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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-11-25
Ramer High School Notes

Mr.. Nickel, the County Agent,
was down recently, and made a
good talk in chapel, on the sub
ject, Does it pay to educator"
By the use Of figures he showed
very conclusively that every day
in school is an asset to every boy
and girl who is diiigent in study.
He concluded by getting a num-
Der Of our boys and girls interest
ed in club work.
The societies rendered a most
interesting and patriotic program
on Armistice day. Rev. Arch
Houston made a short but splen-
did address.
Rev. Hays was recent visitor
to our school and conducted chap
ell.
The following subjects have
been discussed in an able man.
ner recently in our chapel exer-
cises, after careful preparation,
by the members of the faculty:
Cleanliness, conversation, prese
verance, veracity, and behavior.
The four Turner children, one
boy and three girls, who have
been coming from Chewalla in a
Ford all school will move to Ra-
mer in the near future.
Miss LA McAlpin, an alumnus
of the first graduating class, was
a visitor Monday.
The Ciceronian Literary Society
gave the school a surprise Mon
day afternoon byeonverting their
program into a parliamentary
drill, which was both interesting
and instructive.
The students making the best
grades in the recent monthly ex-
aminations were: Erin Shelton,
50; Lucy Mae Wallace, 95; Thetus
Shelton, SO; and Louise Johnson,
81. Vera King, 80. in the 9Th
and Ailleen Key, 81, in the 7th
grade were the best in those
grades.
Current Events, Spelling, and
Penmanship are among the most
popular classes in the High School
department.
The following named boys are
the seven from whom our first
team in basketball is selected, to-
gether with their standing in
their grades: Gentry McCullar
88, Roy Johnson n, Thetus Shell
ton SO, Radica McCullar 81,
Claude McAlpin rs, ]. B. league
70, Lester Hamm sc, or an aver
age for the team of IS. All of
the above averages include Cur
rent Events, Spelling, and Pen
monship.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-11-25
North Bound
PERSONALS

Cog cures Bilious Fever.
Il Bruce Curtis was in Selmer re-
Gently.
Hall Hockada9 was in Selmer
this week.
Bill Peoples left for Memphis
last week.
666 cures Malarial Fever.
J. D. Warren wasinto see US
Monday,
Capt. Lee Howell spent Satur-
day in town.
Caps for men and boys at J
H. Bigger & Son.
School books at Hendricks
Drug Store.
Underwear, a good line at j.
H. Bigger & Son.
To break a cold take 666.
Judge H. P. Wood is a recent
renewal to the Independent.
Mems and Boys pants, odd
sizes at ]. H. Bigger & Son.
To prevent a cold take 666.
Fresh Toilet Articles just re-
ceived at Hendricks Drug Store.
Jno. Dancer, of Ramer, was
here Monday, and called to see
us.
Rub-My-Tism, a pain killer.
Medicine always fresh and of
the best quality at Hendricks
Drug Store.
Prof. Robinson called at this
Office Friday and renewed his
subscription for another year.
We have a good and complete
line of Queensware. ]. HI. Big
er & Son.
666 quickly relieves a cold.
Cal Henry and Frank Putt
man. of McNairy, were pleasant
callers at this office rently.
Prescriptions carefully COM
pounded at Hendricks Drug
Store.
666 cures Chills and Fever.
Andy Robinson of near Bethel
Springs. and a recent subscriber
TO this paper, was in to see us
Friday.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-11-25
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.
J. r. Swain
VprsllS

Bunie Hcarin ct al.
In the County Court, at Selmer, Tenn
essee.
In this cause, it appearing from the
bill which is sworn to, that Bunie Hear
|in, Morine Hearin and Freddie Hearin
(the defendants, are non-residents of
the State, they are. therefore, hereby
required to appear, on or before the
first Monday in January 1922, before
the clerk of said court, at this Office
lin Selmer, Tennessee, and make de-
Tense to the bill filed against them in
said court, by ]. R. Swain or other
wise the bill will be taken for confess
ed, and the cause set for hearing Ex-
parte as to them.
1t is further ordered that this notice
be published for four consecutive weeks
lin the McNairy County Independent, a
newspaper published at Selmer, Tenn
essee.
This the 2lst day of November, 1921.
JN0. r. SWAIN, Clerk.
JNO. E. WIRES, Solicitor.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-11-25


