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In view of the fact that I intend to apply for a pardon in the near future and in order that the people of my home county may be correctly informed as to every material fact in my case, I have deemed it proper to give this explanation and ask for fair and impartial judgment. Riley Bradley, was killed on the night of Oct. 17th, 1909 in Joppa, Ill., and the verdict of the coroner's jury was that he came to his death at the hands of unknown parties. However on Oct. 19, 1909 the sheriff arrested Will Moore, Jim Didy and Charlie Hicks on suspicion and later on the same day arrested me on suspicion. We were all held in jail 9 or 10 days before we were given a hearing. At the hearing all but myself were released and I was held to await the action of the grand jury. The only evidence adduced against me was the fact that I had borrowed a gun from George Lukins with which to hunt as I had done before, and the further fact that said gun carried the same sized shell as the one picked up by the sheriff near the scene of the crime; and that upon examination one ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` ETROPOL MOT OLUME XVII. NO 48. E your mail by Rural ar Route, at post office newsdealer handling it, LOUIS YEAR-$2,50 at "Rural Route Edition." The regularly pay, and are willing to Daily Globe-Democrat All the ties or prejudice. An interesting day day. Highest and tallest spor- sions. Unrivaled Special Features rural newspaper printed or circulat- reliable and up to the minute. Globe-Democrat EVERY WEEK. and journal for every member of and Home Magazine Section in your year. Special rate Two Year $100. Just the thing and a BIG do not care for a large daily pa- their home dailies by taking a Me- the world. ORDER the edition DPIES FREE Company Publishers. JUS MO. n's Cafe, Illinois Central Station le, Illinois Lunches on short order North or South give me a call. the purest and best make. Robinson Proprietor. of the shells in the gun was found to contain the same size shot as that which was picked out of the dead man's body. This evidence, to an impartial observer, is weak and insufficient to overcome the legal presumption of innocence which is every freeman's due; for there are thousands of guns with the same bore and using the same size shell. Another thing that prejudiced my case was the testimony of a man who had served on the coroner's jury. This man, who was a perfect stranger to me, swore that I met him in the street the morning after the crime was committed and voluntarily told him that I did it and that I told him that I did it because the deceased owed me $100 and would not pay. This evidence was too flimsy to deesreve consideration, for it is self evident that no sane man even if guilty would publish his guilt to a perfect stranger. And as I was innocent I certainly could have had no reason to tell him I was guilty. This aforesaid witness who had served on the coroner's jury in the case, when asked by my attorney why he did not tell said jury of my alleged confession, replied that he did not know. And when asked why it was that I, who he admitted was not a relative or personal friend to him, simply replied that he did not know. Asked as to when and to whom he first told of my confession he replied that he first told his em- MOTTO : " HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY ployer 7 or 8 days after the crime was committed. He said further that the reason he told it was that he and his employer got to talking of the crime and his employer advised him to tell what he knew of the case and that he did merely what his employer suggested. So it appears that the principal witness who swore I told him I committed the crime, withheld this important information until old by his employer to divulge it and also withheld it from the coroner's jury while a member of that body. The foregoing was virtually all of the state's evidence and is certainly not sufficient to establish one's guilt beyond all doubt as the law requires. The fact is, that I had been a life life long friend of the deceasee, had never had any trouble or words with him, always trusted him and could have had no possible motive for taking his life, all of which was testified to by the dead man's uncle. In fact the dying statement of the dead man was that Hubbard (a white enemy of his) had committed the crime or had caused it to be done Hubbard left town after the killing, and though accused by the dying man no effort was ever made to arrest him or to his guilt. He stayed away from town until after I was sent to prison, and although this man told the state's attorney that I committed the crime and after doing so brought the gun for him to keep and he refused, nevertheless he was not used as a witness, evidently being afraid to submit to a cross examination or face me in open court. The above will show that the state's evidence against me was insignificant. However I stayed in jail so long that witnesses who could have established my whereabouts and proven my innocence beyond all doubt had left town, and their disappearance placed me at a great disadvantage. There was a demand that some one be convicted and it looked like I had to bear the burdent I did not know what to do, though I was innocent. My attorneys continued my case. Finally after the state had rested at the trial my attorney urged me to plead guilty and take a 14 years sentence. I at first refused saying I was innocent. However, that the jury might believe the false testimony, and that they might be prejudiced and might give me a much longer sentence, I finally yielded to my brother's solicitations and entered the plea I have waited patiently for vindication and believed that when the facts and circumstances of my conviction became known that the people would generally favor my release. With this idea in view I submit this explanation to the impartial judgment of the people and am content to base my hopes on their sense of justice and fairness. I am anxious to again become a citizen and prove to those who aid me that I am worthy of their confidence and trust. With kindest regards to all friends and other and hoping for final success, I remain yours truly, WILLIS BELLE Bi-County Mutual Benefit Association. The Bi-County Mutual Benefit Association, is composed of Negroes of Massac and Pope counties, organized in 1910 with 8 member with headquarters at Brookport, chartered under the laws of the State of Illinois, Men, women and children can become members, from 2 to 55 years of age by paying $2. to join and $1., and one dollar at the death of a member within 30 days after the death, which gives ample time to raise your dollar. Some of the very best Negro amilies belong to the Mutual. This is the cheapest company in the county and pays the largest amount at death according to the money invested. At present there are 242 members and as the charter calls for 500 members want to run it up to its limit by April. There have been only 7 deaths in five years which does not average two deaths a year. The first beneficiary received $154.00, which cost only $2. and the last one received $242.00. There have only been two deaths this year. You pay into the Metropolitan at 10c per week $5.20 per year and would get much less at death. The Mutual has paid out to the 7 beneficiaries since its organization $1,581. They have in the Brookport Bank, $246, to meet the next death. Neighbor why not the Mutual now not to-morrow, but to-day? Put your wives and children in it. Come to The Gazette office and let us explain it to you, as we are agent for it. You can save money by joining this company, it will pay you better than the Metropolitan or by putting in the Bank. You can see this if you have a little business ability. Let us build up Negro enterprises for our sons and daughters What say you. Dunbar High School Notes. Mr F. P., Y., is leading the junior class in latin. Mr. M. S. is leading the freshman class in Arithmetic and Algebra. A. G. N., is leading the senior class in Geometry. Prof. Masterson, gave the school an inspiring address on "Upbuilding of the Negro Race" He also put