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THE ROCK ISHAND ARGUS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER.-6, 1910. m NEWS OFSHE" NEIGH BORS DAVENPORT Roddcwlg County Chairman. Louis E. Roddewig was elected chairman of the democratic county central commit tee, at a meeting held at the demo ' cratlc headquarters on West Third 'Street. Honrv SgrtnHna waa Vinn J er wv 4J WW 0,0 VUVBC1I secretary and Charles Cameron, treas urer. Reports from the different parts of the county were aio received. - Bishop on Visit In East. Bishop T. N. Morrison of the Episcopal diocese of Iowa, expects to leave this evening for New York on a brief vacation trip. ', Later he expects to go from New York rto Cincinnati, Ohio, to attend the gen eral Episcopal convention at that place In October. Alleged RobberxAeturned. Sheriff T. C. Callahan of Bureau county, Illi nois, who came to Davenport for Orley C. Gordon, the' New Bedford man who was charged with robbing a store In that town several days ago, return ed with his man and Gordon will be 'placed on trial there for robbery. The evidence against Gordon, according to ' Sheriff Callahan 13 practlaclly prima facie as recent developments have tended to prove his Implicity in the robbery. Gordon has confessed to the local authorities that he Is the man who broke into and robbed the confec tionery store of about $15 in change. He had most of the change on him when arrested and this was one of the , Strongest evidences against him. Gor uon was iracea nere Dy nis Dro.tner-m-law who suspected him when he asked .to be granted a-few days leave to visit .Davenport only a short time after the robbery occurred. V Fractured Ankle. H. N. Hansen, V"iT riTm o v frit 4 V Tif -"If "Dolltnnvr uiau a. v a 1.U9 -a a -v-i u j a. iaii vr aj ;company, was run over by an auto yes terday, while waiting to go on duty, in front cf the car barns at East River end Cambria streets. The driver of the auto took the man to St. Luke's hospital in his machine at once, where it was found that his ankle was badly fractured and he had received a seri ous scalp wound. -- Obituary Record. Albert Disher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Disher, 2111 Brown street, died at the family home, after a brief illness at the age of 21 years, five months and three days. The deceased was born in the state of Minnesota. Those who sur- Vive to mourn his death are, his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Disher, and1 six brothers, Fred, George; William and John Disher of this city and Jamea and Benjamin Disher, oat of town. The funeral was held today. At the family home, 919 West Tenth street, ococurred the death of Mrs. Emelle Roehlr Two years ago Mrs. Roehl underwent an operation for can cer of the stomach, from the effects of which she never fully recovered and Monday morning passed quietly away. Those who survive are. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johannls Haufe of Ger many; her husband, Paul; one daugh ter, Miss Gertrude Roehl at home; four sisters, Mrs. Robert Boehme, . Mrs. Henry Lantau, Mrs.Frfts Sohllebner and Mrs. Henrf Holm, of this city, and one brother and a sister In Germany. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late home, 919 West Tenth street Inter ment will be made In Falrmount ceme tery. The funeral of A. P. Doe was held from his late home this afternoon at 2:30. Interment was in Oakdale. "BACK TO THE FARM 99 XVIII. The Country .Town. Copyright, 1910, by American Press Asso ciation. THERE are twe kinds of country towns those which)' aspire to to be big cities and those which recognize their place and opportunity as country towns. The former have more ambition tiffin, com mon sense. They are still led by the idea that the best of life Is represented by the city and that the best measure of a city's worth is its size. The desire to grow. in numbers may be to a certain extent a laudable am bition. The desire 'to grow In quality and the .ambition to come Into closer touch with the surrounding country mark the country town of the truest type. Like the country itself, such towns have aH the advantages of the large city, with) few of its disadvan tages. , One of the greatest problems that confront tbr rttv is r slum dis tricts and Its pauperism. The country town has no slams, and every one la self supporting. The red light and criminal districts of the cities are un- HQT-WiiOliO LIVES! TROUBLE Many people who generally enjoy good health suffer from biliousness in the sum mer time. Rich foods served ice-cold are difficult to digest by the major USE ity and of ten produce a chilling of the en DF? CALDWELL'S tire digestive tract. The liver thus be cvDnaDCBeiM comes sluggish, when the condition known KUr r'fcr'Iiira as biliousness results. This is often accom panied by constipation or indigestion. Serious as it may seem, how ever, to the unfortunate person, it is easily curable with a rem edy such as the well-known Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which is a great laxa tive and tonic, and which contains ingredients that act upon the liver and stim ulate it. It will relieve a hot-weather liver complaint over night and cure it lastingly in a very short time. If you have any indisposition of the stomach, liver or bowels, your first concern should be a supply of this grand remedy, which you can obtain of any druggist for 50 cents or $1.00 a bottle. There will be enough and to spare for your complaint and that