Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY. GAZETTE 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 22nd, 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. Lannes P. Oakey, Solicitor Master in Chancery Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County, ss. In the Circuit Court of said County, August Term A. D. 1916. Mary C. McBane Vs. Arthur H- Finley, Chas. Finley, and Elvira Finley. Bill to foreclose mortgage No. 301. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the August Term of said court, towit, on the 6th 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 10 o'clock A. M. Saturday October 7th A. D. 1916 at the east door of the Court house in the City of Metropolis, County of Massac, and the State of Illinois, sell at public vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit. The Northeast fourth of the Southeast quarter of section number Six (6), except one-half acre in the Southeast corner thereof; and, also, except Six and one fourth acres which is bounded as follows: Beginning at a point on the South line of said tract fiftyrods West of the Southeast corner thereof and running North thirty six rods to the public road; thence with the public road in a Southeastern direction forty-eight rods: thence West thirty-five rods to the place of beginning, And fifteen acres from off the West side of the Southeast fourth of the Southeast quarter of section number Six (6) And ten and one-third acres from off the Eastern side of the Northwest fourth of the Southeast quarter of Sec. number Six (6), except a strip of ground two rods wide on the West side of said ten and one-third acres leading from the public road to the Curtis graveyard, which said strip was heretofore deeded by David Curtis and wife to the heirs of David Curtis, deceased, for a roadway to said graveyard. And seven acres from off the Eastern side of the Southwest fourth of the Southeast quarter of section number Six (6), also, seven acres from off the Eastern side of Northwest fourth of the Northeast quarter of section number Seven (7), and all of the above lands lying and being in Township unnumber Fourteen (14) south, Range number Four (4) east, situated in Massac County, State of Illinois. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 12th day of September A. D. 1916. S. BARTLETT KERR. Master in Chancery. Neptune takes more than 160 years to make the complete revolution round the sun. COLPS Mr. Editor: Please allow me space for the first time in life to say that our church and S. S. are progressing nicely Our pastor, Rev. J. D. Davis was indisposed Sunday and was not able to attend services. The services were conducted by a local preacher, Elder Hunter. We had splendid services all day; the Rev. promises to be a great preacher some day. Deacon Ellis Reynolds celebrated his thirty fifth birthday anniversary Saturday, Oct 7th, and all present had an enjoyable time. The pastor's wife and Master Cecil Davis is some what indisposed at this writing. Mary Heiskel and Mrs. Clifford Williams were united in wedlock the writer wishes them a successful and happy life. PLUCKY WOMAN WINS OWN CASE IN LUNCH ROOM She Raises the Price of Milk, Bottle and All, in Short Time. OWNER OF DAIRY LUNCH ROOM Refuses to Serve Woman, Bul Suddenly Changes His Mind. Los Angeles. Cal. Sept. 30, '16 (California Eagle.)—In a rapidfire fight here this week Mrs. Sadie C. Cole of 459 East 29th St. proved herself worthy of being classed with those of whom we have read as heroines of by-gone days, when she alone and single-handed, forced a dairy lunch room located at 139 South Broadway to give her service last Monday evening. The following is the story from Mrs. Cole's own lips: I had been to the office of the chief of police on business regarding some settlement work. I came by this dairy and feeling tired, in company with Mrs. S. B. Strickland I decided I wanted a glass of buttermilk. I went in and asked for the same. The proprietor told me they did not serve it, but sold it in bottles, seeing others being served, I told him I knew better he did. He then said, "I can't serve your your folks and if I do it will cost you 50 cents" I told him I wouldn't pay before I received it and then commenced to heave everything I could get my hands on at him including glasses, sugar bowls and everything loose, all of which struck their mark. By this time a great crowd had gathered and the police arrived. They acted very courteous; they told the man they had not seen me do anything wrong and could not arrest me. They also told him that he had no right to refuse to serve people in the public place. I reiterated the stand I had taken, not to leave the place until I had been served, and I was MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY " served, paid the regulation five cents and departed. Mrs. Cole is one of our foremost citizens and one of the principal promoters of the Fifty Years of Progress held in this city about a year ago. She is prominent in in church and club work. She says that she has brooded over the treatment accorded our people in this city and that she has come to the conclusion that if it costs her life that she will do something to assert the rights of a race and would willing give her life as a sacrifice. When Mrs Sadie Cole had made the proprietor of the dairy room come up with the right thing by being not afraid to assert her rights with fare courage and not afraid to die, a prosperous and dignified white gentleman walked up and congratulated her and said that he abmired her stand offered to pay for all she could drink. STATEMENT OF THE OWNER SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 3. That the known bondholders and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: There are none. J. B. McCrary, Editor sworn to and subscribed before me this 1st day of October 1916. COLFAX MORRIS, My commission expires, July 12th, 1919. AN OPEN LETTER. To Arms Baptists! To the Baptists of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association of Southern Illinois. To you we send greetings and wish to inform you that the time is at hand for us arise and gird our armor on, and heed the Macedonian cry "Come ye over and help us." We have a number of small churches a few larger ones in our district that are without pastors and not self supporting and with a little encouragement from the stronger ones, they can be made strong. Our mission work and our District missionaries are greatly neglected, which should not be the case in a land of plenty and prosperity, when, if the pastors and churches would manifest a little more of the Christ like spirit in carrying out the great commission to go into all the world and reach the gospel. Southern Illinois is part of the world, therefore, since it is part of territory we are obligated to Christ to carry the Gospel to perishing thousands in our baili wick. The churches are only sked to send up 5c per member quarterly to aid the missionaries while in the destitute parts of our district which is a small item to any member, but, would be ample to care for our district work in good shape and missionaries would not be compelled to look like tramps. As intelligent Baptists we cannot afford to let the Banner trail in the dust and be a laughing stock or to be held up in ridicule by others who are less able to care for their obligations. We confidently trust that each pastor and officer in the churches of our associational district will get busy and help to raise the financial standard in our district at the 1st quarterly Board meeting which will be held in Mt. Vernon with Shiloh Baptist church with Elder John Bruen, pastor, Thursday before the 3rd Sunday in Dec. 1916. The church and pastor sending up the most money at said meeting will be placed on honor roll and the cut of pastor will be placed in the columns of the Gazette Respectfully yours Elder J. B. McCrary, Moderator. Roger Williams University, Nashville, Tenn. Oct. 4, 1916 Rev. J. B. McCray, S. T. B. Moderator of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, Metropolis, Ill. My Dear Brother:- Your letter certifying that the Mt. Olive Baptist Association of Southern Illinois together with its auxiliaries will be responsible for financial assistance to Rev. J. N. Washington for expenses here for the year. We regard Mr. Washington a worthy of any assistance that may be given him in any way, and we believe you will have no reason to regret whatever you may do for him. Our singers will be in Metropolis, Wednesday night, Oct. 11th in concert at the First Baptist Church. I hope you will use your influence to help make their coming a success. I am quite sure their appearance will be pleasing. With best wishes, I remain Yours truly, A. M. Townsend President. SPARTA SPARTA Mr. Editor, I feel grateful to say through your paper our S. S. and church are yet advancing towards the land of Zion. Our S. S. was reviewed by Bro. Thomas Humphrey.' Our pastor was unable to be at his post Sunday, being very much indisposed; Rev M. E. Parnell of Coulterville was called by telephone to fill the appointment for Sunday; his subject was, "Following God," and in the alter- noon h: administered the Lord's Supper. At night he preached another good sermon and all were made to feel the spirit of God. In the afternoon the officers and members visited the pastor Rev. P. B. French who is very sick and under the care of a physician. This Sewing Circle will meet at the residence of Mrs. Malinda Foster. The Carnation Club met at the residence of the president Tuesday and will give an entertainment in the Miners Hall on the 14th. Miss Elsa Kincannon and Miss Hattie Kincannon of Duquoin was the guest of Mrs. Nettie Macklin Mrs. Manerva Parsons went to St. Louis Mo. last week, where she will be operated on. BAPTIZING The pastor, Flder J. B. McCrary, of Unity Baptist church, Brookport, will baptize next Sunday, the 15th at 12:30 p.m. after a sermon to the candidates at the church. All are invited to listen to the sermon, why Baptist baptize by immersion and so strictly adhere to Christ's command We are greatly in reed of money to meet our financial obligations, please come prepared to make this a great day. We had two joiners last Sunday and a spiritual feast all day. Bro. Wm. White name will be placed on the Honor roll for having brought in the most money $7.28 for the erection of our new church. ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY NOTES. The public rhetoricals will be one month earlier this season. We are now doing all of the required work of a first class college with a full nine months school all students are required to make the standard number of credits. New students are coming every day, our registration promises to be much larger this year than in any former year. Our singers are still on the road doing some points in Illinois and hope to be home after the state convention they are reporting much success, and we are looking forward anxiously to their return. Our theological department has started and it promises a beneficial year. Rev. J. N. Washington. CHARLESTON Editor of the Gazette: Please allow me a little space in the Gazette to say a few words concerning our glorious revival meeting, which was carried on two weeks by Rev. R. C. Brown of Cobden. He was assisted by Rev. Steven Lee. I am proud to say that this the best revival that ever was carried on in Mt. Pleasant Baptist church since it has been organized. It is true few men speak in a meeting as Rev. Brown spoke. Every part of his sermons were brought out plainly, and so fervently did he speak that none could doubt his divine inspiration. The Lord has blessed us to close our meeting with five can- YOU will wait many season before you find a more attractive hat than this--the feature hat of the superb line of fall line of Fall and Winter Stetsons. A quality hat for "quality folks," as the old time Southern darkey used to say---and one that looks surprisingly well on most men. In fact every one of the Stetons is a fine hat---a bit finer than usual this Fall. Come try them on. Varsity Fifty Five YOU'VE heard of this famous suit for young men; it has become the standard by which all young men's styles are measured. You want the original and we have it for you----in all its variations. Made by Hart Shaftner & Marx. Sold by Krebs Clothing Company Third and Ferry Streets I. O. O. F. Building. didates for baptism and six others added. We are well satisfied that God has heard our prayers and answered them. Yours for Chrsst, Myrtle C. Rusch In the Sunken Submarine. "It's too annoying that we should be stuck down here. I bought myself the most splendid tomb only last week."—Lustige Blaetter. The Worker. "Did a musician of note score your opera?" "No; the critics did." Easy to Pronounce. The easiest word to pronounce the English language is said "murmur." It is simply an exp of the breath repeated. Uncle Eben's Wisdom "It's a lucky thing foh race," said Uncle Eben, "Commandments wasn't low wif phraseology like de lature passes." MOTHER'S COOK BOOK ‘The power to free one's life from fret. -Paleappointment or annoyance ies Tegel ‘within. the ‘option of everyone Some people are born to take cheerful Yiews, and those who are not may achieve Mis happy. faculty. Tt fe both a gift and @ grace. The observer of the daily rou- tine cannot fail to recognize that tn alt the day's events, ax in nature, there ts hever @ vacuum. If one ts withheld an- ‘other rushes in. Good Eating for the Family. Celery root 1s not well enough ap- preciated. It may be put Into the cel- lar with the other root vegetables and, ff covered with dampened sand, will keep all winter. To prepare it the simplest method is to cook it until tender, remove all of the outside lumps and unsightly spots, cut in dice and serve in a white sauce. To make an- other more elaborate but very pretty dish, cook the roots, cool and trim ‘them, scoop out the inside and fill with chopped celery and cooked beets mixed with mayonnaise. Serve one root to each person. The inside portion may be served finely chopped with French dressing on lettuce a day or two later. Boiled Ham. ‘Take a thick piece of ham, two or three pounds, cover with water and simmer two hours. Remove the skin, put a few cloves into the fat, cover with crumbs mixed with sugar and bake in a hot oven 15 minutes. ‘The ‘carver likes this, as there are no bones to avold. When one has a small fum- fly such a roast is not too extravagant ‘and {t may all be used. Any bits of left-over ham may be mixed with erumbs after chopping and used for stuffing in green peppers, A table- spoonful or two added to a thick white sauce and served on toast makes @ good breakfast dish, Zingara Rissoles. Chop fine a half pound of cooked chicken, three ounces of cooked ham, and a hard-cooked egg. Mix this with Things You May Not Know. The starfish has no nose, but the whole of its underside ts endowed with @ sense of smell. A Specimens of almost every precious mineral have been found in. Spitz- bergen, but there are no signs, accord- ing to geologists, that precious min- erals exist in paying quantities. Mexico has 15,000 miles of rallway, 4s 1,900 miles long from northwest to southeast, and its width varies from 140 to 750 miles. Its seacoast on the Gult of Msxico is 1,400 miles long. Roller skating in England is sald to ate back to 1790. ‘The atmosphere of Zululand 1s so ‘lear that it is said objects can be seen by starlight at a distance of seven miles. Naturalists have estimated that a eingle crow can destroy about 700,000 insects in one year., At five years caméls are fit to work; but their strength begins to de- cline at twenty-five years, although they usually live to be forty. Korea’s sacred mountain, Kongo-San, or Diamond mountain, as it is more commonly called, carries, it is claimed, 12,000 granite peaks, rugged and gro- tesque in form and almost impossible of being scaled. In Switzerland the goat is placed ahead of all other animals. If a boy Plagies a goat he can be fined and Sent to prison. If a person meets a goat.on a path and drives him aside he cam be arrested. If a goat enters the yard of a person not his owner, and is hit with a club or stone, the Person guilty of the offense must pay a fine. ‘ ‘There ts n cat, owned by the keeper of the Platte Fougere lighthouse, on the Island of Guernsey, which, when- ever it wishes to enter its master’s ‘dwelling, rings ‘an electric bell. This has been made possible by the cot- struction, near the bottom of a door, of n shelf which actuates. a: switch when a slight weight is placed upon 4t. ‘Thus, when the cat jumps to this small ledge the circuit is closed, Novel Use for Handkerchief. If you have a very fine handkerchief with a lace ruffle border, or if you have a square. piece of net, you can make a very attractive slumber pillow. Get sotme plain white material—linen would be lovely—and sew the net-and Iinen together ‘on three stdes, The fourth should be left open, so that a pillow may be slipped through. Fast- en the pillow top with either snaps or buttons and buttonholes, If you make the pillow or not, some tiny. roses of Gin or Silk <could be made and sewed. diagonally across the pillow ‘This may be very ensily lwundered, ‘owing to opening at one side, ~ ‘ Tunics Are Established. ‘The tunic is an established fact and rather a convenient one. It.gives the economically inclined the chance of wearing an old gown under a new as- pect, concocted out of two old ones. Sometimes the tunle takes the form of fan aprdn, and the idea of a deeply accentuated point in front has fur- thered the idea, An overskirt and tunic now seem to ,be synonymous terms and give a great variety of chotee;, they both melt occastonatly into. panniers and do not ignore the bustle, a half cupful of white sauce, beat well and add one egg, Season with salt and pepper, cook five minutes and cool, Shape in cones and set each cone on a cooked slice of celery root. Serve with hot tomato sauce. Arrange BONS te Cane OOO FAVORITE OF FILMDOM Cr, ng | oe ce a. N ) Mary Miles Minter. Star of the silent drama, who had won an established reputation on thé stage before going into the movies. PARRA RAR AAA War May Bring Sccial Fame To Spain’s Beautiful Queen Should Spain's efforts to bring about the holding at Madrid of