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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-06-30
NOTICE

Springfield. ILL.,, May |, 1917.
To the Sunday Schools of the
Wood River S. S. Convention.
do earnestly solicit your aid
in getting articles of Hume made
Fancy Work for the Art Depart
ment. Any handmade Article
you bring or send will be verv
much appreciated by the Ladies
of the Art Department. The sun
day School bringing in the larg-
est mum ber of hand made Articles
valueing 25 cents each will be
awarded the beautiful banner for
the period of one (} year.
The money raised by this De-
partment will be appropriated
for the Aged Ministers Widows
and Orphans Home.
Boosting Committee: The
Lady bringing in the largest
amount of money over ten dollars
will receive beautiful gold med
al.
We do earnestly hope that
the Sunday Schools throughout
the jurisdiction will feel it their
duty to labor earnestly in making
this the banner year.
remain yours for the good
of the Cause.
Hattie b. McTier, Pres.
1928 Il. Carpenter ST.
susie Johnson, Sec,
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COLORED MAN LEADS.

That a colored man should beat
all others to the honor of eontri-
buting the first dollar toward the
100000 campaign for tue Red
Cross caused the News Record
to make the following coment:
Springfield today contributed
her first hit To the 100000
Red Cross campaign in Sanga-
mon county.
1t was one dollar contribu-
tion and it came from Aaron
Lloyd, aged Is, eolored porter at
the Leland hotel.
/ want to get in on the
ground floor. Put me down for
dollar. And III make some of nv
neighhor su bseribe, too.
That was his introduction to
Rev Albertus Perry, ID. D., Of
Chicago. general manager Of the
Red Cross campaign in SPRING
field. 1t all happened while Lloyd
was shining DR.. Perry's shoes in
the Leland basement. Lloyd lives
with his parents, 1913 South
Eighteenth street.
The campaign proper did not
start until noon Friday.
Lloyd is not registered for
military duty, not being old
enough. but he declared he want
ed to do his bit.
Il wanted to get in on it., be-
cause | believe the Red Cross
will help America "a lot. said
Lloyd. I'm not making big mon
ey, but | want to help a little; ali
| can. 1 they'll let me help get
money, | think there are alot of
folks among our neighbors that
can't give much. but would like
to give 80 cents or dollar and
you know that would COUNT
1t will be seen in the opening
paragraph that the paper says
Spring contributed her first
dollar. 1t has been ii long time
since a colored man has been
called "Springfisld' in this sec
ton of the country. Hurrah for
Springfield
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Adjournment. Session Of Bible
Glass section. Review of Second
Battalion, u. S. Boy Scouts.
Numerous special features were
added to the general prog ram Of
the convention Of which space
will not allow US to speak this
week, but will be generally Gov
cred in our next issue. The re-
ports from the various schools
showed that great improvement
throughout the state can be
made by renewed effort which
should come as the inspiration
from the splendid session just
closed.
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TUSKEGEE SOCIAL CENTER
Doing Splendid Work In Blooming
ton Under The Supervision OF Rev
S. H. Gibson, Assisted by Messrs
John A. Beck, Geo. Brown
And ]. D. Templeton

A visit TO the Bloomington Dis
trict by Secretary Mitchell last
week found the Social Center
: work in splendi shape under the
supervision of Rev. s. II. Gibson
who succeeded M,'. Mitchell
Fall upon the latter coming To
Springfield. No city in the state
out side of Chicago can boast of
the advantages along the line of
a Community building beautiful
lv equipped with rest rooms, ca
fe, soda fountain. domitory rooms
etc, as can Bloomington. In
that peaceful, charming little ci-
ty are some of the largest heart
ed white men and women to be
found anywhere in the state of
Illinois, chief among whom are
, Messrs. j. ID. Templeton, John A.
Beck, Col. d. G. Smith, Howard
Humphrey, Mrs. Soper and Mrs.
! j. T. Lilliard. J. ID. Templeton
is of the Lincoln type who believes
firmly in the principle of justice
between man and mai. He is a
true friend to humanity and as
such, makes no distinction when
it comes to the Colored man. No
man in the city is more liberal in
his support to all efforts for the
advancement of the Colored peo
pie that is John A. Beck. There
is no man or woman however, il
the same class with Mrs. Sopei
when it comes To real tangible sup
port for community work in be
half of the race there. Mrs. Sopol
is a Queen among Christ-likt
women with heart that beats fol
all humanity, whose late husbano
. was one of the noblest and best oi
. Gods noblemen. 1t is with thest
people at his back that Superin'
tendent Gibson is doing such {
: splendid work for the race il
Bloomington. The educationa
work of the Loyal Legion Coop
erative Educational System will
be pushed in that city where q
weekly publication will be estab-
: lished as a means Of working out
, the movement there in harmony
with the work in other parts OF
the state. Bloomington must
have a prominent part in the com
ing Co-operatiye Educational Con
gress to be held at the time Of the
Centennial Celebration next year
The installation of new eylin-
der press Mt our shop prevented
US from getting out The Forum
last week. Lent with the plant
we now have, we ahall soon be en-
abled to get out a hrst-class pap
sr In our own place Of eusinsss
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pay ment Of per capita tax. A

