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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13

j. E. Hamilton has sold his barber
shop and Fortune restaurant building
to Odel Carothers. Carothers will
move his shop to the Hamilton shop,
as the Selmer Produce Co. need the
building he is in.
We regret to learn of the death of
B. P. Dancer at Corinth last Friday.
He lived at Meyer. Okla. He was
formerly agent Of the M. & 0. at
Ramer. He was a good man and a
lifelong reader Of the Independent.
His death was a shock to his many
friends and relatives.
The many friends of DR.. J. l.
Smith are glad to know that after a
months confinement he is able to be
on the streets. But the Doctor has
lost much Of his ponderocity during
the time. He says he is now on the
road to permanent recovery, which all
hope is the case.
D. G. Griswell was here Monday.
He has, together with someone at
Adamsville, a permit to use the Hog
Cholera Serum The authorities will
not grant promiscuous permits as
formerly, as the serum mast be used
according to certain rules in order to
be effective.
The wide awake and up to date
Selmer Produce Co. have now a new
3-ton auto truck to gather up, on
long hauls, chickens and eggs. 1t
will be great saving of horse flesh,
and a money saver. Sharon Haynes
will drive, and as he is a hustler, we
expect to hear of his doing a big
work for this firm, which handles
chickens and eggs by the car load.
They are making money and putting
more money in the country than any
other enterprise in the county.
The Star Theatre, which will be
booked through Jack Austlet's circuit
of theatres, will offer to the people Of
Selmer the highest class photoplays,
Paramount, Triangle, Mutual and
other leading brands, who control and
present Americas greatest screen
series. Friday night, Harold Lock-
wood and May Allison in The Buzzard's
Shadow, a Mutual masterpicture. Sat-
urday, Frederick Ward in Silas Manner,
in 7 parts. Monday night, the Rain
bow Princess, featuring Ann Penning-
ton; a Lasky-P Paramount picture.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13
sheriffs Sale Of Land.

By virtue of an order of sale directed
to me by the Circuit Court of McNairy
County, Tenn, in the case of -Selmer
Mercantile Co, vs.. M. L. Harris | will
sell the land described in said Order of
sale and the levy upon which said Order
is based, as directed in said Order.
TIME OF SALE: Monday, May I,
1917, at P. M.
PLACE OF SALE: The East Door
of the Court House at Selmer. Tenn
TERMS OF SALE: CASH to the
Highest Bidder.
PROPERTY TO BE SOLD: The
Undivided interest of said Nj. l.. Harris
in two tracts Of land lying in McNairy
County, Tennessee, the one containing
about 1875 acres as conveyed to D. f.
Harris by deed in Book X at page 253;
and the other containing about Is acres
conveyed to D. F. Harris by deed reg
istered in Deed Book P at page $40 in
the Registers Office at Selmer; and
the land to be sold is the undivided in
terest of said M. l.. Harris in each of
said tracts as one of the sons and heirs
of said d. F. Harris.
April 6, 1917.
]. w. GRAY, Sheriff.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13
Change of Schedules, Mobile q
Ohio R. R. -..

Effective May End, trains will leave
Selmer, Tenn, as follows: ~
Northbound
No. 2 Express Daily ... " 1880 am.
No. A ExpressDaily 9:38 pm.
No. 6 Express Daily .v.4:2l pm.
Southbound
No. l Express Daily ........-h sos pm.
No. 3 Express Daily " 7:0l am.
No. s ExpressDaily .......-lv ll:28 am.
For any information regarding
rates and routes apply to J. D. A.
Coleman, Ticket Agent, Mobile 4
Ohio R. R., or write G. +. Allen, Dis
trict Passenger Agent, Jackson, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13
SAND BOX.

