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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
ready elected to succeed himself as

ready elected to succeed himself as
alderman.
The attempted defense of the pres.
ent state of county finances is mo-;
satisfactory. The people want to
know the real cause as well as the
condition. They can only ascertain
this information by putting new men
in the board. Cannon Bourdeau.
Glynn and La vanway will make the
effort to open up the entire question
of county finances.
Charles L. Thompson is admitted by
republicans as well as democrats to
be one of the best qualified men for
alderman who have ever stood for
seats in the municipal assembly. He
lis one of the truly representative men
of Rock Island and in the Fourth
ward where he is a candidate for al
derman. the people are disposed to
give him as big majority as pos
,,Dle.
Cast your ballot for Greater Rock
Island Help the city to expand, not
to shrink.
Billy Cochran is one of the boys
who has grown up in the ward in
which he is candidate for alderman
He is native of the Fifth ward and
he knows it from border to border.
He is meeting with great encourage
ment in his canvass.
Vote in the affirmative on the ter.
ritorial annexation proposition.
Frank Lawler has made a model
alderman and he will continue to be
ia model alderman. The people of the
Sixth ward feel. that they are fortu
nate in having such a man in the
council chamber and they are going
to show their appreciation of that fact
election day.
Elect the democratic city-townshir
ticket and there will be something
doing.
John A. Hill is the man to repre-
sent the Seventh ward in the new
council. He is working hard for the
election and will work as hard as al
alderman.
The democratic city-township com
mittee meets at Turner hall tonight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
Law and ORDER
LEAGUE NAN IS
the SPEAKER
A. 8. FarwelI of Chicago. Ad-
dresses Local Option Meet
inc at the Armory Hall.
SAYS CHARACTER IS ALL
Maintains That Liquor Business Tends
to Lower Morals, and Should
Be Wiped Out.

Armory hall was well filled last
evening TO hear Arthur Burrage
Farwell of Chicago, president of
the Law and Order league, and
secretary of the Hyde park Protective
association, speak. Williamson's band
enlivened the occasion with stirring
music. DIR. J. w. Stewart. a personal
friend, introduced the speaker of the
evening.
! MIR. Farwell created some merri-
ment by telling how he came very
near riding to the Mangasarian meet
ing in the carriage provided for the
.anti-prohibition speaker He made
for the foundation of his speech, the
statement that character is the thing
of supreme value. Everything which
builds up good character should be
encouraged, and everything which de-
stroys it should be banished from So
ciety. He named four things which
are the enemies of good character,
social evil, intoxicating liquor, gam
bling, and the love of money; all of
which are closely associated with the
saloon. On the other hand, four
things which make for good character,
the home, the church, the school, and
honest labor. The saloon is the
enemy of all of these, he said Hyde
Park, embracing seven and thee
fourths miles in Chicago. has no IL
censed saloons. He believed if the
barriers were broken down property
values in that district would decline
$T5.000,000. The keeping out of sa-
looms has made it such an attractive
residence district, that IS brewers
live in this prohibition district. "Why
don't they go and live among their
saloons in the First ward?" he in
CURED
He declared that the real culprits
I'M trying to break down this prohi-
bition district are the brewers, and
showed five bills for the sale of liquor
to blind pig" in Hyde Park, anG
one for the delivery of beer to a DO.
lice. captain, who allowed the illicit
sale.
A bad Business.
He related conversations with five
salOonkeeperss who confessed that il
was a bad business; read letter from
a friend reporting the conversation OF
| a distiller who said he never drank
| the whiskey he made because he knew
| how it was made and that it was
| poisonous.
Speaking of the recent fight against
the united societies." which he said
should be called the united breweries
he said that they had looked UP sta
tistics and found that there had been
81 murders in the Sunday saloons oil
Chicago in the last three years. He
especially condemned the special bal
permits used by the dance halls and
kindred resorts.
Closing, Mr.. Farwell appealed tt
men and voters of Rock Island t.
take stand not only for self, but fol
the other fellow; he appealed to wives
and daughters to labor for votes
against the saloon, and urged all citi
zens to remember that this conflict il
| just as much a war for the home ant
native land as any struggle through
which the nation had ever passed.
The address was enthusiastically re
cpiuad
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
Chat of the Campaign
Why is the county "broke?'