payment of per capita tax. Adj
journment,
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
The s. S. preparing its children
Elementary session. Even so
it is not the will of your Father
IN Heaven that these little ones
should perish. - Matt. 1914
Devotional exercises, Rev. A.
N. Webb. Business. Training
Drill: Pivotal events in O Il.
History. Superintendent Carl l..
Watkins. The Cradle Roll, the
approach TO the home-its meth
ods and mission. Mrs. Elizabeth
Davis. Winning the Juniors into
the Kingdom pedagogics, curri-
cula, organization. methods, Mrs
Lillian K. Jameson. Business.
Adjournment into conferences.
Teachers led by Supt. A. r. Lee
Snperintendents led by Supt. e.
l.. Watkins: Pastors led by p. f.,
II. w. jameson.
THURSDAY EVENING RECEPTION
On Thursday evening splen-
did literary and musical program
was rendered as a prelude TO q
very fitting reception to visitors
delegates and workers at the
church at which time large nun
Der we're present.
PROGRAM
The program consisted Of de
votional exercises led by Rev. S
B. Jones of Peoria; Vocal Solo
by Mr.. Orville Smith; Address
hy Prof. A. Il. Crook; Vocal sole
by Miss M. K. Gray of Cham,
paign; instrumental seleetie.
Miss lvedell Rogan of Decatu
and vocal solo by Miss Beulaf
Nutshell.
FRIDAY MORNING PROGRAM
The S. S. preparing its you'll
and adults Secondary and adul
session. Gather me the peopl'
together, and | will make then
hear my words, that they MAJ
learn to fear Me all tile days tina
they live upon the earth, and tina
they may teach. their children.
Deut. 40
Devotional exercises, Rev. PA
Green. business. Training Drill
N. T. Divisions. Superintendent
10. L. Watkins. Preparing th'
youth IA Secondary classes -or
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1917-06-30
A Successful District
S. 5. Convention
Forty first Annual Convention And
Fourteenth Annual Session OF The
Training School OF The Springfield
District A. N. E. School Union
Just Closed at St. Paul's
A. N. E. Church

One of the most pleasant and
successful District Sunday School
Conventions yet held in the
Springfield District has just come
to aAclose at the st. Paul AN. II.
Church here where a large attend
ance of Sunday School workers,
preachers and visitors took up
the Masters work in a way that
marked them approved unto
Cod as leaders in His Cause.
On Wednesday, the Allen League
held their convention, which in
every way proved interesting and
successful. Thursday morning
the Convention proper was op-
ened. under the guidance of the
following officers of the Spring
field District
Rt. Rev. L. j. Coppin. D. D.,
Presiding Bishop Fourth Episco-
pal District, Rev. II. w. jameson,
d. d.. Presiding Elder, Albert II.
Lee, District Superintendent.
Anthony King, Second Assistant
Superintendent, in charge of Sec
ondary and Adult Divisions, Carl
L. Watkins, Third Assistant Sup
erintendent, in charge of Teacher
Training Department, Miss Allie
A. Moore, Fourth Assistant, in
charge of Home, Temperance and
Missionary Departments and Miss
M. NJ {. LaMonte, Sec'y y.-Trea.
BUSINESS SESSION
The BUSINESS session opened
with Devotional exercises. Praise
and testimony service. Rev A.
Il. jackson Address, Superinten-
dent Athony King, Springfield.
Response. Superintendent Fred
erick Haynes, Peoria. Organiza-
tion; Registration Of members OF
Convention; appointment oil com
mitteesi election Of Convention
officers. Reports Of schools aud
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ganiza ton, pedagogics, methods,
Superintendent Anthony King.
Preparing the Adults efficiency
methods in an organized class,
Superintendent Albert Il. Lee.
Civic Service through the S. S..
Mr.. Harry A. Donaldson. Adj
iournment into Sectional Confer
ences; Elementary led by Mrs.
l.. e. Jameson;. Secondary and
Adult, Supt. A. King. Adjourn.
ment.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON PROGRAM
The S. s. Preparing the mass
es through its special departments
Lift up your eyes and look Oh
the fields, for they are white al
ready to harvest. - John 1875.
Devotional exercises, Rev. S.A
Hardison. Business. Training
Drill, Life of Paul, Superinten-
dent G. L. Watkins{ The Mis-
sionary Department as an ele'
ment of conservation, Rev. H. q
Jackson, Winning aud assimilat-
ing the masses into the Kingdom
through the Home Department
]. II. Davis. The Temperance
Department as vital factor fol
preparedness. Supt. Allie Moore
Business. Rspo rts of commit
tees. Election of Distriet officers
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DOINGS OF OUR WOMEN

