Metropolis Weekly Gazette

METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE MADAM WALKER DIES. Mt. Olive S. S. Convention 5 Weeks Off MADAM WALKER FALLS ASLEEP World's Negro Millionaire Falls Asleep in Her $250,000 New York Home. Madam C. J. Walker, the wealthiest Negro in America dies at her $250,000 home on the Hudson, the largest and most complete dwellings in the world. Madam Walker's wealth is not known. She began to accumulate when but a washer-woman in the far West. She was the sole owner and manager of the Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company and Lei a College, 040 N. W. Street, Indianapolis, Ind. She was one the greatest advertisers in the whole world, and enjoyed an extensive business in every state in the union. Her death will be mourned throughout the country, from the Attanto to the Pacific, and even the foreign countries. She was noted as a speaker being heard on floors of renoun in regard to the lynch and race riot questions. Not more than a fo teight, she contributed $5,000 to the Lynch Fund for the purpose of knocking lynching in head and giving justice to her people, and her name will appear in history as the greatest woman in her day. Generations unborn must rise up and call her blessed. She was one that believed in the advancement of the race; donating from 1,000 to $10,000 to assist in Y. M. C. A, Y. W. C. A, and the War Wok campaigns. Madam Walker was a strong, supporter, advocate and member of the Baptist Faith. The Baptist family has lost two strong supporters recently in the persons of Dr. Booker T. Washington, and Walker. The denomination has lost a strong woman, the race its wealthiest member, and America a good law-abiding citizen. Lives of great men all remind us, We can make our lives sublime, and as she at the close of life's day, when we must depart from this earth, we can leave behind us, foot-prints upon the sand of time. She leaves a daughter, who will take her place as the world's wealthiest Negro. NOTICE. The East Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention meets with the 1st Baptist S S., Shawne, town. Wednesday before the Fourth Lord's Day in June. Come prepared to make this the banner year Spiritually and financially. We are urging every School and B. Y. P. U. to come up with their pledges Vivian Cross. Cap', H. G. Burke, returned to Fort Sheridan the first of the week to receive treatment. VICSBURG MOB LYNCHES NEGRO AND BURNS BODY Storms Jail And Breaks In Three Steele Doors To Get Prisoner. Thousands View Body Roasting On A Fire. Vickburg, Miss. May 21 — Lloyd Clay, a 24-year old Negro was lynched and burned here a week ago by men who stormed the jail, threw the sheriff, Frank Scott, into a corner, pinning him to the floor, broke through a heavy one-inch steel barred window, then broke a heavy iron door from its hinges, went to the second floor of the building broke the steel doors from their hinges and took the prisoner from his cell. The Negro was charged with attempting criminal assault upon a white girl. It is claimed a Negro entered the home of Kelley Brousard about five o'clock in the morning and made his way to the room of a girl boarder, apparently locking the door behind him. The girl, awakened, by his presence screamed and fought him off. Brousard awakened by the screams was unable to get into the room. The girl hearing Brousard, sought to hold the intruder but failed, he breaking house and making good his escape. Bloodhounds were put on the trail and Clay was arrested. The girl was taken to the jail, but did not positive identify him. A large mob quickly gathered about the jail and urged to be dispersed by the officers. They were informed that it was the wrong man, but this had no effect. Some few left but others held their place. Judge's Promise Vain Judge Brien said if there was any evidence against the Negro he would call a special term of court and organize a special grand jury. But this did not disperse the crowd. Shortly after 6:00 o'clock the mob was augmented by men from different parts of the city. Sheriff Scott swore in a dozen special deputies who went inside the jail. At 7:45 o'clock a mob came into the street in front of the jail. They had a piece of railroad track 16 feet in length and began to batter a window. Sheriff Scott attempted to talk to 11 crowd but the men crowded close about him so he could not lift his hands and quietly lift him from his feet, then threw him over to a corner and forced him to the floor. His efforts to resist were vain. M. G. Cockrell a contractor who had been sworn in as a deputy was rammed in the stomach by the railroad iron and fell to the floor. He may be internally injured. The men turned their attention to the powerful steel bars and after hammering for 20 minutes the steel was broken and the parts im- MOTTO: "HEW TO THE LINE, LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY." THE LEGEND OF THE WORLD'S FIRST WORLD WAR Rev. E. Z. Hunt. Pastor of St. Paul Baptist Church DuQuoin, and a reader of the Gazette. He preached several strong sermons in the