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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1917-05-17
To Prevent Self Poisoning.


l Bowels clogged with waste mat
|, ter poison the whole system. Fo
, ley Cathartic Tablets work gent
but surely; do not grippe nor caus
nausea. Recommended for indi
gestlon, constipation, asick head
ache. bloating, b;liousness, sou
stomach, gas on stomach, coatec
tongue, bad breath or other con
dltions caused by disordered di
gestlon. Benton Drug co.
The spring poet should now b,
given hoe and placed where he
can commune with Nature" anC
listen to birdsong with the ring
of his instrument as an accompani
ment.
Trouble Entirely Disappeared.
Knubt Lee, Wannaska, MINI.
writes: For several years nv
daughter had a bad chronic cough.
Not until we tried Foley's Honey
and Tar did anything produce any
great relief. In a few DAYS the
trouble entirely disappeared and
has never returned. " Contains no
oplates a safe, reliable remedy;
children like it. Benton Drug co.
1t looks as if it had about Gene
to question of volunteer or be
conscripted. :"
Hard Work For Women,
1t is doubtful if there is any
work harder than house work. /
Overwork tells on the Kidneys,
and when the Kidneys are affected
one looks and feels older than the
actual wears Mrs A. G. Wells
.r. s, Rocky Mount, N. G.,
writes i cannot praise Foley
Kidney Pills enough for the won
Ierfrl benefit l have derived. +"
5e1ltOn drug Co.
If frost kills what has been
lanted, we will be in bad shape
ure enough. '
Had A Very Bad Cough. I
This letter should interest every h
eader: Last winter l had t
erv bad cough. l used medi
mes, but they did me no good
took one bottle of Foley Honey ;,
I'd Tar and it cured me. (Signed) {,
. Dekeuster, Amberg, Wis. " '
o substitute is as good as Foleys a
oney and Tar for coughs, colds, tc
CUP and whooping cough. Ben pr
II Drug Co. US
From the preparations Uncle
IN is making, it looks as if he tn
can't to make Der Kaiser dig ~
II a worm. tn
ne Almost FeII Down. no
A. M. Hunsucker, Bogue Chitto tel
SIS, writes; L suffered from Wa
kidney and bladder els
'uble. also dizziness would al ed
st fall down at times. Foley sal
iney Pills gave me entire re- 'n'
/. Disordered kidneys give sta
rnihg by pains in Side and oo1
k, sore muscles, swollen joints, rer
d and languid feeling. obi
on DrEg Company. ops
cur
70 to Sunday school. Some of i
prettiest stories to be found rem
where are i'll the Bible, and mi
re is nowhere you better spend rub
lour Sunday morning than in son
IS house, learning more of His SKI
ng fullness. dire
THIS OUT rs WORTH MONEY.
ont miss this. Cut out this
enclose with Sc to Foley &
1885 Sheffield Ave, Chicago,
writing your name and adj
S plainly. You will receive in Kt
ri trial package containing nc
US Honey and Tar compound re
oughs, colds and Group; Fo- sa in'
<idney Pills aud Foley Ca '' 10
ic Tablets. ron
N Drug Company. 80 80"
food,
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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
Determine Cows Value.

A cows value Is determined by the
colds In her milk.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
GUARDsMEN TO RETURN SOON
Gen. Funston Selecting Units To Be
Returned TO Homo Stations in
the Near Future.

Observation-Disclosures withdraw
al of a substantial number Of ma
tional guardsmen from the border has
been ordered by the war department
and Gen. Funston now is selecting the
units to be sent home. In announcing
the order Secretary Baker said the
number to be withdrawn at this time
probably would be $4,000 or 10000.
The secretary refused to comment
on the order to say what relation It
might have to the withdrawal OF Gen.
Pershing's expedition from Mexico.
He said that the Organizations to be
withdrawn would be announced as
soon as Gen. Funston reported those
he had designated. This withdrawal
would reduce the force of state troops
on the border to between $1,000 and
1000 men.
1t Is the policy Of the department
not to permit disintegration of the ma
tional guard organizations and the in
tention is to hold ever man in serv.
Ice, though not under arms, regardless
Of the fact that his duty on the border
has ended.
All applications for discharge except
for cause will be refused, and resigna-
lions of officers will be carefully ex-
amined and accepted only when the
department is satisfied with the rea-
sons given. 1t was, pointed out that
acceptance of many Of these resigna-
tons already offered was more or less
in the nature OF wedding out process.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
VILLA GETTING BUSY AGAIN
Arrives at Gates Of Chihuahua After
Decisive Defeat Of Chief Car
ranza's Forces.

