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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

DENT Run Grlong now, chll'un an
buy dat lily an bring it ter me
maybe yo' old Aunt Dnah done bet
tab so erlong wild you-all ter see dat
yo' gifts a good one, huh?"
But Helen didn't want her 10; she
wished TO select the plant herself,
thinking that in that way, somehow,
it would make the gift all the more
her very own and Mary's.
So. holding fast 10 her little pocket
book, in which were seventy-three
cents, the total of their savings, Helen
set out for the florists, leading Mary
by the hand and telling her how care
full they must be to look at every lily
plant for sale and be sure to select the
very prettiest one for Mamma.
And. goodness me. what a beauti-
full lot of flowers the florist had. In
side the store. Easter flowers were
banked in profusion: and he had even
put up wooden stands right outside
his shop and had lilies and pansies
and hyacinths and asters and violets
and. it seemed, every kind of flower
! that grows set in rows on them, so
| that the purchaser might walk slowly
along and find just the flower he
wanted
| The two little girls looked and
looked and-looked. And the longer
( they looked the less able were they
to decide which Iily-plant they wanted.
/ Il fink OATS des a booful one!" lit
tie Mary would exclaim, pointing her
chubby finger at a graceful lily, nod
ding on its long stem.
But see this one, Nary! Helen
would cry out. pointing to still larger
and more beautiful one.
So, round and round the room they
went in their search. And presently
they came to one which was far and
away the most wonderful lily-plant
they had ever seen.
oh" cried Helen.
| oh" echoed Mary.
That settled it-that was the one
they would buy for Mamma.
Just then the fat, jolly-faced ole
florist himself came walking down the
aisle.
Please" said Helen, in her mos
grown-up manner. well take tina
one. 1 can carry it If you will wrap i
up for US"
$3.50" said the florist. Dot Il
der yum you vandt, yah? Veil, veil
dot yum cost him four dollars und-'
OH" cried Helen. waiting to heal
no more. "Oh-oh-oh!" And witt
each oh" her misery and disappoint
ment were more apparent, ooh
Mary! We've got only seventy-thret
cents and-and-!" And Helen be
gan to cry.
Mary did, also. Not that she knew
the real difference between seventy
three cents and four dollars and some
more cents-but Helen was crying
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

babe them 20 with him.
First he led them to the rabbits,
cage-and. sure enough, there in ana
corner was a pile Of red and blue and
green and pink ones. And then UncIa
Paul felt certain they would find a
few more hid about the house. Tho,
did, too. And what q merry time thew
had looking for them in all sorts q,
queer hiding places.
IL know how the rabbits colored
these eggs" spoke up Sammy pres
emily.
you do?" exclaimed Uncle PAM
well, well. how can that be ?"
1T wasn't any rainbow, either~
Sammy continued. Il don't believs
such fairy story like that. YoD sas
l put a lot of pieces of colored rao.
and some Of fathers paints in a eor-
ner of the woodshed, and I took .ba
rabbits up to them and pointed on.
all the different colors. They knew
what l meant, because they nodded
their heads and Raoul winked at me,
Now, I guess l know all about itp
Il dare say dare say" replied
Uncle Paul. "Or. at least. you know
as much about It as anyone does. But
my young man, suppose the rabbits
haven't any rags or any paints? What
then? How do they color their Easter
eggs?"
Sammy was "stumped." He hadn't
thought of that. And he could not
answer the question.
Can you? That is, Of course, IL rab.
bits really do bring the Easter eggs.
as the French children believe.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22
White Rabbits AND Colored Eggs

