Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WHIP THE GERMAN SOLDIERS COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM PROCESS Chorus ..... ' While Invocation ..... Chorus ..... 'Moonlight on the Salutatory and Oration ..... "Preparedness Reading ..... "There's a letter r Chorus ..... 'O Reading ..... "The Word Oration and Valedictory ..... "The old giant and Chorus ..... 'Our own Address ..... A. H. "Our Class parting song ..... Presentation of Class ..... Principal of Dur Acceptance of Class and g Dr. J. L. Nevelle, Preside Address ..... F. A. Schra American Democracy Chorus ..... 'Is there any bett PROCESSIONAL While the dew is on the Moonlight on the river now is Grand Oration ... Antonio M. "Preparedness of the Race" Alice U. There's a letter from your Mother "Gathering flower" Jewell "The World's War" Valedictory ... George Chom "The old giant and the new man" "Our own Red, White A. E. Malone, St. B. "Our Bit" Sing song ... "I can Union of Class ... Geo. E. Principal of Dunbar High School of Class and granting of Dip Nevelle, President of Board of F. A. Schrader, Supt., of O American Democracy and American W Is there any better country than Chorus.....‘ While the dew is on the Lillies’ Invocation.....Rev. W. M. Moody Chorus.....‘ Moonlight on the river now is gleaming’ Salutatory and Oration.....Antonio Maceo Stalls “Preparedness of the Race” Reading.....Alice Urquart ’20 “There’s a letter from your Mother” Chorus.....‘ Gathering flowers in May’ Reading.....Jewell Long, ’19 “The World’s War” Oration and Valedictory.....George Chomel Sylvestal “The old giant and the new man” Chorus.....‘ Our own Red, White and Blue’ Address.....A. E. Malone, St. Louis, Mo. “Our Bit” Class parting song.....‘ I cannot drift’ Presentation of Class.....Geo. E. Masterson Principal of Dunbar High School Acceptance of Class and granting of Diplomas Dr. J. L. Nevelle, President of Board of Education Address.....F. A. Schrader, Supt., of City Schools American Democracy and American Youth Chorus.....‘ Is there any better country than the U. S. A. ’ PROGRAM Music..... Invocation..... Music..... Oration and Salutatory..... "After Reading..... "A message..... Music..... Reading..... "Love Oration..... "Opple Music..... Reading..... "The Blu Reading..... "The M Music..... Reading..... "Song of Oration and Valedictory..... "The End Music..... (class Address..... "Democracy and the Presentation of class by Granting of certificates..... Music..... Mrs. H. G. Bu Song of a Thunder Rev. W. W. America the Land Salutatory Ave. "After the War" Willie Lee "A message to Boys" Gay Little Mae R. "Love at Home" Clyde Crouch "Opportunity" Huntsr Barbra Lou "The Blue and Gray" Julian La Gee "The Morsellaise" Commencement Helen M. "Song of the Mystic" and Valedictory Geogia M. "The End is not Yet" (class song) Gradu Supt, F. Democracy and the Public Schools tion of class by Principal G. E. of certificates Supt. F. A. "The Patriot Mrs. H. G. Burke, Musical L Music.....Song of a Thousand years Invocation.....Rev. W. M. Moody Music.....America the Beautiful Oration and Salutatory.....Avery Woods “After the War” Reading.....Willie Lee Roy Gibbs “A message to Boys” Music.....Gay Little Butterfly Reading.....Mae Rachel Neely “Love at Home” Oration.....Clyde Crouse Hughes “Opportunity” Music.....Huntsman's Song Reading.....Barbra Louise Crouse “The Blue and Gray” Reading.....Julian La George Martin “The Morsellaise” Music.....Commencement Chorus Reading.....Helen Mae Dobson “Song of the Mystic” Oration and Valedictory.....Geogia Mae Garriett “The End is not Yet” Music.....(class song) Graduation Song Address.....Supt. F. A. Schader “Democracy and the Public Schools” Presentation of class by Principal G. E. Masterson Granting of certificates.....Supt. F. A. Schrader Music.....“The Patriot's Pledge” Mrs. H. G. Burke, Musical Director. President's Address To the Club Convention of the First Baptist Church Metropolis. Most worthy Vice Pres., Mistress of Ceremony, Bro. Minister's, members and friends of this our fifth quarterly club convention. I assure you, this, I consider not only a very pleasant, but an honor as well, one of the greatest honors of my life. When informed that an address was expected of me at the club convention Sunday May 12, at 11 a.m. I began to ask myself this question, what shall be my subject? many thoughts came to my mind, but the one that impressed most forcible was, "True christian Religion" something that will stand every test. One day, yes one night, a little child was born into the First Baptist church and its name was called "Club Convention", organized for the purpose of uplifting and --- --- the dew is on the Lillies" Rev. W. M. Moody river now is gleaming" Antonio Maceo Stalls of the Race" Alice Urquart '20 from your Mother" Gathering flowers in May" Jewell Long, '19 Ward's War" George Chomel Sylvestal and the new man" Red, White and Blue" Malone, St. Louis, Mo. Bit" "I cannot drift" Geo. E. Masterson Bar High School granting of Diplomas nt of Board of Education er, Supt., of City Schools and American Youth er country than the U. S. A." Song of a Thousand years Rev. W. M. Moody America the Beautiful Avery Woods the War" Willie Lee Roy Gibbs age to Boys" Gay Little Butterfly Mae Rachel Neely at Home" Clyde Crouse Hughes fortunity" Huntsman's Song Barbra Louise Crouse and Gray" Julian La George Martin Horselliae" Commencement Chorus Helen Mae Dobson the Mystie" Geogia Mae Garriett is not Yet" (song) Graduation Song Supt. F. A. Schader Public Schools" Principal G. E. Masterson Supt. F. A. Schrader "The Patriot's Pledge" Arke, Musical Director. elevating christianity to a higher standard, for the purpose of building up God's Kingdom here in the world, as well as liquidating the debt off the church. I saw this little child in its infancy being nourished by true christianity. I saw it being upheld and supported by none other except those with True christian religion, as this child began to grow and stretch itself out in the works of the church, as it began through Christ to make itself even seen, heard and felt, I saw the old serpent of the devil getting busy saying by word and action, you shall not live and prosper, for some good might come out of you; I saw the little worms of selfishness, hatred and deceit, I saw the old Dragon of envy withholding their support from the child saying, let it die. I saw the child begin to grow thin, pale and weak. I saw it stagger as a drudken man but did I see it fall? No. Instead I saw the true christians of God's --- MOTTO: "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." house rallying to its support, feeling it with their encouragement of kind words, finance and prayers. I heard a voice saying, stand up child and do your bit for the Master's cause. The battle is not given to the swift neither to strong, but to him that endureth to the end. The child than sprang up and took on new life and began to grow stronger and stronger up to the present time. Today she stands not with bowed head as the weeping willow, but as firm and stayable as the most gigantic tree of the forest, "The Oak." which makes the true christian feel as did the Disciples when they were carried upon the mount of transfiguration and Moses and Elijas appeared there with Jesus, Peter seeing Christ in all glory was moved, he was so impressed that he said, "Good Master it is good for us to be here." Yes it is good for us to be here and be actually engaged in the service of our Master. For he has said, "Go in my vineyard and work and whatsoever is right I will pay you." I am here reminded of Ben Adam when he awoke from a sweet dream of peace and saw within his aom, an angel writing in a book of gold, he asked the angel What writest thou? the angel replied "The names of those who love the Lord." And is mine one said Ben? Answer no. Write me then as one who loves his fellow-men. When the angel reappeared, Ben Adam's name led all the rest. Being blest because his heart was right. He was true to his fellow-man and to God. Cultivate the tiny spark of religion you have, into true christian religion. It is worth having it will aid you when all else fails, it makes you observe the First Commandment which is, 'Love the Lord thy God with all thy soul, with all thy heart, with all thy mind and with all thy strength.' The second commandment