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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
SHOPPING ABUSE,

Several boxes Of unbleached stock
tngs were returned to an eastern store
not long since, accompanied by a claim
for credit. The obliging merchant
traced the original sale to an account
dated "a years ago, and thus estab-
lished the long-distance record for the
exchange OF goods.
In their present struggle with the
abuse Of this system, the merchants of
the different cities are testing various
methods. Los Angeles reports a As
hour rule on the return of all mer-
chandise. Cleveland has the same rule.
San Francisco merchants require that
returns must be made Immediately II
credit is to be given.
Minneapolis merchants who are
parties TO an agreement will permit
no returns at all-excepting, presum-
ably, where the goods are really at
fault, while in st. Paul there is a "a
hour return rule on goods sent on ap-
proval. In Denver the rule is pretty
much the same as IN Minneapolis.
Merchants in other cities are also said
TO have arbitrary regulations that are
doing their work well, according to
reports heard. That they have been
successful is judged by the fact that
merchants who did not join the various
movements when they were begun have
since fallen into limo
Sensitive shoppers have had their
feelings hurt frequently, Of late, By
printed admonitions concerning the re-
turn Of goods which they have found
with deliveries. It may comfort many
Of them TO learn that the campaign to
correct the abuse Of the return priv
ilege is q national one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
THE RURAL CREDITS FIGHT.

This much has been accomplished by
the organization fighting real rural
credit measure, as contrasted with the
fake" Moss credits bill and the other
legislation pending in congress which
would deny personal credit. The is
sues have been clarified. The meas
ures in congress have been gone over
and every evil feature shown forth
In the light of the knowledge gained,
the course to be taken in the future is
charted. One of the great abuses Of
agrarian pursuits, the tenancy of
farms, is growing fast. 1t will con-
tinue to grow, as studies of the bills
show, until there is legislation that will
stop bad practices; until the country
awakens to the need of proper laws
to give hard working and earnest men
some chance to gain access to the land.
A proper rural credits law is the
only solution now in sight. At least
it is the only one that would prove &C
ceptable to the great mass of the peo-
pie The creation of the federal re-
serve bank system has shown that gov
ernmental Intervention may be used
to allow money and credit to flow in
their proper channels; to give stabil-
ity and permanence to the labor and
industry Of cities. A rural credit law
designed in the interest of the farmers
and tenants is what Is needed. The
government has a far more potent in
terest in these classes, for not only the
well-being of the people is tied up in
the measure, but also the ultimate food
supply of the nation.-Kansas City
Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

Two women, known as New Yorks
real estate queens, have been found
guilty Of grand larceny and may be
sent TO prison for a term not more
than 10 years. They operated a scheme
with big promises and found their
dupes mostly servants whose wages
they absorbed to an amazing extent
The affairs Of the concern may be
judged by the announcement that it
had 40 cents cash on hand when closed
up and liabilities Of $4,000 and all
property heavily mortgaged. The diff
fculty with women attempting great
feats in finance and otherwise is that
they too often initiate men.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
ENGLISH WOMEN ARE
TO RECEIVE ARMLETS

London.-Several hundred thousand
women who are to take up farm work
in various parts of the British Isles
replacing the men who have gone TO
the front will be given certificates
when they register and armlets after
completing two months service. The
armlet will be slightly narrower tran
that worn by the Derby recruits and
will be green with scarlet brown.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
WILSON rs FAVORITE.

