Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE President Message to Constituents Composing our District. GREETINGS: Dear Brothers and Sisters, having been honored to the Presidency of our district W. E. & M. Convention of the East Mt Olive Baptist Association. Now, a glance at condition of things brings me to the point to say the work is large and as the Master said unto the disciples, without me you can do nothing. If I may be allowed to speak in behalf of the work I would say without your co-operation I can do nothing as president. Our spirits must agree in the work of the master, let us arise and work valiently for the master. May I suggest that every sister and brother join in the great work of building up the master's kingdom. I will remind you of a beautiful legend that I read, which I hope will remind us of our duty. A certain hostess invited the master to a grand repast, in which one came in and related to the hostess the sad condition of one who was in great need of clothing, the hostess replied, I am busy now, the Master is to dine with me today, come later and I will look after your needs, another came in and said, I am bare footed and cold, can you help me? and she repeated the same thing she told the first one, in the meantime another came in and said, he had a brother sick and in prison, will you help me? she replied, this is the third time I have been interrupted the master is to dine with me today come another time. So after she had made everything ready and the master had not come, so she went out to meet Him, and said, I made everything ready and you did not come, but the master replied, I came, but you did not know me, I came naked, hungry, sick and in prison and you did not know me. Brother and sister, does this strike your minds, that the way we are to help Jesus, is to help one another. The work is large let us arise and be engaged in the work doing everything that will advance the master's kingdom. Come to our next annual session at Shawneetown. Aug. next as never before, inspired with christian zeal, and financial lervor to push the battle to the gate. I am your obedient servant. Carbondale, 111. SPARTA Mr. Editor: We are thankful to say th u your worthy paper that our S. S. and church are getting along alright. The S S was opened at 9:30 a. m. by th: Ex-Supt. the lesson was beautifully reviewed by Miss Laura Foster. Mr. M. C. Wrice the Supt appointed a committee of five for Valentine Day. At 11:00 Rev. French ascended the rostrum and preached a powerful sermon from John 10:28. UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY ETROPO MOT VOLUME XIX. NO 29. At 7:30 p.m. our pastor preached another strong and inspiring sermon. His text was from Ecclesiastes 11:9. The Sewing Circle will meet at the home of Mrs. D. Browning this week. The Carnation Club will meet at Mrs. Anna Owens. Mrs. Nettie Macklin is sick and under the care of a physician. Mrs. Jessie McGee is on the sick list. The Carnation club will give an entertainment at the Miner's Hall this week. Mrs Malinda Foster is slowly improving. Miss Willie B. Browning is on the sick list FIFTY-FOUR WERE LYNCHED IN 1916 None Lynched in Illinois During the Past Year----Sixty-seven Lynched During Year Before Last. Tuskegee, Ala. Jan 3—Fifty-four sons were lynched in the United States during 1916 according to the records of the Tuskegee Institit te made public here today. Fifty of the victims were negroes and four white persons and included in the records are three negro women. Sixty-seven persons were lynched in 1915, thirteen of whom were white men. In a statement presenting the report, Robert K. Moton, president of the institute, said. "Fourteen, or more than one-fourth of the total lynchings, occurred in the state of Georgia. Of those put to death 41, or 77 percent of the total, were charged with offenses othen than assault. The charges for which white men were lynched were: murder 3; suspected of cutting a woman, 1 (this a Mexican). The charges for which negroes were put to death were: Attempted assault, 9; killing officers of the law, 10; murder, 7; hog stealing and assisting persons to escape, 6; wounding officers of the law, 4; assault, 3; insult, 2. Some For Slight Offenses. For each of the following offenses one persons was put to death: Slapping a boy; robbing a store; brushing a girl on the street; assisting his son accused of assault, to escape; entering a house for robbery or some other purpose; defending his son who defended his mother, killed after attacking a wounded man whom she quarreled; talking against mob action of putting a man to death; attacking a man and wife with club. Lynchings occurred in the following states: Alabama 1; Arkansas 4; Florida 8; Georgia 11; Kansas 1; Kentucky 2; Louisiana 2; Mississippi 1; Missouri 1; North Carolina 2; Omaho 4; South Carolina 2; Tenn., 3; Texas 9. Mrs. styles—"This paper says the total number of useful domestic animals on the globe is believed to be about 1,500,000,000." Mr. Styles—"Don't for one instant think that that pet dog of yours is included in that number." LIS W TO: HEW TO THE LINE, LE METROPOLIS, ILLINO MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY " ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY NOTES. Our examinations have now commenced for the final semester work and as usual much anxiety is being shown. The Singers are again preparing to make a circuit before the date set for the rally. The Hon. Mr. Napier and Mr. Grant who are both representatives citizens here and Mr. Dixon of