Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE AMERICAN VICTORY "BOGHE TURNS TAIL, RUNS TO BEAT HELL" VOLUME XXI. NO. 14 AMERICAN OSCAR Republican Candidate Collector Of M CAN VICTORY " CAR MILLER Candidate For Sheriff And or Of Massac County Republican Candidate For Sheriff And Collector Of Massac County In this this issue of The Gazette will be found the announcement of Oscar Miller for the Republican nomination for sheriff and collector of Massac County, at the Primary election September 11, 1918 Mr. Miller, is well known to most of the voters of this county as a man of high ideals and unselfish motives, having served as sheriff of Massac County for four years from 1910 to 1915, and during this term of office was never known to mistreat a prisoner or to have any trouble with any of them white or black, but was always ready and fully able to carry out his duties without fear or favor and was repeated fair dealings and humane treatment of the prisoners. Mr. Miller served as Marshal of Joppa, for three years, Post Master one year, Deputy Sheriff four years, Sheriff four years. Harmon Smith was born Sep. 10, 1892, at Metropolis Ill. He was the only child of Monroe and Lurania Smith. His entire life was spent in this community and with which we are conversant. Harmon professed a in Christ at the Freewill church revival about two years ago and identified himself with this branch of the Lord's service. All through his brief Witness the bore Jesus Christ before him. Rev. Morris can bear witness to the statement of Harmon that he was prepared to die and was only waiting. His suffering was borne with much fortitude, and just before his death he was perfectly conscious of it and told Mrs. Griggs that he was getting ready to cross the great Divide. He departed this life July 16th 1918 at 9:15 a.m. Marge 25 years 1 month 6 days. He leaves a mother, wife, grand parents and a host of relatives and friends to mourn their loss. His remains were interred in the Masonic Cemetery. Peace, Swear, Pray, Gazette is in Sappathay with the relatives. ARMY CAPTAIN IS DISMISSED Mississippi Man Refused to Brigade White With Colored Men. Little Rock, Ark., June 30. Capt. E. C. Rowan, whose duty by court martial at Camp Pike for refusing to obey an order from his major, which would have caused the temporary consolidation of white selectives under Captain Rowan's command with colored selectives, caused wide interest, has been dismissed from the army Capt. Rowan has been on duty with the depot brigade at Camp Pike. He received notice of discharge yesterday. Capt. Rowan in answering the charge said that brigading white with colored troops would have wrecked the morale of his white --- --- OBITUARY He is serving as chairman of the Exemption Board of Massac County and giving his time free to the government, showing that he is 100 per cent American and that he is not possessed with that Pro-German spirit. He has readily and willingly contributed to war fund to assist in the prosecution of the war. He is ever with a republican in and out of office and always upholds the doctrine for which the party stands contributing financially to its expense fund. Mr. Miller has been tried and the people know Mr. Miller and his worth too well for to make further comment at this time. The Gazette can truly recommend him to the readers of this paper as fully competent for this office and trust he may have a favorable consideration. selectives, who were southern men. He made no denial of refusing to obey the order of his battalion commander, Maj. F. B. Shaw. The verdict has been approved by th war department. Capt. Rowan is from Mississippi. Lieut. Robot H. Hall was dismissed and given a sentence of twenty five years' hard labor at the military prison at Ft. Leavenwort, Kansas. Lieut. Hall was mess officer of the Three Hundred and Forty-eighth infantry and deserted his organization late in February. He had charge of the mess fund and was short about $7,000. Quincy Martin Has Contract Rainny Martin the contractor has awarded the contract to build a half mile of road of the Vienna road near New Columbia levee. He has a large number of men and teams at work. He will be with job about two months to finish good shape. Mr. Martin is one of the best road builders in the county. STEEJ COMPANY EM PLOYS WOMEN Hampond, Ind. - The Island Steel Company of Indiana Harbor, unable to obtain sufficient men on account of the labor shortage, has employed fifty women, who are working unloadinging brick and ore from cars. Church Rally The White Mount Missionary Baptist church of Mermet, held a rally last Sunday for the purpose of erecting a building on their new site, recently purchased under the leadership of Rev. Berry Thomas of Metropolis, who has done faithful work to his credit when honestly taken into account with the hindrances that usually appear in church work together with own weakness and inexperience as a license preacher. He has wrought well under the load that was visible to us. MOTTO: "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." THE GERMAN AMBITION MILITARISM MILITARISM spread on the ground and every one of that host of people satisfied their appetites and it appeared like the days of our fathers and many were heard to say "It is good for us to be here." It seemed that every one was glad to see each other and it was really a get together meeting and a great "feast in the wilderness." In the afternoon Rev. General Crim of Joppa, preached a very good sermon, after speaking meeting conducted by Rev H. Word and Bro. Thos Harmon, and the spiritual servor ran high. Collection, and dismission. The school was formed into line beaded by McCrary's "Boy. Cadets" of Metropolis, and marched to the church site where thor addresses were delivered by several of the visitors, and then another collection was taken. Dismission At night Rev. Thos. Turner delivered a short but powerful sermon. Collection, announcements and dismission Collection for the day $22.39. Tha door of the church was opened and 3 members were added. Every one left for their homes about 11:00 feeling much wiser for having gone up to the house of the Lord. We hope to return again in August and give them a helping hand in getting their building up for winter. Please allow space in your paper for this report. C. C. Messer is not improving very fast and is still confined to his bed. We have not seen or heard of a missionary for the last three months and we are not certain that we have one. Our field is growing fast in population in this part of the state. Sunday night a large congregation was at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church and I am told the collection was $20 00. Elder Geo. Brown ILLINOIS The editor was invited to go down and participate in the work and was given full charge during the day. We had for our able assistants, Elder Thomas Turner, Revs. Berry Thomas, John H. Stamps, General Crim and H. Word and several visiting lay members who were interested in the work. They have a S. S. which is