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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
Bethel Springs, Tenn.
NJ. L. sTAINBAcK.


| will give you few jottings Of
my extended visit Of nearly three
months through parts Of seven states.
Ny first long stay was in Tulsa. Okla,
with my son Wynn and his estimable
family, with whom it was surely a
pleasure to be associated. Judge
Heart. whose decisions in court have
been handed down for fifty years or
more to be followed and admired was
an uncle to the Dughs family. Wynn's
father-in-law. Mrs. Heart is still
living in Fort Woith, and is a charm
ing old lady and very pleasant in con-
versation.
Tulsa fifteen years ago had but very
few houses, and those Of very little
consequence. Now there is what is
called millionaire st." A Mr.. Page
(bachelor) is worth $l50,000,000.
He has a home for old ladies and a
home for orphans and has them cared
for; keeps a park for everybody's
benefit. Someone will get tired Of
this, SO | will leave it with the assur-
ance that this is not all about Mr..
Page. The million dollar bond for
education in Tulsa carried nine to one.
The vote for five million dollar tax
for water carried by q large majority.
The new bank has a capital twenty
eight million. The churches, furnaces
and other buildings are in accord
with the above figures
could tell you all day long about
Tulsa If you wish me to do SO, but
enough now.
Did you know that one of our own
neighbor boys, Cleveland Dserman
was a State senator in Oklahoma!
and he stands we'll, too.
From Tulsa / dropped down into
nerthsrn Texas and had most enjoy.
able visit with the Douglas family al
Bellve. Cotton, Fruit and stock are
the staples there, with fair prospects
for oil. always went to Sunday
school and church. | heard DR.. Hale
Of Louisville Seminary preach.
heard q funeral sermon on the Per.
feet Woman" Ismet and talked with
so many good Christian ladies.
| will have to stop here and write
again, lest | take up too much of youl
valuable space. MRS. L. STUMPH.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
Mooresville, N. C.


These Sept. days, instead Of being
mild and pleasant are unusually warm,
the sun rising in a soft radiance at
the dawn of day, covering the earth
with golden CLEAN, grows by noon
to a blazing heat and the leaves on
the trees and the flowers BY the road
side seem to shrink and hide their
faces til the cool evening breeze fans
them to life again and they are ready
to welcome the silence and darkness
which settles down over the face OF
nature for a time.
am going around in the country
a good deal and they are needing rain
badly in this country, though the
catton crop is fairly good, the corn
crop Is not, except in places where
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
New Bank Directors.

The subscribers to the stock Of the
Selmer Bank & Trust Co. met Friday
and organized by adopting bylaws
and electing a board of directors,
The following we're elected as di-
rectors: C. e. Haynes, G. M. Barr,
j. E. Williams, P. H. Thrasher, W. H.
Stone, Jess Robinson, ]. NJ. Smith,
Lindsay Mccormack and Flake Hum
phrey. The, board met and elected
W. Fl. Stone president. The further
selections were not made.
An assessment of 25 per cent. on
stock was ordered.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
How to Apply.

Lime can be applied with distribu-
tor, several makes of which are on the
market. None have as yet been made
as perfectly as many are of the opin-
ion that they should be, but they have
many desirable qualities. They great,
ly reduce the labor, and make possible
the more uniform spreading. A ma
nure spreader may be used, but its
efficiency is not equal to lime
spreader.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

All parties interested are hereby
informed that am not buying any
dogs iD the State Of Tennessee, and
have not been for some time, and am
not in the market for dogs at any
price. Game is too scarce TO properly
train q dog to meet the high stand.
ard demanded by my clientele who
want nothing but the best money will
buy. The volume of my business be.
came so great | had to discontinue
selling all low priced dogs. conse
quentlY am no longer in the marke,
for dogs in this territory.
So save time by not writing. phon.
ing or bringing dogs to my place as
positively would not accept one as ,
gift. Respectfully,
ll-2l j. E. WILLIAMS.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
Marriages.

