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Evening star., 1914-11-15

miles in length, had struggled
and strained with all its might. Pom
derous columns of assault had gone for
ward, time after time. to the very
breast of the enemy's trenches, and the
cold slithering of meeting bayonets had
sounded, with the crash and thud of
clubbed rifles, the burr of machine
guns and the sharp crack and rattle
of musketry. And each attack, from
each side, had been repulsed and hurled
back.
Through the grinding days of battle
the strife had waxed and waned, until
mortal endurance had reached its limit,
and in common exhaustion the fronting
lines had relapsed. grim and defiant.
into a passive defense. Neither side had
been able to gain an advantage and
the long-expected period of immobility
was come.
The forward sweep of the many as
saults had left a pitiful wake of
stricken. Corps. divisions, brigades,
regiments, battalions and the more in
innate comradeship of companies had
been sadly depleted. Faces of loved
comrades who had fought valiantly
alongside, hands which had shared a
slender ration with neighbors, and
voices which had encouraged and
laughed for a friend were missing. Cold
mounds of bare earth marked long,
last bivouacs: for when time permitted
the dead had been buried. Or charred
heaps of ashes marked the pyres which
had consumed the fallen bodies, when
there was little time for more elaborate
obsequies.
And the evening roll, to which so
many had failed to respond, had
brought realization of the war-reaper's
harvest. Home was a vague, distant
place. for the days of battle and
marching, the intermittent food and the
never absent weariness had combined
to bring a state of apathy or detach-
ment where things seemed unreal and
the joyous days of an almost forgot
ten peace were but half-forgotten
memories.
river lay between the sinuous SER
pents of steel. the twain lines of bat
tie, and in the placid stream which
flowed past the white stars were re-
flected, diamond pricked. in the indigo
curtain of the heavens. The stars
danced in the ripples and glowed in
the stretches. and on either bank the
sentries lay and watched, two by two,
as they fought back the oppressive
Evening star., 1914-11-15

WEAKNESS which sought to close the
tired eyes for but a moments rest.
In the rear of the outposts lay the
lines. In irregular succession line after
turf and branches, sheltered their oc-
scupying troops. Shielded artillery
.erouched in emplacements, barely
poking their anxious muzzles above
the parapets, while the gunners
sprawled about near the wheels in the
sleep.
Here and there, shielded from sight
of the enemy, a cook fire glowed in
the preparation of an evening meal.
The picket lines of horses creaked and
clanked, for the cavalry mounts wore
saddles with loosened cinches. The ar
tillery horses were harnessed in readl-
ness for hitching to the guns and the
trace chains gave out a slight jingle
now and then, as the grateful animals
munched sparse feed.
At the various minor headquarters
telephone operators rested prone, with
receivers strapped to heads, while
worn. staff officers pored over reports
or computed data from the maps spread
out before them and labored to anticl-
pate the next move.
from the Tar DaHh, tAo LEU
tonic forces lay, there came stealing a
silvery thread of harmony. piercingly
sweet in the quiet Of the evening. As
the clear strains arose the inspiring
chant of the first movement of Ger
many's national air, Die Wacht am
Rhine" was recognized. The chant be-
came a sIur, and falling into softness.
"Oh, Fatherland. Dear Fatherland,' -
walled in all it's beauty and sobbed of
home, the pride of a great race and an
exalting thrill of might.
The wakeful paused to listen, and the
song of the band set free thousand
racing thoughts, which tempered the
grim business of war with appreciation
of a noble foe, and thoughts of other
days which were without strife.
Into the night the music died, and
there came a great quiet, which in
yolyed both bivouacs. Then, inspiring
in its lilt. there mounted the drone of
pipes. the skirl of the Scottish clans
from highland regiments. 1t was the
shrilling call to arms of a savage peo-
nile. and the scream of the pipes car
ried the lay of days when bonnet and
claymore were snatched to answer the
raliying call of elan chief. in the rug
ged hills and through the heather: The
Campbells Are Coming. Soho, Soho"
drifted into Bonnie Dundee" and the
spirits of Wallace, Bruce and our jamie
answered the call.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