destined to become second to none in the county with a little careful training. Bro. Jas. Goodman of Round Knob, conducted the S. S. service in a becoming way being an old experienced hand in the work. There is a large number of bright girls and boys in this community who should be trained up for the Master's use. Most of these people are not members of the Missionary Baptist church but they are working unselfishly with the few Baptists to erect a meeting house place for the training of their children as Cod requires of all parents which is the right thing to do and shows the Christian spirit and they should be let alone and allowed to work together on this high and broad principle and any attempt by anyone to separate them or to try to stir up rancor in their minds as to denominational lines shows clearly that they are not friendly to the cause of Christ for which he suffered bled and died, nor are they favorable to the best interest of those in the community but are only after selfish gains. We hope to see them in their church building soon and have promised to assist them in the work when called upon. We preached at 11:00 to a large and appreciative audience in the Bob Lowery grove. At the conclusion of the sermon an invitation was offered to sinners and about 15 or 20 sinners come forward expressing a desire to seek and some of them asking us to pray for them. Collection $11.15. Dismission until 3 o'clock, dinner was HARRISBURG Americans Capture Dozen Towns and Enormous Number of Prisoners in Drive Necessary to Order Troops to Hold Back in Greatest Pursuit of the Boches by the Americans On the American Champagne Front, July 18.—The Americans are advancing with the French on a 40 kilometer front between Soissons and Chateau, Thierry. The Americans have captured a dozen towos and villages and have taken numerous prioners. They had advanced three kilometers by noon. The American command at Givray reporting the capture of the towns said: "We met the Boche line of resistance with sharp fighting The Boche turned tail and run like hell as we pursued." They have hopes of securing more prisoners. At headquarters messages are coming in from everywhere asking permission to push farther, but it is essential that the line de kept straight. In some instances it was necessary to order the troops to hold back. This is the greatest pursuit of the Bocbe that the Americans have yet engaged in. Enormous numbers of prisoners have been taken, though estimates are impossible. American airplanes fought the Boche. The surprise was complete in the concentration of attack. Rapid fire guns, loaded on trucks, dashed up to the German artillery, whose resistance wns feeble. The French and Americans captured Cannas and Courchants. The latest reports say the advance continues. Official Notice Received of Lieutenant Roosevelt's Death Oyster Bay, July 18,--Official word of the loss of Lieut. Quentin Roosevelt behind the German lines in France has been received by Col. Rooaevelt in a cable message from General Pershing. Sparta Mr. V. Meridith of Chester was the guest of his daughter Mrs. Ida Wallace last week. Will Efolds better known as "Stack" shot Bill Duncan last Sunday with a shot gun and made good his escape and Duncan is in a serious condition. Lonnie Coleman has been indisposed for two weeks with lumbago, and is expecting to go to the hospital at St. Louis Mo. Revs. P. B. France and M. E. Parnell were in St. Louis, Mo., visiting. Misses Ruth and Bertha Mayweather of Dubois, are guests of their grand-mother, Mrs. E. C. Worthem The Sunday School met July 13, with a good attendace, Supt. Wm. Macklin, in the discharge of his duty, each teacher present Mrs. S. Burgess made, some remarks and response by the pastor At 11:00 Rev. French preached a strong sermon from Rom. 14:11. At 6 o'clock the B.) Y. P. U. met in a successful meeting with Mrs. Amanda Haynes presiding. The lesson was Acts 2:31, Mrs. Anna Owens was in the church service today for the first time since she was stricken with paralysis six months ago and we were glad to welcome her in our midst again. Nrs. Lucy Clayton of Birmingham, Ala., is guest of Mrs. Anna Owens, she is accompanied by her daughter-in-law Leatha Clayton. They are in route to St. Louis for a three weeks visit. Mrs. Sylnina Burgess of Cleaton, Ky., is the guest of Mrs. Clara Bolden, she is accompanied At 7:30 our pastor presented Rev. D. G. Hutson, who chose for a text Ezek. 18:4 from which he delivered an able sermon. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Foster died last week of pneumonia. Another one is by Mrs. Josie Stewart, of Graham Ky. Rev. P. B. French will leave for Springfield, to meet the grand session of the United Order of Twelve. Rev. D. G. Hutson, expects to take a trip to Charleston, W. Va. for an indefinite stay. The choir will give a social entertainment on the church lawn this week. Golden Leaf club requestsed the Carnation club to meet in a joint meeting this week under the auspices of both president. Our district missionary Rev. J. H. Hilly washere the 3rd of July and preached an able sermon. Missionary dues $4.25. J. J. Taylor. Reporter. Notice. Notice To the women of the East Mt. Olive Baptist Association, this is to call your attention to the Association which convenes with the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church Golconda, Ill., August 6th 1918. Let this be the banner year for ladies of this association, M. J. O'Connor, Pres. Ruth L. Rowly, Cor, Sec. NOTICE. Elder J. H. Hilly, Missionary lor Mt. Olive Baptist Associsia- ion postoffice address, is Colp, Jl. Subscribe For The Gazette. Page Two Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. WRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER. J. B. McCRARY, EDITOR FRIDAY JULY 19. 1918. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Enterered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. 88. Address all communications to J. B. McCRARY, 900 Pearl St. Metropolis, Ill. 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 in week TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year.....$1.50 Six Months.....80 Three Months.....40 Single Copy.....05 In Advance. ADVERTISING RATES. made known on application. You must mail copy on Mondays to secure publication. ANNOUNCEMENT. For Representative We are authorized to announce Judge K. C. Ronalds, as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Legislature of the 51st Senatorial District, subject to the Primary Sept. 11th. We are authorized to announce Claude F. Lacy, as a candidate for the Republican nomination for the Legislature of the 51st Senatorial District, subject to the Primary Sept. 11th. County Judge We are authorized to announce the name of WALTER A. PHILLIPS, a candidate for County Judge of Massac County, Ill. Subject to the Republican Primary September 11, 1918. We are authorized to announce the name of Judge W. F. Smith, as a candidate for County Judge of Massac county, Ill., subject to the Republican primary September 11, 1918. 