of your family. A FREE TRIAL BOTTLE will be sent to those who have never used it if they send their name and address to DR. W. B. CALDWELL, 400 Caldwell BMg., Monticello, I1L known to the country towns. The po lice force and the criminal courts of .the city are unnecessary, and the money which these would cost "can be used to plant -trees and build side walks. The cities are crowded almost to the limit of human endurance. The coun try town has less room than the coun try Itself, but still there is plenty for every one. The cost of food that Is so alarming to the city dweller Is more or less of a Joke to the resident of the country town. He has a garden In bis back yard and a cow in a neighboring pasture. The cost of living may have affected his ability to purchase lux uries, but he will always have plenty to eat. The country town has a distinctive place to fill In the development of the country. Some people would do away with the country town altogether and let all the farmer's business be done in the cities. Others would have the farmer patronize his home merchant at whatever coat. An average between these ideas will represent the attitude of the majority of the farmers toward the cot-ntry town. To centralize all mercantile business in the larre cities would be an unwise policy. The tend ency is rather in the other direction. The movement of factories to smaller towns where the employees can live more comfortably is becoming general. Decentralizing of the mercantile busi ness mnst follow. The growth of the mail order bnal ness has been regarded as spelling the doom of the country town. That the mail order business has grown to its present proportions is the fault of the country retailer himself. The country town is essential to the prosperity of the farmer, but the farmer is more essential to the prosperity of the coun try town. If instead of appealing to the sentiment of the farmer and trying to cajole of frighten him into boycott ing, the mail order houses the country -7 eV -A z r weofrci; RTCEU 308 TWENTIETH ST. 1 When in need of an electrician call West 1856, or new phone 5600. Don't overlook the fact that we have the swellest and newest line of fixtures in the tri-cities. ELECTRIC FANS, MOTORS, BATTERIES, ETC. Estimates on all electrical work cheerfully . fur- nished. ' MARTIN McNEALT, General Manager. fe?v::r "NJI."1 1 - - . .. .-; - 1 '4 L Lending of Money - is a business proposition and the principle involved the same whether the borrower is a business or a' working man. We real ize that our patrons require absolute dis cretion in the handling of their business and that we must create confidenoe in addition to giving quick, polite service. Therefore, you can obtain a loan from us with the assurance that the transaction will be handled in a way satisfactory to you. MUTUAL LOAN COMPANY, Suite 411-412 Peoples National Bank Building. Open Wednesday and Saturday nights. A COUHTBT TOWS OS MAB.KKT DAT. i meicQBDi caii nnnuiea id proDiem m i a businesslike way there would have been no mail order scare. In those country towns where the importance of the surrounding farmers is recog nized and an attempt made to give the farmer a square deal there Is little complaint of mall order buying. It is the merchants who treat the farmers unfairly who are most ready to raise the cry against the mall order houses. In a good many towns tbe farmer Is directly discriminated against. The stores maintain a delivery service for their city patrons. The farmer goes to tbe store for his goods. The city man usually pays once a month some times not so often. The farmer nearly always pays for his goods in cash or produce. Yet both must pay the same price. The farmer is helping to pay the cost of a delivery system from which he gets no benefit. He is help ing to pay the Interest on credit ac counts and sometimes tbe accounts themselves. If Instead of working desperately against anything that bears the name of parcels post on tbe ground that it will encourage mail or der buying the merchant would turn in and work for a low rate parcels post on the rural routes he would ef fectually curb any tendency tbe com munity might have toward mall order buying. If he would deliver certain classes of goods to the farmers by such a parcels post he would be giv ing them no more than a square deal. Another.way in which tbe merchants In country towns are unfair to the farmers is In the purchase of farm produce. A good many times the mer chants .wjjl combine to keD down the prices "of potatoes and other farm products. Often they will ship In such products from a distance, forgetting their arguments in favor of buying In the home community. One of the greatest Injustices which the merchant In the country town has Imposed upon the farmer and upon his fellows In town as well Is that of useless duplication. In many country towns there are half a dozen grocers where one could easily do all the busi ness. Three er four hardware stores are trying to lire where there Is trade enough to support only one. There Is duplication In delivery systems, dupli cation In rent and clerk hire and in a dozen other items. All this the farm er and the town people who patronise the stores have to pay. To be sure that they do pay It there Is often an agreement among the retailers to bold prices at a certain level. Then they complain when the farmer sends away for his goods. '.They forget that the farmer Is a business man and that a business man cannot succeed