Buffalo, N. Y. were callers, and spoke encouragingly of the progress that the school is making. The very impressive services were held Sunday in memory of the late Wm Hunter, the oldest colored Secretary from point of Y. M. C. A. that we had. He departed this life Nov. 29, 1916 many good things were said of him all of which were in keeping with his life. The Y. M C. A. as well as the race has lost an earnest untiring worker. He lived to see his labors blessed. COLORED GIRL STARTS PAPER. Maude Masons Enters Journalistic World in Wichita Through Weekly. Maude Mason, a colored woman, has started a newspaper in Wichita. She has named it "The Wichita Kansas." While it will favor the colored race Miss Mason says that she intends to throw the columns open to both races The first number bears the date of December 30. An advance proof of the paper shows that Miss Mason, who came here from Hutchinson, is a bright young woman and knows how to edit news. She formerly taught school at Kansas City and Parsons. Her office is at 258 North Main street.—Wichita Eagle. COLORED PEOPLE LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Many Colored people of Texas are learning the language of Bohemian farmers having settled in solidly through a section of the state and insisting on conducting operations in their own tongue. The whites refuse to learn the language, but the Colored people are doing so. A similar development has been wrought in the Czech colonies in Virginia. Since the wart stopped the importation of Greek bootblacks, the Greek stand proprietors in Chicago have had to employ Afro-American aids. These Colored lad are learning Greek rapidly and proficiently — Chamberlain's Magazine GETS PITTIANCE FOR GREAT SONG HIT. Chicago Ill — Tony Jackson, a colored piano player in a city cabaret only received $45 for the great song hit, "Pretty Baby," which scored so heavily in "The Follies." Thousands of dollars have been made off the song by the publishers, while the composer is still pounding the piano even night for a few dollars.— Exchange. J. N. Washington. State to Give Present Springfield, Ill. Jan. 15. The state board of health is going to put a premium on Illinois babies. Every infant born in Illinois during the year 1917 will receive a beautifully engraved birth certificate and its parents will be given the latest edition on the board' baby book, "Our Babies." This was the announcement of Dr. C. St Clair Drake, secretary of the board, today. He declared the plan was not for the express purpose of encouraging births, but was originated more for the benefit it is expected to do toward complete birth registration. Chicago Daiyi Tribune. SLAYER IS TRIED, CONVICTED, SENTENCED IN 90 MINUTES. Texarkana, Ark. January 15. John Hawkins, a negro, today was tired, convicted and sentenced to be electrocuted all within an hour and a halt, for the murder of Mrs. Ben Diles, and her 18-months-old daughter at Ashdown, Ark., November 3. Hawkins confessed that he entered the Diles home to rob it and that he killed Mrs. Diles and her baby when the woman surprised him. The death sentence was set for March 13. Globe Democrat. THE PRAYER OF A MAN Teach me that sixty minutes make one hour, sixteen ounces one pound, and one hundred cents one dollar. Help me to live so that I can lie down at night with a clear conscience, without a gun under my pillow and unhaunted by the faces of those to whom I brought pain. Grant, I beseech Thee, that I may earn my meal tickets on the square, and, in doing thereof, that I may not stick the gaff where it does not belong. Deafen me to the jingle of tainted money and the rustle of unholy skirts. Blind me to the faults of the other fellow, but reveal to me mine own. Guide me so that each night when I look across the dinner table at my wife, who has been a blessing to me I will have nothing to conceal. Keep me young enough to laugh with my children, to lose myself in their play. And when comes the smell of flowers and the tread of soft steps, and the crushing of the hearse's wheels in the gravel out in front of my place, make the ceremony short and the epitaph simple: "Here Lies a Man."—Exchange. DON'T WORRY. A bulletin issued by the Public Health Service which has been gathering statistics on nervous diseases and their tendency to shorten life, among other things says: "So far as is known no bird ever tried to build more nests than its neighbor; no fox ever fretted because he had only one hole in which to hide; no squirrel ever died of anxiety lest he should not lay by enough nuts for two winters instead of one; and no dog ever ost sleep over the fact that he did not have enough bones laid aside or his declining years." — Ex. In order that the Carnival Season at New Orleans may be enjoyed under conditions assuring that nothing will be missed, the Illinois Central will run its fourth mid winter vacation party to the southern metropolis, leaving Chicago and St. Louis in special train Saturday, February 17. The Cost is Moderate Indices: Railroad fare to New Orleans and car fare to New Orleans and return. Sleedations while in New Orleans, Meals enroute. Grandstand seats for three Miles in New Orleans. Excursion trip from New Sippi River. Sight-seeing automobile ride. Automobile ride through Vicksburg Park. and booklet, giving more general information this special Mid-Winter Vacation Party, of your local ticket agent or PHELPS, General Passenger Agent, CH1C. Jobs Clothing January Clearance Sale Saturday, January 20th 1917 To Saturday, January Annual Val Giving at Jobs Clothing