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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
QUICKER TELEGRAMS NOW.
Device TO Make Telegraph Office Out
of Every Telephone Station.

Device to Make Telegraph Office Out
of Every Telephone Station.
A revolutionary change in the tele-
graphic facilities of New York city was
recently predicted by persons holding
high Office in the new merger of tele-
phone and telegraph interests. formed
by the American Telephone and Teie-
graph company securing the Western
Union. The messenger running. or.
more often walking, to the telegraph
Office with the dispatch is to be eimi-
mated.
According to these plans, it will soon
be possible for the telephone subscrib-
er to write out his dispatch on an
electric machine. which will reproduce
II simultaneously in the office OF the
telegraph company. This will virtually
make a telegraph office out OF every
telephone station and will add enor-
mously to the facilities of the tele-
graph companies.
Persons in authority said that ii
would be only a short time before such
a device would be placed at the COM
mand OF all the large business houses
of the United States.
1t is believed that such an instrU
ment can be supplied to large sub
scribers at virtually no extra expense.
while it will be possible for small sub
scribers to have it at relatively low
cost.
The charge for such a writing ma
chine with n direct telegraph connec-
ton will not probably in any case ex-
coed 500. la cases where from three
to four hundred messages are sent
each day there will be no extra ex-
pense whatever. One result of this
Improvement will be to provide all
telephone subscribers with almost in
Simultaneous telegraph service. and
there is no doubt that 1t win divert to
the telegraph company a large volume
of the business that is now handled
at much larger expense over the long
distance telephone system. One very
important development expected to
follow the working out of the alliance
between the telephone company and
the telegraph company is the ultimate
reduction in the expense of sending
telegraph message.
One of the highest officers of the
telephone company said that he be-
Ileved 1t would be possible after awhile
for the telegraph company 70 accept
messages on the basis of a twenty-five
cent charge for fifteen word mes
sage. instead OF a ten word message.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
Millions of
Lives Lost
An Awful Toll Collected by Con-
sumption. Many Unneces-
sary Deaths from this
Disease,

If people could only understand
that systemic catarrh is an internal
disease that external applications
cannot cure, they would not need to
be warned so often about this mall
ady, which, when neglected. paves
the way oftentimes for consumption,
at the cost of millions of lives every
year. Yet catarrh may be cured, if
the right treatment is employed.
Catarrh is caused by a general
diseased state of the system which
leads commonly to annoying and
perhaps serious local conditions,
which may prove a fertile breeding
ground for germs Of consumption.
External remedies give but tempo
rary ease.
The only way to successfully treat
catarrh is by employing a medicine
which is absorbed and carried by the
blood to all parts of the system, so
that the mucous membrane or in
ternal lining of the body is toned up
and made capable of resisting the
infection of consumption and other
diseases.
We have a remedy prepared from
the prescription of a physician who
for 80 years studied and made ca
tarrh speciality, and whose record
was patient restored 20 health in
every case where his treatment was
followed as prescribed. That rem
edy is Rexall Mucu-Tone We are so
positive that it will completely over
come catarrh in all it's various forms,
whether acute or chronic, that we
promise to return every penny paid
us for the medicine in every case
where it fails or for any reason does
not satisfy the user.
We want you to try Rexall Mucu-
Tone on our recommendation and
guarantee. We are right here where
you live, and you do not contract
any obligation or risk when you try
Rexai Mucu-Tone on our guarantee.
We have Rexall Mucu-Tone in two
sizes, SO cents and $500. Very Of
ten the taking of one SO cent bottle
is sufficient to make a marked i'm
preston upon the case. OF course in
chronic cases longer treatment is
necessary. The average in such in
stances is three S1,00 bottles. Re-
member you can obtain Rexall Rem
iedies in Rock Island only at our
store-the Rexall store. The Thomas
Drug company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
DAVENPORT

Adams Leaves Postal Service.-C. NJ.
Adams ,ex-president of the Iowa State
Rural Letter Carriers association, has
rendered his resignation as a rural
letter carrier at the Davenport post
Office, because of i'll health, which has
been bothering him for some time past.
Mr.. Adams will be succeeded by Lynn
Townsend, temporarily. At present
there are four Townsends, all related,
who are working in the postofice de-
partment at Davenport-Jesse Town
send Is city letter carrier. Earl Town
send is rural carrier. and Ray Town
send is in the distributing department.
Arm Broken at Pfay.-Charlie Fos-
ter, the 13-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
! E. ]. Foster of 728 East Sixth street,
was the victim of painful and serious
accident at the Lincoln school Tues
day, while at play on the swinging
pole. In some way he slipped and fell,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02

