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METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE METRO VOLUME XVII. Buy Your Book NOW! the next 15 days we will sell books at these big reductions These worth $2.00 now $1.3 Those worth $1.50 now $1.0 Those worth $1.00 now .7 children Baby's books, worth 50c for best authors and will make and valuable presents and look at them. Take me; look for yourself. send off for a book until you se rs. Z. A. Val Buy Your Books NOW! For the next 15 days we will sell our books at these big reductions: These worth $2.00 now $1.35 Those worth $1.50 now $1.00 Those worth $1.00 now .75 Children Baby's books, worth 50c for 35c All best authors and will make beautiful and valuable presents Call and look at them. Take no ones word; look for yourself. Do not send off for a book until you see ours. Gazette's Big Magazine Offer. $1.18 This Is Our These Four First-Class Paper, ALL FIVE Woman's World, 35c pt. 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Send us your orders right away, give them to our representative or call and see us when you are in town. As soon as you see these clean, beautiful, interesting magazines you will want them sent to your own home for a year. PEORIA. Dear Editor:— We the members of the St. Paul Baptist church highly your visit in our city the last Sunday in May and we wish to have our church fill a space in your paper as we are connected in Christs love together and that some day we will grow wide to the Christian World and bring many souls to Christ. We congratulate the U. B. F. of the world and S. M T. which held their annual Thanksgiving meeting at the A. M. K. church of this city, under the leadership of Dr. S. A. Askew of Peoria. Rev. S. P. Jones delivered the sermon which was full of life and hope. He called the attention to the birth of the lodge which made hearts of both visitor and friend burn with joy and feel a degree of pride for its success and to know that a Negro organized this organization in America. Miss Ora E. Bibbs, read the Ploclamation. --- LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 15 JUN 1914 UR Books OW! days we will sell our the big reductions: now $1.35 now $1.00 now .75 books, worth 50c for 35c and will make beau- presents em. Take no ones ourself. book until you see ours. A. Vallee Best Offer $1.18 Magazines and Our ONE YEAR, Only FARM LIFE HOME LIFE About the Price of the biggest bargain in the best reading ever offered to our subscribers. It in- purses paper—the best weekly published our Magazines of national prominence which may be seen at our office. alone at less than a dollar a year. attract we have made with these big readers the four magazines with our 1.18—just 18 cents more than the give them to our representative or call As soon as you see these clean, you will want them sent to your own WHAT IT MEANS! Your Standard Magazines ONE YEAR, ONLY $1.18 Yours St Paul Baptist church Rev. Wm. Hayes, Pastor, J. R. Anderson, Reporter. HARKISBURG Please allow me space in your paper to say that our Sundap School is progressing nicely under my leadership and outgrowing and increasing every Sunday. When I took charge of the school there was only 11c in the Treasury, and to-day we have else to $19 and securing a good library. Our church is progressing under the leadership of Rev W. M. Young. He preached for us yesterday two good sermons. Pete Level an old soldier and a citizen was burried fast week. Mr. Hicks dropped dead in a tent show last Wednesday night and was carried back to his home in Kentucky for burial. He leaves a wife and two children. The C. M. I. Church, with Mrs. Rudd won the prize. She raised $39 85; Mrs. Katie Bur- --- MOTTO: "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY One of our teachers also one of our delegates to the Convention is lying very low. The mines are doing no work here now and it makes times very hard with us Mrs. Carrie Duncan, Miss Gracie Patetnt and the Superintendent are delegates to the S. S. convention at Cairo. REV. GEO. BROWN. MILLER CITY. Dear Editor: We the members of New Hope Missionary Baptist church Rev. J. H. Knowles our missionary with us today and he preached a powerful sermon from John 17:17,18. He spiritually enlivened the entire congregation and we had only a few members present but we raised two dollars for the missionary and he highly appreciated it. We are young in the cause just lately organized and we solicit your fervent prayers for our successful growth. Rev. N. London, Pastor, Jas. L. Bailey, Clerk. CAIRO Editor of the Gazette: I wish to say through your paper to the churches of the Mt. Olive association to assist their B. Y. P. U. in making this the Banner year of the Convention. Dear Co-Workers, as Thursday before the 4th Sunday in June is set apart for the B. Y. P. U. day let us play our part in the great work of the convention which will convene at 12th St. Church, Cairo. Yours for Christ. F. Bomar, Pres. 231-29th St. TAMMS. TAMMS. To the Editor:—We are glad to send you a report of Tamms, as we are doing nicely in religious affairs. Rev. S J Hunt the assistant district missionary was with us last night and deliverd to us a noble sermon. A liberal collection was given him of $2.12 50c of which was given for the Gazette. We are glad to say our church house is up and in very good condition, everything is almost paid for. Deacon Chas. Watson's home has been blessed with a bouncing little girl. Sister Malirda Tisdell has been on the sick list but is up again. Our pastor Rev. A. Lovlace has made his future home in Murphysboro. Please send the Gazette to the church clerk. Sister A. C. Bolden, also ten copies of same. Sister Ethel Steele has gone to Alabama her former home to visit relatives. Rev. S. J. Hunt the missionary, visited the Trinity Baptist church and we were glad to have with us as he always encourages us. A. C. Bolden. NOTICE. To the Officers and members of the East Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention. The Convention will convene with the Corrinthian Baptist church, Mt. Vernon, on Wednesday before the 4th Sunday in June. E. J. Jones. Pres. Dewmaine, Ill. GOLCONDA Elder A. J. Bowers of Dewmaine who was recently ordained for the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church of this place, is making good, he came over last week and raised the $12 00 which the Sunday school pledged last June as well as a number of others during the S. S. convention. He is also the Supt. of the school at Dewmaine 100, he perhaps will be the only Supt. that will represent two $12 S S. during the convention. It is but a short time until the convention will meet with the Corinthian church, Mt. Vernon. Dr. Washington and his people are sparing no pains for the task. It is hoped that all the ministers and Superintendents will bestin themselves and keep their promises good. We sent out notice in the Gazette last fall that out $12 was ready, and we hoped that all the S. S. of the East and Mt. Olive Conventions would strive to raise the amount, in this way we could have $1,000 and no one be hurt. The work of the State Convention, begins on the 10th of June and the S. S. convention on the 24, one in Cairo and the other in Mt Vernon. We wish the Mt. Olive convention would lead this time, the East Mt. Olive convention has led so long, they are becoming dull and inactive. Our next article will be on the work of the Associations. We ought to raise at least a thousand dollars, that will begin to look like school. I must not forget to speak of the work of Rev. Thos Morris of Metropolis, who was ordained to take charge of the "Little Flock" Baptist church of E'town. He is making good, and even carries his books with him so that he can give his spare moments to the study of his books. The two young men will make it if they only keep the gate they have started and be mindful of the obstruction that awaits their pathway. Straws usually tell which way the wind blows. The same is true with man. If you would know his worth look for his work That tells. Whenever you har a community or a number of individuals, cuss, damn and discuss an individual, if you can see no cause. Be ye assured that that individual is a "Live Wire." Too many of our young men are standing around waiting for something to turn up to their liking. Pull off your coat youg man, push up your sleeves and get busy with any old thing you chance to meet. It requires sunshine to save hay. So boys