Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS DR. FISHER DEAD; NOTED MINISTER CALLED BEYOND DIED SATURDAY AFTER NOON AT HIS RESIDENCE, 2940 SOUTH PARK AVENUE. WAS A FRIEND TO YOUNG MEN Members Loyal to Him—Praised by His Big Congregation. Dr. E. J. Fisher, D. D. L. D. & W., pastor of the Olivet Baptist church, Chicago, Ill., passed away at his residence, 1940 South Park avenue, at 3:15 p.m. Saturday, July 31. The doctor had been confined since last April. His illness was attributed to overwork which caused a nervous breakdown. Dr Fisher was called to the pastorate of Olivet in 1903, since that time he has accomplished a great work in building up the baptist denomination throughout the northwest. Shortly after his arrival under great odds he began to organize by calling various ministers from the South and placing them in various charges where most needed. It is unnecessary to call them by name as they are all making good. It is well to say that due to his ability the Baptist church today is a power in the Northwest. Olivet Baptist Church. We recall there was no Olivet. Only the frame stood half completed with a deserted membership, which was worshiping in Arlington Hall. Thirty first street and Indiana avenue, with a sherriff's notice tacked upon the door' reading "Church closed by creditors" A few loyal members banded themselves together led by Steven Griffin, Hicking bottom and others. Feeling that there was yet hope that the building could be saved they formed themselves into a committee and after searching east, west, north and south, they finally in a search throughout the South succeeded in finiDr. E. J. Fisher, whom they succeeded in interesting to come to this city for the purpose of taking charge of Olivet as pastor. According to records, the doctor did not accept or send for his family until he was able to satisfy those who held the notes against the church, which amounted to $46,000. He personally a s sted financially by lending $1,000—which sum he often said was his last dollar—without time or interest; or otherwise doubtless there would not have been a building today at Twenty-seventh and Dearborn streets known as the Olivet Baptist Church. Accepting the pastorate it was not long before 600 members names were enrolled. Since that time he has succeeded in clearing the church of its debt of $46,000 paying off his creditors with the exception of less than $5,000, besides completing the interior at a cost of $17,000, and also building up a memorialship of 3,500 No By A. C. Fox AUG 1 2 1916 greater work has been accomplished in this city by any minister regardless of denomination. Dr. Fisher was well educated a biblical scholar, a teacher and a leader among the race. He had an open heart, ready at all times to give aid to the needy it was not a question as to what denomination that one might belong in case of need; he was always ready to assist. His character and life will long live in our hearts and in our homes. It was a misfortune of the deceased to lose control of his voice within less than one month of his confinement. Nearing the end of his life he became almost speechless and recognized only close acquaintances. He never complained of pain or aches. It was said by one of the family who stood at his bedside at the time of his death that in the last moment "Father only smiled and that was all" Dr. Fisher was born in LaGrange, Ga. August 2, 1857. He was converted and baptized in 1893. He married Miss Flora Neily September 25, 1877, whom he leaves a devoted widow, with two daughters, three sons, a brother and a daughter-in-law to mourn his loss. Dr... Fisher entered the Atlanta Baptist College in 1880 and graduated from the theological department. In 1902 he graduated from the same department of the Chicago University with honors. He was Vice president of the National Baptist Convention including other honors. He was called to Olivet Baptist church Jan. 26, 1903. He was sent by the churoh a few ago to Scotland as a delegate to the international [S. S., convention which convened in Glasgow. His last two acts nationally were, first, to invite the National Baptist Convention which convened in Philadelphia last year to hold its next session at Olivet Baptist church, Chicago, Ill., which was accepted by the convention and the church. His second act was the stand he took against the segregation bill, protesting against the adoption of said measure. His last act locally was his activity in aiding in the election of Oscar De Priest as aid man of the Second Ward, Chicago, Ill. Big Baptizing. There was a big baptizing at Brookport, Sunday at 1:30 p.m. the result of a successful revival conducted at the Unity Baptist church by pastor Rev. J. B. McCrary, assisted by Rev. C. W. Norment of Carbondale. There have been 9 conversions, 7 joined the Baptist church six were baptized Sunday. The meeting is still in progress. Rev. McCrary, certainly delivered some able sermons Sunday both at the church and at the water. He is an able advocate of God's word and the baptist doctrine. Good crowds were at the church all day and highly appreciated those sermons. We have an influential and an intelligent pastor. —Illinois Idea. MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." We want to begin our church in the near future. So come out and assist us. Revs. McCrary and Norment and Edgar McCrary were guest of Mrs. Rhodes for dinner Friday and Mr and Mrs. Wash Childres for supper. Rev. McCrary and wife took dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Landers Sunday and at the home of Mrs. Moreland for supper. DR. E. J. FISHER DEAD. Dr. E. J. Fisher, D. D. L. L. D., the successful pastor of Olivet Baptist church, Chicago, has gone the way of all the earth, after being confined to his home about five months, caused from an acute nervous break-down the result of overwork. He was a successful pastor and one of the best known Baptist preachers in the United States, a man of ability and high standing. Peace to his ashes and and the Gazette extends sympathy to his widow and children. A Successful Farmer. Thos, P. King, is one of the most successful farmers of Massachusetts. He threshed 1,700 bushels of wheat and will have about 200 tons of fine timothy hay. He has a fine crop of coin, especially the early planting. MAYOR THOMPSON KEEPING PLEDGES Gives Recognition to Another Negro in Prosecutor's Office. Mayor William Hale Thompson added another name to his list of appointments among the Negroes Monday. This time it was J. M. Blumfield, one of the principle workers during the Thompson campaign and a well known politician of the Twenty-first ward, Mr. Blumfield was appointed as an assistant city attorney at a salary of $1,8000 per year. The mayor is setting a record in this line of appointments which is the largest in the history of Chicago EIGHTH REGI- MENT ENCAMP FAMOUS FIGHTING BOYS Leave Town Amidst Cheers and Friendly Greetings Everywhere. The Eighth Regiment left Friday for their annual encampment in Springfield. Vast crowds greeted them everywhere. The boys left with larger hearts this time than ever before, because of the assurance recently given in the way of finances that their beautiful armory will soon be completed so there will be ample room for the members of the regiment. Please allow me space in your worthy paper. The New Hope Baptist church is progressing nicely in every respect. S. S. at 9:30. Services at 11 a. m. Rev. Parmel preached a At 8 o. clock Rev. williams, of Centralia, preached a grand sermon using for his subject the "House" which was beautifully discussed. Collection $3.00. Rev. Williams boarded the I. C passenger this a.m. going South. The Lillie Club will give an entertainment on the lawn of the church. The Blooming Rose gave an entertainment and rendered a nice program. Mrs I C. Owens, Mrs. Fred Shepherd and little Annie Mae Smith were St. Louis, passengers. Mr E. C. Worthom, is improving his home by building more room and new fence and painting. Reporter. HARRISBURG. Mr. John Meyers died Friday and the remains were taken to Unintown Ky. Saturday for burial. Mr. Given's daughter is lying at the point of death at her home. I offer the following topics to be discussed at next meeting of Ministers Union in Sept. which is important to the Paptist of this district. 1st Can a Baptist church delegate its power to the pastor and deacons. 2nd Can a Church do away with Church Meeting's and leave it in the hands officers to transact business and not bring it before the church. 3rd Can a church meeting be held without the church being present. Just the officers and pastor. Yours respa Rev. Geo Brown. 429 W Church NEGROES CHECK MOB CROWD CHASES MAN. Others Interfere and Cause Great Excitement in Detroit. Detroit, Mich., Aug. 1.