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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1915-03-16

FOR SALE = LOOSE HAY. P H.
Clayton. Phone 1917. 31tf
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Snake Story From Anson.
WadeSboro Ansonian.

Wadesboro Ansonian
A small snake climbed a tele-
phone pole and crossing the
sidewalk on a piece of piping
secured a little bird from a nest
in the Covington building Satur-
day morning. The birds nest
was in hole in the wall made
to allow the telephone cables to
pass into the building. The
snake was making the return trip
with the birds head in It's mouth
when the mother bird came upon
the scene. AS she was an English
sparrow, it may be imagined the
kind of row she raised and the
result was that the snake got
excited and lost his balance, fal
ling TO the sidewalk below. The
bird was rescued and the snake
killed.
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so, But don't let the newspaper
do all the inviting. That is a
practice in every respect as un-
fair as unfair can be.
And don't think either that
your particular business is not
affected. Be you dealer in
drugs, shoes, clothing, dry goods,
groceries, hardware, insurance,
lumber, or any article in daily
use in this country, you are
affected by the campaign of the
mail order house against your
business. Start your campaign
by co operating with your home
newspaper.
Swat the mail-order house
with its own weapon-Adver-
tising.
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The knocker.

The following is a picturesque
definition of a knocker. Know
anyone in your community who
would fill the bill?:
when the Creator had made
all the good things, there was
still some work to do, SO He
made the beasts and reptiles and
poisonous insects, and when He
had finished He had some scraps
that were too bad to put into the
rattlesnake, the hyena, the scor-
pion and the skunk, SO He put
all these together, covered it with
suspicion, wrapped it with jeal-
ousy, marked it with a yellow
streak, and called it a knocker."
-Siler City Grit.
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Some One Was Wrong

Not long ago political speak
er, in the course of an address in
q western city, happened in a
rather oratorical tone to refer to
Samson's Staying of the Philis-
tines. To his surprise a man in
the audience leaped to his feet
with contradiction.
You're wrong, Mr.. Speakerr'
the man loudly declared.
For a moment the politician
was at loss. What do you
mean?" at last he inquired.
u mean that you have got
another guess coming" conf
IDENTITY answered the intruder.
ut wasn't Sampson who licked
the Philistines; it was Dewey
Exchange.
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Why He Didn't Help.

why did you not help the
defendant in the fight if that's
the case!" asked the examin-
ing counsel.
Mr.. CaSside looked at the law.
yer with contempt and answered
in tone of blighting scorn: For
the r'aSon that at the tonne Oh
had no means of KNOWN which
o thin would be the defendant"
Courier.
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AT the end Of three weeks of
married life a southern darky
returned to the minister who had
performed the ceremony and
asked for a divorce. After ex-
plaining that he could not grant
divorces the minister tried to
dissuade his visitor from carry
ing out his intention of getting
one, saying:
"You must remember, Sam,
that you promised to take Liza
for better or for worse"
"Yassir, [ knows dat. boss" re-
Joined the darky, "but-but she
wuss dan I took her for, lex.
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A Three-teacher School Within
Reach of Every Child
Progressive Farmer.

Progressive Farmer.
A Three. Teacher school with
in Reach of Every Child" This,
we believe, is the slogan and
battle cry which our educational
forces all over the South should
take up, and they and their sue
cessors should then keep up the
fight until this now far.away
ideal is realized.
It's not possible to give child
the right sort of educational
training in one-teacher shool.
Under such conditions teacher
must have SO many recitations
from so many pupils that it is
impossible to give even halfway
adequate attention to any pupil
or any subject.
We do not mean by this that
a bright, ambitious child cannot
educate himself in one teacher
school. He can educate himself
in a measure-anwhere. But
we do mean to say that he cannot
get proper help and guidance
from his teacher, and for lack of
such guidance thousands and
thousands of potentially useful
boys and girls never get walked
up at all, never get inspiration,
never apply themselves, while
thousands of others who start
out well get discouraged and
give up, living out unhappy
lives in ignorance and drudgery.
Now this is tragedy-a posi-
tive tragedy enacted with heart
sickening frequency in your
state, your county, your town
ship, and we fear in your school.
That there should one Man die
ignorant that had capacity for
Knowledge-thls | call a Ira
gedy," said Carlyle, were it to
happen more than twenty times
in the minute, as indeed by some
computations it does" That
,>0a- boy or. GirJ- shn,lld
through life with faculties un-
touched by really effective edu-
cation, Kind Reader, that the
lamp of his soul should go out"
this is the tragedy against
which we are protesting, and to
our plea we urge your most
earnest attention. And some
times it seems to us that the
whole Southern educational
problem is summed up in the
astonishingly simple question:
Shall we let our children walk
two miles to a good school or
one mile to a sorry one"
1t is not necessary to say that
ii is The Progressive Farmers
opinion that it is better to walk
two miles or even two and
half, to the good school.
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Russians Fight But Keep on
the Run