forth a good Motto for the school which was:Vitac- Et Non Scholae Discemus For Life, Not for School We Learn. E. M. J. is a regular Mark Twain of the senior class. Tuesday afternoon the senior class met in regular session at 3 'oclock. All members present except one. The regular routine of business was carried on in the usual manner. Afterwhich the class adjourned. One of Man's Oldest Works. The necropolis at Bubrah, the center of the gulf pearl fisheries, is one of the oldest pieces of man's handi work in the world. FORMER SLAVE IS LAWYER FOR THREE IN DYNAMITE CASES. Turner W. Bell, Negro Attorney, Makes Argument in Federal Court. Three judges of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals listened with profound interest to the plea of a negro attorney, a former slave, who appeared before them yesterday in the Federal Building. Probably few in the courtroom realized that a gray-haired negro sitting near the front of the room was a noted lawyer who has appeared before every United State judge in the Central District in many famous trials, until he started his argument. The attorney, Turner W. Bell, represented three men who are confined in the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kas, serving sentences of convictions of conspiracy in the famous structural iron workers dynamiteing cases two years ago. Bell fingered his brief as he sat listening to the argument of assistant United States District Attorney L. S. Harvey of the Eastern District of Kansas, representing the government. He had spoken but a few words however, when the crowd knew that such incidents evidently were in the every day life of the negro lawyer. Clients Serving Six-Year Terms. The man represented by Belt are white and were given sentences of six years at Indianapolis, in December 1912. They were convicted of being implicated in more than 100 dynamiting cases, including the destruction of the Times Building in Los Angeles, in half of the states of the United States They were at one time officers of the organization of which J. J McNamara was a member and is now serving a life sentence in California. The men are: Phillip A Cooley, Frank C. Webb and Jack Bright the latter also known as J. Muasey. The appellant in the case is Thomas W. Morgan, warden of the Leavenworth Penitentiary. Bell represented the men in the United States District Court in Kansas last July and was defeated. He appealed to the court which heard him yesterday. Bell's chief contention is that the men could legally have been convicted on but one charge under the revised statutes of the United States, and that the maximum penalty should have been but two years in the Penitentiary or a fine of $10 000. They were charged with having transported dynamite through the county, besides the blowing up of a bridge at Indianapolis. The men are at present employed in assisting in the construction of a new section of the Penitentiary. Beil has been a practicing attorney in Leavenworth twenty-eight years. His "hobbp," he said, is appeal cases. Reddy-Washington Nuptuals The most celebrated social event of Mt. Vernon's leading citizens was the marriage of Rev. W. P. Washington, D. D., the Moderator of the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association and pastor of the 1st Baptist church Mt. Vernon, to Mrs. C. R. Reddy, of this city at the Corinthian Baptist church under a beautiful floral arch, Jan. 12th, in the presence of over 200 guest. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Dr. C. C. Phillips, of Golconda, Ill.. The Wedding March was played by the Mrs. M. E. Singleton's Orchestra of which she is Violinist. The church was elaborately decorated throughout under the management of Mrs. James Johnson; which showed the high appreciation of his congregation. The Orchestra also rendered beautiful selections at the reception given them by the church at Sam Wilkerson, Newby Ave, here congratulations were heartily expressed and the evening was one of deep interest and of pleasure to a large number of friends of the bride and groom. In 1914 he filed sixty-one appeals in the United States courts, and was successful in forty-one of them. In but two cases were his clients negroes. Bell was born a slave in Tennessee. He was taken with his parents to Oskaloosa, Ja , when young, and earned enough money to carry him through a course in law. The day he was admitted to the bar, at Leavenworth, United States Judge Hook was in the court room, and Bell considers Judge Hook one of best friends. Among famous appeals in which Bell has been was the case of Charles A. Stephens, a wealthy negro boy, of Kansas City, who stole a mail sack containing $55,800. Stephens's sentence was reduced from ten to five years. As his fee Bell received $13,000. Judges Adams, Carland and Amidon presided in the courts yesterday — Globe Democrat. The editor of The Gazette, is proud of his race of people, because of their remarakable record they have made within a half century. Proud of the noted men and women of the race for their individual efforts to elevate us in the estimation of the world as to our ability to cope with others when given a chance at training along any given line. We are proud of the legal and financial rating of Atty., Bell. Last but not least, we are proud of Chas, A. Stephens, the boy who stole the $55,800, not because that he was a thief but because had a heart within him to steal like white people thereby removing from the race the stigma so often thrust in our face, that the Negro steals all of the chickens, watermellons, etc. But his constant contact with our big brother has taught the negro bad as well as good deeds. Our advice to all is, not not to steal but if you just must steal and steal you will, steal something that will place you on footing with your big brother. STOP EATING MEAT IF KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT Take a Glass of Salts to Clean Kidneys if Bladder Bothers You—Meat Forms Uric Acid. Eating meat regularly eventually produces kidney trouble in some form or other, says a well-known authority, because the uric acid in meat excites the kidneys, they become overworked; get sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts of distress, particularly backache and misery in the kidney region; rheumatic twings, severe headaches, acid stomach, constipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness, bladder and urinary irritation. The moment your back hurts or kidneys aren't acting right, or if bladder bothers you, get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any good pharmacy; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to normal activity; also to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder disorders. Jad Salts cannot injure anyone; makes a delightful effervescent lithia-water drink which millions of men and women take now and then to keep the kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus avoiding serious kidney disease.—Adv. A Surprise. Old Maid (who during a short trip had to put her pug dog in board at a neighbor's family)—Well, childrea have you always been kind to my pet? Chorus—Yes! Little Carl (blurting out)—And he can swim, now, too!—Fliegende Blaetter. CARE FOR YOUR HAIR By Frequent Shampoos With Cuticura Soap. Trial Free. Precede shampoos by touches of Cuticura Ointment if needed to spots of dandruff, itching and irritation of the scalp. Nothing better for the complexion, hair, hands or skin than these fragrant supercreamy emollients. Also as preparations for the toilet. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv. Lansue Linquae "I shall be awfully stupid now," exclaimed a wife who had returned from a visit to her dentist. "Why so, my dear?" queried her husband. "Because I have had all my wisdom teeth pulled out," replied the lady. "Oh, my love, the idea that wisdom teeth have anything to do with wisdom is a foolish one! If you were to have every tooth in your head pulled it couldn't make you any stupider, you know!" Curtain. All There Was for Him. A poor shoemaker's apprentice was sent to his master's home with some work. It was early in December, and when the lad arrived at the house he found the good wife engaged baking the special bread ready for Christmas. The smell was delicious, and sniffing strongly, the apprentice exclaimed heartily: "Eh, missus, but your spice loaf smells grand." "Ah, well, lad, thee mun tak some good smells, for it will be all thou will get."