sonville. The kindly darl-ey whose
stumbling walk has been a familiar
sight on the streets for many years
has become so infirm that it is impos-
sible for him to carry on the chores
through which he has gained a Iiyeli-
hood. No matter if he were victim
of locomotOr ataxia, old King kept
faithfully at work day after day in
good season and bad, picking up what
work he could find and attending 20
the chores at the home of Miss Sarah
Reed on Eighteenth street At times
when the streets and walks were slip.
perry it would seem impossible for one
with his infrmities to get about. but
King and his little wagon never failed
to make their customary trips for ar
tesian water. He had but little con-
troll of the muscles of his legs, but
this infiTmity could not deter one of
such tireless energy sustained by a de-
termination to put off as far as posi-
bic the time when he might be a care
to anyone. His work and his attend
ance on church were two considera-
tions that King would not neglect.
Obituary Record. - Mrs. Sarah 3.
Mitchell, widow of Cyrus P Mitchell.
passed away yesterday at the home Of
her son, D. G. Mitchell, iii Fifteen. n
street. Her death came after a long,
tedious and bravely fought siege with
jaundice. Her Illness covered a period
Of 10 weeks, and at times il was
thought that her life would be spared
for some time. But owing to her ad
vanced age, the disease had made
great inroads and could not be check
ed. Sarah Ham was born in Mercer.
Maine, Oct. 4, 1922. She was married
to Cyrus P. Mitchell Oct. s, 1S47. They
were the parents of six children: J.
Edwin Mitchell, Worcester. Mass: DR..
w. II. Mitchell, Minneapolis; Mrs.
Mary Ella Hepburn and Daniel G.
Mitchell, this city. and Mrs. S. B. Stod-
dard. Rock Island. One daughter,
Viola died a few years ago. Mrs.
Mitchell is also survived by 10 grand
children and two great grandchildren.
The funeral will be held from the D.
G. Mitchell home at O'Clock tomor-
row afternoon. Rev. r. s. Haney will
officiate Burial will be in Riverside
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
STOMACH TROUBLE.
Had It for Years Until He Heard oi
Mi-o-na-H. o. RoIfs Sells Il.

Had It for Years Until He Heard Of
Mi-o-na-H. o. RoIfs Sells II.
If you suffer from indigestion, belch-
ing of gas, lump OF lead on stomach,
Ibiliousness, dizziness, foul breath, ner-
vousness, constipation, or headache,
give H. o. Rolls so cents today for a
box Of Mona, the celebrated stomach
prescription, and If it doesn't cure you
he will give you your money back. II
relieves painful stomach distress in
five minutes. Read the following:
, 81 had stomach trouble for years.
| After eating would be troubled for
an hour or so with indigestion. /
bought one box of Mona from Gaft-
ney Drug company, which completely
cured me. That was IL months ago.
and to this day have not been trou
bled again.. B. Haskey, Carney,
s. c., April 20, 1909.
Mona is the best prescription for
stomach trouble ever written not only
does it give quick relief. but it cures
permanently because 1t thoroughly
cleanses, renoyates, builds up and puts
elasticity into the stomach and bowels.
Mona is put up in tablet form and is
small and easy to swallow. Sold by
leading druggists everywhere and in
Rock Island by H. o. Rolls, who rig
idly guarantees them. Test sample
free. Address Booths Mona, Buffa-
10, N. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02

