Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-04-25
THE M. e. CHURCH CUT.
The "Union" Attemp,s 20 Explain
Why aud How IL Came TO Use Others
Rr0nerfx Wifh0uf l.ermfaai0n

( Tne union" attempts 10 Explain
| Why aud How IL Came 10 Use Others
Property without Permission.
| If the ARGUS crowd would attend
church often er than they do, perhaps sf>
ter while they would learn to have more
respect for churches and morality than
they now seem to. A few months ago,
by and through various publications. that
paper succ seded in making the Ladies'
Hospital guild supper and ball. fog the
benefit of that charitable institution, q
failure, for some unknown reason-spite
| work-perb APPS. Now, as last act, 1t
tries to rob the Methodist church of the
cut of it's new building. The cut was
loaned that Office some time ago to be
used in their illustrated book, and where
1t has been since up to few days ago,
when 1t was placed in the Union office
for safe keeping and to be used In the
church fair book. We are surprised at
| the ARGUS resorting to such iittleness for
so small an Item Union.
This is some more OF the Unions
reason and misrepresentation in it's
| efforts to explain its fraudulent use Of
our property as belonging to others. The
cut of the First nj. E. church, which the
Union inserted Sunday morning without
leave or license from it's owner, is, as
has heretofore been stated, the condi-
tlonal property of the ARGUS. 1t was
made for this paper by Mr. D. 8. SEIZURE
| man. the architect, aud it was to re-
main ito oh viii
that Mr.. Schureman might, for the
service he performed, have the use of it
whenever he might desire it II was
enterprise OIL the part of the ARGUS that
resulted in the cut being made. and by
the conditions of the transaction with
Mr.. Schurenan the ARGUS was to re-
main possess or of it.
Mr.. Schureman's understanding of
the agreement between himself and the
ARGUS was solicited last night, and he
sent the following reply:
Rock ISLAND. Ill April "a. 1899.
Mr.. Fl. P. simpson, City Editor of the ARGUS
Dear Sir:--1n reply to yours of this
date, in regard to the cut of the M. E
church, l desire to say that the NJ. E
church does not own the cut mentioned
l had it made at your request, for the
ARGUS and the book you published, and
left the cut in your charge, and expect to
find 1t there when need it-as per con-
ditions Of the transaction.
All that Is necessary for any one to get
like cut is 20 make application in like
manner as you did. Respectfully,
d. S. SCHUREMAN.
Now that looks very much as If the
cut was "loaned" to this office and after
ward placed IN the Union Office for safe
keeping" Let the facts of the case be
repeated briefly in order that the ARGUS
may show that the Union is not be-
grudged the use of the cut, but that It's
manner of applying it to its own use
without auth GRITTY Is objected to. About
the middle OF last week the pastor of the
First M. Z. church called at the ARGUS
office and asked for the loan of the cut
that 1t might be used in church fair
book that was being published. The re-
quest was promptly and cheerfully
granted, as that gentleman will testify,
the express understanding being how
ever, that he was to be responsible for the
cut and to return it to the ARGUS when
he was through with it. This he prom
ised to do and the next thing seen of the
cut 1t comes out in the Union. The
ARGUS was naturally surprised, and know
ing that the gentleman to whom the cut
had been loaned would not so violate a
trust. 1t criticized the Unions methods in
using property that did not belong to 1t.
This led up to the senseless, unreliable
paragraph appearing this morning.
The gentleman In whose hands the cut
was placed stated this morning that he
had left the cut at the Union Office for
use in the church fair book which is be-
ing printed there, not supposlng for a
moment that it would be otherwise used
The Union, therefore. took advantage of
the situation and published the cut.
Who, on the face of these facts, has done
the robblngS
The ARGUS, as it has said. has no OBJ
lection whatever to the Union using the
cut, especially as it was published in
these columns six weeks ago. it having
been made for that use; but it does not
admire the methods employed by the
Union-in using others property without
authority. Tie M. E church is welcome
to the use of the cut, but we shall expect
its return to Ibis Office finally. and not
left for "safe k eeping" in the Union office.
The remarks of the sleepy-eyed institu-
ton about the ARGUS making the hospi-
tai ball failure, carries its own ridicule.
The ARGUS, in fulfllment of its mission,
published the news preceding the charity
ball and the sensational sermon of Mr..
Marquis again st dancing happened to be
part of the news. The ARGUS pub
lished it and every paper of importance
in the west commented upon it. The
Union did not. II 1t is ''spite work" to
publish the ne VS.. all papers Except the
Union are guilty of it, though the ARGUS
does not know what grudge it holds
against st. Luke's hospital. and the
guild would, we're 1t called upon to say
SO, claim the ARGUS friend equally as
true and faithful as the Kansas-bred
morning contemporary.
Time Killers.
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