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The spectator., 1922-01-20
The South Franklin County

The South Franklin County Farmers Union has purchased . new. typewriter for the use of their secretary, Mr.E. E. Stever. Local Etna Farmers Union is still in the ring and growing. new members coming in all the time. Mrs. W. F. Cloninger and Mrs. Nathan Robinson called on Mrs. R. T.. McElroy Sunday.
 Mr.and Mrs. Dewey Cloninger. MT. E. F. Carpenter and J. K. Stever called on MT. and Mrs. Jess Lindsey Sunday.
 Mrs. J. L. Tolison is on the sick list. Her sister, Miss Minnie Patilla, is spending a few days with her.
 MT. J. D. Holaday will teach a singing school at Stone Hill in the near future.
 w. V. Hutchins attended the district Farmers Union m eetinR held at Clarksville, Friday. He reported that cooperative store would be started soon.
 ZEPPIE.
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Harold Ford made business trip to Ft. Smith Thursday.
 Mrs, Black burn will return from Athens, Texas this week.
 Mrs. c. C. Cooper gave a dinner Wednesday to a number of her friends and neighbors.
 Some nice shnats for sale or trade for hay. J. w. Johnson Ozark. phone 5
 If you have spare room help entertain the boys con- ference.
 Mrs. Mary Holland of Ft. Smith is visiting her aunt, Mrs. M. B. Conatser.
 Pitt Chancey has accepted a position as salesman with sham bIln Brothers.
 Mir and Mrs. Thurman Ar rington are preparing to move to her father, Dr. A J. Hansberry s, farm near Watalula where he will make crop
 Mrs. D. E. Anderson took Grace Young to the Reform School Wednesday night. Charley Rowe also went along
 Mrs M. E. Price was called to Mulberry Tuesday by the critical illness of her son. Penn Price. She returned home today ard reports him out of danger.
 Mrs. Nj A. Morrison arrived today from Denver, Colo, and will visit her sister, Mrs. M. E. Price. They have not seen each other for more than forty years. Mrs. Price says she would not have known her sister
 John Carpenter, John Honef and Bub Utley were tried before Judge Townsend Thursday on s charge of pandering. but the evidence showed that they were in their capacity of deputy sher ifs, guarding Grace Young, the 9lri III the case, to keep the licen tious youths away from her. The deputy Prosecuting Attorne, asked that they be discharged.
The spectator., 1922-01-20

E. E. Stever and family called on Mir. and Mrs. Clifton O'Neal Sunday. :.->,~.-
 The pie supper at Union Aca- demy Friday night was a success. Miss Grace Baker won the cake for the prettiest girl.
 Quite a number from Etna at- tended the good roads meeting at Ozark Monday.
 Mrs. Monroe Grissom and Mrs. John Farmer visited Mrs. o. w. Grissom Sunday.
 Mrs. E. F. Carpenter visited her parents. Mir. and Mrs. J. E. Stever, Saturday night and Sum- day
 Wonder who made Tom Tinker mad. havn't heard from him for a long time,
 Mrs. J. F. McElroy called on Mrs. J. D. Holladay Sunday aft ernoon.
 Mrs. w. L. McElroy visited her daughter. Mrs. H. A. O'Neal Sum- day and says H. A. has built a new room to his house.
The spectator., 1922-01-20
We Thank You

To the good and loyal friends who so freely gave and ,ffered their assistance to us at the time of the death of our beloved hus- band and father. and to all the great concourse of people who attended his burial, by their presence helping to lift the bur den of our aff1iction, we give our sincere thanks and ask for, a con- tinuation of your .ove and sym pathy to his wife and children.
 Mrs. H. C. McElroy and family.
 Dr. Blackburn and J. T. Donnell are in Ft. Smith atten l. ing an important meeting of the Presbyterian Church. when Dr. Hiram Foulkes of National prominence. will speak.
The spectator., 1922-01-20

