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The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16

Each afternoon from 80 to 4:30 Miss
Kregg, who ha. had long experience in this
line, will be here to cut or trim the little tots{
hair. Bring them in. 1t costs only Csc.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16
Beautiful Spanish Laces:

a. been unprecedented demand for Spanish sover laces this
scarce We were s.d to this
allover ace blue
" viii be filled Spanish will cost us
while they last 60 at $2y2 Dud.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16

and black a n d
yhits' Sl.75
New natural silk
pongee, expressly
for this sale, stand
ard width. These
are worth regular
ly $1.10. For this
sale, o.
New shifting silks
apart silk, a
good variety to
choice, yard. 4YC
New all silk kimo-
ma silks and robe
silks; usually $500,
hI1f hero M M
nov A yard Sl.5O
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16
20 Prizes Will Be Given to the Babies
Weighed Here This Week, as Follows:

For the heaviet girl and also tho
heaviest boy baby. under 4 months,
We will give, free, an order for
500 good anywhere In our store
Except groceries.
For the heaviest girl and also
the heaviest boy baby, under 8
months, We will give. free, an order
for $500, good anywhere IN our
store except groceries.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16
Young Hartz Mountain
Canaries: the first import
ed since the war: $500.

These Bargains in Domestics
Tuesday, and for the Rest of
the Week, If They Last:
Quantity Limit
36-inch comforter challies, cheap
today at 1sc; while it lasts 1915 I'D.
Colored outing flannels, full &C.
inch; three qualities: Csc, &c and
l8c yard.
Pillow tubing, the wanted 42-inch
width, genuine Pequot mills so hard
to get; 48c yard.
4O-inch unbleached muslin, a good
value at 1sc for 14c yard.
27-inch cream white, heavy
weight, half wool flannel, worth 49c
for 35c yard.
Bath robing (now's the time to
make his Christmas bath robe>; not
the ordinary kind, such as sell usual
ly at DC and Sc, but genuine "Bea-
can" bath robing, SO inches wide:
choice of wide range of colors,
72l1zc yard.
Here's the Place to Buy Your Silks:
When you buy silks here you can
feel sure you're right.
Mr.. McLaughlin's trip to market
last week has brought our silks stock
up to splendid condition.
You'll find these, and many more
bargains such as these:
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16

New S6-lnch taHeta
silks, have been
selling at $1.98.
You may choose
black, two shades
of blue or q En
brown, I'd. Dl.OV
Good old-fashioned
heavy tafeta silk
will be found here
at $1.98; and q
splendid black de
a At SZ.75
Satin de Cygne-
beautiful shimmery
silks, like char
meuse but not quite
so heavy; will wash
and drape perfect
ly. Choice colors,
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16

For the heaviest girl and also
the heaviest boy baby under II
month, under Is months, and UNI
der years We will give an order
for $500, good anywhere in tho
store except groceries.
Fer the second heaviest girl and
boy baby in each Of the above d.
visions-5 classes-wo Will give aa|
order for $50, good anywhere iql
the store except groceries. |
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16

Baby Week will close, Saturday night,
Oct. Fl. AS soon as possible after that VIE
will tabulate the baby records, and an.
nounce the nance CT the nrizc winners I'm
our ad.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-10-16
Buy Your Handker-
chiefs, Early:

chiefs, Early:
den's good quality, all
puFe linen h.andkerchiefs;
wo3 til Soc; three for
Ladies' fine 25c all pure
linen hemstitched handker-
eli efs, tlco to each for
Thildren's school hand
4erchiefs, white or colored,
three for lOc.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

