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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
LOCAL BOY ENTERS
ARTILLERY BRANCH

Harry L. Davenport. 1909 Sixth
avenue. yesterday enlisted in the
coast artillery and was sent TO the
Jefferson Barracks. Mo, for prelim-
mary training. He was indicted
by the local exemption board.
The local medical board today
listed William F. Pritchard for
limited service. The names OF Fred
Ely Murch, Richard Winchester
and Vernon Thompson have been
taken from the delinquent roll.
Murch, who is now al Uniontown,
Pa. wrote yesterday for his ques-
tionnaire. Winchester today re-
turned hig QUESTIONABLE from Ben
ton, Iowa Thompson is already in
the service at Camp Cody, 8, NJ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16


10 Rushville Friday mo..,
visit with his sister. Miss Iota %
tress. He stopped at EImwa,1 ef-
his return to visit friends 'u %
Attorney D. A. Hebel was
tor Friday in New Wipdsor VS.
Friday. island
Mr.. and Mrs W. S. Butcbs,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mavbe. ana
I'm Galesburg Friday. Thsv u. we're
the banquet Of the Illinois Hue u1sa
shire Swiss Breeders assoeis lamp
Rev. o. NJ DunlevY was call. -
Reynolds Friday to oficia,o . :. %
funeral OF Mrs. Doris PERI 'le
Rock Island. OF
Mrs. Hiram parkman ylss.d
Burgess Friday at the hone me-, ~ N
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F v " asf
ford. a. MOI
Misses Christine and Freda A.
quist were in Rock Island F, ni.l'
Mrs. John REIN and dangsss1-
Deipha visitd in Rock Island 81 -.
day. n
Mrs. Albert overly was in Ro.,
Island Friday. ''''A
George Boyles visited in Matbs,.
vile Friday. 's''
Mrs. Earl Scull returned IN h.
home in Monmouth Friday afts.
short visit here with Mrs D.,
Eddings. ea'l
All the news all the time-Th.
Argus. iAs
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
ADVISE MEN AT
CAMP DODGE ON
KEEPING SILENT
Importance of Mufiling Talk I'M
pressed on Officers and En- =
listed Soldiers.
OFFICIAL BULLETIN POETRY
Chief OF Stan Urges That All Re-
member Secrecy Is Essential
TO Win the War.
Special 10 The Argus .

f1 RNAAsAA ~ AZ - 2 A1f-
Camp Dodge. Iowa, March 16-
Of.cers at Camp Dodge have trie
devious ways to muffle taIkauT3
officers and soldiers without re-
sul,s, until the chief Of staff, IN
his extremity, res0rted TO the
poetry as follows:
a wise old owl sat in an oak,
The more he heard, the less b
spoke;
The less he spoke the more heard.
Oh. soldier. initiate that Bird"
The official bulletin is ordinarily
about as dry reading as the Con-
Fressional Record. and the intro
duc,iOn OF the poetic now and then
may serve a two-fold purpose-by
combining prose and poetry splcG
Will be added. insuring its being
read by officers, and the stronger
appeal poetry is known to carry.
Gives Pershing's Advice.
General Pershing's advice TO his
troops on Initiating the OWL was
reproduced with the notation that
ii should be taken 10 heart by men
OF the Eighty-eishth division. IL
follows:
Never forget that we are at war
and that the enemy are on the
watch. Always be restricted il
your intercourse with families, and
never speak COnddentially with Is
woman, because women are tho
most cunning Of spies and you may
bestOw your confidence upon one
in the employ of the enemy.
Never trust anyone who asks
.asrHr F.v-a ~.
who seems to be mU-. interested
in questions Of such nature even
though such person appears to
be an American officer.
Anyone May Be a Spy.
ANY man, woman or child, or
even a man wearing the uniform
Of an American, or in the uniform
Of a soldier OF the allied armies
can be a spy
In fact, say nothing that you
would not wish to reach the ears
of the enemy. And for this sane
reason never enter into any CORE
spondence with an unknown per
son, for this is one of the chic.
means used by the enemy to pro-
cure information.
In the streets and in public
places do not fail TO remember that
the very walls have ears. There
fore, do not express your opinion
upon any military question or even
on the war in general.
Don't give the impression of a
pessimistic view of the situation.
either by word or action, and al
ways have confidence in the sue
cess Of our army and our cause. =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
Personal Mention.

