Metropolis Weekly Gazette
Friday, February 19, 1915
Metropolis, Illinois
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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.
Neuralgia and Rheumatic Pains yield quickly to the influence of Dr. Miller and Pain Pills. No bad effect.
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Nail Him.
A man with a profession, age 11, wishes to correspond with a young refined lady. Dont want to marry.
No others except "brown's" need apply. Address G. G. L. are Gazette Office. Jan 22
MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY "
REV. W. P. WASHINGTON Replies to the Open Letter of Jan. 29, of REV. J. A. BROCKETT.
Mr. Editor of The Metropolis Weekly Gazette, Dear Sir, not looking for notoriety, especially from a Journalistic stand-point, but if I shall, or, even can, become notable, I promise you here and now, that it shall come to me, or to my credit, by my work first, and second, it shall come to me, or, my credit, by my success, I mean the success that God gives in spite of such obstructors, or would be, obstructors as Mr. Brockett, of Duquoin Illinois, through your paper, in the issue of January 29th 1915.
inspired is, first, the bible declares, it is divinely inspired 2nd Peter 1:2L Second. Because, the writers of the bible, told of their bad life, as well as, their righteous life. I do not believe in ministers slinging mud at each other, but I do believe, if there is a man among us, purporting to be a man of God (Minister) and we know, or have reasons to believe that he is a grand rascal, and we sit, and let that man butcher up our churches, without warning them of that wolf, then I think the blood of that people will be required at our hands. If Mr. Brockett had been under the influence of a divine guidance when he was writing the story of his life, both public and private, he would have written of the trouble he created in Cairo, in the different homes, and how he made so many frends to become enemies, who are enemies till this day, on his account. Mr. Brockett, the above statement, did not appear in the Christian Advocate, nor was it clipped from another paper by the Illinois Anchor, nor do we have to go to heaven nor hell, to get the evidence before the public. Sir, your relation from a fraternal standpoint, only fits you in a position, to make the white race recognize you enough to recommend you to the best people of our race, to get off of their hands, knowing that most Negroes, will go to hell, on a white man's advice, and pay his own way there, rather than to go to heaven on the advise of his own race, and have some one to pay his way. See? The men you associated with, and them who licensed you, and them who ordained you ("That is quotation mark Mr. Brockett") D. W, Wisher Dr. Thomas Armitage, Bishops Turner and Flipper, and others, does not make you look any better to me, nor does it make you any better, unless your advancement is found in the practice of your life of sacrifice, and service. Judas had the approval of Christ, as well as His association, and the company of Jesus, is better than the company of Turner, Flipper, Derrick, or any other human heing, but Judas was a devil just the same. Sir, Since your heart is not right, your Education only prepares you to fool the peple, for it takes an Educated man, (I speak from a standpoint of the letter) to make a lie look like the tuth. See?
Sir, If your word is worth anything, I feel that I have done some good by curseuring your your blood. "That is a quotation mark Mr. Brockett. I am about to speak of what is claimed for you, we will not call the names, but rumor has it, that you declare that the reason you do not, and will n't have anything to do with the association is, one of its benefactor's is a convict, and another is a murderer, together with the ignorance of the leadership of these District Bodies. You have staid away from us, and too since you have been in Southern Illinois, you have looked good to me in the back, but you say you are coming to my town, and will look me up, if you have to use a lantern at no-day, come, after showing you your Sin, and warning you, I am clear, come, after warning the churches of a wolf, and pointing him out, I am clear, if I have made you my enemy, I am sorry but come, you will need no lantern, I live at 239 15, St., come, after doing my duty, I am ready to let you know that I love you, come, you shall have a bed, you shall have bread, and if you are broke, you shall have your fare back to the only wife (Woman) you ever knew, I will do all of this, and more for (enemy) you, but you must stand out of the sunshine of the Missionary Baptist of Southern Illinois, or we will feed you, then fight you, and with the orders we have received at the foot of Olive, to preach and teach, together with the message sent to us from God, by the mouth of the Apostle Paul, to keep the ordinance as delivered to us, we will win out on this line. We are not Educated, we are unlearned fishers, but since we know God has called us, we will go up against the enemy as did David against the lion, and David conquered the lion of the forest, so will God's called men, conquer the uncalled Lions of the Universities.
W. P. WASHINGTON.
PROF. WILLIAM EDGAR BALEY
Opening Of
"The Livingston Normal, Theological and Industrial Institute."
Motto-'The Maker of Men."
The members of the Board desire to announce to patrons and the public, that The Livington Normal Theological Industrial Institute," will open its doors for the reception of students, Monday March 8th—the beginning of the last semester for the scholastic year, 1914-15.
The boarding dep't, opens Sat., March 6th 28 days constituting a boarding month.
From the "Preparatory Department," a night school will be fostered for the unlettered, or those who desire to keep abreast with current and practical affairs in the ordinary waiks of life; thereby increasing their capacity to intelligently carry out their own business ideas.
Those seeking to be informed as to regulations, will note catalogued reference of the past.
For further particulars, address The Reverend Doctor J B. McCrary, Metropolis Illinois, or William Edgar Bailey, Callo Mobox 61—after February 20th, Metropolis Illinois care Institution.
Trustee meeting, Monday Mar. 1st, after which conferences, closing exercises, commencement etc., as well as other matter in detail which concerns the Institution, will be given on application to individuals above mentioned.
Our invitation extends soley to the young man, woman, girl or boy of purpose; with a deep seated desire to train for the moral, civil and industrial "Life to be."
Earnestly soliciting your interest and your prayers,—and that Providence will not becloud the sky in this the hour of our fondest hope,—we are yours for success and a greater "Livington."
Conscientiously yours,
WILLIAM EDGAR BAILEY
Principal.
IN DEEP SYMPATHY.
St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 11, 1915.
Elder McCryar, Dear sir. We were sorry to hear of your mother's death, it was such a shock to us, not knowing of her illness. You and family have our deepest sympathy in your hour of sadness and sorrow.
MRS. AZZIE WILLIAMS,
3037 Lawton Ave.
of Little Rog In. Bernardine Renfle, born July 1, 1912, in Metrodolia, Ill., died Saturday Feb. 13, 1915 at 9:30 o'clock a.m., after an illness of three weeks of intense suffering caused by a complication of diseases. Aged 2 years, 5 months and 12 days.
He had the very best attention and all that medical skill could do to control the disease proved fruitless and death came only to relieve the little patient sufferer from his prison house of clay and transport his soul to the mansion of eternal happiness. In a few years he would have been subjected to grief and disappointments out it pleased the Almighty in his providence to take him unto himself where he can dwell with the angels. He was a bright child for his age, well developed in body and mind. He had a friendly disposition and made friend da of old and young.
He has gone, and paid the debt that we must all pay in a short course of time. He was the choice of the family using the only boy and grand-son. He was devoted to his grandparents and they to him, and to his cousins, Heilen and Maurice. George and Edgar McCray, were his fast friends and he was often with them and in their home. He leaves a mother, father, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. William (Bud) Barnard, three aunts and a number of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. The funeral attended at the family residence Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the presence of a large gathering of sorrowing and sympathetic friends of the family. Rev. J. B. McCray, officiated. There were many beautiful floral offerings by friends. Interment in the Kidd Cemetery. Rest in sweet peace.
CONSOLATION
Little Reglin Bernardine Rengro.
Tis hard to lose dear ones we live.
Butremember tis the hand of Mira
above;
Who doeth all things and doeth them well;
Who enters the home and breaks the spell;
And takes the young as well as old;
For precious, says He is the little soul.