Comp or to realize cash, we have biggest Price Cutting sale held in Metropolis. A big thing, Men's Furnishing; Schaffner & Marx Clot Than the Cost of Pro Jobs Clothing Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx I. O. O. F. Building Drd and Ferry Street, Metropolis, Ill. and includes: Railroad fare to New Orleans and return. Sleeping car fare to New Orleans and return. Sleeping car accommodations while in New Orleans, Meals in dining car while enroute. Grandstand seats for three Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans. Excursion trip from New Orleans o Mississippi River. Sight-seeing automobile ride in New Orleans. Automobile ride through Vicksburg National Military Park. Particulars and booklet, giving more general information as to this special Mid-Winter Vacation Party, of your local ticket agent or H. J. PHELPS, General Passenger Agent, CH1CAGO Saturday, January 20th 1917 In order to realize cash, we have put on the biggest Price Cutting sale ever attempted in Metropolis. A big cut on our Clothing, Men's Furnishings, Hats. Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes at Less Than the Cost of Production Krebs Clothing Co. The home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes I. O. O. F. Building 3rd and Ferry Street, Metropolis, Ill. HERE WE ARE AT LAST ORINGTON & ALSTON ly Latest and most Up-to-date Shoe Shining and Shines 5c. Ladles Work a Specialty Clothes called for and Promptly delivered Collis, Ill., Between 3rd and 4th. Phone 243-1 With the very Latest and most Up-to-date Shoe Shining and Pressing Parlor. All Shines 5c. Ladies Work a Specialty Clothes called for and Promptly delivered Metropolis, Ill., Phone 243-1Ring Ferry St., Between 3rd and 4th. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. ARS. M. J. McGRARY, MANAGER. J. B. McGRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY JAN. 19, 1917. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Interested as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. B. Address all communications to J. B. McGRARY, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contrib- tors must be known to us in every in- stance, 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 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 Centria, Ill, Mar. 14, 1917 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. Read r 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 lto 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 mouey money to pastor, J. B McCrary, Metropolis, and you will be 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 auxiliares can help us in this hour of need. 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 Blatter. The Workers. "Did a musician of note scape pour opera?" "No; 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 Guarded. --- $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 oely positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous 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. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists. 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Miss Rhoda Orington and Mr. John Ellis, were married Thursday of last week. The Gazette wishes them extreme happiness. Dont fail to attend the Rally at Unity Baptist church next Sunday at Brookport. We need your presence and also your money. We would like for every member to bring up his dollar. We are pleased to learn that the Busy Bee club has had the floor laid in the auditorium of our new church since our last visit Whatever thy hands finds to do, do it. Rev. and Mrs Thos Morris, pastor of the Antioch Baptist church was surprised by a number of his members and gave him a number of valuable and useful presents. This act shows appreciation for the work of their pastor. Mrs. Princess Bell has been on the sick list for several days. The Nehemiah's Band of the 1st Baptist church gave an old Maid's concert Tuesday night with much success. The Industrial Club of 1st Baptist church will give an entertainment Saturday night at the Grand Leader Cafe, Cor. 9th and Pearl Sts. Don't forget to patronize them as they are getting ready to meet a church debt. Rev. J. B. McCrary, returned from Future City and Cairo, Monday night He reports a very cordial welcome by the few members and friends of Shiloh Baptist church, Future City, but the severe cold snap and deep snow prevented many from attending services. We found Rev. Beasley supplying the pulpit. While there he stopped with Bro. and sister John Mahone who made it pleasant for us while in their cozy home. They are both enterprising and entertaining. The church will make good in the near future. We attended S. S. at 10 a m. and found them very actively engaged in the work. Mrs. E. Mahone, and Miss Ollie Lawton are the teachers. The latter is one of the public school teachers of Cairo. We visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Farrow, while in Cairo, for a few minutes and took dinner on Saturday and took a meal with Rev. F. Bomar Monday. Rev. Bomar is the successful pastor of the Mt. Moriah Baptist church and just closed a successful revival with 17 additions and several for baptism. Rev. Smart of Alabama, evangelist conducted the meeting. The financial int rest was very good. Rev. Smart, is rated as a first class christian gentieman and an able gospel preacher and revivalist. We were invited to return again in the near future. We feel indebted to those who made our stay so pleasant. Mrs. Oliver of East St. Louis, loft her oldest son last week He lived in Belleville. Funeral Sunday a week ago. She has the sympathy of the Gazette. Mrs Ida Martin and sister, Miss Leatha Moon, of Brookport, Sundayed in the city. Mrs. Martin, spent the night with the wife of the editor. Those on the sick list are Mesdames Gracy Williamsen, Malissa Gaines, Ida Wade, Margaret Tosey, Miss Garnet Winmon, Rev. George Crippens, Lee Porter. 