revival at the First Baptist Church. Rev. Hunt, will attend the convention in Brookport. We furnished the cut. bedded in the wall were forced out. The breaking of the other doors was a matter of short work, as the mob went at it with a determination to get their man. Clay protested his innocence but it had no effect. He was taken to within a short distance from the Broussard home. A rope was fastened about his neck and thrown over a tree limb 20 feet from the ground. Some oil was poured on the Negroe's head, and he was pulled into the air. He attempted to haul himself up on the rope with his hands. Then his hands were tied. The next move was to apply the match to his oil-soaked head. A bonfire was also started under his feet, which dangled four feet above the ground. A fusilade of shots were fired in the body and into the air There was a great crowd present, including many women, who looked on with silence. Thousands viewed the body roasting over the fire and then went home. Two white men were shot, one probably fatally, and another seriously injured by a blow during the struggles at ending the lynching — The St. Louis Argus. All churches desiring the names of their delegates to appear on the program for the Mt. Olive Baptist Sunday School Convention to be held in Brookport, Ill. the week before the 4th Sunday in June, are hereby notified and requested to mail the names, at an early date to the chairman of the program committee, whose address is: Miss Ollie Lawton, R. F. D. no. 1, Cairo, Ill. NOTICE Burch DuQuoin, and a reader of several strong sermons in the church. Rev. Hunt, will attend. We furnished the cut. Norice. Brookport III. The Thirty-ninth annual session of the Mt. Olive S. S. Convention convenes Friday morning before the 4th Lord's day in June, at the Unity Baptist church, Rev. J. B. McCrazy pastor It is requested that each school be well represented. Since the great world's war is over and our nat on was victorious we have much to thank and praise the Lord for. So let us all get buy and be victorious in making this the banner in the convention. It is also requested that each delinquent school be prepared to pay their full quote and don't forget the beautiful banner that will be given to the school that represents with the largest amount of money. Carbondale received it 1st year Schools make Carbondale bring some money if she carries it back. Let us rally to the standard. Dennis Farrow, Pres. 227 Morris, St., Toledo, O. Ruth B. Donlow Cor. Sec. Brookport, Ill. FIRE COMPANY AT NATION'S CAPITOL. Washington, D. C., May 20. Through the tireless efforts of energetic, community workers of Washington, D. C., a Colored fire department has been formed and is now in active service at the nation's capital. John D. Rockefeller, a Baptist, contributes $2,000,000 to Mission the largest ever given. Norice. Brookport III Mt. Olive S. S. Convention 5 Weeks Off. To Meet With Unity Baptist Church, Brookport, Illinois Wednesday Before the 4th Sunday in June 1919 B. McCrary, Pastor. The convening of the Mt. Olive S. S. Convention and it auxiliaries will convene with the Unity Baptist church, Brookport, Ill. Wednesday before the 4th Sunday in June 1919, Rev. J. B. Mc Crary pastor. The pastor and members are making elaborate preparations to entertain their guests. Please notify the Supr. Mrs. Ruth Donlow of the names and number of delegates from your school so we can arrange homes for you. A neglect on your part will work a hardship on the committee and the members and may leave you without a home. It is wisdom and intelligence to always notify the committee before the meeting Each auxiliary is bestiring itself, remodeling the spacious brick and stone edifice where the meetings will be held. They are beginning in time to store away bams, chickens, eggs, etc., to entertain this august boy. They should not be disa pointed in the number of delegates there, I as president of the B. Y. P. U. convention, urge every Union in the district to get busy and rally to the standard. Elect you delegates, have en rital ment and represent with no less than $5.00 I ask every B. Y. P. U. to send that small amount. Ten week until the time. Any Union in the District can rep sent with $5.00 Remember the anner and come prepared to rais $100.00 We must get busy and ember the date and place. You s in Christ, Ed ar McCra y, President Metropolis, Ill. I have been notified by the M. W. G. M., A. A Martin that he will visit the 7th District soon, which composes the different lodges namely: Silver Crown 26 Pithagorias 93 Rising Sun 84 Silver Trowel 50 Archive 61 New Liberty Take notice Brethern and govern yourselves accordingly. J. L. Patterson, D. D. G. M. 7th Dist. GOVERNOR OF KANSAS DENOUNCES LYNCHINC By Associated Negro Press. NEW YORK, May 22.—Governor Henry Allen of Kansas, is in the city attending the National Conference on Lynching, gave out an interview in which he bitterly denounced the crime, and spoke out boldly in favor of giving justice to the Race. CLUBS NEGRO SOLDIER ASKING FOR A DRINK AT A SODA FOUNTAIN By Associated Negro Press. Atlanta, Ga., May 8.