Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE ```markdown ``` The Great Club Campaign contest between the auxiliaries of First Baptist church will close Monday night, MAY 7 at said church with a delightful program, consisting of Musical renditions, Readings and enthusiastic speeches made by the candidates for election and their representatives. Each club will have some particular feature that night to help swell the votes for their candidate. No door fee charged, Silver offering for each candidate will be solicited. Everbody is cordially invited. PROGRAM. Introduci g candidates by Repo Candidate for Silver Leaf Club Representative Miss Iza Candidate, Industrial Club, Represented by Mrs. I Nehemiah's Band, Rev. Represented by Candidate, Sunny Juvenile, P Represented by Mr. Jo Introduci g candidates by Representatives. Candidate for Silver Leaf Club Rev. J. B. McCrary, Representative Miss Izora Rodgers. Candidate, Industrial Club, Rev. I. S. Stone Represented by Mrs. L. B. Duke. Nehemiah's Band, Rev. Berry Thomas. Represented by Candidate, Sunny Juvenile, Prof. E. S. McCrary Represented by Mr. John Anderson: MRS. BESSIE M. CORK. Mistress of Ceremonies. NOTICE. the great work of making les in all the world, and th To the Churches and Pastors composing the Missionary Baptist State Association of the State of Illinois. Dear Co-workers the time is fast approaching, that our state association shall convene in the beautiful city of Carbondale, Ill., the city of learning a place where all can be refreshed after a year's hard earnest spiritual labors. Dr. G. W. Dorsey and his good people of the Hopewell Baptist church is preparing to give us a great opportunity for the grandest session in the history of the organization, convening on Tuesday before the 4th Sunday in May 1917. Brethren there is a great work to be done along Missionary lines Let every pastor, layman and deacon, get busy to the work of the Master. The opportunity is now open to every willing mission worker, and soul winner. The hand of the state association is out to help him, or her. Let us start now to make the association a great factor of christian work in the state of Illinois. One tenth of all of our earnings belong to the Lord, and we have not given him what justly belongs to him. [Will a man rob God?] Let us all come up, down, out through and over to Carbondale, in May next; bringing with us some of the Lord's money that we have been spending, so that his commission, (go ye and make disciples) can be carried out. From the viewpoint of light, salt, sacrifice of time, money and life it need be, the church is given ```markdown ``` Song Invocation Reading Vocal Solo Reading Solo, Instrumental Reading NOTICE. Mrs. Florence Masterson Miss Love M. Phillips Miss Anna V. Roberts Mrs. H. G. Burke Maceo Stahls the great work of making disciples in all the world, and the teaching of them the importance of observing all the things commanded by our Lord Jesus Christ. Let the entire State of Illinois blend her christian forces at Carbondale in May next, and by work, will, courage, money, diligence and sacrifice, do some tangible work for the Kingdom of God, and the spread of the good message and the relief of suffering humanity. e are looking for the Baptist of the State of Illinois in Carbondale, next May. The Lord help them to come. CHICAGO,ILL Rev. J. B. McCrary I am sorry to inform you of the death of our old friend Finis Byrd who crossed the river on the 18th of April. We've been associated so long together, his death is hard to realize. He suffered from a complications of diseases—Bright's disease, hardening of the arteries and diabetes, either one of which would have proved fatal in a short time. Had he consulted a doctor earlier the grim monster might have been stayed off longer, but you know procrastination is the thie ol time. MOTTO : 'HEW TO THE LINE. LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY ' Wm M. Wheeler. We sorry to learn of the death of our friend Bvard, and trust that he so lived in this world so as to live on eternally in the next. We join his many friends in expressings sympathy and live with the fond hope of meeting him in the sweet land of Canaan. CONGREGATION CENSURED DUQUOIN, ILL., Apr. 27 — Rev C. C. Phillips, district missionary for the East Mt. Olive Association, was here Monday, April 16, and held an ex-parte council for the benefit of certain members of the church, who were excluded from the St. Paul's Baptist Church of which Rev. W. Harris, is pastor. The council composed of four whites the pastor of the First Baptist church. A. W. Essick, deacon of the First Baptist church; editor of the Evening Call; Rev. Rodman, state missionary, and Rev. M. League, retired minister. The ministers of the Race were Rev. Pruitt and Rev Phillips. The action of the church and pastor were condemned for the exclusion of the members in question from the church. Editor McCrary, the above is taken from the Chicago Defender. If we may be allowed space in the columns of The Gazette, we we shall make a slight correction that is the writer made a mistake in saying that the ex-parte council of which we served with the above named ministers of Duqon (white) except Eld Pruitt. The council did not condemn the congregation. The findings of the council was that according to the testimony given by a number of persons who testified that they had been excluded without a complaint being filed against them other testified that the pastor declared them out of the church without a hearing. This is what the ex-parte council averred was not in keeping with Baptists usages. It must be born in mind that the excluded persons went back to the church and ask for a re-hearing and if not, agree with them in calling a mutual council, and in the event they failed to do either, furnish them with a copy of their exclusion, this they failed to do. Then the excluded members led for an exparte council to give their opinion and advice this they did. The council was held in the Mt. Olive Baptist church and not in the St. Paul church. One of the strangest things that has ever came under our observation was that Rev. Harris and a number of others came and the courtesy was shown them by the council by allowing them to be present. Of course everybody that has just an inkling of the doctrine know that they had no right on earth to follow up the excluded members with their maladictions A member of the council said that we had no authority to undo the mistake of the church and pastor. We may however advise the church and pastor of the findings of the council. Rev. Harris was heard to say we dont want no advice but after listening to any OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT of the MT. OLIVE BAPTIST S. S. CONVENTION, CAIRO, ILLINOIS APRIL 15, 1917. To The S. S. Composing The Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School Convention. GREETINGS: Dear Co-Laborers, The Thirty-Seventh Annual Session will be held with the Mt. Moriah Baptist S. S. on Friday before the fourth Sunday in June at Cairo, Ill. We hope to see every school in the district represented in full. Let us try and make this year 1917 the banner year, notwithstanding we are on the verge of the World's greatest war, and handicapped with the high cost of living, with God as our leader we will be successful if we trust him. We hope the delinquent school will come prepared to pay their full indebtness to the convention as we need the money for the expenses of the convention. The convention offers a beautiful banner to the school that send up the la gest amount of money. What school will win? There will also be a white dress parade on Sunday June 24th let every delegate come prepared to be in the parade with a white suit. All schools are requested to elect their delegate not later than the second Sunday in May. Send one copy to Rev. John Bruin, Mt. Vernon, Ill., one copy to the president. If you fail to comply with this request and your school is not on the program dont blame the committee or the president. Hoping that we will be spared to meet altogether in June. I am your in the cause of Christ and his Kingdom. the evidence, he asked to make an announcement in which he said, I want all the Sr. Paul members to meet me at the church Wednesday night. He then invited the same council to meet them about all of them were present except the writer. After listening to Rev. Harr's there was nothing to do but to reaffirm the findings of the ex parte council. It will be remembered that all of the white brethren are friendly to Rev. Harris, the church, the writer and Eld. Pruitt were not unfriendly to him. We speak of the friendship of the white brethren because they have counciled him and gave him advice, of course he could not say of them as he says of Elder Pruitt and the writer that they were jealous of him and wanted his church. They have a great in the Baptist cause in Duquoin, the colored brethren have shown Rev. Harris more courtesy than he has appreciated. C. C. Phillips. $2.50 In Clubs of 3 or More $2.50 This offer is open to you and your friends only if you and they receive the paper on a Rural or star Route where there is no Daily Globe-Democrat Newsdealers. It is not open to subscribers who live in towns served by Daily Newsdealers. The regular price of the 6 day-a-week Globe-Democrat is $5 per year. A special Rural Route Rate of $3 per year is mide. You can cut that special price to only $2.50 per year If You Send In Two or More of Other Subscriptions Plus Your Own, At One Time, With Money Order For at Least $7.50. You Well Know the Sterling Merits It is sold on its value as a newspaper to its subscribers. It is a fact newspaper. It is believed in. 