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enough 80 we could let loose With our
Long Tom. 1t fred chain shot. The
chain would wind around the masts and
carry them away. Then we'd get along
side. Most OF the crew of the merchant
Junk would jump overheard, We'd kill
the rest, pass the SILK or the money over
to our Junk, sink the merchantmen and
skip on to I'll Flu Chang. That's the
pirates retreat you know-Ti Fu
Chang"
How were you srmed?" asked Mrs
Ray. pirate expert.
Pixies. spears--
"No cutlasses?'
"cutiasses? No end Of 'em. Madam
And pistols. rnuz1le leaders, the kind
YOU Are with caps. FRANKLY. Madam,
we were pirates, and had everything.
The Chinese crew wore their shirts out
side their pants and were bafeheaded
and barefooted. Us two officers had
long blue kirnoIas ana blue caps, with
a Turks head on them, and button.
tassellike. Being handy with the needle.
like all sailors, we made fancy kimolas
out OF the silks we took from those
junks.
zone side Of our junk was painted
black, the other side was scraped clean
and bright ana Vanished, so whenever
a ship chased us we just hove to ana
they couldn't relfkonfze US on the new
course. 1t was somewhat nasty when
d British gunboat chased us. but our
fink had seven rnasts and seven sails,
and we made two knots to their one.
But we thought IL best to hide the
$4,000 we had taken in that voyage.
II was In sole command by that time.
as the other American had died and
willed his share to me. MADE Tor ~.
Pauls Island ana we dug q tunnel
under q rock about hve feet high, near
the Shore. We covered mp the hole and
left 1t there. In 1905 I went back to get
II, but the British authorities were
going to put me in jail. and | barely
escaped. and never burst go back.
"But. you saved great deal OF
money!
Generous with Fortune.
Nothing, madam. ] assure you
was drunk all the time was ashore
between pirate voy;Ues, and what
didn't drink up / gave away. Why
when / finally got back to San Francisco.
after the Spanish war. I gave away
$4,000 worth of Jade and carved ivory
ball that was really lot of balls one
inside another and all solid ivory"
.'And your conscience. Captain-did il
never smite you?"
mo, madam, we only killed Chinese
sailors. Ttie longer was out the harder
got. Come to think Of 1t, there was
one time had the horrors and see Chi
nese crawling down the wall by my bed
but that was the only time"
did you ever have women aboard
your pirate shir-a cook, or something
like that?"
mo, you see we couldn't run any
chances OF having our secrets given
away"
Capt Roaring Bill has star tattooed
on his left wrist and told the ladies hi
had Chinese devil across his chest
They told him they had had a wonderful
afternoon, and one OF them arranged tc
go out in a rowboat with him and ac-
uaire moro details Of piracy without In
terruption..
''Now, If you'll listen to me a mo-
fnent.' blared Capt. Pig Iron Shallihan
when Roaring Bill finished his yarn,
'syou'll hear-but no. it wouldn't do. /
am an old man ana must be discreet,
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&
PIRATES TEA PARTY
DELIGHTFULLY."- CORY
Roaring Bill Throoper Does
the Honors Nicely When
Shallihan Fails.
TRAVEL FANS EDITED
Death List i'm China Sea Too
Ponderous for Story Spinner
to Compute.
TRAVEL FANS EDITED

Capt. Pig Iron shallihan denied that
he was a pirate when they got him up
10 the Grand Central Palace for o'clock
tea with the ladies yesterday Conf
dentially he said he could spin yarn
to make the straightest hair curl, but
in this day and age and he being retired
II wouldn't be discreet.
Capt. Pig Irons detection. however
polite, was disappointing. for he had
4 head like battered three pound shot,
a face like northeast gale and voice
comparable to a ton of coal coastins
down steel chute into an empty cellar.
His silence left the floor to Capt. Roar
ing Bill Throoper.
sWere YOU pirate?" the ladies asked
Capt. Bill
.'were I pirate?" said he. We're !
a pirate? That's n good one. Now II
could Just have another swallow OF tnat
coffee"
The cup was brought.
s.F,ver hear or the Indian Ocean? Of
st. Paul Island in the Indian Ocean?
Well I buried $4,000 in gold on that
island and it's there yet. We turneled
under d big rock and hid it and lit out
for the China coast with a British gun
boat after us. aIore buried in the Phil
ipuines--a matter of 100000 or 100000.
Let IL I'LL lay. uOI hSC' -. ~ -
I 4 pirate? Twenty-six years. bosslng
Chinese pirates on Chinese junks, and
me q lad out of New Bedford. But
in 'sS / went with Dewey on the
Olympia and We fought the battle Of
Manila Bay Did the Admiral know. I
had been a pirate? No, madam. he did
not. But the China coast knows It.
It's gay life, and except that cateracks
grew On my eyes I'd be there yet"
How many aid you personally KILL
Captaih?"
Killings Hard to Count.
Roaring Bill paused to do sum in
mental arithmetic.
"'Twould average twenty-five or
thirty to every junk we boarded" he
said, land that would be-let's see,
twentylsix years. couldn't tell you
off hand, madam. Say we sunk one
junk q week and the average being
twenty-five or thirty 10 junk, that
would be-well, / killed my share. but
you want to remember that a lot OF
them jumped into the sea and saved us
the bother"
Give the Travel Show people credit.
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JUDGE GARvIN on VACATION.

