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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11
MISUNDERSTANDING

Re Movies Atl asks leading magazine on Its front cover and inside
"A writers discuss the question from different viewpoints
movies not art But they have fair chance
becoming the silly censorship under which they operate
abolished With the socad national board
ship" there small quarrel because this ranensn engineered by the
and they have only the word abolish it.
But than criminal are the state and city censorpS under which
pictures filmed have been
other pictures been chopped there
little left.
the unamened Funkhouser Chicago refused permit the
screening of Upton Sinclars Jungle"
could written his tragedies comedies
censorship Dickens would have been damned Harriet Beech Stowe would
been lenced.
great be produced under the club the police
censorship does NOT prevent the showing of immoral films
which is the object its assert accomplished
censorship needed filmed mmoralyhere
laws providing punishment for lewdneSs either picture
ANY KIND OF CENSORSHIP is UNAMERCAN AND A PERIL TO
FREE INSTITUTIONS.
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Next Week
"THE UNAFRAlD"
Blu Eleanor Ingram

(conslnued From Our Last issue)
And now the doctor made no So
cret OF his curiosity; this Was q
matter on which he could not af.
ford to forego enlightenment Nor
was IL like rakins up an old hoF'
ror: II would do the boy more good
than harm TO speak OF this last
affair.
Il can't tell you much about Il
myself" said he. Il was wonder
Ing II I could. Just now on the
lawn. That's whore II happsned.
you know"
Il didn't know"
We'll, Il was. and the funny
thing II that was thcre AZ the
time. I used to 20 out with the dog
for . cigaret when they turned In;
last night I was foolish enough to
fall asleep In a chair on the lawn
I had been playing tennis all the
afternoon. and rad long bike ride
both ways. Well. all know Is that
I woke up thinking I'd been shot;
and there was my aunt with q re
voiver she insists on carrying-snd
poor Muggins as dead as n door
nail"
ibid she say II was an accident"
"She behaved as n II had been:
she was all over the poor dead
brute.
Rather a savage dog. wasn't IT,
Il never thought 90. But the
general had no use for him-and
no vonderl Did he tell you be had
bitten him In the shoulderf"
No"
We'll. he did. only the other day.
But that's the old general all over.
He never told me TIL the dog was
dead. shouldn't be surprised
IT,"
"Yes7~
If my aunt hadn't been In II
somehow. Poor old Muggins was
such a bone between theml"
You don't suppose he'd ended By
turning on herr"
Hardly. lie was like q kitten
with her. poor brute!"
Another cigaret was lighted;
more inhaling went on unchecked.
Was Mrs. Dysone by herself out
there-but for your"
''well-yes."
Does that mean she WASN'T"
Upon my word. don't know"
said young Paiey, frankly. TT
sounds most awful rot, but Just for
moment thought saw some
body in a sort OF surpllce affair.
But I can only swear 10 Aunt Els
sic, and she was In her dressing
gown. and II wasn't white"
Dollar did not go TO bed at all
He sat first at one window. watch
ing the black trees turn blue. and
eventually variety OF sunny
greens; then at the other. staring
down at the pretty scene OF a deed
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ByE.W.Hornung
COPYRIGHT, 1914
The Bobbs-MerniH Co.

caim-vas as painfully articulate
as young bereayed husband. He
spoke OF Gen. Dysone as OF a man
already dead. in the gentlest OF past
lenses. He was dead enough 20 the
boy. There had been an appalling
confeBsion-made as coolly. II ap-
peared. ms Paley repeated IL.
He thought knocked him down,
and ] had TO let him think So,
Aunt Essie insisted: she is a won
der. after all! II made him tell
me things I simply can't believe.
Yet he showed me a rope Just
like it--mesnt for mel
DO you mean just like the one
that--hanged the gardenerf"
Yes. He did II. 90 be swears.
He win tell you himself afterward-
he wants to tell you. He says he
first can't put nv
tongue TO III" The lapse into the
present tense had made him human
Like the Thugs?-
fes-like that sect OF f'endish
fanatics who went about strangling
everybody they metl They we're
what his book was about. How did
you knowf"
That's Bhowanee. their goddess.
on top OF his bureau. and he has
Sleeman and all the other awful
literature locked up underneath. As
. study for a life OF sudden idle.
mesa, in the depths OF the country
II was enough TO bring on tempo
rary insanity. And the strong man
gone wrong goes and does what the
rest OF us only get on our nerves."
Dollar felt his biceps clutched and
ciawed, and the two stood still I'M
der more irony in a gay contralto.
Temporary. did you say7 Only
temporary" the boy was faltering.
Il hope so. honestly. You see, IL
was Just on that one point
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1.-THE CRIME DOCTOR"

