Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE NOTICE OF PUBLICATION CHANCERY. State of Illinois, Massac County. SS. In the Circuit Court, January Term A. D. 1917. Bianca Clifford vs Bent Clifford in the Chancery. Bill for Divorce In Cancery, Bill for Divorce A孜防 of non-residence of Bert Clifford, the above defendant having been filed in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of said County, notice is therefore hereby given to the said non- resident defendant that the complainant filed her bill of complaint in said Court on the Chancery side thereof, on the 5th day of December 1916 and that thereupon a Summon issued out of said Court, wherein said suit is now pending returnable on the Second Monday in the month of January next, as is by law required. Now, unless you, the said non-resident defendant above named Bert Clifford shall personally appear before said Circuit Court, on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at Metropolis in and for said County. on the Eighth day of Jan- uary, 1917 next, and plead, answer or demur to the said complainant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therein charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. COLFAX MORRIS, Clerk. Metropolis, Illinois, December 5th 1916 Minnesota, Minnesota The Greatest and Best Line Of Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Pianoes and Talking machines ever shown in Metropolis. Voll. The Jeweler. Xmas Market We Offer You The Best Prices On All Xmas Candies, Nuts, Fruits, Etc. Don't Fail To Visit Our Toy Dept., 3rd Floor. Pugh Store Co. Mr. William J. Bogan, son of Mr. Lee and Mrs. Amanda Bogan eldest son of fourteen children, was born in Decatur County, Tennessee, Dec. 9th 1866. Died Dec. 6th 1916 at 9:30 p. m. Age 49 years 11 months and 25 days. He was married to Miss Martha Yarbrough Dec. 29, 1890 at Lexington Tenn. from said union 9 children were born all of whom survive him five of whom are girls and three boys. He professed a hope in Christ in 1891 and joined the Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist chureh, near Lexington Tenn. and remained until he moved to Metropolis Ill., about 10 years ago when he united with the A. M. M E. church, of this city and remained a short whil and when Rev. A. J. Day took charge of the Art och baptist church as pastor, he ten united, with said church it being that of his first faith. He remained a faithful and a trusty member until the resignation of Rev. A. J Day from said church then he and his wife united with the 1st Missionary Baptist church as well as in the Antloch church. His work was of such that he could not attend his church as regularly as he desired, but he was faithful to the cause until death and has gone up to the cause until death, and has gone up to receive his reward He assured his family and friends during his illness that he was ready and willing to go and that one of these spells would take him away and I will tell you while I am able to talk that I am going away in one of them. He leaves to mourn his loss, an aged mother, widow, 4 brothers, 4 sisters, 8 children, 4 grandchildren and a host of relatives and friends. He was a good provider for his family, a loving and affectionate husband and a kind indulgent father. Peace to his memory. The funeral was attended by Rev A. J. Day of Clarksville Tenn., Sunday Dec. 10, at 3:00 p.m. at 1st Baptist church, and remains were deposited in Odd Fellows' Cemetery. AN OPEN LETTER. To Arms Baptists! To the Baptists of the Mr. 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. 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 Uncle Ebene's Wisdom. "It's a lucky thing foh de human race," said Uncle Eben. "dat de Teo Commandments wasn't loaded down wif phraseology like de laws de legislature passes." GIVE FURNITURE FOR CHRISTMAS. It need cost you no more than the ordinary trifling gift or can be princely in cost as you desire. J. M. Elliott the leader in furniture and exclusive agent for the sale of the HOOSIER KITCHEN CABINET in Metropolis. COR. FERRY & 4th STS. Buster Br Tige will be Saturday Dec We want o here--also the $00 WHITE H er Brown and his will be at our Ste day December 16th at 2 we want every boy and girl also the grown-ups SOUVENIRS WHITE HOUSE SHOE M PERCY EPSTEIN Fritts Block Buy Your Your Xmas car Special price to Churches and School Teachers. DEC 8 1919 GAZETTE 6. Single Copy Five Cents Dominion Herie Co. Hart Schaffner & Marx Five Cents A Derin der Borie Lomas Copyright Hart Schaffner & Marx If you want something extra fine, something new and different that men and boys wear, come to this specialty store for men. For a man's Christmas Hart Schaffner & Garters Marx Suits Belts Hart Schaffner & Monogram Belt Marx Overcoats Buckles Sport Coats Silk Reefers House Coats Silk Mufflers Lounging Robes Gloves, kid, Bath Robes dress, fur Silk Raincoats Shirts Sweaters Cellars Mackintoshes Night Shirts Fancy Vests Pajamas White and Black Hats, derby, soft Dress Vests Fur Caps Hart Schaffner & House Slippers Marx Dress Silk Shirts Clothes Handkerchiefs Cravats Half Hose in Mufflers, knitted boxes, cotton, Suspenders lisle and silk. Krebs Clothing Co. home of Hart Schaffner & Marx[Clos I. O. O. F. Building 3rd & Ferry Street. ing Co. r & Marx[Clo uilding reet. Krebs Clothing Co. The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes 1.0.0.F. Building 3rd & Ferry Street. 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The same hack- ing cough is a decided hindrance with other agents, ‘They tarn him down. He realizes as he never did before what it would mean to have a home of his own where he could cough at will, with no one to Interfere. When a man weds and he has sue- ceeded in getting even a small start in the world, it should be his ambition to get a home. If success attends his business career, it Is always an easy matter to move from an unpretentious home to a more commanding one. A wise man knows that all the money he pays out for rent is lost to him in the after years, AN that he invests in a home is laying up a good investment for the future. He can beautify it as much as he will; make ft a veritable Eden. Children who grow up in an atmosphere of thelr own home have the love of home Inculeated in them. It is sad enough to move about or board where there are young sons. It Is sadder still If there are daughters growing into womanhood. (Copyright, 1916.) Modern Izaac Walton Uses Electric Lights as Aid in Making Raid on Finny Tribe Luring fish by electricity is simply a new and very efficient stunt to which a few batteries and an electric light may be applied. In @ recent patent for this purpose an inventor has provided a de- viee, which is intended to induce