Thus it tis with your departed one;
His life was short; his work is done,
And gently folding his little hands upon
his breast
He enters peaceably into the haven
of rest
Dear Editor, allow space to say we have had some spring weather. Rev. C. C. Phillips, was with us the 1st Sunday and preached a wondersul sermon. Rev. F. Douglass was with his flock Sunday. We had a debate at the A. M. E. church Friday night with a full house. Topic-Who should have the best education, girl or boy and they gave it to the girl. Rev. A. J. Bowers was able to go to his church Friday. Those on the sick list are:—Mrs. Lurene Miller, Ibby Bowers, Maggie Phillips, Ellen Purtle, Bessie Bell, Warne Fisher, and little Davie Person and Theodore Tidwell is also an the sick list. Mr. Monroe Watkins made a flying trip to Golconda to see Miss B. R. Sunday, Mrs. Rosa Williams was a Carbordale visitor Saturday. Mrs. M. J. Allen and Miss E. M. Gray are teaching night school. Mrs. D. H. Hamilton has returned home from Cairo, whore she spent 3 weeks learning the hair trade under Mrs. D. D. Brown.
Willie Mae Cross,
Reporter.
W. H. Karr, Announces
Mayor W. H. Karr, Jr., announces in this issue of The Gazette for Mayor He is serving by appointment the unexpired term of the late W. B. Ward, and now he seeks to be elected by the people. He is a young man, competent, industrious and accommodating and with his business-like methods which has brought him success would be applied to that of the city. The Gazette, believes Mr. Karr, would make an ideal officer and give us a splendid administration. However, we need a man for Mayor that will carry out as best he can the expressed will of the majority of the voters of the city regardless of his preferences.
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For thirty years it has been the stand-
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WANTED i: SLB seen
A Tip.
“How can I keep my hair from fall
ing out?”
“Don't do anything that annoys it.”
You never can tell. Many a man
who writes pretty punk love letters
makes a mighty good husband.
Breaking It Gently.
Maid—Thieves got into a house in
this street last night and stole all the
silver.
Mistress—What stupid people to
leave doors unlocked! Whose house
was it?
Maii—It was at number 7.
Mistress—Why, that is our house!
Maid—Yes, ma'am, but I did not
‘want to frighten you.
WHEN KIDNEYS ACT BAD
TAKE GLASS OF SALTS
Eat Less Meat if Kidneys Hurt or You
Have Backache or Bladder Misery
—Meat Forms Uric Acid.
‘No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make a mistake by flush-
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
wellknown authority. Meat forms
‘uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
so they sluggishly filter or strain only
Part of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly
all rheumatiam, headaches, liver trou
‘ble, nervousness, constipation, dizzi-
ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders
come from sluggish kidneys.
‘The moment you feel a dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts, or if
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of
sediment, irregular of passage or at-
tended by a sensation of scalding, get
about four ounces of Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a
tablespoonful in a giass of water be
fore breakfast for a few days and your
Kidneys will then act fine. This fa
mous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
Wthia and has been used for genera.
tions to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to new-
tralize the acids in urine so it no
Jonger causes {rritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful etferves
cent lithla-water drink which all reg
ular meat eaters should take now and
then to keep the kidnoys clean and
the blood pure, thereby avoiding se-
rious kidney complications.—Adyv.
Quite Probable.
Teacher—The passive verb, Johnny,
expresses the nature of receiving an
action. For instance, “Johnny is
spanked.” Now tell me what does
Johnny do?
Student (with imagination)—John-
‘ny hollers.
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Or the Story of John Robinson's
Whirlwind Courtship.
By DOROTHY DOUGLAS.
swept completely from her feel. si
had consented to marry him and
had accepted a most exquisite solt
taire to complete the engagement.
Robinson possessed wealth and s0-
clal standing, while Madge owned a
splendid voice but scarcely the money
with which to have it cultivated. She
only regretted her poverty because it
withheld certain branches of study
from her which, in the dark hours of
the night, Madge’s soul longed for.
Never did she let the world know her
desires because the world might fling
either pity or scorn at her, and
Madge was proud—too proud to ac-
cept help or condemnation,
When Robinson came into her life
Madge not only found herself strong-
ly attracted to him, but she realized
also that his money would put her be-
fore the best instructors the world af.
forded. She was not in any way mer-
cenary, but she was thankful that love
and the chance for advancement had
come hand in hand. She could not be
really happy unth she had won fame
for herself, and she loved love the
more because it offered her her op-
portunity to succeed more quickly than
when hampered by poverty.
She had been engaged to Robinson
for two joyous weeks. A particularly
‘trying day lay behind her and she
‘greeted her fiance with a tired but
happy smile.
“J will be glad when you have given
up all this nerveracking study,” Jobn
Robinson said. “You are tiring your-
self out, and I wish you would marry
‘mo straight off, so that 1 could com-
‘mand you to give up your feverish de-
‘sire for music” He bad spoken laugh-
ingly, but Madge had felt a rush of
‘cold blood through her veins,
“J never intend to stop studying,”
she said quickly. “Nothing in the
world would make me happy without
my music. I intend to be a singer. I
‘thought you knew that.” she added
and gazed wonderirgly at him.
[have always considered it a joke,”
‘Robinson told her, and would have
‘drawn her into his arms to dismiss
the subject, but Madge eluded him.
“It you mean that,” she Said with
firm voice, “I may as well tell you I
will never marry you.”
Robinson grew a shade white. “I
have no desire to have my wife sing-
ing in public and perhaps being away
from me just at the time I want her
‘most. You will have plenty to do en-
tertaining and managing for me. Come
‘don’t be silly—t will do everything I
can to make you forget your desire
for a career.”
“No one could do that,” Madge said,
and shook her head slowly. “It is too
deeply rooted in my life dreams. No,”
she repeated, “I want my music moré
than I want you—under the condi-
tions.” She drew the beautiful dia-
mond from her finger.
Robinson's eyes flashed. His quick
anger frightened Madge.
“Don't give me back that bauble,”
he said roughly. “It’s no good to me,
and I would only toss it into the
street.” He flung himself out of the
‘room while Madge watched him with a
feeling akin to relief.
‘When he had gone she fell to won-
dering why she was so little affected
by the smashing up of her first love
affair. With firmly set lips she put the
ring into her bureau drawer and shut
the romance from her life.
The following day she distovered
upon looking at her bank book that
her account was perilously near to tot-
tering. It was then that Madge wept
bitterly. She knew that the piano
she had rented for $3 a month must
go. She could not afford it longer.
‘That $3 would be needed for bread and
butter.
‘When she had finished weeping she
was white and her eyes shone bril-
Mantly. She could not live without a
plano.
Out of the depths of her misery
came the reallzation of the ring lying
in her drawer. It was a perfectly
useless jewel that meant nothing to
her and the price of which would buy
her a splendid piano! A friend of
hers had once sold a piece of jewelry
for a set of furs and Madge saw no
reason why she could not exchange
her ring in. the same way.
‘The advertisement she put in the
paper the next day was eagerly read
by one Jimmy Ganes, Jimmy was in-
tending to propose to Nelly Wake, but
did not feel that even Nelly was worth
going into debt for and she was the
kind of girl who would prize an en-
gagement ring. Jimmy could not spend
@ couple of hundred dollars just at
that moment, but he could sacrifice his
boom a uate was not in the least fond
much as Jimmy regret-
ted the fact he felt that she had other
good qualities.
He sighed with unconscious wistful-
ness. Jimmy had always pictured a
golden haired woman sitting at his
rosewood vilano with a enft MNeht an
METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL.
‘Since he felt more or less anxious to
ex the proposal over and his future
settled, Jimmy went to the address
mentioned in the advertisement.