Frank Blochlinger will prove val
liable member of the incoming city
council. The people of the First ward
know by experience that this Is so,
and that is the reason they propose
to elect him once more to represent
them.
Vote for Cannon for supervisor, and
Bourdeau, Glynn and La Vanway for
assistant supervisorsa and you will find
out what is the matter with the
county.
Vote for Briggs for township col.
1ector. He is well known and wor.
thy citizen.
William Eckermann, the democratic
aldermanic nominee in the Second
ward, is well known and old time
resident. and tax payer in the ward
and he is the kind of man for alder
man.
If your property assessment is no,
satisfactory, the assessor has the dis
erection to rectify it. Compare what
you are obliged to pay with that o.
your more prosperous neighbor. and
see il the time has not about arrived
for a change in the Office. A new mai
may inaugurate a whole lot of reform.
II this office. Give Jack Aud 8
chance to make good.
Charley Smith has made another
race horse campaign for alderman Ii
] the Third ward The people like .
hustler apd sue = aas s = =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04

Vote in the affirmative on the ter
ritorial annexation proposition.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
ACCOUNTS DID NOT BALANCE
S. G. Nordstrum is Taken to Peoria
Shortage Made Good.

5. g. Nordstrum is Taken to Peoria
Shortage Made Good.
S. G. Nordstrum, clerk in charge of
the postoffice substation at the Col
lege pharmacy on Thirty-eighth street,
was taken in custody late yesterday af-
ternoon by Deputy United States Mar
shall Trip of Peoria, and taken to Pc
oria on charge of being short in his
postoffice accounts. The records of
the substation were checked yesterday
by the postmaster, and 1t was found
that there was $3.50 missing. The
amount was made good by a check,
and the criminal action will be stop
ped, it is likely.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
Our American Pride.

Every true American must thrill
with pride as he reads of the splendid
showing made by our navy when 16 of
Its best vessels started on their long
cruise recently Those ships are
products of American Skill and man
ned by American sailors and gunners.
Every true American should also take
great pride in pointing to Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters as the leading remedy
for curing ailments Of the stomach,
liver and kidneys. It is the product
of American skill, and for "a years
has been proving its ability to cure
and prevent poor appetite, dyspepsia,
indigestion, biliousness, kidney ills,
|costiveness, colds, grip and malaria
1t is also an excellent spring medi-
[eine and blood purifer, and is able to
strengthen and build up the entire
system. We urge you to try a bottle
without delay.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
.MANCASARIAN
DISCUSSES THE
MORAL SIDE
Talks at illinois Theater Under
Auspices of the Anti-Pro-
hibitlon League.
he POINTS TO HISTORY
Says Nothing in Bible Sustains Idea
That Abstinence is Essential
to Christianity.
Paul 2:Ie-Let no man therefore judge

Paul 2;16-Let no man therefore judge
you I'm meat or In drink.
Abraham Lincoln - Prohibition is "a
species of fntemperance, because ii in
terferes with the appetite of mankind
and makes crimes ont of things which
are not crimes.
Rev. DIR. Parkhurst-I do know that
no prohibition statute enacted in the
past has actually prohibited the traffic
i'm liquor. If the people demand it, the
saloons should be allowed to sell liquor
ON Sunday.
John Quincy Adams-FOrgct not, L
pray you, the rights of personal free
dom. Scff-SOvernmcnt is the
foundation of all our political and So
ciai institutions, and il is by seIf-yov-
eminent alone that the law of temper
ance can be enforced. Seek
not to enforce upon our brother by leg
fsiatiye enactment the virtue that he
can possess only by the dictates of his
own conscience and the energy of his
own will.
Thomas Jefferson - Coercion makes
iooss OF one-haIf OF the nation and
hypocrites of the other half.
With these quotations from the eX-
pre-, IONS of eminent men of all ages,
read from manuscript-the only time
he referred to notes throughout the
address-Dr. M. NJ Mangasarian of
Chicago concluded his discussion of
the liquor question at the Illinois the
alter under the auspices of the Anti
Prohibition league last evening. DR..
Mangasarian spoke to an audience
that filled the theater. and his remarks
made deep impression.
Dr. Mangasarian's address differed
from those of others who have spoken
on the anti-prohibition side of the
question during the present campaign,
i'll that he treated the moral side
of the drink habit He brought out
two main points, that Christianity
and prohibition are not synonyms, and
that there is no crime in the liquor
business primarily.
Defines Personal Liberty.
DIR. Mangasarian, in his introduce
ton, defined personal liberty and pro-
hibition. He termed personal liberty
as, self government, and self govern
ment he characterized as "the only
tree upon which blossoms the flower
of Personal liberty and prosperity
He frankly agreed that no man should
be permitted to commit a crime in
the name of personal liberty, and from
this took up the question of personal
liberty and crime in the eyes of the
law. The Ugited States supreme
court decision that no man can be de-
prived of his liberty except for the
commission of crime was spoken
of, and he showed that the man who
drinks or makes or sells liquor does
not commit crime.
Liquor and Crime.
He refuted the claim that 20 pei
cent of the crime of the age can be
traced to liquor, and going back to
ancient history, showed that through
all ages liquor has played a very in,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04
CITY ELECTION IN PROGRESS
Straight Test Of Party Strength on in
Davenport,

