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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
Grey will be remembered as Mrs. Ida

Grey will be remembered as Mrs. Ida
Jones.
| Mr.. Clifton McElroy is able to be
up. Mrs. Clifton McElroy spent Sun.
day with home folks. e
The Baptist Missionary Circle met
Friday last at the home of Mrs. Cora
Harris. A delightful evening was
spent. Miss Taylor, the instructor of
the missionary department at West
ern college, was present and made a
few excellent remarks concerning the
missionary work. Dainty refreshments
were served. Hug a@
Misses Ella carter and Bernice Ap-
pleton of Kirksville, Mo-, spent a few
days in the city, the guest of Miss
Carter's brothers.
The Vine Street and Broadway Mis-
sionary Circle will meet with Mrs. H.
NcGill on Jefferson street.
Rev. j. w. L. Underwood preached
two excellent sermons Sunday morn
ing and evening. = @ 81 y
Mrs. Ella Maupin is on the sick list.
Miss Idella johnson was slightly
cut on her face Saturday evening in
an auto collision. .-
Rev. A. R. Fox preached two excel
lent sermons Sunday morning and
evening. or
The patriotic program which was
given Friday evening at the Baptist
church by Mrs. Arthur Williams was
quite a SucceSs
Mr.. Fred Wilson is able to be out
again. ~
Mrs. Arthur Bell an ddaughter,
Miss Fay, were called to Des Moines,
Iowa, to the funeral of Mrs. Bells
brother, who died of pneumonia. The
Household of Ruth, of which Mrs.
Bell is the most noble governor, pre-
sented her with a beautiful bouquet
of flowers. - <-
Mrs. P. H. Tyding made business
trip to Bevier, Mo-, on Wednesday
last. .<frs@
Mrs. Bessie Jackson of Oak Ridge
died at her home on Monday evening.
She was devoted member Of the A.
M. E. church. She leaves loving
husband and four children.
Messrs. Darling Austin, James
Brown and Lloyd Leland have resign
ed their positions in Broolfield, Mo.
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CLINTON, IOWA.

I Rev. J. B. casey of Racine, Wis,
filed the pulpit at Bethel A. NJ. E.
church Sunday evening, February II,
delivering an interesting sermon.
Mr.. David Winfield, who has been
quite i'll for several months, is report
ed as being very seriously i'll.
i The hour for holding Sunday school
at Bethel "A. M. E. church has been
changed from 10 a. m. to 1890 p. m.
4 Rogers Greene Of Chicago is visit
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Bush.
4 Mrs. Laura Junkins and son are re-
covering slowly from recent illness.
Z Mrs. Wesley Porter and daughter,
Naomi, returned Sunday from Rock
Island, being called there on account
of the illness of .arelative.
= The following persons were elected
officers of Bethel A. NJ. E. Sunday
school at meeting recently: Super
intendent, Mrs. E. S. Heron; assistant
superintendent. M. O. Culberson; !;
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KIRKSVILLE. MO.

Miss Della Madison left Saturday
for Kansas City, Mo-, where she will
visit her aunt. She expects to be
gone two weeks. !
Mr.. James Toles was entertained at
the home of Mr.. Harvey Baker on
Sunday. -.~ *a
Mrs. Fanny Thompson, who has
been sick, is able to be out again.
A party was given Tuesday night
at the home of Mrs. r. M. Stokes in
honor of Mrs. Leota Crockett. Those
present were Mesdames Proctor, Hos
kins and Mr.. j. H. Toles. The guests
report a pleasant time.
Miss Nell Jackson, who attended
her brothers funeral in Milan, has re-
turned home. .@ a...
Miss Bessie Henderson has gone to
Hannibal, Mo-, to wait on her sick
sister.
Mrs. Myrtle Bell has been on the
sick list.
Mrs. Isabel Lightfoot has gone to
Hennessey, Oklahoma, to visit her
parents, Prof. and Mrs. w. H. Frakes.
! James Ellegan and Mrs. Julia Proc
tor have been on the sick list.
Mrs. Mary Hockaday is suffering
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

Mrs. A. Roberts of St. Paul was
called here by the serious illness of
her son, r. Holt. .~~. ..... .sE
The Garrison club was entertained
at the home of Mrs. Hurley on Fri
day afternoon.
Geraldine Harmon is able to walk
around at this writing.
Mr.. A. Hawkins is much improved.
Mrs. P. Anderson is improving
slowly. IT,
Mrs H. Beckley is able to sit up.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Anderson and Bar
nett Early of Monmouth were Gales
burg callers Sunday.
The Imperial orchestra will furnish
music for the chicken supper Thurs
day, March 28th.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Williams enter
tanned at dinner Thursday in honor Of
Mrs. Bradley of Michigan, Mrs. G..
Mitchell of st. Paul, Mr.. and Mrs.
Crawford and son, Horace, and Mrs.
bennington. All report grand time.
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ROCK ISLAND NEWS.