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 candidate for Sheriff of Massac County, Ill., subject to the Rupublican Primary September 11, 1918. We are authorized to announce the name of Oscar Miller, as a candidate for Sheriff of Massac county Illiniois subject to the Republican Primary September 11, 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. Subscribe for The Gazette, Now. $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 ooly 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 use science and mucous surfaces of the skin, surely destroying the found. in 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. 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. The members of Unity Baptist church Brookport, are soliciting money to to stucco the gables of their church, the first of July. 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. Mrs. Lizzie Lassiter of Belgrade spent Sunday in the city with her daughter Mrs. Jossie Clark. Mrs. Ruth Donlow of Brookport, attended the funal of her cousin Harmon Smith Thursday. You have seen our Job Office and know that we are prepared to do first classwork. Send us your church work, bills, cards envelopes, and etc. Have a little more Race pride "Parson." The National Baptist Convention, Unincorporated) will meet in Little Rock, Ark., in Sept. The 3rd Sunday in July will be known as Tag Day Rally at Unity Baptist church. Everybody get busy, get your "Tag" and be in the swim. Don't be a slacker. We hope that every one who owes us would come in and pay up or send it in. We are striving hard to serve you and we have incurred more debt by adding more machinery and type. There will be a rally at Unity Baptist church, Brookport, Sunday. Good services all day. "Come with us and we will do thee good." Dr. C. C. Phillips, of Golconda, Supt, of Missions was in the city Sunday and preached for the memberr of the Antioch Baptist church. Mrs. Ella Warfield, of Belgrade is reported very sick, also one of her children. Thos. Harmon is plastering the A. M., E. church at Brookport, this week. The pastor Rev. Reddick and members of the mentioned congregation have a rally and bask-dinner Sunday. Go and "get yours." "I got mine" last Sunday at Mermet. Mrs Delia Brown of Belgrade, has very sick child. McGrary's "Boy Cadets" went to Brookport, to give an exhibition drill at Unity Baptist church during the church fair. Read The Gazette METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. Any one writing to this office on private matter and requiring an answer must enclose a stamp. Mrs. Ed Neeley is at home from Houston, Texas, where she went to be with her husband during his training for France. He is employed on a Pullman car by government we are told. Don't try to lug political matter in our paper without paying he price because we cannot afford it. It costs money to run a newspaper these days. Rev. Edgar McCrary, wife and little-son Joseph are in Brookport spending the week assisting in the church fair at Unity Baptist church. Will Adams is able to be out and operate his car after being laid up for some time from a shot arm. A large number of our people attended the basket meeting at Mermet, Sunday and all report a pleasant time; plenty to eat and good ice water. Mrs. Kimpie Gibson of Bloomington, arrived in the city Tuesday to visit her mother Mrs. Mary Robinson and other relatives. Mounds. Ill. New Bethel Church Dear Editor. Please allow me space in your paper to say that our Sunday School and church are getting along fine. At 11 o'clock Rev. J. H. Hilly, the missionary preached an excellent sermon text, Tim. 1:12 Fight the good fight of faith. Atter the sermon the captain of club No. 1 or I. C. sister Celia Broyles; Captain of club No. 2 or M. & O. was sister Mary Poke; Captain of club No. 3 or Big Four was sister Mary Hill. Club 1 raised $53.60 Club 2 raised 33.38 Club 3 raised 22.10 Public collection 7.50 Total raised $116.58 Under the leadership of Rev. J. H. Hilly, our chuch is pressing onward. Celia Broyles. Reporter DUOUO1N Editor Gazette Metropolis, Ill. Please allow me space to say in the columns of your paper that I have just seen Bro. J. H. Williams, Cor. Sec. of the Union and he informs me that he has written to the church that Rev. J. H. Harris, of Duquoin, said held his membership and he failed to locate it. He told us all at the S. S. convention in June at Metropolis, that his membership was in Georgia some where, but he joined St. Paul Baptist church of this city without a letter, that shows that he has not complied with the laws of the ministers and Deacons Union. Read Art. 9. I am only sticking to the law, the Bible is the law of Cod. How can he hold a bonifide membership in St. Louis, Georgia and in Duquoin, all at the same timea I beg to remain yours in his Name, S. H. Pruitt, Pres. Notice. Duquoin, Ill., July 15, 1918. Dear Editor: Please allow space in your paper to say to the brethren of the Mt. Olive Baptist district Association of Southern Illinois that I will visit each church in this district before the sitting of the Association in the interest of the work. Writer Explains Why Men Button Their Clothing With the Right Hand. A popular writer who is particularly fond of giving his readers diluted science, in sugared pellets, says that men button their clothing with the right hand because their prehistoric ancestors used to carry shields on their left arms. To quote his own words: "Primitive man had a shield on his left arm to protect the heart side from attack. That left his right hand free to do the buttoning." This is interesting and highly imaginative, but is it true? Did primitive man wear shirts and collars, vests and coats, that buttoned up at all? And did he know that his heart was more important to guard than his lungs or his liver? Is there any real evidence that he was concerned about the relative value of his internal organs, when he fashioned his shield? Did he carry his shield on his left arm to protect his heart or was it to leave his right arm, apparently always the stronger, in the majority of individuals, free to wield a sword or spear, or a stone hammer or knobbed war club, farther back toward the beginning of man's long story on this battered old planet? Beyond question, he wanted his most efficient hand and arm free to use his weapons, but is it certain or even probable that he had a strong preference for being stabbed in the right side, if he must needs be punctured at all? Surely the weapon of attack always dominated the means of defense. The knife counted more than the shield. The spear controlled the use of hands and arms more than any buckler ever did. Buttons are placed for the convenience of the right hand, not because the left hand was kept busy, carrying a shield, in the childhood of the human race, but because the right hand was usually the stronger and more skillful then, just as it is now. Sense of Taste. The principal seat of the sense of taste is the mucous membrane of the tongue, in which dissection reveals a cutis or chorion, a