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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12
GtYB1T0fS

Reuben Rogers was fined SIS IN
police court this morning on A
charge of being intoxicated and dis
orderly on a train passing through
Rock Island yesterday.
Abraham William paid fine Of
SIS on disorderIy charge brought
by James Brooks.
James Henry paid a fine OF - on
dis0rderly charge brought BY
Katherine Carroll Both parties In
the case are negroes.
W. F. Gics and Jacob Gies were
fined 80 each on a charge OF hav.
ing been intoxicated and d.sorderly
Don BaltZer was taxed SO on
charge of leaving an animal run al
large and cause the destruction OF
property.
Ernest Greer and Albert Head
were each fined 50 for exceeding
the automobile speed limit
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12
FEAST OF ASSUMPTION.

The Feast of the Assumption,
Thursday, Aug. IS, of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, is always celebrated
in the Roman Catholic churches as
a holy day of obligation. Masses
will be said at St. Joseph's church
at 6, Z. 8 and O'Clock a. N. The
vigil Of this feast, Wednesday, Aug.
IA, is not a fast day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12

Missouri. In 1890 she came tc
Quincy, H., where she made her
home until three years ago. She is
survived by three sisters, Mrs. Nor
ton and Mrs. Eliza Monroe of
Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. Davenport
CT Kansas.
Funeral services will be held at
10 O'Clock tomorrow morning at the
Prince Masonic home Rev. Alfred
boyd, pastor Of the Wayman Metho-
dist chapel, Rock Island, will Of
ficiate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12
Social Announcements.

The Red Cross unit OF Haw-
thorne school will meet tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock at the school
A large attendance is desired. as
there is a lot of work to be gotten
out for the Belgian refugees.
The L. S. A circle 166 will have
its annual basket picnic all day
Wednesday. Aug. IA, at the Watch
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12
SOCIAL EVENTS

Tower. The public is invited to
attend.
The August meeting of the Mar
garet Giles circle of Kings Daugh-
ters will take the form of a picnic
to be held Wednesday at the sum
mer home of Mrs. Thomas Journy,
east of the Watch Tower. Members
will take the II O'Clock Tower car
and have a picnic lunch at l
o'clock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12

Word has been received here Of
the marriage Of Miss Ida vincent,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs A Vim
cent. sos Fifth street, to Private
Fred L. Brennan. also of this city.
The ceremony was an event of 3
O'Clock Saturday afternoon at Sa-
cred Heart Catholic church, Hat
tiesburg. Miss, Father Joseph
Ennis officiating They were attend
ed by Private and Mrs. William
Heidemann of this city. The bride
attended the local grammar schools
and the Villa de ChantaI, and has
been employed as a cashier at the
Fisk Rubber Co. of Davenport The
groom is a graduate OF st. Joseph's
Catholic school. and until last May
when he was called TO service he
was employed at the Rock Island
lines. The bride will remain in
Hattiesburg until Mr.. Brennan is
sent overseas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12
Received Word Of French Wedding

Mrs. William McCarty, 925 Fiji
teenth avenue, has received a very
interesting announcement, telling
OF the marriage of her nephew,
Patrick Henry Kaine, who is now
with a government construction
company stationed in Paris, to Ma
demoiselle Martha Hamburger Of
Paris. According 10 the announce
ment, the marriage took place May
20. 1918, in the cathedral of Til
chateI in Paris. Mr. Kaine is from
Detroit, Mich, and has been in the
United States government con-
struction service in France for the
past two years. Relatives here
know nothing of the bride except
that she has been organist in the
cathedral for the past eleven years
Although little is known of the
affair, it is thought that this is one
of the romances Of the war.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-08-12

Concentrated Fruit Syrups-
Beardsley's.
The Washington times., 1918-04-25
NINE. MELBA DOES
HER BIT IN WAR
TO HELP TALENT