timid fish to venture from their hiding places in drifts, Into the open water, where they may be easily caught by the pa- tient and persistent fisherman, says the Electrical Experimenter. The device consists merely of an electric lamp incased in a strong glass container, a float to regulate the depth of the glass, a coil of wire and a few batteries to energize the lamp. The wires are insulated from the water by a length of rubber tubing and the bat- teries stored in a portable box on shore. The flexibility of the tubing, however, does not permit it to bend un- der the stress of flowing water. A ‘small switch hounted on the outside of the box completes or opens the el euit to the lamp at will, When the fisherman is ready for op- erations he sets his float at the proper place and drops the lamp into the wa- ter, He then allows his line to hang alongside the lamp and proceeds to make himself comfortable. The fish soon crowd around to view ‘the elee- trical display and when one attempts to relieve the hook of its bait, the angler pulls him in. After all of the fish at one place have been drawn from their hiding places, the fisherman turns off his light and draws it shoreward. The tubing is now coiled and placed with the iamp and float in the box con- taining the batteries and, picking up his box and fishing tackle, the merry angler proceeds to invade another choice spot where the fish have as yet not been introduced to the wonders of electricity. Differences of opinion regarding the meaning of the woman at the open gate, on one of the new United States silver pleces, are numerous, One wri- ter has it that she ts out looking for the children who had promised not to “stir from the yard ;” another that she is looking for the coming man; anoth- er that she came out to see the new furniture a neighbor across the road is getting in, and so on. Of course, what It really means is that, in this progressive twentieth century woman is emerging from cramped environment into larger opportunity. ‘There Is elo- quent symbolism in the woman at the open gate.—Christian Science Monitor. Finds New Plants in China. Many new fruits, flowers, vegetables and trees, belleved to be adaptable to the United States, have been gathered during a three-year expedition to China made by Frank N, Meyer, plant explorer of the department of agri- culture. Mr, Meyer went through cen- tral China 1,500 miles on foot to the borders of Tibet, touching some sec- tions never before visited by a white man, The most important discovery, probably, was the jujuge tree, which bears a heavy crop of brownish fruit, delicious’ when fresh and forming when dried a confection similar to the Persian date, * How “Rubbers” Were Produced. “Rubbers,” as Americans have named them, were the invention of Charles Goodyenr, father of the man who helped produce the Goodyear welt machine, In 1883 it was found that India rubber, dissolved tn turpentine and mixed with lampblaek, would give a waterproof surface to leather, But the leather so treated was subject to atmosphere changes, heat causing it to melt and cold to crack. Mr, Goodyear mixed sulphur with the other com- bination and produced rubber, * “Home! home! Why did I leave thee? Dear, dearest, loved. home. Home, home, T cannot forget thee ‘Though 1 May far trom thee roam.” If nine wives out of ten had thelr way about it, they would step from the altar to their ewn STS] homes. It Is the . eee Fe ; || most every wom- Fe giea| 2 to have a place | egg g| Which she can call : Benen) her very own. se Bias) Many are not as f ambitious as oth- a... ers. A tiny cot- j a “ tage would suffice ee B) and be dear to the Po || wife who craves a ihm Laal| home, be it ever | so bumble. It al- pe) | ways seems as if eee F9)| te women who | yearn for a home 2 | bands who don't ‘ath @ Fab about Meeeor | homes. It is the ye 7 fond dream of al- | most every wom- F geya| an to have a place 2) oa] which she can call ea Nev very own. a B| Many are not as | 4 ambitious as oth- | wi ers. A tiny cot- Ped tage would suffice bes and be dear to the Me ge | wife who craves a PME MM) home, be it ever ae ee 4 so humble. It al- a ., ways seems as if ee a! the women who Se Bee) yearn for a home 722 as} most get hus- S| bands who don't eare a rap about owning the roof which covers them— men who get restless if they live in a place over twelve months, and want to pick up and leave, declaring they'll Stagnate unless they go to “fields new and pastures green.” Such wives are always moving fronr post to pillar. They feel so sure that they'll be on the move that they do not attempt to make new acquaintances or even to put their best foot forward in a social way. Such a wife loses courage when she’s obliged to take her children out Wise and Otherwise. ‘There are about 1,300 gas plants in this country. ‘Oll of cedar is one of the anti-mos- quito drugs. New-York is spending $330,000,000 on subway construction. ‘The white poplir has been used as ‘@ natural lightning rod. About 1,100 kinds of insects make their homes in the oak tree. Serbia 1s Said to lead in centenari- ‘ans, and Ireland is a close second. Rural schools in Ohio are to intro- duce courses in etiquette and table manners. Argentina Is constructing a single ir- rigation system which will cost $60,- 000,000. A factory in France drives turbines with water from a reservoir on a mountain 600 feet above it. A burglar on being frightened from n building a N. H., fled, leav- ing an automobile beltind him. ‘The tusks of an African elephant sometimes weigh as much as 100 pounds, and reach nine feet in length. It requires more than a century for ‘a cedar tree to grow large enough to yleld a thirty-foot telephone pole. One hundred and fifty hosiery and knit goods mills in Philadelphia pro- duce $15,000,000 worth of material an- nually. BE. H. Berry, of Atchison, Kan., who 4s past middle age and is not a clergy- ‘mun, Says he never uttered a profane word. ‘A motion picture camera that uses glass plates instead of films and also can be used to project pictures has Deen invented In Europe for amateurs. ‘The Republican yote in Eldred town- ship, Penn. has increased 100 per cent; last year the township had one Republican and this year it has two. A new French three-handed watch tells both twelve-hour and twenty-four hour time, one hour hand being used for each kind on separate dials, while a single minute hand does for both. Minnesota, which has kept a thrifty hand on many of its natural resources, will receive for a quarter just ended $250,000 in royalties from iron ore mines, the money going to the per- manent school and other state trust funds. Start Right Had I but known what now I know ‘That went to school so long ago, I should have made the most of days I wasted in a hundred ways. I should have early buckled in A little lead on life to win; should Nave known how much it meant ‘To gather learning as I went; And all the things that I despised And left neglected, I'd have prized. ‘Were I once more to go to school T'd learn each theorem and rule; Although it made me twist and squirm, With honor I would start the term; fd do the simpler lessons well, ‘And then when harder tasks befell To master them I'd be equipped; “twas there so often that I slipped; Though eagerly I yearned to play, Tid get my studies every day. No rule or lesson now I know ‘Was hard, uniess Pd made it 80; And when I studied as I should ‘And closed the day with markings good With speed and ease T always wrought ‘The problems that tomorrow bronght, d had I known what now I know Siescta-nave studied tong ago For I have learned at bitter cost Jessons that I had aud lost. ‘The American Boy. Woman at the Gate. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. SIME SMILES J Exaggerated Sense of Possession. SS “the ales some =) p| people put on!” Se ul test” eA “There's Tab- * \ waite.” An “What about TTL him?" FiHeD “He has only baer $7 deposited In a ‘) $30,000,000 insti- I tution, yet hg yy GAZ? speaks of the re <4 president as ‘my banker,’ ” RA en of > Easily Located. “I have an engagement to meet my wife downtown.” “Did she name the place?” “Ro.” “The time?” “No.” “Then how do you expect to find her?” “My wife's a methodical little wom- an, She's usually at the same movie theater at the same hour every after- noon.” A Real Innovation. “You can get almost anything in one of these big department stores.” “Yes, ‘They are wonderful places I wouldn't be surprised if they were to add matrimonial bureaus and fur- nish mates for single persons.” “That would be a fine scheme, pro- vided they also had an exchange de- partment with a competent divorce lawyer in charge.” | ‘Ribedionss. ay “Your honor, 1 don't need a law- yer.” “You'd better tO have one. You —— . may be convicted, ) you know.” ql { “What I mean, oe A) your honor, is that mh I can be conviet- ; ed just as well ol without one.” E ws ei) Usual Explanation. “Before the recent election Mr. ‘Twobble said his victory was assured.” “Yet, he was badly defeated. How does he account for that?” “He says it was due to a combina- tion of circumstances over which he had no control.” “Meaning.” “He didn't get enough votes.” Gratitude. | “My friend, I fear you are slightly ‘in error.” “Permit me to shake your hand, sir.” “But why?” “You are the first man I ever ar- gued with who didn’t tell me I was all wrong.” ‘Vein Wiser of te Bite “How is Biggins getting on with his vegetable garden?” _ “He's enthusiastic’ about it—works in it every day himself. By the way, he asked me not to forget to give him the address of the market huckster I deal with." At the Wedding. ~ “You know, the beginning of the happy palr’s acquaintance was when he offered her an umbrella to keep her new hat from getting rulned.” “T see, He was her rain beau and that is why she carried a shower bouquet.” The Happy Ue. “Mrs. Gadder never seems to, have any servant problem.” “Do you know why?” “No.” “She's never at home long enough to find out whether she has or not.” A Punctared Enterprise. “So the submarine is going to make a dash home.” ; “Yes, if the enemy does not put a period to its trip.” Just Facts. Flirts laugh at love and love laughs at flirts. Of two evils choose nelther; both will turn out bad. . Being a yellow dog isn’t as bad as being called a cur. ‘The muscles of the human Jaw exert a force of 534 pounds. ‘The Brazilian coconut palm Mves froin 600 to 700 years. , ‘The reputation of many a puffed up cigar goes up in smoke. It's a wise boy who knows enough to laugh at his father’s jokes, ‘Most men's fntentions are several Japs ahead of their actions, If a man Is afraid to think for him- self he shonld get married. It’s well to Investigate an oll well that won't bear Jookiug into. People seldom tell you how much or how little they think of you. Amsterdam has been given the first erematory in the Netherlands. ‘There are 482,721 civil xervice em- ployees working for Uncle Sam. ‘The health is generally greatly im- proved after an attack of gout. ‘The act of forgiving doesn’t always take away the power of memory. Difference between courage and tool hardiness is determined hy results. ‘The Mexiean seacoast on the Pa- cific and the Gulf uf California is 4,574 miles. LIVES OF TRAVELERS SAVED = “LAND LIGHTHOUSES.” Safety Signals on Desolate English Waters Were a Necessity in Times Gone By—Many of Them Still in Existence. Of all the remarkable lighthouses in existence, and there are many of them, what is described as “the only land lighthouse” is the most extraordinary, faa Is the lefty tower, 400 feet bit on the lonely levels of Lincoln Heath, five miles from Lincoln, in the parish of Dunston, It is known as “Dunston Pillar,” says a writer in London An- swers. When the strange building first came into being in 1751 Lincoln heath. was easily the most dangerous waste place in England. About, twenty miles square, it had then no’ made roads, no signposts and no inclosing hedges. ‘Travelers found it a risky place to venture in, especially in the short days of winter. ‘The registers of Leasingham church, on the outskirts of the vast solitude, contain accounts of the burials of many unfortunate travelers who lost their way here and perished in snow- storms and tempests, So notorious were those dangers that at Potter Hanworth and at Blank- ney, in this region, there are pieces of land bequeathed as thank-offerings by strayed wayfarers whose lives had been saved by hearing the church bell’s chimes, so that their steps were guided to shelter. ‘The revenues from these Innds were Intended to secure the continuance of those nightly ring- ings, so that no others should run ‘such risks, It was Francis Dashwood, Lord le Despenser,, who built Dunston Pillar. Tt served as a signpost by day and ‘as a beacon by night, being at that time surmounted by a lantern, which was brilliantly Mluminated, But, after some fifty-nine years, good road was at last made across these wilds and the lantern was no longer considered necessary. So in place of It a colossal stone statue of George IIL, was placed there in 1810, the year of his jubilee. And there it stands today. Besides Dunston Pillar, there are many more beacons that were intend: ed to keep the old-time travelers in ‘the right path. We have one in the “neighborhood of London. This is the old iron firepot, or cresset, on the angle turret of Monken Hadley church, near Barnet, placed there originally hundreds of years ago for the express purpose of guiding travelers