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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
How Suckers Bite.

One Sunday morning, on his way
to church, a deacon observed boy
industriously fishing. After the lad
had landed several, he approached and
said: my son, don't you know it is
very wrong to catch fish on the Sab
bath day2 And, besides, it is very
cruel to frnpale that poor, helpless
beetle upon that sharp hook" Said
the boy: "Oh, say, mister, this Is
only an imitation! 1t amt a real
bug" BLESS mel" replied the dea-
son. well, thought it was real
bug!" The boy, lifting fine string of
fish out of the water, said: 80 did
these suckers"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
CHAPTER II-Contlnued.

"I haint a-Wantin' ter suspicion We,
Samson but | know how We feels
about yore pap. l heered tibet Bud
Spicer come by h7ar yistiddy plumb
full of liquor an lowed he'd seen
Jesse an jim Asberry a-talkin' ter
gether jest afore yore pap was kilt"
He broke off abruptly, then added:
aye went away from hyar last night,
an didn't git in twell after sunup-l
Just hesred the news, an come ter
look fer ye."
Air you-all 'lowin' tibet shot them
shoots from the laurel?" inquired Sam
son, quietly.
"Ef VEAL hain't 'lowin' hit, Sam
son, we're plumb shore tibet Jesse
Purvy's faixs will low hit. They're
Jest a-holdin' yore life like a hostage
fer Purvy's, anyhow, Ef he dies they'll
try ter git ye."
The boy flashed a challenge about
the group, which was now drawing
rein at Spicer South's yard fence. His
eyes were sullen, but he made no an
sweT.
One of the men who had listened in
silence now spoke:
"In the fust place, Samson, we hain't
,R-sayin' we done hit. In the mex place,
eff we did do hit we hain't a-blamin'
ye-Euch. But I reckon them dawgs
don't lie, an, eff they trails in hyar
yell need us. Thets why we've done
come"
TIE boy slipped down from his mule
ahd helped Lescott to dismount. He
deliberately unloaded the saddlebags
and kit and laid them On the top steI
of the stile, and, while he held his
peace, neither denying nor affirming
his a!nsmen sat thejr horses and
waited
Even to Lescott it vas palpable that
some of them believed the young heiI
to clan leadership responsible for the
shooting Of Ses9e Fu-Tg, and that
others believed him innocent, yet none
tie less IN danger of the enemy's ven
Beance. But, regardless of divided
opinion. oil were alike ready to stand
at his Sack and all alik+ awaited his
aanal Ttterance.
Taan, il c3e thickening gloom Sam
gon tag.sed at the fsot of the stile
Rad faced the gathering. He stoot
rigid, and his eyes flashed with deer
passion. His hands, banging at the
senrns of his jeans breeches, clinched
ana his voice came in a slow utter
hnce through which throbbed the ten
atty of soul-ahsorbing bitterness.
Il knowed all bout Jesse Purvy'.
bein shot. When my pap la,
Rdyin' over thar at his house wa,
n little shavss ten years old
E6sse Purvy aired somebody ter xii
him en- ! promised Wy pal
that IA find ore who tibet man was
an tSet I'd git 'em both-some dav
SO Salp me, God Almighty, I'm a-goin
ter git 'em both-some day!" Tn,
Soy paused and lifted one hand a.
though taking an oath.
I'm a-tellin' you-all the truth
But | didn't shoot them shoots thi
mornin'. ! hain't no truce buster
gives We my hand on hit. e
them dawgs come hyar they'll find m
nyar, an eff they hain't liars They'll
30 right by hyar. l don't low ter ruI
AWAY, an | don't low ter hide out. In
@-goin ter stay right hyar. Thet's al
1--WE got ter say ter ye."
For a moment there was no reply
Then the older man nodded with
gesture 0f relieved anxiety.
"Thefs all we wants ter know. San
Don" iss szid, slowly. Light, men an
acme a."
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02