Mrs. A. e. Fritz returned 10 her
home in Rio Friday after a visit
here a the home of her cousin, Mrs.
NJ. j. Merryman.
Mrs. Frances Wilson and Mrs.
John NJ. Wilson and two children.
Frances and Edgar Frederick. were
in Viola Friday visiting at the
home of the formers daughter,
Mrs. w. r. Berry.
Mrs. Minnie Carroll and Mrs.
Guy H. Carroll were in Viola Fri
day visiting at the home of John
Gardiner.
Mrs. John Haney and grand
daughter, Florence Dingwell, went
to Viola Friday morning Miss
Dingwell returned home and Mrs.
Haney spent the day at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. NJ. Dingwell.
Misses Ethel Bridgeford and
Hope Mckinney went to Rushville,
ILL.,. Friday to spend a. few days
with Miss Lois Vertress.
A. l.. Newton was in Galesburg
Friday
Harry Dagan was in North Hen
derson Friday.
Harold Mcmillan Vertress went
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
ILLINOIS SHARE
THIRD BIG LIBERTY
LOAN $960,0OO,O0O

Illinois share in the third Lib
erty loan campaign, which starts
April 6. will be about $3.50 ,O0O,O 600.
The total amount TO be raised in
the coming campaign will be about
Sc ,0O0, 900. The amount of the
interest is announced at Az per
cent II is also definitely announc-
ed that Illinois share would be 16
per cent of the total amount to be
raised, whatever that might be.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
Worth While Savings

The savings alone should lead all who
are directly or indirectly interested in
home building to investigate the mary
advantages offered them by Gordon-Van
Tine
Gordon-Van Tine Homes are to be had
at prices which make it easy for all to buy.
Their beauty of appearance, comfort of
design and stability of construction make
them a source of pride and enjoyment to
their owners.
Every prospective home owner should
procure copy of the latest Gordon-Van
Tine Home Plan Book. The unusual
character of this book will prove that it
is we'll worth your study. Lava usae,as
We will be glad to give you or send you
a, copy on request. There is no charge
for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
Mrs. McManus Dies.

Mrs. William McManus died yes.
terday morning at her home in this
city at AIS o'clock after an illness
of several months. She was Ga
years of age The funeral will be
held at the home Sunday afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. A Z. Moody
officiating. Mrs. McManus had lives
in this city 20 years. She was a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16

All residents of the Tri-Cities should
acquaint themselves with the service of
this big local concern which already has
made for itself and its home city reputa.
ton reaching from coast to coast and
which enjoys the commanding position of
being the foremost concern in its line of
business.
The Gordon-Van Tine Company is
member of this community and is anxious
to serve residents of the Tri-Cities Al
Tri-City people are cordially invited to
visit the offices and factory and become
fully acquainted with the standards, ma
terial and service which make this 'the
most unique lumber concern in the
world"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16

member of Aledo chapter No. 1875,
O. Il. 8. Besides her husband, Mrs.
McManus is survived by two
daughters. Mrs. Friend l.. Church,
and Miss Katherine McManus, both
of this city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
HONORED BY FRANCE.

Paris.-Mrs. Charles Carroll of
Carollton. Nd. has received the sill
yer medal of honor by the French
government for her work at the
American hospital at Neuilly during
1914 and 1915
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
First Cooking Demonstration.

The first cooking demonstration
by Miss Elsie Gildersleeve, home
advisor of the Home Improvement
association, was given yesterday
afternoon at the domestic science
laboratory in the high school build
ing. The demonstration lasted two
hours. The demonstration yester-
day was of four kinds of war bread.
Today's demonstration will be on
substitutes for meat
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16

Has it ever occurred to you-or did you
know-that here in the Tri-Cities, almost
at your very door, is one of the most
unique lumber and home building enter
prises in the world?
There is no business anywhere else
quite like Gordon-Van Tine!
For, right here is the largest institution
of its kind selling to home-oWners Of the
whole nation entirely by Mail. For Cor
don-Van Tine maintains mills and yards
in St. Louis, Mo-, and Chehalis, Washing
ton, and other points, in addition to our
Davenport plant.
But, tremendous as is the scope of the
Gordon-Van Tine business, it is more the
nature of the service rendered that serves
to distinguish it from all other concerns
dealing in building material.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
ALEDO AT A GLANCE
Daily Dongs in Mercer Countys Busy Capital

sewing work is in charge of Miss
Judith Peterson, domestic science
instructor. Miss Peterson also has
charge of purchasing supplies for
the work
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16

