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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

tree. you will remember, figured large
ly In the religious ceremonies of the
Druids, and st. Winifred knew this.
So. at the conclusion Of the sermon he
caught up an Ak and chopped down
on oak tree. The Druids half en-
pected some dreadful thing to happen
at this offense TO the holy oak. But
just behind the oak stood fir tree
And Winifred, seeing this, was quick
to turn II TO advantage. He turned
and said;
"rhis little tree, a young child of
the forest, shall be your holy trss to-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

from me. was happier for that little
moment with him, alone, and when he
left gave my thoL, hts TO Christmas
finery | feared indeed 'twoud not be
here In time. but II came two days
before the dance. I would not for all
the world miss the Calverts dance.
January I'd: am tired. tired.
tired; but, oh what pleasure to re-
member Every day. every hour. filled
with Joy. fear me showed too
much my happiness. for cousin Elnor
Carol reprmanded me and told papa
my spirits should be kept In check.
Papa only laughed and plnched my
cheek. Cross old thing. She looks as
If she never had been young.
"Such lovely things ms papa gave
me for the Christmas ball, besides my
pink brocade that will stand alone.
Charles told me | was charming when
he saw me In 1t, but truly II was my
beautiful gown. felt shy and I'M
comfortable with his miniature resting
upon my neck for all to see, and |
thought to die Of shame nj the free
spoken words. Why must such things
be. that maids must blush and hang
their heads for that so near their
hearts? knew not where to hide my
blushlng face and sad confusion. But
twas a magnificent ball and all the
world was there.
"The young people danced and
danced. but the measure Of my hap
pIness was bubbling over when Colonel
Washington did me the honor to dance
minuet with me. held my head
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

services during the Christmas sea-
son. This is an excellent movement,
and might prottably be taken up by
churches all over the country. Ger
tainly II the churches can restore this
old custom II will add to the enjoy.
ment Of the season.
France is exceptionally rich In
carols, which are often drinking songs
as in many European countries. We
find many French carols translated into
Englloh, no doubt as a result OF the
inter, Jurse which existed between
jewellers on either side of the channel.
In the days when English youths often
pursued their studies In France.
There is Il great deal Of discussion
as to which is the most popular carol.
A.. l..
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12
The Yule Log

In former times Englishmen had no
love for Christmas trees. Their
houses we're heated by means of great
open flrepaces, and the bringing home
of their substitute, the Yule log, was
one Of the great festive occasions Of
the year.
Every member of the family assisted
IN the hewing Of II In the forest, and
II was amid the greatest ceremony
that II was carried to the house at
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

night. II is the wood Of peace, fer
your houses are built of the fir. II Is
the sign of an endless life to come, for
its leaves are always green. You will
notice that it points always upward
to heaven. Let this be called the tree
of the Christ Child; gather about 1t.
not In the wild woodland. hut in your
own homes"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12
A CHRISTMAS SONG

Blow. wind. blow;
Sing through yard and shroud;
Pipe II shrilly and loud,
Aloft as well as below:
Sing In my sailors ear
The song | sing to you,
"come home. my sailor true
For Christmas that comes 30 near"
Go. wind go:
Hurry his home-bound sail.
Through gusts that are edged with hail
Through winter and sleet and snow
song, In my sailors ear.
Your shrilling and moan shall be,
For he knows they sing 10 me,
And Christmas that comes 50 near.
z~WtttakAk cox nENNETx
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

high and courtesied with the utmost
dignity, but ! could not altogether hide
my pleasure. ! fear he thought me
but n foolish maid. yet when he kissed
my hand he asked me for souvenir.
and gave In return for my faded rose
the ribbon from his sword hllt.
Charles did pretend himself much
angered and thought to quarrel with
me; hut takes two tn make quarrel,
and would none Of IT, VIII ever be
so happy again? Farewell my beau
tiful Christmas. Farewell Farewell ~
read no further. From out the
past message reached heart sick
with longing. a heart that had filed
with happiness, that had given place
to surgng, jealous rage. had left
the gay crowd, unheedful OF my lovers
explanation of that which needed no
explanation. myself had hung the
mistletoe In place so that none should
miss so charming an opportunity.
Why. then, should object TO hasty
kiss given to another than myself
Ashamed. quickly pinned cluster
OF heartsease upon my breast: We
had picked them together from under
the shelterlng box hedge rs the snow
began to fall. had cast them aside
as | entered my room, but now they
nestled in their rlghtful place over my
heart. As | left the room to 60 back
to the crowd below, and to the hnppi-
ness that waited there for me, | whs-
pered to myself:
Takes two 10 make a quarrel, and
| will none Of It."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12
First Christmas Tree

