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Much Public
Interest In
Picture Display

Perhaps no display of pictures In
Canon City ever attracted so much
public interest as tho. exhibition of
photo raj his. prints. ste.eopticon
views. drawings. etc. shown in the
window OF the Office of the Chamber
OF Commerce ON North Fifth street
The interest in the display lies in the
fact that II depicts pioreer days In
Canon City and its surroundings when
the community was small and condi-
tions different from what they are
now. There are 125 pictures In the
group and they visualize the growth
ard progress OF the town from its
earliest settlement down TO n period
that many people can remember The
exhibit Is. In fact. sort OF kinder
gnrten display Of the development OF
the community from 1864 down to
1894. an era In the history OF the
town that comparatively few people
who a-e at preseE: here were privi-
legged TO be participants IN
Many of the pictures are Of consid-
erable historic value and significance.
and Secretary +. A. Bradbury. through
whose enterprise they were collected
for exhibition. is planning 10 have
Photographic copies Of them made to
be used as n nucleus OF n museum
which IL is hoped TO establish during
the next year or so In the old Gov.
Rudd log house on River street. tho
premises OF which have been acquired
by the city for public park. Some
OF the photographs and dagurreotypes
represent individuals. buildings and
scenes that were familiar In Canon
City half century ago. but which
have long since vanished. Gcoups ox
Indians are shown ms they were in
the early days OF the town. One OF
them shows Guray. the celebrated Uto
chief. friend fthe white man. who
assisted the government during the
Civil War in protecting the white rers
tiers OF the upper Arkansas valley
from mo 'estation by the savases after
the mi itnry had Withdrawn. Scores
OF other pictures are hardly less In
terestinR. and they should be given an
inspection by those concerned IN the
ch; onicles Of pioneer times IN Canon
City nd its epvirons. One OF the pic
tures shows Gov. Anson s. Rudd and
wife. patrioar shs OF the community.
and other Anson Rudd. Jr. the fi-st
white child born in caron City.
Among those who iosned pictu es
for the exhibit are d. l.. Robson,
Capt. b. r. Rockafeilow. Mrs T. NJ.
Harding. Charles Pauis. Mrs T. r.
Roane. Ms. r. G. A-thu-. FIR a Koher.
Mrs. J. n. Hood. judge Charles +.
Waldo. James r. Mcclure. James PEN
nington. Mrs. @. s. stockdcr. Fred
II. vh'pple. w Davis. c. @ Nc
Kissick. Leslie Stevenson Mrs. Tillie
Feltor. r C. Hirrins. Lou Hemmer'e
and E. A. Bradbury
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Local Boy
OF Rainbow
Division Home

c. J, Stanley Of Company l, One
Humid ed and Sixty-eighth Infantry Of
the Rainbow division son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. T. B. Stanley. 612 Orchard ave-
nue.. arrived home Wednesday night
on short furlouth.
YourE Stan'ey was wounded IN Tho
arm. and thought not seriorsly NJ
jured. he StiIl feels the effects Of his
wound. ss hts hand IL partially par
alyxed He has to report to the hQ6
pttay At Fort Riley wher his leaye -.
pires.
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How u. S. Sent Its
Troops Across Seas