papillary structure, and an epithelium. The cutis is tong, but thinner and less dense than in most parts of the cutaneous surface, and receives the insertions of the intrinsic muscles of the tongue. The papillary structure differs from that of the skin in not being concealed under the epithelium, but in projecting from the surface like the villi of the digestive canal, and it thus gives to the tongue its well known roughness. The epithelium is of the scaly variety, as on the skin, but is much thinner on most dense about the middle of the upper surface of the tongue, and it is here that, in disordered digestion, there is the chief accumulation of fur, which, in reality, is simply a depraved and over-abundant formation of epithelium. The papillae on the surface of the tongue are either simple or compound. The former, which closely resemble those on the skin, are scattered over the whole surface of the tongue in parts where the others do not exist, and they likewise participate in the formation of the compound papillae. Your Good Servant "Make habit your servant, not your master." A dog furms around before he lies down, because his distant ancestors found it necessary to trample down the weeds to make themselves a resting place. And the energy which has gone into that restless motion since is beyond calculation. There are boys and girls today who are doing useless things, things which hinder advancement and success, because they are in the grip of habit formed long ago. Plenty of these say, "I have always done it," as a sufficient and satisfactory explanation for anything and everything. "Habit is one of the most admirable of servants. One who is a saver of time and energy. But it can be the most tyrannical of masters. Do not let it get the better of you." Make habit your servant, but make it your good servant. Health Suggestions: Craftivation of an attitude of cheerfulness by an aggressive proportion of outdoor sunlight, fresh air, repose, sleep, work, study, exercise, baths, simple fare and wholesome habits contributes to a good end. The behavior of certain substances of the living structures in quality and quantity at particularly appropriate moments, the entrance of these into the blood stream, their distribution to the eyes, which begin to sparkle with the glow of pleasure, spreading from the corners of the lips to the large muscles of the skeleton, as a whole, are all set free by the group of unexpected sensations, which result in the "big idea" of the comic side of the event. Hint on Physical Culture Merely to hear the sound of music gives one the dancing impulse—an inclination to move the feet or the hands or the body in time with the rhythm of the music. To make your exercise attractive, therefore, start your music first and then as you feel the swing of it you will find pleasure in going through your exercises. Make it a part of your daily schedule. You can either follow the practice of taking ordinary, standard exercises to the accompaniment of music or you can do special dancing movements. All dancing movements partake of the character of exercise—Carl E. Williams in Physical Culture. Little Village of Oberammergau Has Received Spiritual and Physical Blow. Oberammergau, the little village in Bavaria that became world-famous as the home of the Passion Play, is virtually a deserted village where sorrow broods. All of its male inhabitants capable of bearing arms have entered the ranks of the Bavarian army, and many have fallen in battle. Miss Madeleine Doty, who has visited the village, in recording her experiences relates a conversation that she had with a waitress at the little hotel. "The town is sad." we averred. "Why shouldn't it be?" she retorted. "We have lost so much." "How many men have gone to war?" we asked. "Every one under 45. Five hundred and fifty out of a population of 1800." We paused a moment. It seemed brutal to go on now, but we wanted information. "There were 40 killed and 48 wounded the first year. I don't know the number now." "Will there ever be another Passion Play?" She shrugged her shoulders. "How can I tell? Some of the players and musicians have lost an arm of a leg and others are dead. The town no longer has any money." We pushed back our chairs and went out into the golden sunshine. No one moved about the streets. It was like a village swept by a plague and deserted. War has been a special disaster to Oberammergan. It has dealt a blow at its spiritual as well as its physical welfare.—Atlantic Monthly. Legend of Alsace There is a quint old legend of Alsace concerning a family of giants who, once upon a time, lived in a certain castle in a certain valley of the old country. The moral of the story seems appropriate at a time when the French minister of agriculture, to mention but one of the allies, is making special effort to encourage the cultivation of land. The giants lived, says the legend, far from the peasants of the plain, and one day the daughter of the house, who, though quite a child, was already 30 feet high, strolled toward the plain and saw a laborer peacefully plowing his field. She picked up the peasant, the horse and the plow and put them in her pinafore and returned to the castle to show what she had found to her father. "What you think is but a toy," said the giant. "Is what produces the food which enables us to live. Put back the laborer and his horse where you found them." From that time onward, adds the tale, the pennants were never more molested by the giants.—Christian Science Monitor. A senator was talking at a tea in Providence about the Germans. "I heard a young lady schoolteacher tell a story the other day," he said, "which brought the Germans vividly to my mind. "The young lady said she came upon two of her pupils one afternoon in a wood. The older pupil was eating a stick of candy. The younger one was howling with rage and grief on the ground. The young lady inquired into the matter and soon learned how the land lay. "Gus," she said to the older boy, indignantly, "do you think it's fair to take Tommy's stick of candy away from him? "Fair?" said Gus, as he sucked away. "I don't have to be fair. I can kick him."—Washington Star. Women Soldiers. There were literally scores of women who served in the Northern and Southern armies. Since the war with Germany began more than one woman has been discovered in a soldier's uniform. One, at least, got almost to France before she was detected. We men of America who, for whatever reasons, are not in the military service honor very greatly the Russian women who entered the army "in the hope of inspiring the men of Russia." We beg to assure them that in case of desperate need the women of America would not hesitate to serve also in the war against the Hun. They have proved their valor in past wars. Voluntary Rationing Controller Hoover congratulated a Washington gathering on the success of the voluntary rationing system. "The observance of voluntary rationing has been universal," he said. "I heard the other day of a tiny urchin on a picnic in the country who ran to his mother with tears in his eyes. "What's the matter?" his mother asked. "The urchin held out a swollen finger and shouted indignantly: "The them bees! Today is a meatless Tuesday, and them bees isn't observin' it!" In Plain Sight Wille Stone had been sent on it errand to the home of the rich Mr. Lott. He returned with the astonishing news that Mr. Lott was going blind. "What makes you think that?" his father asked. "The way he talked," said White. "When I went into the room where he wanted to see me, he said, 'Boy, where is your hat?' and there it was on my head all the time!"