A poll covering almost every state
in the union, taken by the Nation, pub
lished IN New York, in an attempt to
learn who is the peoples fayorite can
dldate for the presidency, shows that
OF 2,479 votes cast, 1855 were for
President Wilson and that OF this
number los cast their votes for him
at the election OF 1912, although only
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

Az recorded themselves as usually
voting the democratic ticket.
Justice Hughes stands second with
7S4 votes, Colonel Roosevelt third
with 263. and Senator Root fourth
with 247.
The president comes within 2Os
votes of having one-haf Of the total
vote cast.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

.
mon schools is now over 400, and some
schools for higher education also have
been founded.
London.-(Correspondence of The
Associated Press. )-There Is at pres
ent a shortage of 100000 cottages in
England. Besides this shortage, there
are old and unsanitary areas that
ought to be cleared away. The build
ing Of these new cottages with a view
of providing discharged soldiers with
work after the war and to removing
a cause Of emigration is the subject
of a general scheme devised by the
National Housing and Town Planning
council. 1t also forms another in
stance Of the way the war has dis
sipated England's Indifference to her
internal problems.
One of the main causes of complaint
among lease-hold farmers and farm
hands is the poor housing. Ancient
| cottages with the lower floor flush
may be picturesque, but they are damp
and a main cause of the rheumatism
from which the country people suffer
so much. OF the 100000 cottages,
about 100000 are needed in the rural
districts. Families are now cramped
into small quarters, living in old ane
mouldy homes or new and cheaply
built affairs that have no modern ideas
or Improvements.
The provision of homesteads with
small buildings and the intensive cul-
tivation of the soil, reforesting, the
reclamation Of wastes, the settlement
OF disabled soldiers and sailors on
the soil and town planning schemes
involving new main roads, play
grounds. and open spaces, are part
OF the program of the housing coun-
Gil, which has called a national con-
vention for next April to take action
on its proposals.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

In the year Of our Lord 1870 in the
town of Strasburg a man who had for
a long while been thinking Of the, d.
vision Of time into hours constructed
one Of the first clocks that was ever
made. What led him to do this was
that while the people could keep the
fight of days by cutting notch on q
stick for every day, they could have
no record Of the parts of days except
by the sun.
This man who invented the clock
his name is lost, so we will call him
Gustav-set it up in the tower Of the
church, and the people could go to bed
and get up by its striking the hour.
Some of them considered him an angel
who had been. sent from heaven for
this very purpose. Straightway they
committed to his care the town calen-
dar, throwing away the notched sticks,
and after that it was only he who
could tell them when anything that
was due.
One day young man-Martin Stei-
ger-went to Gustav and said to him:
Gustav, love Katrina, the daugh-
ter Of Frau Tinkhorner, and Katarina
loves me. But her mother is forcing
her to marry old Carl Oberman, who
is rich or supposed to be. l happen to
know man from whom Oberman
stole a valuable jewel. This mans
name is Kneift, and he has since been
looking all through Germany for the
man who robbed him. Kneift is now
In Munich. If l go there 1 can tell
him where Oberman is; he will come
here; it will be known that Oberman
Is thief and Katrina will be saved
from marrying him.
well, then, why do you not 20 at
onceT
Katrina In order to gain time has
promised her mother that she will
marry Oberman in seven days from to-
day, binding herself before the Judge
to do so. l cannot 60 to Munich, find
kneift and bring him back here before
the day set for the wedding. Can you
not SO disarrange the calendar SO that
a few days shall be gained?"
But the people trust me implicitly
In the matter of the flight of time"
What difference will few days
make to them?"
Gustav, who was a good fellow, was
persuaded and told Steiger that he
would do what he could for him, and
Steiger set out for Munich to find
Kneift aud inform him concerning OBJ
erman's present residence. While
Martin was gone the clock became
very irregular. One morning it called
the people from their beds before the
sun was up and the next struck the
hour for their rising when it was high
In the heavens. Gustav said that he
feared the clock was bewitched.
Meanwhile Frau Tinkhorner was
keeping the passage of the days on her
own account by cutting a notch on
stick for every day that passed. The
day before the one set for the wedding
she informed her daughter that she
must be married the next day Katrina
declared that the time had not yet
passed within three days and refused
10 comply, whereupon her mother sum-
moned her before the judge, submit
ting to him the agreement between
them and bringing with har tho match
ed stick to show that the time would
be up On the morrow. The Judge look
ed at 1t and counted the notches, but
the evidence of one interested In the
ease keeping the record did not coin
eide with his great judicial ideas. and
he sent for Gustav
Gustav" he said, what day of tn,
month will tomorrow ber'
The 18th. your honor"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
SAG, 100000 LOANED
BY AUSTRIAN BANKS