youth and vigorous manhood are the best to prepare for old age. He who laughs has the wold to laugh with him. It was selfishness that caused Mother Eve, to violate God's Law and not the love of money, therefore the original root of evil was selfishness. Jr. Willow Ninny Ninny Classroom are JUMMA WEAK HANDLE At Guests only Carbonale, which was hostess to the Southern Illinois Editorial association during their annual convention May 22 and 23, can well be called the Convention City of Egypt, not only on account of its location, its railroad facilities, its shaded streets, but most especially because of the whole-souled welcome that permeated the very atmosphere from the time the first visiting editor stepped foot on Carbonale soil till the last adieu had been spoken. Every citizen, from the youngest to the oldest, seemed to have received their instructions from some unknown source to show ye editor the best time ever, and how well they obeyed their instructions only those who were fortunate enough to attend this, the eighth annual convention, will ever know. Carbondale is located 308 miles south of Chicago, on the Illinois Central railroad; 90 miles from St. Louis; 95 miles from Paducah, Ky., and 57 miles from Cairo. Carbondale derives its name from the coal fields in this vicinity, and was named by Gen. D. H. Brush, one of the first settlers. The town was laid out about the time the Illinois Central railroad entered this part of the state, 1852. On the 4th day of January, 1853, the first public sale of lots was held. It is said that the lot now owned and occupied by the Carbondale National bank brought $17, the highest price paid for a lot at the sale. In 1831 less than 10 acres were under cultivation, valued at almost nothing, and the implements of cultivation were of the rudest kind. In contrasting the farmer of earlier days with the present, it is evident that the advancement has been unparalleled. Today the greater portion of land is valued at from $50 to $100 per acre, and only the most modern machinery is used, and in a great many cases the farmer's home is fitted with all the conveniences of the modern city home. The first newspaper printed in Carbondale was called the "Carbondale Commercial." It was published on the 13th day of November, 1855, by D. B. Rock. The Retail Merchants' Association has probably done more to advance the interests of Carbondale the last five years than any other one organization in the city's history. Its membership comprises over 50 of the city's brightest and best business men, each one forming a part of one grand committee whose object is to benefit the social and commercial interests of Carbondale. It was through this association that the invitation came to hold our eighth annual convention in their city. Among the many improvements this association has secured for their home city, they point with pride to the building of 14 miles of hard roads, which is now being completed under the direction of the state highway commission. This, taken in connection with about 10 miles of brick and macadam-tarvia paving constructed within the last five years, makes a total of almost 25 miles of continuous hard roads and streets within Carbondale township. Through the efforts of the merchants' association, Carbondale was among the first to adopt the commission form of government, which was voted in most four years ago. Carbondale has a number of industries which contribute to its prosperity. Chlof among these are: (1) The Illinois Central railroad, with its headquarters for the St. Louis division, roundhouse, six diverging lines, Chicago-New Orleans double track, 39 passenger trains and 60 freight trains I wish to speak to the Baptist Family of Iliinois: Greeting:—When our Convention adjourned last June in Auroro, it did so to convene with the Pleasant Grove Baptist church of Springfield Ill., June 10th 1914 by their invitation through Pastor J. J. Chappell. We have been resouly informed by them thru our Correspondent Secretary Dr. E. H. Borden that for some cause they could not take the convention. We at once set about with the Cor. Sec'y casting among the churches of the state to see who would care for us this year. At once the doors of the following churches were thrown open Olivet and Providence of Chicago and the two churches combined at Carbondale with Revs. Dorsey and Norment, pastors. The Executive Board was called and a unanimous vote was taken in favor of Carbondale, for June 10th. You are therefore asked as a family to make every needed preparation and come Carbondale. Ill. June 10, 1914 at 9:30 a.m. Let every Baptist church, Sabbath School, Mission circle and indeed every Baptist organization belonging to Baptist churches in the State be represented there without fail. We have established Thursday as Missionary day when every effort will be bent toward raising money for Missions Home and Foreign. We would like to raise that day for missions alone $1000.00 (one thousand dollars) Let us as Baptist for once forget the small amount required for representation fee. But let us come to the help of the Lord as against the mighty and hear our captain say forward march. Go preach the gospel to every creature. Come this year prepared not to raise points of order but to raise money for the extension of the kingdom of our Redeemer. The cause is demanding and the people are looking for men and women of service, and not come to show what we know about parlementary rules of order. The cause is greater than men. Therefore to be like he who sent us we come to minister and not to be ministered unto. Friday is Educational day. Everbody and everything must work toward that end. Both the men and women have said that all moneys sent us must be used for the purpose designated. You need not have any fear come and bring the Lord's money. Western College Macon Mo., and our National Training School Lincoln Heights Washington D. C. must be looked after Livingston School Metropolis Ill., must not be overlooked. The eyes of God and the people are upon us. The want of office should play no part but the doing of the work should claim our whole attention. Let every Baptist organization see how much money you can bring or send and how much work you can help do for the advancement of the Kingdom of God on earth. Let it be said of the colored Baptist what was said of the builders of the walls of Jerusalem. "The people had a mind to work." Remember we have only one convention in the state made up of men and women and all working together under one Flag with a triple declaration One Lord, One Faith and One Baptism. Looking for you at Carbondale, Wednesday June 10th 1914 and praying the blessing of God upon every church and pastor with every Mission circle with its Presigent and every S. S. and B. Y. P. U. in the state represented while we are assembled in session at Carbondale we earnestly ask that each church will be engaged in prayer to God for the power and presence of the Holy Spirit upon each of us individually and all of us collectively. I am your in Him. E. J. Fisher. 1830 Market Ave., E. St. Louis, Ill. Please publish: That the Baptist General State Convention will meet Wednesday June 10, 1914 with the Baptist churches of Carbondale, Ill., and the fare per day is 75c. E. H. BORDEN, Cor, Sec'y. E. J. FISHER, Pres. CANADA'S PLACE AS A PRODUCER Canada Is Getting a Great Many Americans. "Three young provinces, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta," says a New York financial journal, "have already made Winniprep one of the greatest primary wheat markets of the world. In 1904 they raised 58,000,000 bushels of wheat. Five years later they produced 150,000,000 bushels. In 1913 the crop approximated 200,000,000 bushels. At the present rate of progress Canada must soon pass France and India, and stand third in the line of wheat producers. Ultimately it will dispute with Russia and the United States for the first position. Wheat has been the pioneer of our development. Undoubtedly it will prove the same with Canada. In the last calendar year our trade with Canada amounted to 497 million dollars. Only with two countries—the United Kingdom and Germany—is our trade greater. No vivid imagination is needed to see what the future development of Canada means to the people of the United States. The influx of American settlers to the Canadian prairies is now in full swing. Within the past few days over 80 of those arrived at Bassano carrying