In the transportation OF the troops
that were sert TO assist the Allies In
their fight for democracy. the United
States had a gigantic task. and no one
but the United States would ever
have attempted II. But the official
figures. now available for the first
time, show the full extent to which
American ships dransported the
American army of approximately
2.079.000 men 20 Europe.
The official figures show that 4e 25
per cent OF all the American troops
were transported exclusively in Amer
lean ships OF these 1915 per cent
were carried in American naval
transports. The figures show that
the percentage actually carried in
British ships was 4s.25 per cent. as
against the much higher figures re-
Gently made public. An additional
3 per cent was carried In Italian
ships leased OF the British. and an
other 2-50 per cent was carried In
ships Of other nations.
The American navy. however. es-
corted and guarded the transport OF
82.75 per cent Of all the troops. rep
senting 1.72O,360 men. The British
escorted 14.12 per cent. The French
escorted 3.13 per cent.
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When the great Carbondale excite
ment broke out at California gulch In
1878 it naturally set lot of newspaper
fellows on fire. They had an itch to
get into the swim before the snow
went of and no other camp In the west
ever experienced such stampede.
Dick Allen, who had been running a
little paper at Fairplay, and was tenn
porarily camped at Granite. few
miles up the Arkansas above the spot
where Buena Vista was subsequently
planted, was SO far in the lead that he
got the bulge on the other fellows by
sneaking in a few weeks earlier than
the cutest of them and had set up the
Reveille office, such as 1t was, in a
log cabin close to the trail that after
ward became Chestnut street. He
got out a weekly In one way OF another
and had the inside track SO far as pre-
cedure went without much prestige or
a cinch on the job. He and John
Barleycorn were in such close COM
munion that II became an open race to
see which would survive the ordeal OF
working all day and never going to
bed at night, and the silent partner
finally scored, as he always does.
The mills Of the gods did not begin
to grind out the real dope until VIII
Hogan mushed in with his outfit about
the last week in July and started The
Daily Eclipse. l recollect the time
fairly well because 1t was the week !
got there with the first load of fresh
vegetables ever seen in camp. MY
partner had grown the stun on the Pal
mer ranch over near Golden. Hogan
seemed to have a pretty good start.
but he too fell down in time and the
Eclipse was eclipsed by more preten-
tious publications. The last ] heard
of Hogan he was managing cattle
ranch a few years ago In the central
part of New Mexico below Los
Cerrillos.
Next in line of journalistic hysteria
at Leadville came the magic trio-Cad
C. Davis, John Atkins and James M.
Burnell-who organized the Leadville
Printing and Publishing company and
established the Evening Chronicle In
February, 1879. George p. Wallihan
was the mining editor and was the
Denver corr -spondent. 1t was the first
real newspaper in the camp and had
quite a meteoric career until the down
fall Of silver in 1898 killed the place
and put the paper out OF business.
The fourth attempt to journal.ze
Leadville drunk or sober. was made by
Governor Loyeland In 1879 when he
took John NJ. Barrett and George
Whitehead off the Rocky Mountain
News and made a stab AT II. Then
Captain r. G. Dill thought he would
take a shot at the game and started
the Herald with the usual result In
later years there was another feeble
spasm when William p. McCabe. an
other Little Holly and another brave
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Weekly Health Talks
= wnan an0zvr x>a~ wsws~~.
BIZ DOCTOR WATSON.

People are easily frightened when
they think something is the mutter with
their lungs or heart, and well they
may be-; but few people understand
the dangers Of diseased kidneys. These.
organs have duty Of vital importancsl
70 perform, and If they are diseased,
there 10 NO telling how or where III.
symptoms may appear. The Kidneys
are flter. and when they are healthy
they remove the poisons from the blood
and purify il. When the kidneys arc
diseased, the poisons are spread every
where, and one Of these poisons d uric
acid. The uric acid is carried al
through the system and deposited in
various places. in the form Of urate
salts-in the feet, ankles, wrists and
back - often forming bags under tho
eyes. Sometimes the resulting trouble
Is called rheumatism. lumbago, sciatica
and backache. Finally, come stone
in the bladder. diabetes and Bright's
disease.
DR.. Pierce, Of Buffalo. n. Y, in recent
years, discovered that . certain COM
bination Of remedies would dissolve uric
acid {urate salts) in the system. He
found this combination 70 be harmless,
20 that he made IL up In tablets,
Of double strength. and called them !.
Anuric Tablets. They dissolve uric
acid in the human system - hot coffee
dissolves sugar. II you have uric acid
troubles. don't delay in taking Anunc
Tablets, which can be secured in the
drug stores. You can write DIR. Pierce,
too, and be will tell you what 70 eat
and how 70 live 90 that more uric acid
will not form in your system. DR. Pierce
will not charge for this sdvice.
,Adversisement)
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Is Appointed
Undersheriff

e. E. McKinnon has been appointed
undersheriff A. the successor OF Moses
e. Lewis, ard entered upon the duties
of the position on Tuesday Of this
week The nomination OF Mr.. Nc
Kinnon for the pace was made by
sherif Newcomb several weeks ago,
but did not become effective until the
after began, the term OF office 10
which he was elected In November.
For the last eight years NJ. NcISin-
non has been employed a. carpenter
and build'ng overs.er At the state
penitentfsry hc-e, What the plans Of
NJ. Lswis are Tor the fslturs hSvc not
bsen dlvulged.
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FRISCO captain TE[LS0F
HIS EXPERIENCES WHILE IN
THEHANDS Of GERMAN PIRATES
(By United Pressl

