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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06
Notes of the Churches.

Large audiences have been attending
the special services this week in Trinity
Episcopal Church and have been edited
by the powerful sermons that have been
preached by Rev. Harry B. Lee. D. D.,
of Charlottesville, Va. DR.. Lee loves
the people of Shepherdstown, the home
of his boyhood days, and they have an
affection and respect for him that makes
them receptive in an unusual degree to
the message he brings. His sermons
have been filled with love and earnestness,
yet have been scathing in their denuncia-
ton of the evils that are prevalent and
the worldliness that undermines the
Spiritual life OF the people. Forceful and
logical but simple and plain in application,
it has been long time since our people
have heard more acceptable or helpful
sermons. The services will be continued
until Friday night, when the sermon will
be especially, though not exclusively, for
men. We urge every man in the COM
munity to attend and hear and heed the
minister. We wish that DR.. Lee could
be here another week, for he is impress
ing our people with his words of love and
wisdom and warning. We regret to note
that DR.. Lee was called to his home in
Charlottesville this morning by the death
OF his sons father-in-law. The services
will be finished by the local ministers.
There will be services in the Presby-
terrain Church Sunday, if Providence per-
mits. in Shepherdstown at II a. M. and
at Kearneysvile at 7.30 p. m. Evange-
listic services will be held in the Kearn-
eysville Presbyterian Church, beginning
Sunday night, January 9, continuing every
night during the week at 7.3O p. m, and
through the following Sunday. Rev. R.
V. Lancaster, of Hedgesville, will come
Monday, January 10, and preach every
night that week, and Sunday morning and
night. All are cordially invited to attend.
The topic suggested by the ministerial
association, for consideration at the mid
week service for the week beginning
January 9th is "The American Bible So
ciety's work among the Colored People
OF ihetE South" The reading suggested
for tsals Dsk &c Imke's Gospel, chapters
4, 20.
NJ E. Church South-Preaching by
the pastor at Bethesda at $50 a. m,
Uvilla II a. m. and Shepherdstown at 7
p. m. Sunday school 2 .. M, Epworth
Leagues at $50 and p. m.
Rev. Gluck, OF Martinsburg, will preach
in the Reformed Church at Kearneysville
Sunday afternoon at 2.30. The public is
cordially invited TO be present.
M. E. Church-Preaching Sunday in
Shepherdstown at II a. m, subject "The
Certainties OF the Future" Preaching in
SharpSburg at 7 p. m.
Rev. Absalom Knox will begin a pro-
tracted service Sunday night in the M.
E. Church South, to be continued next
week.
There will be preaching in Elk Branch
Church Sunday at II a. m. and IN Zion
Presbyterian Church at pm.
Lutheran-Holy communion Sunday in
Shepherdstown at II a. m. Service also
at 7 p. m.
Episcopal-Sevice Sunday in Shep-
herdstown at II a. m. and at Duffields at
p. m.
There will be service Sunday in the
Catholic Church at II a. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06

A waffle 81
Red Meas hall b. =
the ladies Of the h.
the benefit of the chuf!
Walter Stouffer has 20
to attend TO his duties o.
member of the Legislature
Percie Marrow, who has bee
Washington County Hospital TOT
time, is lying very seriously Ill, with
prospects OF recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. ] B. Baker and German
Marrow, of Woodland, CAL, remembered
their eastern relatives and friends at the
holidays by sending them gifts OF almonds
and raisins. Mr.. Baker sent from his
vineyard and orchard. Many thanks and
good wishes for happy and prosperous
New Year.
New years eve was celebrated by a
fantastic parade in autos, wagons, etc.
All passed off nicely, but at the midnight
hours the bells were rung and lots OF
shooting with guns and bombs. Several
beer kegs were loaded with dynamite in
the alley along the Reformed grave yard
and exploded, blowing the kegs to pieces
and breaking fences and telephone wires
and iniuring other property. which was
very wrong.
Josephus Gross killed on Christmas
day black snake that measured 5 feet 8
inches in length. The warm day brought
him out to get the benefit of the sun.
Quite a number Of visitors spent the
holidays here: Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd S:
Grove, of Norfolk, Va; Miss Nellie
Donovan, of Brunswick Misses Agnes
and Edna Koontz, of RoxburY; Mr.. and
Mrs. George Nose, Of Hagerstown FL
mer Benner, of Berkeley, w. Va; Els
worth Roulette, of Baltimore; Clayton
Poffenberger, of Baltimore; VIM. Hines,
of Morgantown; Leo Smith, OF Bluefield /;
Harry Jackson, of Roanoke; Joseph
Hines and wife, of Roanoke Mary SUI
man, of Hagerstown, and many others.
The Red Mems order has been con-
Quoting a fair during the holidays and
will continue il this week.
Earl Vickers, who just returned from
Illinois, has gone back and will make his
home in the west.
Cyrus Munson lost by death his old
family horse, "Old Toby" 70 years old.
Charles Leatherman also lost a horse,
which got down in his stable and had TO
be shot.
R. F. Delaney and his sons Robert
and Theodore spent the holidays in
Philadelphia with his daughter, Mrs. Ivan
Renner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Ditto have returned
from their wedding trip TO st. Augustine,
Florida.
An entertainment for the benefit OF ST.
Paul's Episcopal Church will be given in
the Red Mems hall on the evenings OF
January 18th and 22d. The programme
will include juvenile operetta founded
upon Grimm's well-known fairy story OF
"Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs.
and "The Spinsters' Convention"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06