Vienna.-Up to Jan. the Austrian
war loan banks had made 5000 loans
for a total of s46,000,000 OF these,
200 were for sums under 5000 and
for 100 for sums over 100000. The
rate OF interest at the beginning was
Z per cent, but this has now been re-
duced TO per cent The loans are
mostly made against deposits Of Sc
curities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
Daily History CIass-March %.

1520-Raphael. the painter, died; born
l4S3.
1S46-United States forces In observa-
ton on the Mexican border attack
ed by Mexicans; beginning OF the
Mexican war
1915-Russian warships In the Black
sea bombarded Turkish forts at
the entrance 10 the Bosporus. Aus
TRANS from Bukowina invaded
southwestern Russia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
Welcome to Our CITY.

c. E. Mills, newly made lawyer
from Gnadenhutten, Tuscarawas coun-
ty, has opened law shop here. At
ter while he will learn that Daniel
Webster couldn't extract a living out
Of the law business in Carroll county.
Garfield (Ohio) Dispatch.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

Had the former administration been
more assiduous in trying to settle the
Mexican situation, republican sena-
tors would not now be so worried
about conditions on the border. In
fact, they are vastly more perturbed
than General Funston.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

John w. Talbot, who is head of the
Order Of Owls, judging from the trou-
BILE he has been making for himself,
has not been practicing that wisdom
for which the bird emblematic of his
organization is noted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
Editor George Harvey doesn't hate

Mr. Wilson any more, but he still be-
lieves it his duty to attack him when
ever the administration is right
At the present price of gasoline the
man of moderate means may have to
lay up his car, but he still can afford
10 take a grease spot out Of his clothes
now and then.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

F. A $4,000 900 moving picture trust,
involving the largest film corpora
tons, and organized, of course, by
the Morgan interests, is the latest
proposition to hold up the public. Let
that gigantic deal through and then
watch the door admission jump.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

Former Governor A. o. Eberhart Of
Minnesota, who is well known in
Rock Island, is formally a candidate
for the republican nomination for
United States senator in the June pri-
rOarinc
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

Rags for paper-making were i'm
ported to the value of $3,41S,000 in
1913. and only $1,572,0O0 last year.
Europe wears its rags these "glor-
ious" days of war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

At the present price of gasoline the
man of moderate means may have to
lay up his car, but he still can afford
to take grease spot out of his
clothes now and then.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

George Harvey doesn't hate Mr. Will
son any more, but he still believes 1t
his duty to attack him whenever the
administration is right.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
Little Observations,

Charity covers a multitude Nv sim
ners who won't do work enough to
cover themselves.
1t is posserbul fur lightnin' to strike
twice in the same place pervidin' they's
anything left fur 1t to hit
While an inch amt much on a kite
string 1t would make an awful big
shown on the end Nv your nose-The
Earth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

Prominent progresslves go so far
as to indicate that when they select
a candidate there will be no obtec-
ton to republican votes for him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
Selected by Tavenner

seas, 33 days to transport 10000 men,
without equipment, across the Atlantic
from Quebec to Southampton.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS

GALL liars are not fishermen" OBJ
serves an exchange. Perhaps not. But
all fishermen are.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

DURING the past 10 years the
American people have chewed $685.
100000 worth OF gum. In the past Is
months most OF it has been used be-
fore the bulletin boards.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

Madam, you do not make yourself
plain If ! did you would not notice
me. Exchange.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