Belgrade. Swiss Border, Dec. 81.
-(By Mail.)-Among the most popu-
lar officers liberated from German
prison camps in trainload of Amer
leans from Switzerland. which arrived
today, is the Skipper"
1.-The Skipper is Capt. Robert D..
Trudget of San Francisco. commander
of the four-masted schooner Winslow,
which left the Golden Gate two
months before America entered the
war. The Wins ow was captured by
the German sea raider Wolff, and
Capt Trudeet was prisoner on board
the Wolff for eight months before she
finally returned to Kiel and he was
put in a camp.
The captain is a little man, SO
years old, who has fine sense OF
hun,or, and one ambition in 'he world,
that being to get back 10 San Fran
cisco to 1.-The old woman as he af-
fectionately calls his wife, and to his
two strapping sons and one daughter
He hasn't seen them for two years.
The captain is the best man to tell
his story. when ! get back to San
Francisco, IL never venture out of
my own yard" he declares. I'm 60
ing to retire. I've been rowing the
seas for 40 years, and then to wind up
this way! Pm through, and I'm go
ing to lash myself to tie old woman
ard stay with her.
TT was almost two years ago when
! was hired by an agent in Australia
to take some fire brick and petrol and
food to San Francisco, after I'd made
a tip from Humboldt down to the
South Seas. 1t was my last trip, I'd
decided then. because I tod the boss
l was going to retire. He wanted me
10 20 Just once more, and that's how
/ happened to get caught
.Well. off the Samoa Islands we
were sighted by the Wolff, and told
to surrender. What could we do?
wasn't any fighting ship and had no
guns. So they took US off. loaded
our cargo into the Wolf and fired 80
shots into the old Wins'o 'ow. Even
they she wouldn't go down. i think
the cargo was meant for the Wolff,
because they needed fue' and food
and fire brick to repair a boiler they'd
burnt out.
-Then we started our eight
months cruise First, they sailed
around Africa, attacking defenseless
vessels wherever they found them
The Wolff was equipped with fine
wireless instruments, AID they could
detect fighting ships at long dis
tances. The Wolff kept away from
fighting ships and we never had
fight during the entire cruise.
altogether they captured and suni
IA defenseless boats between Samoa
and around Africa, across to Soutf
America, and up the coast to almos
Iceland The Germans wanted tt
20 north of Iceland and a ong Scan
dinavia toward home, but tie ice foes
wouldn't allow it. So they took
chance south of Ice'ard and pulled W
Just north of Denmark.
by that time the Wolff had lai6
more than 400 mines around Austria
liza and along the east coast of Soutf
and North America. They laid uI
a week near Denmark, waiting fol
orders to proceed to Kiel. and wher
the demonstration was all prepared
she pulled up to the harbor. There
were salutes by the men OF war, ant
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HARRY eAsH RIDES
~ MILITARY AiHPLANE

Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Bash received a
letter this morning from their ron,
Harry Bash, who if at Kelly Fled.
San Antonio, Tex. ~ Z mechanic IN
the aviation division Of the army, IN
which he describes Z trip he made
there fecent'y with plot IN mill.
tary aeroolane. The machine rose
10 . hsltht Of : ooo tea and Nas in
tbe ~ thrss- -qsettsFs ok - h6s,r.
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DIED At COUNTY
HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY,

Mrs. Annie Lord died At the county
hospital on Wednesday. but NO partic-
usars Of her death are obtsinable.
She had been at the hospital only .
short time ard was an invalid whom
taken there for treatment. The tl,pe
'of the funeral has not yet been -
nonnce1.
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The Leadville Furore

BY Lutte Wilcox, from Tho Colorado Press
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b no moro necessary
than 3 4mallpox.SAmy
expefi<ncshas demonstxnted
The aimon Dlreculous eff,-
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
He who helps another
Himself will help the further.

