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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-03

United Presbyterian.-The annual
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-03

The annual congregational meeting
will be held Wednesday evening and
officers will be elected and reports
will be heard. A NJ. Bruner will de-
liver a brief address.
The choir will meet Thursday eve
ming at 1880 for rehearsal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-03

Thursday evening at O'Clock, Miss
Fanny Cleland's class. the ] B. c.
girls, will give a program, which will
be followed by a social hour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-04-03

South Park Presbyterlan.-Junior
services will be held tomorrow after
noon at 4 o'clock and prayer services
will be held tomorrow evening at
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
BANK DECLINES
 ID ACCEPT BILLS Does Not Approve of the Recently Established
 Central Bureau

New York, october 20.-The National City bank which has been an important factor in foreign cotton bills, announced today it's decision not to accept bills of ladinr under the terms imposed by the recently established central bureau or clearing house, which was organized as a means of preventing negotiations o. fraudulent bills.
 Officials of the bank which was prom inent in the protracted negotiations with European banks throughout the last year declined to state the reason for this ac- tion. It is declared, however, that the terms laid down by the central bureau are held to conflict with certain laws Of England calculated to restrict the value or negotiability of such document in that it fails to fix responsibility in case of fraud.
 The action of the City hank was ar rived at by advice of counsel and be- ginning Monday next, the bank will handle only straight bills, or, that is, bills of exchange that bear no reference to any documents or to the merchandise they are supposed to cover.
 The form of the bill acceptable 10 the City bank is clearly set forth in the formal circular to customers. It is not known what effect this action will have on either domestic institutions or bank ing houses dealing in foreign cotton LillS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
GL|DDEN TOURISTS ARE AT ANDERSON Eighteen Cars Have Clean Record for the Days
 Run

Anderson. N. C., October 20.-With a record of IS cars with perfect scores for the days run from Charlotte the Glid- den tourists began arriving here at o'clock this afternoon and by 7;30 o'clock tonight all but two of the 57 contestants had checked in. The two missing cars are said to be between here and Greenville. and will arrive some time during the night.
 Anderson was in gala attire to greee the tourists and thousands lined the streets as the visiting machines escorted hy a score or more Anderson cars rolled into the city.
 A reception was rendered the Gldden tourists at hotel here and cards to the Anderson clubs and for entertainments in their behalf were distributed.
 According to some of the drivers the Carolina roads are the best so far en- co1ntered in the south. the 160 miles from Charlotte to Anderson being made without single serious mishap. The tour Will be resumed tomorrow morning at s o clock reaching Commerce, Ga, at noon.
 Tie tourists expect 10 reach Atlanta about 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon where they will stop until Monday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
installment Case Before Court

Montgomery, October 20-(Special
 The question of whether the filing of short fnstallment contract can. nm
 der the law, be construed as esta blish
 ing lien is one that is at the present time confronting the United Sta4es court of appeals, now in session in Montgomery. The question comes uo in suit which the Cable Plano com
 pany of Birmingham Is bringing agalnst
 w. T. stewart, trustee of the B. B. Bazemore bankrupt stock.
 Upon selling goods on the instaIl
 ment plan there are two forms of rs tention title contracts-the short con tract and the long contract. It has been customary for the installmen. house to record only the short con- tract, whereas the state law requires that both contracts shall be recorded to establish lien on the property. The case grows out of a petition
 hled by the Cable company before the
 referee in bankruptcy in Birmingham
 to reclaim certain property sold to
 Bazemore the bankrupt. The referee
 ruled against the Cable company. as did Judge Grubb of the federal courr The case is now before the appellant court on a petition to revise. The shit takes the nature of an action to in terpret the recent amendment to the federal bankrupcy act which purports to give the trustee in bankruptcy all the rights of a Judgment creditor
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
|BESSEMER HAS B|G STOCK OF LIQUOR Confiscated Goods Must Be
 Disposed of FINES ARE IMPOSED Bessemer Has so Far Received PIP Bales of Cotton-Literary So-
 ciety Meeting - Other
 Bessemer News
 