The Springfield Womans Clul
will hold their business session
Monday, July End, at the resi-
dence of Mrs. +. II. Wallace
The Juvenile Musical PROGRAM
that should have been given JUNE
18th, was postponed on account
of the various commencement ex'
efcises on the same evening. II
will be given at the Union Bap.
tst church, at date to be an.
nounced later. The Club is pre-.
pairing to give a lawn fete at al
early date.
A Class Of l6 attended the
Dietetric Instruction at the resi-
dence of Mrs. Field, l2l7 East
Brown Street, last Wednesday
The ladies are very enthusiastic
in their desire 70 cope with the
high cost of living.
The Women of the Red Cross
are making an appeal for more
help. 1T is a mistaken idea that
you must pay the dollar and be-
come an annual mem ber of the
Red Cross before you will be
allowed to help as in our sew
ing Any one can help. and we
are glad and anxious To have you
come. The work is pleasant.
the ladies' congenial. We meet
every Thursday afternoon at the
Palmer School. We are no's sew
ing on pajamas. surgical shirts
and milking bandages and com
presses. DO your bit. - If you
can't send money, send work.
Remem ber it may be your bog
that falls on the battle field. Dc
all you can tn make the burden
lighter.
Mrs. Daisy Alexander, Vic
President at large, of The Won.
ans Missionary Baptist Con
gress, spent last week in Dan.
vile, and was successful in or.
ganizing a Congress of the same
kind in thai city. The Congress
OF Springfield and vicinity has
been organized now nearly three
years. They have done grea
deal of Missionary work, ant
Springfield and vicinity are for
tunate in having them. Danvill'
churches are made up of earnes
missionary workers and we pro
phesy a bright future for thu
congress.
Telephone your news, Cap. 81
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Local Brevities

True to our prophecy June is
still working her miracles, aud
two more Weddings are added to
her 1917 list. June 10th witnessed
the marriag Miss. Susge Cecilia
Wade and I4eRoy Bowman, both
young people well known in
Springfield society circles. June
18th Witnessed the uniting of
Miss. Ethel Adams, book keeper
for the Capital City Tailoring Co,
and MIR. Webb Medlock, of 1922
+. Miller ST. Mr.. Medlock has
been resident of this city for
several years, and is well-know
in church aud social circles She
is a mem ber of the Literary
Research Club, and the members
join in extending her Il host of
well-wishes and fehcitaions.
In the words of the poet, w ho
will be the nextf"
Mrs. p. NJ. Santos has ht en-
the happy recipient OF visit
from her mother, Mrs. Kennedy
of Chicago. for Il mum Der of days.
Mrs. E. l.. White and daughter
Miss. Helen. were hastesses to
Mrs. Ell. Curtis and daughter,
Miss. Leona Gardiner, Of Detroit,
Mich: ut dinner, Sunday June
18th.
Prof. Ralph Belsinger who
has been the guest of Maj and
Mrs. q. W Ford and family for
several days left this city for
Chicago. June 10th, enroute to
his home in Ohio.
Mrs. H. K. Alexander left last
week for Danville LII. where she
went on religious business.
Dir. Scott. of Chicago, Grand
Medical Examiner for the u. b.
+. was in the city last week, the
the guest of Capt. r. A. Byrd.
Parties having houses to rent,
sell, oEparties desiring to rent
or buy, will please see us, we in
tend to conduct reliable honest
real estate business and TO so
handle any business entrusted to
us as to reflect credit upon our
selves and the firm we represent.
Rogers g Co. l24 So. 1lth st.
Mrs. L. L. White is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Ethel ASH
hurst, of Selma, Alabama, who
is i'll
Mrs. Fannie Watkins, of Carlo,
who has been visiting her son, {.
l.. Watkins and daughter, Bessie
Watkins, inf nfDecatur, is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Jessie M.
Rogers, 800 So. II st.
Miss. Georgia Osby. of the
Armor Art Institute. Chicago.
is visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. h. Osby, 200 West Elliott
Ave.
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co, |. GIVES DANCE

