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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-04-07
Acton Itsms

Miss Irene Ingram was WIS.,
itor to Corinth Tuesday.
County Agent McKellwas here
Thursday for q demonstration in
farm terracing, which was made
on the farm of DIR. J. J. Aherna-
thy. He is expected here again
this week to further the work.
Esq. J. r Burks and brothers,
Ed and Elsie, and H. c. Ward
low of Niche, were visitors here
Thursday.
Sofas Castleberry of Corinth.
was a business visitor here FRI
day. h
Carl and Earl Howell of Stan
tonville, were visiting their uncle.
Willie Howell the latter part Of
the week.
Eural Williams was 4 business
visitor to Selmer Saturday. \,
MI. and Mrs. B. B. Isoip. and
Mr., and Mrs. j. D. Billings.
3. Emmons and Miss Maggie
Coin were social visitors in the
home Of Mi. and Mrrs III. Hind
man. Sunday,
Ebert knight and Odus. Walk
or spent Saturday night ID Cor-
nth.
Mrs. Anna Manuel and daugh-
tiers, Misses Allie and Inez. were
the Sunday guests Of Mrs. J. d.
Timleck.
Quite q number of our people.
were in attendance Of the Alcorn
county singing convention, at
Corinth Sunday.
A literary society is to be or
ganized here shortly for the inn
provement of our young peoples
talent as, well as old. Il will
meet about twice each month on
Saturday nights, and things Of !.
general interest viii, feature the
programs.
Leo Atkins andI, d. Simpkins
were business visitors to- Se!mer
Monday.
Miss Ruby Lumley is visiting
in Wenasoga this week.
On account of the convention
at Corinth Sunday, there was no
singing here on that day.
H. L. Hardin of Corinth was d
social visitor here Sunday.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-04-07
The, subject Of the above sketch

The, subject Of the above sketch
was born and reared in this sec
ton near Selmer. and grew I'd
manhood in this county. He fol-
many years was one Of the best
known singers in the country.
and q man who has made the
world better By bis having lived
lin IL. His death has caused gen
|uine sorrow to his friends IN this
county.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-04-07

Sweet potato plants from Gov
eminent inspected seed beds.
Porto Rico, Nancy Hail, Triumph.
Prepaid mail 500. 81 SO. 1900, So 60
Express 1000. $4.25, 5000, so. 90,
10, 900. $3.50 Earlianna. Stone,
June Pink, Globe. Redield Beauty.
tomato plants same price, Parker
Farms, Atlanta, Go.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-04-07

Would like to secure service of
a good woman, either white or
colored, to cook and look after
house. Write ]. D. Wilkerson,
Route 4, Selmer, Tenn.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-04-07
to get a loaf of bread made of
pine bark and grass to go with
that awful meat.

LnaC aW1ul meat.
1 While at the State Department
| had a talk with the chief trans
lator, Mr.. Wilfred Stevens, whom
I have referred to in other letters.
He is perhaps the most wonder
full linguist in the world, when
one considers the wide knowl-
edge he has of the thirty-three
languages he has mastered. Rus
sian, German, etc., are no more
than child-talk for him. and he
says that Chinese is a hundred
times harder than Russian, and
Japanese much harder than
Chinese. He showed me how a
Chinaman writes his language,
and it was enough to turn one
gray to think of it. He has pre-
pared a dictionary of the two
languages, which use the same
character although the sounds
are 50 different. AS there is no
alphabet, there has to be char
acter for each word, and some
special arrangement has to be
devised to find the characters in
a dictionary. Mr.. Stevens has
done this with wonderful ingen-
|uity, and so it will be possible
to learn these very difficult
languages much easier than be-
fore. Some of these word-char-
acters have a dozen strokes in
them, and each stroke means
some natural object. such as tree,
a shed, man, soil. etc, For in
stance, in order to write the word
'class," you must first write the
symbol for bamboo, then repre-
sent the soil. and then an inch.
That makes class" It takes a
dog, a net. a bird and an insect
to make the word solitary. "
i Life is too short for me to fool
with such, stuff. And vet my
cousin Roscoe Saunders says he
can get along better in Chinese
than in English, having been a
missionary in South China for
more than twenty-five years. He
says the Chinese are the most
honest. kindly people he has ever
! known. Theft is unknown among
! them. Mr.. Stevens told me of
seeing piece in a Chinese news
!, paper telling of an American
school teacher who robbed a
J, friend. The contempt and sar-
casm with which this specimen
of Western civilization" was
referred to was inimitable, said
Mr.. Stevens, as teachers are re-
, garded in China as of the highest
] calling.
Well. the bonus bill has passed
the House, and bids fair to pass
the Senate. Let us hope that
: the nightmare prophecies of bank.
J ruptcy to follow in its wake will
not be justified.
The civil service commission al
T Washington was rudely Jared
, last Friday by the summary dis.
e missal from Office Of Director
2 James L. Wilmeth and about
! thirty chiefs employed under
: him in the Bureau of Engraving
$ and Printing. Mr.. Wilmeth had
I been in the civil service for q
e years, beginning at the bottom
! of the ladder, and working his
, way to the top round by sheer
: merit and ability. Under the
Q law he was entitled to preyiou.
8 notice and a chance to defend
n himself. Atty. Gen. Daughert.
h says the President acted within
n his rights, but Senator Carawa.
e of Arkansas is going to put tn,
y matter before Congress on Mon
r day. Let us hope that our Jim,
e McNairy's most famous son, will
}. land squarely op his feet as usual
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-04-07
WA SHIN GTOM
~ -LETTER-N
By Lindsay S. Perkins
Editor Independent:

Editor Independent:
Right at the outset | wish to
congratulate you on dropping
patent medicine advertisements
from your columns. | hope many
other newspapers will follow this
good example. The people of
this country spend hundreds of
millions of dollars on these mostly
useless dangerous drugs. The
patent stomach is the worst abused
OF all human organs, and does
best when let nature do the work
of,repair of'the rundown system.
In many cases, a good drink of
hot water, Tor sassafras teal, a
sponge bath and a good long nap
in a warm bed, and a rest Of a
day or two, would put person
in better shape than many bottles
of expensive, worthless and even
poisonous patent stuff. A lot of
it is real booze, and many a man
has gone to a drunkard's grave
from fooling with "bitters' of
one kind and another, and now
that national prohibition is here,
the makers of these nostrums are
trying harder than ever to get
their miserable stuff into the
homes and stomachs of the peo-
pie, and every newspaper that
prints their ads, is an accessory
to real damage to the public, OF
course there are some medicines
that do good. but they are gen.
orally mild and notwithstanding,
and are intended for some partic-
ular disease, and not as cure-alls.
But those who can let medicine
alone and let nature do the work
of repair are best off. 1t is now
well established that cancer and
consumption are incurable by any
49, = L d. -
medicine. The knife is the only
hope in cancer, and that as early
as possible, and sleeping in the
fresh cir, well covered, is about
all that will help tuberculosis.
We ought to be thankful that
we have such a solid system Of
currency here. Suppose it took
over 4 million Russian rubles tc
pay a man for days work! That
Is what happened in Russia, tt
their money standard, the ruble,
Twas over at the State Depart.
ment Yesterday and was shown
some money from that country,
There was 4 one thousand ruble
note q ruble before the war wa.
worth half : dollar Of our money
and this note was the size of /
big postage stamp, and in oul
money was worth less than one
fifth Of q cent. It now take!
$40, 600 rubles to make a dollar
When a woman goes to marke
in Russia she has to take q baske
along to carry the money, and !
full basket at that. and what sh'
buys is not nearly so large as thu
pile Of cash she paid for it.. Ant
vet the Soviet government is an
cry because the United State
does not approve its ways of do
ing things, and wants the who'll,
world to follow its example.
was also shown a silver ruble
which perhaps contains twenty
Eve cents worth Of metal. TIL
coin had no design on it. but it
f3at snrface bore the Inscription
IN Russian: ''Proletarier vsyekl
stran, soyedinyaitesp' which i
English means: Workers of tn
world, unite!" Russia certainl
offers no basis at present TO
world Union of any class. Their
is also q group of Russians here
some of whom ! know. who ar
working for the restoration Q
imperial government and tn
reign of a car in Russia. Id
..xskl A. 49,. - Io,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
PAULSON SAYS GRASSHOPPERS
DESTROYING ALBERTA WHEAT