—One man was shot and a woman and two men were stabbed in a fierce race riot in Hastings street this evening. Five arrests were made. Two Negroes approached a woman alighting from a car and cut the strings that held the handbag over her arm. The Negroes fled, pursued by a crowd. One took refuge in a car. The trollery pole was lowered, and the crowd surrounded the car. Bricks, sticks and stones were hurled at the car, and the passengers hurried out. Standing alone in the car, the Negro stabbed Max Reisman, who attempted to remove him. Then reinforcements of twenty five Negroes hurled themselves on the whites. They scattered and fled down Hastings street. The yelling Negroes pursued them with knives and revolvers until stopped by the police. A devoted son who recently returned from the California expo tion, where he and his wife enjoyed a pleasant trip, on last Friday, July 30, was asked by his sister to assist in bringing their mother home from the hospital, where she had been sick for some weeks. He was also asked to pay half of the taxi fee. Said son is a great Christian worker. The answer was, "Yes, I will do my part." His mother has been disabled for the last five years, being cared for by her daughter. Said son has plenty of money to travel around but not any to spend on dear mother who worked after the early death of his father and gave him a trade as printer. Now mother is left on the hands of her daughter and son-in-law, who are willing to do all they can for her until death. Notwithstanding the son said he would do his part, this is the postal card his sister received next morning. "Dear Sister—You called me up last night and asked me to help pay mama's taxi bill. Well, I cannot. I have been to a great expense in the last four morties and I cannot help you. Anyway mother has worn herself out by working for you, and so now that she is he pless it is no more than right for you to take care of her. Mother will do the same thing for you again that has nearly cost her her life, and now is the time for you to show your appreciation by doing all that you can to make her comfortable and happy. I don't know when I will be out as Saturday I have work at home, so you will have to get —— to go to the hospital for you. The Great Native Salve Cure an earthly remedy that will HULF Cure you. Price 50c a Box. My agent Henry Bonds, is stopping at 1017 Broadway—See him at once. Satisfaction or your money refunded. No fake to this. I have money on deposit at State National Bank of Metropolis, Ill., to back it up. Ask Bonds he'll explain all. Call on him at 1017 Broadway, Metropolis, Ill. W. H. BEAN; son owner, 786 Indianapolis Ave. Muskogee, Okin. 1,000 testimonials sent free on request. NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., editor "The Plant" has recently installed in his plant a new No. 14 Linotype, the latest creation of Margenthaler Linotye Company, of New York, and the first machine of the type to be introduced in this district, comprising Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. It has a range of adjustability hitherto unattained in a machine with such new complicated parts. It makes and sets the type for both straight matter and job work. The Art of Sleeping Slumber commences at the extremities, beginning with the feet and legs. That is why it is always necessary to keep the feet warm.—Family Doctor. AGRICULTURE IS DENMARK'S PRIDE SUPPLEMENTAL SYSTEM OF POP- ULAR SCHOOLS GIVEN CREDIT BY WRITER. By Edwin O. Cooley. It is generally agreed by agricul- tural experte that little Denmark is a wonder. Here is a group of barren islands and peninsulas, with a total area about one-fourth that of Illinois, much of the soft swamp and much of it sand, which leads the world in agricul- tural matter. Look at this table of the agricul- tural schools of the country, of the number of courses and hours and students, isn't this the answer? Agricultural schools 23 5.8 9 460 329 1,011 Agricultural schools for small farmers 3 5.9 628 194 771 Delay schools 3 5.8 607 269 183 Horticultural schools (including pro- fessional instruction) 3 5.12 424 945 68 People's high schools with special courses in agriculture 5 223 107 83 People's high schools without special ag- gricultural courses but giving more than fifty hours of instruction to mul- tiple students (agricultural instruction) 35 5 106 82 1,067 The Dahla believe that the farmer must supplement his own experience with the experience of others. For this, reason the government has a system of more than one hundred agricultural counsellors, whose business it is to go about the country making experiments and giving lectures and demonstrations, conducting excursions, etc., for farmers. But as it is seen that such work cannot amount to much unless the way is prepared for it, the system of schools outlined above has been established to give theoretical instruction. Most of the work is done during the winter months, although there are also supplementary courses of a practical nature during the summer months, and courses for girls and women are given at that time. These schools, curiously enough, are private institutions, established by individuals or by agricultural associations. After they have been conducted successfully for two years with an attendance of at least ten students, the government grants each a small subsidy of about $750 as well as an aid to students who need it. According to the Danish plan, country boys after leaving the elementary schools, work on the land for several years. Then they attend for one winter a "people's high school;" an institution which is for its male object the fostering of the spirit of cooperation and patriotism. Agricultural subjects, when they are taught at all, are subordinated to subjects of general culture. After that the young farmer is advised to extend an agricultural winter school, and after his winter there to continue taking short courses in special branches of the subject and to get the help of the agricultural counsellors as long as he needs them. STUDY IN WINTER FOR SUMMER WORK GERMANS APPLY SCIENCE LEARNED IN SCHOOLS—UNDER AGRICULTURAL EXPERT. The idea of utilizing the experience of farm boys as a basis for theoretical instruction during the five slack months in winter, so that the experience of each new season shall be increasingly valuable, originated in Germany about fifty years ago. Many farmers could not afford to send their sons away to school and do without their help for two years. Boys brought up on a home farm would not gain especially by two summers of practice work. What they needed chiefly was to be shown where they rode their mistaken, and where they could get better results. On this theory this system of special winter schools, quite distinct from the regular school system, has gradually grown up. Now they are the most powerful factor in German agricultural education, which has brought the country to a large degree of independence in the matter of food supplies. Became Means of Reuniting Two Lovers Who Had Quar- reled and Parted., By CLARIOBA. MACKIE. itten in his splashing black char otore. It wes a maaaly letter of regre lover a mistake he had made—a misun- derstanding between Donald and the jail he lovec, and it had parted them. ‘He was in the wrong, and he frank. fly acknowledged it. ‘Then he had (poured out his love and his longing for a reconciliation. He slipped the Jeter in an envelope and addressed it to Marjorie Hinman at her father's country home over on the other side of the island. ‘His young nephews were calling him with lusty lungs: “Uncle Don! Come and open the box of fire works!” Smiling, he went out on the lawn where the expressman had dumped the packing case. The three boys were pecking at the boards with ‘hammers and chisel. “I expect it we were to set off the ‘whole box it would shake the island,” Doasted little Frank, “Til bet Aunt Marjorie could hear tt," remarked Bob. ‘Donald reddened hotly. He paused with one sunbrowned arm in midair. “Aunt Marjorie?” he repeated grim- ly. “Where did you learn that?” Bob shrugged carelessly. “Cousin Patty sald when you and Miss Mar- jorie were married, why, she'd be our ‘unt. So I asked her if she minded our calling her Aunt Marjorie right off—just to get used to it, you know,” he explained. “What did she say?” asked Donald. “She got awful red and sald I was @ dear and she guessed she didn't mind. Just lke a gil not to know whether she did mind or not!” he added contemptuously. “When did this happen?” “Last week. I say, Uncle Don, hurry up and open it, won't you, please?” Amid the splintering of pine covers ‘and the chatter of the boys Donald's thoiights ran swiftly. She had said it last week. Ah! Last week all had been well with them; their happiness seemed assured. But now, because of his unreasoning Jealousy, their bliss had turned to sorrow and bitterness. ‘There was one comfort, he thought —when she received his repentant let- ter she might relent. He would take it down and mail it that evening. sne would receive it the next morning, the Fourth, and perhaps she would call him by telephone to tell him that he was forgiven and that he must come across the island at once. Perhaps she would meet him half way! ‘His meditations were drowned in a chorus of excited cries as his nephews fell upon the fireworks and sorted ‘them into shape. “Look, Uncle Dou,” cried | Ned. “One of these fire balloons is torn.” “1k put a patch on it,” said Donald. “We'll send that fellow up now, eh? There's a good stiff breeze. Bob, go and bring me the paste pot and a sheet of paper.” “Here comes Cousin Patty,” said Frank, running to meet the little gos- Sipy, brighteyed relative whose cot- tage was almost at the end of the clit. “Well, Patty?” smiled Donald, as he shook hands. ““T ain well, Don,” said Cousin Patty. “T’'ve been fishing all morning off the ‘Topstone light.” “What luck?” “Not much—except that I caught Peter Gray's scarlet sweater and near- ly pulled him overboard!” giggled Patty. 