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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

fire of the Germans so the colone
could tell where the enemys trenches
were and what their probable strength
was. A hail of bullets was directed al
the four men. They made their way
to a small farmhouse where they
climbed up on a tile roof and from
the shelter of chimney began nrins
at the Germans Angered by the I'M
prudence of the four soldiers the Ter
mans directed one of their batteries
on the house and RACED it.
my smartest patrol leader is gone
the colonel remarked, as he saw ue
building crumble. The three priVales
were no more, but the little sergesu
was soon seen running acorss lhe
field toward his command. When tne
sergeant arrived breathless at heao'
quarters the colonel asked with moeA
severity why he did not stay TO COZ
tinue the fire.
Sorry, sir. but the pigs knocked my
house down." was the reply.
Petrograd.-(C Correspondence OF Iue
Associated Press. THE dispute 10
speeding the disposition OF the nos'
important manuscripts OF Count iVl
stoi. the novelist, has at length Ossn
decided by the court Of final insss.es
in favor of the widowed countess lH'
manuscripts of these earlier "oiAs
upon which the writer's true lame -.
based. were given in Tolstois in
time 70 his wife. who deposited 'nss
with other relics, in the Mosco" NJ
torical Museum. ri
The unfortunate wording o. ~
stoi's will led the daughter to atts%r
to secure these gifts TO Countess ~
stoi as part of the novelists Ca"
while the countess, also learns
lose them. endeavored 90 recover .as ~
from the Historical museum WIZ
pending q settlement of the oisp -,
refused TO hand them over 10 80 -,
party. II has now been decidee -
they may be returned 10 the "iu'
Countess as her property.
The steamship Aquitania' VIZ ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

A Washington man has shaken
hands with 20 presidents but the sad
part is that not one of them ever Of
fered him a ob.-Philadelphia In
quirer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27
THE ARGUS.

Published daily TT 1924 Second ave
nue.. Rock Island. al. CEutered at the
postcfiice a. second-cIass natter
Press.
BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

Mrs. J. S. Matherville. ILL.,: Let's
have your 0uestionA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

Mrs. E. NJ. H. writes: Our little
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

At last that operation known as a
work of supererogation has been To-
Gated. 1t is the suit of Uncle Sam to
dissolve the "sirup trust.
phia Ledger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

ONIONS are getting stronger-in
price.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

After the cruel war is over there
ought TO be some profitable lead min
ing in some of those European coun-
ies.-Milwaukee Sentinel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-27

NJ. T. inquiries: What causes ovar-
ian cyst? Is il durable without opera
tion? Can a woman with such a condi-
tion bear children?
Reply
l. The cause is unknown. 2. No
3. Yes.
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CHAPTER XIV.
Katharine Decides

Katharine left the field of Runny-
mede with John Valiant in the dun
colored motor She sat in the drivers
seat beside him, while the bulldog ca
pered, ecstatically barking, from side
to side of the rear cushions. Her
father had declined the honor, remark
ing that he considered a professional
chauffeur a sufficient risk of his valua-
BILE life and that the Chalmers grays
were good enough for him-a decision
which did not wholly displease Katha-
rine
The car was not the smart Pan
hard in which she had so often spun
down the avenue or along the she'll
roads of the north shore. 1t lacked
those fn-de-siecle appurtenances which
marked the ne plus ultra Of its kind,
as her observant eye recognized; but
it ran staunch and true. The powerful
hands that gripped the steering-wheel
were brown with sun and wind, and
the handsome face above it had a look
of keenness and energy she had never
surprised before. They passed many
vehicles and there were few whose oc-
cupants did not greet him. In fact,
as he presently remarked. it was a
saving of energy to keep his hat off;
and he tossed the Panama into the
rear seat. On the rim of the village
a group raised cheer to which he
nodded laughingly, and further on a
little old lady on timid vine-colored
porch beside church. waved black
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mitted hand to him with a sweet old
time gesture Katharine noted that he
bowed to her with extra care.
That's Miss Matte Sue Mabry," he
said, ''the quaintest, dearest thing you
ever saw. She taught my father his
letters"
Where the Red Road stretched level
before them, he threw the throttle
open for a long rush through the
thymy-scented air. The light, late
afternoon breeze drew by them, sweep
ing back Katharine's graceful sinuous
veil and spraying them with doors of
clover and sunny fruit. They passed
orchard clumps bending with young
apples, boundless aisles of green,
young-tasseled corn and shadowy
groves that smelled of fern and sassa-
fras, opening out into more sunlighted
yistas overarched by the intense pene-
trable Of the June sky.
John Valiant had never seemed to
her so wholly good to see, with his
waving hair ruffling in their flight and
the westering sun shining redly on his
face. Midway of this squirt he looked
at her to say: did you ever know
more beautiful countryside? See how
the pink-and-yellow of those grain
fields fades into the purple of the hills.
Very few painters have ever captured
tint like that It's like raspberries
crushed in curdled milk"
I've quite lost my heart to it all, J"
she said, her voice jolting with the
speed of their course. Its a perfect
pastoral so different from
our terrific city pace. OF
course it must be trifle dull at times
seeing the same people al
ways and without the thea
ter and the opera and the whirl about
one-but the kind of life
one reads about in the nov
els of the South, you know
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through a ieweled iorgnette.