BEN Hampton, the tobacco mag
nate, is said to have signed Mary
Pickford for long term of years at
100000 per year. Smoke up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

did all the worrying by his lonesome.
THERE are still a few credulous
ones who are reluctant to believe that
the public was framed in the ring per-
Torrance at New York last Saturday
p. m. J. Willard has become one of
our greatest kidders. To be sure
Moran was needed to complete the
joke. Willard has 40 weeks circusing
ahead of him at $1,000 per. He
signed this contract months before his
meeting with Moran. If he lost to
the challenger of course the big top
engagement would have been off. Fig
ure it out yourself, neighbor.
ROOSEVELT declares he is a Ger.
man.American without the hyphen.
And the kaiser has a sore throat and
can't laugh.
CONGRESS has refused to reopen
the Cook-Peary North pole contro-
versy. Well, the doc got his name in
the papers, anyway.
THE guachar0, a bird resembling a
barn owl, was discovered in the West
Indies by 7. r. 1t lives in caves and
eats nuts. 1t did not harm the colonel,
however.
BOSTON woman lost $4,000 which
she had secreted in a stocking. We
knew those short skirts would bring
grief to somebody. 1t takes but one
look to locate the money, powder puff,
etc.
VILLA Increases His Band by
Force" Headline. There's a reason.
JEAN CrOnes must have run out of
stamps. The eastern newspapers
haven't printed letter from him in
more than two weeks. Or possibly
his manager has advised him to hold
his story for his vaudeville audiences.
THE European war has also been a
life-saver to many of our posing soci-
ETY. women who like to have the news
papers write stories Of their sacrifices
in behalf Of starving humanity. The
same women would slam the door in
the face of hungry neighbor. Re
lieving suffering is Commendable in
whatever form it may be offered, but
our American people with money to
alleviate the unfortunate ought first
take care of their own before sending
donations to Europe. Royalty over
there is fully able to protect those who
have been made hungry as a result of
war. The kings, not their subjects,
started the fire. Now let them settle
the insurance.
DR. Sole is chiropodist at Cleve-
land, Ohio. There are those who say
he is an unfeeling individual, profess
sionally, but, on the other hand, that
Gaylord Angel is just heavenly in his
dealings with his clients at Wellston
Ohio, he being lawyer there.
MY HOME TOWN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

DEBT Worries Women -Headline.
Hopeful sign. Heretofore the old man
did all the worrying by his lonesome.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

600 places; the total number of COM
mon schools is now over 400, and some
schools for higher education also have
been founded.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

THE guachar0, a bird resembling a
barn owl, was discovered in the West
Indies by 7. r. 1t lives in caves and
eats nuts. 1t did not harm the colonel,
however.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

BOSTON woman lost $4,000 which
she had secreted in a stocking. We
knew those short skirts would bring
grief to somebody. 1t takes but one
look to locate the money, powder puff,
etc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

CONGRESS has refused to reopen
the Cook-Peary North pole contro-
versy. Well, the doc got his name in
the papers, anyway.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

DR.. Sole is chiropodist at Cleve-
land, Ohio. There are those who say
he is an unfeeling individual, profess
sionally, but, on the other hand, that
Gaylord Angel is just heavenly in his
dealings with his clients at Wellston,
Ohio, he being a lawyer there.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

VILLA Increases His Band by
Force" Headline There's a reason.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28
THE ARGUS.

By THE J. W. POTTER co.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-03-28

ROOSEVELT declares he is Ger.
man.American without the hyphen.
And the kaiser has a sore throat and
can't laugh.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07

the county central committee in
each county and the precinct regis
trars be called for Saturday, May
6, at the county seat in each county
for the purpose of checking up the
registration so far made at that time
and endeavoring to ascertain how the
registration is proceeding, and after
having this information, that the
democratic organization in each coun-
ty, l. e., the precinct committeeman
and the registrars, put forth renewed
efforts during the rest of the registra-
ton period to register every qualified
elector who has not registered up to
that time.
THE democrats of the state must
see that every qualified elector is
registered under the provisions of
this act or at least they must make
every reasonable effort to secure the
registration of all qualified electors.
At a meeting of the registration in
each precinct, and you could then
determine in your county as to where
the work must be done in order to
get the electors registered during the
remainder of the registration period"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07
Splendid Laxative
for Elderly People
Has been Prescribed by Well
Known Physicians for
Many Years.

