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Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

tyrants of the mind and the soul
bid you. therefore. 10 declare a war
this day against that slavery so that
you may be free.
The Higher Liberty.
Tell me not of a land of boasted
freedom as long as we have priests
and potentates of the mind that die
tate what we shall think ana what
we shall believe; tell me not of a
land of liberty while the spirit of man
is held in bondage by the iron chains
OF lust and passion. tell me not Of
the greatness of our country, of its eN-
pansion until the sun never sets upon
American soil, If man has not eX-
panded in true greatness along with
it: tell me not about riches in gold. of
commercial prestige, of the produc-
tiviry OF feld and factory. If the soul
OF man is poor.
You purchased with your life
blood. the liberty of a race held in
bondage. and we honor you for it this
day; you purchased a new liberty for
the American people when you suf-
fered and bled upon the battlefelds.
Mans liberty was purchased upon the
cross of Calvary by the shedding OF
innocent blood. The slave OF the
south was at liberty TO avail himself
Of his freedom or 70 remain with his
former master. The liberty pur-
chased for you and for me upon the
cross was a liberty to choose whom we
would serve, whether we would serve
sin and die. or serve God and live. II.
therefore, the Son shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed"
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

To- ssfsezes Sstsse ss slsEfsr Amer
teas tacs we're sooce-e ~ George
stro@&ts. = sstscstoe vss Efr-s ~ sss
sas&. sEd sss r=orstsx exercises ~srs
eoestsssG
Trfsats % -alIors-
Tssz ths proxrzz VA ea1~f rzs=-
es-s % sEs ~ r. G. seeoms2Esse By
rsises ssaslsE Nsr vstsrsss. Ladies
szxfilarT. aae q eriax s4use frua
.Co@SssT \. { y O.. z.reas9 90 tks
river fruas. wh~re wressks os s0UeFs
we're placed on the waters sea q salute
sas eFees az a trfsGss 60 ths azFai
ssress No tass sssir lives is tEs dark
EaTs % tsGt-tsFE
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
TAKES PRECAUTIONS
FOR OLD SOLDIERS

Ca@aass5assr A. e. asosssF % no
lss kss ssfs progisssa fas eaFfrE for
seT es ere sareasFs ia Wsesss@ay's
sasa+s ta eosssetaaa VITA the state
q. As r. seea@psses O. Ma3iss- \ doe
f1r - Co bs sssstgss'4 is every Block.
ara tts ruts sEsisss 22sos tn tks pa
rsss Hss sees waived Ntsh Fsssfszes
60 pEqszeisss- TIE 4aet6ss VII b per-
esssseE 60 rse skstF ears. This vas
enest9sFsG q ssesss2rY pseeagtios-
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
Holm Maddox Buried.

Funeral services for John Maddox,
colored, who was drowned in the river
at the Kahlke boat yards Friday after
noon. were held this afternoon at 2
o'clock at the home, s17 Ninth street.
and al 2:30 at the Mckinley Baptist
church. Rev Mr.. Saunders officiating.
Burial was in Chippiannock.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