| She wa conscious ali at once that
that his pike-point, with its
big red blossom, was stretching up to
her.
With the rose in her hand she curt
sled to him, while the blurred throng
cheered itself hoarse, and the band
struck up You Great Big Beautiful
DOLL" with extraordinary rapture, to
the tune of which the noise finally sub
sided to battery of hilarious con-
gratulations which left her flushed and
little breathless. Nancy Chalmers
and Betty Page had burst upon her
like petticoated whirlwinds and pres
emily, when the crowd had lessened,
the judge came to introduce his visi-
tor.
Mr.. Fargo and his daughter are our
guests at GLADDEN. Hail." he told her.
They are old friends Of Valiant's, by
the way; they knew him in New
York"
''Katharine's lighting her incense
now, l guess" observed Silas Fargo.
See therel' He pointed across the
stand, where stood willowy tan fig
ure, one hand reckoning to the cen
course below, where Valiant stood, the
center of shifting group, round which
the white bulldog. mad with recovered
liberty, tore in eccentric circles.
AS they looked, she called softly,
"Johni joint"
Shirley saw him start and face
about, then come quickly toward her,
amazement and welcome in his eyes.
AS Shirley turned away little later
with the major, that whispering voice
seemed to sound in her ears-"Johnl
john" There smote her suddenly the
thought that when he had chosen her
his Queen Of Beauty. he had not seen
the otheF-sad not known she was
there.
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lHtC@l0IC UIdohs
are the enduring glories of the knight
hood of virginia."
Over the ringing applause, Nancy
Chalmers looked at him with a little
smile, quizzical yet soft. Dear old
MAORI" she whispered to Betty Page.
How he loves the center OF the stage!
And he's effective, too. Thirty years
ago, father says, he might have been
anything he wanted to-even United
States Senator. But he would never
leave the state. Not that / blame him
for that she added; I'D rather be a
church-mouse in Virginia than Cresus'
daughter anywhere else"
The twelve horsemen were now sit
ting their FESTIVE mounts in a group
at one end of the lists. Two mounted
monitors had stationed themselves on
either side of the rope-barrier; third
stood behind the upright from whose
arm was suspended the silver ring
The herald blew a blast, calling the
title of the first of the knights. In
stantly, with lance at rest, the latter
galloped at full speed down the lists
There was sharp musical clash, and
as he dashed on, the ring flew the
full length of it's tether and swung
back, whirling swiftly. It had been a
close thrust, for the iron pike-point
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CHAPTER XIII.