—That there is going to be a show down for "equal rights" and a consequent clash of races in the event of them not being granted, is more and more apparent from day to day. Benjamin Herne, a returned soldier from France, went into a drug store to make some purchases on his way out, possibly thinking the delightful surrounding surce, and forgetting that he races at a soda fountain, and asked for a refreshing drink. Forgetting all Biblicael admonitions with reference: "If thine brother ask you for a krink," one Powell, a white clerk, seized a ball bat from beneath the counter, and proceeded to pound it against the soldier's head. Herne was picked up insensible, taken to Grady hospital and later to his quarters at Camp Gordon. Powell was arrested for disorderly conduct. One daily paper from Macon, telling the story says: "While this is the first police court case growing directly out of an attempt on the part of returned Negro soldiers to force 'race equality,' so far as known, it has not been pass-unnoticed for several weeks, by patrons of street cars, people in railway stations, and other public places in Atlanta, that there marked difference in the deportment, the attitude and the general bearing toward the white race on the part of the Negro soldier as he was prior to 'going across,' and the Negro soldier who has com back from abroad." Centralia. Ill. We beg leave to say that enjoyed the sermons delivered Rev R. Williams, of Centralia and Rev D. Fox, of DuQuoin. The delegates have returned from the annual session of the Missionary Baptist State Association which convened at Springfield, Ill. Rev W. H. Carter, pastor represented the Second Baptist church of Centralia, Mrs. Mattie Washington and Mr. Anderson, from T. S. S. Mrs. Willie Bryant, of the B. Y. P. U., and Mesla Laura Leake and Lucy from the Mission Society. delegates made a report of great work the different auxiies of the churches had done ing the year and of the prop for the coming year. They r a report of the splendid man which they were received by members and citizens of S field. The report of the gates was received unanim Mrs. Martha Dudney, h returned from a ten days the Poro College. We remain yours in Rev. W. H. Carter, Pasto 1. Scott Clerk Page Two Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. METROPOLIS, . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER. GEO. L.B. McORARY, EDITOR FRIDAY MAY, 30. 1919. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Enterered as second-class mail matter, at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. B. Address all communications to J. B.MoCRARY, 903 Pearl St. Metropolis, Ill. The names and addresses of contributors must be known to us in every instance, in order to secure publication. 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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 patron. We have a full line of cards, her Heads, Envelopes and other material. Let us do some of your work. Remember, the paper is $1.50 per year. The paper has taken other raise, postage will be greater, 3c for stamps and 2c for post cards. please pay up. We can furnish you with a sin- column cut for card or news- ber work for $2.00 Just send ur photo, and check or Post Of- order for $2.00 and will do the rest. A Post Card Photograph of yourself will do. We intend to get out a Christmas edition of the Gazette, if we get enough encouragement. We would have a short biography of very prominent minister together. We would like to have cuts of homes, residences, the owners, merely Write for terms, and your manuscript, a photo. We make reprints for printing, same. K. J. B. McCrary is agent for Walker's Sure cure for Indian and Dyspepsia, 50c and bottles, $1.10 by mail, an cheerfully recommend it. have seen our Job Office w that we are prepared to classwork. Send us your work, bills, cards enve- lopes, and etc. Have a litt more Race pride "Parson." Mrs. Blanche McNeil, of Evans- ville, Ind. is spending a week with her mother, Mrs. Millie Griggs. J. Thos. Lyons, arrived in the city Wednesday to visit his paren- ents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lyons. Mrs Georgia Love and sister Mrs. Davenport, of St. Louis, Mo. visited Metropolis Tuesday. Revs. B. C. Long, and George Crippens, Sundayed in Hickory Grove, Ky. Mrs. Barbara Jenkins, of St. Louis, Mo. is in the city visiting her sister Mrs. Rhoda Ellis. The Baccalaureate sermon delivered to the graduates Sunday after-noon by Rev. Wm. Moody was one that will long be remembered. Rev. Moody, did justice to the occasion. The church was taxed to its capacity. The music was above par. Jeff Tucker, of Paducah was in the city Wednesday. Prof. A. P. Smith was a business visitor in Paducah Monday. Mrs. Issaac Moore, of Brookport was down on business Wednesday. Mrs. Wm. Moody, is in Arkansas visiting relatives and friends. Undertaker Geo. McCrary, was in Paducah, the first of the week. Rev. Edgar McCrary, will preach morning nad after-noon in Belgrade the Second Sunday in June. We have no sympathy with that class