—Tit-Bits. Put to the Test. cialist. I believe that those who get His Daughter's Beau—Yes, I'm a So the benefit from the labor should be made to perform the labor. The Old Man—Fine! You might begin by setting up the parlor stove for the winter—Town Topics. STICK TO IT Until Coffee Hits You Hard. It is about as well to advise people to stick to coffee until they get hit hard enough so that they will never forget their experience. A woman writes and her letter is condensed to give the facts in a short space: "I was a coffee clave and stuck to it like a toper to his cups," notwithstanding I frequently had severe attacks of sick headache; then I used more coffee to relieve the headache, and this was well enough until the coffee effect wore off. "Finally attacks of rheumatism began to appear, and ultimately the whole nervous system began to break down and I was fast becoming a wreck. "After a time I was induced to quit coffee and take up Postum. This was half a year ago. The result has been most satisfactory. "The rheumatism is gone entirely, nerves practically well and steady, digestion almost perfect, never have any more sick headaches and am gaining steadily in weight and strength." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Postum comes in two forms: Regular Postum — must be well boiled. 15c and 25c packages. Instant Postum — is a soluble powder. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly in a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious beverage instantly. 30c and 50c tins. The cost per cup of both kinds is about the same. "There's a Reason" for Postum. —and by Grocers HER PEGULIAR RING What Happened When Robina's Sister Wore Her Engagement Band. By MOLLY M'MASTER. BY MOLLY MASTER. Bradley strolled along the darkened street of London finding a certain pleasure in the mystery surrounding all things. He compared the dimly lit thoroughfare with the glare of his native city, and found the enforced darkness of London at least more sensational than Broadway under its myriad lights. However, Bradley realized that he would soon again be back in New York, and that it was a privilege to have seen London during war times and shrouded in its cautious garments of shadows. The city certainly held many interests and Bradley regretted that he had not more time at his disposal that he might prolong his stay. He drew out his cigar lighter preparatory to enjoying a few puffs of smoke before entering his lodgings on Holland Park avenue. Bradley had scarcely raised his light to his pipe when a voice arrested him—an hysterical voice that came from the complete gloom of the roadway. "Oh, do please let me have that light for a moment," the girl pleaded quickly. "I have been groveling in the pitch darkness for my ring. I dropped it from my bag and don't dare to leave the spot for fear of not finding it again." Her tone was high-pitched and Bradley knew that she was frightfully upset and on the verge of tears. He knew, also, that she exhaled a delightful perfume, perhaps from her soft furs, but he could get no glimpse of her face. "We'll find the ring in a minute," he told her with a laugh in his voice. "You just stand still where you are, so I will know where to look." He bent down and with his small benzine lighter managed to throw a tiny wedge of illumination across the path. The stone walk was icy cold to the touch as he ran his hand over it, and it was some minutes before the diminutive searchlight probed the right shadows and flared over the lost ring. A little cry of delight left the girl's lips. The ring was an exquisite bow-knot of aquamarines and diamonds. That was all Bradley could see before the benzine lighter fluttered out. "It has done its duty anyway," he said as he handed the girl her treasure and for a fleeting second touched the cool of her slim fingers. "But you cannot light your pipe now," she said with sweet apology in her voice. "I'm so sorry." "Plenty of matches," said Bradley, and would have drawn out his box save that the girl held out her hand to him by way of thanks. "I would have had to sit here until daylight had you not come along," she told him. "I thank you very much for helping me." She slipped away into the darkness and Bradley was left with only the realization that her hand was slim and soft, and that it had sent a peculiarly pleasant wave of emotion over him. "By Jove—I wish I would have got a glimpse of her face. She may be goggle-eyed and squinty for all I know." He managed a light for his pipe the while he pondered over the girl and her possible identity. "Sounded a bit Yankee," he decided, and felt more hopeful that she would again be flung across his path since he, too, hailed from the land of American Beauties. "I will have to find the ring again," he muttered, "and flash my small searchlight on her face." Bradley hoped the girl was not engaged, but he felt reasonably sure that she would not have been practically in hysteresis over the loss of any but a betrothal ring. However, the interests of business and the return trip to New York dispelled all memories of mysterious nights of darkness and the entrance of the girl into his horizon. She might have been a myth springing from darkened London, and Bradley had soon forgotten the incident. He had not been home three weeks before the scene was flung vividly across his brain. Bradley was attending an engagement party at the home of one of his friends when he suddenly caught sight of the ring he had picked up for the girl in London. At least Bradley supposed it to be the ring, and in a second he was at the side of the girl who wore it. He was in no way attracted to the girl, and her hair was not golden nor were her eyes violet—two essentials of feminine beauty in Bradley's eyes. He took out his small benzine cigarlighter and fashed it on the girl's face who was wearing the ring. After that he waited for the start of surprise from her. Robina Bassingford looked askance at Bradley. "I am not a battleship on the coast," she said with a laugh, "nor am I the eamy's encampment, so why turn the scarchlight on me?"" "Have you ever been in London?" Bradley asked her. "Never—we are going on our honeymoon though," Robina blushed prettily as she said it. Bradley sighed. Perhaps he was glad that Robina Bassingford was not the girl whose hand had thrilled him in the dark of London. It was strange that there were two rings of so peculiarly attractive design, and Bradley wondered if he would ever see the other one again. Suddenly, as he sat at the dinner table, a most familiar scent was wafted to him. He drew in a deep breath and again felt himself plunged into the darkness and a girl whose furs exhaled just such an odor stood beside him. More than ever was he inclined to disbelieve Robina. The ring and the scent both pointed her out as that girl of shadows. He did not press the subject, however, but returned to the dainty girl who was sitting at his right side. Bradley had been falling a ready victim of June McCree's violet eyes and soft smile when the ring incident had claimed his attention. Now, as he turned back to her he seemed to feel that she was going to prove the one and only girl for him. Later, when they were dancing a slow waltz, Bradley again became conscious that the subtle oud of the myth girl was being wafted to him from June's golden hair. "Have you ever been in London?" he asked quickly, his heart beating more rapidly than it had when he had put the same question to Robina. "Yes," June answered, starting out of her rather pleasant sense of rhythm. She felt her partner draw a long deep breath as if of contentment, and if she felt especially happy Bradley did not for the moment know it. "Have you ever seen a diminutive searchlight seeking to find a lost ring on the London sidewalk? And have your furs ever sent forth a perfume so pungent as to linger in a man's