older handicap horses, and at least one
other high-class colt from the same
stable; Montfort Jones' Surf Rider, the
winner Of six races last year, and
Reckminister, promising Friar Rock
colt; John Finn, whose work at Lex
ington makes him a dangerous con-
tender; the great FLY Startle, which
might repeat the victory of Regret, the
only FLY to win the Derby; Washington
from the same stable is also showing
improved form this Spring e. r. Brad.
ley has By Golly, Busy American and
Bet Mosie, and he makes no secret of
the claim that he expects to run one
two in this years Derby as he did
last year with Behave Yourself and
Black Servant; ]. s. Cosden who al.
ready has one Derby winner to his
credit in Paul Jones, believes he has
an excellent chance to win with Good
Times; Kai Sang, who ran second to
Norwich several times last year, is
eligible for the Derby; Gentility, the
winner Of the Lexington Futurity, has
worked faster than any filly in the
West. Unless she Is saved for the
Oaks, she will certainly go in the Der
by. Lucky Hour is the hope of the
Simms' stable. He is already a win
ner this year, was second in the Pim-
lico Futurity last year, and is a horse
Of undoubted class. With Deadlock,
Spanish Maize, Chatterton, My Play
and several other dark horses to draw
from, there is sure to be a large field
of the best three-year-olds in America
to face the starter at Churchill Downs
on Saturday, May 18th.
The Downs is more beautiful than
ever this year, accommodations for
the public have been greatly increas.
ed, and every arrangement has been
made for the reception of at least 75,.
600 people. The Kentucky Derby is
the center of all attraction in the turf
world and Churchill Downs will be the
Mecca TO which all lovers of high-class
sport will turn on Saturday, May 18th,
the opening day Of the Spring meeting
at Louisville, which viii continue until
June Bird. 80
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

That the general tobacco situa-
ton in the Burley section is great
ly improved over what it was a year
ago, that the growers are greatly
encouraged over the operation of
their organization and that the in
crease in the crop of 1922 will not
be more than Is to 20-per cent. over
the production of 1921 are state
ments made by President James G.
Stone, of the Burley Tobacco Grow
ers' Cooperative Association, in re-
Spouse to inquiries as to the tobacco
situation and the probable produc-
ton for the coming season.
Mr.. Stone says in his statement
that the crop of 1921 will not total
more than 100000 pounds; that
1870, 100000 pounds of this has been
handled by the Burley Association;
that between 100000 and co.
100000 pounds of this has been sold
to manufacturers Eat very satisfac
tory prices to the growers" and
that the association will sell the re-
mainder as soon as it is properly re-
dried and priced in hogsheads.
In his statement Mr.. Stone says:
There are approximately 1885,
100000 pounds of the 1921-1922
crop of Burley tobacco, which is
the smallest crop of Burley that has
been grown in the past fifteen years,
and this shortage is due largely to
the extremely low prices realized by
the growers last year, together with
the generally unsettled business
conditions of the country.
During last summer and last fall
the Burley Tobacco Growers Co-ope
rative Association was organized
and actually began functioning on
the 26th, of January, and through
the association we have handled
100000 pounds of this years
crop. We have sold of this amount
between 55,0OO,0O0 and 60,O00,000
pounds at very satisfactory prices
to the growers, and will sell the bal
ance as soon as it is properly re-dri-
ed and priced into hogsheads.
From present indications it looks
now as if the crop will be increased
this year over last from Is to 20
per cent. in acreage, but it is hard to
tell what the ultimate outcome of
production will be, for the reason
that weather conditions for the next
four months play such an important
factor in the size and quality of the
crop.
1.-The general tobacco situation in
the Burley section is greatly i'm
proved over what it was at this time
last year. The growers are very
much more encouraged, and feel
now, that through the operation Of
their association they have found a
way out Of their troubles.
This general feeling of being
able to help themselves, and the bet
ter prices which have been realized
for their biggest money crop through
their association, has given them
new hope, and this feeling seems to
be permeating every line of bust
ness in the Burley district"
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02
WATTERSON MEMORIAL COM
MITTEE TO MEET
TUESDAY
COM