FL Paso, Tex.-Francisco Villa and
his main command again are at the
gates of Chihuahua City, reports pas
sengers arriving from the state cap.
ital. After defeating Gen. Hernandez
and his Carranza command of 1900 in
the vicinity of Satevo, Villa drove the
de facto column to La Jolla, eighteen
miles north Of Satevo, where another
defeat was administered and the col
umn was forced to retreat to Santa
Ysabel and then to Palomas, only eigh-
teen miles west of the city.
Gen. Francisco Murguia, who had
entrained to come to the border, went
to Palomas with 800 troops and took
personal command.
The presence of Villa troops west Of
Chihuahua City, government agents
believe, Is the forerunner of the third
attack upon the state capital by Villa.
AS Villa now controls the western
part of the state, the agents say they
fear he may attempt to occupy the ter.
ritory held by American troops as soon
as Gen. Pershing withdraws.
The occupation Of the border port
of Ojinaga, opposite Preside, Tex, Is
expected to be the next move Of the
Villa forces.
Rumors OF disaffection in the state
of Sonora have been received here and
the fact that pro-Carranza American
newspaper was stopped from going
into that state has strengthened the
rumors that de facto troops may join
Villa.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
"LEAK" INQUIRY UNDER WAY
Public Hearings Being Held at New
York City With Attorney Whip
pie In Charge.

Misunderstanding aside all col
lateral Issues, the house rules commit
tee, conducting the leak" inquiry,
opens public hearings at New York to
determine whether anyone profited in
Wall street as result of advance in
formation on President Wilson's peace
note.
When this feature of the inquiry has
been fully disposed Of, and not until
then, 1t is declared, the, inquiry will
extend into other phases of the Teak"
rumors, and every one Of them, re-
CARELESS of It's vagaries, will be run
down. The committee expects to con-
fine the hearings at New York specil-
cally to the shbject of advance infor.
nation, and members say there is lit
tie possibility that the inquiry will
be broadened to embrace complete
investigation of the stock exchange,
as urged by Thomas w. Lawson and
others. sNjSM
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
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GEN ERAl.

Mayor Moore of Lorain, O., is look.
ing for IAN old man of French or
English extraction, worth $4,000 or
more, who will adopt a woman, 40
years DID,
Saturating her clothing with kero-
sene, Mrs. Harry Burton, wife of a
stockman at Sydney, Mont, locked
herself In an clubhouse and touched o
lighted match to her dress.
Insanity was banned by the coroner
for quintuple tragedy in San Fran
cisco when Mrs. Sankei Kekuchi, wife
OF Japanese newspaper man, killed
herself and her four little children.
Paul Negulescu, acknowledgement
for the Roumanian army. on his way.
to Washington, said he thought the
final European peace conference
would take place in the United States.
Ellen Snebbers of Grantwood, N.
j., went to bed with her hair on, woke
up at midnight and found IL had been
cut off.
The city Of Ell Paso, Tex, holds. 30
far as known. the worlds record for
the number Of triplets born within a
specified time. six sets being born
there during the month of December.
DR.. Ben L. Reitman. Socialist, was
playing Santa. distributing birth con-
troll circulars through the Chicago
tenements.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26

CRIMINAL.

Two OF the four robbers who held
up and robbed the First National
bank OF Harrah. Ok, fought off a
posse at the home Of Joseph Welsher
and escaped.
Fifty-four persons were lynched in
the United States in 1916, according
to figures gathered by the Tuskegee
institute.
Police are seeking wv. J. Bryan"
and Hen Ford" fat man and a tall.
thin man, respectively. Guests be-
longings disappeared soon after the
pair registered at Hotel Plymouth, in
Chicago.
Hearing familiar squeak behind
him, Jess Virgins Of Youngstown. O..
investigated and found his shoes.
stolen the night before, on a man.
J. A. Shattuck, cashier l. & q. N.
railroad, and w. H. Stinnet, assistant
cashier. were arrested at Houston.
Tex, on warrants charging embezzIe-
ment.
Harvey Hake, 60. marshal of Gov
ington. o.. was shot and killed by
Bert Clark. Clark is guarded in the
jail at Troy, for fear a mob will form.
Fred Edwards, a white youth of
I Texarkana. Ark, is under sentence of
SO years in states prison for having
attacked a negro girl.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
THAW'S RECOVERY IS SLOW
Physicians Express Concern About HE
Mental Condition and Slow Re-
euperatlon.

