Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE Two Hundred Thousand Soldiers to Be Mustered Out PRES. WILSON'S PROCLAMATION COLONEL YOUNG, REINSTAED, SENT TO GAMP GRANT, ILL. DISABLED NEGRO SOLDIERS Washington, D. C., Nov. 14. Announcement is made by Emmett J. Scott, special assistant, that the Secretary of War has directed as necessary in the military service that Colonel Charles Young proceed to Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, and report in person to the Commanding General of that Camp for assignment to duty in connection with the Colored Development Battalions of Camp Grant. Ten New Colored Chaplains Appointed Ten new Colored chaplains have been appointed for service among the Colored troops of the United States Army, with rank of first lieutenant. They are: Charles Y. Trigg, (Methodist) assigned to Camp Alexander, Newport News, Va; Needham M. Means (Methodist) to Camp Travis, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; James B. Adams, (Baptist) to Camp Lee Va.; Robert G. Morris (Methodist) to Camp Meade, Annapolis Junction, Md.; Robert W. Jefferson (Baptist) and George C Parker and Isaac C. Snowden (both Methodists), to Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C.; Frank R. Arnold, William Y. Belt and Benjamin H. Johnson are as yet una-signed. These appointments, together with the number previously assigned, gives a total of sixty Colored chaplains now serving in this country and overseas. Colored Medical Officers Assigned to Washington, D. C. Nov. 14. Announcement is made that a number of Colored physicians, who have been serving as privatee in the military service, have been given commissions as lieutenants in the Army Medical Corps and have been assigned to active duty in several of the Colored schools where units of the Students' Army Training Corps are established and young Colored men are receiving instruction in collegiate and vocational branches, in connection with their training in military science and tactics. Lieut. Fred D Ramsey, has been assigned to Tuskegee Institute, Ala. and Lieut. Robert D. Foster to Morehouse College and Atlanta University, Atlanta, for duty with both institutions. The following assignments have also been made; Lieut. J. M. Gill to Branch Normal School, Pine Bluff, Ark.; Lieut. J. I. A. Webb to Negro Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, N. C.; Lieut. J. N. S} Taylor. Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va. and Lieu. W. H. Calhoun to Meharry Medical College and Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., the last named serving with both of the Nashville colleges. That the careful study of disabled soldiers by the Red Cross Institute in New York will be of special benefit to Negro soldiers is pre-eminently apparent. The Government gives to them, of course, as to the American Indian in the military service, exactly the same benefits which come the white men. These black men and red men are making history in Europe and their place when they return will be honorable and their services will be required. Among the Negro soldiers who will be returned crippled from the front, there will be men who, before they entered the Army, had no special occupation or education of any kind; these will be given trades and peected in them so that to make a living will be not onls possible but agreeable, for they will be permitted to choose their callings. Already much has been done in Canada and England for the black crippled soldier. For those who have the knack of handcraft, shoemaking, tailoring and similar trades have proven successful to a degree, especially for those who have lost legs. Typewriting, stenography, telegraphy have been successfully taught to crippled Negroes, the one armed finding clever devices for aiding them in these callings. Indeed, for the Negro soldier there is every opportunity, his own choice and his special physical loss being the only restrictions in the trades; while for the man who has not ceased to find life in the country preferable (and this will include many of the Indian soldiers) there are agricultural industries included in the curriculum.—Augusta Scott Chaney in the Southern Workman. Thanksgiving Sermon. If the influenza ban is removed from the churches we will deliver our annual Thanksgiving sermon at Unity Baptist church, Brookport, Thursday the 28th. We invite all to this service, and let us turn thanks to God for his many blessings. Subscribe for The Gazette AMERICAN TROOPS PARADE WITH BAND IN LONDON. London, Nov 17. American soldiers stationed here or visiting the city on leave of absence paraded this after-noon behind the typical Negro soldier Jazz band of forry pieces. The parade halted in front of Buckingham Palace where it disbanded. The band then proceeded to the parade grounds, where it gave a concert lasting an hour. Thousands of persons listened to this music. Tonight the band played for a dance under British military control. BUNDY CASE CONTINUED PROSECUTOR CFNSORED Court Charges Continuance to State When Attorneys Fail to Appear. The trial of Dr. Leroy N. Bundy, negro dentist, indicted for murder and lesser crimes in connection with the East Saint Louis race riots of 1917, was yesterday postponed in the Circuit Court at Waterloo, Ill. until next March. Judge J. Frank Gilham of Edwardsville, Ill., who was to have presided, stated that he was indignant at the absence of the State's attorney of St. Clair County, and severely censured the attorneys for the state for an agreement for a continuance that was presented to him. "I have read in the newspapers that this case was to be continued," said Judge Gilham, "and I do not understand how attorneys can read such a decision without consulting the court. The state should have come down here this morning and made a showing. The attorneys should have shown more respect for the court. If this was not a case of so much importance I would dispose of it quickly, but all I can do now is to continue it until next March. This docket will show, however, that the case is not continued as the result of an agreement but at the request of the state. "The ones to be criticised are the state's attorney of St. Clair County and the assistant attorney general, G. W. Middlekauf." A. C. Bollinger of Waterloo, employed by the state to assist in the trial, was present, as was Thomas M. Webb of East St. Louis, one of a long list of attorneys retained by Bundy. On this list are Charles Nagel, St. Louis, former member of President Taft's cabinet, and Clarence Darrow of Chicago, who defended the McNamara brothers for their part in dynamiting the Los Angeles Times Building. Bundy was in court. Negroes all over the United States have contributed to a large fund to aid in the defense of Bundy. Wilson Designates Thanksgiving Day to Give Thanks to Peace. Washington, November 17. President Wilson today issued a proclamation sitting aside Thursday, November 28, as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer. "A new day shines about us," says the president, "in which our hearts take new caurage and look forward with new hope to new and greater duties." The proclamation follows: THANKSGIVING. 