As he climbed the stairs in a Bohe-
mian part of the city, he paused to lis-
ten to the voice that penetrated into
the halls from one of the rooms, It
was a voice rich in timbre and one
that set Jimmy's music-loving heart to
beating excitedly. He hardly breathed
while the girl finished her song and
not until he felt that she was not go-
ing to sing again did he continue his
search for the number he wanted,
Madge answered the door and
Jimmy's lately excited heart jumped
suddenly into action again. Nelly was
‘a person of the past and dim ages
when he beheld Madge. At least, in
the unexpected meeting he forgot
Nelly.
“I have come in answer to this,” he
told Madge and held out the advertise-
ment.
“Oh, I am so glad! Do come in,”
She opened the door and Jimmy
stepped into the poor little room that
Madge called home. He fell to wonder-
ing immediately what story lay behind
her in connection with the ring she
wanted to dispose of.
Madge was not long in enlightening
him. Her story was simple and she
told it in a frank manner that put
Jimmy in complete possession of her
true character. ‘That her charm of
manner, together with her wonderful
volee, would place her in an exalted
position of fame was a self-evident
fact. He sighed and pondered on the
possibility of a great singer becoming
interested in a mere business man.
He thought the chances were few.
However, the glance Madge turned
full upon him was not altogether
without some expression that made
Jimmy hope.
“1 will miss the piano like thunder,”
he sald. “Do you think I might come
up some evenings and sit in a corner
while you practice?”
Madge laughed mischievously, “Will
the ring and its recipient not afford
you sufficient amusement?” she asked.
“No, they won't,” Jimmy told her
frankly, while he watched a rose bloom
in Madge's cheeks. “I have decided
not to propose to the girl who doesn’t
love music—not yet at least.”"
“Then you are not going to make
the exchange!” Madge cried in quick
disappointment.
“Oh, yes,” Jimmy said, “I want to
make the exchange all right, but I am
not sure what I will do with the ring.”
He looked rather anxiously into
Madge’s eyes and again Madge
laughed. “I might in turn exchange It
for a couple of nice big chairs.”
“A couple?” he questioned Madge.
“You should get at least four for that
ring.”
“Anything you say,” he laughed
back at her, and turned serious eyes
upon her. “You are going to let me
come and hear you sing,” he added,
“aren't you?”
Madge hesitated but a second, then
realizing what the outcome of the
meeting was going to be, said quickly,
“Yes, az often as you like.”
Jimmy smiled happily and in his
heart thanked Robinson for disliking
public singing, and later when she was
Jimmy's wife Madge too thanked him,
for she might never have met Jimmy
had Robinson loved music.
Justice to Wilkes.
Detraction for a Jong time obscured
the merits of Rear Admiral Wilkes,
U. 8. N., the Antarctic explorer of
1840. He was charged with imagining
& good deal of what he saw, mapping
the coast line inaccurately, and with
discovering a continent where none
existed. But every honest explorer
who has followed in the tracks of
Wilkes has borne testimony to*the
value of his pioneer work.
Now comes the heroic Sir Douglas
Mawson, the Australian explorer, with
@ new tribute to the American. With
some exceptions, possibly due to the
effect of mirage, Wilkes, he says,
mapped the Antarctic coast line cor.
rectly. Posterity is coming round to
the view that the American sailor, in
spite of his meager resources, was one
of the greatest explorers that ever
penetrated the Antarctic circle.
dite” Gente ‘Gee On
James Scott, the White Sox nifty
twirler, is probably the first ball play-
er to take part in @ game in prison
without being detained after the con-
test. Recently he accompanied some
friends on a trip through the state re-
formatory at Pontiac, IIL.,and paused to
watch a match hotwesiy the nines
made up of inmates. In the third in-
‘ning one of the pitchers weakened,
‘and Scott was asked to go to the res-
cue. Rolling up his sleeves, he’ pro-
‘eeeded to put ‘em over the plate with
‘sizaling speed, and allowed only one
‘hit and no rung during the remainder
of the contest. James was given
‘great ovation by the inmates for his
‘showing, and decided that his after-
noon had been well spent—Ed —
Goewey, in Leslie’s,
Fleomen Sines Seltee.
At a balloon race in Germany last
fall the basket of one of the balloons
in rising collided with the envelope of
one of the others, teating some of
the meshes o. the net surrounding the
gas bag. No way of repairing the dam.
age, save emptying the bag, seemed
possible, and this was rejected on ac
count of the loss of time involved, ax
well as the expense.
It was suggested that the ure de
partment be called and repairs made
from a tall ladder. ‘The firemen, how.
ever, volunteered the use of the water
tower, from the top of which, when
extended, the broken lines were s0ou
mended and the balloon proceeded in
due course in the rece.
AFRO-AMERIGAN CULLINGS
“If a stone wall were built around
the state of Georgia, and communica-
tion with the outside world entirely
shut off, the people of the common-
wealth could live and enjoy life for an
indefinite time,” said Claude N. Ben-
nett, president of the Southern Society
of Washington, at Washington. Mr.
Bennett has just returned from a
month's trip through the South, spend-
ing most of his time in his native state
of Georgia. 5
“While in Atlanta,” he continued, “I
attended a ‘Georgia products dinner.’
‘This is something new that has been
adopted by the present regime. there.
November 18 of each year {s known
‘as ‘Georgia Products day,’ and on that
ger, at every important place in the
state, great dinners are given, the
‘menu of which is entirely made up of
Georgia products. At the one I attend-
‘ed between 1,500 and 2,000 people were
Present, and the food was good enough,
both in quality and variety, to serve
at a banquet to the gods.
“The possibilities that the state af-
fords for good, wholesome living can
be no better {ilustrated than by telling
of an experience I had one day while
making a tour of some Negro farms in
Columbia county, 1 had visited the
homes of three colored familles and
found them all poorly kept and none
of the men able to pay his way out of
debt—in fact, they were objects of
charity. The fourth colored man I
found working on land exactly lke
that occupied by the others, but in-
stead of renting his land he had bought
it and paid for it. He rented a litte
extra land from me adjoining bis, but
most of it he owned. I found his bows»
as neat as a pin, comfortably far-
nished, the larder well supplied, and
five bales of cotton under the shed. He
‘had provisions enough to last his fam-
‘ily all winter, plenty of fodder for his
‘cattle, and his total indebtedness was
ess than $50. It was afternoon by the
time my companion and myself reached
his house and we had not had dinner,
so we asked his wife if she could fix
‘us up a ‘snack’ In less than halt an
hour she had prepared a most tempt
ing meal, which was set on a table
covered with a spottess cloth and clean
‘napkins. The dinner, all of whieh was
grown on this colored man’s farm, con-
sisted of collard greens (which might
be termed the local spinieh), bacon,
corn bread, wheat biscuits, Irish and
sweet potatoes, milk and good butter,
and Georgia cane sirup. That was an
impromptu meal that would have done
| credit to any household. Now, if a col
ored family can, on the spur of the mo-
‘ment, get up a dintier as good as thit
you can realize what can be done by
the other people in the state.”
Between 3,000 and 4,000 Boy Scouts
have beon specially employed tn Lon-
don since the war broke out at vart-
‘ous government offices, recruiting de-
‘pots, the headquarters of the prince
‘of Wales’ fund and other new organ-
‘zations requiring dispatch carriers
‘and attendants.
| Photography tas discovered the
‘depth to which the sun's rays pene-
‘trate water. Five hundred and thirty
feet below the surface darkness was
much the same as that on the earth
‘on a clear but moonless night.
Manchuria is making a new paint
out of the bean oll that {s produced
there in tremendous quantities. The
plant is said to be waterproof and
fireproof as well as cheap and durable.
