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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS MONDAY. DKCKMHKK U, lou. 1 i ' ' i f 1 f i I I il MHIK'MMMMMaMMMWMaiMifca limill IbMIIU'imiwii ' ' sasj g DEMOCRATS PLAN TO HOLD A QUAIL SPREADTHURSDAY County Central Committee Ar ranges Feast at the Rock Island House. ORATORS WILL BE HEARD Attorney General P. J. Lucey, Con gressman Steele and E. C. Dunn, Mason City Secured to Talk. Plans for a quail and turkey ban quet to he given on fThursday evening at the Rook Island house have been completed by the Kock Island county democratic central committee. Tho price be $1 a plate, and an oppor tunity will be afforded for very demo crat in the county to attend, if the committee is notified. The spread is to be served at 7:30, and following the elaborate menu a. number of addresses will be given by prominent members of the party from the middle west. Attorney General P. J. 1-ucey. Springfield, one of the best known lawyers of the state, will be one of the principal orators. - Iowa Men Coming. E. C Tunn. Mason City, candidate for governor .of Iowa two years ago. which position he Ids: by the narrow margin of 1. !" votes in the over whelmingly republican ttate, and Thomas Steele, Sioux City, congressman-elect from tho Eleventh Iowa dis trict, which h carried by r..5'i0 plur ality, although it went republican by T.ooo two years before, are also to be heard. Ail of the men secured are excellent public speakers, and will have something to say which will be well worth hearing;. j Saulpaugh's Idea. j There will be music and other feat-1 UTes, and the occasion promises to be one of unusual interest to Che dem ocracy of the county. The idea of the spread originated with Fred Saul paugh. committeeman from Black Hawk township, who during the latter days of the fall campaign declared ue would furnish enough quail to feed the county central committee and their friends if a dinner was arranged. Out of his .suggestion has grown the plan to entertain on a larger scale. For the Santa Claus Good Fellow Cut Out and Mail to The Argus. I hereby agree to buy Christmas gifts for (give number) . . .' poor children. 1 desire that the names of the poor children, together with their ages and addresses, be furnished mc through The Argus Santa Claus Fund Committee. Signed Address OLD MAN WINTER HEREWITH SNOW Coldest of Season Recorded When Thermometer Regis ters Six Degrees Below. MERCURY IN STEADY FALL City Is Covered With a Blanket White and Many Enjoy First Sleighing of the Year. of For Lumbermen The Real Thing Hub-Mark "All-Duck Lumber men's Over" with leather top. The bet winter footwear that lumbermen can wear. Also favorites with farmers. snort v men, and woodsmen. A strong, comfortable, and durable weather-proof heavy oervice shoe. Without heels if you prefer. A Imm rrodoct ofAfBostmRaiKftSWCa Look TarGniltrli)D EuTkM J.ooic for the Hub-Mark on all kinds and vle? of Rubber Footwear for Men, Women, Boyi and Girls. Not this : Vou can rely on anything you buy from dealers who ell Hub-Mark Rubber Footwear. They are dependable merchants. Boston Rubber Shoe Company Maldsn. MaM. The coldest weather of this season was registered this morning, when the thermometer at the government weather bureau recorded six degrees below zero. At midnight last night it was zero. Fahrenheit commenced ta drop early Saturday evening and at midnight Sat urday the mercury recorded 19 de grees. A stiff wind, of the biting va riety, made pedestrians believe it was colder, and through Sunday the tem perature continued to drop and the wind failed to abate. While at midnight last night il was zero, the wind commenced to die down and this morning the temperature was five below, and but little breeae. Over Saturday night, even though it grew colder, a light snow fell and the gov ernment bureau has registered a fall of 1.3 inches. 'Although winter is not scheduled to arrive officially before a week from to day, yet twice recently has the Old Man been much in evidence. J Fair Sleighing. The snow which fell made fair sleighing, and some few of the hardy, Saturday night. Sunday and today, ventured forth in cutters, and with the jingle of the sleigh bells, and the shop windows gaily bedecked, many are predicting an old fashioned Christmas. j The record of this morning, al I though early in the season, approaches the cold weather record of last win j ter and a cold winter is looked for by- old timers who predict such on the strength of its early arrival. 