Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE 9:20 Institute called to order by President ... J. W. Corneal Devotionals led by Ullin and Unionville Delegates 9:30 Calling roll of officers, appointment of various committees and miscellaneous business. 9:30 Welcome address.....Mt. Vernon Delegate Response .....Carrier Mills Delegate 10:00 Topic, Working for things, (a)Temporal, (b)Eternal. Opened by Willis Bowers .....Carbondale, Discussion 10:20 Introduction of visitors 11:00 Sermon .....Rev. A. Loyelace, Murphysboro. Collection and adjournment. Noon AFTERNOON SESSION 1:20 Devotionals .....Cobden Delegate 2:00 Calling roll and reading morning journal. 2:15 Report of the committee on Nomination of officers.. 2:30 Fager, Optional .....Ollie Buchanan Metropolis 2:40 President's Annual Address. 3:00 Report of various committees. 4:30 Collection and adjournment. 8:20 B. Y. P. U. called to order by Pres., Rev. F. Bomar. Devotionals.....Mound City Delegate 9:00 Calling roll of officers Appointment of various committees Miscellaneous business 9:30 Welcome address.....Mt. Vernon B. Y. P. U. Pres. Response.....Centralia B. Y. P. U. Delegate. 9:40 Importance of religion to the young people.....Mrs. Cora Lee West Cairo. Discussion 10:00 Introduction of Visitors. 19:20: Paper, Indulgence of children.....Sparta B. Y. P. U. Delegate. 10:30 Solo.....Mt. Moriah B. Y. P. U. Delegate 10:40 Topic, Influence of Evil Companionship.....Carbondale B. Y. P. U. Delegate. 11:00 Sermon.....Rev. Pruitt, Future City Collection and Adjournment. 1:30 Devotional..... Belgrade Delegate 2:00 Calling roll. Reading of morning journal. 2:15 Reading letters. 2:45 Report of committee on Nomination of Officers. 3:00 Presidents Annual Address. 3:15 Report of various committees. 4:00 Collection and Adjournment. NIGHT 7:30 Devotional..... Future City B. Y. P. U. Delegate 8:00 Calling roll. Reading of afternoon journal. Annual sermon..... Rev. C. W. Norment, Carbondale Collection 35th Annual Session of The Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention, June 25-27, 1915, Mt. Vernon Ill. 8:30 Convention called to order.....Pres. D. Farrow. Devotional .....Dewmaine delegate. 9:00 Calling roll of officers. Appointment of committee on Enrollment. 9:15 Welcome address.....Mt. Vernon S. S. Supt. Response .....Harrisburg S. S. Supt 9:30 Appointment of committees. 9:45 Missionary Spirit...Opened by Mt. Olive Delegate Duquoin Discussion 10:15 Chorus 10:20 Paper, Training our Girls ...Ollie Lawton, Future City 10:30 Topic, Periodical changes in the Nations ...Round Table 11:00 Annual Sermon.....Rev. J. H. Starks, 1st B. Cairo Collection Adjournment, AFTERNOON SESSION 1:30 Devotional.....Texas Bend Delegate Praise Service 2:00 Calling roll Reading the afternoon journal 2:15 Report of Committee on Nomination of Officers. 2:30 Reading of letters. 3:00 Caring for Self and Neglecting Home... Mrs. Hester Taylor, Cairo 3:15 Sermon.....Rev. J. D. Crossland, Carrier Mills 4:00 Collection Adjournment, NIGHT SESSION 7:20 Devotional.....Mt. Moriah Delegate, Cairo. 8:00 Calling roll and reading afternoon journal. 8:15 President's Annual Address. 8:30 Literary Program. Collection Installation of Officers SATURDAY A. M. PROGRAM 1 Session of The Sunday Child With the Shiloh Epap Mt. Vernon, Ill. Wednesday, June 23, 1919 called to order by President by Ullin and Unionville D oll of officers, appointment of bus business. address.....Mt. Ca Working for things, (a) Tem- lis Bowers. Ca Cation of visitors Rev. A. Loyelace, adjournment. AFTERNOON SESSION als.....Call and reading morning journal the committee on Nominatio optional.....Ollie B 's Annual Address. various committees. and adjournment. NIGHT? als.....Call, Reading afternoon journal peron.....P. Installation of Officers Session of The B. Y. P. June, 24, 1915. U. called to order by Press. roll of officers V various committees business address.....Mt. Vernon .....Centrelia B. Y. P. ce of religion to the young pe Cora Lee West Cairo. tion of Visitors. Inculgence of children.... a B. Y. P. U. Delegate. .....Mt. Moriah B. Influence of Evil Companionship ondale B. Y. P. U. Delegate. .....Rev. Pruitt, I Adjournment. AFTERNOON SESSION ball. Reading of morning letters. of committee on Nomination of its Annual Address. of various committees. and Adjournment. NIGHT ball. Future City B. ball. Reading of afternoon. Rev. C. W. Normen. Officers Assession of The Mt. Olive B on, June 25-27, 1915, Mt. V. on called to order..... ..... ..... roll of officers. of committee on Enrollment. address....Mt. Hall ment of committees. Mary Spirit. Opened by Mt. Olive Training our Girls ... Ollie L. Periodical changes in the Nati Sermon. Rev. J. H. AFTERNOON SESSION al.....Toll roll Reading the afternoon of Committee on Nomination of of letters. or Self and Neglecting Home Hester Taylor, Cairo Rev. J. D. Cross on Adjournment, NIGHT SESSION nal.....Mt. Mort roll and reading afternoon jo Address. MOTTO : 'HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY.' UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY JUN 28 1915 3:45 Solo.....J. W. Corneal 4:00 Collection Adjournment NIGHT SESSION 7:30 Devotional.....Murphysboro Delegate 8:00 Calling roll Reading afternoon journal Sermon.....Rev. E, Holmes, Mt. Zion, Duquoin SUNDAY A. M. 9:30 Sunday School called to order by.....Mt. Vernon Supt. 10:30 Devotional.....Mounds Delegate 11:00 Sermon.....Rev. H. Allison, Centralia Collection Adjournment NOON 2:30 Devotional.....Mrs. Nellie Starks, Cairo 3:00 Memorial services by...Revs. J. B. McCrary, I. W. Winston, J. H. Knowles. Collection Adjournment NIGHT 7:30 Devotional.....Future City Delegate 8:00 Calling roll Reading Afternoon Journal. Sermon.....Rev. D. Parrish, Mounds Collection Adjournment ```markdown ``` Originally scheduled to be run at Speedway Park, Chicago, on Sat urday, June 19th has been postpened until Efficient Service to Chicago and to Speedway Park, Via the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD See your Local Ticket Agent in regard to train service and fares to Chicago. H. J. PHELPS, General Passenger Agent, Chicago. REV. McDONALD LOSES SUIT AGAINST PIL-GRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. this action for three months' sary. He had a verdict for $312 25 and defendant moves for Judgment. This action is predicated upon Judge Kelly, on Motion of Lawyer W. T. Francis, Vacates the Verdict of the Jury and Orders Judgement In Favor of Pilgrim Baptist Church. State Of Minnesota, County of Ramsey, DISTRICT COURT, Second Judicial District EPHRAIM H. McDONALD vs PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH. After hearing counsel for the respective parties and alter inspecting the files and the minutes of the trial Judge made at the trial. ORDERED, that the motion of the defendant for an order vacating the verdict of the jury and directing that judgement notwithstanding the verdict be entered in favor of said defendant Pilgrim Baptist Church is granted and said judgement is ordered accordingly. WILLIAM LEWIS KELLY, District Judge. Dated at St. Paul, June 2 A. D. 1915. MEMORANDUM. The plaintiff was pastor of the defendant congregation at a salary of $100 00 per month, until May 15, 1914, on which date he was dismissed by the congregation. His salary was paid at that time in full, but, claiming that he was entitled to 3 month's notice of his dismissal, he brings ```markdown ``` this action for three months' salary. He had a verdict for $312.25 and defeadant moves for Judgment. This action is predicated upon a "note found in Hiscox' Manual to the effect that in the Baptist Church the relation of pastor and congregation can be dissolved only by mutual consent, or upon three months' notice. Upon plaintiff's testimony identifying this book as applicable generally to all Baptist Churches and that he had used it, the book was admitted that the defendant church was entirely independent, the people thereof making their own rules, and that Manual had never been used by them, the court promptly withdrew the book from the jury. Probably the jury was mislead by it, however. The plaintiff then undertook