sense for weeks and weeks? Tell me—have you done all these mysterious things?" Bradley had stopped dancing, and June looked straight into his eyes with a light in her own that quite made his head reel. "How strange!" she said, because for the moment no other words sprang to her lips. June had pondered many hours over the personality of the man whose hand she had clasped in London, and now that she had actually found him it seemed suddenly a most romantic situation, and her heart fluttered against her corsage of pink roses. She hoped Bradley would not notice her foolish emotion. "But the ring—it is not yours—and you are not engaged?" he half demanded. "It is not mine. I bought it while in London for my brother to give to Robina, and I wore it rather than worry lest it be stolen when not on my finger. Brother does not know about my losing it," she added with a blush. "He thinks me careless enough now. You won't tell him, will you?" June's slim fingers went out in impulsive pleading and rested on Bradley's arm. Bradley drew a deep breath. The same thrill shot up his arm that her touch had given him once before. He stood looking happily down into her violet eyes. After a moment he spoke. "I promise," he said slowly, "so long as you let me tell you something—within a week." June blushed hotly. "You only met me tonight," she parried. "Girl! I met you weeks and weeks ago—in the shadows of London. Promise me," he said softly. "I hate to be considered careless," hesitated June. "How can I wait a whole week?" murmured Bradley. "I wouldn't do anything I didn't want to," laughed June. , 1914, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) Famoua Old Turnpike. Among the many turnpikes projected in connection with Pittsburgh 100 and more years ago, one crowding on another, was that of one between Pittsburgh and Groensburg. The initiation of this was at a meeting held December 4, 1813, at the house of John McMaster, to consider the question of applying to the legislature for a charter to incorporate a company to build this road. John Wilkins was made chairman of the meeting and Ephraim Pentland secretary. A committee consisting of Dunning McNair, William Steele, John Irwin, William McCandless and Ephraim Pentland was appointed to confeg with a similar committee from Westmoreland county. This was accomplished a few days later and steps taken to secure action by the legislature, and the result was the formation of a company and the beginning of operations. At the same time another commission decided to ask for proposals in January, 1814, for the construction of the "Two-Mile Run Turnpike," the road designed to be "60 feet wide, pavement 22 feet wide and two feet deep, the latter six inches to be river gravel, and on each side was to be sufficient space for a summer road." Pigeon Flying in Belgium. Pigeon flying is forbidden in this country just now, but it is doubtful if even the horrors of war will keep the Belgians from what is their nearest approach to a national sport. It has been said of the Belgian workman that he divides his wages into three parts, one for his family, one for himself and one for his carrier pigeons. The extent to which the sport is practiced may be gathered from the fact that the railways reap 3,000,000 francs a year from the carriage of the baskets in which pigeons are conveyed to and from the race meetings. Large prizes are offered by various clubs, and at a great race a few years since 100,000 birds competed. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS Some weeks ago, through our southern papers, I made a suggestion that each Negro family raise one or more additional pig this year in order to help bring about more prosperity in the South. I have been surprised to note how well the suggestion has been received and how many are following it; one minister in Uniontown went so far as to organize a pig club in his church. Now, I want to make one other suggestion, that, in my opinion, is of still greater and more practical importance. For months the great cry has been all through the South to stop growing cotton or reduce the acreage. Chambers of commerce, business leagues, state legislatures, and other bodies have passed resolutions without number urging that we in the South stop growing so much cotton. To stop growing cotton is very easy; in fact, it is always easy to stop work, but merely to stop growing cotton is a mere negative proposition and will not, I fear, leave the South much better off than it is at present. If we destroy, or cripple, a great industry, we should be very sure to have another, or a number of others equally good to put in its place. In this connection it should be kept in mind as a matter of fgreat importance, that if the labor once leaves the farm by reason of changing crops it will be very difficult to get the labor to return to the farm in after years. The great cry is to grow food crops. That is well, but one must keep in mind that the great masses of Negroes who have actually grown the most of the cotton in the South for years, and who live upon the most valuable land in the South, do not hear of the resolutions that are passed by these various bodies. These people have been trained to grow nothing but cotton and do not know how to grow anything else. In fact, in many cases, they have not been permitted and are not now permitted to grow anything else! We must also bear in mind that the largest land owners seldom visit their plantations, some not more than once or twice a year, and hence can be of little service in teaching these Negro tenants how to change all at once from a cotton-producing crop to a food-producing crop—Booker Washington, in the Birmingham Age-Herald. John B. Keys, who came to Oklahoma as a homesteader in 1891, with $65 in his pockets, is one of the wealthiest Negroes in Okmulgee, a thriving city within 30 miles of Muskogee, rich in oil and gas properties. Keys owns a solid block of two-story brick buildings in the heart of the best business section, with 16 cottages and six store buildings, and has the respect of his white and black competitors in business. During the depression of 1897, Keys and his wife, like thousands of other pioneers in Oklahoma, had to undergo many hardships and sustain heavy losses. For days and days they had scarcely enough to eat. They had to go into the woods and gather acorns from which they made soup and porridge. Today his rents amount to $1,000 a month, from $100,000 worth of buildings, and his receipts from the sale of groceries amount to $1,200 a day. Dr. Booker T. Washington, as president of the National Negro Business league, has urged his people to "get off the defensive in explaining why the Last year there were overflows and excessive rainfalls. Many Negroes were unable to make crops at all, especially where they depended upon one crop. A few made some corn and cotton. There is no market for the cotton. They have raised no foodstuff. There is no cash to be gotten. Acute distress prevails among these people. Ask any so-called country banker how many Negroes are begging loans, and his reply will give a fair answer to the conditions everywhere. Something must be done to prevent the repeated recurrence of these distressful conditions. Will the authorities embrace the opportunity for constructive work among the Negro farmers of Texas? The opportunity lies in the well equipped agricultural department of the state college at Prairie View and the inauguration in connection therewith of extension work for the popular education of these Negro farmers in conformation with the provisions of the Smith-Lever bill, which work is being directed by Hon. Clarence Ousley of College Station, Texas. To utilize the plant at Prairie View in this direc- Expert botanists have found that the age of trees can be told by the leaf markings, the older the tree the smaller and more numerous its leaf cells. Because of its lake and coastwise trade the United States ranks second in the number and tonnage of vessels engaged in commerce, but sixth among the nations in foreign trade. In ten years France has spent $60,000,000 on aerial war equipment. house that we live in so