Chattel Mortgages for sale at this office.
 Mrs. Hover and Miss Lena Chancey were Clarksville visitors this week.
 For Job work and garden break ing. See Andy Aston, Phone IT.
 Prayer services were held Thursday afternoon at the homes of J. II. Crites and ]. T. Greer.
 Dressmaking and plain sewing Prices reasonable and work guar anteed. Mrs. W. 0. Esarey.
 Rev. Willie Thompson, former pastor of the Methodist Church at this place. now pastor of the Pulaski Heights church of Little Rock. IS here today looking after business matters. He IS guest of M. B, Conatser, and will leave on the early train Saturday morn- ing.
 MT. and Mrs. L. Southeriand who belong to the Stephens party will be at home at MT. and Mrs. J. r Greer's while in Ozark. Mir. and Mrs. Stephens will be the guests of Mir. and Mrs. F. P. Nichols while carrying on the Evangelical Campaign at this place.
 The Tabernacle Is ready for the big Cooperation meeting the location is ideal. almost central location for the people of Ozark and convenient for those living out of town who desire to attend. The building will be well heated and ventilated so do not stay away because you are afraid you will not be comfortable.
 The older boys conference winch will be held here beginning the 18th of this month will in no way interfere with the Co-opera- tive meeting nor will the meeting be Tn the way of the Conference, as all thelr meetings will bepriv- ate except one great meeting on Sunday when their own speaker win conduct the Hi-Y service at the tabernacle when every body is invited to be present.
 The meetings of the conference will be held in the Methodist Church
The spectator., 1922-01-20

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fall; or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; if 1 have seen any perish for want of cloth ing, or any poor without covering; If l have lifted up my hand agalnst the fatherless, when saw my help in the gate; then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. Job 31: 16. IF, 19, 21, 22.
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Returns received at the head

Returns received at the head, quarters of the Arkansas Tuberculosis Association, in- dicate that the little town of Parkin. in Cross county, has set q record for the state and perhaps for the nation m tuberculosis Seals Sales. Parkin has a population of 1900 and their stamp sales amounted to about S2. % per capita.
The spectator., 1922-01-20

State Of Ohio. City of Toledo,
 Lucas County. ss
 Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the Arm of F. J. Cheney & Co. doing business in the City of Toledo County and State afore- said. and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALLS CATARRu CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY Sworn 10 before me and subscribed sa my presence. this 9th day of Decem- her, A. b 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
 tSean Notary Public.
 Hafs Catarrh Cure Is taken intern ally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of tha System. Send for testimonials, free.
 r. '. CHENEY G co, Toledo o.
 Sold by all Druggists, i6c.
 Halls Family piis for constipation.
The spectator., 1922-01-20
Pie Supper at Lone Oak.

There will be pie supper at Lone Oak Saturday night. Jan. 28. The proceeds will be used for the benfit of the school. Everybody invited to come with pie and money to help our school.
 Committee
The spectator., 1922-01-20

Published Tuesdays and Fridays at Ozark, Ark, and entered at said pos totica as second-class mail matter, according to act of Congress Mch.. 1879. Subscription rate per year sl.OO Advertisement per inch .ZO Local advertisement per line 10
The spectator., 1922-01-20