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If you also wish the Great Sunday Globe-Democrat, remit $5.50 for both Daily and Sunday one year, or at the net club rate of $4.75 for each yearly subscription, in a complete club of three or more, for the Daily Including Sunday. Send Your Order Today — The advanced and advancing price of news print paper and of all other materials which enter into Newspaper making may force an increased subscription rate at any time. So Do Not Delay! Splendid session of the Minister's and Deacons Union, and the Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist District Association were held with the New Hope Baptist church Sparta, Ill. April 12. 13. 1917. Concluded from last week. At two o'clock p. m., song and prayer service conducted by Elder Bomar and Brother J. H. Williams. The morning journal was reed and approved. The moderator called for the reports of churches which were made as follows: Mt. Olive; Colp; J. D. pastor, for expense $1.00 Education 1.00 12th St. Cairo; J. H. Strrks, pastor, for expense 1.00 Mt. Pleasant, Harrisburg; pastor, J. H. Starks; expense $1.00 Mt. Moriah, Cairo; F. Bomar pastor expense $1. education $1. total $2.00 Mt. Moriah S. S. for education 50 Mt: Carmel church, Cairo; education $1.00 New Hope, Sparta; expense 1.00 education 5.0 The congregation joined in singing Elder Dehoney read John 9:1-10 Elder McWilliams offered prayer. Dr. C. C. Phillips, preached an able sermon on Christianity; text, John 9:3. The congregation joined in singing at the conclusion of the sermon. The finance committee lifted $1. The meeting was called off to allow the sisters to hold a short session with sister M. J. Blake president, who presided over this meeting. At 7:30 p. m. song and prayer services afterwhich the W. E. and M. convention sisters entertained the audience by a short program. Elder F. Bomar read Luke 10:1-16 and offered prayer. Rev. H. E. McWilliams took for a text Mal. 8:3 and preached an excellent sermon. Collection $4.00 which was given to Rev. McWilliams as missionary money. ```markdown ``` 250 per year for the Daily day, you must send at least with remittance of at least to subscription alone, if you rate, remit $3 for the daily also wish the Great Sunday 50 for both Daily and Sun club rate of $4 75 for each complete club of three or more, day. The advanced and advan- er and of all other materials making may force an in- any time So Do Not Delay! Co., Publishers s, Mo. A vote of thanks was extended to the pastor and members of the New Hope Baptist church for their hospitality. The board adjourned to meet in Cairo, in June with the S. S. Con- vention. Elder J. B. McCrary, Moderator Elder J. H. Starks, Cor. Sec. 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. Common Sense is Bad Master. In creative thought common sense is a bad master. Its sole criterion for judgment is that new ideas shall look like old ones. In other words, it can only act by suppressing originality. A. N. Whitehead in "An Introduction to Mathematics." "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 legislature passes." Waterproof. Mother—"In all the wild storm your sister Maggie went out with her throat all bare and exposed." Brother—"Rain won't hurt her. She's got a rubber neck."—Life Invention of Cut Glass Pressed glass was invented by an humble carpenter of Sandwich, Mass., but in the primitive state of affairs it profited him little. More than 200 years ago a Bohemian glass-maker conceived the idea of making cut glass. This idea was destined to revolutionize the entire glass industry of the world. The inventor began by making the walls of the article on which he was working thicker than he was wont so that he might cut the glass with a sharp knife into figures as he chose. Elaborate Mine System For Our Harbors Navy Has Devised Intricate System to Defend New York and Other Harbors of the Country. Europe Uses Mines on Large Scale—Something About the "Floating" Variety. TWO of the most elaborate and intricate mine fields that a nation has ever devised for the safeguarding of a city's water gate have been planned by the coast artillery and the corps of engineers to protect the entrance to the waters immediately about New York. Other American harbors have likewise been protected. While these mine fields have been planned, experts say, so that not even a hostile rowboat could pass through them unharmed, ways have been devised to permit the passage of friendly vessels. Mines such as those shown in the picture are able to destroy even the greatest vessels affloat. The destructiveness of such mines has been demonstrated many times in the European war. It rests with the coast artillery to supplement the defense begun by the navy when the ships of an enemy come within the long range of the great disappearing guns and mortars with which the forts at New York bristle; also it lies with the coast artillery to see that no hostile craft may live once it has entered a mine field. Mines Used on Big Scale. No previous conflict in the history of the world has brought into being so many novel and devilish contrivances as the present war. A conspicuous feature of the latter has been the utilization of mines on a scale hitherto unimagined. Our own naval authorities realize that an indispensable requirement of any war in which we may be involved in the future is mines, and plenty of them; hence the appeal newly made to congress by the navy department for money to pay for 6,000 more of these instruments of wholesale destruction. Admiral Strauss says that before the war began we had on hand and ready for use about two-thirds the number of mines needed by the navy. The remaining one-third were ordered and delivered last year. But the wholesale employment of infernal machiness of the kind in the European conflict has furnished an object lesson, and it is now realized that a great many more of them are to be provided. Defensive and Offensive Mines The army, as everybody knows, uses mines on an extensive scale for the protection of harbors and river mouths, ordinarily planting them in lines across channels. These are defensive mines. The navy, on the other hand, employs mines offensively, as a rule—as, for example, by planting them where enemy ships are expected to pass. If the enemy misses them they are picked up, and another try is made somewhere else. Thus, if a hostile fleet were expected to approach one or another of our great Atlantic seaports, advantage would be taken of the relatively shallow water along our eastern shores to anchor great numbers of mines far out in the ocean. Such a mine field might sink a battleship or two. It could hardly accomplish more, for once warned of the presence of mines the fleet would pause and pick them up by fishing for them, an operation attended with little danger. The new mines were manufactured at the Norfolk navy yard, where is located the principal government factory of naval mines. A short time ago the department purchased 1,100 mines at $490 apiece, but it can make them cheaper. Danger of "Floating" Mines. "Floating" mines are essentially of the offensive order. They are other, wise known as "tactical mines," help employed in battle. Thus, during the running sea fight, in the Northi sed, when the German battle cruiser Bluecher was sunk, the Germans are said to have thrown hundreds of mines overboard on the chance that the pursuing British ships would strike them. Such mines obviously would be a frightful menace to the world's commerce. If they were to stay afloat in 2 15 4 No. 1, Ready to Lower Mine; No. 2, Carrier Used to Carry Mines From Patrol Boats to Place of Laying; No. 3, Laying Mines Off Fort Wadsworth, N. Y.; No. 4, Scene Aboard United States Mine Layer, Showing Mine Ready For Laying. definitely. Indeed, they would be an equal threat to friend and foe under such circumstances, the ocean currents carrying them nobody knows whither. But to provide against this very contingency the Hague convention requires that they shall be so constructed as to sink within an hour after they are put into the water. Mines that cost $400 apiece are affairs of relatively complex mechanism. Their manufacture demands special skill and technical expertise Such floating mines as those above described, however, can be turned out rapidly and in unlimited numbers from any well equipped boiler shop at $50 each. Flloating mines are strewn wherever the enemy is likely to run upon them. They are of very simple construction, being mere tanks of galvanized iron—sometimes cylindrical, sometimes globular in shape—containing some hundreds of pounds of high explosive. The quantity of explosive is sufficient to sink the most formidable battleship, whose unarmored bottom, it should be realized, is as vulnerable to such attack as that of any merchant vessel. The arrangement by which the floating instrument of death and destruction is guaranteed to sink "within an hour" consists of nothing more complicated than a small hole, through which enough water is expected to enter in the