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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

there, you know"
Mrs. Hall said no more, but twisted
the shawl tighter around her thin face
and fairly few down the street to be
the first one TO transmit the startling
news to Little River.
Lucy's friends were at the station to
bid her gOodby when she started on
her long journey. Her household goods
had gone on Il week before. and when
the last moment came there were
many tears and good wishes and lots
of rice and old shoes flying afeSc her.
Lucy looked strangely pale and silent
for a bride to be. but she had been that
way for so many years now that her
friends quite forgot what a merry, light
hearted girl she had been when Ansel
first wooed her.
Then the train Numbered away to-
ward New York. and Lucy leaned her
pale face against the window and
closed her frightened eyes. She had
never taken such long journey, and
she was quite unused to travelling, but
that was not the worst of it. She
had told a number of downright lies
AnseI Peever had not sent for her; he
Oitl liOt hhO" sue WAS NOAuiAlS Out
there. and she had not heard from him
for two months.
1t was this knowledge that made
Lucy Mellen so misera BILE as her train
flew westward. Every mile that
brought her nearer to Ansel also made
her heart beat faster until at last
when she reached San Francisco and
changed cars for the little town in
Santa Barbara county she was almost
sick with remorse and shame at her
own daring.
At last 1t was time for her 20 get
OF. She saw her trunks dumped on
the station platform at RedcliH. and
then the train rolled away among the
vineyards and orange groves. while
she was left in the soft. balmy atmos-
phere OF the land of flowers.
'Ansel Peever's placer repeated the
station agent Its three miles down
the valley. I'll have Hawkes. carry
you there. It'll cost you four bits,
ma'am."
-Four whatP' repeated puzzled
Lucy.
-Four bits-JO cents. suppose
you're from the east" smiled the man
good naturally, and Lucy said that
she was, and she thanked him prettily
for attending to her trunks.
Seated in the blackboard with her
trunks dashed on behind, the two lean
roam horses clattered over the road
much faster than Lucy cared to have
them.
The roans slowed down, and
Hawkes. pointed a whip around a
curve of the road. "Peever's place is |
Just around that bend" be said.
stop here, pleaser' painted Lucy, /.
with sudden alarm. Please wait .
here while 1 go on and speak to .
them"
Lucy huttered away around the I.
bend OF the road, looking very pale /
and fra gle in her gray travelling dress /.
with a gray chiffon veil tied about her
hat and framing her delicate face
with its soft folds. Her heavy golden
hair lay in ripping waves under the
veil, and the occasional silver threads
that time had woven were quite hid
den from view. Ii Lucy's cheeks had
been pink she would have looked very
much like the Lucy of old
The pink came fast enough when
she found herself hesitatfng at pref
u rustic gate set In an eyerresn
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

the earth" He went into much detail
about his experiences in the twenty
three years he was working on his
dream" and in closing said:
Were l a ragged beggar in the
streets today, without frierG in the
world. I could hug my dream to my
self and feed and warm and clothe
myself with the thought, I have made
good
And when the end comes can
knock at the gates on the other side
and. with head erect, offer as my pass
port, 4 have made good"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

was one OF the most amusing and de-
lightful weddings that ever took place
IL our little village" Another imagtn-
alive bit follows: "Blahaville, Ind
Miss Truly Lovely was married here
today to Mr.. John De Smythers Of Chi
cage. Some of the fun-lov1ng rela-
tives OF the bride set fire to the Meth
odist church just as the contracting
parties were walking down the aisle.
De Smythers rescued his bride from
the flames with some difficulty and
then repaired to the home of the bride
and attempted to have the ceremony
on the veranda. The groom's best man,
however, exploded q charge Of dyna-
mite under the veranda just as the
bride was about to say 7 WILL and the
ceremony was naturally interrupted"
For emphasis, Little gives the sport
i've results Of a Chicago wedding party:
"Mr. and Mrs Sweetleigh had escaped
in disguise from the bridal party and
taken a train for the west, intending
TO spend the honeymoon at the groom's
ranch In Colorado. Dispatches were
promptly sent ahead to a brace of well
known train bandits and the train was
derailed at Chuckee Junction. Outside
of a broken arm and few minor cuts
the bride was unhurt and the groom
escaped with nothing worse than two
or three Commissions and a dislocated
shoulder.
The casualties attending other pas.
sengers on the train will be found in
the full account of the wreck in an
other column"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
The Argus Daily Short Story
Ansel Peever's Fortune-By Clarissa Mache
Copyrighted. 1911. Associated Literary

