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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-03-12
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CITY NEWS
coMMANpERY MEETING.

A special conclave Of Tancred Com
mandery has been called for Tuesday
evcnign, when the Red Cross degree
will be conferred. Orders at Temple
at 1880, ! ...... s.. --is.s -,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-03-12
VISITS IN FARGO,

Dana Colby of this. place spent
the weekend visiting old friends in
Fargo. While there he met F. G. Neu-
meier, Tom Parker Junkin and II. P.
Paulson. the newspaper men who COW
cred the legislature. ~. Y IT,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-03-12
BOARD MEETING POSTPONED

The regular meeting Of the board
of education scheduled for this even
ing in the high school building, has
been postponed on account of the alb
sence from the city Of several of the
members. - -. ~. aa@t
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
MIX YOUR own
STOCK FEEDS
No Farmer Need To Pay the
High Prices Asked For
"Stock Tonics"
LET HIM MAKE Them At HOME
A Few WelI-known Drugs and Feeds,
When Put Together in Proper
Amounts, Make Feed Equal to Any
of the So-called "Stock Foods"

(By DR., c. d. Lowe, Live Stock Spe.
cialist Of the Division of Extsn.
sion, Knoxville.)
Thousands of dollars are wasted
each year in Tennessee by those who
buy and use so-called "stock foods''
and stock tonics."
Impartial tests of these materials
have been made by various state ex.
pertinent stations and the results OBJ
tanned which show their worthlessness
should be generally needed.
More than twenty different expert
ments conducted with over one thou.
sand animals at twelve different sta.
tions are sufficient to show conclusive
returns. In no instance did the So
called foods" return their cost and
in several cases their use seemed to
interfere with the proper returns from
the other feeds fed in connection with
them.
These substances do not qualify,
either, as real medicine, because they
contain too small percentage of
drugs to be effective in the treatment
of disease. They are made up largely
Of filler" which is usually some
simple feed like cottonseed hulls,
bran or alfalfa meal. In this is car
ried various roots, herbs and barks,
together with charcoal, sulphur, salt,
etc. Sometimes coloring matter is used
simply to disguise the appearance of
the real contents. Practically all of
them contain common salt, and 1t is
upon this constituent that they de-
pend for palatability.
II you think you must use these
foods" for your stock, why not buy
the ingredients and mix them your
self? You can save from SO per cent
to 800 per cent by so doing.
A formula, which is so nearly the
average proprietary stock food that
neither the owner nor his stock will
know the difference, is as follows:
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
cow TESTING PROVES
POPULAR WITH FARMERS
This Is Explained BY the Fact That
Profits lncrease-What Cow-Test-
Ing Associations Do.

(By G. A. Hutton, Division Of Exten.
sion, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville.)
Where there are enough cows to
justify the action on the part of farm.
ers, cow-testing associations are de.
sirable. Several communities are al,
ready organized and have testers EN-.
ployed.
Conditions for cow-testing associa.
ton are ideal when there are 400 cows
in about rs herds. Several Tennes'
see counties are coming up to this
standard.
A cow.testing association will dc
much for any dairy community.
1t furnishes an exact record of pro
duction Of each COW in the herd, with
a record of the cost of feed consumed
and the net profit per COW. About one
third of the cows in Tennessee are
kept at loss. 1t enables one to weed
out the Improbable cows.
The records of production enable
one to feed more intelligently and
more economically. 1t is a common
practice to feed all the cows in the
herd alike. Under these conditions
the poor cows will receive too much
and the good ones will not get enough
The proper way is to feed each COW in
proportion to the amount of milk she
gives. When this practice is adopted
1t usually results In greater production
of milk at less cost for feed.
The tester is able to advise with the
owner each month in regard to the
most economical feed to use, and also
to balance the rations for the owner
The members can cooperate In buy
ing cottonseed meal and other feed
stuffs in carload lots, thus effecting 9
saving.
Cow.testing associations stimulate
community breeding, exchange OF
bulls, and spirit Of friendly rivalry
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
s A ND BOX