which is, 'Love thy neighbor as thy self.' It makes you treat everybody right. It does away with pride and vanity which is obnoxious in the sight of God. O why should the spirit of mortal be proud, like a swift fleeting meteor, a fast flying cloud when a flash of the lightning, a dash of the waves, man passes from earth to his home in the grave. Just that quick if God with held his mercy from us because we are vain, proud and deceitful, because we are neglectful of his caase when I stand uponCod's green earth, under the canopy of the beautiful blue eather and behold nature in its beauty and grandeur, I cast my eyes towards the heavens, there I behold God's handiwork. His majesty and power is wonderful. I see the golden sun in its beauty, strength and power reminding me of man. The moon in its glory, calm and serene reminding me of the true christian woman in her pureness of heart, then the tiny stars twinkling from afar, shining, O how bright theyshine, and in their brilliancy remind me of the true christian trying to do their part, as I look at them I wonder how much longer will Father time permit them to stand I then consider the great bodies of water, the ocean, the sea, rivers and lakes I ask them how old art thou? How long will you stand? Standing on the shore and looking over their great expanse they seem as a fixed and eternal fact, but may not so. Everything that had its beginning, will also have its ending. Scientiest tell us that some day yes some sweet day, the last drop of water will have been absorbed into the crust of the earth and its surface will become a desert, and all life will become extinct, then the sun will refuse to shine, the moon will hide her smiling face and the million tiny stars will leave their sockets, the mountains will skip like lambs, the most gigantic trees of the iorests' will bend as willingly as the sapling, the lion with his ferociousness will humble himself as the little lamb, then you will see man and woman with all their pride and stubborn will banished from the face of the earth. Nothing will stand the test but true christian religion. It will stand when the world's on fire. Seek ye first, the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. Matt. 6:33 You that are laboring for Christ continue on, don't let persecutions stop you, for blessed are you when men shall revile you persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake, rejoice and be exceedingly glad for great is your reward in heaven. Don't work for man, but work for God. He is the one I am working for, he is the one thats going to pay me, and the crown of honor that he gives you will not be placed on your head today and snatched off tomorrow and trampled under foot, no, but will last forever. Praise God for true christian religion and its purpose. Our Club Convention is composed of Four clubs that have been actively engaged in the work striving hard to accomplish this one great struggle of which we are not only thankful to man but God. I remain your faithful servant, MRS. LEE BELLEDUKE. AN APPEAL TO OUR B. Y. P. U. WORKERS To the B. Y. P. U.'s composing the Mt. Olive Convention the time is fast approaching; when we will be called together by the President in Metropolis, after another years work and worry. We should go to Metropolis to do more Constructive and Concrete work for the Master, as the time has come when we should be up and doing. Let every B. Y. P. U. send a messenger and if it is not possible to send a messenger please send a letter to the president with the proper representation fee, as we desire to make this the Banner year and take the District for Christ and His Cause. Please notice Art. 2-7 of the Constitution for representation fee. Send as much more as you can and get on record as getting that beautiful Banner that was made by the National Baptist Publishing Board, Nashville, Tenn. "Rally, Rally, Rally around the Standard" is our cry. Yours in His Name, Edgar S. B. McGary, Pres. Mrs. Ruth Nichols, Cor. Sec'y An Open Letter to Rev. Jos. W. Harris. Rev. Jos. W. Harris, D. D., Duquoin, Ill. My dear Sir:— I receive your letter by special delivery the 5th inst., directed to me personally and the same appears in this issue of the Gazette, and accept the fine compliment paid to me and all the brethren of this end of the state, Rev. J. D. Davis, excepted. I wish to say that I twice published your paid article by your request and I was not responsible to anyone for what you said, since you had your John Hancock to it, and I did the same for Rev. Pruitt, at his request and all I asked of him, was for his name to appear at the bottom of the article and pay me for the same. I was just as liberal to him as I was to you, no more and no less. You remember in your article you invited a reply, but no one seemed to care enough about it reply until its second appearance. I did not question the signer of the article, as to who was the writer any more than I did when you wrote, in fact, it was no concern or mine as I was not involved, neither did I know to whom you had reference, in fact I thought you were speaking of Phillips and Washington. I am not going to fight Phillips' battles, because he is fully able to take care of himself, but we have known him for several years, and have never known him to throw a stone and then hide his hand, though this may be a time that there is an exception to the rule. I am holding the article and am sure that it is not his handwriting. Possibly your informant in this case is the same one that informed you as to some men of the East Mt. Olive Association using their influence upon me to change the meeting of the association because they could not meet in your church. I shall not affirm or deny this charge unless you name you "good authority" and the men to whom you refer of the East Mt. Olive association. You should have name all parties involved since you mentioned me. You should be open if you are telling the truth. I am moderator of the Mt. Olive association, made by the majority of the brethren and sisters and I know my duty and am going to discharge it and give the district a clean cat administration regardless of what friend or foe may say as I have no friends to reward or enemies to punish. I have staid out of this fight even refused to visit your church even as your solicitation and that of your members and others whom claim to be excluded, because I had troubles' excluded of my own, and too, I had been informed that you were a man who would not take the advice of any one if it wasn't in keeping with your view and I did not wish to down upon my head the ire of your exellency, and from the spirit I see displayed in your articles and non-affiliation in our district meetings and non compliance to the laws governing our Union and association places you in a class to yourself as you boast in your article and out of harmony with that class of ministers who have labored hard to build up the district and who have a high regard for law, peace harmony, also the personal rights of each individual member so long as those rights are in keeping with law. You refer to Dr. J. D. Davis as being your only friend in this end of the state, I don't understand you as you have changed fronts since you held a conversation with me in Centralia and I suppose he has done the same since you are such friends. "Nuff said." Reverend, it don't speak very highly of you to be in the district for three years and not be able to call around you but one man that is friendly to you as you say. I am sure you are mistaken because many of the brethren don't know you are in the district and could not have anything against one whom they have not heard of. I have never asked you nor your church to join our association, we always leave that to the individual. I have never tried to buy enn man's friendship, nor will we depart from the path of truth and right because my friend or brother happened not like a man. From what we heard while in Centralia, recently you will have go further north than that city to keep from the mud slinging if reports were true and they desire to sling mud. The editor is not against you because we open the columns of this paper to Phillips and Prout. I opened them to you and you invited them to speak out and they write from their view point. It always pains me when there comes to the parting