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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
YUMA.

George Wake had an attack of stom
ach trouble last "wednesday He is
slowly recovering.
Alonzo Dunbar is still very low ant
little hopes of his recovery are enter
tanned A trained nurse has been in
charge for several days. Mr.. Dunbar
has lived to raise u children, two boys
and ten girls, all married and living
in different states. Most of them are
at his bedside.
Miss Sarah Walker visited with Miss
Fannie Franklin last Saturday, accom-
panying Miss Fannie home Friday ev
ening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Skaters children
who have been so ill with scarlet fever
are all out of danger, but it will be
some time before they are fully re
covered
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wakes baby
has scarlet fever in a mild form.
Miss Dorothy Daily visited her grand
mother, Mrs. Sylvester Daily, last week
for few days.
Omar Karr of Rock Falls was down
visiting relatives and friends and en-
5oying a rabbit hunt with the boys.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Wainwright Wis
tied their daughter, Mrs Harry Cook,
last Tuesday
Henry Shafer has purchased the
Dave Allsbro house in Port Byron and
he and his wife will move there the
first of next month We are sorry to
have Mr.. and Mrs. Shafer leave our
community. Dave Shafer, who was re-
Gently married. will occupy the farm.
Miss Katie Mead attended the vari-
ETY. shower given for Miss Maggie
Crompton by Mrs Grant Miss Guthrie.
Miss Buell.. and Miss Lillian Crompton.
at the residence of Mrs Grant Satur-
day afternoon. Miss Crompton and
Frank Bryant will be united in mar
riage in the near future.
Miss Bessie Cook of Port Byron is
spending a few days with her brother,
Harry Cook.
The rural free delivery routes have
all been changed and the new order
will go into effect Friday morning,
some of Hampton and Port Byron be-
ing sent to Hillsdale
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
(To Be Continued.)
Cured of Lung Trouble.

at is now II years since l. had a
narrow escape from consumption, -
writes C. o. Floyd, leading business
man of Kershaw, S. c. 81 had run
down in weight to 135 pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day
and by night. Finally l began taking
Dr. Kings New Discovery, and contin-
ued this for about six months, when
my cough and lung trouble were en-
tirely gone and l was restored to my
normal weight, 10 pounds Thou
sands of persons are healed every
year Guaranteed at w. T. Hartz's
drug store. 301 Twentieth street soc
and 81. Trial bottle free.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
CHAPTER XIII.

~ lDGEMERE was beautiful es-
tate overlooking Great South
- bay. Just east OF Babylon. 1t
EXg was essentially summer
play house. and yet John Drysdale.
looking through the blurred glass Of
the carriage that had brought him
from the station through the sudden
April shower, saw in the light stream
ing redly from the windows a warmth
or welcome that summer could not
show. y pile OF logs was blazing in
the hall fireplace, but he paused only
for 4 moment 10 get Off the outdoor
chill and then ran up TO his room to
dress for dinner He knew the Gus
toms or the house. and he hoped for n
reward II he dressed promptly.
Nor was me disappointed, for when
he came down the stair some fifteen
minutes later he saw standing before
the fire a regal figure. He paused n
moment to contemplate 1.-THE white
shoulders rising from gown OF rich,
dark red. the pOise of the head with
its black coifure the grace OF the arm
hanging idly 10y her side.
She was gazing intently into the fire,
deep in thought. and for an instant
she did not hear him. Then she turn
ed with that rare smile which a wom-
an OF ardent temperament gives TO
only one man IN the world.
81 heard you drive up she said IF
thought you might remember our old
habit"
AS II 1 could forget it. Do you
know" and he held her 1T arms length
to look at her. you take my breath
away. But. then, you always do. My
luck seems too completely, supremacy
perfect TO be true
Her color deepened little under his
gaze, but her eyes did not waiver.
Il don't want you 10 live in state
Of perpetual breathlessnesS," she said
oh you don't know what a delight
full state ii is. There's nothing in my
appearance to cause palpItation of the
heart. Just a moment ago. when 1
came to the turn of the stair and look
ed down and saw you standing here.
do you know l was appalled, at the
sheer wonder of the thing She is
mine l said TO myself-'she is mine
and yet l couldn't quite believe it. 1t
seemed too stupendous. too utterly alb
surd. What have l done TO deserve
your
There was something very touching
in the sincerity of the frank. bOyish
face. She answered with Il pressure of
the hand which said more than many
words
II feel good deal as that page felt"
he went on after Il moment, who look
ed up at Kate, the queen. She never
could be wrOnged. be poor he sighed,
need him to help her"
And yet in the end she did need
him, didn't she: Perhaps" and her
face changed and she looked away into
the fire again-"DerhaDs / NAV need
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
CHAPTER XIV.