course of sixty minutes to overcome by the buoyancy of the tank. It is, of course, open to question whether in the present era the requirement of The Hague convention above quoted has been strictly adhered to. TRICK OF THE CAMERA. It Is Not Difficult to Make a Picture of Yourself as Twins. In the Woman's Home Companion C. H. Clancy describes the photographic trick of having one person appear twice in the same picture and tells the amateur photographer how to accomplish it. "What you actually do is this: Cut from a piece of thick, stiff pasteboard a piece which will fit into the inside of the camera and be held in place by the folds of the bellows. It should be fitted in the fold of the bellows which will hold it about an inch or an inch and a half in front of the plate. Its width should be half the plate opening and a tride more—say one-eighth of an inch. "Make this piece of carboard thoroughly black on both sides by dipping it in ink and letting it dry. See that the cardboard is well 'seated' in the bellows folds so that light does not leak nast the joints. "Pose your subject and proceed to focus so that the image appears on the right side of the ground glass in the camera (left side of the finished picture will be the result). The left side of the ground glass appears blank, because it is kept from exposure by the cardboard. Insert the plate holder, take a picture, put back the slide and remove the plate holder; on no account move the camera however. Very gently slide the cardboard from the left side to the right and replace the ground glass. Pose the subject on the opposite side of the center this time. Then replace the plate holder, remove the slide and make a second exposure exactly the same length as the first." High Praise "Is he the kind of man you'd invite to your house to dinner?" to your house to dinner?" "I should say he is! He's the kind of man my wife would insist on having at least forty-eight hours' notice to prepare for."—Exchange. Mines that cost $400 a piece are affairs of relatively complex mechanism. Their manufacture demands special skill and technical expertness. Such floating mines as those above described, however, can be turned out rapidly and in unlimited numbers from any well equipped boiler shop at $50 each. Until recently our navy loaded its mines of all kinds with guncotton, which for the purpose was pressed into solid blocks. It is now deemed more expedient to use trinitrotoluol (the favorite German high explosive), which is derived from coal tar originally, its base being carbolic acid. Trinitrotoluol, while not less destructively powerful than guncotton, is easier to handle. The stuff is melted and poured into the exposition chamber of the mine. It is what has been called a "reluctant" explosive, meaning that it will not and cannot "go off" unless set off by a "detonator." Thus the navy finds it most expedient to load its mines as fast as made and store them ready for use, for trinitrotoluol will keep indefinitely without deteriorating, and in this way it may most conveniently be held in stock. THE NEXT HOUR. As It May Be Your Last on Earth, Are You Ready to Meet It? An editorial in the Woman's Home Companion says: "Everything can happen in the next hour that has ever happened. It contains all the possibilities of a universe. In the next hour children will be born, men and women will die, whole worlds will be smashed to atoms and drop out of space and the girl you love go back on you. In the next hour the house may burn, you may quarrel with your best and dearest friend, some one may give you poison, your fortune may be stolen, the government may change, the temperature may rise or fall 40 degrees, and the world may come to an end. "You plan how you will pass the next hour and, lo, the train is ditched, the auto turns turtle. Aunt Jane arrives, the neighbor's baby has convulsions, the house is struck by lightning, your tooth begins to ache, a telegram is delivered, the wires are out of order, you are discharged, somebody dies and leaves you a fortune, you are operated upon. "The next hour is what you ever were and what you ever may be compressed into sixty minutes. It is the period of hope deferred, of supreme victory, of total annihilation and the entrance of an assured immortality. Fixed as the stars in heaven, unalterable as the law of gravity, it stands before, you like the grim sphinx, containing within itself all the marvelous variety of human experience. "To know how to meet the next hour with joy, with head erect, with your age singing in your heart is to solve the deep mystery of eternity." All to the Cat. There was a young fellow named Platt. Whose wife kept a scrawny, gray cat. At home, the poor jay, Had little to eat. Expertly, "Hey, beat it!" and "Seat." Suggestions For the Farmer ROUGHAGE FOR HORSES. Feeding of Oats and Pea Hay-Permits Reduction of Crain Ration. While oats and pen hay are well known as roughage for cattle, particularly in dairying, as roughage for horses perhaps it is not so commonly used, says I. L. Owens of the New Jersey college farm: Timothy hay has been held as the ideal hay for the horse, and other hays, especially those rich in protein, are looked upon somewhat unfavorably. As roughage for horses oats and pen hay are worthy of a more extended use on account of their great feeding value. The peas add protein to the ration and more nearly balance it, so that with proper judgment a decided reduction may be made in the amount of grain fed and the animal kept at less cost. I have wintered twelve head of horses on oats and pea hay, feeding them since early fall, and have never wintered horses more economically nor even had them looking better. The grain ration has been corn and oats, mixed so that the corn was about two-thirds by bulk. Where some of the horses have had only sufficient work for good exercise, nearly all the grain was taken away, only three or four quarts being fed a day. The horses have a glossy, healthy appearance and are in fine shape for the heavy spring work that will soon begin. With the exception of a slight case of colic, due to an overfeed of grain, there has not been a case of sickness among the twelve head of horses eating the oats and pea hay. One item of value in the growing of oats and pea hay should be taken into account. It is the yield an acre. Often a field is continued in timothy when the stand is poor and a light yield certain. In order that sufficient hay may be secured to feed horses for the following winter. If plowed and sowed to oats and peas a much higher yield could be secured. Another item in favor of raising the oats and peas is the opportunity to keep up the fertility of the soil, whereas with timothy the opposite is quite often the case. Oats and peas are cut for hay when the oats are in the milk stage. An opportunity is thus given to sow the ground to cowpeas, soy beans or other nitrogen gathering plants, which, plowed under for green manure, add greatly to the soil fertility. Cowpeas and soy beans may also be cut and fed green or can be put in the silo with the corn or made into hay if the season will allow. FEED FOR YOUNG PIGS. Grain Mixture That Has Given Good Results In Experiments. Before weaning young pigs it is well to accustom them to a grain mixture or a slop of sweet milk combined with grain. The Pennsylvania State college agricultural experiment station has obtained excellent results with a grain mixture of cornmeal, four parts; wheat middlings, three parts, and tankage, one part. The addition of skim milk increases the rate of gain. If skim milk is fed with this grain mixture the amount of cornmeal may be increased to six parts. Other mixtures recommended are cornmeal, eight parts, and tankage, one part, or skim milk, three parts, and corn meal, one part. If 'possible pasture' crops should be used for growing pigs. For quick growth of pigs two to four pounds of grain per hundred pounds live weight daily in addition to pasture crops is required. The amount of grain fed should be governed largely by the appetite of the pigs. They should be fed all they will consume without waste twice daily. Worms In Swine. For stomach worms in swine a good remedy is one to two teaspoonfuls of turpentine (vary according to size) well mixed with two to four ounces of castor or olive oil, repeated for three days, and in two weeks repeat the same treatment. For kidney worms the following medicated salt works well: Four parts of charcoal and three parts each of salt, sulphur, Glauber's salt and salt soda. These should be well-mixed and placed where they can get it at will. Where hogs are infested with any parasite seriously it is not advisable to allow them to run in the same lot years after year; in fact, the run should be changed each year. Another source of infection is the drinking water. They should not be allowed to drink stagnant water nor water that is polluted by, surface drainage, especially from the yards and runways. Share Your Eyes The summer vacation is often a disappointment to persons who are obliged to overuse their eyes throughout the working year and who depend on their vacation for a chance to restore their strength. The reason is that they do not take the trouble to look after their eyes and give them a vacation too. The glare from the water or from the hot sands, long dusty journeys, automobile, bicycling against sun and wind, only