punctilIous hos, all day: and Dol.
lar was allowed TO feel that n he
had como down as a doctor. no was
staying on as an ordinary guest
In the afternoon tho whole party
Inspected every animal and veg
etable on tho premises. and after
tea the visitors car came round.
Originally there had been much
talk OF his staying TIL tho Monday;
the Kenerai went thru tho form OF
pressing him once more. but was
not backed up By bis wife. who had
shadowed them suspieiously all
day.
Nor ala he comment on this BY
so much a. q sidelonE glance at
Dollar. or contrive TO get another
word with him alone. And the
crime doctor. instead Of making
any arouse 10 remain and pene
trats these now mysteries. showed
a sensitive aiacr,ty 20 leave.
or the nephew. who looked ter
rihly depressed NJ bis departure.
he had seen something more. and
had oven asked two private favcrs.
One, that he would keep out OF
that haunted garden for tho ner,
few nights. and try going TO bed
earlier, the other an odd request
for an almost middis.aged man
about town. but rather flatteriug to
tho young fellow. II was for the
loan OF his Panama. 80 that Dol.
lars halter might see n he could
not get him as good a one. Paiay's
was the kind that might he carried
up a sleeve. like the modern hand.
kerchief, he explained that tho old
general had given II 10 him.
Dollar tried II on almost as soon
as the car was out OF sight OF Val.
while his young chauffeur
was still wondering what he had
done TO mako the governor sit be.
hind II was funny OF him. Just
when n chap might, have been tell
ing him 4 thing or two that hs had
heard down there at the coach.
mans place.
but II was all tho more interest.
Ing when they got back TO town at
7 In the evening. and he was order
cd 10 fill up with petrol and be
back nj ?. to make the Same trip
over again.
i needn't ask you" the doctor
added. TO hold your tongue abou,
anything you may have heard at
General Dysone's. know you VIII.
Albert"
And almost by lighting-up time
they were shoulder 10 shoulder on
the road once more.
But al Vaisugana II was another
dark night. and none too easy to
find ones way about the place on
tho strength OF n midsummer days
acquaintance.
And for the first time Dollar was
glad tho dog Of the house was
dead, as he finished a circuitous
approach by stealing thru the far.
Their wood. toward the Jagged
Jumps OF light In the ivy.strangled
bedrooms windows; already every
thing was dark downstairs.
Here we're the pale new sods.
they could just be seen. tho his
feet first felt their Inequalities
His cigaret was the one pinprick
OF light In all the garden, tho each
draw brought the buff brim OF Jim
Paley's Panama within an inch of
his eyes. It's fine texture like
coarse mating at tho range.
And the chair in which Jim
Paley had sat smoking this time
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last night. and doing the night DO
fore when the shot disturbed him.
was Just where be expected his
ahins TO find Il: the wiekern
squoAked as John Dollar took his
place.
Less need now not 10 make a
sound. but no made no more than
he could help. for the night was
atill aud uultry. without any OF the
garden noises OF 4 night ago. II
was as tho nature bad stopped her
orchestra In disgust at the plot and
oounterplot brewing on her dark.
cuod stage.
The eigaretend was thrown
away: II might have bonn = stone
that fell upon the grass, and Dol.
lar could Amos; hear II Smiling
IN the dew. His sursl nerves wore
tuned TO the last pitch OF sensitive
acknowledgment: ny on the
dropping Panama-brim would not
have failed TO scratch the brains
coat OF cnrd." How much
less the swift and furtivc football
thattame kissing tho wet lawn At
iastl
/, was moro than a football:
there was following swish OF
some long garment trailing thru
the wet II all came near. II all
stopped dead. Dollar had nodded
heavily as II In sleep; had jerked
his head up higher; seemed to be
dropping off again In greater com
fort
Tho FOOTBALLS and the swish came
on like thunder now. But now his
eyeiids were only droopinr like the
brim above them: In the broad
light Of their abnormal perceptivi'
~. II was as n hia own eyes threw
a dreadful halo round the figure
they beheld.
II was n swaddled figure, creep
Ing into monstrosity. crouching ear
ly for its spring. II had draped
arms extending. with some cloth
or band that looped and frightened
at each stride; on the rounded
shoulders bobbed the crsning head
and darkened face OF General by
some.
In his last stride he swerved M
N 10 get as much behind the chair
aa it's position under the tree per
mittcd The cloth olapped as II
came taut over Dollars head. but
was not actually round his neck
when he ducked and turned. and
hit out and up with all his might.
lie felt the rasp OF ib-hour beard.
heard the click OF teeth: the lawn
quaked. and white robes settled
upon a senseless heap. as the plum.
age on n murdered pigeon.
Dollar knelt over him and felt
his pulse. held nm electric lamp TO
eyes that opened. and quickly
something else TO the dilated nos.
trils.
20, Jimi" shuidered n voice close
at hand II was shrill yet broken.
cry OF horror. but like no voice
he knew.
He jumped up to face the gen
erals wife.
It's not jim, Mrs. Dysone. It's
dollar. He'll soon be- all right"
"Captaln-Dollar"
"No--doctor, nowadays-he called
me down as one himself. And now
I've come back on my own respon-
sibility, and-put him under chloro-
form: but haven't given him
much. For Heavens sake, let us
speak plainly while we cant"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11
CHAPTER VI.
A Wonderful Woman