len DrySdale opened his win
dow next morning he found
the sun shining from 4 sky
unclouded, and the air warm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31

too much upon my forbearance. A
man capable of any crime
He held her by the motion of a
finger.
as a man who appeals to you" he
concluded.
You strangely mistake me-" she
said in a cold voice. "You are reading
your own nature into me. l would
ask no man to commit a crime for my
sake. / should abhor the man who
did,"
He did not answer, but stood looking
at her with a gaze which seemed to
envelop her. to pierce her through and
through. Drysdale felt the perspira-
ton start across his forehead. He
wished to cry out but could not.
A door at the farther end of the hall
opened. and Delroy came in. The
bonds loosened. and Drysdale fed back
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31

night and Sunday with Floyd Rickett
u Pine Bluff
Mrs. d. y. Kleist visited Tuesday
with Mrs. John Bowser
Miss Pearl Bowser is in Muscatinc
this week.
Dr. BIau OF Eliza. called on DR. Ben
lie Monday.
The oyster supper given at the
Wrayville school house Saturday eve
ning was well attended.
Charles Kleist of Muscatine. is Wis
ting relatives in this vicinity this
week.
Revival meetings are being held at
the Wrayville NJ. E. church by Rev.
i. Carwell
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
IN THE SUBURBS.
TIMBER.

S. E. Roberts spent last Thursday
night with his daughter. Mrs. Thomas
Hayes.
Harry Wait plans moving to New
Mexico in the near future.
Miss Mae Parmenter spent last week
with her aunt, Mrs. Anna Parmenter
If Rock Island
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Bopes and son
spent several days in Rock Island last
week.
There was a very interesting tele-
phone meeting held at Thomas Hayes
last Thursday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31

= lDGEMERE was a beautiful es-
tate overlooking Great South
~ bay. just east OF Babylon. 1t
WI was essentially IL summer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
Chicago New York
Electric Air Line
Railroad Stock

- HE stock of the Chicaeo-NeW York
- Electric Air Line railroad is now
selling at S35 per share of the par val
ue of S1oo, and at that price offers an
unprecedented opportunity for invest
ment.
Space here will not permit us to
give particulars, but we will be glad to
send you full information upon request.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31

The speaking
the
is
also children 0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-01-31
Do NOT REMAIN IN
IGNORANCE

of an opportunity that comes not often
er perhaps than once in lifetime,
when you can learn all about it for the
simple asking.
Purchases may be made if desired
upon the easy payment plan by max
ing down payment of $3.50 per share
and further payments of $3.50 per
share for the succeeding nine months
total of 10 payments.
Cut out this announcement right
row, if you will, while the matter is
fresh in your memory, enclose it in an
envelope with your name and address,
and forward it to the undersigned, who
viii at once send you information that,
II taken advantage of, will mean finan-
ciaI Independence for you for the rest
of your life.
w. G. LOOMS,
Fiscal Agent,
6f8 Monadnock Block, Chicago, III.
VICTOR r. vfEREGG, Local Mana
ger, Harper House, Rock Island, IIl.
Rock Island (Ill-) Argus
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07
"TIFE TAX PR0RIEMn

a problem now we have to solve.
with mind and muscle will in
yolyed; 49,. g.. r., IL =. :
Which taxes both the cat and dog
Also the hair upon the frog.
We wifi tax the sun and tax the
moon, ~
We can't tax Hades much too soon
10 collect all tax you know fun well
. would send collectors ali to H.
Wen tax all things above. below:
Whether worth darn or no,
Is all We look for now q dayS
10 complete the list, will tax our
ways.
We now mean "biz" and plainly
show. .. -
BY taxing all things here below.
The lists complete, we've taxed us
all, no
Alas, ali no, not "gas and OIL"
Tho 1,o-,,,o ~
by gosh, We missed poor dads old
sled.
A correction too, we now must make.
And all omissions we must take.
Take them in both fog and smoke.
For II we don't we've played q
IN these, our legislative men,.
To fix tax bills Il cant say when.l
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07
BLURTING OUT THETRUTH.
fFpom the N. Y. Evening Post. J