Just what Nine. Media, the great
Australian singer considers her "bit"
in the world war Is told as follows by
May Stanley in Musical America:
"Ch, were you looking at daddy"
The great singer took UP the picture
tenderly. 1--WE were always quite In
separGbIe, daddy and I. He went last
year." she added simply.
"Are you comfortable, child? Take
this chair. thipk you'n like It."
Then the diva began to tell me OF
the school which she has established
for young singers and about which I
had come to ask.
$50 you want to know about Con
AmoreT The idea came to me during
the first year OF the war. You know
how our Australians suffered that
FIRST year-fathers and husbands and
brothers going to the war; everyone
agonizing over their dear ones, most
OF the girls who had talent had no
money to continue developing SIT No
one complained, we are Australians"
and she held Up her head proudly,
''but the facts were there
think that last sentence made me
see all Australian women through
Nellie Melba. the songbird. who loved
her native land 80 dearly that she
took her name from its metropolis,
her home city OF Melbourne. saw
the steady march to the troopships OF
its thousands of volunteers-who
with the Canadians have formed the
flower OF the allied arDiies-men
drawn overseas even as we are today
for an ideal OF service, and I saw
the women who can stand up proudly
today after three long years OF
agony TO say. I'VE are Australians"
II decided that the best work I
could do would be to give an oppor-
tunity 10 girls with real ability"
The Washington times., 1918-04-25
MUSIC NEVER WRITTEN
FOR CHINESE ARTISTS

Chinese music has always been be-
yond the grasp OF the Occidental
mind, appearing to have neither
rhyme nor reason to IL As . matter
Of fact, a Chinese musician must be
very skilled, indeed. in his profession
to hold = position in an Oriental or
chestra
Chinese music is not written. The
words of some Of the favorite songs
have been preserved, but the music
has been handed down from father
to son for generations that 20 far
back before the day Of the trouba-
douFs.
When music Is played It IL played
according to the memory Of the
musician and his ideas OF interpre-
tatIon. A musician varies the per-
Torrance as his best judgment die
tates, and the strings, reeds or brass
may break in at almost any time
The Chinese performers are q sur
vival Of the wandering minStrels, and
today they are the same as they
were when Confucius was q boy. A
good Chinese orchestra has thirteen
pieces, led by a "deeda," or brass
cornet with a fiat note.
The Washington times., 1918-04-25

Gounod.
In New York. the actual ami
versary. June IL. win be too late for
Observance by two opera companies
which have been giving some OF the
best known OF Gounod's operas.
II was n ISIS that the composer Of
Faust was born IN Paris. IN the Rus
Saint Andre des Arts. Hts father was
q painter and engravers his grand
father, a distinguished artisan IN
iron. had the right 70 the title Of
Fpurveyor TO the King" and was
lodged in the. palace OF the Louvre.
The second centenary that friends
OF the arts would certainly greet
with some observance was that OF
Leeonte de Isle, born 1918 at Isls
Bourbon. and not 20 be confused with
Claude Joseph Rouget de Ldsie. com
poser and author OF the '1Garseil-
laise"
The Washington times., 1918-04-25
WHY VERDI MADE
QUEER CHANGES IN
HIS MASKED BALL

Correspondents Of the New York
Evening Sun have been delving in
terestingly OF late into the history
OF Worlds Masked Ball" We are re-
minded by one OF them that the or
iginal title OF the opera was GUS
tavo III" .
at was during the rshearsals."
says he, shat the attempt OF orsini
against the. life Of Napoleon III, jan
uary -, 1888, occurred, and the per-
Torrance OF an opera with so sugges-
tive a title was interdicted. Verdi
was ordered by the Naples police to
adapt his music TO a different book
and upon his refusal the manager OF
San Carlo brought an action against
him for 1000 frances demages.
'"There was great uproar IN
Naples when Il was, known that per-
mission to produce his work was
withheld. Crowds assembled under
his window and escorted him through
the streets shouting Viva Verdi" the
cry making the initial letters Of Viva
Vittoria EmmRnuela Re d'Italia-' The
matter was compromised by the man
ager Of the Teatro Apollo in Rome
arranging with the Roman police and
taking the responsibility OF the pro-
ductlon. But the changes had 10 be
maze nAAAANA "a NAAN NAAeA eNNNNe
and the piece was rechristened IN
Ballo in Maschera' and was brought
out in Rome February IL, 1859. Hence
the hybrid dialogue, atmosphere, and
other inconEruities.
"Auber's 'Gustavus III was COM
posed in 1888, but II was not produced
in italian at Her Majesty's Theater In
London until 1881, though perform
ances had been given before that year
In the British metropolis"
The circumstances attending the
change Of locale to a Massachusetts
environment in the plot OF The Mask
ed Bali have been many times re-
counted IN the local press" adds an
other correspondent, "and the fact
that the story IL identical with that
of Auber's 'Gustavus III is well
known to all students OF opera 1t
might be added, however, that in
order to avoid trouble with the censor
the action was for a time transferred
to some indefinite country called Au-
sonia
aThs names Of the two retaIners,
Samuel and Tom, in I'm Ballo In Mas
cherG were evidently selected as
being typlcally English, like the
absurd Nelly Box, Sally Fox. etc,
bestowed upon some OF the servants
at the hiring fair In Flotow's Martha
''dusically. Auber's opera bears
about the same relation to Verdis
that his Nianon Lescaut' with its
once famous laughing song. 'C'est
ThistoIre Gmoureuse,' a favorite with
Carlotta Patti, does to operas OF Mas
senet and Puceini. There is another
geographical curiosity In at least one
Of these works, where the author rep
resents his heroine as perishing from
thirst in Louisiana, a locality almost
too abundantly provided with rivers,
lakes, bayous, and swamps."
The Washington times., 1918-04-25

