Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE --- The Great Club Campaign contest between the auxiliaries of First Baptist church will close Wednesday night. May it 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. Representatives. Club Rev. J. B. cCrary, Iss lzora Rodgers. club, Rev. I. S. Stone airs. L. B. Duke. rev. Berry Thomas. le, Prof. E. S. McCrary r. John Anderson: introducing candidatea by Representative Candidate for Silver Leaf Club Rev. J. Representative Miss Izora Ro Candidate, Industrial Club, Rev. I. Represented by Mrs. L. B. D. Nehemiah's Band, Rev. Berry T Represented by Candidate, Sunny Juvenile, Prof. E. Represented by Mr. John And introducing candidates by Representatives. Candidate for Silver Leaf Club Rev. J. B. cCrary, 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 t 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. MAYORALITY CONTEST OF CLUBS Closed Wednesday Night. May 10th 1917. Received Silk Umbrella --- ```markdown ``` Everbody is cordially invited. PROGRAM. Song Invocation Reading Vocal Solo Reading Solo, Instrumental Reading NOTICE 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 opprtunity 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 if need be, the church is given Congregation Mrs. Florence Masterson Miss Love M. Phillips Miss Anna V. Roberts Mrs. H. G. Burke Maceo Stahls Dr. J. F. Thomas, Moderator. Dr. W. P. Washington, Corresponding Secretary ELDER J. B. MCCRARY, ELECTED MOTTO : "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." Shoe Clearance KREBS DRY GOODS & CLOTHING CO. LOT NUMBER I. Ladies Oxfords, Pumps and strap sandals in vici, patent and kid, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 shoes now market at only 95c LOT NUMBER 4. 95c Ladies shoes in a wide range of the most desirable materials and shapes. These shoes were formerly marked at $3.50 and $4.00 but are now $1.45 LOT NUMBER 7. Misses and Childrens shoes and boots of vici, patent and kid. Extra good values at the regular prices of $1.00, $1.25, and $1.50, but now they have been marked 45c 45c REV. J. B. MCCRARY. The Mayorality contest of clubs of the 1st Baptist church of Metropolis, the campaign Wednesday nightat 11:00 p. m. Elder J, B. McCrary, who was a candidate of the Silver Leaf club, running on the Re, ublican ticket was elected and awarded the first prize, a silk umbrella, having 10,600 votes $53.04 Mrs. Mattie Fossie, President, Mrs. Bessie Cork, Clerk Rev. Berry Thomas, candidate for Nehemiah's running on the Progressive ticket won the second honors, and recieved second prize, that of a gold watch chain, receiving 7,124 votes $35.62. Bro. James Townly, President, Bro. Norris Turner, Clerk. Eldez L. S. Stone, pastor of the St. LOT NUMBER 2. Ladies Oxfords, Pumps and Strap Sandals in the most desirable materials. They were $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 but are now $1.45 LOT NUMBER 5. Misses and Childrens oxfords and pumps in vici, kid and patent leather, they were good values at $1.00 and $1.25 but are now marked down to 45c 45c Supply your future wants as well as present needs during this big shoe clearance—Prices like this come but seldom. REB Paul A. M. E. church, candidate for Industrial club, running on the Democratic ticket, received 6,434 votes $82: 17. Mrs, Lee Belle Dukes, President, Mrs. Princess Bell Clerk. Prof. Edgar S. B. McCrary, candidate for the Sunny Juvenile children, running on the Prohibition ticket, received 4,764 votes $28.82. Mrs. Minnie Albritton, President, Necie Belle Dukes, Clerk. In the quilt contest, Mrs. Bennie Jackson, won the 1st prize, a fancy quilt (the lost bird). The second prize went to Mrs. Vienna Ford, vase and set of glasses. For soliciting the most money for the Sunny Juveniles was awarded little Minnie Griggs, a doll. Mrs. Lee Belle Dukes the promoter of this contest deserves much credit for the plan and LOT NUMBER 3. Ladies shoes and boots of kid, vici and patent. Good durable and well made shoes. They were $3.50 and $4.00 but are now marked at 95c BARGAINS 95c Don't miss this Saving Chance. LOT NUMBER 8. A large lot of Misses and childrens high grade shoes that were marked at $1.50 and $2.00, but which now will be cleared out at only 95c S DRY GO CLOTHING 95c zeal and the convention should present her a nice present. The final contest will close the 3rd Sunday in May. Total amount raised $149.65. The inauguration will take place the 3rd Sunday in May. Come see the Mayor take his seat and hear the address. The editor considers that the best work was done by the children, especially Edgar McCrary. 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 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. Bargains like these don't last long. LOT NUMBER 6. Misses and Childrens oxfords and pumps in vici, patent and kid. Good durable slippers for their price of $1.50 and $2.00 but now they're 95c 95c LADIES $4.00 PUMPS Oxfords, Pumps and Sandals in all new and desirable shapes. $1.45 ODS & NG CO. Common Sense a 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." Invention of Cut Gloss Pressed glass was invented by an humble carpenter of Eadwich, 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 choss. Biggest Bridge Now Spans Hell Gate's Tides Photos by American Press Association. Remarkable Span Across Swirling Currents of East River at Cost of $27,000,000 Is Now Ready For Use—It Connects Two of Our Great Railroad Systems—Over All It Is Six Miles Long. AFTER nearly five years of work the bridge over Heil Gate, connecting Long Island with the mainland, has been completed. This important work completes the plans for improvements in and around New York, which were projected by the late A. J. Cassatt when he was president of the Pennsylvania railroad and which have caused an expenditure of $150,000,000. The New York Connecting railroad, built jointly by the Pennsylvania railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, connects these two railroads and thereby forms an important link in the railroad system along the Atlantic coast. It establishes a continuous all rail route from Canada and the New,England states via New York city to the south and west. The New York Connecting railroad runs as a four track route from a point about one-half mile north of the Port Morris station of the Harlem division of the New Haven road, in the Bronx, to Astoria, in Long Island City, crossing the Bronx Kill, Little Hell Gate and the East river at Hell Gate by way of Randall's and Ward's islands. From Astoria the passenger trains will run into Sunnyside yard of the Pennsylvania railroad in Long Island City and thence through the East river tunnels into the Pennsylvania terminal at Thirty-fourth street, New York city. One Section Cost $27,000,000. The Hell Gate bridge is part of a ten mile project, and of this the East river division alone represents an outlay of $27,000,000 and covers a stretch of three and a half miles. The massive span has cost $12,000,000. It is an interesting illustration of what up to date American railroads are willing to spend in order to please their patrons and to shorten runs. The East river is a much bridged waterway, but from an engineering standpoint none of the other bridges is to be compared with the newest span. The entire project was conceived more than ten years ago when railroad men turned their minds to the problem of speeding passenger traffic through New York city and of hastening freight through or around the metropolis without increasing the congestion existing even then. To help them to