5 “Peter Gray—here?” scowled Don- ald, for he was Jealous of young Gray, who had a singularly winning way with him. “Stopping at the Hinmans, I sup- Pose, as usual. He was out there fish- ‘{ng with Marjorie and her sister. Our Doats were quite close together, and my line flew over my head and the hook caught in his collar. It was all very funny: Peter said it would have been a fair capture only he had been hooked already.” Donald's faze darkened. He won- dered if {t was one of Gray’s ill-timed fests of had Aiurjorie really accopteg ‘him on the rebound? Jealousy pos sessed him again and he lost his tem. per. ‘He was glad he had not sent the letter. ‘When Patty had gone on. to the house Bobby came running back with ‘the pot of paste. “I couldn't find any paper, Uncl Don,” he said. g “I have some here,” said Don, and tearing open his letter to Marjorie, hi deliberately pasted it- over the tort place in the paper balloon. He smiled grimly as his eyes fel upon the opening words: “My dar Toten by all appearances, she wa: \ ‘nephew Tien the wi anc “Which way is the wind, Uncl pn nn ee island,” suggested imaginative Bob. “Anything you like,” agreed Don- ald. It was midafternoon of the day be- fore the Fourth when Donald and his nephews stepped back and allowed the balloon to rise up, rocking to and fro until it found balance in a higher current of air, ‘They watched it until it disappeared beyond the trees of the hill back of the house. ‘Then the boys returned to gloat over the fire: works and to store them away for the morrow’s celebration, while Donald threw himself into a hammock and flung an arm across his aching eyes. Rio ewe, We eee Peter Gray sat on the beach with his arm around a very pretty girl— Gertrude Hinman. Marjorie, with her shoulder dis- creetly turned to the lovers, gazed sadly out to sea. “See who's here!” chirruped Peter blithely. Marjorie looked around and her glance followed Peter's pointing finger. Behind them, lazily drifting down to the beach, was a limp paper balloon. Its fire was extinguished, and in the shelter of the cliff, where there was no wind, it was coming to earth. “Observe the patch,” said Peter as the balloon neared them: Marjorie got up and walked toward the fluttering thing, holding up her slim tanned arms to catch it. “Doesn't it look odd?” she laughed over her shoulder, and then the bal Joon was in her grasp—a smoky. smelling crush of paper with a stiff white patch covered with splashing black characters in a handwriting she knew so well. She tore the letter from the bal- loon and crushed it into her pocket. Then, flinging the mass of red paper on the ground, she sped to the shelter of the pine grove, where she spread open the letter and read it with shin- ing eyes. Her heart beat madly as she read Donald's confession and apology. “The dear, dear boy!” she mur- mured softly. “But what a funny way to send a letter? Shall I tele- phone—or—yes, I will!” 6 In a few moments she was talking to Mrs. Warren, “Donald is down on the beach, Mar- Jorie,” said Donald's sister-intaw. “He's sitting there, staring at the sea as if he contemplated jumping in. Till send Bobby after him. Wait a moment.” Donald received the message and went to the telephone with scowling face. “Yes?” he inquired politely. “Donald,” wavered Marjorie's voice, “I—I received your letter.” “My letter? What—tell mo what you mean,” he gasped. “Why, didn’t you send me a letter by balloon?” she asked tearfully. “Yes, I did,” declared Donald, bravely. “I—I'm coming over—may af “I'm expecting you,” said Marjorie, ringing off. ‘When they met he clung to her hands while he repeated the contents of his letter and begged forgiveness. “I was a beast to beso jealous,” he admitted; “but you" know Gray has been hanging around here a lot!” “He had to,” said Marjorie with dancing eyes. “Gertrude is wretched- ly lonesome when he's away.” “Gertrude?” “They're engaged, you know,” ex- plained Marjorie sweetly. ‘Then Donald made a clean breast ot how his letter came to be patched upon the balloon. “I thought it would go out to sea,” he said. “It was kindly fate that bore it into my hands,” she whispered, ®& Cost of a Long Tall. ‘On the highway between Dieppe and Gournay, France, there is an interest- ing wayside fnn:that never fails to at- tract the attention of travelers who Journey over the road, Nailéd over the door of the Inn there is a notice that reads: “Horses boarded here: Rates—Horeé wfth a short: tail 60 cen- times a day. Horses with a long tail, one franc.” No one could understand a discrim ination among horses based on the length of their tails until a reporter for a Paris paper questioned the pro- prietor, and later published the ex- planation in his newspaper. The hon- est old inn keeper gave an amusing but logical answer to the reporter's question. “Why, that's very simple,” he sald. “A horse with a short tail is very much bothered by flies and gnats. He is kept so busy driving them off with his head that he naturally cannot eat much. . A horse with a long tail does not need to use his head to keep pff ‘the flies, but can busy himself eating. In that way he eats more than the other, Therefore it is only logical that I should charge # higher rate for his board.” The inn keeper's argu: ment surely sounds reasonable — Youth's Companion. ‘The !ntoxicating Strawberry. It seems difficult to believe there tan be any connection between the strawberries now coming to market and poison gases, but the association exists. The steamships bringing fruit from Brittany to Plymouth refuse to carry passengers when conveylig a cargo of strawberries because of the intoxicating fumes given off by the berries when packed in bulk. Even the seamen have orders to keep on deck as much as possible. As straw- berries, even tons of them, give off no very pungent smell, the theory has been advanced that the intoxicating effect of a cargo of the fruit ts due to the fermentation of the sugar in the berries—London Chronicle. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL, AFRO-AMERICAN GULLINGS greg oo Agpeettccelipamemgy | fs an exclustvely Negro town, carved from the virgin forests of hardwood and cane. Isaiah T. Montgomery founded the town 27 years ago. A party of his relatives and friends braved the panther, bear, wolf and other wild animals which infested | Bolivar county at that time and Ia- bored with him in dragging a survey- ‘or's chain through tanglewood for the | town site, In casting their lot at this point the colonists selected what proved. the “center of the largest cotton producing county in the world. The soil is black loam in the higher parts and sticky, dense black land in the lower pafts. ‘The loam pulverizes easily and 1s al- most ideal for cotton raising. It also produces. pasture crops. The black [land 1s the tamous buckshot, which becomes flinty in summer, cracks and forms itself into clods resembling shot. ‘The population of the town has | grown from a small group to 1,000 in the corporate limits and to 7,000 tn the settlement. The business has grown with it. There are 23 stores and [lot including two drug stores and a photograph gallery. The business of these stores is considerable and ts “growing. Each year the merchants are compelled to sell on closer margin, but much of the trade which sought | Bearby towns on account of greater variety of goods or lower prices made possible by larger stocks or better credit arrangements is pleased to stay at home, The American Express main- tains an. office there, with a Negro agent, and its business is upward of $500 a month. ‘The railroad station, which is op- erated by a Negro, is about the ninth or tenth in importance between - ‘burg and Memphis. The commis to the ticket agent amounts to $1,200 a year. | There are two licensed physicians, ar lawyers and a rea! estate agent. There are six churches and the value of their property {s around $17,000. The weak point is the school. The enrollment is more than 300, while the equipment is inadequate for 50 pupils. ‘The teachers are poorly paid and the term is not more than five months. The Baptist college, which is main- tained by a board of Negro women known as the “Woman's Auxiliary,” elds torth in a twostory frame build ing and has some little provisions for boarding pupils! but its funds are very slim. The American Missionary asso- elation maintains a normal and indus- trial institute. The value of its prop- erty is about $4,000 and it costs about $2,000 a year. Efforts have been “made, but with little success, to erect a small modern dormitory for boys. | ‘The fraternal insurance societies “are well represented and the treasury ‘department of the Masonic order, which handles about $100,000 a year, is there under the guidance of Charles Banks. ‘The timber industry has been plied ‘since the beginning of the town and still yields a neat revenue in logs, fur- ‘niture, staves and spokes. Other woods are cut into framing material by the town sawmills. ‘The three gins of the town wrap and tie most of the cotton raised in the community. The crop will yield this season more than 4,000 bales. ‘The Cumberland Telephone com- pany three years ago installed its #ys tem there with a Negro as local man- ager and with a woman assistant. It has 71 phones in operation. When the..late Joshua Ellington's heirs came to settle pple estate, they found he had obligated himself to pay "$700 for a privilege’ which’ would not have been available to Mr. Ellington until he was one bundred and seven- teen years old. Moved by speecties of men’ promt: nent in church and business lite of the South, 300 southern men and women, delegates to the World's Christiag Bn- deavor convention, Jn gession in Chi- cago, acknowledged: brotherhood with the negro race and determined to ex- tend to it the hand of fellowship. Out of this idea is to grow the southern extension committee’ of the Christian Endeavor, which Rey. Ira Landrith of Nashville, Tenn., calls tho beginning, of the Interdenominational Unien of ihe Colored-People. - Doctor Lanidrith sajd: “We are going to take the Chris- tian Endeavor into the Negro een ‘organize new societies and help millions of blacks to enlighten- ment. God has placed at our door the greatest opportunity for Christian work that eyer came to any missiona- ries anywhere. én Apacs “The play 18 so old,” said Buck Kil- by yesterday in discussing one of the current attractions, “that the mag- fazines have reviewed it.’ In the province of Ontario {here are, including kindergartens, night schools, high schools, collegiate institutes and continuation classes, 6,942 public schools—all free—the yearly attend- ance of pupils being 600,000. Having secured the attention of the crowd, 2 man goes ahead and per forms his trick, The exposition to commemorate fifty years’ achievements of the free Negro, held at Richmond, Va., was be- cause of the place selected for holding the exposition, of particular interest to the Negroes of the South. But it is, something more than an event of local importance, for as a Mutional celebration it fs of interest to all Ne- groes and to all interested in the progress of the Negro race. Presi- dent Wilson has fssued a proclama- tion in which he says: “As president of the United States I bespeak the active interest of the nation in the exposition and trust that every factl- ity will be extended to the leaders, whose earnest work has made the un- dertaking possible.” Congress has appropriated $55,000 “to aid in the Promotion and consummation” of the exposition, thus giving to the event a significance which, under private aus- pices, it might have had difficulty tn commanding. Few are the Negroes who can draw, from personal experience, a compre- hensive picture of the progress of the race since it was released from bond- age. Since slavery days two genera- tions have been born in freedom, and have accepted freedom as a normal state and nothing to wonder at. To them the statement that in 1860 not more than one Negro in a hundred possessed himself means nothing, tor no Negro who did not actually live un- der slavery can realize that such an institution actually existed in a coun- try founded on the principle that free- dom is a right and not a privilege. To these new generations this expost- tion should mean a great deal. It should fix in thefr minds a vision of the progress of the race which no amount of imagining could give them, and it should inspire them with a de sire to hand down to their children the traditions of slavery in order that they and succeeding generations may appreciate the blessings of Mberty. A “whirlwind” membership cam- paign was outlined for the provisional organization, colored branch of the Young Women’s Christian association at Indianapolis ‘recently, when §1 members of the branch were present, each of these being made a captain of a team. It was decided to place 100 teams tn the field with 500 new mem- bers as the objective. Previous to the meeting the city was districted and each of the teams will be expected to work in a definite section in order that the entire city may be thorough- ly canvassed. The need of an association for col- ored women has never bean more ap- parent than today when the rooming house problem is more serious than at any previous time in the history of the city. The high cost of living has increased the cost of board till it ts impossible for the working girl outslde of a profession to board and room, thus making cheap rdoms desirable. These are usually: fopnd in the less desirable sections of the elty, and the reault Is that the moral standard of the girls and women ts being lowered. + ,Those who feel the need of a ¥, W. C. A. home for the colored women and girJs of Indianapolis, whether members of the branch or not, are urged to join in this campaign and do something for ft if nothing more than to take out a membership or secure one member, It is up to the Christian people of the colored churches and the clubs or- ganized for uplift work to give thelr Assistance in this effort —Indianapolis News. The so-called death watch, with its due to nothing more serious than the mystertous” ticking “at night time, ts furniture Beetle. ‘Thy larva of this In- sect burrows Into the furniture, mak- ing the pinholes which are often seen in old furniture, 5 Ties — Jerry Neal, colored, of Cave Spring, Ga, celebrated his one hunidred and twenty-fourth birthday anniversary a few days ago. He is, so far as ‘s known, the oldest person in, Georgia, if not in the United States. He has papers which establish his age beyond question, and the oldest Inhabitants of Floyd county remember that Jerry was 4 grown-up man when they were fn thefr Kilttes. Jerry, the father of forty-four, sons and daughters, distinet- ly remembers the war of 1812, and many of the Indian wart? ‘He is now a widower, but has been married three times. He {8 well and hearty, but uses a cane when walking. Recent investigations seem to prove that Bahia, Brazil, ts the oldest city on the American continent, hav- ing been founded 2 EO. or 36 years before St, Augustite, Fla, Italian farmhouses need improving, according to the opinion of the govern- ment, which has offered $7,585 in pre- miums to be awarded for encouraging the construction of model farm butld- ings. If a man can get his own consent to make an absurd or preposterous state- ment the probabilities are that the newspapers will print st. ‘Tell a woman the truth and she wilt not only grow indignant, but probably ‘will claim that you have insulted her. >) ae / \ ee ¢ vr = \ A Summer Vacation Avoid needless wark, especially hot cooking, and plan to get all possible rest and leisure. There are many ways. For instance, a hot breakfast io ubicalled Sor in sumstivn) “Theca's no exouse for easly, morning cooking with Post Toasties in the house. Nothing will please husband and, childretr better thistst a bowl of crisp, delicious " nee To asties . with cream or good milk. ‘There is pleasure in serving this dainty food and you start the day without work or worry. 3 With Toasties in the pantry it takes but a moment to prepare a breakfast or lunch that pleases all—you save time and temper. 4 Order a package of Post Toasties from your grocer and start on your home vacation. Tutt’s Pills seks eet 8.99 ie Sect onan ane eesleet DEVELOP FLESH. “= Dr. Tutt Manutecturiag C0, New eee PATENTS ett2-7: finan PATENTS Fein ae Eee RRI peieee toate How Experte Are Made. In every generation there is apt to spring up a body of men who, add ing to natural abilities and an uncom- mon stock of assurance a certain amount of specialized knowledge, ter- rorize the rest of the world under the guise of “experts.” + ‘Thinking that they find something rotten in the state of Denmark, in- capable of calm reflection, and eager for notortety, they hit upon « specific for what is «miss, compared with which all others are spurious imita- tions. ‘Their field of interest may range from solar mythology to eugenics, but the threefold badge of the tribe is an overweening belief in their own infallibility coupled with a proportion- ate contempt for ordinary human be- ings, the command of a barbarous jar- gon and an irrepressible desire to badger and bully their unfortunate fel- low-creatures. Hard to Please Everybody. “Doubleday ts always trying #0 hard to correct his own faults that he never has time to find fault with oth- er people.” ¥ “In that case hp ought to be popu- lar with his neighbors.” “You'd think so, but they accuse him of being self-centered.” Wittine to Mele. “I don't see anything the matter ‘with you,” sald the doctor. “Well, I'm worried, doctor.” “About what?” “My money.” “Oh, well, I guess I can relieve you of that.” ‘The Kind, / “Don't you want your son to make his mark in the world?” “Certainly, if {t's a dollar mark.” Any man who can hold a fussy baby for an hour without saying naughty words is in the same class with Job. me HIM CHANGE HIS SIGN Bachelor Found That Persistent Salee- men Had Some Other Way of Getting Business. An old bachelor, in order to prevent mea annoying him by knocking at bis door tu dispose of their wares, affixed thereto a label to this effect: “Hawk- ers, take notice! The inhabitants of this house never buy anything at the door.” Shortly afterward he was aroused by a loud knocking at his par- lor window, and looking out he saw two fellows with clothes-props, mats, ‘and pegs for sale. Throwing up the sash, be bawled: “Can you read?” “Yes, master,” answered one, “Then don't you see a notice affixed to my knocker that I never bay any ‘thing at the door?” “To be sure we do, That'y the rea- son why we thought we! would make bold and try to do a little business at the window.” The bachelor was pacified, and made & purchase, Immediately afterwarda, however, he sent for a painter, and had the addition made to his an- nouncement. “Nor at the window either.” iota niniada “This bill for your new frock te really a bit high.” observed the plu- tocrat to his daughter. “Six thousand dollars is considerable to pay just fo~ an auto suit.” “But, papa, the suit itself ts quite inexpensive. ‘The most of that bili 1s for the trimmings.” “Trimmings?” “Yes. 1 spent $5,200 for an auto of the right tint to match the suit."