to prove an established custom of the congregatied, in use by it prior to his being installed as pastor, which required such notices of ninety days. One respectable member of long standing gave testimony tending to sustain this claim. However six equally respectable members as witnesses denied that any such custom prevailed. Besides this the congregational records for fifteen years tend to show that no such custom had ever been existed or had ever been acted upon. With these church records and with the almost unanimous testimony of the officers of this congregation, against plaintiff's claims, a verdict in his favor cannot be sustained. Even if a Custom of this sort, requiring three month's notice from the congregation to plaintiff to dispense with his services, ex- listed he had such notice when on 11th, 1914, more than three months before his dismissal on May 15th, 1914, the officers in the name of the congregation and by its authority demanded his resignation. No special form of notice was necessary and by this demand plaintiff received over three months notice from the people. The jury perhaps felt that a man of the plaintiff's profession should have notice of the congregations desire to change its pastorate for the reason that employment of this character is sometime difficult to readily obtain. The facts in this case which led to the plaintiffs dismissal were not before jury but I suspect plaintiff being aware of this coming change made timely provision before hand. In any event I am satisfied that taking the most favorable view of plaintiff's case, he has no just and legal claim against these people for three month's salary which never earned and never intended to earn. For this reason, if none other that plaintiff received more three months' notice of the intention to dispense with his services before it acted. Rev. McDonald and his lawyers abandoned all efforts in the case and have paid the costs incurred by the church, including the tees of its witnesses. BALL GAME. The Metropolis Giants crossed bats Sunday June 19th with the Brookport Club and defeated them easily. Lyons opened the game for Metropolis and let them down with one score for 14 inning. Then Blakemore, the big speed merchant, went in to finish up, as the day was so warm and they didn't want to pitch "Stew" Lyons, the spit ball artist, Blakemore allowed them to make two scores on errors. Harris was on the mound for Brookport and was hit long and hard during the game; it was an easy victory for the boys as the Brookport boys were off. The Metropolis Club expects to meet the fast Murray team Sunday June 27th. This is the team that held our boys to 14 innings 9 and 8 in Metropolis favor. This is a fast and clever bunch of players and the Giants are going to give them a close call for their money, game called at 1:30 p. m. Manager Adams has his boys under good control and they are playing a nice clean game of ball. Called to Her Home. Miss Gladys Morton, who for some time has been visiting her cousins the Parks family, was called to her home at Hartford, Ky., Monday, on the account of the serious sickness of her mother. We hope when she arrived at her mother's bed-side she found her much improved, and she may be able to return to the city soon, as she will be greatly missed by her friends. SHOT AND SERIOUSLY WOUNDED. Harrison Mason a young man ot Brookport, was shot and seriously wounded in the left side and fractured one of his ribs with a 44 caliber dungeon by a man by the name of Wm Thorpe, at a picnic last Saturday night week at Unionville. It is said that Mason was drinking and was partly in fault he is regarded as a dangerous fellow when drinking. Another boy by the name of Shannon attempted to shoot him but his gun failed to fire, he is now incarcerated in the county Jail here. The Thorpe man took to tall timber and has not yet been cap prehended. Thus we see another evil of whisky. We hope for young Mason a speedy recovery. REV. B. N. MURRELL TO PREACH Rev. B, N. Murrell, pastor of Pilgrims Baptist Church, St. Paul will preach Sunday afternoon 3:30 P. M. at Bethesda Bapt st Church. Rev. Murrell read a paper, before the Trinity Ministers Alliance in Minneapolis last Monday, which won him a place of honor among the clergy of the Twin Cities. Galesburg, Ill., June 14-15. The Womans Missionary and Educational Convention closed a successful meeting at Rock Island: 52 delegates, 26 circles and 3 district, 1 Congress Association representing. The amount up to date $156.34. Mrs. Eva Hooper, National Trustee of N. B. T, S. made an excellent report of 5 years work reporting $1001.78; after which she reigned from the work. Officers were elected as follows: Pres. Mrs. E. T. Dean Champain, 1st Vice Pres., Mrs. M. Francis Chicago, 2nd Vice, Mrs. Eva Hick Chicago, 3rd Vice, Mrs. D Russell, Aurora, 4th Vice, Mrs. E. Bassett Rock Island, 5th Vice, Mrs. M. May Wheaton, Rec Sec, Ms I. Maxwell Chicago, Cor. Sec., Mrs S Hazel Galeburg, Treas., Mrs. C. C. Cullars Evanston, Executive Board Member, Mrs. L. Bell, Aurora, National Director, Mrs. L H. Kemp Champaign, National Board Member, Mrs. C. D. Trice, Chicago, National Organizer of Children's Board, Mrs F. Cook Quincy, National Trustee of Training School, Mrs. W. English Chicago, National Organizer of Young Girl's Bands, Mrs. E. C. Morris Maywood, FOR SALE. 1 Walnut Bed Room Set. 1 Hall Tree. 1 Pair Large Pillows. 1 Walnut Parlor Set. 1 Feather Bed. 1 Set Bed Springs. Call at my home on 6th Street. Z. A. VALLEE Enough Said. Irascible Old Gent (to schoolgirl who has collided with him)—"When you run into people like that you should say, 'I beg your pardon.'" Girl—"There wormot no need. I heard what you said."—Sydney Bulletin. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS In the fall of 1879, when a little group of colored folk were seeking a Place for themselves to worship, It was the very kind and good Doctor Locke of Grace church who helped them get a hall in which to begin the work of an unorganized mission. In this humble way the first congrega- tion of coiored people of our church in Chieago began. In 1881 Rev. James Thompson was appointed as their first colored priest in charge. In 1883, largely through the munifl- cence of Mr, and Mrs. Tolman. Wheel- er, St. Thomas’ church was built on South Dearborn near Thirtieth street. Mr, Thompson was a nian of rare good judgment and affability, and when he retired, in 1896, was succeed- ed by Rev. A. H. Lealted, Mr. Lealted did faithful work for nine years, and when he left in 1905 there were three hundred communicants in St. Thomas’. ‘The present priest in charge, Rev. J. B. Massiah, came to Chicago from De- troit in 1906, and found a loyal con- gregation which had grown too large for its quarters on Dearborn street. Mr. Massiah’s first plan, which Bishop Anderson heartily endorsed, was to get @ building that would meet the demands of the growing ingress of the colored people into Chicago from the South, Just a year ufter Mr. Massiab’s: coming the present church building at Wabash avenue and Thirty-eighth street was bought from the Calvary Baptist congregation for $20,000, Since then the gains made by this congrega- tion of colored people, all of whom are poor, have been remarkable. Very large confirmation classes have been presented during the last eight years, the aggregate being 63: persons, cr an average of nearly 80 persons a year. The number conlirmed by Bishop Anderson at his last visitation wos 101. The +.mmunicants have in- creased to. 900; the Sunday school hhgs an enrollment of 250; the guild bas 150 members in its different de- partments, Few churclies nave a larg- er contributing list in proportion to the size of the congregation than this church. The current demands are Recess the church is kept in splendid Hon, and generous con- tributions made to missions, ‘There are 70,000 colored persons in Chicago, and St. Thomas’ is the only church of our Communion to minister to this Jarey ahd ever growing num- ber. The total present indebtedness on the chureh property is $9,500, and this sum must be raised by May 1. ‘The Church League for Colored