a solution they called to their aid the best engineering talent. The outcome of the combined studies of the experts was a route that would allow passenger traffic to and from New England to pass through the Pennsylvania terminal on Manhattan, using both the Hudson and the East river tubes, while freight trains would traverse the borough of Queens and Brooklyn to the Bay Ridge shore, where they would be ferried across the bay to the Greenville pliers. The whole line was fairly plain sailing with the exception of one staggering obstacle, Hell Gata "Could It Be Done?" It Could. The character of that waterway offered natural difficulties enough, and these were augmented by the volume of traffic threading that tortuous, turbulent route. It was impossible to build false works which might interfere with shipping, and to be profitable it was necessary that the bridge should be wide enough and strong enough to carry four tracks and to bear the burden of heavily laden trains. Here was an economic prerequisite that was enough to balk the best engineering cunning, and yet if the project was to pay a bridge of that capacity had to be provided. Could it be done? There was nothing in the way of a precedent to answer the question. The whole scheme hinged upon the building of this particular link, and that seemed to most people quite impracticable. Not so, however, to Gustav Lindenthal, the engineer. How well he planned, and how well the workers wrought is evidenced today. Mr. Lindenthal has a modest way of speaking of this latest monument to his technical skill. "To an engineer one bridge differs from another only in GUARDING THE BIG BRIDGE STRIKING FEATURES OF HELL GATE ARCH BRIDGE Length, 1,036 feet 10 inches between tower faces, 955 feet 18 inches center of bearings on masonry and 977 feet 6 inches center to center of end hinges. Height of top chord of arch above elevation of end hinges at end posts 140 feet and at center 260 feet 255 feet. Truck floor 150 feet above mean low water. Heaviest bottom chord section 150 tons (shipping weight), 185 tons (erection weight). Material, high carbon steel, 65,000 to 76,000 pounds per square inch ultimate strength. Total weight of steel, 20,000 tons. Total load load per lineal foot, 50,700 pounds. The arch was erected by canli- levering out from both sides of the river. Four 3,000 ton hydraulic jacks were used to lift the arch trusses for adjustment. Reinforced concrete towers with granite facing, heavily reinforced track floor. Dimensions of towers at ground surface, 140 feet by 104 feet. Top of tower, 250 feet above mean low water. magnitude," he said, "much as one egg is bigger than another egg. All such structures have basic principles that persist no matter what may be their proportions. "The Hell Gate bridge is mainly different from other steel arches because of its length and its exceptional weight. These features imposed certain mechanical problems that had to be met, and to do so successfully it was necessary to devise special apparatus and facilities. No Breakdowns Recorded. "To begin with, there were reasons why an arch should be adopted instead of a cantilever span, the ends of the arch to be supported by fanking towers of masonry and there hinged so that the half sections could be brought together finally at the center with the nicest sort of precision far above the unobstructed river. To control the growing weight of the outreaching half sections of the arch, hinged as they were at their bases, it was necessary to have means by which these sections could be lifted or lowered in order to bring them exactly together at the time of union. "To this end four extremely powerful jacks, each with a lifting capacity of 2,400 tons, were provided, and two of these were set on top of each of the bridge towers. At one time during the erection work these jacks raised the arch sections, representing thousands of tons aplece, a matter of twenty-one A BRIDGE PARTY IN JAPAN. It wasn't long after we landed before we saw the Japanese woman, the type that old Japan creates. She and some others were having a bridge party. Sounds inviting, but it wasn't. About twenty of them were driving piles for a new bridge. The sun was scorching, the timbers enormous and the man overseer was abusing them. For weren't they only women? Without education and with old Japan's idea of women crushing them down, they deemed themselves pretty fortunate to have even such work and the princely sum of 10 cents a day. No, it isn't enough for old Japan that the women should have a baby every year. They must work, work like men and animals. In Nikko we could see from a distance a long line of howed figures climbing the steep bank of the Capacity four track and one-half inches. And finally when the union was made with the central panel the joining arms were controlled so nicely in moving into place that a watch could have been suspended with safety within the closing jaws. "From start to finish the building of the bridge was carried along without a single mechanical breakdown of any importance. The rivets used in the spin are the biggest and longest ever employed, and their driving called for the use of the largest of pneumatic hammers. These tools were, of course, difficult to handle in the beginning, and it took some time to train the riveters to control them properly. They acquired the trick after awhile, and it was not until the men were thoroughly proficient that they were allowed on the actual job. "Some of the other special facilities were equally out of the ordinary run, and time and practice were necessary in order to make their management or manipulation accurate. Remember, while the heaviest sections of some other bridges are as ponderous as the heaviest used on the Hell Gate span, no other bridge in its entirety is so massive, and all of the great weights had to be hoisted into place and secured with the utmost precision. "At the center the top of the arch is 305 feet above mean low water and the closing panel weighed 300 tons. The lifting machinery was therefore of unusual capacity, and notwithstanding the extraordinary loads every part was raised and moved into position to a nicety." Nineteen Thousand Tons of Steel. Today the Hell Gate bridge represents a sustained mass of 19,000 tons of steel alone. From pier to pier the arch spans an interval of 1,017 feet. This far exceeds the reach of any other bridge of the same general design. The enormous weight is supported by two great massive towers of granite 250 feet high, and the ends of the bridge rest upon four ponderous shoes of cast steel, each weighing 500,000 pounds, the largest castings ever made. It is at these four points that the arch is hinged. The purpose of the hinges was to permit the bridge to be built temporarily on the cantilever principle and to allow ultimately for the leveling of the two sections of the arch as they approached each other and finally came near enough together to be joined. To describe the process of construction popularly it may be likened to a person standing upon a narrow ledge while leaning out over space with one arm extended backward and gripping the limb of a tree. The feet would represent the hinged shoes of the arch sections and the arm the temporary backstay at each tower which kept each growing half of the arch from falling into the swirling waters of Hell Gate. river Daliya, and on coming nearer we saw that they were old, old women, wrinkled and gray, carrying barrels—not baskets, but barrels of stone from the river bed to the road. Such is the reverence for age in Japan.