Jn your issue of December 21 (ed-
itorial page) appears an article entt-
tled “Germany Hoping to Get Li-
beria.”
While we do not doubt Germany
would like to get Liberia, if might be
timely to say the American Coloniza-
tion society, which founded Liberia,
in creating that republic reserved to
itself certain inalienable rights, to
wit: Ownership, in fee, of each alter-
nate block of territory in the original
republic for the purpose of coloniza-
tion by American colored citizens. This
covenant runs with the lands and wa-
ters of the republic. We shall oppose
‘any alienation of property rights or
sovereignty by any of the powers, and
shall expect full protection of our
rights by the United States. ©
‘The Liberlan coristitutional prohibt-
tion agalust ownership of land’ by
whites is obviously: plain, anda nec-
essary protection to a ‘colored *nation.
We are not committed to the theory
or belief that the above-mentioned ar-
ticle is a “teeter” in this country ad-
vanced by an overactive German af.
fluent press.--H. L. B. Johnson, Pres-
ident American Colonization Soetety,
in the Washington Post. ‘
‘The widow's cap 18 as old as the
days of Julius Caesar, An edict of
‘Tiberius commanded all widows to
wear the cap under penalty of a heavy
fine and imprisonment.
The sinews of the kangaroo are
especially desirable for ‘use in sur-
gery, for sewing wounds and”binding
broken bones together.
Electrical apparatus fmiended for
drving beer vats ie used for drying
motion picture films in a studio in
New York City.
The second oldest American was
Flora Thompson, who died at Harba
Island, Penn., in 1808, at the age of one
hundred and: fitty years, writes Willis
Fletcher Jobnson in the Philadelphia
Ledger. She was, however, a Negro
slave, and I pass her by, as I do.many
other records of Negroes of great age,
for the reason that in those days Ahe
status of that race in this country was
‘such that little credence is to be given
to its annals.
Passing by many other less authen-
tle cases, chiefly of Negro slaves, I
come to one of this class which seems
to be much more authoritative than
most of them. This is the case of
Wonder Booker, a slave who belouged
to George Booker of Prince Edward
county, Va., a family name of the most
eminent American Negro of our time,
Dr. Booker T, Washington. Wonder
was 8 named because his mother was
fifty-eight years old at the time of his
birth and his birth was therefore
regarded little short of miraculous,
He wa a man of extraordl
nary physical powers and of consider-
able. mental gifts, all of which re-
mained unimpatred until within « few
years of his death, At the age-of one
hundred and sixteen yoars he was able
to do a full measure of work on his
master’s plantation, and. he died in
1819, at the age of one-hundred and
‘twenty-six. I have found, following
him, records of more than one hun-
‘dred persons of from one hundred and
twenty-five down to one hundred and
‘ten years of age at death in the Unt-
ted States, more than fourfiftha of
them dying in tha first quarter of the
“nineteenth century.
Dr. J. E. Spingarn, chairman of the
board of directors of the National As-
sociation for the Advancement of Col-
ored People, is soon to start on a
epeaking tour of the middle West in
the interest of the work and ideals of
the association. A year ago he made
a similar tour. His present trip: be
gan at Pittsburgh on January 10, and
will include Columbus, Springfield,
Dayton and Cincinnati, Ohio, Spring:
field, IN., St. Joseph, Mo., Des. Moines,
Ia., Omaha, Neb,, St. Paul and Minne-
apolis, Minn. Toledo, Ohio, and Buf-
falo, N. Y. It‘is intended that suc-
ceeding trips will cover-other sections
of the country, until all have been or-
ganized in the interest of the advance-
ment of the colored people. *
‘The annual meeting of-the associa-
tion will be held at the Ethical Culture
hall, West Sixty-fourth street, New
York, on February 12, Governor Whit-
man will present the first “Spingarn
medal,” a gold medallion to be award
ed annually to the colored man or
woman performing the highest or
noblest achievement during the pre:
ceding year. The committee dn award,
consisting of William Howard Taft,
Oswald Garrison Villard, Bishop John
‘Hurst, President John Hope of More-
house college, and Dr. James H. Dil
lard of the Slater and Jeanes funds,
will announce the winner at this meet-
ing.
Dr. Therbald von Bethmann-Holl-
‘weg, imperial German chancellor, was
@ lawyer in his earlier life. He is
now fifty-seven years of age. He stud-
fed law at Gottingen and practiced
for six years, after which he was made
@ judge at Potsdam. There be be-
came intimate with and gained the
confidence of the present emperor,
with whom he had formerly been a
fellow-student at Bonn.
| Obedience to the law was empha
sized in a ‘speech at Tuskegee by
Booker T. Washington as a principle
to which members of his race should
conform in thelr efforts to advance.
‘Doctor Washington was the chief
‘speaker at the twenticth annual Tus
“-kegee Negro conference, ;
Carrying concealed weapons, thett,
‘gambling, visits to illegal liquor eBtab-
Hshments and useless court litigation
were enumerated as evil practices with
which Negroes were often charged.
“I know many colored people who
spend more on a pistol every year
‘than they do on the education of their
children,” | Doctor Washington said.
“The pistol, in mine cases out of ten,
not only does not protect the individ-
“ual, but leads him into trouble.””
Resolutions adopted urge the pro-
duetion of food crops in the South.
At was declared that there are 220,000
farms, mostly tenanted by. Negroes,
where there are no hogs; on 250,000 no
poultry 1s raised; 200,000' otf which
there are no gardens, and 140,000 on
which no corn is grown,» Ba
Bankers anil planters were asked to
aid the Negro to raise produets other
than cotton.
Tod Stoan, the famous American
Jockey, 1s at the front with the French
Red Cross, driving motor ambulances.
He was rejected as a soldier, but be-
ing an expert motor driver, was im-
mediately accepted by the medical
authorities. :
Tho letter pagers io Portugal save
themselves much walking on Sundays
‘by delivering letters at church,
Japan's government forests ast
year yielded $6,260,000 in revenue and
‘consumed $2,327,000 in expenses,
“GASCARETS” FOR
SLUGS BOELS
Turn the rascals out—the headache,
biliouaness, indigestion, the sick, sour
‘stomach and foul gases—turn them
out tonight and keep them out with
Cascarets.
Millions of men and women take @
Cascaret now: and then and never
know the misery caused by 0 lazy
_ clogged bowels or an upset stom-
Don’t put in another day of distress.
Let Cascarets cleanse your stomach;
remove the sour, fermenting food;
take the excess bile from your liver
and carry out all the constipated
waste matter and poison in the
bowols. Then you will feel great.”
‘A Cascaret to-night straightens you
out by morning. They work while
you sleep, A 0cent box from
any drug store means a clear head.
sweet stomach and clean, healthy liver
and bowel action for months. Chil
dren love Cascarets because they
never gripe or sicken. Adv.
UNITED STATES RANKS HIGH
Percentage of {iliteracy Compares
Well With Those of Other Coun-
_ tries of the World.
In the United States the percentage
of illiteracy js 7.7 for the total popula-
tion (over ton years of age) and 3 for
the native white population. In Den-
mark, Germany, the Netherlands, Swe
den, Switzerland and the United King-
dom the percentage of Illiteracy ts
lower than that for the native white
pepulation of the United States. Doubt-
leas the list should also include Nor-
way, although no figures aro available
for that country; but in the other Hu-
ropean countries the percentage of
{iiiteracy 1s higher than it is in the
United States, and usually very much
higher. In Bulgaria it is 65 per cent;
in Greece 70, in Hungary 33, tn Italy
27, in Portugal 69, in Roumania 61,
in Russia 69, in Servia 79, and in Spain
68. There ts less Miiterncy in Aus
tralla than in the United States, but in
all other non-European countries the
percentage of filiteracy is in general
very high.