| The Knight of the Crimson Rose.
The row of horsemen had halted In
a curving line before the grand stand,
and now in the silence the herald,
holding a parchment scroll, spurred
before each rider in turn, demanding
his title. AS this was given he
whirled to proclaim it, accompanying
each evolution with a blast on his
horn. Knight of the Golden Spur"
knight of Castlewood," Lord Of
Brandon" 'Westover's Knig b t."
knight of the Silver Cross: the
names, fanciful, or those of family es-
tates, fell on John Valiant's ear with
a pungent flavor of medievalism. He
started as he became aware that the
rider next him had answered and that
the herald had paused before him.
knight of the Crimson Rose!" 1t
sprang to his lips without forethought,
an echo, perhaps, of the improyised
sash and the flower in his hat-band,
but the shout of the herald and the
trumpet's blare seemed to make the
words fairly bulge with inevitability
And through this struck a sudden ap
palled feeling that he had really
spoken Shirley's name, and that every
one had heard. He could not see her
face, and clutched his lance fercely
to overcome an insane desire to stoop
hideously in his saddle and peer I'M
der the shading hat-brim. Lest he
should do this, he fastened his eyes
determinedly on the major, who now
proceeded to deliver himself of the
"Charge to the Knights"
The major made an appealing cen
ter to the charming picture as he
stood on the green turf, the glass
of fashion and the mold of FORM" his
head bare, his shock of blond-gray
hair thrown back, and one hand thrust
between the buttons of his snowy
waistcoat. His rich bass voice rolled
out to the farthest corner of the field:
''Sir knights:
1.-THE tournament to which we are
gathered today is to us traditional;
rite of antiquity and a monument of
ancient generations. This relic of the
jousts of the Field of the Cloth-of-
Gold points us back to an era of
knightly deeds, fidelity to sacred trust,
obligation to duty and loyalty to wom-
an-the watchwords of true knight
hood.
I'VE like to think that when our
forefathers, offspring of men who es-
tablished chivalry, came from over
seas. they brought with them not only
this ancient play, but the precepts it
symbolizes. We may be proud, in
deed, knowing that this is no hollow
ceremonial, but an earnest that the
flower of knighthood has not withered
in the world, that in an age when the
greed of gold was never SO dazzling,
the spirit of true gallantry has not
faded but blooms luxuriant in the
sparkling dews of the heart of this
commonwealth
Most Noble knights! In the name
of that high tradition which this day
preservesl In the memory of those
other knights who practiced the tour
ney in its old-time glory! In the sight
of your Queen of Beauty! l charge
you, Southern gentlemen, to joust with
that valor, fairness and truth which
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| suppose one doesn't realize that it
actually exists until one comes to a
| Southern place like this And the
negro servants! How odd 1t must be
to have a white-haired old darby in a
brass-buttoned swallow-tail for but
lerl So picturesqueI At Judge Chal-
mers' have feeling all the time that
I'm walking through a stage re-
hearsaI."
The car slackened speed as it slid
by a white-washed cabin at whose en-
trance sat dusky gray-bearded fig
ure Valiant pointed. DO you see
him?" he asked.
Il see a very ordinary old colored
man sitting on the doorstep, Katha-
rine replied.
That's Mad Anthony, our local
Mother Shipton. He's a prophet and
soothsayer Uncle Jefferson-that's
my ody-servant-insists that he fore
told my coming to Damory Court. IL
we had more time you could have
your fortune told"
How thrilling" she commented
with half-humorous irony.
He pointed to a great white house
set in a grove of trees. That is
Beechwood," he told her, the Beverly
homestead. Young Beverley was the
Knight of the Silver Cross. A fine old
place, isn't it? 1t was burned by the
Indians during the French and Indian
War. My eat-great-grandfath-
er =" He broke off. But then, those
old things won't interest you"
They interest you a great deal,
don't they?' she asked
YES" he admitted, they do. You
see, my ancestors are such new ac-
quaintances, find them absorbing
You know when I lived in New
York"
CONTINUED on Page g.
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A few moments before the day had
been golden; she went home through
a landscape that somehow seemed to
have lost its brightest glow
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CONTINUED on Page s.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Small Boy Fatally Injured