Acknowledgment at the hos
pital where Harry X. Thaw, who at.
tempted to commit suicide here las.
week by slashing himself with ra-
FOR, is a patient, report that Thaw Is
not recovering as rapidly as had been
expected and express concern both as
to his mental and physical condition.
Lawyers representing the Thaw
family, who were to have held a bed
side conference with Thaw Wednes-
day to discuss plans for his defense
against kidnapping and assault charges
made in New York by Frederick
Gump, Jr., Kansas City youth, an
nounced that the conference had been
postponed for at least week.
DR.. Elwood R. Kirby, Thaw's private
physician, reports that his patient is
showing only slight improvement and
was still in stupor.
"He doesn't seem to realize where
he is or what has happened said DR..
Kirby. "His depression is due partly
to loss of blood and his general phys.
ical condition. 1t will be several weeks
before he comes around. His mind is
not showing improvement as we ex-
pected."
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26

7b8 ACRES 26S cultivation, LIS bottom, good corn,
alfalfa and cotton land tenant houses wire fenced,
or parT HAT time osars foothills, north Arr.
Hardy miles. j. @. HHRSPkRGHR, Hardy, ARK.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
california Syrup Of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup OF
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative.
because they love it's pleasant taste
and 1t thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour. look at
the tongue, mother! II coated, give
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the bow
els, and you have well. playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold. throat sore, has stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, good inside cleaning should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know
teaspoonful today saves sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for So
cent bottle of California Syrup of
Figs which has directions for babies
children of all ages and grown-up-
printed on the bottle. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
HIGHEST HONORS
TO ADMIRAL DEWEY
PRESIDENT WILSON, ENTIRE CAB
MET AND MANY DIPLOMATS
PAY LAST TRIBUTE.
SLEEPS BESIDE COMRADES
Impressive Ceremonies Paid Deceased
Warrior Under Dome of Amer.
ica's Capitol-Saluted on
Seven Seas.

Washington.-Admiral Dewey was
laid to rest Saturday with all the hon.
ors grateful nation can bestow.
After funeral services conducted un-
der the dome of the capitol and at
tended by President Wilson, the cabi-
net, the supreme court, the diplomatic
corps and a notable company, the ad-
miraps body was taken to Arlington
National cemetery to rest with those
OF naval heroes gone before. Two Of
Dewey's commanders at the battle of
Manila bay-Benjamin P. Lamberton,
the feet captain, and Capt. Joseph p.
Coghlan of the cruiser Raleigh, lie
nearby. Not far away on the wooded
slopes rest Rear Admirals Schley and
Sampson.
Private services at the home were
attended by President Wilson, Secre-
tary Daniels and a limited company.
The funeral party then moved to the
capitol. All business Of the govern
ment was suspended for the day: all
private business in Washington stop.
ped for an hour. On every American
naval ship on the seven seas an ensign
fluttered at half mast and an admi-
rails salute of 10 guns was fired.
The entire corps Of midshipmen
from Annapolis who came not under
orders but as Admiral Dewey's friends,
rs he had wished, escorted the body to
the rotunda of the capitol, where
Chaplain J. B. Frazier, chaplain of the
Olympia at Manila bay, conducted
brief and simple funeral services. Mrs.
Dewey did not accompany the funeral
party to the capitol, but joined 1t on
the way to Arlington.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
With the Fingers!
. Says Corns Lift Out
Without Any Pain

Sore corns. hard corns, soft corns or
any kind Of corn can shortly be
lifted right out with the fingers If you
will apply on the corn few drops of
freezone. says Cincinnati authority.
At little cost one. can get small bot
de Of freezone at any drug store, which
will positively rid ones feet of every
corn or callus without pain or sore
ness or the danger of infection.
This new drug is an ether compound.
and dries the moment it Is applied and
does not inflame or even irritate the
surrounding skin. Just think You
can lift off your corns and calluses
now without. a bit of pain or soreness.
II your druggist hasn't freezone he can
easily get small bottle for you from
his wholesale drug house.-adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
ALL RUNDOWN
AND NERVOUS
Says This Lady Who Had to Sup
port Family Of Four. Read
Below Her Statement
About Cardui.