Judge Edwin l.. GarvIn OF the Fed
eral Court in Brooklyn. who was COM
PEELED to be absent from his court the
greater part OF last week because Of
an attack OF Indigestion. has left Brooi.-
Ign for a two weeks vacation. Ralph C.
Green. United States District Attorney.
has requested Judge Harlan q. Howe OF
Vermont to 20 70 Brooklyn and preside
over Judge Garvin's court.
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347 Eighth Avenue.
4 $50 west fSjtb street.
BROOkLfN
+552A Firth Ave-, cor. 18th ST.
Af36T Broadway, cor. Oates Ave.
n a76 Fifth Ave-. cor. 18th ST.
\ 800 Manhattan Ave. tGtssrpsiau
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
SHERIFF'S LAND SALE

By virtue of an order Of sale directed
to me from the Circuit Court of Men airy
County, in the case of j. r. Adams VS.
X. l.. Ramer ct al, | will offer for sa'
to the highest bidder the following in
terests in land, to-wit:
The undivided interest of r. l.. Ra
mer, as a son and heir of !. II. Ramer,
deceased, in one tract of land, said to
contain 100 acres; another tract known
as the ID. Wooten tract, said to contain
40 acres, and another tract known as the
Smith u Porch land, said to contain 100
acres, more or less:
Also, the undivided interest of the de-
PENDANT, Burton Ramer. as a son and
heir of J. Il. Banner, deceased. in the
same tracts of land. and all of said land
lies in the 18th district of McNairy COun-
ty, Tenn, and are the lands owned by
j, Il. Ramer, deceased, and are sold
subject to the rights of the widow to
homestead homestead and dover.
Terms of Sale: Cash.
Place of Sale: Courthouse Door at
Selmcr, Tenn.
Time of Sale: Monday, March 6, 1922,
within lawful hours.
A full description of the land will be
given at time and place of sale.
This the 4th day of February, 1922.
J.F. DILLON, Sheriff.
f-10-17-24 +
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
Some Truth?

"The Southern farmer gets up
before day-break at the alarm of
a Connecticut clock. He buttons
his Chicago suspenders to his
Detroit overalls and washes his
face with CINCINNATI soap in a
Pennsylvania pan; sits down to a
Grand Rapids table and eats
Chicago meat and Indiana hon.
my. cooked in Kansas City lard
on a St. Louis Stove; and puts a
New York bride on a Kentucky
mule fed with Iowa corn; and
ploWs his farm, covered by an
Ohio mortgage, with a Moline
pillow. When bedtime comes, he
reads a chapter from a Bible
printed in Boston, says a prayer
written in Jerusalem, and crawls
under a blanket made in New
Jersey to lay awake all night and
listen to the bowls of his cur dog,
the only home grown product on
the farm, and then wonders why
he cannot make more money
raising cotton. "-Ex.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
Adamsviile

j. E. Lett, the veteran hat
salesman, was visiting merchants
here Thursday. We are always
glad to see Joe.
Horace Bell of Vicksburg, Miss.
is home for a few days.
DR.. ]. H. Curry spent Thurs
day in Selmer with his mother.
John Melton of Stantonville
was in town Friday on business.
DR.. Ed Martin of Clump was
here Saturday.
H. D. Phillips of Paducah was
here Tuesday and Wednesday in
the interest of L. S. Dubois, Son
& Co. of that place.
John A. Shelton made a trip to
Alamo and Jackson last week.
R. G. Stanley visited at Selmer
last week.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
SHERIFF'S LAND SALE

by iriue of an order OF sale to me di-
rected by the Circuit Court of McNairy
County, Tenn. in the case of G. A.
Prather VS. Lee Hall, | will offer for sale
the following property, to-wit:
A certain town lot in Kramer, in the
18th civil district of McNairy County,
Tenn, containing about | acre, more or
less, levied on as the property of the de-
PENDANT. Lee Hall.
Terms of Sale: Cash to the highest
bidder.
Place of Sale: Courthouse door at
Selmer, Tenn.
Time of Sale: Monday, March 6, 1922,
within lawful hours.
A full description of the lot will be
given at time and place of sale.
This the 4th day of February, 1922.
j. F. DILLON, Sheriff.
10-17-2i
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Monday, March 6, 1922
at one O'Clock p. m.