coveted honor.
 When the name of Old Trust ed Subscriber" was called by Archdemon a somewhat unfamil- far figure stepped to the front of the stage and, saluting his Mai esty, began his recital. There was little about his appearance to justify an onlooker in supposing that he belonged in that motley gang of evildoers. nor did he carry much evidence of his wrong doing. In fact. with the excep- tion of few letters and cards which he held conspicuously, one could not discern that he was candidate for the honor offered by the Devil.
 Given permission to speak, Old Truster Subscriber related that he had subscribed for the local news paper number of years ago. At first" said he, "l paid in advance each year. Then 1 found out that the Ed itor was pleasant sort of person, trustful and hardworking, and not disposed to press those who were indebted to him: so I began to let my subs eriptlon lap. Every now and again there appeared d notice in the paper to pay up, with a mild threat that back accounts would be placed in the hands of law yer for collection, As sort of sop 1 went to the office and paid for a year on my indebtedness, but never paid up Tn full. not to mention paying in advance. Then made inquiry and found that those who did not scare at the threat to take legal action action were not molested or troubled. so decided need not settle. either.
 In the meantime, 1 got the personal mention and publicity l wanted. Whenever we gave a party or had friends visiting at our house the Editor always published a note of it. When ever death came into the family, or one of my children got married, l always wrote out q long account in which 1 praised myself as being are presentative citizen of the community and the Editor always published it in full. Whenever one of my boys CT girls went off to school the Editor mentioned 1t; when they got high marks b r won distinc,
 ton the Editor printed al. ac- count of 1t and l figure that 1 got twice the value of the sub. scription price each year ; but, year by year, got further and further behind with my pay ments.
 Then moved away from town, bot as l wanted to know of the doings in my old town and knowing full well that the home paper would chronicle all of these doings, as well as pub- fish anything l might send in from my new home so that my frien nds might hear from me without the trouble of writing to them. l ordered the paper sent to my new address. The Editor 'fell' for this imposition and even wrote out. without any suggestion from me. eulogistic item about my value to the com munity aud the loss the com munity would feel at my going
 But this did not induce me to pay up before leaving.
 When my paper was five years in arrears l receiveda . bill from the Editor but paid no attention to it. Here Is the first, second, ] third and fourth bill l received. Here. also. is a notice from a
The spectator., 1922-01-20
Etna Happenings

MT. and Mrs. J C. Casey called on MT. and Mrs. R. E. Barrett Sunday.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01

Requests are being made every
day for more seats to meet the
increased attendance. | regret
very much that we are not able
to meet these demands. After
the schools are maintained this
year the County Board hopes to
devise some plan by which every
school house in the county may
be adequately supplied with
seats. There is hardly a school
building in the county but that
needs more black board space.
This will be looked after possibly
during this present school year.
In my school visits / have observ-
ed not enough work is being
done at the black boards, due
largely to the lack of black board
space, and not to the neglect of
the teachers.
TERRY ALTERNATELY,
Co. Supt.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
Program For Teachers Meeting
Saturday. Dec. 9. 1922.
Morning Session 1910 To II.

Morning Session 1880 to IL.
Devotional Exercises, Rev. T.
r. Hammons.
Roll call of Teachers who will
respond with brief written or
oral reports on How my. school
is progressing at to
(a) Attendance.
(b) Interest.
(c) Community Organization.
Afternoon Session l:3O to $3.50,
Keeping the register and max.
ing reports to Co Supt. Prof. c.
B. Pinkston.
Loyalty of the Teacher. Prof.
w. G. Robinson.
Some suggestions, Co. Supt.
Abernathy.
Address, DR.. L. R. Hogan, Of
Union University. Jackson.
Enrolment and paying mem
bership fee and subscribing fol
educational journal.
Adjournment.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01

the entire breast, which had to
be removed, as we'll as a lot of
tissue extending clear up into
the armpit. All infected por-
tions were taken away, as well
as parts which it was feared
might afterward become infect
ed, and the surgeon said it was
an even chance as to whether the
cancer would come back later, so
that the woman should be under
observtion. Six months have
elasped, and no sign of coming
back has appeared. so that the
operation was a success, but the
doctor said she would not have
lived more than year without
operating. The -X-ray would
have done no good in such a To-
cation, and if the growth had
not been removed promptly, the
cancer virus would have gotten
into the general circulation and
appeared elsewhere and no oper-
alton would have been of any
help. The surgeon charged a
hundred dollars an hour for his
work, but it was cheap at that,
for who can estimate the value
of a human life, and of the
health and happiness of a good
woman, the mother Of a family
and the light and mainstay of a
home!
AS child | remember seeing
a man named Felix Todd, who
lived with his wife Sallie in an
old sedge grass field south of our
home in McNairy. They said he
was dying of cancer. The grave
closed over his sufferings, but he
and millions of others like him
might have been saved from so
painful a death by some simple
means yet to be discovered, for
in time the main effort will be
to prevent, and not to cure, dis
ease. If we knew as much about
taking care of ourselves as the
lower animals do, things would
go far better with US. You know
what Buck Snort says:
'If we lived like the hawgs and the
chickens
An eat from the ground or troff,
The doctor would 60 to the dickens
And we'd all be heap better off"
Nov. IL, 1922.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
Brief and comprehenslve.