of so called Negro leaders who ask people to support them financially, but at the same time fail to aid persons of his own Race. All the old cranks are not dead yet as we see signs of a few fossils in this city. Mr. Thos. Roberts, still remains very sick at his home on Broadway There is much room for improvement in most of our lives. When you see a Negro who claims to be an intelligent Race man patronizing enterprises of other races when he can get the some article or the same work at the establishments of members of his own people, watch him, for he is not honest, with himself, or with his people. He does not practice what he teaches. Cartarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure cartarrhat deafness, and that is by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result. Unless the inflammation can be reduced and this tube to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever. Many cases of deafness are caused by catarrh, which is an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Medicine acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces of the system. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Catarrh Peatness that can cause cured by Hall's Gatarrh Medicine. Circulars free. All Druggists. 75c. To the pastors and presidents of the various circles I write unto you in Jesus name admonishing you to awake from your slumber if you are asleep, and do special service for the Master this year. Tax yourself and go to it as to how much you will give year this for Education, Home and Foreign mission God has blessed and brought us through a great war, and many of our loved ones have returned home and others are on METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE. METROPOLIS. ILL. their way, for which we praise God. The harvest truly is great and the labourers are few. God wants us to do real service for Him. Opportunities have come to us as never before, now let us rise and shine for Jesus. I ask for open doors beloved pastors and presidents of the various circles in your church that I may look on your work. Let me hear from you either by letter or card and will come. Laura Leake. Notice. The Gazette Publishing Co., has secured the services of Rev. Wm. Moody, the successful pastor of the First Baptist Church of Metropolis, who is an authorized agent for this paper. He is duly authorized to take subscriptions and receive money as our agent and receipt for same. We want good, and reliable agents, men, or women in every community to represent the Gazette. Good commission allowed. Write 903-Pearl, St., Metropolis, Ill., for information. Publication Notice. State of Illinois, County of Massac, ss. In the Circuit Court, April Term, A. D. 1919. Grace Stanley, vs. Roy Stanley In Chancery. Affliadvit of non residence of Roy Stanley, the above named-defendant having been filed in the clerk's office of the Circuit Court of said county, notice is therefore hereby given to the said non-resident defendant that the complainant has filed her bill of complaint in said court on the chancery side thereof on the 12th day of March, A. D. 1919 and that thereupon a summons issued out of said court returnable on the 14th day of April A. D. 1919, as required by law. Now, unless you the said Roy stanley shall personally be and appear before the said court on the first day of the next term thereof to be holden at Metropolis, in and for the said county, on the 14th day of April next, and pload, answer or demur to the said bill of complaint, the same and the matter therein contained and stated will be taken as confessed and addeece entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. Dated Metropolis, Ill.. March 13 1919 Colfax Morris, Clerk Fred. .R Young Complainant a Solicitor Rev. H. A. Boyd. THE NEW YORK TIMES See y. of S. S. Congress is making great preparations for Congress which meets in Bessmer, Ala., June 11-16. Coulterville, Ill., Borror of The Gazette: Would you please leave, space in your paper for these few words? A grand reception was given for the benefit of the returned soldiers. After expenses were paid the money was donated to the two churches, viz. Jones' Chapel and the Mt. Zion Baptist church, which was very much appreciated. Com:-Sarah Brown, Dale Clark. It is more blessed to give than to receive, yet most of us prefer the reverse. Rev. J. B. McCrary, spent the week end in the city with his family and his church at Brookport, to perfect arrangements for the S. S Convention at that place with the Unity Baptist church. He is very much pleased with the present outlook and the report of the committee on arrangements. The members and friends will spare neither time nor money in making the convention a success. Rev. McCrary, left Monday at 6:45 a.m. to attend the General Baptist State Association which convened the 20th with New Hope Baptist church. There is much room for improvement in the rank and file of both pulpit and pew of our Baptist churches. There are some who claim to be Baptist, who are really nothing worthy. Mounds. Ill. To the Gazette: Dear Sif:—Please