Prudent Woman.
“I thought you sald wo were going
to share everything equally after we
got married,” said.the husband of «
rich woman. ¢
“That was merely your own sugkes-
tion,” she answered calmly, “I have
decided to retain the balance of power
‘until I find out what division you are
going to make of love and affection.”
Seeepeteatsie
But tf Ue te Father
“I'm going t> thrash you soundly,”
‘aid Mr, Washington to Mttle George.
“Do as you please,” responded the
infant father of bis prospective coun
try, “but if you do the American
people will never forgive you.”
‘The Masters.
Flatbush—You know he’s got a plo
ture of one of the old masters at hia
house.
Bensonhurst—Which wife {s it?
Hie Status.
“Young Swift thinks he's a legal
Night.”
“Well, he ts—a legal light weight.”
Success often comes to a man be
cause ho has forgotten that he might
fail.
Most men wouldn't do a thing tf
they didn’t need the coin.
“
I Eat
Grape-Nuts
the Year Round
and it agrees with me,” writes
a doctor, “better than any
breakfast food on the market
—unless there is one I have
not tried.”
Grape-Nuts is scientifi
hai rg belgie
strong and weak Sections,
Long baking—abaut 20 hours
7 partial re-digests the
starch ae Ee quick, easy
assimilation.
jesse Grape Nuts, sup-
at the nutriment of heat
weleskla nine aleeyeeas
often lacking in ordinary food.
Wax-sealed —crisp— read;
to eat—and Secaveteal. > Ge
“There’s a Reason”
Bigs
—sold by Grocers. |
Furnished by Grave and Dignified Military Censors.
Ruseian Soldier's Message of Love
Went Through With Curious Annotation—Kisses Sent to English Girls by the General Staff.
The rigors of the war-time censorship have from time to time drawn the fire of French wit. One lively Parisian journal promises when the war is over to print a long and true story about the tricks devised by soldiers in the field or by prisoners to get some crumbs of information past the official suppressors. Just for the present, however, continues the cheerful Parisian editor, a few retrospective anecdotes must serve—anecdotes called from the history of other wars belonging to the brief period since the censorship was invented. In the Manchurian campaign, for instance, every correspondent in the field was strictly forbidden to send any private letter of any sort. But there was a Russian who got permission on the anniversary of his wedding to telegraph to his wife. "Dearest Marle," he wrote with Slavic fervor, "I send you ten million kisses," and the dispatch went out with this solemn annotation at the bottom: "With the sanction of the imperial military authorities."
Again, in South Africa, the young British soldiers used to wind up their letter to their sweethearts at home with a row of round marks like an "o"—doubtless meant to signify kisses. These innocent marks upset the military censors mightly. Suppose they concealed a treasonable message in code? Finally a more than ordinarily human and intelligent censor hit upon the expedient of making a great many more round marks after the others. That scotched the treasonable cipher if there was one, while supposing there was none, then the girl at home got full measure of what was coming to her. Indeed (remarks the French editor), more than one dear young island thing with a very undemonstrative lover down there in the veldt must have been thrilled and surprised to receive a whole avalanche of kisses, nearly all of them, if she had but known it, the gift of the general staff.
VEGETATION ON THE MOON
Harvard Professor Offers Evidence Which He Believes Disproves a Long-Held Theory.
Professor Pickering of the Harvard astronomical observatory declares that there is nothing less true than that the moon is without air, water or vegetation. There are certain large lunar areas that darken toward lunar noon and fade out toward lunar sunset. They correspond in some degree to the so-called Martian seas, and Professor Pickering proposes the term "fields" to describe these plains or slopes, which he believes to be covered with vegetation. He is convinced that the dark fields to be seen during the lunar summer do not owe their blackness to shadow, for you can see them at full moon when shadows are absolutely invisible. The blue-black color of the fields and canals, he argues, can therefore be owing only to a discoloration of the surface that comes alike on slopes and levels in the lunar summer, and that is invisible in the spring and autumn. We know of no mineral that acts in that manner, and the only possible explanation seems to be that it is the result of a covering of vegetation—Youth's Companion.
BIBLE PRINTED IN ARABIC
Latest Translation of the Scriptures Had to Be Made in a Peculiar Manner.
The Bible is being printed in a new language—the Arabic. Translations of the books of Genesis, Psalms, St. John, St. Luke, St. Matthew, the Acts and Romans have been made by missionaries in Mekines, Morocco, and
5,000 volumes are being published by a large printing house in Kansas City. Photographs of the handwriting prints are made on thin glass and the whole is converted into zinc etchings from which the print is made. Work is now in progress on the Gospel of St. Luke in Shilha, the language of the Berbers, the original, natives of Morocco, who still have their strongholds, as in primitive times, in the mountains.—Technical World Magazine.
TO DEATH IN OCEAN
Pathetic, Yet in a Sense Dramatic, Suicide.
"No Work, No Hope, No Use," Wrote California Man Before Swimming to Oblivion in the Waters of the Pacific.
With $6 and a watch, S. H. Eckhart, #012 Compton avenue, Los Angeles, could find no hope in life. So he went out to sea at Venice and no one has seen him come back, and his clothes and his watch and the $6 were left behind in one of the bathhouse dressing rooms.
No one knows his trade or his identity. He went to Venice with many others for a swim, the surf having only a minor chill to the seasoned swimmer. Quite a few persons were in the water, but not so many that one was lost in the group.
So when the person who was later identified as S. H. Eckhart, walked from the bathhouse to the strand, he was noticed. Before he had left his room in his bathing suit, Mr. Eckhardt evidently had summed up his condition in one short sentence.
It read: "No work, no hope, no use," and was later found planned to his clothing behind the locked door. Beside it lay the $6 in currency and the watch that was ticking faithfully.
Not once after he left the shelter of the bathhouse did the man turn his head. He walked into the water, and the whiteness of his skin did not indicate a hardened swimmer. But he didn't finch. Above his knees the water came, and when about his waist, and as it reached his shoulders he bent over with his face to sea, and took a breaker.
Farther out he came to the surface again, plowing for the open sea. The men on the beach were playing games to keep warm. Someone noted the swimmer a little later, "Quite a ways out," and that was all that was said. Not once did he turn his head. To those on land who were getting ready for their warm rubs he grew smaller and smaller. And at last tar out in the distance, where the vagueness of death itself is hinted in the tint where sky meets sea, they saw the small spot bobbing, and a straining eye could see it bobbing again, and then the little spot went out to sea, and all that came back, as far as anyone could see, was a sea gull that had something important to tell its mates.
INCH OF RAIN MEANS MUCH
Enormous Mass of Water Falls When
That Precipitation Is
Recorded.
Very few persons—even those who
are well informed on most matters—
know how much an inch of rain is.
The average man or woman prob-
H
"Placed end on end, 600 barrels would make two piles taller than the tallest skyscraper."
ably has an idea that an inch of rain is a more trifle on nature's part. This is entirely wrong. In reality it is a good big rainfall—more than falls in most places in an average week.
It is five times more rain than fell in New York city during the 46 days which ended on October 15 last, but that was the longest dry period in the history of the local weather bureau.
A rainfall of one inch mean literally that the amount of water descending in a particular shower would cover the surrounding territory to a depth of one inch, providing it did not run away or soak into the ground.
An inch of rain coming down on a single acre of land would fill more than 600 barrels of 45 gallons capacity each. This amount of water would weigh more than 110 tons, or nearly a quarter of a million pounds.