John Sanders to 0ttie McAlip.
Dan Rhodes to Veedie Browder.
Homer Huggins to Dora Haddock.
Dellos Young to Audrie Tyson.
Willie Shittles to Ruby Dillon.
James NJ. Causey to Lizzie Nichols.
A. W. Christopher to Bertha Garrison
Tom Fowler to Merlon Moore.
Clifford ]. Hill to Pearle Mccormack
VIM. Heskett to Hattie Luttrell.
Alvey Bennett to Matte Waldon.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
$40. 90 Reward

offered for return or tell whereabouts
of two mule colts, one deep bay and
the other black. and a black filly
with bell on; all year old past.
R. N. SHELTON, Ramer, Tenn,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
Will You Spend SOC on Rat-Snap to
Save 500?

One Soc pkg. can kill so rats. The
average rat will rob you Of $40 a year
in feed, chicks and property destruc.
tion. RATSNAP is deadly ty rats
Cremates after killing. Leaves no
smell. Comes in cakes. Rats will
pass up meat. grain, cheese to feast
on RAT-SNAP. Three sizes, 25c. 50c,
ST.. Sold and guaranteed BY
DR.. Hendricks Drug Store.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
Selmer Sunbeams
BY r. ERIE HILLARD
A MORNING THOUGHT.

The kind o. man ], like,
Be he yellow, black or white,
Is he who in the daily fight
For right
Goes quietly on. nor seeking favor.
Nor thinks him better than his neighbor,
Nor shrinks from toll and honest labor.
And breathes awholesom, human savor
Of sunlight.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03
Where There's Baby on the Farm Keep
Rat Snap.

Rats are on most farms. Once
they get inaide the house look ont.
Rats kill infants biting them is not
unusual. Nursing bottles attract rats.
Break a cake Of RAT-SNAP and throw
it around. 1t will surely rid you Of
Rats and mice. Three sizes, 25c, Soc,
ST. Sold and guaranteed by
Dr.. Hendricks Drug Store.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

Bring Jour Job work to the Inde-
pendent. Satisfaction guaranteed.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

Last Sunday was our regular
appointment at Chewalla. We we're
present and addressed the Baptist
Sunday-sc at the morning hour
and preached in the Baptist church in
the evening. The Methodist people
have forsaken their own house Of
worship and through the kindness of
the Baptist congregation, we worship
with them. This church at Chewalla
has one Of the best Sunday-schools in
the county. A special program was
rendered BY the children, it being a
day set apart for special effort along
State Mission lines. The program was
well presented and gave us excellent
and valuable information in regard
TO missionary endeavor. Bro. Jim
Hurley 10 superintendent of this
splendid Sunday-school.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

Subscribe for the Independent, onl,
$l.00 year in the county.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

Man is the opposite Of Nature be-
cause be does not apply Natures laws
to his own life. When the flowers
are waking and bursting into new life
Man shifts their fragrance, takes
Spring Fever and goes to sleep on
the job. When the flowers have done
their work and their beauty has been
wrought into life-seeds Of Time, Man
shifts their pollen, takes Hay Fever,
is suddenly awakened and forced into
activity, only to find the time Of Har-
vest past and nothing left him except
q few days of-sneezing.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

She was a dear little High School
thing-a pretty little, silly little,
powdered little dressed-up thing that
thought more about chewing gum
than she did her books. She said she
just simply was crazy about poetry
and guess so! The poetry was crazy
too Here's what she had written:
The vilots are just stunning blue.
Red are the dear lovely roses;
I'm just dead gone on you
And everybody in town knows it. +"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

You'd better gather hay while the
sun shines IL you would sit by the fire
while the wind whines.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

Sid the Shy says: TIL man who is
doin' the least to build up tn town
usually knocks hardest on tn man who
Is doin' tn most TO put things on the
BOOM
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

In order to get q donation on the
new Methodist parsonage our church
extension board requires that We col
lect and place in the bank all the
subscriptions before Nov. 1st. We
can gel rs per cent. of whatever sum
VIC have in the bank by that time.
We aim at raising $1,000 by this date.
All who have subscribed to this fund
please arrange to make your pay
ment during this month Of October.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

You may have Colonial corpuscles
coursing through your corpulsncy and
be able TO trace your ancestry back
to the building Of the Mayhower. and
yet not have enough gray matter In
your brain to write out an intelligent
statement Of your pedigree. You
just need to 60 to school, that's all.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-10-03

It is easier for a lame man to jump
over the Isle Of Wight than for .
tight-wad to enter the Kingdom OF
Light.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
IS HIT AS SNAKE CHARMER
Abyssinian Filings Big Anaconda
Around Cage to Wake It
{ for Visitors.