allow us space in your paper to say a few words concerning our church the St John Baptist church. We are now in the midst of a great battle in this place, we have row at this date about fourteen conversions. Rev. Dodgron, of Humboldt, Tenn. is assisting our pastor in the meeting. Our pastor preached two sermons Sunday, one in the morning and the other at the evening service. We have had 12 or 14 additions to the church since the beginning of the meeting. We raised about $80.00 during this meeting therefore, we are getting on nicely financially and spiritually. We are planning to do some repairing on our church very soon, we are prospering nicely under our new pastor Rev. C. W. Norment, so pray for us. The way that seemeth right unto men often leads to death. It depends largely as to the view one takes to right and wrong, much depends upon one's training. As the S. S. Convention draws nearer, the members and friends of Unity Baptist church, Brookport, are using every effort to make it pleasant for their guests. Mr. Alex Starks, of N. Vienna St. after a long illness died at his home Saturday night about 12:00 m. He is an old and respected citizen of this city and a member of the Free Baptist church. He bore his illness with patience. He leaves a wife and many relatives and friends. Burial Monday alter-noon from the residence. Undertaker McCrary had charge of the body. Rev J. B. McCrary, went to Harrisburg via Burlington to do some work in the O. E. S., as special deputy, of the W. G. Mu-tron of Illinois. Rev. J. B McCrary, is at home from Springfield this week. Will be at his church at Sunday. Church-meeting Saturday night. Mrs. G. E. Williamson, is improving. She was able to attend church Sunday evening. The General-Baptist Association of Illinois is past history. One of the most successful meetings of its existence closed last Saturday with the New Hope Baptist church, Springfield, Ill. Many constructive plans were carried out Qualities Widely Apart. Admiration and familiarity are strangers.—George Sand. By CLARENCE L. SPEED (Written for and Approved by the Illinois Branch of League to Enforce Peace.) Apprehension, real or pretended, that the cherished Monroe Doctrine will be signed away if the United States becomes a party to the league of nations, as it is now proposed, is one of the grounds of opposition to the league in the senate. The Monroe Doctrine was enunciated at a time when reaction was in the saddle in Europe. Napoleon had been crushed and ancient dynasties were being re-established on the thrones which had been overturned following the French revolution. The infant republic in America was surrounded by the possessions of powerful European States. With the exception of the struggling republic in America there was hardly any place where the spirit of democracy seemed to survive. President Monroe felt the isolation not only of this nation but of the democratic spirit which it represented, and gave voice to the doctrine that no European state should be permitted to obtain further territory on this continent. He feared that the establishment of monarchical forms of government any nearer our borders might make the overthrow of democracy complete. The right of the United States to take this position of guardian of a hemisphere was never admitted by the European nations, but Europe was busy with its own affairs and in the early days the Monroe Doctrine was not challenged. Time passed. Mexico and Central and South American countries threw off the yokes of Spain and Portugal. Democracy progressed in Europe. The British government was liberalized. France became a republic, then an empire, and then once more a republic. With the exception of the German menace, which was not recognized until the war broke out, Europe seemed to have no territorial designs on America. But the Monroe Doctrine grew and grew. From being a protection against the aggression of monarchy which might overthrow democracy in the United States, it came to be interpreted as involving a duty of this country to protect the little Latin-American republics from punishment for reprehensible acts such as repudiation of debts or violence to the persons or property of foreigners residing in their borders. We were placing ourselves in the position of being made the policeman whose duty it was to make the little republics be good by force or ourselves to fight other nations which might attempt to protect the rights of their citizens. Can anyone imagine any foreign entanglement more likely to involve us in war than this? It will be remembered how near we came to war with England once on this account; and just before the world war broke out it began to seem pretty plain that we either would have to enforce order in Mexico or stand aside and see some other nation do it. However, except that the Monroe Doctrine was sometimes used to stir up jingoism in national campaigns, it had really played little part in American thought in recent years. In fact, our assumed rights under it were abrogated in some twenty arbitration treaties which we signed