with them effects and capital to the value of $100,000. Fifty settlers from Oregon arrived in Alberta a few days ago; while 15 families of settlers from the state of Colorado arrived at Calgary on their journey northwards. The goods and personal effects of this party filled 20 box cars. Of live stock alone they had 175 horses, 15 cows and 2,000 head of poultry. Another class of settler has arrived at Peers, 110 miles west of Edmonton, where no fewer than 200 German farmers have taken up land. These are from good farming families and brought with them a large amount of capital. Then in South Western Saskatchewan, there are large numbers settling, these from the United States predominating, while in the northern and central portions of all these provinces, the settlement of new people is going on steadily. Early in April, Peter Goertz arrived in Cardiff after a six-day journey from McPherson, Kansas. Mr. Goertz who had purchased land here was in charge of a party of 38 people from the same part of Kansas and they came through with a special train which included all their stock and implements. The equipment was all Rock Island cars, and was the first full immigrant train ever sent out by that railroad. The farm purchased by the members of the party are amongst the best in the district. When the Panama exposition opens next year any of the three transcontinental lines in Canada will make convenient means of transport for those going to visit, and in doing so agricultural districts of Western Canada can be seen, and ocular demonstration given those who have heard but not before seen, of that which has attracted so many hundreds of thousands of American settlers.—Advertisement. The Inference. "Are you a policeman?" asked one paying guest of another at a charity picnic dinner. "No," said the other. "Why do you ask?" "Merely, that I noticed," said the first speaker, glancing at the section of fried chicken in the other's fingers, "that you are pulling a tough joint." Wants to See Things. "Poor old Jagbsby is off the water wagon again." "I can't help admiring his frankness, though." "He doesn't try to excuse himself" "No. He merely says he prefers a scenic route." -Baltimore Sun. The Button Doctor During the short seven years of her life, little Florence Louise had become duly impressed with the prevalence of specialists in the medical profession. One day, after returning from a visit to a small playmate, she calmly announced: "Rena swallowed a button." "Are you worried about her?" she was asked. "Oh, she will get along all right," Florence Louise complacently replied. "They sent for a regular button doctor."—Judge. Limited Intentions "How do you propose to support my daughter, sir?" "I didn't propose to her to support her at all. I only proposed to her to marry me."—Rehoboth Sunday Herald. Skids--You think his story has real punch to it? Skitties—Sure thing! You ought to have seen the way it put me to sleep. —Puck. Disasters. "My baldness dates from that terrible year." "Oh, yes! 1870." "What do you mean by 1870? I speak of the year I was married."—Le Hilfe (Paris). A Success. "Was the go to church movement a success in your neighborhood?" "Yes, indeed. Our church was as full as it is when they are serving something to eat."—Detroit Free A MAN'S PRIVILEGE The Rich One Bought the Presents, But the Poor One Got the Girl. By J. A. TIFFANY. He had not known her more than a year, yet it seemed like a lifetime; for he felt that he had only begun to live since his first meeting with her. She had seemed like a child that night—she was ten years younger than he—and not many months out of college; but with all her girlish grace and freshness, her pouting, baby lips and clear, sweet voice, she had the poise and intellect of a woman of thirty. With him it had been a case of love at first sight—love hot, tempestuous, yet unselfish. The introduction had come about accidentally. It was by the merest chance that he had met Dick Darlington that evening at Altman's restaurant. Darlington seemed to be one of a supper party of half a dozen men and women who had dropped in after the theater. Darlington had put out his hand and said: "Hello, Brinsley! You are just in time to do me a favor. Special messenger here a minute ago with word for me to go up and see the old man tonight. You know I leave for Europe and a trip round the world for my concern tomorrow. I want to introduce you to my cousin, Miss Malcolm, and to get you to see her home." A moment later, and Darlington was gone, leaving Brinsley with a young lady whom he immediately declared to himself was "simply divine." For the last year Brinsley had been Miss Malcolm's shadow. His first advance had been to send her a magnificent bouquet, after he had known her a week. When he called in the evening he found her wearing one of his roses on her breast. She had smiled that enthralling smile of hers and thanked him prettily for the flowers. From presents of flowers the way had been easy to automobile rides, opera boxes and suppers tete-a-tete. He had contrived to learn the date of her birthday, and when it came he had ventured to send her a present of a magnificent necklace. She had met him that evening with a grave face and a constrained manner. He thought she was going to make him take his present back. She gave him a chair and seated herself in another near him. "Mr. Brinsley," she said, "it was very kind of you to think of my birthday; but you have no—you ought not to send me such presents." She took up the leather case that was lying on a table at her elbow; and he thought that she was going to hand it back to him. But she opened it, and apparently succumbed to the dazzling beauty of the gems. "Oh, aren't they lovely!" she exclaimed. "It must be nice to be rich. Mr. Brinsley—if only for the pleasure that one can give to others. And then, too, the rich man has so many privileges. It's really terrible to be poor. I have only two thousand a year, for everything." She toyed with the necklace for a moment, then closed the case with a sigh, and laid Brinsley's present back on the table. "I don't know what makes you so good to me," she said, after a moment's silence on both sides. Brinsley had been waiting for some such opening. He started to tell her that if he was good to her, it was simply because he loved her, but she had jumped up, exclaiming: "Oh! I must show you my other presents—some of them very pretty, but none so valued as yours." Several times in the weeks following he had tried to come to the point of telling her he loved her; but she had always interrupted him and put him off with a pretty malden unconsciousness that might have seemed like supreme finesse in an older woman. Yet they had been calling each other by their Christian names for a long time. Once—it was at Christmas—he had kissed her. The impulse had been irresistible; but though Mollie had not made a fuss, he had not done it again. A piece of mistletoe hung in the doorway between the two parlors; and as she came from the inner room, they met right under it. Suddenly he had put his arm round her waist, drawn her to him, stooped over and kissed her lips. It was entirely unpremeditated, but before their lips had met he was wondering what would be the consequence of his temerity. Then the contact had thrilled him. He felt that no penalty would be too great to pay for that momentary bliss. But instead of springing away from him, Mollie had laid her head on his shoulder, her breast pressing heavily against his, and for a brief second she had looked up at him under her long, drooping lashes, with eyes that seemed to confess a love long cherished but studiously dissimulated. Then she had disengaged herself and taken a seat with the table between them, and for the rest of the evening she had been the happy, light-hearted, inconsequential girl he had known for months back. Once since that night he had tried to kiss her, but she had repulsed him gently, saying simply: "No, please, Fred, you must not do that." But he had loaded her with pres- ents—presents of jewelry, of pictures, books and bric-a-brac; and they had gone everywhere and been seen everywhere together. Brinsley had found the friendship of Mollie Malcolm so delightful that he had been afraid to put his fortunes to the hazard. He had shrunk from saying anything that might make it impossible for him to continue even in his present unsaitsfactory relations with her. But now—after a year of