offer for sale at the front door of the
Court House in Selmer, Tenn. the land
described in said deed of trust as follows:
10Y acres Of land in McNairy County,
Tenn. and described rs follows: Be-
ginning ut II stake and three post oak
pointers, the southeast corner of Entry
No. 1882 in the name of IL. Smith, run
ming west l19 poles to Il stake and three
post oak pointers, then south IA poles
to stake, two black oak and post oak
pointers, then east 1l9 poles TO HEX
Dry, two post oak and black oak point
erS. the northeast corner of lot No. 5,
then north ia poles to the beginning,
containing 107 acres, more or less,
Terms of sale: Cash. '5
Title to this land is believed to be
good, but sell and convey rs Trustee
only
This February IA, 1922.
JNO. r. IRWIN. Trustee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
To Mrs. Minnie Rogers.
Albert Gillespie and ]. D. A. Coleman,
Executors, VS. Mrs. Susie Thrasher ct al
No. In the Chancery Court
at Selmer, Tenn.

In this cause, it appearing from the
bill which is sworn to, that Mrs. Min
ME Rogers. one of the defendants, is a
nonresident of the State, she is, there
fore, hereby required to appear, on or
before the Bird Monday in February,
next, before the Clerk 4 Master of said
court, at his Office in Selmer, and make
defense to the bill filed against her and
others in said court, bysAlbert Giles
pie and ]. D. A. Coleman, Executors of
the will of Pugh H. Thrasher, or 9TH
erwise the bill will be taken for con-
fessed as to her.
1t is further ordered that this notice
be published for four consecutive weeks
in the McNairy County Independent.
This I4th day of January, 1922.
o. v. ERWIN, C. G. M.
j2O-27-f3-IO.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
Million Packets OF
Flower Seeds Free

We believe ID flowers around the
hnnes II the South. Flowers brighten
% the homo surroundings and give
Dteasufe and satisfaction to those who
haze them. Il
Ne have titled more than million
p1e1rses scf seeds. Of beautiful yet
enrl11 grown flowers u be given to
O. cnstpmefs this spring.
tBouldn,t you like TO have five
ssssssss e bssutiful flowers free!
roo CAN get THEM! Hastings
ipsa .ca4alog>i b 1oopage handsomely
iama1tea seed book full from cover
. eovsr u truthful descriptions and
nlushxticns Of vegetables. flowers and
fAsm crops. II Is full of helpful gar
den, flower and farm information that
b needed In every Southern home,
and. too. the catalog tells you how. to
81 tAese flower seeds absolutely free.
Write fce our 1872 'catalog now. 1t
n ths finest, most valuable and beau
tifsl seed book ever published. and
~ wiil be- mighty glad you've got It.
Them u no obligation to buy any
ding. Just ask for the catalog. and
II VIII come by return mail.
n. @. HASTINGS CO., sEEDsMEN,
ATLANTA, "a.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17


Frost Proof Cabbage Plants,
millions for immediate shipment
from South Carolina coast and
South Georgia farms. Big stocky
plants Farley Jersey and
Charleton Wakefields, Success
ion, Flat Dutch. Prepaid mail
200, Coo; 400, $1.00; 1000, $500;
By express 1000, $500; 5000,
1928; 10000, $1,000. Get price
list Lettuce, Beets, Bermuda on
ion sets. Parker Farms, Allan
ia, Ga.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17

Our school is planning a pro-
gram for school closing, and with
the cooperation of pupils and
patrons we are sure of a success.
The senior class of our school
is doing excellent work and is
looking forward for the presenta-
ton of diplomas. The class roll
is as follows: Bowers Tackett,
Pearl Cofer, John Gooch, Lena
Kirk, Robert Robinson, Lula
Gooch and Emma Lee Boatman.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
Gooch's school