i because a few fanatics iu the north
b condemned slavery
They were blinded hv self-iuterest
With their duiiar-ohscurcd vision they
cogid see no moral wrong in slavery
So when the pressure o. northern sen
tlmcnt arf med about 20 forcc the is
sue. with truly American courage and
independence they said 60 the north :
Rather than submit % your domina-
tioa. wc vili dissolve taiE union The
north replied. 'You cannot dissolve
it without our consent
soon after the election % Abra-
ham Lincoln actual dissolution was
attempted In December. 1860. south
Carolina passed its ordinance OF se-
cctsiuu. 90 b. followed !u short order
hy six other states and ultimately Il
states IN all had undertaken 60 sep
arate themselves from the United
States % America. and 20 form a new
suvcrumcut-the Confederate States
% America
Neither north nor south expected
var. Neither north nor south wanted
var az this stage. but when reinforce
meuts were approaching Fort Sumter.
a national fort in the harbor OF
Charleston. the southern commander
ordered Sc attack. and with the fall Of
Sumter hope % avertlnE the war van
ished. for war had begun.
Fortunes Of War.
Il need not follow closely the for
tunes of thc opposing armies. How
President Lincoln called Tor volun-
teeFs-mcn for three months. How he
repeated and increased his call from
time 20 time and for longer terms.
How the north responded; We are
coming. Father Abraham. three hun
drcd thousand more and again and
again replenished and increased the
federal A=mies- How both sides suf-
fcred and lost In victory and defeat
the losses from disease greater even
than the losses In battie-the horrors
% southern prisonE-the emancipation |
% the slave as war measurs-al of
these are well known.
1t g. enough 90 say that with Amer
cans on both sides-with a rich heri- .
axe OF courage and strength from the /
,est blood OF Europe-they fought with /
valor which has become historic.
But the greater resources OF the
,orth araily determined the conflict
md when peace came. it came TO an
Undivided nation Undivided but with
ore wounds 20 heal. for fire and sword
md pestilenee had done their terrible
work well.
4 Reunited Country. Il
In the north the Grand Army of the
Republic returned 20 civil life with
uprising facility and commerce and
took on new life. In the
outh the battered remnant OF the
rmy returned home not only TO the
rork OF restoring farms and homes.
ut 20 take up the complex problem
{ a newly freed race.
Today the south Joins the north in
ejolcing that the questions settled by
ae war were settled as they were:
hat this great land fitted by nature
or the home OF a single great nation is
OF dfvided-;hat the cure OF human
iavery has been abolished forever
'oday north and south Join IN praise
,r the men who worked and fought !.
nd suffered the hardships OF war.
Praises. no; only for the dead. but .
y all who engaged in the cause for .
ae men that shot and she'll. death and
(Continued on Page Ten-) Ii
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
Nntice

Official announcement is hereby
made public that the Moline Industrial
Home association will hold the Labor
Day celebration in Moline this year.
The Tri-City Review Publishing Co.,
Of Rock Island. will issue official
program, and that agents elected to
solicit advertising for said publication
have credentials TO that effect. Signed,
Moline Industrial Home association.
]. GRANT JEFFERSON.
Secretary.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
Address of Arthur G. Bush at Court House Square

