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McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31
Kramer


Claud Turner was a visitor to
Selmer Sunday afternoon.
/ Miss Matte Mitchell returned
Sunday from a visit to corinth
and Guys.
Mrs. Cynthia Ann Hamm is
herefrom Guys to visit her daugh-
ter. Mrs. ]. w. Robinson.
Mrs. J. r. Hamm and son,
Eugene. were at Corinth We'd
nesday of last week.
Walstine Carman, Of Memphis,
spent Wednesday here. the guest
Of his sister, Mrs. L. G. Higgins.
j. A. Houston was in Corinth
Friday.
Jno. R. Erwin, TuNyt Hamilton,
and H. G. Gooch, of Selmer, were
business visitors here Tuesday.
Mesdames G. A. Blasingame,
M. C. Key and little daughter,
Frances, and A. B. Hamm were
attending Madison Presbytery at
Jackson last week.
Miss Vera Reams, accompanied
by Olivia Hamm, spent the week
end at Henderson.
Mrs L. G. Higgins and little
sons and sister. Miss Thelda Car
man. left Tuesday night for their
homes in Alexandria, La.
| G. A. Geisler of Corinth. is
here finishing up the interior of
j. A. Houston.s handsome res
idence.
Phillip Hamm left Tuesday
night for, Springfield, ILL.,, where
he has a position.
G. A. Prather has been at Cor
NTH for several days helping to
repair the damage done by the
recent tornado.
Miss Clara Mae Prather spent
Saturday and Sunday at Selmer.
A. B. Hamm was at Chewalla
Friday tevisit his brother-in-law,
t. Hurley, who recently suf'
fered a stroke of paralysis and is
in a serious condition.
A check for $215.0O was sent
the Corinth Chamber Of Com.
merce last week. the donation of
Ramer citizens to storm sufferers
of that place.
| An enjoyable program was CIV
en- by the two societies Of the
High School Friday night. De.
bate, readings, pantomine, anc
cantatas were features.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31

Perhaps one OF the reasons we
have for going to Sunday school,
is the fact that we were started
at such an early age that our
minds were not sufficiently de-
veloped to know or understand
even the meaning of Sunday
school. We were carried there
by our parents at such an early
age that by the time we were old
enough to think for ourselves, it
had been so impressed and soim-
printed upon our youthful minds
and hearts that it became one Of
the greatest joys of our lives, and
our mind goes back to the time
when we first began to remember
the beautiful truths that were
taught us in our first Sunday
school days, and as time has gone
on, we have gone to Sunday
school because, in so doing, we
feel that there is no more profit
able wayin which to spend our
time than In studying the bible.
that we may be,better, more USE
full, and ! happier women. As
Paul advised his young friend
Timothy, study to show thy self
approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of
truth" We go to Sunday school
because we feel that it pays. The
richest fields foreffectise person.
al evangelism is in the Sunday
school. If It were not for the
additions to the church from the
Sunday school the church would
soon decline and die. A very
successful pastor in speaking Of
the Sunday school gave the fol
lowing testimony: I have been
reviewing my ministry in various
churches, extending over period
of eighteen years and | am am
azed to find how large proper
ton of those whom / have re-
ceived in to the church have come
/ from the Sunday school. l dc
not exaggerate when | say that
of those who have come into the
church, eighty-fve per cent have
been under twenty-one years OF
age, and of these, ninety-fve pei
J cent have come out of the Sun.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31
COUNTY AGENTS ITEMS
/ MakELL, County AGENT


), sta feseaf tileftldg Of those
IGAfa.sst n I'M Imperative
lHsihg u feftilisefs 1t Was foQhti
that the prices made by the Ten
hessee Chemical Co.. Nashville,
were much lower than any prices
made, and the contract for this
fertilizer pool was awarded to
them. AZ farmers have already
placed their orders with this pool
and anyone who wishes to take
advantage of these extremely low
prices, can do so by placing their
orders at once.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31

