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Vol. 5 NO. 41 1'AGKLAND, S. C., WEDNESDAjt MORNING, JUNE 30. 1915 $1.00 per year
Several Stores In Pagel&nd
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
Emails. 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 go to the home
merchant is going to swell the
enormous profits of the big corporations
in Chicago and New
York.
In speaking of the distribution
of these catalogues a West
Virginia editor has the following
to 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 vou 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 advertise,
do you think for one minute
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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
AMM^Then multiply this big
- iSf/ ?Ola>^aaiiLiX. Uuu'i
^HfWSult will startle you. I
l*ou have your remedy, you .
have always had it, but you I
persistently fail to apply it.
You should fight the mailorder
house with its own weapon?advertising.
You think th^t-^ 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 it
tirces thft home npnnlp to qiuhiH
their Hollars 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 advertising
in which you believe, and
vou believe in it, because it does
not cost you anything.
But what if the home newspaper
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. Ah, that is another
mattei.
"Swat the fly" has but recently
become a popular slogan. The
slogan of the city mail order
house has been for years "swat
the smaii merchant" and the implement
of war is advertising.
You have at your command the
same implement with which to
urot tKrt 1 "
me inaii-ui ucr nouse.
Use it.
Co-operate with your home
newspaper, the benefits will he
mutual. The newspaper uses its
space without cost to you to
keep the dollars at home for you
so you should buy some of the
space to get the dollars. It is
not the custom of the American
citizen to go where he is not invited
to go. If he is invited to
buy in Chicago he will buy
there, but he would rather buy
gt home if he were invited to do
Russians Fight But Keep on
the Run
London, June 27.?The Russians
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 a
furious artillery action. The
fact is recorded by the Russians
themselves, but it is too early to
say whether it means a 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, confining their statements
to the Galician situation,
where victories arc claimed in
various sections, from the Bessarbian
frontier to Rawa Ruska,
north of Lemberg.
The Germans claim the Teutonic
forces have crossed the
Dniesterinortlwest of Haliczand
have driven the Russians some
miles into the hills.
Not since the war began has
the English public been so con
vinced that it wfould be a long
one. Those who took this view
months ago were called pessimists
but now it is generally
admitted that the Russian armies
must fight for months to come
under tremendous disadvantages
and 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 methods.
While tl*e campaign forAmuujtionViS
(JTfa't Tfet^rs at Its
height it must be assumed that
Germany is straining every fiber
to, the same end and calling into
Wlay her inventive skill so as to
increase the deadly mechanisms
bf war to offset the inevitable
and terrible drain on her men.
The present .consensus of
opinion among military writers
in London is that Germany intends
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 Przasnys/.
regions is along the valleys of
the Omulew and Orzyc tribu
taries of the River Narrow,
which flows across North Poland
and joins the bend of the Vistula
above Warsaw.
Why He Didn't Help.
"Why did you not help the
defendant in the fight if that's
the case.*'" asked the examining
counsel.
Mr. Casside looked at the lawyer
with contempt and answered
in a tone of blighting scorn: "For
the r'ason that at the toime Oi
had no means of knowin' which
o* thim would be the defendant."
?Buffalo Courier.
so. But don't let th p nPWQnfinnr
~ -r"ri4'
I do all the inviting. That is a
practice in everv respect as tinfair
as unfair can be.
And don't think either that
your particular business is not
affected. Be you a dealer in
drugs, shoes, clothing, dry goods,
groceries, hardware, insurance,
lumber, or any article in dailv
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?A<1 vor1
tising,
Huerta's Revolutionary Expedition
Nipped in Bud.
Washington, June 27.?The
United States Government has
frustrated for the present an
attempt on the part of Gen.
Victoriano Iluerta 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 El Paso today
followed nearly three months of
csionage by Government agents.The
Department of Justice , ha^
instructed United States Atfor-!
_ C .1 *
uc> v^iiiui' 01 me western -ats
trict of Texas to take into
custody these men, who seemingly
were engaged in violations^
of American neutrality lavyjk
which forbid the recruiting o*t.
men, purchase of supplies therefor
and the organizing ot a
military expedition on the soil
of the United States to he used
in operations against a people
with which this country is at
peace.
Mr. Camp was ordered to
place before a grand jury at El
Paso immediately all the eyi-;
donee in his possession in order
that indictments may be returned
against any one guilty of an
intent to violate American neutrality
laws.