Mr.. A. Gales, who passed away on
Sunday, February 18th, was taken to
Chicago for burial.
Miss M. Legans entertained in
honor Of Miss L. Graves on Tuesday
evening. s
Rev. Saunders had a number of Wis
itors from Davenport at service Sun
day evening.
Miss o. Golden was to call on the
Reynold sisters Saturday.
Miss B. Edmunds and company
spent Thursday evening in Moline at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. L. Golden.
Miss NJ. Perkins and H. Stewart are
on the sick list and have been for
some time.
There will be an entertainment at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. Stoner
on March 9Th. ~s
Mrs. G. Payne was to call on Mrs.
A. More on Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. F.. Saunders, one Of our soldier
boys from Camp Dodge, was home for
two or three days.
Mrs. w. Walkup attended Sunday
morning service at Rev. Boyd's
church.
U. Clark, who was home on account
Of death, is still here. He is one of
our soldier boys.
Master E. Payne is quite a church
goer.
Miss G.. Stoner has telephone in
her home, which makes it very nice.
Miss E. Goldman, who was away, is
home again.
Mr.. J. Owens, who died Monday,
February 18th, was buried Sunday
afternoon from the Baptist church.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

home department, Mrs. M. Slater;
cradle roll, Mrs. L. Wilder; secretary
and chroister, A. A. Bush; assistant
chorister, Eugene Stewart; treasurer,
Mrs. Chas. Thompson; librarian, Cen
eral Robinson; assistant librarian,
Florence Jones; organist, Miss Bessie
Stewart; assistant organist, Mrs.
Chas. Thompson; teachers, M. 0.
Cuberson, Mrs. A. Stewart, Mrs.
Chas. Thompson, Mrs. M. Safer, Mrs.
L. Wilder, Miss M. Sayles.
Mr.. Geo. j. Robinson of Maple ave-
nue. is confined to his home on ac-
count of illness. .....
Rev. J. B. Easley has returned to
his home in Racine, after visit in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Robinson
on Dewitt street. His wife will re-
turn later in the week. .s.e.
Mr.. Art Williams of Muscatine,
who has been indisposed, is recuperat-
ing at the home of his parents, Rev.
and Mrs. Williams. - ..
Mr.. M. O. Culberson occupied the
pulpit at Bethel A M. E. church Sun
day night. .. -
Lowery's famous minstrels will
show in Clinton thi sweek Wednes-
day. -..
The Smart Set, big musical or
ganization, will give matinee and
evening performance Sunday.
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GALESBURG, ILL

Funeral services of the late Richard
Duke, Sr., were held Thursday after
noon at the residence, 791 Abingdon
street, Rev. Garrison officiating. Mr..
Duke left to mourn his death a wife,
three daughters, two sons, three step
children, one sister, two brothers, a
host Of relatives and friends. Burial
was in Linwood cemetery.
Rev. Garrison reports a grand time
while in Louisville, KY. He had the
opportunity to preach at Bethel
church, Chicago.
The morning choir Of the A. M. p.
church will give program March II.
Mr.. E.. A. Mason of Monmouth gave
an illustrated lecture with stereopti-
con views Thursday, February Il, at
the Second Baptist church.
Mr.. Dean Davis has returned home
| from Omaha. While there he was the
guest of Miss 7. Scott.
Mr.. O. Fletcher spent Sunday IN
Monmouth.
Messrs. H. Carter, j.. Berry and =.
Fletcher will give dance att Centrai
hall Thursday, March 7th. Music VIII
, be furnished by Woods orchestra OF
| Quincy.
puest Of Miss B. Anderson on Monday
evening.
j arge number attended the dance
/. IN Kewanee on Monday night.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