of the way with brethren. Don't be Kaiser like and accuse all of us as being unfriendly to you, as we only want you to come as all others have done according to the law of the Ministers' and Deacons' Union, Articles 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 in the minutes. If one will not or cannot subscribe to said law he has the right to stay out and we reserve the right to withhold the hand of fellowship and we are against any man's reception who fails to become subject to our laws whether he be wise or unwise, noble or ignoble high or low, there is but one measure for all Baptists and one channel if they expect the full co-oporation of the churches and brethren of Southern Illinois. I hope to merit your high esteem I am ever yours in the work, J. B. McCRAY, Editor of The Gazette. Rev. Jos. W. Harris, on the First Base and He is a Catcher. Duquoin, Ill., June 4, 1918 Rev. J. B. McCrary. Metropolis, Ill., Dear Sir:— In the last issue of the Gazette, we noticed an Article concerning St. Paul Baptist church, and its pastor, wrote by Rev. Mr. Phillips and signed by Dr. Pruitt. This as you know was not an answer to the article that I wrote. This I think a case of mud-slinging this I will not do with no such class of men. The St. Paul Baptist Church neither cts pastor is seeking any membership in anything, neither has it or the pastor been barred from anthing. I think the brethren should tell the truth, if they count such false statements as these in this write-up, such statements will not move me from this church. Again the church will produce evidence to show that certain men of the East Mt. Olive Association did request Rev. J. B. McCrary, to change the meeting place of the Mt. Olive association, on the ground that they could not come to this church. There are se, all on hinges, and all then. to Ministers of the Gospel and not else need apply. But since, that I am the new man in the Association I think it is the place of the brethren to invite me, once. Any good man can preach at this church who lives up to the requirements of a minister. Do you think they would invite to preach if I were from on high? If it were not for our own Reverend D. Davis, in this end of the state I would be compel to start at Centralia, and go north to keep from being wrote up in a mud-slinging way. I close by saying, that I will not get out of my class, if so I will get down to everything that goes to help kill the influence of some Gospel preacher. I have another job. JOSEPH W. HARRIS. Notice. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the S. S. convention of the East Mt. Olive. Association will meet in June with the Mt. Zion Baptist church, Haliidayboro, Ill. Wednesday before the 4th Sunday, 1918. Each auxiliary is urged to join in and make this meeting a success. So I am requesting each Sunday School to represent with their $12.00 and each B. Y. P. U. with their $5.00 We sincerely hope that all will observe the golden opportunity for doing good. Come prepared to influence some one to do more work for the Master; we need more laborers in the vineyard. So let each individual strive to be a factor for good in this so noble a cause. Prof. M. Singleton, Pres. Vivian Cross, Cor. Sec. Subscribe for The Gazette, Now. Page Two Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. MOCRARY, MANAGER FRIDAY JUNE 7, 1918. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Enterered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. 65 Address all communications to J. B.MeCRABY, 903 Pearl St. Metropolis, Ill. 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We are authorized to announce Fred Smith as a candidate for County Judge of Massac County, Ill., subject to the Republican Primary September 11th 1918. For Sherriff We are authorized to announce the name of W. F. Cummings, as a candid date for Sheriff of Massac County, Ill., subject to the Rupublican Primary September II, 1918. For County Clerk. We are authorized to announce Henry Morrow, as a candidate for the nomination for County Clerk, on the Republican ticket at the September Primary election. We are authorized to announce Fred Risinger, as a candidate for the nomination of County Clerk, on the Republican ticket, at the September Primary election. Assessor and Treasurer. We are authorized to announce John Kotter, as a candidate for Assessor and Treasurer of Massac County, Subject to the Republican Primary Sept. 11th. Assessor and Treasurer We are authorized to announce Elmer Brown, as a candidate for Assessor and Treasurer of Massac County, subject to the Republican Primary Sept. 11th. County Superintendent. We are authorized to announce T. F. McCatrney, as a candidate for the nomination for County Superintendent of Schools, of Massac County, Ill., on the Republican Ticket at the September Primary election. We are authorized to announce F. C. Prowdley, as a candidate for the nomination for County Superintendent of Schools on the Republican ticket at the September Primary election. FOR COMMISSIONER We are authorized to announce the name of Chris Walbright, as a candidate for County Commissioner. Election September, 11th. Don't try to lug political matter in our paper without paying the price because we cannot afford it. It costs money to run a newspaper these days. NOTICE. Elder J. H. Hilly, Missionary or Mt. Olive Baptist Associiaion postoffice address, is Colp, JL $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 catarah cure is the oely positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional disease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's catarah 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. We want to put The Gazette into every home in the city within 30 days. Will you help us neighbor? Special inducements will be given. Let every reader help us to get subscribers. Build up your Race Enterprise. The Gazette has just received another lot of new type faces and other material which adds much to the output of the work of the office. We deserve your patronage. We have a full line of cards, Letter Heads, Envelopes and other material. Let us do some of your work. We trust that all of the B. Y. P. U's, that have been sleeping on their rights for lo, these many months would wake up to duty and work as never before and come to Meteopolis, in June with a large delegation and make this the Banner year numerically, spiritually, and financially. St. Paul DuQuoin, Rock Hill, Centralia, Mt. Moriah, 12th, St Shiloh Mt. Vernon, and a number of others including New Hope Sparta, are saying they will take the Banner from Metropolis this year. We trust you will—ha, ha, Fifty voices will render music at the S. S. and B. Y. P. U. convention at Metropolis in June. Harmon Smitn, still remains quite feeble. Remember, the paper is $1.50 per year. The paper has taken another raise, postage will be higher, 3c for stamps and 2c for post cards, please pay up. The delegates from the First Baptist Young People's Union this city to the Mt. Olive B. Y. P. U. Convention are: Misses Margie Tandy and Alice Urquhart, and Mrs. G. E. Williamson, and Messrs. Bernestine Kimball and Maceo Stalls. We wonder who will get the beautiful artistic Banner that will be given to the Union that represents with the largest amount of money? The Metropolis B. Y. P. U. has received it for two successive years. Will you try and get it in June? The members of Unity Baptist church Brookport, are soliciting money to to stucco the gables of their church. the first of July. The members of the Methodist church are ceiling their church Thos Harmon is the contractor. Several members of the O. E. S. of Brookport were here Sunday and observed Esther day with Jeptha Chapter, No. 14. The chapters made a fine showing. Rev. and Mrs. I. S. Stone returned from Springfield Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Malone, St. Louis, Mo., were in the city last week attending the closing exercises of the schools- Mr. Malone delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Dunbar High School, and all were highly pleased. They paid this office a pleasant call. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. Anglus English went to Paducah, Ky., Tuesday. Miss Allie Barnard, returned home from Chicago, after several months in the city. Revs. Geo. Crippens, and Berry Thomas, spent Sunday at Mermet, and report a good meeting. Rev. Thos. Turner is at home from his charge. Lacy Patterson was notified of the drowning of his brother-in-law Walker Pierce, Sunday at Baltimore, Md. He left immediately for that city. NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Woman's Educational and Mission Society of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, that there will be a meeting held at the 2nd Baptist church Duquoin, III., Thursday before the Second Sunday in June 1918 unless the time is extended by the Moderator and the church, and in such case, due and timely notice will be given. Space will be given for the women to transact such business as they see fit in this meeting. We sincerely hope that all will observe the golden opportunity for doing good. Come prepared to influence some one to do more one to do more actual work Bring your sweet spiritual papers, and bring some money also. Let us strive to do well the work assigned to our hands. Let us shine out above ignorance, superstition and prejudice. Let us strive to be a factor in the great world encouraging education and thrift, lift up the fallen, care for the distress and, comfort the sorrowing and make this district a beacon light for all who are groping in darkness. Your servant for Christ. M. Hudgins, 1209 Commercial Ave. Cairo, Ill. Notice. Notice is hereby given that the Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association according to the adjournment of the Board meetina at Unionville, last September will meet with the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist church, Duquoin, Thursday before the 1st Sunday in June 1918 We are praying for a great meeting, and invite all the members to join us at that time and place in a spirit of meckness and prayer. Prepare good strong gospel sermons and come prepared to bombard Satan's camp and Sin as never before. Cry aloud and spare not, and make this meeting worthy of the name in every particular. To the Ministers. Let each minister come prepared to do his christian duty, to give liberally for the expense of the meeting, to be able to do this have your church to send not less than $1.00 by you or in a letter for said purpose. Let's be all that word "Missionary" stands for. Be true to the cause for which Jesus died, and think of the foot prints of the Baptists stained with blood, from John the Baptist and through all the ages until now for the principles set forth in the Bible and send up 5c per member this quarter for the missionary. We have a man out on field looking out for the waste places and his family is looking to him, while he is depending on you. Do all you can for the District and State work this year. I know you are loyal to Christ and your Association. Commence now to collect your money. Let us go through the gates, gather up the stones and lift up a Standard for the people. Yours in the cause. J. B. McCryar. Moderator PROGRAM of the Thirty-eighth Anual Session of the Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School Convention the Twentieth Annual Session of the Institute the Seventeenth Annual Session of the B. Y. P. U. To be held with the First Baptist Church S. Sr. Mteropols, WI June 17-21. 1918. 8:30 Institute cailed to order by President, J. W. ..... Corneal, Centralia Devotionals by.....Duqoin and Belgrade delegates 9:30 Welcome Address, Metropolis., Response Sparta 9:40 Music by choir 10:00 Progress of our Institute in the last 20 years 10:30 Blackboard exercise or Bible Study 11:10 Music Choir 13:40 Preaching by Rev. S. H. Pruitt Collection and Bendiction Afternoon Session 1:50 Devotionals Cairo and Ullin delegates 2:15 Paper, "Christian Development of our Boys" Cairo delegate. General discussion of same 3:00 Music by choir 3:20 President's Annual address Collection and Benediction 7:30 Devotionals Joppa and Vienna delegates 8:00 Roll call 8:45 Preaching by Rev. Lovelace, Murphysboro Collection and adjournment 8:30 The B. Y. P. U. called to order by President Devotionals by Unity, Brookport and Mt. Gilead ..... Murphysboro 8:45 Appointment of committee 9:00 Welcome Address by President of B. Y. P. U. Response by Mrs. Sallie Jones Duquoin 9:30 Method of keeping up interest in the B. Y. P. U. Opened by Mt. Zion delegate Duquoin 1:30 Devotionals Mt. Carmel Cairo and Belgrade Roll call 1:45 Topic Why each church should have a B. V. P. U. Round Table talk, opened by Mt. Vernon' Del. 2:15 President's Annual address 2:35 Trio Miss Edith Toney, Lola and Eva Autry Carbondale Preaching by Rev. D. Parrish, Alternate Rev. E. S. B. McCrary 8:00 Devotionals by Ullin, Belgrade, and Mounds 8:15 Roll call 8:30 Music by the choir Preaching by Rev. Starks, Alternate Rev. Cross and S. S. Oliver 9:20 Music by choir, Installation of officers, collection and adjournment 8:00 Called to order by President. Devotionals by Mt. Carmel and New Hope delegates 9:00 Roll call, reading of program 9:30 Welcome address by teacher of the Bible class Metropolis. Response by Miss Eva Autry Carbondale 9:40 Appointment of committees 10:00 Topic Why every S. S. should have a cradle roll and its benefit? Opened by Colp delegate. Round table talk 10:40 Paper, What a Superintendent means to the church, by Mt. Pleasant delegate, Harrisburg 10:50 Introduction of visitors 11:00 Music by the choir, prayer, preaching by Rev. Levi Thompson, alternate Rev. J. H. Hilly Collection and dismission 1:30 Devotionals by 12, St. Cairo, and Unity Brookport delegates 2:00 Reaading of morning journal, and roll call 2:20 A method of how to teach the beginners and to hold their attention, Centralia delegate 2:30 How to teach the teen age, Rev. C. W. Norment and Miss Edith Toney, Carbondale 2:50 Front Line Sunday School and how to build them by Rev. Edgar S. B. McCrary Music Ladies quartet 3:30 Report of various committees and intermission 3:50 Preaching by Rev. F. Bomar, alternate 12th St. Baptist church pastor Cairo, Collection and adjournment Thursday Morning Wednesday Morning recalled to order by Pro- fessor.....Duqoin and B e Address, Metropolis by choir of our Institute in the board exercise or Bible Choir ing by Rev. S. H. Pr Bendiction Afternoon Session mals Cairo and Ullin Christian Development General discussion of choir it's Annual address Benediction Evening Session mals Joppa and Vienna ing by Rev. Lovelace, adjournment B. Y. P. U. Wing Y. P. U. called to ord Unity, Brookport and Physsboro ment of committee e Address by President by Mrs. Sallie Jones L of keeping up inter- med by Mt. Zion deleg alk e choir interest the young peo ate of Mt. Moriah, Ca y choir, prayer and p adjournment Afternoon Session Annals Mt. Carmel Cairo Why each church should Table talk, opened by it's Annual address ess Edith Toney, Lo Rev. D. Parrish, All for the choir, reading mission Evening Session mals by Ullin, Belgrade v the choir Preaching v. Cross and S. S. Of choir, Installation of o ent Friday Morning Sunday School Convention o order by President and New Hope delega t, reading of program a address by teacher response by Miss Eva ment of committees Why every S. S. shou benefit? Opened b talk What a Superintend t. Pleasant delegate, action of visitors by the choir, prayer, p son, alternate Rev. J. d dismission Afternoon Session mals by 12, St. C delegates g of morning journal, and of how to teach the m, Centralia delegate teach the teen age, s Edith Toney, Carb ine Sunday School Edgar S. B. McCran quartet of various committee g by Rev. F. Bom Elder S. H. Pruitt At The Bat. Duquoin, Ill.. May 27, 1918 Editor Metropolis Gazette, Please allow me space in your paper to say that I am a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. I am also a member of the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association. I came to this State five years ago, and served as missionary of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, and have pastored in the association. I fell in line with the brethren and have done what little I could for the cause of the Master's Kingdom and the brethren of the Mt. Olive Association. They saw fit to elect me president of Ministers' and Deacons' Union I came into the State as an humble minister of the gospel and have tried to do my duty. Now as a member of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association, I shall endeavor to reply to Mr. Harris's letter in as much as he has