good policy TO meet rather than COM
bat his requirements. II was essen
tial 20 his purposes that the officers
of the law in his country should be in
sympathy with him. Sympathy soon
became abject subservience. When a
South had opposed Jesse Purvy in the
primary as candidate for high sheriff
he was found one day lying on his
face with a bullet-riddled body. It
may have been a coincidence which
pointed to Jim Asberry, the judge
nephew, as the assassin. At all events,
the judges nephew was a poor boy,
and a charitable grand jury declined
to indict him.
In the course of five years several
South adherents, who had crossed
Holman's path, became victims Of the
laurel ambuscade. The theory Of CO.
incidence was strained. Slowly the
yumor grew and persistently spread
though no man would admit having
fathered 1t, that before each of these
executions star-chamber conferences
| 'ANu OCOh hClu Ill bhO lOOAho dbON I
Micah Hollman's Mammoth Depart.
taent Store" 1t was said that these
| exclusive sessions were attended by
Judge Holman, Sheriff Purvy and GER
tain other gentlemen selected by rea
500 of their craftsmanship. When
cns Of these victims fell john South
had just returned from law school
down below" wearing "fotched-on'
clothing and thinking "fotched-on'
thoughts. He had amazed the com
munity by demanding the right to as
gist In probing and prosecuting the
affair. He had then shocked the com
nounity into complete paralysis by re
questing the grand jury to indict not
alone the alleged assassin, but also
his employers, whom he named as
Judge Holman and Sheriff Purvy
Then he, too, fell under a bolt from
the laurel
That was the first public accusation
against the bland capitalist, and it car
ried it's own prompt warning agains
repetition. The judges high sheriff
and chief ally retired from office anC
went abroad only with a bodyguard
Jesse Purvy had built his store at {
crossroads Is miles from the rail
read Like Holman, he had won {
reputation for open-handed charity
was ked-and hated. His friends
were legion. His enemies were so nu
merous that he apprehended violenc'
not only from the Souths but alst
from others who nursed grudges il
no way related to the line of feut
cleavage. The Hollman-Purvy comb
nation had retained enough of its oil
power to escape the laws retributiol
and to hold its dictatorship, but tn
efforts Of John South had not beel
altogether bootless. He had rippe'
away two masks and their erstwhil
wearers could no longer hold their oil
5emblance of law-abiding philanthrc
pists. Jesse Purvy's home was tn
show place of the countryside. Con
modious verandas looked out owe
pleasant orchards, and in the sam
Enclosure stood the two frame built
ings of his store-for he, too, CON
0iDed merchandise with baronia
powers. But back of the place ros
the mountain side, on which Purv
never looked without dread. Twic
its tmpenetrable thickets had spat a
him. Twice he had recovered fro1
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
Friend of the Farmer.

DR.. Marion Dorset, bi-chemist of the
federal bureau of animal industry, Is
the scientist who first isolated the
germ responsible for that farm scourge
cholera in the hog. That accomplished
he perfected a serum to combat 1t,
protected his processes by patents and
then turned them over to the public
to be used without charge.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
loo Hard for Them.

IF the English were fighting on
the Russian and Polish border there
is one report which never could DO
made Of them"
whats that?"
"That they were meeting with pro-
nounced successes"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
Quite Different,

"One year ago man could an.
nounce that he was going to Europe
without creating ripple of excite
ment."
And now?"
'If he makes that announcement
everybody crowds around to have o
look at him"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
A Sense of Reuret.

1T was great move the Russians
made in abolishing vodka"
Eyes" replied the man who ID
never happy; only it seems to be
they have gotten rid of about the
only word in their language that 10
easy to pronounce"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
copyright. 1913. by w. ]. Watt & Coz
SYNOPSIS.

On Misery creek, at the foot of a rock
from which he has fallen, Sally Miller
finds George Lescott, a landscape paint
er, unconscious, and after reviving him,
goes for assistance. Samson South and
Sally, taking Lescott to Samson's home,
are met by Spicer South, head of the
family, who tells them that Jesse Purvy
Aas oeen shot.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
CHAPPED7
I H"
Those who have tested it find that
the epigram, Revenge is sweet" In
the most misleading of all.
Many Children are sickly.

Mother Grays Sweet Powders for Children
Break up Colds in "a hours, relieve Feverish.
ness, Headache, Stomach Troubles, Teething
Disorders, move and regulate the bowels, and
Destroy Worms. They are SO pleasant to take
children like them. Used by mothers for2 oyears.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address, A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
Open Game.

LET me make the songs Of nation
and care not who makes it's laws"
"Well, have try. Many people seem
to think there's room for improvement
In both just now"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-04-02
Very Much So.

"I heard of a duel lately which
was fought with wax bullets"
"That was quite cereous matter"
The Washington times., 1915-02-08
Mackensen Orders Menace 10
Kaiser's Left Wing Be Lifted
at Any Cost.
MEN UNDER CALLING FIRE
Cars Forces Again on Often.
sive in Bolimow Region,
Smashing Foes Positions.

