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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

poses not only TO break up the lawless
gangs of Gotham but TO determine the
causes which lead to the sorry condi-
ton of the unfortunates who form
those gangs. Mayor Mitchell is deal
ing with a big problem Fundamentally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

The imports OF meat into the United
States during the months OF October
and November. 1913, were 100000
Dounds-tripls the amount for the
whole year 1912. II should be tolerably
plain that putting beef on the free
list is already justified.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
Public Calamity,

I'm mighty sorry to hear Of the
death OF Ellington Bondham"
Yes" replied the weil-known law
yer, II am, too. Nobody seems to be
dissatisfied with his will"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
PES SIMISM.

do you think
{ h e government
will succeed in re-
ducing the cost
of living?"
ut may, but I
doubt 1t. My wife
is always able TO
think of plenty of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
cornstaIks Poison Horses.

Springfield. Ill. Jan. 1.-THE I'LL
nois live stock commission today is.
sued a warning against the feeding
OF cornstalks TO horses. More deaths
have been caused this way than ever.
through poisonous fungus on corn
stalks" said Secretary Lowrey. The
fungus growth on the stalks IS due
10 wet fall season"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
SuCCe 8 8.

They say that E.sv. Goodman has
developed into one OF the most sue
cessful preachers in the country"
Yes. He gets a salary now which
is almost equal to that OF a minor
league pitcher
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
Scientific Discovery.

You know, OF course, that billions
OF germs can gather on the sharp edge
OF a. razor"
81 begin TO understand" said young
Mrs. Torkins The idea OF stropping
a razor is to subdue the germs by cor
aa-ei nt"-Washington Star.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
ILLINOIS NEWS
Falls Dead caressina Child.

Sterling. ILL.,. Jan. 14.-While stoop-
ing to caress her 2-year-old daughter,
Mrs. Edward Dowd, who lived seven
miles south of Sterling. was stricken
by heart failure. She fell dead while
caressing the child.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

Orville wEight's stabiliser will make
aeroplanes as safe as automobiles
"fool-proof." he says. But when was
the fool-proof automobile invented?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
Freed Because Stock Is Good.

Chester. Ill. Jan. I4.-Aaron B. Dom
aldson. former ST. Louis broker, who
was serving three-year sentence I'm
the penitentiary at Chester. has been
paroled because alleged worthless
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

stock which he sold proved of value.
Mrs. Belle Ridgely and her father
James Downs, OF Assumption, Ill. in
vested about $4,000 in the stock.
The woman asked the Illinois board
of pardons to parole Donaldson when
she found the stock yielded returns.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

The New Haven & Hartford system
is also OF the opinion. evidently, that
the present administration means
business.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

Harry Thaw says he will go into
business in Philadelphia Perhaps
some vaudeville circuit manager will
change his mind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

hence there are radium rays in sun
light Why doesn't somebody filter
them out. cOndense them and bust
the radium trust?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

The South Carolinian who said
Woodrow Wilson is the greatest living
American will catch the mischief when
Colonel Roosevelt hears of IT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
Clay Manufactured. Pupils.

Urbana. Ill. Jan. 14.-Twenty-four
clay manufacturers started 10 school
at the University OF Illinois today.
when short course" in ceramics be-
gan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
Ian. II in Amefle'
History.

Y
lS36-Hugh Judson hiipaifiSss
Federal cavalry leader N -
war, born; died 1881. -.
iS92-Randolph Rogers. SOUP
in Rome; born 1925 ...s|
leos-James Ryder Randall. au's "A
the famous war sons
land" died; born 1883,
Thought Alike. III
ct sometimes wonder u NY
worth living
$50 do l." .cur
"Ah, then you have fcuno
disappointment. -. - a
"Not at all: It Is your ny
speaking of."-Houston fos-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
Fire Damages Champaign Church.