often has the gate off the hinge, the fence paling gone, windows and doors broken and the plastering knocked off. Let us acquire wealth and intelligence so fast that the world will forget our poverty and ignorance. Let us be so thrifty and industrious that people will have no time to talk about our carlessness and idleness. . . . One big, definite fact in the direction of achievement and construction will go farther in securing rights and removing prejudices than many printed pages of defense and explanation." "I have known of the work of the Creek-Seminole Agricultural college, Boley, Okla, for some time. Am acquainted with John C. Leftwich, the president. The college is to be turned over to the Christian church. Brother Leftwich is a man of ability, thoroughly reliable, a Christian, and is the best representative of his race, working for the Christian church, among the colored people of the state. I am glad to commend him to the brethren and can assure them that any contribution will assist one of the most worthy enterprises with which I am acquainted. Receive him in the Lord. The need cannot be overstated. "Yours in him. "J. H. O. SMITH." The man who bears such a letter from J. H. O. Smith as that given above needs no further indorsement as to his integrity or ability. We have recently had the pleasure of meeting President Leiftchw and going over his plans. We unhesitatingly indorse his theory of voluntary segregation. The Negro must work out his own problem just as every other race must do, and the presence, in close contact, or in a mixed population of another race, so far removed in many elemental characteristics as is the Anglo-Saxon, invariably comes to be a hindrance to true progress.—Christian Standard. Hampton institute is proud of the excellent record that has been made by the rank and file of its students. The women graduates and former students are engaged in work which aims to elevate the home, the school, and the community in the vital things of life. The Hampton men have been pioneer workers in agricultural and industrial enterprises. They have sacrificed their personal comforts to engage in uplift work for their people. Since Hampton aims to train young men and women to earn an honest living and help their respective races, it has combined with rare success the elements of industrial and academic education. Dr. George P. Phoenix, vice-president of Hampton institute, has said: "Moral qualities, which in the aggregate make strong character as well as economic efficiency, are developed through this combination of industrial work by day and academic work by night, as they could not be by either alone, and longer hours are made possible in the trade, agricultural, and domestic science departments. "Every student in the trade school has one hour of study early in the morning, eight hours of work in the trade school, and two hours of academic work in the evening period. This makes 11 hours a day, outside of which he must get time for meals, the care of his room, religious services, and recreation. Yet the students gain in health, in skill, in scholarship and in character." tion will do more to build up a better class of Negro citizens in this state than any other one agency. Its wisdom will immediately manifest itself in increased production of a larger variety of crops. The organization of this extension work among Negro farmers at this time is urgent. The effort will meet a hearty response from a grateful people, a patient, hard-working people—Wade C. Rollins, in the Houston Post. For the blind there has been invented a watch with the hours marked by raised dots and dashes so that it can be read by the sense of touch. The school of experience is not a "pay-as-you-enter" institution, but collections are always made somewhere along the line. Capt. Daniel Powers of Maryville, Pa., is said to have made 3,000 voyages in the Susquehanna river as a raftsman. A cableway will soon span the N. agara river over the whirlpool. Office holders whom the gods would destroy are first made indifferent to the wishes of the people. The reform bug seldom crawls under the hat of the man who is holding down a fat-salaried official job. A process has been devised by which rubber is made to cling to steel. Among other centenaries that have been celebrated lately was that of lodine. Finest tobaccos skillfully blended that's the source of that rare flavor which has made FATIMA CIGARETTES famous. Liggott & Myers Tobacco Co. 20 for 15¢ FATIMA TURKISH BLEND JIGARETTES Cameron & Cameron Co. MICHIGAN PA. GRAPHIC & FINE TAPE DESIGNING The Washington Star relates that Mayor Baker of Cleveland, in defense of a political movement that had been attacked, said the other day: "It's an honest movement and a straightforward movement, and they who attack it are as censorious as the Seabright old mald. "A Seabright old mald was talking to a sunburned college boy on the beach. A pretty girl passed and the old mald said: "There goes Minnie Summers. You took her to the hop last evening, didn't you? "Yes," said the college boy, and he added politely: 'As I was taking leave of Miss Summers after the hop it dawned upon me—' "It dawned!" said the old mald. 'You kept her out till dawn! That's what these new dances lead up to!' FRUIT LAXATIVE FOR SICK CHILD Every mother realizes, after giving her children "California Syrup of Figs" that this is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant tastes and it thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels without griping. When cross, irritable, feverish, or breath is bad, stomach sour, look at the tongue, mother! If coated, give a teaspoonful of this harmless "fruit laxative," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, colic—remember, a good "inside cleaning" should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "California Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a teaspoonful today saves a slick child tomorrow. Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown-ups printed on the bottle. Adv. Willie Knew Some time ago the teacher of a public school was instructing a class in geography, and when it came time to hand out a few questions she turned to Willie Smith. "Willie," she said, "can you tell me what is one of the principal products of the West Indies?" "No, ma'ma," frankly answered Willie, after a moment's hesitation. "Just think a bit," encouragingly returned the teacher; "where does the sugar come from that you use at your house?" "Sometimes from the store," answered Willie, "and sometimes we borrow it from the next-door neighbor." OVERWORK and KIDNEY TROUBLE Mr. James McDaniel, Oakley, Ky. writes: "I overworked and strained myself, which brought on Kidney and Bladder Disease. My symptoms were Backache and burning in the stem of the Bladder, which was sore and had a constant hurting all the time broken sleep, tired feeling, nervousness, puffed and swollen eyes, shortness of breath and L. McDaniel Rheumatic pain, Joint Backache and burning in the stem of the Bladder, which was sore and had a constant hurting all the time—broken sleep, tired feeling, nervousness, puffed and swollen eyes, shortness of breath and J. McDaniel. Rheumatic pains. 5 suffered ten months. I was treated by a physician, but found no relief until I started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, I now feel that I am permanently cured by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills." Dodd's Kidney Pills, 50c. per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medical Co. Buffalo, N. Y. Write for Household Hints, also music of National Anthem (English and German words) and recipes for dainty dishes. All 3 sent free.