with England, France, Russia and other nations in 1913 and the years following, and no one even noticed it. These treaties agreed that the United States and the other nations signing them should "submit all disputes whatsoever to arbitration." These disputes were just as likely—probably more so—to involve the Monroe Doctrine as anything else. And under the treaties we would have had to submit them to an international body much like that provided for in the league of nations. But, though we had signed away our rights under the Monroe Doctrine, the league of nations, while it does not mention this American principle specifically, in reality does recognize it by virtue of recognizing the fundamental principle underlying it; and this is the first general recognition it has ever had. The Monroe Doctrine asserted that no country would be allowed to grab territory on this continent without getting into trouble with us. The league of nations provides that no nation shall be allowed to grab territory anywhere in the world without getting into trouble with all the members of the league. Obviously this applies to America as well as any other country: The result is that we, instead of having all the burden of enforcing the Monroe Doctrine against the world, now will have the world pledged to help us support it against any nation which seeks to grab land. Apparently this, instead of dragging us into a foreign entanglement, helps us out of our one hereditary foreign entanglement which might threaten us with war over a matter in which we had little or no concern. And what if the league should fail? What if all the other nations should suddenly decide to combine to overwhelm an offending state on the American continent? That would mean simply that we would be right back where we are now. We could either assume the duty of chastising the offender ourselves, sit by and see someone else do it, or go to war to prevent proper punishment being meted out. That's all we can do now. Mrs. Nancy Brooks. of Dewmaine, Illinois State Missionary of W. E. & M. of Gen'l. Baptist Asseciation of Illinois. A young girl in a coat and hat carrying a briefcase. 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. Sec. Colp, Ill. A woman resting her head on a desk. Dr.Miles Liver Pills are easy to take and cause a normal and easy action of the bowels. AT ALL DRUGGISTS MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind. --- Rally There will be a 50 and 25c rally at Unity Baptist Church Sunday. The men are asked to give 50c and the women 25c. Please bring or send that small amount. Quite True. "I have to face the fact," mused the fashionable photographer, as he looked over some recent pictures, "that there are some very ugly features in this business." JOPPA TENDERS RECEPT- AON. Greatest aoe stay. Brass Band Makes Music. Mayor of City Delivers Wei- come Address, Last Tuesday night in the city of Joppa, the Clover Leet Baptist Church tendered a Big Reception to the returned Soldiers who foug- ht bravely in the World's War for “*Democracy."” x It was a grand success and pro- nounced by_both white and Color- ed the biggest event that has ever been pulled off in that city. The church was decorated with stars, stripes and pot flowers which added much to the occassion ‘The white brass band filled the air with “Star Spangled Banner and the soldiers marched into the church which brought cheers from all present. Hon. Mr, Marion Wood, May- or of the city was introduced and in a very becoming manner which és characterisitic of the man deliv- ered the welcome address. An appropriate program was render- ‘ed by the Sunday School! and the soldiers toid their experiences while abroad (over in France,) which brought tears from many, As they fought for Democracy, and a safe place to live in, they and ali should see the fruits of their labor. Everyone was invited to the tables where the following luath- €on was served: Menu First Course Chickea Pickles Celery Bread and Butter < Second Course Tee Cream Devil Food Cake Bacculareate Services. The Bacculareate services beld at the 1st Baptist church Sunday May 25, at 2:30 preached by pas- ‘tor Rev. Wm. Moody, Text, Study to show thyself approved woto God, etc., 2 Tim. 2:15. ‘The speaker endeavored to pro- we to the graduates that it is ne- <essary to continue study. He proved by his argument that life ‘is a continuous battle, against in- ternal and external foes. The young men and women today are standing upon the briak of aa un- known future. before launching their ships upon their turbulant tea of life, it is necessary to see that their vessel is sea worthy. He said, edueation is an insur- ance against criminal lile, the key that unlocks the door to success. Christian education is” making ‘one more like God, deawing out those God like qualities that God breathed into man, when he:brea- thed into his noatyils the breath of life and he became a living sovl. he seeker pected from, Faxcto- {ogical view, that there are three great powers id ‘the human, soul, namely.s-)Meltect: .sepsibildty, avd “walker The