The value of green pasture for
fattening as we'll as to growing
pigs was we'll demonstrated by
A. H. Combs of Stantonville, one
Of the county's wide-awake farm
ers. Last fall Mr.. Combs plant
ed 2 acres of rape and oats, and
he kept his pork hogs and grow
ing pigs in this pasture all fall.
30 days before killing time, he
put his pork hogs up and fed on
corn alone. He estimates saw
ing of a quarter of his corn by
grazing. Besides selling quite a
number Of hogs, he cured 5000
lbs of meat. Every farmer could
have a rape pasture next fall to
fatten his hogs on. He should
also plant an acre or more right
now to carry his SOW and pigs on
this spring and summer.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31
Last, Friday night Seine

Last Friday night Selmer tai
entpresented Eye Old Time Sing
in Skewl" at the college auditor
ium to a large audience.
This performance was enjoyed
by all who attended, and was said
by the older people who attended
to be a pretty fair reproduction
of the manner in which the old
time singing schools were con-
Quoted. Many of these former
customs are now replaced with
the modern high falutin" ways,
but the old fashioned manners
are hard to beat.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31
Shady Grove

Most all who have had a touch
of the flu in this community are
much better at this writing.
j. W. and Allen Mccoy have
purchased five bushels of Eek
press" cotton seed to try out
this year.
Otto league and Leslie Mccoy
were in Corinth this week.
w. P. McMahan and lobe
league made two trips to Corinth
for J. w. Mccoy this week. j.
w. now has most all his sawmill
on the ground and is at work
erecting the machinery in order
that he may saw a few days be-
fore regular pillow time.
Burgess Hamm was a recent
visitor in Selmer.
Eugene Wyatt who recently
moved into this community has
been sick with pneumonia three
weeks. We are glad to report
him better at this time.
The Ramer School baseball
team defeated Shady Grove in a
tight game Friday afternoons here,
the scores being Q to l in favor
of the visiting team. Several
good players go with each one of
these teams and a return game is
expected soon.
Robert Prather of Ramer is
visiting his sister, Mrs. Charley
Wyatt.
If you do not believe soy beans
are good for hogs, ask w. P,
McMahan, j. w. Mccoy, Jobe
and Buddie league, of this COM
munity. These four men have
sold $1,000. 90 worth Of hogs this
past winter.
We regret to learn that Mrs.
J. T. Williams of this place, who
is visiting her daughter. Mrs. E.
G.. Sanders at Stantonville, il
very low. We hope she WILSON
recover and can return to hel
home here.
Tee league and Allen Mccoy
hauled a boiler from Corinth Sat,
urday for j. w. Mccoy with eight
mules. They say some of those
baldknob mud holes are real bad
but enough good mules will carry
a load through them.
After five months work in the
school-room, Oda league closed
his school here Friday. A large
crowd was present and witnessed
the baseball game in the after
noon,
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31

Sweet potato plants from Gov
eminent inspected seed beds.
Porto Rico, Nancy Hall, Triumph,
Prepaid mail5OO, $3.50. 1000. $3.50.
Express. 1000. $4.25, 5000, $1,000,
10, 900, $3.50, Earlianna, Stone,
June Pink, Globe. Redfield Beauty
tomato plants same price, Parker
Farms, Atlanta, Ga.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31
TALKS TO FARMERS
THos, Y, PECK, Commissioner Of aEvIpplt7re
Sprias plNwing

sprlas plowing
The tina sar anrlng plowing II
bore, The Wiss farmer has heen
gettlDg hls fenees ard buildings
fspalfed, HID hsthssa Ind bloWs
ovsfhsaled, snd oil u hld odds
apd-ends jobs out If ths WaV, 30
Chat when his grbund Ii Iii Cons
dition for blowing, even for d day
at time, nothing will interfere
to hinder that pillow. He cannot
plow when the ground is too wet,
and he cannot let it stand too long
when a dry spell comes, for it
will get too hard. It is to be
hoped that while he has been get
ting his turning plows in shape,
he has not overlooked his pulver-
ling harrow, and has not neg
lected TO keep it up with his
breaking pillow.
When ground is fresh plowed
it is easy to pulverize, but if brok-
en- and the clods allowed to dry
out before pulverizing, it is no
small job to accomplish.
Flowing ground too wet will
lock up the plant food in the soil
so that it will not be available for
plants. Much damage can be
done to land by blowing when it
is too wet. Subsoiling should
never be done during the spring
months. and never when the sub
soil is wet. While there is plant
food in the subsoil, it is dormant
until the subsoil is disintegrated
by the action of the air and frost
and it is mixed with decompos-
ing Vegetable matter.
In breaking land in the spring,
the turning pillow should not be
set-deep enough to turn up any
of the subsoil.
A good method of determining
if the ground is dry enough to
plow is to take up a handful of
the soil and squeeze it firmly and
then release it. If it falls apart
when released, the ground can be
safely plowed, but if it remains
in ball, find some other work to
do until it dries out.
The wise farmer, during the
rainy weather, gets bis plows re-
paired. all bolts tight, his single
and double trees ready, his har-
ness repaired and oiled, and has
everything in readiness, so no
time will be wasted. Ihave seen
so many wait until the ground
was right and then have all the
preparations to make before they
could get to work in earnest
part of the equipment in one
place and partlin another, some
of it broken, and no new points
for the plows.
It's better to anticipate your
work, and be ready to begin op-
erations when the opportunity
offers. If we are, there will be
few seasons when,we cannot pro-
coed with our blowing without
injury to the soil. y
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31

