Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 12 DEC 1914 METRO VOLUME XVII. Everybody's Going to Guthries Paducah's Best Store We save you money on a Dry goods, Coats, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Corsets, Gloves, Hoisery, Rugs, Carpets, etc. "Savings Bonds" with every p Meet your friends at GUTHRIES We save you money on all Dry goods, Coats, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Notions, Corsets, Gloves, Hoisery, Rugs, Carpets, Curtains etc. "Savings Bonds" with every purchase. Meet your friends at Boulware-Alen Shoe Co. Having just remodeled our store Broadway we are now prepare serve the people with the Having just remodeled our store 218 Broadway we are now prepared to serve the people with the best of foot-wear. We have the best and up to date lines for those who appreciate high grade shoes. You will find our salesman to be polite and attentive. Having all sizes and widths we are prepared to fit your foot correctly. Robinson's Cafe, Just opposite the Illinois Central Station Carbondale, Illinois Meals:-Hot and Cold Lunches on short order When in the city or enroute North or South give me a call. Ice Cream, Cold Soda of the purest and best make. James Robinson Proprietor. ```markdown ``` --- Ride With A Dead Man We are now having a big Cut Price Sale on all Shoes, Clothing. Overcoats, Hats, Underwear, and in fact everything that you need for the family this winter. All new goods at Bargain prices. Dont Miss this big Cut Price Sale. KUM BACK SHOE CO. 3rd and Kentucky Ave. The Live Man's Store. Paducah Ky. MOTTO : 'HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. The Mt. Olive Baptist Institute met in Md City, with Zion Traveller Baptist church Friday Nov. 26th. We found Rev. W. M. Bell, the pastor had the meeting well in hand and had made ample provision for a large delegation, and it was quite pleasing to note how readily the members and friends had thrown open their doors for the S. S. workers and visitors to their city and church. Revs. Bell, and Willingham were loyal to the cause and the editor domiciled with the latter in their snug little home on Main Street. He certainly has a good cook one who delights in making it pleasant for her guest. The meeting as whole was the best that we have held since its organization. The meeting was opened Friday a m. by the conductor Rev. J. B. McCrary, in the absence of Pres. J. W. Corneal, of Centralia, who was prevented from attending on the account of the sickness of a sick wife. Miss Carrie M. Urquhart, Corresponding sec'y, was appointed to act as clerk. After assignments to our homes the meeting stood adjourned until 2 o'clock p.m. Promptly at that hour the meeting was called to order and the conductor proceeded to work per program. Rev. G. W. Smith, pastor of 1st Free Baptist church was introduced and seated within the bar. Mrs. Elizabeth Mahone, of Future City opened the discussion of Topic A live S. S. by reading a strong paper bringing out many saleant points on the subject. The topic was further discussed by Rev. F. Bomar, Cairo, Rev. D. Parrish of Md City and others. How to increase the S. S. was the next topic for discussion, opened by Rev D. Parrish, which brought out a lively discussion, and Revs. Bomar, Devine, Richardson, Smith, Bell, Mesdames Mahone Jessie Blackwell Music by the choir, "Yield not to temptation" Collection. At 8:00 p. m. Rev. F. Bomar read the scripture and offered up prayer. Then Rev. Richardson, preached a strong spiritual sermon. Collection and dismission. Saturday morning the Institute was opened by the Conductor the 5th chapter of Eph. was read and after 30 minutes devotionals the meeting was announced for business. After the evening journal was read and adopted The topic--How I conduct my Sunday School which was a general discussion by the Superintendents. The discussion was opened by Sister Candez Bell. The following recommendation was adopted and ordered published at the conclusion of the discussion. Whereas there is much need of cooperation on the part of the teachers and superintendents in order to have harmony in the lessons, therefore we recommend as a Teacher's S. S. Institute, that all of the teachers and superintendents of the Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention, hold weekly teachers's meeting where the same is not observed. We further recommend that no teachers or superintendents be allowed to fill said positions who will not attend the above said weekly meetings. How I master difficulties (a teacher) a, advance, b, Intermediate, c, Primary, d, Chart teacher This subject was discussed in an enthusiastic and logical way and many interesting thoughts were gleaned. At 2 o'clock p. m. the meeting was elled to order and after the usual order of service The reports of the various S. S. were called for and the following S. S. were represented by letter and messenger. also one dollar:— 12th St., Cairo, Sister Nellie Starks; Mt. Moriah, Cairo, Rev. F. Bomar; Shiloh, Future City, Sister Elizabeth Mahone, 1st Baptist, Metropolis, Sister Carrie Urquhait Zion Traveller. Md. City, Sisters Jessie Blackwell, and Candez Bell St. John Mounds Rev. Richardson The money was to be forwarded to Corresponding secretary. These reports were quite inspiring and showed that those schools were not only trying to cope with the advance move in the S. S. circle of the age but were also willing to co-operate in broadening the work in the district by sending messengers and a small donation to assist in the financial requirements of the S. S. Convention. To what extent should the quarterlies be used in the school was opened by Rev J. H. Starks of Cairo, after several had spoken on the subject. It was decided that the quarterlies should be used only as a guide for the Sunday School lesson but should not be depended on for full information the Bible should be the textbook. Several of the other topics were discussed but as space will not permit us to give further mention we will say that a good impression was made upon all who attended this meeting and the workers left much inspired with the work. Rev. Bomar preached a strong gospel sermon at night. Rev. Taylor alternate. Sunday service was well at tended. Sunday School at 9:30 a m. Rev. J. B. McCrary nlled the stand at eleven o'clock. At 8 o'clock, Rev W. M. Bell, the pastor preached an excellent sermon Rev. Jas. Willingham, alternate. Dismission to meet at the call of the President in 1915. A vote of thanks was given to the church, pastor and members who so royally cared for the meeting Miss Carrie Urquhart spoke of her homes in the highest terms. It was recommended that each Sunday Schools elect a strong Christian man or woman as a city missionary to visit the homes of the parents whose children does not attend S. S. work and increase the attendance of the school and church. The First Baptist S S Metropolis approved of the recommendation and las: Sunday steps were taken towards the move and we looked forward to a growth both in interest and attendance in work. Geo. C. Schneeman. The subject of this item deserves a mention in this paper, as he has been a friend to the editor during the eight years as County Clerk. He is a man of known and recognized ability as a thorough, painstaking clerk. The county clerk's office has not been filled by a more efficient public servant than Mr. Schneeman. He could be always relied on and when needed in his official capacity could be found 'Charlie on the Spot.' He is conscientious, and believes in seeing justice meted out to his fellow man and that seasoned with mercy. He is truthful and honest to a fault. He is practically a young man and is destined to make his way, high up in in the category of fame. He is competent and his moral virtues and intellectual qualifications qualifies him for any position to which he may aspire. We look forward with pleasure to see him holding some good position either elective or or appointed in the not far distant future. OBITUARY. Caroline Brawshaw was born in Lynchburg, Virginia 1842. Came to Metropolis in 1876. She was