—Harper's Magazine BOMBAYGREATCITY Beautiful Metropolis Owes Much to the Parsis. Unthinkable Towers of Silence Still Maintained in Heart of Most Fashionable Residential District—Population Now Million. Bombay now has nearly 1,000,000 inhabitants. At the beginning of the nineteenth century it already had 200,000 and early in the twentieth century the census takers counted 959,537 souls. Eleanor Franklin Egan writes in the Saturday Evening Post. Nearly 700,000 of these are Hindus and 150,000 are Mohammedans, while less than 16,000 are Christians, counting both pure European and mixed blood. There are about 60,000 Parsis, and the Parsis are the most interesting and important element in the community. It is to British initiative and example and to Parsi apprehension, intelligence and generosity that Bombay owes the fact of her present existence as one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Yet the Parsis still maintain the unthinkable towers of silence in the heart and center of Bombay's most fashionable residential district; the towers of silence, where the Parsis dead are disposed of by the forever hovering horrible flocks of kites, which on occasion grow gorged and careless and drop human flesh and little bones in the flowering fragrant gardens of the great on Malabar hill. But what would you? The towers of silence are unthinkable only to the Christian mind. To the mind of the Parsi all other methods of disposing of the dead are unthinkable. The Parsis are sometimes carelessly referred to as Persian Jews or are grouped with Persian Jews, of whom there are a good many in Bombay. But the faith of the Parsis is not the Jewish faith. They are Zoronostrans—worshipers of the sun and fire as the truest manifestations of the Almighty—and they came down from Persia into India about the middle of the seventh century, when they began to be grossly persecuted by the Mohammedan conquerors of the Sassanian empire. But they were persecuted always by the Mohammedan conquerors of India and by the Hindus, until the happy day arrived for all religions when British power began to be predominant in India. But Bombay was purely British long before the rest of India was anything but a happy hunting ground for English merchants, and the Parsis along with other mistreated elements in the population flocked to the sure shelter of the British flag. There are only about 100,000 Parsis in all India today and 90,000 of them belong to the Bombay Presidency or province; and at least 60,000 of these live in the city of Bombay. Many of them are gentlemen of the finest type and they are distinguishable by their long black coats and the curious stiff black miterlike hats they wear. Their homes are the most pretentious in the city—palaces set along side British palaces in the most fashionable districts; and they control a tremendous percentage of the city's commerce and trade. A Parable Brand Whitlock said in an address in Washington: "My war experiences have done me good. They have broadened my mind. I am a writer rather than a politician, and we writers live too restricted lives. "You know the story of Carlyle and his sound-proof room in Chelsea. "Carlyle had built a sound-proof room for himself on the top of his house. The room had no windows, but only a skylight for illuminating purposes. To an elderly visitor from Craignutstock the room was shown proudly by Carlyle, and the visitor gave a cackling laugh and said: "My conscience is fine! Here ye may write and study all the rest of yer life and nobody'll be a bit the wiser!" Children's Savings More than 40,000 children under sixteen years of age have savings accounts in the Los Angeles banks. They have more than $1,000,000 on deposit, or an average of something over $25 each. One thirteen-year-old youngster is credited with heading the list. He has nearly $2,000 on deposit, from a beginning made with 50 cents when he was seven years old. Many of the Los Angeles banks make special provisions for the savings accounts of children and in addition to accepting savings accounts, teach lessons of theft in their advertising matter. They also lend encouragement to theft propaganda in the public schools and children's organizations. The Supreme Test I was at a strange little meeting in Ohio, and just before the meeting a woman came up with a very stern expression on her face and said: "I am just going to tell you this. I had to give my boy. He was drafted and I had no choice. But I won't give up my food for anybody." It sounded as if her food was of more value to her than her boy. "But won't you please come to the meeting and hear what I have to tell you about how it is over there?" I asked. She came; and after the meeting she came to me and said: "I am just going to tell you that I am going to change my mind. I will go without some of the things."—Mrs. A. Burnett-Smith, in the Atlantic To be held with the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Golconda, Illinois August the 13 to 18th '18. Elder A. J. Bowers, Pastor. Tuesday 8:30 a. m. Institute opened with devotionals conducted by Carbondale and Marion messengers. 9:00 a. m. Meeting called to order by President A. J. Bowers of Dewmaine, Ill. Appointment of committees 11:00 a. m. Sermon by Pres., A. J. Bowers; Alternate Elder Thomas Morris, Metropolis. Collection and adjournment Afternoon 1:30 Devotional, conducted by Metropolis and Grand Chain Messengers 2:00 Meeting called to order by president. Miscellaneous matters and Introduction of visitors and Corresponding messengers. 2:30 Topic, Subject. The need of an Aged Ministers' Home. Opened by Dr. H. C. Armstead, Pulaski, Ill. 3:00 Sermon by Elder Jno. Winston, Olmstead; Subject, Bretherly Love. Alternate, Elder J. J. Parrish 3:45 Paper by Dr. H. E. McWilliams, State Missionary, Chicago Subject, The work of Baptist as set forth in the Scriptures. Discussion optional. 4:00 Collection and adjournment. Evening 8:00 Devotionals conducted by Goiconda and Centralia messengers. 8:30 Sermon by Elder S. H. Pruitt, President of M. and D. Union of Mt. Olive Association; Alternate Elder Chapman, Pulaski, Illinois Wednesday Morning 8:20 Devotionals conducted by Carrier Mills and Galatia messengers 9:00 Meeting called to order by Prssident A. J. Bowers. Miscellaneous matters. Introduction of Corresponding messengers etc. 9:30 Paper by Elder J. H. Fulton, of Carbondale, Subject, The Authority and duty of Deacons in the church- Discussion optional 10:30 Fifteen minutes intermission 10:45 Song, And are we yet alive? 