Quite a number of questions
are being asked about the Farm
Bureau and what 1t is for and
how it could be made to help this
county. Y 1t is a business organi-
ization of farmers for the purpose
Of conducting the business Of
farmers. It's purpose is to look
out for the farmers, and see that
he gets a fair deal. 1t could help
McNairy county farmers by ar
ranging cooperative association
for purchasing raw materials as
has been done in a small way
with the fertilizer pool, for the
sale Of farm products, such as is
being done in other Southern
states for the sale of cotton.
Poultry Associations for the CO.
operative saleof poultry and eggs;
Sweet Potato Association, and
numerous others as the necessity
may arise. Whenever the farm
ers are sufficiently interested. a
Farm Bureau representative can
be gotten to visit the county and
explain the Farm Bureau.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31

We are sorry to learn of the
serious illness of ]. ]. Swain, the
aged father of J. R. Swain, coun-
ty court clerk. He is reported
to be improving, but on account
of his advanced age, his condition
has been alarming. He is at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. ] E.
Hodges, at McNairy.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-03-31
day school. /" We 60 to
school because nothing
been devised lfn fakn ifa

day school. We 60 to
school because nothing
been devised to take its
reaching people. It ist ID
unto salvation. Its III 70
many people who VOL
think of entering a CHI
can be brought intos
school, and once brough
tact with people in the
school the eyangelistic oil
titles increase, and offer
they are brought into thesx~
The Sunday school is orr. IL
ing station and offers =.
ising fields for person,rn.I
listic work. We go 60
school because we exp
great personal benefit froH
ing in close touch with the,
life that is to succeed us. And
is the glorious privilege Of h
ing young. A priselage> ug
constant association with "
always bestows. Still anc"
to know that when the pr
generation of workers are :
the work will not lanR-J
lack of others to sucse ONLY
day we shall have bsded for 90.
of God, that means
have its share of e.
mature and the z
these we find in
school. Why shouldt
reasons for going Am,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-25
D. c. MAN HELD
AS F0RGER
Of CHECK
Ralph B. Rule, Taken by Burns
Men, Said to Have
Record Here.

One Of the cleverest check swim
dlers in the country. who has caused
bank officials in Washington con-
trouble and worry, was ar
rested In Union, Mo-, today by Burns
Detective Agency operatives, accord
ing to ID. G. Anderson, local repre-
when Ralph Brown Rule,
a former enlisted man in the navy,
was apprehended after he had at
tempted to pass an alleged worth
less check.
According to Anderson, Rule, who
had various aliases, has been travel
ing through Southern States forJ the
past four months impersonating an
army officer and drawing checks on
Washington banks. These checks
have been coming through the clear.
ing house with such regularity that
bank officials have made every ef-
fort to aid the authorities in catch.
ing the swindler.
When arrested, according to An
derson, Rule was passing himself
off as Lieut.. Col. Robert B. Man.
ping. Entering a bank in Union,
Mo-, 1t is alleged, he presented q
check drawn on a Washington bank
for $35. Officials of the institution
became suspicious and telephoned
the Burns agency here and his ar
rest followed. He is being held pend
ing further Investigation.
Rule, 1t was said, FORMERLY lived
IN Washington when he was In the
navy, and after his discharge was
arrested here for stealing an auto
mobile. He was sentenced, it is
said, to three years in Atlanta peni-
Tertiary, paroled, broke parole, re-
arrested, and served his term. His
new activities, according to Ander-
son.. began soon after his release
from the penal institution.
Among the different aliases used
by Rule, II Is alleged, were Ralph B.
Rule. Ralph B. Varney. Leonard r..
Myers, Lieut.. Col. +. b. Myers,
Lieut.. Col. Ralph Barney ana Lieut..
Col. Robert B. Manning.
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CLOTHES THEFT
LANDS PAIR
IN CELLS
Man Held Bag for Woman to
Put Store Loot In It,
Police Charge.

