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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02

Owing to illness, Chief Justice M. M.
Neil OF the supreme court has been
forced to leave the bench. To fill his
position during his absence, Governor
Rye has appointed Hon. Sid r Clark.
of Trenton, one Of the leading lawyers
of West Tennessee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
NEUROLOGICAL.

Clifford Cherry, 400 pounds, the
largest man ever in thee Illinois leg
islature. and former husband of "ths
Lily of Fox River Valley" is dead.
w. A. Northcutt Of Springfield, ILL.,,
former lieutenant governor of that
state and head Of the Modern Wood
men, is dead of acute dilation Of the
heart.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
MOTHERHOOD
WOMAN'S JOY
Suggestions to Childless
Women.

Among the virtues of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the
ability to correct sterility in the
cases Of many women. This fact is
we'll established as evidenced by the
following letter and hundreds of others
we have published in these columns.
Poplar Bluff, Mo. --'I want other
women to know what a blessing Lydia
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
CRIMINAL.

Frank Emmanuel, betrayed by his
wife, confessed he murdered William
Morgason near Topeka in 1907, for
which crime Irish Van Horn served
nine years.
Because his 16-month-old baby an
noyed him by crying. Anthony Przres
XII of Chicago stripped its clothes
from its body and poured boiling wa
ter upon 1t, his wife told Judge Ba
rasa. Tony was fined 5000.
Walter Harold, 20. of Toronto, Can.
ada, is held on a charge of numbering
his 3-month-old baby as it lay asleep
and his 18-year-old wife. After the
shooting Harold tried to kill himself
Police raiding a seven-handed poke,
game in the gloomy anteroom of a
Chicago morgue were amazed to find
two detective sergeants and police
man in full uniform playing.
Taking advantage of the owners
death and while he lay in his coffin
awaiting burial, burglars broke into
Dennis Moran's saloon at Pana, Ill.
and carried off large portion of his
stock.
Harry Terry Of Cincinnati shot ant
killed his wife, Mrs. Lillian BIacl
Terry, and his mother-in-law, Mrs
Victoria Black, and seriously wound
ed his wifes cousin, Mrs. l.. M. Spur
lock.
Mrs. ]. ]. Kaufman of Marlin, Tex.
is at liberty on $1,000 bond follow
ing the killing of J. B. williams. Sh,
said she shot Williams after he hat
halted her on the street.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
State University Stock Show.

The fat stock show opened at the
University OF Tennessee with q large
number of splendid animals, all owned
by East Tennesseans. AT the shows
heretofore, all stock owners have been
able to dispose of their stock.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
Natural Tendency.

Il suppose the majority of women
Who vote scratch their tickets"
~What makes you think SOP"
Because not one woman In ten
could cast ballot straight"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02

Il. Pinkham' 9 Vege-
table Compound has
been to me. We
had always wanted
q baby In our home
but ] was in poor
health and not able
to do my work. My
mother and hus-
band both urged me
to try Lydia E. Pink
h am g Vegetable
Compound. | did
- ,,nx konlkk L..
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
The Richest Loot.

81 see where some men who broke
Ruto store left the money in the cash
drawer. and took all the fresh eggs
-Of course they did. They were af'
Ger the valuables in the place."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
FIRES.

Assistant Fire Chief Fred Gillian Of
Seattle. Wash, was killed and anoth-
er man is missing and eight men in
jured in an opera house fire.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
POLITICAL.

FULL WAL.
Speaker Best of the Colorado legis.
lature ordered the sergeant-at-arms to
exclude from the house floor all per-
sons interested for or against any
measure before the legislature.
William F. Scott, 81 years old, only
negro who ever ran for president Of
the United States, is dead at Spring.
field, Ill. Scott was the candidate OF
the Liberal party in 1896
Just as the ArkanIas senate com.
pleted voting favorably on bill pro.
hibiting the shipment of liquor into
Arkansas for any but medical or sac
ramental purposes. the passage of a
bill identical in wording by the house
was announced.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02

There are 263,315 girl stenographers
mud typewrfters employed in this coun-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
state Department Closes Bank.