Everybody in Little River declared
that Lucy Mellen would be tired OF
waiting for Ansel Peever.
Wait until l come back from Cali
fornia, dearest Ansel had whispered
"Then l will have such a home and
such acres OF greenhouses that 1 will
not be ashamed to ask you to give up
your splendid home on the HILL
OF course Lucy's heart prompted her
to tell him TO remain with her. What
cared she for the promised wealth of
the golden west when the solid reality
of Ansel's thrifty little flower business
was ready and waiting for them both;
But Ansel looked so downhearted and
disappointed at her answer that Lucy
awaited herself of the feminine priv
lege and changed her mind.
You'd better go. Ansel." she urged
him. Il will wait for you if you should
be gone Il hundred years." she added
recklessly.
So it was arranged as Ansel's pride
prompted him, and Lucy stayed in her
fathers comfortable home on the hill
top and watched the black smoke from
Ansers train dissolve in the May sun
shine even as her hopes and happiness
dissolved in burst of grief.
hundred days went by, and Ansers
letters were full Of inconsistencies and
enthusiasm. A hundred weeks passed,
and the letters contained less hope
fuIness and the same strain of longing
for home. Lucy wrote and urged him
to come home. LET the old fortune
&c
plenty to do in Little River, and Ste
phen Tuttle will be glad to sell the
greenhouses back to you"
But Ansel was obstinate as well as
proud, and he did not come home in
answer to Lucy's appeal. A hundred
months went by-eight long years and
four months-and Lucy's Aunt Rebec-
ca Prentice repeated the words she
had dinned into her niece's pretty ears:
He's never coming back again,
Lucy. You might as well have mar
ried Leonard Deane or the minister
and had a family growing up around
you instead of wasting your life wait
ing for a man who has forgotten you"
IT don't believe Ansel has forgotten
me, Aunt Rebecca," Lucy said patient
~. at has taken longer for him to
make a fortune than he expected
that's all"
One April morning Lucy Mellen
found herself quite alone in the world.
Her parents had died shortly after An
sci went away, and now Aunt Rebec-
ca had succumbed to pneumonia. and
the big empty house on the hill seem
ed bigger and emptier than ever. At
the end Of a year Lucy had managed
to almost beggar herself by several
foolish investments, and there came a
day when the red flag swung to the
breeze above the Mellen place.
What are you going 10 do now,
Lucy MeIIen? demanded her next
door neighbor, Mrs Hail Here
you've got all your furniture Grated up
as if you was going away, and you
amt said word to nobody
I'm going to California said Lucy
calmly, though her pale cheeks flushed
''Ansel has sent for me TO come OUT
there and be married You see, he's SO |
busy he can't get away just now"
We'll. of ell thingsr' cried Mrs. Hall |
excitedly. You don't mean that you. |
a single woman, are going away out |
there all alone TO get married:"
I'm thirty-hve,' said Lucy obsti- /
natelY, and Ansers folks ara out !
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Got His Dose Later.

Mr.. Courtney 6atteriDgly)-I had the
blues awfuliy when / came here to-
night, Miss Fisher. but they are all
gone now. You are as good as medi-
cine. Miss Fishers Little Brother
Yes; father himself says she'll be a
drug on the mnrket if she doesn't catch
on TO some fellow soon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
SAYS HE MADE GOOD"

That's How His Passport to Heaven
Reads, Says Peary.
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary de-
hvered a long address at the com
mencement exercises of Rensselaer,
Polytechnic institute, at Troy, \. Y,
In which he reviewed the attempts
made since 1870 10 discover the north
pole and his own success in 1909 in
attaining the gaunt frozen apex of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

Major Marriott. the astronomer, pre-
diets warmer winters as a result of the
diminishing obliquity of the earth j
axis" II he would only find a way to
turn the axis and give us cooler sum
mers, our cup of joy would be running
over
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