Champaign. Ill. Jan. 14.--After a
long battle fremen saved University
Place Christian church from flames.
The damage IS estimated at upward
OF 10000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

The woman who gets angry because
she is called a coquette may De listed
among the human curiosities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

beautiful woman gets twice as
much credit as a plain one does for
being good.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

1t is no excuse to say that the other
fellow did it too
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

May Free Confessed Lyncher.
Decatur. Ill. Jan. 14.-That nothing
yilI come of the case OF Reason Trigg,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

TERMS-Ten cents per week by car
r.er. N Rock Island: 50 per year By mail
IN advance.
Complaints 90 delivery service should
be made to the circulation department
which should also be notified in every
instance where 81 is desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority IN the premises
All communications Of argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have zeal name attached for publica-
tion. No such articles viii be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island 145. 1145 and
s1ts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

Wilson has returned like a giant re-
freshed, and that is no misrepresenta-
ton
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

A woman is generally ready to de-
prive herself of pleasure just to keep
her husband from having his own
way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

When a man with a square jaw mar
ries a woman with will of her own
then comes the tug of war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
THE ARGUS.

Published daily at 1894 Second ave-
nue. Rock Island. III. Entered at the
postonice a.. second-class mattcrD
Rock IsIaBd Member of the Associated
Press.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

Even crab apple tastes good
when we are told that we mustn't eat
II.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
CANDID OPINION.

One of the easiest things in the
world is to be kind to pretty woman.
Few men boast of the taxable prop
erty they possess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14
Always a Way.

things we can't AFFORD"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-01-14

BY THE J. w. POTTER co.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15

fact that nearly all of them have given
rise to patronymics. like Jacobson. Pc
terson and Stephenson. In the twelfth
century Missionaries used to baptize
whole villages at once. and to have
time invested all the men with the
the women usually Mary or Martha.
To distinguish the Johns some ad-
ditional name like Short or Strong or
White or Black was given him by tho
neighbors. and so Christian names and
surnames were united.
After the reformation Ii became the
fashion among the Puritans to give
children the names of characters like
sthe -Old Testament and odd ones like
Melchizdek or Barzillai were preferred
Among those were Abel. Levi, Jesse
Amos, Asa, Isaiah, Ephriam. Gideon
Malachi, Job. Abnet. Hosea. Ezekiel
jeremiah, Zachariah. Asher, Eli and
hundreds of Others
For some reason the use of these
names has largely ceased. We can un
derstand why Ebenezer has been
dropped, though once one of the most
common of names in New England for
it is decidedly unmelodious.
No modern girl could fall in love
with an Ebenezer. But most of the Pur-
itan Bible names have a strong. manly
ring, and have been borne by able men.
That they are going out of use is very
evident from comparing the early class
lists of Yale with later ones.
Twenty-Five classes in the early
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15