The state banking department has
closed the Citizens Bank OF Water
town, a state institution organized four
years ago.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02

Representative Rucker Of Missouri.
chairman of the house committee on
inaugural arrangements, announced a
contract had been awarded for the
construction of grandstand with 8
seating capacity OF 10000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
HEAVY CLUB DUES.

One trouble with the saloon as the
poor mans club is that the dues are
entirely too heavy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
PERSONAL.

c. G. Moore, Chicago hotel mana,
ger. bought 81 share in a $4,000
pearl necklace during the allied ba.
zaar. He has presented the necklace
to Mrs. Moore.
Rev. Richard w. Travis, 70 years
old, of Duane Methodist Episcopal
church, New York, announces that he
will wed Mrs. Julia L. Hammond, SO,
parishioner.
At Billy Sundays last service at
Boston the collection totaled over
$4,000.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-02-02
EXCLAMATION,

She-I wonder why men lie so.
He-Because their wives are 80
blamed inquisitive.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
FINDS POOR FIELDS IN
ENGLAND AND GERMANY
W. O. Thomas Says American Auto
Manufacturing Methods Are
Not Feasible.

England and Germany are not good
helds for the Introduction of American
manufacturing methods, according to
W. Owen Thomas. the consulting auto
motive engineer. whose firm started
their work in England. Mr.. Thomas
says that they worked in close touch
with automobile developments in Eng
land and Germany and came gradually
to recognize that through the natural
conservatism of European countries
the introduction of American manufac-
turing methods were not feasible.
In England and Germany research
engineering has been carried on to a
wonderful extent. but high-grade labor
has been plentiful and manufacturers
there have always argued that with
small production of any one model
there was little gained by investing
heavily in American production tools
and methods. The trade generally has
united in demanding from each manu-
facturer too many models to allow
him to concentrate in the American
way on one model.
In France, Belgium. Switzerland and
In the Slav part Of Austria catering to
Russian trade. the supply Of skilled
labor has never been as great in pro-
portion to the demand as in England
countries have always been exceed
ingly anxious to develop their manu-
featuring resources along American
lines, and we have always been able
to get all of the business in them that
we could take care Of.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
The Modern Babel.
!, the Worcester Telegram.

From the Worcester Telegram.
There is no evidence as to who moved
the tower of Babel into Russia, but
there is no doubt 1t is there in perfect
replica. Everybody talks. There are
more parties in Russia than ever sprang
up in the United States, allowing
Kansas it's full limit in the count. There
appear to be millions who believe 1t
was mistake to pull off that bloodless
revolution, and they want to go back
some weeks and fight out a real revolu-
ton, just to shed the blood that poisons
the political atmosphere. They are
afraid of each other and Of themselves.
They have STEPPED their minds in So
cialism and nihilism so long that the
brain cells are AT housing for rabies.
They have dreamed SO much that real
life is a mirage, so we'll established in
the abstract that they may never, be
able to come back to earth and sit down
as sane men and women. They are
so different that they are nearly all
alike, the entire lot being a con-
glomeration of fanatics. That makes
the modern tower of Babel not a simple
mixture of languages, but polyglot of
things. twisted and strained out of
human shape. Americans have more
to do in Russia than make railroads
and loan money and dig out the ores.
They have got to doctor the minds of
the people and feed them on the mama
of sanity.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
AUTO PRICES ADVANCE,
AS ALL METALS GO UP
Aluminium About Only One for
Which Substitute Has Been
Used in Car Making.

