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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
GeoIogist Converted.

A sceDticai geoiog1st, while out
with an exploring party. was seized
with great fear and anxiety. which
nothing could drive away. He took
a bible, went by himself, and found
peace IN seeking the God whose
existence he had tried to disbe-
iieve. 1t afterwards appeared that
his wifs had engaged several others
to Join with her In prayer for her
absent husband,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Conversion By a Death.

Rev. J. R Chambers writes of
community In which religious in
tereet had ebbed almost entirely
away. Suddenly the neighborhood
was scourged by a dreadful dis
ease. Among the families attacked
was one In which the parents were
Christians. but only one OF the
nine children had as yet made q
profession. II was this daughter
that was fatally attacked. Her
peaceful death made O deep impress
sion upon the minds of the sur
vtving brothers and sisters. and
before she YVES buried, six OF them
were converted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Converted by Q Song.

A man who was going to the sta
ton to take the cars, heard a little
Irish boy. who was sitting on the
doorstep, singing, "There1l be no
sorrow there" ''Where?" asked he,
for his mind was impressed by the
words. The boy answered, 'In
heaven above, where all is love"
The man FASTENED on to take his
seat in the car; but he could not
forget the simple words OF the
hymn, and was led to Christ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25

Bishop McCabe and the Hackman.
Once, as Bishop McCabe was
alighting from. a hack at friends
door, he grasped the drivers hand
and said Good night; I hope to
meet you in glory" About mid
night his host knocked and said,
Chaplain, that hackman has come
back and says he has got to see
you" The hackman came into the
bishops chamber with tears rolling
down his cheeks. Said he, eff l
meet you in glory, 1 have got to
turn round. 1 have come to ask
you to pray with me-" The bishop
led him to Christ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
m. Axmiah Smith.

Azariah Smith. the missionary,
was converted at Yale college.
a religious awakening occurred
among the students, during which
he was approached on the subject
of his souls salvation. He would
turn the matter aside by laughingly
answering-"mother says I am to
be a missionary" One evening
alone with his feet on the table ard
cigar in hts mouth. he sufdsnly
Jumped up, threw his cigar in the
scuttle, and started for q pitcher of
water. On his return he met a
Christian student and exclaimed:
"Oh! what a blessed thing 1t is to
get 9 pitcher OF water for the Lord"
Somewhere on the way he had pass
ed into that new mind
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Saved BY the Word of God.

As a man arose one morning his
eyes fell upon the Bible which lay
upon q shelf over his washstand,
and II seemed o silent reprover of
his ways. IL continued morning
after morning 70 reprovs him, and
finally taking 1t down, he opened
IL and the arst passage upon
which his eye lighted, was deseFip-
tive OF bis own character, The aez.
euraey with which 1t dsiiAsated his
own heart and LIE brought him to
Repentance and Christ,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
He Lost His Appetite.

A brother rose in the meeting
and said, 81 came into the meeting
when II was held in the old church,
and was at the time under the in
f1uence OF liquor. The missionary
talked and prayed with me, and
God heard the prayer and saved
me- / have lost all appetite for
drink"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Mrs. JudsOn.

-One evening" says Mrs. Judsol,
when rejecting on the words Of
the lepers: IF we enter into the
city, then the famine is in the city,
and we shall die there; if We sit
still here, We die also;' l felt, that.
II returned to the world. / should
surely perish: il I stayed where I
then was, 1 should perish. and 1
Lould but perish If I threw myself
on the mercy of Chris-. Then
came light and relief and comfort,
such as never knew before"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
A. N. TOpIady.

A homely sermon. preached tn an
Irish barn by IN illiterate evan
geIist, was Instrumental In leading
tn decision for Christ a youth
NJ. Toplady-wllo afterwards be-
came an aba pIirister OF Christ,
and wrote .AO hymn beginning:
"Rork OF Agos, Cleft for Me-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Saved at q Dance.

A young man in the midst OF
dance was awakened as the clock
struck one, being reminded of the
words, 1.-The bell strikes one, we
take no note of time" Convic-
ton seized his soul and he was
soon led to accept Christ.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Bishop Thoburn.