1918. It has been our custom to turn in the autumn of the year in praise and thauksgiving to Almighty God for his many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. This year we have special and moving cause to be grateful and to rejoice God has in his pleasure given us peace. It has come as a mere cessations of arms, a mere relief from the strain and taagedy of war. It has come as a great triumph of right. Complete victory has brought us not peace alone but the confident promise of a new day as well, in which justice shall replace force and jealous intrigue among the nations. Our gallant armiee have participated in a triumph which is not marred or stained by any purpose of selfish aggression. In a righteous cause they have won immortal glory and have nobly served their nation by serving mankind, has indeed been gracious. We have cause for much rejoicing as revives and strengthens in us all the best traditions of our national history. A new day shines about us, in which our hearts take new courage and looks for new and greater duties. While we render thanks for these things, let us not forget to seek the divine guidance in the performance of those duties and mercy and forgiveness for all errors of act of purpose and pray that in all that we shall do strentghen the ties of friendship and mutual respect upon which we must assist to build the new structure of peace and good will among the nations. Wherefor, I, Woodrow Wilson, president of United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the 28th day of November, next, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease upon that day from their osdiary occupations and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to God, the ruler of nations. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be offered. Done in the Disrict of Columbia this 16th day of No- vember, in the year our Lord 1918, and of the independence of the United States of America the 143rd. WOODROW WILSON. 18,000 Americans in England to Start Home Within Week. LONDON, November 18. The first American troops to depart homeward as a result of the signing of the armistice will be 18,000 men stationed in England. The American Army expects to start the first shipload of these soldiers homeward in a week and to have all the men on their way back to the United States ten days later. D. W. Long News has reachsd this office of the death of N W. Long, the son of G. W. Long, of Belgrade, who died in England in the service of Uncle Sam. More next week. Card of Thanks We, the undersigned take this method to thank our many friends who so kindly assisted us in the illness and death of our daughter and sister, Agnes Galeta Neely. Your kindness shall never be forgotten and when the same fate shall visit your doors we shall ever be ready to administer. We wish to thank the following named persons for the beautiful floral designs given: Mesdames T. A Urquhart and Sallie Dobson, Mrs. Georgia Hughes and family, Miss Alice Young, Mrs. Laura Alston and mother, "Poro Coliege" Prof. and Mrs. Aaron E. Malone, Mesdames Mary Clements and Emma Wilson, Miss Artie Lyons and grandmother and the young girls and boys mentioned in another column. Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Neely, Miss Lue Neely, Edward Neely. Dr. Wm. Riley, of St. Louis, Mo., was elected a member of the next General Assembly of Mo. This is a long step in the right direction and is in recognition to the loyalty of the Negroes to the G. O. P. OBITUARY. Miss Agnes Galeta Neely, the youngest daughter of Mr. Mich and Mrs. Bettie Neely of 409 W. 9th St., succumbed to death at their residence, Saturday morning about 3:00 o'clock a, m., of lung trouble and indigestion. Age 20 years, 19 days. She professed a hope in Christ when but a child and united with St. Paul A. M. E church, and lived a consistant christian life. She was a graduate of Dunbar High School, Metropolis, and of "Poro College," St., Louis, Mo. She was kind and loving and loved and respected by all who knew her. The funeral was attended by Rev. J. H. Smith, P. E., of the Cairo district and ex-pastor of the above named church Tuesday afternoon at the residence She leaves to mourn their loss, parents, 3 sisters, 3 brothers, George and Henry somewhere in France. Edward of Penn., attended the lunreal. Horace a nephew also in France, relatives and friends. This is the fifth grown child that has been laid to rest within twelve years. The Gazette extends sympathy to the family and commend them to the Lord Jusus, as He alone is able to heal the broken hearted Opening of "Poro College" The Gazette staff and its readers are cordially invited to visit and view the building during Openg week, Nov. 25-Dec. 1, 1918. Each evening's program will feature some of the best Orators and Artists of the Race. Among those who are to be present and take part on program are: Roland Hayes, Boston, Mass. Bishop Coppin, Philadelphia, Pa. Madame Anitta Patti Brown, Dr. Mary Waring and Bishop Parks, Chicago, Madame Florence Cole Talbert, Detroit Dr. W. Sampson Brooks, Baltimore; Prof. J. E. Bowen, Atlanta; Dr. R. E. Jones, New Orleans, and many others of equal note. Died in Service of Uncle Sam. Altamont "Bud" Armstead, of Brookport died in England also in the service of Uncle Sam. He was a member of Unity Baptist church. A kind and affectionate youug man; very devoted to his mother and sisters. His death will be mourned thruout Brookport. Invents New Switch Control. Without stoppidg his train an engineer can move a lever in his cab and open a recently patented switch to enable him to enter a siding, the switch closing when the last car has passed over it. Page Two Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, ILL. MRS. M. J. 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The paper has taken another raise, postage will be higher, 3c for stamps and 2c for post cards. please pay up. 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 ete. Have a little more Race pride "Parson." We would not advise our people to vote for the New Constitution for Illinois. Vote no on that proposition. We can furnish you with a single column cut for card or newspaper work for $2.00 Just send your photo, and check or Post Office order for $2.00 and will do the rest. A Post Card Photograph of yourself will do. We intend to get out a Xmas edition of the Gazette, if we get enough encouragement. We would like to have a short biography of every prominent minister together with their photo. We make reasonable rates for printing same. We would like to have cuts of churches' residences, the owners of same. Write for terms, and send in your manuscript. Read The Gazette. Wanted:- Carpenters and handy men with saw and hammer; can earn $5.00 per day and up, under cover. Also laborers white or colored for lumber yard, car shop or foundry. Good opportunity to get steady work for the winter. Apply Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Company, Mt. Vernon, Illinois. Mrs. G. E. Williamson, went to Eddyville, Ky., Saturday a.m. Her husband accompanied her as far as Paducah. Mrs. Ohtrue Cowper, was a Paducah shopper Thursday. Mrs. Princess Bell is indisposed this week. Our new subscribers this week are:—Rev. A E. Campbell, the pastor of the Presbyterian church, (white,) and Mrs. Allie B. Morgan of Chicago, and Mrs. Lillie Fossie of Metropolis, whose husband is with Co. M. of the old 8th Illinois Reg't., now the 370, Reg't now in France. Our appreciation goes out to them. Mrs. Mattie Howard received a message from Paducah informing her of the death of a niece. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Routen cousins attended the funeral. Mr. Riley Williams and Mrs. Nancy Moon of Brookport, were married Tuesday at the office of Justice Wright. We wish for them success. Anderson Bryaut was seen on the streets Thursday. Revs. Wm. Moody and Edgar S. B. McCrary are spending a few days in McCracken county this week. The latter in the interest of The Gazette. You Must Pay Your Subscription In Advance If You Want The News. You Must Pay Your Subscription In Advance If You Want The News. New Order Just Issued By The War Industries Board The paper mills of the United States have been placed on the essential list and all newspapers must comply with several defined regulations just issued by the War Industries Board, in order to continue the publications. One of the most important refers to subscriptions. All subscriptions must be paid in advance and no papers are to be sent to persons who fail to comply with the rule. The Gazette is sold in several business places and churches at five cents a copy. Any one who desires may have the paper mailed to their address one year or $1 so This offer is made on condition that the subscription is PAID IN ADVANCE. If you have not paid your subscription you must do so at once. Be ready when our collector calls. Editor. The War is over, so is the election. The Republican party as well as the Nation is victorious. The Negro played his part well both in war and in the recent election and assisted largely in bringing victory to desired ends. All other sections of the country and the State are rewarding their deserving Colored constituents for the active part and loyalty to the Republican Party. What are the Southern Illinois Negroes to receive from the successful Candidates? None are more loyal than the Massac Colored constituents. Attend the big rally at Unity, Baptist Sunday. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL PORO COLLEGE BUILDING ST. LOUIS. MO. PENDLETON AVE. ST. FERDINAND AVE. This $250000 structure is 142ft x 137 ft.--3 stories, Mozzeinne floor, Basement and Roof Garden. Fireproff and Steam Hented throutout. 95 Dormitories and Office Rooms-Ladies' Parlor-Emergency Hospital Rooms-latest model, Ice and Refrigeratoring Plant with circulating Ice Water-Local and Long Distance phones in each room-Every room an Outside Room due to 2 spacious Courts-Steam Laundry--Electric Passenger and Freight Elevators--Auditorium--Pnumatic Courtiers. 31 Private Rooms for Shampooing, Hairdressing and Messaging--Manicuring and Chiropody. Poro College and Manufacturing Plant is owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Aaron E. Malone. Over 150 are employed in the various departments and 25,000 agents are doing work in almost every state in the Union. Walker's Indigestian Cure. Rev. J. B. McCray is agent for Dr. Walker's Sure cure for Indigestion and Dyspepsia. 50c and $1.00 bottles. $1.10 by mail. We can cheerfully recommend it. Heart Attacks come when least expected. Directly some ill feeling makes you aware that you have a Heart is the time to commence taking some treatment. Dr.Miles Heart Treatment is a Tonic and Regulator recommended in Functional Heart Disorders. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. Rev. Wm. Moody. leaves Saturday for Hickman, Ky., where he will spend Sunday in a rally with Rev. B. L. Ivory. PORO C PENDLETON AVE. This $250000 structure is in Garden. Fireproff and Steadies' Parlor-Emergency Ht with circulating Ice Water-an Outside Room due to Freight Elevators--Auditor Hairdressing and Messaging Poro College and Manufacturer E. Malone. Over 150 are doing work in almost every Floral Offering. Following are the names of the girls and boys, friends of Miss Agnes Neely, who contributed to the (Heart Floral) design: Anna Herron. Viola Blackwell, E. dith Darnell, Lillie Towle, Napoleon Moody, John Finney, Herschel Evans, Maurice Martin, Cordis Ford, Bert Slaton, Robert Blackwell, Grady Mayberry, Hal Porter, Booker Cook, Angus English. Straved. One Shoat, Black and White, strayed from home Sunday. finder return to Gazette Office and receive reward. Licensed Embalmer No. 1778 PRICES MODERATE Furniture Store Adjoining Court Hourse Yard METROPOLIS ILLINOIS When You Want a Good Bargain Don't Forget Kumback's THE STORE FOR BIG VALUES IN FURNISHING, CLOTHES, SHOES, & Etc. Hon E. A. Shackleford, a prominent and popular young Attorney of Kansas City, Kan. was recently appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Wyndotte CoIt is the first time in twelve years such a position has been held by one of the race. We believe in the doctrine, to the Victor belongs the Spoils. Just as we go to press, new reached this office of the death of Monroe Beard, who died at the residence of his brother Elmer, about 9:00 P. M. Thursday Evening. More will be said next wk! The meeting of the Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association has been postponed or changed to Thursday before the 3rd. Sunday in Dec. instead of 2nd. Sunday as the President Rev. Pruitt couldn't be present on that date. We want all of officers and members present as this is the last meeting this year. Don't fail to be present and bring your $1 with you to help out expenses. Much business of importance. The Executive Board will meet in Joppa Thursday before the 3rd Sunday in Dec. You are invited. Mrs. Nancy Brooks, of Dewmaine, Illinois State Missionary of W. E. & M. of Gen'l. Baptist Asseciation of Illinois. THE WORLD'S FIRST WOMAN Commission. Mt. Vernon, Ill., May 27, 1917 To the Women's Educational and Missionary Circles of the Missionary Baptist Churches of the State of Illinois, Greeting: This is to certify that Sister Nancy Brooks of Dewmaine, Ill., is duly appointed to organize and install Missionary circles wherever needed, revive those that are inactive, and solicit membership and solicit membership and money for the State Work and report the same to the executive board quarterly. Each church visited is requested to pay the travelling expenses. We pray you may give her due consideration, as we are soliciting the membership of every regular Missionary Baptist church and society to join us and make the State work what it should be. Yours for Christ, Bettie Wilkerson, Pres. Coulterville, Ill. M. B. Taylor, Cor. See. Colp, Ill. NOTICE. Any church needing the assistance of a minister or the moderator, or pastor or some one to run a revival, write to this office and will furnish you with good men as we have several good young men and there is no reason for any church of being without a pastor with as many splendid young men that we have. The deacons to some of the churches keep the churches back because they think they can run them without pastors but the Lord never intended it, because he said to Peter, "Feed my sheep." Some churches we know would be much better off if their officers were in heaven or hades, because they lord over God's heritage. Executive Board Meeting The Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist association will meet in special session with the Clover Leaf Baptist church. Joppa Thursday before the 3rd. Sunday in Dec. business of importance to be transacted. We earnestly request every pastor to bring or send $1 to be applied on printing of the Deacons' Union as they are behind on the printing of minutes as the annual dues too low to meet the requirements, being only 25c annually. They do not meet the running expenses. We ask every deacon to send in 25c to this meeting membership fee and a freewill offering. Please come to the rescue of the president. Peoria, Ill. Sept. 17, 1918. Mr. J. D. Templeton, Bloomington, Ill. Dear friend Templeton: I have been on the Board of Directors of the Booker T. Washington Social Center for some time and have been acquainted with Rev. Felix Curtright for a number of years. I have found him to be a good pastor to his church here and he at all times has had the best interest of the colored race at heart. He is a wide awake conscientious, honest, Christian gentleman. He has worked with our city Sunday School Workar's Assn. and has been interested in the uplift of our city. Any assistance that you can lend him, or show him will be highly appreciated, and I can assure you that you will never regret the step taken. Our city will be the loser and yours the gainer should he decide to accept the work there. I sincerely regret his leaving us for we surely will be unable to find a man so well qualified for the work we were trying to do. He has my best