County Commissioner Elmer Paul
son arrived at home Thursday from
Barons, Alberta, where has had been
for the past two weeks looking after
his land interests. Mr.. Paulson in
forms The Star-Mirror that the crop
conditions in Alberta are far from
favorable The dry weather, coupled
with the grasshoppers and the cut
worms, is raising havoc with the
wheat. In the Baron section, which
is one of the best wheat sections in
Alberta, as high as $500 per day is
being spent for poison to feed the
grasshoppers, and more than $4,000
has been spent in the neighborhood
this spring.
On cold morning, Mr.. Paulson
says, the grasshoppers will be found
clinging together in the wheat fields
in masses as big as a mans arm.
The poison is mixed with bran and
sown broadcast over the fields The
government cooperates in fighting this
pest.
The spring grain is being badly
damaged by the cutworms, and
will be almost complete failure The
past few days the crop has been burn
ing and there is no relief in sight,
although rains have threatened all
spring.
Mr.. Pau1son states that nothwith-
standing the fact that the PaIouse
country crop is not up to standard, it
looks very much better than any dis
trict he has seen on his trip.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
PRONOUNCE Church
Meeting SUCCESS
CHURCH OF BRETHREN CONVEN-
TION REPORTS SHOW WORK IN
FLOURISHING CONDITION

The Western Montana and Idaho
district convention of the Church o1
the Brethren will come to a close this
evening with a sermon by Rev. J. U
G. Stiverson, of Portland, one of the
able men of the organization. Bus1-
ness sessions were held yesterday af-
ternoon and this morning and the fol.
lowing officers elected: A. R. F'iske,
Nez Perce, moderator; Rev. Fred A.
Flora, Nez Perce, reading clerk; H
G. Shank, Emmett, Idaho. writing
clerk.
Considerable time was given to a
discussion Of the proposition of
changing the support Of the district
from the denominational school at Nc
PhersOn, Kansas, to the school at
Laverne, California. 1t was finally
decided to retain the present affili-
alton.
Committee reports showed the work
of the church to be advancing, with
the general trend most encouraging.
Rev Nelson of the Swedish Luther
an church, representing the Moscow
Ministerial association, gave a well
coming address to the visiting dele
gates, at the afternoon session We'd
nesday.
Wednesday night, following a mis-
sionary address by Elder Graybill of
Nampa, a collection for missions was
received amounting to $500.
Appreciate Hospitality
The following resolutions were
adopted at the Thursday morning
session:
1--WE, your committee, beg to sub
NIT the following resolutions:
Whereas, our Heavenly Father in
His al1-wise providence has made it
possible for us to convene in this
District Meeting at Moscow, June 90
to 20, therefore, be it
Resolved, that we offer to Him our
heartfelt thanks for this blessing of
meeting together under the protec
tion of our Nation to worship Him
as we choose. Also be it
Resolved, that we extend our ap
probation to the Ministerial Union
of the City of Moscow for it's well
come and good wishes thru their rep
resentative, Rev. Nelson. Also be it
Resolved, that we are greatly in
debted to the Baptist people for the
use of their house of worship and
parsonage. Also be it
Resolved, that we appreciate the
special efforts of the Pleasant Home
Hotel for the excellent meals furn-
ished. Also be it
Resolved, that we thank Brethren
Kurtz, Trostle and Weav-
er for their service in the meeting
and Brother Brubaker for his help in
the song service. Also be it
Resolved that we tender to the
Moscow Brethren and friends our sim
cere thanks for their hospitality.
Sister B. L. Mannen
Sister Amanda E. Flory
Sister Leila Greek.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
MISS RUTH OTTER is BRIDE
OF BEN VOGEL

A pretty wedding was solemnized
Thursday at IL o'clock at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Otter, when their
daughter, Ruth, was united in mar
riage to Ben Vogel, DR.. H. o. Perry
officiating. The bridal couple march
ed in to the srtains of Lohengren's
wedding march played by Miss Viola
Otter, and took their places before a
bower of evergreens and syringas.
The bride was daintily dressed in
white georgette, over yellow satin,
and carried bouquet of white car
nations Immediately after the cere-
mony a splendid wedding luncheon
was served. Plates were laid for 20,
only the immediate relatives of the
bride and groom being present. Miss
Bessie Bennett and Miss Viola Otter
served. The happy couple left in the
afternoon in their car for weeks
honeymoon at Spokane and the sur
rounding lakes.
Mr. Vogel is one of the highly re-
spected young men of the Potlatch
community, his family having lived
there for thirty years. Miss Otter is
a most worthy young lady and daugh-
ter of pioneer residents of the Pa
louise country. She taught school the
past year in the Potlatch district. The
young people have the best wishes of
host of friends.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
INSURANCE COMPANY SEES PAL
OUSE LAND SAFE INVESTMENT