this platonic friendship—he felt that the time had come for him to speak out like a man, and to know his fate. He sent her a costly bouquet during the day, and in the evening went up to her apartment, faultlessly groomed and manicured. Mollie became grave the moment she saw him, and he found it difficult to begin. After a few futile efforts on both sides to say something to put one another at ease. Mollie looked up with one of her old radiant smiles, and said: "Oh, Fred! I have some news to tell you. Dick will be home next week." "Dick?" Brinsley repeated, interrogatively. "Who is Dick?" "Why, Dick Darlington," said Mollie, raising her eyebrows with a sort of aggrieved air. "Oh, yes—your cousin. I remember, he introduced us; but, really, I had only a very slight acquaintance with Mr. Darlington—though, of course, I shall be glad to know him better for your sake, as he is your cousin." "Well, he always calls himself my cousin, but, really, we are not so nearly related as that. You see, his father and my mother were cousins. The connection is very slight. But we are going to be married when Dick has been home a month." Brinsley got out of the room and got home, somehow. He never remembered how. Nobody saw him for a week. Miss Malcolm never saw him again. But on the morning of her wedding day she had a note from him. She read it with a smile, and sighed as she dropped it into the stove. "Poor man," she said to herself. "It's too bad. Of course, if anything had happened to Dick while he was in Africa or any of those places, that would have made a difference." They had been on their honeymoon a week, when one morning Dick Darlington looked up from the newspaper and said: "Why, Mollie, Fred Brinsley is dead! He was buried yesterday. Died from an overdose of strychnia—must have been drinking heavily. And—what's this?—why, bless my soul!—he's left his fortune to you." Mollie went over and sat on her husband's knee. She glanced over the paragraph that he had just been reading. Then, putting her arms round Dick's neck, she kissed him on the cheek and said: "Poor Mr. Brinsley. It was an odd fancy, wasn't it—to leave his money to me. Well, dear, we can buy that old-fashioned mansion on the hill, now, that you have always admired so much." (Copyright, 1914, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) Knew Father's Ways. Here is one that was told by Congressman Henderson M. Jacoway of Arkansas the other night in speaking of how wise the average little wifey is to the ways of father. Mrs. Black was in the dining-room waiting for Black to come down to breakfast when the servant girl hustled into mother's presence with a look of distress written all over her features. "Oh, ma'am," she excitedly exclaimed, "what shall I do? The dog has stolen the meat for Mr. Black's breakfast and it is too late to get any more!" "That's too bad," returned Mrs. Black, thoughtfully. "Is there anything exciting in the paper this morning?" "Yes, ma'am," wonderingly answered the servant girl. "A big fire, a steamship collision and the rumored sale of a baseball team." "Good!" returned Mrs. Black. "Put the paper on Mr. Black's plate and he won't think of anything else. In case he should, however, you might warm up last night's stew."—Philadelphia Telegraph. Taken in Trade. The ignorance of real cotton on the part of New York cotton-traders has long been a subject of disgust in the South. A Georgia cotton-grower recalls an incident which, he says, is a true measure of the margin-trader's knowledge. A man who had been a member of the New York Cotton exchange for 20 years was invited to attend a banquet at the cotton-goods manufacturers' annual convention. The tables were decorated with great clusters of cotton bolls. The exchange member sat the feast through and listened to all the speeches. On the way out of the banquet hall he said to a friend: "That was a fine feed all right, and good talk, but what I want to know is this: What is all that white fuzzy stuff in the middle of every table?"—Illustrated Sunday Magazine. At the Boarding House New Cook (anxiously)—There are 14 more to be served, ma'am, and we've nothing but dirty dishes. Landlady—Hey, George, get the gravy!—Cornell Widow. A Wagoner. She—I think that somata is the most moving music I ever heard. He—No; the rattle of a furniture van beats it all hollow. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS THE CHEF'S CENTER Hampton boys learn how to care for milk, make butter and cottage cheese, and handle cows to the best possible advantage. They must handle dairy products according to the most approved standards. The idea underlying this work is to train who shall go out and show the country people the value of good dairy methods. Rev. H. H. Dunn, pastor of Central Congregational church; Rev. A. Lawless, Jr., pastor of University church, and President E. M. Stevens of Straight university have returned to Washington from the National Congregational convention held in Washington. A large delegation was present from all sections of the United States. Four national Congregational societies were represented in the convention, viz: The National Congregational council, the Congregational Church Building society, the Sunday School and Publication society and the American Missionary association. The Southern negro is working out his own salvation, not in terms of politics, not in terms of formal education but in terms of property ownership and mainly in terms of land in the rural regions. He is doing this with out let or hindrance in the South largely aside from the awareness of the whites, largely because of their difference, but even more largely with the sympathy and help of his white friends and neighbors. He is lifting himself by tugging at his own boot straps, a figure commonly used to indicate an impossible something; but in civilization in education it is the The American Missionary association is carrying on a most extensive work among the colored people. It is now conducting and maintaining 64 schools for the colored people in the South, with an enrollment of 14,000, under the direction of 600 trained teachers. The churches among the colored people of the South number 206, with a membership of 15,000. A most aggressive program for the further extension of church work, for better equipment of school buildings, and higher efficiency in school work was adopted. The new program calls for greater local initiative, a more discriminating missionary support, a larger number of self-supporting churches, increased activities in social service in urban and rural centers, closer supervision of the field and a Sunday school superintendent for the colored schools in the south. Rev. Sterling M. Brown of Washington was elected president of the convention. Rev. H. H. Proctor, D. D., of Atlanta, Ga., was elected secretary. The next convention will meet at Talladega college, Talladega, Ala. Although she is only thirty-one years old, Mrs. Winfield Stoner of Quarrysville, Pa., is the mother of nine children, and in a competition with 250 others she was proclaimed the champton cake baker. A final word on the subject of our personal responsibility as an executive council to the churches seems to be needed, says a correspondent of the Standard. It has been suggested that the executive council should ignore all organizations among the churches and deal directly with local churches. In many cases that may be the fair and proper way to operate, but I am firmly convinced that the experiences of the executive council in its work as well as the present needs of the negro churches, only tend to emphasize the advisability of using our friendly offices to secure among the negro churches such an organization of forces as will win the respect and the regard of possible benefactors and make it possible for us to do through them as a group force, what we are confident that we could do less satisfactorily if we dealt with them separately and ignored that important and essential relationship which they have with one another. Miss Cristie Holmberg has been elected clerk in Santa Barbara, Cal., by an overwhelming majority over her male opponent. By February India's greatest hydroelectric plant will be supplying 60,000 horse power to industries in Bombay and vicinity. All the six sons of John and Mary Wheatland of South Croydon, Eng., are in the royal navy. Their ages range from sixteen to seventeen years. Countess Molitor, an English woman, will