11:00 Sermon by Elder D. T. Fox. Alternate J. D. Davis, Colp Colp 11:45 Collection and adjournment. Afternoon 1:30 Devotionals conducted by Corrinthian, Mt. Vernon, Shaw- neetown and Grayson messengers 2:00 Meeting called to order by Pres. reports of committees 3:00 Sermon by Eld. J. H. Horton, Carrier Mills, Alternate Eld. Robt. Gray, Murphysboro 4:30 Collection and adjournment Evening 8:30 Devotionals conducted by Grand Tower and Carbondale messengers 9:00 Sermon by Elder D. Johnson of Dewmaine, Alternate Rev. J. H. McQueen, Thursday Morning the W. E. and M. Convention 8:30 Devotionals conducted by Mt. Vernon and Freeman messengers 9:00 Convention called to order by President Mrs. M. J. O'Connor, Carbondale. Appointment of committees, miscellaneous matters 9:30 Partial report of committee on enrollment 9:45 Reading of letters, etc. 11:00 Sermon by Elder Robt. Gray, Murphysboro, Subject, The work of the women 11:40 Collection and adjournment Afternoon 1:30 Devotionals conducted by Duquoin and Hallidayboro Messengers 2:00 meeting called to order by Pres. Reading of letters and miscellaneous business 3:00 Report of various committees 4:00 Election and Installation of officers 8:00 Literary program to be arranged by the women Friday Morning Association Proper 8:30 Devotionals conducted by Central, New Bethel Centralia and Grand Chain messengers ..... 9:00 Meeting called to order by Dr. W. P. Washington, Mt. Vernon, Ill., appointment of committees and miscellaneous business etc. 9:15 Partial report of enrollment committee 9:30 introduction of visitors 10:00 An address by Dr. B. F. Rodman of Duquoin, Ill., Financial Secretary of Illinois Baptist State Association: Subject, The work of the Baptist State Association and Home Board (white) Atlanta, Ga., and their work among Negroes (White), Atlanta, Ga. and New York 11:00 Introductory sermon by Elder J. D. Davis, Colp, Illinois Alternate Dr. H. C. Armstead, Pulaski, Ill. 12:15 Introductory and adjournment ... messengers to finance committee... 3:00 Old and young Folks covenant meeting 4:00 Association re-assemble for business 4:30 Collection and adjournment 8:00 p. m. Sermon, and recommendations by the moderator, Subject. Move forward. Saturday Morning 8:30 Devotionals conducted by Levings and Elkville messengers 9:30 The work of the Association in general, outlined by ... moderator Washington, Elders H. E. McWilliams and C. C. ... Phillips, Mt. Vernon, chicago and Golconda, respectfully 11:00 Sermon by Rev. J. H. McQueen. Alternate Thos. Las- ... siter 11:40 Collection and adjournment Afternoon 1:30 Devotionals conducted by Dewmaine and Golconda messen- ...gers .....1 .....1 .....1 5:00 Meeting called to order by the moderator. Miscellaneous matters, etc. Reading by Corresponding Secretary, reports of ...committee's, election of officers and Installation of same. Sunday Morning S. S. at the usual hour conducted by Kev's. Robert Gray, Mur- ...physboro and J. H. McQueen, Dewmaine 10:00 Memorial exercises 11:00 Missionary Sermon by Dr. C. C. Phillips, Supt. of Missions, Golconda, Alt., Dr. H. E. McWilliams, Chicago 11:45 Devotionnals conducted by members, Maricn, and Carbon-dale messengers 3:00 Sermon by Dr. J. B. McCrya, Moderator. Mt. Olive Association. Alternate Dr. W. P. Washington, Moderator of East Mt. Olive Baptist Association 4:30 Collection and adjournment 8:30 p. m. Devotionals conducted by Golconda, Dewmaine, and ...Hallidayboro, messengers. Closing Sermon by Dr. J. H. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. Fulton, Carbondale, Alternate State Missionary H. E. Mc- Williams, Chicago. A choir of fifty (50) voices led by Miss Bertha Smith of Dew- maine. The address of welcome will be delivered by pastor A. J. Bowers as may be suitable to the best interest of the Association. It is hoped that all will come up with a mind to work, give as the Lord has prospered you. Committee:—C. C. PHILLIPS W. P. WASHINGTON A. J. BOWERS. THE LAST OPPORTUNITY To Save Money Kreb's Big Clearance Sale! Only a few more days left for you to save money. We have still on hand several Big Values for the last week of this sale the following: Men's Shirts, Straw Hats Men's Underwear, Caps, Men's Suits, and Overalls Krebs' Clothing Co. Editor Gazette: Thirty-five Lynched Since First of the Year. Please permit to say the circles of the East Mt. Olive Baptist association that your representative in the General Missionary Baptist State work of the Women that we enjoyed a grand meeting and nave back seeing a greater need to advance the Master's cause. Now sisters let us bestir ourselves for annual session of the association which meets in Golconda, with the Mt. Pleasant Baptist church, Golconda, Tuesday before the 2nd Sunday in August. We hope to see a greater number than ever. Tuskegee, Ala., June 30. Thir-five persons were lynched in the United States in the first six months of this year, according to announcement by the division of records and research of the Tushegee institute. The total exceeds by 21 the lynchings for the first six months of 1917 and by ten the number during a similar period in 1916. Thirty-four of the thirty-five persons lynched were colored. Three colored women were included. Eight lynchings occurred in each of the states of Georgia and Louisiana, seven in Texas, four in Mississippi, and one each in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, North Carolina and South Carolina. Sisters, let us reach the $100. mark this year. May the Lord bless you all in your noble effort. Iam yours in his Name, M. J. O. Conner. Notice. To the District Missionary Rev L. H. Hilly; More Dangerous Than War. It is not always the greatest danger which is accompanied by the most serious results. A young man from Indiana who had gone through twoscore battles as an ambulance driver working close up behind the lines received never so much as a scratch. Later he took a walk in the streets of Padua, Italy, was hit by an automobile and seriously injured and put out of commission. Dear Sir, several inquiries and complaints have come into this office tor and against the missionary as they feel they are being neglected. The field is large and since you have two churches in charge you really cannot do justice by the field especially the smaller churches of the district and since we have a number of young ministers that could be used and would be glad of the opportunity to "Sub" under you, I suggest if you are not going to be able to get over the district by the association to select one one of the young ministers and send him or them into the work. If you do not take care of the churches they cannot be expected to take care of the financial end of our work. There are Revs. J. H, Stamps, General Crim, of Joppa, Edgar McCrary, of Metropolis, and others whom I do not know I am sure could be used. CARED LITTLE FOR POLITICS President Cleveland, However, Had Real Liking for the Law, and Loved to Fish. "President Cleveland