bothered by the other rabbits. Raoul
didn't mind in the least being carried
that way; for it didn't hurt him at all.
Wait until Easter morning" said
Uncle Paul. with a mysterious shake
of his head. Walt! You have never
seen such wonderful Easter eggs as
these rabbits of ours will bring?"
Rabbits? Bring Easter eggs?"
cried Jane. why. why Uncle
Paul."
Sammy and Jane were astonished.
Rabbits bring Easter eggs How could
that be? And yet. come to think
about it, they never had known where
their Easter eggs did come from. They
had never tried to find out. Always,
on Easter morning, there had been
small basket of eggs for each of them
on the table in the living room.
How do the rabbits make some of
them red and blue and pink and all
those colors?" asked Sammy.
"Ah!" cried Uncle Paul. "Ah!
That is just it, my little man, How do
they do it? Now, l think I under
stand how they get the pink ones. At
least people say they rub the eggs on
their pink ears-and that makes them
pink"
Jane gasped for breath; and Sammy
sat with his mouth wide open in
lamazement.
Mind you. children" continued
Uncle Paul. queer little smile play
ing about the corners of his mouth,
Il don't say this is SOL merely re-
late what has been told me-"
How about the gold ones?" asked
Jane.
/ From the buttercups, my dear"
/ answered Uncle Paul promptly.
! Il had a purple one last year" sug-
gested Sammy.
Uncle Paul sat very still. thinking
deeply. Well" he said at last, II
must confess that do not know where
the other colored eggs come from.
but I have heard it said that all rab-
bits know a secret pathway to the end
of the rainbow and that it is there they
dye their Easter eggs, thus making
them any color they like"
And Uncle Paul went off laughing.
Then came Easter morning. And
to the amazement of the children
there were no baskets of Easter eggs
on the living room table for them. But
Uncle Paul winked at them slyly and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

distributed to all parts Of the land.
But to return to the stately lily
on its native heath. There have al
seems. When Bermudez landed on
the island in 1922 he found the lily
there in profusion, but, of course, in
a wild state. Now the cultivation of
the lily is one OF the chief occupa-
tons Of Bermuda.
The celebration of Easter there
would indeed be no celebration with
out the lily. 1t sheds its perfume and
smiles its golden smile on all sides
The affairs, chancels and walls of the
churches are literally buried in the
fragrant blooms. And even the
houses, both inside and out, are load
ed with them.
There is a pretty legend about the
lily and love in Bermuda that is in
teresting. Way, way back in the
long ago, 1t runs, a young man was
passing through field of lilies. Ac-
cidentally, he stepped upon one and
bruised it. Now the young man was
in love with a maid and feared that
his love was not returned. He looked
down at the broken plant and it
seemed to him to be symbolic of his
own heart.
So. tenderly, he dug up the plant,
bound the broken stem to a splint
and re-planted it in the yard of his
own home. where he nursed it care
fully until it bloomed again, And
it put forth an exquisitely beautiful
flower.
Then he dug 1t up once more and,
under cover of darkness, re-planted
it in the yard of his lady love. But,
it seems, she saw him while engaged
in his tender task and, finding out
the whole story of his kindness to the
lily since first he trod upon it in the
field, she concluded that such an act
was an indication of his true charac-
ter. And straightWay she consented
to marry him.
From that time on, 1t has been the
custom for a lover to plant a lily
in the yard of the house where his
lady-love dwells. And If she tends
and cares for it, he takes it as a
sign that she is ready to return his
love and accept his proposal Of mar
rage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22
y c0Hanma's Easter Lily Il

z UST as Christmas without gifts
and Santa Claus would seem a
very doleful occasion. so Easter
~ without the gorgeous lily-frag-
rant pure and beautiful-would seem
not Easter at all. Now little Helen
had not put it in precisely those
words; but She had wondered how
strange Easter would seem If there
were no pretty lilies around the house,
And suppose-oh. Just suprose-that
on Sunday when all the children gath
cred in the big church 20 sing their
Easter carols. suppose then that the
altar was not a mass of Easter lilies!
Why. it wouldn't be Easter, it just
couldn't be Easter!
Always, at Helen's house on Easter,
they had flowers And there was a
lily for each member of the family.
Two big ones-in their big pots which
were carefully wrapped with green
crepe paper 80 that the ugly brown
was hid-were for Papa and Mamma
And then a smaller one for Helen,
and very small one for Mary, five
years old but. If you please, quite the
And even old Aunt Dinah. the cook.
wasn't forgotten. for she, too. had her
Easter lily.
Now, for many many weeks, Helen
and Mary had been saving their pen
MES and their nickels, for this Easter
was to be a very especial one. Many
were the times the two conspirators
had put their little heads together and
talked in whispers of their plan, their
great surprise" You see, Helen had
thought it would be oh. so nice for
them to buy an Easter lily for Mamma
and TO give 1t to her on Easter
Morn as gift of love from her two
children.
And now-on the day before Easter
when the two little girls went out
for their afternoon walk, they were to
buy Mammals plant. At the last min
ute Helen had seen that old Aunt
Dinah would have to be told about il,
for the lily had to be purchased that
afternoon. since the florists shop on
the corner would be closed on Easter
Sunday; and. besides, some one had to
keep the lily and hide 1t all during
Saturday night so that it would indeed
be surprise" for Mamma the next
day.
Lan's sakes, now amt dat jes toe
prescriptions in you chil'un 'sprisin
yo' Ma dat away. She jest gwine be
plumb tickled ter death! All jes
reckon yo' ole Aunt Dinah gwine take
pertic'lar good keer OBJ dat Easter lily
TO you all. Jes you glib it ter me an
All done hide it down in de back airy
way whar it am nice an cool-and
termorrer mo'nin' dat lily gwine perB
up an say Happy Easter ter you
Mamma. an many oh dem: thank We
ma am. same ter you an many oil
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