Our school is progressing nice
ly, however the attendance has
decreased slightly on account of
sickness for the past two weeks.
We hope every one will soon be
well and able to get back to
school.
Last Friday afternoon Kinks
School came over and matched
us in spelling. and ended with
Gooch's winning.
Miss Rossie Taylor entertained
last Saturday night with an apron
party, and every one had a very
enjoyable evening. The first
prize for the neatest hemmed
apron was a delicious cake, award
ed to John Coleman; second was
awarded to Bowers Tackett. A
number. of interesting games
were enjoyed by the twenty-five
guests who had the pleasure of
being present.
W. F. Whaley and l. l. Cole
man attended the masonic meet
ing and banquet at Middleton last
Saturday night.
Mrs Joe Cofer of Memphis is
visiting relatives here.
w. j. Tackett is remodelling
his residence; the workmen are
progressing rapidly and will soon
have it completed.
Mrs. Will Kennedy visited Mrs.
W. F. Whaley Sunday.
Linnie and John Coleman and
Miss Martha Coleman accompan-
led by their mother, Mrs. |. L.
Coleman, motored to Mrs. S. L.
Hunters Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gus Russell are
visiting relatives in Memphis
this week.
The many friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Slant Kirk are glad to
know that their little son Milford,
is recovering from an attack of
pneumonia.
Misses Ada and Pearl Golfer
spent Saturday afternoon with
Miss Lula Gooch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Slant Kirk are
the proud owners of a new baby
girl, the little lady has been
christened Armitta.
Friends are glad to know that
Stella and Della Kennedy are i'm
proving of lheir recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Whaley
spent last weekend in the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Whaley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Foster Tackett
and little son Alfred, spent last
Saturday with Mrs. w. j. Tack
EFT.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
TRUSTEES SALE

By virtue of authority conferred on
me, fine undersigned Trustee. as success
sor in trust, by the the terms of certain
deed of trust executed by Emit Tate and
wife, Lii lie Tate t. Jno. K. Erwin, sue
cessor in trust to l.. A. Timlake, Trus-
tee. on March 10, 1921, and recorded in
Trust Deed Book 4, page l07, in the
Registers office of McNairy County,
Tenn. Default having been made in
payment of the indebtedness secured
Hereunder, notice is hereby given that
| will an
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
Order of Publication
Chancery Court, Selmer, Tennessee.
HOWARD SMITH
BERTHE SMITH

BERTHE SMITH
in this cause it appearing from the
bill, which is sworn to, that the defend
ant BERTHE Smith is of unknown resi-
dence, and her residence cannot be
ascertained upon diligent inqu ry which
has been made. 1t is therefore ordered
that the said BERTHE smith enter her APP
pearance before the next term of the
Chancery Court at Selmer, Tennessee,
the 4th Monday in February. 1922, and
make defense to the bill filed against
her or the cause will be proceeded eXpare.
1t is further ordered that this notice be
published for four consecutive weeks in
the McNpirv Independent, weekly
newspaper published at Selmer, Ten
nesSee.
Q. V. Erwin, Clerk and Master.
Alternately & Alternately, Solicitors.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17

at the front door of the Court House in
Selmer, Tenn, offer for sale at public
auction, to the highest bidder, for cash,
free from the equity of redemption,
homestead and DOVER the land described
if said trust deed. to-wit:
Lying and being in the 18th district
of McNairy, County, Tenn. and bounded
as follows: Beginning at stake at
the S. w. corner of the Reubin Over
man farm, runs north Is poles to a
stake; then east degrees south %
poles to a stake; then south is poles to
stake; then west % poles to the be-
ginning, containing IL acres, more or
less.
Title believed to be good, but sell
and convey as Trustee only.
This January "a, 1922.
w. H. HARRIS, Trustee.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
SALE NOTICE

BY virtue of authority contained in a
certain deed of trust executed by j. S.
Perkins and wife on the 2Sth day of
November, 1917, to j. D. Perkins, to
secure an Indebtedness mentioned In
said deed of trust, and default having
been made in the payment of the in
debtedness so mentioned, will sell to
the highest bidder for cash at the east
door of the Court House in Selmer,
Tennessee, at one O'Clock p. m.
Saturday, March a, 1922
the lands mentioned and described in
said deed of trust, being designated
therein as tract No. and tract No. Q,
containing all together about 225 acres,
in the 10th District of McNairy County,
Tennessee The deed of trust men,
toned is of record in the Registers
offer at Selmer. Tennessee, in Book No.
3, page 1913, The tracts of land are de-
scribed as follows
No. /. Beginning at stake and three
hickory ptrs., thence east 143 poles 10 a
stake in field, thence north IA poles to
stake in old field, thence north 49 de-
grees east 1913 poles to double black
oak and two post oak and red oak ptrs.,
thence north 353 poles to stake and
post oak and persimmon ptrs., thence
west 361 poles to black oak, thence
north 1917 poles to stake, thence west Sc
poles to stake, thence 122 poles to stake,
thence west $50 poles to stake, thence
south 10 poles to beginning, containing
III acres. more or less.
No. 2. Beginning at stake I13s poles
moth of the original southeast corner
of Grant No. 7472, granted to Thomas
p. Darnell, first of April, 1891, runs
thence north $50 poles to stake and oak
ptrs., thence west al poles to stake and
elm ptrs., thence south 583 poles to
stake, thence east al poles to begin
ming, containing 81 acres more or less,
and being the same decided to Il. NJ
Darnsll April 3, 1885, and registered in
Deed Book : at page 7475in the Regis
ter's Office at Selmer, Tennessee.
The sale of said above lands will be
free from the equity of redemption,
homestead, dover and other exemptions.
The title is believed to be good, but 1
am selling only as the Trus'ee.
Signed j, d. PERKINS, Trustee.
Selmer. Tenn, Jan, 26, 1922.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-02-17
Trustees Land Sale