We return thanks for a most
liberal response to our subsrib-
ers to pay up their subscriptions.
Yet some are silent. .......... This
week has been ideal weather,
and the muddy roads are drying
up........ The first few days of
January are always dull ones for
merchants Our marriage list
this week is only one lonesome
couple. The quail shooting
season over, and most Of the rab-
bits killed Nothing new in
the war zone, except some push
es on the northern line by the
Germans 1.-THE fad now is a
Memphis to M1ssel Shoals high
way. One route is through Sci
mer; the other by Cypress Tank.
A meeting is called at Memphis
on the 18th inst. to discuss the
route. Will Selmer be represent
ed?.. ..........T The fellow is in luck
that has any Christmas juice
left, as that will be the last.
John McCullar contemplates put
ting up a brick residence east of
the railroad, either on the War
rem lot or below. 1t is hoped he
will put it on the burned Warren
hotel lot for the beauty of the
landscape. 1.-The starved out
farmers Of Mississippi, on ac-
count of the weevil, are hunting
homes in Tennessee. ...., All the
banks are in a Furnishing condi-
ton, with money to loan about
as cheap as the Farmers Loan
scheme.........N notwithstanding a
slight advance, the Independent
turns out on quick notice all
kinds of job work.. Send in for
your stationery .....Hogs are be-
ing shipped from McNairy fit for
slaughter, even if corn is worth
$1.00 per bushel ...... Cotton is
beginning to climb the pole.
Wheat is $500 in Chicago, the
highest since 1854 $500. The free
school opened in Selmer Monday.
with a big attendance, even if
Prof. Simpson has the grip.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
A COUNTY THAT Is
BOOSTING ITSELF
Sees in a FuIIy-peveloped Farm Life
the Permanent Prosperity
1t Desires.

(By Harry B. Potter, Division of Elk.
tension, University of. Tennessee,
Knoxville)
The boil weevil hit some counties in
West Tennessee pretty hard this year.
Those who work with cotton all of the
time say that the boil weevil will come
next year harder than it did this year.
That is history.
Every part of Tennessee has its boil
weevl-some evil that comes when
the one-crop system of farming is fol-
lowed. 1t may be weed pest, and
again it may be some insect. But evil
follows a system of farming that tears
down the land
West Tennessee presents to us a
county that is coming back, that Is
building for the future. An active mer-
chant Of that county, seeing that on
farm prosperity depends his prosperity,
says some things in full-page adver-
tisement in the county papers that, If
looked at in the light of conditions in
any county in Tennessee, may be ap-
piled by every reader of this column.
The page is headed ''Hardeman Coun.
ty On Top" And then the page goes
on to say:
Experience is the best teacher but
| are we going to sit idly by and get this
experience, or are we going to take
| advantage Of the other fellows expe-
| rience?
What To Do-Study the weevil, ge.
bulletins concerning the weevil and in
form yourself what is the very best
thing to do. We have a few bulletins
| and will have more. Ask for them or
write the College OF Agriculture, Knox.
Vile, Tennessee, or Department of
Agriculture, Washington, d. c.
What To Do Now-Disk your cot
ton stalks Immediately and turn them
under completely. Sow wheat as
soil protection and for money crop
| next year. Destroy the winter home
of the weevil by burning weeds along
! roadside, ditch banks, fence rows, in
thickets and around stumps.
|
weevil to fight, you can not successful
ly grow as large acreage of cotton as
before. Prepare to substitute other
crops for some Of cotton next year.
Produce on your farm what you eat,
and some to. sell the town fellow.
Have good garden, by all means.
Get a start in live stock, poultry, hogs,
| sheep, goats and cattle.
STOCK Raising-Hardeman County
is naturally a stock-raising county, be-
ing providentially blessed with fine
pastures and streams for watering pur-
| poses. However we are getting too
many different. breeds of cattle and
hogs We should select the best all
round hog and best breed of cattle,
both for beef and milchers. In doing
this we will enhance the value of our
stock and increase our selling power,
as cars loaded with the same breed al.
ways bring more on the market"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
by c. E. Alfred, Division of Extension
University of Tennessee, Knox