wishes and I trust you will ba highly pleased with his labor. If any question should arise in regard to his life or work, write me. Yours very truly, J. C. Rambo, Co. President. Peoria, Ill TO WHOM it MAY CONCERN: The undersigned Officers and members of the Board of Directors of Booker T. Washington Social Centre, of Peoria, Illinois, take great pleasure in giving Rev. Falki A. Curtright, the founder of this organization a most complimentary recommendation. We have found Mr. Curtright to be faithful and industrious, to have high ideals and to be a student of the problems confronting the negro race. He is persevering and loyal to the highest aims, never pessimistic or willing to come down to lower levels. We feel that his heart is in his work, and regret that circumstances are such that he feels called upon to consider doing somewhat similar work in another city. Those of us who know him best have learned to esteem him for his many sterling dualities. Wishing him the success to which he is entitled, we remain, Respectfully yours, W. E. Persons, Manager Larkin Co. E. O. Foster, Capitalist, J. C. Paddock, Cashier Merchants Illinois National Bank. G. H. Bradley, Buyer and Saleman for Oakford and Fahnestock. W. A. Wittick, Insurance Agent. A. E. Grsesser, Commission Merchant. J. C. Rambo, Commercial Travelers Homestead Association. Herbert H. Holmes, Gen. Secretary Y. M. C. A. Joseph C. Hazen, Pastor First Baptist Church. H. E. Todd, Lawyer. The above is a correct copy of the recommendation which I hold. American Expeditionary Force, Sept. 22nd 1918. Dear Editor:—I write you with much pleasure and I hope you won't be surprised in hearing from me. I also beg pardon for being so long in writing you. This leaves me very well and hope you are well and enjoying life's choicest blessings, I am sending you a few lines that I wish you would publish. I composed it myself, the first time I ever tried to compose anything before, so I kindly ask you to excuse all mistakes and correct them. The boys are well and send regards, remember me to the rest of the family and all friends. I remain yours truly, Wm. Fossie, Corp Co M. 370th Inf. A. E. F. It was on one Sept. night. When the moon was shining bright It was on the 18th of Sept as near as I can remember. That I sat alone out in the trench When the shot and shell would pass. Oh! bow I would finch. Far across the hill as near as I could see. The different color lights looked like signals to me. My mind began to ramble, My thoughts began to roam. As I sat there thinking about the dear one at home. The shot and shell were falling all above my head. Sometimes I would imagine that I was nearly dead. The hours passed so slowly to me. It seemed that the morning sun had almost turned to green. But I sat there patiently waiting, Trusting in the Lord above to take care. And help me see the dear ones that I love. At the dawn of each morning, To our dug out I would creep, And there with my comrades would try and take a little sleep, Dreams of dreams no one can tell, As one great writer says "War is hell," Our Captain is good as good as good can be. He does all things to help us strive for victory H. G. Burke is our Captain, You all know him well. How much we all like our Captain, No one can tell. For our race, our country and our flag we will stand. And fight the enemy face to face across No Man's Land, And when the War is all over, And the whole world will be free, Far across the great Atlantic, We will gladly come back to thee. Where we all will be glad to greet you, And shake you by the hnnd, And for our Race, And for our Pride, We will forever stand. To you who are earnestly praying for our return, We send you many thanks, And you must remember there is a lots yet we must learn. Your prayers I hope you will continue, And to us don't forget to write, A letter from the good old U. S. A.. Makes us feel alright. Rev. S. B. Jones, is out of the city this week. Edward Neely, of Pa. attended the funeral of his sister Miss Agnes Neely. Rev. J. H. Smith, P. E. of Decatur was called to this city Tuesday to attend the funeral of Miss Agnes G. Neely. MURPHYSBORO. Rev. McCrary, as being the moderator of our association, also editor of the Gazette, I thought I to write you about our trouble at Future City. Our church. Shiloh Baptist went down in ashes last Thursday morning Nov. 14. Everything we possessed, including organ, library, and pews were lost. It caught fire from a neighbor's house. I'm very glad to say we were successful in securing the Freewill church to hold services until further arrangements are made. We he had good service last Sunday, morning and evening. We are expecting to have a big Thanksgiving setervice on that day also dinner will be served by the members, we cordially invite everybody to come and help to make it a big day. The program will be carried out by Miss Ollie Lawton and Miss Eva Anderson. Rev. D. W. Johnson, Pastor. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS, ILL. DAZED BY HUN ATROCITIES THOUGHT HE WAS DIPLOMATIC Emotional Faculties of Afflicted Belgians Probably Paralyzed by the Horrors They Had Witnessed. Mr. Brand Whitlock, former American minister to Belgium, has been talking about the horror of Louvain in the London Daily Telegraph: "I was struck by the lack of passion displayed by all those who had so terribly suffered. I seldom heard any of them express hatred of the Germans or any desire for revenge. "None of them, as far as I could learn or observe, even acted in the tragic manner. There were no heroes and no histrionics; they did not even demean themselves as do people in the cinema or the romantic novels. "In moments of great danger, or great strain and tragedy, people are simple and natural; they do not act in the theatrical sense of the word." To say that a play could be acted without gesture or other expression of what we feel is absurd. Nor would. I think, history support Mr. Brand Whitlock's inference, whatever may have been the story of unhappy Belgium. When Mme. du Barry died upon the scaffold in Paris, her shrieks delighted the knitting women. The Duc de Guise ran wildly from his assassins to throw himself at the feet of Henry of France. Pitt wept for his country's misfortunes—the family of the ill-fated Louis XVI did not cease their lamentations all night when they beard that he was to be guillotined at dawn. The choice of Judge Jeffreys found expression in the ravings and rallings of a madman. Boobell wept when he was driven from Granada. Henry VIII could swear like a fishwife—Catherine Howard shrieked at Hampton court, and the superstitious hear her shrrieks to this day. In my view, the unhappy Belgians were dazed by the very horror of the circumstance. The atrocities committed by the Hun were too awful. Should we wonder if the emotional faculties were paralyzed?