twice married first to John Andrews, to that union were three childrens born, two died in infancy one survives James Andrews To the second union with Mr. Willis Bradshaw were born 6 children 4 of which have preceded her to the grave two survive Heck and Richard Bradshaw. She joined the African Baptist church in 1877 during the pastorate of the late F. Robinson living a faithful member until her latest son sank behind the hills of time. Died Dec. 2nd 1914. Aged 72 years. She leaves to mourn her death three sons, other rela- tives and many friends and acquaintances. In the death of the depart the sons have lost a dear mother the church and old pillar of the Baptist faith. Our loss is heaven's gain. Three Hundred and Ninety Six Prisoners in Four Years. It is a pleasing fact to the editor to know that Sheriff Oscar Miller, during his four years in said office as sheiff of Massag county that he has handled the position with the greatest care and has so successfully looked after the interest of the county in running down persons who were charged with crime until 396 have been arrested and confined within the walls of the county jail during his term of office which has broken the record by about 100. Not so much on the account of an increase in the number of crimes but from the fact that he has the natural ability coupled with his years of training and contact as and office of detecting and landing him when once located. Among the number of prisoners handled our people or race variety have been greatly in evidence, but we have never heard one of them speak of the action of sheriff Miller, toward them as being otherwise but pleasant and humane both while in jail and in transit to and from the St. prison, when once in his hands they felt perfectly safe from harm by those who were aroused and earned a arrest them on the account of the at oscity of the crime committed. Of course Mr. Miller, has has had some knockers but as a whole he is above the average officer in the treatment of those with whom he has to deal. We have had occasion from time to time to visit his office for information, and our acquaintance and business relations with him have accrued us in speaking a word of commendation for him. He is a high minded whole souled, big hearted man. Little in statue but large in heart and spirit and no one has ever gone out of office with more friends than he. The Gazette should like to see him secure a good position for his worth and ability. We trust that our people will find as good and as true a friend in the person of the new sheriff Osro Shirk. We regret to say it but it is true that a number of our people of necessity or otherwise fall into the clutches of the law, therefore they deserve good treatment at the hands of the officers. Origin or Christening Ships. The ceremony of christening ships is a survival of a barbaric custom when sacrifices were made to the gods, and some living victim or offering was held up and its throat cut so that the blood flowed over the prow of the ship being launched. The vessel was baptized in warm blood. Now sprinkling wine or pure water is used, and the change has many advantages though the symbolism remains. One of Man's Oldest Works. The necropolis at Bahreln, the center of the gulf pearl fisheries, is one of the oldest pieces of man's handiwork in the world. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS --- There was a gathering of Negroes in Waco recently that is well calculated to command the attention, the respect and good will of the representative element of the white race. For those colored men and women who were not members of the organization it is an object lesson to inspire them to effort to act well their part in life. We are speaking of the annual meeting of the Farmers' Improvement society of Texas. The session lasted three days. About five hundred members from all over the state were in attendance. Surely this is an object lesson full of credit to the colored race and notably to the men who brought this organization into existence and who manage its affairs, who compose its membership. These colored farmers are types of the best element of their race, men who are shaping the future of that race for good. We take pride in thus writing of this essentially commendable movement and we can say that the best element of white people in Waco are proud to have the organization meet here. There is additional gratification in the fact that some of the leading spirits have their homes and do business in Waco. This society is the best evidence of what the really worthy and capable Negroes of Texas are doing for the public good. It is as desirable that the Negroes of that class shall prosper and progress as well as the white race.—Wade C. Rollins in the Houston Post. The annual convention of the Negro Baptists of Texas was one of the greatest meetings ever held. Devotional exercises at the auditorium, Galveston, were conducted by Rev. A. C. Ray of Bay City. President Campbell introduced Rev. J. E. Ellis, chairman of the church extension board, who delivered a short address and presented Dr. W. R. Tolliver, general secretary of the church extension board, who read his report. The report of the secretary showed great gains over last year. Dr. Ira M. Hendon read the report of the committee on state of the country. President J. W. Strong of Central Texas college delivered an address on "The Possibilities and Future Outlook of Central Texas College." The orphan home board through its secretary, Rev. A. Moore, submitted its report, showing that during the past year $25,000 has been raised for the orphan home. The orphan home board owns 303 acres, valued at Austin at $200 an acre, a stone building erected at a cost of $75,000, and is caring for 200 orphans. St. John orphanage is supposed to be the largest orphanage in the world. The evangelical board, through its secretary, Rev. James S. Anderson, made its report showing that during the past year this board has been instrumental in saving 1,278 souls, and has nearly one thousand dollars. Prof. W. H. Fuller, educational secretary, submitted his report showing that during the past year $48,971 has been raised from all sources. Secretary Fuller's report showed that the Guadalupe district led all of the other districts in raising money, having raised $4,084.12 for the educational work of the state. He showed that the special need of the Baptists of the state was to maintain the Baptist schools of the state, and urged that the ministry of the denomination be trained in denominational schools. In his report of his housing survey of Springfield, Ill., for the Sage foundation, John Ibder of the National Housing association had this to say: "In the Negro district bad housing features are among the most serious in the city. This is usual in cities that have Negro districts. Houses are more dilapidated, water supply and toilets more inadequate, everything in a more run-down, shiftless condition. Part of this may be due to the character and habits of some of the Negro people themselves, in just the same way that bad living conditions among the whites is often due to shiftlessness. But there is no question in the minds of those who have studied Negro housing that a large proportion of these people desire better homes than those they are able to obtain in most of our cities. One who has inspected many Negro homes cannot but be impressed by the evident desire for cleanliness and order, even under the most discouraging conditions. My own impression is that where conditions are approximately equal the homes of Negroes are better kept than those of several nation- It has been asserted that there are only two spots between the Gulf of Mexico and the Bay of Fundy where mountains dip into the sea directly from the water's edge. They are at Mount Desert, on the eastern part of Fenobscot bay, and at Camden, on the western part. Illinois will construct 16,000 miles of paved country roads immediately. Colorado streams are to be restocked with trout by the government. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. Two hundred and forty children and several adults were confirmed by James Cardinal Gibbons, of Baltimore, at St. Cyprian's Colored Catholic church, Washington, recently. The confirmation ceremony followed the solemn high mass, which was celebrated by Rev. Francis W. Clair, of the Redemptorist Order, of Annapolis. Father Clair was assisted by Rev. James J. O'Connor, of St. Augustine's church, as deacon, and Rev. P. J. Ritchie, assistant pastor of St. Cyprian's church, as subdeacon. The pastor of St. Cyprian's church, Rev. James R. Matthews, was master of ceremonies. Cardinal Gibbons preached the sermon. He instructed the children on the meaning of confirmation, and emphasized the loyalty which those confirmed owe to the church. He urged the instruction of colored children as well as white children in religious matters, and congratulated the pastor upon the work being done in his parish. The procession at the close of the ceremonies was led by the priests, and the children and adults who had been confirmed followed. The priests marched around the church and to the rectory, where Cardinal Gibbons was entertained in the afternoon. Other priests who were present at the ceremony were Mgr. James F. Macklin, of St. Paul's church, and Rev. George A. Dougherty, vice-rector of the Catholic university. Cardinal Gibbons expressed his gratitude at having an opportunity to visit St. Cyprian's parish. He was the guest of honor at a dinner given by the pastor of the church, and late in the afternoon took an automobile ride to the Catholic university and other points of interest in Washington. The educational department of the Colored Y. M. C. A. has been opened. Among the new features of the department this year are courses in tailoring, barbering, mechanical drafting and serving. The automobile school will be conducted this year on a larger scale than last year. Among the academic subjects offered are arithmetic, English, penmanship, stenography and typewriting. Among other activities of the educational department are the separate clubs for chauffeurs, porters, janitors, custodians, waiters and the Y. M. C. A. band, orchestra, glee club and quartet. The Live Issue club will continue its work. Classes for working boys will be conducted Friday evening and Saturday morning. Classes for the three-year Bible course were organized with Thomas E. Taylor, Father A. H. Maloney and Rev. W. H. Weaver instructors for the first, second and third year courses respectively. Rev. H. L. Herod will teach a class in the International Sunday school lesson on Thursday evening, which will be open to men and women. On the same evening Rev. John Brice will conduct a personal workers' class. The physical department is also open. Three additional features in the nature of extension work will be attempted. They include a Sunday school basketball league, a public school athletic league and a series of health talks, to be conducted by city physicians. The boys' department opened with a large membership. — Indianapolis News. In 1913 Denmark sent 13,093 persons to settle in the United States. alities among our recent immigrants. "But the Negro suffers under severe handicaps. He is usually segregated, if not by law then by custom, in one of the poorest part of town. Being so confined, he is more easily exploited by his landlord who inclins to give less and charge more than he would in the case of white tenants. I was told that this is the condition in Springfield, although my stay was so short as not to allow the statement. If it is, Springfield is not unique; the same situation is to be found in other cities. But that is no excuse for letting it continue. Nor should the white citizens of Springfield persuade themselves that to improve housing conditions in the Negro district will be a purely altruistic endeavor. We have learned enough in the past few years to know that if any part of the city suffers the other parts will suffer with it. Disease and immorality in the Negro district will have its effect as far away as the extreme borders of the community. To safeguard itself Springfield must set minimum housing standards that shall apply to every dwelling in the city." The longer I live the more I am convinced that after all the one thing worth living for and dying for is the privilege of making some being more happy and more useful. No man who does anything to lift his fellows ever makes a sacrifice.—Booker Washington. Manchester, England, last year imported 44,648,800 gallons of oil. Gold Coast Colony is the premier cocoa producer in the world. CARLETON'S MISTAKE Demon of Jealousy Drove a Train Dispatcher to Risk Two Hundred Lives. By ARTHUR OTT. Carleton awoke with a start. It seemed that he must have overslept. Leaping from his bed he crossed to the dresser on which his watch lay, and, seeing that it was five o'clock, he heaved a sigh of relief. He was not due in the dispatcher's room until seven. He was so wideawake, however, that he decided to dress and proceeded to do so, calling lustily for his wife meanwhile. There was no answer to the call and he shouted again. Still no answer. He sat and listened for a moment. No one was moving about the house. Then suddenly he remembered. That morning, when he had returned from work, there had been a quarrel. As usual he had been to blame. It was his overmastering jealousy that had caused it. One of the train hands had spoken carelessly of having seen his wife and Bob Munro talking while he was on duty. He had come home in a towering rage and had accused his wife bitterly of many things—things of which he was now sure that she was guiltless, but in his temper he was blind. Naturally she had resented his attitude and had declared that she would leave him. In his madness he had told her that he wished that she would. And now he awoke in a deserted house. Had she really gone, he wondered. The thought set him in a panic. In a rush of memory all her little ways, her many thoughtful tendernesses, all that she had been to him, flooded his mind. With the utmost haste he dressed and walked through the house. It was empty. Everything was in order, everything in its place, but there was no sign of her. He sank down weakly in a chair in the kitchen. After all, it was his own fault. He had not tried to control himself. He had acted so like a beast to her, and now—well, he would have to reap the harvest of bitterness which he had sown, and, what hurt more, she, too, would have to reap; she who was innocent. It sent a pang through him to think that today she might even wish that she had chosen Bob Munro instead of him. Two years ago they had been rivals for her hand. Carleton, jealous of all men, was especially jealous of Munro. Suddenly a thought occurred to him. If she had left him for good she would surely have left him some word, a note, or something. He arose, and, crossing the hallway, made his way to the parlor where she had her desk. At first he could not open it, his fingers trembled so, but at last he succeeded. Lying on the top of her papers was a note without an envelope. He seized and eagerly unfolded it. Then he stepped back with a cry. The writing was not that of Helen; it was Bob Munro's. Why put up with your life any longer? Why suffer as you are suffering when happiness awaits you? Come away from it all with me. We can catch the five fifty westbound, and tomorrow begin a new life in a new world. I will wait for you at the old place. Come in time. BOB. That was all. For a moment Carleton scarcely realized the meaning of the note. He stared at it helplessly, carefully studying the words. Like a flash their full import came to him. Then once again his wild, passion- ate rage possessed him. He resolved to intercept and kill them both. The five fifty westbound! That was train No. 73. It was usually late. He pulled his watch from his pocket. It was five fifty-five. He was too late. The train had gone. No, it might be late. There might still be a chance. Seizing his hat, he crushed it on his head, and, rushing out, ran swiftly toward the depot. In ten minutes he had reached