the Run
London, June 27.-Thc Rus
slams again are retreating in
Galicia, both north and south of
Lemberg, and in Poland the
Germans have launched another
attack against Warsaw in the
form of a drive from the north
through Przasnysz.
The new blow at the Polish
Capital has been preceded by Il
furious artillery action. The
fact is recorded by the Russians
themselves, but it is 100 elrly 10
say whether ii means Il serious
offensive, the first clash having
developed a bayonet encounter,
the result of which neither side
records.
Berlin and Vienna do not
make reference to the conflict in
this region, Conflning their state
ments to the Galician situation,
where victories nre claimed in
various sections, from the BeSsar-
bian frontier to Rawa Rusila,
north OF Lcmberg.
The Germans claim the Teu-
tonic forces have crossed the
Dniestennorthwest of Halicz and
have driven the Russians some
miles into the hills.
Not since the war began has
the English public been so con
vinCed that it Would be a long
one. Those who took this view
months ago were called pes
simiSts but now it is generally
admitted that the Russian armies
must fight for months 10 come
under tremendous disadvantages S
aud that in the meantime the
much heralded big general
movement on the western front
must be indefinitely postponed,
while the Entente powers
thoroughly reorganize their me-
thodS.
White the campaign foramuni,
lions IN GlSat Britain is al lis
height it must be assumed that
Germany is straining every fiber
&c, the same end and calling into
Nay her inventive skill so as to
increase the deadly mechanisms
Iof war to offset the inevitable
and terrible drain on her men.
The present consensus of
opinion among military writer's
in London is that Germany in
tends further to press her eastern
victories with another battering
ram stroke toward Warsaw in an
endeavor to seize that CITY and
the whole line of the Vistula.
The line of offensive now
directed from the Przasnysz
regions is along the valleys of
the Omulew and Orzyc tribu
tarleS of the River Narrow
which flows across North Poland
and joins the bend of the Vistula
above Warsaw.
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Russians Retreat But Fight
Fiercely.

NuSSlanS Netredt but right
Fiercely.
The State, Saturday
Petrograd seems to be in no
wise discouraged over the en-.
forced retirement of the Rus
Sian troops from Lemberg,
whose capture by the Teutonic
allies is being celebrated in all
the towns of Austria and Ger.
many. The Russian army is
Still in full retreat, advices from
the Lemberg district indicate,
although strong Russian rear
guards are opposing the Austro-
German advance.
Farther south along the
Dnister river another Russian
army is fighting desperately to
prevent the Austrians and Ger
mans from breaking through
The German Gen. Linsingen,
Berlin reports, has crossed the
river which is taken in that
capital to indicate that his ad-
vance can not be stayed. But
it is pointed out from Petrograd
that at only one place on the
entire length of the Dniester
have the Austro Germans es-
tablished themselves with any
permanenCy on the right bank.
The latest Austrian official
communication says that the
Russians are retreating On the
Dnister between the Vistula and
the San and that north of the
ViStula the Russian rear guards
were driven beyond the Kan.
ienka river, the Austrian oc-
cupying Ostrowiec and San
domierz, in Poland, near the
Galician border.
Artillery has held sway in the
operations in France, the Ger
mans expending a vast number
of shells on Berry Bac,
Sapigneul, in the Argonne and
on Metzeral. A recent bonn
cardment of Dunkirk by the
TTcIEIah iiIv ofvS>S ;i.4s-->-a e,str<Iiii
ture of SO tons of great shells
from their long range guns. At
less than hour intervals through
an entire day l6 inch she'll fell
into the city. The explosives
wrought much damage but
killed only a few civilians.
Great Britain has begun in
earnest the work of producing
munitions, first of all assembling
the skilled workmen necessary
to carry out the plan which
David Lloyd George, minister of
munitions, has formulated.
The first of the seven days
allowed by the minister to the
labor leaders to furnish the men
is reported to have given good
results in the way of recruiting.
Berlin advices say the pros
poets are good for the forth
coming German note to the
United States meeting the
American governments wishes
regarding the submarine war.
fare. 1t is intimated that Ger
many may consent to an ex-
animation before taking action.
England is preparing to take
stock of her national resources,
a bill providing for this having
been prepared for introduction
in the British parliament next
week.
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Grange Sorgum VS. Cotton Seed
Hulls.