Bishop Thoburn was converted
when in Allegheny college. He said
the act OF decision required q great
deal OF courage. One Of the profeS-
sors of the college found him later
With his face buried in his hands
sobhing a& the altar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Judge Converted.

A prominent judge helped a
poor woman on the slippery steps
of a church building. The old
auntie looking up to his face ask
ed. do you love Jesus7" The
words were more than a sermon to
him and resulted in his CONVEX
sion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Converted Postwar.

A gospel paper. sent to q small
town in Italy, received by q post
man, led to his seeking q bible,
and by the advice and help Of an
earnest evangelist, he finally gave
his heart to the Saviour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
White Man Won By an Indian.

WMOo NAL HOu W an AHuihus
Rev. Peter Jones. chief Of the
Chippewa Indians, while abroad,
stated the following case: "In COM
ing to this country I passed through
a white settlement on my way to
New York The people were very
bad and wicked; I heard two men
swearing; 1 went up to one and put
The Swearer's Prayer into his
hands. A few months afterwards
l heard that these men had been
converted and turned to God"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Remarkable JaDanese Couvert.

One OF the men who is helping
to win Japan for Christ is Tsuru-
kicht once a burglar, and who has
spent % of his a years behind
prison bars Learning from an
other prisoner that religious books
could be purchased by the pris-
oners, he bought New Testament
and began to study that he might
be able to read After three years
he had read through the whole BIZ
BILE. Then" he says, the old
Tswukichi died and new Tsuru-
kichd was born"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Earl Cairns

The late Earl Cairns when only
10 years old heard a Belfast min
lister say in his sermon God
claims you" The words stuck into
the boys heart and he gave himself
to Christ and lived a long and use
ful life.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Rock Island, Ill.,, June rs, 1919.

Rock Island, Ill.,, June rs, 1919.
Dear Christian Friend:
Do you realize how many thousand peo-
pie who do NOT attend church are today
reading Gods Word from this pager Would
You not like to reach them with a message
from Gods Word that has proved blessing
in your own life? How can you reach so
many. so effectively. and at so small cost as
through your newspaper at regular adver-
tiSfng rates? Speak with your pastor about
II. Call the Argus Gospel Publicity Depart
ment for particulars. Yours faithfully,
BENJAMIN MICKLE BROWN,
Extension Secretary the Blackburn uni
VerSfty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25

Son, that ,U11osoeuer believeth on
Him should not perish, but haze
eternal life. For God sent not the
Son into the ,porld to judge the1
World, bet that the trorld should
be saued through Him. He that
belieueth an Him is not judged; hef
that belieUeth not hath been judged already.
because he hath not believed the narrse,of
the Judgment that the light is come into the
,vorld and men loued the darkness rather than
the light; for their works lOere evil. For euery
one that doeth eUI hateth the light and COM
eth not to the light, lest his works should be
reproUed: Bat he that doefh the truth conaeth
ifest. that they haze been Wrought in God"
John 8
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25
Gods Goodness Leads to Re-

A young man and his wife were
both led to decide for Christian
life because of the earthly pros
perity which the Lord had given
them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-06-25

Go ye into all the 1oorld and
preach the Gospe]sto tlaeseD1eo@e Gre
atior. He that belieueth and is
baptized s1ea1lbe saoed; bet he that
), disbelieueth shah be condemned
M<zrf1f6
Wherefore be ye also ready;
for ia na hour that ye think not
the Sosa of Man cos'aeth.'
Matthew Is
Lay up for yourselves treas
ares IN heaven aohere thy
treasure is there 1Uin thy heart be
alsO." Matthew
For God so ]0ued the WOr1d
that He gaze His only begotte11
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
MORASSO. CASE IS
AGAIN CONTINUED
Deputy Sheriff Hall Unable to Attend
Court of Record.

