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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-29

IMrs. Frank ShOtwell was called
to Nashville Sunday on account
of the serious illness of her brother
MRS Joe Bergob has returned to
ST. Joseph after a visit to her
parents, Mr. and Mrs Win Gunsel-
man
Mrs Will Moore, who has been
In ST. Thomas hospital at Nashville
has returned home very much i'm.
proved
Miss Edna HeltOn and brother,
Carrell are spending the week
with Mrs. I, S. Springer and
family.
= The home of Mr. and Mrs Joe
Kraus was frightened on last
Wednesday by the arrival Of
little daughter.
Mrs. j, w. Suits, and Miss Eta
Waits, Of Florence, Ala, were
visitors last Saturday of Miss Par.
tricia Stribling
Members of the AZ Club were
entertained this week by Mrs
Mamie F'inpey, A delicious ice
course was served,
Mr. and Mrs II D Derrick enter.
tanned at dinner j T Dunn and
family, on last Thursday at their
home west of town,
NOTlCE-Leave your orders for
the Nashville Banner with me at
Burton's Drug store. promo t
Delivery. WILL HARVEY
~. H. Stribling and wife and
little Miss Jim, accompanied Bro.
Thornberry to Ethridge Sunday
where he preached at the Christ
ian Church.
Roy Spence and sister, Miss Lii
liam, of Memphis are here for Wis.
it to their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs W c Spence, Mrs T b Bur.
dine and other relatives.
A big line of Chlldren's Hats of
fine Mllans trimmed with ribbon
bows, frills and fancy effects.
MISS EULA MCADAMs
Conner Dry Goods Co.
| WANTED You patronage for
McEwens Steam Laundry. Leave
orders at J. P Springers Store or
will call at homes Mondays and
Tuesdays, WILL HARVEY.
We have the announcement Of
Harvey Mcdonald, as a candidate
for Tax Assessor, which comes
TOO late for this Issue but will re-
ceive due mention in our next
paper
Mrs H Nj White entertained the
little olks OF her Sunday Schoo
class Monday afternoon from 3 t
8 o'clock A delightful time wal
spent and dainty refreshments
were served.
f Rev. Virgil PaffOrd, pastor o
the M. Il. Church who has Beer
in Minneapolis Mimi, since Ma,
1st is expected to arrive hOm,
next Friday the 3lst He will fl
his appointment at ChOats Cree
J, next Sunday at IL m. and n
8 Lawrenceburg at 8 p m.
Much important business wa
: transacted by the General Confer
!, enCe of the M. Il. Church whic
closed twenty.nine days sessio
n in Minneapolis Eight new BiSl
II ops were elected, Rev. Richard
Cooke of HolstOn COnferenC
y residing at Athens Tennness,
i, being one of the number.
Miss Mary Paford has returnt
n home after a several months Wis
al in Lexington. She was accor
panied home by her sister, Nj
4 iJnO. w. Stewart and her thr
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-29
BORN

To John Pace and wife q boy,
To J G Norwood and wife q boy.
To G F Glass and wife a girl
To A Q Crahb and wife a girl.
To J J Grishsm and wife girl.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1912-05-29
Personals

Every night
At the Princess
Good motion pictures
DR.. Hardison of LOretto was
here last Friday.
Mrs Rose Nipher, of LeOma, was
a visitor here Thursday.
Arthur SmallwOod was in Iron
City Friday on business.
viii Blue of Macon, Georgia, is
the guest Of relatives here.
A special purchase of large
shapes made of rough or smooth
straws, for dress occasions. Moth
ing prettier than soft effects in
maline and flower trimmed hats,
MRS EULA MCApAMs
Conner Dry Goods Co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22