Paroled Men Make Good
The Missouri state board of pardons and parole submitted a report to Governor Major showing that out of 312 convicts paroled from the prisons in the last two years only 12 have violated their paroles, and have been returned to prison. All the others are following some useful occupation. Those who have obeyed their paroles are earning from nine dollars a week up, several instances being cited where they are earning as much as $100 a month. Out of 500 paroles issued in the last four years only 18 have violated the terms of their release.
METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL
Death Lurks In A Weak Heart
CANADA ONE OF THE WORLD PROVIDERS
Although Canada's real start in national development as pointed out by the Buffalo Commercial, came slowly and late, as compared with that of the United States, it is now well under way, and very soon there will be a marvelous expansion in agriculture, mining and manufacturing.
The paper above mentioned says that "heretofore the development of Canada, like that of the United States, has been Westward, but unlike this country, the Dominion has a great territory to the North, which has been regarded as all but uninhabitable, but in which recent research has proven there are possibilities for development almost inconceivable." After making complimentary reference to the resources of the country tributary to the Hudeson Bay, which will be opened up when the railroad now under construction is completed, the Commercial further says "there are those living today who will see our neighbor on the north a great and powerful nation, and a not insignificant industrial and commercial rival of the United States. The war may retard, but it cannot destroy, Canada's future. And in this expansion no one will more heartily rejoice than the people of the United States, because the prosperity of the Dominion is bound to increase our own."
Herein is the spirit that dominates the Dominion Government when it extends an invitation to Americans to assist in developing the resources that Canada possesses, whether they be mineral, forest, industrial, commercial or agriculture. Both countries will benefit, and the United States will be a gainer by having as a neighbor a country whose resources are as great and varied as are those of Canada. In comparing the United States along with other nations of the world in producing and importing foodstuffs, the Agricultural Outlook published by the United States department of agriculture says:
The United States in recent years has been as large an importer of foodstuffs as exporter; therefore she cannot be classed as a surplus producer of foodstuffs. This is contrary to popular impression. It is true that she is an exporter of certain articles, but she is an equally large importer of other articles. In this classification tea and coffee are included with foodstuffs. In edible grains the production is 23 per cent more than the amount retained; the production of meats is six per cent more—that is, exports of meat equal six per cent of that retained in the United States for consumption; the production of dairy products is 20 per cent more than consumed; the production of poultry is just about equal to consumption; of vegetables, one per cent less.
An investigation into the production, imports and exports of food products of various countries indicates that England produces about 53 per cent of her food requirements, and imports (net) about 47 per cent; Belgium produces 57 per cent, and imports 43 per cent; Germany produces 88 per cent, and imports 12 per cent; France produces 92 per cent, and imports eight per cent; Austria-Hungary produces 98 per cent, and imports two per cent; Russia produces 110 per cent of her requirements, and exports an equivalent of about 10 per cent; Canada produces 23 per cent more than she consumes; Argentina produces 48 per cent more than she consumes; the United States produces practically no more than she consumes (i. e., exports and imports of foodstuffs almost balance).
With this information before the reader, it is not a difficult matter to direct attention to the fact that Canada stands in a pre-eminent position in the matter of grain and cattle production, and with a large territory yet unoccupied she will always maintain it.—Advertisement.
Obedient Tommy.
"Now, Thomas," said the teacher, severely, "how many times must I tell you not to snap your fingers? Put your hand down and presently I'll hear from you." Five minutes later she said: "Now, then, Thomas, what was it you wanted to say?" "There was a man in the entry a while ago," said Thomas serenely, "and he went out with your new silk umbrella."—New York American.
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than these fragrant supercreamy emollients. A one-night treatment will test
them in the severest forms of red, red,
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We would have more ideal cities but
for the scarcity of ideal citizens.
IS CHILD CROSS FEVERISH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is coated, give "California Syrup of Figs."
Children love this "fruit laxative," and nothing else cleanses the tender stomach, liver and bowels so nicely. A child simply will not stop playing to empty the bowels, and the result is they become tightly clogged with waste, liver gets sluggish, stomach sours, then your little one becomes cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat, sleep or act naturally, breath is bad, system full of cold, has sore throat, stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen, Mother! See if tongue is coated, then give a teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in a few hours all the constipated waste, sour bile and undigested food passes out of the system, and you have a well child again.
Millions of mothers give "California Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly harmless; children love it, and it never fails to act on the stomach, liver and bowels.
Ask at the store for a 50-cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups plainly printed on the bottle. Adv.
Crowning Achievement.
"Was the inventor of the destroyer rewarded?"
"They knighted him."
"And the inventor of the destroyer-destroyer?"
"He was created a baron."
"But the destroyer-destroyer-destroyer's inventor—what was done for him?"
"He was made an earl."
"One more question, if you please—what reward, if any, fell to the author of the book which proves that war is a biological necessity?"
"He was created a duke."
"A duke!"
"Yes. We are a cultivated nation, and but for his grace's work we should never have had the face to make use of the inventions of the others."
Not Guilty.
May was taken down South to visit her relations. For the first time in her young life she was thrown in contact with little darkies. Her admiration and awe was great. Meeting a little negro boy one day, she screwed up courage to ask him his name.
"I is dun called David," said the boy.
"Oh!" exclaimed May, her face lighting up with surprise and pleasure, "are you the David that killed Gollath?"
The little black boy gave a frightened glance around, and, beginning to whimper, she shrieked: "Naw, I ain't nebber teched him."
A RICH MAN'S ROMANCE
Would you believe it, the ordinary Potato has made Henry Schroeder, a poor emigrant boy, the Rich Potato King of the Red River Valley and wound around him a romance which every ambitious farmer boy will want to read in Salzer's Seed Catalog. Among Mr. Schroeder's strong statements are: "In years of Potato plenty, plant plenty Potatoes!" Or, in other words, when Potatoes are plenty and cheap in Fall and Winter, plant plenty Potatoes the following Spring, and look for 70, 80, 90c Potatoes in Summer and Fall. Good common sense advises that. Worth following every time!
Ten bushels enough seed to plant an acre of Schroeder's Famous Ohio—that great Potato—good in early Summer, good in Winter, good in Fall, good all the year around. In a bed of blood blue seed costs $165,000 now of its. Headquarters for Alfalfa.
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She—Would you leave your home for me?
He—I'd leave a baseball game in the ninth inning with the score a tie.
A Press Agent.
Mask—Who, is that fellow coming out of your room with a suit?
Wig—That's my press agent.
HORSES FOR EUROPE
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SHOW SUPREMACY OF SOUL
Bright Spots In Dark Incidents of the Great Conflict Going on In Europe.
Courage is the universal possession of the German, the Englishman, the Frenchman, the Belgian, the Austrian, the Russian and the Japanese. The stories of individual coolness and daring are so many that they have almost ceased to attract special attention. The other day, when the British dreadnaught Formidable went down in a storm, crushed like an egg shell by torpedoes or mines, its captain—Loxley—was on the bridge as it sank; and his last words were: "Steady men; it's all right; keep cool, do not get in a panic; be British." Every officer was at his post; many of them had lighted cigarettes. This stirring exhibition of the fact that the man does not die when his body falls in the trenches or sinks in the ocean can be matched in every navy and army. All Europe is fighting for invisible things. There never was such universal and commanding evidence that the soul of humanity is supreme and invincible—From the Outlook.
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When you darken your hair with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, because it's done so naturally, so evenly. Preparing this mixture, though, at home is mussy and troublesome. For 50 cents you can buy at any drug store the ready-to-use tonic called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy." You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning all gray hair disappears, and, after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully darkened, glossy and luxuriant. You will also discover dandruff is gone and hair has stopped falling.
Gray, faded hair, though no disgrace, is a sign of old age, and as we all desire a youthful and attractive appearance, get busy at once with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur and look years younger. Adv.
Beginning the Day.