4Fnom the N. Y. Evening Post.)
There was marked difference OF
opinion III the recent debate In the
Alabama legislature as to the advis-
ability Of encouraging foreign immi-
grafton to that state. The bill be-
fore the house OF representatives.
called for an appropriation of ten
thousand dollars to< create a state
immigration bureau, and it was east
ly defeated. After four speakers had
urged that Alabama in this way fol-
low the example Of South Carolina
and thereby add to the PROSPERITY Of
the state while also solving the Ne
gro, pYoblem, the opposition made it.
SELF heard. 4, Mr.. Hoffman declared
that the common people were not de-
handing the bill, and that no Ida
goes were needed to work the Dlanta-
tons Of Alabama There was quite
enough labor to go round Mr.. Pitts
OF Dallas. favored the bill, but he
had mo sympathy with the whole
sale denunciation of Negroes. good
and bad" Mr.. Ki1len, of Lauder
dale, was wise in his generation. The
best way to attract good immigrants.
be said, was by building ND the
schools, improving the roads, and
things Of that kind" He did not
want 1.-The scum of European coin
tries" and rather than see Alabama
turned over to that class. he would
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07
Cargo Worth Two Millions.

Boston Globe. >. -. -,-,7-'--- '.7-,-. - =.
The arrival Of the overdue steam.
ship Ashanti, Of the Elder-Dempstel
Line. Captain j. Claire, yesterday
afternoon was source Of relief to
the tsunderwriters, who were carry.
ing nearly $2,QOU,0O0 insurance or
her cargo of wool and. who feared
that some mishap had befallen tn.
steamer. -
The Ashanti brought In the largest
and most valuable cargo Of wool evel
shipped In one vessel from Australia
to the United States. Slowed in hel
holds were 13,941, bales Of wool OF
the finest grade, valued, duty paid
at $2,0O0,000. This enormous ship
mept weighs A ,362,642 pounds. The
consignees will have to pay $500,
900 in duties, into the United States
treasury before the wool will be re
l 70 easea =sscna bend :. 49, -. ~.
Fhe owners of the steamer receiV
ed $4,000 freight money for trans
porting this cargo and the under
writer's have received SIS, 000 In
premius for insuring- the shipment
since 1t left Australia. 1t was con
sidered hazardous rick and al
though the Ashanti had room for
5000 more bales and there was am.
pie wool to- fill her to the limit, the
underwriters interposed, as they con
sidered she was carrying sufficient
for one vessel Reinsurance was re-
Gently effected at Ltoyds In London
because the vessel was overdue.
The steamer loaded 5O5 Bales Of
wool at Sydney and left there De.
cember, 2, proceeding to Melbourne
where 13,436 bales were taken. She
also loaded at the latter port IS
casks Qf.pelts, Is bales OF skins an6
one valuable rug, besides 1000
bales OF fodder, which she discharg.
ed at Durham, South Africa where she
called en- route. She sailed from
Durham January IT,, and on the pas.
sagelthrough the South Atlantic and
North Atlantic encountered many
storms Of greatgVfo,eRce which re
tarded her progress to such an ex.
tent that she was nearly O. week late
in arriving. 1t was because or hel
delay and the fact tht she had not
been heard from for 40 days thai
anxiety was beginning to be felt in
steamship and insurance circles
Since leving Austrli theshirdlnnnm
Since leaving Australia the steamer
had logged about 800 miles.
A stowaway named f. McShane, OF
England, made the passage from
Durham on the steamer. He was
born in India OF English parents and
he came to this country from South
Africa in the hope Of securing EN-.
ployment. He was taken to the de-
tention station and will probably be
ordered denorted.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07
THE NEGRO AND rsru1GRA Mtg
fFrom the N. Y Evening poet 4

