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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS WEDXESDAY, JANUARY" 11. mn. i - - I 8 SCHOOL CHILDREN BANK THEIR CASH Savings Feature Is to Be Intro duced in Bock Island the Present Week. -OPENING AT HORACE MANN Public Exercises to Dedicate Xew Bonding to Be Held in Near Future. The board of education met in regu lar session last evening, and the usual routine business was conducted. The committee on teachers reported that communications had been received from many of the city teachers ex pressing their appreciation of the re cent salary increase. In addition to this increase the salaries of Miss Myr tle Summers, high school librarian, and Miss Nellie Fuller, office clerk, were 'each advanced $5 per month by the board. Superintendent H. B. Hayden report ed that the plana for the branch li braries, which are to be established in the Hawthorne, Longfellow and Hor ace Mann schools, had been completed. The books have been purchased by the library board and assorted and cata logued by Mice Gale, city librarian, and placed in cases made by the manual graining department of the high school. These cases will serve the double pur pose of shipping boxes and school room book cases. There will be one such book case containing about 50 vol umes placed in each school room, third grade and higher, in each of the three schools named. The books have been selected -very carefully for the grade for which they se Intended and pre sent a very attractive appearance. BEGIf SAVING THIS WEEK, The school savings bank plan will also go into effect in the schools this week. Circulars of information to pupils and parents were distributed to the pupils yesterday, and calls will be made today by Superintendent Hayden and a representative of the hank at j Allen, Myers & Co 6.02 W. H. Sehilllnger 52.50 H. F. Lamp 85.00 Ginn & Co. 5.S7 The Review of Reviews com pany MJ'.ZQ The University of Chicago Frees . 1.35 Rock Island Hardware company 27.85 George H. Kingsbury 8.75 Ingalls the Jeweler 1.00 Central Union Telephone com pany .00 Rock Island Sand & Gravel company 938.49 A. W. Crampton 45 W. J. Bliesener 1.40 Kramer Printing company 2.50 L. W. Gibler 70 Mueller Lumber company 19.79 J. , I . Holcomb Manufacturing company 10.80 American Seating company .... 97.04 Flem Bassett 10.45 R. S. Place 5 Fred Bleuer 1.75 P. F. Cox 30.00 Fred X. Setterdahl 45.00 T. W. McClelland & Co 38.71 Henry Holt & Co 69.75 Lyon & Healy 38.20 Hoden Patent Book Cover com pany 35.07 EXBOL,L,rEXT AT SCHOOLS. Superintendent Hayden filed his monthly report showing the enroll ment to be as follows: High school, 480; Hawthorne. 528; Washington, 155; Kemble, 192; Linoota. 480; Eu gene Field, 325; Irving, 372; Long fellow, 402? Horace Mtfiin. 409; Grant, OLDEST RESIDENT "Uncle Johnny" Greenwood Had Lived 75 Tears in Mercer County. DIES AT THE AGE OF 93 Apoplexy Suddenly Claims Him Had One of Finest Country Residences In Vicinity. Aledo. III., Jan. 11. (Special) John Greenwood, probably the lead ing pioneer of Mercer county and one of its oldest citizen, died Monday at bis home 15 miles south of this city, at 10 a. m. The funeral -was held today at 11 o'clock with services at the home in charge of President Fisher .of Lombard college, Gales- burg. The Masons conducted ser vices at the grave in the Mann cem etery. HAD PRETTY HOME. Mr. Greenwood was familiarly known as "Uncle Johnny" for miles around the neighborhood in which he lived. He was 93 years of age and for 75 years had made his home at the Greenwood farm on which is one of the most beautiful country residences in the county. Mr. Greenwood's death was caused 191; total, 3,534. There were 1,558 j by apoplexy, the end coming sud pupils neither absent nor tardy dur ing the month. City Chat . THE ONE ROOM SUITE. They are making, so they say, Furniture that folds away, So for mine a home complete A dainty little one room suite First my room's a parlor fair. Piano, sofa, easy chair; But when I press a button near. One and all they disappear. In their place there comes in 6ight A table, and a sideboard bright. Six oak chairs are ready. Then I press the button near again. denly. He is survived by his aged wife, who is an invalid, and seven children. WOODMEN OF WORLD INSTALL AND DANCE Ladies Plan for Entertainment Fol lowing Camp Ceremonies at Math's Hall. the different schools and arrangements ; My djning mom now foWg frQm vJew completed with the principals so that ' A h,,r.nil fro th. throllh . ! And from the ceiling overhead the school savings bank will begin its work Friday. Reports were received from the