SfoHSc SOES gum VS. SOttOn SeSd
Hulls.
Orange sorgum should be
planted in three foot rows be-
tween June the 10th and July
1eth, and thinned to eight or ten
itches in the drill that the stalks
nay have space enough to grow
aEleast az inch in diameter that
When shocked up in large shocks
at corn is often done for shred
ding, will remain green all win
tST and furnish an abundance of
.sacculent food when often moth
iag else is available.
i prepared (four acresJ as Tor
ssttono in three loot rows on July
9ath and fed eleven head Of
Afown cattle from Oct. 1st until
heb, the 18th. In addition to
3nTgum run through a feed cutter
the milk cows received cotton
seed meal and the dry cattle re-
deived nothing but sorgum the
4ntire winter, and kept in good
4ondition until the following
Spring.
! Many farmers who constantly
hurchase hulls and then haul
them many miles can plant at
ieast few acres of grain lands
10 sorgum and thus save the
winter feed bill; depending of
tourse on the yield of the crop.
4 Two fifths of an acre of good
ssorgum will feed a grown cow
from four to five months. An
acre of land that will produce a
bale of cotton should with 200
pounds of cotton seed meal or
from 80 to 100 pounds of soda
produce ten tons of sorgum. The
price of a ton or two of hulls
will purchase a feed cutter, and
the cane should be cut into snort
Eengths for feeding.
When the crop is planted in
sAhs sar- searlu .lulv It will
lure in October and should be
shocked before a killing frost and
securely tied around the tops
with binder twine. Tighten the
binds in about two weeks or as
soon as the blades have dried
thoroughly. Enough cane can
he hauled and piled on the barn
floor for several weeks feeding
after the fodder has dried; but
will heat and spoil if piled green.
If house room is abundant the
cane can be shocked with safety
on end; but will not remain
green as long as cane with the
stub ends standing in the moist
dirt. Small stalks will dry out
rapidly, but large stalks will re-
main green all winter; therefore
produce large stalk for best re-
suits.
Cut out the feed bill and grow
sorgum and don't be afraid that
sorgum will ruin your land as
cotton will produce a better crop
if planted after sorgum than if
planted after cotton.
w. K. Elliott.
Dist. Dem. Agent.
I Some One Was Wrong
n Not Inpo 900 n roliticoI oDooI,
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Authors Nagging Wife,
wish you got a dollar for every
word you write!
Irritated Author wish | got
half a cent for every word you
Speak!~-Iudge.
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Huerta's Revolutionary Exped-
ition Nipped in Bud.


frustrated for the present an
attempt on the part of Gen.
Nictoriano Huerta and his as
SoCiateS to launch from America
territory a new revolutionary
movement in Mexico,
Detention of the former Mexi-
can dictator with General Orozo
and others at Ell Paso today
followed nearly three months of
eSionage by Government agents.s
The Department of Justice .l1aa
instructed United States Attofs
ney Camp of the western dis
trict of Texas to take into
custody these men, who SEEM
ingly were engaged in violations
of American neutrality laws
which forbid the recruiting of
men, purchase of supplies there
for and the organizing OF a;
military expedition on the soil
OF the United States to be used
in operations against a people
with which this country is at
peace.
Mr.. Camp was ordered to-
place before a grand jury at Ell
Paso Immediately all the cyl;
dence in his possession in order
that indictments may be returns
ed against any one guilty of an.
intent ID violate American neu-
trality laws.
Apart from any considera.-
tionS of policy which the
Washington Government may,
have in mind for the settlement
OF the Mexican problem, the
Department of Justice has the
full sympathy of the Depart-
ment of State in enforcing
-4.,tass.ssit s.1sssps,cti -
the individuals concerned.
When Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Warren called to the atten-s
ton of Secretary Lasing the,
fact that General Huerta and his
supporters appeared to be ready
to set on foot an armed expedi-
ton into Mexico. Mr., Lansing
indicated that this was a sub
juct for the Department of
Justice to handle, and the arrests
ordered forthwith.
OTHERS ALE PLEASED
The development at Ell Paso
caused sensation in Mexican
quarters here, both the Carranza
aud Villa agencies issuing state
ments rejoicing that the United
States had checked an effort on
the port of the SO called reaction
AIRY interest to regain control of
Mexican affairs. Both agencies
had repeatedly called to the
attention of the State Depart
ment the movements of the
Huerta group, although today's
action was said at the State
Department to be entirely on
the initiative Of the Department
of Justice.
While officials were reticent
as to the probable development
OF the case against Huerta, it
was indicated that the United
States would retain in its Gus
tody for the present at least the
man whose overthrow Of Made
ro and Suarez and dictatorship
in Mexico was declared by
President Wilson TO be respon-
Slble for the resulting turbulence
in the Southern Republic.
When General Huerta returned
from Spain, the American
Government made no effort to
deport him, accepting his pledge
that he did not intend to violate
the laws of neutrality.
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Several Stores In Pageland
Robbed.