Ryegate, Mont, Nov. 2I.-Edltor
The Rock Island Argus: Having prom
ised a number Of my friends to. write
and tell them about my new Montana
home. | think it best to send this let
ter TO you for publication, as then It
will get TO all of them, and save me
considerable time, instead of sending
them all a letter, and will also boost
Ryegate, Mont AS this is to be
letter to all my friends 1 viii word
it as | would to a friend, so starting
at the beginning. I Will say l never
struck a more healthfuI place in all
my life and with so much busi-a ss
and work for a new town, it being
only six months old. Any tradesman,
such as carpenter or plasterer or
blacksmith can earn from $4.50 to SO
day and common laboTeT gets his 80
cents an hour. OF course groceri IS
and provisions are a little higher than
in Rock Island, but wages are good
deal better, so we can make both ends
meet For a town six months old we
have a general store. hotel, saloon,
restaurant, livery and feed stable,
lumber yard, coal yard and school
house, and prospects of a good deal
more in the spring. What this town
needs, and needs bad, is hardware
store. barber shop, butcher shop and
another good general store, as the
man running the store at present has
more to do than he can handle. He
sells more than a carload of provisions
week and then runs out of things
quite often. He has sold 10000 bar
rels of -four in the last month and
more canned milk and other canned
goods than he could tell without look
ing at his books.
AS to the land, a person can't say
too much for 1t, as wheat, oats, barley
and alfalfa give big yields. oats sell
at $3.50 a hundred and alfalfa at $40
a ton. Potatoes also give an excep-
tionalIy big yield and sell at 81 a
hundred. Cabbage, peas, beans, beats,
carrots, sweet corn and other vegeta-
bles do well.
Land close to the railroad sells
from SO to $50 an acre and homestead
land can be had from Is to 20 miles
from Ryegate in borl directions, but
the best land lies south of the Mus
seIlshelI river The soil is of a rich
chocolate loan such as that which
lies in the vicinity of Yakahama,
Wash, where the best apples are
raised. Everybody seems to like this
country and are all expecting to stay
and make this their home. Everyone
is on the move and getting things
ready for spring planting.
Anyone wishing to take up home
stead should sh ip out few cattle for
milking, and horses, as horses are
high and good milk cows can't ne
bought for less than SIS.
We have hs d two SHOWS. the first
about two weeks ago and the second
On the 26th, hut 1t only lasted a few
days on account of the warm Chinook
winds which melt it IN hurry. We
have been working in our shirt sleeves
nearly every day so far. The coldestl
it has been this season was 6 below.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
EdgingtOn

Mrs. Allan Miller spent Thursday in
Rock island.
C. R. Carpenter spent Thursday and
Friday in Chicago.
Murena Kindley of Silvis visited
from Wednesday until Monday with
friends here
school in Rock Island, spent Thanks
giving at her home.
Vernie Bognar visited Friday and
Saturday in Rock Island.
Rob Venable of Peoria visited Thurs
day with his parents.
Mrs. Louise Titterington of Reynolds
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Sarah Stod-
card.
Mrs. E. M. Hartman and Hadessa
Elliott were in Rock Island .Wednes-
day.
The Misses Frances Lowe and Myr-
tie Patterson entertained a party of
ladies at the home of Mrs. E. NJ. Hart
man Saturday afternoon at a miscella-
neous shower in honor of Miss Hades-
sa Elliott, whose marriage to Will
Wait will take place in the near fu-
ture. The rooms were decorated in
pink, white and green, the bridal col
ors. The first prize in a contest was
won by Faye Elliott, Anna Wood TAX
ing consolation prize In the parlor a
parasol made of pink and green ma
terial was raised above a table. and
here were placed the presents. There
was a large cake and each guest cut
a piece. Barbara Hartman was for
tunate enough to get the piece con-
tanning the ring. Maggie Hofer found
a coin, and Carrie Pearson found a
thimble. The dining room was taste
fully decorated. The centerpiece was
a large bouquet of pink carnations.
The place cards were dainty heart
shaped cards tied with pink and green
ribbon. A delicious three-course lunch
con was served. Those present were
Anna Wood, Cora Hofer. Margery Ho-
fer, Jennie Maberry, Philipena Fuhr.
Pearl Titterington, Murena Kindley,
Maria Simpson, Cora Baker, Sara Ba-
ker, Faye Elliott. Nellie Elliott, Es-
telle Elliott, Hattie Castor. Laura
Lloyd, Carrie Pearson. Barbara Hart
man, Edith READER. Hadessa Elliott,
Julia Hintermeister, Myrtis Patterson.
Frances Lowe and Ella KcH.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
MOLINE