Merclfully, days do not al
ways go on as badly as they
begin; more strangely, this
one developed into the dullest
and most conventional of country.
house Sundays.
General Dysone was himself not
only dun, but even n little stiff. as
became n good BTlton who had said
too much to too great stranger
overnight. His natural courtesy
had become conspicuous; he played
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

even there / believe n
did want his wife out OF the VA
and for her own sake. tool" a.
Dollar, with a sympathetic tysnu
OF his own.
But do you know what he's ~
ing7 He means 10 tell the vhols
world now. and let them hang hin
and serve him right--he says! Al
he's as sane a. we are nov-oab
be might have been thru Q Turki1l
BATH"
More signsi" cried Dollar. lad
ing up at the Frightening sky. ID
we won't allow that II would uslo
nothing and he has made al u
reparation.
80 Come, Paley: 7 vast b
take him back with me in the caf
It's broad daylight"
Continued In Our Next Issue)
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

: A warm water artesIsn we'll =
the Arthur Burro farm empuu
into the river short distance
from Ludden. N. D.. the water b.
ing warm enough TO keep the
stream from freezing at that point
Thousands of fish last vtnts
swarmed to this point until thu
were go thick that they could b
shoveled out by the wagonload.
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Hooray for Tennessee!

n FORTH liberty,
~ WILL E. HUMPHREY, CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATESl
people Washington send their thanks
republicans gathered together convention
conceived the lofty idea of Showerng Win with noble honor
unboken backbone o a going o
He the builder of frogponds and catai Conservatives
patriotic, plattudnous oracle righteousness
Why did think of beforel Why did
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

HOW the of Basil Manly regard to the income tax swnd
IL printed The Star and its sister turnout the country stir
ring the thought of the people reflected by last weeks action In con-
This took the form of resolution by Rep Heating, Of Colorado d
recng Secretary McAdoo Mn charge that S2ooooooo OF in
being lodged by the supeatvey wealthy
of the nation.
McAdoo is asked explain why he has not recommended to the
president full publicity for all income that the extent OF the frauds
be checked.
This resolution The Star predicts Just the beginning Of an agitation
that going to result in mighty oveTtrnng OF present income tax
conditions and which will result the saving the government of
millions Millions perhaps that the cost Of preparedness
need not congress great deal
especially certain this, knowing do the immense
ammunition Manly still unused and which will be
used to great effect from day to day in the Scrpps papers.
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devised a test. which shows vhetA
er given individual is susceptible
TO diphtheria or not.
The results OF lts use provs
that 30 per cent Of the nsw.
born, so 10 90 per cent OF chill
dren and 90 per cent OF thu
adults arc naturally Immune
from dlphtherls.
This throws new light upon a.
spread OF the disease and explslrs
why only certain persons tai,
diphtheria even when exposed % 4
This test shows whether q PERM
has sufficient antitoxin In H.
blood TO overcome an infectlos
with diphtheria germs.
Some Of the other uses OF "A.
Schick test can be summarized =
follows:
!. II will enable the practic,ps
physician TO diagnose doubtfsj
membranes of the throat
2. II will enable physicians d
separate the susceptible from a.
non-susceptibie indiyidpals.
Sit will enable health offIcsn
and physicians TO administer a.
titoxin TO only those who actuals
need II.
4. IL will enable physici,ps
when diphtheria germs are foup;
In the throat OF an apparently
well person, TO determine wheths,
this person Is coming down VIII
the disease or whether be d /
carrier"
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- EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE SEATTLE STAR ==z==:

see to perform so high serice
n embrace Let him Craze in
the rich Southern pastures.
Certainly he perform nober duty singing his anthems to the
Southern than by sticking around the capital and rotng the
service of the people of Washington.
We're with Tennessee. Go to IT,
The state of Washington unselhy gives its baes for the
TONS
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