and-and-boo-hoo we have only
seventy-three cents and-and-and-'
'Himmel Is dot ALL" cried the old
florist. his face lighting up with
wonderful smile. and his voice ringing
merrily. "Is dot all? Veil, veil, you
come nit me der door ouid und l
show you'll show YOU"
And taking each little girl by the
hand, he led them to one of the
wooden stands on the sidewalk.
Now! Now" he said in just the
jolliest and proudest and kindliest
voice imaginable, you look at desc
und see what you like und-yah, look
at dot one-see, der one nit der paper
wrapped around him-yah, vot you
tink of him? Ach, vot a beauty"
And he reached up and carefully lift
ed a lily-plant down from its place
on the stand.
Helen stopped weeping and looked;
and so did Mary. Really, it was a
beautiful flower. Not quite SO large,
maybe, as the one inside. But that
one, you see, was a very fine one.
Moreover, the regular price for the
ones on the stand was a dollar and a
half apiece-though the kind old for
list said nothing about that.
Further, when they had nodded
their heads that they would take it,
and when Helen had counted out the
money into his big hand, he laughed
and handed her back all but fifty
cents of it! Then he carefullyfucked
the flower-pot under her arm and
showed her just how to carry it SO as
not to injure the tender flowers.
They thanked him and started for
home. And he waved his hand to them
until they had walked nearly to the
next corner.
Old Aunt Dinah was waiting for
them, and she let them in the back
gate so that Mamma would not see
| them come in the front way.
| The next morning? Goodness me,
wasn't Mamma surprised! At first
she couldn't imagine where the extra
| lily had come from. But when she
| did she threw her arms around her lit
| tie daughters and kissed them and
| Rugged them and-indeed yes, indeed
it was happy Easter morn in that
| house!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

Tommy his
little Easter chicks
cutting out the black spots and lifting them together.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

EASTER FLOWER PUZZLE.
!. Srunasics.
2. Ctihanyhs.
.. Lutpis.
4. Eazala.
8. Dahayregn.
s. Otileys
SPIRIT OF EASTER.
If the following words of six letters
each are written one below another
the two central letters of each will
spell the spirit of Easter.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

which are carefully wrapped and
packed for shipment to this and other
countries. The second is the gather
ing of hardy young plants which are
wrapped in soft paper and moist earth
and then packed in boxes for ship
ment abroad.
And the third crop. the delectable
flower itself, is for home consumption
In Bermuda's elaborate celebration of
Easter. So far as our country Is
concerned most of the lilies are ship
ped to New York. whence they are
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22


it nice to have an Uncle; and
even nicer to have one who had
~ lived for many, many years in
far-off Paris. But. incest of all, to
have such a nice uncle as Uncle Paul
proved to be from the very moment
he arrived to spend whole year with
his brother. their father.
Uncle Paul was such fun! And he
had such queer foreign" ways! "Mes
petite enfants" he'd call them and
pinch their ears. meaning my little
children" Always, he was ready for
frolic, or long walk in the woods,
or quiet hour just before bedtime.
when he would tell them of all the
interesting and strange things he had
seen in Paris-before this cruel war
which is now raging over all Europe.
But. one day, several weeks before
Easter, Uncle Paul sent Sammy and
Jane into the seventh heaven of de-
light" as the grown-ups sometimes
say. He brought home - well, per-
haps it would be better to tell 1t as the
children saw it.
Jane. happy, pretty, smiling Jane,
slipped noiselessly into the kitchen
on the lookout for a stray cookie. or
even a piece of buttered breadand
suddenly stopped stock-still, her little
hands appraised in gesture of amaze
ment and her brown eyes big as sau-
GERS.
And with reason, too; for there on
the kitchen table was market basket
filled with soft green leaves and
grasses and squirming around in the
greens were four of the cunningest lit
tie white rabbits one ever saw.
oh" cried Jane. And again.
"Oh," Then she fairly few to
the kit h n door. IS m m "!
Sa-a-am-my!" she called to her
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

and that was quite sufficient reason
for her TO cry, too.
$3.50 -o-o." said the kindly old
florist bending down and patting
Helen on the shoulder. "Vot you cry
for, leedle girl? Ach. Doand do 1t!
Shtop it! Tell me yet what der
drouble ISIS und MAYBE l fix him for
you"
"Oh. OH" walled Helen. We've
want to buy a lily for our Mamma
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