the peace conference which must follow the cessation of hostilities be success- ful, Queen Victoria Ena, one of the youngest ‘and most beautiful of Eu- rope’s royal women, will become the most famous hostess in the world, Many of the world’s most brilliant men will assepble at the conference, and the queen's duty will be to entertain these guests of Spain and their wives on an extensive and royal scale. It is said that the young queen, who is yet in her. twenties, would greatly wel- come the call for such brilliant fetes at the stately and somewhat formal Castilian court, which in spite of King Alphonso's democratic ways, still re- mains the most ceremonious in Eu- rope. The queen is fond of dress and one of the most lavish customers of the great Paris dressmakers, her dress bills running up to more than $15,000 yearly. Parrot Manicured Its Nails, Patrolmen Purtell and Mahoney and Building Inspector Corcoran of An- sonia, Conn., claim to have seen a par- rot which manicured its nails with a penknife. While these men watehed, this bird picked up the knife from the bottom of its cage and, holding It in {ts mouth, carefully seraped its toes on the blade. When this was done to the parrot’s satisfaction It dropped the knife. The Superstitious By LAURA JEAN LIBBEY. FAIA IIIA IAIIIA II IIIA II ee at baie pe ecm bet eet a eee et It is usually the ardent hope of every engaged girl to be married in June, the ‘month of roses and — weddings. There seems to be a mystic spell connected with the very thought of, becoming a bride on a June day when the world 1s flooded with golden sun- shine and the fair éarth is earpeted with, flowers. ‘Tt sometimes: happens that some unexpected | efr- cumstance trans pires to. prevent “the ceremony be- ing performed in Sea} and weddings. | M Gag] There seems to be Pa. | mystic spell Chg ees). connected with 5 ee | the very thought 0 Ee! of becoming a i Bai): bride on a June . Vg) day when the aa world 18 flooded a vefth golden stn [aie SAP! shine and the fair oe P| éarth ts earpeted Ca Le| with, flowers. eae | It’ sometimes PFE nappens thar some aaa ie unexpected. cfr oe 82) cumstance trans. ce pires to. prevent LR | “the coremony be- ~ ing performed in the rose month. What then? Shall the disappointed couple wait until ft rolls around again or cast their ehaner of happiness*with July or some other month? ‘The superstitious pack away the wedding Onery In perfumed boxes not fo be opened until November, ‘Those who laugh at the notion of one METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. a ring of spinach in the center, or, swiss chardy well seasoned, may be served with this dish. Steamed Brown Bread. _ Take two cupfuls of yélfow corn- meal, a cupful of ryemeal, one cupful of flour, two cupfuls of milk, one eap- ful of molasses, one half teaspoonful of salt, three teaspoonfuls of baking powder, gll well mixéd together. Pour into a well-greased mold and steam for four hours. Dried fruit of any kind may be added if liked. When a Child Is Noisy It’s a Sign That It Is Healthy When the child is quiet there Is something wrong with It. It ts sick or doing*something which {t ought not to do, Nolse and motion are normal activities of a child, anything else Is abnormal. ‘The “blessed Uttle fellow” whio hangs around his mother's apron strings all the time and doésn't speak unless spoken to, or who doesn’t romp and play with the other children and make all manner of noises, is not right. It needs attention, says the Dayton News. Children commit a lot of, nulsance. They provoke all of us by running over the lawn and breaking down thé flowers and making so mueh nolse we, cannot hear ourselves think, It 1s an- noying to haye a bunch of them yell- ing and shouting about our doors, ‘They get fn the way with thelr roller skates and disturb us when they ride thelr bieyeles upon the sidewalks. But what are we going to do about it? It is natural, and we must elther sup- press the children, to their detriment and to the detriment of the human race, or grin and bear 4t, while regu- lating them as best we may. The child, Is a problem every minute of the day, it fs true, but we can't earry on- the world if we curb them until they grow up into abnormalities. Besldes, the cultivation of patience and conellia- tion upon our part will tend to sweet- en the environments for everybody, Your Stomach. Consider the stomach. What a lot it has to do! How the poor stomach is imposed on! Of course, it can rebel, and does do so. But why subject it and yourself to this indignity? on The sorrows of the stomach should startle the world. eK Great care should be taken of the stomach and what it is given. . Rest hefore eating if you are tired; cut out superfluous starches. and sweets. % A good rule is to stop eating while you are still a little hungry; to = slowly and to rest for a time afte eating. To Vaccinate for Mumps. + That it may be possible to make « serum that shall confer immunity to mumps seems likely as a result of ex- periments at the Rockefeller institute by Doctor Wollstein on cats. She tn- oculated them with the saliva of per- sons having mumps and found that they contracted the disease, She at- tenuated the infectious material with the serum of cats that hnd recovered and found a distinctly slighter reac- tion, and reinoculation of animals that had recovered produced but Uttle ef. fect. ‘ month being luckier than another, snapping their fingers at henreay handed down from goodness knows whiere, so right ahead with the wedding quite as soon as the obstacle which prevented it can be removed. It is not always grave and warrant- able reasons which have staved off the happiness of the. waiting patr. Some reasons are as amusing as they are unique. One. bridegroom-to-be lost the wedding ring which he had béen carrying iu his yest pocket. ‘The bride-to-be refused: a substitute, be- cause she-had heard it would be disas- trous to her future peace, Séveral months: slipped by ere it, was discov- tend io a far Gorter of thd vest Wate er {t had slipped through,an tnnoticed, tiny hole in that unfortunate, pocket: His flancee was so angeted at his seeming carelessness that she broke the etigagement at once, She. would not tne the contract to keep his pock- ets In good condition when he could be 80 careless of them. Another cute: A village cler, hear- ing his sweetheart had accepted his vival, agreeing to wed him providing the mafriage could take place in June —the last of which was but three days off—hastily packed his grip, closing the office which contained all the doc- uments “necessary for the license locked carefully in his safe, thereby preventing the distracted rival from complying with the conditions during the town clerk's week’s vacation. ‘This strategy won the clerk’ the girl who could not help admiring bis cool impu- dence and daring to outwit his adver- sary. ‘The clever young: man-sueceed- ed th convincing her that July or An- gust was really just as detightful aod, quite as lucky for a marriage imostth as June. - What's the difference as to what month yuu nfarry in as long as you wed the one you love? (Copyright, 1916.) AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS When Booker Washington’ pub- lished his account of his own life 15 Years ago, at the moment the National Negro Business league had just been launched, before the library at Tus- kegee for which Carnegie partly patd had been built, and before the famous lunch with President Roosevelt, bis educational work was In full tide. It 4s now possible to see his labors as a whole-and in perspective, as well as to giye htm credit for many accom- plishments that with natural modesty he himself attributed largely to clr cumstances or to others, ‘The main facts in Booker Washing- ton's careet are well known: How he was born’in a slave hut in a re- mote part of western Virginia, © year or two before the Civil war broke out ; how after the war his stepfather and mother (his father 1s unknown) re- moved to Malden, W. Va., to. work there in salt and coal mines; how, held back by his step-parent but encouraged by his mother, he learned to read and uttended night school; how in 1872 he walked, begged, and worked his way to Hampton institute; and how after his graduation from Fampton, the path of opportunity opened before film ‘when in 1881 he was appointed organizer and teacher of a new Negro normal school at ‘Tuskegee. © Many may not know that the most Important day in his later career was that on which he delivered an address in 1895 at the Atlanta and Cotton States In- ternational exposition—one for which President Cleveland sent him a letter of thanks. A few doubtless know that the last ten years of his work were Wone with a body and nervous system worn out by Incessant labor, so that Tepeatediy he was on the point of breaking down. ‘This Is told in a re- cent publication with all the detail whieh Is possible in a volume of 300 pages, and in a manner not unskilled. ‘The marshalling of facts ts effective, though there is some repetition; and {f the style is undistinguished: ‘and sometimes awkward, and ‘the! general paragraphs or chdpters.on “the, times” of Washington vigghe