Charles f. Booker, colored, con-
victed of grand larceny in connection
with stealing lot of wearing apparel
June 1G from the Palais Royal, was
sentenced TO five years in the penl-
Tertiary today by Justice Stafford in
Criminal Court No. !, and his side
partner, Marie Smith, colored, re-
Ceived "A two-year sentence.
Both of them are well known to
the police. When operating in the
Palais Royal they We're seen by Spe-
cial Officer Palmer, of that establish
ment, to take three dresses. each
valued at s24.75. The woman was
caught by the officer as she was
leaving the store, but Booker got
away. Booker. the police say, held
a bag, and the woman would steal
the things and put them in the bag.
Booker was arrested a week later.
Two weeks previous to the thefts
for which they were sentenced they
had taken two dresses at another
store, and when they saw an EN-
ploye following them they dropped
the dresses on the floor. Booker is
twenty-six years old and the woman
twenty-three years old. Both had
been convicted before. Probation
officer Amos A. Steele made an ex.
haustive examination of the case.
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BUS LINES MUST
EXPAND, SAYS
K|LLEEN
Transit Company Head Sees
Utilities Commissions
Feeder" Decision.
Convinced that Washington

Convinced that Washington j.
large enough to support "one prop
orly organized bus line" William
=. killeen, general manager of the
Washington Rapid Transit Com.
pany, announced this morning that
he is in no wise alarmed over the
Public Utilities Commission yester
day in which they denied the com.
pany's application to extend its
Rhode Island avenue route and out
lined a policy to be pursued on
similar requests made in the future
by the bus company officials.
Mr.. Killeen pointed out that his
company was content with the
lines that they have at present.
that they have no desire to com
pete with the street railway COM
panies and that applications such
as the one denied yesterday are
made only after citizen associations
had urged them to improve their
routes in various sections of tn
city.
Belief that the transit company
should be permitted to expand Is
held by Mr.. Killeen and he does
not construe the decision yesterday
to mean that extensions which may
be asked from time to time in the
future summary will be denied.
He points out that the street
railway companies during the war
period were asked by the Public
Utilities Commission to operate
buses in connection with their
lines and that, at that time. the
street railway officials expressed
the opinion that such a procedure
would be found impracticable.
However" Mr.. killeen said,
NOW. that we, the pioneers Of the
bus line in the Nations Capital,
have proven their worth, the street
railway companies are making
strenuous efforts TO curb our de-
velopment."
Conrad II. Syme, counsel for the
transit company, said this morning
that he had not studied the decision
carefully as yet and did not care
to discuss it.
Charter Petition Not Affected.
However, Mr.. Syme declared that
he saw no hint in the decision
bearing on a petition now being
considered by the Public Utilities
Commission in which the Washing
ton Rapid Transit Company con-
tends that the street railway com
panies of Washington are not au-
thorized by law to operate bus lines
in connection with their cars and
that if they desire to do so they
must seek the amendment of their
charter by Congress.
Motor bus lines, according to the
decision yesterday, should be feed.
erS for the street railway com.
panies. they should create business
and not rob the street railways of
the reward due their heavy invest
ments for the public benefit.
The extension denied was on the
Rhode Island avenue line from its
present terminal at First and T
streets northwest to Summit place
and Rhode Island avenue northeast,
distance of some three blocks.
Two other applications of the bus
line. one for the discontinuance of
a route and another for The eX-
tension of a route We're granted.
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OPEN DOOR AIM
/ Of ]. g., SAYS .
| CH|[DS
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the protection of American rights
and to obtain assurances Of an
open door in the Near East"
This was the second time Am
baysador Child had addressed the
pafely.
Try to Settle Oil Claims.
Oil was poured today upon the
troubled waters Of the Near East
peace conference. but it only made
them worse. The delegates were
still trying TO work out settlement
OF the vast and rich Mosul oil fields
in Mesopotamia which the Turks
claim as their own property
irrespective of League Of Nations
mandates, the creation of the new
Kingdom of Orakin Mesopotamia
and the Mosul concessions granted
by the now defunct government OF
the old Ottoman empire.
-. In their desire to obtain control
of the Mosul petroleum fields the
British delegates are said to have
made various offers to the Turks.
Chief of these were "a pledge to
recognize Turkish sovereignty over
the territory In question and the
promise to assist the Angora gov
eminent in floating an international
loan.
But the Turks know that the
Mosul fields are coveted by Amer
lean, French and Italian capitalists
as well as the British. Consequent
ly "oll" Is proving a serious snag to
the proceedings.
While committee men were al
work behind closed doors, private
conferences were under way among
the chief delegates. Ismet Pusha
head of the Turkish delegation. IL
in great demand at these con
fidentisl chats. He will be able Il
"peddle" rich concessions for
petroleum exploitation.
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LACKING SALOON HANDOUTS
LOAFERS CAN'T DUCK JOBS