The above cut is that of Mr.. Thos.
Fairweather, present member of the
city council, who is a candidate for
mayor, subject to the primaries to be
held Monday, March 11th. Mr. Fair
weather is one of our successful busi-
ness men, who came to this city a
few years ago and at one time man.
aged the Des Moines Baseball club.
While manager Of said club Mr.. Fair
weather was requested by some mar
row-minded men not to allow
colored people to sit in certain Sec
tions of the ball park. In fact COM
mittee waited on him and asked him
to set aside certain part of the ball
park for colored people. Mr.. Fair
weather told them he did not believe
in segregation and so long as he was
manager of the club he would not al
low such to be done and that one
mans money is as good as another's.
This has been his policy, we find,
since we have become further ac-
,quainted with him. He has made
splendid record as a member Of the
city council and by virtue of his ex-
perience, good business judgment and
acquaintance with the need of Des
Moines we believe there is no better
qualified man than Mr.. Fairweather,
and we recommend him to the voters
of the city.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

from la grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Proctor gave a re-.
ception to a delightful party at their
pleasant home on Centennial street
Tuesday evening. Mr. James Toles Of
Hope, Idaho, was the guest Of honor.
Rev. Zachary of the Western col.
lege, Macon. Mo-, preached two very
inspiring sermons at the Second Bap-
tist church. He will be with us again
the first Sunday in March.
Rev. B. C. Anderson filled the stand
1T the A. M. E. church.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
ERASE FOR COUNCILMAN.

Mr.. Harry Erase, our well known
and congenial councilman, is candi-
date for denomination, subject to the
primaries March 11th. Mr.. Erase is
we'll known to the peope of Des
Moines, having been county auditor
for several years and was elected as
one Of the councilmen two years ago
and is now a candidate for a second
term. He is good friend of the coll
ored people and has always BEEN. He
sclicits your patronage.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
BROTHERS.

F. j. &
(In honor of the American Negro sol
dier.)
Especial for Bystander.)
Crushed by the horror Of slavery's
fears,
Tempted and tried through the long
weary years,
Torn by sad conflicts, blinded by tears,
Lo! our sorrow is suddenly turned in-
to cheers.
No longer as chattels appealing for
right, s.sr.s ~. I'd n.
Nor as bowed, covering slaves do we
enter the fight,
But as men who have braved life's
fierce storm in the night,
With courage undaunted we stand ID
our might.
Yea! your foes are ours, for as broth
ers we band;
The Creator above, fashioned black
and white hand,
His purpose unquestioned, His reason
ing must stand;
For one country we strive, for one
love of one land.
--svss W ~ sssss
Though once in your blindness you as
did enchain,
Such bondage then known, ne'er will
touch men again;
Although you enslaved, you too broke
the bond, bane,
Proved us sons Of one Father, blood
of the same vein.
Fen since freedom you've burned as
at tree and at stake,
Through injustice of courts made our
hearts bleed and ache;
Failed have you in your effort our
spirit to break, ..s-ssz
Our hopes crush to naught, or from
God our trust take.
Lies demands have been great, but
we've stood the stern test,
And from all walks of life we have
come with our best;
For one purpose, one cause, for our h
country so blest, .s n
We are ready to die, and to God leave
the rest.
Oh, enemy halt! ere too far you would
60,
Ere the sins Of your greed bring you
naught but dire woe,
For we stand united your power to
Ger throw,
Our wrongs to avenge, and to give
blow for blow.
Meier your bondmen, but free men in
.our might, N
Forgotten the question Of black or Of
white,
Hearts courageous we enter the thick
" of the fight,
One country, one flag, and one God in /
our sight.
4 ~ Harriet Brown-Landor,
.. 4r~ Blanchard, Iowa.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

The name of Mr.. Ben Woolgar is
announced in this weeks Bystander as
a candidate for denomination as one
of the councilmen for his second term.
Mr.. Woolgar has made a good rec
ord, having been superintendent of the
hardest position in the city, that Of
public safety department, and he has
done as well as any in this department
under similar conditions. Mr.. Wool
gar is good, careful councilman and
is entitled to his denomination.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
MACON, MO-, NEWS.

=, Mrs. John Greene is able to be up,
after spell Of sickness.
Miss Lee Eta Owens Of Moberly,
Mo-, spent Monday in our city.
Miss Valtena Hugh of Dalton, Mo-,
spent Sunday and Monday in our city,
the guest Of her brother, Mr.. Gless
Hugh.
Mrs. Ida Grey Of Gallatin, Mo-,
spent a few days in our city. Mrs.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a Fav-
orite for Colds.