aad clumsily ine terpolated, the Witter atones for this by the manifest egthusiasm he brings 0 his book, He-feels, though he can- not fully express, the tguch of the eple fo this first great Negro leader's career. ‘The steady advance of the American Negro is u conspicuous proof of the principle that progress can be had by peaceful methods. Year by year Tus- kogee Institute Issues a “Negro Year Book,” which 4s a sort of Jo, of the forward movement of the race. ‘The 1916 edition has just been issued, At the particular moment the mat- ter fs ong of unusual national impor- tance because of the new migration Which is sending Negroes from the South to the northern and western states,» The “European war stems to be opening closed doors to the race. With the stoppage of Immigration and the actual, dearth of labor in some fields fresh opportunities have cowe to the farm workers of the South. Ne- 'groes are replacing aliens from many nations, ‘This industrial migration — wilt doubtless have farlung effects. If it advances sufficiently It may tessen the tension of the race problem Inthe South. At the same tine the greater educative facilities of the North dna West are Mkely to play a powerful part in makYng-the southern Negro something different. : Altogether the unconscious: turn of tee More than 1,000 cree dire known in Germany... Kern county, Cal., contains 55,842 seres of proved Oil lands, 5 oy An enamel to glaze potfery without the use of heat is a Gerigan invention, ‘The government. ot India He pird- Inbited the? Iniportation: gf fswabur Hantehes, NE AS ihe Rasgsian goverment. contsots ‘the «prices charged for. medieal pre- BOE fins. « : | Me Chitean governwent has ap “yoluted a commission to make a study ‘of the water power available for hy- Groclectric desplapinent.: -°® dredge’ built In Moltind tor the goverment of Urnguay .crossed the ‘Atlantic peean under tts own steam, "A recéhtly patented combined typer writer.table and chair fold. togéiher to form a cover for a machine and to Yedonomnlae Moor space, yo. Of English invention fs a mew tuDri- cant for abtting aaeehe tt ip gia. minnm, yore satisfactorily thhh here- tofore possible. fe ey & 4 Several types of coinpressed, air erated "hylaa niaghines have. been designed ¥ use In Qplbees avhere (he fre hasard jsdgent. A machine hns heen perfected in Saxony that embroiders designs up- on three dozen pairs of stockings at once, « battery of needles making 288 ‘afitches slmultancousiy, events has opened a new ‘chapter in the history of the American’ Negro, ‘a chapter more fateful than any writ- ‘ten since the great reaction of apathy settled upon the nation after recon- Struetion days, Once more the Negro ‘Is becoming a vital problem. ‘The most impressive development of the last few days so far ns the ‘Negro 18 concerned is the moral fa- tigue with which white people have viewed him. For a long time the country traveled on the moral mo- mentum generated by the abolition: ists and by the political results of the Civil war, ‘That no longer exists, Ontside of a small group of rela- tively dumb reformers, nobody cares serlously. Disfranchisement {8 an ae- cepted principle in the South. “Jim Crow” laws no longer arouse com- ment. Segregution ts growing, South, West and North, ‘The most frequent feeling on the part of whites is one of helpless, hopeless acquiescence tn forces which they feel unable to chal- lenge, ‘The old belief In equality is dor- mant. Orators will not admit {t, no one whose political faith must be on parade can afford to admit it, but the truth Is that rnee prejudice wax never stronger, Not even the Chris tlan brotherhood of man ts a power- ful enough motive to weld together different races belonging to the same religious denomination, Until the European war shut off im- migration and» forced American {n- dustry to summon the workers of the South segregation of all kinds ap: peared destined to grow greatly. ‘The movement was from below. Largely Mt Incked lenders. But it swept on. The same ruthless instincts and the same moral fatigue exist today. Yet industrial necessity has brought for- ward new factors. In the “factory, shop und construction camp another future 1% opening.—John Vanee Che- ney, in the Chicago Herald. With commemorative exercises, of dignity and, eloquence the lttle log cabin that was Lincoln's birthplace has beep set apart as a shrine. One lesson of the great life of the emanctpator, a lesson for two races and for all man- kind, has been that the humblest origin need not prove a mortmain to check the will to rise. The Work- ten tals jp tory of tee Wie Saas “up from slavery” in an Alabama town. ‘The father of John Guss Frazer was a freedman, ‘The son went from the farm to town and entered the service of a tatloring establishment, He was paid 80 cents a day for errands and odd Jobs. He watched the others pressclothes, avd soon he had an tron In bis hand and was earning a dollar. Fisialiy “he bought the business. "Then, wiurone chair, he started a barber shop, He bought and sold enttte. He purchased a cement-block machine, ide bis own blocks and bullt a three-story building to hold the bar- ‘ber shop, a store, a lodge room for rental and an undertaking establish- ment. He built a house for himself and beside it a cottage hotel. The ‘buildings are all of them erected on ‘the very ground where his father once worked..a8, a slgve, Yet there are esnies who ‘hold that a mun who Is ‘boru to a lowly Jot tn. lite must fold his hands in the tacit acceptance Yof ‘a providential dispensation, and deny to the world the inspiring pattern of “toll unsevered from tranquillity.” As ® mineral producer Alabama rauks first among the southern states More than 27,000 fons of honey ure produced annually. by the Ameriean bee, Lightning is more frequent in Tl- nolg-and. Florida than in mny other ae é A sanitary guard has beph invented to prevent persons linadling spigot outlets, 4 Skins of the daméon plums are be- ing uulized in, England forpreduce a blue dye, © ' . In times of peace London’ éotitalns 16 embassies and legations represent: atlve of foreign countries, : Pilérs have been patented by an filinols Inventor to split insplation and remove it from wines neny... As a.race, the tallest people In’ the world are the Bororos, of the: south- West of Brazil’ They averigé six fevt ‘four Inches in height, Several French Ighthouses have been equipped with lenses that enable their lights to be seen from. fifty, to pixty - tsifles at Sea,» P Numerous economies are claimed ‘for w néy automobite that can be run by gasoline or electrieity or combl- nation of the two, Rritish: aviators have found that horsehair cushions provide enough elasticity to counteract the vibration of aeroplanes and make the use of inagnetic compasses possible, Wife Cured by Lydia E, , Pinkham’s Vegetable - Compound Des Moties, Towa. —"Four years age Iwas very sick and my life was nearly a spent, | The docters | | never get well with- out an operation Hi || and that without it IH I would not live one I i | ese, My, mssbena il I objected to any operation and got me some of Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegeta- ble Compound. I took Sit end cammenced || lemmas) stated that I would | never get well with- 1! out an operation i f|| and that without it IH I would not live one Hh i il eae, my, hasan il objected to any operation and got me some of Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegeta- ble Compound. I took Hit and commenced to get better and am now well, am stout and able to do my own housework. I can recommend the Vegetable Com- pound to any woman who is sick and run down as @ wonderful strength and health restorer. My husband says I ‘would have been in my grave ero this if it had not been for your Vegetable Compound.”"—Mrs, BLANcun JErFER- 80K, 703 Lyon St,, Des Moines, Iowa, Before submitting to a surgical opera- tion it is wise to try to build up the female system and cure its derange- ments with Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege table Compound; it has saved many women from surgical operations Write to the Lydia B. Pinkham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice—it will beconfidential Traction Wanted =" one ES SSSI tm ‘Woer bp oeast eee Louie, APPENDICITIS ‘or bars GAL PREETI S ESSE rae °F Swnan, bur? wea his 8 buaabons Af cmcxsd “W. N. U, ST. LOUIS, NO. 40-1916. ‘iaesiamniaiiananaamaaananinaten We will find life's path pleasauter If we will smile along the way. [ THI8 18 THE AGE OF YOUTH. You wil look ten years venngte if you sing “La Creole’ Hair Dresslog —Adv. WIFE IN PATHETIC PLAINT Evidently Good Lady Was Net « Strong Believer in the Principle et dai eaalins. “Oh, George,” said Mrs. Bridge, “on your way downtown this morning will you stop at the grocer’s and order two pounds of butter and m half pound of ten and some crackers?” “Yes, my dear.” “And would you mind leaving my skirt at the tailors as you go by?" “Yes, my dear.” “And then go to the milkman's and tell him to leave an extra pint of cream. to-morrow?" “Yeu, my dear.” “And when you get to your office will you call up my sister and tell her Til be over Tuesday? They don't charge you for calls there.” “Yes, my dear, and any, wifle, would you mind sewing up this little rip tn my cont before I start?” “Good land, aren't you men terrible! You're always wanting something dome."