11 Days to Christmas iDec. 14! Still Time to Do Your Christmas Buying In Comfort CHOOSE A HOME GBFT THIS CHRISTMAS Practical Articles That Leave a Year Round Remembrance of the Giver This Big Store is filled with just such articles as every home desires for Christmasgift things. Fur niture, the most practical and lasting of all Christ mas gifts, is arranged here in a wide assortment of patterns and styles, all moderately priced. Make this Christmas a home Christmas. Buy gifts for the home. Choose articles that will be a source of pleasure to yourself and family for years to come. Lasting gift things leave a continual re membrance of the giver. If you haven't quite enough money we will gladly charge it ' THE CHRISTMAS STORE Corner Second Avenue and Sixteenth Street There Should be an Automatic Reclining Chair In Your Home SHORT COURSE IS NOT T0BE HELD Officials Find It Necessary to Call Off Gathering: Be cause of Disease. ities and in order that nothing may be done which will interfere with the ef forts made by the state and United ! States department of agriculture to control the foot and mouth disease, and to prevent Its spread, the authori ties of the University of Illinois deem it wise not to hold the annual Corn Growers' and Stockmen's convention and two weeks' course in agriculture this winter. For many years this meeting has been held the last two weeks in January at the college of agriculture. The necessity for this ac tion is deeply regretted but the uni versity considers it a duty to the pub lic to support the state and federal government in their attempts to stamp out this serious and communicable dis ease by the most stringent precau tionary measures. i "K. Davenport, Ilean College of Ag-j riculture. j II. J. Scone, President Sidell, Illi nois. I "Fred II. Rankin. Superintendent Agricultural Kxtension. 'J. Kennedy Kincaid. Secretary. Athens, Illinois." on Christmas Morning. Give It to Father, Mother, Husband ort they'll all enjoy it, it's the greatest com fort giver that you could possibly think of to give. We have them in any wood to give. We have them in any wood to match your other furnlhlngs, the price is up from $12.50 n i'-'i. "fllti. i A big Comfort Rocker is just the thing for a home gift, it is a con tinued reminder of the giver be cause of it's comfort qualities, it's a lasting, satisfying gift, and the price is not high, a nice Limbert Ranker for only $6.75 MITCHELL MADE HEAD OF G. A. R. Rock Island county this year will not send delegates to the annual Corn Growers' and Stockmen's convention and the two weeks course in agricul ture, which is conducted by the Uni versity of - Illinois at Urbana. The gathering has been called off upon ad vices from federal authorities, in or der not to interfere with the work being done In abating the spread of the foot and mouth disease among cat tle. Miss Lou M. Harris, county superin tendent of schools, has usually ap pointed delegates to attend the short course, but since it lias been aban doned this year, they will not be ap pointed. Following is the official announce ment, which explains the reason for calling off the meet: "Upon the advice of federal author- Chosen Commander by John Buford Post at the An nual Election. William Mitchell was honored Satur-i day evening by being chosen com- j mander at the annual election of John I Buford Tost, No. ".MS, G. A. R., at Me-j mortal hall. The veterans took an un- usual interest in the event and the session was well attended. Th following officers were chosen for the ensuing year and will be in stalled at the first January meeting: Commander William Mitchell. Senior vice commander Andrew Bladel. Junior vice commander J. V. Don nell. Surgeon C. 15. Knox. Chaplain H. C. First. Quartermaster H. C. Carpenter. Officer of the day John Gardner. Officer of the guard .1. M. Spurr. Delegates W. J. Gahagan. E. M. Wilcox, E. Clow and J. K. Larkin. Alternates S. W. Sutton. George Lee. W. II. Lovell and William Goldsmith. Give Her a "UnifolcT ' Bed-Davenport. CASH or CREDIT Buy Your Mother or Wife a Kitchen Cabinet The kitchen Is the workshop of the home Make things convenient and easy to work with by having a kitchen cabinet The Clemann A Salzmann kitchen cabinet takes the place of your kitchen table. Has a place for every thing used in the pre paration of a meal. Made of solid oak, heat and moisture proof. Easy terms, all prices. yg" ' Colonial Cabinets are goo dgifts. Sewing il GENESEO It's a gift that Is sure to meet with Instant favor. She has been "anting one for so long, now, then she is the time to give her one, nice ones for $33.59 Lj, 1 ii7Fi I" i' i? Buy Any Woman Nice Dresser. And it's sure to be a very acceptable gift, it's a gift she will appreciate above everything, it's a lating and durable gift, and above all a most useful one, ni:e ones or only... A Life-Time Home Gift in Library Tables Our Christmas Savings Club i not an experiment Imt an establishes micccs". Several hundred people of Rock Inland have their 1914 Christmas Shopping provided for OUR 1915 Christmas Savings Club i; now forming. We urge you to join and he a fortunate next year as our present members are now. Xo lees no fines no trouble. Rock Island Savings Bank Commercial Savings and Trust Departments vsfi!" iii? lUo 1144 w 3. Cable, Pres. P. Hull, V.-Pres. Greenawilt, V.-P. J. LlnJstrom, Cash. G. Johnston, A.-Cash I. J. Green, A.