who might be coming after nightfall | through the lonely and deeply wooded “districts of Enfield Chase. ‘The tron pot has, of course, been often re newed. | A simflar firepot stands on the tow- (er of Gillingham church, near Chat- | ham, overlooking the River Medway. | A much more elaborate affair, which was as much a “land lighthouse” as | Dunston Pillar, is the lantern which still stands on the tower of Great Wel- don church, in the Rockingham Forest district of Northamptonshire. It was lighted every night for the express purpose of guiding benighted travelers to safety through the entangled forest | brakes. ‘Of course, many of our lighthouses serving our mariners along our consts “are setnally built on land, notably the famous North Foreland and the Lizard lights, Among the most curions+of these {s Dungeness lighthouse, standing on the desolate wastes of shingle on the Kentish const. It was about 1615 when the first lighthouse was built there by a pri | vate speculator, who disposed of his | Seterent to one William Lamplough | clerk to the kine’s kitchen. To Stimulate Reading. Five books, fiction or nonfiction, may henceforth be drawn on one card is sued to an adult reader from the Chi- cago public brary. This is to include all sorts of books, except the newest fiction, which is issued as before, only for a seven-day period, nonrenewable. “We do not expect, however, that there will be a noticeable increase in the number of books taken out accord- ing to this privilege,” said Carl B. Ro- den, assistant librarian, “We are do- Ing this merely as an incentive to the public to read more. The power of suggestion is more effective than any- thing else in making the public read. For instance, one of the popular col- umn conductors of a city newspaper will merely mention a certain book, and our librarians are swamped with requests for that book, no matter how abstruse or lengthy it is, No other book on the same subject will do."— Chicago News. Start of Phrenoloay. ‘The first announcement made by Franz Joseph Gall regarding his sys- tem of phrenology was in an address delivered before his medical colleagues in Vienna just a century and a quar- ter ago, Gall was a native of Baden, bat settled in Vienna in 1781 and began the practice of medicine In the Aus- trian capital, From his boyhood he had been interested in studying the craniums of his compantons, and many observations end much study convinced him that the talents and dispositions of men may be inferred with perfect ex- actitude and precision from the exter. nal appearance of the skull, ‘This theory he elaborated ta many lectures. pemphlets and books, and soon gained many adherents in the scientifie world. CORBETT LOSES THE FIGHT! Many May Think Pugilist’s Defeat by Fitzsimmons Was in the Nature of a Judgment. If I were a superstitious man 1 might give undue weight to the follow- ing incident as a bad omen. Just be- fore Corbett had met Sullivan and while he was in training he bought a collie for $10—n wonderfully pugna- clous dog, which would tackle any- thing. There was one thing on earth that Ned loved, and only one, and that was Corbett. And Jim loved the dog for his bravery. Ned always slept at the end of his master’s bed and if any- body approached the room he would give a terrible growl. In a word, he was Corbett’s protector. Ned was Corbett’s constant companion during training for the Sullivan fight and went with him to New Orleans. ‘Then he traveled everywhere with his vie- torious master and made his appear ance on the stage with him in the training scene in “Gentleman Jack.” It was Ned's growls that aroused the /eamp one night when Corbett was ‘training for the Mitchell fight to the fact that some persons had climbed up next to Corbett’s room, It looked as if they were there to maim or hurt Corbett. In fact, when they were dis- covered and shot at, they shot back, ‘Of course, Ned was the hero of the af- fair. When we went to Europe Jim lent Ned to John W. Norton and he re- mained with that man until Norton died. When Corbett went to Carson he forgot alt about Ned, partly from the fact, I suppose, that bis brother Harry had brought from San Francisco a beautiful full-blooded collie for whom Jim had now concetved a deep affec- tion, Not knowing this, I thought it ‘would be a good {den to take Ned with me when I should join Corbett at Car- son. T paid Ned's expenses across the continent in the baggage car, took good care of him and anticipated great pleasure in introducing him to Corbett again, I found Jim sitting with the beautiful collie dog in his Inp. Ned, furiously Jealous, sprang at the throat of the dog who had supplanted him in his old master's affections, and they had a terrible row until Corbett sav- agely pulled them apart and kicked Ned out of the door into the deep snow. That night Corbett, who slept in 2 cottage opposite the little hotel where we were training, took the col- He and went to bed, and the next morning, outside of Corbett's door, with his nose on the sill, was Ned— frozen stiff! And Corbett lost the fight !—From “The Fighting Man,” by ‘William A. Brady. ‘This Prevents Seasickness. Encouraging tests have recently been made by an eastern inventor with a self-adjusting berth for steamships. In Its present form the device has somewhat the appearance of a lawn or porch swing set in @ reclining posl- tion, but although it might be em- ployed in such capacities it is primar- fly intended to provide a level, vibra- tlonless bed for steamer passengers, ‘The bunk is suspended at the head and foot from an angular beam, which in turn, is hung from the cross- bar of the supporting frame. The arrangement permits the bed to re- main level at all times, regardless of elther the longitudinal or lateral mo- tlons of a vessel. Furthermore, the vibrations of the engines and pro- pellers are not transmitted to the oe- ‘cupant of a suspended berth. ‘The ap- ‘paratus was tried out and commended ‘by passengers and officers aboard a ‘steamer plying between New York and Norfolk. The device Is protected by ‘patents—Popnlar Mechanics’ Magn- wine, Blowing Up a Gun Position. There had been moderate firing all through the day, but, as often hap- pens, there was now a complete calm. An officer, staring through his perl- scope binoculars, ealled my attention to a group of Germans. They were some distance back of their own front lines and were working under a-sereen of green branches, They were evi- dently laying steel plates for a ma- chine-gun protection. The artifictal bushes were almost a sufficient blind, but not quite. At that second there was the burst of a gun back of our Iines. The next instant I saw a tree erash down at the exact spot where the Germans were working. A