Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE Notice. Mound City, Ill, July 24, 1916 Please allow me space to say to the public through your paper concerning the Mt. Olive association which will meet with Mt. Olive church, Colps. I wrote to J. D. Davis, corresponding secretary and the $1 per head a week was changed so the association will meet on the above date without paying any board. Please give notice to the district that all of the delegates may see that they dont have to pay board. Remember the date, Tuesday before the 4th Sunday in September. I ask that every church be duly notified that they dont have to pay board. Please send this out this week through your paper I am yours in Christ, D Parrish, D. D. Moderator. HODGES PARK. Having been informed that the Association will meet at Colps. Of the additional expense of said meeting I wish to say to the sisters of the Mt. Olive W. E. & M. Convention that we will have to get busy. We hope that each pastor in the District will encourage the women of their several churches to take interest in the work as we cannot know until the annual meeting what the committee on location will do. Let us come up to the meetin praying for success and stand together as a unit. For together we stand and divided we fall. I am praying that we will be united in oneness with one purpose and we can look with pride on a building erected in name The Livingston Normal Industrial Institute in the near future. Let us not lag in the work on the account of small obstacles but perseverance till the end if we do not work we cannot reap. What we sow we shall reap, and whatever we mete out shall be meted to us. Yours for success. M. J. Blake. President. NOTICE. Dear Sisters: the time is fast approaching for the State Association that was organized at Central a last year and the president is asking all local societies in the churches of each District to represent at this meeting and we hope to have a good representation from the Mt. Olive district I have not heard from our missionary and don't know whether she has been able to visit any of the churches or not, but my dears we should not let our banner trail in the dust. We should hold up the standard of the Baptist everywhere. I am settled at home for awhile, but I am going to work in this part of the field, as the work is somewhat dull at present, but we have a lively set of B. Y. P. U. workers. They are doing real good work and I hope to be able to say the same of the W. E. & M. Society Remember the State work is calling for you in May and will convene with the Sparta Church. Ternal Session of the of the Mt. Olive of Southern Illinois with the Mt. O ips, Sept. 22-23 of the 12th Annual Session of the W.E. and M. Convention Auxiliary of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association of Southern Illinois. Which convenes with the Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Colpis, Sept. 22-23 1916 Friday Morning Many Sisters Gaskins are added to order by Presiding Constitution and Pressing, Colp's delegate,alk, Subject, The nch Mrs. Ellen Hunte, Nature Hope of our visitors to Interest Young J. M. Blake, Unity and adjournment Afternoon Session Metropolis and Mtting journal The Pressing Needs of visitors W. G. Faulkner, Progmement. Evening Session Usky and New Beth International Program No. Bruen, Alterna ment Saturday Morning Session Centralia and Ullitng journal ers, Reading of lettt mittees of visitors v. Pruitt. Duquoin Afternoon Session burg and Joppa de reading journal anual address ports the Industrial School D. Parrish, Mod t. Cairo, and Union r. C. W. Norment, Committees, Insta 8:30 Devotion, led by Sisters Gaskins and Mahone, Cairo 9:00 Convention called to order by Pres. Sister M. J. Blake Roll of officers, Reading Constitution and appointing Com. 9:15 Welcome Address, Colp's delegate; Response, Carbondale 9:30 Round Tatble talk, Subject, The needs in our homes to our children. Opened by Mrs. Ellen Hunter, Cobden 10:00 Paper, The Future Hope of our Young Women, Mrs Mary Jeffries, Mounds 10:15 Introduction of visitors 10:45 Address, How to Interest Young Men, Rev. W. H. Pearson, Ullin 7:00 Devotion, Sandusky and New Bethel delegates 7:45 Women's Educational Program 8:45 Sermon, Rev. Jno. Bruen, Alternate Rev. C. W. Norment Collection and adjournment Saturday Morning Session 8:30 Devotion led by Centralia and Ullin delegate 9:00 Roll call, Reading journal 9:10 Report of officers, Reading of letters 10:30 Report of Committees 10:45 Introduction of visitors 11:00 Preaching Rev. Pruitt. Duquoin. Collection, adjournment. Afternoon Session 1:20 Devotion Harrisburg and Joppa delegate 2:00 Roll call and reading journal 2:10 President's Annual address 2:30 Committee reports 2:45 The outlook of the Industrial School, Rev. J. B. McCrary Metropolis 3:15 Address, Rev. "D. Parrish, Moderator. Collection and adjournment. 7:20 Devotion, 12, St. Cairo, and Unionville, delegates 8:00 Preaching, Rev. C. W. Norment, Carbondale Collection, Report of Committees, Installation of Officers and adjournment. I desire to thank the voters and my friends for the splendid endorsement and vote you gave me on Sept. 13th, which nominated me for States Attorney for Massac County on the Republican ticket. I sincerely hope to receive your support and vote at the November election, and as I am the nominee I solicit the support and vote of those who supported my opponents in the primary. With good will for all and malice toward none, I remain. I desire to express my thanks, but words can hardly express the good feeling I have toward the people generally and especially the voters of the County who by their support gave me the nomination for the office of the Circuit Court on the 13th, Inst., thereby assuring me that they appreciated the work I had heretofore done, the effort I am making now, also that they placed confidence in me which is the most encouraging thing that could have happened in my understanding to "make good." Hoping you will continue to encourage me by giving me your support in November and again assuring you that you have made no mistake by coming to my rescue so loyally, I remain, Yours Sincerely, COLFAX MORRIS ```markdown ``` NOTICE. Yours Very Truly. THANK YOU. MOTTO : 'HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY ' PROGRAM BABY IN 2 OPERATIONS, LOSES BOTH OF HIS EYES. Marion, Ill., Sept., 19—Dr. E. E Woodside, a Marion specialist, has performed an operation in which he removed an eye, from the 20 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Webb, of Johnson City. The operation makes the child sightless in that the other eye was removed twelve months ago. Both operations were the result of cancerous growth. House Near "Shadow Lawn" Robbed Of $50,000 Long Branch. N. J., Sept. 19 The police are searching for a theif who broke into the home of Mrs. Edward F. C., Young, at Oakkurst Saturday night and carried off jewels valued by Mrs. Young at $50,000. "Shadow Lawn" President Wilson's summer home is about a quarter of a mile from the house which was robbed. Mrs. Young is the widow of a Jersey City Millionaire. Dear Editor: Please allow me space in your worthy paper to say a few words about our church. We have called our old pastor, Rev. J. H. Hilley and are doing nicely. Our S. S. has and enrollment of 30. Pray for our success. Long Time in Transit. Neptune takes more than 160 years to make the complete revolution round the sun. MURPHYSBORO M. A. Macon WILL GOV. DUNNE EXPLAIN MATTER? PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW WHAT LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR DID WITH $10,000 HE GOT FROM TREASURY. When Governor Dunne takes the stump this fall to defend his administration and explain some of the colossal blunders that have been perpetrated by and under it, how will he explain the mysterious disappearance of $10,000 from the state treasury that was ostensibly used for the purpose of investigating and putting a stop to the white slave traffic? Democratic leaders all over the state are quaking with fear for fear the governor will make a bad matter worse by even referring to the subject. "Better let bad enough alone," said a well-known down-state Democrat recently in discussing the infamous O'Hara investigation which cost the state of Illinois $10,000 and then some, with no tangible results other than a voluminous report that contains nothing worth the reading. What became of that $10,000 has been asked a thousand times, and as many times echo has answered: "What?" Governor Dunne and his coterie of speakers will have a fine time during the campaign trying to explain this scandal. The Democratic committee on speakers may try to forget this disgraceful affair, accounts of which filled the columns of the daily papers during the early stages of Dunne's administration, but the people will not efface it from their memory so readily. Illinois' long-haired and dramatically inclined lieutenant governor recently appeared as one of the stars in a film play, the story of which was founded upon the infamous and disgraceful investigation of the underworld, conducted by O'Hara at a cost of $10,000 and by paying the price of admission to one of the film houses where this play is being screened, the dear peepul may have the privilege of seeing their investigating lieutenant governor in real action—and that is about all the people of Illinois will ever receive for their $10,000. Just how the treasury of the state of Illinois was raided to the tune of $10,000 is still fresh in the minds of the people and it will require some unusually strong and pointed argument upon the part of Dunne and his cohorts to convince these same people that the deal was on the square, open, and above board. The affair is being investigated by a legislative committee and O'Hara has not yet explained, to the satisfaction of the people, what was done with the $10,000 that was misappropriated from the expense funds of the senatorial committee. O'Hara first sought a direct appropriation of $10,000 for the purpose of investigating the various phases of the white slave traffic but when he saw that such an appropriation could never pass the lower house, if by hook or crook it managed to pass the senate, it is charged a "trick or device" was resorted to whereby the fund desired was obtained. J. B. Fergus, a taxpayer, brought suit, charging that this "trick or device consisted of a plan to secure vouchers in the names of certain dummies for certain services rendered to the state of Illinois." The upshot of the entire matter was that $10,000 was drawn from the fund used for the defraying the expenses of the committee of the upper house, and so far as can be learned every cent of the money so drawn was expended, just for what no one but O'Hara and his celebrated investigating committee seems to know. The records show that Ralph Pope, who has since died, received money on three of the nine vouchers which totaled $10,000, and which, according to the Fergus suit, were used to trick the state treasury out of $10,000. Mrs. Pope, during the early stages of the sessions of the O'Hara investigation, denied that her husband had received any money on the vouchers and O'Hara's answer to the accusation that Pope had received money was "Whether Mr. Pope confided in his wife or not was a matter of judgment exclusively with Mr. Pope." It is also charged that F. H. O'Hara, a brother of Lieutenant Governor O'Hara, received vouchers drawn on this same fund and they were cashed by some unknown person. So much has been said concerning this mysterious affair, and so little has been explained, that the people of Illinois demand a thorough and absolute explanation from Governor Dunne him- self, and from the platform, for surely the state executive is responsible for the men under him and he will surely be pleased to exonerate his lieutenant governor—if he can. According to Miss Bertha F. Cullom, a public stenographer, Lieutenant Governor Barratt O'Hara's father enjoyed at least one good meal at the expense of the state of Illinois, although he borrowed the money with which to pay for the meal. Miss Cullom, who did some special work for O'Hara's famous $10,000 vice commission, testified before Master in Chancery Roswell B. Mason to the effect that O'Hara's father one day borrowed a dollar from her to buy his lunch. "He would not pay it back," testi- DISMANTLED DAIRY FARM3 A MCNUMENT TO MISMANAGE- MENT BY HIS COMMISSION. TO BLAME FOR EPIDEMIC Which Cost Illinois More Than a Million Dollars—Infected Hog Serum Caused Second Outbreak. When the Democratic committee on halls and speakers sends its spellbinders into the field this fall in Illinois, it is safe to venture the guess that it will be with instructions to say as little about the affairs of the Illinois live-stock commission and the terrible epidemic of the foot-and-mouth disease, as possible, for that frightful scourge among the live stock of Illinois, and its attendant effects, is still fresh in the minds of not only the farmers and stock raisers of Illinois, but among all citizens as well. The maladministration of the department, under the direction of Gov. Edward F. Dunne's live-stock commission, is one of the political ghosts that haunt the Democratic graveyard and today points a gaud, accusing finger at the present state officials. It is little wonder that the Democratic spellbinders will not have much to say during the coming campaign concerning this terrible epidemic that raged a year ago, which cost the state of Illinois a cool million of dollars, to say nothing of the loss of prize herds of cattle, hogs and other live stock. Today hundreds of stock and dairy farms in Illinois stand dismantled, a monument to the colossal mismanagement and inefficiency of a Democratic state administration. Governor Dunne, in his mad rush to appease the well-whettled appetites of a horde of hungry Democratic office seekers, must answer to the people for the inefficiency that cost the people of this state thousands and thousands of dollars, for he appointed these incompetent job hunters to office without regard to their qualification or fitness of the men. Governor Dunne and his followers cannot sidestep the issue. It confronts them and the people of Illinois will not be satisfied with an evasive answer. When the foot-and-mouth disease was discovered at Niles, Mich., in 1914, why did not the state veterarian, O. E. Dyson, go to that city and investigate? Why did not the live-stock commission, composed of B. J. Shanley, L. F. Brown and R. M. Patterson, none of whom is an expert on live stock, take steps to prevent the shipment of diseased cattle and hogs from Niles, Mich., into the great Union Stockyards of Chicago? If there is a state in the Union that should have been protected from this dread scourge, it is Illinois, for within its bounds are located the greatest stockyards in the world, yards where thousands upon thousands of cattle, hogs and sheep are arriving every day and being shipped to other parts of the country. Never in the history of the state of Illinois or any other state has there been a greater display of ignorance and inefficiency than was evidenced when the state live-stock officials of Illinois permitted the foot-and-mouth disease to enter the Union stockyards, not only once, but twice. In fact, the second epidemic, as has been proved by an investigation conducted by the United States senate, emanated from the Union stockyards of Chicago. When the disease was reported at Niles, Mich., in August, 1914, why were not Dyson, Shanley, Brown and Patterson on the alert, protecting the interests of the farmers and stock raisers of Illinois? UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY SEP 25 1916 ETTE Uncle Eben's Wisdom. "It's a lucky thing foh de human race," said Uncle Eben, "dat de Ten Commandments wasn't loaded down with phraseology like de laws de legislature passes." The Worker. "Did a musician of note score your opera?" "No; the critics did." SPARTA. Our church and Sunday School are successful spiritually and financially The primary class was reviewed by Bro Haigler. At 11:40 Rev. P. B French, preached an able sermon Rom. 13:13 from which our souls were made to rejoice in the God of our salvation. At 7:55 the church having reassembled our pastor chose for a text, John 3:3 Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. The sewfing circle will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Anna Owens next week under the auspices of Mrs. D. Browning. The carnation club reported to the church with $3 and will have a social meeting at the home of Mrs. Will Washington next week, and it is further understood the carnation club will have a rally for the church the 3rd Sunday under the management of Mrs. Malinde Foster. Mrs. Minnie Wheeler of St. Louis is visiting her parents, Rev. P. B. French and wife this week. S. Bartlett Kerr, Solicitor. State of Illinois, Massac County ss. In the Circuit Court, of said County. August Term A. D. 1916. The City National Bank of Metropolis, Ill. Vs. John Lackman and Ada Lackman, Bill to foreclose mortgage No. 297. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the August Term of said court, to wit. on the 23th, day of August A. D. 1916 in the above entitled cause, I, Lannes P. Oakes, Special Master in Chancery of said County, will at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. Saturday September 30, A. D. 1916 at the east door of the Court house in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac, and State of Illinois, sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: All of Lot One (1) in Block One (1) in the Goulds addition to the City of Brookport, Illinois, as per recorded plat thereof, and a parcel of ground off the westerly side of Lot number Two (2) in Block number One (1) described as follows:—Beginning at the Southwest corner of said lot number Two (2), thence Northerly to the Northwest corner of said lot; thence easterly on the Northerly line of said lot, 9 feet; thence Southwesterly in a direct line to the point of beginning, being the property conveyed to me this day by H. W. Meyer, situated in the County of Massac, State of Illinois. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 30th day of August 1916. LANNES P. OAKES, Special Master in Chancery. NOTICE To all messengers coming up to the District association which convenes with Mt. Olive Baptist church at Colp, Ill., on Tuesday before the fourth Lord's day in Sept. 1916 will have to pay one dollar for board during the session. This means one dollar for the entire time. Done by order of the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Rev. J. D. Davis, Pastor, Wm. Crayton, Clerk. Subscribe for The Gazette. ELDERLY WOMEN SAFEGUARDED Tell Others How They Were Carried Safely Through Change of Life. Durand, Wis.—"I am the mother of fourteen children and I owe my life to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. When I was 45 and had the Change of Life, a friend recommended it and it gave me such relief from my bad feelings that I took several bottles. I am now well and healthy and recom- Vegetable Compound. When I was 45 and had the Change of Life, a friend recommended it and it gave me such relief from my bad feelings that I took several bottles. I am now well and healthy and recom-mend your Compound to other ladies." —Mrs. MARY RIDGWAY, Durand, Wis. A Massachusetts Woman Writes: Blackstone, Mass. — "My troubles were from my age, and I felt awfully sick for three years. I had hot flashes often and frequently suffered from pains. I took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and now am well." —Mrs. PIERRE COURNOYER, Box 239, Blackstone, Mass. Such warning symptoms as sense of suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, backaches, dread of impending evil, timidity, sounds in the ears, palpitation of the heart, sparks before the eyes, irregularities, constipation, variable appetite, weakness and dizziness, should be heeded by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has carried many women safely through this crisis. Every Woman Wants Partline ANTISEPTIC POWDER FOR PERSONAL HYGIENE Dissolved in water for douches stops pelvic catarrh, ulceration and inflammation. Recommended by Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. for ten years. A healing wonder for nasal catarrh, core throat and sore eyes. Economical. He strangles and drains and medicinal power. Sample Free. 50c. all drugs, or postpaid by mail. The Partton Telelet Company, Boston, Mass. HERMIT'S FARE COSTS LITTLE Reputed "Holy Man" of Japan Subsists on Laurel Leaves and a Few Raw Potatoes Daily. A hermit who has set up his private shrine by the wayside calls himself the incarnation of Fudosama, the god of fire. This mysterious man makes his abode in a little coop near the botanical gardens, paying a monthly rental of $2.25. On the plaster just below the paper window is written: "The worshiping place of the wood-eating hermit." Day and night one can see the flare of fire on the paper window and a low voice can be heard, says the East and West News. Every passer feels a queer sensation as he goes by. The visitor knocked at the dismal-looking entrance. The one who came to answer was the mysterious man. He looked to be about fifty-five and in his brawny and reflective features he showed a magnetic smile. It seems he began his plious life by scorching his body with a lighted candle to save the life of his sick child. He fasted 21 days and practiced water meditation. The child recovered. His faith grew stronger. For 30 years past he has touched no rice or other cereal. Before the visitor he chewed some laurel leaves. Fifty of these, five raw potatoes, a little salt and water, were his daily fare. He is said to effect miraculous cures. ! are trying to get ahead. It's easy to see who'll win. If you have any doubt about coffee holding some people back—in fact many—leave the hesitating class, stop coffee ten days, and use POSTUM This delicious pure fooddrink, made of wheat, roasted with a bit of wholesome molasses, has a delightful, snappy flavor. It is free from the drugs in coffee and all harmful ingredients. Postum is good for old and young, and makes for health and efficiency. "There's a Reason" Some Laugh at These PERIL OF FLY NOT FULLY REALIZED PERIL OF FLY NOT FULLY REALIZED By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania Reams have been printed about the danger from the house fly. Despite all that has been said it is a self-evident fact that people do not understand how real is the danger from these pests. If they did a single season would be sufficient to wipe out the dangerous nuisances. Let people once understand the part that the fly plays in the transmission of disease and they will look upon anyone who maintains a condition which breeds them as a public enemy to be summarily dealt with. There is much wasted advice about swatting the fly and trapping the fly. What we must learn to do is to exterminate it by doing away with all breeding places. While it has not been definitely proven what the fly has to do with infantile paralysis, we have good reason to believe that it takes a part in the spread of the disease. That they can and do carry the germs of typhoid fever and other diseases we know. It is a wise mother who screens the baby's crib. Thousands of children under one year of age die annually who would be saved if the fly were eliminated. America Was Discovered by St. Brendan, Irish Legend The first discoverer of America, according to a tradition firmly held by some superstitious Irishmen, was St. Brendan. Brendan lived in the sixth century, and, according to legend, fitted out a vessel and sailed westward in the hope of discovering an island supposed to contain the paradise once tenanted by Adam and Eve. He was accompanied by 14 monks, and the ship was "victualed for seven years." After sailing forty days and forty nights they came to an island, where they found "a hall with tables spread with good meat and drink." They then sailed on for a long time, and came to another island, "wherein were the whitest and greatest sheep they ever saw." After stopping for a time they proceeded with the voyage, and came to a third island, called "the paradise of birds." After wandering about for seven years, from island to island, St. Brendan and his monks returned to Ireland, where they astonished the natives by tales of the wonders they had seen. In spite of the wild and improbable features of this legend, it was for centuries accepted as truth, and the Spanish government sent out several expeditions in search of the islands of St. Brendan. The St. Brendan legend formed one of the causes which led to the discoveries made by Columbus. Explained. "How you conquer your elephants when they get on a rampage?" queried the new reporter. "Oh," replied the manager of the menageries, "we have an ex-baggage master to look after them." "An ex-baggage master?" exclaimed the astonished pencil pusher. "Yes," explained the other with a look that indicated his sorrow for the other's stupidity. "It requires a man who has had experience as a trunk smasher. See?" Omar-I made a cool hundred at the race track last week. M Heiny — That's good. What did you do with it? Omar — Oh, it soon burned a hole in my pocket. Newed (a week after marriage)—By the way, dear, don't sit up for me tonight, as I may be detained downtown until after midnight. Mrs. Newed—Oh, very well. And in case you should get home before I do, kindly