Several Stores In Pageland
Robbed.
Recently several stores in
Pageland and other neighboring
towns have been looted and a
good portion of the profits have
been sent away through the
mails. This bold but clever
practice has gone on in such a
quiet way that little has been
said of it-in fact some of the
owners of the stores have not
realized perhaps that anything
has gone wrong. No safe
crackers or house breakers have
been here, but the catalogues of
the big mail,order houses are
flooding the country and money
that should 90 to the home
merchant is going to swell the
enormous profits of the big cor
porations in Chicago and New
York.
In speaking of the distribution
of these catalogues West
Virginia editor has the following
10 say:
You will probably say, as you
laugh UP your sleeve, that times
are hard, that people have no
money, and that advertising in
this instance will not pay the
Chicago mail. order house. But
don't you be fooled.
Years of experience has taught
these big business men behind
the mail-order house that the
profits of the world in all lines
of trade and commerce are built
on advertising.
If it didn't pay them to adver-
tise, do you think for one minute
that they would do it on such a
large scale? And think of the
hundreds of big mail order
houses doing exactly what this
one Chicago mail-order house is
doing right here under our very
9Qses Then multiply this big
It....s q . .aass e1rl.,I. ana,
tie result will startle you.
lfou have your remedy, you
have always had it. but you
persistently fail to apply it.
You should fight the mail
order house with its own wea,
pon-advertising. -
You think won't pay.
But what have you got to say
about the figures? Are they not
proof that it does pay? Have
you given it a fair trial? No.
Then try it!
When the newspaper attacks
the mail-order house, when ii
urges the home people to spend
their dollars at home with the
home merchants you laud it,
you cheer it, you give to the
editor words of encouragement,
and say go to it that's just fine" "
Of course that is The advertis-
ing in which you believe, and
YOU believe in it, because it does
not cost you anything.
But what if the home news
paper always boosting your
business, keeping the dollar at
home for you, asks you to buy
fifty dollars worth of space. a
year to be used in inviting the
home yeople to patronize your
business. All, that is another
matter.
swat the fly" has but recently
become a popular slogan. The
slogan of the city mail. order
house has been for years "swat
the small merchant" and the inn
plement of war is advertising.
You have at your command the
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us the water where you live
now hard or soft?" asked the
aunt.
1T must be pretty hard"
replied her niece. "The girl
spattered some of ii on the lamp
chimney the other night and it
broke all 10 pieces"
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j. s. TO ACT
IN MEXICO
DEFINITE STEPS TO RESTORE
ORDER IN REPUBLIC
TO BE TAKEN
As Soon As President Returns To
Washington - Armed Inter
ventiOn Not Contemplated.