—Exchange. ‘Quite to Be Expected. “Mame is a duck of a girl, How te she coming on?” “Ob, swimmingly,” “Emphasis Counts. When you bear an extravagant com pliment you are disposed to think there is & good deal tn ft. A 5 Ve 7 4 ed D Brightens One Up ‘There is’ soriething about Grape-Nuts food that bright-— ens one up, infant or adult, | both physically and mentally, What is it? Just its ‘delightful flavor, and thé nutriment of whole — awheat and barley, including | stheir wonderful body and | nerve building mineral ele- | ments! | A crisp, ready-to-eat food, | with a mild sweetness all its Peucdinisnive ddicaoe: satisfying— . Grape-Nuts ._ “There’s a Reason” Good Cheer, Order, Beauty Prevailed in Home of the Southern Woman Long Ago In her social progresses she rode in a velvet-lined coach drawn by four or six horses—not one too many for the mud-holes to be pulled through in those brave times, writes Octavia Zollcoffer Bond in Southern Woman. Her negro coachman, in cloth coat and brass buttons, who could be trusted to drive her a hundred miles in safety, skillfully handled the lines, while liveried footmen swing jauntly to the carriage straps behind, ready to spring to the ground, open the door and let down the folding steps at the will of the mistress. As to her wholesome life at home, Thomas Nelson Page has covered the case in asserting that "the system of living in the South made the domestic virtues as common as light and alr." Housewifely thrift and executive ability of a high order made the home of the Southern woman who was true to the type an Eden for all who partook of her hospitality. Good cheer, order and beauty prevailed from the entrance hall, impressive with its array of ancestral portraits, to the clean and ample kitchen and servants' quarters. The well-filled smokehouse, the poultry yard astir with fowls, the pantry supply of jelly, pickle, cordial, "bounce" and preserves, the cellar stocked with the choicest vintages of the old world, and the garden growing with every herb, vegetable and flower known to the new, were results of the industry of the lady bountiful of ye olden-time. And, withal, the "swept and garnished" guest rooms, as rarely unoccupied as vacuums occur in nature, were dainty with lavender scented linens, waxed floors and polished mahogany. Tortoise Shell Now that tortoise shell has once more come into public favor it is well to know a way in which to clean and polish it. When tortoise shell loses its luster from wear the polished surface may be restored to its original condition by carefully rubbing it with powdered rottenstone and oil. The rottenstone should be very carefully sifted through the finest muslin. When all scratches on the surface of the tortoise shell are thus removed, a brilliant polish may be given it by applying gentle friction with a piece of soft leather to which some jeweler's rouge has been applied. There's Room in Western United States for People Of All European Countries The United States can swallow all of Europe—area, population and all. The entire combined computed area of the foreign countries and the area of the western United States is very nearly the same, says Popular Science Monthly. The discrepancy is 15,000 square miles on Europe's side. At the same time, however, Russia in Europe would spread over the whole western part of our country, crowding it to the doors with its 111,000,000 of people. GRIFF RECALLS HOW TRICK PEEVED VETERAN BATTER Senators' Manager Maintains That Tommy Tucker Was Maddest Man He Ever Saw on Dail Field. "It has been my luck," says Clark Griffith, "to see a large number of peeved and angry people in this old game of baseball, particularly gentlemen against whom I have been lucky enough to do some successful pitching. "I still think, however, that the maddest man I ever did behold was that grand old Monolith of the old Boston team—Mr. Thomas Tucker. The occasion on which I behold the fury of this famous warrior is still green in my memory, and can never forsake me. "Old Tommy Tucker was pretty nearly on his last legs so far as big league baseball was concerned, and hits to him were more precious than rubles and diamonds when we bumped together one summer afternoon." It was a big game, a most important game, and I really had to win it. I loved Tom Tucker very much, but I loved my salary more. "The battle was a hot one, running along on pretty even terms till near the close, when we managed to get a couple on the buses and good old Uncle Anson did the rest with one of those murderous hits that they don't make now, the old man not being there to soak them. That Boston bunch was never whipped till the last man was counted out, and they went after me strong in the death rally. First thing I knew they had the cushions populous, two down, and old Tom Tucker standing firmly at the plate. I worked him into biting at two wide ones, then fed him two more, which he refused to reach after. It was coming down to crises and no mistake. "just at this juncture I happened to remember a trick of indoor base ball—the enormous upshot which is put on an indoor ball by swinging it, undefend, with the knuckles uppermost and the ball rolling on the palm. It causes a huge upshot ball, but is not practicable for putdoor ball because, at the greater pitching distance, MAN MUST LABOR AND LOVE HIS WORK TO BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY By DR. SAMUEL G. DIXON, Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania. Man was intended to labor by the Allwise Creator. Our mental and physical make-up is such that occupation is essential to continued well-being. From the hunter, the fisherman and the rude agriculturist, man has evolved a complicated civilization. There are thousands of occupations today in place of the few primitive ones, but still the majority of these center about the fulfilling of the primary necessities, feeding and clothing mankind. It has become impossible for the laborer to work under the conditions which originally obtained. Besides the fields and forests, we have mine, mill and mart. Man has progressed mentally to a remarkable degree, but we cannot say that of his physical development. However, his requirements are much the same as those of our remote ancestors. Sunlight, fresh air, pure water and physical exercise are absolutely essential to the maintenance of health. If the conditions under which men and women labor do not make this possible, they are detrimental to the individual and to society at large, for upon the health of its people depends the ultimate future of any nation. No machinery can entirely replace the sinews of labor. To be healthy and happy, one must love his work. being the largest of all the European countries. The state of California has ample quarters for seven European countries, but its population is only a little over 2,000,000, whereas little Roumania alone harbors just about 7,000,000 inhabitants. Austria-Hungary fits rather tightly across the shoulders in Texas, which has a scattered population of nearly 4,000,000, whereas Austria-Hungary has more than 51,000,000 of people accommodated within its boundaries. A Few Smiles. Convincing Hard-Luck Story, "I thought you said you were going to have the $100 you lent Jibway, or know the reason why?" "I didn't get it, and I know the reason why." More striking, however, is corpulent Idaho with it: 325,000 inhabitants living in an area sufficient to quarter 16,000,000 of Europeans living in four large countries. Then there are Montana and North Dakota with their 900,000 people enjoying enough room for Spain and Portugal's 25,000,000. Wise and Otherwise. Misery loves company—and she usually has plenty of it. Too much of the noise in this world tries to pass itself off as music. It's better to be wrong at the right time than right at the wrong time. Any man who can catch a flea in the dark can hoe his own row in politics. There is no hope for the man who acts the hypocrite even when he is alone. A woman who is a has-been beauty is as fussy as a man who has lost his hair. Many a man's love for his club is due to the fact that his wife never gives her tongue a rest. Give a man his choice of making friends or money and he'll not hesitate more than a second. Few men have will power enough to do the things they don't want to do and don't have to, but should do. Books' are desirable companions; when they bore you it is an easy matter to shut them up without giving offense. W the ball would lose all its speed long before it reached the platter. "I decided to throw that ball just as a desperate experiment, and I threw it. The globule sauntered along, way low, below Tom's kneeline, and he stood scoffing at it. Then, just as the ball came parallel with him, it leaped and whirled over the plate, while the umpire yelled 'Strike three." "Old Tom Tucker laid down his bat and started toward me, with evidence of much excitement on his face, but I was already on my way, and