been completely banished from the
mills.
Attempts Of the men to organize
unions have been made impossible
through a system Of espionage. The
steel workers do not dare openly ex-
press their convictions: They Go not
dare to gather and talk over affairs OF
mutual interest, for there is always the
fear of spies. Everywhere. even among
the intelligent, there is this suspicion.
Thus the smashing of the unions, and
the manning of the works with Slays
and Magyars on the one hand, and the
control Of the tariff on the other, have
given the trust complete domination.
In the tariff schedules the trust has
placed many little jokers through the
aid OF which it finds protection and
opportunity to raise prices without fear
Of competition. II you go through the
schedules you will find some little
adroitly worded phrase which is lining
somebody's pockets with money"
The national democratic party is
pledged to remove the duty on steel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
The Argus Daily Story
His Matrimonial Spurs-By F. A. Mitchell.
Copyrighted. 1911 by Associated Literary

, The shores OF Lake Leman, common
~ called elsewhere Lake Geneva, are
thick with historical incidents. The
city Of Geneva was the home of Cal
vim, Rousseau, Voltaire, Mime. de Stael
and other celebrities. At Chillon is
the castle where Bonivard was so long
a prisoner, as related In Byron's poem.
AT yevey. on a hillside some distance
back and above the town and partly
hidden by the trees surrounding 1t, Is
the old castle of Blonay. There is
story-a true story-with which this
castle is connected dating away back
to the twelfth century. Those were
the days Of feudalism. and the Blonays.
who built and owned the castle were
feudai followers Of the counts Of Sa-
voy. They seem to have been in IA
vor with their sovereigns. for they fill
ed various Offices of trust under them.
The Blonays came across the lake from
Challais and built the castle in 1175.
One day q number of knights Of
Turin, the capital of Savoy, were
wrangling over the question whether
IudTTldkG ulduc q tlOLC ChSiCAt 40
a soldier or less so. The married
knights claimed that a welded soldier
would not only be sensitive to his repu-
tation for bravery on his own account.
but also on account of his wife and chill
dren. The unmarried knights declared
that they were more efficient because
they had only themselves to live for,
whereas having a lovely wife and lit
tie ones the dread of separation from
them by death would sap their courage
The dispute between the knights OF
Turin waxed hot, and, since the ques
ton could be settled only by being put
to the test. challenges began to ny be
tween the benedicts and the bachelors
and it looked as If many families would
be made fatherless and many young
men we'll fitted to become progenitori
| would bite the dust.
Perhaps it was that the reignini
Count of Savoy, fearing to lose 81
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
THE SWEET NEIGHBoRLY SPIRIT.

THE SWEET NEiGHBORLY SPIRIT.
When the members of a committee
of the Davenport Commercial club
were informed by an official of the
Rock Island lines, who visited them
yesterday, that the company's deter
mination TO move the division head
quarters from Davenport 10 Des
Moines was unalterably fixed
as a matter Of expediency
and policy, they Immediately asked
that official If he would not then en-
deavor to have the division Offices
moved from Rock Island to Davenport.
Then go across the river and bring
as what is established in Rock Island.
Help US out some way, even IL you rob
our neighbor to do It" This is the
substance OF the Davenport plea, made
to the official of the Rock Island road.
What a sweet, neighborly spirit
But it is the Davenport nature, ever
manifest toward Rock Island. Envy,
hatred and malice have characterized
the disposition there since the two
cities were incorporated. Now comes
covetousness. The dominant traits have
always been apparent They were
shown in the location of the Hennepin
canal; they cropped out anew last
winter when the baseball association
in that city threw Rock Island down
at the annual meeting of the Three
Eye league, and thus started the trou-
BILE which resulted in the disfranchise-
ment OF Rock Island as a member of
that league. Malice and envy were at
the bottom of that proceeding.
Throughout the history of the league
Rock Island had been able to best
Davenport honorably. and in the sports
manlike manner. season after season,
and had won two pennants into the bar
gain, whereas Davenport had not cap
tured the flag once. Eventually Day.
export abandoned its franchise. and af-
ter two years sought TO return to the
fold. II was Rock Island that went TO
the front and helped its neighboring
city recover it's membership. But
when the time came TO choose between
Rock Island and Tearney and Kinsella,
Davenport preferred to stand with the
element that disrupted the league and so
cast fits lot with the south end combin.
alton, instead OF sticking to Rock Is
land. That was gratitude and appre
ciation-but It was characteristic.
Now Davenport has lost the advan
tage OF the division headquarters OF
the Rock Island lines. a misfortune
that Rock Island feels as surely as q
neighboring city can. and had It beer
in the power Of Rock Island to helT
Davenport in retaining those Offices
Rock Island would cheerfully have
done so.
But what does Davenport do? II
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
HumOr and
Philosophy
FORGETTING.
- DUNCAN ~. SMITH