—Jean Price in World Outlook. Ambition is a splendid servant, but a dangerous master. Have an ambition. You are not worth much and never will be worth much unless you have. Make it an ambition worth while and never forget to leave the selfishness in it with devotion to the human duty of service to humanity. Possibly it is better to have a bad ambition—certainly it is better to have a poor ambition—than no ambition at all. But an ambition, like an appetite, needs watching and controlling—Duluth Herald. Ambition. Valuable Farming Facts In going "through your wood lot cut the poor trees, the decaying and crooked ones, instead of the best ones. Do not take out the clover and leave the thistles. "Weed out the scrubs," is the advice given to dairymen by the state college of agriculture at Cornell university. In New York the "average" cow does not pay her board. Try some thoroughly slaked lime as a top dressing on your lawn this winter. Several doses give the best results, and one pound to each thirty square feet of lawn will be enough. Bulbs planted in flowerpots indoors should be kept in the dark at first, since this favors the development of a strong root system. Now is also the time to prepare for spring flowers by planting bulbs outside. In making plans for another season it should be remembered that a field where tomatoes have been affected with wilt is subject to the malady in succeeding years and must be abandoned for tomato culture. Potato bugs are largely responsible for spreading this disease from plant to plant. Onions that are exposed to the weather after pulling become tough and unclean in appearance and do not bring as much on the market as those that are kept dry. Leaves raked off the lawn now may be piled in some out of the way place and will give a supply of leaf mold for next year or the year after. They may be used to cover plants in the garden, although clean straw is better. Go over the shrubbery and tree plantings and locate the plants that are crowding and mark them for thinning late in winter or early spring. Do not use weedy hay or straw to cover the strawberries. Enough weeds will appear without deliberately sowing them in this way. Earth is about the best material for covering grapes, raspberries and even roses over winter. The plants must be well drilled. No water can be allowed to settle over them—Minnesota Station. Location of Hoghouse Windows A subscriber writes to the Orange Judd Farmer for information concerning the height from the floor of a hoghouse that windows should be placed to get the most sunshine to the back line of the pens on March 1. Following is the reply: The windows should be placed so that the pens will get the maximum ANGLE OF SUNSHINE RAYS 10M L.E.20M MAR 1 5'5" B B amount of sunlight at 10 o'clock and 2 o'clock on the day of farrowing. For March 1 farrowing and latitude 46 degrees north the top of the front windows should be five feet eight inches from the floor line and the top of the upper windows should be eleven feet three inches from the same line. This is suitable for a hoghouse twenty-four feet wide with eight foot pens on each side and an eight foot driveway through the center. Some Poultry Hints. The sitting hen must be protected from lice. She offers a splendid breeding place for these parasites, and unless something is done to check their growth in the nest the chickens will be hatched under serious handiap. Hens of certain varieties are naturally more productive than others, but even the best of them will fall short of doing their best work unless they are properly fed and cared for. It is good policy to feed the broods of chickens in separate places, for each will get his share and grow better if this plan is followed. Always be sure that every part of any enclosure where the turkey hen and poults are kept is well drained. Sometimes the hen will sit down at night in a low place, and a heavy rain will fill the depression with water and chill or drown the poults. Overcrowding causes fowls to sweat at night, and this soon rots the feathers at the roots. This is one reason why so many fowls shed feathers outside of the regular molting season. Dairy Cow Efficiency. With a good dairy cow the overhead charges are less in proportion to the work done than with a poor one, says C. H. Eckles, dairy husbandry department, University of Missouri. With a cow producing 150 pounds of fat a year more than half she consumes is used to maintain the body. The cow that makes 450 pounds of fat a year uses the same amount of feed to maintain her body, but it is only about 35 per cent of her total feed consumption. The remaining 65 per cent is used directly for milk making; hence a much larger proportion of her total ration is available for milk production, and the feed cost of a poultry of fat or of milk is lower. Tree Planting. Trees should not be shipped during the winter, as there is danger of freezing, but if there is a nursery near your trees may be bought and planted any time during the winter that the ground is dry enough. Fall or spring is best. POULTRY HOUSE SITE. High Ground Best Location For All Seasons of the Year. High ground is the best location for the poultry house, according to T. S. Townsley, assistant in poultry husbandry in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Dryness is a most important factor to be considered in the selection of a site for the poultry house. Dampness is one of the greatest enemies of poultry. The soil on which the house is built should have good drainage. This may be obtained by selecting high ground or soil that is sandy or of light gravel. A high location is desirable in winter also because of the air drainage. The cold air flows into low places and causes frozen combs and toes in poultry wintering there. A southern slope is preferable because it is warmest in winter and dries quickly after a rain. A northern exposure should be avoided, for it is cold in winter and warms up late in the spring. HIVING SWARMS OF BEES. It is not necessary to tear down part of a building or cut down a tree in order to hive a swarm of bees which are in either of these or any other place, according to Dr. J. H. Merrill, assistant entomologist in the Kansas State Agricultural college. Very little equipment is needed if one desires to hive a swarm which is in an old building or a tree. The first thing to do is to close all the openings except one. Over this opening place a bee escape or else a long wire cone shaped so that the bees can escape outward through the cone, but cannot get back. A hive containing full sheets or combs of foundation should be placed as near the escape as possible. In this hive one frame of brood should be placed, and the beekeeper should be sure that both eggs and batching larvae are present. The bees will soon begin to come out of the hollow tree or building and in a few days will all be in the hive. Within three or four weeks, when the bees are settled in the new hive and the queen bee is laying, the escape may be removed. The bees will then enter the hollow tree or the house and bring out the honey which they had stored there. After the honey has been entirely removed the hive may be removed to any other location desired. The entrance to the old tree or house should then be closed up. Banking the Poultry House. It is well to bank the poultry house even if you have a warm coop. It will keep the cold and dampness from entering the house from the bottom and will give extra protection to the birds. If your house is so located that the spring thaw