—Adv. The most common form of pessimism is the belief, that a good beginning makes a bad ending. ON THE FUNNY SIDE RAP AT CHERISHED BELIEFS Cleopatra Not as Beautiful as Pictured and Nero Didn't Fiddle While Rome Was Burning. "Cleopatra was not as beautiful as she is said to have been," remarked the iconoclastic man. "There you go!" exclaimed the old fashioned orator, "trying to upset other people's cherished beliefs! Maybe Nero didn't fiddle while Rome was burning? "I don't believe he did." "I refuse to have anything further to do with you, sir. The beauty of Cleopatra and the perfidy of Nero have served me as an illustration in hundreds of speeches. Where would I be if either one of these so-called delusions were swept from the minds of the common people?" DC "I don't believe I'll take that gown, after all." "Why not?" "It feels too comfortable on me to be stylish." Danger Sign. "More tough luck," whispered his wife. "Well, what now?" he muttered. "You know Miss Green never sings without her music?" "Yes." "Well, she's brought her music."—Musical America. "Is it true," asked the society reporter, "that you and several other neighbors have contributed to a fund to send Mr. Brown's daughter abroad to finish her education?" "Absolutely," replied the gentleman addressed; "as president of our local peace society I headed the list." Relieved. "Doppelday doesn't seem like the same fellow since Miss Oldun refused him." "You mean he's so oldun?" "No. He goes about with the air of a man who has done his duty and has nothing whatever to reproach himself for." Assumption of Rank "Dearest," said the sentimental bridegroom after the wedding ceremony, "do you think that I'll prove to be a satisfactory mate?" "Oh, I guess you'll do all right," responded the practical bride; "and now look me over and tell me what you think of your captain." Parental Love. Mrs. Brown (a visitor)—What a disagreeable neighbor you have next door! Mrs. White—Yes; but I don't condemn the man. He is disagreeable for the sake of his boys. He is trying to exasperate me so I'll put up a spite fence that they can use for a backstone—Puck. Between Women. "What do you think of the men wearing feathers in their hats?" "Bad sign," declared the other lady. "The feathers are small now, I know, but they may increase in size, and few families can afford to buy ostrich plumes for two." To Be Pitied. Poor Mrs. de Reegur is broken-hearted. They can't send her any more Paris gowns. That suit she's wearing was made here in town." "What a pity! I never saw her looking so well." Mechanical Catarrh. Jones (telsiphoning)—I wish you'd send a man up here to fix that phonograph you sold me. It's singing through its nose. CUSS WORDS WERE COSTLY Autoist Telle Friend of His Experiences in Jay Town Where Constable Was Not Needed. "Beware of that Jay town ten miles out," said the autoist. "Why so?" inquired his friend. "There was no constable there the last time I passed." "They don't need a constable. There's a thank-you-ma'am that throws your car into a ditch. Then the justice of the peace comes along and fines you $10 for obstructing the high-pay and $10 for the use of a team to pull you out. The harness is fixed to break, and that costs $5 more. By that time a man loses his temper. The justice waits until he runs out of breath and then charges him $2 a cuss word." "Holy smoke—so it cost you a total of $27?" "A total of what? It cost me just $105, and even at that I think he lost count"—Philadelphia Ledger. Unwarrahted Poril. "This penitentary wants reforming!" said the man who was reading the paper. "Is something shocking going on?" inquired his wife. "I should say so. Here's a story of a prisoner who was allowed to ride up and down Broadway in an automobile!" "Horrors! It's bad enough to put a man in prison without encouraging him to risk his life." Trying to Be Merry "I see you are being investigated," said the chatty young woman. "Yes," replied Mr. Cumrox, with a determined air of cheerfulness. "My business affairs have been made the object of some formal curiosity." "Are you in the manufacturing business?" "No—unless you might be pleased to call our business office a malefactory of great wealth." Speechless. Blondine—Hear about Gerty Giddidg? Brunetta—What about her? "Knocked speechless by a street car." "But I just passed her a few moments ago and she spoke to me." "I know, but she was on her way to a meeting to make an address, and when the car hit her she lost her manuscript." Hle Sage Method. "How is it that young Dr. Ptipssewa has succeeded in building up a large practice so quickly?" "Oh, he tells his men patients that they work their brains far harder than their bodies, and his women patients that for some time they have kept up solely by their wills. Naturally, he cannot help but succeed."—Puck. Double Alay'e Intentions. Ethel—Oh, dear me! I don't know what to think! Algy asked me last night if I wouldn't like to have something around the house that I could love, and that would love me. Edith—Well? Ethel—Well, I don't know whether he means himself or whether he is thinking of buying me a dog!—Puck. Met Hla Match. "What has become of your local bad news man?" "He got his," replied the citizen of Ochre Gulch. "He was riding his horse in and out of stores and saloons the other day when a tenderfoot came along in an automobile and ran all over him." SNAPPED HIM UP. He—Oh! don't mind me, Miss Sweet. She—But I'd love to mind you, Mr. Huggs. Bystanders. "Your constituents didn't stand by you," said the sympathetic friend. "Yes, they did," replied Senator Sorghum. "That was the exasperating part of it. They stood right alongside of me and didn't seem to care what happened to me." Less Competition. "Years ago they used to cheer my picture when it was shown on the screen," said the disappointed statesman. "Oh, well," replied the friend, "that was before all these moving picture stars came out." "I'm afraid we must apologize," said one Turkish official. "That's all right," replied the other. "Frame up two or three neat apologies and send 'em along in advance, to be used as needed." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE. $1.00. retail. Backache Warns You Backache is one of Nature's warnings of kidney weakness. Kidney disease kills thousands every year. Don't neglect a bad back. If your back is lame—or if you are in a life-lift—the irregularity of the secretions—suspect your kidneys. If you suffer headaches, dizziness and are tired, nervous and worn-out, you have further proof. Use Doan's Kidney Pills, a fine medicine for bad backs and weak kidneys. 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The Cutter Laboratory, Burlington, Cal., or Obligations, The Cutter Laboratory, Burlington, Cal., or Obligations. Born Diplomat. "Harry, I am beginning to believe the baby looks like you." "Are you, dear?" "Yes, I notice it more and more every day. I'm so glad." "Do you really want him to look like me?" "Of course I do. I've been sorry ever since we had him christened that we didn't give him your name." "Sweetheart, you don't know how happy you make me by saying that." "And, Harry, dear—I found the loveliest hat today. I don't believe I ever saw anything that was so becoming to me. It's $25. Do you think I ought to pay that much for a hat?"—Chicago Herald. "CASCARETS" ACT ON LIVER; BOWELS No sick headache, biliousness, bad taste or constipation by morning. Get a 10-cent box. Are you keeping your bowels, liver, and stomach clean, pure and fresh with Cascarets, or merely forcing a passageway every few days with Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or Purgative Waters? Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and regulate the stomach, remove the sour and fermenting food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poisons in the bowels. A Cascaret to night will make you feel great by morning. They work while you sleep—never gripe, sicken or cause any inconvenience, and cost only 10 cents a box from your store. Millions of men and women take a Cascaret now and then and never have Headache, Billousness, Coated Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach or Constipation. Adv. Her Solicitude. Fred—My dear Dora, let this thought console you for your lover's death. Remember that other and better men than he have gone the same way. Berecaved One—They haven't all gone, have they?