loved the law better than he did politics," remarked E. O. Brown, a former resident of Buffalo, to a reporter of the Washington Post. "Had he considered his own desires he would never have left his practice for political office. I doubt if even the prospect of becoming president would have induced him to enter politics. "It was my privilege to know Mr. Cleveland when he was practicing his profession before he entered politics. He was not what might be termed a glittering success as a lawyer. He had no business instinct so far as the law was concerned, but he delighted in intricate legal problems, and much preferred to take a case that involved apparently hopeless questions. It could not be said he was a good pleader, and while the average person was not attracted by his addresses in court, judges on the bench had the greatest respect for them, because they were profound and logical. I would to see you shortly on matters of importance as you promised to be in our city soon I will await your arrival. "When he was not engaged in law, Cleveland delighted in utter abandonment of all things that required thought; above everything else he loved to fish. I recall that when some of his Democratic friends wanted him to become a candidate for mayor he said: 'I don't want any more of politics. I want to stay right in Erie county, where I can go fishing occasionally. I do not care if I never get outside the borders of Erie.'" Yours for the yrosecution of the work. J. B. McCrary. Moderator of Mt. Olive Baptist Association. Subscribe for The Gazette. Art Early German Invasion Way back in Revolutionary days came the first German invasion of America. The Hessians were purely mercenary soldiers, and had no love for the cause for which they were fighting. Their career as fighting men ended suddenly on a certain Christmas eve when Washington crossed the Delaware. As soldiers they were not a very great success, but the damage which they did to America did not end with their capture at Trenton. Unknowingly they introduced into this country the Hessian fly, which was destined to become our greatest wheat pest. According to tradition, this fly, or rather the larvae of the fly, was brought to this country in the straw which the Hessian soldiers used for bedding for both man and animal. It found coagulant conditions in America, multiplied enormously, and now infests practically all wheat producing regions. The annual loss due to its ravages must be far up in the millions, and there is no present prospect of eradication. The Fly Lives Over Winter in the New Seeding of Wheat. The fly itself is very small—carcely a quarter of an inch in length, and as for looks—well, it looks like a fly. Eggs for the spring brood are laid early in the season. The small grub goes down to the base of the plant and lives on the plant tissues, and Inter on goes into a cocoon or chrysalis form. Emerging from this it lays eggs again on the fall-sown wheat, just as soon as the wheat gets above the surface of the ground. It is this second brood that is so destructive, and which forms the "flaxseed" form seen on infested wheat. The time of emergence of this second brood of egg-laying flies is fixed by nature. If the farmer can only foretell this, and delay seeding—the fly will go off looking for other pastures, and may even die without having found opportunity for laying its eggs. But the Weather Is Against Late Seeding. Right here is where late seeding to control the fly is against the best farm practice. Winter may set in early and destroy the young plants. Unless the wheat has made a good growth before the ground freeze up, its chance of surviving the winter is slim. We must delay seeding or the fly gets the wheat. We must have good growth or winter gets it. What is to be done? Experience and actual experiment has shown that by using fertilizer wisely and carefully not only can late-sown wheat be made to catch up to early sown and thus the Hessian fly be outwitted and the weather man fooled all at one operation; but at the same time the crop can be greatly increased. This adds to farm profits—so that it may be that the Hessian fly is a blessing in disguise at least to those farmers who through its ravages are enabled to teach themselves "the better way." LATE-SOWN FERTILIZED WHEAT "CATCHES UP" WITH THAT SOWN EARLY Early Seeding. Unfertilized. Late Seeding. Fertilized. The plant at the left was seeded three weeks earlier than that at the right, but fertilizer enabled the latter to catch up. The plant at the left was seeded three weeks earlier than that at the right, but fertilizer enabled the latter to catch up. Early Seeding, Fertilized. Late Seeding, Unfertilized. In sections where the Hessian fly is not to be feared, early seeding with fertilizer is the best combination. The plant at the left was seeded three weeks earlier than the one at the right; but the time of seeding was exactly the same as that of the plant on the left above. Fertilizer made the difference. (Drawings from photographs. Plants grown in the open, transplanted to pots for photographing. Taken from Bulletin 117, Delaware agricultural experiment station) MISSOURI WHEAT PROFITABLE SAVE FARM LABOR The liberal use of commercial fertilizer is to be especially recommended under existing conditions. Considering the amount of labor involved, the farmer can do more to increase crop production at this time by the judicious use of fertilizer than by any other means that can be quickly employed. Through the use of modern planting machinery most fertilizer materials can be applied with very little extra labor and large increases in yield may be secured in this way. Circular No. 76, Purdue University Experiment Station. Seed Wheat Late. "On average Missouri land the fertilization of wheat is practically always remunerative. While there are seasons in which results of an increase of two or three bushels only are secured, in average seasons increases of from four to six bushels can be counted upon. . . . At the St. James experiment field a six-year average has shown an increase in the wheat crop of 13.1 bushels. It is safe to say, therefore, that one ought to expect a minimum of around four bushels and a maximum of not less than ten bushels as very conservative estimates."—Agric. Co-Op. Service, Missouri Experiment Station. Page- Three Page Four 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 photo 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 wilt all be spared to meet together in June at Metropolis, I am yours in the cause of Christ, Dennis Farrow, Pres. 429-151h St. Cairo, Ill. Ruth Monlow, Cor. Sec. Brookport, Ill. Officers of Ministers' Alliance resident: Elder C. W. Norment, Carbondale Vice President W. P. Washington, Mt. Vernon Recording Secretary J. B. McCrazy, Metropolis Corresponding Secretary J. D. Davis, Colp P. B. French, Sparta The only way for any enterprise to succeed is to have both moral and financial support of the friends of the race. Our slogan is to have 1000 subscribers by June. Reader will you help to reach this goal by sending in your neighbor's name with $1,500. We pay the postage. Help to make a greater Metropolis Gazette. We have just received several font of new type and have others of the way. Try our Job Department for your next job. We can serve you satisfactorily. To those who live out of town send us a job to day, and we will mail it out the first mail the next day. Special attention given to this class of work. We know what you need and our 23 years of experience enables us to please you. KINKY Hair Made to Grow Long, Soft and Silky AMY STARKS says her hair was mappy and fluffy. Exelento, and now she can comb it, at this 25 inches long, soft and silky. 