will let the water into the coop this banking will aid materially in turning the water. It is well in such a case to dig a trench about the coop, so that when the spring rains come the water will be carried away from the coop. Where leaves are used boards must be put around to hold the leaves in place. Where the dirt about the coop is used this is not necessary, for it will stay there until taken away again in the spring. Ration For Sows. In districts where corn is plentiful there is a temptation to feed sows almost exclusively upon corn. Such a method of feeding cannot give the best results. Many farmers and breeders will not appreciate this. It is also rather too fattening and heating to feed in large quantities to a sow during gestation. A ration of equal parts ground corn, ground oats and wheat middlings, with a supplement of tankage, linseed meal or skimmilk, is a good one. Salt For Dairy Cows From one to two ounces of salt daily. In accord with the amount of milk produced, is sufficient to meet all requirements of a dairy cow on rations of ordinary feeds, according to Dr. E. B. Forbes of the Ohio experiment station. In nutrition studies with cows milking as much as forty-five pounds daily and fed common feeds he found that one ounce of salt a day satisfied the cow's needs. Adjustable Roof For Silo. Silos always settle several feet and unless refilled a few days after the first filling will be only about three-fourths full when ready to be fed from. To overcome this trouble silo roofs, tops and covers have been devised to allow the filling several feet above the top, so that when settling is all over the silo will be nearly full. The roof shown here is adjustable, being the recent patent of a Galesburg (ill.) inventor. The roof opens out to extend the silo upward perpendicularly when being filled. After settling, this roof can be folded up to make a closed top that sheds rain and keeps out snow. Independently elevatable sections, one of them having a cap attached, are locked together. In the Sport Arena By SPARK PLUG COLLINS STARTS RIGHT. Star Second Baseman Says He'll Have No Alibis This Season. Edward Trowbridge Collins, baseball's greatest all round second baseman, enthusiast at golf, after dinner speaker and highest priced athlete in captivity, has shattered a long silence. The sage from Lonsdowne recently imparted some welcome information to Manager Rowland of the Chicago White Sox. "No alibis this year," said Eddie "I have started off on the right foot. "Last year I had a bad start, and, try as I would, it seemed impossible for me to hit my stride before it was too late to do the team the most good." Some critics persisted in the theory that Collins had gone back, but Manager Rowland falls to agree with them. 1930 Photo by American Press Association. Eddie Collins, Sox Sta - Second Sacken. "Collins is in his prime as a ball player," said Rowland. "I never saw him in better fettle than now. Eddie takes good care of himself, has always been an athlete of good habits and is comparatively young. "Collins has assured me he intends to work hard to make it the banner year of his career, and I believe every word he says. There were some broakers last year who intimated Eddie wasn't giving us his best effort, but I never saw a fellow try harder to overcome a batting slump than Eddie. When he finally routed the linx the club was still in the pennant fight, and we were the last to be put out of it." TRAP SHOOTING DEMOCRATIC Is Sport In Which All Meet on Even Terms. "Trap shooting," said a well known author, "knows no caste and refuses to recognize social distinction. It accepts a man as a man. His success or failure at the sport is entirely in his own hands. "The game appeals to all ages and conditions of men and is one of the few sports in which both sexes meet on equal terms. "Look at a squad of shooters and you will perhaps recognize the most eminent member of the bar standing beside a clerk whose income precludes membership in a country club. "His neighbor is a successful manufacturer whose fondness for the gun has never waned, but who no longer can stand the exposure of days afield. The next man is a physician whose professional duties permit but a short period of relaxation, so he has driven his car to the club grounds for an hour or two at the traps. The fifth shooter is a woman who loves the great out of doors and its pastimes." WANT TO HIT? USE DUMBELLS Detroit Trainer Has New Stunt to Improve Batting. Harry Tuthill, the well known trainer and publicist for the Detroit Americans, has allowed it to become known why "Pep" Young, the Detroit second baseman, showed improved batting form last season. "Dumbbells did it," says Tuthill. In 1915 Young batted, 244 in 123 games. In 1916 he played 153 games and boosted his average to 263, and, incidentally, he hit about 900 in pinches. Regarding this great improvement Tuthill has to say: "The trouble with Young was his wrists. He did not have enough strength to bring his bat around to hit the ball sharply. I finally figured out that if he would swing dumbbells every morning he would overcome his weakness. The improvement was noticed almost immediately." Ban Johnson Offers Drill Prize. Ban Johnson Offers Drill Prize. President B. B. Johnson of the American league, originator of the military training plan for ball players, has offered a $200 prize to the best drilled team in the league and a prize of $100 to the drill sergeant who instructs the winning players. The competition will be decided in July. A board of army officers will be selected to review the players and make the award. Coach Ward Invents Bladed Sweep Oar Eddie Ward, former rowing coach of the University of Pennsylvania crews, has invented an aluminum bladed sweep oar. Assisting Women In Their Work Ln Dae Ao. ts ‘ ey = OR 3 gue tee OE aa ] \ igh ae i “ SLRS c {o . Fe - > Sa es ] » F ” % aes ¥ | 2 he ; ‘T \ | a 5 j [A on aS) Ys ies { / / 2x3 a To ff aa Za ier my yi Pvt ‘All the color and baif the charm of pew models lie In sport clothes, With a bine and white striped silk sweater koes this attractive hat of rough blue and white straw, banded with taffeta and adorngd with two novelty buttons. ‘The brim is veivet faced. Serna tenet er ESSENTIALS IN COOKY MAKING | COLLARS OF FELT. Plain Cookles—Two cupfuls sugar, two eggs, one cupfyl shortening, one ‘cupfal sour milk, one teaspoonful soda, two teaspoontuls baking powder, one teaspoonful nutmeg, salt. Or if you wish to nse sweet mI Teave out the soda and use theee rounding or four level teaspoonfuls of baking powder, with ‘fone to mike a ruedivmn stift ‘Bough , Rhey may be varied by add- tug canway seed pf a cuptul of ral- sins ru through the food chopper or 6 Quplul Of cbepped nuts oF cocoanut. A raisin may be placed in the center of each of a lump of Jelly or a candy ¢fnnamon @rop jad sprinkled with sugar, A quick fire Is essential for all coaktes, Ginger Cookles.—Three eggs, three copfuls molasses, two-thirds cupfat wartn Water oF coffee, one cupful shortening, one-baif cupful sugar, three tablespoontuls soda, one teaspoonful ginger, one of cloves or cinnamon, flour to stiffen, Best Drop Cookies—Oue egg, one- Hatt cupfl brown sugar, one-halt cup- ful Jari, one-half cuptut cold water, ‘one cupfil molasses, two teaspoonfals soda, four eupfuly flour, fruit {¢ pre- ferred. Jumbies.