Washington. = Duke Dodjazmatch
Nado, member Of the imperial
Abyssinian delegation now visiting
this country, picked up the huge ana
conda in the Washington ZOO and
calmly shook the sleeping reptile into
consciousness. Onlookers gasped.
The delegation was visiting the
zoo, where specimens, Of the wild
beasts which were sent to former
President Roosevelt from Abyssinia
by Emperor Menelik II are CHARTERED.
They had paused by the cage Of the
anaconda. It was asleep. One of the
party expressed desire to see the
snake move and the guide prodded it
with stick, but it dozed on. When
further proddings failed to disturb it
Duke Nado thrust his hand into the
cage and, taking the reptile by the
throat, shook it until it quivered and
squirmed into wakefulness. Then he
quietly tossed it to the far end of
the cage.
His act gave the party thrill, but
the dukes modest department indi-
Gated that snake charming is no nov
city to him. 1
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
KEEP JAIL ARTISTS WORK
Dough and Soap Dummy Head Left Be-
hind in Sing Sing Is Sent
to Museum.

Yonkers, N. Y.-After being official
ly photographed, the ingenious "dum-
N.Y. John McAllister, Sing-Sing's art
list burglar, left behind in his cell when
he escaped, was added to the prison
museum.
The head was nodded of soap and
dough. He used his talents not alone
to mold it with features copied after
his own, but he covered it with hair
from his own scalp and stuck on more
hair where the eyelashes belong. With
his brush he painted a complexion.
In the habit of wearing black sleeve
holders when he piled his brush paint
ing or designing, he completed the de-
ception by putting them on the dunn
my's arms. =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
DOGS AND HENS ARE WISER
Physician Arraigns the Modern Prac-
tice of Treating Influenza
Patients.

New Orleans, La.-"When dog
gets sick, what's the first thing he
does? He sticks his nose between his
hind legs. What does he do it for?
So that he can breathe the warm air.
When chicken gets sick, the first
thing it does is to tuck it's head under
its wing-sO that it can breathe the
warm air. Physicians who advocate
the cold-air treatment for the flu
have less sense than either dogs or
chickens"
Such is the opinion rendered by DR..
Cooper Holtzelaw of Chattanooga,
formerly president Of the Association
of Surgeons of the Southern Railway.
He said it before the hundreds of sur
geons who attended the twenty-third
annual meeting of the association,
held in this city.
He was arraigning the modern prac
tice of treating influenza patients in
the open air. He insisted that the
best treatment for Influenza is to keep
the patient under such conditions of
care and freedom from exposure as
were wont to obtain when our moth
ers of the old school used to treat the
measles.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
LIMBS SELF ACTING
"Klnematic Surgery" Developed
to Extraordinary Degree.
Italian Physician Achieves Remarkable
3D., Results in Fitting Artificial
" arc II. -