by c. E. Alfred, Division of Extension
University of Tennessee, Knox
ville.)
Good farm accounts are as useful to
the farmer as to the business man
since farming is business, the same
as banking or any other commercial
enterprise. Farm accounting does not
require that the account be kept in a
particular form, or upon certain side
of the page, but is simply logical Sc
lection and arrangement of farm facts
to make correct study possible.
The difficulties of farm accounting
are generally overestimated, an entire
ly wrong impression being held by
many people on this subject. Good &C
counts are within the reach of every
farmer.
The few minutes regularly spent in
keeping farm accounts will yield
larger returns than an equal amount
of time devoted to farm work, II
proper use is made of the information
the records contain.
This winter or early spring is the
time to begin keeping records.
1t is important for the farmer to
know what lines Of production are
yielding the best returns. On an un.
profitable line or enterprise he should
change his methods of productions to
lessen the costs or, If an enterprise
can not be made profitable under his
conditions Of farming, 1t should be
dropped out, just as a merchant drops
a customer who does not pay his bills.
Stop the leaks in your farm.
Write at once to the Division of Elk.
tension, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, for suggestions. The spe,
cialists there will be glad to help you
get started.
Why not turn the searchlight on
your farm business and learn how you
can make more money?
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
MADE NEW MAN OF
Me-" SAYS NEWMAN
W. & A. Engineer Says 7anlac
Did Him More Good Than Any.
thing Else.

This Tanlac is certainly railroad
mans medicine and that is all there i
to it," said W. G. T. Newman, we'll
known W. & A. engineer.
Eyes, sir" he continued, 1T has
simply made a new man out of me.
and can now mount my engine and
feel as young as | did when first got
my run, and | expect to take it along
with me on my engine for some time
to come. ......
II had been suffering from mean,
nagging stomach trouble for ten or
twelve years, and Tanlac was the only
thing | ever got hold of to give me
any relief.
my doctor said had acid stomach,
and guess he was right, because /
always had a sour taste in my mouth,
and was constantly belching up sour
gases.
my digestion was awful and some
times my food just seemed to lay in
my stomach like lead and then gas
would form and | would have a full,
bloated feeling that would last for
hours. Sometimes my stomach would
swell up so l could hardly get my
breath. At other times | would have
pains in my back over my kidneys
that would almost bend me double.
81 was tired and worn out most all
the time and was so nervous would
almost scream, and was easily fretted.
Then again | would have headaches
and felt sore all over.
Il bought Tanlsc because of the
high, testimonials of my railroad
friends, and | can understand now
why they all allowed their names to
be published. | think it is medicine
that everybody should know about,
because it has done me more good
than every other medicine | have
taken put together.
my appetite is good now and
everything | eat agrees with me |
am not nervous any more either and
can tai Q more interest in everything,
That's what this medicine has done
for me.'
Mr.. Newman, who made the above
statement, has | cen an engineer on
the W. & A. railroad between Atlanta
and Dalton for the past twelve years,
and his hundreds Of friends all along
that division, and at his home in Dal-
ten, will be glad to hear of his CON-
plete restoration to health.
Tanlac is sold in Selmer exclusively
by Browder Bros: in Adamsville by
Abernathy's Pharmacy; in Bethel
Springs by 7. S. Davis; in Ramer by
A. B. Hamm & Co.; in Chewalla by
G. W. Parsons; W. NJ. Barnes, NJ. D,
Finger. Tenn; W. T. Gooch, Niche,
Tenn; J. R. Gooch & Co., Gravelhill.
Tenn. adv
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
Don't Make
Curiosity Telephone Calls

Because 1000 idle curiosity seekers In Bingham
ton asked Genial where the FIRE was, an emergency
call for ambulance was held up for nearly min.
utes and this delay resulted In the death OF ---.
Physicians say that had the ambulance been secured
At once ------'s life might have been saved"
-Elmird Advertiser. |
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
Marriage Licenses
Odell Jones to Allie Robbins.


William White to U. T. Harris: IS
acres, $500.
]. M. Hicks and wife toZ. R. White:
300 acres. $500.
T.G. Williamson and wife to P. J.
Higgins: II acres. 1915.
W. T. Wall and wife to NJ. A. Meek
l lot in Adamsville. SIP so.
W. c. Smith ct al. to R. NJ. Smith
80 acres, $500.
J. NJ. McCullar aud wife to j. C.
Donnell: II acres, $500.
R. R. Smith and wife to R. W.
Taylor: l21 acres. $1,000.
W. L Boatman to R. W. Taylor:
SO acres, $70O.
Dick Ellis and wife to Van Lang
don: lot in Bethel, SIS.
J. O. Steele to ]. B. Pounds: lot in
Stantonville. $500.
E. E. McQuiddy to P. T. Henson;
3 lots, $2l.
]. R. Mitchell to P. C. Henson: 234
acres, $l62.95.
R. H. Burton and wife to W. R.
Steadman: l2l acres, 81 800.
R. E. Young and wife to Ed Melton;
70 acres, $3.50.
j. W. Foster and wife to A. ].
King: so acres, S125.
M. J. Laughlin ct al. to ]. R Smith
102 acres, $500.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12