the station. As he darted into the waiting-room he met the division superintendent, John Gardner, who greeted him with a yelp of joy. "By George, Carleton!" he exclaimed, "you are the very man I most need. I was going to send for you." "Seventy-three," gasped Carleton "has she arrived?" "She's come and gone," answered Gardner, "right on time tonight and I want her to stay so." Carleton leaned against the wall, weak and faint. So, after all, he was robbed of his vengeance. A sickening revulsion swept over him. Now, what Gardner wished, he explained, was that Carleton should stand the rest of Brunt's trick as well as his own, and get seventy-three off the division on time. The click of the telegraph instrument, a sound so familiar and home-like to his ears, restored him considerably as he entered the office. Briefly he explained to Brunt that he had come to relieve him. Then he listened intelligently while the other explained the situation of the various trains. He took the book and ran over it with practiced eye. "I guess I have everything straight now," he said at length. "You can go all right." Suddenly the ticking of an instrument roused him. He opened the key and listened. It was the tower man at the Y crossing. He reported that seventy-three had passed on time. Again come the call of the telegraph Again came the call of the telegraph instrument. Seventy-three again. She was at Sweetwater, at the foot of the grade, and her last stop before the summit. She was still on time and the conductor wanted his release. Mechanically Carleton gave it. He was giving the orders which were permitting his wife to escape. God! how horrible it was. Again the click, click, click of the telegraph. It was Summit calling. The fast freight waited for orders. Carleton repeated it once to himself. "The fast freight waited for orders." Then he sprang to his feet with a great cry. God had heard his prayer and had answered it. Their lives lay in his hands. The line between Sweetwater, the station that seventy-three had just left, and Summit was a single track. The grade was terrific. The fast freight would come down it booming. It would meet seventy-three at about Pine Tree crossing and utterly destroy it, and in the destruction the two guilty ones would perish. With a steady hand he answered Summit, and ordered the freight to make Sweetwater at once and wait there on the siding for seventy-three. As he gave the order Gardner entered the office. He heard the signal and understood it. "Hell," he exclaimed impatiently, "what makes seventy-three so late?" Before Carleton could prevent him he had seized the order-book and was looking over it to discover for himself what was wrong. "Good God!" he cried excitedly, "countermand that last order. Seventy-three has left Sweetwater. They will meet on the grade." "No," answered Carleton, rising slowly and facing him. Gardner sprang forward toward the telegraph table to send the message himself, but the other caught him by the throat. Then at last he understood the truth; he was dealing with a madman. With a great cry he tried to release himself, but he was held in a grip like a vise. Vainly he struggled to free himself. The thought of two hundred innocent souls rushing to destruction gave him an almost superhuman strength, but even that could not force the other to relax his hold. Seeing that his efforts were useless he cried aloud for help. As he did so, Carleton drew back and struck him with all his force. Like a log he sank to the floor. Carleton stood over the prostrate form smiling happily. His revenge would be complete; and in his heart was an awful joy. Presently he heard the door open and turned to see who was entering. Then his heart stood still and his breath left him. Helen, his wife, was crossing the threshold. He stared at her in dumb terror. It was over then, the accident, and she had come to reproach him. He wanted to hide from her and yet he dared not turn away his head. He could only stand and gaze fascinated upon her. His knees trembled beneath him. At last she spoke. "John." she said. "what is it? Why do you look at me so?" As he heard her voice he gave a great heaving sob. She was not dead. "I've been looking all over for you." she went on. "This afternoon I left you asleep and went to make a call. When I returned you were gone." His heart was beating with terrible violence and still he could not breathe. With difficulty he drew Munro's letter from his pocket, and handed it to her. "That letter," he murmured thickly. She glanced at it and laughed. "That," she cried, "that was one of the letters that Bob Munro wrote me before we were married. I saved them all, but last night after you made such a fuss I resolved to burn them. I got them all out and was waiting to let you see me do it." A great light, the light of a wonderful joy, swept over his face. He held out his arms and started toward her. Suddenly he stopped. Gardner's voice echoed through the room. "The train, the train, for God's sake save the train!" Carleton flung his arms above his head with a dreadful writhing gesture and sank limply into a chair. "What have I done?" he whispered. "Oh, what have I done?" "You have killed them," said Gardner weakly, as he staggered to his feet, "two hundred people. You have killed them." He fell weakly on a table, his head in his arms, and sobbed like a little child. The woman rushed to her husband's side. "John," she said, "what is it?" "I thought you and he were on seventy-three," he answered her dully, "and I have wrecked it." She did not speak, but her face went very white. Then followed silence while they waited. Presently Gardner began to pray. He stopped and there was silence again. In a little while must come the news of the disaster. But none of them could ever forget the agony of the waiting there in that silent room, sitting in strained quiet to hear the tidings of disaster wrought by a jealous man's mad whim. At last it came. Summit called on the telegraph. Gardner groped his way to the instrument and answered. "Fast freight got hot-box in station," came the message; "have backed her on siding waiting for orders." That was all—yet it meant that seventy-three was safe. With a white face Gardner turned. "Thank God," he cried to Carleton. But the latter did not hear. He was lying on the floor in a dead faint. **Uncle Eben.** "Be patient," said Uncle Eben. "but don't mope around an' imagine you're a Job when you're only a jonah!" WINCHESTER The superiority of Winchester Smokeless Powder Shells is undisputed. Among intelligent shooters they stand first in popularity, records and shooting qualities. Always use them For Field or Trap Shooting. Can to h She vitat stead some toba This is a ch ever. by till which bushe can r 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE Canada is Calling You to her Rich Wheat Lands She extends to Americans a hearty invitation to settle on her FREE Homestead lands of 160 acres each or secure some of the low priced lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. This year wheat is higher but Canadian land just as cheap, so the opportunity is more attractive than ever. Canada wants you to help to feed the world by tilling some of her soil—land similar to that which during many years has averaged 20 to 45 bushels of wheat to the acre. Think what you can make with wheat around $1 a bushel and land so easy to get. Wonderful yields also of Oats, Barley and Flax. Mixed farming is fully as profitable an industry as grain growing. pulsory in Canada but there is a great demand for farm labor to replace the many young men who have volunteered for service. The climate is healthful and agreeable, railway facilities excellent, good schools and churches convenient. Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway rates to Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to G. A. COOK, 125 West 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri; C. J. BROUGHTON, Room 412, 112 West Adams Street, Chicago, Ill. Gunner's Announcement Naturally Brought Joy to the Heart of Artillery Captain. With a ringing cheer the enemy advanced to attack the intrenchments. "Fire!" hoarsely shouted the artillery captain, and the roar of the guns responded, but without checking the steady advance of the enemy. One piece remained undischarged. "Why don't you fire?" demanded the captain. "I—I don't know if it's loaded," responded the gunner. A gleam of Joy lit up the stern features of the commander. "Then victory is ours!" he shouted. "Fire it and let's find out!" The discharge mowed down the advancing column and the assault was repelled. On matters of feminine dress we seldom venture to express an opinion unless it be occasionally a word in defense of that liberalism which permits a woman to consider her freedom and comfort as well as her appearance. But we are prompted now to utter protest against the progress of American fashion designers, who, with a free field for the first time in history, can think of nothing better than to mimic the military uniforms of Europe. Is it not enough that we should have the horrors of the war thrust upon us by the news, filling our imaginations, coloring our dreams? Is it not enough that there should be signs of a military epidemic in all our magazines, articles on strategy, stories of fighting and bloodshed? Must we have the world's nightmare intensified by the very clothes the women wear? — Chicago Post. The rapid growth of our early trade with China is shown by the fact that the 37 vessels carrying in 1805 nearly five and three-quarters millions' worth of goods to Canton, represented a larger fraction of our total foreign commerce than our trade with the whole of China does today. The silver imported to balance American trade with China averaged more than two and a half millions annually in the 20 years down to 1827, and reached a maximum of seven and a half millions in 1818.—John Foord, in Youth's Companion. One of the perplexing problems encountered by coaches of the various "varsity" racing shell crews, that of providing better means for winter training than is offered by the ordinary rowing machine, has been met satisfactory at Syracuse university through the installation of an indoor rowing tank, provided with mechanical means for simulating the passage of the boat through the water. This provides what might almost be called actual rowing, besides keeping the men in condition—Popular Mechanics Magazine. Just Mother's Way. Robbie (from the depths of a bedtime cuddle)—Mother, you 'member you told me today that no one could possibly love dirty, noisy little boys? Mother—Yes, dear. What about it? Robbie—Then what for are you huggin' me so tight?—Judge. The surgeon knows how to get in- tide information. 6 'Twas ever thus. Domestic Menace Our Early Chinese Trade. A Substitute River. Just Mother's Way. The Government this year is asking farmers to put increased acreage into grain. Military service is not com- Canadian Government Agenta. Increase of the Human Race Seems to Be Regulated by Wars and Other Devastations. Every year, according to scientists who attempt to keep the general records, at least 80,000,000 human beings are born on this earth and 60,000,000 or 70,000,000 die. This indicates a daily birth rate of about 220,000 and a death rate of 180,000. The daily increase in population therefore is about 40,000. The total population of the globe is estimated at 1,860,000,000. The ravages of war do little to impede the increase. Far more effective have been the upheavals of nature. The Franco-Prussian war killed about 120,000 in seven months. The death roll of the Russo-Japanese reached about 200,000. A single earthquake (1737, in India) has been estimated to have caused 300,000 deaths. The fatalities of the Messina earthquake in 1908 cannot have been far short of 100,000. A tidal wave in 1896 drowned 27,000 persons in Japan, causing a greater loss of life than the whole war with China in 1894. The earthquake in Japan in 1703 is said to have killed 200,000 people. The Lisbon earthquake in 1755 destroyed 50,000 human lives, while 40,000 were lost in the same year in earthquakes in Persia. Fifth Avenue Pedestrian—Which is the quickest way to the morgue, officer? Traffic Cop—Just across the street. The golden calf used to get a lot of worship that is now devoted to the silken calf. The worst thing about the dead beat is that he is so very much alive. Quick Accurate Thinking —does much to make the difference between success and failure. And the food a person eats goes a long way toward deciding the difference. Grape-Nuts FOOD —with its delicious flavour and rich in the concentrated, nourishing elements of whole wheat and malted barley, is the favorite breakfast cereal of thousands of successful men and women. "There's a Reason" for Grape-Nuts —sold by Grocers. A good cigarette must be made of pure tobacco and the most choice leaf. Such is Fatima—the most popular, mild Turkish-blend cigarette, now smoked almost universally in this country! "Distinctively Individual." If you cannot secure Fatima Cigarettes from your dealer, we will be pleased to send you a new, more personalized receipt. For more information, Address Fatima Dent, 121 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. 20 for 15¢ FATIMA TURKISH BLEND CIGARETTES Cameron & Cameron Co. MICHEWON VA. MOTOR & OTHER TRAFFIC BUSINESS NO GOLD TIPS NO GOLD QUALITY FINEST QUALITY SOMETHING USEFUL FOR XMAS Waterman's Ideal FountainPen Sold at the best stores most everywhere. If your dealer cannot supply, we will gladly assist you. Illustrated folder on request. L. E. WATERMAN COMPANY 173 Broadway New York The Amundsen and Scott expeditions were greatly hindered through losing much of their gasoline—a loss that, in fact, had much to do with the disaster that befall Captain Scott. Mr. B. T. Brooks of the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research thinks he knows what caused the loss. At low temperatures, he says, ordinary tin tends to pulverize. At 54 degrees below zero it pulverizes quickly and may pulverize, although more slowly, at a higher temperature. Now, hard solder usually contains a large percentage of tin, and so, of course, disintegrates in the same way. Consequently the gasoline cans are likely to leak at the soldered seams. Mr. Brooks suggests that polar explorers carry their supplies of gasoline in containers made of glass, or of some metal unaffected by extreme cold. Youth's Companion. Starting the Day Wrong There was a gloom on the face of the New England farmer. "What's the matter, Elijah?" asked his nearest neighbor. "Flapjacks given out over to your house?" "Worse'n that," said Elijah. "You know, 'twasn't apple year, and wife says we can't have any more apple pie for breakfast." "Can't you make out if you have apple pie noon and night?" "I can, because I've got to," said Elijah, "but, I tell you, it upsets me, starting in the day wrong like that." Father's Ultimatum. "I think two can live as cheaply as one, sir." "You can't edge into my family on that theory, young man. I'm willing to keep on supporting my daughter, but you'll have to pay board." No Need. He—Do you believe in auto suggestion? She—No real gentleman forces a lady to make one. When poverty comes in at the door, love doesn't wait for the burglar alarra to go off. Let Them Speak You needn't take anybody's word for the superiority of Post Toasties— Get a package from your Grocer, pour some of the crisp, sweet flakes into a dish, add cream or milk, and a sprinkle of sugar if you wish. Then be the judge of Post Toasties The Superior made from the hearts of the finest Indian Corn, skilfully cooked, seasoned, rolled and toasted. Toasties are not ordinary "corn flakes," so remember when you want Superior Corn Flakes to ask your grocer for Post Toasties NOTHING BUT BLISS AHEAD Summer's End Confession That Dissolved Clouds Threatening Harold and Muriel. "Harold," she whispered, "the time has come when I must confess the truth to you." From the beach before them came the flap-flipping of the restless sea. It is an odd thing how people will flock in thousands every year to the restless sea in search