The temperance forces propose to
wage vigorous fight for prohibition al
the present session of Congress. Any
West Virginia Congressman who refuses
to support temperance legislation VIII De
a traitor, for tbare's no room tor douota s
TO THO sentiment of their constituents in
mis- State,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06

ALTHOUGH he is usually amiable, for
mer President Taft seems to be real
peeved on the subject OF politics. He
expresses his willingness to see the Re-
publican party 90 to defeat this year rather
than yield one iota TO Col. Roosevelt and
the Progressives.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06

"MARYLAND faces the new year con-
fidently," observes the Baltimore SUM-
This is what we call genuine optimism,
for Maryland is also facing deficit OF a
couple of million dollars and has before
il the report OF a vice commission that is
most appalling.
The one thing that Marylanders should
confidently face is the nope OF eliminating
the liquor traffic that is such a curse to
that State.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06

Rev. L. A. Bush, who for the past
twelve years has been pastor Of the Luth-
eran Church at Boonsboro, Md, has re-
signed to accept call from Lutheran
congregation at Belleville. Pa. He
preached his farewell sermon on Sunday
Iact
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06
KIDNEY MEDICINE DISSOLVES
GRAVEL STONES.

DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root sells well
with us because il invariably produces
good results in Kidney, Liver and Blad-
der troubles. We sold dollar bottle to
one of the inmates of our Soldiers Home
near here, and after using il he brought
in about one dozen gravel stones some as
large as pea, which he had passed. He
states that he obtained wonderful relief
from the use OF Swamp-Root.
ERNEST A. BROWN,
Lafayette, Ind.
Personally appeared before me this 18th
Of July, 1909, Ernest A. Brown, OF the
Brown Drug Co., who subscribed the
above statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in fact.
DAVID BRYAN, Notary Public.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06

SOMEHOW a good many hopeful Re-
publicaus in West Virginia are shy about
announcing their politicalambitions. They
are afraid of each otier more than they
are afraid of the Democrats. And yet the
Democrats have line chance to win this
wear.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06

The advocates OF preparedness now
claim that we ought TO have navy as
great as any two OF the European powers
In order TO be ready for trouble. ln
other words, Uncle Sam should go about
with chips on both shoulders.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-01-06
Letter to
DR.. kllrDeT q Co.,
BInahomton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will

Prove What SWamp.KoOt VIII
Do For You.
Send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, for sample size
bottle. II will convince anyone. You
will also receive a booklet of valuable
information, telling about the kidneys and
bladder. When writing, be sure and
mention the ShepherdstoWn Register.
Regular fifY-cent and one-dollar size
bottles for sale at all drug stores.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
BOY BURGLAR SMILES
HIS WAY TO LIBERTY

Leo Spears, boy burglar, smiled his
way into the hearts of the entire po-
lice force, won forgiveness from the
three women whose home he burglar
lied three weeks ago and today was
released when they announced they
would not prosecute him.
The 16-year-old boy plainly showed
that he was only the victim of an I'M
fortunate acquaintanceship he had
made with Harry Fletcher. From the
time Detective Cox took charge of him
in Ottumwa until today, when he de-
parted for his home, he was always
on the square with the plain clothes
man. He was given the liberty of the
police station and never made an at
tempt to get away.
Today the detective took him to the
home of Mrs Bertha D. Hoffman. Miss
Anna E. Bailey and Miss Marie A.
Koch, 1884 Twentieth street, where
the burglary occurred. He promised
the women that he would be good in
the future and form no other bad &C
quaintanceships. They consented to
drop the matter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
SMEDLEY DECLARED
NOT TO BE INSANE