Selma, July 5.--(Special- )--Percy Ed wards. a 12-year-old negro boy. was fatally injured late Saturday afternoon by being run over by an ice wagon In the western part of the city. The boy was employed to delives ice from the wagon and at the time of the ac- cident was riding on the hub of one of the front wheels when he slipped off and fell. The heavy ice wagon passed over him and he was internally in titrpd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Treasury Statement

Washington. July 5.-The condition of the United States treasury at the begin ming of business Friday. July 3. was; Net balance in general fund, $ls9,652.s6l Total receipts, July 2, s2,T7.142 Total receipts, July 9. $2373,4oa The deficit this fiscal year is sa1si.5so against de- foit of $4, ,29t, ,5S6 last year. exclusive of Panama canal and public debt transac- tions.
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at present. It is safe to assert. how ever that if all property be returned at actual 50 per cent valuation one year that the strong box of the state would be full.
 some thought has been given to a plan of separation of state taxes from county and municipal taxes. This plan is in effect in several states and Is working we'll It Is doubted whether 1t would worL out In Alabama as the ac- cumulated indebtedness Of the state Is too large.
 "The question of taxation offers an excellent opportunity for some con- structive legislation.
 Back Tax Examiners "The county back tax commissioners must go if the legislature keeps it's promises to the people. This means that the state tax commission will have more work to do and will be confronted with tho stupendous task of equaliz- ing taxes in every county in the state. At the same time their work will he looked to to raise enough revenu for general purposes without working nn- due hardships.
 "In the recent campaign a eandi- date for legislative honors solemnly promised his people that if elected he would abolish both the back tax com- mission and the boll weevil at one blow; the candidate was elected to stay at home.
 County Assessors to be Appointed
 '.The most intelligent tax experts point out that the evil of too low as- sessments Is directly due to the fact that the county tax assessors always have in mind their reelection and therefore it is impossible to secure an impartial assessment of property This fact Is apparent--that the average as- sessor looks to the influence that may be had by fixing assessments high or low. The most generally discussed plan of remedying the assessment is to have all county assessors appointed by the state commission, with approval by the governor, and fix the law so the assessor will be compelled to show an equitable assessment or a new man will be placed in charge. Another occasion arises just here where patriotism must be displayed.
 What Will the Legislature Dd?
 Finally we return to the one un- answerable question, What will tho legislature dor Indulging lin the hope that the state can again be placed on a business basis the citiben awaits re- suits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
No More Sinecures

Among the state offices that senti- meht seems to have picked for abol- lshment will be the Jail inspector, sal ary of $4000 per annum and expenses: three clerks in this department at sal aries of $500 and $I5O0 The cotton statistician, salary $500 with expenses for office and clerk: immigration com missioner, salary $2400 and expense al lowance of $500 per annum.
 Suggestion has been made that an expert clerk. one familiar with sanita- tion and jail construction. could be added to the convict department and the physician inspector be required to supervise the work of jail inspection and in this way save nice sum.
 "The cotton statistician's department will be wiped out and the duties of this office~will be placed in the agri- cultural department without addition al clerical help and without addition al expense
 ",rhe immigration department will also be added to the agricultural de- lartment and In lieu of high salaried officials enough expenses money will be provided and the commissioner of agriculture will discharge the duties of immigration commissioner.
 "The motor vehicle department now handled by the secretary of state will
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JULIAN IN ARTICLE OUTLINES WAYS AND MEANS OF SAVING
 VAST SUM TO STATE
tContInued From Page One,

amendment is a question open for ais- oussion It is estimated that a sIb- stahtial saving, variously estimated from $30,000 to S100,0OO, can be made in the judicial department by conser- vative legislation
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Fee Syctem

Since the adoption of the constitu- tional amendment providing salary basis for Jefferson county officials in lieu of fees, other counties are clamoring for submission of an amendment putting all county officials on salary. The amend ment already adopted cannot be made eff fective until after the legislature has passed the necessary laws and the peo- pie of Jefferson county will not get the benefit of the change for another four years as the county officials elected this year will have begun their terms of of- fee.
 Tt would be a big saving to the peo- pie if all the larger counties would adopt the salary basis: the smaller counties are operating on the fee basis cheaper than could be done on salary: however the fee system should be abolished and it Is al- most certain that general amendment will be submitted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Educational Matters