Tallapoosa, Ga.-Mrs. Sallie Edison,
Of this place, writes: II was in very
poor health, all rundown, nervous,
had falnting spells dizziness and heart
fluttering. 1 had these symptoms US.
ually at my times. / had q
very hard time, working for seven
years In a hotel after my father died.
I had to support our family Of four. /
read the Birthday Almanac and
thought I would begin taking Cardui.
l received good benefit from 1t. am
sure it will do all that 1t claims to do.
took three or four bottles before it
began to show effects. After that I
improved rapidly and gained in health
and strength. I took nine bottles In
all. This is the only time ! have
taken it. I was down to 1OS pounds
and l gained to 122. I felt like a new
woman. I couldn't sleep before and
had to be rubbed, would get so nerv-
Gus and numb. And all this was
stopped by Cardui."
The true value of medicine can De
determined only by the results OBJ
tanned from its actual use. The thou
sands of letters we have received
every year for many years from
grateful users of Cardui, are powerful
tributes to its worth and effectiveness.
If you suffer from womanly ailments.
try Cardui, the woman's tonic.--Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
NEWS MISCELLANY
BITS OF QUEER AND INTEREST.
ING ITEMS.
Compiled from the Drag Net Of Daily
Observation-Disclosures Of More
Than Passing Interest.
FOREIGN.


The India office announces that the
government has arranged to issue a
war loan of unlimited amount in
India.
The loss of 200 persons in torpedo
ing of the Russian steamer Skiftet on
Dec. IA has been reported.
Release of all imprisoned adherents
Of former Premier Venizelos was an.
nounced as completed. This indicates
full compliance with the allies de-
mands.
A new census OF --azil gives a pop
ulation of 24,60O,O00, of whom more
than 100000 are listed as litter
ates.
Berlin has prepared for the sailing
for an American port of the merchant
submarine Deutschland.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg Is
rumored on the Berlin bourse to be
confined at headquarters with a Sc
we're chill.
The attempt to abolish the death
penalty in Mexico failed when the
constitutional convention approved
an article providing for the death SEN
tence for treason. parricide, premedi-
tated murder. arson, piracy, highway
robbery and certain military offenses.
The postoffice authorities. in Paris,
In order to save fuel, have stopped
the pneumatic tube service in that
city. E..
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
All Records Shattered.

The coal and coke output of the
United States broke all records In
1916. The total coke production, ac-
cording to estimates prepared by G. e.
Lesher of the United States geological
survey, department of the interior, was
"a, 100000 tons, an increase over 1915
of 12,700000 tons, or 80 per cent, and
over 1913 of 5000, 900 tons.
Coal production records were smash
ed by an output of 597,500,O00 tons,
compared with 570,00O0o0 tons, the
previous high record established In
1913. The quantity of bituminous coal
mined was 509,O00O00 tons, an In
crease compared with 1915 Of 86,50O,-
600 tons. or Is per cent, according to
estimates by G. e. Lesher Of the Unit
ell States geological survey, depart
ment of the interior The quantity of
Pennsylvania anthracite was about 49,
$4,000 net tons. decrease of 100000
tons
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
PERSONAL.

DR.. Cary T. Grayson. friend and pri-
vate physician of President Wilson.
was honored by promotion to medi-
cal director in the navy with the rank
of rear admiral
Lieut-Col. George o. Squier Of the
army signal corps was nominated by
President Wilson as chief signal Of
ficer with rank Of brigadier general.
William Jennings Bryan was invit-
ed by the house to address the Mis-
souri, legislature the afternoon of
Jan. "a.
Police are asked to help in the
search for Gwen Kircher, II, stu
dent in the Missouri Military acad-
envy, Mexico. Mo-, who disappeared
Jan. 4, after leaving his home in
Windsor, ILL.,. to return to school.
Andrew c. Cunningham, a navy en-
gineer assigned to the training sta
ton at Great Lakes, ILL.,, shot and
killed himself,
Byron Truesdell. 50, the first rural
mail carrier Of Washington county,
ILL.,. and for 16 years carrier on
route No. l, Ashley, has resigned, ow-
ing to failing eyesight.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
COURT PRocEEpINos.

DR.. Ben l.. Reitman of New York
was found guilty Of distributing birth
control literature by jury. Judge
Gull fined Reitman $1,000 and SEN
fenced him to six months in the work
house.
A full public apology for rioting at
the Lima CO.. Jail last August was
the sentence passed on Charles Kline.
who pleaded guilty Of attacking Sher-
If Sherman Eley with intent to lynch
negro prisoner.
A suit against the c.. r. l. & P. rail-
road for $23,000,000, brought by the
Bankers Trust Co. Of New York, was
filed in the United States district
court.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
GIRLS! GIRLS! TRY IT,
BEAUTIFY YOUR HAIR
Make II Thick, Glossy, Wavy, Luxur-
liant and Remove Dandruff--Reai
Surprise for You.