of rest. But let that pass. "Muriel," he answered her, "I, too, have a confession to make. But you make yours first. You are an heless and have the right of way over a guy like me." In the south the summer moon lavished his silver on the beach, being half full. Half seas over, you might say. "No, Harold," she breathed, "it is not for a girl like I—like me, I mean—to take precedence over a millionaire's son like you. Speak first, Harold." "Very well, I will," said he. "I will be brutally frank. Muriel, I am not the millionaire's son you think me." "No millionaire's. My father is a traveling salesman for felt hats. I have basely deceived you, Muriel. The money which I have flung around so extravagantly to buy you salt water taffy and roller chairs took me a whole year to save up of my salary of 18 per. Forgive me, dear one, but our dream is over. I am only a clerk in a railroad ticket office, and a man of my station can never hope to marry a society girl like you." She drew a quick, shuddering sigh, almost like a sob. "I thought you were a society young man," she gasped. "I thought that we could never wed because I was not your equal. For I am not a millionaire. Harold, I am only a milliner. But now——" "Now we can get married," he cried, "and neither of us will have to be a doormat for the other's relatives." The moon jumped behind a cloud. The restless sea crashed upon the sand like a colored man chuting in a load of coal. But there was no cloud on the bliss of Muriel and Harold, and the sea of matrimony spread before them as calm and smooth and free from danger as a cup of tea—Newark News. Yachts May Never Be Used. Stripped of their spars and rigging, with their sails stowed away and their decks boxed up for the winter, the three cup defenders and the challenger, Shamrock IV, lie at different shipyards in the United States and serve as pathetic reminders of the great America's cup contest that was to have been held in September. While the exact amount of money involved is not known, the three racing yachts, with the money spent in elimination races, in preparation for the final race and in the numerous changes in rigging and equipment, are thought to represent an investment of at least $1,500,000. The contest has been officially postponed to 1915, but if the war should last two or three years the money invested is as good as thrown away, as in that event the deterioration of these yachts would be such that it is not likely any of them would be in condition to use in the cup race.—Popular Mechanics. America's Oldest Paper. The Hartford (Conn.) Courant commemorates the one hundred and fifteenth anniversary of the founding of that newspaper in a special edition of October 25. The issue contained 112 pages. The Courant is the oldest newspaper in America with a record of continuous circulation under its present name. Thomas Green printed the first copy 12 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. The newspaper printed that document as a matter of news July 15, 1776, "thanks to a speedy courier, who made the trip from Philadelphia in only 11 days." A record of American progress and a history of Connecticut and Hartford is taken from the Courant files for the special edition. The biographies of prominent men and widely known firms are included. Employment Hazards. According to a bulletin issued by the industrial commission of Wisconsin, the danger of objects striking workmen constitutes the greatest hazard of present-day employment. "In less than two years," the bulletin continues, "approximately 65,000 working days were lost by wage earners of Wisconsin due to this cause alone. In addition, 86 men were killed and 107 were permanently disabled. The cost of these accidents to employers, under the present compensation law, would amount to over $400,000. Mechanical safeguards would have prevented but a small proportion of these accidents. They must be avoided, if at all, through the co-operation of employer and employee, which is only made possible to any great extent by better shop organization." Where Women Vote. In the United States women now possess suffrage on equal terms with men in nine states and territories as follows, with date of inception: Wyoming, 1869; Colorado, 1893; Utah, 1896; Idaho, 1896; Washington, 1911; California, 1911; Oregon, Arizona and Kansas, 1912; Alaska, 1913. Eighty years ago women voted nowhere save in Sweden and a few other points in the old world. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haires. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, $1.00, retail. Many women long for children, but because of some curable physical derangement are deprived of this greatest of all happiness. The women whose names follow were restored to normal health by Lydia E. Pinkham's vegetable Compound. Write and ask them about it. Mrs. Anna Mitchell Mrs. A.M. Myers Mrs. E.M. 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It arrests inflammation and thus prevents more serious troubles developing. No need to rub it in—it acts at once, instantly relieving the pain, however severe it may be. Here's Proof Charles Johnson, P. O. Box 105, Laundon's Station, N., Y., writes: "I strained my ankle and dislocated my left hip by slipping on a wet surface months ago. I went on crutches for four months then I started to use some of your Limnite, according to your directive. I was helping it helping me wonderfully. I threw my crutches away. Only used two bottles of your Limnite and now I am walking quite quietly. I never will be without Sloan's Limnite." All Dealers, 25c. Send four cents in stamps for a TRIAL BOTTLE Dr. Earl S. Sloan, Inc. Dept. B. Philadelphia, Pa. SLOAN'S LINIMENT Kills Pain Halted in His Search. "They say your husband was out looking for work." "Yes, I believe he's out looking at work. There are some men digging a hole down at the corner, and he doesn't seem able to get any farther." —Stray Stories. YOU NEVER TIRE OF CUTICURA. The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal. These fragrant super-creamy emollients and prophylactics preserve, purify and beautify the skin. The daily use of the Soap for all toilet purposes and occasional use of the Ointment tend to prevent pimples, redness and roughness, dandruff and red, rough hands. Sample each free if you wish. Address postcard, Cutcure, Dept. X, Boston. Sold everywhere—Adv. "I saw a great deal of the war, sir." "In Louvain or Reims?" "In the illustrated papers, sir." **YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU** Murine Eye Remedy for Red, No Swat, Watery Eye. Eyes Red, Eyelids Yellow. No Swat, just Eye comfort. Write for Book of the Eye by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. Two heads are better than one—in a kissing match. THE WHEAT LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA AN ATTRACTION THE WHEAT LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA AN ATTRACTION THE EUROPEAN WAR MAKES THE GROWING OF WHEAT EXCEPTIONALLY REMU-NERATIVE. One result of the European War has been to reduce the volume of business done by many of the manufacturing institutions of the United States, commercial enterprises have been affected, business of many kinds have been hampered, and a financial stringency has been forced on almost every community. It is not only because it has brought these things about, and created a lot of hardship, but there is the outstanding fact of the terrible loss of life, the great destruction of property, and the disruption of everything near and dear to those whose countries are involved in the war that makes the whole affair highly regrettable. The heart of the entire world goes out in sympathy to those within the area of the trouble. Arrangements have been made to relieve the distress by money and other means. But there is one great thing—wheat and flour—that the European countries will need. The wheat-producing countries are no longer producing, and there is the gravest reason to fear that they will not be for some years. In this case, it would be fully as beneficial and charitable to make provision to meet the