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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
SILVlS

Monday evening the ladies'. aid
society Of the Memorial Methodist
church held their annual Hal
lowe'en party in the basSment OF
the church. All the guests came
arrayed in fancy costumes. A ghost
met all the guests at the door, ex-
tending the icy hand Of welcome,
whispering into the ear OF each
some hideous prophecy from re-
gions unknown. The fey chill was
later dispelled by the aroma Of de-
licious coffee which the ladies'
served later together with dough-
nuts, pumpkin pie and russell ap.
pies Skulls peeped from behind
bundles of corn stalks and black
and yellow crepe paper hung in
festcons from the chandeliers. Each
members and friend of the church
presented Rev. and Mrs. Hofmeysr
with . pound Of groceries. The
Halloween social was also part OF
a reception for Mr.. and Mrs. Holt
meyer who have been returned here
for another year.
Wednesday afternoon ths mem
bers and friends Of the ladies' aid
society Of the Baptist church met
on Ninth street at the home OF Mrs.
Charles Schmidt. Mrs. Henry
Schmidt assisted her sister in serv-
ing q dainty lunch after the regu-
lar routine Of business The inter
vening hours were passed quickly
and pleasantly in making articles
for the bazar to be held in the
near future It was q very profit
able meeting and q large. collec-
ton was taken in.
Mrs. Lea Wells is visiting rela-
tives at Sac City, Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stee Of Davenport
are visiting Mrs. Kulter in Sflvis.
Mrs. c. Williams has recovered
from . recent illness.
Mrs. Carson formerly Of Bloom
ington, now Of Detroit, visited
friends here last week.
Mrs. w. r. johnson departed last
week for an extended visit in San
Francisco, Los Angeles and other
points Of interest in the west.
Mrs. John Ransom Of Tenth street
will entertain the members and
! friends Of the ladies' cid society
Of the Baptist church Wednesday.
Mrs. James Cook is visiting with
her mother 1T Chickasha, Okla.
I Mrs. Edward Shannessey visited
with relatives here last week re-
turning home to Chicago Monday.
Mrs. Grisss entertained the mem
bers and friends OF the ladies' aid
society Of the Memorial Methodist
church at her home Thursday aft
ernoon.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

San Juan. Porto Rico. Nov. A.
Governor YaSer has placed IN en-
barge on all food shipments from
the island of Porto Rico with the
exception OF sugar. The measure
was taken to conserve the dimin-
ishing food supply caused by the
tie-up at the New York docks on
account Of the longshoremen's
strike.
Chicago. ILL.,, Nov. 4.-Union
pickets were withdrawn from the
steel mills Of Gary and Indiana
Harbor, Ind. today for the first
time since the start Of the steel
strike six weeks ago. Workers en-
tered the great steel plants unmo-
Tested.
Helena, Ark, Nov. 4.-When
hearing Of cases growing out OF
recent race disturbances near
Elaine, this county, was resumed
before Judge J. NJ. Jackson In the
Philips county circuit court here
today. A verdict of guilty of first
degree murder was returned by the
jury In the case Of Banks and Ma
tin.
Washington, Nov. 4.-Legislation
lending financial assistance to
mothers and exempting them from
labor for a period Of six weeks be
fore and after child birth was en-
dorsed today by the international
congress OF working women.
Washington, Nov. 4.-President
Wilson today signed the urgent de-
ficiency appropriation bill carrying
$2.500,00O for enforcement of war
time prohibition and the food and
fuel control act.
Washington, Nov. 4.-The short
age Of sugar will end when the new
domestic crop reaches the marlst,
said a minority report filed in the
senate today by Senator Ransdell,
Democrat, Louisiana. opposing the
majority plan to extend federal
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
PARIS HAS COAL FAMINE.