Cold, rainy. dark and gloomy,
was the usually sunny, flower
laden, balmy breezes Of glorious
Easter. -. The Austrians have
broken with Uncle Sam. Hun
gary and Turkey make out the
war quartette. We can lick them
either as bunch or in detail. =.
Ice Monday morning and white
frost Tuesday, which is the win
ter's dying gasp......It looks like
the English are gaining some val
liable potato land from the Ger
mans........The election is Friday
for city dads. If the next board
does not do more for the streets
than the last, we shall favor the
abolition of the towns charter.
.....,If there had been no wars
alarm" we never would have
known what a big thing Uncle
Sam isA.... There never was such
a cry of alarm for food stuffs.
Real famine faces the world un-
less there is a great effort made
in America for an immense crop
for people and animals. ....... DR..
Ross Carter is the smiling daddy
|of a nice girl baby at his home,
Easter The first and all doing
well...,....A few days such as we
have this (Tuesday) morning
will put a smiling face on nature
and pricking up of old Beck's
ears and tail ........ Work on the
Bank building will be pushed
from now on. Too much water
for even the lazy fishermen. .......
The marine service is being re-
cruited to full strength rapidly.
why does Wilson favor a draft
system, when an army of a mil
lion can be made in 10 days by
volunteers. The Selmer school
closes the year in two weeks. It
has been a prosperous school. .....
The public is still clamoring for a
new hotel in Selmer. What are
YOU going to do about it? ..... The
war may fall any day or it may
last. two years. The Germans
are not yet smashed, but certain
ly have sense enough to know
the whole world cannot be sue
cessfuily defied. Won't they
have a little bill to pay!.. Rich
ard Olney, of Massachusetts,
died Monday at the age of 81.
He was encouragement and az
forwards secretary of state in
Cleveland's cabinet. He was a
strong man. "A number of Nc
Marry boys are ready to Zine
the army. Some have already
done so........ Cotton may bring
25c next fall, but what will corn
and meat bring? Plant corn and
feed the pig, is the slogan. .........>
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear There
10 only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that is by a constitutional remedy.
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an In
famed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube Is
inflamed yoa have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is entirely
closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to Its normal condition, hearing
viii be destroyed forever Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh which is
an infiamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrn Cure Circulars
free. All Druggists. Use.
+. ]. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13
Land Transfers :

j. I. Duuaway to Amanda Duna-
way: 80 acres. division.
John and Elizabeth Miller to D. NJ.
Weeks: IT acres, SOL.
H. A. Weaver and wife to Quinn:
II acres, 5000.
o. G. Prince to w. R. Howell: rs
acres, S275.
+. NJ Prince to 0, 9. Prince: 7S
acres, division.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13
Marriage Licenses

NJ, T. Dixon to Myrtle Browder.
Rubin Robinson, COL, to Eulah
Moore.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-04-13
PERSONALS

Mrs. Matt Combs is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Ross Carter,
Break your Cold or LaGrippe with
a few doses of 666. .
Miss Bette Ingraham is visiting
Mrs. Frank Locke.
Rub-My-Tism Antiseptic, Relieves
Rheumatism, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Simpson spent
Saturday in Jackson. -.
Mr.. and Mrs, Slater Robinson were
in town Sunday. --...-
Mrs. Hall Hockaday was a recent
guest of her mother, Mrs. Rachel Alb
ernathy.
Pure Kings Improved Cotton Seed
for sale. See Selmer Mercantile Go.
before they are all gone. ....
Mesdames Shy Browder, Grady Alb.
ernathy and Jno. R. Smith spent Fri
day in Jackson.
Tully Hamilton, of Memphis, is
spending "a few days with Selmer
homefolks.
L. W. Ellis, of the Memphis post
office department, has been spending
few days with homefolks.
P. H. Thrusher was here few days
ago. He said he was about to sell
his biggest dredge boat,
Mrs. C. E. Roper returned Satur-
day to Jackson. after a weeks stay
with Mrs. j. E. Powers.
Farm Implements bearing the P. &
O. mark are superior made plows
Selmer Hardware Co.
Miss Grace Powers has returned
home from Jackson, where she has
been at school.
Miss Nola Wilson returned last Fri
day from visit of several days with
her sister, Mrs. John Hamm, at Cor
NTH.
We have some Disc Harrows, Sec
tion Harrows, Cultivators, etc, that
We are offering. at low prices. Sell
mer Hardware Co.
Mr.. E. E. Gooch. former manager
Of the Gooch hotel, is among us. He
is member Of the Commercial Tour
lists.
Earl Gooch, Artie Dancer and Clyde
Perkins made business trip to Mem
phis last week, returning with truck
for the Selmer Produce Co.
NJ. T. Inman, from Purdy, was bust
ness visitor to Selmer Saturday, quail
flying as administrator of the estate
Of the late ]. A. Thompson.
B. C. Hurst left Friday for Mem
phis, sexpectieg to get job. He or
dered the Independent to his address,
584 Cambridge st.
Dir. and Mrs. VIM. Ross Carter are
rejoicing over the arrival at their
house Monday morning of a fine
eisht-pound girl. Mother and child
doing well.
In the Spanish-American war, Ed
Stone was the only boy in the town
of Selmer that volunteered and fought
for his country. He helped you, now
help him.
Mrs. J. L. Smith fell Saturday from
a stepladder on the porch and was
severely shocked and has suffered Sc
verely, but we are glad to know she
isimproving.
J. w. Spain. prominent merchant
of Waterloo, Ala with bis family, is
visiting his cousin, W. ]. Olive, and
family and made US a pleasant social
call Saturday with Mr.. Olive.
Mr.. Ferguson's little boy 6 years of
age, while wrestling with an older
brother few DAYS ago, suffered a
broken thigh, which caused the little
fellow much suffering Dr. Kendrics
set the limb.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

