,
THE REXALL TOR

a remembrance, and in honor
of, their mothers.
Mothers flower is the Carna-.
ton. You are urged to wear
a carnation in honor of your
mothers. Flowers may be or
dered in any quantity from Mrs.
Andy Johnston.
Remember your mothers by
attending this service and wor-
Shipping your mothers Saviour.
|. Everybody welcome. All
strangers in town over the
Sabbath are especially invit-
ed to be present at both servic-
es.
H. Lewis Meyer, pastor.
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Miss Louise Croisettier 81
Omernee visited with the home
folks east Of the city over Sum
day.
Mrs. w. E. Watson Of Roi-
cite spent several days withFre-
latives in this city the first 81
the week.
Miss Anna Burr returned
Saturday evening from Dickin-
son where she spent the past
week in attendance at an edu-
cational meeting.
Mrs. j. A. Mclean has been
seriously i'll and is still confin-
ed to her room, altho slightly
improved.
Families who have been
spending the winter in Califor-
mia and other western and
southern states, are returning
to North Dakota as the call Of
spring goes out. Among those
who have returned are Mr.. and
Mrs. r. Heath and daughter
Grace, who have been sojOurn-
ing in California and Washing
ton this winter and are now
visiting friends in Gardena and
looking after their farming in
terests. Mr.. and Mrs. Heath
| will be here next week to spend
some time with their brother
and sister-in-law, Judge and
Mrs. parkway.
Miss Kathleen Ye lie of Graf
ton will arrive this evening for
a vacation visit at the home 81
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. P. Yelle. Miss Yelle
visited here last summer and
has many friends who will
enjoy her stay.
Sunny skies and warm
weather brought the high
school students and teachers
out into the free and open
country Tuesday when they
enjoyed a pincic dinner at the
foot hills. The party was cha
peroned by Supt. Darling and
Miss Alice Hart,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Freeman
and family of Upham were over
Sunday guests at the home 81
their daughter and son-in-law,
Attorney and Mrs. A. Benson.
Mrs. f. w. Smith and child.
rem returned to this city Mon.
day evening. President Smith
has leased the Mrs. Eda How
ard residence property and the
family r already comfort
ably settled.
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At me Churches
Baptlst Church

Sunday School at IL: 10.
Junior B. y. r. U. at 8 p. m.
b. 7. p. u. meets at Z p. m.
Leader-Henry Turner.
Evening services at 8: 100.
Teachers training class meets
Monday evening at 8 o'clock at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Vosburg.
Junior prayer meeting at Z
O'Clock Wednesday evening.
id-week meeting Wednes-
day at 8 p. m.
You are welcome to attend
all of these services.
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The Westhope and Bottineau
high school baseball teams will
meet on the local diamond to-
morrow friday afternoon in
the first game of the season.
Game called at 4o'clock. Start
the season right by turning out
to encourage the boys.
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Presbyterian Church Notes.

Presbyterian Church Notes.
Evening service. 8: 90 p. m.
Sunday achool, IL: ID p. m.
Y. p. S. c. e. TOO p. n.
Wednesday, devotional SER
vice, 500 p. m.
Saturday, choir rehearsal, g.:
co p. Al.
Next Sunday mothers Day
will be observed by the Church
and Sunday school. The Sun.
day school program will be
given at 1900 o'clock. The
mothers of the Sunday school
scholars will be urged to be
present at this session of the
school. In order that their com.
ing may be made more conven.
lent there will be no morning
service at the Church.
At the evening service at 8: O(
p. M, a special Mothers Day
service will be held to which
everybody is urged to come az
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Methodist cAureh

Morning worship II a. IA.
Bible school at close of the
morning service.
Junior league 8: 90 p. m.
Epworth league at 100 p. m.
Mothers day service 8 p. m.
Be sure to attend this service
and if possible wear q carna-
ton in honor Of your mother.
R. j. Z. McKelvey,
Minister.