—London Dispatch. UNITED THOUGH FAR APART Ceremony Known as "Handschoen" Recognized Under the Dutch Law as Legal Form of Marriage. Not so very long ago a Boer in Pretoria was married to a girl in Amsterdam, Holland, the ceremony constituting what the Dutch call handschoen, or glove marriage. In spite of the fact that a distance of 6,000 miles lay between the bride in the Netherlands and the bridegroom in the Transvaal they were just as effectively married under the Dutch law as if both had been present in the same church. The bridegroom sent to his friend, or best man, in Amsterdam a power of attorney to represent him as his proxy at the ceremony, and at the same time forwarded his glove, which at the proper moment, when the two were made one, was held by both the bride and the proxy. The wedding was duly registered at Amsterdam and at Pretoria, where the bridegroom filed an affidavit with the proper magistrate. This curious form of marriage is a purely Dutch institution, the custom having originated, it is said, in the old times of Dutch Batavian rule. It is, however, a dead letter in the Transvaal since the English took over that colony. Thirsty? Use Belt to Get Drink When Oliver Herford comes to a babbling brook and wants a drink, he does not throw himself prone on the mud and try to get water on the vacuum-cleaner principle adopted by the cow, nor does he use his Panum on the Guncha Dhin principle. He might use a straw or a drinking cup, if he could ever remember to carry them with him. A hundred things he might do, if he could think of them. But what really happens? Oliver takes off his belt and winds it up as tightly as he can. The coils are wrapped around another so that a cone is built up. That forms a cup with a hole in the bottom. Oliver uses a finger as a stopper for the hole, and proceeds to dip up his drink in the fashion set long ago by the first civilized man.-Popular Science Monthly. Month of Harvest Moon. Aside from the autumnal equinox, September each year is marked by another astronomical event of considerable interest, namely, the so-called harvest moon, it being the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox. The harvest moon rises at nearly the same time for several successive evenings instead of nearly an hour later from night to night, as is usually the case, and it is from this continuous run of bright moonlight nights that this moon is said to derive its name, farmers as a rule taking advantage of the extra light to gather in their late summer crops and store them away for the winter. Illustrates Red Cross Needs Twenty thousand dozen pillow cases, 11,000 dozen pairs of bed socks and 19,000 dozen face towels, just reported as being on hand at one American Red Cross supply house in France, gives an idea of the size of the stocks maintained by the organization. Thoughtful Uncle. "I write for the few," declared the amateur poet. "And a good idea, too, declared his grouchy uncle: "the fewer the better." —Kansas City Journal. But Father of Rockie Couldn't Just See Point About His Son's "Financial Condition." The other day a rookie, just out of college, married a girl who lived in the town where his company was in training. The young man knew he must inform his family of the event, and also that he must do it in the most soothing way possible. "Dear did," he wrote, "I always thought that when I married I would choose a girl who could support herself if necessary, and then if anything would ever happen to me, you wouldn't have to be burdened with her. Now, Marion is that kind of a girl. She knows all about my financial condition—and—" But when father read the letter, he paused here to reread it. "Financial condition," he snorted. "That young cub hasn't any financial condition. Why, he doesn't own the clothes on his back. Nor did he ever own them. Financial condition—well, I'll be hanged." Another rookie had likewise married a girl who was a stranger to his mother, who boasts of Irish descent. He, wrote home—a letter to mother. "I have told Frances all about my family, so that now she feels that she really knows you. So I'm going to tell you all about her. She is now an orphan, but when her father was alive he was a big railroad man." Her mother commented to the rest of the family. "Don't be excited by that," she advised them. "Your father and I used to know a very fat fireman." REQUISITE HOURS OF SLEEP Acknowledged Fact That Brain Workers Need Less Than Those Engaged in Manual Labor. Periodic sleeping is undeniably an essential to the continuance of life, but sleep is required more as a means of recuperation from physical weariness than from mental activity, an exchange observes. The best thinkers are the shortest sleepers, and on the other hand the manual laborers require the longest periods of sleep. The classic example cited to prove that the thinker does not need as much sleep as the ordinary man takes is Thomas A. Edison, who during the most active years of his life is said to have slept only four hours a day. It is not so generally known that Herbert Spencer, the philosopher, in his later life did not average more than three hours of sleep a day. These instances should not lead to ill-advised efforts to emulate the extreme examples. One should not attempt to do better thinking by keeping longer awake, but the effort should be made to do better thinking, which will result in keeping longer awake. For if the body be not fatigued or drugged with poison, sleep comes chiefly from the slowing down of the mental processes until consciousness lapses. If an adult is not tired or full of fatigue poisons from physical labor, or if his system is not otherwise burdened with poisons from faulty diet or overeating, it is possible in many instances to cut down the sleeping period from 20 to 40 per cent of that commonly indulged in. Prussian Guard Long Famous. Prussian Guard Long Pamous. The history of the Prussian Guard, cream of Germany's fighting men, which was smashed by the headlong attack of American troops at the Second Battle of the Marne, dates back to the latter part of the Seventeenth Century, when men believed in the divine rights of kings, and the troops of the guard could be depended on to protect the sacred body of their sovereign when all other supporters fell away. The Prussian Guard was once a company of archers, known as the Trabant Guards. It was transformed into a real fighting force by Frederick William I. Drill with him was a ruling passion and he lavished much attention on his guard; scouring Europe for giants, as no man under six feet in height could enter his pet regiment. This requirement was abolished by Frederick the Great, who cared only for fighting ability. The stirring example of Napoleon's Imperial Guard caused the Prussian organization to be increased in size, and it now comprises a complete army corps. Into its ranks go the cream of each year's class of Prussian recruits. Salvaging a Ship Sunk 100 Years. Work has been started off Boca Ciega (Cojimar) by a Cuban salvage company on the wreck of a Spanish vessel sunk more than a hundred years ago. The principal objects that the company expects to recover are forty-two cannons, which, according to the divers who performed the preliminary exploration work, are still in a fine state of preservation, some mounted on the deck and the others lying close to the wreck on the floor of the sea at a moderate depth which renders their extraction only ordinarily difficult. Brand-New Fish Story Deep-sea fishermen report they recently saw a floating island in the gulf stream off Palm Beach, Fla. The island was about twenty-five feet in diameter, and the fishermen say it was composed of marl and muck, Ield together by tangled roots and rotted seaweed; that there were several trees and mangrove sprouts growing luxuriantly on the island. The fishermen landed on the island and found thousands of small fish on it, which sea birds were greedily eating. DIVIDED FOOD WITH INDIANS Sptendid Spirit of Self-Sacrifice Shown by Party of White Travelers in the Far North. The day of adventure, romance and sentiment in the wilds, is recalled by the arrival at Quebec a couple of days ago of two men and a woman, the wife of one of the men, after a 900-mile drive by dog sledge across Ungava in 50 days. When the party arrived at the first outpost on the brim of civilization the first act was to replenish food supplies which were completely exhausted, and all hands with an appetite. Then the trio pushed forward again after the first meal in almost a month, because halfway across the white wastes the party discovered ten Indian families slowly starving, with no one to go for food and no one to