BY virtue of the power vested in me
by the terms of certain trust deed
executed to me by j. A. McCaskill on
March ii, 1921, to secure certain in
debtedness described therein to J. R.
Harris, which trust deed is of record in
the Registers office at Selmer, Tenn,
in Book No. A, page III, and default
having been made in the payment of
said indebtedness, will, at one o'clock
%, m. on
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-12-14
THE ANNUAL
ROMANCE
By Mary Graham Bonner


p 0SALIND was engaged to be mar.
ried. She WAS to be married the
day after Christmas. She couldn't
very well be married before then as
her nance was so especially, unusual
( iy busy at Christmas time, and ii
would have been cruel, too. not TO have
waited.
For BIZ. her beloved, took the part
OF Santa Claus every Christmas for
one OF the big city stores. He was an
Ideal Santa Claus. He wasn't too tall,
ne was not too short; he was rather
inclined to stockiness of build. and
extra clothes made him look an ideal
round Santa. He had rudy face
and swapping blue eyes-and dressed
In a Santa Claus costume he was per-
feet
How the children did adore him
And how he loved theml They whis-
pered their secrets to him and their
eyes danced with rare happiness when
he waved a goodbye to them and
called them:
"Sweethearts," and MY dears," and
Children dears," and other affection
ate terms
Rosalind had been thrilled when
she had heard him first in his deep
beautiful voice uttering such beautiful
words For Rosalind had met him
first when he had been Santa Claus
and she had been an extra sales girl
taken on Tor the Christmas rush.
II had been her first meeting with
him. But she had heen kept at the
store after the Christmas rush was
over, and Bill had worked for tbe
store for seven years now. Every De
cember he was Santa Claus The 9th
er eleven months he spent in selling
Kitchen utensils In the basement.
They had fallen in love with each 9th
er, though, at this time when he had
been Santa Claus. And many a time
when he had said: "Good-by dearie."
TO child, he had been thinking of the
pretty girl who was at that very mo-
ment selling dolls and giving her
smiles, her beautiful smiles to moth.
er or to children.
And now second Christmas was
coming around. and once more Bill
was Santa Claus, and as soon as he
was through being Santa Claus they
would be married.
1--WE always had lots of romance in
my nature" she said to him one eve
ming I've always thought it would |
be awful 10 be like some folks-some
know and some I've heard talk. One
lady who came to dhe store with
friend was telling how she and her
got along perfectly. They
each had other friends, and sometimes I
they met and embarrassed others when
they told that they were married For
one time the husband had been having
dinner with a friend, and the friend
had been looking flirtatiously at his
wife who was also in the restaurant.
THE friend had been much embar.
rassed when he discovered he had been
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flirting with the husbands wife. And
she was telling this as a good joke.
Il wouldn't want that kind where
one goes one way and the other the
other way. And l wouldn't want to
be known as wife because | was
Quarreling with my husband
You know how you hear folks say
We'll, you could tell they were mar.
ried, all right / don't want that
kind"
And YOU won't have II, little girl"
Bill said. I'm for your kind of ro-
nance every time. I'm for the kind of
married life where folks won't think
were married-well be so happyl |
had friend once like that. Why. a COP
called him down because he was max
ing love to his wife and wouldn't be.
lieve they were married cause she
called him darling They found 1t
awkward, but they had the right
idea"
And as Rosallnd listened to her
Santa Claus, as she counted the DAYS
before the wedding, she said to her
self:
1T will be an annual romance to see
Bill as Santa Claus, for it was as
Santa Claus that ], too, fell in love
with him as well as the children. ami
every year our happy. merry memories
Will be revived for us We believe in
romance and romance believes In us.
for IT, too, is going TO play its part"
And someone who knew them both
said:
III wouldn't be a bad idea il every
man could be as he was during his
courtship days for whole month OF |
every Year,
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