Work in the diocese is acting as the agent for the board of missions in asking aid for the work. In commending the work of the league to the public, Bishop Anderson refers to the needs of the colored people, and of the ef- forts being made at St. Thomas’ to meet them, and says: “It will be seen that this church is not ouly a beneficiary of missionary enterprise, but also a contributor towards it. ‘They have done well. Let us help those who have shown a willingness and ability to help themselves.” Con- tributions may be sent to the treas- urer, Mr. E. P. Bailey, Chicago Sav- Jngs bank; or to Rev, J. B. Massiah, 3817 Wabash avenue. The American sewing machine, oil and tobacco companies that have suc- cessfully entered the Cmmese market have agents all through the interior. ‘The sewing machine company has even established schools in which Chi- nese women are taught to embroider on machines. ‘The Negroes are making progress, probably faster than is realized by themselves or their white fellow itizens. A billetin recently issued by the United States census bureau shows notable advance in many ways, ‘The bulletin itself is the work of Ne- groes. ‘The Negro population in 1790 was 757,208, or 19.3 per cent of the total population of the nation. In 1910 ‘the Negro population was 9,827,763, or 10.7 per cent of the total. The in- erease has not kept pace, in propor- tion, with the white growth, for the reason that so many millions of the latter races have come in by immigra- tion, There has been gratifying growth in religious organization and profession. In 1906 there were 36, 770 Negro church organizations with 3,685,097 communicants or members. Between 1890 and 1906 the number of Negro church organizations increased by 567 per cent and the number of communicants or membets by 27.8 per cent, the inerease in Negro population during the same period being 26.1 per cent. As a rule gray horses live the long- est and roans next. About sixty-five per cent of the Swiss Federal railways rest on steel tires. In the fiscal year ending March 14, 1914, Canada welcomed 400,000 new settlers. * About. one-third of the textile goods mado in France is the produet of fe- male labor. More than 1,600 motorcycles have just been ordered by the Russian army from Englana. For the exceptional man there must always be the opportunity to rise just as far as his genius will carry him; in the second place, if a great mass of people is to be uplifted, they must have leaders of their own fitted to command because of their intellectual powers and thelr specially advanced training. They must have intelligent and well-taught clergymen, teachers, physicians and lawyers, to say noth- ing of the other professions and of the need of skilled insurance company managers, bankers, ete. ‘These are not often to be obtained from the common schools, particularly {f these schools aré mere pretenses, not schools, as are 80 many in the southern states. This need has recently been well expressed in the first report of the general edu- cation board, where it is pointed out that if “primary and secondary Negro schools are to have good teachers, principals and supervisors, provision must be made for the higher training of these instructors and supervisors.” At the same time the report points out that the “mere attempt to deliver the traditional college curriculum to the Negro does not constitute a higher edu- cation,” and urges the establishment of college curricula which shall be adapted from time to time to the needs, environment, and capacity of the Negro student. With this we are in the main heartily agreed, and in so far as the opposition to the higher ed- ueation of the Negro is based on a be- Kef that subjects are taught him which ean have no practical value for him, this program would properly meet the objection. For the exceptional man of Pro- fessor Just’s type no one ought, how- ever, to fence in any field of learn- ing. He should be free to roam wherever he will in our choicest ed- ucational pastures. Anything else would spell folly and, what is worse, gross national injustice which would merely haye to be stated to carry its own condemnation. Whenever oppo- sition to throwing open the doors of our educational institutions is based merely on color prejudice aud a be- lief in another person's alleged inferl- ority, it, most be attacked without a moment's delay. Professor Just and his peers of his race are the most ef- fective answer to those who would g0 ‘back to the educational dark ages. — New York Evening Post. E. B. Baldwin gave a formal dinner here to eleven of his father’s former slaves, according to a Marshallville (Ga.) dispatch to the New York World. He. himself remembers the closing days of the Confederacy. He and his brother, W. P. Baldwin, wore aprons and served as butlers. The guests, six old “mammies” and five Negro men, were ushered into the large dining room and seated at ta- bles. The dinner had been directed by the best cook in South Georgia, W. P. Baldwin offered a prayer of thanksgiving that brought tears to the eyes of all. One of the oldest “mam- mies” delivered a temperance lecture, and when she sat down the sister sit- ting next to her said: “Shaw! I drink whisky when ebber J gits it. I went to Miss Johnson's re- cently and ast her for a drink and she gibs me a tumbler plumb full. If it hadn't been for manners I'd ast her fer annudder.” As they said good-by the oldest of the men expressed the sentiments of the guests: “Ef I allus felt as good ez I do now, I'd nebber want to go ter hebben.” “We Negroes are under a great handicap,” recently declared Jesse Rees Europe, a musical composer of note. “For ‘The Castle Lame Duck’ 1 receive only one cent a copy royalty and the phonograph royalties in like proportion. A white man would re- ceive from six to twelve times the royalty I receive, and compositions far less popular than mine, but written by white men, gain for their composers vastly greater rewards. I have dofe my best to put a stop to this diserim- ination, but I have found that {t was no use. The music world is controlled by a trust, and the Negro must submit to its demands or fail to have his com- positions produced. 1 am not bitter ‘about it. It is, after all, but a slight portion of the price my race must pay in its at times almost hopeless fight for a place in the sun. Some day it will be different and justice will pre- vail.” California is unusual among the salt- producing states in that the great bulk of her salt comes from sea water, be- Ing obtained by solar evaporation on San Francisco bay, near Long Beach ‘and near Gan Diego. Many of the Arabian peasant popu- lation of Palestine have emigrated to North and South America, and the Mo- hammedan population from the en- virons of Jerusalem is beginning to emigrate. The lack of suitable employ- ment is the cause of this exodus. The noted Order of the Golden Pleece is a military one instituted by Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, in 1429, on the occasion of his marriage with the Portuguese Princess Isabella. ‘The order now belongs to both Spain ‘and Austria. > METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS. ILL. re ares _ Designed to Fol Bur+| Federals’ Disturbance of - glar’s Activities. erate Breakfast. ) From Description It Would Seem €®/ Virginia Man Now Recollects With Be Admirably Adapted for the Amusement Some Humorous Incl- Purpose—Operates From dents That Were Connected the Outside, With the Occurrence. A lock that is virtually unpickable and proof against burglar's jimmy, besides being simple in -construction and inexpensive to make, has just been patented by Julius Grossmann of New York. ‘The inventor got his idea when drop- ping a bar over a store door on clos Ing one night. It occurred to him that if such a bar could be dropped inside the door by the mere turning of a key outside, it would farnish greater se curity than any other method of lock ing. This is just what his lock does. ‘The diagram that accompanies this is of the lock as seen from the inside of the door. On the outside it is the ordinary Yale lock. In this 1 is the bolt that