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period of the war.
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OLD WALLS COLLAPSE.
Jonesboro, March 11— The bri k
walls of the Max Meyer building,
| that was burned a few weeks ago,
caved in Saturday morning, due to
the severe wind. There were three
men, J. B. Yates, Milton Frank,
white, ahd Curtis Beatty, a negro,
■ working in the building at the time
of the collapse but were injured only
slightly. The negro was hurt more
than the others, he being practically
covered up with the brick and mor- j
tar, but aside from a few minor cuts
and bruises on the head and face, j
there was no other injury. The two
white men escaped more fortunately.
Frank receiving but very slight cuts,
and Yates had only one scratch on
one of his hands.
The crash of the building made a
loud noise, the people on Main street
S • hearing it, and in a few minutes a
i; large crowd had gathered around the
| building to aid these who Lad been
■ caught.
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A Thriving Town Fast
Coming to the Front
Grubbs is a thriving and fast
growing little city on the Frisco rail
road in the eastern part of Jackson
county, where both the Daily and
Weekly Independent are read regu
larly by a large list of appreciative
subscribers.
One of our representatives made a
business trip to this hustling town
recently and reports wonderful pro
gress being made there.
Grubbs is surrounded by a rich
agricultural country, where the far
mers believe in diversifying and
where they raise their feed and food,
not only for their own use, but some
to spare to help to feed our armies
and our allies.
The Skillet Drainage District No. 5
opens up 15,000 acres more good land
for cultivation. There are several
thousand acres of rich woodland in
this section being cleared and put in
cultivation.
Grubbs has two saw mills, one
stave mill and one handle mill, ship
ping nearly two hundred cars annu
ally cf timber products.
The Bank of Grubbs is a strong
financial institution and doing a good
business. Three up-to-date cotton
gins and grist mills are kept busy
during the season caring for the
bumper crops raised by the progrcs
sive iarmers oi uruuDs lownsmp.
Two large general merchandise
stores, four dry goods stores, one
drug store, several grocery stores,
confectionery stores and restaurants,
carry complete and well selected
stocks in their various lines and en
joy a good business.
One exclusive blacksmith shop and
one blacksmith shop and garage in
charge of competent, skilled work
men, are open and -well patronized.
This is an especially healthful ]
town and it is fortunate in having
three good doctors to safeguard the j
health of the people and help to keep
it a desirable place in which to live.
There is a comfortable depot for
the accommodation of the traveling
public and a large cotton yard for
the convenience of shippers.
Grubbs is especially fortunate in
having a good, first class hotel, where
the weary, way-faring traveler may
secure a clean, comfortable loom and
good wholesome meals. A place
■-.'here you are mode to feel at home,
i-rhere the comfort, end welfare of her
I guests is the first thought of an ac
commodating and obliging landlady.
There is a large brick school house
in the town of Grubbs and two rural
school houses near by, one at Bal
lew’s Chapel and one at Hankin’s
Chapel, where they have good schools
and large attendance.
Churches of different religious de
nominations have buildings here
with pastors in charge and good
congregations.
That a large number of the citi
zens believe in the universal Father
hood of God and brotherhood of
man is evidenced by the fact that
several of the leading Fraternal or
ganizations have lodges here with
good membership, including the Far
mer’s Union, the I. O. 0. F., the W.
0. W„ the M. W. A., the K. O. T. M. j
and the L. O. T. M. The W. O. W. j
and the I. 0. O. F. both have lodge 1
halls.
To further show the progressive
spirit of this busy town, they have a j
first class moving picture show and .
some of the best pictures released by I
Ihe best companies, three nights in
the week. This show was so much
appreciated and so well attended by i
MIC pUUUV MICH/ Y»wo uvvvuuwij ^ ^
cently to move into larger quarters, j
The building now occupied and the ;
show given would be a credit to any |
town.
One of the best booster companies
in Jackson county is the Grubbs
Realty Company, with offices in the
Rank of Grubbs building. This com- j
pany advertises extensively and is
doing a big business, having closed ;
several good sales recently of farms
and cut over lands.
The streets of Grubbs are oiled
and they have more than a mile of
concrete sidewalks.
The fires of patriotism burn very j
brightly in the hearts of these home- j
loving citizens. They have furnished i
-more than fifty men for the army j
r.nd navy and have come forward
with more than their allotment of
every call made on them for funds
for the various war work organiza
tions. Red Cross, Army Y. M. C. A.
rmd War Camp Community Service.