FINES ARE IMPOSED

Bessemer, October 9.-(SpeeiaD.- About 15 fines were imposed today on as many people of Bessemer and vicinity on the charge of selling liquor in soft drink stands and to this was added the costs in the case. The fines were $50 each.
 The stock of liquor which amounts to about s1OO00. seized and stored in ware house on Nineteenth street, was disposed of in 15 cases by permitting the original owners to retain it and so dispose of it. Several of these are now legally authoriz- ed to sell with saloon license.
 1'he balance of those who were put under arrest for violating the prohibition law when that law was in force did not appear, but they will probably dispose ol their cases in the same way by compro- mise on a plea of nolle contender
 Those lots of whisky which have not reen claimed, for the most part, small Qrantites in each lot, will be destroyed as per the order of Judge Gwin made last Saturday.
 All the liquor stored in the sheriff s warehouse will have to be removed by the first of the month the building has been rented for store purposes be- Ginning on that date.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
HOPE FOR GOLF
 HONORS RESTS WITH SCOTT

of W. E. Collier of Birmingham will con- test with the winner, they being the other semi-finals. I. l.. Graves, E, Adair. Jr., and H. C.. Moore are the Att lanta men in the fourth flight Mir. Moore plays D. Roberts of Birmingham.
 There was tendency to better golf by every one in the tournament on Fri- day as evidenced by four extra hold matches. One of the most exciting matches of the day was the T. Webb R. c. Bush match MT. Webb had MT. Bush down. through 13, vet MT. Bush squared the match and won on the 18th green. .-.
 R. H. Baugh of Birmingham was forced to go 20 holes to defeat F. M. Laxton of Charlotte in the second flight, while L, Arnold of Atlanta won on the 18th green from A. M. Throckmorton of Mir mingham.
 Tomorrow night the get together din- ner will be held at the club rooms, at Which time the cups won during the l tournament and won by the local golfer during the past summer season will be presented.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
INSURANCE MEN
 FORM ASSOCIATION

New York, October 20.-The last step in uniting practically all the liability insur- ance companies of this country and Flu rope in one organiZa tion was taken to- day when the Liability Insurance asso- c.;tion at it's fifth annual meeting voted to join the combination. The other or ganizations included are: The Board of Casualty and Surety Underwriters and the International Association of Acci- dent Underwriters
 The coalition will be known as the I'm iernational Casualty and Surety Under writer's association.
 The main purpose of the union, it was stated at the meeting, Is to combat the agitation to have liability insurance han dled by state governments. It was claim ed that the higher rates recently fixed were nccessitated by employers liability laws.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
Diamonds in New South Wales From Consul General John F. Bray, Sid-

fTOnl Nsuflsuf JoiiI I ptoyb oiN" pey, Australia.
 The local press reports follows on the discovery of diamonds a Copeton. in the northeastern portion of New South Wales
 Early in August further rich develop ments took place at Deep Shaft mine, and the wash has increased from two feet to six feet in thickness This heavy deposit is rich in its diamond incluslons- The diamonds won from this claim are fine round and plump stones, and octa- hedrons are conspicuous throughout the parcel. This wash is making into the deep country and increasing in thickness as the drive is made down the dip in ths country rock bottom. A erosscut from the main drive some distance from tho face has just been put ins From here the wash. which is two feet thick, produced 30 diamonds from quarter of a truck washed as a trial prospect. These 90 diamonds weighed in the aggregate l2 carats. By, the primitive method-hand sitting in a tub of water-250 carats Of diamonds were obtained within few days in testing the value of the wash,
 An intoresting feature of this discovery is that the opinion,is held locally that this particular hill shows the outline Of an extinct volcano, from which it is assumed the lead in question has been fed from the extinct crater. In other words that It IS the source from whence the diamonds came. s4tR raf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21

Atlanta. Ga, October 20.-(Special. = The hopes of the Atlanta golfers to retain the handsome Atlanta Athletic club trophy. which is to be awarded to the winner of the first flight in the invitation golf tournament now in prog ress over. the East Lake course, rests with H. c. Scott, the club champion.
 MT. Scott meets. Reuben G, Bush of New Orleans at the semi finals tomor- row morning.
 J. B. Bush of New Orleans meets E. W. Daly of Nashville in the other semi finals in the first flight.
 In the second flight Atlanta is repre- scented by these men: G. w. Adair. R. P. Jones and L.. Arnold. The. first two play each other. Mir. Arnold meets R. H. Baugh of Birmingham.
 In the third flight the Atlanta men are w. H, Rowan and D. .Jemson; one or the other. will be eliminated, as they play each other c. Hodart of New York
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
|PAUL|ST FATHERS
 LECTURE NEXT WEEK
Father Skinner Outlines Course for Second Week
 of the Mission