From Motor.
When one stops to consider the ad-
vance in metals since the outbreak Of
the war it can readily be understood
why some manufacturers have substi-
place OF aluminium.
Sheet aluminium has increased 40 per
cent. while aluminium castings have
taken jump OF so per cent. By COM
pairing specifications it will be seen that
aluminium is about the only metal for
which substitute has been used and
this can be explained only by the fol-
lowing:
Though bearings, for instance, have
taken an advance Of 35 per cent, forg-
ings IS per cent, tungsten steel 400 per
cent, stampings IS per cent. steel cast
ings 80 per cent, iron castings 35 per
cent and sheet steel IS per cent, there is
no practical substitute for them, unless
the manufacturer wishes to increase the
weight of and weaken his car. and that
Is the one big problem he has to over
come in the early stages of motor car
building.
BY looking at the above figures. we
are brought to the realization that the
advance in cars was not occasioned by
greed Of the manufacturers. but by
absolute necessity. First, for the sur
vival Of their business. and second. to
put out a car that was not below the
standard Of their product up to the time
Of the advance in metal prices.
Without doubt. aluminium will come
into more general use than ever before
as soon as the price Is less prohibitive.
and the writer is under the impression
that 1t will be one OF the first metals
to feel the effect of the war ceasing.
The reason for this is due to the fact
that the demand for aluminium at the
present time is principally due to its
use in the manufacture OF munitions.
At the close OF the war the demand will
automatically stop. while at the same
time the recently increased facilities OF
production will remain the same.
On the other hand. steel, iron, etc,
will be in demand during the recon-
struction period which is bound to fol-
low in the wake Of the war. Aluminium
will therefore come back into its own
stronger than ever. and who can say but
what the manufacturers of moderate
priced cars may find 1t possible to use
it for the construction of their bodies
where heretofore they have been COM
PEELED to use sheet metals.
One thing is certain after the war. the
automobile manufacturers will be sup
piled with better grade Of material
than ever before. as the foundries, etc.
have been compelled by the rush Of
business to put in the most up-to-date
equipment, which is bound to stimulate
competition to It's highest point.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
AUTOMOBILE TRUCKS ARE SCARCE;
U.S.. IS TAKING MOST OF PRODUCT

biggest United States recently
published telegram big Chicago It said: I'VE
shall possibly please take them
gradually and be satisfied It possible for fill oders
tell the thing order this Chicago firm did
for fifty trucks-or for five or for two
The using the capacity Of the truck manu-
This excellent thing for the people the
the trucks that the buying for war will
other work and
better
the demand for automobile
extremely difficult good truck
and will be almost not quite impossible to get good truck
in a government orders increase.
automobile also of the ordinary
automobile the using the automobile factories
to make flying machine engines
ma whether a loss profit,
necessarily needs orders
first"
still be had manufactured before the
broke hand and approaching completion
Now going want in the
during slippery winter, PUT IN YOUR
ORDER.
be presently
Evening star., 1917-11-04
THE EXPERTS SAY

Do not neglect the differential just be-
cause you filled it with grease once upon
a time. Inspect it occasionally to make
sure the grease or oil hasn't worked out.
II the difrerential needs fabrication it alb
serbs an enormous proportion Of the
power of the motor and it will soon be-
come noisy. trouble for which there is
no cure.
II gears or differential become noisy
"a temporary relief may be obtained by
using a heavier oil or grease, but this
trouble comes back as the lubricant gets
low. The noise is due to wear and the
wear is usually due to neglect. SO take
proper care of your differential If you
want to keep it quiet.
To keep the gaskets in position-while
the transmission cover Is being replaced
Is not easy, because 1t is often necessary
to shift the cover around in order to get
the pedals to engage the lugs on the ends
Of the transmission bags.
But II twelve round wooden sticks or
metal bars from one-fourth to three
eighths inch diameter are placed on end.
| on wooden box or on board supported
| by trestles, so that each rod projects
about two inches through bolt hole in
(, the lower part Of the transmission case,
then the felt gaskets can be placed over
these rods. with the assurance that the
gaskets will be held in place while the
cover is being put on.
| After the cover has been replaced a
rod is pulled out and a bolt inserted, this
procedure being used for each bolt.
| It is often necessary to repair a tor
bow which has been broken by accident
This can easily be done by drilling hole
| in the center Of the broken parts and in
serting piece Of iron pipe fattened to
fit the hole. This should extend three OF
four inches beyond the end Of the part,
SO that 1t can be fitted into the hole in
the other part. This method of repairing
makes the bow as strong or stronger than
when new.
To make tire pumping easier, board
can be nailed at an angle. between the
floor and the side wall Of the garage.
This angle makes 1t much easier to pump
| the tire. and, as the board raises the
pump. one does not have to bend over
so far.
/ couple of metal straps are placed over
the foot plates Of the pump. 80 that one
does not have to hold down the pump.
when pulling up on the handle. This also
| makes pumping easier. as one does not
have to maintain one position SO rigtdly.
II the pump is fastened near the door,
way Of the garage, any wheel Of the car
can be brought near the pump by simply
moving the car. Every car owner should
| have two tire pumps. one to be kept
wrapped up and always in the car. and
the other to be used In the garage.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Table to Determine Horsepower