Ben Dierks has an express agency
and transfer business In village in
Sonoma county, California Recently
he detailed one of his teamsters with
a w..gon and pair to take San Fran
cisco man and wife to their country
place a few miles out of town. The
bill, as rendered by the teamster.
read: "Haul grip, grub, and people.
three hours, three dollars"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
s,ft Music Aids the Girls.

Music store clerks say that grandma
and grandpa keep up to date with the
Jazz and the syncopated stuff. 1t is the
sixteen-year-old granddaughter who
plays "When You and We're Young.
Maggie" on the phonograph for her
beau, and gazes soulfully into his eyes
as the music weeps forth. The music
store people declare that the old tunes
bring the beau to the speaking point
rs the saxophones never do.-Milwau-
kee Journal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
Notice

| have sold my interest in the
firm of Gooch & Latta, Ford deal
ers, to Earl Gooch, who will be
responsible for all past indebted
ness. | am now a member of
the firm of Hamm & Latta, To-
Gated In the j. R. Gooch & Son
Garage, for a short time, and
we are prepared to handle all
kinds of automobile repair work.
EARL LATTA.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01

| call special attention of the
teachers to the observation. o.
next week as Education Week,
and direct their attention to the
program in this weeks paper.
At the close of the week I would
like to hear from each teacher
as to the success of the weeks
work. Try to get your patrons
together one day of this week.
| believe they will come if you
will invite them.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
Shaking Hands.

For many years we have been
warned by doctors against kissing.
Now we arr told shaking hands is dan
gerous. Asiatics rub checks or noses.
Hindus fall In the dust wien greeting
snperiors. South sea islanders throw
water.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
Voice Never Permanently chanced.

II the quality of the voice does not
change appreciably with the years,
neither can II be changed to any
greet extent by any vocal gymnastics.
Numerous are the methods" and
systems" advertised with this end In
view, but they are futile. Great sing
ers are born, not made. Quite true.
training may Though otten 1t does
mott help to develop volume. supple
ness and range of utterance. but the
quality changes but little II at ALL
New York Medical Journal.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
indicate a severe winter

sure way to sell anything is to
the fact in the county
newspaper Very little Of
booze finds it way to Selmer. 1t
is probably the high price ard
the rotten quality of the stuff
which has caused fellows to lay
off Of it.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
EDUCATIONAL

The monthly reports are be-
ginning to come in from the
teachers and they are all very en-
couraging. Many of the reports
show an average daily attendance
of nearly 100 per cent. So far
there are only A reports which
show the per cent Of attendance
to be below 80 and they are
around 85 per cent.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01

The teachers ere using the new
register which contains a new
monthly report. In this report
the teachers are required to re-
port the number of cases Of tard-
mess and also the number of
homes which the teachers have
visited. Very few cases Of tard-
mess are reported and the re-
ports show that many homes
have been visited. Mr.. G. D..
Steadman, teaching at Union
Chapel, reports that he visited
all the homes of his pupils. !
congratulate Mr.. Steadman upon
this feature of his report and
commend his action to the other
teachers of the county. Teach
ers are not required to go into
the homes and spend the night
with the family unless they feel
disposed to do so and are invited
to do so by the parents, but just
as soon as the teacher can he
should visit the homes of his
pupils and get acquainted with
the parents of the children he is
to teach every day in the week.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01

The warrants for the first
month will be delivered to the
teachers at the teachers meet
ing Saturday, December 9th.
The attendance officer will GER
tify that all teachers have filed
the weekly reports with him for
the first month before the war
rants will be delivered.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01

New school buildings have
been erected at Pleasant Grove,
four miles east of Selmer, and at
Hurley, near Chewalla. Both of
these buildings are modern two
room houses with vestibule
which may be used as a cloak
room and in an emergency for
recitation room. The people of
these two communities have done
all of the hauling, furnished the
rough material, and at Hurley in
addition to this have done the
carpenter work without cost to
the county. Both of these splen-
did communities have shown
commendable interest.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01