drops into the slots 6 and 7. It Is pivoted at 2 and raised or lowered by the tumblers 4 and 5, which re volve on the bolt 3. ‘This bolt is the 7‘ Ih 4 pl | th il Ike 2 Cis cher Pill KOO AL, Me A My aul inside of the main bolt of the lock and is turned from the outside by the key; from the inside it may be turned by the small handle upon it. At 8 is shown a knob by which the mechan ism may be disconnected from the or dinary latch if desired. With this lock on a door one goes ‘out, closes the door and turns ‘he key. This not only locks the latch as usual, but drops the bolt over the hasps on door and jamb. This cannot be lifted with a jimmy, nor can it be raised by anything but the key. Laying Submarine Cables. England makes most of the subma rine telegraph cables nowadays, but some are manufactured in Germany. Cables are made in two-mile lengths, and as each such section is completed, Sts electrical resistance is tested by a special machine, and carefully noted, ‘When a cable is made it fs: put ou board the cable ship which is to sub merge ft. There are now over forty such steamers employed, not wholly for laying cables, of course, but for re- pairing them when injury occurs. By determining the resistance of the ef fective portion of a damaged cable, it fs possible to put repairing steamer within a mile or so of where the break occurs, and repairs are some times very speedily made, though on other occasions, because of bad weath- er or other causes, weeks are often 06 eupied in this work. An Atlantic ca ble is usually laid in little over a week, ‘The last Atlantic cable was laid from Penzance, Cornwall, England, to Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, in 13 days, by the Colonia, the biggest cablelaying ship in the world—American Review of Reviews. He’s Champion Mean Thief. Babies in the vicinity of the Violet street playground were not weighed recently. ‘The new champion “meanest man” crept into the welfare station conduet- ed by the clty health department at the playgrounds and stole the scales. To the welfare station came 20 mothers with their babies, but they could not get any orders for milk at the supply station because no one could tell how much the babies weighed. Twenty mothers were dis- appointed and 20 babies hungry, but those who came later in the day were accommodated upon a borrowed set ot scales. ‘The welfare station is maintained in the interest of underfed and scan- tily nourished bables.—Los Angeles ‘Times. Father of Thirty-one. Quite recently Anastasio Chelott!, a newsvender of Savona, in Italy, cele- brated the birth of his thirty-first child, on whom he bestowed the name of Candido, Chelottl, who is just turned sixty, remarked at the christen- ing, “At twenty-one years of age I married a girl of nineteen, who made me an annual parent of a male child for nineteen years running. Then she died. Before I was out of my fortieth year I married again, and my second wife added another dozen to the fam- fly. I have nineteen sons living, all healthy and strong. The twentieth fell fighting in the Libyan desert with the words ‘Viva Savoia!’ on his lips. Hight of my boys are married and have married children of their own.” Federated Malay States. A gemat elimnin Shaye (Cesk the Federated Malay States have a pop lation of 1,117,000. ‘The chiet indus trial enterprises are the cultivation of rubber and the mining of tin. Vast territories are still wild and open to exploitation by capital’ G3 ) ‘\ ie b (2 1 a gy IME SM OA es Wey ex SN ips == ZF Any Time— GB ; fc e e aid Post Toasties ON . These Superior Corn Flakes are not CEA oh 2 ee oat eter ae py appetizing y A on @ " oA Wwe And how the kiddies’ do enjoy themt /_) PN Ld) ¢ After play time—for, lunch of supper— i } i) ) the crinkly brown flakes just hit the spot. i, By 4 Post Toasties are made of choicest &. Cy ee selected Indian corn; steam-cooked, daintily GY NY FE //P seasoned, rolled and toasted to a delicate SS eT golden-brown. : ney Ls ar) (- seve eb rumor an CHE ) suas be erteg as Pius eserte note iD; fone : Post Toasties— the Superior Corn Flakes! Federals’ Disturbance of Confed- erate Breakfast. Virginia Man Now Recollects With Amusement Some Humorous Incl- dents That Were Connected With the Occurrence. “I think the funniest sight 1 ever saw,” said Doctor Clagett of Leesburg, Va., a8 he squared himself into his armchair and lit his pipe, “though it didn’t seem funny then, was the sud- den transformation scene that took place at my breakfast table early one morning in the fall of '63. “Along about day one morning three or four of Mosby's men, under com- mand of young George Slater, the dare- devil Irish: cavairyman of the Baltt- more Slater family, who had joined Mosby at the beginning of his career, because there didn’t seem to be enough danger and fighting for him in the reg: ular cavalry under Stuart, dropped in on me at my home at the end of a long suburban street’ They were on ‘one of thelr daring scouting adven- tures and, being hungry as wolves, stopped by to have a bite with me. “Of course, anything I had was at their service, and so out of bed we all hopped, routed out the cook and along about sunrise sat down to a comfort- able breakfast. “In Leesburg we usually felt happy at seeing the Confederate uniform, 80 we lingered over our meal, swapping stories of every kind. George Slater, who was full of all kinds of plausible and entertaining yarns, had just told some Irish tale, for whose truth he pledged his patrimony, and I had just started in to tell one that taxed the hearer’s credulity even more, when the door from the kitchen opened and in stole little Julius Caesar, a sinall negro boy of about eight years, who was as- sistant to the cook. “"Doct'r Clagett, thar’s a—" com- menced Julius Caesar, “Don't bother me!" I bawled at him, frritated at being tnterrupted in the story that, I flattered myself, would top that of young Slater's, ‘Shut up!” “And then 1 continued with my tale. But hardly had I progressed half a dozen sentences when Julius Caesar broke in again. Loses cmmeticiner se “It you say another word I'l chop your head off!’ I roared at the Uttle pickaninny and then proceeded with my story. But young Slater, who was full of Irish acumen and who, being in command, fully realized the danger of his position, interrupted me bim- self, “Look here, doctor,’ he said, ‘we're in the very paws of the enemy here; hadn't you better hear what this an- cient Roman ruler has to say before you trump my last story? We soldiers don't want to get gobbled up.” “At this I straightened up; it hadn't occurred to me before of the hazardous position my guests were In. “Here, Julius Caesar,’ I sald, ‘what fs it you want to tell me? Out with itt? ‘ “Julius Caesar scrubbed one dirty bare foot against the shank of his other leg and shyly stuck a dirty fin- ger into a dirty mouth. “‘"Taint nuthin’ ‘tall, doct'r, ‘cept thar’s @ whole passel o’ Yankees up town a lookin’ fur dese hyah sogers,’ he murmured in apologetic tones, ‘an’ right now dey's a-comin’ a-bustin’ an’ a-bilin' down de street right ter dis hyah place, Dat’s all I wanted ter tell yer. “That ended that breakfast! ‘Come, men!’ cried George Slater, and was through the door Jn a wink. Puryear, who sat on the side of the table oppo: site the door, Instantly resolved him- self into a human snowplow. He dived across the table, heading straight for that door and shoveled aside on either hand a venerable aunt and a dignified cousin who was visiting me. He didn’t stop to apologize, but with the others bolted for the rack where thelr horses were tied. “We hastened to the window. Sure enough the Union cavalry were com- ing at @ hot gallop—and hardly fifty yards away! Luckily the horses of George Slater's men were but loosely tied. It took but a moment for those veterans—young in years, old in serv: fce—to vault in thelr saddles and away. Down the road they sped, the Yankees, outnumbering them a hun- Aredfold, vainly popping at them. 1 ‘am glad to say that no one was either killed or wounded in this incident, and that the boys got off safely. “But I have always thought the tab Jeau of that little black boy, standing obedient, waiting for me to tell a trifling yarn while the enemy was sweeping down upon my guests, and thelr utter astonishment at his news, when nally he did speak—the com: plete transformation of that breakfast table and Puryear's dive between my two sedate female relatives without a word of apology—I have always thought 1t the most ridiculous spec- tacle in fact or picture.” Earmarks. Alexander Powell, war correspond: dent and lecturer, said at a tea in New York: “The English volunteer troops are splendid. You can tell by certain ear marks where they come from. You can tell the miners of the Midtands, the mill hands of Manchester, the bookkeepers of London, the—" “How do you tell them?” young Indy asked. “Well,” said Mr, Powell, “it’s easy enough to tell, for example, the book. keepers. Every time the bookkeepers are commanded to stand at ease they try to put thelr rifles behind their acti. ? Cauaht. “What a pretty hat, Mrs. Pinkey wore this evening.” “Did you lke it, dear?” "Yes, It was very becoming. Why don't you get hats Mke that?” “You musn’t blame me if I laugh, John. The hat you Mke is my hat. Mrs. Pinkey borrowed ft this evening. It’s the $30 hat you called a fright."