The following table will assist one to
determine the horsepower Of the vari-
Gus automobile engines now In use
which, if extended. will apply to the
eight and twelve-cylinder cars as well.
Evening star., 1917-11-04

A great deal Of clutch trouble for
which tho owner can fnd no obvious
cause Is due to the fact that the clutch
shaft Is out Of true with the center of
the fywheel. This causes one side OF
the cone clutch to bind. while the other
side is free; in the case Of the disc clutch
the plates tend to hold only on one side
The result is that the clutch grabs when
engaged. II persistent treatment and ad-
iustment do not help a clutch 1t is safe
to conclude that the condition mentioned
is causing the trouble.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Standardize
your hauling

Hot days or cold days-sun
or rain and sleet-are all
alike to TRUxTUNS. They
are built for everyday serv-
ice under every condition of
weather. road or load. Haul
Observation-Disclosures
like clockwork-standard-
ized-by TRUXTUNS.
Will you let US prove ita
Evening star., 1917-11-04
BIG AUTO SHOW JANUARY 20.
Space Already Taken for Annual
Salon At New York.

Az usual the automobile salon will be
held in the grand ballroom of the
>Astor hotel. New York. from January
D to .. inclusive. Announcement to this
effect was made after the annual
meeting Of the directors. at the New
York ONCE Of the Automobile Salon. 75
9Th avenue, New York. Wednesday
The following officers were elected for
the coming year: E. Lascaris. De Dion
Bouton, president; Thomas E. Adams
Lancia, and Leon Rubay OF the Rubay
company, vice presidents; Robert w
schuette, Rolls-Royce. secretary-treas-
urer.
Space already has been taken for ex-
hibits Of the following makes Of cars:
Rolls-Royce. White, Lancia. Locomo-
bile, Simplex. Brewster, Daniels. Fer
rnus. Murray, Cunningham and Biddle,
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Will Bring About Saving.

In addition to conserving tremendous
evaporation losses the hydraulic sys-
tenn will bring about an additional saw
ing through the prevention of fires in
the oil fields. Government statistics
show that approximately ten mlinon
dollars worth of gasoline and crude
oil is destroyed annually by hres, ana
there is a loss of tanks. buildings.
equipment. etc, equal to the loss OF OIL
Much of the present gasoline troohle
is due to the presence of water and 9TH
er impurities in retailers storage
tanks. from where they are pumped
along with gasoline, into users motor
cars These impurities settle to the
bottom Of the retailers tanks. near the
gasoline outlet. and are picked up by
the action of the pump. The hydraulic
method overcomes this difficulty by
having the gasoline outlet at the top
If the tank, far removed from water,
impurities and sediment. With the new
system the user is assured clean, pure
fuel Of the highest volatility. Even
the last gallon taken from the tank
is pure and clean, the impurities and
settings remaining at the bottom of
the retailers tank. from where they
are periodically flushed into drain.
The hydraulic system is SO designed
that gasoline Is kept constantly above
the water the latter being used to float
the lighter gasoline to the top of the
tank in contact with the outlet. The
system is automatic in action, water
flowing into or out Of the tank as gaso-
line Is stored or withdrawn.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
produced in England and Germany

produced in England and Germany.
The American makers produce by good
production engineering large quanti-
ties of machines of a single uniform
design, which. from the European
standpoint. shows no real merit, re-
finement Of detail or economy Of fuel.
They could produce a good design with
proper economy and refinement just
as easily. but are wrapped up in guam
tity production alone and are opposed
to any improvement because the
change would affect production. They
tion they could avoid longer a change
If the design was strictly up to date.
and that they could increase production
by competing in those countries where
European standards Of efficiency pre-
vail.
Evening star., 1917-11-04

Brewster. Rubay and Brooks -Ostruk
have also taken space for body ex-
hibits. Several additions to this list, are
assured. ~ we'll as a selected number
of high-class tires and accessories.
The annual Chicago salon has previ-
ously been held under the auspices OF
the organisation conducting the New
York salon. but with separate manage
ment. For the 1918 season both exhi-
billions will be under the same man
agement A unique program in three
color process printing will be fea-
ture Of both salons.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Reduce your
hauling costs