Davenport.
Davenport is holding a city election
today in which a full city ticket is to
be chosen. There is no pronounced
issue, both parties having strongly de-
nounced the present enforcement of
the mulct law and both claiming sup
port for this reason. Chief interest
centers in the contest. for mayor in
which George w. Scott democrat, is
opposed by Charles Lindholm, repub.
lican sas ,.,--
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-04-04

VOTE FOR TERRITORIAL AN.
|VExATloN. IT Is AN ESSENTIAL
|ELEMEM7 IN ROCK ISLANDS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22

toned to the grades OF cotton and too
busy to deal with social fabrics and
functions agreeing that the entertain-
ment was OF the spinnable brand. To
be more exact, 1t was perhaps the most
delightful event OF the kind ever pro-
yided for them in convention city.
They did not say this to the commit
tee and the home people, but they said
1t among themselves.
Introducing the Mint.
Leaving the jefferson Hotel in spe-
cial cars at o'clock, the visitors were
whirled to Lakeside by the hundred.
First charmed with the scenery, they
had greater cause to express their APP
probation when they met Richmond
ladies', made them selves secure in the
shade of giant hats. and shook hands
with the food. 1t was a cosmopolitan
gathering and cosmopolitan feast,
for the beverage out Of which beams
sprig OF green was in its glory, the
glory being transferred to the guests
when they met and conquered 1t. How
many Were required In this patriotic
endeavor is not a part OF the story,
but there was a merry clink for all,
and some wilted and grew weak In the
glass before they could be slipped.
Thoroughly informal, the luncheon
was all the more delightful for that.
And 1t was a right good luncheon, too,
served while the society danes and
|debutantes looked on approvingly and
wondered If II were not beautiful
thing to be spinner of yarn and Il
weaver OF peek-a boo. The manufactur-
ers thought so. They thought, more
over, that 1t was more beautiful to.
live In Virginia and produce mint, an
article of trade and commerce that
served It's purpose equally as well in
its way as the raw product from the
South And by the shank of the after
noon they thought the world was beau
tiful like the women. They seemed to
realize that there could be no more
cancellations; they felt as If the In
iquitous custom of quoting cotton In
New York 2 cents below the spots had
faded away; somehow they dreamed
that the demand for goods was greater
than they could deliver.
And the world was merry while the
fragrant odor was waited over the
green.
Almost Persuaded.
Among those who paint the g1ories
,of the Old Dominion. it is not good
form to invite a man to dine and then
whisper to him that he never chunked
his feet under table for finer feast
Good form-according to hooks on
etiquette that sell for dime-say
that the other fellow must perform
with the praise. But the entertain
mont yesterday was so pleasing in
every way that it chilled the Atlanta
boom and almost tempted the spinners
to vote on the spot to come back again
next year. There can never be a mint
julep in Atlanta.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
Interest in State Fair Greater Than
Ever Before.