Members of the Henry Watterson
Memorial Commission, appointed by
Governor Morrow under resolution
passed by the General Assembly of
Kentucky, have been called to meet
Tuesday, May 2, in the red room of
the Seelbach Hotel, in Louisville.
The object of this first meeting
as set forth by Governor Morrow in
his letter sent members is to per-
feet a permanent organization and
discuss other business.
Pursuant to a resolution of the
General Assembly of Kentucky"
Governor Morrow says, 81 have taken
great pleasure in appointing you a
member of the Henry Watterson
Memorial Commission.
"It will be the duty, and I am
sure the very great privilege OF
this commission to have charge of a
movement to select and provide ways
and means to erect suitable me-
mortal to the great Kentuckian, the
patriotic American, the distinguished
journalist-one who loved and
served his nation, his State and his
people,"
The meeting will be held at 2
o'clock Tuesday afternoon, May z,
and all members who can are urged
by the Governor to be present.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02
$5O, GOO. 90 KENTUCKY DERBY
Will Be Run at Churchill Downs, Louisville,
Saturday, May 18th
norwich the Champion Of Last Season. and Large Field Of Ohel
High Class Three Year 0lds, Will Be Among the Starters
For the Greatest Stake in America

The forty-eight renewal Of the Ken
lucky Derby, which will be run at
Churchill Downs, Louisville, Saturday,
May 18th, promises to be the most In
teresting in the long history of this
famous race. This year the Kentucky
Jockey Club has added $4,000, and
$1,000 gold service to the winner. max
ing 1t in point Of value the richest, as
II always has been the most sought
after three-year-old stake In America.
There clusters around the Derby all
the memories and the romance that
make the turf so alluring and that en-
shrfnes Churchill Downs in the hearts
iof half a century Of race lovers.
Beginning with Aristides, the first
winner, and continuing through an i'm
mortal roster of thoroughbred Kings,
public interest In the Derby has in
creased every year until to-day the
names of the contenders are house
hold words, and their respective mer-
its are subject of arguments that
will not cease until the number Of
the winner is hung out on May 18th.
The outstanding favorite this year is
Benjamin Blocks Norwich, which fin
fshed his two-year-eld career by win
ming every race in which lie started.
beating all his competitors with an
ease that marks him as a colt of sur
passing speed and quality, approaching,
If he does not equal, Man O. War.
Norwich is training at the Jamaica
race track, New York, where his trials
are phenomenal. He will probably
start in the opening handicap at Jamai-
ca and will be shipped Immediately
thereafter to Churchill Downs where
he will receive his final workout for
the Derby.
The prowess of Norwich has not
discouraged the owners of other Der
by candidates and there will be field
OF from twelve to fifteen horses to
contest with the champion for the $780,
600 stake and its accompanying $1,000
gold souvenir. Among the number are
Harry Payne Whitney's Olympus, a
recent winner at Havre de Grace, over
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02
HONEST BURGLAR ACQUITTED
N COURT

John M. Gilroy was released in
San Francisco, Cali, as an honest"
robber.
Gilroy told the court he had been
out of work, his wife i'll, and his
children hungry. He needed Sc, SO
he took his revolver and held up a
soft drink establishment, taking Sc.
He found work the next day and
out of his first pay he paid back the
Sc, then surrendered to the police.
The jury took standing vote of
acQuital.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

Doesn't hurt a bit! Drop lit
tie "Freezone" on an aching corn,
instantly that corn stops hurting,
then shortly you lift it right off with
fingers. Truly!
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle
of "Freezone" for a few cents. suffi-
cient to remove every hard corn, soft
corn, or corn between the toes, and
the calluses, without soreness or ir-
ritation. (adv-T)
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

From an Exchange-"The house was
ull to It's utmost capacity; the ele-
ant night dresses and toilettes Of the
aides making a grand showing."-Bos-
on Transcript. Fil ssssfsE's'sF'''''
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

Don't do nothing to-day just be-
cause you think you are going to dc
something tomorrow.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

There is nothing that goes out
oftener than the furnace, unlesss it
is a coal miner.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

Some stars in heaven are mighty
high up, and some stars on the stage
are nightly low down.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

Cut out the booze. There is moth
ing in it for you but poverty and
headache, to say nothing about
heartache.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1922-05-02