invited some one of the association to reply. I shall try to answer in a brief way. It is the church of which I am pastoring that he is trying to say is disorderly and I feel it my duty to defend her by telling the truth and let the reader say who it is that is out of order, Mr. Harris or the Mt. Olive Baptist church. Mt. Harris, has been in an uproar with the St. Paul Baptist church ever since he has been called as pastor. At one time he attempted to declare a number of persons out of the church. He excluded others without even filing charges against them or even letting them know what they had been excluded for. This is what the evidence disclosin an ex-partee council which was held in the Mt. Olive Baptist church in the presence of Mr. Harris who obtruded himself in that meeting with a number of his followers of the St. Paul Baptist church, and too after had refused to give them a hearing or tell them what they were excluded for he refused to agree to call a mutual council with them, so the Mt. Olive officers and church let them call a ex-partee council in their building. This council was composed of some of the leading white ministers and deacons in the city. He said, these white ministers were ignorant and didn't know the doctrine and that the ministers of the Mt. Olive and the East Mt. Olive Association were ignorant and he would not invite them to any of his gatherings. He said they were an ignorant set of church asses, and were not fit to fill his pulpit. He has been barred from the East Mt. Olive Association and stands convicted by a council of some of the leading white ministers of the state Now he seeks to find shelter in the Mt. Olive. I think the brethren of the Union will see him when he does it. I was told that he joined the St. Paul church on christian experience. Why did he not get his letter from the church that holds his membership if he has one? This is all that we will say at this time. We will wait until he comes again. S. H. Pruitt, Pres. of Ministers' Union. Notice. Dear Co-workers: The Mt. Olive Baptist S. S., convention meets in Metropolis, Ill., with the First Baptist S. S., on Friday before the 4th Sunday in June 1918 Let each school be well represented both by delegate and money. Let every one come praying that God may be with us, and let us try to make this the banner year. Dennis Farrow, Pres. Ruth B, Donlow, Cor. Sec., Brookport, Ill. FAVORITE STOGIE IS DOOMED Long, Slim Smoke, Popular With Many Men, Soon Will Be No More, According to Tobacco Dealer. A Cleveland tobacco dealer is authority for the statement that stogies soon will be no more. The war has knocked the stooling out of them, or rather, it has taken the stogies' stuffing away to fill cigars of more aristocratic shape. Profit is all but gone. Prices climb, but so also do the objections increase against paying the higher rate. Taken altogether, the chances for the stogie are as slim as itself, says the Toledo Blade. As virtually all Cubans can roll cigars so was it once possible for many Americans besides professional cigarmakers to manufacture their own smokes. Hospitalized folk of the rural districts thought it the fine thing to offer their guests cigars which had been made in the house. The stogie was the last of its kind which could be said to have an unprofessional origin, many thousands being rolled by women at their homes in periods of the day when household duties were light. If now the stogie is to disappear, cigarmaking in this country will cease to have even the slightest of the amateur touch. This vanishing is to be regretted, not simply because the stogie was a cheap smoke, but also because it was picturesque. It fitted a certain type of American face. It went with long chins, long legs, bodies without superfluous flesh. The man whose pockets were stuffed with stogies seemed to be armed against lonesomeness and the power of anyone to "turn him down." Smokers of timid spirit never affected stogies. ANYBODY CAN MAKE MISTAKES Everybody Able to Blunder, But Few Are Willing to Frankly Admit They Have Made an Error. Mistakes are things anybody can make successfully. I have known people, writes Strickland Gillian, in Farm Life, who seemed to fall at every other kind of manufacturing who could make as splendid specimens of mistakes as one could wish to see. Yes, and do it easy! I have made mistakes. Yep, I have. I used to think I made none. Now I list that think as one of the biggest mistakes I ever made or knew about. These days I find myself wondering if I am not the fellow who invented them. Sometimes a fellow takes a miss that nobody else would take, and afterward finds out it was a miss-take. Anybody under twenty never admits that he has made a mistake. And he is usually honest about it. If anything goes wrong, blame it onto someone else. After twenty-five he begins to think of a few he made when he was eleven. After twenty-five he begins to think of a few he made when he was eleven. By the time he is forty-five he will forget the mistakes he made in early youth because, in looking back over the trail, the little ones of childhood are completely hid by the whoppers he has made since he was thirty-five. I don't know why people have to I don't know why people have to make mistakes. But they are built that way. I believe I never made the same mistake twice. This encourages me. This encourages me. For as I look back over a mistaken-dotted career I believe I have reached the point at which I cannot make any mistakes without repeting. For that may be a mistake. Right to the Point. One of the judges of the county court was called upon at his club recently, muses a New York correspondent, to make a speech in favor of the appointment of a well-known lawyer and member of the club, who was gunning for a political job. The judge touched on the patriotic issue, various questions of civil virtue and the value of keeping good men on the bench. At this point one of the members of the club, noted for his argumentative and violently demonstrative support of any point he took, arose. The remainder of the audience mentally got on ttoe. Here is where the fireworks started. "Judge," began the question, "there's one thing that has always bothered me, and I hope you can settle it for me so that the other members of this club will see that I am right. This is it: Does or does not a straight finish beat four of a kind under any and all circumstances?" Always In. It was the shopping period, and Miss Smith thought she would "drop in" on Mrs. Jones and ask her if she would assist her in the noble art of present-hunting. "Is your mistress in?" she asked the young maid. "Yes, miss," was the prompt reply. She was shown into the drawing room. But an hour passed and no Mrs. Jones appeared. At last the lady got up and called to the maid: "Did you tell your mistress I was here?" she asked. "Oh, no, miss," replied the girl quickly; "she hasn't returned from shopping yet." "Not returned!" exclaimed the astonished visitor. "No, miss." You see the mistress told me she was always home to you!" Woman's Imagination. When a woman arrives three minutes late at a railway station she imagines that the engineer saw her counting and pulled out just for spite. When In Need Of Good Clothing, Hats And Shoes Always Go to the Up-To-The Minute Store of O. L. GULLETT'S The Home of Men's Furnishings from Head to Foot. Next Door to Post Office. Proposed Constitution of the Baptist Minister's Alliance. We, the Minister's of the Mt. Olive and East Mt. Olive Baptist District Associations of Southern Illinois, desirous of a more oneness in perpetuating the principles and Doctrines Legislated by Jesus Christ, and practiced by His Apostles, seeking by the word of God to bring ourselves, and the churches as well, more into the unity of the Faith of Jesus Christ, do now adopt the following Constitution. Article I Name. Sec.1. This organization shall be called the Missionary Baptist Minister's Alliance of Southern Illinois. Sec.2. Officers. Its Officers shall consist of a President, two Vice Presidents, Recorcing Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer and such committees as may conserve the best interest of the body, all of which shall be elected annually by a majority vote of the body. Article 2 Membership. Sec. 1. This organization shall be composed of Missionary Baptist Ministers furnishing bonifid membership in any regular Missionary Baptist Church, together with his good standing where he now pastors, or where he last pastored, or the church where he worship's with whether he ever pastored or not. Article 3. Authority. Sec.1. This organization shall have the power to receive to, or drop from its fellowship any Minister or Ministers whom it deems worthy or unworthy of fellowship. Sec.2. This Constitution by laws,or regulations, shall by no means conflict with the rules and regulations of the two Associations namely Mt. Olive and East Mt. Olive. We would thank all of our subscribers who are in arrears for the paper to remit at once. Do unto us, as you would that others do to you. This is one part of genuine religion. May we expect to receive a post office order in tho next mail. Just 20 days and the Mt. Olive S. S. and B. Y. P. U. convention will meet in Metropolis. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL Extra Ordinary Notice. To the Sunday Schools composing the Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School Convention of Southern Illinois. Greetings: Dear Co-laborers:—The annual session will meet with the First Baptist Sunday School at Metropolis, Ill. Friday June 21, and will continue in session up to Sunday night June 23. It is hoped that every school in the district will be fully represented and prepared to pay the full qubto of the school represented by the delegate sent to the convention. Do not come complaining and pleading hard times. Think of the many thousands that are in a worse condition than we are. Therefore let us all come praying and giving thanks to the Almighty for the many blessings we have received from His bountiful hand in the past year. The banner that was cast in the Colps fire will be replaced, and the S. S. making the best report will receive it. Hoping that we will all be spared to meet together in June at Metropolis, I am yours in the cause of Christ. Dennis Farrow, Pres. 429-15th St. Cairo, Ill Ruth Donlow, Cor. Sec. Brookport, Ill Officers of Ministers' Alliance. C. W. Norment, Carbondale Vice President W. P. Washington, Mt. Vernon Recording Secretary J. B. McCrary, Metropolis Corresponding Secretary J, D. Davis, Colp Treasurer H. C. Armstead, Pulaski Vigilant Committee F. Bomar, Cairo P. B. French, Sparta Thos. Morris, Mefropolis A. J. Bowers, Dewmaine Rev. Berry Thomas, Metropolis. Any one writing to this office on private matter and requiring an answer must enclose a stamp. The Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Association meets in Duquoin Thursday before the 2nd Sunday in June. Subscrhbe for The Gazette. ```markdown ``` Emancipator Disliked Monotony, Hence His Frequent Change of Wearing and Not Wearing Whiskers. The storm which is raging around the Barnard statue of Lincoln, says the Toledo Blade, has brought out some interesting facts about the great emancipator, known probably only to his biographers. We recite, for example, that: In 1853 Lincoln wore a beard. In 1857 and 1888 he was beardless. During the debate with Douglas he was growing a beard. The day after his first nomination the beard was gone. Portraits of 1861, 1863 and 1864 show the full beard, but before 1864 was ended the Lincoln face was smooth again. The last portrait, made on April 9, 1865, shows the fair beginning of a beard. This history indicates a change in the views about whiskers as between Lincoln's day and ours. The men with a beard now holds his possession to be inviolate. He would not merely sue anyone who would lay the scissors to his decorations, but he would consider it a mortal sin to do any such thing himself. In the matter of beards, as in everything else, Lincoln retained an open mind. He was not above liking change for its own sake, monotony wearying him. That, if you will study them, will be found to be one of the traits of all great men. BIRDS HELP SAVE THE CROPS Winged Destroyers of Tree and Grain Insects Should Be Protected Declare the Audubon Societies. The National Association of Audubon Societies issued a warning against the indiscriminate shaughter of birds and wild life, declaring perils threaten the agriculture of the United States unless action is taken immediately to save the lives of certain animals and birds. "The crops will save the nation," the bulletin says, "but the birds will help to save the crops. Therefore, it is necessary that the birds be saved. "The thoughtless and irresponsible would kill the robins, and thus destroy the natural enemies of grasshoppers, beetles and caterpillars; they would exterminate the woodpeckers and thus execute those traditional watchmen of our fruit and forest trees which destroy the larvae of the gypsy moth; they would do away with the chickadees, which annually eat myriads of bugs, canker worms, moth and plant lice. They would slay the orchard oriole, the bulk of the food of which consists of cabbage worms, grasshoppers and the larvae of all kinds of noxious invaders of garden and farm." Squirrel Aided Bridge Builders "There is an old Hindu story about Rama's bridge. Rama, the chief of the gods, was building a bridge, and the monkeys came to help in the work. They carried earth and stones and trees, and piled them up. They moved cliffs and mountains. While the work was at its height the squirrel came to help. The squirrel could not carry much, but he rolled himself up in the sand and scampered to the bridge and shook the sand from his coat and scampered back again. The monkeys stopped and laughed at the squirrel, They said, 'Ho! what does he think he is doing?' But Rama had watched the squirrel, and he reproved the monkeys, saying that according to his powers the squirrel was doing as much as any of them. And this legend adds that Rama reached down and stroked the squirrel kindly, and from that day to the squirrel has always borne upon his coat the stripes that are the marks of Rama's fingers." — St. Nicholas. Dentist Useful in Army. At the beginning of the war, the dental surgeon, so far as the allies were concerned, was not officially recognized in army circles, says Popular Science Monthly. Indeed, it was not until the Germans marched into Brussels, with a dental post every ten kilometers, that the allies appreciated the importance of oral hygiene. Today there are 11 American dental field ambulances in France alone. Men who were formerly sent home on sick leave, whose only trouble was their mollars, are now kept at the front. Soldiers to the number of a division and a half have thus been spared to the army. Furthermore, the surgeons insist that a wounded man with bad teeth makes slow recovery. And then, too, army rations are hard to masticate, so that the man with poor teeth "bolts" his food and loses strength and endurance. In our new National army there will be a dentist for every 500 men. Deafness in Soldiers A novel cure for deafness in soldiers has been found by British doctors, who believe in the power of suggestion to accomplish much that their medical skill cannot. Much of the deafness at the front is hysterical, born of the soldiers fear of going deaf from the incessant pounding of the explosives about him. Many times these men cannot be cured by direct treatment, and it is then that the unique system is brought into play. They are given very slight anesthesia and a tiny incision made in the skin behind an ear. Then an iron plate is hammered violently close to the ear. In almost every instance where the deafness is hysterical the patients regain their hearing immediately, convinced that a serious and therefore helpful operation has been performed. 