..tFrom the N. Y Evening Post.
After hard fight the Alabama
mouse or representatives receded
from its position In regard to THE
proposed immigration bureau and
consented to provide an immigration
commissioner at salary or txz 400,
to be under the direction Of sAe gov.
ernor and the commissioner OF agrf.
culture. and Industries. Other south.
ern states may now be expected to
fall in line, and there will be an in
crease In the speculation as to the
eTect OF large foreign immigration
upon the Negro problem. This is a
case where the Old advice to first
catch the hare Is we'll worth cbnsid.
ering. But If many foreigners should
be brought in; 1t Is question wi1eth
ef the Negro would not benefit SO.
clatiy;. at least. it Is hard to belieV,
|Ihat-theX Wonld-a t-once- absorb the
oltter DreJudices Of the south In re.
gard TO the black man. Comfng
from countries in which they them.
serves nave" been oppressed, they
ought at least to symDathize with a
race Waich Is politically defenceless.
Whether the cliques which control
southern politics today would look
with favor upon the rapid naturaIi-
cation OF many foreigners, is also
questionable. The whole tendency
OF. recent years has been In one way
or another to cut down the number
OF white men exercising the suffrage.
Altogether, we are not inclined to
think that the Negro need as yet
worry very seriously about this
threatened immigration. What he
will lose in some ways, he may gain
in others,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07

ling. Tor The moment It may be-. and
how entertaining in the years to
come When Men unborn shalt read of
how he spoke his speech.
Senator Morgan concludes as fol-
lows: a~.
| 1t is the duty Of the United States
| government to see to it that no bar
r:er or impeachment is created by the
act OF Leopold or by any other au-
thority~ to debar the eXiled Africans
who have been held in slavery in the
United States from the right to re-
turn to their native land and to hold.
in company with their kinspeople the
free and unObStructed opportunity
to enjoy the great advantages which
are now offered to them, and which
the United States owes to them OF
repatriation in their own country
without let or hinderance. The ma,
tive resources Of central Africa pre-
sent vast. stores Of treasure to invite
their aid In developing the wealth OF
that country, and it is time that the
United States should interpose It's
Just powers, whatever they may be,
in aiding these exileS to establish
their sovereign rights in>+he country
that God has given to them.
What reading! What political
philosophy! To this we have no an
swer, because We are blinded by the
brilliance of the thought. 1t is the
duty Of the Negro everywhere to
stick needle in this bladder. Men
are interested in protecting Afr.IA
for the sake Of civilization, and in
justice to the natives. To talk about
holding THE Congo Free States for
the 'exiles from Africa" who have
been lin slavery over here" is lust
the same as talking about holding
the hills Of Scotland for the descend
ants1of Senator Morgan, whose faith
er's fathers were d riven out OF the
land perforce. The kindness OF Sen
ator Morgan We hasten to embrace,
and assure him Of our good will, and
Of our unbounded pity. God may
have given the Negroes the Congo
Free State and other portions Of
Africa; but this is settled, in the
workings Of His inscrutable wisdom
He placed the blacks upon this CONT
nent. and here they shall remain,
and their blood shall be lost in the
blood Of all the peoples of the earth
who are destined to contribute to
the building Of that country whose
gforS shah be the glory OF all men,
ike the ocean whose grandeur is the
glory Of thousand rivers that are
fed by q million brooks. Senator
Morgan's ignorance Of the philoso-
ply of creation seems inextirpable,
or else he bathes on in his pool of n.y.
pocrisy.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07
, Consular Trade Notes.