Every day his presence in the Unit
ed States senate becomes more and
more a national shame.-New York
Press. If the editor of the New York
Press, after making this observation,
will look carefully he may discover
that detectives are shadowing him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
July z in American
History

1S97-Hon. william Slocomb Groes-
beck. distinguished Ohio congress
man. died; born 1916.
19OS-The battleship feet sailed from
San Francisco for the orient.
1910-Dr. William James Rolfe, edu-
Gator and Shakespearean scholar,
died; born 1927.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
A Timely Protest From Dick Little

Dick Little, the well known Chicago
newspaper man, war correspondent
and humorist, has attacked the idiotic
custom of hsZing 8 newly married cou-
pie. He heads a petition for reform
with choice collection of incidents 10
illustrate the antics OF modern civiIiz-
alton. One waa under date of Rollo,
Ill, June p. 1911: After the cere-
mony Mrs Dub5 was seized by her
bridesmaids and a beautiful bird in
three colors was tattooed on her fore
head. Mr.. Dubb was seized by his
friends and relatives. and, after being
tarred and feathered, was ridden out of
town on a rail behind the justly famous
Rollo Silver Cornet band. The event
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

Lord Strathcona, Canadian high COM
missioner in London, resigns his place
because he is go years old. His lord
chip does not feel the burden of his
years, but wanted to give another old
man a chance.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Hurnor and
Philosophy
PERT PARAGRAPHS.
~ DUNCAN ~. sNIrs -

THERE are some things that you
don't want to know. and Won al.
ways meet some eager idiot who in
sists on telling them to you.
A man may look wise, and you can't
prove he isn't as long as he does moth
ing but look so.
There are people who get into trouble
Joining the don't worry club.
A perfectly good husband may be
spoiled by roasting him too much.
Politeness is the shield with which
we protect ourselves from our overfa-
miliar acquaintances.
Most men haYe more use for food for
vanity than they have for reflection
Some people would rather woT8 than
not; others would rather not.
A tolerant mind makes a good diges-
ton.
Some men ARE lazy because they
know that being so is the only thing
they do well.
:!
When people begin'to knock you It
Is evidence that you are cutting some
fee.
-'@-. '-f =
One Of the most amusing things Is to
see a man make a blum and then NOT
know what to do with It. ..-,.1ss-----'----'!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

The ink on the old declaration Of
Independence is fading, but thanks tc
the art preservative of all arts" there
are enough true copies in existence 10
send the message laundering down the
ages to the end of time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

A Syracuse lady has celebrated her
s1st birthday by skipping the rope 81
times. We are glad TO be able TO re-
port that she does not boast that she
has used tobacco and strong liquor all
her life
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

A Columbus, Ind, man has, by feed
ing them mulberries, induced his hens
to lay purple eggs. Hope he will not
attempt to save them for Easter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

Soreness OF the muscles, whether In
duced by violent exercise or injury.
is quickly relieved by the free appli-
cation OF Chamberlain's Lnimen'.
This lfniment is equally valuable for
muscular rheumatism, and always sf-
fords quick relief. Sold by all drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Undoubtedly.

"There is no rose without a thorn.
You must remember that when you
feel like criticising me-"
'TIuh"
"Just what do you mean by that ex-
pression?"
81 was just thinking that there's
many a thorn without a rose"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Convenient HEARING.

"Johnny, your mother is calling"
No response.
Johnny Qouder). your mother IN call
ing you"
How do you suppose 1 can hear you
when I can't hear herr"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Friday, July z. 1911.

Do not worry about permitting that
word weather" TO slip your mind for
the time being. You will think Of it
again, adj right, before long.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Proved Himself.

"Are you getting n good man. Man
dy?" asked the lady Of her colore<
maid. who had announced her inten,
ton Of getting married
Sure rs getting a good man"
"Can he support your What has he
ever done?"
What has be ever done7 Say. dat
man has been in Jail five times To-
stealing chickens"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Hardest Problem.

"she is engaged to three men
once"
How does she manager
1.-THE menp
mo; to get sleep enough"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Two of a Kind.

Two of Kind.
"If ! were as mean as you, do you
know what ! would dor'
mo. but / have a guess"
"And what is your guess?"
"You would say to yourself, How
have improved"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
All Denends.