which much of the commerce of south
ern Brazil flows in and out, has large
German-speaking population, but not
large enough to submerge the Brazil
ians and Italians. Portuguese is the
prevailing language. A German news
paper is published, but the Germans
in Port Allegro speak and read Portu-
guese.
The migration movement which col
onized southern Brazil was at its
height in the decade between 1850 and
1860. In 1859 Prussia passed law pro-
hibiting the emigration of Prussian
subjects to Brazil This was not aimed
especially at the colonies in the south
ern section. but was in line with the ac-
ton of several European governments
Evening star., 1914-11-15

unnecessity for the graphing battle
lines and the tattered conventions of
civilization. Then the tired lines re-
laxed from the strain of their emo
tions and the camps slept.
For in the morning the last desperate
attack was to be launched
Evening star., 1914-11-15
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

ERMANY in South
America has be-
come one of the
supposed issues in
the war of the ma
tions.
The question is
not a new one. 1t
simply has been
revived, both on
the side of COM
m rec and of
international pol
itics.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Muller was formerly minister of pub
lie works and has been identified with
public affairs since his youth.
His political strength originally came
from his own section of the country,
but it was not wholly due to his Ger
man surroundings. He visited the
United States in the summer of 1913
Evening star., 1914-11-15

join in a separatist movement it would
be as part of a general movement of
Brazilians themselves.
The present political boss of Brazil
comes from the state of Rio Grande do
Sui. Some years ago he was at odds
with other local political chieftains and
with the central government at Rio, so
Evening star., 1914-11-15

in seeking to protect their nationals
from the Misrepresentation of various
states in Brazil which were seeking
colonists.
German emigration was resumed the
year after the Franco-Prussian war
and continued with some steadiness
Evening star., 1914-11-15

German colonization in South Amer
ica as encouraged in the fatherland,
never loses sight of what the Germans
call the economic utilization of emil
grafton" just as the English never lose
sight of the economic utilization of
Evening star., 1914-11-15
0EWA

America are herewith given. If they do
not square with the views of those
whose opinions are colored, or who like
to chase phantom perils. this may be
regretted, but it does not alter the stu
alton.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

VELVETY night had fallen on
the field. Day after day the
forces had clashed, where the
great battle line, over 200
miles in length. had struggled
Evening star., 1914-11-15

to repay the visit of Secretary Root
and to arrange for the participation of
Brazil in the Panama-Pacific eXposi-
ton.
AS bearing on the Brazilian nation
ality of the bulk of the German popu-
lation. it doubtless has been noted that
few reservists have left Brazil to join
the German army. Seven or eight
years ago the total number of Germa n
subjects which the German govern
ment accounted for in Brazil was 5000.
The kaiser's government at one time
precipitated something more than a
diplomatic episode with Brazil in re-
gard to it's subjects. and the ill-feeling
was q long time in dying out. The
Panther. the same vessel which was at
Agadir during the Moroccan imbrog-
lilo, sent a landing party and forcibly
arrested an alleged deserter against
the protests Of the Brazilian authori-
ties. 1t was also disclosed that the
man arrested was not a deserter. al
though he may have been a German
subject. Germany made apologies to
Brazil, but did not return the arrested
man.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Hardly had the pipes hushed when
the band of a neighboring Irish regi-
ment turned out and the galloping
Evening star., 1914-11-15

The economic utilization of immi Sra-
fion as related to the Teutonic popula-
tion of southern Brazil hardly meets
the expectations of it's authors. Ger
many has a profitable trade with Brazil,
but the proportion which is with the
southern section is not large. The rea-
son is that the people of that section
do not raise much for export and are
not heavy buyers of foreign commod-
tiles.
state of Brazil, but it's fruits and vege-
tables and other products find their
markets in the neighboring states.
Germany handles large part of the
Brazilian coffee crop, and the Ham
burg coffee fleet is one of the finest
Grande do Sui are outside the coffee
producing zone. The purchases of the
inhabitants of this section from Ger
many are chiefly textiles.
German colonies in South America
are not confined to Brazil-they exist
in a number Of other countries, and al
ways with the distinctive German
mark, but they differ materially from
the Germanic population in southern
Brazil. There is "colonia aleman" in
Paraguay.
The German colony in Buenos Aires
is a foreign business community and
differs very little from the British col
ony except that it maintains its 1den-
tity more notably. There is the Ger
man club, the German church, the Ger
man schools, and, of course. German
newspapers. Most of the Germans in
Buenos Aires have remained German
subjects. Several years ago when a
count was made of the German sub
iects in Argentina the figures totaled
1900.
Evening star., 1914-11-15