Medical commission in county court
this morning, composed of DR.. W. A.
Crooks and Dr. J. R. Hollowbush, re-
ported to Judge n. A. Larson that Ray
W Smedley, assistant in the chief
clerks office at the United States en-
gineers' headquarters, who is charged
with the larceny of $50 worth of paper
from the federal building, is not in
sane
Inqusition into his sanity was held
in an attempt to find il possible, the
cause Of some of the queer actions of
Smedley. 1t had been thought by rel
atiyes that perhaps he had become ad-
dicted to the use of drugs, but the
medical commission could find no evil
dence to support this contention.
Following the dismissal Of the in
sanity petition, Smedley was returned
to county jail and his preliminary
hearing in police court, which was set
for today, was continued for week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
Mrs. August T. Sehnprt.

Mrs. August F. Sehnert, 81 years of
age, and a lifelong resident of this
city, died at 2:55 yesterday afternoon
at her home, 1104 Third street. Mrs.
Sehnert had been i'll five days with
pneumonia. Prior to that time she was
in her usual good health and the news
Of her sudden passing comes as a Sc
we're shock among her host of friends.
Mrs. Sehnert was born in Rock Is
land, Nov. is. 1878. She received
her education in the public schools of
the city. Her maiden name was Miss
Tillie Osenberg and she was united
in marriage to August f. Sehnert Is
years ago in this city. Mrs. Sehnert
was an active member of the German
Evangelical church.
Besides her husband she leaves four
sons. Raymond. William, August and
Joseph, all at home; four sisters,
Mrs. William Wilkins. Edgington, and
Mrs. Annie Geiger, Mrs. Minnie Arp
and Mrs. Mary Paulsen. all of Rock
Island, and a brother, William Osen-
berg, Owen, Wis.
Funeral services will be conducted
Monday afternoon at > O'Clock at the
home. 1104 Third street. Rev. F. j.
Rolf officiating. Burial will be in
ChippiannOck cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
MEAT INJURIOUS
TO THE KIDNEYS
Take a Tablespoonful of
Salts if Back Hurts or
Bladder Bothers.

We are a nation OF meat eaters cd
our blood is filed with uric acid, says
q we'll known authority, who warns
us to be constantly on guard against
kidney trouble.
The kidneys do their utmost to free
the blood Of this irritating acid. but
become weak from the overwork; they
get sluggish; the elIminative tissues
clog and thus the waste is retained In
the blood to poison the entire system.
When your kidneys ache and feel
like Jumps Of lead and you have stins-
ing pains In the back or the urine 10
cloudy, full OF sediment or the bladder
Is irritable, obliging you to seek re-
lief during the night; when you have
severe headaches nervous and dizzy
spells sleeplessness acid stomach or
rheumatism in bad weather get from
your pharmacist abcut four ounces OF
Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in q
glass of water before breakfast each
corning and in a few days your kid
neys will act fine. This famous salts
is made from the acid OF grapes and
lemon juice combined with lithia and
has been used for generations to flush
and stimulate ciogged kidneys to neu-
tralize the acids in urine so it is no
longer a source OF irritation thus end.
ing urinary and bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and can.
lot injure; makes delightful effer.
vescent lithia water drink and nobody
can make a mistake by taking little
occasionally to keep the kidneys clean
and active
Harper House pharwacy.-lAdvl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
SQUAD NIGHT men
RECEWE.A SHOCK
Well Planned Raid On House OF Ill
Repute Is Executed, But Pa.
trOlmen Find No Women.
LOCATE TWO MEN IN THE PLACE
Police, Puzzled Over Absence of Girls,
Believe They Made Hasty Exit
On Hearing Approach.