give the eyes a change of work, not a rest. Every summer, comfort kit" should include dark glasses, some simple eye drops, and a dropper, and remember, if you can, not to read while year life in a hammock. Youth's Camp, panion. The Man at the Top. A generation ago, the big man in business was the man who had everything at his fingers, cedds. Long hours, hard labor, the mastery of infiltrate贼) that did the trick. Today, big business makes something more. Results count, not hours and labor. The gift of tact, a knowledge of men that amounts to genius—this, often as much as industry, has come to be the distinguishing mark of the man at the top. BUILDING A HOTBED. Valuable Aid to Getting An Early Start With Vegetables. "As an adjunct to the growing of vegetables the hotbed is almost invaluable," says Professor M. F. Ahearn, Kansas Agricultural college. "It enables the gardener to grow crops that require a long season to mature, such as tomatoes, celery, peppers and egg plants. The hotbed also may be used to advantage in starting early cabbage, onion, cucumber and muskmelon plants. "Hotbeds may be constructed in a number of ways. One of the most common and serviceable is the pit method. The hotbed should be placed on the south side of a building or other good windbreak. Care should be taken that it has good drainage. Three feet by six feet is a convenient size for a sash and as many of them are used as desired. The frame should be twelve to fifteen inches high at the back and eight to ten inches in front. The sash may be glass or muslin." "The heat for hotbeds is commonly supplied by the fermentation of horse manure. That from highly fed horses is desirable. Straw to the amount of from one-third to one-half of the mixture should be added, as the manure will not heat if it is too solid. It should be piled in a long, narrow, square topped pile and if very dry should be moistened. "If the weather is cold and the manure does not ferment readily add a little hen manure or warm water to one part of the pile. In order to insure uniform fermentation the pile should be turned occasionally and all lumps broken. When the pile is steaming throughout, which is usually in from ten to twelve days, it is ready for use. "Dig a pit two to three feet deep, depending on the time of year the bed is to be used, and the same size as the bed desired. For common use, such as growing early tomatoes, radishes and lettuce, early in March is the time to start the hotbed. Hotbeds prepared after the first week in March should have an eighteen inch pit. "Upon the bottom of the pit place a layer of straw or leaves two or three inches deep. Next place a layer of the fermented manure eighteen or twenty inches thick. Above this put a layer of loam soil four to eight inches deep in which the plants are to be grown." HATCH CHICKENS EARLY. A Tip on How to Obtain a More Steady Supply of Eggs. Nature requires her subjects to take an annual vacation, and the moulting season, which begins in late summer, is the holiday time for hens. The hens stop laying and change their old feather dress for a new one, requiring three or four months in the operation. When the hens take this vacation new laid eggs are scarce and remain scarce until the pullets hatched during the preceding spring begin to lay. The remedy is very simple and is under the control of the poultryman. The first step is to have chickens hatched early, so that the pullets begin to lay when the heus begin to mount. This is not difficult. Pullets of the American breeds begin laying at about seven months of age. Leghon pullets begin when about six months old. North of the Ohio river this means that all hatching must be over by May 1 at the latest. The best plan is to have the chickens coming at intervals during March and April. The earliest hatched pullets will, of course, begin to lay first. If any of them begin to moult their places will be taken by the later ones, and a steady supply of eggs will be more certain. The difficulty in the way of the practical application of this matter is that so many poultry keepers are dependent on hens for hatching. As long as we have late hatched chickens we will have late sitters. The poultry keeper who wants to change from the late hatching to early hatching must therefore either get broody heens from some one else or use an incubator. After he has "changed the dates" on his flock he will have no trouble, especially with the American breeds.—New York Sun. Concrete. Hotbed. To avoid annual repairs and to secure the best results build the hotbed of concrete. Locate the bed on the sunny, wind protected side of a building. A four sash bed is usually large enough except for commercial purposes. A standard hotbed sash is three feet by six feet. Lay out the bed six feet eight inches wide by twelve feet ten inches long. The concrete walls are six inches thick. Dig the foundation trenches two feet six inches deep within, the lines given above. Make forms of one inch lumber to carry the south front, west front, six inches and the north (back) wall fourteen inches above ground. Forms are not required below ground walls. Note the tops of the two walls slope to the others. Before filing the forms with concrete test the dimensions of the bed by means of the sash. See that the sash lap the forms two inches on all sides.—Farm Progress. Sports In General By LEFT JAB Passing of Baseball Vets. It is noticed with saddening regret by old time fans that the names of at least five former stars are missing from the baseball roles this year. This is the first time in a decade of stirring diamond battles that the names of Lajole, Mathewson, Bender, Miner Brown and maybe Jimmy Archer will not appear as active participants. Lajole will no longer throw terror into the hearts of young pitchers, Matty and Miner Brown will never again fight one of those duels between the A. Photo by American Press Association. Nap Lajoie, Who Is Missing From the Ranks This Season. Cubs and Giants, and that cruel grin of Chief Bender will no longer be a disturbing factor in a world's series. Those boys are done. Of these baseball immortals Matty will remain in the limelight as manager of the Cincinnati Reds, but he has given up all hope of being able to pitch again. The arm that in the past has been worth as much as a half million dollars to the New York club will act merely as a semaphore on the coaching lines. Nothing New For Cullop. Nick Cullop, the Yankees' star heaver and leading pitcher of the American league, was formerly with the Cleveland Indians. Last year he worked for the Kansas City Federal league team, and finished the season in a tie with Eddie Plank for third place in the league's pitching records. Both pitches won twenty-one games and lost eleven. Charley White May Go to Australia. Realizing that his chance of another match with Welsh is almost out of the question and having a desire to see other lands, Charley White through his manager, Nate Lewis, has opened negotiations with Snowy Baker for several fights in Australia. Honors For G. Carpentier Georges Carpentier, the famous French pugilist, who is now a flying man, has been proposed for the military medal. Carpentier already has been decorated with the war cross. Captain For Each Event Harry university has instituted a new system of having a captain for each track and field event, who will be in charge of all candidates, reporting for the event. Honors Famous Athlete. Poe field at Princeton has been named in honor of Johnny Poe, former Princeton football star, who was killed while fighting in France for the allies. "Prof" Boosts Stanford Sports. Dr. Frank Angell has been active in promoting athletics at Stanford university for twenty years. He heads the faculty athletic committee. New York Leads In Autos. New York leads in the number of automobiles registered with 250,105. Ohio is second, with 203,705. MINERALS IN MILK. Great Value of Leguminous Roughages in Feeding Cows. Dairy cows ordinarily cannot digest from rations of the usual character sufficient mineral matter to meet the demands made by heavy milk production, says the Kansas Farmer. This conclusion has been reached by nutrition experts, at the Ohio experiment station after two years' investigations with cows yielding large quantities of milk. These specialists also say that even when the common practical rations are supplemented with large amounts of calcium carbonate and bone flour the cows still give off or use in milk production mora lime than they can digest from their rations. To meet this demand for heavy milk production the cows must draw upon the mineral substance of their skeletons. Further attempt is being made by the use of more readily soluble lime salts to learn whether a cow can absorb as much lime as she gives off during heavy milk production. The results obtained thus for emphasize the value of continuous roughages in milk production. Without liberal allowance of such feeds the loss of minerals from the bones becomes excessive and predisposes to disorders of nutrition. What Other Women Are Talking About A. Yellowls, burnt orange and brick red are the colors of this Paisley chiffon blouse, which is offset by a border of brick red chiffon studded with square bone buttons. The fabrik is so richly ornate that the simple lines used achieve a most attractive result. BAD TASTE IN FURNITURE. A Preachment About