unless he follows business principles and buys In tbe cheapest market Tbe remedy is free competition. Free com petitloa may ferce seme ef the mer chants eat of business. This will be the best thing for the whole commu nity. Better one prosperous merchant than half a dosen who are making a bare livin. The real merchants, those who can run their business efficiently, will remain in business. The others would better be at work on the farm. Tbe best interests of the whole coun try demand that business be decentral izedthat it be taken to as great an extent. as .noBaihla. ttsax. tua .cities .to MOLINE Violates Immigration Law. Constan- tine Mouzeklotls, a Greek living In Mo line, was - held' to the federal grand jury by Commissioner Mark A. Foote in Chicago for violating a section of the immigration laws. The man was arrested by Alcibiades A. Seraphic, a United States immigrant inspector. Mouzekiotis was released after he had given 11,000 bonds He is said to be a well-to-do fruit merchant. Henderson Charges Dropped. Th e charges of forgery and embezzlement against Oscar L. Henderson have been dropped by J. F. Rose, proprietor of the Mollne Glove and Mitten works. Relatives of the young man made good the amount of his shortage with the result that the charges have been with drawn. Mr. Rose said: "I was not anxious to push charges against Hen derson and when I learned that his relatives would straighten out the shortage I was ready to withdrawn the charges. There is no doubt but that Henderson regreats his step and I am willing to let him start again with a clean slate." Henderson was brought back Saturday night from Ottumwa by Sheriff Klttllsen. He was accompanied to Molme by a denuty. The matter was taken up before Justice H. N, Williams, and acting on orders from States Attorney L. M. Magill he dis missed the charges. Henderson has secured employment with a clothing merchant who has stores In Centervllle and Ottumwa. He does not know to which town he will be assigned, but be will depart for Ottumwa immedi ately. F. P. Tucker Dead at Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Messlck received the sad word yesterday of tbe tragic death of their son-in-law. F. P. Tucker at Freeport yesterday. Tucker was an engineer on the Illinois Central rail road, and was killed in the perform ance of his duties. His run was over the division between Freeport and Du buque. Mr. Tucker had never made Moline bis home, but had visited here frequently. Besides his widow he leaves one child 5 years old, also fath er, sister and two jrotbers. Mr. Tuck er was 36 years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Messlck departed for Freeport to be with their daughter and attend the fu neral. East Mollne Paving Halted. Mayor G. F. Johnson of East Mollne has halt ed paving on tbe blufl road In that city, charging the company having the Improvement contract Is using brick inferior to that which Is called for In the specifications. He has ordered that one-half carload of brick has already been laid, be taken up, and replaced with material of better quality. the country towns. To make this pos sible the country towns must learn to handle this business at the least cost. This consolidation of the business of the country towns will help to solve the mail order problem. The local merchant will not have to meet mail order prices. The farmer is willing to pay something for the convenience of getting goods when he wants them. He is willing to pay for the priv ilege of seeing what he Is buying He Is not willing to pay the cost of a delivery from which he gets no bene fit. He Is not willing to pay some one else's bad debts. He is not willing to pay store rent and clerk hire for twice as many retailers as the trade de mands. In the most up to date country com munities the country town and . the farmers work together- for the best good of alL . Many of the country towns have commercial clubs that are aBve to every opportunity for advance ment. In many towns of the middle west these commercial clubs are the foremost agencies in securing short courses in agriculture for their com munitles. The demand for these short courses is so great that the agricul tural colleges ' do not as yet have enough men to furnish as many of these courses as are desired. They are allotted to the towns which show the most Interest and furnish the best equipment to .work with. Tbe efforts of the commercial clubs to meet these requirements have helped the farmers of many a community to have the ajri-" cultural college brought to their doors. It is the same 'with farmers' Insti tutes. Tke commercial club provides a place and-? helps ' bear the expense, realizing that ' its prosperity depends upon the prosperity of tbe country. Some of tbe -towns have undertaken another move that is of great value to both town . and country. They are grading up . and . graveling the main traveled roads '-for several miles out Into tbe country. From here tbe work in many cases is taken up by the farm ers, and the result Is a system of good roads forthe. whole community. . Hamlet Miraes Lulu Cooper, Mary Halstead, Gertrude Steelman, and Messrs, Riley Halstead and Jesse Cooper are camp ing at the bay. Mr. and Mrs. O. N. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Curtis and Mrs. Robert Mclntlre and daughter Irma formed 3 Jolly party who spent last week at the bay. Mr. Kuhn of Indiana is visiting his daughters, Mrs. Stockberger and Mrs. William Whisman. Mrs. Valentine Fnhr, who was op erated upon at St. Lukes' hospital at Davenport last Saturday, stood the op eration well and is rapidly recovering. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Cooper and William Cain attended the soldiers' re union in Orion Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. Robert Sproston visited Tues day night and Wednesday at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Reaber returned from their visit in Iowa and other points Friday of last week. Miss Jessie Lemon Is sewing for Miss Bessie Cooper. Walter Boyles is under the care cf a physician. The Sunday school picnic was held Wednesday in the Nichols woods. Mrs. Petrie has been quite ill at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Will Cook A nurse from Davenport is caring for her. A number of the neighbors assisted William Taylor in hauling lumber for his new house, Wednesday and Thurs day. Contractor Spence of Aledo will do the work. Health First Pleasure Follows! Jor building sturdy, every-day health that en dures, no other food equals rape-lNfuts "There's a Reason." Grape-Nuts is crisp and delicious and contains the vitalizing food elements which Nature grows in wheat and barley for rebuilding brain and nerves. "The Road to Wellville," in packages, will in terest every thoughtful reader. G i- Postum Cereal Company Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich.; U. S. A. HWs This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. Ohio. We, the undersigned, have known F. 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Idrliespecially my right one, ana aown my mm 1 T Via m r to feel better when I had taken only one bottle ef Compound, but kept on as l was afraid to stop too soon." juts. Sadij Mcuen, aWo 2f. B. St El wood, Ind. Why will women take changes with an operation or drag out a sickly, half-hearted existence, missing three f ourtUa-of the joy of living, when they can find health in Lydia L Pinkham's Vegetable Compound? For thirty years it has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has cured thousands of women who have been troubled with such ail ments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration, ii braid tumors, irregulari- Ses, periodic pains, backache, lodiges QE. and nervous prostrafien. Xf ypuhav the slightest doubt that Xydia. E. link ham's Vege table Compound, will help yon, write to Mrs. Pinkbam at .Lynn, Mass- for advice. Your letter "will be absolutely confidential, Rheumatism Cured in Thee TJays. N. B. Langley, Madison, Wis., says: "I was almost helpless with rheuma tism for about five montns. Had it In my neck so I could not turn my head, and all through my body. I tried three doctors and many remedies without any relief whatever until I procured Dr. Detchon's Relief for Rheumatism. In a few hours the pain was relieved and in three days the rheumatism was completely cured and I was at work." Sold by Otto Grotjan 1501 Secoud avenue, Rock Island; Gust Schlegel & Son, 220 West Second street, Davenport. , Don't Break Down. Severe strains on the vital organs, like strains on machineryause break downs. You can't over-tax stomach, liver, kidneys, bowels or nerves with out serious danger to yourself. If you are weak or run-down, or under strain of any kind, take Electric Bitters the matchless tonic medicine. Mrs. J. E. Van de Sande, of Klrkland, 111., writes: "That I did not break down, while en during a most severe strain, for three months. Is due wholly to Electric Bit ters." 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Rock Island. 111., says: "I was caused much misery by pains across my kidneys and my back was very weak. After being on my feet for any length of time or doing any walking, I felt all tired out and was obliged to Bit down and rest. Doan's Kidney Pills were so highly recom mended that I procured a box at the Harper House Pharmacy and began taking them. The first; few doses gave me relief and after I had used1 three boxes of this remedy, my con dition was better In every way. I consider Doan's Kidney Pills an ex cellent preparation for troubles caused by weak kidneys." For sale by all dealers. Price BO cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. "Can be depended upon" fs an ex pression we all like to hear, and when it Is used In connection with Chamber lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedv it means that It never fails to cure diarrhoea, dysentery or bowel complaints. It is pleasant to take and equally valuable for children and adults. Sold by all druggists. All the news an the tun a The Argus. FURRIER FURS i . i I -vt VVi -r.r. .tKZ-4."v . , k -y x phi; sis iLJ The Rock Island Furrier. All Work Guaranteed. Founds Gloves. BENNkTT'S-Look for the Bear Rock Island, 111. Old Phone W 1 1 "Our Own Hot Water Heater is the universal favorite among house owners who are particu lar and who want the very best and at the same time want it at a reasonable price. Look into this before you decide on your heating plant. Now Is the time to contract your work for next winter and you can get the best serivce and the low est prices. Bring us your plans tud look over our heat ers, whether you buy or not. Alien , Mvers & Company v Telephone West 18. New Phon. 6810 -7 T is false economy to tolerate an un- Banitarrr KnfViTwo-m poxwm WU4 when dependable phrmbmg fix tures and o - va n w lUliau ship may be obtained for a com paratively moderate cost. 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