Bologna, Italy.-Remarkable results
have been achieved in Italian military
hospitals recently by the use of what
is known as "kinematic surgery" the
invention of Professor Putt of Bologna
university. Professor Putti's methods
have aroused intense interest on the
part Of American doctors attached to
the Balkan commission Of the Amer
lean Red Cross who are supervising
the artificial leg factories already es-
tablished and being established in
Athens, Saloniki, Belgrade and Bucha-
rest for the wars mutilated.
?, At present allied soldiers in the
Balkans who have lost their limbs
are being fitted with artificial limbs
and arms of type similar to that
employed by Sarah Bernhardt. Pro-
fessor Putti's methods, however, are
distinct advance over all other arti-
fetal appliances.
consists of unique preparation of
the stump to develop a motor" end
to the cords which, after being bound
together over a smooth "bearing" of
bone, sget as much as a three-inch
travel Of the leg by means Of a re-
education and coordination of the mus
cles of the stump.
After the stump heals Professor
Putt cuts out flap Of flesh, which
he folds back into an incision to take
the flap. This is allowed to heal and
then through the loose flap of flesh
a metal bar with attachments to Op-
crate the artificial limb below is
suspended.
The muscles of the calf and thigh
readily respond after some weeks to
the movement Of the artificial leg, and
soon the pressure of the swinging Of
the artificial leg re-educates the mus
cles through the flap Of flesh, so that
it may be said the muscles of the
stump actually operate by themselves
the mechanical features of the arti-
fetal limb.
In the case of severed hand the
muscle groups surrounding the bone
are trained to operate catgut cords
which, in turn, operate artificial fin
gers.
Not since the introduction of de
bridgement" In American army medical
work in France has any medical inno-
walton created as much comment.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
SEEK COLOMBIA MART
American Business Men Invading
Southern Republic.
Hope to Open Up Country That Has
Been Long Closed to Our
Trade.

Washington.-Advices from Bogota
say American business men are in
vading Colombia for commercial
campaign and are confident the pend
Ing Colombian treaty will be ratified
by the United States.
By the proposed treaty Colombia is
to be recompensed for the loss of Pan
anna. The Colombian people felt hos
tility toward the United States for the
part it played, and for long period
the Colombian field was particularly
closed to American business. With
the end Of the European war, Euro
pean business men swarmed to Colom-
bia. '> .>' 80. 80. -. -
American business men were not far
behind them. The Cali chamber Of
commerce, on the west coast, has re-
ceived notice from the United States
food administration Of a projected Wis.,
1t by commission Of business men
from here. The Americans are pre-
pared to negotiate new system of
business credits to meet the needs of
Colombian men.
This will be the beginning of a new
era in trade with South American
countries, it is said, for the chief COM
plants of the Latin-Americans against
the methods Of the United States con-
Germs has been on credits and packing.
The ministry of agriculture and COM
merce has issued orders to give every
assistance to the Americans in the
handling Of their samples by RENTING
custom duties, and special trains will
be put at their disposal to visit vari-
GUS sections of the interior. The party
will stop at the port Of Buena Ventura,
where extensive improvements are be-
ing made on plans submitted by Amer
lean engineers.
American interests are concentrate
Ing on the west coast of Colombia be-
cause of its proximity to the canal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
FRANCE TO TEACH DOCTORS
Relations With United
States.

Paris.-The Temps announces that
an organization has been formed with
the object of establishing permanent
relations between American and
French physicians and surgeons.
Several commissions have been ap-
pointed by the organization. One of
these will have in charge the, estab-
Hshment Of course Of teaching for
American physicians visiting France,
and another the founding of bureau
Of information.
A third commission will examine
into means Of organizing an exchange
Of articles on medical and surgical
subjects between the journals Of the
United States and France.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
SEEKS TO CUT LIVING COST
Freer Imports, Restricted Exports
Considered. by French Cabinet
as Solution.

Paris.-The French government is
considering the problem Of the high
cost Of living and the cabinet took up
the question at it's meeting.
According to the Echo de Paris the
government is considering the issuance
of the decree opening the frontiers
Immediately for the import Of neces-
sary raw materials. - 49,.
The Figaro says the government is
discussing the prohibition Of the ex-
port of certain foodstuffs, such as
butter, eggs and cheese.
Other newspapers say the, govern
ment will propose law inflicting very
severe penalties on food SPECTATORS.
The proposal to end martial law,
which has been in effect since the be-
ginning Of the war, was discussed in
the chamber of deputies.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
THIEF STEALS FROM COPS
Takes Loaded Revolver From One
- Policeman and Shoes From
Another.