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Every morning we heard querulous notes, sounding much like the squeaking of very young puppies, which were followed by long drawn stren wails. When the shrill notes had reached their highest pitch they would sink into low, full tones exceedingly musical. We were inspecting a line of traps placed along a trail which led up a valley to a wide platoon when the querulous spawning abruptly cussed. We moved on, alert and tense. The trees stretched upward a full 150 feet, their tops spread out in a leafy roof. In the most branches of one we could just discern a dozen balls of yellow fur from which proceeded discordant walls. It was a long range for a shotgun, but the stairs were all in camps. I fired a charge of "BBBs" at the lowest monkey and se the gun roared out the treetops suddenly sprung into life. They were filled with running, leaping, hairy forms swinging at incredible speed from branch to branch—not a dozen, but a score of monkeys, yellow, brown and gray. The one at which I had shot seemed unaffected and threw himself full twenty feet to a horizontal limb below and to the right. I fired again, and he stopped, ran a few steps forward, and swung to the under side of the branch. At the third charge he hung suspended by one arm and dropped to the ground. We tossed him into the dry creek bed and dashed up the hill where the branches were still swaying as the monkeys traveled through the treetops. They had a long start and it was a hopeless chase. In ten minutes they had disappeared and we turned back to find the dead animal. It was a young male, and I knew at once that it was a gibbon (Hylobates), for its long arms, round head and tailless body were unmistakable; but in every species with which I was familiar the male was black. This one was yellow and we knew it to be a prize. For the remainder of our stay at the Naming river camp we devoted ourselves to hunting monkeys. The gibbons soon became extremely wild. Although the same troop could usually be found in the valley where we had first discovered them, they chose hillsides on which it was almost impossible to stalk these because of the thorny jungle. We went forward only when the calls were echoing through the jungle and stood motionless as the wailing ceased. But in spite of all our care they would see or hear us. Then in sudden silence there would be a tremor of the branches, splash after splash of leaves, and the herd would swingle away through the trackless treetops. The gibbons are well named Hylo- bates or "tree walkers," for they are entirely seaboreal and, gibbough awk- ward and almost helpless upon the ground, once their long thin hands touch a branch they become trans- formed into veritable spirits of the treetops. They launch themselves into space, catch a branch twenty feet away to swing for an instant and hurt them selves to another. It is possible for them to travel through the trees faster than a man can run on open ground. Norah was a new servant girl in the employ of the Brown's, and hardly had she been 24 hours on the job before she had the misfortune to drop a piece of roast beef on the floor. Roast beef that has been used as a mop becomes just a little bit gritty to the taste, so Nora thought it the part of wisdom id consign it to the garbage can. "I think, Nora," remarked Mrs. Brown, rambling later into the litter later in the day, "that we will have some of that roost beef, cut cold for supper." "Sure, an' Orm sorry, ma'am," responded Nora contritely, "but the cat out it when Ol wasn't lookin'." "The cat got it!" exclaimed the mistress. "What cat?" "Jay whizz, mahun!" rejoined Norah, considerably concerned. "Ain't there no cat?" Philadelphia Bulletin. First Settlement on Manhattan. The first inhabitants of white men on the island of Manhattan were erected in 1613. The first structures in the Anaconda metropolis were four small houses, or rather, huts, and they were on the site now occupied by the fireman at 41 Broadway. A bronze tablet on the building at that address commemorates the beginning of New York city. The collection of hovels gradually grew into a town, which was almost wiped out by fire in 1826. The first fort was commenced in 1632 on a site now occupied by the customhouse, the main gate of Fort Amsterdam, as it was called, opening on Bowling Green, where the first settlers played their games. In 1653 a wooden wall was constructed as a defense against a threatened invasion of New Englanders, and the site of this wall afterward became Wall street. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. Chicago, Illinois. Second Church The Unity Baptist C will hold its second Public during the week This promises to be o joyment that has b county. Visitors are near by towns. Second Annual Church Fair! The Unity Baptist Church Of Brookport will hold its second annual Fair for the Public during the week of July 15-20, '18 This promises to be one of the best for enjoyment that has been pulled off in the county. Visitors are expected from all near by towns. The Boy Cadets of Metropolis, will give Friday night. The Queen be crowned Saturday new every night. Sunday evening the chal. Everybody invited to your help. By order Rev J. B. of Metropolis, will give an entertainment Friday night. The Queen of the Fair will be crowned Saturday night. Something new every night. Sunday evening the choir will give a Musical. Everybody invited to attend as we need your help. By order of committee 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 one-ness 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 1 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, Recercing 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. Sec. 1. This organization shall be composed of Missionary Baptist Ministers furnishing bonified 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 Annual Fair! Church Of Brookport annual 'Fair for the week of July 15-20, '18 one of the best for en- been pulled off in the are expected from all we an entertainment queen of the Fair will stay night. Something hoir will give a Musi attend as we need of committee McGrary, Pastor 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 collect with the rules and regulations of the two Associations namely Mt. Olive and East Mt. Olive. 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