The Paulist Fathers will conclude the church at the services Sunday night. These services will consist of the Rosary, the renewal of baptismal vows and the fmpartng of the papal blessing. Bene- dtction of the blessed sacrament will be given by Father Coyle, the pastor.
 Last night Father Skinner outlined the course Of lectures for the second week of the mission He explained that the purpose of the lectures was to present Catholic faith in it's true light and to answer questions concerning the doc 'trines and practices of the Catholic church. The following lectures will be delivered.
 Monday night, October 8, Belief in Christi
 Tuesday October 24. Reading the Bible.v
 Wednesday, October 25 "The True Church.
 Thursdsy October as, ..The Real Presence
 Friday October 2T. confession, Sunday, October 29. Why I Am a Catholic"
 The sermon last night was on 'The Mercy Of God for Repentant Sinners The preacher took for his text the words of Isaiah 65:7, Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unjust his thoughts. and return to the Lord and He will have mercy upon him. He dwelt upon the wonderful love of Christ for repentant sinners.
 How different" said the preacher. 'is the attitude of Christ the Lord to- wards the sinner from that of man. Man is creature of short patience and feeble charity God is a Father of infinite patience and long suffering charity. Man Is not forsiving and knows not how to wait and suffer in the trust that God Will Vindicate His providence Patience with the wayward and erring is true and abiding only in God, because only jr, Him are enduring love and wisdom that cannot fall. We are likely to deal bhin- deringly with sinners because neither our love nor our wisdom are altogether unselfish. spiritual and pure
 From His sacred lips come the blessed words: Suffer the cookie to grow until the harvest lest you root up and destroy the wheat also. From His words we are to know that our judgment is hasty and merely human and that we must not measure Gods mercy by our own" From the crowded den which reeks with in iquity there will come back to God some soul attracted by His mercy with true interior sorrow and live life of virtue in the shadow fthe cross'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
MASS MEETING FOR
 MISSION WORK
Lecture of c. V. Vickery Was Heard With Much
 Interest Last Night

Although the attendance at the mass sionarv education movement at the First Methodist church did not fill the auditorium, the illustrated lecture de- livered by General Secretary c. V. Vickery of New York was listened to with great interest by the many pres ent
 The two objects of the missionary movement meeting in this city, the sub l. scribing of a budget to support field secretary in the south and the bring ing of the missionary exposition to Birmingham next May. were empha : sized but no definite steps taken to- ward accomplishing these ends In the course of the evening it developed that Rev. l.. D. Patterson formerly finan- cial secretary of the Birmingham col lege, had been appointed temporary secretary by MT. Vickery, his term of service to expire on December l. He has been acting as field secretary
 on this tour. going in advance
 to the cities where the missionary movement is to hold meetings and ar ranging for their stay there
 Rev. L. C. Branscomb, pastor of the
 First Methodist church, opened the
 meeting with prayer for stronger missionary impulse and was followed
 by Dr. r. F. Cook. chairman of the advisory board of the southern Prot estant missions Dr. Cooke spoke oi the federated efforts of the interde- | n n paf fio,,
 tions. including the United States and Canada, to evangelize the world, which
 were formulated at the conference held by representatives of these nations in
 Holland last year. He introduced MT Nickery, who eXhibited and addressed the uadience along the same lines as | on the previous night
 A view making a decided impress sion upon those watching the Chris. | tian work in foreign lands was that or .the Chinese kindergarten and the | identical Chinese children who were 1 characters in Mrs. Mauca1eys rece nj
 publication, The Lady of the Decora
 ton. The film reproducing surgica operation performed by missionary l lphysician Tn Picking, China, to restore sight to little blind Chinese boy, was one or series of hospital and medical aid views
 MI' Nichefy particularly stressed the | need of more summer conferences in | ne south for an Ideal proportion as the majority of them are now in the north and east.
 A strong plea was made for the SUD- 1 port Of field secretary as it would h. practically impossible to hold thesy conferences missionary institutes which are the summer conferences in condensed form, and the missionary ex- 1 position. 1 Al the conclusion of the lecture tbo audience was requested to write their names addresses and denomination on a card and hand it to the ,sher as tbay | passed out.
 MT Vickery, his assistant, Edward Everett, and pr. Cook will leave this morning for Chattanooga, Tenn. where they will conduct their next meetins in the southern tour
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
Tn Compliment to Henry Hurd