shortly start on a perilous trip across the Ruba-el-Khall, the great sandy desert of South Arabia, alone, using only native guards. The Southern negra is working out his own salvation, not in terms of politics, not in terms of formal education, but in terms of property ownership; and mainly in terms of land in the rural regions. He is doing this without let or hindrance in the South, largely aside from the awareness of the whites, largely because of their indifference, but even more largely with the sympathy and help of his white friends and neighbors. He is lifting himself by tugging at his own boot straps, a figure commonly used to indicate an impossible something; but in civilization, as in education, it is the only possible means of elevation. The negro is emerging from jungleism and winning civilization mainly and necessarily by his own efforts. His progress every inch of the way is marked by struggle—struggle within himself for mastery over himself and struggle outward, surrounding circumstances. The negro problem will not be solved by editorials, creeds or statutes; by conferences, congresses or assemblies; by pride, prejudice or passion. The development of the negro can be stimulated, safeguarded and directed wisely and beneficently. The stream of tendencies can be kept clear of injustice and cruelty, brutality and inhumanity, and it will be so if we have any Christianity worth the name.—Dr. E. C. Branson in the Southern Workman. A plea to the Methodist Episcopal church, South, asking it to take a deeper interest in the affairs of the colored Methodist Episcopal church is contained in the quadrennial address of bishops which was made at a general conference of the colored church at St. Louis. When a woman is in love with a man she'll listen to what he says—just as if he were saying something. Well worth consideration is this extract from an editorial in the Chicago Record-Herald: "The problem is to educate these grown-up children into mental and moral maturity. That is no easy task. Rather it is an arduous effort to which many a life must be given, and it will never be helped along by oratory, but only by the patient teaching of line upon line, precept upon precept, till the fundamentals of honesty, thrift, thoroughness and keeping one's word have been drilled into their understanding and worked out by them in practise. To that end such a humble and patient propaganda as Booker Washington's, aiming to make the blacks into well-behaved citizens and good workers, honest and reliable, is worth all the oratory of Demosthenes and Cicero and Alexander L. Jackson combined." Strikes and lockouts in Rhode Island during 1913 caused a loss of $122,855 to wage-earners and about three hundred and fifty thousand dollars in value of production to employers, according to the report of the commissioner of industrial statistics. London is divided into two camps over the proposition to widen Richmond bridge, over the Thames. The bridge was opened for traffic in 1777. The way is narrow, but opponents of the improvement plan say that to tamper with the ancient structure will destroy its beauty. L. B. Johnson of St. Albans, Vt., generally attracts attention when he drives through the town behind his pair of two-year-old steers. He has trained them so that they will obey the reins as well as a horse. One trouble with the man of few words is that, he is apt to use them until they become tiresome. Dr. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated, easy to take as candy, regulate and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels and cure constipation. Adv. Lived by His Character. "That man is absolutely devoid of character." "What does he do?" "Oh, he is a character sketch artist on the stage." Declined With Thanks. "I hear that Spragg, the editor, is getting very absent-minded." "I should say he is. Why, the other day, he returned his tailor's bill with a rejection slip inclosed."—Boston Dally Globe. On Australian Stamps. The Kookaburra, which is to figure on the new Australian stamps, is a kind of laughing jackass of the king-fisher tribe, and about the size of a crow. He kills snakes, is an optimist by nature, laughing at sunrise and sundown. Wants a Friend in Need. "Say, old chap, I want you to be best man at my wedding. Will you?" "Well, I—er—" "So! You refuse to stand by a friend in his hour of trouble, is that it?" Continuous Problem "We sent Glayds Ann to cooking school to get her mind off her piano playing," said Mr. Cumrox. "Did the plan succeed?" "Yes. Now we're trying to persuade her to study political economy so as to get her mind off the cooking."—Washington Star. Queen Poor Conversationalist. Queen Mary is a poor conversationalist. On some one being brought up to her it is said she will begin to talk with remarkable felicity, setting the other at ease and delighting him. Then, all of a sudden, she suddenly ceases, an acute silence supervenes and the other does not know whether to break the pause or slip away. The fact is the queen talks well by dint of concentration; this does not always last until the end of the conversation, and once the thread is broken she grows abstracted, thinking of something else. Shakespeare and Bacon It has not been proven that Bacon wrote the plays known as Shakespeare's. The various attempts at such task have all turned out to be melancholy failures. It has been shown that there are many difficulties in the way of believing that the historical Shakespeare wrote the immortal dramas, but it has not been shown that anybody else wrote them. The Stratford man is still in possession of the glory of their authorship, and if he is not entitled to the honor it is impossible to say who is. Gave Hacklers a Chance At one time the Republicans of Chicago were out and were fighting Democracy on industrial conditions and the putative helplessness of a situation which did not let the Republicans in. A parade was started off and was well on its way—nearly to the file closers—when a ward boss saw that two lighted transparency lacked carriers. He looked around hurriedly and noticed that one of his retainers was idle. "Here," he yelled, "should this and get in line." The shang-haled recruit was a gambler who busied himself in ward politics on occasions, but for the most stuck to his trade when trade was possible. As he hoisted the lighted legend, "Open up the mills and factories," there was a chorus of derisive yells from the sidewalk: "Never mind the mills. Open up the poker games." Toastie Flavour A Winner Every day many are finding out that Post Toasties are different from other "ready to eat" foods. It's in the making. Toasties are carefully cooked bits of choicest Indian corn toasted to an appetizing, golden-brown crispness. Care and time in toasting and the delicate flavoring make this crisp corn-food delightful. Post Toasties—ready to eat direct from the sealed package, with cream and sugar to taste. REMARKABLE CASE of Mrs.HAM Declares Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Saved Her Life and Sanity. Shamrock, Mo.—"I feel it my duty to tell the public the condition of my health before using your medicine. 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The propeller behind the pilot if well guarded by a metal screen as a protection against any one approaching it closely. When snow falls wheels are placed on the prospecting pins, which lift the ski from the ground, and the car will then attain a speed of nearly one hundred miles an hour. Some such machine as this is to be taken into the Antarctic regions by Shackleton with his forthcoming expedition. Abroad this form of amusement is called zero-skiing. Environment The Mexican Student was watching his first northern football game. It held his interest firmly. His face grew flushed, his arms were flung out, he shouted hoarsely. "Do you call this a game?" he asked of the man at his right. "Sure," was the reply, "what would you call it?" "In my country," said the stranger from across the border, "we would call it a seven-day pitched battle!" Deep Breathing. "Learn to sit or stand erect and breathe deep," says a health expert. 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With little or no faith in it, I tried a package. That was eight months ago and I have never been without it since." "Grape-Nuts did the work. It helped me grow strong and well. Grape-Nuts put new life into me, built up my whole system and made another woman of zee!" Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mitch. Read "The Road to Welfville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter! A new one appears from time to time. They are gorgeous, true, and full of human "I feel it my duty the condition of my health before using your medicine. I had falling, inflammation and congestion, female weakness, pains in both sides, backaches and bearing down pains, was short of memory, nervous, impatient, passed sleepless nights, and had neither strength nor HOLDING CHINA BACK Clan System Responsible for Absence of Development. Traditions That Belong to the Remote Past Have All the Sanctity of a Religion-Ancestor Worship Also to Blame. In China if a family desires to take advantage of the modern improvements and ideas, it has countless obstacles to overcome. First of all, there is the conservative traditional ruling of the Chinese family clan to be surmounted. The members of the clan may number several thousands, and no family is supposed to adopt any innovation unless the entire clan agree to the procedure. These native clans are presided over by certain elders, who possess arbitrary authority to dictate the policy of the clan. Their powers extend even to capital punishment. When they deem any project unwise or unnecessary for one or two families of their entire clan, the matter is usually settled and "sat upon" by their arbitrary rulings. As these clan elders are among the aged type of the Celestial, with atrophied mental processes as well as an utterly withered spirit of youth, they are always counted upon to remain on the side of well-seasoned Chinese precedent. The traditions of the native clans, like those of the family unit, are not considered matters of mere convenience. These traditions, in reality, possess the sanctity of a religion. It is simply another form of the ever-present ancestor worship. It is this latter which forms such a tremendously effective barrier against innovation and change among the Mongolians. When the parent of a family dies, it is not so much a matter of reverence for parental memory that keeps the living family members in the path of righteousness which the parent was supposed to tread. It is rather a fear which the children possess of offending the evil spirits if the memory of the dead one is not properly revered. If one lone native should dare depart from the ways approved by his clan, the elders immediately work upon the superstitious fears of the most ignorant members. These latter are fed with malicious insinuations to the effect that the erring one who dares adopt anything new will surely bring a curse down upon the whole community. Thus it has been that the constraint of one generation has been handed down unchanged to those of successive generations. As you travel about and observe the yellow man in his native environment and see conditions at first hand, you are not surprised at the astounding and archaic conservatism of the Chinaman. It is indeed time for a great awakening, and our missionaries, as usual, are in the vanguard promoting the doctrine of modern education. But the modernizing of China is a tremendously hard nut to crack. About one of the most powerful levers to give China another jolt would be to introduce, by some method, several hundred millions of bathtubs, with running-water systems attached. This invitation to wash their filthy bodies would give some of the old clan fossils a severe shock that they could not possibly recover. It would be a great thing for China if a lot of these withered clan elders could be induced to die from fright brought on by fear of a good, healthy, cleansing bath. They wouldn't continue to block progress, as they now do. Clyde Witmer. The Wrong Bertie. Sir Francis Bertle, British ambassador at Paris, was once the center of an amusing muddle at Windsor. It happened during the reign of Queen Victoria, when Sir Francis was permanent under-secretary of state for foreign affairs. Wanting to consult Lord Ponsonby about a certain matter he telegraphed to him at Windsor: "Shall be down tonight.—Bertle." The telegram was shown to the queen, and as "Bertie" was the name she always used to her-son, the late King Edward, she came to the conclusion that he was going to pay her an unexpected visit. When Sir Francis arrived he was considerably taken aback at the elaborate preparations that had been made to receive him, and the old queen laughed heartily at the trick he had all-unconsciously played on her. But when he was leaving she suggested that he should in future sign his telegrams in some other way. The Splash. An old farmer and his wife drove to market one day. It had been a very wet day, and large pools of water had formed on the roadway between the farm and town. On the return journey an old friend was met. "And how are you today?" was the friendly greeting. "Oh, very well, thank you," answered the farmer. "How is the missus?" continued the friend. "She's fine, fine!" answered the farmer. "She's behind there," jerking his thumb toward the back seat. "She's not there," said the astonished friend. The old farmer slowly turned and locked over his shoulder, then coolly replied. "Humph! That was the splash then!" METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. 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Paris, threatened with a strike of the cab drivers unless the system Eno were put in effect, adopted it. Then Buenos Aires sent for Mr. Eno, asked him to work out a plan for its traffic, and agreed to every suggestion he made. A year or two later Mr. Eno was introduced, as a traffic regulation authority, to a much-traveled resident of Washington. The globe-trotter shook hands with him, and then said in a rather patronizing manner: "If you want to know what's what in a street traffic system, Mr. Eno, you ought to see the way they do the trick in Buenos Aires." Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the Signature of H. H. Hitchens In Use For Over 30 Years. Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria Correct "Riches have wings," quoted the sage. "But poverty gets to you quicker," added the fool—Cincinnati Enquirer. Heck—So is my wife's; but occasionally I can bribe her not to enforce it. 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One of the great milk markets is the cheese industry, which is concentrated in New York and Wisconsin. These states together make more than three-fourths of the national product. Their output is nearly equal, Wisconsin leading slightly. Michigan, Pennsylvania, California, Oregon, Illinois and Minnesota are, in the order named, the other principal cheese-making states. Nearly all the cheese is made in small factories. Wisconsin makes 47 per cent of the total. Sizing Up Louis. There recently came to a fashionable shoe shop in Chicago a daughter of a man whose wealth has been acquired within very recent years. The young woman was disposed to patronize the clerk, and rejected a number of "classy" slippers he produced for her approval. Finally she said. "I think, perhaps, I shall take these two pairs. But Louis XV heels are too high for me. Give me a size lower, or stay—perhaps Louis XIII will be high enough."-Harper's. Sorry He Spoke. Peck—I'm surprised that you should lose your self-control, Maria. That's something you never saw me do. Mrs. Peck—You lost control of yourself the day I married you. Now hold your tongue!—Boston Evening Transcript. Heard at a Reception. "Alice is really the scrawniest girl among all our acquaintances." "Oh, I don't know. It's really neck and neck between her and Maud Simmons, I guess."—Boston Evening Transcript. "Does your landlord use hot alr?" "Well, you just ought to hear, his promises when we ask for repairs." Many a man who has that tired feeling did not acquire it legitimately. Clothes are expensive —rubbing wears them out quickly—stop rubbing —use RUB-NOMORE CARBO NAPTHA SOAP. "Carbo" kills germs. Prevents sickness. "Naptha" cleans instantly. Saves clothes—saves money—saves you. RUB-NO-MORE CARBO NAPTHA SOAP should also be used to wash the finest fabric. pilifies the linena. Makes it sweet and sanitary. It does not need hot water. 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For the homesteader, the man who wishes to invest, Canada offers the biggest, opportunity of any place on the continent. Apply for descriptive literature and reduced railway rates to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to 160 ACRE FARMS WESTERN CANADA FREE G.A.COOK 125 W. 8th St., Kusanque City, Ro. and C. J. Browning, 818 L. K. & T. S. Chicago, Illinois. 