1917 A YEAR OF DISASTERS Earth Never Trembled So Violently and So Generally as During the Past Twelve Months. An earthquake that destroyed the city of Guatemala has added to the record of disasters and horrors that have marked the past year, quite apart from the tragedies of the war, as one of the most dreadful in modern annals. Early in the year 1917 an earthquake occurred in central Formosas, killing 300. Later in the same month 550 were killed by an earthquake on the Island of Bali, on the Malay archipelago. In April many were killed in Tuscany and Umbria, in Italy, by an earthquake. Shocks occurred in different parts of the world throughout the spring, the most severe being in San Salvador, where fortunately no lives were lost, though serious damage was done. Heavy damage was done in July in the Samoun islands, with losses of life. In August an earthquake in New Zealand caused serious destruction. In September Colombia felt a series of shocks lasting for two weeks, with the destruction of hundreds of houses and some losses of life. A disaster of another character, but belonging to the record of misfortunes of the year, occurred in Halifax harbor on the 6th of December, when a mutilations ship was destroyed by collision with another vessel and over 1,500 lives were lost, with a property loss of $50,000,000. Now comes the Guatemala quake, the full effect of which is not known, but which has doubtless taken a heavy toll of life and has rendered 125,000 people homeless. Rarely has the earth trembled so violently and so generally as during the past year. The full toll of deaths from the shakes will perhaps never be known, as many of the disturbances occurred in remote places. ARMY WITH ETERNAL SMILE English Warriors Display Greatest Fortitude Especially During Hours of Suffering in Hospitals. Sir Berkeley Moynihan, the representative of Great Britain in the surgeon general's office in Washington, said recently that the English army is an army with a smile, that it never wears off and that where it is most persistent is in the war hospitals. In his ceaseless visits to the bedside of the wounded at night he could not but be touched by the awful loneliness and solitude and the aching misery of the early hours of the day. But never was there a whimper of regret or surrender. Never would he forget one boy who had a bad compound fracture of the knee joint, which every effort had been made to save. In spite of the efforts gangrene had come on and amputation was necessary. By blood transfusion, the use of which in surgery was due to Maj. George Crile, the American surgeon, the boy had been put into something like fair condition. Though still grave surgical risk the boy had had to have his chance. Sir Berkeley had seen him several times during the evening and again at half past eleven, when he had said: "Well, how are you?" The boy turned his white, weary face to him and said as loudly as he could, "I am tip-top, sir;" and at midnight was dead. Volumes Couldn't Say More. A curious sidehight on German standards of probity is found in a report of the case of Lieutenant Spindler, who commanded the German ship Libau, which landed Casement in Ireland and was captured, says the Outlook. Spindler gave up four pounds when taken prisoner, saying it was all he had. "When his captor asked, 'On your honor? Spindler replied, 'No, no more.'" A search revealed 21 five-pound notes concealed in his clothing. The attorney general asked him: "Do you think in the circumstances you were entitled to give an untruthful answer?" Lieutenant Spindler replied: "There may be different points of view—the point of view of an English officer and the point of view of a German officer." Volumes could speak no more. Better Clothes for Tommy. A long-standing grievance of the British soldier is to be remedied. On discharge he was served out with a suit of shoddy, described in the trade as "reach me downs," a cheap tweed cap and a muffler, the value being fixed at $4.20. A newspaper man who witnessed the discharge of the men who fought at Mons described the returning heroes as looking like charity pensioners. The press dealt with the complaint and the war office amended the scheme by substituting for the muffler a collar and a tie and suggesting greater care in the fitting of individual suits. Henceforth these men are to be released for civilian life wearing suits of decent quality and cut, representing $10, wholesale value. Rehabilitation of Holy Land Immediate plans for the rehabilitation of the Holy Land, to fit it for the home of the Jews of the world, are now under consideration by the officers of the New York Zionist organization. A medical unit will be dispatched to the stricken land, loans will be made to the colonists to rebuild and refit their farms and vineyards, and irrigation and sanitation problems must be solved. The $1,000,000 fund now being raised will be used for immediate purposes, and it is believed the reconstruction work will involve an expenditure of approximately $100,000,000. Page Three British Working Man, "Making Good" as Soldier, Will Never Again Be Butt of Jesters. What the poor citizen wants is not charity, or even sympathy, still less regulation; it is respect, which is the social soil of self-respect. That is why he is sometimes happier as a soldier, in spite of all the sickening horrors of soldiering; because humanity always has respected, and always will respect, a soldier. Thus, Gilbert K. Chesterton, writing in the Illustrated London News, sums up an argument which, among its premises, contains the following: "After all, it will be well to remember that nearly every battalion is a labor battalion. The commonest type in the trenches, the object of such wide and well-deserved praise in the press and the public speeches, is, after all, identical with another type—a common object of the streets and the comic papers. The British soldier is generally our old friend the British working man. "He has lived by trades that are too often treated as merely grimy or grotesque; and in the case of new and almost crude conscript armies, like those we have hately raised, he has generally quite recently dropped those tools and left those trades. It is the plumber, who is charged with pottering about for days before he stops a small leak in a pipe, who has often in a few minutes stopped with his body the breach in the last dyke of civilization, lest it should let in a sea of savagery; and there may even be fewer jokes about his soldering, now they can be answered by a pun about his soldiering. It is the cabman, who was supposed to grumble unduly at a very different sort of fare, and especially at at the sort we call warfare." HAS KEPT TOUCH WITH PAST Old Tarrytown on the Hudson Refuses to Become Part of Modern Hustle and Bustle. Safely aloof from the rush and scramble which typifies Long Island today lies Tarrytown on the Hudson. The solidarity and leisurely prosperity of Tarrytown have kept it from being swept along with the stream of worldly progress. It has tarried. It has kept its legends and traditions, its landmarks and historic buildings. It still likes to look at the monument marking the spot where Andre, the spy, was captured. It likes to recall with thrills of local pride "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," until it sees again the headless horseman pursuing the luckless Ichabod. There are other specters of which the locality can boast, notably that of Andre, also on horseback, who can be heard at night riding at high speed up the road on which he was captured. At the fatal spot the sound of hoofs ceases, naturally enough, leaving the chance hearer to scuttle home with unseemly haste. Night is an excellent time to go sightseeing in Tarrytown. There is the Sleepy Hollow graveyard, which no visitor would wish to miss, and which has an additional charm when viewed by moonlight. There is always the possibility that some illustrious resident of the place may come forth to take the air and wander once again to his old home or to the market place. Swore Just Like a Native. Lieut.