Three-auarters Of the $50 mIIlIea
or so acres owned by Guar Md
olss OF Russia IL rich timberiaa4
yielding large rentals. and the NJ
mining properties. all OF vhics
net him some half million cod
dollars day. the worlds creates
individual income.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

ouR OWN TRAyELocuEs
UpLIFT OOZE
ny urRuy Couou-MAN

uosfnN-The very nest place y"
che werid where yen may wash your
race aud hands saa comb your hair
Tor ssshing .. located In the wash
room of the Parker house, In Hoston.
Now the management ever stands
che hill for fresh towels ssd -oap ts
q nystery. Be.sea wss cspturrs hy
the Brsttsh. but eia~ed itself free In
ira, thea the Irish captured ~. sud
90 Inst accounts Jack Curtey was
eth mayer. Theatrical managers do
cot like Bostos ~. e.--the Hub be-
cause the mayor objects Go play. In
The Attowwther. Boston L. famous
for baked beans. Lotts the actress.
Amerteas first subway. Old ry
yeusg nsd MIN and water sts. side
~ stae. - approved ny the Dairy
men's unfoa. IN. 1.-THE snloess
close At II = mo
GERS PLENTY
Do You give your dog any eHer-
else.
Yes. he goes for = tramp every
day.-Burr.
TROPICAL
don't believe the climate In
Russia is so cold as they say II is
What makes you think SOL"
I've seen the Russian ballet. and
those costumes were never made
for ssro weather.'-N Y. World
urLrr ooxn
nu AK "'r'' o'-''--.-'
MR. y matter what happens b
II your wife falls down the esiiar
stairs after chopping the wood for
the kitchen stovs-oRIS.
II your bose chide. you for dozing
on the job. CHUcKLF.
Nobody loves a Crouch.
You may annoy some peopis BY
being always happy.
But you should fret
0urgie your joy
sMrLEi
POLITICAL ADVICE
dedicated 70 the delegates going
to chIeaao.)
I. Many an ass Is mistaken for
Q dark horse.
:. It doesn't require practice TO
pass the buck.
.. T. r. does NOT stand for
Tired Running"
e. TELL the wage earners you
love emit doesn't matter what
you have DONE for 'em OF VIII do.
s. Be sure TO praise Abe Lin
coin. There's no risk attached 10
that.
THE PoME
ne rsphyrs blow faint from the
hillside,
AID sweet are the eaor. they
wAe. a.. dew h but win. from the
That breaches the lily and eIinws.
A. your lips chung To mine on that
Msy-dsy,
oA' again but 10 feel the repose-
And yield 10 your sprinx-tims e.
Drowning youth I'm the blood of
Answer--Yss; we were Just jok-
ing. Alas and alacki
DON'T you FEEL
LIKE A PicKPocKET
When you
Walk out of the barber shop and
don't tip the feller7
When the conductor on the street
car forgets TO grab your nlckeI7
When you earn $500 on the side
and don't tell your frau about Il,
When you use one OF the firms
2-cent stamps on a personal letter?
When the clerk gives you two
bits too much in change?
Say. don't you?
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DO you KNOW THAT-N
10 In the power OF man =
cause all germ diseases to dc
appear from the worIo7
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-11

~ mali. cot 81 eity. one y~af. % s0ts
.oDths. $780, aSc per month up 10 Q
months ~ CARRIER. city. zSe meath.
Entered at Seattle. WASH. postsffies -
second lass ~ntter.
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DlPHTHERI

a new and useful aid In a.
fight against dlphtheria has h..
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put into M.
hands OF phyE
clans and hsalu
officers BY u
boratory.
II is the rssus
OF the studies Il
Prof. schick d
Vienna, who haa
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-04