Paris. Nov. 4.-(Havas.)- THE
coal shortage has become more
critical within the last few days or
account of the snow and intense
cold. The newspapers insist that
measures be taken without delay to
meet the crisis.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
BOMB RECEIVED
BY PALMER ONLY
BOTTLE OF WATER

Washington, Nov. 4.-The supS>
posed bomb which Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer received yesterday
through the mail proved today to
be only a bottle of harmless liquid.
Officials dismissed the matter as
the work of a crank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04
LABOR ADMITS DELEGATEs.-

Washington, Nov. 1.-THE Gre
Dental committee Of the labor con-
ference decided to admit delegates
from Japan, France and South A.
RIGA, against whom protests had
been lodged. =
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

McCabe's semi-annual third floor
sale. All this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

Nccabe's semi-annual third floor
sslA All this week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-04

control Of sugar and authorize pur-
chase of. domestic and Cuban su-
gars.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13
HUTTON


A requiem mass was celebrated by
Rev. James E. Cornell, pastor of st.
Peters church, Oakland, in Fender
CASTS Hall at this place on All Souls
Day, November 8. This day is COM
memorated throughout the whole
world as one of special devotion when
prayers are offered for the repose of
all the deceased members of the holy
church.
Misses Teresa NJ. Barnhill and Car
olyn Mann, Principal and assistant,
respectively, of the Hutton school,
entertained at hollowe'en party Oc-
tober 81. The sum realized amounted
to $500, which was a very good re-
turn, owing to the inclemency of the
weather on this particular evening.
DR.. John Darby, of Oakland, was
professional visitor at this place on
Tuesday
We are sorry to note the death of
OliS VI Jul IllSLuS, iIdlIISIy MI. LAW
ence Faherty, who was resident of
this place for upwards of twenty years
previous to his removal with his
mother, to Cumberland few years
ago. A number of Hutton people
attended his funeral which was held at
Oakland on Thursday, Oct. 80. Mr..
Stephen Faherty, of this village, is
brother of the deceased.
Miss Bridget Maroney, of Oakland,
was the guest of Miss Mary Carney
Saturday and Sunday
Miss Mamie Pendergast, of st.
Mary's General Hospital, of Rochest-
er, N. Y, spent few days of last
week with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Pendergast, of this place.
Miss Pendergast was accompanied on
chr return, as far as Baltimore, by
her sister, Miss Agnes Frances, who
expects to enter Strayer's Business
College as student.
ST. ELMO.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13

the end of them that obey not the
gospel of God?"
But the christian has a refuge.
Solomon says, I'm the fear of the
Lord is strong confidence, and His
children shall have a place of refuge"
Faith says, God is our refuge and
strength" Prayer is his refuge. Hez-
ekiah, when he received and read a
certain letter, went into the house
of the Lord and spread it before the
Lord and prayed. That night the an
gel of the Lord smote in the camp of
their enemy $4,000 men. The Lord
worketh for His children and delivers
them.
Is your bed too short, my friend, or
the covering too narrow to wrap your
self in? If so, that means you are
without God and Christ. What then,
is your hope? Is it that of the hypo-
critic? or do you say, "Ill fare as
well as some church members" You
may fare better, and hope you will.
You will need to. However, that is
not the question. Are you hiding in
the cleft of the Rock of Ages? Is the
Christ-life your life? If not, the
bed is shorter than that man can
stretch himself on it, and the covering
narrower than he can wrap himself
in it." JOANNES.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13

in the path of the power we will have
His power. 1t is the path of moral
safety, christian fellowship and activ-
ity.
1t is a Transforming power. Who
can redeem his soul from death? Who
can rescue. himself from the hand of
Satan? The Lord alone can do this.
He can bend the stubborn will and
bring down the naughty look.
We may hide in our refugees, but
they will fail at last. The hiding
place of deceit will be swept away.
Falsehood cannot conceal it; a COW
enant with sheol will count for
naught. You may have tribulations,
but these count for our good. The
best best lives are the busiest ones.
Wheat is not enough. 1t must be made
into bread and that means bruising,
and crushing Humility is manifest
in what we suffer. The best life means
usefulness. We serve others. Many
a man is the bread of thought to
others by his long hours of study; or
the bread of compassion by his SYM
path. But he must be fitted for the
Masters use. He must not light the
lovely lamps of incense before the al
tar and remain in rapt devotion. The
hes tlife is opposed to the spirit of
the world. The world cries, save US
from being bruised. Give comfort and
ease. Discipline makes character.
The best life means chastisement. 1t
is appointed and adapted to US.
The spirit of perfection begins with
the saints of light. They came out of
great tribulation. There is no night
there.
But the judgments of God are ac-
curate. They are according to our
transgressions and we cannot escape
them. They are just and without par
TALLY. What a strange infatuation
of sinners that they can go on shining
as long as they choose and then es-
cape of consequences. Such is the
power of sin that it destroys the NOR
al sensibility; the sense of obligation,
the power of will and inclination. By
and by they cannot resist. eff the
righteous scarcely be saved, when
shall the ungodly and the sinner ap-
pear" eff judgments begin at the
house of God"-and it will, for the
church will be purified of its dross,
and all that love falsehood and deceits
shall be eliminated-"what shall be
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13
SELBYSPORT