wave of black dirt rose, mixing its color into the whitepuff of the exploded shell, There was no more machine- gun parapet repairing that afternoon, —Lucian Swift Kirtland in Lesile’s, “Dayliaht Savina? Works Well. “Daylight saving” was a success In Austria-Hungary, reports United States Consul General Albert Halstead from Vienna. Commenting on the results of the “daylight saving” experiment, which began April 30 and finished Sep- tember 20 last, he says that it proved most beneficial to the health of the Viennese due to the extra sunlight in working hours, and also did much to save expense for lighting, It is eal- culated, he reports, that in Vienna alone the people consumed 158,000,000 cubie feet of gas less and saved $142, 000, ‘The city of Vienna required 14, 000,000 enbic feet of gas less for street Ughting. Cocoa From the Enemy's Country. A cargo of 400 tons of cocoa re- cently arrived in London from the former German colony of Cameroons. Before the war the colony was Ger- many's chief cocou-producing colony, and from Cameroons and Togoland she derived something like 4,000 tons oO year. eae aoe a Fy sz By 2 tt as. \ v\ ea a oy Y Prasad RO Ad i) ) cee \ Rd Ly Ae yan Ae ee ha . NOW 25 CENTS SOLD IN 1-POUND CANS ONLY Ask Your Grocer 608 OLIVE ST., ST. LOUIS Established 1879 Do your eyes bother you? Come and see our Optical Specialists, PRICES: REASONABLE, Revenge. “Yep, they fired me off'n the team? But I put a couple of bricks in thelr ball before I blowed it up!” Anuric cures Backache, Lambago, Rheumatiam, Send 1c. Dr. V. M. Pierce, Buffalo, N.Y, for lnige trial package — ve Easily Explained. “I wonder why Alice has remained @ miss.” “Because she failed to make a hit IMITATION 1S SINCEREST FLATTERY but like counterfeit money the imite tion has not the worth of the original, Insist on “La Creole” Hair Dressing— it’s the original. Darkens your hair in the natural way, but contains no dye, Price $1.00.—adv. Knew Mie Money by the Scent. How real life plagiarizes from Ge tio was again shown at Aldershot when a sergeant charged another N. C. O. with stealing bis money wallet. Says the account: “Professor stat ed that he lost his sergeant's meas, where he was able to small all the trensury notes taken during the day, He recognized one as bis by its per fume. 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F. W. Schmitz, Thomas, Okla., writes: "I was troubled with Backache for about twenty-five years. When told I had Bright's Disease in its last stages, I tried Dodd's Kidney Pills. After using two boxes I was somewhat relieved and I stopped the treatment. In the spring of the next year I had another attack. I went for Prof. Schmitz. You will need for Dodd's Kidney Pills and they relieved me again. I used three boxes. That is now three years ago and my Backache has not returned in its severity, and by using another two boxes a little later on, the pain left altogether and I have had no trouble since. You may use my statement. I recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills when and wherever I can." Dodd's Kidney Pills, 50c per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co. Buffalo, N. Y.-Adv. Great Improvement. "I hear a reform wave struck Chiggersville," remarked the traveling man. "Yes," replied the village merchant. "And I can't say that I'm sorry." "Of course not." "The boys used to sit around my stove all winter and spit tobacco juice on it. They chew gum now." WOMAN'S CROWNING GLORY is her hair. If yours is streaked with ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use "La Creole" Hair Dressing and change it in the natural way. Price $1.00—Adv. The little green apple is ripe for mischief. A VARIETY OF WHEAT METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS --- The following figures showing the number of Negroes leaving the various southern states, indicate the extent of the transfer of labor from the South to other sections of the country: From Alabama, 60,000; from Tennessee, 22,000; from Florida, 12,000; from Georgia, 10,000; from Virginia, 3,000; from North Carolina, 2,000; from Kentucky, 3,000; from South Carolina, 2,000; from Arkansas, 2,000; from Mississippi, 2,000. It is estimated that 95 per cent of the Negroes who have left the South in this movement are men. The demand is for laborers for freight and section-hand work on railroads, miners for coal and iron states, and unskilled workmen for general outside work at industrial plants. Last spring, when the bustiness of the railroads and mines began to prosper as it had not done in years, the demand for unskilled labor increased rapidly. The freight congestion in and about New York and other large cities caused a pressing demand for truck hands. In former years the railroads had called on Europe and Asia for extra supplies, but this year, when they could not get men from the war zone, they turned to the South. Many of the first Negroes to migrate have written back and told of the glorious land into which they have come. The higher wages of the North, East and West are being advertised in almost every Negro home in the South. Negro preachers and Negro women have been paid to urge the men to go North and get better pay and treatment. Yet many of the black men, carried out of the South, have found that the glowing promises did not materialize, and have returned to their old homes. They declare they have had enough of the country above the Potomac river and are glad to get back. They say the pay is all right, but the temperature is severe, and working among white laborers and living among white people is not all it was cracked up to be. Much excellent work among its own race has been done by the Colored Social Service bureau since its inception in August. This bureau was established by M. A. Turner, superintendent of the Houston Foundation, to supersede the old colored branch of the Houston foundation. Prof. T. J. Hodges is as the head of this organization and Prof. J. D. Boggan handles its finances. One of the principal objects of the bureau is to take up and carry on relief work among Negroes that was formerly held in charge by the Negro branch of the foundation. Aside from the relief work, the bureau has undertaken to inaugurate constructive measures that would tend toward the betterment of the living and moral conditions of the colored population of Houston. With these ends in view the following committees were appointed: Health and sanitation; rescue and safeguarding the Negro youth; home economics; social service center; kindergarten; relief; finance; employment bureau; church co-operation; case committee. Superintendent Turner, who is keenly interested in the Negro problem of the South, is gratified at the deep and earnest