ercise in grammar than as the study
OF tongue, for the course seldom
goes far enough to make the student
an expert linguist. 1t was suggested,
however, that German teachers should
be above suspicion, and that they
should not by word or deed, In the
classroom or out, give the slightest
cause to question their patriotism.
bismarck" said Prof. Miller, has
made more progress than any other
city in North Dakota during the last
ten years. l was stationed here II
years ago. as missionary to the Ger
man Russians of the slope. had not
been back in ten years, and find the
improvement in our capital city really
marvellous"
DR.. Mueller stays over SATURDAY
purely for the purpose OF thoroughly
inspecting the city which has develop
ed here in the short decade which has
passed since he left the Slope. \ g,,,
Teachers of Latin and modern lang
uages in their group session yesterday
elected for the ensuing year Miss May
Grant of Dickinson, president; Miss
Nina B. Johnson of Bismarck, vice.
president, and Miss Agnes s. Oliver
OF t>ingal, secretary.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
FRAZIER NE \
'R[ORCAN|ZE"
RECENT BOARD
Override Chairman Crawford On
Legality Of Action and Name
Muir President
INJUNCTION PROBABLE
20 GET COURT RULING

The state board of regents, a poll.
teal football from the beginning of
the Frazier administration, was kicked
into the air once more today noon
through its reorganization by the three
Frazier members. who elected Robert
Muir of Sarles to be chairman, imme-
diately followed by a notice from
Chairman Lewis F.. Crawford of Sen
tinel Butte that he would enjOin the
board from taking any action under
its present form of organization and
would attack in the courts the legal
ity Of any action it might seek to
take.
President Crawford declined to put
the motion for reorganization, made
by George A. Totten of Bowman and
seconded by Rev. C. Z. Vermilya of
Valley City and Robert Muir The
chairman contended that the law Gre
ating the board required its organiza-
tion at the first meeting in July of
each year: that the board had SO met
and organized this year with major
ity of duly qualified members of whose
right to sit there was no possible ques-
ton in attendance, and that the board
could not legally reorganize until July,
1918.
The Nonpartisan majority on the
board overruled Crawford, and elected
Muir chairman. Crawford and Dr.. Tay-
lOr declining to vote.
Following its reorganization, the
Nonpartisan members advised Col.
Charles Brewer who has acted as sec
rotary CT tie board Of regents since
it's creation, that his services would
be dispense with Dec. /. Brewer
came to The board from the Fargo
Forum, which he had served as edi-
tor. He spent many years in North
Dakota newspaper work and is widely
known. .
Among men who have been men
toned as his probable successors are
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