A TRAVELLER hired by the
n day
An ass to take him on his way
The owner also as a guide
To lead or walk along beside.
At noon upon the desert free
No shade appeared of bush or tree;
And where they paused to rest and
There was no refuge from the heat.
The traveller stretched him in the shade
That by the donkey's form was
made
Upon the sand. enough for one
To get protection from the sun.
Get up. you fool!" the owner cried.
The beast is only yours to ride.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

Enough for him to carry you.
Thou didst not hire his shadow, too.
lis mine to rest my weary feet.
And have respite from the heat.
The traveller said. Who ever heard
A proposition so absurda
His shadow is of course his own.
And while | hire him. mine alone."
In anger then the traveller rose.
And with the owner came to blows.
The ass, forgotten in the fray.
Kicked up his heels and ran away.
When over shadows men will fight
They lose the substance of the right.
A quarrel over trihing things.
May ruin families or kings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

I. Openings betWeen TWO interest
ing lines.
2. One who trades.
3. OF the nature of line.
4. A girls name
Answers.
EASTER FLOWER PUZZLE: J.
NdrciSSuS; 2, HydcinthS;; 3, Tulips; 4,
Azaled; 5, Hydranged; 6, Violets.
SPIRIT OF EASTER: Gladness. /
Angels; 2, Trader; 3. Linear; 4. Bes,
sic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22

But can you imagine Whole fields Of
them nodding and swaying in the
gentle breeze? They grow that way
in Bermuda, the home of the Easter
lily, acres and acres of them as far
as the eye can see.
1t is said that over two million lily
plants are grown each year in Ber-
muda; and there lily can be picked
at nearly any season of the year
Three times each year the crop is har-
vested-in January, again in Febru
airy and, lastly. during the week which
precedes Easter.
The first crop consists of the bulbs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-04-22
Home Of the
Easter Flowers

"T this season Of the year, the
III Easter lily is to be seen in
florists windows, carefully
nurtured in pots and boxes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-17

They have reared monuments of
marble and granite to commemorate
the virtues and the valor of the SOL
diers of the South. Everywhere and
on all occasions they have more than
measured up to the full standard of
duty nobly done to the living and to
the dead The memory of the Con-
federate soldier can never perish from
the earth as long as men cherish the
virtues of courage, honor, and love
of country
The deeds of heroism performed by
the Confederate soldier will live in the
literature of all lands after the granite
monuments erected to his memory
have crumbled into dust.
repeat that his fame is secure by
reason of what he dared and what
he achieved.
1t is fitting that on this Memorial
Day all over the South our people
should gather to pay their tribute OF
love to his memory and to decorate
their graves with choicest flowers. but
it seems to me that this Memorial
Day should be made the occasion for
deep and reverent gratitude to God
for the lofty and unselfish patriotism,
as we'll as the supreme courage,
which characterized the people of the
South during the Civil War. 1t ought
ing the love of country in all our
hearts, for appealing to the higher
and better instincts of our people to
cease from. petty and factional strife,
and to devote their time and their
substance to the education of our
citizenship, to the promotion and ad-
vancement Of the moral and spiritual
welfare of all our people, that it
should be made the occasion for
quickening the conscience of our peo-
pie into a higher conception of civic
and religious life, and when this is
done our future will be worthy of our
past, and we may look forward to a
South Carolina free and emancipated
from discord and strife among her
own people, and to citizenship edu-
Gated, cultured and enlightened from
the mountains to the sea, rich in ma
terial prosperity, gloriously rich in
moral worth, sublimely rich in spirit
ual and intellectual greatness.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-17
FLAMES CLAIM COTTON,
One Hundred and Fifty Bales Burn at
Johnston.