PETROGRAD, Feb. S.-Under the eye
Of Emperor William. German regiments
are vigorously assaulting the new Rus
sian positions near Kamion. on the left
bank of the Bzura.'
General Mackensen has ordered that
the menace to the left wing of the Ger
man army in front of Warsaw be lifted
at any cost. The Germans are attempt
ing to capture the heights occupied by
Russian troops after they forced a
crossing Of the Rzura. near its con-
f1uence with the Vistula. They are fac
ing q calling fire from Russian light
artillery. which was wheeled across the
river on hastily constructed bridges.
Car Nicholas. 1t is unofticially stated
here, is watching the battle in the Boil
NOW region. The Russians are again
on the offensive around Bolimow, and
are smashing against the~German posi-
tiOns with series of infantry charges
that have resulted in satisfactory gains.
The Austro-German forces have been
unable to follow up their temporary
successes In the Bcskid passes. From
positions evacuated by the Russians two
days ago they attempted Il further ad-
vance, but were thrown back, and forced
to surrender the ground taken Saturday.
retreating along line Of nearly quar-
ter of q mile.
The Washington times., 1915-02-08
PRESIDENT FIGHTING
EXTRA SESSION PLAN
FiIihuster on in Senate Again as
Wilson Takes Action to Pre-.
vent Move.
Continued from First Page.)

is In charge OF the measure. declared 1t
would be kept before the Senate, II
necessary, for the rest of the session.
Until this morning 1t was the purpose
of the Senate Democratic leaders to al
low the Clarke motion to recommit, 10
be pa ssed and then to bring up the Gore
motion to discharge the commerce com
But Senator Smith Of south Carolina
unexpectedly returned and told the lead
ers he would support the Administra-
turned from California For the iirst
time In a long period the entire member
shi of the Senate, ninety-sl kin num-
ber is on hand Under Grnp,sd the tba e;are
plan and decided to move to recommit
with Instructions. They have the votes
to carry this motion with the aid OF the
Vice President. Senator Fletcher pre-
pared the motion to rccOmmit, with In
structions as substitute for the Clarke
motion to recommit.
The fight, therefore, promises to CEN
| ter for q nindefinite period about the
nit with instructions. The instructions
, contemplate amendment Of the fletcher
shin purchase bill with the substance
Of the Norris amendments.
Instead Of filibustering against the
Gore motion to discharge the commerce
II
Gore bill. Republican Senators Will MI
buster against the motion to recommit,
| with instructions.
They can hlibuster at length, on this
! and then, II need be. can hlibustef
| against the bill Itself With only twen'
| ty-one legislative days left, the Repub'
lican leaders declare they can easily
| defeat the proposed legislation.
A number Of Republican Senators con
! ferred and arranged program OF
! speech- baking. Democratic leaders vii
| resort to night sessions and continuous
| sessions The cots and beds which were
ent to the Offices OF Senators and u
the Senate end OF the Capitol a weel
ago will doubtless be called In to use
At the close OF last week there wa
talk OF disposing Of the bill one wa
or another early this week and settlin
whether an extra session would D
held. Many Democratic Senators d.
not want an extra session. But som
| Of the Senate leaders do. Moreover
the President Is not yet inclined to dro
the measure. The poll Of the Senat
leaders today strongly indicated an ex
ira session. although Republicans de
clare a flibuster of few days vii
cause the Democratic forces to abandon
ship purchase and try TO hurry through
appropriation bills without an extra ses
| sion.
Senator Ransdell Of Louisiant led OF
| with a speech in favor of the bill thi
| afternoon. lie has beeen seeking a
opportunity to make such spcecl
! for some time.
The Washington times., 1915-02-08
What War MOUeS Mean
BY J. w. T. MASON.

for investigation. but, no rule can
justify firing torpedo first and in
vestigating afterward. The limita-
items Of offensive power by subma-
rincs do not change the circum-
stance. What a submarine cannot
accomplish by legitimate measures
must be abandoned just as civilized
nations no longer poison an enemy's
water supply.
The captain OF a liner who used a
neutral flag to protect his civilian pas
sengers and crew from death by a
torpedo cannot be censured under
any provision of international law.
II submarines arc In the neighbor-
hood OF liner and II the nation to
which the submarines belong has
announced itself not responsible for
civilian lives on the enemy's mer-
chantmen. the liners captain un-
doubtedly will remember that his
first duty is to save his passengers.
If u liner were dangerously near an
iceberg. and If there were some mag
netic quality In foreign flag that
would prevent disaster, the captain
would not hesitate to fly the alien
colors. Under any other circ,ifN-
stance Of danger. the proceeding
would be the same. International
law fully provides for safety-a at sea
In case Of the noncombatants aboard
merchantmen. 1t Is improbab
anything short Of desperation win
ever cause one Of the great powers
actually to break the law.
The Washington times., 1915-02-08
"CLEANEST CITY"
TO LAND TROPHY
Mississippi CIubwomen Inaugu.
rate Campaign to Rid Towns
Of State Of Rubbish.