A bird IN the hand Is worth two In the
bush
a child might that truth understand
But not If the bird I'm the hand IL q crow
And you have a gun I'm the hand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Why, lndeed7

Why, Indeed?
He-Why does a woman always
think she ought 70 wear smaller shoe
than she can? She-Why does a man
always think he ought to wear larger
hat than he can:-Yonkers Statesman
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
Evident.

els Brown marriedr
Eyes"
Mrs. Brown is easily pleased"
How do you known
"By looking at Brown"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

A man may look wise. and you can't
prove he isn't as long as he does moth
ing but look so.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

There are people who get into trouble
Joining the don't worry club.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

Politeness is the shield with which
we protect ourselves from our overfa-
miliar acquaintances.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

A perfectly good husband may be
spoiled by roasting him too much.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

Most men have more use for food for
vanity than they have for reflection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07
THE ARGUS.

BY THE ). w. POTTER CO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-07-07

Some people would rather WON than
not; others would rather not
The Washington bee., 1911-05-06
The New Rochelle Dinner.

(From New Rochelle, N. Y, Standard
Journal.)
The annual dinner of the Colored
Republican Club of New Rochelle last
Tuesday night was an event of which
the Negroes of New Rochelle have
just reason to be proud. This is es-
Decially true of the officers and mem
bers of the club, who have given their
time, money and labor to build up a
good organization Those who at
tended the dinner will be able to recall
with pleasure the splendid gathering
of men and women, the delicious
menu and the good speeches that fol-
lowed the repa5t. Negroes will be es-
pecially proud of the able address of
Hon. Charles w Anderson, the prin-
cipal speaker of the evening, who kept
the diners cheering and laughing al
ternately throughout his clever speech
We believe that the prominent white
officials of New Rochelle who attend
ed the dinner will have an added re-
speCt for the race and its possibilities
after witnessing an event such as this.
The presence of Mayor Colwell, Mr.
SCherp and other local officials is in
itself an evidence of the growing rec
ognition and respect for Negroes who
show that they are capable and deserv-
ing.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-06
VIII It Gomez

Much interest is attached to the
visit of Julius Rosenwald, of Illinois,
to this city Thursday among officials
cf the local Y. NJ. c. A. and citizens
in general Mr.. Rosenwald recently
offered SIS 900 TO the colored branch
of any city that would raise $4,000
toward the construction of a Y. M.
c. A. building. The construction of
the colOred mems branch on 18th
Street between S and T Streets had
begun and was well under way when
Mr.. Rosenwald made his offer. This
fact, however, did not discourage the
officials of the Association, and their
efforts to get the $4,000 seems to be
meeting with success.
Mr.. ROsenwald and Judge J. w.
Mack, of the Commerce Court, in
company with Lewis Z. Johnson, sec
reta-y of the branch, recently made a
thorough inspection Of the building
now in course of construction. Eff
forts are being made to have the
building come within the offer of Mr.
ROsenwald's $4,000. Although he
did not commit himself, it is the gen
eral consensus of opinion that he will
be persuaded into considering favor
ably the claims of the 18th Street
branch
The Washington bee., 1911-05-06
A NEGRO EDITOR CONDEMNS
KENTUCK'S LATEST
BARBARITY.
The White Press and Pulpit Strangely
Silent


To the Editor of the Bee: AS a
member of the Negro race, and know
ing you as I do, I ask that you give
me space in your valuable paper,
which is largely read by both races,
to say a few words anent the treat
ment of Negroes in this country, but
more especially to those poor and un-
fortunate Negroes who are residing
in the Southland. You, reserving the
right as what should or should not be
published in your paper, l trust that
you will see your way clear and pub
lish same for me.
To begin with, | desire to call the
attention of your readers to the spe-
cial telegraphic dispatch from Ken
tucky to the Washington Post of
April 20, 1911, which reads as follows:
Louisville, KY, April 20. Kentucky
established a new record in lynChing
today, when a mob in LivermOre took
NJ. Potter, a Negro, who had killed a
white man, from jail, hanged him on
the stage of the local oDera house, and
charged admission for persons to en-
ter and shoot at the body hanging
above the footlights.
at is reported that the money taken
in at the door went to the family OF
the white man the Negro had killed.
Those who bought orchestra seats had
the privilege of emptying their six
shooters at the swaying form above
them, but gallery occupants were linn
tied TO one shot The whole town is
reported still in possession of the
mob"
Gentle reader, the lynching is bad
enough, but when a set of white bar
barians, after lynching a man who was
in chains in the jail, in consequence
The Washington bee., 1911-05-06
ARE ASKED TO STAY TAKES IT AS INSULT
America Is The Best Place
Liberia Rather a Cheerless Country,
as Viewed by Bishop Scott
(FrOm New York Sum-