—One cupful sugar, one-hatt captol shortening, one cupful sweet milk, two teaxpoonfuls baking pow- der, one teaspoonful good vanlila ex- tract, salt to taste, flour to make # doogh that will stand up when drop- ped on baking pam from xpoou.. ‘These are tight, delicate and very quickly made. On these sprinkle sugar and a few currants. owt eww Sn eee a we gd. yin ' yy o 5 lien . See eo se \ > ea ek EMP (NZ (See (al Sees “ech sig Hye Why ie ee Or ee Sy dia ng NL I BN eval iL, / weg pI ZO 2 Bit aii Ne Reese OS Wie cag one? eee SN AE roeey poe en ~guPhr_ wees ee ° LPTs, Mushrooms For Sport Hats “PIGS IS PIGS.” A new feature In blouses Is felt trim. ming. Some of the georgette crape models bave collars and cif of felt attached to the blouse by bits of em- broldery in the cross stiteh or by French knots, Sueh blouses are cut low, V neck in front, with the felt col lwr “turning down neross the back, Blouses are ae oftengmeen with high ‘collars ax with low V ent, and there Is a way of combining the two fn a novel manner. Along, straight plece of cit. fon of the same material of which the Howse Ip made Is attached at the neck in the back and is broughtfaround the throat and tied in a bow over the V cut or Is crossed In front, with the two em. broidered ends hanging over the shoul- ders in searf fashion, Many such’ novel eas are to be noted in the blouses and especially the peplum embroidered blouses, Cream Sauce. To make a satisfactory eream sauce first put the mili on and while this i getting warm ruly the butter and tour together Until smooth. AS soon ag the milk comes to the boll gradually add the creamy mixture while the milk ‘eontinves to loll. Some pelerines accompany single breasted walsteoats after the period of the revolution, ‘The fastiions for all these things are set In astonishing eol- orings-—orange mingled with green, and Hight Gnged tnssore shades and tar. quolse worked with metal threads, and sitks of Bzyptian coloring. —Chapin in St. Louis Bepublic. COLLARS OF FELT. Cream Sauce. Astonishina Colore. And This Is For the Children THE FLARING BRIM. ‘The flaring brim is the feature of the newest hats and bids fair to be popu- lar after the long reign of the straight sailor. . One mode} seen on a smartly dressed Woman suggests the Napoleon period. It Is made of black velyet and has a white felt crown which stands out in strong contrast. The brim is turned up abruptiy in front in twe points, each one mounted with a scrawny bt effective fancy. Another model has {ts brim flaring at the back. A rich combination of colorsis used-eitron for the top and purple for the facing, Both are felt. Copper spaugles dangle around the crown, ‘The flare can be brought out pleas- Ingly on small as well as large shapes, A peanut sheli colored felt turban bas 4 brim which fares at every point, At the back it Is wider than at any other place, A bluebird 1s perched directly in front. A black velvet hat, very pletaresque in tine, flares bravely at the left side, RPO ME by Parchase a thin round steak and cut it into strips about five inches long by three wide. Make a fotcemeat of Dreaderumbs and chopped salt pork or botled ham, seasoning well with pepper and sweet herbs, Put a layer of the forcemest on each plece of beef, roll up with the Stuffing Inside and pin with a tiny skewer or a wooden tooth- pick. Fry a sliced onion'in a table: spoonfal of butter or good dripping. Jay the rolls jn this and brown, Put them, then, Ina saucepan with a cup- ful of good gravy well seasoned, cover and cook for an hour, ‘Transfer to 2 hot dish, thicken the gravy Jeft In the pan, adding a little Worcestershire sauce, ans pour over the meat, Fish Fritters. Pree the fish from skin and bones and chop finely. Season to taste with salt and-paprika and to each cupfal of the fish add one well beaten ege, ove tablespoonful of melted butter, one small cupful of milk and one teaspoon- ful of baking powder, sifted with suff clent flour to form a batter that will drop from the spoon, Beat the mix- ture until It is full of alr bubbles and fry by the tablespoonful in deep, hot fat toa rich dark brown, Dratn on brown paper for a minute or two and serve garnished. sat oh enlia eaoiee nent Painted woodwork that has been marred by match seratches can be restored to lie original condition by rubbing with Jemon and then washing with a clean rag dipped in water, A RAINY DAY GAME. re ‘One In Which You Will Have to Be a Good Speiler. You wili have to know how to spell the names you offer, ‘The leader thinks Of something found in fleld or forest or the name of a flower found in gar- dens. Suppose, he chooses “maple.” He gives the Iuitial letter and tells how twany letters are In the word, Rach player mity ask one question about the article before the guessing begins. “Can it move?" “Ix it alive?” and sim- flar questions give ald to the guessers, A record is kept, ‘The person guessing correctly before any questions are asked becomes leader and is credited with fifty marks. ‘The one guessing correctly afier questions are asked be- comes leader and recelves twenty-five marks. After two questions apiece have been put and nobody has guessed the name the leader recetves fifty marks and gives another word. ‘The one haying the most marks when the game stops Is the winner, Beme Odd Ueliefe. A Fiji cannibal has the greates. rev- erence for the xod Matawaioo, who has elght stomachs and ts always eat- ing. ‘The Tongans have @ curious eld lez. end to account for a night and a day being twenty-four hours in length, tt used to be much Jess, and the sun went down too quickly. One fine day A man caught It in a noose, and ever afterward It had to go down slower ‘The American Indians have a dogina which asserts that ihe sun 1s a god aud the moon Is fils wife. One tribe Which lived Jn a yery hot region wor- shiped only the moon, having no use whatever for the scorehing sun. ‘Cie alec’ Which of the feathered tribe would he supposed to lift the heavtestavelght? ‘he wrane, Why is a young Jady like a promis- sory note! Tecause she ought to be setilegl when she arrives at maturity. What animals are admitted to the opera’? Exmines, beavers, raccoons and white kids. Why is it vulgar to sing and play by yourselt? Beeause It is solo (so low). Why is a child like flannel? Because it shrinks from washing. Why is the root of the tongue like a dejected man? Beeause tt ts down in the mouth, ‘ Who was Jonah’s tutor? The whale, because ft brought him up. What trade does the sun follow tn the month of May? Mason (May-sun). —Philadelphia Ledger, . The Sunday School Lesson War Prisoners Have Some Fun Text of the lesson, Jobn xv, 1-16.) Memory verses, 7, 8. Golden Text, John xv, 5. Tt certainly does seem strange to have no lesson given from John xiv or xvii, but we must not pass them by. it is true that part of chapter xiv was stiggested {n connection with the last review, tint that gaye no opportunity for the study of such a chapter. In the end of yesterday's lesson chapter Peter insisted that he was ready to las down his life for Christ's sake, but the Lord, who knew all that was in him, safd that the cock would not crow before Peter would thrice deny Him (iil, 20-28), If our Lord Immediately added the words, “Lee not your heart be troubled," and the words following He would seem to say, Al- thongh I know you so well, Peter, and how weak yon are, L would not have you troubled, for some day 1 will get You all home to the mansions prepared for you, and then there will be no more failure on your part, but you will cach have a throne and reign with me over the tribes of Israel (Laurke xxi, 20, 30), It 4s truly pathetic to hear Ttim say to Philip, “Have L been so long a time with you, and yet bast thou not known Me?" (xiv, 9). But that was His continual lament, Israel