Camp Dodge is to have another
hostess house.
Authorization for the construc-
ton of another house was received
by Major General E H Plummer,
camp commandant This house,
with the present one, and the hos
tess house for Negro women which
will be built soon, Will furnish ac-
commodations for all women who
visit the cantonment.
The letter to General Plummer
came from the chairman of the
hostess house committee, national
Y ". c. a. war council The gen
eral fayors a site near the base
hospital, and it is probable tina:
the new house will be located at
the north end of the caHtonment.
He asked that two new houses
be built, but for the present the
construction of only one was au-
thorized.
Miss Katherine Budd. who de-
signed the hostess house on Depot
and Main streets, will come 70
Camp Dodge within the next month
TO confer with the hostess house
committee here
One thing they never can keep
enough of at the Hostess house is
the great American dish, PIE.
On an average, "a pies are baked
and consumed day. Always there
are struggling soldiers coming in
late in the evening asking for pie
only to be met with a regretful
shake of the head. One day over
forty pies were eaten and the SOL
diers were still crying for more
Apple pie a la mode seems to BE
the prtms% faVorite, with pumpkin
close second.
One private in the Three Hun
dred Sixty-sixth infantry has had
hard time learning how to an
sweT roll call at morning assembly
When his name is called, he will
invariably answer "Jh-huh."
See here, Jackson" his lieu
tenant said sharply one day, when
l call your name l want you to
say here"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16
Guaranteed Prices and Satisfaction

Each is completely planned and its
specifications meet with Gordon-Van
Tine materials. A definite price is put on
every home and this price is guaranteed
to cover the cost of all the materials to the
most minute detail. The plans, the ad-
vice, the service of the Gordon-Van Tine
Company are free with each house. ua.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16


Camp Dodge, Iowa, March 10
Moral conditions are better in the
national army than they are in
civil life This deduction IS made
by surgeons at Camp Dodge who
give figures TO support the claim.
There were but IA cases of So
cisl disease among the soldiers III
camp last month. Surgeons de-
clare this IS a remarkably low per-
centage as compared with civilians.
There were fewer diseased men
by far coming in under the last
draft call than in former calls.
H. B. Boyd, senior divisional
chaplain, in charge OF camp morals
has formed all the religious bodies
into a concrete organization WORK
ing as a unit
His organization plans are being
copied in every cantonment in the
country. At the outset religious
bodies were told that they wou'd
either cooperate or get out Of
camp. This was rather abrupt. but
it has brought the desired results
Chaplain Boyd has recently been
named trouble man" and a private
office has been fitted up for him
near diveiOn headquarters. There
he listens for several hours each
day TO the problems OF the sol
diers, and wherever necessary
turns the case over to reginen.aI
chaplains and camp pastors. who
are ready to give aid. The major
| ity of these cases relate TO family
affairs.
Camp pastors visit patients at
base hospital regularly. and act ds
! lieutenants to the regimental chap
{ lains-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16

The first aim of Gordon-Van Tine has
always been highest quality for the price.
That this aim has been fully lived up to is
amply evidenced by the fact that over
100000 customers scattered throughout
the world buy building materials here
regularly. And all buy by mail; they are
the type of customers who seek value
above everything.
Can you demand further proof that it
will pay YOU to deal with Gordon-Van
Tine right here at home! .-stus,a
Confer With Us Before building
You, here, in or near the Tri-Cities, who
contemplate building this spring, consult
Cordon-Van Tine!
Buy at wholesale. Save from $4,000
to $4,000 on your home. Get highest
quality materials. Build a better house.
Secure the help of our Architectural and
Building Departments without charge.
You have peculiarly favorable oppor-
tunity to come and see our stock and ex-
anime what you are buying. We are here
at your very door almost. Talk person
ally to our specialists.
Consult the Gordon-Van Tine Plan
Book and choose from the 200 different
STYLES of homes it contains.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-03-16

All the news all the time-Th.
ias
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-19
" S.S.--
DOAk CO.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers Enjoy
ed a Splendid Growth During 1917.