leave the gas burning in the hall, will you?" Business Point of View. "If I could write a play as great as 'Hamlet,' I would be content to rest on my laurels," said the ambitious author. "And the chances are," replied the successful theatrical manager, "If you wrote a play as great as 'Hamlet' in these days and times, you would be compelled to rest on your laurels for lack of any other support." His Helpmate. "Never mind," said the poet as he tossed the rejected poem on the floor, "Till set the world ablaze yet!" "And just to help you get the conflagration started," said his better half, as she picked up the aforesaid MS., "Till light the fire in the cook atove with this." Thought It Settled. They had been trotting in double harness for six long months. * "Why is it," queried the young wife, "that you never make me any presents like you used to before we were married." * "Well, it's like this," explains the METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL Mobility of the Individual By DR. JOHN H. FINLEY Commissioner of Education, State of New York The whole problem of society, generally, is to determine to what degree the mobility of the individual shall be restrained, predestinated and merged in the aim of all the collectivity. I translate this experience into the terms of our everyday life, and I make it graphic to myself by thinking that every man has an imaginary uniform, an imaginary uniform of his own measurements always in readiness in home or shop or office or in some public locker, that he may don at call of his community, state or nation, or perhaps of a world need: when under compulsion he goes to vote, to pay his taxes, to fight against dishonesty, inefficiency or waste, to inform himself upon public questions or upon public duties; when, in short, he performs any one of the hundred offices that are required of him as an efficient unit in an organized society. I am today a maker of meerschaum pipes, a peasant gathering my harvest, a college professor, a surgeon. Tomorrow I slip on this invisible garment, and I am a selfless, nameless, numbered patriot. And the next day I am working at my delicate pipes again; I am back in my field, or at my desk, or in my private laboratory; that is, if I am not killed or wounded in battle or suffocated in the trenches. FAVORITE OF THE FILMS Marguerite Clark. Former comic opera star who stilled her voice to become a player in the silent drama. No Mail for Eight Months. For eight months in the year no mail reaches the coal miners in Spitzbergen, but they are now able to get the world news twice a day by wireless telegraph. victim of leap year, "after acquiring a title to a piece of property, a man naturally supposes there are no more installments to pay. Get me?" Somewhat Different. "Has the parson got through with what he had to say?" queried the man who had been enjoying a nap. "Yes, long ago," repiled the man in the adjoining pew, as he tried to strangle a yawn, "but there is no telling when he will conclude." Sympathetic "I have lost the manuscript for a book of poems that it took me nearly five years to write," sighed the long-haired party. "Too bad!" rejoined his friend. "But, of course, your loss is the public's gain." "I have fully made up my mind never to marry," said the first dear girl. A "What's the matter?" queried dear girl the second. "Has your father lost all his money?" Fifty Feet of Snow in July. Snow 50 feet deep within 18 miles of Santa Fe. N. M., on the Fourth of July is a fact which is likely to cause a good many people to revise their ideas of the "Great American Desert" of which so much is heard in the East. Visitors at Santa Fe lake and to the top of the lake and Penitente peaks found snow cornices around the crest of the crater overlooking the lake basin which sloped off gently from the top, the outer edge of the snow breaking off abruptly in walls which ranged from 20 to 50 feet in height. There is no doubt from the measurements of these snow precipices that the snow-fall in midwinter must have been 15 to 20 feet in places and that the peaks were clothed in a solid mass of snow from bottom to summit. There were still masses of snow scattered all round the lake which were still four or five feet high. But for the warm rains that come later, snow probably would lie in the basin from year's end to year's end. Despite the hot July sun, the air is so cool at the peak level, more than 12,000 feet above the sea, that the snow cornices melted very slowly. Poultry Scratchings By C. S. Anderson of the Colorado Agricultural College. If you take pride in marketing good eggs at a good price, consider the following: Do not keep mongrel stock. They are not high producers, and their eggs are not uniform as to size and color. Keep laying hens separated from sitting hens. Gather eggs twice daily in warm weather. The sale of infertile incubator eggs never will help you to establish a higher market price for your product. Separate the male birds from the flock except during the breeding season. Fertile eggs are poor keepers. Market eggs in a standard egg case. Never haul to town over rough roads or in an open basket or pan exposed to the hot sun. You will have a larger number of "firsts" if you market at least twice a week. In keeping eggs, provide a dry, cool, well ventilated place. Fertile eggs must be kept below 68 degrees to check germination. Eggs are affected easily by bad odors. Do not keep in a musty grain bin, or in the vegetable cellar, or where they can absorb the odors of kerosene and gasoline. In France Woman Usually Is "Man" of the Family The French woman is the "man" of the family as a rule. This was illustrated in our hotel in Paris, where madame attended to the office and ran everything, while she kept her husband on the go from early till late doing the upstairs work. Practically all the "chanbermalds" in Paris are men. The first thing we noticed on reaching Paris was a woman cab driver. Most of the street hucksters and vendors are women—but they are hussy specimens, who are well able to look out for themselves. Some of the cries of the hucksters are very musical. We are specially taken with the call of the fishwomen, who in announcing for instance "bon maquerean"—"good mackerel"—would sing a regular little song. As you go along through Paris you are struck with the large number of women who run stores and all kinds of enterprises. They invariably keep strict accounts, and after closing hours they will be seen poring over their ledgers. It seems rather strange that the French women should never have made any special demand for the suffrage or other "rights of women"—perhaps because they realize that they already rule the roost—Paris Letter in Pathfinder. Clever Plants The cleverness of some plants is indisputable. A sundew, or fly-enter, deceived by a piece of chalk, seized it in its tendrils, but upon discovering the fraud immediately withdrew them. A fly, held just out of its reach, did not tempt it to move, but as soon as it was brought a little nearer the plant prepared to take possession of it. Darwin showed that a begonia had a habit of searching for a hole to insert its tendrils into, and even of withdrawing the tendril to insert it in another hole, if the first proved unsuitable. Nor is this power of selecting confined to any particular class. Climbers like the linnas will refuse to coil round a branch not strong enough to bear their weight. A Shadowless Light One of the latest improvements in hospital equipment is the invention of a shadowless light for the operating table. This has been secured by a fixture containing eight electric lights placed so that their rays meet at an angle of 45 degrees. This makes better vision possible in the examination of wounds and also eliminates the possibility of a delicate operation being hindered by the shadows of the surgeon's hands, as is frequently the case with lights ordinarily placed. It is said that the shadowless light might lessen the number of accidents in many industrial establishments. PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED Many Puzzles That Have Baffled the Cleverest for Centuries Offer Chances to Brainy People. For the man to whom the mysterious appeals there is no lack of problems which have baffled the cleverest brains for generations, and in many cases for long centuries, and still remain as far from solution as ever. If he is mathematically inclined he can win immortal fame by solving the problem of how to "square the circle." The