— Puck. On the Right Track, “While you were captive of the cam nibals, captain, why didn't you teach “em not to eat people up?” “Well, I did have er try, youngster, but the best I c'u'd do was to arn ‘em not ler eat wiv their knives!" —Puek, An Easy Victim. “What {8 your attitude toward tip ping?” “Oh, the usual one.” “And that ts?” “A weak-kneed deference to a took {sh custom.” The number of men who belleve » troupe of trained seals owes them a living seems to be increasing. You will never get ahead by follow. gia Mia deen - At Home ecially hot cooking, and plan sure, For instance, a hot breakfast There's no excuse for early ‘oasties in the house. : wand and childretx better that, WITH BARNS FULL OF STOCK Didn't Look Much Like Hard Times in Western Canada. A. Meyer, who left one of the best Counties in Minnesota, probably because he got a good price for his excellent farm, and left for the Canadian West, writes to his local paper, the Bagley Independent. His story is well worth repeating. He says: "To say I was greatly surprised when I reached Saskatchewan and Alberta would be expressing it mildly. In a country where so much suffering was reported, I found everyone in good circumstances, and especially all our friends who have left Clearwater and Polk counties. They all have good homes and those who were reported to have sold their stock through lack of feed, I found with their barns full of stock, and it did not look very much like hard times. They have from 160 acres to two sections of the finest land that can be found. Those that left here two or three years ago have from 100 to 400 acres in crops this year. Prospects for a humper crop are splendid. It is a little cold now, but nothing is frosted, either in gardens or fields. Land can be bought quite reasonably here from those who volunteered their services in the European war. Here are certainly the best opportunities for securing a good home with a farm and independence for life in a short time. Before I started I heard that prices were so high. Flour was reported at $12 per hundred it is $4.25 here. In the west all the groceries can be purchased for nearly the same as in Minn. The only article that I found higher was kerosene at 25 cts per gallon. When I saw the land I wondered why people do not live where they produce enough from the soil to make a comfortable living. We visited T. T. Sater. John Dahls, W. J. and R. D. Holt's, Martin Halmen, Gle Halvorson, Wm. Walker and Geo. Colby, all from Bagley. We found well and prosperous farmers who wished to be remembered to all their Bagley friends." (Sed.) A MEYER Advertisement Perfectly Natural. "So you were a witness in a law- suit?" "Yes." "Did the opposing attorney bother you much?" "Not at all. He kept interrupting me so much that it seemed I was at home telling my story and ma was correcting me as I went along." Going to an Extreme. "Bliggins has an idea that he can run the universe." "Yes. I understand he is training a pet grounddog so that he can be sure of having the kind of weather predictions he wants every year." Why He Failed. "I understand his marriage was a failure." "Yes; he tried to run it the way he ran his business." "How do you mean?" "He was never in the office." Giving Him the Hee Haw! She—How do you happen to be called Jack? He—Oh, it's just a nickname. Why? She—I didn't know but it was an abbreviation. Conversational Discretion. "People are not supposed to tell all they know," said the cautious person. "No," replied Miss Cayenne, "especially in these days of popularized science." In Self-Defense. Applicant—Be youse th' gint wot advertised for a porter, sor? Hotel Proprietor—Yes, but I stated in the ad that all applications must be made by mail. Applicant—Faith, an' do youse t'ink Ol'm ather lookin' lokk a female, sor! Going the Limit. "What is your opinion of government ownership?" "It's a great idea," replied Senator Sorghum. "If the government owned everything and had to pay all its own taxes a lot of my constituents would be better satisfied." Mrs. Gray—The window in my hall has stained glass in it. Mrs. Green—Too bad! Can't you find anything that'll take the stains out? Father—I am glad it's being kept in the family. Nurse—An' it has it's mother's voice. Father—Lord help it!—Life. Parson Snowball (a Methodist)—is yoh all a soljah in de army ob de Lohd? Stranger—Yassah. Ah's a membah ob de Baptist church. Parson Snowball—Den yoh all ain't in de army; yoh's in de navy. Drawing the Line. "Imitation is the sincerest flattery." "Maybe," replied Mr. Cumrox. "But I don't like to have a stenographer copy my mistakes in grammar."—De torte Free Press. SECOND TO KRUPP'S SECOND TO KRUPP'S British Arsenal at Woolwich Is Immense Plant. Munitions of War Being Turned Out In Enormous Quantities to Supply Forces Engaged in France and Turkey. When "Good Queen Bess." In 1585, decided to establish a store of arms and armor at the old Tower house, a mansion in Woolwich Warren, adjoining the then boggy and unhealthy marshes of Plumstead, she little thought that by so doing she was founding Britain's greatest arsenal, which 300 years later would be giving employment to 30,000 men, earning more than $500,000 a week for making munitions of war for the greatest conflict the world has ever seen'. That small armory at the Tower house, however, was the origin of the Woolwich arsenal of today, which covers 600 acres, and where guns of all sizes, every form of military wagon, shot, shell, torpedoes, cartridges, bullets, war signals, life-saving rockets, and high explosives are manufactured. Even in the bygone days, however, Woolwich figured largely in military history. It was Prince Rupert who protected the Warren with batteries in Charles II's reign, and other fortifications, which have now disappeared, were added by that king's successor. The Dutch several times threatened the dockyards at Woolwich and at Chatam, while at the end of the seventeenth century two French privateers were captured off Woolwich. It is obvious that the secrets of the arsenal are most jealously guarded, particularly at the present time. Indeed, the government, since the war broke out, has adopted the precaution of recalling all text-books about the arsenal, although in peace times, when the average number of men employed there is about 14,000, visitors of British nationality, desirous of seeing the arsenal, may do so by obtaining an order from the war office. It might be mentioned, however; that among the most effective guns manufactured at Woolwich are the famous six-inch howitzers of which the French speak so highly, while one of the latest time-saving ideas is to dip military wagons bodily in huge tanks of paint and hang them up to dry. Woolwich arsenal is really divided into three great departments, called respectively the Royal Gun factories, the Royal Carriage department and the Royal laboratory. It is in the latter that every kind of experiment is made with explosives, and where officers and soldiers learn their use and effectiveness, while in the gun factories, which are filled with machinery of the best and most modern kind, guns of all sizes are manufactured for the army and tested over the extensive practice ranges which were formerly the Plumstead marshes. Apart from the actual workshops, there are various important military establishments at Woolwich. There is the Artillery college, for instance, which gives special training to officers of the Royal Artillery in order to fit them for appointments in the manufacturing departments of the arsenal. Then there is the Royal Military academy, the oldest military school in the kingdom, where men destined for the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers begin their training. The Royal dockyards at Woolwich was closed nearly fifty years ago, but it continues to be used as a military store depot, and it is interesting to note that it was the first, and for very long the principal, dockyard in the kingdom. The Great Harry was built there in 1562, the Royal George in 1751, the Galathea in 1859, and more than 200 other ships. And the curious may spend many an interesting hour in the Rotunda museum, which contains the finest collection of military antiquities and models in the world. BELT VAULT FOR THE BATHER Does Away. With the Necessity of Leaving Jewelry and Other Valuables in a Locker. Made large enough so that it may be used to carry cigarettes and matches, or personal jewelry, including a man's size watch, a water-tight Belt Vault for Batners and Fishers. case fixed to a canvas belt that straps about the body has been devised for bathers. Its use precludes the theft of money or other things of value which otherwise would be left in a locker—Popular Mechanica. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. IL Veal Loaf, to serve cold: Cooked Corned Beef, select and appetizing. Chicken Loaf, Ham Loaf and Veal Loaf, delicately seasoned. Vienna Sausage, Genuine Deviled Ham and Wafer Sliced Dried Beef for sandwiches and dainty luncheons. Insist on Libby's at your grocer's Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray hairs. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. PRICE, $1.00, retail. COUNTED PROFIT AND LOSS Country Storekeeper Well Advised In Discontinuing Business for That Day, at Least. The present generation is scarcely aware that at one time our one-dollar and two-dollar bills were marked with Roman instead of Arabic numerals. Therefore, when the youth left temporarily in charge of the general store in a small country town was approached by a stranger and asked for change for an eleven-dollar bill, he looked curiously at the greenback, but courteously acceded to the request. The owner of the store sauntered in some time later. "Well, Sam, any business?" "Nothin' 'cept changin' a 'leven-dollar bill for a drummer,' the boy answered unconcernedly. The storekeeper started for the cash drawer, looked long and sorrowfully at the old two-dollar bill, then said sadly: "Put up the shutters, Sam. We've done enough business for one day!"—Collier's Weekly. HAIR OR NO HAIR? It Is Certainly Up to You and Cuticura. Trial Free. Hot shampoos with Cuticura Soap, followed by light dressings of Cuticura Ointment rubbed into the scalp skin tend to clear the scalp of dandruff, soothe itching and irritation and promote healthy hair-growing conditions. Nothing better, cleaner, purer. Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. XY, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Of Course. Vivlen, aged four, ran screaming to her mamma. At her heels was a playful pup. "Why, Vivlen, what are you crying about?" mamma asked. "The dog is after me, mamma, the dog is after me!" "Why, the dog wasn't trying to get you; it was only running a race with you." Then Vivlen's face brightened, her tears quickly disappeared. "I beat him, too, didn't I, mamma!"—Indianapolis News. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE S TASTELESS chill TONIC You know, what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron builds up the system. 50 cents. Adv. Well to Speak Russian. Spanish is the most important foreign language for the American commercial student to learn, but it looks as though Russian might be a close second. One hundred and sixty millions of people, occupying a vast and fertile area, make a customer worth having. Have the Ring of Truth. "An artful angler, you say?" "I never knew a man who was more so." "Peshaw! He never catches any, thing." "I know it, but 50 per cent of his fishing yarns are believed." Officer, He's Out Again! Snicklefritz—I saw a queer thing today. Dinglebatz—What was it? Snicklefritz—A blind man looking for work. Girls should beware of young men who pose as candy kids; as husbands they are apt to develop into lemon drops. Women motor truck drivers in England are being paid $7.50 per week, the same rate paid to men. There is a time in the life of every man at which he becomes a publicity agent for union underwear. Labor laws for women have recently been enacted in Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts and Wyoming. Children CASTORIA What is Castoria? Castoria is a harmless substance, Drops and Soothing it contains neither Opium, Moist substance. Its age is its usual and allays Feverishness. For has been in constant use for Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Diarrhoea. It regulates the assimilates the Food, giving The Children's Panacea—The GENUINE CASTORIA Bears the In Use For O The Kind You Have THE CENTAUR COMP Net Contents 15 Fluid Drachma 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL-3 PER CENT. A Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS / CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest. Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral, NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old Dr. SAMUEL PITCHER Aphrodite Sind Lix Sensation Rockle Salts Magnesium and Peppermint Dr. Carbonate Soda Wintergreen Flavor Aperfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach Diarrhoea, Worms, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Pac-Simile Signature of CASTORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANY, NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Exact Copy of Wrapper "Isn't it a shame the prices these New York restaurants charge?" "But isn't it worth something to entertain the class of people they have to?" -Smart Set. "What do you consider the greatest human paradox?" "A secret session of a woman's club."—Philadelphia Ledger. business Opportunities now that one of the most profitable lines of trade is a Billiard Bowling Glove. In combination with a Cigar Store, Quick com or Barber Shop. We have a large list of good locations. gours for the asking. Write at once; staling where you de- cate. Ask for catalogs of Billiard Tables, Bowling Alleyes. We sell on easy payments. wick-Balke-Collender Co., Dept. YXZ, 623 Wabash Ave., Chicago Canada is Calling You to her Rich Wheat Lands Business Opportunities Business Opportunities Do you know that one of the most profitable lines of trade is a Billiard Room and Bowling Alley in combination with a Cigar Store, Quick Room or Room for the asking. Have you ever asked The Thief for the asking. What was once; stating where you desire to locate. Ask for catalogs of Billiard Tables, Bowling Alley and Fixtures. We sell on easy payments. The Brunswick-Bakle-Collender Co. Dept. XYZ, 623 Wabash Ave., Chicago Canada is Calling You to her Rich Wheat Lands Can to h She vita stea some toba This as ch ever. by til which bush can 160 ACRE FARMS IN WESTERN CANADA FREE She extends to Americans a hearty initiation to settle on her FREE Homestead lands of 160 acres each or secure some of the low priced lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. This year wheat is higher but Canadian land just as cheap, so the opportunity is more attractive than ever. Canada wants you to help to feed the world by tilling some of her soil—land similar to that which during many years has averaged 20 to 45 bushels of wheat to the scre. Think what you can make with wheat around 81. a bushel and pulsory in Canada. There is no conscription and no war tax on lauds. The climate is healthful and agreeable, railway facilities excellent, good schools and churches convenient. Write for literature and particulars as to reduced railway rates to Superintendent Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to O. A. COOK, 125 West 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri; C. J. BROUGHTON, Room 612, 112 West Adams Street, Chicago, IL. Joan Sawyer, an actress, has left New York to motor to San Francisco in six weeks on a wager. remature Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR DRESSING. Their Justification. BOWLING Miss Mary Elizabeth Seraner came all the way to Saline county from Fayetteville, O., to become the bride of Francis de Sales Schneider, a young farmer near Saline, and even then came near losing out for a delay at least, but she was equal to the occasion and is now Schneider's bride, says a Saline (Kan.) dispatch to the Kansas City Journal. The promised delay in the nuptial affairs of the young couple was caused by Schneider getting into a runaway accident and sustaining a broken leg, fractured ribs and bruises all over his body, and his sweetheart found him bound in plaster of paris casts so tight he could not move. The situation was discussed, the young lady hooked up the favorite horse to a buggy and came to Saline, secured the marriage license, engaged the preacher and returned to the farm. With the dawn of the millennium we may have an ideal state legislature—one that will repeal more laws than it passes. Ire is the worst half of satire. Children Cry For Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea-The Mother's Friend. "I shall never speak to her again as long as I live." "But you've said that often before." "I know, but what else is there to say when a person becomes as angry as she makes me?"