TUE useful things learned in school,
wonder where are they.
For most of them have, I'm afraid,
Been spirited away
The teacher tried so patiently
To pound them in my head.
And but the faintest trace of them
Remains. as have said.
Sufficient dates I used to know
To fill about a.peck.
When batties had been lost and won
And tyrants held In check,
But now when have told the year
Columbus made his hit
And when the y. 8. A was born
That's where / have to quit.
The many complicated sums
worried through my brain.
The rules OF grammar absorbed
Alas. / fear. in vaini-
And where the rivers had their source,
What mountain peaks were high
couldn't tell one-haif OF them
Just now were to try.
stIli. all of them their uses had,
venture to assert,
And II they didn't do me good
At least they didn't hurt.
And from the mass have preserved
The facts that served me best.
And really what's the difference, then,
II have lost the rest?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
SEEKERS OF THE WRONG GOAL.

SEEKERS OF THE WRONG GOAL.
Mrs. Beeckman Lorillard. whose hus-
band is a multi-millionaire, hanged
herself in New York hotel the other
day.
William C. Seipp, a millionaire Chi
cago brewer, committed suicide in
Chicago Sunday.
Mrs. Blanche Carson Of San Fran
cisco, a rich widow, accused Of snug
Cling $4,000 worth Of jewelry, commit
ted suicide this week by hanging her
self from an eight-story window Of a
New York hotel.
II money could have bought happi-
ness for Mrs. Lorillard or William c.
Seipp or Mrs. Carson, they would have
had happiness.
Money can't buy off the hounds Of
retribution nor absolve the flesh from
fatal disease.
II cannot remove the cloud from con-
science, turn back the wheels OF time,
or recall the word that should never
have been spoken.
! The thing of greatest value in life is
peace. as the old know and the young
find out And that peace one pays for
as one pays for everything one gets
whether of good or evil. and no one
gets something for nothing, however
strongly it may appear that something
may be had for nothing.
The price of peace is observance Of
- -
this rule calls for sacrifice.
The dove of peace favors not the
castle of the rich more than the cot
tage of the poor. 1t goes where dwell
those who would rather be wrongeC
than do wrong; who would rather fore
go the apparent gain from wrong
doing than chance loss of the reward
of right doing
Virtue moves in lowly ways. for one
Of the attributes of virtue is humility
and humility shuns the garish.
Fools give over their lives to tn,
quest Of money and in their age coun
their lives ill-spent
The most remarkable feature of THU
remarkable age is the spectacle pre-
scented by ultra-rich men giving fran
tically of their store back TO those from
whom they took immorally when no
unlawfully.
The world is full of the lamenta
tons of those who. if they had servet
their God with but half the zeal the,
served themselves, would not in thei
age be left with gall and wormwood.
Life as it is presented to passin
view offers lessons for those to rea
who will
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER.