During the visit of o. P Pring,
general agentof the Montana Life In
surance company, in Moscow Wednes-
day, affangementsv were made for w.
G. Renfrew, vice president Of the First
National bank, to represent the COM
pany's loan department in this terri
tory.
Will Burlo, land examiner for the
company, and for ten years state land
selector for Montana, visited Moscow
a few months ago and after a thor
ought investigation of conditions here
and of land values, said that he would
recommend the loan board that in
his judgment this is the safest terri
tory in the west in which TO loan
money on farm lands, because of the
regularity of the crops and the gem
orally substantial conditions of the
district. On the strength of this re-
port it was determined to establish
an agency here and make a consider
able sum Of money available for farm
loans.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
STRIKE ORDER SIGNED AFFECTING
100000 R. R. MEN---FOR JULY

Colorado state rangers to headquar-
ters here today, announced by Colo
mel Patrick J. Hammock, state adju-
tant general.
McCumber's Lead ImperIIed
Fargo, N. D.-(A. Ex-senator Por-
ter j. McCumbers early lead in the
contest for denomination on the re-
publican ticket, was imperiled today
by Linn J. Frazier, nonpartisan, as
rural precincts started reporting on
yesterdays state wide primary cleo
tion- Five hundred and sixty-one
precincts give McCumber 36,683 !;
Frazier, 27,521. For republican CUB
ernatorial nomination, in 588 pre-
cincts, Nestos, 44,878. Baker, 23,978.
McCumber Thinks Defeated
Washington-(A. Ex-senator Nc
Cumber, republican, of North Dakota,
said late today, that on the face of
early returns from the North Dakota
primary, it appeared that he was de-
feated
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
ORDER OF MARCH FOR
Big PARADE JULY a

With the approach of the dates for
Moscow's big celebration, July 8 and
4, the various committees are tight
ening up their lines and getting down
to real business, so that when the
morning of the third arrives, every
thing may be in readiness. The pro-
gram will occupy the time fully from
noon Monday until late hour Tues
day night.
The various sections of the big pa
rade, which will take place at II
o'clock Tuesday, the fourth, will come
in the following order:
Marshal of the day and attendants,
Indian chief and flag, Legion post
flags, American Legion, Dokkie band
from Lewiston, Mayor and members
of city council, Bucket Brigade, Mos
COW Fire Department (35 years ago.,
Hose carts Nos. and go years ago. i,
Fire Chiefs car, Fire Truck No. 6 6
years ago. Fire truck No. z (today),
Orders and organizations, Floats,
Decorated cars, Parachute jumpers
and stunts, Wild west show and
roundup, machinery.
For further information see parade
committee, Carl Smith, Bill Michaels,
Ralph Whitmore, Ed Cruver, Perry
Carter.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
P0tlatch Family to Lewiston

Potlatch-Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jor-
dan left Friday for Lewiston, where
they will make their future home Mr.
Jordan has been instructor in Man
ual training and physical director in
the Potlatch schools for the past
year as we'll as physical director Of
the Pot1atch Amateur Athletic club.
During their residence in Potlatch
the Jordans have made many friends
who regret their leaving the commun-
ity, but wish them prosperity in the
new home Mr.. Jordan will be asso-
ciated with the cabinet works of JUS
tice & Ep1ing, with whom he was
connected before coming to Potlatch.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
FOUR DEMOCRATS
file FOR OFFICE
KEANE FOR SHERIFF, MORGAN
EDGE FOR AUDITOR--LEWIS,
REPUBLICAN,, FOR SENATE