The Doak Hardware Company, en-
JOYS a large acquaintance thru Grena-
n and surrounding counties, and, in
j ting :!c other towns in this coun-
ty, tie writer has found that he has
an enTiable reputation for fair deal
ing among the farmers and planters.
Now, Mr.. Doak is very modest, in
clined to be self-effacing, and what
the writer learned regarding his bust
ness and social activities, had to come
from other sources, and it can be
said that everybody approached on
the subject Of the popular hardware
dealer ha dsomething to say good re-
xarding him.
The Doak Hardware Company is a
Stlckler for honesty; nothing but the
truth is told u prospective purchaser
regarding anything for sale, and it
had rather miss "a good sized sale
than to sell a patron something he
didn't want. The very highest grade,
tested goods are handled, which are
sold on a very close margin of profit;
and this very fact, together with the
business courtesy extended, has weld
ed an immense circle of satisfied Gus
toners who depend upon Mr.. Doak
for their annual hardware needs.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-19
GRENADA AUTO COMPANY
Mr.. J. H. Nicely, Manager, Known to
Car Owners All Over State.

Mr.. J. II. Nicely, manager of the
Grenada Auto Company, the writer
found, is known to every auto owners
IN and down the state as the ~cleverest
kind of a gentleman and an expert
automobile man. He has earned dis
tinctions, for the writer has never
had the pleasure of meeting a more
obliging, more courteous, or a better
posted dealer in all his rounds over
the country. He is in a class by him.
selfand he conducts the most up-to-
date sales agency and garage in this
part of the state, too. Mr.. Nelly is
gifted with the most extraordinary
craftsmanship qualities, and now he
has close to forty of the ~county's most
influential citizens anxiously waiting
Nicely. He has been selling the Over
land cars they have bought from Mr..
Nicely. He has been selling the Over
and since 1910, and he has never con-
sented to sell any other make. be-
cause he thinks the Overland the very
best on the American market.
MIR. Nicely has Z winning personality.
holds the respect and confidence of
the entire public, and he can and does
deliver the goods.
The Grenada Auto Company was
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-19

Maj. H. L" Hunt Gives His View Of Some Of Crenada's Enterprises, and Makes
Predictions As to Futue--Good Things Well Said By An Expert Writer

the wholesale business of this section
of the state with marked success.
It has climbed steadily the ladder of
successful business by dint Of the
sound judgment, honesty and integri-
ty and keen foreight of its officers.
The business is housed in an immense
building 100 by 200 feet in dimension
which is situated along side the ILL
nois Central railway tracks, and
which is fully stocked with all the best
grade groceries, grain and feed stuffs.
The Company also carries a large as
sortment of automobile tires; Fire
stone, and it does an immense annual
business in this line.
Mr.. c. H. Calhoon, Secretary-Treas-
urer is widely known throughout this
part OF the state as a capable bust
ness executive, and he is devoting his
entire energies TO developing the Com
pany's business channels. Mr.. j. H..
Brown, president. commands the re-
speet of the business world-among
the trade and among home folks--for
his social and business life is ever con-
Quoted according to the most praise
worthy principles. These gentlemen,
with the other officers, arc progress
i've and resourceful. and they have
hammered their way to substantial
success, where they rest secure in the
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-19
-W.S.S.--
THE
Mr.. r. c. Trusty Knew What He Was
About When He Named His Fur.
nishing House.

Would a rose be as sweet by an
other NAME" has found plenty of
Thomases; but it is an established
fact that n name often character
ICES a business in true accord, while
any other name would be less than
the truth. "The Leader" means lust
what it spells. 1t is the premier, the
upper crust, and the title is fully
borne out in the quality of goods car
ried, and in the personnel of its cus-
toners. Knowing the sort of goods
he was going to sell and knowing the
sort of people his goods would ap-
peal to, Mr.. r. c. Trusty wisely
christened his mems furnishing en-
porium "The Leader"
For eight years Mr.. Trusty has
been setting the pace for Grenada
and surrounding territory. He has
been the dealer to receive the first
models of any advanced style for
men; he has paid all his attention
every day in the week to making his
business live up to its name; he has
spared neither time, talent O money
in building his business solidly from
the ground up; and, after a decade
and a half he can look back upon
his work and cali it good" The
Leader is the place a discriminating
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-19