Arrkar q Bash. Davenport. uniisd
states eommfsssorsT. tn bis Memorial
tsg address at the eoGrt house campus
eats m7FsiaE said
soldiers os tss Grsnf Array q the
geostii-s taGiss and EsastsssE. fFseafs
sef gritae eigiEsGs tt is with a sps-
cal tssi.aE of pleasure and reverence
ssas . astsat tsis mestlnE On your
r1azriEeest state % tlisa1is today. for
fa ars ss year villages usg mother erss
ssV ere t'zEs % day aaf froaa oee %
y1sr taWrs aT fssssF marched With
ere trsh tllis6ts V1lgatssF iafaasFy
wsrr teas FsEiMest catered tEs civil
usr-
~tf Es a l5sfse over sstf q esntaFy ago
rsss ffts rsslsa wss bftsEiaE % q ts-
.ss ttr tlsssir ssr4EEis as ths civil
var Two arf a hsif ssiltt8a AnsTi-
rass OF ere aasfs taf ssea sEkfiaE 90
~sfassin a aasse wtfeh q Esiiii1a aad
"a SALE Asasrirar sGisssrs % ths s9Eth
f5aEas 90 fFssFaTs \ ss4sfrsd thog-
sfrf rsn araer Grsss WsFe Fssfsslsss-
fr srfviaE ge669 zes uEssr Gsasrai
lee over nff@s % bt0o9T asi9s aaG
s-rss @ fssG snf e6asese rasa 90 easi
ssrrs-fsr. gserman's veterans had
CeorEia frora Astsasz 90 tss sea and
we're fascfsE Iossst9s's EEaErT troops
60 tss issVttsb's sa9-
TIE Ten sf War.
-oa zGc0 basussslGs sEs sgz ssz;
Iowa groa Erzss2sss EzogrGs UEsFs
es.asrsGs saG tkossaa&s % Ar=s-tezzs
Lay O.. thsfr last sleep. fn ever great
easT. % every towu. - every hamlet.
laEssq wlGoWs bFavsiy stFove 90 eo---
s5-r fsfhssisss esflfrsa s1G tss irssE-
ess % sorrow abcGa9sG- Three kGu-
srsG arz afsT sEoGsszf rssG % the
aassh Eza ssaGs ne sgpFs@s saertace
asE zfvra tkssr lives. soEe o. The
battle asl4. sozss tsrogEa w0ga4s.
saas fr prison. some froas disease. asf
a similar properties % the soutseru
ssfeisrs hz9 Goss the sane.
Death and psssiisaes had WELDED
thsfr satsfui siekiss "a the ra1Ss %
Arzsrfeais bravsss spirits ard their har-
urss had ir6ssd ssea pienttogs ~hiie /
shs asher xrsas rssioes of ths World I
looked on. sor.s WITH sympathy. sotrs
fsss-ereas are soe1s apparently wf,h /
s1vtSgs pleasure
To-Day ho~ dissrs-t- Today . arrs-
~ szisssi cosztry. Blessed WITH peace.
Ne look upoz a battle froa; % 1000
=slss wksrr the greater part % the
~fvfiirsss world - saEs<ef - the most
asrssr sud deadly eozsicf % all his
.o-y. wksrs scfeuce and skill a-f ecur-
age are eofzE thsfr u,r=os: 90 pgsh The
r-arfer % rofsr. warfare
s~ys-s shs s-tnra1ee 90 the foe But
We took wf-h sorrow art pity. for ~e
ssvs pasf ths pstiisss price % var.
xs have Grafzee 90 see bsttsrest erexs
ne cup % hssre6 szf strife ard have
-~so~d t,s dres4 harvest % desc
.asfoa auf death
B~nafifai Custom-
~ssres 1888 . has bs~u thr custom
n shls nafioa &C. this beaufisri rso1th
= MAY 20 eomzsrzorate See martyr de-
'~rsers % ths Civil var ~ patriotic
5-oesssloz Ars sy ssioxfss a-f sorEs
IA ~ escorssfsx tsstr graves
~TS,ssy The World var brings 90 tsis
Law a pecuiisr ss<zfses-es. We glory
r ere Bravery an9 tssotto7 ssown oy
ks soiaisrs % al rsrsoas. bu, &c sec
,s -sre- e<sors tAs AtfsoEsress % var.
Ne s~~ 90 tee tr,ss isxht the 1setisss
.laarssrr % =~-- We .cte .se SHANE
- fo.iy o< apr~sIlsg 20 force - sessis
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
CITY COUNCIL WILL
HAVE SHORT SESSION

Rock tslaaG city eagzeit w-ilI s4est
az tss city Rail tsis svssisE bz; ike
tg wtlI transact wy little bgstasss.
srrsrfiaE 90 ssatrrasEfs made ~ sorae
ef sEs eaa@sstoEsFs thls Ecrrirs,
OciF restias ss4 grEsat matters vtii
se taEsa -. \ nesting vii BE- sslf
lsfss Oh tss wssS 90 dispose % other
gEFsslgss
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
MOLINE RED MEN IN
MEMORIAL SERVICES

rsf@sa asa DasEstsrs es PoeaEoa-
sss % ttSlins YESTERDAY ks.G =s=ortai
exercises 81 ths BED Meas WfEvaza- IL
ere ssssses % - G sssstts % LfseA-
rs'F. III. wt9 vas 20 have delivered
tss sssrsss % tss Gzy. fssrGss Mayer
NsErsw Disco % stsiiss gave zs ss-
L1EH-
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
AMERICAN FLAGS ARE
USED IN 1900 BLOCK