acaivng” Oat" oF” Hose powers is what we call edycation Haman would plead” at the ‘par at jistice be must “study law, if ope pould paint pirtutes “te must study. art aod use , the bru h He invited his hearers to the cloddless and brilliant skies of Eygpt, to the study of the heavenly botties “He'xbid them to study the word, man, and God. ‘He said, the: “geologist learned his’ lesson from the study of nature, the Bot- ani vets God- inthe, vegetable kingdom, the Zoblogist stlidy God from the animal kiogdonrand the astrologers from astronomy. Gee Alles iia oc or Subscribe for the Gazette HOUNDS COULD NOT FORGET ii Animals Leng Remembered Young Master Who Met Tragic | Death a meer Boe. Tt bas often been suid that a “dog tn a man’s best friend.” ‘This has cer- tally proved trae tn the ease of Fohuny Ingram, a fifteen-year-old boy, who froze to death during the big snowstorm About’ Aa year axo on the Banks of Spring river, says a Still- ater (Okla.) dispatch. When the body of the unfortunate boy was found tivo large greyhouls aut shivering In the snow guardiog thelr young master’s remains from wolves and other wild beasts, After» the boy's burial the two faithful hounds would inake almost daily, trips ont to the. cemetery and sit for hours at his grave, On these days they would not pariske of a bite to eat nntil they returned to the In- grain home, Many have followed the dogs to the cemetery out of curiosity to see whnt they would do, ‘They were often found lying there, one on each side of the grave, their hends between tholr paws, ax If in silent pritver. Laat summer the dogs were seen to guther wild pansies und violets tn thelr mouths and trot off toward the cemetery, where they would deposit the flowers upon the boy's grave. Those flowers were favorites with the Jad.> About a month ago the two dogs appeared to be sick. A. vetwinary surgeon was called from Stitiwater, but: after examining the dogs he declared that he could find nothing wrong with them. How. ever, they still refused to eat and finally disappeared. NO THOUGHT OF GRATITUDE Hungry School Teacher Unfortunately Had “Cast Bread Upon the Wa- ters” in Vain. ‘Two Hoosier teachers were traveling through Canada the other day. ‘They had to take a very early train, and awa fesult Intended to eat breakfast in the dining car. -But there was no dining cat on the train. Hungrtly they faced the prompect of a day of fasting, for they would not arrive mt their destina- tlan usitil Inte afternoon, “We have Just. two cnkes of chocolate,” said one, taking store of their possessions, “WI you eat yours now or walt a while?” The second ute her cake then, trust- tng to luck Co fod a station lunchroom, But the first waited until noon and until a mother aud two small chitdeen had settiod themselves in the seat op- Dosite the teachers Finally she took the cake of choco- late, eyed tt {a happy anticipation and then unwrapped it, Tut lo, the two youngsters were against her knee, and ‘they, too, Were iooking at It with happy anticipation, ..Of,course it was divid- ed between them. Half an hour Inter the mother open: ed her grip and out came the family lunch of fried chicken, sandwiches, ete. But not one bite did the generous teacher get. “What was that about a cup of cold water?” she asked the ‘other teacher hintiogly. ‘The woman with the full basket stared at her coldly. Then she took ‘a drinking cup from her grip and ex tended it. “You may have It,” she of. fered, “but there's paper cups at the can.”—Indlanapolis News. His Narrow Escapes. “Th—well, sah, I's back Cum wan: : y t ’ on," SP ae RA SS faa eoh ab sent for some time. “When muh yal Jah wife run of wid dat gaimbtin’ man I quit home, and I's beea on de gad ever since.” “Did yo' koteh up wid 'em?” asked Brother Bobshy. “Did I kotch up wid "em? Man, dey kept kotehia’ up wid me, de best 1 could do, When dat scoun'el stole muh wife I left so's T wouldn't be yuh when he brung her back. And, bless goodness, everywhuhs I went dar dey was, twell it got to be like @ bad dream, But de white folks finally slap- ped de gamblin’ man tn Jail and miuh wife's fust husband come along and she took up wid him, And 1 comes smh|lIn’ home’ to peace and "hap piness."—Kansas City Star. thew Witedse af the Ook. Reports of the defoliation of various, epecies Gif onk have come tuto the for ext_servige-offices trom wesjern Wash- Peguits tae Boca ttceh cates nha tm Wittemette valley, according to Di triét Forester ea Aigholingion hits been. enuse:t by @ aetat anima es Ate veaptern bak loopeta worth, which operates frame Oxegen to: Bettidy Golumbia, and Phheb 7: hegn Knosai to gefuitate the Onke eerisin. areas for seversl “year tn Sudeasylon, Sitceesstul mothods _ of gontr@ing this taterpiliar beve been devised By’ the hurea of entomology, ba Lettuce in Winter. i ‘An ently spring supply of lettuce te , dasuited British women gardeners who haveradopted the glass-Jar method this pastwinter. Large jars inverted ovpr the tetture head protect. the plant toga E ‘ Thig sy¥terp is specially d > ate singe” an lwnd working throughout the Whole year. Attia Manner Imperfect. 