II Is said that the gentle Saint Win
fired was the first man to conceive
the idea Of Christmas tree.
He was a missionary, who went to
preach to the wild Druids. who lived
IN England at that time and worshlped
IN oak groves. SO pleasant a manner
had he and so persuasive were his
words that the hearts Of many OF his
parau listeners we're touched, and he
add 1 great many converts TAv eak
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

o little 1'ahr If ErtIllrhrm,
q sre GI!rr sIrrpins there,
Ghinr rurS rs hsrp rs summer skies;
Ghu hrutu 50 iu!pte ana fair;
,Asain q srr lit fun,,ner knrrl
Chr shepherds If il,e fuIh,
Thr cAlasi uiiI! their gifts uf murrIl
Ann fratki,.trnsr ann sulh.
y srr GIlu mutIlrr talaru,
As III afur Ilrr han,hs rarrssra
Ghg haIluturh hraa If sIuru
llll!rrr It laia upun her hrrast;
d hear tl!r rruunims lullaby
GIat sIlc So suftlg sings,
1llIlils GIm hrar arm is ruraa her nrtk,
allllrre tr,shrrlg it Rings.
Eur furrr Ghg frrt tn frnlarr
On srrk tllc rrurl trrr,
Ann tarsI! the Ila,,hs tllat fuaitrh
1llitt their rrufn nf tIlnr,ts fnr Uter,
1'ut Ghuu I!aast tat me happy Iulu
of praee ann juu ann rrst,
alhru GI!u hraa fms him in alrthlrhan
1lpun Ghg mutIlrr's hrrast.
John s. M'Groarty.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

w Hlit u - iiiil''s
sible TO name the
favorlte, here
can be little doubt
OF the universal
appeal OF God
rest ye, merry
ge n II g m Q n,
whose plnlntive
m e o d y has
touched n chord
in the popular
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apartment. T h e
sounds, as they
receded, became
more soft and
aerial, and seemed
to accord with
the quiet and the
moonlight. | lis
tened and listened
they beca IN e
mora md mora
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

now passing away,
and of religious
feelings now SUI
perseded by 9th.
ers Of a different
caste"
OF late years
some of the
churches - chiefly
In the larger cit
les-have h e ! d
"ChrIstmas carol
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

frobnhly no Christmas would seem
complete without the well.known and
popular hymn, Hank the Herald
Angels Sing"
Inc word carol. which originally
meant dance. is thought to have
come into our language either from
the Norman French carole or from the
Celtic carol.
In 1870 Davies Gilbert published
some ancient Christmas carols, with
the tunes to which they were former
ly sung In the west OF England" In
his preface he declared himself 10 be
DESTROYS "of preserving them IN their
actual forms, as specimens of times
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

Mhrn sans tI!r stars tusrthrr
cgn tl,r murnius Iuts asu,
Ghe little Bahr If 1IrttIrl!rm
Slrpt lit munger lnm.
filings If mvriaa angels smrpt
Ghe trembling mists nf mur,,,
mhrn Hr fuIlu flas ]lrinrr If tl,rm
cgn Bethlehem iuas hnrn.
A king, ath urt III hiahrm
llpnn 9 bis hrutu 10 rrst;
Hr han IN piIluu fur Ills Ileah
Hut His utm mutl!er's hrrast;
9Iis palare iuas stable,
1Iarr If Knight nr palahin,
Whsn CHRIST the Gnrh nf llrahrt
Came tn frrr the iunrlh If sin
fIis rurs fuere suft rs summer skirs,
4Iis lrrufu rs fuI!te rs sl,niu,
Am ruurh His Ilrah l!alu sI!nnr
Like sunlisht's sulhrn sIuh.
1Iut, W lau an uutrast, hihhrn
grum Hrruh's cruel tarm-
Ghe Earnh If Dun that nrstlrh
Npun His nrutllrr's arm.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12
a Christmas
Glrssinn