The democrats had their inning for
a few minutes Wednesday evening at
the auditors office, and when the Of
flee closed, Frank L. Moore was no
longer the lone candidate, four others
of the bourbon faith having added
their names, and insuring nice con-
test for a number of Offices at the
November election.
Up to the time of going to press to-
day there had been but one name
ADDED to the list Of candidatee, NJ. e.
Lewis filing for the state senate. Mr..
Lewis, who has for many years been
rominent in business and political
affairs in Latah county, served the
county we'll as member of the SEN
ate few years ago.
J. j. Keane Files for Sheriff
The real pioneer among the candi-
dates for county offices wbo have 10
Wednesday evening for the democrat
ic nomination for sheriff. MI. keane
has lived in Latah county for As
sheriff, being elected in 1901 and
again in 1905 and being the only dem
ocrat elected on the ticket both times.
The sheriff's office seems to be the
mecca for the office aspirants SO far
in the county, with three republican
candidates and one democratic candi-
date.
Judge Will F. Morgareidge, well
known Moscow citizen, for many
years judge of the probate court and
later serving as postmaster for five
years, as an appOintee of the Wilson
administration, filed for the demo-
cratic nomination for county auditor
and will contest the election in Nov
ember with Harry Thatcher.
Isaac e. Snow, one of the we'll
known and successful farmers in the
Moscow district, and for many years
resident Of Latah county, filed for
the democratic nomination for county
commissioner from the first district.
Frank M. Green, a prominent resi-
dent of the Troy district filed for the
democratic nomination for county
commissioner from the Third dist
rict.
Friday will be the last day for fill
ing and it is certain that more
names will be added to the list of
on both tickets. With the
exception of the filing of Senator,
Lewis for the republican nomiration
for the state senate, the legislative
positions are open in both parties.
Hagan for Legislature
AS The Star-Mirror goes to press,
the statement is given out that c.. A.
Hagen, well known Moscow business
man, for many years active in pub
lie affairs, as well as active in repub
lican politics, will file tomorrow as a
candidate for the legislature
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
final SESSIONS
BEST SESSIONS
MANY INTERESTING FEATURES IN
EPWORTH LEAGUE INSTITUTE
WEEKEND PROGRAM

Memers of the Epworth Leaue In
stitute are looking forward with live
/ interest to the vents of tworrow. It
is a custom to steal away for one
day during the institute for a distinct
outing. So tomorrow morning after
the morning watch in the park and
breakfast is over, the whole party
| Will be taken in cars to Nutterville,
where the usual classes will be con-
Quoted. A picnic lunch will be Serv-
ed there, and in the afternoon a hike
is planned to the mines of the COM
munity. In the evening a steropti-
can lecture will be given in the park.
On Saturday class work in the
morning and the motion picture in
the evening with the usual recrea-
tional program, make up the days
work.
Sunday is always the great day of
the FEAST in an institute. At eleven
o'clock next Sunday the service will
be transferred to the Methodist
church, where DR.. Marvin L. RAIDER
will preach. Dr. RAIDER was formerly
pastor the Methodist church at Man
lila, P. l., and is now connected with
the board of foreign missions. He
has endeared himself to the people of
the institute and of Moscow by Ills
splendid service and fine personality.
Sunday afternoon DR.. RAIDER will be
the main speaker at the three o'clock
service in the park. While young
people will be especially Interested,
all others will enjoy the service.
Sunday night popular platform
meeting will be held at the park. A
cantata will be rendered by institute
members in charge of DR.. I. R. Boyd,
who has arranged the material of the
cantata
A Wonderful Set OF Pictures
A wonderful set of moving pictures
will be shown Saturday evening in
the city park. These pictures are
said by many to be the greatest pic
lures of the kind in America. The
title of the picture "The Stream of
the human life and is told in Won
derful story more impressive than
the words of a mighty sermon In
speaking of this picture, DR.. w. Fl. III.
Forsyth said, "I saw this set of pic
tudes shown in the Christian church
at Des Moines, Iowa, and as it closed
more than one hundred arose at once,
when the invitation was given and
gave their hearts to the Master"
Saturday evening in the park, be-
ginning at about 2-o,clock, these great
pictures will be shown. Everyone IL
cordially invited to come. A special
invitation is extended by the Leaguers
to the congregations Of the other
churches of the city. All are well
come.
The institute will close Sunday.
night
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-06-29
ID. v. b. S. PICNIC, PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH. PLEASES CHILDREN

The D. V. B. S. picnic last night on
the lawn at the Presbyterian church
was great delight for the boys and
girls 1t was thought by some, how
ever, that the s'daddies" had as much
fun as the kids" All the bounties
of a picnic dinner, with an abundance
of cakes and ice cream, were pro-
vided and parents and children had
a happy time together.
The Daily Vacation Bible School
has made good on its original adver-
tisement-"A garden Of delights" For
five weeks the boys and girls have
had a continuous round of JOY and
profit, with character building and
Bible knowledge is the net result On
Sunday evening at eight o'clock the
pupils of the school will give pub
lie exhibition of the work that has
been done. All boys and girls, their
parents and friends, are especially in
vited to the service Sunday night.
The children brought missionary
offering today which will be used to
carry the joys of the Gospel to the
boys and girls Of other lands.