Mr.. B. H. Frazee, of Connellsville,
was visitor here recently.
Misses Kathryn Liston, of town, and
Helen Miller, of Braddock, Pa, were
the guests of Mrs. R. W. Faucet one
day last week.
Mrs. Frank Lowdermilk and daugh-
ter visited the formers mother, Mrs.
Griffith, at Guard, last week.
Byard Liston left Thursday for
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. c. Rush, of Acct
dent, were visitors at the home of M.
V. Frazee one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Asa Griffith and two
children, of Braddock, are spending a
few days here with friends.
The service which was held in the
M. E. Church Sunday evening was
well attended.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13
THE PEOPLES FORUM.

The Short Bed and Narrow Covering.
You will recall that last week l
was speaking of the "short bed and
narrow covering" which is a popular
proverb, expressing the condition of
painful uneasiness. The meaning is,
those who do not build on Christ as
the Foundation but rest on their own
righteousness, will prove in the end to
have deceived themselves.
They can never be easy, safe or
warm. The bed is too short and the
covering is too narrow. Fashion your
life according to your own pattern,
win success, stand forth, the envy Of
your fellows-what a fine and beauti-
full covering. 1
But life's creations must be tested.
Time tests them; so does success.
| Trouble tests them. There is but one
true standard: the true mans life
| tests US; so does the future. How does
self-ordered life stand the test? 1t
only meets the bodily needs, hence it
is too short. If it only meets the
mental needs, it is too short, or if
it is only equal to the social needs
it is still too short bed. 1t makes
no provision for the spiritual and
eternal, and each advancing year.
makes these more Supremacy impor-
tant. The beds too short again.
at is not in man that walketh to
direct hi ssteps." What can he do?
What should he do? Lay hold on
Gods strength; put self under divine
protection and by appeal to Him see
if he cannot make peace with God
The enemies of God are invited to
cease striving against Him and are
admonished that the door of repent
ance is oen to them. The Lord is will
ing to receive evn His enemies, but
they must humble themselves. Gao
quaint now thyslf with God and be at
peace with Him"
1t is an appeal of great earnestness
whic hnone can reject but the utterly
impenitent.Lay hold on Gods strength
for it is the strength of wisdom. He
directs natures laws. Seeds sprout,
shrubs bloom, trees bear fruit, mind
advances, souls mature. We take hold
of His strength when we do our part
in His work: i. e., when we prepare
the ground, sow the seed, observe,
study and use the privileges of devo-
ton.
1t is the strength of magnanimity.
There is enough in man to provoke
Divine wrath, yet He withholds ret
ribution. "He hath not dealt with us
after our SINS" but His loving kind
ness is extended to the most obdurate.
When we accept His overtures we
take hold on His strength. His is the
strength of pity. Like as a father
pitieth his children" There is ten
derness and quiet response to our
sorrows-loving sympathy. When in
our grief we unburden our hearts to
Him and realize the fullness of His
compassion, and make our appeal to
Him for succor, His is upholding
power.
In dangers and allurements of the
world, it requires great power to pre-
serve US in our integrity and con-
firm 11c In our fnith LIE ,ro ,,..4 IL G
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13

One hundred acres, half cleared and
cultivated; balance in timber; will cut
at least 1000 cross ties; 31a miles to
railroad; fair house and barn; good
water; orchard. etc.; good neighbor-
hood; close to school and church; a
bargain at$1800. Address,
F. A. THAYER. Attorney,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-11-13

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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
LIKE M,LukE SAYS