BY Rev. DR.. Howard Dlfield
M AY the Blessing
| wi Of the Light that
shown at Mid
night come to the
hearts that are shad-
owed and the homes
] that are dark.
! May the Blessing Of
| the Song Of the Angels
come to the multitudes
I who strive and bleed
J upon fields of battle,
. and to all who wage
the hard warfare Of
life.
/ May the Blessing Of
I the Good Word to the
: Shepherds come to ev-
eryone who is humbly
! and honestly laboring
| to do a share of their
| worlds work.
| May the Blessing Of
: the Manger Cradle
J come to that innumer-
. able company against
whom the doors Of
hope and peace and
rest are shut.
May the blessing Of
: the Holy Child come
to every one who has
forgotten that Thou,
o God, art his Father,
and that all men are
brothers.
: May the Blessing Of
the Guiding Star come
!. to those who wander
! in the night and can
| not find the homeward
| way.
! May the Blessing Of
the Stable come upon
all hearts, Weakening a
] kindly sense of kin
| dred with every living
thing that walks the
I field and forest, or
: wings the air. or pass
. es along the paths Of
the seas.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12
Quaker,s Name.

The society of Quakers received tha
name originally because they babe Ger
tain magistrates to "tremble ut tn,
word of the lord"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

Not Real Christmas.
Christmas doesn't neal much In o
home where the chief beneficiary Ia 0
poodle
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12
Carol Singing
Is Dying Out

"HE custom Of carol singing
out of doors ut Christmas
time seems to be dying out.
This Is n great pity, for
carols ARE branch Of folk music, the
unconscious art OF the peasant mind,
heritage Of lnestimnble worth.
In many English villages there are
carols peculiar to themselves, to he
jealousy guarded and retained for
their use.
The Christmas carol dates from the
birth Of Christianity itself, the
angels having sung their carols at the
birth OF Jesus Christ.
Among the early Christians carols
were sacred hymns representing
iptt
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

Remember this Christmas day
that love Is the strongest thing
In the world. and that the bIes.
sed Life which began in Beth.
Iehem 10 the image and the
brightness Of the Eternal Love.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

N''' q hhthlys
Now the nnrne is
given TO a variety
of popular met
rical com y o.
sltlons from the
simple record Of
the birth of our
Lord to rude was.
Snil songs and
rhymes OF holiday
t
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-12-12

Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
7 was Christmas eve and
weston was alive with
gayety. From every win
dow In the old brick house
the mellow light Of innumer-
able candles glimmered out
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10

Wednesday evening a similar meet
ing will be held at the Edgewood
Baptist church.
Meetings tonight will be in the
following homes with the leaders
in charge:
Rev. A. NJ Stocking, I'll Forty
third street.
Henry Martin, 1OS Railroad ave-
nue., Moline.
G. M Anderson, 4011 Seventh
Mrs. Cook, 900 Forty-third street.
avenue
J. H. Macpherson, 1882 Seventh
avenue.
Don Porter. 1909 Forty-fourth
street. A C. Lille, leader.
Mrs. George Hitter, 1850 Thirtietll
street, Rev, W. G: Ogleyee, leader.
r. L. Baird, 1907 Thhtieth
street, J. C. Fry, leader.
J. W. Anderson, 2501 Twentieth
avenue, P. B. Maynard, leader.
Ed Williams, 1406 Twenty-sixth
street, ]. L. Fry, leader.
Mrs. Julia Battles, 101 Second
avenue, S. J. Woodin, leader.
Freeman Broughman, Fourteenth
street and Forty-second avenue.
Hugh Ralston, leader.
Mrs. A. C. Bowen, 1903 Twenty
ninth street, A. D. Hermann,
leader.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
HONOR DAVENPORT
DOCTOR FOR WORK
DONE IN FRANCE

Lieutenant Walter E. Foley, a
Davenport physician, now serving
with the medical corps, United
States army in France, has received
a high citation of honor from the
French people. He is a brother of
John J. Foley, proprietor of the
Harper House pharmacy.
The journal of the American
Medical association mentions the
citation Lieutenant Foley, in an
article in their latest issue, as fol-
lows:
1.-The mayor of Langres presented
Walter E. Foley, lieutenant, NJ. c.,
u. S. army, Davenport, Iowa, with
the French tri-color and coat of
arms of the city, in appreciation of
his service in relieving and minis
tering to the needs of the city Of
Langres and in recognition of medi-
cal care and treatment given to
about 300 French wounded"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
COMMISSION TO
ADVERTISE FOR
AERIAL TRUCK
Mayor Says Purchase of Govern
ment Canned Goods Has Not
Been Officially Brought Up.