J. L. Easley, Macon, Ill, in, speak
ing of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy,
says: During the past fifteen years
It has been my sisters fayorite medi-
cine for colds on the lungs. ] myself
have taken it number of times when
suffering with a cold and it always re-
lieved me promptly"
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01

/ well fills whatever place he is called
upon to occupy. So, if the electors of
the district say to him, "Son, take
care of our funds" they will not make
any mistake in turning the Office over
to this son, grandson and greatgrand-
son of pioneers.
The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-03-01
FOR SCHOOL TREASURER

Comes now word that for school
treasurer there will be candidate in
the person of Mr.. c. Harry Stephen
son, now cashier of the Bankers
Trust company. He has had large
banking experience, and his advance
ments therein are evidence that he
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
ALL WILL GET JOBS
TO Be No Slump in the Demand
for Labor.
Devastated Europe VIII Look to
United States to Help
Rebuild.

New York.-Jobs for all will be had
for the asking in the period Of the
worlds reconstruction. There's to be
no slump In the demand for labor.
1t has been estimated that no fewer
than 10000 900 men have been killed
In Europe. ThesUnlted States, which
has not lost $4,000 men, must make
good this huge labor loss.
Devastated Europe will look to the
United States for help to rebuild. We
must finance this big job and supply
the materials and tools.
According to NJ. Tardieu, French
high commissioner, 1t will take two
years to get the French coal mines In
working order and ten years to put
them in prewar condition. To recon-
struct private homes alone Will re-
quire the work of 100000 men for 70
years.
Prof. Van den Ven of Louvain. now
in the United States, says the war
losses of Belgium total approximately
S4,000,000,0 900. Before the drive more
than $4,000 buildings had been de-
stroyed. Practically all the important
factories have been robbed of their
machinery, and, in many cases, not
only the walls RACED but the very foun-
dations destroyed.
The machinery was shipped to Ger
many. Towns and villages have been
wrecked. Farms have been robbed or
all live stock. Miles of i~nterurban
railroads have been torn up N
shipped to Germany.
The problem is first to keep alive
the population released by Germany;
second, to reconstruct the industrial
machine so the people can make a
living.
England also will want food, manu-
featured goods, raw material and ma
chinery in great quantities. So VIII
Italy and the Scandinavian countries.
George Z. Roberts of the National
City bank maintains that the United
States will pass out of the war period
with more wealth than she possessed
before the conflict began. There has
been much scientific development of
industry, and agriculture has been
stimulated as never before.
There Is no obstacle, he thinks,
to a continuance of business activity
except the difficulty of r~eadjusting
business to a peace basis. This obsta-
Gle is great but surmountable.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
TAKE PRISONERS IN AIRPLANE
British Flyers Round UP Slxty-Flve
Huns and Herd Them Into
Camp.

With the British Army in France
Airplanes can be used for capturing
infantry. 1t was proved by the Brit
ish in the recent advance.
Flying fairly low, seeking parties
of Germans or war material to bomb,
two officers in one machine were fred
upon from a sunken road. The pilot
Owed and the alrplane machine quick
ly accounted for four Germans. Very
quickly the Germans hoisted a white
flag in token of surrender.
The airmen were in a dilemma, as
there was no British infantry IN the
vicinity. They descended to 80 feet,
however, and ordered the Germans out
of the road-65 Of them In all. They
obeyed. Then rounding up the party.
the airmen directed them toward the
British lines. They circled over them
with the ever-menacing bombs and
machine guns until they encountered a
party of British, who took the entire
lot to a prisoners cage.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
U. S. TO FEED FRANCE
Republic Looks to America to
Supply Food.
Crops Short, Utmost Sacrifice Urged
on People as Winter APP
p~roaches.

Paris.-Vast quantities of food
products must come to France this
winter. All eyes are on America.
Abnormal drought last summer seri-
ously injured the French harvest. A
warning has been issued that further
sacrifices, more stringent food restric-
lions, may have to be imposed.
France. facing the winter, is looking
to America to feed its people. Approx
imately 10O,OOO,O00 bushels of wheat
are needed for daily bread rations.
"The economic situation is alarm
ing" said M. Comet, a French senator
from the Puy de Dome region. "All
the harvests have been brought In and
we are In a positiO4 10 our
needs.
production this W has been sadly
deficient. Despite III S-.pectations last
spring of bumper crops, the d~eplorable
dry weather has ruined many rich agri-
cultural districts of France.
There has been almost no fruit.
Vegetables are few. Cereals are poor.
Potato crops, on which we based our
hopes last year, are so per cent less
than in 1917.
'Only the wheat crops have given
any satisfaction at all. There has
been some improvement in them,
thanks to the awakening of the agri-
cultural movement in the abandoned
regions.
But If our daily bread rations are
to continue throughout the winter we
must obtain-somehow, somewhere
an additional thirty or forty million
hectoliters (between 100000 and
100000 bushels) of wheat.
1.-The outlook is not bright. Some
thing must be done. Something will be
done. The people of France must take
the initiative. They must be willing
to make more sacrifices. They must
not be afraid of further and stricter
restrictions"
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
GUM STOPS LEAK IN TANK
Women Motor Mechanics Show Re-
sourcefulness In Emergency on
Country Road.