New Process of FiItration.-A new
process for treating water from the
mississippi river to make it even more
fit for commercial purposes than is the
water now supplied to homes in the
city of Moline, was inaugurated at
the Moline filter plant yesterday. DR..
Edward Barlow Of the state water sur
Vey was present from Urbana to per-
sOnally direct the work OF chansin &
to the new system of filtration. Hypo-
chlorite of lime is used in the new pro-
cess, and 500 pounds of it. sufficient
to meet requirements of the Moline
plant for three weeks, IS on hand. The
chemical action Of hypochlorite is
harmless, and there is no objection 10
its use, as there has been to the use
of copper sulphate-which, however.
has never been used at the Moline
plant. Hypochlorite of lime destroys
bacteria and organic matter. The pro-
cess was introduced year and half
ago. and it has since been generally
taken up by water companies and
water departments throughout the
country. Results obtained are remark
able. Water containing from 5000 10
5000 bacteria per cubic centimeter
averages less than 10 bacteria to the
cubic centimeter after treatment.
Engineers Open Local Office. - A
branch Office of the United States en-
gineers Of the upper mississippi WAS
opened today in the Vessel building
ON Fifteenth street. Junior Engin Ger
II 4
associated with him will be a half
dozen assistants necessary in carrying
on the winter work of this district.
The branch Office is necessary to re-
lieve the congestion in the quarters Of
Major c. S. Richie, in charge of the
upper river work. in the federal build
ing in Rock Island. Four rooms in
the Vessel building Will be occupied
from Dec. 1 to about April ]. The
work >of Engineer Bassett and his as
sistants will be in compiling reports
and making blueprints of river work,
and the Office rooms secured are ad-
mirably arranged for this work. En-
gineer Bassett has been IN charge Of
the work on Moline harbOr and chan
mel and on the cOrewall for the wing
dam during the last year. The engi-
neers greatly appreciate the convent
ence of Office in close proximity 20
their field of work Assistance was
rendered them in becoming established
here by the Civic Improvement com
mission of the Moline club
Sent to Home for Aqed.-Faithful
old King Gri5som has gone to the
home for aged colored people at Jack
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
Former Rock Islander Writes From the
Hustling Young Town of Ryegate, Mont.

but only for one day, and then the
thermometer went up above freezing
Hoping to see this in the next
Weekly Argus. which We receive, and
wishing all my friends happiness and
health, l will close. Yours truly,
SAM L. NISSEN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
NEWS OF THE NEIGHBORS

gaining a good Roadway on the roof
at this time and after a half hour of
consistent work the department had
the fire under control. All the apart
ments were water-soaked and badly
smoked. The loss was fully covered
by insurance on the furniture.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02
breaking the wrist of his right arm,
and severely spraining the left arm.

breaking the wrist of his right arm,
and severely spraining the left arm.
o
Pardon for Gertrude Mcdonald
Through pardon papers which were
filed in the district court yesterday
and which were granted by Governor
B. F. Carroll, the sentence OF Miss
Gertrude Mcdonald, who was convict
ed at the January term Of the district
court in 1903, has been stricken out
and she is again restored to the rights
that were hers prior to her conviction.
During the past four and a half years
the woman has been out on parole and
in that time has fulfilled the exact
ments of this parole to the letter,
wherefore the remittance of the SEN
tence. The young woman was SEN
fenced to the state reformatory at An
amosa for the crime of larceny from
the person, her sentence being placed
at five years. The suspending of this
sentence was made April Is, 1904, and
since that time she has been out on
parole.
Locate Bullet by x-Ray.-Lttle Fan
ME Larkins, daughter of Mrs. c. Lar
kins, who was accidentally shot by her
brother some time ago, was able to be
taken to a doctors office yesterday for
an X-ray examination of the wound,
and the bullet was located in the back
of the neck. The little girl was taken
to the hospital today for the removal
Of the bullet. A speedy recovery is
expected.
Haseboeck Home Damaged by Fire.
A fire of yesterday which is suppos-
ed to have originated from a defective
| fiue resulted in serious damage to the
home of DR.. a. L. Hageboeck at the
southeast corner of Eleventh and Main
streets. The damage to the house is
confined largely to the roof. but the
| loss which has been sustained by the
water and, smoke will reach about 81
| 600, the total being about $4,000. OF
this the largest and most serious loss
! is to the large library which is owned
! by DR.. Hageboeck, the damage here
amounting to large per cent Of the
| entire loss to the interior furnishings.
! The blaze was discovered by DR.. Hage-
| boeck. the smoke filling the upper
! rooms. In the effort to reach the fire
| department. DR.. Hageboeck found that
| his phone was out of commission, but
! it was not many minutes before the
| fire department was on the scene, a
call having been sent in from one of
the neighboring houses. The blaze was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-12-02

All the news all the time-THE
ARGUS.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-23
Sale Under Execution.