Apart from any considers^
tions of poiicy 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 Depat&
ment of State in enforcing^?
the individuals concermH
When Assistant Attorney Gen-i
eral Warren called to the attention
of Secretary Lasing thei
fact that General Huerta and his
supporters appeared to be readyto
set on foot an armed expedition
into Mexico, Mr, Lansing
indicated that this was a subject
for the Department of
Justice to handle, and the arrests
ordered forthwith.
OTHERS ALE PLEASED
The development at El Paso
caused a sensation in Mexican
quarters here, both the Carranza
and Villa agencies issuing state
ments rejoicing that the United
States had checked an effort on
the port of the so called reactionary
interest to regain control of
Mexican affairs. Both agencies
had repeatedly called to the
attention of the State Department
the movements of the
lluerta group, although today's
action was said at the State
Department to be entirely on
the initiative of the Department
of J ustice.
While officials were reticent
as to the probable development
of the case against Iluerta? it
was indicated that the United
States would retain in its custody
for the present at least the
man whose overthrow of Madero
and Suarez and dictatorship
in Mexico was declared by
President Wilson lr? roc,mn.
. ..wv ?vr W I V opvilsible
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.
"Is the water where vou live
now hard or soft?" asked the
aunt.
"It must be pretty hard,"
replied her niece. "The girl
spattered some of it on the lamp
chimney the other night and it
broke all io pieces."
Orange Sorgum vs Cotton Seed
Hulls.
lOrange sorgum should be
planted in three foot rows between
June the 20th and July
l^th, and thinned to eight or ten
icehes in the drill that the stalks
njay have space enough to grow (
a* least an inch in diameter that j
\Vhen shocked up in large shocks .
at corn is often done for shred-!
ding, will remain green all vvinand
furnish an abundance of
jyfc&culent food when often nothiag'else
is available.
prepared (four acres) as lor
Sp^tton in three toot rows on July
;14tli and fed eleven head of
jflfbwn cattle from Oct. 1st until
ijeb, the 15th. In addition to!
nr^um run through a feed cutter
me milk cows received cotton i
meal and the dry cattle re- j
ttewed nothing but sorgum the j
entire winter, and kept in good
Condition until the following
Spring.
F Many farmers who constantly
purchase hulls and then haul
f^hem many miles can plant at j
Jjgast a few acres of grain lands!
Jo sorgum and thus save the
Winter feed bill; depending of
course on the yield of the crop,
f Two fifths of an acre of good
Sorgum will feed a grown cow
from four to five months. An
#cre of land that will produce a
bale of cotton should with 200
pounds of cotton seed meal or
firom 80 to 100 pounds of soda j
produce ten tons of sorgum. The !
price of a ton or two of hulls
Igjdll purchase a feed cutter, and
toe cane should be cut into short j
Ifleogths for feeding.
Htt^hen the crop is planted in
Julv it. will
PHnore in October and should beT
shocked before a killing frost and |
securely tied around the tops
Iwith binder twine. Tighten the
binds in about two weeks or as
soon as Hie blades have dried
thoroughly. Enough cane can
be 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 a large stalk for best results.
Cut out the feed bill and grow
sorgum and don't be afraid that
Borgum will ruin your land as
cotton will produce a better crop
if planted after srmnim thnn if
planted after cotton.
W. R. Elliott.
Dist. Dem. Agent.
Some One Was Wrong
Not long ago a political speaker,
in the course of an address in
a western city, happened in a
rather oratorical tone to refer to
Samson's slaying of the Philistines.
To his surprise a man in
the audience leaped to his feet
with a contradiction.
"You're wrong, Mr. Speaker!"
the man loudly declared.
For a moment the politician
was at a loss. "What do you
mean?" at last he inquired.
"I mean that you have got
another guess coming," confidently
answered the intruder.
"It wasn't Samnson who lickod
the Philistines; it was Dewey."?
Exchange.
f
- Author's Nagging Wife?I
wish you got a dollar for every
word you write!
Irritated Author?I wish I got
half a cent for every word you
itpeakl?Judge.
F
Russians Retreat But Fight j
Fiercely.