through this work becomes partner with
his father in the farm. He may be the
means of rejuvenatng the life of his
farm home. Independence and a sense o1
responsibility develop early. saving tC
usefulness the years of his teens The
father appreciates such a boy, and con
silers him a partner In his business, and
the boy, in turn. begins to realize the
possibilities of farm life. He has become
demonstration of improved farm methods
and he is developing into a practical and
self to live happily and independently on
the farm.
Organization of Corn Clubs
The Boys Corn clubs are usually or
ganized in connection with the country
schools. The teachers have responded &c
the call to foster a movement witch is SC
decidedly worth while and which will SO
surely benefit the boys and qualify them
for more useful lives.
In this state Tuscaloosa and Calhoun
counties were the first to be organized.
County Superintendent of Education Per-
ry B. Hughes and II. T. Persons effected
organizations in these two counties in the
spring of 1909. The boys responded read
lily, 265 enrolling as members, and with
their enthusiasm and the efficient leader
ship of these two county superintendents
the work was a success. The movement
spread rapidly and in 1910 there were II
organized counties and 210o Corn club
boys. In 1911 there were 62 organized
counties. and since 1912 every county in
the state has had its Corn club organiza-
ton.
In 1910 Corn club work in Alabama was
made part of the work of the extension
department at the Alabama Polytechnic
institute and the Com clubs are now con-
Quoted from that department. The repre-
sentatives from Auburn extension depart
nent have devoted themselves to this
work with a singleness of purpose thai
has never Jagged. Through them the or
ganization has grown until it now includes
every county and has a membership OF
$500 boys Their attitude toward the
boys of the clubs is expressed in this let
ter sent from Auburn to the Corn clut
boys of Alabama:
I'VE sincerely hope that each boy will
realize that the objects of the Boys
| Corn clubs are not simply to grow more
corn make larger yields and win prizes
! OF course we wish you to learn all about
successful corn growing, but what is fai
more important and what we would have
| each boy who joins the Corn club fully
| understand is that farming is one of the
noblest callings that man can follow, ano
| that 1t is the one great calling which
| all mankind should look upon with re
| spect.
''The farmer must feed and elothe tht
world. In order to have the best there is
| in life in education. home life, religion
and all other things which pertain t6
civilization. we must have a hountifu
yield from our soil. You should have the
greatest respect for the earth. mother
earth, for from her comes all life, and il
she should cease to produce crops we
should at once cease to exist
you should be proud of Alabama, for
there are few states offering so many
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15

The history of the Boys Corn club
movement is an interesting one. The idea
was that of the late DIR. Seaman A.
Knapp. and the clubs were organized and
put into operation under his leadership.
The movement is now directed by his son,
Mr.. Bradford Knapp. He is assisted by two
co-laborers, Hon. o. b. Martin, formerly
state superintendent of education in South
Carolina, and Prof. o. II. Benson, a
former county superintendent of educa-
ton in Iowa.
Drh Seamon Knapp. a native of Iowa,
came to the south about % years ago. lie
made his home in Louisiana and devoted
himself to the upbuilding of that section
of the country which was his by adoption.
The devastation wrought by the Mexi-
can boil weevil as It came eastward
caused him to think seriously of the posi-
tion of the southern farmer. He saw that
the south was not prepared for the whole
sale destruction of its money crop, and he
became interested in an effort to aid the
southern farmer, who seemed to face ruin
in the loss of their cotton.
The result of his attention was that
Congress created in the bureau of plant
industry new division, known as the
Formers Cooperative Demonstration
Work and intended for the extension of
agricultural interest and information. 1t
was planned according to DR.. Knapp S
ideas and be was placed in charge. 1t
was his intention that this organization
should aid the farmers In combating
those things that were harming their
crops and should teach them more scien-
tifc farming. While there Is now an eff
fective branch of this organization in
every southern state, the early years of
its existence resulted in little to show its
originator that his efforts would be sue
cessful. The farmers had their own ideas
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15

golden opportunities for success. Ala
| bama is rich in timber mineral and coal
| deposits, long river navigation and water
power, but above all, her rich fields and
valleys, her long growing season, her am
pie RAINFALL and her gentle and mild eli
mate combine to make her one of the
| foremost states in the union in agrieui-
ture Every young A1abamian on the
farm should realize this, should carefully
study the business of farming and should
look forward to owning farm. living on
II, and eultivating 1t in an intelligent, sci
entific Way, thus making an abundant, liv-
ing, beng noble citizen and serving God
in the highest and best sense. These are
some of the high principles we hold before
every boy who joins the Bays Corn clubs.
In the future the greatest opportuni-
ties for wide awake, intelligent, energetic
young men will be in farming. Be faith
full in your club work. and let us together
build of our state great empire in itself,
and as We do this, make wealth and hap
piness for ourselves.
Train your mind to think and plan,
train your hands to service: train your
body to be strong and well, SO as to resist
disease, and above ALL train your heart
to follow in the paths of righteousness.
Join the Boys Corn club for study, for
development and for service. Do not en-
ter for few days or weeks and then
drop out. but remain with us and let us
help you, for we are deeply interested in
you and your good undertakings"
It means much to the farm boys to be
shown the attention and given the assist
ance with which this letter is followed up.
The boys are given every encouragement,
that their Corn club ENTERPRISE may mean
profit and greater appreciation of the
possibilities of farm life.
The names of the boys joining local
Corn clubs are sent to state headquarters
at Auburn and from there to national
headquarters at Washington. The names
are entered on the mailing list and bulle-
tins on seed selection, preparation of soil.
cultivation, fertilization and gathering OF
the crop are sent to each boy. Tnstruc-
tions regarding reports are sent From
time to time bulletins are sen. from Au-
burn extension department..
The enterprise is new firmly established
and has reached the point where.it is an
important factor in farming. The scope
of this work is now broadening to include
other crops, and the results of the Boys
Corn club acres will be far reaching The
Girls Canning club Is a parallel enter
prise with the Boys Corn clubs and the
two organizations are meaning a new era
| in farm life. ST
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
'O[D FASHIONED
NAMES GOING OUT
Our FOrefathers Lab0red
Under Odd and Ungainly
Handles