Oh, God, give me freedom. Loose me from the shackles of fear and hate and all sin. Break my cage and lead me out. Let me feel the wings which I have dreamed about. Tame the heights for me. Give my soul its proper air. Show me the fullness and the far reaches of Life. In Christ's name. Amen.—H. M. E.
HIs Collection.
Wife—John, the bill collector's at the door.
Hubby—Tell him to take that pile on my desk—Penn State Froth.
A wise woman refuses to ask her husband to accompany her to church of he talks in his sleep.
A girl's idea of a ringleader is the first man to come along with a solitaire.
Some men are healthy because no self-respecting germ would go near them.
Fortunate is the man who really deserves his own good opinion of himself.
Monuments to men really great are superfluous.
HORSE
Europe is buying thousands
army agents refuse all hose
and buckles, because it does
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Wedded Life.
"Did your wife ever get the best of you?"
"Is your boy learning much at college?"
"No, but I am."—Indianapolis Star.
The Invariable Loser.
"Did you ever play cards for money?"
"Yes; but I never got it."
It is easy for a shiftless man to tell what wonderful things he would do if he only had a million plunks.
Every time a man looks into a mirror he imagines he sees the reflection of a hero.
People cause no surprise by saying they enjoy good health. Why shouldn't they?
For the treatment of colds, sore throat, etc., Dean's Mentholated Cough Drops give sure relief—be at all good Druggists.
And many a chap talks like a wise man and acts like a fool.
The heart of a pretty girl may be as chilly as a dog's nose.
Cigarettes are the mildest and most pleasing form of tobacco. Three out of four smokers prefer FATIMAS to any other 15e cigarette.
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A Bridal Tour.
"I want to go abroad the worst
way!" exclaimed the young thing.
"Then you should marry. I know of
no worse way."
Saying which, the older thing smiled harshly.
A female cynic is one who declares that all men are alike.
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Metropolis Gazette
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MRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER
J. B. McCABY, EDITOR
FRIDAY FEB. 19. 1915.
Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois.
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Announcements.
We are authorized to announce T. F. McCANNYRE as a candidate for Mayor of Metropolis subject to the decision of the voters of the city at the April election next.
We are authorized to announce W. H. KARR as a candidate for Mayor of Metropolis, subject to the decision of the voters of the city at the April election next.
Persons who owe the Gazette would greatly lesson the financial burden of the publishers by remitting at once.
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.
Native Salve.
We have just recived some more of Native Salve and it is going very fast, those in Carbonand Md. City can secure a box or more now by 50c, per box. Act quick if you want it. Send all orders to Rev. J. B. McCrary.
Ordination Licentiate license blanks at the Gazette office.
Boss Strickland of Star Line Works, Ky., was in the city last week visiting his sister Mrs. Minnie cook.
NOTICE.
To the voters of Road District No. 4 County of Massac State of Ill. I am a Candidate for reelection for District Clerk and Treasurer of Road District no. 4. Your vote and influence are solicited. The election will be on the first Tuesday, in April the 6th 1915, I dont expect to see every man in the District. I dont expect to see every man in the district. I think all know me well, and also know how I attended to the office.
Rev. J. B. McCrary, will pay his missionary visit to Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. and church on the 4th Sunday in February, the 28th Let thoie who owe for The Gazette be prepared to pay.
We are informed that Rev. Cole of the A. M. E. Church, of Brookbort is in a revival with a good success.
The Editor of The Gazette will be in Brookport, Friday and Sa-Collecting and Canavssing for the paper. Please do not make any excuse but let us have a little "In God We Trust."
Subscribe for The Gazette.
NOTICE.
The out of town Trustees of the Livingston Institute are hereby notified to meet the Board of Trustees on Monday March 1st at Metropolis. Business of importance as to opening of said School claims your presence—J. B. McCraig, Secretary.
We wish to thank Mr. Peter Haynes of Brookport, for his renewal to the Gazette.
Rev J M Blake,' wishes to the First Baptist Church and friends for the $2,10 donated to him Sunday night. He is slowly improving.
Mesdames Ella Flowers, Mary Wyley and Miss Martha Hodge, of Brookport, were in the city for a few hours Tuesday.
Mrs. Henritta Bailey Groves, is much improved at this writing.
Mrs. Ella Givens, of Paducah, Ky. is in the city visiting her son Chas.
Jessee Fossie, of near Choat's is at the home of Mr. Henry's on roth st. under the care of the Dr. Walbright. He is reported much better.
Rev. Leavell, who is assisting Rev. J. W. Davie, in his series of revival meetings was at his charge Sunday in Princeton, Ky. returning to this city again Monday.
Rev. S. Williams, of Paducah, preached at Rev. Dr. Parrish's church in Joppa Sunday a. m., passed thru this city the same after-noon, called on the Editor and Rev Davie. Attended services at the First Baptist Church in the Kvening.
Mrs. Leah Reed was called to St. Louis, Mo. last Friday to attend the bed-side of her sister Mrs. Maggie Waters, who is seriously sick with that dreadful disease pneumonia.
Mrs, L, M. Phillips, who is a teacher in the Centralia, public schoolools visited her mothers and sisters Saturday and Sunday. Ambus Wiley, of Brookport was in the city Sunday visiting relatives and friends. Rev, M. Wallace, pastor of the First Baptist Church(white) was in a two weeks revival meeting. He was ably assisted by the Rev. Wolle, and his singer evangelists on the State Board.
During this meeting several old and young men and women were brought to Chrsit thru the able sermons of Wolfe and Wallace.
Last Sunday after-noon at 2:30 p.m. the church with their 14 candidates for baptism stood on the banks of the beautiful Ohio with its swelling tide before a large crowd of 1000 people (approx.) both colored and white and were baptized by the pastor.
Rev. Wallace is doing commendable work along all lines in Metropolis.
Miss Bessie Thomas has returned home after visiting several months in the Southern States.
James H. Neely is now employed in a private home in Paducah, Ky.
Mrs. Nollie Parks, is reported sick at at this writing We wish for her a speedy recovery
Wanted----200 customers at the Last Chance grocery to buy 3 cans of best tomatoes and corn for 25c.
Mrs. John Woods of Murpysborn, died about two weeks ago after a prolonged illness.
She was a member of the Eastern Star. Bro. Jno. Woods, her husband was stricken last Friday and died last Sunday. The Ga
zette is in deep sympathy for the relatives.
The week opened with a good enrollment, only a few being absent in the High School.
Miss Iola Urquhart was absent on account of sickhess, the Seniors missed her.
The schedule for studise were changed, probably the Latin Class will have better lessons now as it comes in the after-noon.
Dunbar has many attending school now the enrollment bei g 173 pupils.
No. 1-Miss Mae E. Roberts, 54
" 2-" Love Phillips, 46
" 3-Mr. J. Thos. Lyons, 53
" 4-Prof. G. E Masterson, 25
Total regular attendance 173
The Seniors will meet Tuesday in its regular meeting.
Mr. Omer Barnett, a Junior was given permission to bring his cornet over and join in the morning exercise.
Miss A. G. Neely lectured on the life of James Russell Lowell, Monday Oh! how we wished he could have heard her.
A good Geometry lesson was recited to-day (Monday) by the Seniors.
Dear are the Freshman's who are ever on the job, with Angus English leading the class.
EVIVIAN HALL.
National Baptist Convention
The National Baptist Convention will Convene in Chicago in September next. The Baptist of Illinois will have a rare opportunity to attend the largest Negro gathering in the world at a small cost in travel.
A good Colored man and wife are wanted to work on a farm. I have a house for them. For further information call at the Gazette office or see W. O. Brown Joppa, Ill.