was going fast. That night he came to the hotel looking for me and publicly announced that he intended to slay me on sight, but I wasn't in and he never got his hands upon me." METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. Convincing Hard-Luck Story, "I thought you said you were go- ing to have, the $100 you lent Jib- way, or know the reason why?" "I didn't get it, and I know the reason why." "What is it?" "Jibway took me to one side and showed me by the tailor's label inside his coat that he was wea- ring a suit made in 1912." "I thought you said you were going to have, the $100 you lent Jibway, or know the reason why?" "I didn't get it, and I know the reason why." "What is it?" "Jibway took me to one side and showed me by the tailor's label inside his coat that he was wearing a suit made in 1912." Point In Mis Favor "We'll have to promote this young man." "He seems to be doing good work." "Yes. And furthermore, when something turns up and he has to stay at the office half an hour later than usual. I notice he doesn't call up four or five people over the telephone and in a despairing voice, tell them they will have to go on without him." His Specialty. "Haven't you any trade or profession?" inquired the kind lady, as she handed the husky hobo a hunk of home-grown ple and a sandwich. "I uster be a understudy fer a professional boxer, ma'am," answered the h. h. "Professional boxer!" echoed the k. l. "Yes, ma'am," he replied. "He was a undertaken." A. Rare Spectacle. "You say that campaign for sheriff of this county is being conducted on a high plane? "It couldn't be more genteel if the rival candidates were seeking the presidency of a young ladies' seminary." Looking Ahead. TAROT "Now, this is the kind of movie I like. It's edducational." "Why, it's all about a vampire." "Just so, I may meet a vampire some of these days and then I'll know how to protect myself." "It's remarkable how liquor loosens Bibbles 'tongue.' "Oh, a great many men are affected that way." "But Bibbles begins to get aquacious before the cork is out." More Goats Than Sheep. "The pastor and his flock." "Rather a pretty idea, eh?" "Yes, but while our pastor calls himself a shepherd, I fear he is in reality a goat herd." Uses of Paper. The uses of paper are extending very rapidly. Bags made of spun paper are a growing Swedish product, and American manufacturers are beginning to produce them. Coffee bags are made of single strand, open weave, with a sheet of paper pulp inside. Onion bags are being offered. Several firms are engaged in making some very attractive furniture or water-proofed paper reeds woven over wooden and rattan frames. The Swedes are making a three-stranded spun-paper rope for general use that is well spoken of. Paper horse blankets sound queer, but they are being made. Fireproof fabrics sound still more odd, but they are making them nevertheless on a paper basis. The Japanese, who are the most expert of all in the utilization of paper, are making aviator's suits of oiled paper that are very light and resistant to cold. RESTORES KIDNEYS For many years druggists have watched with much interest the remarkable record maintained by Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and bladder remedy. It is a physician's prescription. Swamp-Root is a strengthening medicine. Dr. Kilmer used it for years in his private practice. It helps the kidneys, liver and bladder do the work nature intended they should do. Swamp-Root has stood the test of years. It is sold by all druggists on its merit and it will help you. No other remedy can successfully take its place. Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start treatment at once. However, if you wish first to test this great preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. When writing be sure and mention this paper—Adv. Sunday plety will not make up for six days of deprivity. WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY is her hair. If you is stresked with ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use "La Creole" Hair Dressing and change it in the natural way. Price $1.00.—Adv. Sterilize raisins, currants, figs, and dates before using, by putting in a strainer over a steaming kettle. FOR ITCHING SCALP And Falling Hair Use Cuticura Soap and Ointment, Trial Free. When the scalp is itching because of dandruff and eczema a shampoo with Cuticura Soap and hot water will be found thoroughly cleansing and soothing, especially if shampoo is preceded by a gentle application of Cuticura Ointment to the scalp skin. Free sample each by mail with Book. Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L, Sold everywhere.—Adv. When a man is deeply suspicious the chances are that he is also deeply ignorant of that which he suspects. Q-BAN DARKENS GRAY HAIR Gray, streaked, prematurely gray or faded hair quickly restored to original dark shade by shuimpooing hair and scalp a few times with Q-Ban Hair Color Restored. No dye-perfectly harmless. Q-Ban acts on roots—revives color glands—makes hair healthy, gradually changing all your gray hair to an even natural dark shade, making entire head of hair clean, fluffy, abundant without a trace of gray showing. 50 cents a big bottle by parcel post. (Also sold by most druggists.) Address Q-Ban, Memphis, Teen. Adv. The inspiring maxim, "There's always room at the top," was never intended for the cost of living. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. Nothing is more pathetic than a young girl who is in love and doubt at the same time. IMITATION IS SINGEREST FLATTERY but, like counterfeit money the imitation has not the worth of the original. Insist on "La Créole" Hair Dressing—it's the original. Darkens your hair in the natural way, but contains no dye. Price $1.00.—Adv. Habit is forever choking judgment until judgment is black in the face and gasping for breath. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.00 $3.50 $4.00 $4.50 & $5.00 FOR MEN AND WOMEN W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bottom of all shoes at the factory. The value is guaranteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail price same everywhere. They cost no more in San Francisco than they do in New York. They are always worth the price paid for them. The quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by more than 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The smart styles are the leaders in the Fashion Centres of America. They are made in a well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass, by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. Ask your shoe dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes. If he cannot supply you with the kind you want, take no other make. Write for interesting booklet explaining how to get shoes of the highest standard of quality for the price, Children Cry For Flitcher's CASTORIA 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 Diarrhea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. LOOK FOR W. L. Douglas name and the retail price stamped on the bottom. That's Different. "My son, I'm sorry to see you smoking cigarettes. I hope you don't inhale them." "No, father, I never do that. I merely inhale the smoke." COVETED BY ALL but possessed by few—a beautiful head of hair. If yours is streaked with gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can restore it to its former beauty and luster by using "La Creole" Hair Dressing. Price $1.00.-Adv. Always at It. Jenny—I wish you'd explain what perpetual motion is. Denny—Well, there's your hated admirer—he says he'll never rest until he wins you.—Town Topics. SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE and constant use will burn, out the scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampooing with "La Creole" Hair Dressing, and darken, in the natural way, those ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. $1.00—Adv. A man's happiness may depend upon the load he is capable of carrying. Why That Lame Back? Morning lameness, sharp twings when bending, or an all-day backache; each is cause enough to suspect kidney trouble. Get after the cause. Help the kidneys. We Americans go it too hard. We overdo, overeat and neglect our sleep and exercise and so we are fast becoming a nation of kidney sufferers. 