TRUXTUN first cost is low and the upkeep is
light. A Chicago merchant drove TRUXTUN
$4,000 miles in hard delivery service at an actual
cost Of only 81 so for repairs. Covering from 2
to 20 miles under load to the gallon Of gasoline you
can haul with TRUXTUN at an average cost Of
4 cents per ton mile.
One man with TRUXTUN can do the work Of
three drivers and three ams-and do it quicker,
cheaper and better.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Thoughts Of Thankfulness.

From the Boston Transcript.
Teacher-Now tell me. what were the
thoughts that passed through Sir Isaac
Newton's mind when the apple fell on
his head?
Bright Boy-I guess he felt awful
glad It wasn't q brick.
Evening star., 1917-11-04
AUTO HORSEPOWER
OBTAINED BY TESTS
Rating Is Based on Capability OF
Motor to Do One Mechanical
Unit of Work.

The horsepower Of an automobile en-
gine has nothing whatever to do with
the power developed by horse. It is
and unscientific way Of defining power.
A motor rated at one horsepower Is
capable of doing one mechanical unit
Of work. which is equal to the power
expended in lifting a weight of $4,000
pounds through height of one foot in
one minute Of time, explains the New
England Motorist. The French horse
power equals 32,54s foot pounds. and is
thus less than the English standard.
To calculate exactly the horsepower
Of a gasoline automatic engine Is. OF
course, almost impossible. No matter
some trifling error, depending upon. If
nothing else j, the number of revolutions
made by the engine per minute.
The brake" horsepower. SO called. is
the measurement of the horsepower of
an engine Of the actual net work OF the
engine or horsepower delivered at the
shaft This horsepower Is usually deter
mined with brake" system around
the fly wheel.
power that would be available II there
were none absorbed by friction within
the motor itself, and the total energy OF
the explosion was transmitted without
friction or other losses to the motor
shaft.
Must Make Actual Test.
Probably the only way to learn the
exact horsepower Of any engine is by
actual test upon q mechanical machine.
1t is possible. however, to estimate the
horsepower of any engine with rea-
sonable degree of accuracy, but OF the
several formulae promulgated for this
purpose the one now used to the great
est extent in the United States is the A.
L. A. NJ. formula (American Licensed
Automobile Manufacturers) now more
commonly referred to as the 8. A. E.
tSociety Of Automobile Engineers).
This formula Is used by all the lead
ing manufacturers. and it will be noted
that the stroke Is not taken into con
sideration at all-cslly the diameter OF
the cylinder or bore.
The Mccullough horsepower formula
gives exactly the same results as the
S. A. E., but the result Is arrived at
more easily. For example. To md the
horsepower of a four-cylinder. five-inch
bore engine. square the bore, which
equals 20, multiply 1t by the four cyl
inders, which equals 100, and then
multiply it by a, which equals 40 horse
power.
Table to Determine Horsepower.
The following table will assist one to
determine the horsepower Of the vari-
Gus automobile engines now In use,
Evening star., 1917-11-04
Quantity Production Features.

Naturally this different viewpoint in
manufacturing affects tho engineering
and produces q type OF design much
moro easily used In America than that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-25
PLATE WORKERS WILL
SUPPORT PRESIDENT

Atlantic City. June 24-Harmony. a
satisfactory settlement and a de-
termination to stand behind the govern
ment during the present crisis. are the
results produced by conferences here
between committees representing the
sheet and tin plate manufacturers of
the country and labor leaders. The
conferences were called to arrange for
the annual agreement and it was stated
today upon their conclusion that the
sessions were the most harmonious and
conciliatory ever held.
Both sides agreed TO stand be-
hind the government and to meet
any requests made. 1t LIS likely
that working week of seven days
would be adopted upon request from
the Washington authorities.
The manufacturers committee repre-
scented thirty of the largest plants in
the United States employing about So
600 persons. The new contract goes
into effect on July /.
Delegates of the Western Iron Bar
Manufacturers meet with the labor
heads tomorrow.