Why does Selmer have a good
school? After having investigated
for our own information, we are in a
position to advance many reasons in
answer to above question. On account
of space We give only four at this
writing. The teachers are adept and
adquate in their several departments.
These two words have different mean
ings and the dictionary will give you
the distinctions. In the second place
there is religious atmosphere within
and without the school The school
is 0! ened each morning by religious
exerc ses, oftentimes conducted by d
minister, and the teachers are Chris
tian men and women-without which
there can be no successful instruction
of the young. Thirdly. the pupils
have splendid school spirit" Some
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26

The Selmer Light and Gin Co.,
now owned and managed by G.
L. daynes and others. has opened
up in the cotton business On a
big scale. Their gins are in first
rate condition and they put up
full capacity every day. They
are the chief cotton buyers and
paid 30c all last week and this
week at a small advance, while
cotton and Jackson paid only 29c.
Cotton is coming here from a
distance. Mr.. Haynes says he
expects to break even on cotton
now bou yht. and banks on ad-
vance. We believe in giving merit
its due, and in doing SO must say
that c. L. Haynes and his busi-
ness connections are doing more
for Selmer than all other business
combined. His building opera
tions have put that part Of town
in the front. From pound of
peach seed to a bale of cotton he
is on the spot with the cash. His
poultry business is immense and
his cotton dealings will bring to
the farmer every cent the staple
is worth, either in bale or seed.
12a and 3la Thursday with any
rise in mar, ct above.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
W. D Hogan, Aleck Higgins, Claud

W. D Hogan, Aleck Huggins, Claud
Springer, J W. Springer, Morry Davis,
DR.. Davis, j. R. Gooch, j. W. McCov,
Leslie Mccoy, iiemy Latta. j. W.
Smith and j. B. Higgins attended the
Good Roads Convention at Jackson
last week, returning with new cour-
age. being assured that our dreams
and efforts to secure hard surfaced
road through our town would be a
reality in the near future.
Leo Higgins and wife, Miss Sadie
Shelton, Miss Velma Carman and
Lester Hamm paid ]. B. Higgins and
family short but pleasant call Sun.
day evening
Horny Hill and wife were the guests
of ]. A. Armstrong Sunday.
Halle Lawson and family visited
W. D Hogan Sunday.
Rev. Butler of Jackson preached at
this place Sunday evening.
The drouth was broken here Mon
day morning by good rain.
School opened here Monday with
Prof. Noah Basham as principle. We
expect 8 good school.
Clyde Higgins, who arrived home
Aug 28th, is working at the carpen-
ter trade hear Acton uuder P. j.
Hnggirs, contractor
Cotton picking is on in full blast.
The crop will be exceedingly short.
Selling and bus ing land in this com
murity continues, Lsnd that was
considered worn ont twenty-five years
ago is selliog frm $50 TO $50 per
acre May mention some Of the sales
later !. 3.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
Washington Letter.

Washington, D. G., Sept. 7, 1919.
Dear Editor: Seeing the announce
ment of the splendid opening of tn
Selmer High School suggests some
thoughts to me. Let me say first. that,
knowing most of the faculty of teach
ers personally. | can testify that YOU
have a selection of as foe men arm
women as could have been found any
where, no matter how wide the search
| have known Prof. Robinson good
many years. | know him both as an
educational and Christian worker
With this much SAID, LIT me say to
the parents that with faculty Of
active Christian (and Christian" is
the real stamp of the character worth
whilr) teachers as you now have,
should be an incentive for you to
place your boys and girls in that
school the first day and keep them
there to the end.
While your boys and girls are reach
ing the age of maturity and are yet
under your care and definitely sub.
ject to your parental guidance. it is
little short Of criminal for you to fail
to give to your children a fundamental
working education
To keep them in ign rance, If not
criminal on your part. tends to make
criminals of your offspring, thereby
making you, in legal terms, accessory
to criminality. As evidence to this
statement, a warden Of State prison
told me that of the fourteen hundred
prisoners then in prison, ninety per
cent. showed records Of neglect in
home training, seventy FIVE per cent
we're neglected in educational train
ing. and often the per centage was
as high as fifty per cent. who could
neither read nor write.
Let no man have the excuse Of
/
poverty for not educating those whom
God has given to him as a sacred
heritage. Place the means of educa.
tion within their reach and strive to
induce them to share its full benefits,
and if they remain ignorant, be il
their own reproach. If the main ob
ject Of the expenditure Of revenue
for educational purposes we're foi
protection against crime, there could
be no better nor cheaper way devised
f.r OBJ aiming it On the diffusion Of
eiuc4ti among the people rest the
preservation and the perpetuation Of
.ur free institutions.
Education is not c fined to book,
alone The young should be taught
the all important lesson Of observa
ton The world with its THOUSAND
interests and occupations is a grea
school. The experience and wisdom
Of others may be Of the greatest ali
and benefit to us. We can look abou
lus today and see many who hsv'
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
Gravel Hill News.