Your hair becomes light, wavy, nuf.
fy, abundant and appears as soft, lus-
trous and beautiful as young girls
after "Danderine hair cleanse" Just
try this-moisten a cloth with a little
Danderine and carefully draw It
through your hair, taking one small
strand at time. This will cleanse
the hair Of dust, dirt and excessive oil
and in just few moments you have
doubled the beauty of your hair.
Besides beautifying the hair at once.
Danderine dissolves every particle of
dandruff; cleanses, purifles and invig-
crates the scalp, forever stopping itch.
ing and falling hair.
But what win please you most will
be after few weeks use when you
will actually see new hair-fine and
downy at flrst--yes-but really new
hair-growing all over the scalp. II
you care for pretty. soft hair and lots
of 1t, surely get rs cent bottle Of
Knowlton's Danderine from any store
and just try It, Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
DOMESTIC.

State department officials said that,
while Ambassador Gerard has been
requested to send on report Of his
recent speech in Berlin and had done
so, the report did not contain an Of
fer of resignation.
John Mccormack, the singer, has
applied for American citizenship In
his petition he gave his age as 80 ami
his occupation as vocalist. He was
born in Athlone. Ireland, and came to
this country in 1904.
The Postal Telegraph and Cable Co.
has announced wage increase Of 10
per cent . all employees throughout
the country who were in the COM
pany's service Jan. l.
A petition from Massachusetts, car
rying 1921 names, demanding sew
erance of relations with Germany I'M
less the Belgian deportations are
stopped, was forwarded to the presi-
dent
e. ]. Stoker, a poor man, was the
peoples choice for mayor of Fulton,
w. Va, but is unable to qualify, lack
ing property worth 800.
=
Erection at Cody, Wyo., of life
size equestrian statue of Col. William
F. Cody buffalo Bill is planned by
city officials.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
CAUSE OF REJOICING.
News Of recommendations Causes
GIadnaos In MAxleo Cjfv

News Of Recommendations Causes
Gladness In, Mexico City.
Mexico City.-The news that the
American commissioners to the Mexi-
can-American conference had recon-
mended the withdrawal Of Gen. Perish
ing's force and sending of Ambassador
Fletcher to Mexico City was received
here with general rejoicing. Gen. OBJ
RECON, minister Of war, has directed
Gen. Murguria to be prepared to &C.
cupy the positions now held by Gen.
Pershing.
In official circles this is pointed to
as proof that the Carranza government
is determined to prevent the Villistas
gaining any advantage from the with
drawal of the American expedition.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
ACCIDENTS.

A terrific explosion, followed by
fire, wrecked the power house of the
Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal Co. The
loss is estimated at $4,000.
Trapped in their garnet room, Carl
Boetscher. Sc and blind. and his room.
mate, Hans Thompson. persisted in a
fire that destroyed two-story build
ing In Chicago.
George T. Chamberlain of Rock.
ford, ILL.,, lost his life when he Owed
from platform at Waikiki Beach
and struck his head on a coral reef.
Nels Hoist was killed and Frank
Suskorf. Charles Anderson and Ru.
dolph Rebdahl, all Of Protection, ILL.,.
we're seriously injured when their au-
tomobile crashed into concrete
bridge abutment west of Paxton.
Three women and a man we're
killed and six injured when an ILL.,
nois Central freight train struck a
street car at Rockford, Ill.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26
ACTRESS TELLS SECRET.

A well known actress gives the follow.
ing recipe for gray hair: To half pint Of
water add 1 OF. Bay Rum, q small box Of
Barbo Compound, and Y OF. of glycerine.
Any druggist can put this up or you can
mix II at home at very little cost. Full
directions for making and use come In
each box of Barbo Compound It will
gradually darken streaked. faded gray
hair. and make 1t soft and glossy. 1t will
not color the scalp. is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub OF. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1917-01-26

from my age that
when going up
stairs I had to go
very slowly with
my hands on the
steps, then sit down
at the top to rest.
The doctor said he
thought / should
have an operation,
and my frie DIS
thought would not
live to move into
our new house. My
DAUGHTER asked ne