response his efforts have received from some of the representative Negroes of the city. In fact, he hopes to be able to present to the country at large a tangible example Unusual interest is being shown this year in the Indianapolis night schools for colored people. H. S. Gruver, assistant superintendent, is placing special emphasis on having the evening schools meet the needs of the various communities in which they are located. The directors are W. A. Hacker, head of the attendance department, and A. S. Hurrell, head of the vocational work of the city schools. The courses in the schools depend on the demands for certain work. Classes are offered in all academic subjects, with special classes for those who have completed public school work, and desire to enter the civil service, and in plain sewing, dressmaking, cooking, millinery, embroidery and crocheting, cleaning, pressing, repairing and tailoring for men and women, shoe repairing, electrical work, carpentry and cabinet making. The original idea of the night school was to decrease illiteracy, and this object has not been lost sight of in the present demand for industrial education. Illiteracy among colored people in Indianapolis is perhaps greater than in many northern cities, because the central location of the The output of the bureau of fisheries in stocking the waters of this country amounted to more than 4.000,000,000 specimens last year. Chicago, quoting from a newspaper of August 3, 1851, "now has the enormous population of 38,000, an increase of 10,000 in the last year." An instrument has been invented to check quickly and accurately the alignment of automobile wheels to ascertain if they track correctly. of the good to come to the Negro by leading and encouraging him to self-help. It is the desire of the foundation's head to demonstrate the effectiveness of co-operation between the white man and the Negro in those things so essential to the uplift of the Negro and the general health and welfare of the community.—Houston (Tex.) Post. The necessity of Negroes at all times realizing the importance of friendship with the southern white man, the Negro's neighbor and friend, was stressed by N. S. Adkins in an address at Shiloh Baptist church, Houston, Texas, reports the Post of that city. Adkins compared the Negro who seeks betterment in foreign fields to the crew of the vessel that was dying of thirst when their ship had drifted from the ocean into a river of fresh water. "Whatever sins the South may be called upon to bear, when it comes to business, pure and simple, it is in the South that the Negro is given a man's chance in the commercial world," he said. "Our greatest danger is that in the great leap from slavery to freedom we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to live by the production of our hands, and that we fail to keep in mind that we shall prosper in proportion as we learn to dignify and glorify common labor and put brains and skill into the common occupations. No race can prosper until it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin and not at the top, nor should we permit our grievances to overshadow our opportunities." The white people of the South who took to foreign immigrants to help develop the South, he said, should also cast down their buckets and take advantage of the opportunities afforded in assisting the 8,000,000 Negroes of the South to make the country bloom. "As we have proved our loyalty to you in the past in nursing your children, watching by the sickbed of your mothers and often following them with tear-dimmed eyes to the grave, so shall we stand by you in the future with a devotion that no foreigner can approach," he said, addressing himself to the white men of the South. Death continues to exact its heavy toll among Alabama's Negro population, while the black race at the same time is less prolific than the white population of the state, according to statistics for September, published by the state board of health. However, the Negro race cannot be counted as dying out, as the birth-rate exceeds the death rate nearly 8 per cent. For the month of September there were reported 4,703 births. Of these 3,088 were white and 1,618 colored. The total birth rate of the month was 24.3 per 1,000 of population. The white birth rate was 27.1 and the colored 20.4. There were 2,119 deaths reported. Of these 1,088 were white and 1,033 were colored. The total death rate was 10.9. The white death rate was 9.5 and the colored was 12.7. Hampton institute cannot begin to meet the demands made upon it each week for trained teachers and other leaders. Yet the school during the last year has been filled to overflowing. Enlargement of the 'institute's facilities seems to be essential. In the year 1918 Hampton will have completed 50 years of its existence. city attracts a transient element of the colored people from all over the United States. Many persons are taking the message of the night schools to these people, who would not be reached by any publicity. Because of the great number of colored persons who have come to Indianapolis this year from various parts of the South, the social welfare organizations among the colored people will Join with the schools in an effort to aid them. Through the co-operation of the colored and white women, special efforts are being made, with much success, to care for delinquent colored girls in Virginia. A Negro named Andrew Alley, living four miles north of Columbus, Tex., rented a small farm for $135, planted 28 acres in cotton, from which he gathered 33 bales and received approximately $3,300, besides having his corn, potatoes, poultry and stock to further increase his income. Similar occurrences can be found over Colorado county this year. More than 50 feet of tin tubing, filled with peas, is used by an English inventor to filter the scratching and metallic sounds from phonograph music. To lessen the shocks a new detachable tandem seat for motorcycles is equipped with both horizontal and vertical springs and has a back rest. Air-cooling methods of the rapid-fire guns now in use have proved inadequate and the soldiers seem to think that water cooling is superior. Stuck Strictly to Facts. Some people are too literal for anything. A young man gave a graphic description of a narrow escape that he had recently had from an enraged bull: "I seized him by the tail!" he exclaimed; "an' there I was. I was afraid to hold on, and I dare not let go." "Between the horns of a dilemma, as it were," ventured a young lady, very much interested. "No," replied the young man; "I wasn't between the horns at all; an' besides, he wasn't a dilemma; he was a Jersey." 