They have bought liberally of both
issues of Liberty Loan Bonds and at
a meeting last Friday evening bought
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j inspect out c 4 «; al stock of if
1 Ready-to-Wear 1
I Mrs. H. Clay Sanders j
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$4,000 worth of War Savings Certifi
cates and Thrift Stamps.
This spirit of thrift, progressive
ness and the co-operation of her cit
izens is responsible for the rapid
growth of this town and we predict
for it a bright future.
ii GAVE COMMAND FOR I
:: first shot at kaiser
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4 j» Roodhouse, 111.—Central Rll- i •
33 nois has the distinction of glv- j!
o lng to Uncle Sam the man who *>
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4, ordered the first American shell 4 4
44 fired against the Germans In 4 4
31 France. He Is Maj. John R. 4!
4 4 Starkey of this city. And It was J f
4 \ an Irish “Sammie” from Indiana 4I
4 4 who flffed the first shot. Major J j
4, Starkey designated the gun and 4
J | the gunner who sent the first 3 J
«» historic shrapnel at the kaiser. «1
41 Word to this effect has been 4 J
41 received here by relatives in a «•
3 4 letter from the hero. When the J j
4 * war broke out the major was de- 4 '•
3J tailed to Gen. John J. Pershing’s 3'
command and is now serving i>
33 with “Black Jack” “over there.” *3
NAIL CRACKS GLASS EYE
Carpenter Asks Damages From Con
struction Company Because
of Accident.
Camp Funston, Kan.—If a one-eyed
man is driv.ng a nail and the head
flies off and hits him in his glass eye,
breaking it, is he entitled to damages
for “injuries?”
That is the question that Is bother
ing the Fuller Construction company,
camp officials and Louis Scudder, a
carpenter of Topeka. Scudder worked
for the Fuller Construction company,
building the Funston cantonment.
Scudder went to the company doc
tor, who examined the eye, took out
the broken glass, but found no cuts.
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demanded Scudder.
“I’ll take It up with the company,”
the doctor answered.
“Well. I’ll go down to Topeka and
get another glass eye before I go back
to work,” said Scudder.
LEASE OUT WOMAN CONVICTS
Action of County Commissioners in
Alabama May Bring Legisla
tive Action.
Mobile, Ala.—At the next session ol
the state legislature a measure will
probably be introduced looking to pro
hibiting counties from leasing woman
convicts. A sensation was recently cre
ated when the Escambia county com
missioners leased negro woman prison
ers to a contractor for 15 cents a day,
for a term of two years. For years
male prisoners have been leased to j
mine operators and other employers of j
labor, but this was the first instance j
where women had been leased. Until
tin* vvtir made a strong demand for
labor there was no market for the ne
gro woman prisoners. But in certain
'incs of work it has been found they
have a small earning capacity and
other counties will probably follow the
lead of Escambia.
0 I. IT i (' A L announce
ments.
1 he independent is authoriz
!<> announce the following
ersons as -candidates for public
ffice, subject to the action of
he Democratic party:
or County Superintendent—
J. M. Bnlch.
Garland E. Land.
A. J. Garner.
Z. D. Barber
H. L. Thomas
ror County Treasurer—
W. D. McLain.
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Kor Congress —
> Hodges
W. D. Davenport.
W. A. Oldfield
Kor County Judge:
John A. Melville.
K. t’. i y tii.
W. M. Tims.
W. A. Mink.
or Chancellor (Eighth District)—
Lyman F. Reeder.
• i ' f ««., ('olivetor—
' *• mi'ili.
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•'«r (;..)rn.rptatJye:
R T Binrrmse
'"or Rer>r<vn»ntetive—
F-ed R Baits.
■'or rfiun'v Clerk:
•J. R Pariah.
C) over C. Nance,
lor (•r.ensor —
1> J. Nance.
For Circuit tlerk—
R. \V. Randy.
For (unstable—(Union Totrnsh.p)
C. M. Ivy.
Ben Sandmon.
For Road Overseer (Rich woods Twp.)
Mark Cole
For Road Overseer (Bird Twp., East*
ern District.)—
R A W’lson.
For Road Overseer (Wester* Dtst.
Bird Township)
Walter Cole.
For Coroner—
T. J. Mooney. ,
$100 REWARD, $100.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being great
ly influnenced by constitutional con
ditions requires constitutional treat
ment. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine is ta
ken internally and acts through the
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the
System thereby destioying the foun
dation of the disease, giving the pa
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stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in the curative powers of
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine that they of
fer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., To
ledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 76c.
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