Worst Accident In History.
The most appalling accident in his
tory was the falling Of an amphithea.
ter In Rome in the time of Tiberius
Fifty thousand persons were crushed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15
Modern Columbus Sails toI Discover the New World inI Europe-His Flagship Ver- sus the Santa Maria-Strlk-
 ing Comparisons About the
 Biggest Steamer on the
 Seas

CARPENTER's WORLD TRAVELS
 In Mid-Atlantic, 1s2a. The old Europe died with the great war. The new Europe is now being
 horn on
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EXPLOSIONS AND
 COSTLY FIRES ARE
 CAUSED BY STATIC
Gasoline Tanks Sometimes Blow Up-Frictlon will Pro- duce StatlC-Good Ground
 Is Protection
N Assseiassd rrs.

Washington, October ll.-A big tank truck, transporting sssoline, was blown up by . terrific sxplo- sion on the street recently, because . passsrby, who didn't know what he was doing, picked up piees of chain. He saw the chain dangling by one end from the truck and thought hs would possibly save the truck from being wrecked through foulins the chain in one of the wheels.
 The man didn't know the chain was hanging there for . purpose. He didn't know that gasoline. unlike water, is . non conductor of slsctrc- ity. Possibly he didn't sven know that flowing gasoline. especially when strained through such matsri- als As chamois skin filters, sets up considerable charges of frictioual or static electricity. But that was what caused the trucks destruction.
 Usuaily when the biz tank truck
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UNBIASED JUDGMENT

UNBIASED JUDGMENT From Life.
 Mir. Biudge (to usher): Say, is this . good play?
 Usher: Why. yes. I think it's very good.
 Mir. Bludge (to wife): There mother, told yLu 1t was good play.
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nothing of 500 wild ducks, ptarmlgan, and grouse, and veritable Egyptian quail which l venture are of the same family as those which fed the Israel ites in their Sinai wanderings. l had one of these quail for breakfast this morning. It made me think of a reed bird. It was about as big as the hand of a baby.
 Drinks That Make Ones Mouth Water
 1 do not know the fayorite drink in Columbus. but any of our American passengers, whose throat has been corked since the passage Of the pro hibition amendment, can have his favorite drink on this steamer. We have on board S0,000 bottles of ale, 1000 bottles Of brandy. whisky and gin and 1,600 bottles of champagne. Some of us drink, but am surprised to see that the Yankee at sea Is quite as temperate today as he was before the advent of the volstead law and the opulent but criminal bootloggor.
 But lot us leavo the kitchens and give the ghost of Columbus a look at the linen rooms. The weekly wash of a ship like this would cover the santa Maria so that it would be only a needle in 8 haystack of linen above. If 1t were spread out on the fields of your farm it would cover every HIGH Ol OV AcIcb, anu upOu lho IuOAb of New York. 1t would make white l hundreds, yes, thousands of houses. If hung upon clothes lines there would float in the breeze 5000 bed spreads, 10000 blankets and 77.000 l towels. There would be also 10000 table cloths, 45,oo0 napkins and more than 5000 aprons required for the cooks and stewards, as we'll as doilics and ships lingerie of one kind and another. The blankets stretched on one line would reach 15 miles. the 1 sheets 16 miles and the table cloths and napkins just about as far as from
 Washington to Baltimore. No wash ing Is done on the ship. yet none of the table linen is used more than once. We have new damask cloth every meal, and napkin rings are un- | known.
 1 I don't know what the weekly 1 wash costs. but 1t is at one with the other expenses of great modern steamship. The liner de luxe floats 1 upon dollars, and the thousands of us
 who cross the Atlantic must pay the l bills.
 Trip of Columbus vs. That of Majestic l Speaking of money. how the heart
 of Columbus would swell if he could see the fortunes seemingly squan-
 dered under his eyes. You remember
 his trials and disappointments in persuading Queen Isabella of Spain
 to finance his adventure. The Queen
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and . press of a button will turn this machinery as he directors.
 Raising the Ghost of Columbus