About 25 of the bachelor boys of Bessemer gave a banquet at 9 o'clock this evening at the Grand hotel in hon. or of Henry Hurd, who will be mar ried next week. The color motif of the wedding, green and white, was carried out in all the decorations. In the center of the table was placed a cut glass bowl filled with cut roses and ferns. A seven course banquet was served Covers were laid for 27. l. B. Morton was toastmaster The list included Merry Hurd. the guest of hon. orr George Davies. H. Ethridge, ". H. McEniry, J. H. McEniry, Dr, George Waller. A. Dalrymple Jack Clay, John Neil E. Houston, J. Bradshaw, Mac Clay, E. Hines, Fred Todd. J. B. Nor ton, Willie Johnson. John Mcdonnell Homer Hurd, Eugene .Honeycutt, Fath. CT Kitrick, David Fulton, R. M. Mingee Will Lacey, John Pagan, J. Lewis, A F. Patton. Chester Tubb. George Shaw and B. Harris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
Senior Literary Society

ss The Senior. literary society of the Besse- mer High school held an interesting meet ing recently in the auditorium. The fol lowing programme was well rendered:
 Address by the president, Fred Vines.
 The witches scene from Macbeth, Misses Carrie Louise Brandon, Rose Lew IS. Maud Lipscomb, Julian Erlick and Ben Schwab bacher
 T1ebate-"Are American Cities Fail u1ts?7 Affirmative, Charles Cargile, Miss Lena Barnett, negative, Miss Maud Lips comb, Arthur Green.
 Plano Duet, Miss Eena Hatcher and Miss Helon Wilson.
 Reading4-Miss Pearl Weinstein,
 Tke judges decided in favor of the af- firmative after many good points were rlode on both sides by the speakers. The society has a number of excellent plans on foot for the winter. With perhaps a number of public entertainments in which inc character of their work may be seen.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
Social and Personal

Miss Dorothy Moody has return ed from few days stay in Birming ham.
 Mrs. M. T. Adams is able to be oul after a recent illness.
 Miss Rebecca Brook has returned to Ter home in Ellisville, Miss. after a very pleasant visit to Mrs w. D. Tay- Tor.
 James and Dan Roberts are able tc be out after recent illness.
 Dr. Spiceland of Dolomte was in tn, city today on business.
 Mrs. W. D. Laner. who was operated on last Saturday at the Robinson os- pital. was taken to her home this aft ernoon.
 Jeffie Cranswell's many friends will regret to know he was operated on this morning for appendicitis at the Robinson hospital. R. P. McNefl left today for Mont gomery on business.
 MT. and Mrs. J. w. kittreIl of Cats kill. N. Y, will arrive tonight to be the guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. l.. .weatman.
 George Ross has returned from De- catur, where he went to secure bond for Nabors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
A Success Story