100 Girls Wanted To make mens athletic underwear on power machines. Nice, clean work, good pay, permanent positions. Work easily learned. Board guaranteed while learning. Best board and room in our modern Cambridge Court cottages. $2.50 a week. Come today or write The car of The American Family Dealers wanted to handle this popular car. WEBER IMPT. & AUTO CO. 1900 Locust St. St. Louis, Mo. PATENTS Watson R. Coleman, Wor- ington, D.C. Books free. Highest referencers. Best results. W. N. U., ST. LOUIS, NO. 22-1914. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON PRINT BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS. . . . . ILL. MRS M. J. MCCRARY, MANAGER J. B. MCCRARY, EDITOR Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Interested as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. Address all communications to J. B.MORARY, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....$1 00 12 Months.....75 Three Months.....40 Single Copy.....05 In Advance. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. ANNOUNCEMENTS We are authorized to announce the name of Dr. SAM W. LATHAM, of Saline County, as a candidate for the State Senate, subject to the Republican primary election to be held September next. COUNTY JUDGE We are authorized to announce the name of Judge W. F. S MITH, as a candidate for re-election to the office of County Judge, subject to the decision of voters in the Republican primary election, to be held in September 1914. SHERIFF. We are authorized to announce the name of David L. PARIS, as a candidate for Sheriff of Massac County, subject to the will of the voters at the Republican Primary Wednesday, September 16, 1914. COUNTY SUPT., OF SCHOOLS. We are authorized to announce the name of Miss EMMA BRAINARD, as a candidate for County Superintendent of Schools, of Massac County, subject to the will of the voters at the Republican Primary Wednesday, September 16, 1914. I. C R. R. Time Card NORTH BOUND. Train numbers. Arrives. Leaves. 302 10:10 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 374 2:26 p.m. 2:35 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 375 10:09 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 305 2:28 p.m. 2:35 p.m. Trustees of the Livingston Normal, Theological and Industrial Institute. J. H. Knowles, D. D., President J. B. McCrary, S. T. B., Secretary T. C. Yaney, Treasurer S. B. Kerr, Attorney Rev. J. M. Blake. Rev. H. Allison R. V. M. Hayes Rev. C. C. Phillips Rev. H. E. McWilliams Trustees The only way to get the genuine New Home Sewing Machine is to buy the machine with the name NEW HOME on the arm and in the legs. This machine is warranted for all time. No other like it No other as good The New Home Sewing Machine Company, ORANGE, MASS. For Sale by W. P. Baynes, Metropolis, Ill. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury as mercury, will surely destroy the sense of smells and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such artificians should never be used except on prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Cartarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J. Cheny & Co. Testimonials free. Sold by Druggists. Price 75c. per bottle. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. The fact is, the four magazines we sell with The Gazette for 18c extra, represents the biggest reading value ever offered the public. Have you sent us your order? If not, send it or phone us today. The Gazette office for quick work. We want you to get our club of four big magazines. We sell the Gazette and four big magazines a lfoe only $1.18. Send your order today by phone or mail. The Illinois Traction System sells tickets from Springfield to East St. Louis, every Saturday and Sunday at $1.50. If you haven't already subscribed to our club of four magazines do it now. You will enjoy reading these splendid magazines. We will sell you the four magazines with the Gazette all one year for only 18c extra. If you want your skin to look pretty and soft, try a bottle of Dixie Liquid Bleach at McCrary & Sons. If you will subscribe to The Gazette or renew your subscription, we will include four standard magazines all one year, for only 18c extra. WRITE OR PHONE. See the novelty department at the Fair. Do you know that you can get four magazines in combination with The Gazette by paying only 18c extra? Send your order by mail or phone us. We now urge all of our subscribers to renew their subscription to The Gazette and get four magazines one year for only 18c extra. WRITE OR PHONE. Try it, McCrary and sons. See our fine line of china ware, at McCrary & sons. When renewing your subscription to The Gazette don't forget to remind us of the magazine offer. Phone us your order for the four-magazine barsgain. Rooms to Rent. We have 3 rooms to rent. See MRS. HARRIER McCRARY. For 18 cents extra you can get four magazines and The Gazette for one year. If your subscription to The Gazette is due, better pay up now and get four big magazines, all one year, for only 18 cents extra. Letter Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at this office. We print them. I have a new supply of hair goods on hand. Call and see them. Buy all your magazines of us. We can give you four magazines one year with The Gazette for only 18c extra. REV. J. H. KNOWLES Rev. J H. Knowles, 2407 Poplar street Cairo, is the elected missionary for the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. He is also authorized to solicit money for the Livingston Normal. Theological Industrial Institute of Metropolis, Ill., Don't pay out money for magazines. We can give you four monthly magazines for 18 cents extraif you will subscribe to The Gazette for one year. You are cordially invited to come in and look at our Ladie's, Misses and Children's trimmed hats and you will be convinced of their splendid value. Get ready for spring weather. MRS. VALLEE. Tell your neighbors about our big offer. They surely would like to get The Gazette and four magazines, all one year for only $1.18. Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names contributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. Persons who owe the Gazette woul greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. If you will subscribe to The Gazette for one year we will send you four monthly magazines for only 18 cents extra. Ordination Licentiate license blanks at the Gazette office. You can get four splendid magazines one year for 18 cents extra by renewing your subscription to The Gazette. Our trimmed hats for Ladies, Misses and Children are now ready for you. Come in and see the big values for little money. In the announcement column will be found the name of Dr. Sam W. Latham of Saline county for State Senator on the Republican ticket. Watch for write-up next week. Mrs. Alice Dean of St. Louis, Mo., was in the city visiting her sister Mrs. Mary Reeves. Miss Ida Wallace left Monday for home at Monmouth, after spending several days in the city with Mrs. Bessie Cork and sister, Miss Love Phillips. Mrs. Harmon Smith, is very sick. Rev. R. Earl, is at home. Rev. Thos, Turner, was his charge at Sedalia Ky., Sunday. The Crescent Cate, has put in a new line of Staple and Fancy groceries. Your patronage is solicited. Wallace Bell was a Paducah, shopper Saturday. Rev. J. T. Harris, pastor of the Free Baptist church, was at his church here Sunday and filled the stand morning and evening. Mr. Jame Wright, and Mrs. Victoria Mayes, were married Friday night at the home of the bride on Broadway, by Rev. J. H. Smith. Both are very industrious and no doubt will succeed. We wish every success in life. Go to the Crescent Cale for your ice cold Soda. Mrs. G. E. Tossey got her leg badly hurt last week. The five room cottage of Alex Tranzor of Broadway is nearing completion. Mrs. Nelia McCallister left for Chester, Wednesday to visit Willis Bell, who is confined in the Prison Mr. Clarence E. Winmon, son of Mrs. Mary Winmon was one of the eleven graduates of the Lincoln High School, Paducah, Friday night. The exercises were largely attended. Mr. Winmon, contemplates entering Meharry's college of Medicine. Nashville, Tenn., for the fall term. Rev. Alex. Chavis, has been called to the Antioch Baptist church this city, but will reside in Marion where he has another church. Watch them