Tlss sew Assrtess fsEs we're sEzE
90 tss breeze o. tEs 1900 block tsts
msrslas f8s tss Erss ttsss- Attaehsd
Co each tlEht poss. - a standard watch
sssfs tw9 EaEs. Gee being placed 90 ths
s9rtb ss5s asG gss 0sksF % tEs sSush.
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
CITY CHAT.
CAdvertisements.)

advertisements
Buy a home OF Reidy Bros.
For express. call William Trefz
Tri-City Towel supply company.
Independent Express & Storage.
P 7 9S1.
Wear 81 (union made) hat. Mems
Fashion Shop, Harper house block
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

questions whieh ought 20 De settled on
principie b. faiF-mludsd effort 90 zee
and do the right We stand appalled,
~ the horrors 90 hate.
Then i~t 80 turn back the pages o.
hlstory % see if our var vas nece6-
sarys 90 see shat lessons 80 can draw
from it 90 guide our progress in thc
bsaefeieut paths % peace and save Us
from a similar calamity in future.
In the half century since the Civil
uars tvo rev generations have come
To most of us the story % the civil
ssr reads like q work % nctioH. T.
- nat q reality 90 us and ita causes
are dimiY uadersfood-
Causss 81 Csniiirt-
- brief rrvieu og them viiI not bc
aaf o. place.
-Au know in general that the var
vas caused by slavery. bat who o. the
ygsaEsF EsusFatioa knows shat siav-
eFy Wasr
'Have you boys and girls ever seen
&C auction sale % horses or cattle
where q horse oE a colt is led out %
ths aHetiosesr for saicF The auction-
esr oSers 90 FOR sale and argues It's
merits aaf ca5oiss the Bidders until
q is sai9 60 ere one who offers the
most Tor g. II vas the sellers Il is
uow the buyeE's propsrty-to lead or
drive ho@e-to work on pinW OF car
FiaEs-to keep or sell az his pleasure
Bat change the scene Suppose In
stead % q horse or COW. human be-
Tags are led 20 the auction block
mother and her chiid % tender years
she is forced 60 get upon the block.
90 display her form and muscle 90 the
ksen-syrd buyers Then she ts Of
fsred for sale 90 tho highest bidder.
oas hundred dollars is offered. Five. 1
six. seven. eight hundred Dollar Af-
ter dollar the bids are raised until no
0as will bid more. and the woman 70
sold for q thousaad doiiars-pcrhaps 4
60 a cotton grover OF Louisiana 20
plant his erops-to weed and hoe /
thsm-to gather the ripe cotton for
hiaa. aad iu return 90 receive. like his |
horse. her daily rations % coarse food.
= little clothing. and a shed 20 sleep in
bat iittis better than his baru.
What slavery Meant
But how about the child: II hap
pens that the man who bought the
mother has 10 ~ork for children. and
20 the child u sold 20 \ kcrtuckiAn To
lake 90 his plantation further north.
hero 20 grow up tili he can be sold
~ Q proat- What matter ~ he never
,ees his mother again. Wha; matter
q the mothers heart ts hrokeng They
.rc oely siavcs-eh4tfeis-pr
DO you woafer that Abraham Lin
roir vas stirred through and through
shsr be nrst visited the slave narks;
a New Orleans and saw such scenes
DO you Wond~r that he said. II ever
rrs n chance. I'll hit that thing and
III kit tt hard
DO you wonder that ne and other
spirits 90 the north took
ID the campaign OF education 20 rouse
he na-ion 90 the hifeoas cancer OF
Iiavery that was eatirE It's vitais-io
.ouse the ratioa 90 rhe system OF op-
,ressior that made the declaration of
. hypoerftieai raockerys
l. I, any ~order that Tire IRE of their
.ioqusnes kineied = eonnagraiion tha; :
Ixep, over the north like q EaieF
Position of South.
But ho~ about the southern states:
rere they 90 lose millions os dollars :
~-~sn - sh.f- h~s.-n1~4ns uroD@rryl
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

! Al .he news all the sime-rhs
Argus
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31
Position of South.