— Cleveland Plain Dealer, e ‘Bivareten. “I had a delightful experience this morning,” said Gasserby. “Tell me about It.” said Dorfing. “Two old gentlemen of my acquain- tance forgot the war long enough to have an argument about a disputed point in Shakespeare.” There's a Reason. “Why didn't you laugh at the boss’ Joke, Bill?” “Don't have to; 1 quit Saturday.” GATHERED FACTS iW New York has about 700,000 school children, ui Otters are used by tho natives in some parts of India to catch fish. Mexico appears destined to become the world’s principal source of petro» leum, A steel ship will carry about 20 Per cent more freight than one of the same size made of tron. It in estimated that 1f the oceans evaporated they would yield about 4,500,000 cuble miles of salt, ‘The world's record sugar plantation contains 13,000 acres, has 30 miles of railway and employs 1,600 people. An average of 72 letters are re- cetved by post every year by every person in the United Kingdom, Miiltary training is compulsory on ail male citizens between the ages of twelve and twenty-five in New Zea- land. “The Marseillaise,” the national an- them of the French republic, was writ- ten and composed tn 1792, Fire in a Pennsylvania coal mine was extinguished by exploding dyna- mite in the airway, the concussion blowing out the flames, ‘The Alhambra theater, London, of- fers two private boxes nightly for the use of convalescent wounded soldiers home from the front. * After a constant fight for 18 years with the Kaw river, W. M. Smith, who: lived nead Topeka, Ka~ has given up the battle and moved away. Daring that time be had lost all except 15 acres of bis 126acre farm, the rivér having washed the rest away. The turkey, so far ax records are known, was Introduced into England in 1524, brought probably from the port of Cadiz, where ships trading with the Ortent were accustomed to call. In nearly all courtries, inclusive of Spain, and even Turkey itself, this bird ts called the “Indian fowl.” ‘The Austrian pilot, Konsehel, who, on a bet, performed a feat of shav- ing himself in an aeroplane, rose 3,000 feet before beginning operations, while making wide Circles round the Vienna flying ground. He says the lather. ing was easy, but while shaving he had to steer with his feet, as he required one hand to hold bis cheek while he wsed the razor with the other. Liberal Juries. Based on verdicts by Missiasippt fu- ries Law Notes recommends that state a8 a place where money is easy. The case of iilinols Central rafiroad vs. Dacus resulted in a verdict for $509 to m prospective passenger because & tieket agent said “d——n™ to him; while in Alabama, ete, Railroad com- pany va, Morris it appeared that a Wberal Jury gave $15,000 to a white woman who was compelled to ride « short distance with three negroes, al- though the stingy court cut the ver- dict to $2,000. An Unmaker of History. Directory Canvasser—What 1s your husband’s occupation, madam? Lady—Oh, he unmakes history. Directory Canvasser—Unmakes his- tory! Lady —Yes; he writes historical novels. What It Does. “There's nothing like adversity to bring a man out.” Ton aan 6 tek Chews” SHOE TOKEN OF SUBJECTION Ancient Significance of Custom Which is Now Looked Upon as Merely a Joke. As specially applied to weddings, there is a suspicion that the throwing of old shoes—or new slippers, for all that—had at first a significance which surely would be most objectionable to twentieth-century brides. It seems to have been a token of the complete subjection of the bride to her lord and master. In the East a shoe or a slipper was publicly borne at the head of the bridal procession in indication of the bride's subjection, and at some Jewish weddings the bridegroom used to strike the bride a blow with his shoe as a sign that she was thereafter to be submissive to his will. Among the Nestorians it was the custom for the bridegroom to kick the bride, and for her to remove from his foot the shoe with which he had kicked her. To this day there is a common custom in Russia for the bridegroom on his wedding night to require the bride to pull off his boots. In one of them is a whip, and in the other a gift. If she pulls off first the one containing the whip, she gets a stroke from the lash, and is to expect floggings thereafter, but if the gift is first disclosed her married life will be happy. It is related of Martin Luther that once, after performing the wedding ceremony for a couple, he took off the bridegroom's shoe and placed it upon the bride's pillow, as a sign that she should be in all things and at all times subservient to her husband. BIG REWARD FOR INVENTIONS British Government Is Encouraging Ideas Tending to Improve Development of Army Equipment. That there are handsome rewards for those who are able to devise improvements in guns and machinery is shown in sums that have been paid in fees to inventors at army ordnance factories for the year ending March, 1914. No less than £4,000, for instance, was paid to Col. C. L. Holden, late superintendent of the royal gun and carriage factories, for various inventions and improvements connected with ordnance mountings, machine tools, etc., in addition to £500 paid on another account; while £2,850 was paid to Mr. W. T. Thomson, chemist and manager, at different times, of the Royal Gunpowder factory, for improvements in the manufacture of nitrocellulose and accompanying apparatus, in addition to a previous £1,150. Smaller amounts, such as £250 to Mr. W. H. Turton, manager of the Royal Gun factory, for improved machines for the manufacture of ordnance; £100 to Mr. W. Lambert for a process for testing steel bullets; £25 each to William Rogers and E. F. Pular for labor-saving and improved tools for use at the Royal Carriage department, and £20 to Assistant Foreman S. Capon, Royal Gun Factory forges, for improved muffle for use in forges, have also been paid.—Tit-Bita "My big brother is a printer," said the boy who worked in a downtown office. "That's nuthin' to brag about," retorted his bosom friend. "Maybe it ain't, but it's mighty handy just the same. When I want to go to a ball game, I get him to put a death notice in the paper, so the boss has got to believe I'm goin' to a funeral." How It Happened One New Year's morning a Kentucky colonel, who is a regular guest of a Louisville hotel, came down to breakfast with a bandaged hand. "What's the matter with the hand?" asked several friends. "Confound it all!" exclaimed the colonel. "We had a party last night, and one of the younger men got intoxicated and trod on my hand as he was walking across the room." GET POWER The Supply Comes From Food. If we get power from food, why not strive to get all the power we can. That is only possible by selecting food that exactly fits the requirements of the body. "Not knowing how to select the right food to fit my needs, I suffered grievously for a long time from stomach trouble," writes a lady from a little Western town. "It seemed as if I would never be able to find out the sort of food that was best for me. Hardly anything that I could eat would stay on my stomach. Every attempt gave me heart-burn and filled my stomach with gas. I got thinner and thinner until I literally became living skeleton and in time was compelled to keep to my bed. "A few months ago I was persuaded to try Grape-Nuts food, and it had such good effect from the very beginning that I kept up its use. I was surprised at the ease with which I digested it. It proved to be just what I needed. "All my unpleasant symptoms, the heart-burn, the inflated feeling which gave me so much pain, disappeared. My weight gradually increased from 98 to 116 lbs, my figure rounded out, my strength came back, and I am now able to do my housework and enjoy it. Grape-Nuts did it." A ten days trial will show anyone some facts about food. Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs, "There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are gorgeous, true, and full of human PERISCOPE ON LAND Simple Arrangement Found of Advantage. Diagram Shows How System Works Out-Allows Special Parts of Field to Be Brought Under Accurate Observation. While the periscope of the submarine is developing in the direction of 4 greater optical perfection and elaboration, there has been a return to the simplest and earliest types of periscope for use in land warfare, writes S. D. Chalmers in Nature. These are little more than two mirrors with their reflecting surfaces parallel to each other and inclined at an angle of 45 degrees to the direction of the incident light. These mirrors are mounted in tubes or on long rods. The periscope of submarines are more elaborate. They consist in principle of two or three telescopes mounted end to end. That illustrated here with is made from information supplied by Messrs. Goerz of Berlin. An outer tubes has a spherical glass cover. In the inner tube is the optical system, which can be rotated to face in any direction, the eyepiece, however, remains fixed. Diagram of a Periscope — n, Glass Cover; b, Prism; c, d and Lenses of Second Telescope; f, Outer Tube; g, Inner Tube; h, i and J Lenses of Second Telescope; versing Prism; lm and n, Lenses of Third Telescope; p, Prism; r and s, Lenses and Scale t, Rotating Mechanism The optical system, which follows in its gen- Howard Grubb's stats of: principles Sir Howard Grubb's original design, consists of: (1) A reversed telescope, giving a reduction of about one-quarter. (2) A telescope, giving a magnification of about two. (3) An erecting prism which can be rotated so that the image given by the system is correctly oriented. (4) A telescope giving a magnification of about three. This telescope includes a fixed eyepiece and prism, so arranged that the observer looks horizontally at the object. At the focus of the eyepiece are placed a scale and pointer to show the bearing of the object sighted, and a ruling to allow the distance to be estimated when the size of the object is known. By the aid of the subsidiary system special parts of the field can be further magnified to allow of objects being examined in more detail. Trenches Continent Long. If all the trenches dug in Europe during the last eight months were put end to end they would reach from Washington to San Francisco and then back again. If all the men who have lost their lives in those same trenches during the same space of time were the army and navy and the national guard of these entire United States, America would be without all of these more than necessities. And not half the men who have given up their lives for Fatherland, Mother country, the Little Father, Le Roi Albert or the memory of Napoleon died in the trenches. From Switzerland to the North sea are hundreds of miles of trenches, for each of the opposing forces built their trenches opposite each other in lines of from three to fifteen, according to the way one or the other forced their way forward during the late fall, before winter set in and real fighting ended for months. "Batmen" in Military Service The County Palatine engineers ask, among other things, for 291 drivers and batmen. What is a batman? The term seems to be only a military one. It apparently means the driver or manager of packhorses. A bat horse is a packhorse which carries officers' luggage. "Bat" is a pack saddle, and, like so many military words, it is French. There is a common French proverb, "C'est la que le bat ble lesse"—or "That is where the saddle hurts," or, as we say, "where the shoe pinches."—Manchester Guardian. Copenhagen Advancing Copenhagen has shown its capability of maintaining the title of the "London of Scandinavia." It has the only free harbor in the north of Europe. The city has a sufficiency of banks, and American merchants who formerly had agents and branch offices in other large ports on the continent are beginning to move there. A Journalistic Color Scheme. The great editor sat in a brown study, being a bit blue. "Why is it that some papers are read," he mused, "while others are yellow?"—Philadelphia Ledger. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. You Look Prematurely Old Because of Terrible Backache. Relieved by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Philadelphia, Pa.—"I suffered from displacement and inflammation, and had such pains in my sides, and terrible backache so that I could hardly stand. I took six bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and now I can do any amount of work, sleep good, eat good, and don't have a bit of trouble. I recommend Lydia E. such pairs in my sides, and terrible backache so that I could hardly stand. I took six bottles of Lydia E. 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Skin Book. Address Cuticura. Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Why She Went to Church. A devout old lady had become very deaf, and, as her church was some distance from her home, decided to attend another one, which was nearer. She spoke to the minister of the second church about it, and was cordially received and urged to come whenever possible. "Ah, well," she said, "all churches lead to heaven, and as I have grown deaf and cannot hear any of the sermon I thought I would attend your church." Just the Man. "There is an eastern potentate who would be even better than a Panama expert to conduct this fly-killing campaign." "Who is that?" "The Akhoond of Swat." Close Enough. "Where would the average 'speed king' be without his mechanician?" "My first guess is under the car." THE GROWTH OF WESTERN CANADA increase in Railway Mileage, School Attendance and Population. Some idea of the extent of railway construction in Western Canada can be derived from the fact that the railway mileage in the Province of Alberta has been doubled in three years. The present mileage is 4,097. In all of the settled districts there is ample railway privileges. The rates are governed by a Dominion Railway Commission, and in the exercise of their powers they not only control the rates, giving fair equality to both railway and shipper, but form a court to hear complaints of any who may desire to lodge the same. In the matter of education no better instance of the advancement that is taking place can be given than that found in the information to hand that attendance at the University of Alberta has increased 1,000 per cent in five years, and is now thoroughly representative of all settled portions of the Province. The students in attendance are from sixty-one distinct districts Then as to the prosperity which follows residence in Western Canada, J. E. Edward of Blackie, Alta., gives splendid testimony. He writes, "In the spring of 1907 I first came to this locality from the State of Iowa, Cass County, and located on a quarter section of land near Blackie. Since coming here I have been engaged in mixed farming, which I have found to be more profitable than where I formerly lived. On coming here my worldly holdings were small besides having a family to care for. I now own three quarter sections, sixty head of cattle, twenty head of horses and forty head of hogs without encumbrance. "During the seven years I have not had a crop fall. My best crop of oats averaged ninety bushels per acre, with a general yield of thirty-five bushels and upward. My best wheat crop averaged forty-three bushels per acre. When I have had smaller yields per acre I have found that it has been due to improper cultivation. The winters here, although at times the weather is cold, I find as a whole are very agreeable. The summers are warm, but not suitry. The summer nights are cool and one is always assured of a good night's rest. My health has been much better, as I do not suffer from catarrh since coming here. I have no land for sale, and am not wishing to make any change, but would be pleased to answer any enquiries concerning this locality."