Prospects for the state Fair. which
will be held October 5th-10th.are eScep-
tionally good. the interest shown by all
han n peeg urS hn
list. which will be mailed on July LIST,
two months earlier than usual. will
give everybody an opportunity to exam am,
Zine the classifcations; The prize list
heretofore included.
Many shade trees have been set out
on the grounds. and other improve.
Improvement will be steadily carried.
on until the fair opens. and those VINO
ATTENDED the recent race meet and eX-
ance Of the grounds, win see even
more marked changes for the better
upon their return in the fall. General
Manager Mark r. Lloyd Is daily re-
the attendance, both from Virginia. and
from other States, will be greatly IN
creased. With a view r TO ansMer M
Lloyd is at present compiling DOOR
let. which will give all the desired In
formation
AT recent meeting of the board
of directors the old officers We're re-
elected. Mr.. John Stewart Bryan; Lhs
vlce-president, had stated tina. = NV Wor re.
election but under pressure permltteo
the board to appoint him again.
Following are the officers ana stan '
ing committees: c.a,,,,rt
BRYAN. vice-president; Q. J. sanass
treasurer; NJ. a. Chambers, secrelaIs'
and Mr.. II. C. Stuart, president, appoins.
ed tho following standing commit1Beess'
FIxecutive--J T. Anderson, ~. z, ra. ,t
terson, Samuel Cohen, L. Q. Miller. Lesh
r.. Page. ~ = pat.
terson, L. B. Sydnor. =
observation-disclosures. p. Doyle, j. y.
Anderson, A. B. Williams.
Advertising--L. O. Miller, j. q. Cor
len, A, r. Holderby. Jr.
Grounds and Buildings-samuel Co
hen, Leigh r. Page, II. Stewart Bryan,
Racing-J II, Anderson, Legh n.
Page, NJ. C, Patterson.
Z sAdmissions and Passes-M. a. Cnan-
hers, A. b. Williams. L. Q. Miller .5
Farm Products-H. G. Stuart, M. a.
Chambers. =
.Hortlculture-John stewart Bryan
II. G. Stuart.
sNew committees. Il,
The merchants exhibit and horticni-
ture committees will associate Win
themselves three persons not members
of the board of directors.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
ROSEMARY LIBRARY

to I the Z sci Selection of the Juvenile liiera-
ture which has recently been added
to the Rosemary Library. Attention
is called 70 the following; The he, Betty Be
ga1ss series Fr sx and sopho-
more: 1.-TWO Little knights of Ken
tucky,'' Annie Fellows Johnston; THE
Little Colonels Knight Comes Riding
Annie Fellows Johnston; THE Red
Green Fairy Book" Andrew Lang
Danish Fairy and Folk Tales j.
BALDWIN; Story Of segfried," Jas
Baldwin; "Youn- Lucretia and Other
Stories" Mary E. wilkins: AT the
Donald: "Tohy Tyler" Otis lanes; The
Had for Boys and Girls, Alfred
Church; 1.-The story of Babette," Ruth
McEnery Stuart: Ten to Seventeen"
Josephine Daskam; Story Of the
Rlhengold" 80 Anna aa,,a 4a1 wi!
Clarke; Gods and Heroes of the King
dom of Jupiter" r. e. Francillon; "a
Boys Town. Wm. D. Howells; Amer
lean Boys Handy Book D. G. Beard;
Queen zItti Of 4, ~ y, Baum: "ontdoor-
Peter" DR., Henry Hoffman: "Children
of the Arctic" Peary; THE Wouldh
Goods E, Nesbit; THE Pendleton
Twins Jameson; "Janet of the
Dunes Comstock: when Mother Was
What Marjorie Saw Abroad" Mrs. G.
Cowden Clark.
There are still large number OF
books which have not yet been cata-
logued These will appear on the
Will be number Of old books which
have been renewed.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
Message From the West.