The infirmities of age are especially
manifest in a tendency to constipa-
ton, and call for treatment that will
afford relief in an easy, natural man.
ner. The rapid action of cathartic
remedies and purgatives that shock
the system, should be avoided, more
especially as the relief they offer is
only temporary and is usually more
than offset by disturbance to the vital
organs caused by their violent action
Nearly thirty years ago DR.. w. B.
Caldwell, Monticello, ILL.,, prescribed
compound of simple laxative herbs
that has since become the standard
household remedy in thousands of
homes. 1t acts easily and gently, yet
with positive effect, without gripping
or other pain, or discomfort. Mrs.
Rachel Allen, Galesburg, Kans., is sew
enty-one years old, and after using
bottle of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin,
wrote that it had done her a world of
good and that she intends to keep it
in the house always.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07
It Pays to Advertise.

Some time ago F. L. Vandegrift.
editor of The Earth" monthly
paper published and distributed by
the Rock Island lines, was in this
city obtaining data for a story. He
was furnished information about the
oil fields, farm lands and other re-
sources of the county, and in a leng-
thy article set forth these facts in
the last issue of the paper.
The result was almost instantan-
eous. The secretary of the chamber
of commerce has received up to date
five inquiries from as many states
about farm lands. to all of whom he
is mailing literature and addressing
a personal letter The advertising
resulting from the article in that
paper will be worth much to Ard
more and Carter county as it will
no doubt be the means of inducing
some good farmers from the north
to come and locate here. Secretary
West stated this morning that he
received five hundred copies of the
paper and was going to mail them to
prospective land purchasers in north
ern and eastern states, and he feels
confident that he will obtain good
results.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07
Church of Christ.

Evangelist w. NJ. Thompson will be
here and preach for us Sunday HOO
o'clock and evening. Bro. Thompson
is young, forceful and educational;
and we want to give him good hear
ing, and especially do we want to see
full representation of the church.
viii you please tell your neighbors
that our annual protracted month is
almost here, that Bro j. n. Arm
strong, president of the Cordel Chris
tian College is soon to be with us?
Yes, as our custom has been to spend
June in a protracted effort, we have
not made this an exceptional year,
and you viii please observe that we
open this effort the last Sunday in
this month. to continue through June.
This date was set year since, and as
the Lords money will be used in this
effort, will you now begin to mediate
as to how YOU can best be a worthy
subject of King Jesus? DO we realize
how many famished souls are in our
city. starving for the bread of life?
Brother, do you realize that you need
the Lord If so. the Lord needs you.
Let us have more individual effort then
hearts will be reached, and souls won
for Christ.
We want you at each service-we
are making special efforts in song,
personal work, prayer, and enthusiasm
so join us in this great work-be a
soul winner for Jesus-why not?
b. T. MUSGRAVE.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-05-07
SCRIPTURE
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Proverbs 2:1-9.


My son, if thou wilt receive my
words, and hide my commandments
with thee;
SO that thou incline thine ear unto
wisdom, and apply thine heart tc
understanding;
Yea, If thou criest after knowledge
and liftest up thy voice for under
standing;
If thou seekest her as silver, and
searchest for her as for hid treas
ures;
Then shalt thou understand the
fear of the Lord, and find the know
ledge of God.
For the Lord giveth wisdom; out of
his mouth cometh knowledge and un
derstanding.
He layeth up sound wisdom for the
righteous: he is a buckler to them
that walk uprightly.
He keepeth the paths of judgment
and preserveth the way of his saints
Then shalt thou understand right
eousness. and judgment, and equity
yea, every good path.