cleverest brains of all ages and countries have wrestled in vain to discover exactly the relation between the circumference and the diameter of a circle. One Dutch professor gave nearly 50 years of his life to the task; he worked out the equation to over 700 places of decimals, and was then little nereer the end of his calculations when he began. No less elusive is the square root of two. Thousands of years in the aggregate have been spent in endeavoring to make this calculation; it has been worked out to 111 places of decimals by one enthusiast, but the exact square root remains, and probably always will remain, unfound. Ever since the days of the Pharaohs scientists have been searching for the secret of changing base metals into gold; but the "philosopher's stone" has always proved a will o' the wisp in its tantalizing elusiveness; and although Edison declares the day of its discovery is drawing near, it still seems as remote as ever. Countless men, too, have been driven to despair and almost to insanity in their efforts to discover perpetual motion; and the man who finds its secret will certainly win a fame greater than that of Newton himself. No scientist has yet satisfactorily explained what is the relation between sun spots and the mariner's compass—why the prevalence of spots on the sun makes the compass erratic and unreliable; and none can prove whether Mars is inhabited or not; or tell exactly what a comet is, or what effect, if any, the moon has on the weather. These are all problems, the solution of which would make your name famous throughout the world. If you would try something possibly simpler, the world would much like to know the secret of the rocking-stones—those huge masses of rock, some nearly 100 tons in weight—which are so delicately poised that the pressure of a finger will set them moving. How and when did they get there, and with what object? What, too, were the origin and purpose of the monoliths at Stonehenge, on Salisbury plain; and by what means in those prehistoric days were the enormous cross slabs raised into position? "Chiggers." Visitors who went to Ft. Harrison to say farewell to the boys who have gone to the Mexican border are now recovering from the "chigger" bites they received on that occasion. "Chiggers" are not abundant in Marion county, but those that lay in ambush in the grass at Ft. Harrison fully made up in pernicious activity whatever was lacking in mere numbers. Many persons had there a first introduction to the chigoe, which is of the order diptera, family pulicidae, species sarcopsylla penetrans. It is sometimes, in addition to its Hoosier name of chigger, called the jigger and the sand sien. Only the female attacks man. When she gets ready to lay her eggs she bores deeply into the skin, usually of the feet and ankles. This insect is found at its best in the West Indies, but is nearly as active in the Southern states. There is no complaint of any innocuous desuetude of this insect in Indiana. The chigger deposits in the perforation she has made in the flesh a bladder or sack containing about 60 eggs. The old-fashioned Hoosier way of ridding oneself of chiggers and chiggerettes was to rub the red spots denoting their location with a well-salted bacon rind. And there are also chiggers in Texas—Indianapolis News. Temptations of the Tongue. A preacher at East Northfield spoke on the Temptations of the Tongue. It is a good topic and should be frequently utilized. A thoughtless or reckless tongue can do more harm than a whole church can do good. The preacher's sermon was based upon the third chapter of James. Read it. You need it. We all need it. No man can be a Christian unless he puts its meaning into his life. Every pulpit should read the chapter often. It is one of the finest in the Bible. There is no better literature anywhere. It could be studied as an example of style. The world needs that kind of gospel. This country needs it. The city needs it. There is too much thoughtless talk going on. Too many people think what they think is absolutely true, and so they deride others who do not think as they do. This is unjust and wicked, and it is the part of a true religion and a clean civics to look at it that way.—Ohio State Journal. All He Wanted. Pride in the national dress of his country and love of his profession were blended in a somewhat incongruous fashion in the answer of a Scottish farm laborer who called at a Glasgow recruiting depot recently. "Now," said the sergeant, after the necessary preliminaries had been gone through, "what regiment would you like to join?" "Never mind that," was the hearty response. "Just gile me a kilt an' a horse an' let me awa' to the front." 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I have something to do which prevents me from accompanying you," she says. It is a relief to her to see him out of the way for a little white. He never realizes the herculean tasks she accomplishes in that short hour. Those four rooms are swept and dusted. The bed (which they were obliged to leave just as it was in the morning through want of time) is made. Her white waist, collars and cuffs are washed and ironed, the rent in her dress is mended, the hole in his vest pocket is darned, to say nothing of the washing of dishes, pots and pans and tidying the range. One cannot work all day and all night too. Housework soon becomes a drag. In reckless desperation, she chooses between two courses—boarding or patronizing the delicatessen store. Hubby does not thrive well on delicatessen dinners. He loses ambition. They give up housekeeping and try boarding with results far from satisfying. During the month's vacation without pay which the young wife is obliged to take, she tries the experiment of again starting, housekeeping and using her days in having the housework all done and a smoking hot, tempting homemade meal ready for him to sit down to when he enters the house; in short, attending strictly to a wife's business, building up her husband's strength and health to meet the exacting daily labors he must go through. She has plenty of time to do the marketing and she is surprised how far she can make a dollar go. They both conclude a wife's best place is in the home. The amount she could earn outside of it does not compensate for hapachard living, extra night work and loss of health and strength for both husband and wife. FANS FORGET GREAT PLAYS WHEN STAR MAKES MISCUES Detroit Baseball Writer Roasts Crowd Which Rides Donie Bush When Midget Has Bad Day. Some members of the overheated throng that attended a recent Sunday's ball game in Detroit, a very few fort- unately, were guilty of a contempt lack of sportsmanship in "riding" Donie Bush and "Did" McKee because these players did not have particularly successful plays in the field, says a Detroit baseball writer. It should be a source of shame to Detroit fandom to have among its number persons who would abuse Bush for a couple of bad plays under the conditions that prevailed at the park. Between the heat and the baked condition of the infield, the little short-stop was thoroughly up against it, and it was due to bad luck and not luck of trying that he didn't get every ball hit in his direction. He was almost overcome by the heat in the second inning and was advised to quit the game, but stuck it out until the seventh. No matter how badly Donle might play on any afternoon, he would not merit the sort of stuff yelled at him by some of the patrons. He is one of the veterans of the club and with Cobb and Crawford, has kept this city on the baseball map. No player tries harder than Donle and few men in the big leagues can point to more continuous presence in the lineup than can the midget. He has missed only a handful of games since coming here. When the fans feel inclined to criticize because he "boots" a couple they would do well to remember the dozens of brilliant plays that have saved games or won them. For every bad good clean wheat, wash and put to soak over night, then cook in a double boiler or in a fireless cooker until the grains are soft. Serve with thin cream or top milk with or without sugar and your child has a well balanced meal, satisfying and appetizing. Nutrition and malnutrition are among the most important subjects with which a mother has to deal. A growing child usually needs more food than his parents. Some of the causes of malnutrition are lack of the right kind or sufficient food, lack of fresh air and improper mastication. Tea, coffee and beer prevent perfect