boil er inspector showing that the steam heating plants at Hawthorne, Irving and Horace Mann schools had recently been inspected and found in good con dition. The superintendent reported that regular work had b'-en begun in the new Grant school building, and that teachers and pupils arc all very happy in their new quarters. There are four room in use at present, and one more room will be opened at promotion time. week after next. This room will he j taught by one of the teachers now upon the substitute list. Superintend ! ent Hayden was authorized to make arrangements for a formal opening of ; the building with public exercises to j which the citizens in general will be ' Invited at some time in the near fu ture. BILLS FOR THE MONTH. Bills were allowed as follows: Union Printing company $ 4. SO Henry Dart s Sons i.fi- People's Power company 50 24 Hartz & Bahnsen company 7.43 Spencer & Trefz L. S. McCabe & Co Down comes a cozy walnut bed. Last I turn my favorite switch. The bedrooh folds without a hitch, A bath tub rises from the floor My flat's complete who cares for more! Benjamin Jefferson. Kerler & Co. make rugs. Carpenter Coal company Sell coal. Fhone west 295. Buy a home of Reidy Bros. Trl-city Towel Supply company. Men s arctics $1.25 up. Dolly Bros. For express, call Spencer & Trefz. Mound City paints may cost a little more, but! Ill & Ehleb. Let William Johnson do your tin and furnace work. 1316 Third aVnue. H. T. Siemon wants your tin and furnace work. 1526-1528 Fourth ave nue. Mrs. Austin's famous pancake flour, delicious light cakes, all grocers Austin's famous buck fine for breakfast, all At a meeting of Rock Island camp, No. 85, and Walnut Grove, No. 27, Woodmen circle, held last night at Math's hall the following officers were installed for the ensuing year: Woodmen of the World: Consul Commander H. O. Lar rance. Advisor Lieutenant C. Vander sloat. Banker William Guldenzopf. Clerk E. C. Downs. Escort John Druehl. Watchman William Larrance. Manager (three years) W. L. Franks. Woodmen circle: Past Guardian Mrs. C. S. Tur ner. Worthy Guardian Dorothy Hierse raann. Worthy Adviser Mrs. Nannie Reddig. Chaplain Mrs. John Nelson. Attendant Mrs. Anna Tee. Clerk Mrs. Anna Downs. Inner Sentinel Matilda Kuttler. Outer Sentinel Mrs. Blanche Wulff. After the installation ceremonies refreshments were served by the ladies and dancing was enjoyed un til midnight. The next dance to be given will take place Jan. 18 at Elks' hall. The next regular meet ing on Jan. 24 will be given over to the initiation of candidates. Schoeker Paper company 2'".f0 Buy Mrs. 7.95 I wheat flour, s.03 ' grocers. Tucker the Printer E. E. I .amp 12.4 Union Electric Telephone com pany A. W. Jeffries & Co , Newson & Co S. A. Temple 2.2." "The Mill Store nr. H. B. Hayden 4 90 Buy Mrs. 4. 50 I wheat flour. grocers. Carpenter phone west Austin's fine for famous buck breakfast, all 4.30 3 OS GOT IT. Got Something Else, Too. "I liked my coffee strong and I drank it strong," says a Penn. woman, tell ing a good story, "an-1 although I had headaches nearly every day I Just would not believe there was any con nection between the two. j I had weak and heavy spells and pal- i pltatlon of the heart, too, and although husband told me he thought it waa cof fee that made me so poorly, and did not drink, it himself for he said it did i not agree with him. yet I loved my cof fee and thought I Just couldn't do with out it. "One day a friend called at my home that was a year ago. I spoke about how well she ,was looking and she said: - 'Yes, and I feel well, too. It's be cause I am drinking postum in place of ordinary coffee.' "I said, what is Poetum? "Then she told me how it vu a food-drink and how much better she felt since using it in place of coffee or lm a.i I eon in Ih. m r. A w Coal company, tele 295. Please copy our number in your telephone book. Just received a fresh shipment of Jones' Dairy Farm sausages, lard, bacon, hams, FB.lt pork and pure pork and pure buckwheat. Be sure and try all of them. They are delicious. At Sittig & Stahmer. BOYS FORM A GLEE CLUB John Kaiser IVesident of New High School Organization. A number of the boys of Rock Is land high school met last evening and organized a glee club. The following officers were chosen: 'President John Kaiser. Secretary Wallace Iceland. Treasurer Leo Stevens. Business Manager Ben Hartz. Arrangements will be made to give a concert at ine scnooi wirn me nign school orchestra. Professor E. L. Phil brook Is director of the club. L S. MFCABE DISCOUNT S CO. ALE Six More Days. Just 6 More Days-6 Carnival The Greatest Ever Heard of im of" Discoumits Rock Island, MCCABES IN Henry amid Scott Coiuimties FULL ACTIOM INVOICING all done. New stocks arriving. These dis counts apply all through on everything. With 60 additional helpers we got through the first three days in good shape and are hurrying the deliveries as fast as possible; with such enormous demands on every part of our organization if deliveries are delayed for a day we hope to receive lenient consideration. . Some of the Arrivals on Which You Get the Big Discount Advantage. 