Especial Correspondence to The Argus.)
Washington, March 2O.-Since the
first of January IL fast trains have
been wrecked, and in most of these
mishaps a broken or defective rail
has been the cause. The number of
persons killed I'm these wrecks has
been small, due largely to the fact
that heavy steel cars resisted blows
which would have caused many fatal
tiles had the coaches been of wood
Notwithstanding the fact that within
the last few years the weight of rail-
road rolling stock has been greatly in
creased, the weight of the rails turned
out by the steel trust has been only
moderately increased, while the quail
ty of these rails has actually deterior-
ated. This latter fact has been prov
en- beyond dispute by experts employ
ed by the Interstate Commerce com
mission. This has been due partly to
the demands of the railroads for a
harder rail, which would last longer,
and partly due to the methods employ
ed by the steel trust in making rails.
The railroads have asked for and re-
ceived a harder, and consequently a
mere brittle rail, and the steel trust
has been spared the necessity of in
sizzling machinery for tna manufac-
tude of larger and softer rail of the
sort which the experts say would in
sure safety.
PLACING THE WRECK BLAME.
Whenever there is a wreck the rail-
roads blame the railmakers, and the
railmakers, in turn, blame the rail-
roads. The roads contend that the
trust runs its rails through the mills
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
THE COMMISSION FORM.

Keokuk is enthusiastic over the ef-
ficiency OF the commission form of gov
eminent as a means of administering
the affairs OF a city. The Gate city
from time to time reflects the satisfac-
ton which the people of that city feel
over the change from the aldermanic
10 the commission form OF government.
In a recent editorial concerning the
practical working of the form of gov
eminent there. the Gate city says:
"Keokuk has now had almost two
years experience with the commission
plan. and that experience has been
wholly contirmatory OF the expecta-
tons that were entertained concerning
Il. Mistakes have been made, of course,
but they were mistakes Of administra
ton. due 10 inexperience, minor in
character and easily remedied. Moth
ing that has been done amiss reflects
IN the slightest degree upon the value
OF the plan itself. II has indicated
itself signally and fairly earned con-
tinued existence and increased public
confidence as the best means to the
best ends in municipal government.
The most important step Keokuk ever
took as a municipality was taken on
that day something over two years ago
when an overwhelming vote was regis
tered in favor Of substituting the com
mission plan for the ward-aldermaniC
system then In vogue.
'Keokuk did well when 1t adopted
the commission form OF government
Two years experience has fully con
firmed the wisdom OF it's judgment in
making the change"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
CAPITAL COMMENT

at too high a temperature, and that
not enough of the upper end, or
bloom" Of the rail is cut off. it is
here that the pipes" occur in the rail,
and these cause crumbling under the
weight of heavy trains. 1t is also sig
nificant that the men who inspect the
rails for the steel trust also are re-
quired to report on the tonnage out
put per day, and it is charged by the
railroads that these inspectors often
are more interested in the tonnage
than they are in the structure of the
rail-
In England and Germany, where big
rail wrecks are almost a curiosity, the
roads use hard wood ties, and the rails
are fastened first to tie plates and then
to the tie with screws and bolts. AS
result the number of wrecks de.
creases.
BUT IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE.
But this sort of railroad construc.
ton Is more expensive, hence it is not
used In this country. In these trust
ridden and tariff burdened United
states II Is cheaper for the roads to
murder their patrons, and then beat
down damage claims through shady
legal methods. The steel trust, having
no competitors, and being free of any
authority capable of forcing the manu-
facture of safe rails, turns out any sort
OF product it pleases.
Competition would force the trust tc
make better rail, but under the high
protection of the tariff this competi
ton is lacking, therefore wrecks viii
continue and innocent passengers viii
give up their lives in order that tariff
schedules may remain as they are.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
THE DEMOCRATS WILL STOP
THIS