JACKSON, Miss, Feb. s.--tJnder the
auspices OF the Mississippi state hoard
Of health and the Mississippi Fedora
ton of Women's clubs. q contest mas
been inaugurated in which the Missis-
sippk town that is able to show the
cleanest bill Of health will receive
beautiful trophy.
The rules Of vthe contest are very
interesting. They are as follows:
That day, to be named later. prob
ably in April. termed a General Clean1
Up Day for Mississippi" be selected;
that all grades of ali towns entering
the contest be. made by the county
health officer and. county superintend-
ent of education in counties in which
tect to confirmation by DIR. Willis
VALLEY. state sanitary inspector. and
DR.. w. 8. Leathers, director OF the
public health, before winners are an
nounced.
Any town may enter the contest where
an organized club or federation Of clubs
exists. Where no club of federation
people may enter by organizing a san.
itotion club, all clubs to raise and re-
NIT the fec Of IS. Any town in which
there Is no club may enter this con.
test regardless OF population If an or.
ganization is perfected and fee re-
ceived before March 15
There are first. second. and thirt
sist of a trophy, the second and thirt
to receive certificates only. and al
towns making above 80 per cent to hav,
hoporable mention.
Money collected in the contest is to b,
used for the purchase OF prizes.
The Washington times., 1915-02-08
NEW YORK IS CRUDE,
COLD AND |NART|ST|C"
She Has Sickened Of America
and win Take Her Fifteen
"Children'' to Italy.

NEW YORK, Feb. S.-Do you know
what New York is?, Well. it's crude.
vulgar, cold. heartless. barren and
reaching the grand climax-INARTlS-
TIC.
Such is the verdict of lsadora Dun
can, and she's going away from U.S.
We are void of art. Our ambitions
are in electric signs our hopes in
dollar bills, our art in office build
ings. And Isadora is sickened OF us:
we pail upon her; the very name New
York sends adown her artistic. flex-
ible, Grecian-American spine shud-
der. We are "impossible"-the final
sentence of the highbrow.
In a lowbrow manner of speaking.
Isadora decided to dance down town
today and buy tickets to Europe. The
war is knocking down all sorts Of
works of art there. but what of It?
It's better than New York and the
rest of America. So she says.
And those fifteen children. from s
to 10 years old, whom she took out TO
the sandy shores Of Rye, n. Y. are
going back with her.
Italy Is where Isajora and those
who call her Isadora every day. are
going. Music. sculpture. and litera
ture--with these they will while away
the days. leaving these United States
of America to itself.
Isadora would like to take the Ida
Sniffen Walters case over the wateI
wits, her when she sails on Mait,h T. lr
fat(, she thinks New York Ia all wrong
on the way It treated the woman who
killed her two little children and triec
to commit suicide.
Let me tell you one thing Isadora
said. there Is no art here. They dois
know art. and even II they did they
wouldn't appreciate 1t. And so my
children and are going back-'yes
we're going to return to war-strickcr
Europe. where, despite the awful con
ditions. art is nevertheless appreciated
Over there they arc educated to tit u
born in thein-but here in America-a'
1t is a pity.
"Cold, heartless. barren. devoid Of
feeling and the finer things that go tt
make up an artistic nature" she re
sumed. ''is it any wonder that we ar'
anxious and eager to return?
See what you have done to Ida Sniff
fen Walters. you who are crying ou
for her life-the life that YOU wouldn't
let ebb away just so you could snuff il
out YOURSELF"
The Washington times., 1915-02-08
POLICE BEGIN PROBE
OF POISON CHARGE
Revelations of Former Orderly
Arouse Officials of Two
Counties.
CONTINUED from First Page. }