digestion, and often nasal obstructions which cause improper breathing will also cause improper oxidation of food and the child will be undernourished. Nellie Maxwell "Queer, isn't it?" said the man who begins his remarks in the middle. "What's queer?" asked the innocent bystander. "That if a man has a dollar, a nickel and a hole in his pocket he invariably loses the dollar and retains the nickel and the hole," answered the party of the prelude. To smile at someone in the clutch Of black despair and greet A lonely heart-it isn't much. But, oh, it makes life sweet. (Copyright, 1916.) When a poor young man proposes marriage to a young woman employed and earning a good salary, the first serious problem they discuss is whether the girl should continue in her position or drop money making after she has assumed the business of wifehood. A It is usually a great temptation to the girl to help fill the family coffers and she coaxes so hard she wins her husband over to her view of a mat ter which seems susceptible to solution. Still retaining her position though a bride seems actually to have a tinge of romance connected with her ambition. She quite believes that hubby and she lead ideal lives. Of course she gets the breakfast—cereals; eggs, baker's rolls, coffee. Then both hurry on their wraps, with an eye on the clock, turn the key in the door and hurry off, chattering and laughing together to catch their different cars. They generally arrive home at the same hour at night, he having to stop to buy the meats and such articles, while she buys the lighter articles from the corner grocery. The rooms do smell a trifle musty after being closed all day, but they don't mind that. He reads the evening paper to her while she hustles around to get the supper. If she has had a hard day at her place of business this added toll seems a bit irksome, but she is careful not to let hubby surmise that. It is sure to be past Among the newest temptations to buy at the counter where the table linens are sold are the luncheon napkins made especially to go with Irish linen luncheon sets. Many a hostess has been puzzled to know just what form of napkin to use with the Irish linen sets. Madeira napkins, though dainty, are hardly in keeping, and the conventional damask napkins are no more so. But now we find the solution in the form of linen squares, edged about by an Irish lace picot. Many of them are simply this and no more. Others are decorated with an ornate monogram or conventional design at one of the corners. While these may be bought at a shop for something like $8 or $9 a dozen, they can be very simply and easily made at home; for the merest novice can learn how to make a picot or Armenian edge; and that same novice can quite simply roll it on linen squares of correct lunch-napkin size. --- Mother's Cook Book Shakespeare's mother was greater than her son, for she bore and nursed him. "The destiny of a child," said Napoleon, "is ever a mother's work." Food for the Young. Whey has been proved to be a valuable food. In many cases where the milk disagrees with the baby the use of whey has saved its life. Whey may be made artificially by adding a junket tablet to a quart of luke warm milk. Heat the milk until it is just warm, add the tablet, dissolved in a table-spoonful of water, and stir well to mix, then set it inside in a warm place for the milk to jell. Break up the curd with a spoon and strain off the whey. Serve either hot or cold with or without sweetening when served to an adult. When served to a baby the proportions should be carefully given by a doctor's orders. Beef Tea Custard. Beat the yolks of three eggs slightly, add a few grains of salt, and, very gradually, a cupful of hot beef tea; cook in a double boiler, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens, then pass it through a fine sieve. Serve cold in custard cups. If permissible this tea may be seasoned with celery or parsley. Beef Extract Custard. Beat an egg until white and yolk are well mixed; add a few grains of salt, a tablespoonful of beef extract, and half a cupful of milk; strain into a buttered custard cup and set in a pan of hot water to bake in a slow oven until firm. Whole Wheat Foods. A. grain of wheat contains 16 elements and these same substances or elements are found in the body. That is the reason why whole wheat foods are so good for the children. Take Causes of Malnutrition. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL Why Not a Half Nickel? New Coin Might Help Keep The Cost of Living Dow The ham sandwich, which was once five cents, now frequently costs $ dime. The same disturbing truth applies to other things in common life both inside and outside of lunchrooms. There is no need of statistics from economists to inform us that the cost of living has advanced. Every spender of money knows it. Retailers are more reluctant to put prices up than is generally realized. They know that consumption decreases as prices advance. That means less business and profits depend partly on large business. When more than traffic will bear is charged the traffic falls off. Change making is one of the items in up-to-date retailing. It must be done quickly if expenses are to be kept down. The young woman at the lunchroom desk has not time to count pennies. She must deal in nickels, dimes and quarters if she is to maintain her astonishing speed and accuracy. We need another coin. Three-cent pieces were confused with dimes and were hard to use, because they were not fractions of other currency. No one but a statistician thinks in decimals. The rest of us do our sums in fractions. Four three-cent pieces make 12 cents, but there is no such coin. Eight of them make 24 cents, but the coin almost corresponding is worth one cent more. If three-cent pieces were again issued they would not fill the bill. With a half nickel it would be different. Half a nickel is a fraction of every coin from the mint. Were there such a coin, five-cent raises would not have been so common. If there should be such a coin, many prices would come down—Boston Globe. Motor Sleds in Alaska. An Alaskan correspondent writes as follows: The motor sled has come to stay. The dog team and a sled will continue with us for many a long day no doubt, but the introduction of the new motor sleds during the past winter amply demonstrated their economy, utility and speed. Al Gawn, a Nome freighter, covered the distance with a load of freight from Nome to Solomon recently in less time on the trail than the fastest dog team ever made on that famous race course. WILLIAM H. HARRIS error he can point to a score of almost superhuman stops or catches. Even in this game he made three hits and scored two of Detroit's runs, so he was more than offsetting his defensive slips by his contributions to the attack. Considering the fact that he was playing only on his nerve, he didn't do so badly. Another player who was abused unjustly by the unreasonable element of the crowd was McKee. "Red" had to work harder than anybody else in the game except the pitchers and the rival backstop, and he was wrapped up in a protector, mask and shin guards, which are not exactly cooling garments. Some Marvelous Birds. From "seeing" things of seeming supernatural origin on the western war front—such, for instance, as "armed angels"—the Briton has come to hearing unusual sounds at home, says the Atlantic Constitution. Thus one, C. O. Bartrum, informs the London Times "that he has heard the major triad sung as an arpeggio by a blackbird;" while still another citizen has "heard a blackbird singing two triplets in succession, beginning with the fifth and going down." But, most wonderful of all, a thrush has been heard to "distinctly whistle the tune of The Campbells Are Coming." 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WESTER Shotguns 1912 Weight and 20 Gauges carrying a heavy Model 1912 shot- ly of nickel steel, test and strongest Be sure to see bild by all dealers. R EXCELLENCE Minnesota farmers in four years have spent about $20,000,000 for new buildings. FOR HAIR AND SKIN HEALTH Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment Are Supreme. Trial Free. These fragrant, super-creamy emollients keep the skin fresh and clear, the scalp free from dandruff, crusts and scales and the hands soft and white. They are splendid for nursery and toilet purposes and are most economical because most effective. Free sample each by mail with Book Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv. Kentucky and Pennsylvania produce nearly all the cannel coal mined in the United States. Cry For PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . . DL WHS. M. D. MOCRARY, MANAGER J. B. McCRAEY, EDITOR FRIDAY SEPT. 22, 1916. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Enterered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. Address all communications to J. B. McCRAEY, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to as in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....$1 00 1x Months.....75 Three Months.....40 Single Copy.....05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. ON THE SIDE The voters of Illinois are at present pursuing the famous "watchful waiting" policy, but the policy will be changed on election day in November. President Wilson who said: "We are too proud to fight," is destined to learn to his chagrin that the American people are not too proud to vote. The feeling in the air that Illinois is sure to turn up a Republican majority this coming November is evidenced in the number of patriotic Republicans who are seeking office. Illinois does not yet know how much it is going to cost the state to investigate O'Hara's investigators, but she will find out sooner or later. Teddy's friends in Illinois this year are Hughes' friends. Nuff sed. If you were a National Guardsman cating Mexican dust on the banks of the Rio Grande and swoltering in the tropical sun, awaiting the whim of a peculiar president, would you vote for Wilson? Neither will they. --- Uncle Sam's college professor president has introduced the "three r's" into the curriculum—on the Mexican border—remain, roast and ruminate. What Illinois needs on its live stock commission is fewer politicians and more farmers and live stock men. A Republican victory this fall will bring about the desired result. When President Wilson sent the National Guard to the Mexican border in an effort to further his own political interests he forgot that there is always a back kick when a charge is fired. By the time Governor Dunne explains the many mistakes made by his administration of the affairs of Illinois he will be qualified to write a book on "Famous Alibts." If Barrett O'Hara intends to take the stump for the Democratic state ticket in Illinois this fall it will be advisable for the Democratic committee on halls and speakers to dynamite the stump. --- If the North hopes to come into her own politically this fall she will have to vote herself in. "Illinois is ripe and ready for a Republican victory," says a down-state editor in his column. Yea, verily, and perhaps a little over-Dunne. "The Republican national ticket has whiskers on it," according to a certain Democratic editor. True, but no one seems to be making any effort to conceal the fact. If President Wilson is wise he will not permit the members of the National Guard to return home from Mexico in time to vote. The people of Illinois are done with Dunne. In fact, they feel that the present administration has been over-Dunne. --- Several departments of the present state administration suffered during the hoof-and-mouth epidemic, in fact, the entire administration from top to bottom seemed affected. Every time they opened their mouth they put their foot in it. N W. Long, the undertaker, was called to Unionville to take charge of the body of Mr. Wesley Ross Burial Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Jesse Porter, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Porter died Monday after a short illness. He leaves a wife, mother, father, a sister, brothers and a number of friends to mourn their loss; funeral services were conducted by Rev Thos. Morris, pastor of the Antioch Baptist church; burial at Kidd Cemetery. Mr. A. P. Smith left Wednesday for Chicago. Revs. J. B. McCrary and J. W Davie left Tuesday for Culps to attend the Association which convenes in the above named named place this week. Mrs. Sallie Dobson and grand- daughter left Sunday for St. Louis. Clifford Williams, the little son of Harry Williams is ill. Mr Robert Parrott left Sunday for Chicago to join his wife. Mr. Thomas Urquhart and daughers Misses Carrie and Iola Urquhart left Monday for Nashville Tenn., where Miss Iola will enter Roger Williams University. Mrs. L. M. Phillips left Friday for Centralia where she will open school. Antioch Baptist Church has installed electric lights in their building, which greatly adds to its appearance. Henry Hutchinson, Mrs. Merna Givens and Percy McCallister left for St. Louis Mo. Sunday. Mrs. Sophronia Martin and Morris, and Mrs. Lavada Spurlark left for a visit to Sedalia, Mo., with relatives and Mrs. Lavada will visit Chicago, Niagara Falls and Wisconsin while away but the two former will return home from Missouri. Prof. McClelaud Smith opened school at Belgrade Monday. Miss Anna Roberts opened her school at Joppa Monday. Wm. Fossie Jr. left for St. Louis Mo., Thursday of last week The grades of Dunbar School is overcrowded and some provision should be made at once by the Board. At least another teacher should be employed. The patrons should come together at once, discuss the condition of the school and appoint a committee to present the embarresing condition to the Board of Education, and to take such steps as the school law of Illinois requires to better the condition now existing in the Dunbar School. Another year shoul be added to the High School making it a four year instead of a three year course as it now is and ever has been, much to the discouragement of both pupil and parents. NOTICE The program committee of the Mt Olive Baptist association is requested to arrange the program at once for the association which convenes at Colp, Ill, Tuesday before the 4th Sunday in Sept. Send letter blanks to all of the churches at once so the clerks will have time to make out their letters. There will be no charge for board. Elder D. Parrish, D. D Moderator. All Weather Good. Sunshine is delicious, raih is refreshing, wind braces up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.—John Ruskin. Subscribe for The Gazette. $100 Reward, $100. The readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages, and that is catarrh. Hall's catarh cure is the oely positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surface of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. SPARTA I am always pleased to speak through th coulmns of your worthy paper Our church and S. S. is progressing nicely. SPARTA At 11:00, Rev French preached and at 2:45 the Carnation Club met in a rally. A nice program was rendered; they realized $7.11. The pastor and members of the A. M. E. church assisted us. Services again at 8:00. The Carnation Club will be entertained at the home of Mrs. Agnes Smith this week. The Sewing Circle will meet at the Home of Mrs. Anna Owens. J. J. Taylor. Mr. Editor: I am please to say our church and Sunday Snhool are progressing nicely which was opened at 9:30 a. m. by the Supt. and the lesson was timely reviewed by Bro, Eugene Wallace. Onr pastor preached just two powerful sermons. The B. Y. P. U. met at 5:00 p. m. with a good attendance under the management of Mrs, Amanda Haynes this week. The Carnation Club and Sewing Circle will be entertained at the home of Mrs, Mattie Haynes this week. Mrs. Ibby Johnson of Eden was taken suddenly sick with an attack of paralysis two weeks ago end is not much better at this writing. The S. S. will give an entertainment on the church lawn. J. J. Taylor. Reading Pa—Henry A. Barnhart of Indiana told the committe of the state board of agriculture, in session here, of his effort in behalf of the artistry side of farming. He illustrated this by citing that his barns and outbuilding are all painted yellow, with white trimmings, the cattle have the same yellow color, because they are Guernseys not a horse is used except he is yellow and has a white mark on his head and white feet . The shepherd dog is yellow with a white band around his neck there are yellow colored chickens, yellow coloured squirrels, the place being known as the "Color Scheme Farm of Indiana." WHITE ILLITERATES INCREASING. Washington, D. C.