Mrs. Martha South, who has been
confined at the home of Dock Arm
strong for some time, is very low and
not expected to recover.
Mr. and Mrs ! N Hamm and VIM.
Hogan left for Texas last week to
visit their relatives in that State.
Bryan and Lena Gooch entered
school at jackson last week.
Homer Huggins and Miss Dora
Haddock were married last Sunday
week, Esq j. W. Williams officiating
Mrs Elsie Fsrris is clerkipg for
]. R. Gooch.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
Why People Buy Rat-Snap in Preference
to Rat Poison.

Cd RAT-SNAP absolutely kills rats
and mice (2) What it duesn't kill il
scares asay. 80 Rats killed with
RAT-SNAP leave no smell, they DIR,
up inside. (4) Made in cakes, n
mixing with other food (5) Cats Oh
dogs won't touch it. Three sizes, 25c
50r, 81 90 Sod and guaranteed BY
DR.. HENDRICKS Drug Store.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
Selmer Sunbeams
By T. ERIE billiard
A MORNING THOUGHT.


Seek righteousness first,
Or thy soul will thirst
For fountains eternally flowing;
Lift the eyes a-high,
Or thy soul will die
For sunbeams SO joyfully glowing.
Fill the day with song,
Or thy heart will long
For melodies of rest at its close;
Be free from all stain,
Or thy life will wane
For virtue that self-mastery knows.
Small son: Paw what is a contra
diction?"
Father: Why, it's engaging Di
vine Healer to preach a funeral.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26

pc pie may not know what sch !
spirit" comprehends. 1t is the atmos-
phere or the influence created by the
pupils themselves, which makes evil
dent the fact that they are either
mutually congeniai, studious and take
great pride in makivg their school
the best, or else the opposite of these
yir.ues. And fourthly, the citizens
Of the town and the patrons of the
school manifest an interest in the
progress, comfort and success of the
children. As a teacher. allow me to
declare emphaticaly that no school
can be worthy the name of a school
where the patrons show no interest
in its needs and accomplishments. Ii
this be true-and certain it is-then
it is the duty of every man and woman
10 Selmer to join the Parent-Teacher's
Association and bend your influence
toward building up the school along
all lines and demonstrating to the
children that you have an interest in
them.
Sid the Shy says: Some folks is so
slow that the law ought ter force 'em
ter wear tail lights SOS tn rest o US
could keep from bumpin' iLto 'em.
The Fourth Quarterly Conference
on the S liner Circuit was held at
Sulphur Springs last Saturday and
Sunday. There was a splendid in
crease along all lines. The Confer
ence unanimously endorsed the erec-
ton Of a new parsonage 10 Selmrr
and appointed building committee
consisting of Rev I Erie Hilard. J
". Williams. R C. Smith, D P Mich
OILS and j. S Prather $l02 rs was
raised for tha pastor and S88 10 for
missions aud ministerial AID during
protracted meetings If the interest
continues to grow in this manner the
circuit will b. able to maintain a good
preacher during the coming year.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
"Rat-Snap Beats the Best Trap Ever Made
Mrs. Emily Shaw Says.

"My husband bought So trap. |
bought a Soc box of RAT-SNAP. The
trap only caught 8 rats but RAT
SNAP killed IL in a week. I'm never
without RAT-SNAP. Reckon | could
not raise chicks without it," RAT
SNAP comes in cakes. Three sizes.
25c, SOC, S1.00. Sold and guaran-
teed by
DR.. Hendricks Drug Store.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26
Drs. SMITH
PHYSICIANS and SURGEONS
Selmer and Bethel Springs
5000 Reward

offered for return or tell whereabouts
of two mule colts, one deep bay and
the other a black, and black filly
with bell on; all year old past.
R. N. SHELTON, Ramer, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-09-26


STATE OF TENNESSEE
County Of McNairy
!. w. T. Pigott, cashier Of the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true, and gives
the actual condition Of said bank as
shown by the books on file in said bank
w t PIGOTT, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me, this
10Th day Of Sept. 1919.
R. D. ETHERIDGE, Notary Public.
Correct Attest:
]. r. STOVALL., Director.
BRUCE MITCHELL, Director.
w. D. HENDRIX, Director.