!
Bishop Isaiah Scott of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, who has
jurisdiction over the Negroes OF the
Republic if Liberia, arrived yesterday
by the White Star liner Baltic. He
has a poor opinion of the majority of
the members of his tropical diocese.
The men sometimes have more
wives than one, and let them do the
work, Bishop Scott said. There are
many tribal wars because of women
sold as children to become the wives
of chiefs, and who get tired of the
chiefs attentions The Bishop does
not encourage the effort to get Amer
ican Negroes to remove to Liberia,
where he says the chances Of i'm
provement are slight He said there
was no better place for the American
Negro than America
Liberia will elect a new President
tomorrow for a term of four years in
stead of two, as heretofore
The Washington bee., 1911-05-06
The Democrats.

The Democrats are booming now.
They have the Lower House in tow,
They're happy now and raising hobbs,
and knocking poor folks out of jobs
They're cursing out the G. o. P. For
lodging Reciprocitee; They've hooked
up their old free trade raft, along
side of Mr.. Taft. They're hoping that
in one year hence, To knock his
'Nibs" plumb through the fence. The
Democrats may be all right; Although
their past is none too bright; They
sure did raise particular hobbs, By
knocking poor folks out of jobs. They
say the country needs them now, To
take the ship of State in tow. Per-
haps it does, perhaps it don't, some
folks are praying that it won't; They
can't forget that gloomy fog, That
put the country on the hog; The
Democrats may be all right; But lots
of folks still crave for sight.
JA>.ES CONWAY JACKSON.
The Washington bee., 1911-05-06
Chief Grifhn's Thanks.

Washington, D. c., May I, 1911.
My Dear Friend: I desire to thank
you personally for the service you
rendered the Washington Division of
the Grand Fountain of the United Or
der of True RefOTmers, by your words
of encouragement during its great
struggle to redeem itself and have
the license renewed.
| believe it was Gods way of test
ing true friendship and love for hui
manity. Because of the determined
stand taken by some of our real race
leaders in defense of the organization
that has made so many hearts glad,
and so many homes happy, and the
loyalty displayed by the members
themselves, the Insurance Commits
sioner of Virginia lifted the suspen-
sion of our license and we are now
doing business as IN former years.
Had we lost hope and allowed the or
der to die, other Negro organizations
would have stumbled over the dead
bones of the True Reformers for the
next twenty-five year,
We have collected in the past six
months during our inactivity more
than seventy-fve thousand dollars
($75,ooo). This will give you some
idea what we can do when allowed to
work
Special concessions have been
granted to all unbenehted members
who may desire to return, as well as a
special dispensatiOn of three $4,000
dollars to new members which will
end Sept. I, 1911.
Thanking you again for your sym
.pathy expressed, and asking your con-
tinued encouragement. | am yours for
success,
w. r. GRIFFIN,
The Washington bee., 1911-05-06
WAS GUEST OF HONOR.
Banquet Given for James c. Napier,
Register of the Treasury.

A banquet in honor of James c.
Napier, register of the Treasury, was
given last Monday night at Odd Eel
lows Hall, NJ Street between 10th
and I7th Streets, by Tennesseeans re
siding in Washington. A stringed or
Chestra furnished music.
Joseph NJ. Trigg, formerly alderman
of Knoxville, Tenn, acted as the
POSTMASTER. Toasts responded to
were: The Colored Soldier" by Gen
Andrew S. Burt; Our Professional
Glasses" by Prof. Roscoe c. Bruce,
assistant superintendent of public
schools; The Racial Outlook" by
Thomas ]. Galloway, and politics
from a Racial Viewpoint" by Prof
Kelly Miller of Howard University.
Mr.. Napier reviewed the progress
of the colored people during the last
half century, and advised his people to
organize their resources and develop
business enterprises.