certain set of Christian names
taken from the scriptures has been in
use SO long that we do not think of
them as Bible names. Among them are
Adam. Moses, Samuel Isaac and Jacob
Others taken from the saints, like
Peter Paul. John. Stephen and Mat
thew, originally given to children be-
cause they were born on the saints
day. are still SO common that we think
of them as English names, says the
Hartford Times
These names antedate the use of sur
namesf as may be inferred from the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
Rheumatism Advice
Prominent Doctors Best Prescrip
tion Easily Mixed mt Home

From your druggist get one ounce
of Toris compound lin original sealed
packase) and one ounce of syrup of
Sarsaparilla compound. Take these two
ingredients home and put them into a
half pint of good whiskey. Shake the
bottle and take a tablespoonful before
each meal and at bed time This is
said to be the quickest and best remedy
known to the medical profession for
rheumatism and backaehe. Good results
come after the first dose. If your drug
gist does not have. Toris compound In
hours from his wholesale house. Don't
be influenced to take a patent medicine
instead of this. Insist on having the
genuine Toris compound in the original
one -ounce. sealed, yellow package. Hun
dreds of cases were cured here by this
prescription last winter. Published by
he Globe Pharmaceutical laboratories
IF Chicago.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15

eighteenth century. numbering 81
graduates. show 10 with Puritan give
names. This is about 80 per cent. TeI
classes In the twentieth century. mum
oering aos7. show but 20 given name
this class. or less than / per cent
Epnezer and Barzillai have completed
disappeared. Nor Is PeIetiah or Zadol
to be found.
We can only hope that the descend
ants of these ancient worthless have in
herited some of their sterling qualities
though they do not perpetuate tn
name.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-15
nv FLORA MILNER HARRISON