72% more deaths than in 1890 is the 1910 census story. Use Donan's Kidney Pills. Thousands recommend them. A Missouri Case "Berry Photure Tells a Story." H. T. Calvird, Osceola Hotel, Osceola, Mo., says: "Kidney complaint. In a case was brought on by exposure and carelessness. Some attacks had me up for weeks. The old age back were dreadful. My limbs swelled and I had constant hea d aches and dizzy spells. The kidney diseases were irregular in passage and I had to get up several times at night. After doctors and medicines failed, Kidney Pills restored me to good health." Get Donan's at any Store, 50c a Box DOAN'S KIDNEY PILLS FOSTER-MILBURN CO., BUFFALO, N. Y. ADVICE TO THE AGED Age brings infirmities, such as sluggish bowels, weak kidneys and back liver. Tutt's Pills have a specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowels, given natural action, and imparts vigor to the whole system. "ROUGH ON RATS!" Bats Rats, Mice, Bugs L. Douglas shoe dealers. the World. stamped on the box due is guaranteed and superior shoes. The most no more in San are always worth the guaranteed by more shoes. The smart centres of America. at Brockton, Mass. by the direction and with an honest price that money Yes. If he can take no other thing how to for the price, L. Douglas President L. Douglas Shoe Co., Brockton, Mass. REWARE OF SUBSTITUTE Boys' Shoes Best in the World $3.00 $2.50 & $2.00 If a man is too lazy to think for himself he should get married. Ask for and Get SKINNER'S THE HIGHEST QUALITY SPAGHETTI 36 Page Recipe Book Free SKINNER MFG. CO.. OMAHA.. U.S.A. LARGEST MACARONI FACTORY IN AMERICA Chamiers F & 56 Moon C & 30 89 Maxwell K, G & A4 Kentland C & 42 Reo 1910 Bulc Model 10 & 17 COMPLETE ENGINES Marien 1910 & 90 Clement-Bayard 150 Mitchell 1910 & 75 Gentland 42, 1910 With many part from these engines. We have a large stock of engines and will trade engines with you. AUTO PARTS COMPANY 4114 Olive St. St. Louis, Mo. Good Condition. Low Prices. Easy Terms. Best partial list in classified section of Globe- Dock or Midway. We do daily present. Weber Imp. & Auto Co., 1900 Locust, St. Louis, 1 plum. 15,000 ACRES. Will sell up to 425 acre; $3.00 cash, balance 20 years, buys rich, Southeast Missouri, bottom corn land. Close railroad. Good schools and Write present. Missouri. AGENTS are daily profit selling our silvery- $2.50 premium with each $1.85 sale. Free samples to workers. Write for partici- pants. KINGMAN CO., 6037 S. Olive, Los Angeles, Calif. CHOICE FARMS. Dakota quarter 65. Mankato, Milwaukee. Description and terms. Box 188. Missouri, Mont. NEW PENSION LAW FOR WIDOWS Send for blanks and instructions. DR. O. I. HOWE. & CO., Pension and Patent Attorneys, WASHINGTON, D. E. DON'T GUT OUT A Shoe Boil, Capped Hock or Bursitis FOR ABSORBIE TRADE MARK REGULS. PAT. OFF DON'T CUT OUT A Shoe Boil, Capped Hock or Bursitis FOR ABSORBINE TRAD MARK MEGULS PAT OFF will reduce them and leave no blemish. Stop laxness promptly. Does not blister or remove the hair, and horse can be wrapped. $2 bottle delivered. Book 6 Miles. ABSORBINE, JR., for masculine, the antiseptic instrument for Bath, Brushes, Sorex, Swelling, Varkese Felix. Allays Fats and Inflammation. Price $1 and $2 a bottle at drugges or delivered. Will tell you more if you wish. W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F. 31074 St. Springfield, Wash. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. DETROPOLIS, ILL. MRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER FRIDAY OCT. 13, 1916. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Enterered as second-class mail master, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. B. Address all communications to J. B.MoART, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....$1 00 ix Months.....75 three Months.....40 Single Copy.....05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known en application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. Republican Ticket For President Chas. E. Hughes For Vice Pres. Chas. W. Fairbanks For Governor Frank O. Lowden For Lieut. Gov. John G. Oglesby For Sec. of State L. L. Emmerson For State Treasurer Len Small For Aud. of Pub. Acs its Andrew Russel For Atty. Gen. Edward J. Brundage For Congressman at-large W. E. Mason, Medill McCormick For Rep. in Cong. Thos. S. Williams "Equalization Board Ralph Proctor "Representatives Oral P. Tuttle ... Claude F. Lacy "States Attorney Walter Roberts "Circuit Clerk ... Colfax Morris "Coroner ... Geo. A. Stewart "Surveyer ... Thos Perkins Hughes and Fairbanks are winners. Frank Lowden will redeem Illinois from democracy in November. 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 notiged to pay up. Examine Your Own Prepresentation. Every one is forward to complain of the prejudices that mislead other men or parties, as if he were free, and had none of his own. This being objected on all sides, it is agreed that it is a fault and a hindrance to knowledge. What now is the cure? No other but this, that every man should sit alone others prejudices and examine his own. The only way to remove this great cause of ignorance and error out of the world, is for every one impartially to examine himself.-Locke. For Private Telephone service. Many British business men are of the opinion that England would have a better telephone service if it were out of the government's hands. 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?"—Sourrel. Geo. H. Crippins W. 7th Street, between Market and Pearl Streets; Metropolis, Horse Shoeing and Rubber Tireing a Specialty General Repair Work Give me a trial. All work Guaranteed. Subscribe for The Gazette, Misses Rhoda Orrington and Alice Young have returned home from St. Louis. Miss Della Stewart visited in Brookport last week. Rev. J. W. Davie accompanied the Jubilee Singers to Paducah Thursday. Miss Anna Roberts who is teaching in Joppa visited her parents Saturday. Miss Mable Marable of Paducah is in the city this week on business. Misses Carrie and Willie Urquhart were Paducah shoppers Thursday Mrs. Josie Stringfellow of Chicago visited her brother, Mr. McClulland Smith last week Miss Ollie Williams, left for Nashville, Tenn., Sunday to enter Meharra Medical School where she goes to take a course as trained nurse. N W. Long is indisposed this week. Mrs. Ella Smith is convalesing. Miss Naomi Alston has returned from Paducah Ky., Tuesday. Miss Gracie Mayberry spent Saturday and Sunday with the Long Sisters of Belgrade Mrs. Jennie Cowper was a Paducah visitor last week. Mrs. Cora Barnett is visiting relatives in Elizabethtown. Mrs. Bertie Hopson visited her mother, Mrs. Green Hodge who is very sick. Miss Stella McClure of Paducah, Ky., was the guest of Mrs. Nancy Turner. We would be very thankful to ministers who gave us their word that they would give our church a donation on the 1st Sunday in July or August. Come brethren, remember Annanias and his wife. Mrs Florence Calhoun is confined to her room this week. Ed Love of Chicago, is at home visiting his parents at Chont. Mrs. Deborah Wilson returned home from Mt. Vernon, Ill., Monday P. M. where she visited for several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Evans are the proud recipient of a fine baby boy. Mother and child are doing nicely. Ed Neely left for St. Louis, Mo., Tuesday. Harm Sims and Miss Myrtle Long were Metropolis visitors Sunday. Misses Izora Davis and Ora Smith visited relatives in Brookport Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Princess Bell is confined to her room and under the care of a physician. Rev. J. B McCrary, left for Champaign, Monday to attend the Grand lodge A. F. & A. M. Edgar McCrary and wife, of Unionville, were down Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Doll Henry is building a three room house on 11th St. Mrs. Deborah Wilson left for Phillipi Tenn., Wednesday to visit her aunt for two weeks. Miss Cadz Hodge returned from Mounds, Ill., Saturday night on the Rapids. The brothers that promised to pay the editor of The Gazette, for the paper if they lived. Poor fellows! they are dead for they have not paid for the paper. We are preparing to hand a number of names of our subscribers to our collecting agent as they seem to think we can run on cold air. We can't and need our money to pay bills. You need not order the paper stopped until you pay up. The law says so. We will give you this week to pay some if not all. $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 oily 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 surfaces 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 Druggista. 75c. Take Hull's Family Pills for consti- pation. Paper and other article used in a newspaper have jumped sky-high, therefore it takes more money to operate a paper than ever before. If you appreciate our efforts to give you a good paper, you will not hesitate to pay up at once. The Gazette, office has just re- ceived a large consignment of Letter Heads. Envelopes, Bill Heads, Cards & etc. Let us do some of your job work. NOTICE To the churches, S. S B. Y P. U. and W. E. & M's. composing Mt Olive Baptist Association at our meeting held at Colps, Ill in Sept. it was recommended that each local department mentioned send up quarterly to the Executive Board 50c to assist Rev. J. N. Washington, the Sunway School missionary in paying his expenses through Roger Williams University at Nashville, Tenn. Several of the churches have already paid for the 1st quarter. You can send in for the year, half of a quarter of the year by major through delegate at the next executive Board meeting. Thursday before the 3rd Sunday in Dec. at Mt. Vernon, We have notified Dr. A. M. Townsend, Pres.. of the University of the action of the action of our Body and he is holding us responsible for same. Please tear out this notice for reference as it may not occur again. By order of the Association, I. B. McCrary. Mederator. Metropolis, Ill. Rev. L. B \lcCrary After extending to you and family our best regards, also wishing you much success in the