The night police squad received a
shock last night. Four officers headed
by Captain kittilsen stealthily crept
in the rear door of an alleged house OF
i'll repute near Thirty-first street and
Fifth avenue, and gasped.
Then they ransacked the place
Every room they visited added another
surprise to the series. Finally they
ran onto two men. But that was all.
Not woman was to be found.
The men were taken to headquar-
tiers and questioned. They were I'M
able to give satisfactory explana
ton of how they came to be in the
house. Despite the lack of evidence to
show that the house was one of dis
repute the men were each fined S. and
costs today on charges of being in
mates of house of ill fame They
gave the names of r. J. Wilson and
J. Carlson and said they live in
Davenport
Police are puzzled today. They
claim to have had bonafide assur
ances that the house was running wide
open. They are unable to explain
how it came to be that the men were
in the house and no women were
found 1t is possible that the womel
heard the officers coming and made
a hasty exit. Police did not say
whether there were any womcn's
clothes found in the place. Patrol
men kell, Clayton and Smith were
with Captain Kittilsen.
Second Incident.
| In a former instance several year.
ago when a general raid of dives il
Rock Island was staged by the polio
at night only few arrests were made
In most of the houses the inmate
had fed, leaving their clothes behind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
may FESTIVAL IS
BEST EVER GIVEN
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
Gives Last of Programs Before
Big Audience.

| Closing one of the most successful
/ festivals ever given in the tri-cities,
the Minneapolis Symphony orchestra
last evening at the Davenport coli
scum was greeted by an audience that
well filled the spacious room. OF the
three concerts given in two days by
the orchestra it would be hard to Sc
| lect the best, each program contain
| ing so much that was good and en-
| joyable. The program last evening
was the heaviest of the three, how
ever, and was especially interesting to
| the student Of serious music. The big
number of the program was the
Tschaikowsky symphony No. in f
minor, OPP Sc, the orchestra giving the
| four movements. 1t is a composition
that requires many hearings to appre-
ciate all its beauties, but the first
hearing leaves a deep, lasting impress
sion of perfect harmony and beautiful
melody. The opening number was
my Jubilee" by Chadwick, played in
! the same splendid manner that has
| characterized all the numbers by the
orchestra Albert Lindquest, tenor,
| Miss Leonora Allen, soprano, and
! Cornelius Van Vliet, cello, we're solo
| lists of the evening and took their re-
spective parts with true musicianship.
! Mr.. Lindquest had been heard here on
previous occasions and lived up to the
reputation gained at those times, sing
| ing in splendid voice, Celeste Aida
| by Verdi and responding with IF You
| See My Sweetheart to the demands
of the audience for an extra number,
| Miss Allen has a voice of excellent
quality. She has good technical abil-
| ity and much temperament Her of
| fering was an aria from Louise by
Charpentier and upon being recalled
sang Little Grey Dove" Cornelius
VanVliet is an artist of great ability
and talent, playing with beautiful tone,
d perfect legato and remarkable tech
/ mic, in fact giving a performance that
was far above the ordinary. He was
recalled again and again, and even
! then his audience was not satisfied.
! The other numbers given by the or
| chestra were: "Finlandia,' by Sebe-
Illus and "Quolema." Sebelius, and the
prelude Die Meistersinger" by Wag-
| ner.
The afternoon program was splend-
! idly given, Miss Jean Vincent Cooper
! contralto, and Louis kreidler. bari
| tone. giving the solo nun jers AS a
the other two programs the orches
| ira played magnificently under the
| artistic Interpretation of the leader
! Emil Oberhoffer. who with his meI
was given what amounted to an oya
ton. The big number of the program
was Schubert's Unfinished symphony
in B minor, which composition will be
one of those to be presented by the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
PERSONAL POINTS

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. NJ. Taxman, Cos
Twenty-sixth street, this morning re-
ceived a message announcing the birth
of a son TO Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wal
ter of Nashville, Tenn. The mother be-
fore her marriage was Miss Celia Tax
man Of this city
DR.. r. B. Williams has returned
from Normal, H., where he officiated
yesterday afternoon at the funeral OF
Rev. T. W. McVety.
Carl ]. Mueller left yesterday for
Louisville. Ky. to attend the Derby.
City superintendent E. Fisher
left yesterday afternoon for a few
days business visit to Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13

State of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
ty, SIS
In the county court of said county.
To the April term. A. d. 1916.
WARRANT NO. $40.
Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested, that the board of To-
cal improvements of the city Of Rock
Island, Illinois, has filed in the coun-
ty court of Rock Island county certi-
ficate of the cost of the improvement
entitled in said court. In re petition
of the city of Rock Island, Illinois, to
assess the cost of the improvement
of Eighth avenue from Ninth to
Nineteenth streets, by eXcavating,
grading, curbing, and by paving
the same with brick blocks. ."
and said certificate also shows
the court costs, the amNInt of
accrued interest and the total amount
of said assessment, and said certifi-
cate also states that the said improve
ment conforms substantially to the
requirements of the original ordinance
for the construction of the same, as
required by law, and that final hear
ing on said certificate will be had on
the 29th day of May A. d. 1916, at
o'clock a. m, or as soon thereafter
as the business OF the court will per
nit.
All persons desiring may file oh
jections in said court before said day,
and may appear at the hearing and
make their defense.
Dated this 18th day of May, A d.
1916.
WILLIAM McCONOCHE,
President,
n. JUHL. secretary,
WALLACE TREICHLER,
Member.
Board Of local improvements OF the
IL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
POLICE RAID HOUSE
AND ARREST QUINTET