For good Hat see ]. H. Big
err & Son.
Boss McCuller, Chairman of
the McNairy County Board of
Education, was in to see us Sat-
urday.
A complete line of Shoes are
always kept at j. H. Bigger &
Son.
G. P. Tennyson of near Sci
mer, is new reader of the In
dependent. He paid this office
a call last Thursday.
Slipover Sweaters, all wool and
the best quality at ]. H. Bigger
& Son.
Dwight Maxedon of Memphis,
son of the late Dick Maxedon,
was in Selmer last publication
day and called in to see us.
Boys suits can be found at j.
H. Bigger & Son.
Arlie Robinson of Bethel
Springs, was in Selmer Friday to
see his father, M. L. Robinson,
who is still confined to his bed.
Mems and Boys pants, a good
line at j. H. Bigger & Son.
We are glad to learn that Rev.
Roach received a good charge
from the recent conference at
Mckenzie. He has charge of a
good church at Paducah, KY.
You will find at ]. H. Bigger
& Son a nice line of dress goods.
w. G. Thompson of Henderson.
was calling on his many custom
ers here Monday. and there is
no more popular salesman COM
ing to Selmer than Mr.. Thomr-
son.
j. O. Hoover, a prosperous
merchant and an excellent citi-
zen of Stantonville, was a bust
ness visitor to Selmer Saturday,
and while here called at the In
dependent office.
P. Farris of near Acton, was
in to see us Monday, and inform
ed us that his daughter, Mrs.
Odell Farris, who was operated
on for appendicitis two weeks
ago, is improving nicely.
W. C. Carleton, a we'll known
piano tuner of Memphis, is doing
quite a lot of work in Selmer
this week. Mr.. Carleton made
his first trip to Selmer twenty
one years ago, and knows all
about the piano business.
FOR SALE. One three piece
bed room set, one mattress, nev-
err used but a few times. Also a
brand new sewing machine of
the pest make. Cheap. Enquire
at this Office.
Rev. S. w. Peoples, who had
charge of the Selmer circuit the
past year, left for Humboldt
Friday where he will make his
home. Mrs. Peoples will go to
Humboldt in a few days. We
regret to lose this most estima-
BILE family, but as Humboldt is
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-11-25
Shooting ARRAY.

A Mr.. MCCARTHY shot and SER
iously wounded ]. H. Williams
near Leapwood Wednesday. We
did not learn any of the partieu-
lars.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1921-11-25

Finch's Detroit Special Over
alls can be had at J. H. Bigger
& Son.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09
4ElRE PROOF HOMES.

National fire prevention week, be-
INNING Oct. 9, Is Of particular inter-
est to the large proportion OF the
American people who occupy frame
houses and who naturally think Of
this type of home construction as car
wing an unusual fire hazard. Thou
aands Of people are today planning
rome building. Naturally the fore
most considerations with q majority
I these men and women are economy,
utility and beauty. Some are hesitat-
ng because, while they much prefer
huilding of wood because IL Is the
heapest as we'll as the most mobile
md decorative material, they imagine
hat some other construction would be
fire proof
The fact Of the matter is that there
s no such thing as a fire proof home
vithin the reach of the ordinary
oocketbool, and if there were such
thing it would be difficult to build an
ttractive home along such lines. The
sest thing for anybody to do Is to
,uild scientifically and the frame house
that is built right Is FIRE resistive for
I'll ordinary risks. and certainly car
les no special hazards for the Occur
IS now perfected is fully so per cent
less liable to combustion than similar
homes built ten or fifteen years ago.
When the properly built modern frame
.ouse does catch fire it is almost Inn
possible for the confiagration to spread
sapidly because of the "fire stops"
alaced throughout the building and be-
cause the material which might ordi-
narlly communicate fire to wood are
properly insulated. These fire stops
not only keep fire from spreading rap
idly but they reduce by so per cent
the danger Of fires starting within the
building itself. Such construction adds
very little to the original cost OF the
building and gives all reasonable Inn
munity against fire destruction. The
announcement OF this advanced type
Of frame construction, which should
be vitality interesting in this era of
renewed homo building. is the contri-
button OF tho lumer industry to fire
prevention week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