In the court of record yesterday the
case of the Morassos was continues
to September 20 on account of the in
ability of Deputy Sheriff George Hall
to attend court. There were two other
cases to come before Judge Jones and
in each instance sentences were i'm
posed.
Albert McGraw. a negro. was charg-
ed with the theft of a pair of shoes
and found guilty by the jury. In view
of the fact that he had already spent
thirty days in jail the judge was len
lent and imposed a jail sentence of
only five days.
Two white boys were brought be-
fore Judge Jones of using an automo-
bile without the consent of the owner
and after giving them a short warn
ing the judge ordered them TO pay the
costs of the trial and suspended further
sentence pending their good behavior.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

Yesterdays win by the Shipyard
from the Y. NJ. C. A. team definitely
decided the pennant race in favor of
the Knights of Columbus. The score
yesterday was to and the game
was interesting and exciting through
out. Inability to hit cost the W the
contest, their defensive work and their
pitching being plenty good enough to
give them the game.
Manager Bergin's refusal to allow
a recently appointed appeal board set
tie a protest by J. o. Olsen against
the knights has caused the remaining
league team managers to take a stand
calculated to bring the question TO a
head. The following agreement has
been made:
on account of the refusal of the
x. of c. team to abide by the de-
cisiens of the governing body of the
league, there will be no more games
between the X. of C.s md the other
four teams represented in the Twilight
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
KIWANIS CLUB is
BEHIND CENTENNIAL

The Kiwanis Club of Pensacola is
solidIy behind the Centennial move
ment and at their weekly luncheon
yesterday thev voted to descend in a
body upon TIE meeting of the Gem
eral committee o. 100 at the city hall
Monday night aisd tender their hearty
and active support to the committee.
The luncheon was held under the
stately magnolia trees at the country
home of Kiwanisn y ID. Tehaulr az
Ferry Pass. HeapIng platters OF fried
chicken and fresh FISH, hoe cake, lem
onade and quite near beer tended to
arouse all of the latent boosting spirit
in the members of the club.
Brief, but comprehensive addresses
in favor of the centennial at Pensacola
were made by Pete Rollo, J. II. Bayliss,
S. H. Burke, Harry w. Thompson and
Leslie Partridge. A report by Chairman
f. l.. MilleR, of the Kiwanis centen-
NAL committee was approved and
adopted.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

star sluggers, fine outfielders and
infielders and all of that, but new
er pitching staff that was feared
by the other clubs.
Hughey Jennings always knew
what the matter was. The fans of
Detroit knew, too. The pitchers
didn't deliver. So Hughed got Ed
die Ainsmith and Dan Howley,
the latter pennant winner at Mon
treal last season. Hughey figured
that a brainy catcher like Ainsmith
and an old handler of pitchers
like Howley could do the trick.
They did But the work of Ain
smith probably brought the best
results
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

The Tigers Claw" the popu-
lar serial staged this year in the
American League, was written
and produced by Eddie Ainsmith,
star catcher, formerly with the
Washington Nationals. but now
under contract with Hughey Jen-
nings, Detroit pennant promoter.
The Tigers Claw" almost tore
out the heart of Kid Gleason. Chi
cago pennant producer-almost,
not quite.
The Tigers didn't have much of
a claw in seasons past. They
didn't have the pitching. They had
Ty Cobb. Bobby Veach and other
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

Eddie besides helping develop a
star pitching staff in Emhke, Dauss
Boland, Leonard, Kallie, Love, etc,
caught an excellent game and has
done some great hitting. 1t was
really Ainsmith, a catcher, who
filled the pitching gap. True
enough Jennings annexed the star
Leonard, but Ainsmith and Howley
developed the others.
Detroit made a great bid for
the high honors and had they
started sooner they might be far
ahead in the race today instead of
fighting with the Indians for Sec
ond place money. And they may
be heard from next season.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
DISPLAY LUCKY coLoRo.

London-Latest fad of Dondoners is to
have houses painted inside and out with
the lucky colors" of the owner, which
depended on the date of birth and are
determined by reading occult books.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

There's no such city as Calumet, Mica
The wen known community OF that name
Is composed of the two villages OF Lau-
rum and Red Jacket.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
KNIGHTS WIN PENNANT BUT ARE
NOT TO FINISH TWILIGHT SEASON

League unless the X. of C. team SUBJ
mits itself to the rulings of the gov
erning board of this league, viz, that
the protested game of July % be play
ed over between TIE X. of c.. and Y.
NJ c. A. teams.
(Signedl
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

The semi monthly dance which was
to have been held tonight at Fort
Barrancas, will be postponed to
date to be announced later.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
(Signed)