While the use of the above will not
put your stock on the market in thirty
days less time, nor double the flow
of milk, nor prevent cholera in hogs,
tuberculosis in cattle, roup in chick.
ems or glanders in horses. it has the
advantage of being less expensive than
the prepared foods and will give as
good results.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12

Subscribe for the Independent.
Buy your legal blanks from us.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
Notice

Since my Office was destroyed by
fire, I an now located in the Hendrix
building, next door to the Postofice,
and am now ready to DO all kinds of
dental work When in Selmer call to
see me. DR.. W. Ross CARTER.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
TT is beyond the bounds
a of possibility to answer

TT is beyond the bounds
of possibi to answer
promptly the mass of Gu
riosity telephone calls that
threaten to ewamp our ex-
changes every time there is a
large fire.
Calls for physicians, the am
buiance or the police, held up
at such times might result in
the loss Of human life.
For your protection, as well
as for the protection of your
neighbors, we ask you not 90
call the telephone operator
merely out of curiosity. After
all, she has no more informa-
ton than you have.
Z JACKSON. TENN.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
No. G66

This 10 q prescription prepared especially
tor MALARIA or GtilLS & FEVER;
Five or SIX doses will break any case, and
If taken then as tonic the Fever will not
return. II sets on the liver better than
Colonel and does cot gripe or sicken. 2sc
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
PERSONALS

moved to their home near McNairy.
Break your Cold or LaGrippe with
3 few doses Of 666.
G. C. PUNK was a caller Saturday,
and gave US the data on Roses death
Rub.My-Tism- Antiseptic, Relieves
Rheumatism, Sprains, Neuralgia, etc
&C. Marshall dropped in Tuesday
and threw US bis annual dollar.
Philip Sebring called Tuesday and
took our combination of four maya
z nes. He is a promising young man.
Flour going up, SO come in and get
your barrel while it lasts. Warren &
Co.
W. T. Boatman called Saturday and
extended his subscription two years.
We rather like such treatment.
II you want Butter Beans, Lima
Beans, Cabbage, Potatoes, or anything
else, we have it. Warren & Co.
Roscoe Alexander has quit his
postofice job at Memphis, and is at
tending school at Selmer for the bal
ance Of the year.
W. F. Beard and family have taken
up permanent residence at Purdy,
and Fielding" will be the lord mayor
Of that Anticipated burg.
Mr.. Dollar, Of Adamsville, as head
artist IN the Carothers barber shop,
has moved with his family to the Ker-
nodle residence.
W.D. and 0. c. Hagy are inspect
ing Arkansas this week, with view
Of opening q mercantile business at
some point in eastern Arkansas.
Mr.. Doug Wilson is still limping on
. cane from q severe spell he had last
week, from q wound from an ak. cut,
which almost resulted in lockjaw.
Your account settled will enable us
to settle our bills. We favored you !;
kindly favor US. Promptness is the
Essence Of all good business. Selmer
Hardware Co.
Miles T. Inman was in Monday and
took on his yearly cargo Of Independ
emit, Globe Democrat and Commercial
! Appeal. Miles knows all about hogs,
etc., - we'll as newspapers.
Edgar Wagner, Of Lawton, called
Tuesday, and after paying two years
subscription to the Independent, took
the fsor magazines we furnish at Ct
cents each, OF Csc for the four.
Last publication day Mrs. j. 3.
Cat6ey. in company with her brother,
Dr.. Moore, made us call. She will
soon return to her Texas home. Her
trip was to attend che funeral of her
father, Alvin Moore.
Mrs. Maggie Dickey, Of HENDERSON,
in company with Mrs. Maude Henne-
berry, made our Office a pleasant call
Wednesday, and said she would re-
spond to q love letter even if she did
not get one. She also took our mag
azine offer.
The Oklahoma cyclone that de-
stroyed the school building at Vire-
ton, Pitsburg county, last Thursday
at IL o'clock, killing IA children, has
been investigated and found to be
true. Little Floy McFall, aged Z,
daughter of J. A. McFall, youngest
SON Of the late G. M. McFall, is dead.
Floy is niece Of Mrs. W. 7. Bell of
Sslnsr. Friends of the McFall fam
lily will be glad to know that the
Commercial Appeal was mistaken in
its statement last Friday morning
that Fsatherston. Okla, was wiped
of the map. No damage there at
ell; jumped Featherston and cnme to
earth again at Stigler, % miles away.
WANTED-A first class blacksmith
to run shop and grist mill; will rent
shop or LET II be rue on the halves and
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
furnish house.
HAGY TRADING COMPANY,
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
TO My Patrons and Friends:

Since my office was destroyed by
fire, I will, for the next few months,
office in my residence, next door
above McNairy County Independent
office. Respectfully,
r. NJ. kENDRICK, M. D.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
HOW TO MAKE
MORE MONEY
Farmers Have a Splendid 0p.
pOrtunity To Do This BY
Keeping Exact Records
NOT MUCH Time NECESSARY

System of Farm Accounting Possible
for Any Farmer Who VIII Get in
Touch With the Division Of Exten
sion-Can Your Farm Methods Be
Improved?
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
Come and Pay Up

We want every one owing us for
shop work to come in and pay up.
We need the money and must have it.
GOOCH & CHEsHIER.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-12
Buck Snort Comes Back al Bill Hic.orybud

My good old neighbor Hickory Bill,
Makes out that have done him ILL.,
And doesn't to whoop and heller
About measey half dollar
got from him year ago;
Jist listen to his tale of woe
Some men will squeeze a silver dollar
Till you can hear the eagle holler.
got the money; bought the Ticker
And drunk it don't you felers snickerD
Twas bad, but some is meaner still
THAT amt my neighbor Hickory Bid
Teller loaned little cash
To that pore wilder, Sallie Nash.
She give mortgage on her home
And when the time to pay had come
He turned her out. That's meaner still
THAT wernt my neghbor Hickory Bill
But remember once when Bill
county Office had to fill;
He give bond; signed, for one,
And got no pay fer what done;
then good enough fer Bill
Fer friends and neighbors still.
e But Bill at last they had to bounce,
Fer he got short in his accounts
And then we bondsrnen had to pay
And did he try to square us? Say,
Go down the boiler, if you will.
And whisper this to Hickory Bill:
The man that lets his bondsmen ray
And never has word to say
Or tries to settle, is a skunk,
And dirtier than drunk"
Now if you think owe you STILL
Come and collect it, Hickory Bill!
Hickory Heller, Tenn December 1916
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
CHANGE IN PERSONNEL.

The Department of Commerce an
nounced today several changes in per-
sonnel: Anna NJ. McDermot received
temporary appointment as a clerk in
the Bureau OF Foreign and Domestic
Commerce at 5000. Gordon +. O'Con-
nor, laboratory assistant in the Bur-
eau of Standards, was promoted from
5000 to 1920, and Harry X. Hersch-
man was temporarily appointed as a
laboratory apprentice at $3.50. In the
Coast and Geodetic Survey, AdoIph c.
Fabritz and Charles F. Zimmisch. in
strument makers, were promoted to
s1,2OO and 81, 400. respectively. Oliver
Hacketlin PROBATIONARY was ap-
pointed as an instrument maker at
$1,000. Melvin z. Lutz received tenn
porary appointment as a signalman
at $1,000, and William c. Coleman as
a laborer at 5000. Morton S. Roberts
John II. Crawford, Joe L. Atkinson,
and Larnie c. Steele were probation
ally appointed as laborers at $3.50.
The Washington times., 1917-04-04
Sudden Conversion of a Pacifist

William James once defined con-
version as "a phenomenon of adoles-
cence." If so, Alexander Bannwart
is rapidly approaching the stature OF
an adult man. In his case Senator
Lodge seems to have been the
evangelist and the President the
concluding exhorter.- Mr.. Bannwart
not only apologies for his misdi-
rected zeal and blows, but thinks the
pacifsts made a big mistake in COM
ing to Washington at all. Perhaps
the irony of the fact that the mill
tary protected the pacifist meeting
from disorder was not lost upon him.
But the reading of the Presidents
address made him see a great light.
The address, in Mr.. Bannwart's
view, stated propositions that all
fair-minded lovers of peace must in
dorse. 1t was not inimical to the
German people and may eventually
lead them to overthrow their brutal
government. 1t will bring the world
nearer to universal peace.
AS the chastened Bannwart start
ed into conspicuousness with the dec
laration that any man who was in
favor of war was a coward, the thor
oughness Of his conversion is not
only real but apparent.