Edward Porritt, an English writer,
has written an article for the Quar-
terly Review OF London on the Ameri-
can Steel corporation, in which he
deals specifically with the attitude of
the trust toward the labor it employs.
Like the other big business inter-
ests Of the United States" he writes,
''the steel trust is amazingly vigilant
in the interest Of labor when the tariff
is being revised. So persistently vigil
ant is the trust in behalf of labor that
any one attending the hearings before
the ways and means committee would
be apt TO 60 away with the impression
that the one great and sustaining Joy
in life for the trust was its sympathetic
devotion to the interests of its working
men"
Mr.. Porritt then goes on to say that
the trust agents at Washington always
try TO make 1t plain before the ways
and means committee that they want a
tariff solely that they may be able to
protect their workmen against the
pauper labor of Europe" and that IL
they are to be expected TO pay the
American standard OF wages" they
must have tariff protection. Having
got the tariff for which It asked. the
writer then tells how the trust makes
good on it's promises TO protect" its
workmen. and save them from competi-
ton with the ''pauper labor OF Eur
ope"
I'VE ind that the proportion OF skill
ed labor in the industry has decreased
since 1902" he says. In 1910 less than
40 per cent OF the workers received
over 81 q day. and only per cent
earned over IS a day. The English
speaking laborers have been complete
ly displaced by Slays and Magyars-
'Hunkies' and 'Guineas.' as they are
called al the miIls-and American mer
hfye come TO regard IL as degrading e
ccnpete with the foreigners for a job
Tide unionism, strong until 1892, has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22

the south university grounds at the
end OF Fifth street. Additional schol-
arships to students who pass the ex-
animation for state certificates and to
all graduates of normal schools in
June who expect TO teach were grant
ed. An assistant professorship of ag-
riculture was established. The resig-
nation of Prof. Hugh Baker, who was
to have held the new chair of forestry,
was accepted. W. L. Abbott of Chica-
go was reelected president OF the
board, c. McConn registrar and secre-
tary, and s. W. shattuck controller.
The executive committee will be made
up Of the following: F. L. Hath of
Spring Grove, A P. Grout of Winches.
tier. and President James.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-22
TALKS sufit~.
READRS
b0
Edna K.Woo1e1

cense notices the next day saw her
age given as "a and his %. She's
80 if she's day."
THAT reminds me of girl
knew" said the brown-haired girl.
"One of my classmates was a very
pretty girl and the boys we're gen.
orally crazy over her. But none of
them stayed devoted very long. Their
attachments were short and violent.
"She never seemed TO worry over
it very much, though, and was just
as ready to moon around with the
next one.
We'll, her engagement was an
nounced and big wedding arranged.
1t was church affair and everybody
went
1.-THE bridegroom never appeared
and everybody went home plying the
poor. pretty little bride.
Not long after her engagement
was announced again-to different
man. More preparations for a big
wedding. Everything seemed to be
going smoothly. Her fiance was de-
voted and we saw them together ev-
erywhere. But almost at the last
moment he disappeared and the in
vitations were recalled.
You'd think she had had enough,
wouldn't you? But I guess she
the third attempt So soon her en-
gagement to still another man was
, announced, with the wedding to fol
= low shortly.
} ''It was a home affair and I was
one of the bridesmaids. The house
was beautifully decorated and Emily
: was a perfect dream in her wedding
: gown. There were a lot of guests
: hut nobody felt very easy-unless i
: was the bride. She was having {
: perfectly lovely time. She told joke
= and teased us and invited us all he
rev home.
( 1--WE waited three hours for thu
t bridegroom. Then the minister wen
e home and the guests followed. EN-
e ily's mother was crying and tn
t bridesmaids shifting and felt like
Z don't know what.
! "'Well, are they all gomez aske,
s Emily, as soon as the guests had de
t parted.
e Ives. and oh, what will the
t think of us?' sobbed her mother.
"'Well, If they're all gone sal
o Emily, let's go downstairs and ca
q the wedding supper. Come on, girls
I'm nearly starved
n You'd think she would have bee
mortified to DEATH" exclaimed tn
d little blond. That's just the kin
of thing that makes a girl want t
= elope, so nobody will know it
/, things go wrong"
d "Oh, don't know" unused tn
d brown-haired girl. eff couldn't de
d pend on a man any more than that
a wouldn't want him. When I MARI
g want to know that l can trust m
d husband and if could get him onl
e by taking him on the jump when b
g happened to be in the mood for it,
=. DON'T think I'd care to have him &
r all"
W WELL" declared the blond, I'D {
'e least want him to show me that he
y. just as anxious to marry me as II
i willing to marry him.