—Detroit Free Press. The female who parades the streets with a jag on thinks she's a perfect lady. land so easy to get. Wonderful yields also of Oats, Barley and Flax. Mixed farming is fully as profitable in industry as grain growing. The Government this year is asking farmers to put increased acreage into grain. Military service is not com- 1916 Hupmobile Built for Satisfactory Service $1085 F. O. B. Detroit. Waber Imp. & Auto Co., 1900 Locust, St. Louis, 2 phones The Limit. Averse to Slang. Just to show how much averse to slang he was, a small boy in a Chicago school explained to the teacher one day that he had been walking with a friend, but neglected to take off his hat when they met a lady both knew. His friend had nudged him, and whispered: "Take off your lid, you simp!" "What he should have said," explained the boy, was 'Remove your hat, you nut!' The general sentiment is summed up in the words of a small boy, who ventured this: "Anyway, it's only roughfecks who use slang nowadays." Prefers Insanity Doctor recommends baseball as a cure for insanity. H'm. It strikes us that the last state of anyone taking that course of treatment would be worse than the first. But let the sluggard attend a picnic and the ant will surely come to him. If you make a cat's paw of a friend you are apt to get scratched. Cry For Mtter's ORIA ASTORIA Institute for Castor Oil, Pare- tyrups. It is pleasant. It periphine nor other Narcotic guarantee. It destroys Worms or more than thirty years it the relief of Constipation. Teething Troubles and the Stomach and Bowels, healthy and natural sleep. Mother's Friend. ASTORIA ALWAYS Signature of Mtter's. Over 30 Years e Always Bought ONY, NEW YORK CITY. Paxtine In the local treatment of woman's ill, such as lencorrhoea and inflammation, hot douchies of Paxtine are very efficacious, medicated douchies will fail to appreciate the healthy condition Paxtine produces and the prompt relief from soreness and discomfort which follows its use. This is because Paxtine possesses superior cleansing, disinfect- PAYLINE For ten years the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. has recommended Paxtine, in their men, which proves its superiority. Women who have been relieved say it is "worth its weight in gold." At druggists. "At druggists," the Paxtine Toilet. Co. Bost. boc. large box or by mail. Sample free. The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston, Mass. THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS that make a horse Wheeze, Roar, have Thick Wind or Choke-down, can be reduced with THICK, SWOLLEN GLANDS that make a horse Wheeze, Roar, have Thick Wind or Choke-down, can be reduced-with ABSORBINE also any Bunch or Swelling. No blister, no hair gone, and horse kept at work. Concentrated—only a few drops required at an application, $2 per bottle delivered. Book 3 K free. ABSORBINE, JR., antiseptic liniment for mankind, reduces Cysts, Wens, Painful, Knotted Varicose Veins, Ulcers. $1 and $2 a bottle at dealers or delivered. Book "Evidence" free. W.F.YOUNG, P.D.F., 310 Temple St, Springfield, Mass. DAISY FLY KILLER placed anywhere, at any time. No clean, ornamental, convenient, or all-time lesson. Made of metal, can spill or tip over, will not sell or move. Anything guaranteed effective. HABOLD BOXERS. 180 Do Kalk Ave., Brooklyn, N. E. JUNET FLOWER Terre Haute VETERINARY COLLEGE ACCEPTS UNIVERSITY EDUCATE YOURSELF FOR BUSINESS AND SUCCESS IN LIFE BY ATTENDING THE St. Louis Commercial College FIVE FINK, GOOD SCHOOLS IN ST. LOUIS Central School, 810 Olive St. Catalog free W. N. U. ST. LOUIS, NO. 32-1915. y Old E, $1.00, retail. * PUBLISHED ON FATAY BT THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. * QBTROPOLIS, = + == = MLL. RS. M. J. MOGRARY, MANAGER. 3.B. MoOzaxr, Eorroz PREDAY AUG: 13, 1915. —————$ $$ Q face gth and Pearl Streets, Me- ropolis, Llinois. Bntorered ac second-class mail mat- x, at Matropolis, Lilinots, Postoftios, eee creer eens ati cocrmuntcations to 3 Rikon BAY, Bex 497 Metropolis, titinets. — $< ‘Pho names and addresses of oontrib- tors mast be known to es in evey ta- tanea, in order to secure pibboatton. Wo want the nows of yoor, vicinity anch woex. Terms OF Suuscaipaion: One Year... 20 t& Monthe...... 4.05 + 2B Fares Months... , 40 Bimplo Copy... ee eeeeeee seen 8 sar in Advance. ADVERTISING RATBS. made kitowa on application. BSEPVYou must mail copy ‘on Mondays to secure publication Theve are several prospective can- didates for Governor of illinois on the Republican ticket. The foi. lowing named persons are the ones mentioned: ; Andrew Russell, Frank L. Smith Frank Q. Lowden, 0. F. Berry, Ghas. S. Doneen, Richard Yates. Wanted—100 customers at the Last Chalice grocery 19 boy 3 cans of best tomatoes and corr for 25¢. Ordination Licentiate license blanks atthe Gozette office. Mrs. Z. A. Vallee has hai goods in avery style ard shape. Thece goods ara at my residence on 6th 8i., third house from , Bap. tist Chure Letter | Heads and Envelopes can be had for the asking at chis office. We print them For Groceries and cold drinks ¢ go the First or Last Chance Gro: cery on Oth and Pearl Sts, ‘Send us @ trial order for the Great Nature Svive, soe @ Box. Why sufier when you ca. be re: lieved for such a small amount. Read var guarantée onthe fron! page of The Gazetre For lady’s ready trimmed hat: go to Mire. Vallee. FUR SALE. - 1 Waiaat Bed Room Set. 1 Hall Tree. 1 Peir Large Pillows. 1 Walnet Parlor Set. 1 Feather Bed. 1 Set Bed Springs. Call at my heme oa 6th Street. i. A. VALLER Burted In Hoe Plano. A woman professor ot musta, who recently died nif Alarseiltes, France, ns bees burial in ber plano tn obe- @ionoe to her final wis She gave ne hor retcon for tif etrange request that tho Lappiest Bours of hor Dito had beon spent ut hor ptano. Owing to the great stue ot this original cot fin an immense grave hed to be aus. ij “Scan ae teaicane Force, furver, intencty—these an to gesiities wish hao gen, thal power to great loafer fo af movements by which ibe work! bad deen swayed Romothyen they bave een prescat tn wen who left so little weritinn mewortal or whos efforts wero foiled by otverse cirenmatances Gat wn can noty oriz the tack thet they wust Savo toon workable de faoce dol ccnternporavion admired and followed thom. Thuy pomssose? the ceoret of tfuence, though we cD fot telt how they manitesued tt. The are among the riduler of history Cha:nters’ Zurn. a Raising ae Gea of Ute, The Ite of Cubs te ternely auatute 94 by rafeing, Its people consursin ia tov tore srearaliy saan any on | years are | Wa King. of Unionville,’ is | another very very successful farm- er |: B.C, Long, of Choat ‘had 100 lacres of wheat and wil! make - bout 2,000 bushels’ He: had a very fine strawberry crop, the best in the county. % | We have several good ‘colored | farmers in Massac county and we | hope to give a list of them in the near future, Thos. P. King was in:the city beryl on busioess. ++ Cut Figwevs at ‘Jernie Inman's’ A. E. Townsend of Mounds is the guest of Roscoe Roberts | Mrs. A. A, Tucker and child- ren returned home from Johuson- ville Tenn., last weck where she has been visiting ber mother for ‘the past two months. , Mrs. Ellen Buchanan . Sr. was ‘called to Chicago Wednesday by ‘telegram’ to the bedside of ber daughter, Lula Woods: Miss Maud Porter ‘ returned home Mo :day after visiting in Champaign, and attending the Grand Lodge of Odd Fetlows aad Rath,s George and Dave Jamison vis- ited in Paducah Ky, ,Sunday. Scott Crouse and: family were Paducah visitors, Sanday. .; , Rev. H.E. McWilliams pass- ed through the city Tuesday,, Roscoe Roberts of Carbondase is visiting his’‘parents, Mr. and Mrs, Thos. Roberts ia Cut Flowers at Jennie Inman's Miss Giadys Mortoa returned tothe city Tuesday from Hart- tor} Ky), where she has brea visiting her mother for two months.’ Her mother bas been il bat is mach -improved. © Miss Morcon was met in Padudab by her bert friend, Mr. Sam Up- shaw. Leonard Bailey of Paducah Ky: who has been visiting the Misses Parks returned home Tuesday. Wim. Green of Carbondale. vis- ixed in the city Monday,’ - | Wm. Beery of St. Louis Mo. is in the city visiting relatives, Cut Flowers at Jennie Inman's. Touissaat (.. Alstom was out of the city a few days last week Rev. C. W, Norment pastor of the Rock Hill Baptise church is still assisting Rev. McCrary to # revival at the Uoity Baptist chureh Rev aad Mis. J B McCrary and son Edgar were royally en- tertained for dinner end supper ‘Booday at the Romes of Mr. and ‘Mis. Landets; Mr. and Mrs, beg and Mrs, Morion of Brookport | Miss lore Rodgers was enter- ‘taiced Sundey at the home of Mr. and Mrs Boyd McCane, | Mr. Edward Lyons and Miss | Remalia Barnard were quietly married tast week at the rasidence of Squire Wn. Wright J. P. George Robinson went to Creal Springs last week 99 business Mrs Hattie Beast is some- what indisposed this week. The QO. E.S Grand Chapter ofthe State of Mlinois and Jerir- diction coavenes in Rock Isisnd $100 Reward, * $100, ‘The readers of this “paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disoase that science has beet able to cure in ail its stages, and that is fcatarrh. Hall's Scataeah cure is the oely postive cure on now known to the medical; fraterr Ay. catarth he- ing @ constitutional “isease, requires constitutional tre.tment. Hall's co- tarth is taken int fnaliy, acting direet ly upon the blood and mucous surface» of the system, thereby gdestioying [the foundation of the disease, Sorel per the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in do- ing its work. The proprietors have sc much faith in its curntive: powers that they offer ;One ;Hundred Dollars for any case that'it fails to cure, send for list of testimonials, Address F. J. CHENEY @ €O., Tole: do, 0. Sold by all Druggists, 7c. i Take Hali’s Family Pills for constt pation. Leslie Renfro of , Murphysboro is in the city visiting his parents. Garrett Tranzor of Centralia is in the city the guest of his broth- er, AleX Tranzor Mrs. George Murray and ehild- fen returned home from Cham- paiga alter visiting ber mother for a few days. Mr. Richard Hensley returned home from Chicago alter visiting his son Thomas who recently married :Mesdames'H. G. Burke” and Jennie Woods and Misses Odie Williams Celeste Jenkins "and Bernice Burke accompaniéd the milttiary boys to Camp Liscoln Saturday, Mrs. Eulla Perry and daughter Verleane af Fulton Ky., are in the city visiting, the guest of Mr. and Mrs_Jas. Townley. Miss Isabelle Belmay of Smith. land Ky. was in the city Friday on business returning home Sat- arday. ve Mrs James Greene and child- ren of Paducah Ky, spent several days in. this, city, the guest of Mes..T. A Urquhart aad. chi'de ren. ri } NOTICE, Reader if a blue or red mark appears on the bead of