bring any to them. The stedge party was provisioned to the ounce for its trip of almost two months but could not leave without doing something—although pitiful little—for the starving Indians. Another careful calculation was made and each of the three consented to live on the least possible ration and take a chance on accident or loss of supplies by storm or other means. All except what the party believed would sustain life against the cold was left with the Indians and when the travelers reached the first outpost they had been some time without food and were strenuously hungry. The food supply of the dogs could not be reduced, as the only hope of safety for the party was in the "huskies," so the humans ate practically nothing while the dogs got their regular allowance. The story of the long drives across the northern snow fields is familiar in modern fiction but occasionally a narrative of fact as in this case presents reading that maintains the essence of adventure and romance quite as well. The spirit that surrenders food to starving savages or barbarians, midway of a 900-miles journey over endless snow with no surer guarantee of safety than the willingness of a team of dogs is that which underlies the world struggle in Europe. Remember. When the war is over, no excuse will go. Either you were in it or you were not. Either you shouldered your gun, served in the trenches or the navy, or the Young Men's Christian association, the Red Cross or in some place where the door was opened, or else you did nothing. If you could not yet serve, you could send your boys with a Godspeed, as they marched out to the front. To hold them back stamped them as slackers. Either you strained your resources to buy Liberty bonds or you forgot your obligation to those who fought and died for your flag. Disqualification for active service is no justification for forgetting the boys behind the guns who sacrificed all thought of gain and were willing to sacrifice their lives at their country's call. The war will be fought to the bitter end. The Hun will be crushed. Peace will come. The flag will fly and freedom will win. If you do your part, however small, you will share in the glory. If you fail to do your little bit, nothing but remorse will be in store for you—Leslie's. Better Ports in Europe The beautiful harbor of Naples is to be much improved by the extension of docks and a general broadening of its immense natural capacity. More than one French port has been raised from minor usefulness to first-rate importance. Even Bordeaux has profited greatly. And all these immense new utilities will remain as a monument, in part at least, to American engineering efficiency and a liberal use of American money. We shall get full value from them all, and it is pleasant to think that they will also become a lasting benefit to our friends. Our own home ports, both Atlantic and Pacific, have already felt the stimulus, and will continue to grow under it. New York must inevitably be the greatest shipping point of all the world without exception, as time goes on. And the enormous new American tonnage now being launched will not go into the scrap-heap when peace comes.—Christian Herald. Vegetable Seed Survey. Total production of vegetable seed, with the exception of cabbage, lettuce, salisify, and turnip, will be ample for the needs of the coming year, according to the preliminary returns from the seed-production survey of July 1, 1918, and crop reports from important commercial seed growers. In some cases where the condition of crops is not satisfactory increased acreages are expected to bring the total production up to normal, while more than normal production of seed is indicated for some kinds of vegetables. This condition, it_is pointed out, does not necessarily mean a large surplus, for it is known that large orders have been placed for certain vegetable seeds by foreign concerns for export to countries in Europe which formerly have been exporters of these seeds to the United States. Shocking. "The board of censors threatens to close up the place." "What's wrong?" "Just as the hero was kissing his sweetheart, the film stopped and held them in that position for over ten minutes."—Film Fun. Page Thee HOLD ALL WISDOM IN KORAN Arabs of the Desert Place Implicit Faith in the Teachings of Their Prophet Mahomet. An Arab of the desert, one of the Bedawl. What are these Arabs of the desert? Today they look across the sands upon their droves of sheep and camels and peaceful are their nights. But in the olden days, the days of which they dream and chant their songs as they lie before their tents at nightfall, they were not men of pastoral tasks, but they looked upon their lances brilliant in the sunlight, horse charging into battle, men with keen dark faces filled with lust for blood and booty. They hear their women close behind them, women like these sitting now beside me, shrieking blame or telling them that death upon the battlefield was only opening wide for them the gates of paradise. They herd their flag around the eastern world, their flag that is founded on a book. The men of other nations have many books, but the Beduin of the desert, the follower of the prophet, has but one, eternal, uncreated, written in the language they will hear in paradise. Within their book, the Koran, is the wisdom of the ages, and no one can add to it nor make its teachings less divine. It came from Allah's lips straight to the great Mohammed, and holds for all true followers the sum and substance of God's laws to men. That book has conquered half the world, and the Bedawi believe that the time is coming when the men of Islam shall possess the earth as their inheritance from God on high. It is written on their forge. These Arabs of the desert, these keen-eyed men sitting so quietly in the white moonlight, are proud with a pride we do not understand. They are proud of their lineage, of the purity of their blood, of their unbroken traditions. They are the real adventurers of the world, and their nervous, high-strung, daring characteristics have become the permanent marks of their race. One finds them ready to do and dare everything that appeals to their imagination. A cause must appeal to their emotions—must appeal to the heart, not the head—those same riotous emotions which never produce, but always ruin.—From Asia Magazine. Yank Surprises French Men. Lieut. J. Wray Chase of Eugene, Ore., is probably regarded as a cowboy proficient in throwing the laraf, in the opinion of one French officer, Lieutenant Chase, in a letter to his wife, tells of an incident in connection with the moving of a gun. "Yesterday we were taking a gun through a bad place," he writes, "There was about twenty feet of water, and after the gun was across I still had the brake rope on my side, so I gave it a swing and hung it neatly over the gun out of the water and mud. "A French captain stood there and said: 'That's pretty good.' "Oh, I am from the West, you know," I replied, just as if I had intended to throw the rope that way. He said he knew that place and that it was a fine place. I never let on that I couldn't do the same thing again, and not one asked me to try, so everything went along without argument or explanation." Haircuts Coming High. It begins to look as if the married man will have to get his wife to mow the grass on his dome or learn to cut his own hair. For the 50-cent haircut has appeared on the barber shop horizon. The Master Barbers' association has decided that in these prosperous times their rakeoff is not sufficient to purchase the good things, so they have called a meeting for the purpose of boosting the price of a haircut to 50 cents. There is an excuse, of course. It is the war. Many barbers have been taken by the draft, is the assertion of the master welders of the shears and razors, and it is difficult to get expert hair cutters and shavers to fill their places. Also the tips have fallen off, so the bosses are confronted with the possibility of paying higher wages to counteract the loss of tips, thus playing the good old game of "passing it on to the consumer."