Chile, after Brazil, has felt the i'm
press of German immigration most
strongly. In all the leading cities there
is a German colony in the sense of COM
merce.
At Conception. in southern Chile, dur
ing recent years there has been
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

The introduction Of the resolu-
tion In the Mississippi Legislature
calling for an investigation of an
alleged enormous fee growing out
of a bank receivership should serve
to draw to the attention of the
people that the high cost of law is
in line with the high cost of living.
We know nothing whatever Of
the merits of the particular case
The fee may have been earned.
The work done may have been
enormous. But it is a fact that
the court costs and attorneys fees
In all receiverships in these parts
usually leave little. for the credit
0rs.
During last year, in certain
cases. enormous fees were awarded
to lawyers in the city of Memphis
and the corresponding service
seemed to be slight.
The expense of litigation may,
however, serve a good purpose in
people to attempt to adj
just many of their disputes with
out going to law Commercial
Appeal.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30
"The Price She Paid"

That the people of Macon will be sur
prised on Thursday night, February 9Th,
is positive certainty. for on that occa-
sion the newest dramatized offering,
entitled 1.-The Price She Paid" will be
brought to abe Lyceum Theatre.
No greater artistic triumph has ever
toured the country than this wonderful
ly dramatic play which has more thrills
than "Fine Feathers" more gripping
situations than within the Law" and
more wonderful lines than the book of
David Graham Phillips himself.
The subject matter of the play has to
do with the efforts of wealthy man to
induce pure girl to become his COM
mon law wife. Circumstances arise
which enable the wealthy man to tell
the girl that if she does not join him in
this proposed alliance, he will send her
brother to prison, thus bringing humili-
alton to her and the other members of
thh family. 1t is battling against such
odds as this that bring out the firmness
and wonderful spirit in the girls char
acter. The bitter fight she wages
against the wiles of the millionaire, her
uphill battle in her efforts to save her
brother from a prisoners cell, and her
final triumph at the end of the play
present dramatic possibility that have
never been equaled before in the drama.
'The Price She Paid, (which is head
ed by no less talented actress than
Shirley Mayberry, is easily the best
written, best produced and best pre-
sented comedy drama of the season.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30
Great Demand for Dairy Cows.

In my opinion, the most profitable
animal for US to grow to sell in Noxu-
bee codnty is the dairy COW. selling her
as springer. There is great and
growing demand from all parts of the
United States for fresh cows. We
have an excellent foundation in the
grade Jerseys that we have all over
the county, and why should we not i'm
prove the opportunity? There is always
a good demand for such stock. The
great point of advantage in growing
such stock for sale comes from our not
having to finish them with grain feed
as they will be in good enough condi-
tion from pasture.
Now that we have the tick quaran-
tine raised. | am receiving frequent in
quiries from parties in the North who
wish to come here and buy our grade
Jersey heifers. We can have buyers
come to us for dairy stock and pay cash
at the farm, which is the most salts
factory way to sell, as. there is no
shrinkage nor other uncertainties about
it.
We have a great grass country and
we cannot utilize it in a better way
than in growing grade Jersey cows for
The market. There is no danger of
over-stocking the market in this line.
H. B. GURLER.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

Adjt.-Gen. Erie Scales, chief execu-
tive of Mississippi's war department,
is getting in touch with conditions. He
is Keeping in touch with the militia d.
vision of,the war department. in Wash
ington, and believes that full measure
of support will be given the Mississippi
national guard, as in the past. Maj.
George Hogaboom, commandment of
Camp Williamson, near Vicksburg, is at
the department. and Assistant Adjt.-
Gen. S. P. Walker is also busily at
work. 1t is probable that during Feb
ruary and March the regular inspection
of the guard will be made by Lieut.. B.
F. Mcclellan of the regular army, who
is on duty with the state militia. Jack
son News.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30
Sand Clay Roads and
the Time to Work Them.