continued the diva There was a
little Conservative in Melbourne
that was having difficulties. I took
II over and established Con AmOre.'
We have now. 100 students. and be-
lieve that twenty OF them will be-
come famous artists
Il took in girls from all over Aus
tralla, every one that believed had
gifts and the determination to eu1ti-
vate them. No. indeed. I am not Hm-
iting attendance At the school TO
those Of Australian birth. One OF my
most promising students II from Chi
cago and another girl from whom
the world will hear shortly u Gom
Honolulu.
The Washington times., 1918-04-25
GOUNODCENTENARY
TO COME TOO LATE
FOR FESTIVAL HERE

Speaking Of the "esntsnariss" of
1918 the cri de Paris recently re-
marked that there were four such
that might be celebrated this year
In varying fashion. but II added that
the rigor OF the time would doubt
less reduce for each some OF the ira
ditional ceremonies However. the
Gallo Newspaper exclaimed. an artis-
tic festival was at any rate justified
In France In commemoration OF the
centenary OF the birth OF Charles
The Washington times., 1918-04-25
Buy a Liberty Bend TO-DAY

For tive years net . single new
pleasure car has besn made In Eng
land.
Luxury business has ceased. TIE
English are leading strS1aOus lives.
hut are prOsperinE-D. G. Feed Al
ministratOr.
The Washington times., 1918-04-25

Music is Gods gift to
man. the only art of
Heaven given to earth,
the only art of earth that
we take to Heaven. "
The Washington times., 1918-04-25

Buy a Liberty Bond TO-DAY
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
THE GERMAN BEATITUDES

It is not known whether the fol-
lowing creed was composed by
German or by foreign student Of
Germanism. It has the ring Of
genuineness it is not far-fetched
or overdrawn. The military mas
ters Of Germany have acted upon
this creed, and the German Army
their disciples, has lived up to it.
"Ye have heard how in olden
times it was said, Blessed are the
meek, for they shall inherit the
earth but [ say unto you, 'Bles-
sed are the valiant, for they shall
make the earth their throne And
We have heard men say, BLESSED
are the poor in spirit but I say
unto you blessed are the great
in soul and the free in spirit, for
they shall enter into Valhalla.
And We have heard men say, Bless
ed are the peacemakers ;but I say
unto you, Blessed are the wal
makers, for they shall be called
if not the children of Jehovah, tn,
children Of Odin, who is greater
than Jehovah. ,"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
flows ThiS2

we offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces. expelling the Poi
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for a short time you will see a
great Improvement in your general
nealth. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
Tor testimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. TIC.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13