Good Lines and Hard Woods. It must have been William Morris who discovered the bad state of things, for he was the most conspicuous member of the pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, the group of persons who banded themselves together to see if they could not better matters. To make way for better things the bad had to be done away, and Morris faithfully crushed against the anti-macassar, the whatnot, the floral carpet, the gilded chair, the old black haircloth and the bideous furniture of the time. He fell short of absolute success because he tried to create a new and better thing. If he had only turned the tide backward and resurrected the beautiful furniture of the eighteenth century the world would have been just so much more full of good and beautiful things. Instead, he made possible by his movement the simplicity of the newer furniture, which, if not a thing of beauty in itself, cleared the decks for action, so that when its time was run somebody else would cast the necessary backward glance. All this, of course, has taken up until this twentieth century. The backward glance happened some years before the merchants began to feature period styles. In between people realized that there had never been displayed such genius as the designing of furniture in the bygone time. They took to it as ducks to water. Its vogue had increased and grown until the whole modern furniture trade has bent its back to accomplishing this business properly. IN TRAINING. HARD SHIP ECONOMY SYSTEM CONSERBAN TION PREMIERMENT THE POWER SELF BENEAL EUROPE MILITARY TRAINING EXTERSHIP NABIT CONCENTRATED EFFORT PLENTY OVER CONFIDENCE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE MUCH PRATICES LACK OF SYSTEM THE MUCH PRATICES WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP BATTLE OF EFFICIENCY TO BE FOUGHT IN THIS RING AFTER THE WAR What the Commonest Vegetables Do For Your Liver. Every vegetable garden is a medicine chest recognized by physicians as of considerable value in the treatment of diseases. Onions; for example, contain sulphur oil and are recommended for insomnia and as an aid to gastric digestion. They also help to allay rheumatic pain. Turnips and parsnips have peculiarly principles which are of value as an aperient and diuretic. They are also claimed to be good for coughs and hoarseness. Carrots are useful for correcting derangements of the liver. They are excellent as a dressing for painful wounds and swellings. The tomato exercises medicinal effects not completely explained by the presence of alkaline salts. There is a principle present which, in a concentrated state, produces salivation and a free stimulation of the liver. New enameled pans, if placed in a pan of water and allowed to come to a boil and then cool, will be found to last much longer without burning or cracking. If milk is heated until lukewarm, then chilled suddenly, there will be much more cream. The skin which will form should be removed by straining through muslin. If copper pans are not very carefully cleaned there is danger that they may poison the food cooked in them. Salt dissolved in alcohol will often remove grape spots from clothing. MEDICINAL GARDENS. Household Helps. Instruction and Amusement For Children SIMPLICITY THE KEYNOTE OF HOUSE FURNISHING What kind of curtains shall I have for the living room? What shall be the color of the new wall paper for the dining room? These are questions that continually confront the housewife and that require care in answering in order that the home may be a harmonious whole. A knowledge of the principles of sim- plicity, neatness and sincerity as applied to house furnishings is necessary, according to Miss Grace Averill, assist- ant in home art in the Kansas State Agricultural college. "Many persons have the idea that it costs a great deal to furnish a home tastefully, but this is not true" says Miss Averill. "A few simple furnishings, moderate in price, that go well together are in better taste than a profusion of costly articles that are unrelated. Having only a few necessary pieces of furniture in a room helps to give an air of spaciousness. This is a valuable principle to follow in furnishing the small house. "The floor and walls should be finished in neutral tones in order to form a background for the furnishings and also for the persons who will occupy the room." Smartly Said. Worry is the undertaker's advance agent. Every white lie paves the way for a black one. As a rule, the good dodger does not have to stand many bumps. The chap with nothing on his mind generally has a lot on his tongue. Fools jump on the accelerator where angels would pull on the emergency brake. Next to wisdom, the ability to look like ready money is probably most to be desired. The cooling dove of courtship sometimes becomes the sereech owl of matrimony. It is evident that a lot of us are not going to cut as much lee in the eyes of posterity as we foolishly imagine we shall. Some old fashioned winters seem to have a more disastrous effect on the weather prophet than others. Tomato Toast. Warm the contents of a can of tomato toes and add a little butter and salt. Pour, over slices of, fresh buttered toast and serve hot. "Doubt It" Should Be Played With Two Packs. Any number of persons can play this game of cards, which should be played with two packs. The cards are dealt around in turn one at a time till all are given out. The player at the left of the dealer selects a card from his hand and places it in the center of the table face down, but naming the number of spots or rank of the card. It is not necessary to mention the suit or color. The next player puts down a card in the same way, saying it is the next in order, but if he has it or not he may place any card he chooses, still declaring it to be the next card needed. If any member of the party doubts it he can shout "Doubt it" and the card is examined. If it proves to be not as declared the one who played it must take all the cards on the table. If the card proves to be the one declared the doubter must take all the cards. 1. The object of the game is to get rid of the cards, and the one who is first out of them beats. If a player tries to cheat by putting down two cards at once and is discovered he is obliged to take all the cards played. The playing should be done as quickly as possible. A BIRD THAT DIGS. The Kingfisher Can Make a Tunnel Six or More Feet Long Six or More Feet Long. The kingfisher is the greatest digger of our birds. Deep into a sand or clay bank he digs until he has built a tunnel six feet or more long. He then hollows out a little underground room at the end, in which his mate lays her eggs. The kingfisher is much larger than a robin a handsome bird, with a blush gray back, a crested head and, a white breast with a gray band across it. He is usually seen sitting on a tree or stump on the edge of the stream or lake where he gets his food. A ripple on the surface of the water shows a minnow swimming below, and down below, spearing it with his long, sharp bill. Then he flies back to his perch, shakes off the water and catches his catch. The Indians think the kingfisher stocks their lakes with fish. They say that when a kingfisher finds a lake without fish, he catches one in another lake and drops it into the lake which has none. Home Rules For Young. Shut every door after you and without slamming it. Let your first last and best conidant in your mother. Don't make a practice of shouting, jumping or running in the house. Never interrupt any conversation; but wait patiently your turn to speak. The Sunday School Lesson THE BEEF Here is an interesting picture, children. You wouldn't, perhaps, consider it good fortune or a SPECIAL occasion when you received a smoking hot bowl of soup. But it's not so with the soldier in the trenches. He must be satisfied with whatever food his companions behind the lines can get, to him. Occasionally he does get a real treat if he should, get out of the trenches alive. A French society called "pot au feu" in French, or "pot on the fire" in English, makes a business of giving the French soldiers hot soup whenever possible, and then the fighter thinks he is quite fortunate and eats it to the last drop, as the man in the picture is doing. Text of the lesson, John xil, 1-17. Memory verses, 14-15. Golden Text. Mark, x, 44. The last evening of the most wonderful life ever lived on this earth had come. The living and true God in human but not sinful flesh had been on earth over thirty-three years, thirty years in the humble Nazareth home and over three years in His public ministry, filled with the Holy Spirit, going about doing good and healing all that, were oppressed of the devil, for God was with Him (Acts x, 38). This was the passover with which He had so desired to keep with them before He suffered (Luke xxii, 15, 16). The time had come to which He had looked forward before the world was (1 Pet. 20, and, notwithstanding all their blindness and unbelief He was still loving this little company whom He had chosen to be His disciples. There is a lot of comfort in the first verse of our lesson, with which I have in my mind Jer. xxii, 3, and rejoice in the fact that He still loves this bit of His property, although he knew it so thoroughly before I ever heard Him say that He loved and gave Himself for me (6a1, ii, 20). Peter and John having