BY virtue of an execution directed to
the undersigned from the Superior
Court Of Robson County in an action
entitled J. H. Wishart Va. Henry
Threadgill, will, on Monday. the Sd
day Of January, 1910, at IL O'Clock NJ,
at the court house door of said county,
offer for sale to the highest bidder for
cash, at public auction, to satisfy said
execution, all the right, title and IN
terest which the said Henry Thread
gill, defendant, has in the following de-
scribed rea, estate, to-wit: In Robson
County, North Carolina, in Lumbr rton
Township, beginning at stake IN the
line of Simon Stephens IL acres, alb ut
200 feet n .rthwest Of the Georgetown
road and runs N. As w. as Simon Ste
phens' line about 210 feet to stake IN
Stephens line; then S. Sc. 50 w. about
100 feet to a stake in the eastern edge
of new road running from Georgetown
road through the land of D. B. Mcneil;
then down the east edge OF said road
towards the Georgetown road 5. go
E. about 2O9 feet to stake; then N.
| &c so E. about 100 feet to the beglnn-
ing, containing one-half acre, more OF
| l-ss.
This December /, 1909.
E. c. Mcneil,
Sheriff Robson county.
Wishart & Britt, Attorneys.
12-2-4-Thurs.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-23
Sale of Land.

Under and by rtue of authority con-
ferred upon me by an order of the ST.
peri C urt of R beson County, rem
dered on the 9th day of December, 1909,
in special pr coed ngs therein pending
entitled: Susan D. McNeill, admins
tratrix M. A. Byrd, deceased, vs.
Samuel ]. Taylor and others, will Of
fer for sale and Sc Il at public sale to
the highest bidder for cash at the Court
House Door in Lumberton, Robson
County, North Carolina, at IL m. o'clock
on Monday, the Sd day of January, 1910,
three certain tracts of land situated in
said County Of Robson, State of North
Carolina, more particularly described
as follows:
First Tract: On the Great Swamp,
containing Is acres known as lot No. 6
in the division of the estate of Henry
Byrd, deceased, assessed to Harriet
Taylor and being the same lands con-
veyed by Samuel J. Taylor and wife,
Harriet A. Taylor, to NJ A: Byrd by
deed dated the 18th day of July, 1880,
registered in book A A A page 343 Of
flee Register of Deeds of Robesor
/ County.
Second Tract; Also containing 1e
acres known as lot No. lin the division
of the estate of Henry Byrd, and be-
ing the same lands conveyed to M. A.
Byrd by Robert J. Seasons and wifi,
Helen Seasons, by deed dated the 24tf
day of November, 1876 and recorded il
book IS page 246, Office Register Of
Deeds of Robson County.
| Third Tract: containing So acres, OF
both sides of Jackson Swamp, and be
! ;no tho caro Iands convened hV J. /,
Pitman and wife, M, J. Pitmaa to M
A. Byrd by deed dated the 29th day o
July 1876 and recorded in book A A (
page 345, Office Register of Deeds o
Robson County.
This 9Th day of December, 1909.
Susan D. Mcneil, administrative
M. A. BYRD, deceased
Mclean, Mclean & Snow,
Attorneys.for Plaintiff.
12-3-12-30-4thurS.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-23

Eight young men were expel'-
ed from Trinity College Mondey.
These young men, one Of them a
freshman, cast lots to see which
should plunge into a cold water
tank. The freshman lost and
was caught in the act Of paying
the forfeit by the faculty. The
young men pleaded not guilty to
hazing, but President kilgo de-
clared them guilty of gambling
and the freshman was charged
with indecent exposure. All were
dismissed.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-23
ROADS AS BUSINESS.
Grand Juries as Road Builders.
Wilmington Star.

Wilmington Star.
The greatest Encouragement
in the matter of the campaign
for good roads is that it is i'm
possible to get up any sort of &C
tive controversy about the ques-
ton. Opinion sets always in the
same direction. The press is a
unit for the principle. The poll
ticians will make a good roads,
speech at the drop of hat. The
man on the street will tell you, if
you take the trouble to ask him,
that the salvation of the country
lies in the roads to the towns.
Yet in spite of the very material
progress now making here and
there, the progress is not in keep
ing with the sentiment. The
trouble is not so much with oppo-
sition-if there is any. It keeps
we'll covered as in inertia. And
inertia and Indifference will
smother what antagonism and
attack would only strengthen.
Wherefore. to write about good
roads, is something in the nature
of punching a man of straw; the
blows land, but they do not count.
Georgia, however, has reached
a more pratical point. It's people
have begun to look at roads as
business, instead of a sentiment
leading toward some far-distant
Utopia. They have begun tc
deal in concrete facts; to think
about present waste; to put the
matter squarely on a business
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1909-12-23

After serving nearly six years
of an eight year sentence in the
penitentiary for causing the
death of a close friend with
whom he quarrelled while both
were intoxicated, R. A. Robson.
of Forsyth county, received a
pardon from Governor Kitchin
Monday conditioned on sobriety
and good behavior.