The Slate, Saturday. 1
Petrograd seems to be in no
wise discouraged over the en- i
forced retirement of the Rus 1
sian troops from Lemberg, 1
whose capture by the Teutonic 1
allies is being celebrated in all I
the towns of Austria and Ger- <
many. The Russian army is l
stiil in full retreat, advices from i
the Lemberg district indicate,
although strong Russian rear i
guards are opposing the Austro- i
German advance.
Farther south along the i
Dnister river another Russian ]
army is fighting desperately to j
prevent the Austrians and Ger- s
mans from breaking through <
The German Gen. Linsingen,
Berlin reports, has crossed the j
river which is taken in that ?
capital to indicate that his ad- i
vancc can not be staved. But it
is pointed out from Petrograd
that at only one place on the j
entire length of the Dniester
have the Austro Germans es- :
tablislied themselves with any i
permanency on the right bank. i
The latest Austrian official
communication says that the
Russians are retreating on the i
Dnister between the Vistula and <
the San and that north of the
Vistula the Russian rear guards
were driven beyond the Kamienka
river, the Austrian occupying
Ostrowiec and Sandomierz,
in Poland, near the
Galician border.
Artillery has held sway in the
operations in France, the Germans
expending a vast number
of shells on Berry-au Bac,
Sapigneul, in the Argonne and
on Metzeral. A recent bomcardment
of Dunkirk by the
VjClfViall- 1UV u'.X, ? ;
ture of 36 tons of great shells I
from their long range guns. At I
less than hour intervals through <
an entire day a 16 inch shell fell 1
into the city. The explosives wrought
much damage but 1
killed only a few civilians. <
Great Britain has begun in <
e'.imPSt tllP vvorlr r?f r?r<-krliirM?rr I
munitions, first of all assembling 1
the skilled workmen necessary i
to carry out the plan which j
David Lloyd-George, minister of '
munitions, has formulated. 1
The first of the seven days <
allowed by the minister to the
labor leaders to furntsh the men i
is reported to have given good ?
results in the way of recruiting. 1
Berlin advices say the pros- 1
pects are good for the forthcoming
German note to the
United States meeting the
American government's wishes
rcffiinlinaf till* ?llKmarirw? uinr
. ??iv uuk/iiiuiliiv tf ill
fare. It is intimated tliat Ger
manv may consent to an examination
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.
Snake Story From Anson.
Wadesboro Ansonian.
A small snake climbed a telephone
pole and crossing the
sidewalk on a piece of piping
secured a little bird from a nest
in the Covington building Saturday
morning. The bird's nest
was in a noie in me wall made
to allow the telephone cables to
pass into the building:. The
snake was making the return trip
with the bird's head in its 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.
\ Three-teacher School Within
Reach of Every Child
Progressive Fnrmer.
A Three-Teacher school with,n
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 successors
should then keep up the
fight until this now far-away
ideal is realized.
It is not possible to give a child
the right sort of educational
training in a one-teacher shook
Under such conditions a teacher
must have so manv recitations
from so many pupils that it is
impossible to give even half-way
adequate attention to anv pupil
or any subject.
We do not mean by this that
a bright, ambitious child cannot
educate himself in a 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 waked
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 a tragedy?a positive
tragedy enacted with heartsickening
frequency in your
state, your county, your township,
and we fear in your school.
"That there should one Man die
icrnnrnnl tliot lv.ift ran-iritv fnr
"wvt
Knowledge?this I call a Tragedy,"
said Carlyle, "were it to
happen more than twenty times
in the minute, as indeed by some
computations it does." That
fir A'-ixl chr?: 11H jgf}
through life with faculties untouched
by really effective eduction,
Kind Reader, "that the
amp of his soul should go out"
?this is the tragedy against
ivhich we are protesting, and to
:>ur plea we urge your most
earnest attention. And sometimes
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."
It is not necessary to say that
it is The Progressive Farmer's
oninion that it is better to walk
two miles? or even two and a
half, to the good school.
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 tinished He had some scraps
that were too bad to put into the
rattlesnake, the hyena, the scorpion
and the skunk, so He put
all these together, covered it with
suspicion, wrapped it with jealousy,
marked it with a yellow
streak, and called it a knocker."
?Siler City Grit.
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 explaining
that he could not grant
divorces the minister tried to
dissuade his visitor from carrying
out his intention of getting
one, saying:
"You must remember, Sam,
that you promised to take Liza
for better or for worse."
"Yassir, I knows dat. boss," rejoined
the darkv, "but?but she
wur8 dan I took tier for,"-~Ex.