ThesumfnaTy IhIte-Das his
NoseJy, snead and Olsen Sacrifice
h;ts-Rouke. Left or bases-Ship-
v.,rd l. Bases on baIls-Off Kent =
off KEN. in Q innings.
uit-Of Burmeister in innings
of kent, 5 in { inni.gs. Winnings
nfcheY Burmeister; losing pitcher,
JAnt. Umpire-Hernandez. Time
hrf
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

A son was born Ir. and M~s
Carl Il. Duke yestet afternoon at
the Pensacola hospital. at 4:So o'clock.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

Spokane. Wash. is climbing toward
first rank as stockyard center.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

b Z q x zaR8 gagER aE II
y x
" LOCAL NE BRIEFS. q
u E
"a gaagR a@E 1gaRg
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
GAM ES TODAY.


TWILIGHT.
Knights VS. Woodmen.
NATIONAL.
Philadelphia at Pittsburg.
Boston at Cincinnati.
Brooklyn at Chicago.
New York at St. Louis.
AMERICAN.
Chicago at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Washington.
Cleveland at Washington.
Cleseland at Boston.
st. Louis at New York.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

House building is being hastenes in
London with the aid OF machine hat
turns out solid concrete book 21xIAe
inches. each minute
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

E. NELSON
Mgr. Shipyard.
G. f. MATSON,
Mgr, w. o. w.
NJ. LEWIS,
Mgr, Whitmans
j. o. OLSEN,
Mgr, Y. NJ. c. A.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12

Pittsburg. TT; Philadelphia, IL.
Chicago, 8; New York. Z.
1t. Louis, 4; Brooklyn, 8.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
AMERICAN.

Washington, 40; Chicago. 2-5.
Philadelphia, 2; Detroit, g.
Boston. 4-6; St. LcliS 90.
New York 2; Cleveland, 1.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-09-12
TWILleHT

: NJ. C. A. 0; shipyard. 2.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-11-07
CHAPTER XII.

"Almost" was Lucy's last word on
the last night of Georges vacation
that vital evening which she had half
consented to agree upon for settling
things" between them. almost en-
gagged" she meant. And George, dis
contented with the almost" but con-
tented that she seemed glad to wear a
sapphire locket with tiny photograph
of George Anderson Minafer inside it,
found himself wonderful in a new
world at the final instant Of their part
ing. For. after declining to let him
kiss her ''good-by," as If his desire for
such ceremony were the most pre-
posterous absurdity in the world, she
had leaned suddenly close to him and
left upon his cheek the veriest feather
from a fairys wing.
She wrote him a month later:
"No. 1t must keep on being almost.
isn't almost pretty pleasant? You
know well enough that care for you.
I did from the first minute saw you.
and I'm pretty sure you knew it-Pm
afraid you did. I'm afraid you always
knew it. But it's such solemn thing
it scares me. 1t means good deal to
a lot of people besides you and me,
and that scares me, too. I shouldn't
be bit surprised to find myself an
old lady, some day, still thinking of
you-while you'd be away and away
with somebody else perhaps. and me
forgotten ages agol Lucy Morgan
you'd say. when you saw my obituary.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-11-07
CHAPTER x-continued.


i.P6ot!'' Aunt Amelia was evidently
in a passion. "You know what's been
going on over there, well enough,
Frank Bronson! / thought you were
q man of the world: don't tell me
you're blind! For nearly two years
Isabel's been pretending to chaperone
Fanny Minafer with Eugene, and all
the time she's been dragging that poor
fool Fanny around to chaperone her
and Eugene! Under the circumstances,
she knows people will get to thinking
Fanny's a pretty slim kind Of chap
erone, and Isabel wants to please
George because she thinks therell be
less talk if she can keep her own
brother around, seeming to approve.
sTalk!' She'd better look out! The
whole town will be talking, the first
thing she knows! She"
Amelia stopped, and stared at the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-11-07