made ready the passover feast in the upper room to which the Lord Himself had directed them, He sat down with the twelve, saying he took part with them that He would not eat of it any more nor drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God should come. Then He instituted the supper by which we commemorate His death till He shall come again. Some time during the evening there was a strife among them as to which of them should be accounted the greatest-1 suppose in the kingdom of which He had spoken—and He had to teach them again that lowness was true greatness and He was among them as one who served (Luke xxii, 7:30; Matt. xx, 28). Verse 2 reads in the revised version "during supper" instead of "supper being endled" and that the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot to betray Him. In Luke xxii, 1-6, we read that before the feast Judas had been to the chief priests and had agreed with them to betray Him unto them. Yet here he is at the table with the others as if he was a true disciple and none of the others had any suspicion that he was not. See verses 18:30. What a desperate hypocrite the devil can make of a person when he is allowed to take control: If we allow his suggestions to enter our hearts he will soon enter in himself (verses 227). How infinitely patient was our Lord to tolerate the presence of shade a one and to wash his feet with the others. How a French Soldier Here is an interesting picture, child it good fortune or a SPECIAL occasion bowl of soup. But it's not so with the satisfied with whatever food his comp. Occasionally he does get a real treat alive. A French society called "pot a in English, makes a business of giving ever possible, and then the fighter thin the last drop, as the man in the picture Game of Adjectives. This may be quite amusing. A slip of paper and pencil are given to each player, who must then write a number of adjectives upon the slip. The slips are collected and given to the principal player, who has undertaken to read aloud a short story, substituting the adjectives on the slips for those already in the story. The adjectives must be taken as they come and not picked out to suit the story. The result is sometimes very laughable as for instance: "The pretty rilinoceros is a very graceful animal. It is very selfish in its habilies, and lively near lakes or rivers. Its gorgeous skin is so soft that special bullets are require to pierce it," etc. The Lion's Tongue. The lion's tongue is so rough that it can be used to rasp the flesh from the honey. The horny, clawlike papillae, or gristles, are nearly a quarter of an inch long. It has been said that the cat uses her prickly tongue in the same way, but she uses it chiefly as a comb. as He seems to have done, knowing all the time how devil possessed he was. The key to His great humility, His grace to do the lowest things and to be patient with the devil himself and to bear such fault and injury as came upon Him is seen in verse 3. He knew who He was, that He came from heaven and was going back home and that the Father had given all things into His hands. He was not aiming to be somebody, for He was the only real somebody that ever lived. Reni greatness can stoop gracefully to lowest service, but it is impossible to those who are aiming at greatness. Only as we believe that we are really what God says we are, because of our being redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, can we walk worthy of such a high calling. We are not aiming to be children of God and joint heirs with Christ, for such we are by our receiving Him (John 1, 12; I John 1, 1, 2; Rom. vill, 16, 17). But being such by free grace we should hold ourselves ready for any service by which we can glorify Him. His sevenfold act of verses 4, 5, as He rose from the supper and prepared to minister to them is suggestive of perfect humiliation in order to perfect service. This act of ministry in the matter of water for their feet was within the reach of any of them, but people who are striving for greatness, as they were, are not apt to think that any lowly service is in their line. Water for the feet was an act of common courtesy, as in Gen. xvii, 4, and implied in Luke vii, 44. Having done for them what any of them might have done, He said, "I have given you an example that you should do as I have done to you" (verses 12-17). When Peter objected to allowing Him to wash his feet His reply; "If I wash the树 not thou hast no part with me" (verse 8), might well search us all and lead us to ask. Can I truly say "Unto Him who loved me and washed me from my sins in His own blood?" (Rev. 1, 5). Then to Peter's request for more thorough washing His reply, "He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit," suggests the difference between a slimmer's being washed once for all and the daily cleansing of a believer. As Christians we are in constant touch with the defilements of sin and the world and need continually the washing with water by the word of Eph. v. 26. This He will let us do for one another provided if is done lovingly, with water neither too hot nor too cold. It is possible that no sentence in this lesson is more often quoted than verse 7. "What I do thou knowest not now, but thou shalt know heafter," whichever may have both a near and a faroff interpretation. For Children Soldier Gets His Soup children. You wouldn't, perhaps, consider when you received a smoking hot soldier in the trenches. He must be cautions behind the lines can get to him. If he should, get out of the trenches feu" in French, or "pot on the fire" the French soldiers hot soup when he is quite fortunate and eats it to re is doing. Magic Milk It is not generally known to boys and girls that, though limewater is very clear and transparent as common spring water, if one chances to breathe or blow on it the liquid becomes as white as milk. The best way to try this experiment is to put some powdered quicktime into a bottleful of cold water. Shake thoroughly at intervals for a day. Allow the bottle to remain undisturbed for a day, when the clear limewater may be poured off from the sediment; which will have gathered. Fill a wineglass, or tumbler with the limewater and blow through the liquid with a piece of clean straw or a glass tube. In a few seconds the water will be turbed into milk. This is a very amusing experiment, and its result is, of course, unerring. What is the difference between a ootle of medicine and a troublesome boy. One is to be well shaken before taken, the other to be taken and then shaken. Bombarded by Steam By WALTER ULMER DURING the second year of the pan-European war I commanded a 2,000 ton tramp steamer called the Alax. I left Smyrna in August, 1915, with a cargo of rugs and other Asiatic goods for the port of New York. I was obliged to steam through the Greek archipelago, which I knew afforded fine nesting for corsairs. I did not fear Greeks, but I dreaded Asiatics from the opposite eastern coast. If I could get through to the open Mediterranean sea I would feel a reasonable expectation of getting my cargo to America and a large profit. One day while passing between two Greek islands I was called from the noon meal by the lookout, who reported a small craft resembling a tug putting out from a cove and steering a course with the evident intention to head us off. Through my glass I saw that she carried the German flag. Now, I did not believe that any German craft would be sailing in those waters, which were occupied by the allied fleets, especially the British. If this one were really German I was of the opinion that she was a tender for a submarine. However, I could only wait and learn. I kept on my course, watching in every direction for a periscope, till the tug—for such she proved to be—was close on to my bows. Through my glass I could see on her deck a number of men in sailor costume who might be in the German service; but, judging from their swarthy complexions, they were Astatics. One man who appeared to be commander wore the uniform of a German naval officer, but I believed he had obtained it without having a commission. He was whiter than his men and might have been a European. One thing I thought particularly—there was no appearance of cannon. Whatever armament there was doubtless consisted of such weapons as could be wielded by individuals. However, while I looked a port was opened and the nose of a little barker appeared. It was as terrifying as a bull pup. I did not believe it could sink us, though it might put our machinery out of commission. With its appearance the commander of the tug called through a megaphone something in German which one of my men who understood the language thought to be a demand for surrender. A submarine was ready to blow us out of water. We were given ten minutes to take to the boats. Never was there a more palpable case of bluff. There was no submarine, nothing which could be relied on to sink us. We were in danger of being boarded and overpowered by Asiatic pirates playing the submarine act. Though I was not deceived, I confess it looked to me that the only chance for our lives was to take to the boats and leave our cargo to the pirates. There were a few small arms aboard, but not enough of them or men to use them to put up an adequate defense. But we had a means of defense that I had often thought of using in case of being attacked