that only Quality Goods are handled
at Barwick's, and this distinction, to-
gether with the heightened business
methods characteristic of the man and
the place, has been the chief cause of
the steadily increasing bushes Mr..
Bafwick has enjoyed from the day
he established his business. Never
before has the truth been more fully
apparent in the saying "the second
grade is dear at any price," than Mt
the present; when, because of search
ty in good lines, or because of pro-
fiteering tendencies, the markets are
flooded with substitutes and "just-as-
goods" Nothing but the genuine, and
the Al genuine, at that, find room
on the Barwick shelves, and the peo-
pie of Grenada city and county are
convinced that anything coming from
this modern store is absolutely all
right. The proprietor is vested with
the full confidence of the public.
AS an evidence of the splendid 10y
atty and sterling worth of the Bar
wicks, the writer wishes to mention
that when Uncle Sam issued his first
call to arms (the call that made the
a soul Of the coward shrivel in
pGroxysmal fear) Mr.. H. X. Barwick,
Jr., and Mr.. E. c. Barwick, courage
Gus, brave and true, slept forward,
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-19
-W.S.S.-
MR.. n. X. BARWICK
For More Than a Decade Has Been
Known as the Pure Food Dealer
of Grenada.

If Mr.. H. X. Barwick a be said
to have a hobby, his hobby surely
is Cleanliness" for nowhere in the
South can be found a cleaner OF more
sanitary grocery than the one he has
maintained in Grenada for more than
a decade. The very atmosphere of
the place creates in one a desire
to buy loads of the very choice goods
that are so artisticauy displayed in
every department. To begin with
the windows are always bright and
clean, and contain attractive displays
of the seasons latest ~delicacies, as
well as staple eatables. Passing thru
the doors the writer was greatly i'm
pressed with ths> dignity of order
and arrangement within. The glass
cases and the tables are all spotlessly
clean; the floor is swept with dust
down several times daily; the shelv-
ing is clean and filled with the very
best grades of canned and bottled
goods; the bins all carefully protect
their contents from dust and flying
germs; and, the store assistants are
pleasant, courteous and cooperating
fully with Mr.. Barwick's established
custom of first class goods and first
class service.
Grenada has long since recognized
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-04-19
MR.. E. A. PENN
For Fifteen Years Has Been Gre
nada's leading Hardware Dealer.

In the two store rooms occupied hy
Mr.. E. A. PENIS Hardware business
can be found practically every piece
Of heavy hardware and machinery.
for-the-farm that is likely to be need.
ed on the farm. This is one of Gre
nada's biggest enterprises, and the
stock Of goods would do credit 10 !
city the size of Memphis or New Or
leans. A great amount of capital is
tied up in this stock, but Mr.. Pena
knows his business. He knows that
with the extra calls being made upou
all metal producers for material to
be used in the manufacture of wst
'engines, the stock of implements aud
agricultural machinery will necessari-
ly be Sighted, and that it will be only
a short time until many needed tool,
and machines will be very hard to
find. So, looking to the future; to
the welfare of his trade in the matter
of price, and to their needs; he has
bought large stocks at very nearly
normal prices, and he is prepared to
care for Grenada county's planters
requirements at very reasonable
prices as long as his stock lasts.
This foresight mi as a reward
of experience, and Mr.. Penn has been
the leading local dealer for fftees
years, since he established his bust
ness. He is known to almost every
person within the county lines, and ne
has transacted business with the ma
joritN of them. He is recognized as
a gentleman of heightened prince
pie. and honest business Integrity, and
he holds the full confidence of the
public. His son, Mr.. Ernest Pena,
volunteered for war at the first call,
but he has since been discharged and
has again taken his place with
his father. He is a young man who
is liked by everybody, and who is sd-
mired for his sterling qualities, his
patriotic inclination; his loyalty and
his fine business qualities. Among ths
hundreds of pieces of heavy hard
ware, and plantation supplies carried
by these gentlemen are:
Ensilage Cutters, Moline Plowi,
John Deere Flows, Vulcan Flows, Oh
yer Flows, Hollow Tile Silos, McCor-
mick Mowers, Deering Mowers,
Champion Mowers, Grist Mills, Web
er Wagons, Columbus Wagons, Gas
oline Engines, Galvanized Roofing,
American Woven Wire, Barb Wire.