coming year of labor for the Lord. Would say I have not received the copies of your papers we would like to have ten copies by the coming week. Put me on your list as a subscriber for your weekly journal. I have appointed Miss Mable Williams as a correspondent to your paper. Hoping that the news from our city may be read by our many friends weekly. I. W. Fitts. Pastor. Thanks Rev. — I mailed you 10 copies last week, am sure you may have them ere this. We will appreciate anything you may do for us as we must stand together as race men. Editor 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. Dear Miri ters of the Baptist family we are trying to build up the waste placing in our district by sending our missionaries into this territory, we can only be able to do this to the extent that you co-operate with us in a financial way. We have two splendid men on the field this year, you, through your messengers help to place them there, now, you are obligated to help care for them. Please do not disappoint us in our next Executive board meeting. We are expecting a good report for our missionaries Elder I. W. Winston and W. D. Simms, and let us care for them and families while they are at work in the destitute field. Will you heed this message brethren? Let us hear from you through the Gazette. Dont forget the 50c promised quarterly from the churches, Sunday Schools. B. Y P. U's and Women Societies for Rev. J. N. Washington who are to assist while at Roger Williams University See what Dr. A. M. Townsend, Pres has to say in this issue. Elder J. B. McCrary. Moderator ROGER WILLIAMS JUBILEE SINGERS OF NASHVILLE. ENTERTAINS The Jubilee, Singers of Roger Williams University of Nashville Tenn., paid Metropolis a visit Wednesday night Oct. 11th at the First Baptist Church to a filled house. The Octette rendered selections to the satisfaction of all present. They are under the musical direction of Mrs. A. M. Townsend, Townsend, who is an excellent musician, a good speaker and a great entertainer. She was well pleased with the great evations that were given her. The program was well carried out and each member seems to be perfectly fitted for his or her part. They will be welcome back here at any time. They left Thursday morning on the Str. Cowling for Paducah Ky. where they go to Fulton Ky. BE SURE TO REGISTER. All voters must register in Illinois October 17 or October 21. This applies to women as well as men. Every voter should see to it that his or her name is on the registration lists. Failure to do this means making a long and tiresome affidavit election day. SHOTS AT DEMOCRATS A vote for Dunne is a vote for high er taxes. All indications are that the Republicans will sweep the state—and Illinois certainly needs a clean sweeping. If Governor Dunne's regime, as he has said, has been "careful and economical," may not the reign of Nero be designated as "wise and conservative? Someone has challenged Governor Dunne to name one good piece of legislation enacted save through Republican leadership or help. Speak up, governor. Governor Dunne's administration is exceptional in that it is the only one in the history of illinois wherein there were such extravagances that a taxpayer had to step in and stop misappropriations by legal action. Experts estimate that the temporary employees under the Dunne regimes will cost the taxpayers nearly $1,500-000. Temporary employees usually receive jobs because of political preference only—not for merit. TAX RATES DOUBLED UNDER GOV. DUNNE DUNNE ACCUSES DENEEN OF EX TRAVAGANCE AND THEN MAKES A RECORD AS SPENDTHRIFT. PEOPLE PAY THE PRICE The Records Show That Gov. Dunne Received Huge Sum From Deneen Administration but Levied 70 Cents Tax Rate Just the Same. In 1913 Governor Dunne levied a tax of seventy cents on the one hundred dollar valuation for state taxes. This rate was the highest rate ever levied in the history of the state. This levy was made in the face of persistent statements by Governor Dunne during his campaign for election in which he charged that the Republican administration had made "an extravagant and prolific expenditure" of the public funds. Specifically, in his opening speech of the campaign, Dunne said, "Every man and woman in Illinois who has acquired property by thrift and self-denial is feeling the burden imposed by the saturnalia of extravagance and waste under the last two state administrations." This was the slogan of the Dunne campaign. It was repeated in every speech made by Dunne. Appropriations Increases. The first result of the official acts of Dunne as governor, was to boost the appropriations from $29,000,000, under the last Deneen administration, to nearly $33,000,000 under the Dunne administration. Of this $33,000,000 over $23,500,000 became a liability against the state on July 1, 1913, and over $14,252,000 became a liability on July 1, 1914. To meet these liabilities of $23,500,000 on July 1, 1913, and nearly $14,500,000 on July 1, 1914, it was up to Governor Dunne to make the levy to pay the liabilities to which he assented. In making the tax rate 70 cents somebody bungled. Either the administration in making this rate was grossly incompetent and grossly deceived itself as to the financial needs of the state, or it deliberately took from the people a vast and unnecessary amount of money and converted it into the public coffers—to be loaned out to favorite banks. The 70-cent levy produced a vast surplus in the state treasury. It produced a surplus of $12,255,132.43 (Report of state treasurer 1914, p. 6.) That is to say, after paying and discharging all of the liabilities of the state created by the appropriation acts of 1913, approved by Governor Dunne, the state treasury had a surplus of over $12,250,000. This means that had the state taxing board, consisting of the governor, auditor and treasurer, been competent to handle the financial affairs of the state, they would not have diverted from useful and productive industries at least $7,000,000. Experience has shown that a surplus of between four and five million dollars on October 1 of any year is sufficient for the needs of the state. Dunne Tries to Explain. Governor Dunne attempted to justify, this exorbitant tax rate by saying that the Deneen administration had left him a deficit. At no time during the Deneen administration or during any Republican administration in 20 years has there been a deficit in the state treasury. The public records utterly refute any such suggestion. The records show that on January 1, 1913, the cash balance on hand in the general revenue fund in the state treasury was $4,258,664.21, a greater balance on January 1 than on any preceding January 1 excepting January 1, 1907, when the balance was $4,342,750.20. In addition to that on January 1, 1913, there were cash balances in other than the general revenue fund of $1,012,546.39. Governor Deneen's tax rate of 38 cents on the one-hundred-dollar valuation was intended to pay the debts authorized and created by the Deneen administration and to be liquidated on or before June 30, 1913. It was not intended, and legally could not have been made, to pay and discharge the liabilities created against the state by the Dunne administration in 1913. Dunne la Refuted. The levy of 38 cents on the one hundred-dollar valuation made by Governor Deneen and the Republican taxing board more than met the obligations of the Republican administration. The financial statement is as follows: Balance on hand—Janu- ary 1, 1913..... $ 6,584,624.00 Records inventory to June funds ..... 1,012,546.33 Total ..... $15,441,702.90 From which deduct liabilities ..... 14,262,620.90 Working balance on July 1, 1913 ..... $ 1,179,082.90 In other words, Governor Deneen left Governor Dunne on July 1, 1913, a nest egg of $ 1,179,082.90. The 70-cent tax rate is chargeable to the folly and incompetence of the Dunne administration. Fred R. Young, Solicitor. Master In Chancecry Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County, ss. In the Circuit Court of said County, August Term A. D. 1916. Bernard N. Burns 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 (g81), and Three Hundred Eighty-two (382) in Block Thirty-two (32) 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 382, 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 5th day of September A. D. 1916. S. BARTLETT KERR Master in Chancery. 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. Mrs. Cora Emmerson Vs. Anderson Bryant and Nina Bryant. Bill to fore- close 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 vendue to the highest and best bidder, the following described real estate to-wit: Lot number Four (4) in Block Two (2) Mattie Johnson's Addition to the town of Brookport, with all the buildings thereunto belonging, in Massac County, Illinois. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 5th day of September A. D. 1916. S. BARFLETT KERI, Master in Chancery. 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. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 5th day of Sept. A. D. 1916. S. BARTLETT KERR, Master in Chancery. Native Salve. 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