doth not know. ‘They know not the thoughts of the Lord, If thon hadst known; O righteous Father, the world hath not known ‘Thee (isa. 1, %; Mie. iv, 12; Luke xix, 42; Sohn xvil, 25), If we'only knew Him, and throngh Him the Father, how very different the life of a Ueliever would bet If the Com forter, the Spirit of ‘Truth, had ful Zontrol of us, then the peace of God Would rule in our hearts, We would neither be troubled nor afraid. We would asi: and recelve to the glory of God, and it would be manifest to oth ers that the Father, Son and Holy Spir- it were making their home in us (xiv, 13, 14, 16, 17, 28, 26, 27). ‘The ond thing that we are here for, as the Lord's redeemed one, Is to bear feuit, more fruit, much frult, that He may be glorified (av, 18), ‘he fruit of the Spirit ts fully described in” Gal, v, 2205, and ail else ts from the evil one, the prince of this world of John xiv, 30 Accord to Ezek, xv, the vine Is good for nothing if t does not bear fruit, for nothing*ean be made of the wood ot it, In Ps. Ixxx, $15, Israel is spoken of fas a vine out of Egypt whieh filled the land and covered the hills, a vine- yard which His right band had plant- ea, but which the enemy had wasted. In Isa, Y, 17, He again speaks of Is raot as His vineyard and the men of Judah His pleasant plant and asks, “What could have been done more to my vineyard that 1 have not, doue in it?” Then He expresses surprise that esl tag ar Tae Vices Se Ke, | 2) va 2 e ee : AS 6 cate ; ¥ 4 Ri . i es A Sa Se i= bs a Ee § iia ae a a } cy 7, aN. ae NS About the Chinese. Old women, not young, are the {dols of Chinese society. Elderly men tly kites and play ball, while the children look quietly on. ‘The very iighest ambition of a China- man is to have a handsome coftin and a costly funeral, Men wear long skirts and carry fans. Women wear short Jackets and carry canes. When a Chinaman meets an ac. quaintance he covers bis head and shakes his own hand. If very glad to see a friend a Chinaman very often rubs shoulders. with him, If 4 Chinaman desires a visitor ,to Gine with him he does not ask him “to do so, but if he should not want -him he says, "Won't you stay and dine?” ‘The visitor then knows that he is not wanted, 5 Little Artiste. In summer time we play that we Are artists reat and grand, ’ And then we draw a ploture ‘OF the sandman onthe sand. In winter time we play that we Are sculptors great, and so We have to build a statue of ‘The snow man on the snow, But though we work so very hand ‘AIL Uhirough each summer day ‘rw whitecap waves are sure to come To. wash our Work away’ ‘And though In winter time we strive Bo hard to gain renown ‘Phe sun will melt our statue ‘Or the wind will blow it downt St. Nicholas, {stead of the grapes He should have had she gave Him ouly wild grapes; Instead of righteousness, oppression. All is only fuilure, and always failure on man’s side, and never but In one instance could the Father say, “In Him T am well pleased,” and only He could say, “I do always those things that please Him’ (Matt, xvil, 5; John vill, 29. He ts the ‘True Vine, the ‘True Bread, the True Light, the True Tabernacie, the Truth, He never fatl- ed in any detail of His life, and He cannot fail to accomplish wil that He has purposed. He fs also the Branch of the Lord, bewutiful and glorious, David's righteons Braneh, the King who shall reign and prosper; the serv- ant the Branch; the man whose name is the Branch, who shall build the tem- ple of the Lord (Isa, ty, 2; Jer. xxtll, 5; Zech, iii, 8; vi, 12), He Js the only source of alk fruit, for apart from Him Wwe are nothing and can do nothing (verse 5), and He fs one only eyample, As the Wise husbandinan prunes hts vines, even thongh they bleed, and thes them up and trains them as seems best to him, we must not think Hin unwise or mikind if He deals so with us, but consider Him who endured ,for us; who, though He were a Son, yet learn- ed obedience by the things which He suffered (Heb, xil, 3; v, 8). As He lived in His Father's love, so He would have us live in His love and remem- ber that love Is always kind (verse 9 and 1 Cor, xiii, 4) It should not be difficult to let such love have fis own way with us; but, not haying always the asstirance that fit Is love, because It dees not look to nis like it, we waver and fall. Hudson ‘Taylor thought that {1s weakness that abides, so if we are conselously weak we may always abide. Some perplex- ing sayings In this lesson will seem not difficult if we remember that He was falking to true disciples, eleven really saved men, and the truths concernlug fruit bearing were for these and all saved people. Krom 1 Cor. til, 14, 15, wwe learn that it is possible to be saved and yet bear no fruit. In view of the fact that He knew that Gethsemane was before Him that wight and.Gol- gotha the next day, how, could He speak of His joy and the desire that it might be in them? (Verse 11) Jt must have been the joy of Heb, xii, 2, to which He has not yet fully come and which should ever be before us ff we would meekly bear the hatred and opposition of the world, which Will hate us if we are like Him (verses 18-25), ‘Think of otir being chosen in Him before the foundation of the world (Eph, 1, 4) and ordained by Him to bear abiding fruit. Hemmandhaw—Cananything be more moving than the tineful melody that issues from the human lips? Shimunerpate—Nothing, unless it is chin music.—Youngstown Telegram. The three funny looking figures in the pleture are war prisoners in the hands of the Germans in one of the great camps in Germany. They re- ceived permission. from thelr captors to celebrate a holiday with music and fantastic costume and are seen here making the best of their sad plight. The three men are British, Russian and Freneh, A RIMING GAME. Something to Pass Away an Evening Pleasantly. ‘The leadet must decide on a word of one syllable that rimes perfectly with several other words. Suppose she choozes the word “race” to be guessed; she will say to the company, “I am thinking of a word that rlmes with “face,” and each guest in turn tries to think of some word that rimes with it, But, instead of giving the word itself of which yon suppose the leader may be thinking, the definition.only 1s given, and the leader must tell the guests the word he has defined, Vor instance, you think the word timing with face may be ace, so you ask, “Is ita nnit on cards?” ‘The lead- et must answer, “No; ft Is not ace.” ‘The next guest may think the word mace, but instead of giving the word asks, “Is It a splee?” And the leader answers, “No; it is not mace." So the game continues till some one guesses the right word, ‘The lucky gnesser be- comes the new leader, and the game continues, Wha Game of “Bricehame Baca” Who doesn't know how to play “prisoner's base?” This 1s one of the most popular games for team organi zation an insures vigorous exercise and use of judgiwent, prowess and courage. ‘There are at least five dif. ferent ways to play it, and some of them have distinct rules for each move, The simplest form has the ground divided into two equal. parts. with a small base or prison marked off on each side, The players are nl- lowed to go into their opponents’ court, but if they are captured tliey must go to. thelr, “prison” tntil released by some member of thelr own team, who tags them free, Sometimes the pris. oner aud hia would he reseueriare cap. tured together before they get back fiome, ‘The team wins which manages to. get aib thelr “enemies” In, prison, ‘The game ts generally limited to frow five to fifteen players on a