From section hand to vice president of a great railway system is a long, hard climb
 An Iowa boy made it.
 Early in the seventies ". C. Brown. aged 16, was a section hand on the Mil- waukee road. In the evenings he stayed around the telegraph office. where the obliging agent permitted him to prac- tice on the key.
 He mastered telegraphy.
 In a little while young Brown was a telegraph operator. Soon he was known as the best operator on his division.
 When he was 22 years of age he was a train dispatcher on the @" system, with headquarters at Burlington.
 Then came an opportunity.
 One Sunday night in midwinter a fierce blizzard swept over the middle west. Tn the railroad yards at East Burlington were some 300 loads of cattle. Unless they could be got into the sheds the Burlington road would lose thousands of dollars.
 It was none of Browns business.
 But
 When his days work was done he went to the superintendent and asked for the job of taking care of the live stock. He said he was once section hand and knew just what to do and how to do 1t.
 The next morning T. J. Potter, then head of the Burlington system. came down to the superintendent's office. He said:
 Things are pretty bad over at the east yard. l suppose"
 They would have been but for that young train dispatcher
 Potter was told how young Brown had volunteered to get the cattle out of the cars into the sheds and of hts success.
 What is his name? A man like that is worth watching"
 After that incident Brown went up rapidly--cllief train dispatcher train master, superintendent, general man ager He did not know 1t, but while he was reaching up for the rounds of the ladder Tom Potter was behind pushing him
 Then came vice presidencies. and now he Is the executive chief of the great New York Central, actual head of the Vanderbilt system.
 Moral--When you try to boost your selt others will help to boost you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
 Teachers Will Attend

The first meeting of the Jefferson County Teachers association to be held Saturday morning, beginning at 10:30 O clock at Massey Business college, Bir- mingham, will be attended by a num- her of teachers from this community. The officers of the association are R. E. Ledbetter, president; F. L. Patton, secre- tary. Executive committee, E.. B. Er- win, Miss Flora Harrison and S. J. Robinette.
 The teachers will be interested in the following program:
 "A Lesson in School Music" Professor Elan, county supervisor of music. "Ru- ral Schools" N. R. Baker, supervisor of rural schools. Some Plans I Have for the Winter.A Mrs. W. C. Hernandez of Boyles public schools
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
ADJUSTMENTS
Marine Band Yesterday

The United States Marine band, Lieu tenant Santelmann conductor. gave two concerts at the Jefferson theatre yes- terday-afternoon and night. and it is no exaggeration to say that no brass and reed organization was ever quite so well received here.
 The matinee was only fairly well at tended, but the house was crowded at the second performance. When the cur tain rang up at s:S0 o'clock nearly all the seats were filled but people still came in 0 steady stream. The audience at night was brilliant and discriminating Birmingham music lovers are said to be little given to applause but so hearty and spontaneous was the hand clapping that every number on the programme was fol- lowed by an encore piece, usually light and catchy.
 In tone quality and ensemble work the Marine band is simply above crit icism, and Lieutenant Santelmann's in- depreciation was musicianly and authori- tativ It was singularly virile, too Not only was there no Tagging. but in strong dance rhythms the conductor made rev citations of several familiar compositions.
 One of the finest things played in the afternoon was PaderewslIi's minuet Written for the piano 1t is often heard or strings. but seldom would an all wind band attempt. It was given yes- terday with genuine virtuosity, the solo flute, clarinet. oboe and bassoon each being delightfully."- in evidence.
 At night one of the gems was the first encore piece, Schumanns Traumerei It came in the pleasing contrast to, Wagner s brassy and stirring "Rienzf'' over- ture.
 The second number of the night pro- gramme the Weber-Weingartner "Invi- tation to the Dance," arranged for the band by Lieut.. Santelmann, was indeed a revelation. The 'Lohengrin" music was greatly enjoyed and for an encore the band gave sympathetic rendition of Duorak's "Humoreske."
 The sextet from Lucia made a splen- did hit So did Liszts symphonic poem. Les Preludes." The latter gave the band its best opportunity for display of tone color and scarcely any conductor could have given it a more poetic read ing than Santelmann.
 All the sooists proved themselves to be finished artists. Arthur s. Witconb, the cornet virtuoso was regarded by some of the critics as the greatest ever heard here.
 Lieut.. Santemann and the entire band were entertained at a Dutch supper'' by the Turn-Verein. after the night con- cert.
 The band plays in Atlanta this after noon and tonight.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-21
JOSEPH SQUIRE IN
 DYING CONDITION
We'll Known Mining Engineer and Geologist Is Stricken With
 Paralysis

Helena, October 20.-(Special. )--Alr Joseph Squire the well known mining engineer and geologlst. lies in dying condition tonight. He was stricken this forenoon with paralysis and has not spoken in 12 hours. He is not expect . ed to live through the night.
 He is S2 years old and one of the best known men in Alabama. and one of the best authorities on coal mining in the south.