8 Cdhsul-G General, William IN Michael
furnishes figures toFshow that the
sea-borne trade OF Calcutta, ina 9O8
was an extensive $oneI The d total
value for the eight months FROM May
to %DeceInbeN inclusive, Increased
over 900; that! Ia, from 53249,-
l66,&86 to ,328a,500.O0O. n 5 4
According to a French consular .re-
pnrt1there 10 an increasing demand In
the Canary Islands for all kinds of
furniture, due tosthe growth Of Las
Palmas and to the extensive building
az villas and hotels among the Is
lands: The principal business is
Done IN light goods supplied by
Spanish manufacturers. ~ -
The Kirin brewery has been sold
for 100000 gold to Japanese
company, states the Deutsche Japan
Post. The Ktrin brewery dates from
1886, when 1t was registered in
Hongkong as British cfirm. The
master brewers have always been
Germans. SThe new company has
been formed by the partner OF the
firm Heidiya' G. Yonei This firm
has for many years held the general
agency for the whole of Japan.
Consul-General Gnenther writes
that In the year 1905 there departed
from the port Of Hamburg 179,483
emigrants. exceeding the number
leaving from that port in the preced-
ing year by, about $4,000. The fol,
lowing countries we're the chief con-
tributors to the exodus in 1906.
Austria (Bohemia). 36.647; Hun
gary, 28,28S:S Russia, II ,221: Ger
many. 2O;057. or the total, 152, 1S4
went to- the United States, 9,O47 to
Argentina and 1876. to Great Brit
ain. =. -. =
The Britsish consul at Panama re-
ports that the shareholders OF the
Central and South American Tele-
graph Company have unanimously
approved the project of the director
ate to lay a direct cable between New
York and Panama. The cable is to
have a length of 2,2OO miles, and
there will be- only one intermediate
station, namely. at Baracoa. Cuba
The same company propose to intro
duce into the service q telegraph line
along the, routes Of the railway. CONS
panfes of Gran, Argentina, and
Buenos Aires, on the Pacific, and the
establishment OF new land tele-
graph between Buenos Airs and Vale
paraiso./, All these Improvements
are to be put in operation In 1907. =,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07

iSs'iNSAA- .~nN'l.S0A0o hSuSs puS CouS0uu-
ring mover once as he should have
dones for the abiding principles up
on which the institution was plant.
ed. He inspired two other distin.
suished speakers Of that occasion.
President Eliot, OF Harvard, open,
ly sided with the whites OF Kentucky
and upheld President Frost in his
circumstances said right out In
meeting, that II Harvard had more
Negro students they would be segre-
tated, and If Massachusetts had
more Negroes within it's borders the
public schools would be separate. OF
course at what Bishop Lawrence had
to say there can be no surprise. The
good Bishop bends with the winds.
Upon this occasion sentiments re,
voting enough 10 make William
Lloyd Garrison turn ovsr in his
grave, were given life, and clothed
spoke them. William Lloyd Garri>
with the responsibility of those who
son was sent here to damn those who
spoke them; but his son Is, and he
rose mp and not only wrathfully call
ed these men back to their senses,
but made it Very clear that the east
has had its eye upon President Frost
throughout all this Berea affair, and
that there are those who make no
bones OF their belief that he had
something to do with the original de-
mand for the exclusion of the Negro
from his college.
+ In another column Of this issue of
The Advocate will be found Mr.. Gar
rison's letter, which has excited in
terest throughout the New England
states, from whence comes the SUD-
port for Negro education in the
south; there Is also to be found Mr.
F'rosts reply. To the Judgment of
the reader We rest the contents of
each letter, and leave for him to say
who Is right and who is not; wheth-
er or whether not Mr.. Garrison has
grounds to fear for the Negro on one
hand, and on the other to question
the sincerity of Berea's president.
We regret this whole discussion; but
we regret more than the discussion
the causes for it, and the seeming
part so beloved a man as President
Frost played in it. From his shoulds
ers Mr.. Garrison has lifted the veil.
and we see him as he is. Through
out his reply to Mr.. Garrison, and in
that part of his Boston speech which
he quotes, there is a Shiny run of
compromise and consignment of
the Negro to the protecting arms of
Pity. We thought better of Presi-
dent Frost, but his letter betrays
him. Sustaining us through all these
difficulties is the thought that there
is still left Garrison, who dares to
rise up and smite infamy and brand
hypocrisy, matters not who comes
arrayed in such a garb.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07

.s1eAye tho stat sssfsv yaadv,,1s q - 49,
tAsA SpogSosxr t 9. -hssf 1Ha6
his, auditors that "a niger aud q
rDutchman could nevar get along to-
gether," Mr.. Rove, OF Madison. did
not want foreign labor on his farm,
for 1t would be dinicults to seeufS2Sa
better workman than: the Negro, who
~, he declared, tT'the truest friend
NY own people could have" Aa. for
the bad Negro. he Is bad. MR. Rowe
,aid, because ot>the "gambAng >hells
Ind low dives soe The, white man y,
thus WAS the truth blarted. right oft
d ,meatlnH. " ~, ~ s. 49, [,&}.