side. Love In the Air By A. 2 STRERS ! the aeroplane craze, ‘There's @ concern that hag made @ ma- chine with a lot of safety appliances that 1s especially fitted | for amateur aeronauts. ‘Che women ‘have'tuken up the fad the same as the men, They've organized a club, with first rate starting grounds, and, although it’s all brand new, there aro 4 dozen members who own thelr ma- chines, and in good weather some of them are flying all the while, Those | Who haven't aeroplanes sit on the club= house poreh with opera glasses in thet hands watching the fers and mirting. A race between two fndividuals,, Beverly Yorke and Jim Springer, took place not long ago, on which there was, & lot of money placed, It wasn't « fair race, but there Was nothing that came within the rules as belng foul, “A 200 mile course was laid out, starts Ing from the clubliouse, It first went to Arlington, then south to Jonesville, then southeast to Merryman, then northeast to Hilton, then straight west to Barrington, then to the clubhouse. | ‘rhe fliers were to go over a certaim | church spire in each town, except | Jonesville, where there was a big | factory, and they were fo pass above the 200 foot chimney that belonged to it. Yorke was to start westward and Springer eastward. ‘The one who got hack to the clubhouse first was to be declared the winner, As to the filers observing aly the rules, this was se- cured by a eth member being statton- Jed at the different points they were to pass over, ‘The machines, belng merely for pleasure, were not especially powerful. There were machines with strong eri- xines in the club, but this race was Himited to the pleasure class, Tt wasn’t expected that the race would be made in less than three hours, At 10 o'clock the club grounds were full of members and guests to see the race, and a num- her of machines were flying about, dashing hither and thither, rising, ducking and doing different stunts. One of these belonged to Kate Wins terton, who in the air topped every other Woman member for flying and on terta firma topped them all for flirting. She bad every man in the club by the ears, and it was generally conceded that when she undertook to bring a man to his marrowbones he mixht as well come down at once, | Yorke was the favorite at odds .ot five to four, At least these were the odds up to the day before the race, But that night they suddenly changed to two to one on Springer, ‘Phe queer thing about tt was that no one could find ont why this change should have come about, ‘There were rumors about Yorke not belug In a condition to race or his iachine having been found wanting in some particular, but they were nothing but rumors ‘and were looked upon as mere jockeying for | odds. | At 11 o'clock the two machines were, | rolled out on the starting grounds, the | one pointed west, the other east. ‘The | racers took their seats, and half a dozen men did the starting for each machine at the same moment, As they rose the aeroplanes that were tilting about to see the fun started off lu different directions, either to inter- cept the racers or fo take some central point where they hoped to keep tha machines in sight by means of glasses. Kate Winterton’s last vietim was Jim Springer, She had been seen on the clubhouse porch during the even. ing before the race spooning with him, and ft was expected by their observers that she wonld keep In touch with him in the contest to encourage him, But in this they were disappointed. She followed neither of the filers, hovering over the elb grounds and by sixns communteating with those be« row how the race was going, When che ragers had been out a couple of hours she was seen to fly away in the Airection of Merryman and was; soon out of sight, i When she came within seeing dis« tance of the fliers they had met and Yorke had passed the halfway point greatly aliead of Springer. Kate made # bee line for Yorke, who had started westward and was nearing Hilton. He had met his opponent so far ahead of the point he should have been and felt | so certain of winning that be was not | pressing his machine, Kate sailed up, within hearing distance, “oh, Mr, Yorke,” she called, “I'm so glad!” “Glad about what?” “You're going to win,” “That's Very nice of you." ‘They sailed along in company for awhile when something seemed to go (wrong with Kate's machine. It ea- ‘reened first on one side, then on the ‘other. \ I'm afraid I'm going to fall!” she! ‘cried’ in a volce of terror, and, true enough, she went down rapidly till she struckdhe earth, but managed her ma- chine so well that there was no abso- lute drop, Yorke was too much of « man to leave her tn distress and fole lowed her, finding ber lying on the ground beside her machine in a stato Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON PRINT BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. GETTROCOLIS, . . . . . EL. MRS. M. J. MOCRARY, MANAGER FRIDAY MAY 11, 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.MORRAT, Box 107 Metropolis, Illinois. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. We want the news of your vicinity each week. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year ..... $1 00 in 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. NOTICE. 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 rally and monthly meeting at Unity Baptist church, Sunday May 6th was asuccess in a measure, more than $40.00 was raised. The work has been quite dull and all of the members have not the spirit of giving The services in the afternoon were held in the afternoon were held in the auditorium. Rev. Thos Turner preached two able sermons for us, one in the afternoon and the other at night. We had one to join for baptism and the baptizing was set for Suuday May 13th, at 12 o'clock. The services were fine all day and a large congregation. We want to have the opening of auditorium in June at which time we will have a weeks program and a number of prominent ministers. On the 3rd Sunday in May Elder John Adams(white) and his congregation and choir will preach and render music for us. The names of those who donated will appear. 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." $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 oily positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarrh is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative powers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails to cure. send for list of testimonials. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Mrs. Frances Smith left Sunday for Chicago where she will join her husband Prof. McCelland Smith who has an employment there. Mrs. J. B. McCary attended services at the Unity Baptist church Brookport, the pastor in company with his wife enjoyed a delightful dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. White. They took supper with Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Blackwell. They spent a pleasant night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Maxwell. Mr. Rufus Mitchell is still indisposed. Mrs Colonel Barnett and children of Carrier Mills is in the city visiting their parents, Rev. and Mrs, Wm. H. Barnett. Mrs. Sallie Dobson and granddaughter, Miss Ruth have returned home from Smithland, Ky. where they visited relatives and old acquaintances. Rev J. W. Davie preached his farewell sermon to the members of the First Baptist church Sunday Eve. He leaves with a good record of three years. We wish for the Reverend success along all lines wherever he may chance to call. Miss Anna V. Roberts was in Joppa Tuesday on business. Rev. J. H Sydes, P. E. of the Cairo district held Quaterly conference at the St Paul A. M. E. church Sunday, Rev. I. S. Stone Pastor. Mrs. Deborah wilson returned home from Mt Vernon wednesday where she visted for sometime. We are sorry to learn of the illness of the wife of Rev. C. w. Nortment of Carbondale, and glad to know she is improving. we learn that Mrs. James Pyles of 400 Green St. Carbondale is seriously ill. She has the sympathy of the Gazette staff. James Robinson of Carbondale has been quite sick for some time and he has our sympathy. Miss Leola Marable of Paducah is in the city. Cornelius Robinson of Carbondale is visiting her father. Mrs. Lavada Spurlark, who has been in Chicago for the past 8 months is in the city visiting her mother. Roscoe Roberts is in the toils of the law for forging checks on Rampendahls Jr. Factory co for whom he worked. Roscoe comes from a good family and we regret the affair. Capt. Joe woodard (white) of Pearl St. was killed by lightening in Brunswick Ga., last week. Mrs. Ruth Donlow of Brooks part is visiting in the city today Fine Strawberries, Leisure, Beets, Onions, Beans and New Potatoes Friday night for Satur- day morning, at the Grand Lea- der 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. 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 weakness. 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 or sheep. No man, (pastor-sheep-herd) 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. CENTRALIA I wish to say that Sunday was a high day with the Central Baptist church. It was mission day. Our bastor, Rev. W. P. Washington and wife were with us, also our state presideut, Mrs. B. Wilkerson. Our pastor took for a text at 11:30 Ps. 55:18. At conclusion of service dismission, The Rev and wife dined with Mr. and Mrs. Alsobrooke. Our president was guest for dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Long. The president gave us a good address at 3:30. Several others made short talks. Rev. R. Williams of 2nd Baptist church spoke in behalf of the W. E. M. Circle. Song by Miss O. Leake and Mrs. M. Dudney. Collection and benediction. The pastor, wife and Pres., took lunch with Mr. and Mrs. P., Corneal. Rev. Washington preached again at 7:30 p. m. from Isiah 60:1-2. Yours for the cause, E M. L. BABY CONTEST The prizes in the baby contest which was the closing feature of baby week, were given as follows: First prize—Son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Blaine Alston. Second prize—Daughter of Mr and Mrs, Chas. Scott. The other babies in the coutest each received a small present. The Art of Sleeping. Slumber commences at the extremities, beginning with the feet and legs. That is why it is always necessary to heap the feet warm.—Family Doctor 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 encouragifft 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 appciating your young men. "Take what you have and make what you want," you can make strong preachers if you will MURPHYSBORO Allow space in your valuable paper to say that I am glad to let you know that the S.S. is progressing nicely. Our school is second to none in the city and too, we have a good pastor, one that loves his sheep. The Mt. Gilead Baptist church is progressing under him, and he is planning to buy a lot here. We will have a baptizing the 2nd Sunday in May. Oh, yes, I heard the voice of President Farrow and my S. S. heard it too, and we will be there expecting to bring the banner home with us. A word to the young preachers in the Mt. Olive district, I feel that this is our time to step in and not let the old Baptist Flag trail in the dust I am not asleep. Rev. A. Lovelace Right you are, Reverend, as to taking the places made vacant by our old fathers and the members of these churches should see to it and feel a degree of pride in calling their sons to fill the places of their fathers, because this is what they prayed and toiled for, so unselfishly, and too its the only legacy left to them. Who can better look after the fathers estate or who has a better right to it or are more interested in it than the children of their fathers? Our churches have made a sad mistake and are making the greatest blunder of their lives when they turn out their own and rightful heirs for persons quite often not so well qualified and who have no interest whatever except for the loaves and fishes. When we look over the records we find that the sons of their fathers in this district have never torn asunder or brought disgrace on any Baptist church of this district. Dignamism. Dignam tells us: "There are many risks in business. The wise man an- ows his competitors to take them." TO THE BAPTIST WOMEN OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 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 call me off the battlefield and will go in His name. Now, dear baptist women, please read and consider what I have said and remember that our Saviour is an individual Saviour and wants each one to play his or her part, so do not hide your talent but come and join us, and help do a great work for the Master. No organization is right if there is not a free play of individualism no organization for church service is worth while if it does not minister directly to co-operation. In the churches individuals have free play and yet cooperate under the law of the Master with his fellow members. The State W. E M. Association is an organization where the individual can work and we as churches must come as quickly as possible to the place where in every enterprise we are prosecuting, every member of the church will be in it according to the measure of his or her ability. Just as in the battle, ever soldier is to stand in his place and do his part; so in the Illinois State Women's Educational and Missionary Association, every Baptist woman is expected to stand in her place and do her part, and may God help us to do that this year. Do not forget the art and needle work department. Your S. S. class can report, your B. Y. P. U., your young ladies and old ladies Sewing Circle, also your Cradle Roll and Children's Band all can repreent in Carbondale in May from 22nd to 26th. May the blessings of a Merciful Father rest upon you and directy your way is the prayer of your humble servant. Bettie Wilkerson, President. Sparta, Ill. May 7, 1917 Mr. Editor: It is very pleasant indeed to speak through your worthy paper of the blessings of the Lord Almighty. Our Sunosay School was opened at 9:30 o'clock by the Supt. M. C. Rice. The lesson was interestingly taught by the teachers, and timely reviewed by Rev. M. E. Parnell. At 11:25 a.m. M. E. Parnell ascended the rostrum and preached a spiritual ard powerful sesmon. He took his text in Genesis, in words "Where art thou," subject "Man running from God' At 3:30 Rev. M. E. Parnell ascended the rostrum and preached another soul stirring sermon, he took his text from John 15:4 in which our pastor Rev. P. B. French with the assistance of Rev M. E. Parnell admitted the communion to nis audiences. At 8:15 our pastor Rev. P. B. French ascended the rostrum and and preached a powerful sermon he took his text from the 94th division of Psalm and 21st verse. we were glad that Rev. w. M. Jones the young minister of the Free, Baptist church of Coulterville was with us. Mr. Moses Nance was called to the bed-side of his uncle Charlie Nance who was stricken unconscious at his work a few hours Mrs. Anna Owens made a trip to St. Louis on business. Rev. P. B French made a flying trip to St. Louis last Saturday.