About three hundred people
attended the annual dance Of Co.
|, of the sth Regiment, Thursday
evening.
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There viii be approximately
80, 600 eolored men ia the drafted
army, with l2oo officers ranging
from lisutsRants TO colonel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-11
DIES AT WILLoWBRooK.
James Stanton, Former Kenosha Bust
ness Man, Dies Early This Morning
of Pulmonary tuberculosis.

James Stanton, for four years
coroner Of Kenosha county and a well
known business man Of the city, died
early this morning at the Willowbrook
Sanatarium, victim of pulmonary
tuberculosis. Mr.. Stanton had been
at Willowbrook for more than year
and for some time his condition had
been so serious that death did not
come unexpectedly.
James Stanton was born in Fond du
Lac, Wisconsin, in 1881; here he lived
most of his life as young man but
came to Kenosha eight years ago. He
was for several years a member of the
Stanton-Mischler Undertaking firm, but
several years ago was forced to retire
from business because of his failing
health. He served as coroner of Keno
ha county for four years where his eff
ficiency as a county official won him
honor and respect throughout the
county. He was member of the
Catholic Order of Foresters. The de-
ceased is survived by widow, Mrs.
James Stanton, who was married to him
several years ago in Fond du Lac.
The funeral will start from the Cros-
sin Undertaking Parlors, where the re-
mains may now be seen by his many
friends, on Friday morning. The serv-
ices will be held at the st. James
Church at nine O'Clock after which
interment will be made in the ST..
James cemetery.
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and The highest prices are being paid
for it. Government reports show the
biggest corn crop on record, 100000
bushels more oats than a year ago,
and so on. Wheat, though short this
year is above last year, and $500 a
bushel is the price.
The farmers have the money and
they should invest their profits in these
Liberty bonds. The government has
been lenient with them in granting ex-
emptions from military service pend
ing the harvesting of crops, and the
least the farmers can do is to recipro-
cate by upholding the government.
The way to do that is to buy bonds.
The investment is the best in the
world; better than any other the
farmer can find for his surplus funds.
The responsibility is upon the farmer
and he will not shirk it. When the
campaign for this loan has been
completed, it will be found that the
farmer has done his share.
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CIVILIZATION AT REDUCED
PRICES AT THE RHODE NEXT
MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

Submarine warfare which with all
its terrors has been brought to the
very gateway of America by the under
water fighting crafts, is vividly pict-
ured in Thos. III. Ince's million dollar
cinema spectacle which comes to the
Rhode for a return engagement of two
days, next Monday and Tuesday, Oct.
18th and 10th, at reduced prices and
matinees 2:3O, Csc; evenings SIS, ad-
mission 25 and 35 cents.
When Mr.. Ince produced the won
derful spectacle showing a submarine
in action and the sinking of great
ocean liner loaded with women and
children, little did he dream that the
European powers would carry this SEN
sational method of sea fighting almost
to the shores of this country.
Newspapers recently have been filed
with the details of sinking ships and
submarines along the Atlantic coast.
In Civilization this terrific warfare
is pictured in detail with hair-raising
realism. The European countries by
bringing their conflict to this side of
the ocean have turned press agent for
this big production which everyone viii
surely wish to see. ad '
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Plug That Leak!