—New York Sun. His Bread Pan No Wash Basin. The only pan in the camp of forest fire fighters on North river and the refusal of the cook of the camp to allow the pan to be used as a wash basin started the trouble which resulted in the discharge of part of the crew, who were forced to walk back to civilization many a weary mile to enjoy the luxury of a bath tub and restaurant meals, says a Seattle (Wash. dispatch to Milwaukee Free Press. The cook decreed that the pan must be used for bread-making purposes only. He objected, as did the foreman, to the combination use of the pan. Orders were issued that all fire fighters could have their soiled countenances in a nearby creek. Now the cook has supreme control and supervision of the pan for bread-making only. Gold Mining Classed as Essential. Gold Mining Classed as Essential. Gold mining has been listed as an essential industry, the war industries board announced on July 19, and all reasonable priority of material and supplies used in gold production will be given. The action was taken on request of the treasury department. The decision was interpreted by an official of the priorities committee to mean that every possible assistance would be given the gold mines in obtaining necessary materials.—Engineering and Mining Journal. Page four L. F. PARRISH HOME FURNISHING and UNDERTAKING Calls Answered PHONE Officers of Ministers' Alliance. resident; ..... Elder .....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 Elder Wm.....Young, Joppa D. Parrish, Md. City S. H. Pruitt, Duquoin F. Bomar, Cairo P. B. French, Sparta Thos. Morris, Mefropolis A. J. Bowers, Dewmaine Rev. Berry Thomas, Metropolis. Sparta Mr. Editor:-Allow me space in your paper to express a few thots concerning our Church and Sunday School which has been closed for four or five weeks on account of the Influenza, with the exception of Sunday November the 3rd, Mrs. Hannah Taylor, wife of J. J. Taylor, died Oct. 31st 1918, she was 49 years of age, having lived a christian since being 19 years of age. She died in the aith of the Lord Jesus, and was a dutiful and loyal member to her church The ban was partly lifted, allowing us to participate in one service during the day. Rev. P. B. French our pastor preached at 11 o'clock, from Acts 2:15, snbject, "These are not drunken as ye suppose." It is expedient to say our little city has been, and is now visited with much sickness, sorrow, pain and death, this year in connection with the war. Mrs. P. B. French was called to St. Louis, Mo. three weeks ago on account of the illness of their daughter, and she no better at this writing. Mr. E. C. Norten, went to DuQuoin, to see his brother who is sick, and not expected to live. A committee of sisters viz. Mesdames Mattie Pearson, and Dovie Barnhill presented to the New Hope church a most beautiful Communion Set, which was highly appreciated by all the members. A vote of thanks was tu-ned them. Notice is hereby given that the Executive Board of the Ministers' and Deacons' Union of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association will meet in a special session, Thursday before the 3rd. Sunday in Dec. with the Clover Leaf Baptist Church, Joppa, Ill., Rev. D. Parrish, pastor. Every church in the district is urged to send $1.00 to help defray the expense of the meeting. Come without fail as there will be business of importance to transact. S. H. Pruett, President. Edgar S. McCrary Cor. Sec'y. Read The Gazette. PHONE Sparta J J. Taylor NOTICE. TOUCHED BY SERVICE FLAG Youngster on Brink of Disgrace Resolved to Be Worthy of Emblem Displayed in His Honor. "Why the service flag?" is an old question, but from one of our middle West towns comes a new answer. A wealthy family in an Indiana town had a son, who had never done anything to reflect honor on his family—a family which was proud of its famous ancestry. He didn't enlist when this war broke out, and then tried to evade the draft, but was compelled to go in a recent call. He entered a training camp a few miles from his home town. Rules and a regular life were hard for him. Smarting under a well-deserved reproof, he one night decided to desert. He slipped away from the camp and, under cover of darkness, made his way to his home in order to get his civilian clothes and better effect his escape. Just as he was ready to scale the front veranda of his home he noticed the service flag in one of the house's great front windows. There it was—in the most conspicuous place the house afforded—a great silk flag with its one blue star. "It's for me," the boy thought. Through his mind passed the memory of his life—a failure in winning any of the honors his family had wanted for him. No college diploma, not even a high school one, had he received—nothing except this one star in this flag had he ever let his people claim as his contribution to the family famous name. He turned back toward the sidewalk. "They'll get to keep that honor," he told himself. "I'll make it bigger, too," and he slipped back to camp, elated to find that his absence had not been discovered. WHO CAN RISE TO OCCASION? Name of Man Capable of Formulating "Umbrella Regulations" Will Live in History. With the passing of each rainy day it becomes increasingly strange that no benefactor of the race has been prodded, gonged or spattered into preparing a "Manual of Umbrellas." People have been carrying some sort of protection against the rain ever since anybody can remember, yet the only thing they have really learned to do well is to lose umbrellas. No two persons, not even lovers, can walk under one umbrella without getting wet, and raincoats probably were first devised by a man who tried to carry an umbrella over his wife's hat. What excuse is there for the person who goes through a crowded street holding an umbrella before him in a charge-bayonets fashion? An apology does not exactly meet the requirements after the tip of an umbrella rib has been thrust into some one's eye Folded, the umbrella is just as dangerous, when some one comes plunging along the sidewalk holding the umbrella at an angle of about 45 degrees ahead of him, tripping every one but himself. Then there is the person who rucks the handle under the arm, so that an innocent person may become speared on the sharp end which sticks out like a 60-foot telephone pole on a 15-foot truck. Furthermore, wet umbrellas never were intended as partitions between seats even at a motion-picture theater. There is no desire to distract the best brains of the country from consideration of war problems, but some sort of umbrella regulations are needed. Silvery Bark of the Yellow Birch. The bark of the yellow birch can be compared with nothing else. The tree is unique among trees. The yellow birch, often better called the silvery birch, has a bark more tinsel-like than that of any other tree. It seems to have been made for campers to admire, or perhaps, in an emergency, to use to kindle the camp fire, says Edward F. Bigelow in Boys' Life. But do not allow the appreciation of the useful to overcome your appreciation of the beautiful. It is true that the bark may thus be used for kindling and it is also probably true that the removal of the loose bark does not injure the tree, but such removal injures the beauty of the tree, as you then deprive it of its chief characteristic. The manner in which the bark breaks on the main trunk, expands and rolls back in ribbonlike curls and strips, which long remain attached and rustle in every passing breeze, could not fail to elicit the admiration of every lover of the forest. It is noticeable that on old trunks the character of the bark is different, as there it is roughened by irregular platelike scales. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. COT THE BANANAS Patriotic American in Border Town Did Extra "Bit." How Marching Boys in Olive Drab Got Delicacy Almost Under the Eyes of the Discipline-Loving Sergeant. It is midnight. In the border town across the river the populace has gone to bed. The streets are deserted and silent save for the measured tread of the occensional policeman on his nocturnal rounds. But the lights are still glowing in the railway station on the water front, their brightness intensified by the enveloping gloom. A train of Pullmans rumbles in from the ferry dock with a great jangling of bells and creaking of wheels as the brakes take hold. In the stillness of the night the racket is magnified a thousandfold, but the town slumbers on. Above the incessant clang of the locomotive bell and the hiss of escaping steam there comes to the ears of the wayfarer from the States a sound that instantly claims his attention—the rhythmic tramp, tramp, of feet, hundreds, thousands of them it seems, as the faint staccato becomes a muffled roar. There is no resisting its lure. The wayfarer turns in his tracks and waits. "Left—turn!" rings out the crisp command close at hand and, with wheel-like precision, a column of marching men in the familiar olive frab rolls into view around the corner. "Yanks, sure as I'm alive!" exclaims the man from the States as he falls into step and follows along the sidewalk. Yes, Yanks—Uncle Sam's own toughboys on their way to Berlin via the western front, and out to limber up and get a breath of fresh air while a new engine is being hooked up. On they come, alert, keen-eyed fellows fresh from the training camps, splendid Americans all, and eager for a brush with the Hun. Still the town slumbers—it is accustomed to such sights; but to the American, taken unawares, it is an inspiring thing. Far up the street, an oasis in the black desert of night, a friendly light beacons. As the column approaches the boys recognize the familiar outlines of a fruit stand. The enterprising merchant knows all about these midnight "parades" and is prepared. A thousand pairs of eyes turn hungry to bunches of yellow bananas dangling from their hooks, but the trim young sergeant is looking straight ahead. They are all business, those sergeants. The man from the States has seen it all; it is his chance. A crisp American bank note quickly changes hands and presently there is an empty hook where a bunch of bananas hung a moment before. Magically, it seems, the coveted fruit has found its way into the rear ranks. Like a cork in a rough sea the bulky thing is tossed along from line to line, growing constantly smaller until the bare stalk is thrown into the gutter, leaving a hundred bulging pockets in its wake. Thus did one patriotic fund subscriber do an extra "bit" for the boys of the olive drab. At any rate, he wore the patriotic fund emblem on his coat. Get Complete Family Record Sugar records now being kept in grocery stores are causing some percussion on the part of grocery men. Since the food administration limited the amount of sugar a family can use per month, the grocers have had to keep track of the amount sold to each customer. For this purpose they use a sort of book, or ledger, in which the customer's name and address, and other information pertaining thereto, are recorded. Since most of the purchasers are women, it can be imagined that the grocers' task, sometimes, is not so easy, but the women, realizing that the information must be given, have gracefully accorded it. Nor is that all. Grocers do tell that they get more information than they have any need 'or. Here's how it is: "They insist on telling me all about little Johnny, and what little Susie's doing today, and—why, say, since we started this here sugar record, we now the complete family history of all our customers." Now what do you know about that?—Washington Star. Modern Armor The soldiers of old went forth to fight, elad in cumbersome and expensive armor, which, while serving as a protection, nevertheless hindered them from putting forth their best fighting strength. Today Martin Jelianian, an inventor of Rhode Island, has made it possible for a soldier to be protected by armor. He is one of several dozen inventors who have reinvented the coat of mail. The device is a bulletproof metallic structure, which surrounds the body and extends from the top of the shoulders to below the thighs. This steel coat consists of two like parts held together across the chest by means of straps. Hooks attach the coat to semi-cylindrical pieces of metal which fit closely about the upper part of the leg and are fastened behind by straps. The inner surface of the armor is padded. The head is protected by a fixed mask composed of the same metal—Popular Science Monthly. OUR JOB OFFICE 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. We have had over 23 years of Active Experience in the printing office and will give you the benefit of same just for the asking on that next job of yours. "Let Us Show You." Article 1 Name. Sec. t. This organization shall be called the Missionary Baptist Minister's Alliance of Southern Illinois. Try us. We print from a visiting card to a large size poster. 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. We give courteous attention to all inquiries and your patronage is earnestly solicited. Out of town work done promptly. Article 2 Membership. Send us the next job please? Sec.1. This organization shall be composed of Missionary Baptist Ministers furnishing benefid 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 Letter Heads, Bill Heads. Statements, Envelopes Dodgers, Calling Cards. 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 Jickey College Madam Newell HAIR GROWER and BEAUTY SPECIALIST 4743 State Stree Phone Drexel 1744 Chicago, Illinois. Sec 2. This Constitution by laws,or regulations, shall by no means coeflict with the rules and regulations of the two Associations namely Mt. Olive and East Mt. Olive. KINKY Hair Made to Grow Long, Soft and Silky AGYE STANDS says her hair was supply and short nail she used Excellenze, and now she can mimic as it is 24 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. He cleans dandruff and stops Falling Hair with Geles. See by mail on receipt of stamp or coin. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write for Participants EXELENTO MEDICINE CO. ATLANTA, GA. D. H. Young staple and Fancy Groceries Soda Fountain in Connection which will be in running Order for our many Satisfied Customers April 1st. A nice clean place for every one, General Merchandise 525 Comick St. Phone 453-R centralia Illinois. Poor Church Fund. Mrs. Anna Wade HAIR CULTURIST Colp, Illinois, is an expert in her line of work. Only a trial will convince you She presses out the Kinks The Hair plays an important part in every woman's life. Have beautiful hair A fund of $57.80 was raised by the Mt. Olive Baptist Association at Duquoin, last week through the efforts and advice of Moderator McCrary. This fund will be used to aid, weak churches when the Fund reaches the amount to justify. The money will be loaned for a short time at a small intrrest. We have a standing committee to look after this part of the work and we urge every church to establish a Penny Fund by lifting a penny collection every Sunday This is a move that was in hearty accord with the association and was readily approved. abscribe for The Gazette. Now.