no by-products through which the
south may look for income
Mr.. Wernicke says, and truly, that
Pensacola may be headquarters for
chemists, engineers and other high
class personnel. Great paint and dis
infectant works dependant on our oils
could be located here. and Pensacola
receive worldwide recognition for It's
wood oils. as Grand Rapids for furpi-
ture, Detroit for automobiles, and
Pittsburg for steel.
SO true is this. and such vast possi-
bilities OF commercials possibilities does
II offer, that no step should be over
looked III the movement towards re-
cognition of our resources. Pensacola
is equipped with two plants for the
manufacture Of these products. The
growth OF these may hardly be meas-
ured, nor the expansion that would BE-
possible with organization and deves-
opment.
And nothing can go farther towards
this development than an intelligent
study Of rerorestraticn. and an effort
towards recognition by the government
Of the value of our lands and the ne
cessity OF the government working
hand In hand with the individual
along this line, that as we utilize the
products that are now going to waste
we look towards the future and study
to sow as well as to reap.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09
CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION.

The possibility OF decision by the
supreme court OF the United States
! declaring unconstitutional the federal
child labor law, passed IN 1919. which
imposes an excess tax OF 10 per cent
on the annual net profits of any per-
son operating any mine or quarry in
which children under 16 are employed
or any mill factory or cannery IN
which children under IA are employed
places upon a number OF states an urg-
ent responsibility for additional child
labor legislation, according to owen
r. Lovejoy, secretary Of the national
child labor committee.
"The federal child labor tax law has
been twice declared unconstitutional
BY Judge James f. Boyd. United States
judge fer the western district Of North
Carolina. said Mr.. Lovejoy, but his
rulings are not final on this point. The
issue Of the constitutionality of the
law Is before the supreme court on
appeal The outcome cannot be fore
seen, but the friends of child labor
reform ought to see to it that If the
decision IS unfavorable the various
states will have alread written on their
statute books laws which viii afford
as complete protection to their child
rem OF win write them there without
delav
IT the federal law were declared
unconstitutional tomorrow by the su-
preme court there are four states in
the Union where children under Ii
could flock back to work in factories
and canDeries. In twenty states boys
less than IS years old could be hired
TO work in mines and quarries. In
seventeen states the child workers un-l
der 16 years OF age would not even be
afforded the protection OF an S-hour
day. In seven states there would be
lno law to prevent these child work
ers being employed at night.
"The standards imposed by the fed
eral child labor law are no higher than
thoso- imposed BY the state laws in
many of the states. and indeed are
not 80 high as in several states. 1t is
in the states where sentiment against
child labor has not vet found full ex-
preston in legislative enactment, or
where the laws enacted are not ade-
quately enforced that the danger lies.
THAT the exploitation Of children
IN mines ana factories will be. resumed /
X the supreme court decision should
ne unfavorable there can be no doubt.
We have past experience to guide us
on that matter The former child la
sor law. enacted in 1915. failed to
stand the test Of the courts and when
re bars were let down there was a +,
eeneral movement OF children toward
The factories again in three states /
whore the rtate laws afforded less pro-
lection than the federal law provided.
we do not want to Eee that movement !
repea ted. The responsibility resting |
on the states where the standard OF /
child labor legislation is lower than /
those promulgated by the United /
States CONGRESS- as representing the
cninion OF the country at large is an
urgent one. Gaps between the federal
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09
What's the Matter With Us.
Anyway?
BY JOHN /. LEWIS
President United Nine Workers If