—New York Sun. Her Ideal. He—What is your masculine ideal? She—A man who has both sand and dust ARMORED CAR IN WARFARE European Armies Have Found It of the Greatest Value in Their Operations. Although an engine new to warfare, the armored motor car has proved extremely useful, especially for outpost and scouting duty. Fast, silent, and mobile, it covers a vast amount of ground on the splendid roads that crisscross the field of war in western Europe. Most of the cars are incased in a light frame of tough steel plate that ranges in thickness from three-sixteents of an inch to a quarter of an inch, and that is impervious to rifle and machine-gun fire. All the vulnerable parts of the motor, such as the radiator and steering gear, and in some of the newest cars the wheels, are protected by the steel covering. The wheels, both wood and wire, are said to withstand the roughest sort of usage. Accidents to the tires are much less common than anyone would expect. The cars carry a light armament—one or two machine guns so mounted that they can be swung through a complete circle—and a large supply of ammunition. The crew, which may number from four to eight or more men, are armed with rifles and revolvers. Some of the cars have a steel superstructure that rises from the chassis frame high enough to enable the crew to stand upright, and that is capped with a domed roof, from which bullets and shrapnel usually fly off at a sharp angle without even denting the steel.—Youth's Companion. NOT THE TIME FOR A SMOKE Old Lady, Filled Up With "Cartridges," Was in Natural Fear of an Explosion. A robust old woman in the mountains of north Georgia was ill for the first time in her life and a doctor was sent for. Partly by persuasion and partly by force, the physician induced his patient to swallow some big quinine capsules—a simple enough operation, which, however, scared the old woman almost to death. She was soon able to sit up and her daughter thought she would give the convalescent a treat. She took her mother's corncob pipe from the "shelf" or mantel, filled it with tobacco, and plocking up a live coal between two sticks, started with it toward the bed. "Ma," she said, brightly, "jes' look what I got for you." "Git away from me, Sary," she sercamid in terror. "Take away dat fire! Take hit away! Don't yer know I'm done plum filled up wi' cartridges?" —Chicago Ledger. IF HAIR IS TURNING GRAY, USE SAGE TEA Don't Look Old! Try Grandmother's Recipe to Darken and Beautify Gray, Faded, Lifeless Hair. Grandmother kept her hair beautifully darkened, glossy and abundant with a brew of Sage Tea and Sulphur. Whenever her hair fell out or took on that dull, faded or streaked appearance, this simple mixture was applied with wonderful effect. By asking at any drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy," you will get a large bottle of this old-time recipe, ready to use, for about 50 cents. This simple mixture can be depended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair and is splendid for dandruff, itchy scalp and falling hair. A well-known druggist says everybody uses Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur, because it darkens so naturally and even that nobody can tell it has been applied—it's so easy to use, too. You simply dampen a comb or soft brush and draw it through your hair, taking one strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears; after another application or two, it is restored to its natural color and looks glossy, soft and abundant. Adv. No Room for a Third. Ex-President Taft was on one occasion in consultation with Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania. Now, as everybody knows, Mr. Taft is gigantic and the senator is taller and weighs more than any other member of the senate. While the two were in earnest conversation an aggressive politician endeavored to enter the room, but an alert secretary politely interfered. "What are they doing in there?" asked the politician, inquisitively. This pertinent question nettled the secretary and he answered tersely: "Holding a mass meeting, I presume." The Prospect "You don't seem anxious to get home to your dinner." "I don't care for the menu I'll get." "What is it?" "When my wife finds out I forgot to mail her letter the first course will be tongue served up with hard sauce." Fewer young men would sow their wild oats if they should first stop to look for a needle in a haystack. **YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU** Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak, Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. No Smearing—just eye color. Write for book of chapstry mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. You seldom hear of a man marrying a woman to reform her. 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS / CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. 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It pained me at nights at times till I could not rest, and I was contemplating giving up my trade on account of it when I chanced to think of Sloan's Liniment. I had never tried it before, and I am glad to state that less than one 25c. bottle fixed me up apparently as good as ever."—Charles C. Campbell, Florence, Texas. The Government this year is asking farmers to put increased acreage into grain. Military service is not com- Canadian Government Agency Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. NETROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. MOGRARY, MANAGER. J. B. MOGRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY JAN. 22. 1915. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Enterered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. B. Address all communications to J. B.McRARY, Box 167 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in evoy instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. 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Turner, is at home for a few days. Miss Captula Tinsley, returned to her home in St. Louis, Mo. Sunday after visiting relatives. Mrs. Lottie Halleck, is visiting in Paducah. Mrs. Thos. P. King, of Unionville, is in the city at the bedside of her father who is dangerously sick Miss Allie Barnard was a Paducah, shopper Monday. Mrs. Lillie Towles and children, of Belgrade, spent a few days in the city the guest of Mrs Leah Reed, their cousin. G. W. Long and family, Mesdames Dalton Wyatt, Lee Baker and John Blackwell, attended services Sunday at the A. M. E. church. Misses Mossie and Annie Roberts, teachers of Brookport and Unionville, schools were in the city Saturday and Sunday. H. O. Kelly, of Paducah, Ky., Sundayed in this city, the guest of Norman Long. Carnation Art Club. Despite the inclementy of the weather eighteen members and visitors we, e royally entertained Monday afternoon Jan 18, at the residence of Mrs. Ellen Buchanan by Mrs. Bennie Jackson and Miss Ollie Buchanan. Two of the deacons of the church in the persons of James Townsly and Mick Hooper were present, and gave interesting remarks and liberal donations. 1. After the business hour the hostess served the gue ts with a delicious repast. MENU. Weinnie Sandwiches. SECOND COURSE. Ice Cream, Bannanas. Supper Saturday night at the residence of Mrs. Ellen Buchanan on 8th St.. There is a man in our town, And he's a real high flyer, But you can't believe a thing he says, For he's a dognone liar There is a certain widower here that's trying to get married, and it is rumored that all his hopes are centred upon two young girls, and if he should be successful enough to get one particular one, there will be much need for the Undertaker. Do you get me? The good things you intend to do, Do now and fool old Sorrow. The mean things you intend to do. Can wait until to-morrow. M. P. has full sway while L. H. is out of the city. Wonder who will win in their struggle for a Heart, F. P. or E. S? Boys, there is another 'brown' on town, better sharpen up your razor, and get to cutting. You girls missed a good husband when you did not answer that advertisement. It is too late now, it is all off. But you have a chance to correspond with a nice young fellow although he doesn't want to marry now, but you might talk him in the action. See? Why E. J. and G. W. got angry at each other at the Rink Saturday night? Boys if you want your knives sharpened, go to D. M. shop, as he is well qualified to do this particular