y ~ u
Coming to you from a State which
never grew crop of cotton or built
a cotton mill, 1t little becomes me to
advise a congress of cotton mill eY-
ports how to achieve the success Of
| the American cotton industry. And yet
there are certain industrial factors SO
large, and conditions so general and
Elemental, that he who runs may read,
though he never saw a cotton bolll
In twenty years you have doubled
1.-THE American cotton product, both OF
1.-THE field and factory, But you here
the fact that with allFthe conditions of
fertile soil, cheap raw materials, vast
home market and free institutions,
there are conditions which need radi-
cal Improvement.
One of the needed improvements Is
that Of industrial education, both for
the field and the factory, The pro-
ductlve power OF a nation is measured
by the capacity OF the Industrial unit
me tne, industrial worker, Agricultural
doing "a great missionary labor. but
agricultural schools to more thoroughly
reach the children of the plantation
hands are urgently required. In the
FACTORY the necessity Of Industrial edu-
What Germany is achieving by her ia
nous system Of Industrial education
lall competing nations to-day, widely
and deeply appreciate, and some to
their. commercial sorrow. America,
the land alike of the free school and
Of the earth's greatest Industrial re-
sources, cannot long lag behind. In
deed the awakening has begun and
the foundations for an American sys-
tenn Of industrial education are now
being laid. Emerson has said that 1t
takes several generations to make a
Ischolnr, and the. Old World points to
| the advantage of start OF several
generations In the production of q
nations Of ancient history required CEN
lturies to aaccomplish ,,ss and - what Eu-
'rope needs gen aSsN y ans to sssnhi eve, we
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
Riot Cases Again.

A second writ of error has heen
granted by the Supreme Court in the
case OF Conquest and Burton. the two
negroes convicted OF melting and parti-5
cipating In the nortorious Eastern shorea
riot of last summer.
The men were tried first AT Accomao
Courthouse before former Judge ]. w.
q. Blackstone, and the Supreme Court
granted writ OF error on the ground
that8,hey were entitled To q change o.
venue, The second trial was in Nor
folk. and II resulted IN Gnottiet cons
viction and verdict OF one year NJ
the Hpenitentiary In each case. THE
negroes are Represented by strcnss
counsel, ana the third probable trial
will be awaited with interest
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22

Of Norfolk, when the latter comes here
next Saturday to play the deciding
duckpin series for the championship OF
Virginia. The Capitol. team is conf
dent that it would have beaten the
Monarch bowlers lad Mr.. Wayland been
ruled out for being member of the
less than a week. The
local team will be strengthened for the
last match at the Lake Alleys Satur-
day, and expects to win. The follow
ing is the corrected result Of the match
in Narfolk.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
LAWYERS TO MEET
Executive Committee = Determine Fate q =

The executive aud library commit.
tees of the City Bar Association VIII
meet in the rooms of the assectationi
on the fourth floor of the City Hall
nose OF datarmining whether the II
brary will be abandoned, or removed
to some other quarteps.
There are several plans on foot, and
it Is expected that some definite con-
clusion will he reached this afternoon
The rooms now occupied by the asso-s
citation will be used by Judge Turpin,
Iof the new Civil Court, after July 1st.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
SPIN MINT HEREAFTER

Cotton Men sInle Merry Mt lakeside
,nI EnjoS Fine Afternoon.
There was no discount on the hospi-
tally dispensed to the manufacturers
and their lady friends and kinfolk at
Lakeside yesterday, II was ~ high
class middlinG affair, splnners accus-f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22

IFINFI ~ VS. y
Morning. 0.bS
Evening. .l0.aS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22

Richmond's weather was partly
Cloudy and cooler. Range OF the Their
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22

sNew committees.
The merchants exhibit and horticul-5
ture committees will associate with
themselves three persons not members
of the hoard of directors. ela
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
CAPITOL BOWLERS Will.
TRY HARD TO WIN MATCH

Until the last ball is rolled the Cap
itol team Will fight ia regain lost
ground and to defeat the Monarch team,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-22
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
May az, 1908, X

Sun rises M
Sun sets 1916
Moon rtses,. 1870
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-27

Excuse me. What 1 meant to say
your honor explained the detective, Is
she swallowed the pawn ticket. -
Young's Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-27
A Strange Test of Manhood.

The ancient clan Macleod used to ex-
ercise a strange test to prove the man.
hood of their chieftains. At Dunvegan
castle. island of Syke, there is pre-
served the large horn known as Rory
More's horn This capacious velles
holds rather more than a bottle and a
half of liquor. According to the old
custom, every laird of Macleod was OBJ
liged on his coming of age to fill this
horn with claret and without once lay
ing it down to drain it to the dregs.
This was taken as proof of his man
hood. and he was then deemed a wor-
thy successor to the lairds of the past.
Dundee Advertiser.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-08-27
State of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas

State of Ohio, City Of Toledo, Lucas
County. SIS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is senior partner of the firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls
Catarrh Cure
FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
(Seal) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
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Wait for the cars at the Book Nook.