—Advertisement. Aviators' Safety Parachutes Avirators safety parachutes. The energies of practically all the inventors of parachutes for airmen have been directed towards the development of a device for the airman alone, the aeroplane itself being allowed to drop to earth unhindered. Parachutes for the whole aeroplane have just been designed by a French inventor. Two folded parachutes, contained in cone-shaped receptacles, are attached to the wings as near the ends as possible. By means of a simple mechanism, operated by the movement of a small hand lever, these parachutes are pushed out of the containers, after which they are claimed to open freely, no matter in what manner the aeroplane may be falling. All the airman has to do is to hang on to the aeroplane. The Height of Atrocity. "I see the Germans are using gas instead of shot and shell," said Harkaway. "Could anything be more atrocious?" "Oh, yes," said Dingleberry. "It would be more atrocious if after using the gas they should fire a volley of gas bills at their victims labeled 'Please remit.'" "What was the class doing today, Ethel?" "Knitting socks for soldiers." "How many did you knit, dear?" "Only one sock, mamma." "Why didn't you knit a pair, child?" "Because I was knitting for a one-legged soldier, mamma." To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. 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All Carefully Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. Professor Copeland of Harvard, as the story goes, reproved his students for coming late to class. "This is a class in English composition," he remarked with sarcasm, "not an afternoon tea." At the next meeting one girl was twenty minutes late. Professor Copeland waited until she had taken her seat. Then he remarked bitingly: "How will you have your tea, Miss Brown?" "Without the lemon, please," Miss Brown answered quite gently.—Christian Register. Bill—I see the Atlanta convicts are no longer required to wear striped clothing. Jill—Perhaps that's the reason some of the fashionable women are breaking out in it. When a man sings a woman's praise, she doesn't care whether he can carry the tune or not. 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If you live too far from a drug store send One Dollar to Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., Newark, Ohio, and a bottle of "5-Drops" will be sent prepaid. 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 Carbon and 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. Baptist Women of State Convention. Galesburg, Ill. Feb. 17, '15. Dear Sisters-Greeting: This is to notify you that our annual meeting will convene in Rock Island, Ill, in June, McKinley Baptist church. Let us begin to work in earnest for its success. President is calling for five Hundred Dollars (500.00) this year. The banner will be given for the largest amount of money brought in. Remember the art and needle work Department for Foreign Mission. Our Educational needs, Aged Minister Fund Home Mission Fund. REPRESENTATION FEES. District Asso. $5.00 five delegates. Local Circles $2.50 three delegates. Life Members $5.00 Children Pands $1.00 Annual Members $.50 Yours in the work. Susie F. Hazle, 718 Arnold. Subscribe for The Gazette. No oracle or optuna in Dr. Miles' PAH Plains. Oversee All Pain. "Our gentle a dose." Ordination Licentiate license blanks at the Gazette office. Mrs. Lucy Brown was a Paducah, visitor Monday, Out of all the visiting preachers in the city Revs. S. J Williams and A. J. Bowers are the only ones that have visited the Gazette office. Messrs John Tossey and Chas. Hollingsworth still remain quite sick. Mrs. Z. A. Vallee has hair goods in every style and shape. Boys, there are some good looking "browns" in town now. Mr. R. F. Wilson, real estate agent of Vienna, Ill., was in the city last week and paid the Gazette office a financial call. Rev. Dan Rodgers, of Brookport preached the Annual Sermon of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor Sunday. Several of the Brookport people attended the ball game here Sunday. When you want to sell or buy real estate write me for a quick sale. Real Estate Wilson, Vienna, Ill. Mr. Thos. Urquhart who has employment in Paducah, Ky., was at home this week visiting his family. The East Mt. Olive S. S. Convention is in session here this week at the Antioch Bapt. Church with a large delegation present. More next. week Miss Izora Rodgers made a professional trip to Brookport, last week. When you want to sell or buy real estate write me for a quick sale. Real Estate Wilson. Ed Phillips was a Paducah, Ky. visitor Wednesday. Mrs. Dona Tucker was called to Johnsonville, Tenn., last week on account of her mother being dangerously sick. George McCrary, was a Paducah, visitor last week. Mr. M. M. Pea has returned from a short visit to Grand Rivers Ky. Thos. Roberts is having his residence on 5th St. painted. BROOKPORT To the Metropolis Gazette Queen Isabelle Chapter No. 43 O.E.S observed Esther day, Sunday June 20; Jeptha Chapter No. 14, Metropolis, and Rose of Sharon No. 24, of Unionville were with us and took an active part. An excellent program was rene ed with the cooperation of the other chapters. The annual sermon was preached by Rev. J. B. McCrarp of Jeptia Chapter. It would be a benefit to us all to hear a sermon like that every day. I think we would have better men and women. After the sermon a liberal collection was raised amount $6.87. We were sorry to see our sisters leave us, as we highly appreciated them and hope to have them with us again and any time we are called upon we hope to respond. Yours in the O. E. S. Ruth Donlow, Sec'y MONEY TO PATENT BUS may be secured by our address THE PATENT RECORDS Office of the President of the Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School Convention of Southern, Ill. Cairo Ill May 2, 1915. To the Sunday Schools Composing the Mount Ollive Baptist Sunday School Convention of Southern Ill. Dear Co-workers know ye that that the Sunday School Convention will convene with the Shiloh Baptist Sunday School at Mt. Vernon Ill. in its (35th) thirty fifth annual session Wednesday June 23rd 1915. All Sunday Schools that are to be represented at said meeting will elect their delegates at once and send names of same to my address. 