sale Of your tobacco as you do
with other Of your farm products
and by all means consider the re-
suit Of tobacco sales, this year, as
part of your assets, not as though
it were found money and should
be squandered.
: Neither is it wise thing for our
intelligent farmers to lose their
heads because someone comes a.
round and offers to buy this or
| that tobacco crop in the field.
You may be very certain that he
! knows what he is doing, and that
there is more than a normal pro-
fit in it for someone in thus buying
before the crop is marketed.
It was suggested on the streets
last night that a good way for the
farmers who have grown a reason
ably good crop Of obacco was for
them to pay their fertilizer and
other bills out Of tobacco receipts
and have the cotton and corn pro-
fits to buy Liberty Bonds, instead
Of paying the bills out Of the cot
ton seed money.
+; This may seem far fetched, but
{ it is not altogether so absurd after
all as it may sound for when the
next Liberty Loan is floated it will
be the farmers Of the country who
will be expected totake the most
Of the loan, and, mark you, that is
not such a bad thing after all, for
it will put you above perjury and
want in after years when the lean
! times come. Government bonds
should be the very thing that far
mers should strive after. They
haveanever had an opportunity OF
owning them before, and now:
when they can be obtained in fiji
tv or one hundred dollar lots, and
are better than money, it seems alb
surd to hold money when these
bonds, that bear good interest,
can be obtained in small parcels.
Whatever you do, Mr. Farmer.
don't make the mistake that such
prosperous times as these will last
! for ever, nor should you, as sober
common sense, men run to waste
fulness at a time when every dol
lar is needed to protect your farm
, or you, and, moreover would i
not seem a crime for any man
knowing that a million or NOR
Of our boys are even now near tn
, firing line, not to do your par
manfully and stand behind you
country that today shines like tn,
radiant sun upon distressed Eu
rope?
Be frugal therefore and a pa
triotic citizen, conserving wher
you can and doing your bit, as W.
will do O11,.c f0,. tho hanafi+ Of m q
kind. That s the religion Of Chris
and Christ stood first for human
ity.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
LITTIETON COLLEGE,

Hot water heat, electric lights
and other modern improvements.
The 9th annual session will begin
September 25th.
Write for new illustrated cata-
logue; also for particulars con.
corning our special offer to a few
girls who can not pay our catalo-
g,le rate. Address J. M. Rhodes
Llttleton n. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13

August 13 1918
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13

One Of the big features at the
Dixie Theatre this week is the big
play entitled "The Silent Master'
featuring Robert Warwick and
supported by Miss Olive Tell.
This is one Of the Dixie s specials.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
NOTICE

We have several cars Winifrede
Coal rolling. The supply may be
cut off at any time if you don't
know about Winifrede Coal any
user Of it will be glad to tell you.
We will do the best we can with
all orders
BOWERS & co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13

% -
The bloody battlefield, where war is rag
ing,
Shells explode and big guns roar;
Men, wounded and die, all day long the
battle lasts,
And, when night shadows fall, Death
and darkness everywhere
Silence reigns over all.
The welcome peace that comes, with the
next break Of day,
Bringing the Red Cross workers where
wounded ones yet lay;
Hither and Thither they go, restoring
hope and health,
Saving many and many, from the
dark doors Of death.
The victory they II win, this loyal allied
band
When they go cover the top, fa1
through the alien line,
And Pershing's ten million strong, viii
away in norman s land;
They III carry the stars and stripes, RICH
cross the German Rhine.
STAR
Some true Mothers son, some father
pride and joy,
Fighting for true democracy, mayb
their only boy;
Just murmur one word of prayer, a
each flag you glance,
For this brave boy in Khaki, whe1
he is over in France.
Written by Scotland Neck boy in cam
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
FOR SALE-DO YOU WANT A

cotton Gin? If you don't want
to buy a new one at $4,000 let
us sell you our second hand 70
saw Cir for $125.OO. We used
it four seasons and with few
small repairs it will gin as much
more. Apply Baker and Ever
EFT, Palmyra N. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
I! k;4SZ 5|4ixS
By e. T. WHTEHEAH CO.
$500 buys a two seated fifteen

horsepower car, with new tires
which lost more than price
asked Cash only considered.
Apply Aubrey Shackell on Roa
nOke street. IT,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
DON'T JUMP AT THE FIRST
CHANCE

Use as much sober sense over the
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-08-13
CLASSIFIED ADDS
FOR SALE-TWO SECOND
hand drays. Apply to Hardy
Hardware Company.