/
America.
The Industrial stagnation otsecting
1 the nation is both material and psy-
theological Our industries, farms, mer-
camille establishments and banking
houses were geared to war production
with its extraordinary requirements
All records were surpassed IN the
production of agricultural products.
coal, steel, and all raw materials and
finished articles Abnormal AMI ex-
i cessive profits in business became such
a reality as to change our ssnse Of
value and proportion. We becanle a
nation Of iconoclasts and destroyed the
idols Of conservatism to which We had
hitherto made obeisance.
with the cessation OF the war the
flow of war materials overseas neces-
sarily stopped With the destruction Of
foreign credit impoverished Europe
was unable to buy. A lessening OF our
Industrial and agricultural activities
was then most natural. .
Notwithstanding these facts, the
orists. economists and captains Of lii
dustry began to cry. production, prD-
duction." until the inevitable collapse
occurred.
A New Panacea.
A new panacea Ger our Ills wa then
diss overed and the same wiss mon
shouted from the nousetops that ia
or was too prosp rus and tina Wages
must be reduced.
lsehold then tina result: widespread
lowering OF wages. with q consequent
reduction iii the workers standard OF
living; inevitable curtailnent Of buy
ing and the increased stagnation OF in-
dustry.
A in the period following the war
OF the rebellion, the return Of the
country to its normal basis should
have been spread over a number Of
wears. but the haste of our mad coun-
sellers forced the submission to ma
Tor operation and the patient has col
lapsed under the knife Further wage
reductions will but intensity our In
dustrial and commercial agony,
The cost Of living is far from keep
ing pace with the reductions already
forced. The nation needs time to adj
lust itself while business burrows
from its ruins and commerce. is gradu-
ally revived.
Common Sense.
we desire fewer platitudes from our
statesmen and the application OF
greater degree Of the rules of common
sense. our nation is solvent and our
assets exceed our liabilities by pTodt-
gious values. Practical plans should
Be Immediately devised to provide
work for our vast army of unemployed
This must be done Il we are to avoid
the disturbance Of our social fabric
in addition to the agonies we are en-
during from other ailments. It will take
time to ascend the slopes but the
mountain can be scaled.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09
AMT 1T THE TRUTH.
~ Berton BraIeY.l


Time goes faster the older you get.
When you were kid, q day would
For many adventures that might be
met
Christmas to Christmas was quite an
age;
Birthdays ever were few and Far,
Oh, time moves slowly BY chiidhoods
But now-how frequent the birth
days!
Time goes faster the cider you gett
The years ahead, to your youthful
eyes.
Are rich with promise and thickly set
With ali the plans and the hopes
you prize;
But when you're older the seasons fly,
The times too short for your plots
and schemes.
And though you struggle. ana though
you try,
The swift years hurry you past your
dreams.
How dizzily must the years have F-ovu
For old Methusaleh, long agoi
What hectic speed must the tinee lave
shown
For his last hundred Of years q sog
IN spite OF the centuries he lived
through
He found them far too short, III bet
To do one-half what he hoped to ao--
Time goes faster the older you getf
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

victims, not only because their resist
iance to colds and diseases Is less
than the resistance Of older people,
but also because they allow their feet
TO so Wet for hours without changing
to dry stockings and shoes.
People beyond sixty years OF age
are also peculiarly prone to catch
colds and diseases easily, not especial
" because Of any organic dis
eases which they may have. but us
ually for the reason that they like the
children, are low in their powers Of
bodily vitality.
Probably leaky shoes are as much to
blame for wet feet as the individuals
themselves. Parents should see that
their children change into dry stock
ings and shoes as soon as possible at
ter their exposure to the wet.
The danger increases in proportion
to the length Of exposure and for this
reason change should be made as early
as possible. Parents. too. might take
the prccaution of greasing the chil-
dren's shoes, since this often helps to
keep them from leaking.
Plain rubbers In rainy weather and
arctic overshoes during wet SHOWS ere
excellent safeguards against wet feet,
though they should never be worn ex
cept during wet weather, as they DO
not allow the perspiration from the
feet to escape as readily as 1t should
When the feet have been exposed to
the wet for long period it is often Of
great benefit in staving off a cold to
take hot foot bath and rub the feet
we'll afterwards Usually one needs
only 70 change to dry shoes and stock
ings afterwards, though IT Is we'll TO
take precaution to wipe the fee. vigor-
ously with rough bath towel
Hot mustard foot baths are cool
when one is suspicious OF i'll effects
Of exposure to wet weather.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