materials have been thoroughly
mixed, and to give it a crown of
not more than one inch or less
than three-quarters of an inch to
the foot from the center to the
sides. A light coating of sand
may then be added. The use of
the road machine or drag should
be continued at frequent intervals
until the surface is smooth and
firm.
If the road to be treated is COM
posed of clay, it should first be
brought to a rough grade with
a road machine. The surface
should then be plowed and thor
oughly pulverized by narrowing to
a depth of about four inches, after
which it is given a crown or slope
of about one-half inch to the foot
from the center to the sides. 1t is
then covered with six to eight
inches of clean, sharp sand, which
is spread thicker in the center
than at the sides. The materials
should then be mixed with plows
and harrows while they are COM
paratively dry, after which they
are finally puddled with a harrow
during wet weather. If clay
works to the surface and the road
becomes sticky, more sand should
be added.
The road is then shaped, crowned
and ditched in the usual manner
with a road machine. This should
be done when the surface is soft,
yet stiff enough to pack well I'M
der the roller or the traffic. Wide
but shallow bitches should be pro-
vided on both sides of the road,
and culverts or cross drains should
be placed wherever water flows
across the road, for it is exceeding
ly important that the 'ssand on
clay" roads be we'll drained.
After the clay on sand, or the
sand on clay, road is completed, it |
should be carefully maintained |
until the surface becomes firm and
smooth.
The construction of this type of 1
road is by no means a quick opera
tion. Ifsoft, sticky places appear,
more sand should be added, and
if loose, sandy places are found,
more clay is needed. 1t is just as
important to attend to these small
details as to any other part of the
work, for if they are neglected,
the road is liable to fail.
1t requires approximately one
cubic yard of clay to surface one
and one half running yards of road
twelve feet in width, or about
l175 cubic yards to the mile.
From three fourths to one cubic
yard will make a load for two
horses on dry clay road. The
cost of the road will, therefore,
depend largely upon the distance
the material is hauled, the average II
being from $500 to $1,000 per mile
A road built under the direction
If the Office of Public Roads, at
Gainesville, Fla, one mile long,
fourteen feet wide and having nine :
inches of sand clay surface, cost
1881 per mile, or ten cents per
square yard. Another sand clay
Dad built by the Office at Talla-
,assee, Fla, sixteen feet wide, a
even inches thick, cost $40 per :
nile, or about five cents per
quare yard.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

Washington, D. c., Jan. 26. =
There are at present about 80, 900
miles of sand clay roads in the
United States, mainly in the Sou
them States, according to the Of
fee of Public Roads, U. s. Depart
ment of Agriculture. The time to
work the roads is in the spring
when the soil is damp. If the
working of the roads is deferred
until late in summer when they
are dry, they are not only much
more difficult to put in proper
shape but the cost of repair is
greater than if they were worked
early in the spring.
Previous to 1894 comparatively
little, if any, of these roads exist
ed. The popularity of this type
of road is due to the facts that it
is cheap, comparatively firm and
durable, easy to construct and re-
pair, and that the materials out
of which it is built are plentiful in
many sections of the country.
The sand clay road is made by
mixing the sand and clay in such
a way that the grains of sand
touch each other, the spaces be-
tween the grains being filled with
clay which acts as a binder.
The approximate mixture of
sand and clay may be determined
by filling vessel with a sample of
the sand to be used, and another
vessel of the same size with water.
The water is poured carefully into
the sand until it reaches the point
of overlooking, The volume of
water removed from the second
vessel represents approximately
the proportion Of clay needed.
The proper proportion of sand
and clay can best be determined,
however, as the work progresses,
as some clay will contain more
sand than others. In fact, claws
are very frequently found which
already contain about the right
proportion of sand.
Iftheroad to be treated is sandy, |
the surface is first leveled off and |
crowned with a road machine, the
crown being about one half inch to
the foot from the center to the
sides. The clay is then dumped
on the surface and carefully spread,
so that it will be from six to eight
inches in center, and gradually de.
creasing in depth towards the
sides. A layer of clean sand is
then ususually added, which is
thoroughly mixed with the clay, /
either by traffic or by means of
pl0ws and disk or tooth harrows.
The best results have been OBJ
tanned by thoroughly mixing or
pudding the materials when wet.
For this reason, it is desirable that
the mixing be done in wet wealth
or. The mixing can be left to the
traffic after the materials have
been properly placed, but this in
wolves whole winter and spring
of bad road, and even then the
mixing is not always satisfactory.
In all cases, it is advisable to
iress the road with a road ma
chine or split-log drag after the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30
The Beacon is authorized to announce
J. j. SCOTT