First Crime Comes to Light and Stops Chance of Commutation.
KANSAS CITY, MO., February 15
Wesley Robinon, a negro, was hanged here to-day for the murder of his wife and stepdaughter by chocking.
"I'm guilty and I'm willing to pay the penalty," were Robinson's last words.
Robinson served a prison term for killing his first wife in the same manner in St. Louis in the year of 1896. He had a good chance until last Thursday to have his sentence commuted.
Then information came to light concerning his St. Louis crime.
Making Good.
Kenneth Taylor, who was sent to the State Reformatory several monts ago for striking awhite man here for calling him a name. In a letter to his grandma Tinsley, he sent her $10.00 to assist her for her kindness to him. He says he is doing well and is well cared for and is making straight time. He gets pay for his work in the factory and is making good in his studies. He writes a very intelligent letter and from its tone he has improved in his deportment. He has saved up a neat little sum of money.
NOTICE
To the Ministers, Deacons and Members composing the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association.
The Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association will meet in its second quarterly meeting with the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church Harrisburg, Thursday be-
---
fore the 3rd Sunday in March.
Much business of importa e to be transacted. Every officer is expected to be at his post.
Let every church send up $1.00 for expenses.
The school will have been opened and we need money.
Yours in Christ.
D. Parrish, D. D..
Moderator.
Tax Purchaser's Notice.
Metropolis, Ill., Feb. 15, 1915.
To L. B. Klotz, The City of Brookport, unknown owners, heirs, tenants, and parishes interested or in possession
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED,
That a sale of Real Estate made by the Sheriff of Massac County Illinois at the east door of the Court House, in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac and State of Illinois, on the 14th day of July 1913 S. B. Kerr purchased the following described Real Estate, situated in said County for the Taxes, Interest, Penalties and Costs due and unpaid thereof, for the year A. D. 1912, to-wit:
That parf of S 1-2 of Southeast fourth of the Northeast quarter of Section 14, Township 19 South, Ranga 5 east, 3rd P. M. Massae Co. Illinois which lies south of the I.C. R. R. right of way and North of the Easterly end of Caldwell Street of the City of Brookport, Ill., Assessed to L.E. Klotz containing 1-3 of acre. And that the time allowed by law for the redemption of said Real Estate will expire on the 14th day of July A. D. 1915.
S. B. KERA, Purchases.
Tax Purchaser's Notice.
Metropolis, Ill., Feb. 15, 1915.
To John Chapman, unkown owners, heirs, tenants and parties interested d or in possession.
YOU ARE HERSEY NOTIFIED
That at a sale of Real Estate made by the Sheriff of Massac Co., Ill., at the east door of the Court House, in the City of Metrobolis, County of Massac, and State of Illinois, on the 14th day of July A. D. 1913, Thomas Roberts purchased the following described Real Estate, situated in said County, for the Taxes, interest, Penalties and costs due and unpaid thereon, situated in said County, for the year A. D. 1912, to wit
Lot Two (2) in Block Five (5) of the village of Robinsville on north side of the City of Brockport, Massac Co., Illinois.
That Thomas Roberts assigned his
Certificate of Purchase to S. B. Kerr
on the 11th day of August 1915.
S. B KERR, Assignes of Thomas
Roberts, Purchaser.
Tax Purchaser's Notice.
Metropolis, Ill., Feb. 15, 1915.
To Lyman S. Klotz, The Gulf Connecting Lines R. R. Co., unknown owners, heirs, tenants and parties interested or in possession.
YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED.
That at a sale of Real Estate made by the Sheriff of Massac Co., Ill., as the east door of the Court House, in the City of Metropolitan, County of Masono, and State of Illinois, on the 14th day of July A. D. 1913, William Wright purchased the following described Real Estate, situated in said County, for the Taxes, Interest, Penalties and Costs due and unpaid thereon, for the year A. D. 1912, to wit;
That part of the S 1-2 of the Northwest quarter of Section 13, Township 15 South, Range 5 east, 3rd P. M. Massac Co., Illinois, formerly owned by John D. Smith, who conveyed same to Lyman F. Klotz in whose name said tract is now assessed, and contains 2 1-2 acres.
That William Wright assigned his Certificate of Purchase to S. B. Kerr on the 11th day of August A. D. 1913. And that the time allowed by law for the redemption of said Real Estate will expire on the 15th day of July A. D. 1915.
S. B. KHRR, Assignae of William Wright, Purchaser.
H. A. Taylor Won Out
Horace A. Taylor a former Metropolis boy grandson of Mrs. Henry Tinsley, a graduate o Dunbar High School this city and a graduate of the Law Department of the State University of Illinois has passed the State examination in Missouri and has been admitted to the bar to practice law in that state. He has flung out his shingle to the breeze in St. Mo. at 3 North 14, st.
Livingston Institute
Second Session
Opens Monday
This school is well graded Department. All work is well and able Instructors, select work
Special Courses in M and in Theology.
Entrance Fee $2.00
Tuition Rates: Tuition, Normal and English or Tuition, Instrumental music (in
Tuition Typewriting (including Tuition Plain Sewing per month Tuition, Vocal music
Tuition Printing
Industrial Department
per month Printing Free
Board and Roomsible rate.
In every case, 4 weeks will All charges must be paid in an and Prospectus Address
J. B. McGRARY,
Box 107
Monday March 8th 1915
Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study
Free $2.00 a Session
Courses: Tuition. Theological Department per month.....$1.00
and English courses per month each **1.00
mental music (including rent of instrument).....**2.50
ing (including rent) per month.....**1.50
ing per month.....**1.00
usic.....Free
Free
Departments Domestic Science, Milli-
nery and Dressmaking $2
ing Free
Rooms Board and rooms can be secured in private families at a reasona-
4 weeks will be counted for a school month
be paid in advance. For any information
address
McGRARY, Supt. and Sec'y.
Metropolis, Ill.
This school is well graded and equipped Grammar School Department. All work is well organized under Departmental and able Instructors, selected for Special Departmenta work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study in Theology
ble rate. 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
Success to Horace. He owes much to the Mulkies, white attorney's of Metropolis, and too, by the way they are democrats. Horace is a close student and an excebitional young man.
Livingston Institute at Metropolis, is prepared with the service of Prof Wm E. Bailey, who is prepared to give instruction to the young men and women seeking a higher education and who has not the means to go off and take a higher Course to give them what they need a very nominal fee.
The school will open its doors, Monday March 8th per announcement in this weeks issue. We are prepared to give you Music, Theology or anything you need.
The young men and women should not trifle away their opportunity.
For the Great Native Salve Cure, that was discoved 3500 feet down in the earth, Call on or write The Gazette office. 500 per Box.
as mercury will surely destroy the sine of me 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. Teledo, O., costaas no mercury, 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 gennine. It is taken internally and made in Tealdh Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tentimonial free Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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.
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.
If you want your skin to look pretty and soft, try a bottle of Dixie Liquid Bleach at McCrary & Sons.
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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. 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, 1916, 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. The "Twice-a-Week" edition of that sterling publication, a great Semi-Weekly newspaper with a weekly Farm and Home Magazine Section in colors, is offered at the special rate of two years or two yearly subscriptions for one dollar. The DAILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, six issues per week, is offered to Rural Free Delivery and Stat Route patrons, yearly subscriptions only, for $2.30 per year, or if the Sunday paper is desired, seven issues per week for $4.50 per year. The regular price of the DILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT including Sunday, is $6.00 per year, Daily without Sunday $4.50 per year. Sunday $2.00 per year. Read the announcement and order the GLOBE DEMOCRAT, either daily or "Twice-a-week", to-day. Addres Globe Printing Company, publishers, St. Louis, Mo.