grow. The Batpist Sate Convention is now in session at Carbondale, and the editor is attending said convention. Some of the children of Metropolis have gone together with Washington Chavis and have made up a club to help the Antioch church. Would like all of the children to meet at 3:00 p.m. every evening. Invite it. If you want opportunity to knock it your door tomorrow you've got to make a bid for it today. To the Baptist Women of the State Convention Galesburg Ill Mar 2, 1914 Dear Sisters: This is to notify you that the General Convention will convene at Carbondale, Ill., in June instead of Springfield, as that church will not be able to entertain the convention. We desire and urge that the circles send a large representation to help unite the forces in this great work that we are trying to do. The Master wants his workmen to be men and women of stability and truthfulness, not workers for a selfish motive, but do unselfishly His work the best we can, giving Him all the glory and the praise. We need more prayer among the workers of our state, prayer sincere and true. We ask that every christian worker that read this appeal will breathe a silent prayer to Him that doeth all things well for peace, unity and unbounded success at our meeting this year, as the Lord has blessed us so let us give. The christian life is a life of service and sacrifice, let us sacrifice a little time and attend this convention. At the recent Board Meeting plans were laid whereby we might increase our funds, when these appeals reach you we urge that each circle will take heed The President is calling for seven hundred dollars for Mission work, Education and aged Minister Fund. This a small amount for the great state of Ill. Pray without ceasing for our Convention. Yours in the work Susie F. Hazel Cor. See. 718 Arnold St. Notice. Notice. To the local W. E. & M. Societies of the Mt Olive Baptist Association: You are aware that we held no meeting with the Executive Board in March, being unable to attend myself, and the first meeting was financially poor. Each local is asked to send to the Sec. Sister Allie Barnard, of Metropolis, $1. to assist in the representation fee to the State convention as she will attend. It will meet in Carbondale, June 10. Hoping as many of the sisters and circles will represent in this meeting as can, also represent your circles in the Needle and Art work department. I will be glad to correspond with some sister that can travel in the District Mission work and visit the churches, M. J. BLAKE, Pres. ALLIE BAKNARD, Sec. Notice. Mt. Vernon, Ill, 5-26, 1914. Notice is hereby given that the S. S. Convention of the Mount Olive Baptist Association has been changed from Sparta, and will convene with the 1st Baptist 12th St., Gairo, Ill.. Wednesday before the 4th Sunday in June 1914. Hoping that all of the schools will be fully represented this year. I am yours in the work, Nena R. Smallwood, Cor. Sec. of Teachers Institute and S. S. Convention. Brookport Ill., Nov. 26 '13 To whom this may concern. Greetings: This is to certify that I. A. C. Crider have been appointed Dist. Deputy. Grand Master of the 7th Dist. of F. & A. M. of Illinois. I will visit all lodges in my district this year. A. C. Crider Box 172 Livingston Institute Metropolis Second Session Opens Monday This school is well graded Department. All work is well tal and able Instructors, select work Special Courses in M and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 Tuition Rates: Tuition per month Tuition, Normal and English c Tuition, Instrumental music (i ...... Tuition Typewriting (including Tuition Plain Sowing per month Tuition, Vocal music Tuition Printing Industrial Department per month. Printing Free Board and Rooms B ible rate. In every case, 4 weeks will All charges must be paid in ad and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY. Box 107 Notice. This school is well graded and equipped Grammar School Department. All work is well organized under Departmental and able Instructors, selected for Special Departmenta work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study In every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month. All charges must be paid in advance. For any information and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY, Supt. and Sec'y. Box 107 Metropolis, Ill. The S. S. Convention of Mt. Olive Baptist Association will convene with 12th St. Baptist S. S, Cairo, June 24th. D. Farrow, Pres. Our needs: We need 2 Doz. small chairs for the Kindergarten department. 1 Doz. small scissors Two tables One large Bible 1-2 Doz. Wall lamps with reflectors for our night school. 200 chairs in our chapel room, at once. Therefore we ask each church, Sunday School, W. E. & M. Society and Ministers also individuals who are interested in education to send us a donation at once. Due credit will be given you through these columns also in our quarterly report. Every minister should register and become a student of the Livingston college by sending $1.00 every month. If he is not able to attend the money can be used to adjantage and his name will increase the enrollment. Try it and let us make Livingston what it should be. Any good book will be thankfully received for our library. The school is now open and students are accepted at any time. For any information write Rev. J. B. McCrary, Supt. and Secy., Box 367 Metropolis, Ill. The Master hath use of the talents of every minister, therefore atten the State Convention June 10th. Let evry minister of the Mt. and East Mt. Olive Associations attendthe Baptist State Convention which convenes in Carbondale June 10th. A minister who will not attend these meetings should be placed in the rear rank with his class where he will finally go. No morphine or opium in De Miller's PAP PASTE. Grown All Palm. "Our sons a darn" ```markdown ``` Notice. Livingston Notes. October 6th 1913 and equipped Grammar School organized under Department need for Special Departmenta Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand Type Writing, Bible Study a Session on. Theological Department month..... $1.00 moreses per month each " 1.00 (including rent of instrument) ... " 2.50 rent) per month ..... " 1.50 h ..... " 1.00 Free Fre- nts Domestic Science, Milli- nery and Dressmaking $2 board and rooms can be secured a private families at a reasona- will be counted for a school month advance. For any information Supt. and Sec'y. Metropolis, Ill. Mr. Editor, Please allow space to say to the public, that "The St. John Baptist Church," held its regular meeting on the 9th and found that the Pilgrim Rest Baptist church was, and is receiving excluded members from the St. John Baptist church to its fellowship. Therefore the church proceeded at once to take some steps, and notified them to turn them aloose, in which they failed to do, which is disorderly with all regular Baptist churches through out the state, therefore as we are one, and belong to one Baptist family in rules, regulations, principle and practice; we notify all ministers of the Union of the state of Illinois that if any one of them is known to take sides or practicing any of the religious worships with this disorly church known as "Pilgrim Rest" Baptist church, his name shall be published. See constitution of minutes, Sec. 7. Done by order of church, this the 9th day of May. Please send me 3 copies of the paper and will pay you at the convention for same. Annie Brandon, Clerk, If you wish your articles to appear each week, send on Monday also write short spicy articles, take your dictionary and make it your constant companion it is no disgrace. Don't try to fill up the paper with one article, remember there are others just as worthy asking for space and we anxious to serve all. Don't use slang phrases. Let us put the Gazette on a high class Newsy, Educational and Financial basis. We can do with your cooperation all that we have asked.—Editor. Examine Your Own Prejudice. Every one is forward to complain of the prejudices that mislead other man or parties, as if he were free, and had none of his own. This being objected on all sides, it is agreed that it is a fault and a hindrance to knowledge. What now is the cure? No other but this, that every man should let alone others' prejudices and examine his own. The only way to remove this great cause of ignorance and error out of the world is for every one impartially to examine himself.-Locke. 1. MOUNDS. Kev. Parrish, Pastor