loss of Europe's grain crop by encouraging a greatly increased growth on this continent. The wheat-growing sections of the United States have about reached their limit of production, and this source cannot be depended upon to meet a great deal of the demand that there will be for some years. The only country that is in a position to meet it is — Canada — that portion known as Western Canada. Here there are millions of acres of land, capable of producing from 20 to 40 bushels per acre. All this land is excellent for wheat, and very much is still in the hands of the Dominion Government, and 160 acres of it can be had by the payment of a ten dollar entry fee. Another vast area is that held by railway and reliable land companies, held at from $10 to $25 per acre. Improved farms are slightly higher in price. Information regarding these lands may be had of any Canadian Government Agent. The fact that Canada offers such a splendid opportunity should be accepted with a wide-spread appreciation, and not met with attempts on the part of some to spread misleading statements. The Dominion Government has not taken steps to deny many of the false statements circulated by those who evidently are more interested in injuring Canada than benefiting those who would be benefited by taking up farms in Canada, but in order to correct a highly erroneous impression that conscription is carried on in Canada, that compulsory military service is employed, and that there is restraint as to the movement of those not Canadians, the necessity is felt of giving as much publicity as possible to a denial of these statements. An item to which special exception is taken is one which says: "They are sending them away as rapidly as possible; but the young men are not permitted to leave Canada. All the citizens and those who have taken up homesteads are subject to military duty." In direct refutation of this, we beg to quote from a recent editorial in the Rochester, N. Y., Herald: "There is no legal process by which Great Britain can command a single Canadian soldier to enter the field in her aid or even in her most needful defense. Great Britain cannot legally take a dollar of Canada's money for this or any other war without Canada's consent. All must be given voluntarily, if it be given at all. Yet men and dollars are given to the limit of Canada's power to give, just as if Great Britain had both physical and legal power to exact them. Indeed, it is possible that they are given more freely in this way, for what a man gives because he wants to give is likely to be greater than what he gives under force. "All in all it is a noble picture of devotion to her motherland which Canada offers to the gaze of her admiring and unenvious neighbors." Canada's invitation for immigration extends to all who are willing to go on to the farms. Not to Be Thought Of. "Now let us put our heads together and see if we can't arrange matters." "Now let us put our heads together and see if we can't arrange mattes." "Put our heads together? That would hardly do. Maude. Your green wlg and my purple hair won't harmonize." Conscience. Maid (knocking in the morning)—Madame, I've forgotten whether you wanted to be waked at seven or eight. "What time is it now?" What time is it now? "Eight."—Lustige Blatter. For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Cha H. Flutchus In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THE GENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK CITY. Tutt's Pills stimulate the torpid liver, strengthen the digestive organs, regulate the bowels. A remedy for sick headache. 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Sold by Medical trial box of Tablets—Dr. Pierce's Invalida 'Hotel of Surgic You can have Dr. Pierce's 'Common Sense Medical Ad the human system so that those who spend their working hours at the desk, behind the counter, or in the home are rejuvenated into vigorous health. spend their working hours at the desk, are rejuvenated into vigorous health. every year for over forty years. It can your health and your family. Sold by Medicine Dealers or send 50c for Hotel & Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N.Y. Medical Advisor of 1008 Pages for 31c. BLACK LOSSES SURELY PREVENTEER By Cutter's Black Pills. Frequently applied, fresh, reliable; preferred by Western stockman, because they are more effective than other Write for booklet and testimonial 10-dose pigeon. Blackies Pills $1.99. Do not inject, but Cutter's best. The superiority of Cutter products is due to over 10 years of specializing in Cutter. Insist on Cutter. It is unobtainable, order direct. The Cutter Laboratories, Berkley, Cal., or Chicago, IA. Has brought relief to many thousands every year for over forty years. It can relieve you and doubtless restore to you your former health and strength. At least you owe it to yourself to give it a trial. Sold by Medicina Dolce or send 50c for trial box of Tablets-Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel & Surgical Institution, Buffalo, N.Y. maturely CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, $1.00, re 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS OF CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral NOT NARCOTIC Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Pumpkin Seed - Alc. Suna - Rochelle Sylls - Amine Seed - Permint - Caryophyllus Sedex - Worm Seed - Cloridied Sugar Wintergreen Flavor. Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Fac Simile Signature of L. H. 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Man a man has a reputation for being good-natured because he is too lazy to take his own part. Your Money Back if it Fails No. 8 CRAFT'S DISTEMPER REMEDY Positively guaranteed to cure blister, Cougain Cidis, Inflienza and Pink Eye or money refunded. It will pay you to keep a bottle on hand as a screen-that, make sure you prevent it from being knocked. BEWARE OF IMMUTATIONS Your dealer has CRAFT'S or can get it for you promptly. So do, and booklet, Dr. CRAFT'S ADVICE' free. Write for it today. WELLS MEDICINE CO. 40 2D 21, LAFETTE, IND. H GLANDS ```markdown ``` Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. McCRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY DEC., 11. 1914 Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. 88. Address all communications to J. M. McRARY, 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 1x Months.....75 3bree Months.....40 Single Copy.....05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once. Ordination Licentiate license blanks at the Gazette office. STAT OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO LUCAS COUNTY 8.8 LUCAS COUNTY. S. S. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of of Toledo, County and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subcribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY, & CO., Toledo, O Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills lor Consti-pation. I. C R. R. Time Card NORTH BOUND. Train numbers. Arrives. Leaves. 302 10:10 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 374 2:25 p.m. 2:85 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 375 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. * 2:28 p.m. 2:85 p.m. You will agree with me that you never saw such stylish hats for the money as I am showing you now, no trouble to show goods Z. A. VALLEE. Installation services will be held at Antioch Baptist church the 5th Sunday at which time Rev. Thos. Morris, will be installed pastor. Reader if a blue or red mark appears on the head of your paper marked with an [X] it is to notify you that you owe for the paper and must pay at once. Md. City Mr. Editor: Please allow me space to say that that the Mount Olive Executive Board will meet with the New Hope Baptist church Sparta, Thursday before the Second Sunday in December. All Churches are expected to send $1.00 for the poor churches. I ask that all members of the Board be present, we have some important business to attend to. Please take notice and govern your selves accordingly. D. Parrish, D. D. Moderator. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury as murcury xl surely destroy the sense of shill and completely derange the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces. Such articles 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 murcury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. In buying Hall's Catarrh 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. I have the school books you want, bring me your old ones and I will take them in as part pay for new ones, Z. A. VALLEE. For Groceries and cold drinks go the First or Last Chance Grocery on 9th and Pearl Sts. Send us a trial order for the Great Nature Salve, 50c a Box. Why suffer when you can be relieved for such a small amount. Read our guarantee on the front page of The Gazetre. Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names contributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. Letter Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at this office. We print them. It will be to your interest to come and see our new fall hats before you buy, Z. A. VALLEE. If you want your skin to look pretty and soft, try a bottle of Dixie Liquid Bleach at McCrary & Sons Preparations are being made by the churches for entertainments of various kinds during the holidays to entertain the visitors to our city. I am still with you in the School book and Millinery business and earnestly solicit your patronage. I will treat you right. Z. A. VALLEE. Prof. J. D. Alston's wife is indisposed this week; we hope for her a speedy recovery. The Thanksgiving rally of the A. M. E. church, was a great success this year; the pastor and captains of the two clubs should be highly complimented for their excellent work. Club No. 1, K. D., Barnes Captain, raised $76.00. Club No. 2, John Renfro Sr. raised $115.46; total raised $191.46. Mrs. Fannie Strong of Paducah, Ky., attended the funeral of her Grand-Mother Mrs. Caroline Bradshaw. Mrs. Ellen Buchanan is still confined to her bed. J. E. Jones is yet unable to be out. Mrs H. Strickland of Paducah, Ky., attended the funeral of her grand-mother. Master Fowler Dukes, of Princeton, Ky., the son of Mrs. Lee Belle Dukes is in the city visiting his mother. Mrs. Mattie Henry is somewhat indisposed this week. Little Willard Smith has been sick for the past few days. Grand-father McCrary is indisposed this week. Miss Ludie Hall and Mrs. Florence Calhoun spent Thursday in Paducah. Mrs. Hattie Owens was a Paducah visitor last week. Mrs. Mary Reed was called to Paducah last week on account of the serious illness of her uncle. Mother Harmon is quite sick A BUSINESS RECORD. Judge Smith, county judge for four years goes out of office this week with malice towards none on account of their feelings or attude towa ds him in the recent campaign. His term of office has been a business like one and he leaves the office to become a private citizen with acean official record and deserves much credit in which the office was handled. He applied himself to the study of the law bearing upon the duties of his office and with that common sense with which he is blessed that is so necessary for the proper and wise interpetration of the law together with his acaired ability made a successful record. The Gazette hopes that in his declining years that it may ever be a pleasant recollection to him to take a retrospective view of his successful and business like method as a Judge of Massac county, and thatthis sun of happiness may never set. RESOLUTIONS of the late Caroline Bradshaw. Who departed this life Wednesday Evening, Dec-3, 1914 Whereas Mrs. Caroline Bradshaw was a member of the First Baptist Church of the City of Metropolis, a good stalwart christian woman, a strong Baptist helper in all lines of duty. Be it resolved that the Ladies Carnation Art Club of the above named church of which she was a member adopt resolutions to be printed in the Gazette, for consolation to the church, lodge and family. Whereas she had a desire to become a member of this club, but under circumstances she could not. Be it further resolved that this club keep sample of resolutions in memory of the late Mrs. Bradshaw. Whereas Mrs. Caroline Bradshaw is gone but she left on record a noble christian life, a good example for all, and a strong desire for the uplifting of her church and society. And whereas our loss is Heaven's gain, Be it resolved that the Old Bradshaw Club (retired) and the Carnation Art Club has lost a faithful worker. Whereas Sister Bradshaw lived during the three score years of her life no surprising record that she is remembered and esteemed as a child of the church, an hand maid of the Lord and a mother in Isreal. The memories we cherish of her unwavering fidelity and genial personality in consecrated endeavor, reminds us of the Divine estimate recorded of such "Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord, they shall be mine saith the Lord of Hosts in that day when I make up my jewels," And whereas we believe she will be one of his jewels, Be it resolved that we as a church do all that we can for the up building of the Lord's cause, and meet Sister Caroline Bradshaw in the Great Beyond where there is rest for the wearied. Mesdames M. J. McCrary " Mary Robinson " M. B. Barnard " Sallie Townly Several items were left out this week on the account of space but will be put in next week Rev. J. B. McCrary. went to Sparta to attend the Executive Board. The Great Native Salve Cure was discovered 3,500 feet down in the earth. Positively no other ingredients have been mixed with it at all. 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Estate of John Carr, Deceased. To A. J. Gibbons, Ed Scott, J. A. Oblrien, Herbert Hester, Village of Joppa, S. B. Kerr, Lohr Bottling Co., L. H. Flanagan, U. S. District Court, J. J. Shirk, H. Kraper and F. E. Fry. 7th class creditors of said Estate: You are hereby notified that on Monday, the 1st day of March, 1915, the Administrator of said Estate, will present to the County Court of Massac County, at Metropolis, Illinois, his final report of his acts and doings as such Administrator, and ask the court t) be discharged from any and all further duties and responsibilities corrected with said estate, and his administration thereof, at which time and place you may be present and resist such application if you choose so to do. (Signed) George W. Long, Administrator. Carnation. Twenty one members and visitors were present Monday, Dec. 7th, at the home of Mrs. Sallie Townley on Vienna St. In the absence of the president and her Vice, Miss Ollie Buchanon opened the meeting in a very becoming manner. Mrs. Bessie Cork, a recent joiner gave an interesting address to the Club. Mrs. Beatrice Rodgers joined by paying her quote. There were three visitors present in the persons of Rev. Hart of Cleveland Ohio and the Mesdames Minnie Tatum and Ollie Upshaw; they very beautifully addressed the Club and gave liberal donations. Some very befitting resolutions of the late Caroline Bradshaw were read by Edgar McCrary and adopted by the Club to be printed in the Gazette. The pastor, Rev. J. W. Davie delivered an excellent address in his fine oratory. After a very pleasant meeting Mrs. Townley invited the Club into her dining room where she served them with a delicious supper. Every one returned home having enjoyed one of the most delightful evenings in the history of the Club. Mesdames Tatum and Woodyard will enterain next Monday at the home of Mrs. Ollie Upshaw on Vienna St. Livingston Institute 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 and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session 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. RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS GIVEN QUICK RELIEF 5 DROPS Alcoholic Pure VINE & WINE WAREHOUSE MILTON, CT 06260 MADE IN U.S.A. Pain leaves almost as if by magic when you begin using "5-Drops," the famous remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago, Gout, Sciatica, Neuralgia and kindred troubles. 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