But ho- about the southern states:
were shry 90 lose r1illiors os dollars
worth os their ees;-pay.aS property
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

Continued on Page Ten)
Rock Island Argus., 1915-05-31

Secretary. Arg
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-24
Roads Need Care i'm Winter

Water, not cold, is the cause of the
deterioration of roads in winter, ac-
cording to the road specialists of the
department. Cold weather does not in
itself injure the roads, no matter
whether they are earth, gravel or ma
cadam. In fact, an earth road will
stand more traffic when it is solidly
frozen than at any other time. Ex-
cess water, however, is always detri-
mental to a highway. When cold
weather turns this water into ice, the
damage that it does is greatly in
creased. Ice occupies considerably
more space than water from which
it is formed, and every person who
has lived in a cold climate is fam
liar with the powerful bursting effect
of water when left to freeze in a
confined vessel. The same action
takes place when wet road freezes
to any considerable depth. 1t simply
bursts, or, as we generally term it in
road parlance, the road heaves. Later,
when the frost leaves, the road is
disintegrated and ruts badly. If this
process is repeated a number Of times
during the winter, gravel or maca-
dam road may be practically destroy
ed, while an earth road may become
entirely impossible.
A dry road will not heave. Rock,
gravel, sand and even clay when per-
fectly dry contract slightly on freez-
ing. In order to expand on freezing,
these materials must contain or be
mixed with water, and the more water
they contain the greater the expansion
which takes place. But so long as
the road remains frozen the damage
does not become apparent. Hence
the frequent and erroneous idea that
it is the thaw which Injuries the road.
The injury was done when the water
in the road surface-broken stone,
sand, or still finer particles Of earth
or clay-were pushed apart by the
expanding power of the freezing wa
ter. The thaw merely allows the ice
to melt and assume its original vol
ume as water.
The remedy is self-evident. Keep
the water out of the road. The time
to begin preventive measures is early
in the fall before the rains begin. If
the road goes into the winter thor
oughly dry, with the surface and
drainage in good condition, the chan
ces are extremely favorable that it
will come out all right the following
spring.
Keep the bitches and drains open.
Remove all accumulatiOns of weeds,
grass, etc, which tend to retain mois-
ture and obstruct drainage. Further
more, do this work early, while the
ground is still dry and hard Veget-
ton and litter hold water like
sponge and allow it gradually to soak
in and soften the earth. The job be-
fore the road man is to keep the hard,
dry surface formed in the summer
time from becoming softened by the
fall and winter rains and SHOWS.
When the rains begin the earth or
gravel road should be dragged fire.
quently to prevent the formation of
ruts and the collection of water. All
graveled places on macadam surfaces
should be carefully filled in and con-
solidated.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-24
Y. m. C. A. NOTES

The big conference at Kalamazoo
is to be hummer from the time the
first bunch arrives until Monday
morning, when the crowd has return
ed to their work, full of determine
ton and enthusiasm and information
on how to help their fellows and COM
munity.
The first big meeting is Friday
evening, when addresses will be made
by the leading men of the country.
Saturday morning sectional meetings
for employed boys, church clubs, Boy
Scouts, and high school boys. At
IL 80 the big picture will be taken
followed by the mammoth parade
with banners and bands galore. Sat-
urday afternoon from 200 to 500
o'clock, will be given over to sight
seeing trips, and games in the gym
nasium. At $50 special supper for
discussion of life work, in business,
profession, ministry, farming. Nov
ing pictures Saturday evening and
strong addresses.
Sunday morning the delegates will
attend church and Sunday school with
their hosts. At $3.50 will be a big
union meeting for older boys and lead
ers and all delegates with the big
farewell service Sunday evening for
delegates only.
Ionia county will have about forty
boys and men present. Coach Har-
wood will be there with the Ionia
group and it is likely that Coach
Kantner of Portland will go with the
bows of his town.
Saranac, Muir, Lyons, Collins, Port
land, Orange township, Bedding and
Ionia will have Representatives there,
who leave Friday, November 26 and
stay over Sunday. A great many
ministers are going, at least one from
Ionia county.
The following boys will attend the
conference from Belding: Virgil AL
tenburg, Buryl Wilbur, Wells Hall,
Stanley Glass, Elmer Harrington and
Edward Johnson. Saranac will send
Alvin Stebbins and John Adgate. Ionia
will send thirteen and Portland eight.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-24
P 1t Y
CONSULTING DEPARTMENT
Egg Contests