-Col. Oliver Dockery, in charge of training of the 160th Depot brigade, at Camp Custer, Mich., is from the South and has something of the characteristic Southern accent. The other day when 2,000 negro recruits arrived from Alabama Colonel Dockery ran across a negro sergeant who was marching a group of the new men along in the rain and reproved the sergeant for taking his men out in such weather and ordered them back in the barracks. Just as they disappeared in the doorway of the shivering little negroes from the South turned around and said, "Dat sholly am a kind-hearted man. He cusses like he come from down home. Dat boss make me so homesick dat I believe I its goin' to cry." Boo-hoo! Boo-hoo! Duty That Lies Near. If only it could be impressed upon each and every one of us that we must do our duty, whatever that duty may be and wherever it may be, just as well as we possibly can, what a tremendous thing it would be. It has been said that if the American people would save just 10 per cent of what they have formerly spent the war would be won and victory would be assured. The girl in the home can do a tremendous part in the winning of this war—she can save in many ways, she can work in many ways and she does not have to have any special talent for it either. Character and industry, these are the things that count, these are what make life really worth the living. Scripture and Profanity Mixed. The Bible and profanity were strangely intermingled in the congress a few days ago. Senator Overman made the statement that President Wilson "has been criticized in many instances, for instance, for not taking senators into his confidence." To which Senator Reed remarked: "Oh hell!" Senator Overman expressed the hope that this expression would go into the Record. Subsequently Senator Overman read into the Record a section of the eighteenth chapter of Exodus, describing how Aaron and Hur sat by the side of Moses and held aloft his hands throughout the day while the conflict between the army of Israel and the army of Amalek was in progress. Page Four Notice. To the Women's E & Mission Societies of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association. Dear Sisters:-The time is fast approaching for the Executive Board, each auxiliary is asked to send a delegate or some money to help defray the expense of the meeting and for the building of the Livingston Normal. The meeting is called to meet at Dequoin, before the 2nd Sunday in June Thursday. The Vice President is requested to be present as I may not be able to be present. The weather and other expenses may not allow me to leave home, but if it is possible for me to attend, I will. I am praying for a good meeting. Sisters, let us get up and get busy and prepare for the State Meeting in May. Some of us may be gone to our Reward, but if so let those that remain close up the ranks and keep pressing forward, "Move forward" is the slogan. Yours in His Name, M. J. Blake, Dist. Pres. Notice. Notice. Notice is hereby given to all those who are in arrears for The Gazette, that we will be compelled to cut you off our list Nov. 15 and if not paid by that time the account will be given out for collection. We are giving you fair warning as we would like to retain you on our list. You use the paper and the money to operate the plant. If you can't pay all pay a part and have to the 1st of Jan, to pay up in full. Notice. Carbondale, Ill., May 7, '18 I take this method to thank the Mt, Zion circle of Dewmaine for the $2.50 sent me as part of my traveling expenses to the State Association which convenes with the Salem Baptist church Chicago. May 21, 1918. It is my earnest hope that all of the societies of the district may be heard of in this great meeting. Let us all go up to the work of the Lord as never before and God will bless the work of our hands in everything that is right. M. J. O'Conner, Pres., of East Mt. Olive Dist., of the Women's Association KINKY Hair Made to Grow Long, Soft and Silky ABY STAINS says her hair was mary- and short until she used Exelento, and now she can smile as it is 42 inches long, soft and silky. Don't be fooled all your life by using some fake preparation which claims to straighten kinky hair. You are just fooling yourself by using it. Kinky hair cannot be made straight. You must have hair first. Now this EXELENTO QUININE POMADE is a Hair Grower which feeds the scalp and roots of the hair and makes kinky nappy hair grow long, soft and silky. It cleans dandruff strops Falling Hair at once. Price 25c by mail on receipt of stamps or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write for Particulars EXELENTO MEDICINE CO. ATLANTA, GA. Thought and Kindness Best. It is not written blessed is he that feodth the poor, but he that considerth the poor. A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.—John Ruskin. Waterproof. Mother—"In all the wild storm your sister Maggie went out with her throat all bare and exposed." Brother—"Hein won't hurt her. She's got a snubber neck."—Life. FOOD CONTROL MEANS VICTORY European Shortage Places Problem Before American Government—Farsighted Policy Adopted. NEED 75,000,000 BU. WHEAT. Food Administration Asks Aid of Every American in Gigantic Task of Feeding Millions. It is the food problem over there that makes a food problem over here. If we wished to be supremely selfish—and supremely shortsighted—we could go on eating as much as we like and whatever we like, without much difficulty or interruption—at least, until the Germans came! But we are not doing things in that selfish and suicidal way. We are trying to make a great common pool of all of our food, and all of the food of the allies, and all of the food we can get from South American and other neutrals, and dividing it up fairly among America, England, France, Belgium and Italy. This does not mean that all of the people in the great pool are going to have the same ration, but means that we are trying to arrange to have enough for everybody, so that the soldiers—our soldiers and their soldiers—will be well fed, as they have to be to fight hard and continuously, and that the munitions workers and the workers in all the other necessary industries, and the men and women at home will all have enough to keep alive and well. It is absolutely necessary to do this if the war is to be won, and we are going to do it, but it means planning, working, arranging, co-operating, being careful, not wasting, saving. And it means that each and every one of us has got to help. Now, we have enough and more than enough food for ourselves, and the Government is going to see to it that we keep here at home a sufficient supply of every essential kind of food to support our people. But over there they simply have not enough. Lord Rhondda, the English food controller, recently cabled the American food administrator, that unless we can send the allies before the next european harvest 75,000,000 bushels of wheat in addition to what had been sent up to January 1 of this year he could not assure the people of the allies that they would have a sufficient supply of food to carry on the war. He did not say anything in this cable about the other food necessary, but he has told of these needs in other cables—and by his actions in England. For example, his latest regulation compels a reduction of meat eating in the United Kingdom to a maximum of one pound per week per person, this pound including the bone and other waste parts in the meat as bought in the shop. The allies must have more wheat, more meat, more fats, more dairy products, more sugar. Their harvests were very short—France had less than half her normal crop of wheat—and the available shipping is small in amount and constantly being lessened by submarines, so that it is now practically impossible to use any ships for the long voyage necessary to bring food from Australia and other remote markets. The food must come chiefly from America. In specific figures it is necessary for us to send to the allies 1,100,000 tons of foodstuffs a month. This is a great responsibility and a great problem. The food must be found, and also the ships to carry it. It is being done, but can only continue to be done by the help and full cooperation of all of us over our broad land. We must produce and save more. To supply the wheat necessary until the next harvest, we must reduce our consumption by from one-fourth to one-third; we must cut down our usual average consumption of meats and fats by from 10 to 15 per cent, and dairy products by about 10 per cent. Over there they are tightening their belts and doing everything they can. They are eating war bread; they are cutting down their sugar in England to two pounds per person per month, and in France and Italy to one pound—how much are you eating?—and they are using ration cards for most of the staples. We must meet sacrifice with sacrifice. If we don't, we are helping to lose the war instead of helping to win it. A girl is giving a bowl of cookies to an older man. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. Jickey College Madam Newell HAIR GROWER and BEAUTY SPEC Madam Newell POWER and BEAUTY SPECIALIST Stree Phone Drexel 1744 Chicago, Illinois. Evening Session 7:30 Devotional, by St. Paul Duquoin and delegates 8:00 Roll call. W. E. & M. 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