Johnston.
Johnston, May 11.-what might
have resulted in a most disastrous
five began here about 1890 o'clock
yesterday morning, caused from
sparks of a shifting freight.
The large warehouse and the
freight depot which is a wooden
structure occupy central location
and between these two was a large
wooden platform, containing $50
ltales of cotton.
The sparks ignited the cotton and
owing to the long drought it burned
quickly.
The town has no waterworks hence
there was no way other than to work
by hand to extinguish this fire. The
men and boys fought the fire hero
ically, but the emergency barrels of
water We're soon used up and a water
brigade was formed. The heat was
so intense that several of the men
were so overcome, medical aid was
called.
The entire platform and all the
cotton was burned but the wooden
freight depot was saved. This build
ing contained hundreds of bales of
cotton.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-17
AND ENGINEERING.
Special Topics for Study OF Citizen
Soldiers, at Fort OsIcthorpe Train
ing. Camp.

Fort OSlethOrpe, May 11.-Field ar
tillery work and army engineering to-
day proved the most interesting fea-
lures of elective courses at the South
ern military training camp here. ac-
cording to the number enrolled in
these classes. The SO or more South
ern and Eastern business and profess
tional men who preferred artillery
training spent the afternoon under
the direction of United States army
officers studying aiming and loading
modern 8 and Al inch field guns.
Artillery practice will begin soon.
Several large groups of citizen SOL.
dicrs spent four hours today around
sand tables where they were instruct
ed in the design and construction of
barbed wire entanglements and tho
various types of trenches. Others
were practicing the army signal corps
wigwag signalling code.
Cavalry was kept in the saddle and
infantry on the march all the morn
ing. Frederick Aver, Jr., of Boston,
suffered serious facial wound when
his horse fell during high jump in
an obstacle drill. A spectacle glass
was smashed into Ayers cheek, and
he was sent to the hospital.
Seventy-three employees of the Ten
nessee Coal, Iron & Railroad COM
pany Of Birmingham arrived today
and donned the regulation army uni
form to begin infantry drills.
Princeton, Harvard, Vanderbilt,
University of Georgia, and Georgia
Tech alumni have begun the organiza-
tion of social squads.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-17
CAMDEN MAN SHOOTS HIMSELF.
Thomas Lipscomb Sustains Probably
Fatal Injury.

Camden. May 11.-Camden was
shocked early this morning when it
was known that Thomas j. Lipscomb
had shot and probably fatally wound
ed himself at his home on north
Broad street. No cause was given
for the act other than it was known
to some of his close friends that he
had been a sufferer for some time
from nervous dyspepsia.
AT $3.50 o'clock Thursday morning
he arose and complained to members
of the family that he had been unable
to sleep during the night. He was
advised to go into another room
where probably he would find it
easier to rest. Almost Immediately a
pistol shot was heard and he was
found with a bullet wound in his
temple. The ball ranged upward and
came out at the top of his head. At
a late hour tonight he was still alive
but his condition is critical
The tragedy has shocked the city.
There was not more popular man
in Camden than Tom Lipscomb, high
toned and honorable, and sorrow is
expressed on all sides.. For several
years Mr.. Lipscomb was partner in
the Camden Coca Cola Bottling COM
pany but two years ago he sold his
interest in that firm and has been
proprietor of a soft drink bottling
company making principally Chero-
Cola aad h,.s hccn to a large degree
successful and his business affairs so
far as, is known were in fine shape.
Surrounded by a happy family of a
wife and Two children and Of genial
jolly disposition his friends know no
reason why he should have committed
the deed other than ill health.
His aged mother resides in Column
bia.
Mr. Lipscomb, who is about 81
years of age, was born and educated
in Columbia. having attended the
University of South Carolina. In 1902
he was married to Miss Victoria Jor-
dan, niece of Former Mayor Carri-
son of Camden. He has two small
Thomas Lipscomb, Jr., and
Harriet Lipscomb. He is the only liv-
ing son of Col. and Mrs. T. j. Lips
comb, his father having at one time
been mayor of Columbia.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-05-17

Raleigh. N. c., May IA defective
switch caused theswreck of the Sea-
board flyer fifty miles north of Raj
eigh. The. train was derailed. The
dead are w. C., Mingra, of Henderson
and Hevvie Thomas. of Raleigh. En-
gineer w. B. Stephenson, is probab-
ly fatally hurt. The wreck delayed
the transport train carrying troops to
the Mexican border three hours.