and state law on the subject Of child
abor should be bridged. They should
Sc bridged now while the federal law
q still on the statute books then Ii
he supreme court should see at to
rase that law. the state laws could be
avoked forthwith"
Mr.. LoveJoy also pointed out that
assists in many ways IN the enforce
nent Of the federal law II the state
avs correspond with its provisions.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

lplant-one-third meal with your wheat
brans and cotton seed meal, viii give
you more and richer milk than from
any other feed.
The government report for 1920 IS
that Escambia county has 4s0. 40 acres
OF tillable sell That means soil that
usual land clearing. Escambia county
is 100 per cent IN everything for stock
It has a continual native growing
grass "a the woods and IN the pas
lures; you can have q u months
green continual growing forage crop.
burr clover, Upside grass, Natal grass
and kudzu. and the cattle never suffer
for water. The woods abound In
springs, creeks and rivers and ample
shelter from cold winds.
There should be photographs taken
of the pasture and OF some OF the
stock raised IN Escambia county. so
strangers and would-be settlers could
get reliable information and learn that
they could raise cattle cheaper and
better with less outlay Of capital than
in any other part Of the United States
and live longer and better.
IN conclusion win say that not alone
the cattle but everything you cultivate
from the soil viii give you 100 per
cent and you would enjoy life better
and longer than IN any other part Of
the world and the land can be bought
very cheap. and the outlay for the
incubus OF your cattle industry IN
Florida viii cost you less than IN any
other place. Be a Missouirian; come
and sec. and you VIII find every state
ment made nothing but the truth
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09
Common Sense Ways to
Keep Well
WET FEET.
BY On. :. +. BISHOP

W 3 7 r 2 : -
The rainy season soon to be followed
by wet SHOWS is now upon US There
viii be many children who win get
their feet wet. and probably Just as
many grown-ups- Wet feet do not
hurt one, but the results of getting
your feet wet are very liable to bring
a bad cold or something worse. Il The
proper precautions are not taken.
There are thousands OF cases Of
pneumonia eyesy year due Indirectly =
wet feet not taken care Of
Children are usually the eommonest
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09
PRoRL EMS AND PERILs or
DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE

This is the first of a series OF ar
ticles by Herbert Quick, dealing with
the problems and perils Of the coming
disarmament conference Quick has
made special study Of this subject
for The JournaI.-Ed
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

A Frenchman has invented a means
of using the leaves and fibrous stems
OF banana plants as a substitute for
flax
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

One teaspoonfu1 OF good arabic soil
contains more living organisms than
there are human beings IN half tho
United States.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

The course in househld management
at the Oregon Agricultural college in
cludes taking care Of two children.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, IN
/ troduced the soft felt hat into America
about the middle OF the nineteenth
century.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

A sea-going tug towed a large bat
tleship in the Mediterranean sea dur
ing the war at the rate Of six knots
an hour.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

The comic actor sof ancient Greece
and Rome used TO wear light shoe
that reached to the ankles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

Bangkok. the capital If Siam. is
floating city containing 10000 houses.
each OF which floats on a bamboo raft.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

IN one Or the great glaciers IN
Switzerland there is enough solid ice
to build several cities the size Of New
York,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

conform with their surroundings, lose
this power when they become blind.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-10-09

The symbol AL used b. financial
agencies. indicates resources OF over
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FOE SALE-PLANTs

,oSo -
FROST-PROOF cabbage plants: Early Jer-
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$50. 90: 500 $1.75; 1000. $500 post
paid: by express collect; LOCO, 80; TO-
600 and over. $500 thousand. You've tried
prompt shipment. Victory Plant Co., Sum-
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