has gone into war solely for pecuniary
gain. They believe we are vassals
of England, and that England wants
to rule the world.
We sit back comfortably and think
all the nations on the earth know
why we went into the war We think
President Wilson'S mastery presenta-
ton of the unselfish reasons that
moved us to action are known by
heart wherever men long for freedom.
But not so.
Russia is just one instance. The
Russian people even today have not
heard a true word as to why we are
in the war. They do not know we
are fighting. to make democracy safe
in the world. They do not know we
announced we were fighting for no
pecuniary and no material gain. They
do not know we announced our high
altruistic purpose right at the outset
and have never varied from it.
They do not know the vast prep
arations we are making to crush the
kaiser, who is an enemy to free Rus
STA, as he is an enemy to freemen and
to free peoples everywhere.
Nothing better could lie undertaken
by the American government than to
keep the Russian people informed.
The real news should be disseminated
among them. The embassy in Petro-
grad should be given full financial
facilities to see that this all-important
work is carried on.
Only in this way can the lies OF
the pro-German agents and of those
former east siders playing the kai-
sers game be put down before they
do the cause of freedom and justice
irreparable damage.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
NOT MAKING WAR
ON GERMAN ART,
SAYS EDUCATOR
Teaching Of Teutonic Tongue will
Continue in North Dakota
Public Schools

I'VE are making war on German au-
tocracy, not on the German tongue,
German literature, German art, Ger
man science, ,Germanlnusic7-nor even
on the German people," said Rudolph
+. Mueller instructor in German in
the Litchville hight school, when the
question OF expunging German from
the curriculum of North Dakota high
schools was under discussion before
the North Dakota Education associa-
ton. Il
, The section on higher and profess
sional education took Prof Mueller'S
view OF the subject, more because OF
the fact that German instructors are
plentiful and good teachers of French,
which was proposed as a substitute,
are rare. than for any other reason. 1t
was pointed out that German in the
high school is taught more as an ex.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
TRIBUNE SERVICE.

Bismarck is to have "a hour news
service. There will be no more waits
from Saturday evening until Sunday
noon for the news OF the world. The
morning edition of The Tribune will
be devoted almost solely to telegraph
service. A leased wire into the Trib'
une office has been secured and the
complete morning service of the AS
sociated Press will be given the read
ers d Missouri Slope.
Th means much to the Tribune's
patrols on the north and south 500,
and it's many readers in Mandan,
where The Tribune's popularity Is in
creasing daily The latest news will
be served piping hot.
The Tribune management feels that
Bismarck is large enough now to sup
port morning and evening edition
and that the exigencies Of the war
demand such service. ~.
With the exception of the Sunday
morning edition, local and foreign ad
vertisers will receive the benefit OF
all editions without any increase in
rates.. The Tribune is grateful fol
the splendid patronage and co-opera
ton of the advertising public, both
foreign and local, and is giving this
service to them because they are en-
titled to the best and up.to.the- minut.
service.
Readers of The Morning Tribune
will procure their copies of that edi
ton directly from the carrier boy
on a cash basis. The Evening Trib
une will be handled as it is now ant
will be much improved by reason o
the increased telegraph service.
will feature more extensively societ,
and local news.
This move on the part OF the new
ownership of The Tribune gives it a.
much news service as any daily pape
published in North Dakota.
Starting Tuesday, The Tribune vii
m t',e Job day and night.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
KEEPING RUSSIA POSTED.

Or. Frank Billings, just back from
Russia, where he was head of the
American Red Cross special commits.
sion, says one of the greatest present
necessities is to get the truth into
Russia.
The. people of that country are al.
most totally befooled by pro-German
news agencies. Little American news
that is worth while comes to the Rus
slams. What does seep in is skill
fully colored by interested agencies,
which see to it that the mass of the
Russian poople zbelieve this country
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
GirlsI Juice of Lemons
Clears and Whitens Skin
Prepare quarter pint Of lemon beauty lotion al t"e
cost Of small jar Of ordinary cold cream

ishes as freckles, sallowness, ana tan
and is the ideal skin softener ano
beautifier.
Just try 1t! Get three ounces OF OF.
chard white at any pharmacy or tollet
counter and two lemons from the gro
,er and make up quarter pint OF TINS
,weetly fragrant lemon lotion ana
massage 1t daily into the face, neck.
arms and hands. 1t naturally should
help to soften, freshen, bleach, and
bring out the roses and beauty OF any
skin, It is marvellous to smoother
Oueh, red hands
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