Philadelphia.-To steal a police
mans shoes and then swipe another
"cop's" loaded revolver is what Sam
uel Smith put over in Lilanerch,
suburb of this city.
Smith broke into the home Of Sam
uel Love, policeman, at Lilanerch
while Love and his family were sleep
ing, pocketed Loves revolver and
quietly evacuated the premises.
A short time later Roy Jenkins, an
other policeman Of the village, espied
man acting suspiciously. The man
was carrying pair Of perfectly good
shoes in his hand and keeping in the
shadows. Jenkins arrested him. The
shoes belonged to the paholman.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
HISTORIC CHURCH TO PASS
Apartment Hotel to Occupy, Site Of
First Episcopal Church in
New York.

New York.-The historic First Re
formed Episcopal church, Madison
avenue and Fifty-ffth street, is to be
torn down. The Supreme court has
just ratified the covenant of it's sale.
A large apartment hotel will occupy
the site. aThe congregation will re-
tain possession of the building until
November. Then q building in the
vicinity will be leased and the activi-
ties of the parish will be reorganized
along broader lines than at present.
The rectorship of the church was
made vacant by the death in France
of Rev. DR.. William Dubose Stevens,
who was serving as a Red Cross
chaplain. No effort will be made ct
this time to I'LL his place.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
WRITES NOVEL OPERA
Mascagni's Latest Effort Is Rev.
dictionary Step.
Has No Characters, but Represents
Ideas for Which Men Have
Striven.

Rome.-Pietro Mascagni, known to
everyone as the composer Of "Caval-
leria Rusticana" and numerous other
musical works, has written new
opera. I'll Piccolo Marat," which is
characterized here as distinctly revo-
lutionary step in operate works. It
contains no personalities as characters
in the story, but it substitutes for them
symbolic representations Of virtues
and ideals similar to the American
pageant.
Il expect to produce my new opera
next winter in Rome" said Signor Mas
cagni to the Associated Press CORE
spondent. '"The theme is founded on
the conflict Of the ideas between the
autocrat and the democrat, between
oppression and freedom. The time of
the opera, Of course, is not limited to
any one period. The opera is SYM
bolfc Of many periods and would just
as readily apply to the stirring times
Of the American Revolution as it would
to the French revolution, or the Rus
sian or the Bavarian.
Il have no characters in the pro-
duction representing any particular
personalities. There is no Napoleon,
Metternich or Ga:fbaldi. My charac-
tiers represent the ideas for which men
have endeavored to keep man in sub
lection. There is character for JUS
tice, for truth, for freedom; and, on
the other hand, for tyranny, for ignor-
ance, for wrong. The plan in my new
work has been to depict in song the
evolution of man from a slave to a
free man through the fundamentally
Of characters representing the abstract
qualities for which man fought, and,
on the contrary, the qualities he fought
against"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
Jokers Kidnap Bride
on Wedding Night

Bridgeport, Conn. - Charles
Brownell of this town was the
victim of al impractical" joke,
in his opinion, when friends Of
the young man kidnapped his
bride following the ceremony,
took her to the home Of one of
the young women conspirators
and held her a prisoner until the
following morning. ~.
=. Shortly after the wedding
cake had been cut an auto drew
up in front of the door and the
appearance of the bride was the
signal for action by the kidnap-
ers. She was hurried into the
machine, which sped away at
full speed. Not until the next
morning was she returned to the
disgruntled husband, who ad-
mits he failed to see the joke.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1919-09-13
Government to Take {
). Census of Game Birds

Washington, D. C.-To gather
up-tO-date and reliable informa-
ton on the present condition Of
game birds and animals in the
Western States, as compared
with previous years, the United
States department of agricul-
ture, through it's bureau of bio
logical survey, has sent blanks
to thousands of hunters, and has
asked that they be filled out
with as complete and definite
information as possible. e
Recently 1000 Of these blanks
were sent to a selected list of
hunters in all counties Of Wash
ington state. The information
which will be obtained, from the
replies, together with that sup
piled by. the field representa-
tives Of the bureau, will give
reliable information on the game
bird and animal population Of
that state.
The bureau has already is
sued reports regarding NAM
mails and birds, including the
game species. of Wyoming, New
= Mexico and Colorado. Informal
ton for reports is now being
. collected in the states Of Mon
tana, Arizona, Wisconsin and
Washington.