-Cash. t The followinc officers wer? elected ! at tie annual meeting of Stewart lodge j No. 9;:, A. F. & A. M.. Friday evening. ; for the ensuing year: Worshipful I master, Elmer Frady: senior warden, I (5. I.. Wood: junior warden, L.. K. I Ellsberry; treasurer. Will I,ieber- knecht; B"cretary, n. Lacher, who was j reelected for the 2"th time. , M. V. A. camp No. 40 elected the ; following officers at the regular meet I ing Thursday evening: Venerable I consul, James Warnock; worthy ad I viser, G. V. Scott : banker. F. W. Car ; man; clerk. A. V. Van Housen: escort, , K. Green: watchman, II. II. Schmoll; I sentry, n. Reschke; manager three years. Freeman Reig; special auditor, J. F. Ueberkneclit. The Turner Lumber company on Thursday sold Its lumber business to the Hednian &. Anderson and the Jolra tioss Lumber companies of this city, who will continue the business. The Turner company has been In the lum ber business for the past 10 years, be ing conducted by Charles and Walter Turner. Previous to that time Charles was with the firm of Turner & Drown for about twelve years, and Mill con tinue with the new firm. always IV Jz EXHIBIT of If 11 ' 8 Slobe Aferoieke jf I sir lSECTIONAIr BOOKCASES 111 i '- p8i TKe Event you have seen e.rtiseij fci " Going to Get Married? $22.50 I your home just as you have plan- I I ned it. I T1 " I ' one gift that Is I rlT 'i I, H rZmm I the room, it is a IN Practical gift, you f UM mSSl will never have to Mi A A M ;i. A Vfr Bissel's Carpet Sweepers . I uo CO 7C I 8d one 17 C A from f J . j. Every Tobacco User Will Delight in a Smoker's Stand. Purely a man's gift that satisfies the feminine longing of what to buy Buy him a smoker's stand and yewr gift will be doubly appreciates. Many styles and all very neat Is appearance and well made. Golden oak, pedestal fO SA ,pjy Fumed oak, cabinet style Fumed oak, cabinet style with eel combination .$9.00 Complete with bras fixtures no' ash tray. . The home gift that nev er needs to be replaced it lasts a life time. Our present display of these practical home gifts is very complete in style and price. Easy termG. Prices from $45.00 Jown to $9.50 A is one sure to meet with insant favor in ev every feminine heart. It adds much to the appearance of the room, it is a practical gift, you will never have to replace it, it will last a life time, prices are very mod erate, a good one for LLH JIJ IUI Mil 1 HI ILffJ I W. W, for the I T'"s sT7Pgr'fTfT faryHTT j Taj i) C 'I I Jl Jl LflT ' 11 ..T.. enjoyed home VVsTT Hi ilfr itii a mA iVrl ft ivin a M in n n fri Z1SW by all Fthe BIG STORB3( Itev. J. M. Russell, former af nr of the First Cumberland Presbyterian church at Stdalia, Mo., has brought i suit apainht the churc h society for $2Zit back salary. Thla remind one that the only hardship greater than j having a small salary is not being able to collect It l REALTY CHANGES li Moline Truwt & Savings Bank to Frank E. yC'ooper, north 40 feet of south j j" leer, ouuoi -. in ingmanu audi tion, Moline, $150. William Rathburn and wife to R. S. Woodburn. lotB 1 and 2. block 1, Pal mer & HartzeH'a first addition, .Moline, $1. Ixuis Mosenfelder and wifs to Mil dred E. and Margaret A. Kerr, lot 27. Rodman Heights, South Rock Island. Edward 1'. McRobertj and vrife to Azells U McRobtrts. lot 12. block 1., old town. Fort Hyron, $1,223. Clara M. Kimball to Seth C. Kimball, let 4. block 4, Columbia Park, Moline. $2,400. Dan el I'lnneo to Alfred W. Hun:, lots 10 nd 11. part lot 7. bloc k 9, orig inal town, Cordova, $."ou. Moline Trust & Savincs Batik to William Knees. Sr.. lots in outlet 11, Highland addition, Moline, $:;so. Clarance H. Wadtworth. o tux., to Frances S. Brown, lot 4. "W. E. Bail ey's Ninth street addition. Rock Is land. Willielmina C. Trric-hler and husband to William Holster, lot M. block 1. Island View Hshta, $1. Will C. Monroe to Wyman F. Potter, lot S. block 11. RaJdeu's first addition. East Moline. $1. "The automobile," says the Brook lyn Eag!e. "is playini; havoc with the liatels the country over." To be up-to-date, one might say that the hotel map had been remade. tince the com ing of the automobile. UNIDENTIFIED MAN HANGS HIMSELF AT ELDRIDGE, IA. Discouraged and hungry, hopeless and homeless, an unidentified man walked into the jail at Eldridge. Iowa. Saturday afternoon and attaching a piecc of binder twine to the bars of a cell, hanged himself. The body was found at 7:15 in the evening by Fred Hasenmiller and Julius. W'less. The suicide victim was between 2S and 30 years of age. He wa dressed in a dark blue serge suit, with M slouch hat and blue shirt. NothW value was found on his person ette papers and a package of cieP bacco composed the entire conteB of his pockets. , j Coroner Rudolph was notified the body brought to Davenport Attention K. of C. of Council No. 65S. will be held on TuejJ day. Dec. 15. at S o'clock, importance. (Adv.) Allc m Tuef Buslnes -iTHE BEST QUALITY STflAieHTCIGAR always reliable 0