429-15th St., Cairo, Ill. not later than May 20th 1915 As we have many thingsto be thankful for in the past year let each pastor and Supt. of each S. S. strive to make their respective schools the banner school at Mt. Vernon-- hoping that God has blest each school with abundant success in the past conventional year. I remain yours for Christ. Dennis Farrow, President 429-15 St. Cairo Ill. Miss Carrie Urquhart, Cor. Sec., Metropolis Ill. CARBONDALE The Hopewell Baptist Church S. S. was well attended at 9:30. Quite a large crowd attended mourning service. Sermon by pastor, text. Create in me a clean heart, O. God, Psalm51-10 Subject "Necessity of a clean heart. Sermon at 7:30 p. m. subject "Justification is complete." Collection for the day $18-15 Monday night W. E. & F. M. S. Meeting Programme. Tuesday night Deacon's Monthly Meeting. Wednesday night Weekly Prayer Meeting. Thursday night, Teachers Weekly Meeting (regular meeting night is Friday night). Friday night, Monthly Church Meeting Sunday June, 13th baptizing. Reporter SPARTA Please allow me space in your worthy paper for this article. The N. H. B. S. opened at 11 oclock Rev. P. B. French preached a reviving sermon, and at 3 oclock the congregation reassembled and a sermon was preached for the D. of A.; his subject was "What sayeth us of thyself" John 1-22. collection $11.05. At 8 oclock his text was Matt. 24.14. which was beautifully discussed; song by choir collection $2 20, total $13.25. Little Russell Gamble stepped on the rake and seriously injured his foot. Miss Maud Foster was a Carbondale visitor last week Mrs. Dovie Browning is improving at her home. Mrs. T. C. Owens is practicing the little folk for the picnic the 3rd of July. Mr. Davie Hayes is visiting in Sparta. Money Long In Use. Honey Long in Use. Hindus for centuries have used new honey as a laxative and old honey as an anstringent. Aborigines of Peru offered honey to the sun. Greeks still mix it with milk of water and use it as a libation to the dead. In one section of India milk and honey are handed to all bridegrooms as they arrive at the door of the bride's father, and in ancient Egypt honey was long a chief ingredient of embalming fluid. Wanted----100 customers at the Last Chance grocery to buy 3 cans of best tomatoes and corn for 25c. SPARTA Dear Editor: Please allow me space in your worthy paper for this article. The N. H Baptist church is progressing nicely in every respect. The School is going to give a picnic on the 3rd of July. There will be three contestants he purse will be a negro doll. Mrs. McRice is still on the sick sick list Reporter. I. C. R. R. Time Card NORTH BOUND Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 802 10:10 a.m. 10:20 a.m. 874 2:25 p.m. 8:35 p.m. SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Arrives. Leaves. 875 10:00 a.m. 10:10 a.m. * 2:28 p.m. 2:35 p.m. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrah that cannot be bured by Hall's Catarrah Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE. Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Notice Of Publication In Attachment. State of Illinois, Massac County S. S In the Circuit Court of Massac County Ill, August Term 1915. Mattie Miller vs Phillip P. Foreman. Margeret Foreman, in attachment, Demand $200. Notice is hereby given to you; the said Phillip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman of Los Angeles California, that a writ of attachment has been sued out of the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Clerk of said County of "Massac at the suit of the said Mattie Miller and against the estate of you, the said Phillip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman for one hundred sixty and 96 one hundred dollars, besides interest, directed to the Sherriff of said County to execute, which said writ has been returned by said Sherriff executed, the defendants not found and as having levied on the following described real estate to-wit: All of Block No. One Hundred Twenty six (126) except One Hundred Thirty- six feet off of the East side thereof and situated in the City of Metropolis, Massachusetts, Illinois, subject to a mortgage recorded in book "31" page 62 or mortages in the recorders office of Massachusetts, Illinois, in favor of Eugene Lafont for $1500.00, and an undivided one half interest in a part of the West Half of Section Thirty five (35), Township Fifteen (15) south, Range Four (4) east 3rd P. M. more particularly described as follows: Beginning at a point where the new Vienna road intersects the Jonesboro Road, said point being 130 feet due North of the Stone set for and being a quarter section corner tor and between sections 24 and 30 of said township and range, thence from said point due south on section line 72 rods to the North line of a 4 acre tract sold to one Wentzel, thence East with North line of Wentzel tract, 54 rods to the centre of Jonesboro road; thence in a Northwesterly course with centre line of said Jonesboro road 90 1-2 rods to place of beginning, said tract contains 12 9-10 acres by survey less that portion sold to the Herrim and Southern Railroad Co. by deed recorded in Vol. "20" of deeds at page 426 in in the Recorders office of Massac County, Illinois. Now, unless you, the said Phillip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman shall personally be and appear before the Circuit Court of said County on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at Metropolis in said County, on the Fourth Monday in the month of August next, give special bail and plead to said action, judgement will be entered against you in favor of the said plaintiff and the property attached sold to satisfy the same, with costs. Arthur H. Finley, Clerk. Metropolis, Illinois, May 15th, 1915 Livingston Institute Metropolis Second Opens Monday This school is well graded Department. All work is well-tal and able Instructors, select work Special Courses in M and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 Tuition Rates: Tuition per month Tuition, Normal and English course 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 Rooms inible rate. In every case, 4 weeks will All charges must be paid in ad and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY, Box 107 This school is well graded and equipped Grammar School Department. All work is well organized under Departmental and able Instructors, selected for Special Departmenta work Special Courses in Music, Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type Writing, Bible Study and in Theology. Entrance Fee $2.00 a Session In every case, 4 weeks will be counted for a school month All charges must be paid in advance. For any information and Prospectus Address J. B. McGRARY. Supt. and Sec'y. Box 107 Metropolis, Ill. REAL ESTATE WILSON. Will sell House and Ten Dollars down and month. Have Two and One house on it. House will sell for One Hundred Dollars down and $1. Write R. F. Real I RESTAURANT Carbonda My Restaurant, which consists opposite the I. C. Depot; good local Reason for selling poor health. Terms:- Cash or one half down. James Will sell House and Lot in Vienna, for Ten Dollars down and Two dOllars every month. Have Two and One Half Lots with a house on it. House need some repairing will sell for One Hundred Dollars, Fifteen Dollars down and $1.50 a Month. My Restaurant, which consists of a complete up-to-date outfit opposite the I. C. Depot; good location and reasonable good business. Reason for selling poor health. Terms:- Cash or one half down. James Robinson Proprietor. Dear Sisters of the W. E. & M. Convention of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association: Time for the S. S. Convention is near; the Livingston school needs are demanding our attention of the Baptist of the state. We should feel it our duty to send something to the Convention for education. Every auxiliary should send at least $2.00 for education and by systematical giving we can open the school the next term fully prepared to meet the demand. We have had a successful term of three months this spring; we have an efficient instructor of whom we should all feel proud. We attended the State Association at Centralia, and the interest manifested in our school work should cause every baptist in the Mt. Olive District to get busy and let the "Livingston School" be the watch word if we will systematize our efforts Real Estate Agent VIENNA, ILLINOIS. we can do much for the cause. Let us as Sisters work with a will to bring something to each meeting and let us get busy to put some one in school when it begins we can do this and make it a success. I am praying for a good meeting financial success. The State is expecting to hear from us. Prof. Bailey will be with us and is looking to us for encouragement for the scriptures sayeth. "By their work ye shall know them." Rev. J H. Knowles, 2407 Poplar street Cairo, is the elected missionary for the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. He is also authorized to solicit money for the Livingston Normal. Theological Industrial Institute of Metropolis. Ill., The Workers. "Did a musician of notes score your opera?" "No; the critics did."