Raising the Ghost of Columbus
 Were the Witch of Endor I would raise the spirit of Columbus as she called forth that of Samuel for Saul; and I venture that Columbus, when he saw the wonders surrounding him on this great ship would be more dis quieted than was that old prophet of Israel. I should like to show Colum- bus the force that moves the Ma jestic. It Is a power that was un- known until almost 400 years after the Santa Maria was launched. It Is oil, drawn from the rocky bowels of old Mother Earth. We have 5000 tons of 1t aboard. and are burning more than 80 tons every hour. or a half ton a minute. The oil Is sprayed into the furnaces, and the turning of screw starts the flow. If the ship were moved like the ordinary twen- tieth century steamer 1t would need 500 additional men to shovel in the coal and dump out the ashes. Fuel oil is now used on all the great liners. It propels ships of our navy from submarine to superdreadnaught; and 1t Is the need of such oil that is causing the struggle between Uncle Sam and John Bull for the control of the petroleum beds of the world.
 bnOuIu Uko tO hSe tno 8HObt OI Columbus looking at the magic lights on this steamer. We have 1b,o00 in- candescent bulbs that shine every night, and there are great golden globes set into the ceilings of the Palm Court, the ballroom and the dining room. A city of 10000 people could be supplied with light by our dynamos, and almost every ono of these golden golf balls. or electric bulbs. gives out more light rays than all the grease pots or lamps of fish oil which tried vainly to conquer the darkness of the Santa Maria.
 Electricity is the slave of the lamp on the Majestic. It makes the sun shine at midnight. It does also the cooking and heating. It runs the ele- elevators from deck to deck. and it will drop the lifeboats down to the sea in case we strike an iceberg or collide with another ship. It will close, in an instant, the many water tight doors of the vessel. This cleo tricity even penetrates the waters of the swimming tank. turning their emerald green into the richest of gold, and making the pretty girl bathers look like so many ivory mermaids, as they play about in it's rays.
 Floating Hotel in . Steel Shell
 Indeed, there Is hardly thing aboard this vessel. excepting the life boats. that suggests the ships of Co., lumbus. The huge monster Is made of steel, and its armor is steel shell about as thick as your thumb
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-10-15

kept him waiting for years, and he had left the court on his mule for France in despair when he was brought back with tho word that she would furnish the money. And do you know how much she put upf All told. the cash was only s67,500- little more than small change for tho millionaire financier of today. She took this amount from her own treasury and borrowed s60,000 addi tional, making her total investment $126,500. Added to this, Columbus put in what was about one-eighth of the whole; and $S0.000 was subscribed by the citizens of Palos. the port from which tho fleet started forth on that memorable voyage. The ships and their outfits cost s236,000. I take these figures from Fiske's Tho Dis covery of America" and ho believes them too large. They comprise the total expense of that trip of diB- covery.
 Now lot me give you some items as to the cost of my flagship, the Majestic. As the modern Columbus, I shall not tell what I individually pay. Suffice it to say 1t is enou gh. and tho gold eagles squealed whom l handed over tho dollars. But tho Majestic. which was constructed by tiio oolfuHuo 6t AOWoN Wa8S5 than those of today, would cost if built now somewhere between s30,- 100000 and s25,0o0.0o0. and in order to pay any kind of profit on the in- vestment. shs must earn for every round trip nearly twice the cost of the fleet which Columbus took across the Atlantic. This ship can hardly last more than 26 years. so that in addition to its ordinary profits it has to earn depreciation of about $1.o6o.0 900 a year.
 How America Is Conquering Ocean
 And just here let me say a word about how America is conquering the ocean. We are apt to think of the British. tho French. and tho Germans as finanoiers of the sea. This was 30 before tho World war. It is not so today. Uncle Sam has biz share in tho traffic of the Atlantic. including many of the steamers that fly for cign flags. Take the International Mercantile Marine. to which tho Ma jestic belongs. The American com pany has ships on almost every ocean, and 1t operates some of the biggest liners that go to Europe, Many of them fly foreign flags. but the stock of the parent corporation Is owned by Americans. According to information given mo by its off cials. only { per cent is held outside the United States, which means that out of every dollar invested in the