Listen for a moment to any two men who are standing in front Of a bar ana you will discover that people do not have to have anything to talk about in order to talk.
 A man has no business sauawklng when he is stung in a get-rich-QulcH game. If he hadn't been so anxious to cheat he wouldn't have been cheated.
 The fact that you think your girl is tall and willowy won't keep other folks from thinking that she is Ions and lanky.
 Most folks act as though there was a stiff war tax on the use of the terms: "Please" and Thank You"
 A bully is man who knows that the average man would rather be imposed upon than fight.
 Once in a while you run into a man who reminds you of six-inch dog that has a six-foot bark.
 Some men go through life on the theory that the way to do good Is to make others as miserable as possible
 You can make a woman believe that Jonah swallowed the whale. But you can't make her believe that drug store complexion doesn't fool anybody
 Low-cut shoes have made their ar- pearance and lot of the corn fed girls look as though they had the humps in their ankles.
 Oh, well, after July 1 maybe fellow will have more time to make both ends meat because he won't have to devote so much time to making one end, drink Before marriage he thinkS she hal voice like q bird. And afteH mar riaee he thinks she talks like Harrot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
THE COUNTRY HOTEL

do not uare to cherish the good name of their community. For of nothing can they be nor certain than that travellers who have to suffer the indigrities of such entertainment will denounce it with loud resounding paths or with "the feath- cred arrow of satire" or wit larded with malice"
 We could, if we would name villages along the Dixie highway, or the eastern route to Florida from Washington to Jacksonville, whose fame our own de- scription of nights of misery have done no good-nights whose memory is "a by- word and hissing.''
 Of all the contrasts of this mortal ifes so full of contrarities. we can think pr few. if any. greater than dropping at the edge of evening" tired and weary, into such burrow of discomfort and-into a clean, cozy and comfortable village inn. where a warm fire, a warmer welcome from mine host, q tasty supper and sleep-inviting bed lend life an indescrib- able joy and charm.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
ROMANCE OF GREYHOUNDS

under the sul1en gaze of the Germans themselves to communication with the peace conference in Paris. They go speeding from Paris with dispatches for Bucharest, Belgrade, Constantinople, and go not only into the heart of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Jugoslavia, but also into the troubled fastnesses of Russia.
 Major Peasless, who prepared the Greyhound plan," was a lawyer in New York city who came to France at the head of the commission that collected the soldier vote in the Hyihn-Mitchcl In the spring of 1918 the success of the operations of the A. E. F. was threatened by the great delays in communication be- tween Washington and Europe. The ca bles were crowded, the postal service was in state bordering on complete disorder; it was the rule rather than the excep- tion for dispatches to be delayed from four to six weeks in passing between Washington and the isolated troops in France. The crisis was particularly acute because of the extent to which the delay affected progress on drawings anal designs necessary to the ordnance wori1 because of the delayed information as to material and tests and approval of war facilities in general. When the major suggested the use of an officer-couri. 1T service Gen. c. B. Wheeler, then act ing chief of ordnance, General Pershing was consulted. With his approval, Major Peaslee sailed from New York in Apll,s 1918, with small group of officers T work out the details of the courier S
 tenn.
 Within three weeks after the unit 4
 rived, the average time of dispatcH
 from Europe to America had been q \ in half, and in spite of the difficulties d. countered, 15O couriers in passing between Europe and America have covered ns distance in an average time of less than eleven days from Paris to Washington. The wars fastest Greyhound made the trip from Barracks 66 at Tours to State. War and Navy building in Washington In just z days. hours and 20 minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
PROTECTING THE FARMER

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Representative Carson has intro- duced a joint resolution in the Ohio legislature to protect those engaged in agriculture" The resolution pro- hibits any state corrective, reforma- tory, benevolent or educational insti- tuition from raising fruit, vegetables, grain, poultry, live stock or dairy products. It also provides that all farm products raised for educational or recreational or amusement purposes shall be destroyed. so that they will not come into competition with stuff raised by farmers. Section prohibits owners of city lots or gardens from cultivating such lots or gardens. Sec- tion makes it unlawful for any con,- mon carrier to bring into Ohio agri- cultural products. Section II provides the following legal holidays for farm- CTS only: Saturday afternoons, July 4, Christmas Day, New Years Day, Washington's birthday. Lincolns birth day, April 6. November II, McKinley's s birthday, Decoration Day, Labor Day, St. Patrick's Day. Ground Hog Day, and Thursday of county fair week. Section 12 provides that the farmers work day shall be from a. m. to 12 m., and from p. m. to 4 p. .m. Gosh!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
Ne W Speeding Up
 In Loan Campaign