as candidate for reelection to the Office
OF Clerk OF the City of Macon, subject
70 the action Of the democratic primary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

Get your cabbage land ready and do
it now. The outlook for an active de-
mand for cabbage at fall prices was
never better.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

Ladies' Skirts and Coat Suits
a specially at Me City Pressing
Club. C. SARGENT, Prop.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

The tabulation of the separate re-
turns from the ginners for the January
10th report shows there were 24,1O7
bales of cotton, counting round as half
bales, ginned in Noxubee county from
the crop of 1918 prior to January 16,
1914, as compared with 1905 bales
ginned prior to January 10th, 1918.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30
Them. & o. Schedule.
soIITHRnrrNn-

OIL You Calomel get out Of the way
and let Liv-Ver-Lax do the work. Pure
" vegetables Ask MyRPHnx DRuo
STORE.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30
The Beacon is authorized to announce.
JOS. MAURY

as candidate for Marshal of the City Of
Macon, subject to the action of the demo-
cratic primary.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

Now e the time for all good citizens pay up Subscription to
The Macon Beacon.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-01-30

The Beacon is authorized to announce
J. A. LEE
as candidate for recollection to the Office
OF Marshal Of the city of Macon, subject
to the action Of the democratic primary.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-10
Evening Star AstoIoger
Copyright. 19t4.l

/, of the meridinal degree of the city's
horoscope.
Warning is given that frugality
and economy should be practiced by
persons in every walk of life The
stars indicate that self-sacritiee and
brotherly love will be demanded by
the world. Evil will befall those who
fail to heed the call of universal
brotherhood, the seers declare
Residents of Calcutta have sin
lister sign that foreshadows some sort
of panic.
Dancing again comes under infiu-
ences that will tend to diminish in
terest in the amusement that has
claimed much attention. Frivolities
of every sort will become less popular,
the seers declare, but the new year
will be rather favorable for public
amusements.
College sports are subject to pros
porous direction, but this is not a
lucky day of feats of physical
strength.
Persons whose birthday it is should
beware of law suits and business dis
agreements. The year viii not be
sa satisfactory in a financial way.
Children born on this day probably
will be high but endowed
with strong wills that make them
persevering.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-10

and, without waiting for the clumsy
station stage, she walked down the
long hill toward the white cottage
on the shore,
A whippoorwill was singing in the
orchard and there was the fra
GRANGE of roses mingled with the salt
SAVIOR of the sea.
Della paused at the gate. She felt
a quickeuing of the pulses in the
sensv U De4ng home once more.
Some one came down the path from
the front door, but she heard no
sound save the rush of waves on the
beach and the throbbing notes of tho
whippoorwill.
A warm hand was laid over her
own on the gate and she started
and looked up into the tender eyes
OF the minister
II thought you We're never coming
homo again. he said softly.
Della blushed and hung her head.
The moon came out and searched her
face and betrayed something to
Jeremy Flake.
He put d finger beneath her round
chin and lifted her face so that he
might look into her shy eyes.
"When one has SHARED victim
with rosy threads-it is cruel to run
away and leave the captive, bound"
he whispered.
And when the engagement was an
nounced the gossips OF the parish said
they were not a bit surprised.
"When a man carries a girls en-
broidery silks in his pockets what
can you expect?" they asked, but even
then they didn't know the whole story.