Advertisement for an aerial fire
truck will be announced by the city
commission next Monday, accord
ing to Mayor H. NJ. SchriVer.
The securing of an aerial truck
has been under discussion by the
city commission for some time.
With the annual appropriation
budget now fixed, funds are Sc
cured for the purpose.
The present fire apparatus is
not capable of combating fire in
some of the higher buildings. 1t
is believed that a new truck with
modern devices will enable the fire
department to handle any situation.
Complete motoriZation OF the de-
partment is in view.
Canned Goods Proposition.
Mayor Schriver also said that
he had made no plans for the pur-
chase of canned goods from the
United States government, as has
been intimated in Rock Island. He
had heard that the government in
tends to dispose of certain goods,
which were manufactured for the
army, by offering them for sale to
cities. II the proposition is
brought before the city commits
sion, he said, it would be consid-
cred.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
MAYOR OPENS A
DISCUSSION OF
LANDING SITES
City VIII Consider but Not Take
Immediate Action on Com
mercial Airplane Field.

Mayor H. NJ. Schriyer started to-
day on a project for securing an
airplane landing field for Rock Is
land, in an announcement that the
city would consider any PROPOSE
tions for possible sites.
Mayor Schriver said that Rock
Island is not in a position to take
immediate action for securing a
field on an ocean-to-ocean com
mercial airplane service.
1t is believed that it will be year
or more before a comm S'cial air
line will be opened which will in
clude Rock Island in a line.
1t is estimated that the cost of
establishing a field according to
specifications would run high in
the thousands, and no plans for
that purpose will be made until a
more definite understanding with
the corporation is reached. Pro-
posed sites will be carefully looked
into in the meantime.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
RAGO PERFORMS
BEFORE CROWD OF
ADMIRING COPS

True to his word ''Rago, the De-
liverer" escaped and delivered, and
unlocked and broke out before a
crowd of 20 Rock Island policemen
in the city jail last evening, while
the rain poured down without. He
got loose from a coffin shaped
board to which he was tightly
chained, and easily opened all the
handouts the force could secure to
put on him. Such simple things as
cells he almost disdained to tamper
with, but he picked all of their
locks, just to show what he could
do. In one part of the building there
is long line of lockers, in which
clothes and other possessions of
the policemen are kept Rago start
ed at one end of this and unlocked
all Of them, not missing a locker,
nor spending more than a few sec
onds with each. Truly the exhibit
ton was most interesting to the
onlookers. He shows at the Watch
Tower hippodrome vaudeville this
week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
WITH a DEMPSEY
WALLOP CAHAu
LANDS BIG FISH

Hmm" unused ]. A Cahail, pro-
prietor of the Arcade cigar store
Saturday as he read The Argus at
his home.
He was going over the article by
C. C. Campbell on fishing in Rock
river.
THE fish come up to the dams
in Rock river from the Mississippi
In low water they go back again.
Therefore our fishing comes from
the Mississippi" he read.
Yesterday he decided to find out
first hand. Newspapers are hard
up and they're liable to print any
thing from anybody, SO it's best to
get well-posted on this fishing sub
ject direct. He took his family to
Rock river and tackle was gotten
out and lines were tossed into the
stream.
Nibbles were few and far be-
tween.
Hours slipped by.
Nibbles availed nothing.
Finally things became exasper-
ating.
"CampbelPs off. If fish come up
the Rock river from the Mississip-
pi, then the Mississippi must be a
million miles away" Cahail said
bitterly.
Previously Mr.. Cahail's son had
disappeared.
Later he appeared on the run.
"Whoppers," he exclaimed run
ming to his father. Gee, you
outa see them. There that long
stretching his arms the limit, and
they're in a hole"
Cahail, ST., began to get inter
ested. After fishing for hours with
out drawing anything, he began
to be anxious whether there were
any fish in the river. He went over
to the hole, near the second bridge,
and there saw as his son had de-
scribed, "whoppers."
There were two catfish in the
hole. Cahail got a club and began
beating one of them over the head.
He finally landed it. Mounting it
on a pole, he and his family gather
ed together the fishing tackle and
boarded a street car. He got of
the car at Twelfth street and put
the cat on the scales. 1t tipped the
beam at 27A pounds.
He sold 1t to Carl Naab for $3.50
and a steak supper.
But his wrist was strained from
the highpowered beating he gave
the fish in the hole.
And in his excitement he lost
some few dollars worth of fishing
tackle.
He left it on the street car when
he got of.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
DEATH FEARED AS
RESULT OF FALL
DOWN DARK STEPS