According to the census report, our
state is supporting 1898 persons at
public expense. This number is dis
trib1ted through insane asylums ,tuber-
culosis sanatoria, the industrial school
for boys, the state IS prison, the reform
atorv, and the institution for feeble
minded.
Unless the public becomes weary of
this unnecessary burden and takes in
telligent steps to do away with it, the
number of dependents will increase as
time goes on. Criminal tendencies, in
SAMMY, pauperism, and delinquency are
in part contagious and in part heredi-
tary. Much of the poverty which re-
quires the maintenance of poor farms
is. due to preventable and durable dis
eases which are now neither cured nor
prevented. People are not, as a gem
eral rule, just bad or just lazy; fire.
quently their badness or laziness is a
symptom of disease.
OF the inmates of reformatories,
prisons, and industrial schools, it has
been conservatively estimated that
from thirty to fifty percent are feeble
minded. Feeble-mindedness is in most
instances not durable, but it is pre-
ventable Just as soon as taxpayers
and their governmental, representatives
realize that these conditions are cur
able and preventable, they will de-
mand that cure and prevention be in
stituted. Tt will no longer be consid-
cred the just and charitable thing to
do merely to take care of the results
everlastingly, instead of removing the
cause.
Much of our management of such
problems is at the present time com
parable to the housewives attempt
ing to mop up water which will event
ually rot her floor instead of having
the leaky tap repaired. Consider
tuberculosis for an illustration. This
disease is responsible for moro widow
hood and orphanage than any other
single cause. 1t is not sufficient to
care for those who are sick until they
are dead and then provide for the
orphaned children in an institution.
1t would be far more intelligent to
prevent the original sickness, especially
as it is most unusually good orphan
age which is better than pair of
reasonably good parents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-11
Carl Harbert Not Seriously
Injured Tuesday After
noon in Street Car and
Ford Collision.
SMAsHES TOP TO SPLINTERs

Carl Harbert, driver of the Ford de-
livery car of the Prince Dyeing and
Cleaning company, escaped serious in
jury Tuesday afternoon when the car
which he was driving cbllided head-on
with south-bound street car at the
corner of Pomeroy street and Sheridan
Road. The car was thrown against
telegraph pole and the top smashed to
splinters but Harbert miraculously es-
capped injury by being thrown from
the automobile into the street. Several
minor scratches and a good shake-up
will keep him from work for several
days but he is considered fortunate to
have escaped so easily.
The story of the collision as told by
bystanders and occupants of the street
car, indicate that Harbert was to blame
for the collision. The latter had start
ed for Racine with carload of clothes
to be delivered there and was proceed
ing north on Sheridan Road almost in
tie middle of the street car tracks. A
south bound street car, operated by
Motorman A. Hacker approached and
gave several warnings for Harbert to
get off the tracks but all of these for
some reason were unheeded. When the
motorman saw that Harbert was max
ing no attempt to get out of the path
of the street car, he slammed on his
brakes just before the smash-up came
and Harbert was thrown into the street
as the car was sent with great force
against telephone pole on the west
side of the street. Harbert was taken
at once to a physician IS office where
examination showed that he had suf-
fered no serious injuries.
The Ford had its vengeance and the
street car did not escape without dam
age as the front of it was considerably
caved in by the force of the impact.
The demolished Ford was taken
to the garage where it was
discovered that the chassis had suf-
fered but little damage but that the
top was beyond repair. A feature of
the accident was the fact that the
clothes carried by the delivery car were
scattered topsy turvy by the collision
but that they were all recovered and
reached their destination late Tuesday
evening in spite of the mixup.
There was confusion galore among
the passengers of the street car which
featured in the collision. One travel
ing man, had taken this occasion to
sort out his sale bills as he was seated
in the rear of the car and when the
crash came salesman, bills and all were
hurled to the center of the car but no
injuries of serious nature were re-
ceived. T. ]. Sullivan, another pas
senger, was struck by the flying glass
when the contribution box" in the
front of the car was smashed to atoms.
Other passengers also received minor
Gus and bruises and it was considered
extremely fortunate that no serious In
juries resulted from the collision.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-11
Beat Milk Trust
Keep a CotO No,O

ffBeat the milk trust-keep a COW"
is the new slogan of Kenosha people
and the officials of the city are being
bombarded for requests for informa-
ton in regard to an alleged ordinance
which prevents man from keeping a
cow within the city limits. City Clerk
Harrington is authority for the state
ment that there is no ordinance which
would thus interfere with the individ-
ual liberty of the people of the city.
IF : man living right down on Durkee
avenue wants to have bose in his
garage the city is not going to stop
him. 1t is. declared that a number Of
people with large families of milk
drinkers have already arranged to have
cows brought in from the farms of the
county. The milk producers are just
smiling over the proposed way to beat
the milk trust. efJust wait till they
pay the cost of feed for month"
was the comment of one Of the pro-
ducers this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-10-11
NO FISH TILL FRIDAY.

Kenosha people who were all set to
eat carp for dinner on Thursday viii
have to change the menu, as this morn
ing the County Council of Defense was
notified that the fifteen hundred pounds
of rough fish for Kenosha county could
not be shipped until Thursday evening
and this means that they will not be
available until Friday morning. They
will be disposed of at the public mar
ket on Exchange street even though
Friday is not "market day. It is
probable that there will be the usual
number of "prizes" in the way of
silver bass and red horse this week
and these will go to the early arrivals
at the Fish Market"