I0HHE Victory Loan will be sub
 0 scribed, but the campaign is half speht and only about one-fourth of the amount sought from the people of the nation has been reported to the treasury department. A great speed ing up, therefore, will be necessary
 Al failure would be well-nigh incon- IceiYable. The country is flush with mohey. The war debt is a debt of honor and every man and woman who feels proud of being called an Ameri- canI is vitally concerned in it.
 II he Victory Loan securities are at traE tive from an investment point of Ivie1E and have strong appeal on the patriotic side.
 T he Sixth federal reserve district, whl lch embraces Birmingham, made a bet ter percentage showing yesterday tha h it had done on any previous day. It moved up from the bottom of the list to fourth from the foot. A still bet ter showing will probably be made tod hy.
 The campaign was formally opened on the night of April 21, and the drive started the day following. It ends on May 10, but before that day Jeff ferson county should have con- pleted its quota. If there has been apA Athy, 1t must disappear. Let's work all the harder to make up for lost time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
From the Cincinnati Enqui1 CT.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer
 N s the joys of automobile tours be-
 LA\ come appreciated me Ire and more S = the need of better hotels in coun' try towns will grow impero bus. Every
 body remembers that Sam pel Johnson
 said in Boswelrs presence There is
 nothing which has yet be en contrived by man by which so much h hhppiness has
 been produced as by good tavern 0. inn."
 That he had not suffered q nights tor
 ture in the average country hotel in these
 United States of America might be taken
 for granted, even by any pne who did
 not know that he had neve visited the
 land of the free and home df the brave Nor was it by his experience In those abominable rural hostelrieS that She1- stone was led to exclnim: "Whoeer has travelled lifef dull round Where'er his stages may have been May sigh to think he still has found
 His warmest welcome at an inn" A half dozen automobile trips to Flor ida and back have filled our souls With nameless horror of those country tav- erns, and the landlords constantly re- mind us of the murderer in Macbeth, who said to his two comIh hanions wn'ie awaiting the approach Of Banquo anu Fleance:
 ''The west yet glimmers with some streaxs of day.
 Now spurs the lated traveller apace To gain the timely inn, d nd near ap- proslches The subject of our watch" To the weary subjects of his watch" the murderous landlord seems with siren voice to woo them to their dooN: 1 ..Win you walk into my pa rlor, said the l spider to the fly;
 'Tis the prettiest little par Tor that ever you did spy"
 | The typical country hotel in towns up
 to 5000 and 10. .OOo inhabitants is dirty, un- comfortable and woe-inspiring. The ! rooms are cold and cheerless. The food is bountiful enough. but badly cooked The bedding consists of sheets which lare too short tp be tucked in at the bot tom, and the coverlids are as heavy and stiff as plates of boiler iron.
 After many and intolerabke experiences
 we have come to the deliber ate conclusion
 that the citizens of these communities ought to assume some sort of contro
 of the management of this particular form of public utilities '' They either | ought to own them outright or appoint a committee of supervisio4. unless they
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-01
THE LooKER-oN PAYS. roo

THE LOOKER-ON PAYS, TOO Edith M. Thomas. in the New York Times. They danced unto his veering tunes. For some were trist as well as glad; They danced. they danced unto his
 tunes
 It seemed to me that all were mad! Through summer moons, meath summer
 moons, They danced. they danced unto his
 tunes! They never asked him whence he came (Oh. Joie-de-vivre. in motley coat And cap with feather like a flame Upon the flaming air afloatD They never even asked his name; I could but guess it all the same. I sat- hands folded in my lap,
 "Soon must they pay, who dance" l
 said. Off came the plumed and jaunty cap The piper wore upon his head "They never thought of this. may
 hap!'- The coins dropped ringing in the cap. It passed along with plume of flame The coin . jingling music made; None did dispute the piper's claim, And some there were that overpaid. But then. just then. to me he came. And swung that cap with plume of
 flame! q did not dancer 'Htill you must You liked my tunes" Some were too sad!s The piper laughed: Another way. A way you have, of being eladr' Twas true! I had no more to say: The looker-on must also pay!