Charles Wright, well known in
the tri-cities as a contractor and
superintendent of construction, is
in a critical state from injuries re-
ceived July 1 in falling down a
fight of stairs. He has been in
Columbus, Ohio, for a year, engag-
ed in civil service construction
work, and has made his home dur
ing that time with his daughter,
Mrs. Forest Calender of Columbus.
le was walking through the hail
of the second floor in the Calender
home one night, not having a light.
when he became confused. entered
the wrong doorway which proved
to be that leading to a fight Of
stairs and lost his balance, falling
all the way down and being rem
dered unconscious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
STORM POINTS
NEED OF DRAIN,
MAYOR STATES
Voters Should Remember Damage
Caused Last Night When at
Polls Aug. 10.

One of the biggest arguments that
could be advanced in favor of the
construction of a storm drain on
Sixteenth avenue from Eleventh
street to the river, was presented
last night by the heavy rain storm.
This fact was pointed out by
Mayor Harry NJ. Schriver this
morning in discussing the question
which will be decided by the vot-
ers on Aug. 19-that of levying a
bond issue of SIS. 900 to cover the
cost Of constructing the proposed
storm drain on the above named
avenue.
Hundreds Of cellars in the west
end Of the city were flooded last
evening, the result of the inability
Of one sewer to carry off the sur
plus water" stated the mayor.
THE water rushing down from
the higher sections quickly over
1swer the curbings, submerged the
streets and penetrated in through
basement windows. The damage in
many instances was high.
IF the voters of Rock Island will
consider the proposition in the
right light and vote for the con-
struction Of the proposed drain, it
will insure the west end residents
against heavy storms in the future
Only One Drain.
AT present the city has only one
drain, the one on Fifth avenue, to
take care of that entire section. A
heavy downpour causes it to be
overwhelmed in it's efforts to carry
of the torrent. A drain construct
ed on Sixteenth avenue would re-
lleve the situation nicely, and it
would insure against a repetition
of what occurred last night"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
SLAYER FORMER
ROCK ISLANDER,
GOES ON TRIAL
Sensational Opening Remarks Made
by Defendants Attorney in
TOlland Murder Case.

Chicago, July 10.-The only SEN
sation in the first day Of the trial
of Nine Vera Trepagnier for the
murder of Paul Volland, former
resident of Rock Island, came when
Attorney Leo LIE Bosky, counsel for
the defendant, made his opening re-
marks and charged that volland's
wife, a Rock Island woman, was
forced to leave him because of cruel
treatment.
lie Bosky pictured the defendant
as a gentlewoman who had fallen
into poverty, who had but one
treasure in the world-a miniature
of Washington by the famous Trum-
bull This she had intrusted to
Volland, who promised to make her
rich, who got her to sign a con-
tract drawn by his lawyer, and fin
ally who did not market the repro
auctions of the picture, and brought
her to poverty and want-to actual
hunger.
Called Wife-Beater.
And we will show you that while
she is an educated, refined, intelli-
gent woman go years of age Volland
was a woman-hater. We will show
you"
But Assistant States Attorney
Dwight was on his feet protesting,
and the judge was leaning over to
stop the attorney. They told him he
could show no such thing.
Il will" he exclaimed. "I'll show
the court records here-that his
own wife had to leave him because
of his cruelty
Judge Brentano said it would not
be admitted as evidence, but LIE
Bosky assured him it would be.
lie Bosky's outline of the defense
indicated that he will claim that
Volland, a German born. acted "the
woman hater" toward Nine. Ire
pagnier, and that her mind, already
in a daze from his treatment of
her, and from hunger and worry,
gave way, and she shot without
knowing what she did.
The state probably will conclude
its evidence today. If the defense
has any witness other than the
white faced old woman herself. it
does not yet appear.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-07-10
FIRE CAUSES LOSS
AT BURT GROCERY

Fire destroyed three buildings
at the rear of the F, M. Burt groc-
cry 1927 Seventh street, Moline at
2 this afternoon. The origin of the
blaze is unknown The buildings
were owned by Theodore e. Wei
gandt. The residence of Harry
Dunbar, 1923 Seventh street, was
damaged.
One of the buildings was used by
Burt as a stock room. His loss is
approximately $4,000, he having
received a consignment of goods
valued at $1,000 this morning, and
it having been destroyed