After every election one can hear va rious and sundry threats as to the abol- ishment of the nine district agricultural schools and the several normal schools. Heretofore, the legislators have reached Montgomery with bills in their pockets. or in mind. that propose to wipe out these schools but when the word is 'saunt, and the lobby gets in working order every school remains in the same old spot and additional appropriations are made for the support of each and "a dormitory fund usually added.
 Tt will take patriots. and brave pa triots at that. to really accomplish what
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Departments That Are Self-sustaining

'Fhe three state departments that are self sustaining. that is to say, depart nents that not only provide the funds for the expense incident to the depart ments. but also create and collect revenue for the state are the convict apartment. the insurance department aLd the depart nient of game and fish
 ''The convict department will, no doubt. require and be given needed statutes to make 1t an earning power of greater ca pacity Incidentally laws will be passed requiring every officer of this depart n.ent to be bonded. This provision will be extended to cover the wardens and every one having the handling of funds, supplies and property.
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County Assessors to be Appointed
What Will the Legislature Dd'

''Finally we return to the one un- answerable question. What will tho legislature dor Indulging lin the hope that the state can again be placed on n business basis the citihen awaits re- suits"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Officials Must Live in Montyomarv

The spirit. If not the letter, of the constitution and laws of the state re- quire state officials to reside at the seat or government. The lawmakers will em- phasize this and the next administra. ton will see all of the state officials residing in Montgomery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Two Normal Schools Needed

It is generally admitted that two nor mals should he maintained for whites and one for negroes. If this sentiment prevails and the legislatures should abol- lsh all but this number the Troy nor maj and Florence normal will be re- tained for whites and the negro normal at Normal will stand the best chance Of being retained However. the past leg islative history has demonstrated that there will be lots of talk and no abol- ishment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Solicitors

''If the talk heard in the different sec tions of the state is indicative of the desires of the people 1t seems certain that the circuit, county and other solic- itors will have new and "onerous" du- ties put upon them by the incoming leg islature, It Is said that bills are being prepared that will require the solicitors not only to prosecute offenders as pres- ent. but will require these officers to prosecute violations. however small, of the revenue laws and that all of the so- licitor's assistants will be placed under the same rlle
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06

AcVeuut AdWS
 "The one greatest problem before the legislature will be the framing of rev enue law The constitution requires the governor auditor and attorney general to prepare and submit to the legislature a revenue bill; the legislature is at liberty to adopt same or proceed to make one or their own.
 ''rhe history of pra ,tically all revenue bills has been that the average legis- lator is either too busy with local legis- lation or is not well enough versed in business to give the revenue bill adequate and intelligent consideration Results have been that business interests of the state have been compelled to stand and deliver instead of developing, and have been forced to fight for existence. living In the hope that the .iext legislature would give relief by the adoption of an equitable revenue law. Vain hope
 rThe greatest care Is necessary in the pl epar Ltion of this important measure, ard as every legislator desires to make record the wide difference of opinion hs mpers intelligent legislation of this character
 'The revenue law should be short and plain, and should be enacted early in the ses sie n. The constitution. to guard against mistakes of closing days of legislature, specifically provides against the revenue bill being passed during the last five days of the session.
 Railroads and Public Utilities
 Some five years ago I pointed out the necessity of the state taking su- pervisory and regulatory charge of public utility corporations. The pres ent necessity for laws on this subject has been emphasized in the past three years.
 Every gubernatorial candidate in the recent primary advocated measures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-07-06
Governors Salary

The incoming governor will draw the highest salary ever paid the chief executive of Alabama. The salary will pc Sthoo per annum with a mansion provided. A fund of S20O0 per annum for maintenance of the mansion Is alao provided Should the spirit of econ omy lead the legislators to consider reduction of these items 1t could only reduce the mansion maintenance fund as the governors salary cannot be re- duced during his term. It Is not at all likely that these Items will be dis turbed