BAGS WANTED will give yor
a good price for your Fertilizer bags.
N. B. Josey Company.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07

York luncheon on the food hoarder,
The food hoarder is rare bird
in England" he said, and, when
found he gets short shift. lie gets
that is to say, 10 pound fine, and
50 pound costs.
Every Englishman is a detective
where the food hoarder is concern
ed. heard recently OF d chap in
a west end club, who said to an
other:
81 spent all the morning in
tea queue. Most eNhaustins' | as
sure you.
~ do better than that, said the
second chap. with a laugh.
"Come, come said the first chap.
There's nothing without the tea
queue.
The second chap laughed again.
"'The tea queue for some, he
said. and for others the q. t..
And he walked off still laugh
ing. but the next day they hauled
him up for boarding and his fine
and costs came to 2l5 pounds"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
A MOTHER OF FRANCE.
With Her Childrenin Tatters and at
Point of Starvation, She Dis
plays Stole Heroism.

odt"Iu"y Evening / oSt ~
corner JUST above the horei IN 9oiSI
sons we came upon hloller ana
her lamily or hine' 9he was less
than Iorty years oId hersel1; her
husband was soldier at the front
9he wore wooden SaDotS on heI
leet ana upon her pody taIlereu'
sIeezy DlacK irocN. iier eldest child
was illleei years old' ne youngest
lIa9 t t'I",' 1'N .lo'''i''. i 1:,. ~, ."e '(' -
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''.anr;od a,H a. Lonand do:o-;at;oy ,ha,.
,,.ora ;,,o.oL;,,I' l;.,,. aaL fan,;.t,;nG
for n.nn+ , of t' nronnr o srsta,anne ",, bn7
,,at M , ,;,a,a nf tho a,,ali ,,.rot.has
who were old enouoh TO speak the
word failed to murmur "Mcrci.
mcrci" when the neighbors brought
Them bowls Of hot SOM and gave
them sups of warm milk and put
b;o el;ces of bread smeared with
iam into their dirtv clavlike little
hands
1Io,.;.u u.aifol lou.. .ho food
.1d' la' ''S ~ ~, w" 80 !i,o., % aoa;,et
ny Sq't"e.eu, t ga ; - t 'Nii'' .i "s s,','
,'.t,;DI, ,oI'C a,,iI ~" 1 tbaa, lD - raf,,aa
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ai,a,i -, % i>N0 Tha,. ~ LaJ 80 '.a;t @ ,, mood
'nL;io .;non olI tha oUo;ioLio ,ro9ons
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
Just Feeding the Brute.

London Globe: Even the revised
scale of rations for our prisoners of
war leaves the interned boche in
comparably better off than the be-
rationed British public. Fritz has
been cut down to a paltry 30 ounces
OF meat a week, compared with our
allowance OF IS pennyworth; plus
whatever can be obtained on the
fourth coupon. As the prisoners
nonmeat dietary is generous enough
10 ounces Of FISH are allowed to
each Of the two meatless days-it
will require some official ingenuity
to put up a convincing defense of
this preferential treatment. The
boche has six OUNCES of meat on FIVE
days a week the Briton will be for
tunate ii he can manage a pound
during the whole of the seven days.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
Cradle of Prince Cotton.

Christian Herald: Between An
dizhan and Namagan one passes
endless fields Of cotton, with the
white boil lighting up the dark
brown mass of stalks. Cranes strut
about, looking for frogs in the well
watered fields, and rushing waters
abount. Between Gugai and ITCH
kurgen we saw scores of mud wall
Enclosures built in seven tiers of
huge blocks and from 10 to II feet
high. Inside were the homes, the
barnyards and the sheepfolds, and
the idea seemed to be to catch the
sun and ward off the cold winds that
sweep across this plain in winter.
At the corners of the walls there was
a curving upslant, reminding one OF
the Chinese temple roof and pos
sibly indicating Chinese influence
here in the heart of Asia.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
Paper Textiles in Norway.

Copenhagen Correspondence: A
fabric consisting of Is per cent pa
per and Is per cent cotton is short
ly to be manufactured by one of the
large textile factories in Norway.
This new fabric is said to be soft
and warm, little heavier than or
dinary cotton goods, and not quite
so strong, but considerably cheaper.
1t is thought to be especially suit
able for blouses. dresses, curtains,
and other purposes for which or
dinary cotton goods are used. A
large Christiania sail factory is re
ported to be experimenting with pa
per and to have obtained some salts
factory results.