Egg Contests
Talking about egg contests and the
real benefits derived from them, il
seems that the Tacoma Washington
poultrymen, prefer and want a con-
test just such as the publisher of the
Sand Farmer proposes to run, pro-
viding poultrymen of Michigan mani
fest enough to warrant
Estelle c. COLLEEN of Tacoma, re-
porting the meeting, said: "At the last
meeting of the Tacoma poultrymen
there was a lively discussion about
egglaying contests. 1t was brought
up by the invitation extended by the
Experiment Station to carry on an
egg laying contest at the station, the
Tacoma breeders furnishing repres-
entative hens or pens.
Everyone there unanimously voted
it down. They appreciated the fact
that the invitation was given in good
faith and thanked them for the in
terest shown, but the Tacoma Poultry
Association all agreed that no con-
test would be of practical benefit UNI
less the pens were to have from TWEEN
ty-five to a hundred birds in the pen.
Also they agreed that to take the
birds from the different poultry
ranches and place them in expensive
houses that would give an overhead
expense account against each hen
averaging over three or four dollars
would be of no practical value to the
breeders. The average farmer or
poultryman cannot afford to put up
hen houses that make a cost against
each hen of more than one dollar.
Even at this price a hen has to Ego
some" to cut it down where net
profit remains.
"At most of the egg laying contests
the pens are made up with five or
seven hens. These hens are chosen
from good focks and represent the
breeders idea of the hen that is about
to lay. Almost any man who has
given his flock good care can be quite
sure of what hen is about TO lay and
those that have about laid their clutch
of eggs. Boiling it down, the egg lay
ing contests result, not in finding out
which breed lays the greater number
of eggs in a given time, but is con-
test testing the ability of the breed
ers to guess the best layers his flock
will produce.
mot one man at the Tacoma Assoc
citation meeting but agreed that this
was so. The contests have been held
in all parts of the world and no one
breed or bunch of breeds have been
the egg producers holding the record.
1t has shifted according to the ability
of the breeders to pick out the layers.
"Another thing. Change of scene
and food always has a beneficial effect
on poultry. This is shown at the poul-
try shows where the hens start to lay
at once as soon as settled in their
coops at the shows. This is universal
and irrespective of breeds. Change of
scene and diet produces eggs. When
doing their best and when starting
out to lay every hen of every breed
may be record breaker and not
prove anything. The great test is
what bunch of hens will produce the
greatest number of eggs under the
same conditions year after year, IN
surfing an income to the breeder from
his flock. The flock that can care for
itself and pay all expenses for keep
and care and pay q net income TO the
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1915-11-24
BURNED BY ACID

Many Michigan mother has prob
ably used this 68-year-old liniment
on some member of the family. May
be it did not happen to be some not
ably hard case like that of A. M.
Willard, of Cortland, N. Y, who was
almost burned to death by sulphuric
acid, and who said this simple lini-
ment mot only cured him, but remov-
ed the scars" Perhaps your mother
used this same Hanford's Balsam of
Myrrh just to cure lame back, or to
heal wound, or a sore, or a burn,
or to fix up any other external ILL.,
advertisement.