your pa- per marked with an'[X} it is to notily you that you owe for the Paper and must pay at once. | SANDUSKY. - Mr. Editor, Please allow me Space'in your worthy paper to say that our charch is getting “along nicely under ‘the leadership of Elder Wm, Beil Weare now oathe eve} of putting concrece biocks uadet our church fand fin- ished painting it, Op Saturday before the §ta Sunday there will be a grand picnic given by ithe the church and a grand rally on Sunday for the purpose of mak- ing ready for the Association, — Rev. Wm. Beli, Pastor, Bro. J. H. Hillard, Clerk. The Daavilie (Virginia) Loan and Investment Company is cap- italized at. 35.000, The corpora- tion owns property valued at $40, 000 aad rave made idans to the amvust of $13,000, E. H. Adam is presidegt and J. R, Wilson, se- cretary and treasurer a NOTICE Md City, Lil., Aug. 6, 1913. Mr. Editor: Please give notice that I have ao power to change the time of meeting by the con- stitution, but as the brothers want to gotothe National Conveilon they can put the meeting «fl two weeks longer, but I could not change it. Please give notice § f allto mect Tuesday before the 2nd Suoday in Sept I cannot go naoless my child gets better as TI have a very tick daughter she has been sick for 5 1.C RR... Time Card NORTH BOUND , Tratn numbers Arnves, Laven. or 10:10am. t0:%a.m, m bas pm. 8:85 pom SOUTH BOUND. Train numbers Areives, Lares. "6 Wo.mam. 10:10am. as ‘2:23 p.m. 2:85 p. m. HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re- ward for any ease of Catarrah that can- not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo 0. _ We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be- lieve him perfeetiy honorable in alj business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. * NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE. Toledo, 0. Hall's Catazth Care is taken. inter- nally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75 ce ats per bottle. Sold by.all’ Druggists. Take Hall, Family Pitts for const- pation. Notice Of Publication Ie Attach- ment. 8. BARTLETY KERR, ATTY. State of Dlinois, Masvae County 8. In the Circuit Court of Massee County \1il, August Term 1935. Mattio Miller vs Phillip P. Foreman. Margeret Foreman, ‘in attsichment, Demand $200. Notice ia hereby given to you; the said Phillip P. Foreman and Margeret Foreman of Los Angeles’ California, that a writ of attachment has been sued out of the office of the Clerk of the Cireuit Clerk of said County of $Mussne ut the suit of che suid Mattie Milier and Jagainet the estate of yoo, the sald Paillip P. Foreman and Muxgaret Fore- man tor one nundred sixty and 96 one bundred dolla:a, bewides inwerest, di- rected vo the Sherritt 01 said County w execute, which suid writ has beg re- turned by said Sherriff execute, the detendénts not found and as baving levied oa the following described real estate to-Wits Alll of Block No. One Hundred Twenty six (126) except One Hundred Thirty- six feet otf of the Bust side toereof and situated in the City'of Metropolis, Massac Coumty, iinois,; eabject to « mortgage recorded'in book °"8" page tZ of morthges in the recorders office of Maesac County, dilinois; in tavor of ku- gene Lafont for $1600.00, und an up- divided one halt dnterlst tn ia” part: of the West Hulf of Section ‘inirty tive (6), Lownehip Fifwees (16) south, Range Four(4) east ard P.M. more, particurarly described as follows: Begining at a point where the new Vienna road intersects the Jonesboro Road, said point being’ 180 feet due North Of the Stoue set for und being & quarter section corer for and'betwoen sections 4 and 85 of maid’ towaship und range, thence from snid point due wouth | on section line 72 rode to the North line of ad acre tract sold to one Wentzel, thence East with Nort line of Wentzel tract, 54 rods to the centre of Jonesboro road; thence in u Nortawesterly course with centre fine of said Jonesboro road 90 1-2 rode to plate of begining, said’ teact contains 12 9-10 acres by warvey less that portion sold to the derma & Southern Railroad Go. by deed record ed in Vol. “20” of deeds et page 4¥8 io in the Recorders office of Masse. County, Ulinois, “Row, unless you, the waid Phillip P. Foreman and Margaret Foreman shall personally be and appear before the Cireuit Court of eaidCounty 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 Au- ‘gust next, give special bail and pleed to.uid action, judgement will be enter- ed egeinst you in favor of the ruid |plaintift and the property attached old to entity the eame, with costs Arthur H. Finley, Clerk. Metropolis, Iilinois, May 16tb, 1916 Native Salve. We have just tecived 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 Soc, per box Act quick if you want it. Send all orders to Rev. J. B. McCrary, —— months, that is my reason for not going. So please give notiee of the meeting at Mounds; let al come to do work for the district. Rev. D. Parrish, Moderator. ‘ Enough Sate imecible Olt Gent (to schpoigit who has collided with himi—"Whee you run {nto people Yke that yon abould say, ‘I bey your pardon,” Girt —"There worn't no used. § heard whgt you seld.”"~Sydney Balietin Gai Scie eM a) REPS ica 2 es Livingston institute eT A EEE EI . * Metropolis - - Illinois Second Session Opens Monday March 8th 1915 , This choo! is well graded and equipped Graunmar Schoo! A Depertmect. Al) work. is well organized uader Departmen tal avd able Instructors, selected for Spgcial Departmenta work : pec nq in Music, Moekeeping, Shorthand Special Courses, and Type Writing, Bible, Study if sod in Theology H# Entrance Fee $2.60 a Session S Titi + Tuition, Theological Department Tuition, Normal and Eaglish coureses per month each “ 1.00 m Tuition, Instromental music (instuding rent of instrument)... i cpieaesmelepatin sieahae) titegidae ali entity ete St ae H Tuition Typewriting (including rent) per menth....... "* 1.50 #) Tuition Piain Sewing per month te i aes Ee H Tuition, Vocal mesic... rhea ca M Tcition Printing —_ pasties its Fre: Bs ¢q Domestic Science, Milli- per month. Printing Free Board and rooms can be secured Board and Rooms yr nie ae rence ble rate. In every case, 4 woeks wilt be concted for aschool month All charges must be paid in advaice. Fer any information land Prospectus Address » JBL McGRART. Sunt. and Sec’y. Box 107 Metropolis, ML. FE TERR SO eee RESTAURANT.FOR SALE. Carbondal, illinois My Restavrant, which cousists of a complete up-to-date ostfit opposite the f. C. Depot; good Yocaiion and resonshie good business. Reason for selling poor health. Terms:- Cash or one half dowe. James Robinson Proprietor. Trustees of the Livingston Normat, Tugologi rie tl ost and’ Industria! fnatieate. ns pli 3.B. KnoWiee, D..D., President th ED a J.B. McCrory, 8. T.B.; Secrotery if if q3 cot T. 0, Vandy, Treascrer | & y =e 8. B. Kerz, * Attpenvy | FL a) | Rov. J.M. Hiahe. eed i= bk Rov. H. Allison | Bee. V7” | pceeemens Ray. G, W. Rowlett cal sol Ua Rev. C. 0. Phillips, Pinanctal Agt. | \ arog Rov. H. B. MoWilitame i is OFFICIALS PLEAD NOT GUILTY Matans Serteamen Apposr tn Court to Aaowor to Charges of Crackedncan, en Teo. 19.~-Watving ar ment, 18 af tho 1 offiours and employes of the 1943 legistature, to Rating Lit Gor. Wilt P. O'Neil and ry of State Homer b. Cook, ageater of the house tn 1913, pleaded nor guiky on indictments charging thers with signing and pro senting flags) claims far payment by tho state Sumediately efter the Astondscts tnd cutered thelr pies the tris! wae begun by the tngtetuction of a imte mant of tacts, tu whtoh defendante dud not deny they sigued ar preanted the claims tho state deularee were illegal ‘The couyse up to th6 point of grade: ation from the grammar school ought to be wnifarm for all puplis. The tendency to Grive the separation of courses end the developmont of voow tlonal instruction belew tli point tn the pupti’s development ought to be strenuously resisted. These aro the powars which avery youth ought to possess, end the information nequired in Gevoloping them ought to be tho common BtceR of every man. It mukes po Giference whether the boy Is to be @ plumber or professor, tinker or theologtan, thie te the solid, compre- heneive and yet simple foundation upon which his inteltectial and pro- ductive tife ought to be bullt—The Ap- prenticesbip Bulletin, Boston. Commen Gense @ Bad Master, tn creative thougit common senne too bad marter. Its sole criterion for fodgment Is that, vew ideas ehall look tke olf ones. In other words, it can ‘ouly act by suppressing originality — ALN. Whitehoad te “An Introdactlor. to Motbematica.” { oa @ im ay f E Ben | hay | al SS VA | te The caly way to TY arg gt the genuine ee | | New Home pie 3 Sewing Machine [Tt (aT) is to buy the machine with the name NEW j HOME on the am ff Aa ond in the lege, a) 3 ‘This machine te vale “i werranted for all ae time. pag | H No other fike it i ge" f No other as good W The New Home Sewing Machine Company, ¢€ (ORANGE, MASS. For Sale by W. P. Baynes, Metropolis, Ml. RHEUMATIC SUFFERERS GIVEN QUICK RELIEF = Pain loaves almost eek aee re ie oe tiem, Lambago, Gout, (faze Sciatica, Nowrelgis Hess tou Home soe | ‘a bottle of “5-Drops” ‘ued bot ive fll Serco eee for use. 2 cael “§-Drops." Don't ac I sicolle Rey drat gieteen copgly you If you live too far from a fet deme sead One Dollar to ‘Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co, Newark, Ohio, and a bate of “rDgpe” wil ba