The County Attendance Of
ficer reports that there are just a
few teachers who are not making
the weekly reports. l want to
call the attention of the teachers
to the necessity for making these
reports. They must be made
and sent to the county attend
ance officer. ]. E. Barham, Beth
ell Springs. at the end of each
week. This to be done whether
there are any parents to report
or not for failure to send to
school. / suggest that if there
are no delinquents to report that
the teacher write briefly the con-
dition of his school as to attend
ance and general interest.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
SAND BOX

many VI Tie ulTC rOaQS IN Jnls
county will hold up through the
winter season n------All the bust
ness houses in Selmer closed W
for Thanksgiving -If you
see an *" on the margin of the
Independent you get this week,
it means that your subscription
has expired and will be discon
tinued at once unless same is re.
newed We will pay market
price for a 150 lb dressed porkel
delivered to the Independent of.
flee by Monday of next week
THE merchants of Semer dc
not seem to realize that advertis.
ing in a newspaper would make
better business What has
become of the Lee Highway talk /
We never hear much of it now
- This is the hog-killing time,
and many fine hogs are now be-
ing butchered ------. The recital
by the music and expression
classes of the Selmer High School
Wednesday night was an enjoy
able affair and we'll attended
- Sheriff Dillon and Federal
officers captured whiskey making
outfits, some booze and several
hundred gallons of mash in the
18th district recently. Sheriff
Dillon is doing his best to break
up the liquor traffic in McNairy
county, but unless the law-abid-
ing people cooperate with him
there will still be liquor made in
some sections of the county -
While you can get three pa
pers for $1.25, you had better
subscribe or renew for the Inde-
pendent, as this offer is for only
a short time The schools in
every section of the county are
doing splendid work, and there
are but few violations of the at
tendance law reported The
big football game at jackson on
Thanksgiving was witnessed by
b
many McNairians- ------- You can
not tell present prices from war;
prices s------ Eugene v. Debs, the
anarchist, is back in the lime
light again. His kind should be
sent to Russia number of
Bethel Springs bright boys and
girls are attending Selmer High
School and make the round trip
daily on the trains The Rural
Hill school has been discontinued
for the winter and those former
ly attending that school are now
enrolled at the Selmer Hi Ed
Stones "Turkey-in-the Straw"
whistling can be heard almost
any time and it causes a fellow
to feel young again, SO uncle Doc
Hurst says Better get that
hunting license if you want to be
within the law Everybody
is "tickled to death" because the
Conference sent Bro. Vaughn anc
his good wife back to Selmer fol-
another year r------If any of you
see Lawson Sipes. tell him thai
we need about two or three bush
els of "scaley- -barks. ."--.-----Ii
you want to read the Independ
ent and the daily and Sunday
News-Scimitar one year, send us
Sc. 90 before the 18th of Decem
Der and you can do that very
thing The County Agent i.
authorized to take subscription.
for the Independent t-------B Bird
hunting will be prohibited on {
number of farms this season. L
Iyou want to post your land VIZ
have cards printed for that pur
pose to sell at SC each. Send il
your orders now------Tr Travelling
men in this territory say that al
business is improving Goa
4
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
Carl Wolfe, manager Of the

Carl Wolfe, manager Of the
local telephone office for the past
two years. will 60 from Selmer
to Bonneville, Miss, where, he
has accepted the position Of man.
ager of that Office. Selmer re-
grets to give up Mr.. Wolfe and
his family, as he has efficiently
served the patrons Of the Selmer
office, and his many friends con-
graduate him on the promotions
he has received.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
odd Argentine Custom.

When seventh son is born in
Argentina the President of the rennb-
lie becomes his godfather, according
to custom so that the President all
ways has quite number Of godsons.
as large families are the rule In Argen-
tina.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1922-12-01
Trimming II Down.

The new simplified spelling Of
adebt" Is .dss." at h-t We have
found q way to cut 1t do' all