WASHINGTON. July 3o-Defnitc
steps toward restoration Of peace in
Mexico viii be taken Immediately up-
on President Wilson's return 10
Washington next week. What spe-
cifc action the President may have
decided on has not been disclosed.
but II was authoritatively stated to-
night that the executive departments
or the government were preparing 20
carry out promptly the program de.
iermined upon. Only an unexpected
move. In Mexico itself to end the
strife, Il is said. would further DELAY
affirmative action by the United
States to restore constitutional GOV.
ernment IN the war-torn republic.
Armed Intervention Is not believed
TO be contemplated In the Presidents
program Many officials believe nc
forceful measures will be required
Persistent reports have reached here
that the faction leaders are inclined
10 yield TO the demands Of this gov.
erninent for a peace conference.
Reports are generally credited that
message will be sent to the oppos.
ing leaders giving them a final chance
TO cease hostili.ies within a limited
time and assemble conference "a
settle their difficulties. Possibilities
OF another failure TO do so. in view OF
the last refusal OF General Carranza
(Continued on Page ElevenA
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EASTLAND is
CONFISCATED
By OFFICIALS
INVESTIGATION IN CHARGE
OF FEDERAL GRAND JURY
PROCEEDS SLOWLY.
County Grand Jury Ceases Opera
tiOns For The Present-One
More Body Found.

CHICAGO. July go. - The investi.
cation TO determine whether any one
was criminally 10 blame for the cap
sizing Of the steamer Eastland in the
'Chicago river Saturday with the loss
of about one thousand lives was con
fined today to a federal grand jury
and the steamboat inspection service
under Secretary of Commerce William
e. Redfeld
The ship. still lying on its side at
its wharf. was taken over by a federal
marshal on orders from Judge Landis
Of the United States district court.
The county grand jury. IL was decid-
ed by Maclay Hoyne. states attorney.
probably did not have sufficient juris-
diction TO accomplish anything. and
ceased its inquiry for the present
Secretary Rcdheld's examination Of
steamboat inspectors continued to
day. but developed few new facts.
Charges that the steamboat inspec-
tion service would not be stringent
enough with It's own members con
tinucd today. ELECTED from Secretary
Redneld a repetition Of the statement
that the inquiry was according TO the
law and that judgment should not be
passed until it was ended
Before Mr.. Redheld resumed his
hearing. labor leaders issued state
ment that the department of com
merCe inquiry would be a whitowash
for federal inspectors. These labor
(conunued on Page Tsn1
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ADMIT SHIPS TO
U. S. REGISTRY

WASHINGTON. July 30 - Admia
sion to American registry of - for.
eiEn built steamers purchased for the
American Transatlantic company
was assured today when Secretary
Lansing transmitted 10 the depart.
ment Of commerce a written memor.
andum holding that neither interna-
tional low nor policy stood Boo the way
0f The transfer Registration ia OK.
rerfcd fo be granted without DELAY.
Dcspiic the information Of the
bureau of navigation that the trans
actions wore financed by Hugo stin-
mes. capitalist NJ Essen. Germany.
Tho state department took the poal.
tion that neither this government nor
Tho prize courts ~ hcuigereut nations
could go behind the bona flde owner
shin of the vessels hy an American
company and that n mortgage held
BY citizen Of a bcliieerent country
ON ship would not Justify ifs seiz.
uro n The Ownership was neutral
Tho twelve vessels have On arfro
Eafo of ftr5t gross tons. and arc val
oud of upward Of $4,000 600 Eleven
~ tho vessels were originally oi
Dutch Norwegian or Greek owner.
ship. but six ~ these. since their
purchase hy Albert Jensen. agent FOR
Sfinnes. have been placed under the
Danish haE.
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ATTEMPT TO TAKE
PBLAG0SA FAILS

ROME. July 10. via Paris. SIS p.
m-Au attempt was made by squad.
ron of Austrian cruisers and noulla
of torpedo boat dcstrnycrH yesterday
fu roc1ufurc tho Austrian island Of
paIaeosa. In tho hdrafic. which was
occupied by italian naval forces last
Monday. according to an official com.
mun'cation issued today by the ltaI
.an ministry of marine
Tho attack was rrpulacd. the state.
mont adds. and some members of the
Austrian lardIne party were forced Co
swim fo their ships
Tho statement. which waH signed by
Vice Admiral raoIo Thaon dI Rcvei.
chief of Che italian naval stan. fol
lows
'Tho enemy attempted ycatrrdag
morning fo rrrain possession of tho
island of TaiHe1r1 Two Urht
cruisers and aiy torpedo boat destroy
ore b0mhariod tho island from tho
Hoa while detachment of sailors die
embarked
our assallanta were rouuisad g~h
losses. some boIrF forced to swim to
mo ships
"uur oasuaItIsH we're two men
wounded