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 pessimist is a man who never smiles—except when he faces the bartender. A woman is seldom satisfied when an old dress is forced to do her a good turn. Net Contents 15 Fluid Drachms 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALGOHOL - 3 PER GENT. 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"Well, how's my little man today?" he asked. Ben sat down and looked in the opposite direction, having spoken to the gentleman as he came in. The man repeated his question, and then Ben answered: "Indeed, Mr. Smith, I have not seen your little man and would not know him if I saw him." "Ben," his father thundered, "why don't you answer Mr. Smith politely when he asks about your health?" "Oh, I beg your pardon," said Ben, in a very dignified voice, "I am very well, thank you." But Mr. Smith discovered at last that Ben was grown up. 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. In the Ranks of the idle. "Is this gun working now?" "No sir. It’s discharged."—Record. Russians are to colonize in South America. TO PREVENT OLD AGE COMING TOO SOON! "Toxic poisons in the blood are thrown out by the kidneys. The kidneys act as filters for such poisons. If we wish to prevent old age coming too soon and increase our chances for a long life, we should drink plenty of pure water and take a little Anurie," says the famous Dr. Pierce of Buffalo, N.Y. When suffering from backache, frequent or scanty urine, rheumatic pains here or there, or that constant tired, worn-out feeling, the simple way to overcome these disorders is merely to obtain a little Anurie from your nearest druggist and you will quickly notice the grand results. You will find it thirty-seven times more potent than within, and that it dissolves uric acid as hot water does sugar. Getting Old Too Fast? Late in life the body shows signs of wear and often the kidneys weaken first. The back is lame, bent and achy, and the kidney action distressing. This makes people feel older than they are. Don't wait for drops, gravel, hardening of the arteries or Bright's disease. Use a mild kidney stimulant. Try Doan's Kidney Pills. 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It contains no alcohol or narcotic, and its ingredients are printed on the label. Purely a herbal tonic derived from roots and herbs—Ady. 9 Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. CROTROPOLIS, . . . . III. WGS. M. J. MOGRARY, MANAGER, J. B. MOGRARY, ENDOB FRIDAY DEC. 15, 1916. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail motion, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. All forms all communications to J. B. McMARTY, Box 167 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 . . . 01 00 Two 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. The Churches, B. Y. P. U's, S. S. and W. E. M. Societies are requested to send 500 each to the Executive Board which meets in Mt. Vermon, Ill. Dec. 14, 1916 by letter or messenger to assist Rev. J. N. Washington in school at Nashville, Tenn. Don't forget to specify for what purpose. This is aside from the amount churches are required to send up for missionary, and expenses of Board. Please do not fail. Rev. J. B. McCrary, Moderator Rev. J. H. Starks, Corresponding Sec'y. 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 its pay up. We, the pastor and members of the Unity Baptist church, Brookport, ask that every pastor and church in the district lift an after collection after each service Sunday to assist us in paying for shingles to cover our church, it will not hurt you. Send money money to pastor, J. B McCrazy, Metropolis, and you will be re-receipted through the Gazette. Who will respond to this Macedonian cry? $3 25 will buy us 1,000 shingles, $1 65 will buy 500 shingles and 85c will pay for 250 shingles. The S. S. and other auxiliaries can help us in this hour of need. J. B. McCrary, Pastor. In the Sunken Submarine. It's too annoying that we should be attack down here. I bought myself the most splendid tomb only last week!—Lustige Binetten. The Western. "Did a muckkin of notorious poor men?" "Me; the critics did." Geo. H. Crippins The Blacksmith 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. $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 catarrh cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh is taken internally, setting 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 a c/o., Toledo, O. Sold by all Draggists, 75c. Take Heil's Family Pills for conciation. G W. Long and wife of Bel grade attended the funeral of Mr W. J. Bogan Sunday, also Mingo Long. Rev. A. J. Day of Clarksville Teen. was called here to preach the funeral of Bro W. J. Bogan whose obituary is found in this paper. Rev. Peter Matchem of Ky., is in the city conducting a meeting for the Rev. Patterson and the Free Baptist church The editor is in Mt. Vernon this week attending the Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. There is to be a rally at the Unity Baptist church Brookport Sunday; aspecial program will Christmas Cards and Postals at T. P. King of Unionville was down on business last Saturday. Edgar McCrary was at home from his school Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Nora Davis of Brookport was down Monday. Mr. Alonzo and Mrs. Ruth Donlow of Brookport were in the city Sunday attending the funeral of Mr. W. J. Bogan. Fine Perfumes and Christmas Candies at Humma's. Rev. A. J. Day left for his home to Clarkaville Tennessee, Thursday. N. W. Long was in Brookport Monday. Sam Upshaw was a passenger on the Str. Cowling to Paducah Monday. Mrs. Rosa Payne of Gary Ind. is in the city visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Versa Shannon; she was accompanied here by a friend, Mr. Forest Miss Myrtle Hines returned to her home in Hartford Ky., Tuesday; she was accompanied as far as Paducah by her sister, Mrs. Nichols, and her cousin, Mrs. Josephine Maddox. Christmas Cards Mrs Pearl Carter spent Monday in Paducah. Mrs. Alberta Spicer is at home from Michigan. Miss Carrie Urquhart was a Paducah shopper Tuesday. Mrs. Bessie Cork spent Monday in Paducah, shosping. Rev. B. C Long of Choat, pastor of the Presbyterian church, Hickory Grove Ky, has just closed a very successful 10 days meeting at his church with 16 conversions. We pronounce this a grand success, and he should feel himself highly blessed. He is building a new concrete block church and he went over Sunday to arrange for the completion of of the church while the members are high in the spirit over the revival News has reached this office through Dr. C. C. Phillips that Eld. I. W. Winston of Duquoin one of our district missionaries, is at his home dangerously sick We were surprised to learn it as he nor his wife had informed us though we