LIMA, Ohio, Nov. 25.-with the
disappearance of the corner saloon.
its free lunch and warm Hanging
out place." unemployed men, max.
ing the pretense of looking for Job,
but In reality seeking a substitute
for the lounging place of former
days. have become somewhat OF n
problem. to both Lima police and
employment agencies, according to
Chief of Police Tanker.
Plenty OF work at good wages Is
offered here, but there Is a type OF
unemployed who refuse to accept
Jobs.
Chief Tanker, has been waging
war on "street corner loafers."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-25
POISONED SCOTLAND YARD
CHIEF STILL VERY ILL

LONDON, Nov. ga report was
current here today that Sir william
Norwood, commissioner of London
police and head of Scotland Yard,
who was recently poisoned by eating
arsenic.impregnated chocolates sent
to him through the mails, had suf-
fered a serious relapse. Later it was
officially denied.
The poisoning of the police COM
missioner, as the result of a plot
against the lives of other high Of
ficials of Scotland Yard, has not yet
been solved, although detectives have
been at work upon the mystery for
a fortnight.
woman was involved. She is be.
lieved to have fled to the continent.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-25
$4,000 THR0NC
QUAKER CITY
FOR GAME
Social Washington Pours Into
Franklin Field for Army
Navy Combat.
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but who hits the line with force
equal to a man twice his weight.
In addition, the Navy coaches rely
heavily on the short Folwell pass,
which the Middies have developed
this year to a point Of excellence
seldom seen on any football field.
And in Parr and Taylor, the Mid
dies have a pair Of ends that have
been drilled to perfection in the
execution Of this short pass.
1.-THE Navy will short pass the
Army to DEATH" say the Navy
coaches.
The weather gods must have been
kindly disposed toward Quakertown
today, for the first time in years 1t
appeared that an Arrny.Navy gaWe
is to be played in something else
besides rain and mud.
Washington and New York con.
tributed the major part OF todays
crowd The contingent from the Capt.
tai was unusually large.
President Harding was not here,
because OF Mrs. Harding's illness, and
the Government crowd was headed
by Vice President Coolidge and mem.
bers Of the Cabinet. including Secre.
tary Of War Weeks and Secretary Of
the Navy DENLY.
Fully half of Congress will be at
Franklin Field this afternoon. 1t ap.
peared today. Senators left Georges
Clemenceau to talk in peace today,
and in the House they left the ship
subsidy bill almost flat on It's back
while the members came to Quaker.
town to see q real fight
The probable lineup followsH
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1922-11-25
NUN FROM AMERICA DIES
IN ACCIDENT IN ENGLAND

LONDON. Nov. 25.--Ignorance of
the English rules OF the road,
whereby the traffic passes to the
left. caused the death of Sister
Euphrasia. from the convent of St.
Mary's of the Woods, Ind, in
Finchley, Middlesex, November II,
according to the verdict of the
Marylebone coroner, just anpounced.
Sister Euphrasia, whose real
name, It is said, was Catherine
Baker. was at the head OF party OF
nuns touring Europe. On alighting
down by another approaching from
the opposite direction, and died Of
her injuries,