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 monev 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 f not all. Native Salve. We have just recived some more of Native Salve and it is going very fast, those in Carbon and Md. City can secure a box or more now by 50c, per box. Act quick if you want it. Send all orders to Rev. J. B. McCrary. 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 BOY O' MINE I'm writing these lines, dear boy o' mine To try to engrave on your tender heart, A token of strength as a living start; For I love you well, small boy o' mine In the years to come You'll press near shade You'll be tempted and Its the test of worth So I m praying to God To guide you safely to To steady your hand And to make you a M But in weal or woe I'm always your Daddy To share your burden It's a part of my life And if you should sin Or if you should rot Or be shot as a trai I'd love you the same In the years to come, O boy o' mine, You'll press near shades of shame and crime; You'll be tempted and lured full many a time, Its the test of worth, good boy o' mine. So I m praying to God, O boy o' mine, To guide you safely thru treacherous ways; To steady your hand, to lighten your days. And to make you a MAN dear boy o' mine. Uncle Eben's Wisdom. "It's a lucky thing foh de human race," said Uncle Eben, "dat de Ten Commandments wasn't loaded down wif phraseology like de laws de legi-nature passes." Dignamlem. Dignam tells us: "There are many risks in business. The wise man ablaws his competitors to take thet." Fred. R. Young, Atty. Administrator's Notice. Estate of Fred Jarrett, deceased The undersigned; having been appointed Administrator of the estate of the estate of Fred Jarrett late of the County of massac and the State of Illinois, deceased, hereby give notice that he will appear before the County Court of Massac County at the Court House in Metropolis, at the January Term on the first Monday in January next, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 23rd day of October. A D. 1916. Fred R. Young, Solicitor. Master in Chancery Sale. State of Illinois, Massac County, es. In the Circuit Court of said County, January Term A. D. 1917. Elizabeth Wymer Vs. C. H. Dunn, and Ella Dunn. Bill to foreclose mortgage No. 340. Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a decree entered at the January Term of said court, to wit, on the 11th day of January A. D. 1917 in the above entitled cause, I, S. Bart- lett Kerr, Master in Chancery of said County, will at the hour of 10. o'clock A. M. Saturday February 10th A. D. 1917 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 (3) and Four (4) in Block Seven (7) in the Fostlewaite and Morton Addition to the village of Brooklyn, now the City of Brookport, in Massac County, State of Illinois. Terms of sale, Cash in hand. Dated this 11th day of January A. D. 1917. S. BARTLETT KERR, Master in Chancery. Send us a trial order for the Great Nature Salve, 50c a Box. Why suffer when you can be reheved for such a small amount. Read our guarantee on the front page of The Gazetre. A Crime Self-Punished. A thief entered a house in Riverside Drive and stole five volumes of poetry. There's a crime that carries its own punishment—New York Herald. 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. time, O boy o' mine, ties of shame and crime; lured full many a time, good boy o' mine. God, O boy o' mine, shru treacherous ways; to lighten your days. AN dear boy o' mine. Dear boy o' mine, and I'm always glad, ens and sorrows sad, Oh! boy o' mine. In the depth of hell in a murderer's cell, ator at sunrise's bell me, O, boy o' mine. —Selected. The Profits of Gardening. In this unjust world a large part of the profits of a town garden are made by the hardware store.—Atchison Giebe. The Art of Sleeping. Slumber commences at the extremities, beginning with the feet and legs. That is why it is always necessary to keep the feet warm.—Family Doctor. Notice The Grand Leader Cafe Opened its doors to friends and well wishers Saturday Night, Dec. 30, 1916 No. 900 Cor. Ninth and Pearl Sts. For a Nice Clean Cafe, where you will meet your friends and receive careful and courteous attention, come to the Grand Leader Cafe In connection with our cafe, we will conduct a 5c and 10c variety bargain counter. Our Motto: The best is not too good for any of our customers. Hot and Cold Lunches Served Hot cat fish, "KentuckyOysters" Saturday night. You can get soup, stew, pork chops, ham and eggs, tripe, pig feet, etc., in fact, we can serve you on short order. Give us a trial is all that we ask. Everything in sanitary condition. Watch this space each week. For one and all, a successful New Year. Remember the Place. J. B. McGRARY, Mgr. Howell's Variety Store Southern Illinois' Largest Independent Variety Store. Specials at Howell's 3 Bars Lenox soap 10c Mail Boxes 10c Oranges sweet kind 1 cent each Face Powders and Paints 5 & 10c White Aprons 10c Pillow Cases 10c each We handle kitchen utensils Hard- ware, Townls, Ribbons and many things space forbids to mention. HOWELL'S Variety Store, Ferry Street, Opposite Postoffice Metropolis, Illinois. Subscribe for The Gazette