those mentioned by Mors In his confes.
sion The undertakers will be asked
whether they embalined the bodies and
what steps they took to ascertain that
There will be numerous questions for
NIors to answer. Frank Schmidt. one
Of the attendants. now confined In the
White Plains Jail as a witness. said yes
terday that he had heard the question
debated as to which OF two troublesome
inmates should be killed. Both Carl
Gass and Ferdinand Scholz, inmates.
were III. The question was which Of
them was the more trouble.
said. "SS Who nk picked a Gass. That % night he
says. Schmidt helped pile furniture
around Gass' bed. SO that he would not
throw himself out. Schmidt thought
Gass was simply delirious from his ILL
In the lining Of coat which was
said to belong to Mors detectives found
great wads of cotton yesterday. 1t was
said that the cotton was not such as
might have been part OF the padding
but was similar to that used in admins
tcring chloroform or ether. Ei ght ounces
Of ether and several bottles believed to
contain chlOroform were found in the
dispensary. over which fourteen-year.
| old Amelia Buonopene presided. When
used to prevent burns on victims faces
Mors told her. she said. It was to bt
used in massage.
Two deaths which came to the atten
ton Of tho coroner while the institu
tion was on Fla vemeyer avenue. Union
port. will be inquired into today b,
District Attorney Martin. of Rrons
county. and his assistant. Seymour
| Mork. So far as the coroner's record.
go there was nothing suspicious IN
| either case. but Martin is mindful o.
| the evidence regarding these record.
brought out in the recent investigation
by Leonard NJ. Wallstein. commissions
of accounts.
on June II. 1914. the death of Albcr
, Nelson. sixty nine years old. was re
ported by tho home. He died In Ford
ham Hospital. ribs and clavicle beini
| fractured.
In July. 1914, the death of Theodor,
| Koenig. ninety years old, an inmate o
| the home. was reported to the coroner
| The old man was found with bulle
| wound in his chest and another in hi
abdomen. His death was put down a.
| suicide.
| Sergeant Willemsbee. Of the New
| York Homicide Bureau. Is to question
several inmates of the home today.
| Assistant District Attorney Seymour
| OF Bronx county, said he would file
request either late today or tomorrow
| that the bodies which are buried In tn,
Bronx be exhumed for traces of poison
ing. 4
The Washington times., 1915-02-08
House Leaders Prepare
To Jam Through Shipping
Measure Within Two Days

At a conference Of House leaders to-
day Arrangements were made to jam
through the ship purchase bill within
two days. following its passage by the
Senate. 4 plan was devised whereby
tho Rules Commit will report a special
rule making the ship purchase bill in
order as soon as 1t reaches the lower
body.
This conference indicated that the
Administration is still confident of ac-
tion at this session. and a further in
dication of this confidence was re-
vealed nv the presence at the House
wing Of Postmaster General Burleson.
who conferred with Majority Leader
Underwood regarding the passage Of
the bill through the House
Participating In the conference were
Speaker Champ Clark. Majority Leader
Underwood. Congressman kitchin. the
next majority leader: Chairman Alex
ander. Of the Merchant Marine Com
mittee. and Chairman Henry. OF the
Rules Committee.
Despite the plans for action at this
session. one of the House leaders pre-
dictcd privately that an extra session
is inevitable II the ship purchase bill
is to pass. That there are breakers
ahead for the bill at an extra session
was broadly intimated today by Con-
gressman Kitchen. Mr.. Kitchen told his
, colleagues that he Is opposed to the ship
purchase bill. but that If it is taken
up this session he will content himself
The Washington times., 1915-02-08

NEW YORK, Feb. Sail nations
at war make use Of neutral flags
on the seas as ruse to deceive the
enemy. There Is nothing new In the
idea. 1t Is as old as naval sea-
fighting itself. and no government
will put itself on record in peace
times AS condemning the practice.
because that very nation may want
to use the same device when Its own
war comes.
Because neutral flags are misused
has never been held a reason for in
discriminate sinking of any ship ny
ing neutral coiors. Civilized meth
DDS OF warfare provide for a per.
sonal search OF II neutral merchant
vessel to determine her character
II a belligerent has reason to sus-
poet her good faith. II for any rea-
son search cannot be made. then
the merchantmen must be allowed
to 60 her way.
The only alternative is to risk
a war with the nation to which the
neutral belongs. As a strategic
move, this risk might be taken un-
der exceptional conditions, II bel
ligerent national had reason to be-
lieve the neutral nation would not
fight for the preservation Of Its ncr-
chant marine. Or the risk might
even be assumed II the neutral ma
iion could do very little additional
damage to the beiligerent nation by
entering the war.
War rules permit a belligerent ship
to halt a neutral on the high seas