24-inch Monotone Stripe Messalines, a brand new 1011 suiting silk just receiv ed. Splendid value at 9Sc take advan tage of the big discount sale and buy these silks at 25 per cent off, or . . .74 New 1911 Foulards, one line of 15 pieces full 24 inches wide, ?5c is the price you buy these at the same discount as other colored silks. None reserved, 25 per cent off or instead of 75c, you pay 56 New imported English Shirtings with colored silk stripes on white, blue, gray, tan, brown and pink grounds, new styles and patterns, a yard 20 less 25 per cent. 38-inch Shirting Madras in white grounds with black, red. blue and bclio stripes and figures new spring patterns, a yard 20 less 25c per cent. White mercerized waistings for tailored waist?, neat brocaded figures, dots, stripes, etc., splendid values, a yard 20 less 20 per cent. White embroidered and dotted Swisses in appropriate dress and waisting styles about 20 patterns to select from, a yard 20, less 25 per cent. White embroidered batistes with hand some mercerized figures suitable for tailored shirtwaists a yard 25, less 20 per cent. Sheer white dimity checks and stripes extra fine qualities variety of styles, a yard 15, less 20 per cent. S O C I ETY GOLDSMITH-BEAR. MISS MYRA N. BEAR, DAUGHTER of Jonas Bear, 609 Eighteenth street, and Joseph O. Goldsmith of 710 S ev il nark&fe nd when it wn. mo H ..icuwam buckx. "cic iukiuvu eording.to directions it vu so good I have never bought a pound of coffee since. I began to improve immediate ly. " "I cannot begin to tell you how much better I feel since using Postum and leaving coffee alone. My health Is bet ter than It has been for years and I cannot say enough in praise of this delicious food drink." Take away tne destroyer and put a rebuilder to work and nature will do the rest. That's what you do when i Postum takes coJTee's place in your! enlng at 7:30, the ceremony taking place at the home of the bride. Dr. W. H. Flneshrlber of Temple Emanuel. Davenport, officiating. The bridal cou ple were unattended. Lohengrin's wedding march l waa played by three cousins of the bride, Miss Blanch Mosenfelder at tha piano. Misses Inna and Margo Kohn, cello and violin. During the ceremony they played Godard's Berceuse and following the ceremony played Mendelssohn's wed ding march. An laforroal reception followed and a buffet luncheon was diet "There's a Reason.' t served to 65 guests. The home waa Read the little book, "The Road to j beautifully decorated in the bride s Wellville," in pkgs. j chotsen colors, pink and white. south- Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, j interest. era sin!! ax being used effectively with pink and white rosea. The I. ride wore! lace. She wore the full length veil and carried a shower bouquet of bride's rose and lilies of the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Goldsmith left for the east on a wedding trip, and will reside In a cottage being built for them at Sixth avenue and Eighteenth street. Mr. Goldsmith is a clerk in the Rock Island postofflee. His bride is an ac complished young woman, a reader of much ability and a graduate of the Columbia School of Oratory at Chi cago. ARNOULD-SMITH. AT THE RECTORY OF THE 8A cred Heart cathedral. Davenport, yes terday morning at 11 o'clock. Very Rev. Father Plannsgan, V, Q united in marriage Miss Mabel Helen Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Mitchell C. Smith of the Jsrsey Ridga road, and Edmund J. Arnould of Davenport. At tending the couple were Mlsa Theresa ding breakfast was served at the home ley, 1113 Fourteenth and a-balf street, of the bride's parents on the Jersey J The members of the society learned Ridge road, following the ceremony, i that it Was the first anniversary of where some 24 relatives were enter tained. Mr. and Mrs. Arnould leave for a wedding trip which will take them to Chicago and other eastern points. They will be at home after March 1 m the Columbus apartments on Rock Island street, Davenport. The groom is a well known young business man of Davenport, associated ' with his father in the construction work of A. A. Arnould