Police raided house on Sixteenth
street between First and Second ave-
nue. at O'Clock this afternoon and
arrested d keeper and four inmates
The keeper gave the name of Jessie
Lea and paid $40 on the charge of be-
ing keeper of a house of i'll fame The
inmates were each fined So and costs
and gave the names of Sadie Brown,
Olive Worth, Helen Price and Bessie
Johnson
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
MILAN

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Schmitz OF Let's
Iowa, visited with Mr. and Mrs. j. II
Crisswell Tuesday and Wednesday.
Margaret Carnaghan spent Wednes-
day in Moline with her sister and fam
lily.
Mrs. ]. c. Johnston is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Fred Railsback this
week.
Milan chapter No. 326 o. T. S, held
a special meeting to initiate candi-
dates Thursday evening. over forty
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13

Tri-City Symphony orchestra on its
first appearance in concert, May 20.
The Tri-City Musical association is
well pleased with the success of the
festival and is encouraged in continu-
ing its work in2the interest of the best
in music The public has given good
support and registered its approval of
the efforts of the association along
these lines.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
Obituary
Funeral of Mrs. Caroline S. Shaffer

nneral or MRS. caroline ;. Shaffer.
Funeral of Mrs. Caroline Shaffer was
held at , O'Clock yesterday afternoon at
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank
White, 1927 Eighteenth avenue, and at
$50 at the German Methodist church.
Rev. Edward Hardy was in charge of
the services. Burial was in Chippian-
mock cemetery. The pallbearers were:
Otto Miller, Fred Shaffer. Seymour
Shaffer, John Shaffer. Robert Shaffer
and John Lamp, all grandsons of the
deceased.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
GYB110f}
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.

Buy nome OF Reldy Bros.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express, call William Trefz.
Graham's dancing school. Daven-
port 5994W.
The water in the Mississippi has
fallen to such an extent that it is now
possible to reach the detention hOspl-
tai in the west end of the city, without
boots and food conditions there will
soon be alleviated. For over week
DR.. c. T. Foster, city health physician
has been forced to don hip boots tC
attend his patients.
Nine new members were taken in at
the monthly meeting of the board of
directors of the Rock Island club, held
last evening. Only routine matters
came up for consideration
Hardy ferns. Order from Young &
McCombs or Harper House flower
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-05-13
CARBON CLIFF

Mr.. and Mrs. P. Florin and family,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Young and son Rus
sell, motOred to Davenport and Rock
Island Saturday for a pleasure trip.
The Misses Ella and Margaret
O'Donnell were week end callers at
Moline
Mrs DIN A. Stipp entertained Is
ladies of the Aid society of the M. E.
church at the Hennigan hall Friday
from . to 5 D. m. At the close of the
meeting she served the ladies with ice
cream and cake.
Charles Slater was a Rock Island
business caller Thursday
Mrs. Richard Payton and Mrs. Ray
mond Swastley of Moline visited the
formers daughter-in-law, Mrs. Albert
d. Payton, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Laughery spent
the past week at East Moline visiting
at the homes of Mr. Laughery's
nephews, Ed. Devol and j. R. Newton.
The Misses Peak and Bledsoe of
Rock Island visited the high school
the latter part of the week.
George Weitz of Morris visited sew
eral days with his brother, Louis
WeitZ.
Mrs. Daniel Jones and son Richard
visited the tri-cities Saturday.
Mrs. Martha Hampson of Rock Is
land visited Sunday at the home Of her
son, Leroy Hampson.
Mrs. P W. BeckWith and Mrs. l.. E.
Beckwith of Davenport and Frank Bay
of Moline visited at the home of John
Holland the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Young gave a
charming surprise party at their home
on Third street Wednesday, May 10th,
in honor of Peter Florin's 18th birth
day. Delicious refreshments were
served in the dining room. The table
center piece was a large birthday
cake with IS candles. The decorations
were white and purple lilacs.