Bounty Land, Oct. 2.-Speciali:
Miss jamie Ellison, OF Greenville, is
visiting her cousin, Miss Agnes Elli-
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. NJ. Kelley were
weekend guests Of B. E. Bagwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Cater visited in
the Clearmont section Sunday.
Miss Alice Hall and little Miss
Belle Hall visited relatives in West
minister the Weekend
Miss Lucy Patterson, lately OF Bir-
mingham, Ala, made brief visit to
Miss Agnes Ellison last week, leaving
for Ninety-Six.
s A. Davis was at his old home the
first OF the week.
Several ladies of this community
spent a delightful afternoon at the
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-04
Tan,nSSPe News,

Tamassee, Oct. 2.-Special G.. NJ.
Barnett, county farm demonstrator,
and his mother we're guests OF John
J. Rankin and the Misses Rankin re-
Gently. Mr.. Barnett gave an inter
esting lecture at the Flat Shoals
school house.
Mrs. w. }. Beard and Mrs. Corne-
liza Jones visited Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il.
Sitton in Walhalla for few days
last week.
Miss Matte Lee spent last Sunday
with Mrs. Jesse Lay, Of Cheohee. The
many friends Of Mrs. Lay will be
glad to hear that she is recovering
nicely from her recent illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Harris and
young son, OF Greenville; Miss Car
rie Darby Harrison, Mrs. Ida II. Dar-
by, Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Darb. and
Miss Caroline Darby were. recent
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. II. G. Jones.
Mrs. Hardin and baby, Of Alabama
were recent visitors at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. Kelley.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-04
Important Meeting at Oakway.

The citizens Of Oconee are urged to
attend meeting to be held at the
school house at Oakway on Saturday
Of this week, October 7th, at Q
o'clock p. III. The object Of the
meeting will be to explain many fea-
lures Of the new rural credits sys-
TEN that seem to be not fully under
stood, or totally misunderstood, by
the general public. All who are in
terested in the plan to get money at
low interest and on long time are
urged to attend. This meeting is
not for the people of the Oakway Sec
ton alone, but we hope to have rep
resentatives Of every community in
Oconee county. The new financial
system will be fully explained. Come
and meet with us.
H. l.. Werner, President,
G. RI. Miller, V. President,
Oconee ranch National Rural
Credits Association.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-04
1902, ,0O1 BALES WERE GINNED
70 Sept. rs Against 2,OO3, 1920 Last
IcaI--CrOp Short.

Washington, Oct. Cotton of the
growth of 1916 gtnned prior to Sep
tember 25 amounted to 4,062,991
bales, counting round as half bales,
the Census Bureau announced to-day
in its second ginning report of the
season. That compared with 2,9O3,-
S29 bales ginned prior to September
25 last year; 3,393,725 in 1914 and
3,246,655 in 1913.
Round bales included in the gin
nings numbered S3.527, compared
with 32,4l2 last year, 1894 in 1914
and 2G,9S3 IN 1913.
Sea island bales included number
ed 1890, compared with 1901
last year, 1927 in 1914. and 10,-
$40 in 1913.
Ginnings prior to September %, by
States, with comparisons for the last
hrnp ynorS rOl1ow.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-04
Hospital for Westminster.
(TugaloO Tribune. 3D.


We are glad to state that Westmin-
ster will soon have hospital where
the sick and wounded can be treated.
Through the efforts Of Drs. ] Fl.
Johns and w. A. Strickland the insti-
tuition Is now an assured fact. The
residence Of DR.. Burt Mitchell has
been secured for the location. 1t Is
being thoroughly renovated and re-
paired. Hospital fixtures and equip
ment were ordered some time ago,
but have been delayed in transit The
management hopes to have every
thing in readiness to open in the next
week or so. Nothing will be left un-
done to have an up-to-date hospital,
and we congratulate the promoters
and wish them abundant success and
cooperation in their undertaking.
Patients will have the very best at
tention Of nurses and surgeons and
we hope the people all over the coun-
ty Will remember the hospital at
Westminster when sickness or mis-
fortune Overtakes them.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-10-04

The regular meeting OF Fairview
Local Union, No. IS, will be held next
Saturday, October 7th, at Q o'clock
Every member Is urged to be present,
as there will be business Of great i'm
portance to attend to.
]. r. McMahan, President.
Picket Post, No. 20.
All members Of Picket Post Local
Farmers Union, No. 20. are request
ed to meet Saturday night, October
7th, at 7.30 o'clock, as there is busi-
ness Of Importance.
NJ. G. Holland, President.
&C. Kelley, Secretary.