by the small enemies that infest certain Aslatic coasts. I determined to try it now. I had plenty of hose, and I ordered it attached to the steam cockets of the boiler. There were two hose which could be used separately. I asked for more time from the pirate and was told that not a minute would be granted. So I ordered the men to pretend to begin the work of lowering the boats, and they made a great ado with the ropes, but accomplished nothing. During the few minutes they were thus engaged we were attaching the hose to the boiler and running the nozzles on deck, where they were hidden under the gumwale. When all was ready I ordered the men away from the boats, and word was shouted to the pirate that if he wanted our ship to come and take it or if he intended to blow us up to do so. This was evidently not in his calculations. There was a conference among them; then we could see arms brought on deck. It was evident that they intended to board us. Meanwhile they ran up against us and were about to lash to us when I took a hose end, pointing it down at them, sent a stream of scalding water among them, which caused them to desist and get out of range as soon as possible. A number of them had been scalded just enough to make them furious with pain, and, after taking time to consider, they launched a rowboat cartled on their deck and manned it, and while the tug came under our bows the rowboat approached our stern. There was some protection for them both fore and aft, but as soon as a man appeared at either point he received a dose of steam that sent him howling back, and some of them were knocked into the brine. This plan having failed, both boarding parties retreated and, joining forces on the tug, began to pepper us with their little barker. I sent men below to plug holes that might be made under water; but, fearing damage to our boiler which would put us at their mercy, I determined to assume the offensive. Pointing the vessel straight at the tug before she could get out of the way, I ran alongside of her and drove every man below with scalding water. It was now evident that I had mastered them, and, putting on all steam, I showed them a clean pair of heels. In a few hours I was clear of the archipelago and in due time reached New York, where I sold my cargo at a splendid profit. Wisdom provides things necessary, not superfluous. Solon Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. McORARY, MANAGER. J. B. McORARY, EDITOR FRIDAY MAY 4. 1917. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Entered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. B. Address all communications to J. B. McORARY, 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 viability soon week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year. $1 00 ix Months. 78 Three Months. 40 Single Copy. 05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. NOTICE. Each Auxiliary in the Mount Olive District is expected to raise the amount of 75c each and send said amount to the pres. Mrs. M. J. Blake, at Unity Ill., for representation fee and delegates expense to the State General Association to meet in Carbondale on Tuesday before the 4th Lord's day in May with Hopewell Baptist church. Done by order of the Board. M. J Blake. President. Willie Greer. Secretary. Don't fail to visit The Grand Leader Cafe, 9th and Pearl Sts. Perfectly sanitary from floor to ceiling Open every day and night. Congenial and polite service measured to all. Good order and fair treatment is our "Motto" Our Chef are of the very best. We serve Parties, with the best of service. We handle fresh light bread if we can get your patronage. We handle choice candies and cream. You are always welcome and will receive a warm reception The only way to get the genuine New Home Sewing Machine is to buy the machine with the name NEW HOME on the arm and in the legs. This machine is warranted for all time. No other like it No other as good The New Home Sewing Machine Company, ORANGE, MASS. 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 pet dog of yours is included in that number." Show thou art but sure of a minute, do not throw away an hour ... Franklin. $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 deestroying 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 cO., Tole-do, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for consti- pation. Judge George Sawyer, formerly of this city and ex county judge, of of Marion, was in the city the 2nd to say good by to his old friends as he will soon leave for the far west to reside. Mrs. Mary Reeves, went to Paducah, Saturday, returning Monday. Mr. Ernest Nichols has just returned from a visit in Madisonville, Ky., accompanied by a cousin, Miss Georgia Prichett. Wesdames L. B. Dukes, Adelaide McClary, Miss Margie Tandy were called to Princeton, Ky. Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Susie Hall, a sister of the two former and aunt of the latter. Mrs. Minnie Nuel, accompanied them. Edgar McCrary, went Tuesday. They have all returned. Mrs. Mary Pierce, received a messae Wednesday stating that her son, Charlie had been killed in some way while at work. We must urge that those who have not paid their subscriptions, to do so at once as we need our money to meet our obligations. We thank those who have paid us up to date. We have been asked to extend the time for raising the price of the paper to $1.50 per year, and we have decided to extend the time to May 1st, as the winter has been so hard. All those who want to take advantage of this rate $1.00 per year must do so before May 1st. Editor. The little grand-child of Mrs. wm Bogan of North Ferry Street died early Wednesday morning after several days illness. We are in sympathy with the family. This makes four to die of this family within a year. Miss Garnet Winmon returned Tuesday from Paducah, where she visited for several days. Mrs. wash Cobb, of 10th St. very suddenly Tuesday morning at her home. She had been in failing health for some time but no one thought she was any worse until she was found by a granddaughter Monday night unconscious. The doctor was called in and he pronounced her in a dangerous condition. Mrs. Martha Martin, (white) an old citizen died Wednesday morning after a brief illness. Rev. J. H. Hilley, the missionary for Mt. Olive Association, Sundayed at Unionville, where he assisted Rev. P. C. Cross in a ral y. He reports a pleasant time He stopped at Brookport, long enough Monday to visit the Unity Baptist edifice and speaks in glowing terms of the work of the members and pastor in erecting such a building. The pastor feels highly complimented, yet God be raised and not us. Rev. Hilly spent a day in our city the guest of Bro and Sister Scott. While here he visited our sanctuary. He left for Round Knob, and other points north of us. We wish him success and we expect to join him from time to time in the district work. Any time any of the churches desire our presence or advice, please command us as we are willing to bend our energy in serving the Baptists and the cause of the Master in our field of labor especially. Fine Strawberries, Lettuce, Beets, Onions, Beans and New Potatoes Friday night for Saturday morning, at the Grand Leader Cafe. Fried Fish every day at the Grand Leader Cafe. Remember our baptizing and rally, at Unity Baptist church, Brookport, next Sunday. We would like to raise $100.00 if possible. Come up to the mighty. That $ day friends, we are not only needy but deserving. Please help us. If you give to the poor you are lending to the Lord. Dr. C. C. Phillips, of Golconda, and Supt. of Missions, was in the city Saturday and Sunday and conducted services for Antioch Baptist church Sunday. He paid this office a pleasant call. Capt. A. Williams and Lieut. Horace Burke, have returned from Springfield, where they went on business. These words of Jesus rang out in the ears of Peter and the rest of the Apostles, not only while he was with them but long after his ascension and spurred them on to duty in carrying out the Great Commission and embolding them in throwing thunderbolts of gospel truth into the camps of wickness. The love for Christ and his sheep and lambs caused Peter and the rest to lose sight of self and self interest for the church of which He set up while on earth and died to save. Love for Christ constrains love for the church on sheep. No man, (pastor-shepherd) can have love for Christ and his sheep and, divide, dovour or scatter his sheep. Jer. 23:1. "Woe unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the Lord." Any man who for the sake of a few dollars and cents or for the sake of having his way or carrying out his point in a church and will allow himself to stay at a place just because he has the majority of members or because a few want him, when at the same time he cannot accomplish much good in said church and community does not only injure the cause of the Master but proves his disloyalty and at the same time shows that he is out of harmony with Jesus. God has a field for you if you will let him use you. Prof. McClelland Smith left for Chicago. Monday for an indefinite stay. UNIONVILLE ILL. Dear Editor: Please allow me space in your valuable paper to say we had a high day Sunday at Siloam Baptist church Rev. P. Cross, is pastor of this church is getting along nicely they have a very nice Sunday School. At 11:00 a m. we had