Frank Wilder, deputy secretary Of
state, and Wins. Mitchell, of the state
examiners Office. There also has been
some discussion Of the possibility Of
this job being voted George A. Totten,
who recently retired from the publish
ing business, but has been engaged in
organizing ToWnley Farmers Press
newspaper companies throughout the
state.
The hoard adjourned at noon to
meet Dec. at Grand Forks, when tho
selection of al president for the uni,
versity may be taken up.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes
whole quarter pint of the most re
markable lemon skin beautifier a
about the cost one must pay for
small jar of the ordinary cold creams
Care should be taken to strain tht
lemon Juice through a fine cloth so nj
lemon pulp gets in, then this iotiol
will keep fresh for. months. Every
woman knows that lemon juice Il
used to bleach and remove such blem
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
A LONG, LONG ROAD.

we are SIloChcu Ucyouu IhCoou'C W
the tragedy that is daily enacted in
Europe. The war is the greatest of
all wars, the most evil thing that has
ever befallen man in historic times.
The imagination cannot grasp it in
it's hideous entirely. The mind re-
fuses to visualize it as a whole.
And yet, when one turns the pages
of history one is bound to admit that
in days long past, in the Napoleonic
wars, in the Seven Year war, in the
Thirty Year war, in the many wars
that have stained the pages of his
tory with blood, something of the
same despair and horror must have
depressed the hearts and the minds
of men.
They, even as we, prayed for a
peace with victory. They. even as We,
looked past the days Of carnage to
the quiet after-hours when the work
OF binding up all the wounds would
begin, when the ruins would be re-
built, when the blessings of right
eous peace would once more be en-
joyed by men.
1t is a long, long road to that much
desired goal for us and for the allies.
The most dangerous enemy to civili-
zation, to humanity, to liberty that
the world has ever known must be
crushed and humbled before we can
even allow. our minds to dwell upon
the after-peace. . ..
The kaiser and all his brutes must
be curbed. Their fangs must be
drawn. Their power for evil taken
away forever When that is done, it
will be possible once more for the
men and women of the great demo
cratic nations of the earth to turn
away from bloOd.letting and shell-mak-
ing.
In that happy, far-off day it will be
possible for Frenchmen and Belgians,
contemplating their ruined villages
and their wasted fields, to pray a
prayer that was made by Theocritus
Of the Greeks % centuries ago. 1t is
just as fresh, just as poignant, just
as moving and just as true today as
when the poet wrote it:
"------ and l pray that all the
towns the hands of the enemies have
laid so utterly waste may be inhabited
again Of their ancient peoples, and
their fields labored and made to bring
forth abundantly, their lowlands filled
with the bleating of fat focks in their
tens of thousands, and the twilight
traveller warned to hasten his steps
by the home-going Of innumerable
herds; and pray likewise that against
the time when the cricket is fain tc
sing high in the twigs overhead lie
cause Of the mountaineering shep
herds, against that time, the time o.
! sowing, none of the fallows be left
unturned OF the plough, and as fo1
the weapons Of war, may spider.
weave over them their slender webs
and of the war-cry the very name b.
forgot"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

Hurrah for the culinary genius who
discovered how to make a pumpkin
less pumpkin pie out of sweet pota-
toes! He fills out the ideal Hoover
lied Thanksgiving program-pumpkin-
less pie, turkeyless dinner and a feast
less day.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

When the German junkers are beat
en- on the western front they Jump on
Il smaller nation, which is the usual
program of the bully.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

no one should be surprised at find
ing German hands in the Irish plots.
The thing remarkable would be not
to find them in those or any other
plot
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

And now it is your privilege to be.
gin saving for the third liberty loan.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

Camouflage for spinsters of 1890:
ALAS! MY lover was killed in the
great war;"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

We wonder!-Are aviatOrs trained
in AIRY persiflage?"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02

The wolf Of poverty at many door
was unleashed by food price boosters.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-11-02
Lowest

ORRIS w. ROBERTS,
MeteorogOlist.