—Illiterates are increasing in numbers in New England and New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and in the Far West. Illiterates are decreasing in numbers in the Southern states. The South is meeting its problem of the illiterate Negro; the North and the West are not meeting their problem of the illiterate white man. White immigration explains the increase in the number of il ```markdown ``` literates. Every other class of illiterates has decreased—Negros Chinamen, Japanese poor whites moo shiers native long whites of foreign parents, native born whites of mixed native and foreign parentage. Only the foreign born illiterates have increased. Negro Students Save Onion Crop Amherst Mass -A force 300 Negro students from the Hampton Institute Va., and 500 other Negroes from the South farmed and harvested the onion crop in a portion of Connecticut this year, when the regular farm hands left the fields for higher wages in the munition factories o the state, according to a statement of J W. Alsop of Avon Conn., before the Orion Growers of Hampshire and Frank counties yesterday. Mr. Alsop said, "When our laborers went to the factories we raised $8,000 and sent to employment agencies in the cities. The men provided were worse than useless. Then we sent to the South and got 300 students from Hampton Institute and other schools and 500 Negroes. "These students went to church sang well and by their gentlemanly conduct won the good will of the community and the praise of their employers." Fulton—Melvin Gibbs, a neg o shot and instantly killed Jim Green, also colored, Friday night at the Illinois Central depot. The trouble arose over the theft of $8 which Gibbs claimed Green stoie from his wife. Gibbs is a porter at the division office and Green was a section hand. Gibbs was acquitted at his trial before Judge Stahl. MOUND CITY Dear Sir and Brother, allow me space in your paper to say that I had a letter from Rev Hillie stating that the Association could not meet at the 17th St. Baptist church at Murphysboro as they were not able to entertain the Association; therefore I shall have to change the place of meeting and will let you know later where it will meet As the Association authorized me to change the date of the meeting of the Association so as to keep it from conflicting with the National Baptist Convention. Therefore I set Sept. 19, for the setting of the \t. Olive Baptist Association. This will give all the Bros. a chance to go to the National Baptist Convention: if any Bro. in the district has any objection to this change let me know through the columns of this paper. Please give all the churches notice of the change. 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 are notged lto pay up. The Gazette has just received another lot of new type faces and other material which adds much to the output of the work of the office. We deserve your patronage. We have a full line of cards, Letter Heads, Envelopes and other material. Let us do some of your work. Let us do your minute work and any other church advertisements. Applied Learning. Applied Learning. The Absent-Minded Professor—"My tailor has put one button too many on my vest. I must cut it off. That's funny; now there's a buttonhole too many. What's the use of arithmetic?" —Source. August Rally Names and amount of those who contributed to Uni y Baptist Church, Brookport, Ill, during the August rally, Rev J B. McCrary pasto; for which thanks are extended Aaron Green $1.55 Frank Howard 1.00 Mary J. White 1.00 Elmore Baker .50 Nannie Churchwell 1.00 Vesta Broyles 1..D Davie Shane 1.10 Malissa Kendall 1.25 Lora Pullen 1.00 Morris Pullen 1.00 Mary Wimbly .25 Virgie Steele 1.00 Jennie Odie 1.00 Rev. M. Kimbrongh .25 Eliza Baker 1.01 Ida Martin 1.00 I. Daugherty .25 Will Titsworth 1.10 Hallie .. 1.10 Mary Rodgers .13 Tabitha Moreland .50 Jas. Baker .90 Frank Howard .10 Alonzo and Ruth Donlow 3.00 Bright Long .40 Mary Daniels 1.00 Christianse Reeves 1.00 Lue Landers 1.00 J B. McCrary 1.05 J. B. McCrary 1.05 Jas. Baker 5.74 Public collection 6.90 M. J. McCrary 1.59 Laura Bradley .36 Florence Masterson .40 Mary Jeffries .16 Rev. Thomas Turner .25 Nancy Crippens 1.25 Princess Bell .25 Sale of tickets 3.00 Lirzie Childers 1.50 Tib t a Moreland .50 Hallie Titsworth .25 Vigie Steele .50 Bud Kendall 1.30 Jas. Baker .55 James Baker Reuben 2.80 Wash Shelton 2.50 PROGRAM To be rendered at First Baptist Church, Sunday Evening, Oct. 1, by Auxi fiaries and friends of said Church. Chorus Choir Scripture Reading President of Silver Leaf Club, Mrs. Bessie M. Cork. Invocation Rev. B. Thomas Chorus Choir Opening Address Sec'y Woman's Industrial Club The Object of the Club Convention, Mrs. L. B. Dukes Re ponse Rev G. W. Rowlett Solo Mrs. Amanda Kimball Recitation Mrs. Lillie Towles Paper The Influence of a true christian woman in church work, Mrs. Minnie Newell. Instrumental Solo Mrs. H. G. Burke. Recitation Mrs. J. Cowper. Solo Miss Love M. Phillips. Paper Miss Izora Rodgers. Chorus Choir Solo Mr. Versie Shannon. Finance Committee—Mesdames Mattie Fossie, Florence Masterson. Rev. J. W. 'Davie. Master of Ceremonies The time of meeting of the Association (Mt. Olive) district have been changed by the moderator by the request of the association at its last session, from its regular date to Tuesday before the fourth Sunday in September. State of Illinois, Massac County, ss. In the Circuit Court of said County, August Term A. D. 1916. Bernard N. Burna vs. Emma Homberg, J. F. Homberg, Minnie Steers and George Steers. Bill to foreclose mortgage No. 287. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the August Term of said court, to wit, on the 29th day of August A. D. 1916 in the above entitled cause, I, S. Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said County, will at the hour of 11 o'clock A. M. Saturday September 30th. A. D. 1916, at the east door of the Court house in the City of Metropolis; County of Massac, and State of Illinois, sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: Lots Three Hundred and Eighty-one (81), and Three Hundred Eighty-two (82) in Block Thirty-two (82) of the City of Metropolis, in the County of Massac and the State of Illinois, except a strip sixteen (16) feet wide and running back Seventy-five (75) feet out of the northeast corner of said Lot 82, being 16 feet front on the Alley and running back the width of the Sterling Lot, situated in the County of Massac, in the State of Illinois. Terms of sale Cash in hand. Dated this the 6th day of September A. D. 1916. W. L. Krone. Solicitor. Master In Chaneery Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County, ss. In the Circuit Court of said County, August Term A. D. 1916. Mrs. Cora Emmerson Va. Anderson Bryant and Nina Bryant. Bill to foreclose mortgage No. 290. Public notice is herebs given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the August Term of said court, to-wit. on 2nd day of September A. D. 1916 in the above entitled cause, I, S. Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said County, will at the hour of 11 o'clock A. M. Saturday September 30th, A. D. 1916, at the east door of the Court house in the City of Metropolis. County of Massac, and State of Illinois, sell at public vendus to the highest and best bidder. the following described real estate to-wit: Lotnumber Four (4) in Block Two (2) Mattie Johnson's Addition to the town of Brookport, with all the build- ings thereunto belonging, in Massac County, Illinois. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 5th day of September A. D. 1916. W. L. Krone, Solicitor. Master In Chancery Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County, ss. In the Circuit Court of said County, August Term A. D. 1916. Fred R. Young, Vs. William Tanner, Bill to foreclose mortgage Nor 286. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the August Term of said court, to wit, on the 31st day of August A. D. 1916 in the above entitled cause, I, S. Bartlett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said County, will at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M. Saturday September 30th, A. D. 1916, at the east door of the Court house in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac, and State of Illinois, sell at public vendue, to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: Lot number Eleven (11) in Block number Three (3) in the village of Robinsville, as per recorded plat thereof, in the County of Massac, and State of Illinois. 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. Rheumatism, Piles, Kidney Troubles, Bladder Troubles, Heart Troubles, Female Troubles, Stuff Joints, Syphilists, of All Discriptions, Indigestion Corns, Bunlons, Lost of Manhood, All Kinds of Swelling and Fever, Neuraligia, Worms, in Chiidren, All Kinds of Skin Diseases, Mumps, Diptheria, Weak Eyes, All Kinds of Pains, Pneumonia, etc. When your doctor falls, buy you a box