a grand sermon by Rev. A Crim also at 3:00 p. m. Rev. Hilly preached a soul stirring sermon. At night Rev. Hilly the missionary preached us another strong gospel sermon. Yours for the cause Wanted—An idea Anyone can help caring to present their ideas to their customers. THE JOHN WISDOMER & CO. Washington, D. C., for their 2012 price offer and to help their business. There are several vacant churches in Southern Illinois, and good pastors are very much in need, especially in the Mt. Olive District. We need broad men, men who are able to construct and reach the unreached and unsaved. We need and must have a good sound gospel minister in the Mt. Olive District for Missionary. Who will it be? It will require an able man, of exceptional qualifications one apt to teach, pray for the work and that God will send more laborers into this vineyard. Where are the license ministers? of our churches? Have the churches been making and encouraging young men to prepare for the ministry to take the places of those who have passed into their reward, and others who will shortly do so? We must have recruits to fill the places made vacant or soon the Baptist pulpits and churches will be lost for leaders The churches and older ministers have made a sad mistake by not encouragifg the younger men. They turned down their own for others and now you are in dire need of men, your own men who should follow in the footsteps of their fathers. The crisis is upon us, turn your eyes upon the harvest and see that the laborers are very few indeed. Will you correct this evil by appaciating your young men "Take what you have and make what you want," you can make strong preachers if you will The Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, will convene in her Second quarterly Session, with the above named church, on Thursday before the (3rd) Sunday in April 1917. Dear Brethren:—We are about 20 days late, and yet we are in time to make the fourth coming Session a splendid one; if each member of the Board will work to that end. Since winter is over and Spring is here, let each one get busy, and do his share. This is Moderator McCrary's firs year in the chair, and as long as he is right we don't want him to fear. Let us do our best to bring up our share, and make this one of the greatest banner year. We regret to say that our missionaries are gone to the City above, and the home beyond. Rev. I. W. Winston and J. W. Braddock, both bowed their heads to deaths miraculous knock. Hence in the above meeting we must do our work over if we want some one to travel this District over. Please be on time, and don't get weary, because we've got to get a man that will go in a hurry. Please don't let this become an offense, but just bring along some money to hold bear the expense. Please don't forget the time. On Thursday morning about half past nine, at Sparta, Ill. on the M. and O. line, April 12, 1917. Rev. J. B. McCray, Mod. MARY C. FORMADE Before I used it, my hair was short and coarse, long, and oak and ally that I can do it. UCLA TEEN dose, removes Dandruff, feeds the Roots of the hair, and makes it grow long, soft and silky. After using a few times you can tell the difference, and after a little while it will grow. Write to the office if it up to you. If Excelente don't do us we claim, we will give your money back. 258 by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE. Write For Particulars. EXCELENTE MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. The Art of Grooming Slumber commences at the extremities, beginning with the feet and legs. That is why it is always necessary to keep the feet warm.—Family Doctors Dignamlem. Dignam tells us: "There are scap risks in business. The wise man asks his competitors to take thers." Dear Co-workers, this has been a severe winter, sickness and death has invaded our ranks to the extent that it has kept us from being as active in our visits as or our pen as we might have been. But those of us whom the Lord has seen fit to spare must do service for Him, and we must be up and doing. We want to achieve many good things in His name this year. Dear Sisters, the State Association is right at hand, only two months and a few days; so if we have not been busy let us get busy and stay busy. We can accomplish much in that time if we can get the co-operation of the pastors; the greatest pull back we have is from our pastors, who are holding their churches out of the State Association that is why we wave not the women to work with us, they say "Our church is not not in yet." Dear pastors the Lord has sent you to lead the people not to hold them back. Why not loose the women and let them come to our rescue? Advise them to come, lead them in. No you stand in the way and say we will wait and see what they are going to do. Instead of saying "come on, let's go up and make the State Association a real thing, let's make it what God wants it to be. Don't you know you are loosing grounds while you are waiting. You Sisters of the Baptist, cause, get after your pastors entreat them to represent in the State Association which convenes in the beautiful City of Carbondale, Ill.. May 22 to 26th, so that you can join in the work of the women. When the minutes come out with so few names of our good and worthy women, it makes the public wonder if that is all the Baptist women of the State of Illinois. I say, no no no, but the pastors are keeping them at home to work for them and will not give them a chance to come out and do a greater work for the Master. They forget the commission is to "go into all the world and make disciples. We must start with the churches, then the district, then the state, then the nation ect but, dear sisters, if you cannot get your church and pastor to enlist in this state work, come and join us individually: be so determined that the women's work shall be second to none, that we will become annual members and carry on the work just the same. It will not hinder your local work but will prepare you for it. We need you, God needs you, and does not intend for man to hinder you from doing His bidding. Now, let every Baptist woman in the State of Illinois take up arms and say on to Carbondale on May 22nd. Our watchword is, Forward; our motto is, One Lord, one faith, one baptism. I am lying in bed sick writing this letter, and as near as the time is at hand I may not be able to meet you, but the Lord knows best, and just what He wants me to do, and I am striving to do just that; and if it pleases him to call me in before the meeting, all will be well; since He will me off the battlefield and w in Hjs name. Now, dear baptist w o please read and consider w have said and remember tha Saviour is an individual Sa and wants each one to play H her part, so do not hide you ent but come and join us, help do a great work for Master. No organization is right if it is not a free play of individual no organization for church se is worth while if it does not oister directly to co-operate In the churches individuals a free play and yet cooperate u the law of the Master with fellow members. The State E M. Association is an orga tion where the individual can work and we as chur must come as quickly as posse to the place where in every er prise we are prosecuting, e member of the church will b it according to the measure his or her ability. Just as in the battle, a soldier is to stand in his place do his part; so in the State Women's Educational Missionry Association, ev Baptist woman is expected stand in her place and do part, and may God help us to that this year. Do not forget the art a needle work department, Y. S. S. class can report, your B. P. U., your young ladies and o ladies Sewing Circle, also you Cradle Roll and Children's Bath all can reprent in Carbondale May from 22nd to 26th. May the blessings of a Merci Father rest upon you and direct your way is the prayer of you humble servant. Bettie Wilkerson, President. Statement of the Ownership, Managem ent, Etc., Required by the Act Congress of August 24, 1912. of Metropolis foy April 1917 State of Illinois, County of Massasau. Before me, a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforefaid, personally appeared J. B. McCrary, who having been duly sworn according to law deposes and says that he is the Editor and owner of the Metropolis Gazette and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses of publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers are: Publisher, J. B. McCrary. Metropolis, Illinois Editor, J. B. McCrary...... Metropolis, Illinois Managing Editor, E. S. B. McCrary, Metropolis, Illinois Business Managers M. J. McCrary, Metropolis, Illinois. Geo. L. B. McCrary..... Metropolis, Illinois. 3. That the bondholders, mortagees, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortagees, or other securities are none. J. B. McCrary, Publisher. S sworn to and subservied before me the 31st day of March 1917. (Seal) COLPAX MORNIS. (My commission expires July 12, 1918) Origin of Christening Shiva The ceremony of christening ships is a survival of a barbaric custom when sacrificial were made to the gods, and some living victim or offering was held up and its throat cut so that the blood flowed over the prow of the ship being launched. The vessel was baptised in warm blood. Now sprinkling wine or pure water is used, and the change has many advantages, though the symbolism remains.