tAe npe& or mot. He owns ali these
buildings now. You know"
"Didn't you, when you were heref
Like uncle, like nephew"
"Tm sure I didn't have 1t so badly
at his age" Anderson said reflectIvely.
as they strolled on through the COM
mencement crowd.
Eugene laughed. "You need only
three things to explain all that's good
and bad about George"
"Three?"
"He's Isabel's only child. He's an
Anderson. He's boy"
''Well, Mister Bones, of these three
things which are the good ones and
which are the bad ones?n
SAIL of Them" said Eugene.
George took no conspicuous part In
either the academic or the social cele.
brations of his class; he seemed to re-
gard both sets of exercises with toll
Grant amusement, his own crowd"
mot going in much for either of those
sorts of things" as he explained to
Lucy. What his crowd had gone in for
remained ambiguous; some negligent
testimony indicating that, except for
an astonishing reliability which they
all seemed to have attained in matters
relating to musical comedy, they had
not gone in for anything. Certainly
the question one of them put to Lucy.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-11-07

doorway in panic, for her nephew
stood there.
She kept her eyes upon his white
face for few strained moments, then,
regaining her nerve, looked away and
shrugged her shoulders.
'You weren't intended to hear what
I've been saying, George" she said
quietly. "But since you seem"
"Yes, did,"
"So!" She shrugged her shoulders
again. "After all, don't know but
it's just as well. in the long run"
He walked up to where she sat. "You
you" he said thickly. sit seems
1t seems to me you're-you're pretty
common!"
Old Bronson had risen from his
chair in great distress. your aunt
was talking nonsense because she's
piqued over a business matter.
George" he said. "She doesn't mean
! what she said, and neither she nor
anyone else gives the slightest credit
to such foolishness-no one in the
world !"
George gulped, and wet lines shone
suddenly along his lower eyelids.
'They-they'd better .notw he said,
then stalked out of the room, and out
of the house.
Ten minutes later, George Amber
son, somewhat in the semblance of an
angry person plunging out of the Man
sion, found a pale nephew waiting to
accost him.
Il haven't time to talk, George"
eyes, you have. You'd better"
whats the matter, them"
His namesake drew him away from
the vicinity of the house. Il want to
tell you something / just heard Aunt
Amelia say. in there. She says my
mothers on your side about this dlvi-
sion of the property because you're
Eugene Morgans best friend. She
said-" George paused to swallow.
"She said" He faltered.
sYou look sick" said his uncle, and
laughed shortly. IF It's because of
anything Amelia's been saying. don't
blame you'll What else did she sayY'
George swallowed sgain. as with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-11-07

in response to investigations of hers,
seemed to point that way: Don't you
think" he said, really, don't you
think that being things is rather better
than doing things?"
He said "rahthuh bettuh" for rather
better" and seemed to do it deliberate.
ly, with perfect knowledge Of what he
was doing. Later, Lucy Knocked him
to George, and George refused to
smile: he somewhat inclined to such
recommendations, himself. This inclina.
ton was one Of the things that he had
acquired in the four years. M
What else he had acquired, 1t might
have puzzled him to state, had any.
body asked him and required direct
reply within a reasonable space Of
time. He had learned how to pass ex.
aminatiOns by "cramming;;" that is, in
three or four days and nights he could
get into his head enough of a selected
fragment of some scientific of philo-
sophical or literary or linguistic sub
ject to reply plausibly to six questions
nation necessary for such feat just
long enough to give a successful per.
Torrance; then 1t would evapOrate ut.
terly from his brain, and leave him un-
disturbed. George, like his Crowd"
not only preferred "being things" to
doing things" but had contented him.
self with four years of "being things
as a preparation for going on being
things" And when Lucy rather shyly
pressed him for his friends probable
definition of the things it seemed SO
superior and beautiful to be, George
raised his eyebrows slightly. meaning
that she should have understood with
out explanation; but he did explain:
"Oh, family and all that-being gen.
tleman. / suppose"
Lucy gave the horizon long look,
but offered no comment.
"Aunt Fanny doesn't look much bet.
ter" George said to his mother, few
minutes after their arrival, on the
night they got home. Doesn't she get
over 1t at all? thought she'd feel
better when we turned over the insur.
ance to her-gave it to her absolutely,
without any strings to 1t. She looks
about thousand years oldp
"She looks quite girlish, sometimes,
though" his mother said.
HAS she looked that way much
since father"
"Not so much" Isabel said thought
fully. "But she will, as time goes on"
"Time'll have to hurry, then, it seems
to me-" George observed. returning to
his own room.