Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-06-23
$500 IN SUNDAY
SCHOOLS PARADE
Impressive Demonstration by
Churches of the County in
City Today.
MANY BEAUTIFUL FLOATS
Afternoon Is Passed IN Picnic, Feast
ing and Amusements at Long
View Park.

copy of the Holy Bible and the
American flag were carried at the head
of a great procession composed of Sun
day school children, $500 strong, that
paraded through the business streets
of Rock Island this morning as the
opening feature of the third annual
rally day of the Rock Island County
Sunday school association. The chill
dren who marched represented the ma
| jority of the Sunday schools in the
county and ranged in ages from to
60 years.
With waving banners and cries of
victory the solid phalanx of Christian
workers formed at Court House square,
marched up Third avenue to Twentieth
street, down Twentieth street to Sec
ond avenue and down Second avenue
as far as Fourteenth street. This par
ade through the unshaded streets on
which beat the heat of a merciless
sun was witnessed by thousands of
people who had gathered all along the
| line of march.
Line UnbrOken During March.
/
! heat. Two years ago, on the occasion
of the first big Sunday school rally in
the history of the county, it was
| thought that the effort put forth on
| that occasion was a superlative one,
but last year the outcome was found
to be far more satisfying than on the
occasion the year before. The parade
| this morning made a third record, the
preparations for the affair having been
most elaborate and the result a success
| beyond all expectations.
The parade was composed as fol-
lows:
Division One.
Holy bible. carried by w. F. Kaupke
Platoon of Rock Island police, -.
Bleuer's band, Rock Island
Speakers carriage.
Memorial Christian church, Rock
Island, 800
Rose Hill church, so.
First Christian church, Moline. 90
Spencer Memorial Methodist church
Rock Island, Ga.
Grace Evangelical Lutheran, Rock
Island, 40.
Andalusia Baptist, 45.
First Baptist, Moline. so.
United Presbyterian. Rock Island, rs
Broadway Presbyterian, Rock Island
(frst section), 175.
Broadway Presbyterian. Rock Island
(primary Department., 100.
second Division.
Petersens band, Davenport
Second Congregational, Moline, 40.
East Moline Congregational 6.
Union Congregational, Moline, 16.
Aiken Street Presbyterian chapel,
South Rock Island, 50.
Reynolds Methodist, 10.
Fairfield Methodist, 10
Yuma Methodist. IS.
African Methodist. Moline, Is
Second Baptist, Rock Island, Is.
Third Division.
Light Guard band, Moline.
First Congregation church, Moline,
$50.
Help chapel. Moline, 20.
Bethel Baptist so.
Enterprise United Presbyterian SO.
Second Methodist, Moline, 80.
South Park chapel, Rock Island, 100.
Hampton Methodist, &c.
Swedish Baptist Moline. Al.
Central Presbyterian, Rock Island,
$50.
Fourth Division.
Davenport Orphans Home band.
First Methodist, Rock Island. 200.
Reynolds Baptist, %.
First Baptist, Rock Island, so.
Edgewood Baptist, Rock Island, 80
Milan Presbyterian, CO.
Silvis Baptist, 80.
Pleasant Ridge, 60.
Seventh street Lutheran Sunday
school, Moline. 70.
African Methodist church, Rock ISL
and, 20.
w. F. Kaupke of the Memorial
Christian church carried the bible at
the head of the parade. He was fol
lowed by the color bearer. George
Stocker of the same church, and a
squad of police. Then came the speak
ers carriage, in which rode Rev. J. A.
Burchit, pastor of st. Johns Methodist
church, Davenport, and speaker of the
day: DR.. J. w. Stewart, Rev. Frank E.
Shut, President H E. Van Duzer of
the Rock Island County Sunday School
association and Mayor G. w. Nc
CaSkrin.
Many Pretty Floats.
Chief among the features of The
parade were the many and handsome
floats. Some of these were:
Second Congregational church, Mo-
line, primary bible class in session,
with table, piano and kindergarten APP
paratus.
First Baptist, Moline, Japanese float
filled with children clad in white and
supporting a huge parasol. Float dec
GRATED in yellow and white
First Congregational, Moline, seven
gaily decorated automobiles. one dec
GRATED designed to represent a large
yellow and purple butterfly. Six out
riders on ponies, one big float and 80
Outriders on bicycles In the float