kind of work. Things are dull around here now, due to the fact there is a revival in progress here, and the boys with the revival religion are attending. Snow fell here Monday and you could see the White rats scampering around everywhere. Let those that owe for the Gazette please come around and let us see you, or send in your subscription please. Mother Harmon continues to keep her bed. Sunday was a high day at St. Paul Three services being held. Total collection for the day being $25.56. The B. Y. P. U. of the First Baptist Church is increasing and interesting every Sunday with Miss Oilie Buchanan, President. Miss Ruby C. Smith is able to be out again. Any one needing first class job work can find it at the Gazette office. We have the experience of 19 years as editor and typo. See? Nail Him. A man with a profession, age 21, wishes to correspond with a young refined lady. Dont want to marry. No others except "brown's" need apply. Address G. C. L., care Gazette Office. Jan 22. ```markdown ``` MARRIED. Mr. Thos. Harmon and Mrs. Maym'e Wright of this city were united in the Holy Bondz of Matrimony Thursday Jan. 15, 1915, at the home of the bride's mother Mrs. Lenh Reed, Rev J. H. Smith, pastor of the A M E. church officiating Only a few of their intimate friends were invited. The bride is a very intelligent young lady, and an ex-typo of the Gazette. The groom is very industrious, a good Carpenter and a good citizen, and will make a kind, loving and affectionate husband. We wish for them many happy returns of the day. The little infant son of r. and Mrs. Wm Wyatt departed this life Sunday last, at their home in Belgrade. Funeral services were held at the Free Baptist church Monday at 1:30 p.m. Rev. Wm Burnett, officiating, The Gazette extends sympathy to the bereaved family. Program of The Ministers and Deacons Institute, to Meet Begining on Thursday Before the Fifth Sunday in Jan 1915 to say before beginning the Program, that I have waited to hear from President Flowers, of Brookport, respecting the meeting but have failed thus far. Our Nov. meeting was a failure; If I had known that the President would not be present, I would have been on the scene. I have always tried to fill my post of duty, when committed to me by the Baptist, and I think every officer should. The work is too important. SUBJECTS. 1st. Define a New Testament Church. 2nd. When, where and by whom was it established? 3rd. Name the Charter members, and what law Christ give concerning discipline, and was it before Pantecost? 4th. When, where and by whom was the commission given? 5th. Was this given to the church or individuals? 6th. What was the sublime purpose of the commission? 7th. Who is to exercise discipline in the church? 8th. Define a church ordinance? 9th. How many, and what are the ordinances? 10th. If Baptism was instituted by John the Baptist, why is it called Christian Baptism! 11th. When, where and by who was this ordinance instituted! We have not assigned any person to open these topic, it will be expected for all to take part in the subjects, so Brethren get your Bibles and be prepared. J. H. Flowers, President. We thank Mrs. Mollie Meyers, of Padusah, Ky., for her sending her sucription to The Gazette. Many thanks to Mrs. Belle Michaux, of Great Bond, Kansas for subscription to the Gazette. Rev. J. H. Knowles, and Miss Azalia Sumner, of Cairo, renews for The Gazette. Thanke. Miss Mary Calhoun, and Mr. Robt. Sanbury, were quietly married Tuesday by Justice Wright. 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. NOTICE To the Ministers, Deacons and Members composing the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association. This is our third attempt to notify and hold our (Executive Board) first quarterly meeting since the adjournment of our association at Dewmaine August last. Now brethren January 1915 carries five Sundays and from a stair point of duty together with the solicitation of some of the brethren who are interested in our district work. I am now calling the board to meet with the Mt Pleasant Baptist church of Golconda, Ill. on Thursday before the 5th Sunday in January. We select this date so that no pastor will have an excuse to not come, neither to leave before we close on Sunday night. We look for a large delegation. Our watch word on to Golconda, Jan. 1915. W. P. Washington SPARTA ILL. There was no event of the Holiday gatherings of Sparta, regarded with more pleasure than that of the Banquet given by the Knights and Daughters of Tabor New Years, when the social side of life is heartily enjoyed as well as the opportunity of meeting with handsome and noble manhood and womanhood. The Banquet gave ample opportunity for the fullest enjoyment of the fondest anticipations of the attendents. At Bartholomew Hall where it was held was neat and accommodating. The interior was tastefully decorated with bunting and various colors representing the order, the hall illuminated by brilliant electric lights presented a magnificent picture as the beautiful and refined members of the Society accompanied by their guest began to assemble. Sir Knight Moore's Orchestra furnished strains of sweet music that gave so much joy and moving power to those in attendance. The Daughters wore costumes of white, richly decorated in green the Sir Knights were dressed in the latest style of various colors. The general merriment began after the rendition of a brief but a very appropriate program, then followed a delicious supper to the enjoymet of the guests. This was one of the greatest affairs in the history of the order in Sparta. Neuralgia and Rheumatic Pain yield quickly to the influence of Dr. Miller Anti-Pain Pills. No bad nter-effects 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 Departmental work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session Beware of Ointments for Ca That Contain Mercury as mercury will surely destroy the sense of fine 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 Catarb 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 Catarb Cure be sure you got the genuine. It is taken internally and made in Tealeb Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tentimontains free Price 50 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. 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 Gazette. 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. Notice is hereby given that we cannot print a list of names contributing to churches unless $1 accompanies same. 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 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. 3:35 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 375 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. 77 2:23 p.m. 2:33 p.m. Edgar McCrary, the assistant Editor will be in Mound City, Mounds, and Cairo, in a few days. Every one please be prepared to meet him by renewing your subscription. Editor. RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS GIVEN QUICK RELIEF DROPS Rocky Mountain Pura BOTTLED IN THE U.S.A. Made in the U.S.A. SINCE 1920 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. It goes right to the spot, stops the aches and pains and makes life worth living. Get a bottle of "5-Drops" today. A booklet with each bottle gives full directions for use. Don't delay. Demand "5-Drops." Don't accept anything else in place. gist can supply you. If you live too far from a drug store send One Dollar to Swanson Rhematic Cure Co., Newark, Obio, and a bottle of "5-Drops" will be sent prepaid. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT. State of Illinois, Massac County, S S. Estate of John Carr, Deceased. To A. J. Gibbons, Ed Scott, J. A. Obrien, Herbert Hester, Village of Joppa, S. E. 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 lst 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 to be discharged from any and all further duties and responsibilities connected 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. Of unusual interest is the announcement of the ST LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT to be found elsewhere in this issue. 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