had inquired about him. I also learn that Eld E Holms of the same city is quite sick. We hope that they will soon recover. Dr. Winston is very much in need of assistance. He is our missionary brethren, have your church take a collection for him at once and send same to him at 114 Maple St. Duquoin, Ill. Brotherly yours. P. S. We have just been informed that Eld. W. D. Simms, our other Missionary is sick at his home at Newburg Ind. Bibles and Testaments at Humma's. NOTICE To the constituents of the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association. Dear Brethren, the Executive Board will convene with the Sincere Baptist church. Now Brownfield, Ill., Thursday before the 4th Sunday in Nov. 1916. We hope to have a full delegation at said meeting. And too, we ask every pastor and church to remember Dr. Phillips in the affliction of his family, and send or bring some money for him to the Board. Let it be little or much and God will bless your efforts. I am respectfully, W. P. Washington, Moderator. NOTICE To The Metropolis Gazette "Arouse B. Y. P. U. Workers and shake your dusty garments." Greetings:— It has nearly been six months since our last annual coming together and it is only a little bet- ter than six months now and we will convene again in our annual Convention. In our session in Carbondale, with the Rock Hill B. Y. P. U. it marked an epoch in the history of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. In one day we raised approximately $70.00 Our motto is $100.00 in Cairo 1917. Since our country has been in War, and now rumors of war, it is time now that we arouse and shake our dusty garments and put on new life for the Master. Let every B. Y. P. U. president in the District work harder this year than last and we will see the result when we get to Cairo. Awake! awake! Rise and shine and remember the Banner that will be given the B. Y. P. U. who represents with the largest amount of money. Metropolis under the presidency of Mrs. Cork holds the banner now. To one and all, I wish you a very happy Xmas and a successful New year. Yours in Christ, Edgar S B. McCrary, President. MONEY TO PATENT BENEFIT may be secured by cur seal. Addres THE PATENT RECORD. Interventions to The Patent Power. Dear Ministers 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 these, 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 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 aist Rev. J. N. Washington. the Suuuay 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 mail or 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, Moderator, Metropolis, Ill. Paper and every 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 received a large consignment of Letter Heads. Envelopes, Bill Heads, Cards & etc. Let us do some of your job work. 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. Native Salve. We have just recived some more of Native Salve and it is going very fast, those in Carbonand Md. City can secure a box or more now by 50c, per box. Act quick if you want it. Send all orders to Rev J B McCrary O YOU XMAS Once a year Let us supply your wants A beautiful line of Suits, Overcoats, W. L Douglass Shoes, Kingsburry Hats, Bath Robes and Neck-ties BY BROOKLYN MAYES PAPER CORPORATION Come and let us show you. O. L. GULLET Next Door to Postoffice NOTICE OF PUBLICATION CHANCERY State of Illinois Massac County, SS. In the Circuit Court, January Term, A. D. 1917. Grace Lassiter vs B. B. Lassiter in Chancery. Affidavit of non-residence of the B. B. Lassiter the above defendant having been filed in the Clerk's office of the Circuit Court of said County, notice is therefore hereby given to the said non-resident defendant that the complainant filen the bill of complaint in said Court, on the Chancery side thereof, on the 24th day of November 1916 and that therupon a summons issued out of said Court, wherein said suit is now pending returnable on the Second Monday in the month of January next as is by law required. Now, unless you, the said non-resident defendant above named B. B. Lassiter shall personally be and appear before said Circuit Court, on the first day of next term thereof, to be holden at Metropolis in and for the said County on the 8th day of January next, and plead, answer or demur to the said complainant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therein charged and stated will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. ARTHUR H. FINLEY. Critic Metropolis Illinois, Nov. 24th 1916 FRED R. YOUNG, Complainant's Solleitor. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION CHANCERY State of Illinois, Massac County SS. In the Circuit Court, January Term, A.D.1917. Elizabeth Wymer vs C. H. Dunn and Ella Dunn, in Chancery. Affidavit of non-residence of the C H. Dunn impleaded with the above defendants Ella Dunn having been filed in the Circuit Court of said County notice is therefore hereby given to the said non-resident defendant that the complainant filed her bill of complaint in said Court, on the Chancery side thereof, on the 24th day of November 1916 and that thereupon a Summons issued out of said Court, wherein said suit is now pending returnable on the ```markdown ``` Second Monday in the month of January next, as is by law required. Now unless you, the non-resident defendant above named C. H. Dunn shall personally be and appear before said Circuit Court, on the first term thereof, to be holden at Metropolis in and for the said County, on the 5th day of January next, and plead, answer or denom to the said complainant's bill of complaint, the same and the matters and things therein charged will be taken as confessed, and a degree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. ARTHUR H. FINLRY, Clerk. Metropolis Illinois, November 24th 1916. ORITUARY Cathron Cari Calhoun was born in Benton Ky., Nursal County, professed a hope in Christ in '12 died in Metropolis Dec. 6, 1916, age 28 years, 7 months. She said before she died, "papa sing for me," he did so; she called her mother to the bed and said, 'Mother I am going to die. God bless my mother, she is so good to me I am only waiting for the Death Angel' to come. I am ready Brother Morris called to see her on Tuesday, she said, Hush mamma and let Bro. Morris sing for me, he sang, I want to be more like Jesus in my soul, and she rejoiced and died in the full triumph of her faith. She leaves a mother, father, two sisters and a brother to mourn her death; also other relatives and friends peace to her sleeping dust. The funeral was held at the Antioch Baptist church Friday at 2:30 p. m., Rev Thos Morris pastor, officiating. The remains were then placed in their last resting place. The Gazette extends sympathy to the relatives.