of farming and they looked aslanee at
book farming and men who were endeav-
oring to introduce better methods of farm
ing. They seemed to doubt the wisdom of
truths that had been obtained by the
United States department of agriculture
as the result of years of experience at the
hands of scientists and the expenditure of
millions of dollars.
Farm Boys Interest Enlisted
Evidently 1t was not easy for farmers
to abandon methods they had employed
for years and to change completely their
ways of farming. DR.. Knapp thought
that better success might result from
work with the farm boys Knowing that
dominant characteristic of boys is their
liking for investigating and experiment.
ing, he believed that the farm boys would
be interested in new methods of farming
and that through them the work of the
farm demonstrators could be profitable.
So 1t was that as an outgrowth of the
early attempt in farmers cooperative
demonstration work the farm boys were
organized in Boys Corn clubs The rural
districts are the territory they mean to
cover, and all boys cf school age may be
members.
Objects of the Corn Clubs
The primary object of the movement is
to reach every farm and to better existing
conditions. The reason for taking the
corn plant and for designating the move
ment Boys Corn Clubs are that corn
is the most extensively grown grain crop;
that it is one of the chief foods of man
and beast: that it is the product which
has so long been taking the souths sur
plus cotton money to the northwest, and
that corn is better understood by the
southern boy than Is any other crop.
This work has much to recommend it..
1t is connecting link between the school
and the boys home life. 1t requires out
door labor that makes for a stronger
heather body. The reading and studying
ii necessitates carries to the boys mind
new ideas and causes him to be more OBJ
servant and he finds in nature much to
which he has been blind. 1t gives him
the pride of ownership. His mother has
her household possessions and his father
has his fields and mis- stock. 1t is only
just and right that the boy should pos
sess something that is distinctly his own,
and that he should have an opportunity
to do something for himself and on his
own responsibility. These ends are real
lied through his acre of corn. 1t is his
own and with it he may prove his ability.
He has chance to develop judgment and
skill. He is matching his ability with that
of thousands of other boys throughout his
own state and the entire south. He is
engaged in a business of recognized i'm
portance and OF tangible worth. He must
raise a large amount of corn at a small
cost and he must know how and what to
do from selecting the seed corn to send
ing Ineligible final reports The indus
try, accuracy and mental and physical eff
fort involved are so much character build
ing and will be valuable to him in what
ever he may do.
Fortunate is the corn club boy who,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-20
IS Torpedo Destroyers to Leave
To-day to Join Badgers Fleet
Third. Fourth and Fifth Divisions Will Sail FROM
Pensacola-The Dixie to Carry Two
Hydro Aeroplanes.

almost twice the speed OF battleship
and can go many kuots faster than the
swiftest scout cruiser in tho navy They
are therefore superior In many ways for
blockading purposes. The iiotlla prob
ably Will be distributed along the Mexican
coast If the blockade is ordered. with a
view to darling from port to port as their
services may be needed.
II was expected here tonight that the
torpedo hotilla would Join Rear Admiral
Badgers Atlantic fleet now steamlng for
Tampico some time tonight or tomorrow
in the gulf
All OF the boats which sailed to-day
from Pensacola under command of capt.
william $. Sims are equipped with three
torpedo tubes While the battleships have
this equipment the ability to change the
position of the vessel liz the principal
factor in effective torpedo IRE. THIS Is
practically Impossible for the larger ships.
II was reported At The Navy department
to-day that capt. : ms has been request ns
for several days that the ilutilla he per
mitted to take part IN the naval demon
stratiOn at Tampico or a blockade if one
liz intended. when the order was received
AT Pensacola to-day every ship of those
intended for Mexican service was able Ia
get under way Immediately. In spite OF the
fact that no intimation Of probable need
for the notilla was wired other than the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-20
FLOTILLA AWAITS ORDER.
Destroyer. VIII Easily OvertRLc At
lmntic Division.

PENSACOLA. Fla, April l?.-With the
fleet OF torpedo boat destroyerS ready and
the battleship Mississippi. the entire fleet
Of aeroplanes and 200 marines rushing
preparations. Pensacola Tonight assumed
a warliko appearance.
The torpedo boat deStroyers are hourly
expecting to get into communication with
the battleship fleet st,aming toward Mex
leo which they are expected To join. while
the batteship Mississippi attached to tn"
acronIutic service. Is coaling and tn"
eight bydroaeroplanes are being moved
from their hangers and placed aboard
Seven hundred marines Composing the
second reserve regiment are preparing
to embark on the Miss ssippi and viii h"
taken to Mexican waters as soon as they
can get prepared for the voyage and
take supplies aboard
Thus far the order 10 start has not
come. for the reason that bad atmospheric
conditions have existed throurhout the
afternoon ard night in the Gulf and only
occasional sparks come from the flag
ship Arkansas as she ploushs through
the seas. followed by the other giant
fighters bound for Mexican waters.
The destroyers make about thirty knots
an hour, and even though the battleships
which passed Key West this morning At .
o'clock gained a start OF twenty -four
hours the destroyers could easily overtake
them