company. the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. ll-nsley and .they turned the meeting into a surprise party on their hosts and pre sented them with a cut glasa berry dish. Games were played and the ev ening passed in a pleasant, social way, and lunch waa served. CUTTING MUCH ICE OUT ON ROCK RIVER KATE HILL SOCIETY. THE KATE HILL MISSION Union Ire & Coal Company Storing and Shipping lOO Carloads a Day. SOCI- With a continuance of the good ice cutting weather that has prevailed for season, many of the ponds and stream that ordinarily furnish a kupply bemjt dry. When work Is finished on Rock river the company will remove Its gun to Moline, where 13i' tons will he tor id in Us houses on the power pool. Arrested for Murder. Giib Coloros. charged with the mur der of Sam Sotos, and for whom th trl-clty police have been conducting a searcii, has uoen ntiprenen'iea hi true, and full of human; a gown of hlte maftjuUette over j Arnould, stoer of the groom, and Roy HARMONIE CONCERT. THE ANNUAL MIDWINTER CON art rtf tha Pormnnla sluh wf71 Ka s7iv en Tuesday evening, Jan. 17. at the j " "?V??, Grand, Davenport, when Ludwig Beck er, the celebrated violinist and some time concert master of the Thomas or chestra of Chicago, will be the soloist of tha evening. Mr. Becker has ar ranged a very attractive program, and the chorus of the Harmonle society will supplement with some of the most beautiful choruses it has ever sung. There will be "The Barcorolle" from ! the Memorial ety of the United Presbyterian church & coal company will finish its work on Rock river by the middle of next week. The company is employing 150 men and cutting from 80 to 100 car loads a day. About half of this Is shipped and the other half is put in the the last couple of weeks the Union Ice ,Ga,P6bur the -cf.ne of tljH kjiiin,' was entertained laet evening at the heme of Miss oCra McKown, 1136 Six teenth street. A letter was read from a missionary stationed at Sangla Hill, India. The Sotos was shot last Saturday night. Coloros pleads self defense. He ha 4 hen held to the grand Jiry without bail. mission program was In charge of i bouses, which hold 10,000 tou-. The Misses Mildred Warnock and Millie Toennlges. The members have taken up the study of a new missionary book, "Western Women In Eastern I-anda." WITH MRS. EO LUNOBERG. THE LADIES' AID SOCIETY OF Christian church will I meet tomorrow afternoon at the home Ice is absolutely clear, being free from soot, dirt and slush and Is about 10 inches thick. There is an unusual demand this winter for Ice from the In terior towns on account of the dry Chamberlain's Cough Remedy !a not a common, every-day ctiugh mix ture. It is a meritorious remedy for all the troublesome and dangeroi.s complications resulting from cold in he head, throat, chest or luns. Sold by all drugRfxts. ibb xaiea or nontna-u, a uermani , chorus sung m German, and several of Mr8- laberg. 1203 Fourteenth-1 others equally attractive. ' and a-half street. There will be an election of officers. . i ELKS' DANCING PARTY. ROCK ISLAND LODGE 9S0. B. P. O. I ETUDE CLUB. E,, announces a dancing party to be j THE ETUDE CLUB tLL HOLD A s-lven Thursdav evening. Jan. 19 at : meeting tomorrow afternoon at the tha Elks' hall. Tha dance program will be given by the Criterion orches tra. The committee In charge of the arrangements Is composed of Lowry E, Ca steel. Victor A. Bergland. Louis Ullemeyer, Harry Larkin. James Mlr fi!d. Robert M. Adams, Herbert C. Hunt, CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY. THE? CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR So ciety of the Central Presbyterian borne of Miss Pauline IBttmau. 1S02 Brown street, Davenport. ' i BUSY BEE SOCIETY. THE BUSY BEE SEWJNG SOCIB ty will be entertained ton.frrrow after noon at the Lome of M Johnson, Fifth avenue. TO GIVE CARD PARTY. THE LADrtS AUXILI IKV OF THE Rock Island Eagles wil 'give a card church waa entertained last evening at party at the Eagles' hjru tomorrow whlte satin brocade -tri aimed, in reajjSmitfc, feroiber of the bride. A wed-jthe home of Mr. and Mrs, T. C. Hens-' afternoon, beginning at o'ti-ck. WHAT DOES IT COST make a batch of bread? you In actual dollars and !) ts to WHAT'S THE TIME WORTH ''t of this bread and then the worry? you spend In the making WHAT HAVE YOU GOT 'beu through have you got the b.-st you could in return for your money, labor and uorry? tn to voi it ; icon; it aui ct I"' r "Tip Tp treal, l-t your family JuIk a to '.t khIii-h m til It ' you compare It vt with that of tlw lr-'l u make, and ew if you rati really affonl to try iiakr hreail. uyis. Range Baking Co. 3o Loaf