Chicago.-When 1t comes to re-
sourcefulness leave IL to Mrs. Ernest
Byfield and Miss Elaine v. Rosenthal.
embryo motor mechanics who were fit
ting themselves for service in the mo-
tor supply corps in France. A little
thing like a gas tank leak is nothing to
them, even If 1t does happen away out
on a country road. So when they were
motoring along and had to stop be-
cause of II Mrs. Byfield suggested that
chewing gum would stop the leak, since
they had nothing better. 1t did. but
they had to chew ITO sticks, which they
purchased at a near lore. to get the
desired effect. Yes, they could still
talk and tell about II when they got
back, despite the sLl4ness In their
jaws.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
MORAL-MAKE YOUR ADD WORK

A visitor to a small country town
lost his dog, an animal which he
priced very much.
Rushing to the Office of the local
newspaper, he handed in an adver-
tisement offering five dollars reward
for the return of the dog.
Half an hour later he thought he
would add to his advertisement the
words mo questions asked" So he
hurried off to the office again.
When he got there the place was
empty save for a small boy, who
looked very sulky.
where's the staff" asked the tour
list, glancing around the deserted
room.
"out looking for your dog!" swas
the aggrieved retort-our Dumb Ami
mails.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
THE JOB HE LEFT BEHIND

Many expedients have been sug-
gested as to what is the best thing
we can do to make places for return
ing soldiers and sailors.
Retaining land by clearing stumps
reclamation, irrigation, drainage, etc.
are sought to be made popular under
takings.
Allowing for the restless and unset
tied frame of mind produced in many
men by war, most of them will want
to return to their jobs.
Unemployment is a ruthless enemy
and what any man who works for g
living wants, first of all, is a job
upon his return to civil life.
The first thing for our returning
millions of men is good times, with
business and industry in a vigorous
u%plcoking condition.
The worst thing for u boys who
are coming home is to find industry
slack, business slow, and prosperit!
a minus article.
Industries should not be hampereC
and discouraged by foolish Legislative
experiments. regulations and higl
taxes.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
WATER-POWER LEGISLATION

One of the most important bills be-
fore Congress is that affecting water
W development in all the great
Western states. Having no public
lands. the Eastern states hold the AGA
demic views that Western water pow
ers should be owned by the govern
ment. This theoretical view would
lock up the unlimited supply of white
coal until by political action and gov
eminent appropriations it was re-
leased.
War taxes, war loans, and other
great national needs, as railroads,
merchant marine and naval require
ments would delay federal power de-
velopment in the West indefinitely.
The sane view is to permit develop
ment by private initiative and enter
prise, with proper public safeguards
against b%urdensome monopoly.
The West has as great a supply OF
water power as s needed to operate
all the railroads and as many facto-
ries as are owned by all New Eng
land. The nation and the world will,
suffer from a shortage of coal and oil
and States and Congress should enacr
legislation that will permit unlimited
development of our Western hydro
electric energies.
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-12-12
THE PUBLIC Is DEEPLY
INTERESTED

The mining industry as a whole
has been running short handed for
the past six months or a year. Many
small mines have been forced to close
because of shortage and high cost OF
labor and material. By spring and
early summer it is believed conditions
will be such that many of these small
mines can again operate, and the
larger mines will be in a position to
take on additional men.
OF course, this theory is predicated
on the fact that there will be a con-
tinued demand for western copper and
other metals. 1t also illustrates in
a most foreible manner the necessity
of maintaining and encouraging the
mining industry, and as soon as pos
sible relieving it from hampering in
fluence of war regulations, etc. Cop
per producers have suggested that the
government buy the present floating
supply of copper at the official price
and then leave the business without
further attempt to regulate prices.
The general public is deeply inter-
ested in the prosperity of the mines,
as they are one of our greatest dis
tributers of wealth and employers of
labor at good wages. Vicious tax
measures and uncalled for regulation
can make or break this industry.