4 haa ‘Sanitor,” ‘said Unete , ‘wishes folks ‘Happy New Year’ it don't: make. am ¥ appler “din ie fie was a bill i See errr od pe RE Lt ae “Ta the car ahead a smoker?” “No, sir.” “But I'see some wen in tt smoking," “Oh. they are.” be METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL. 2 ae aaa iain KEPT TRADITIONS OF ARMY WILL BE NO SMALL STATE . British Government Made Wise Move Czecho-Stovakia Could at Once rake'| When It Refused to Create New | ~ Rank as Eighth World Power, ee Oe cere hee tn eats Ps Tt was n wise devision an the part of the British government to ereute no HeW regiments when they entered the great war, Instead, the number “of battalions in existing regiments Was increased. Many of these regi- ments were very old, and about them hung the traditions of a glorious past. In uniting himself to such a body as the Royal Seots, the Welsh Pusilier or the Black Watch, as the case might be, a man unconsciously tost the sharpness of his own tndividuality in the eager desire to conform to the traditional characteristies of a great company. He was, in a way, no longer John Toe or Richard Roe, but the Royal Scots, the Welsh Fusttfes guardian of the usageseof an age-old orgaulzntion, exemplar of Ate soldier- ty conduct. “Proud of Ims-regimeat, he was taught to prove his pride in his manner and dress, It was with the view" of emphasiz- ing every. detail of. this pride. thet British military authorities decided to replace the bronze buttons of uni- forms with buttons of brass, which the soldiers are required to polish daily. “Byen in the trenches officers and men must shave daily, and when, after a week of hard fighting and Sometimes short rations, the remnant of @ battalion is relieved, It ix required to march at attention with parade- ground precision, as it teaves\ the trenches for its oliday rest in the rear. It is this rigid subjection to every detail that his fn part mnde possible the herole stand that British troops have made against more numerous foe. ‘Their lines bent back, but they did not break; they tost bit by bit the ground they fought over, but ‘never thelr fighting spirit, thelr cohe- siveness, their esprit de corps.—Cen- tory. SAW FAR INTO THE FUTURE Men Predicted Coming of the Tele- graph and Airplane as Far Back as Seventeenth Century. / One hundred and four years ago, at this season, the war of 1812 was prac. tically over, Peace wag signed at Ghent on the evening of December 24 1814, and then things moved fast, ac- cording to existing standurds. De ceuiber 25 one of the Americnn”sec- retaries left Ghent for London and January 2, 1815, he left Engtand for New York, where he strived some time in February, and his news was Immediately delivered to the citizens by printed handbills. Other cities, however, had to remain In ignorance ‘during the time it would take fast Tider to urge his galloping horse over the ronds between them and New York. The telegraph was not yet tn- vented, says Christian Science Mont- for, although Joseph Gianvil, a sev: enteenth century preacher with an interest in the possibilities of inven- tion, had told the Royal society that “to confer, at the distance of the In- dies, by sympathetic conveyances may be as usual to future times as to us in Uterary cotrespondence.” Glanvil, by the way, also told the Royal soct- ety that “to those who come after us “it may be as ordinary to buy a palr of wings to fly into the remotest re- gions as now n paft of boots to ride on @ journey.” ‘Spies Milian. Decne 0P: From Reading comes the news that Rerks county bables are very largely male. If there are those who consider this # phenomenon, they are little acquainted with history. Tt 1s the unt- versal €xperience that immediately after any war the birth rate rises and males are in the majority. This Is the way in which natare cares for her own, although no” scientist has been able to give any satisfactory explana- tion of the fact. . Unless this reproduction of the de- stroyed sex was universal we should soon haye a one-sided world in_ the amatter of sex. We havechad wars from time immemorial ‘and many of them have been extremely: bloody, but the avernge-of the’ sexes has been skin- tained to the satisfaction of humanity. Nature 18 good to her own and’ pre- Serves by eumiais’ niethods « bplance whieh Is benefletal to the'race, Twenty Soars from now the workt~poptihition il bo greater than th 1914, oven It {tis tot, as spine Malan aleemdy great? OP Th RTE af the. lows, of 6,000,000 or more. Awes,—Phiadelphtn.. Evgnitn Brileting 2 . Cliimt Refuse of Valuc. 5 A femprkabie record of un tmpor- Mant: profistoric:tadhistry ts. promise shy the arghesloxical sirrey now helng directadeby Dr, W. Pe Mills tn the Blink Lidge distriet.. between Cotam bus and Zariesvilte, O. Aw outerop-of Winit-bearing limestone extends for ten Milles or wore, and ts entirely covered. Fwith pile dig by the auctent miners tn search of workable filnts. The waste raginents chipped from the Mints to making afrowheads aid other fmple- nents form earby deposits 15 feet deep. in, places, supplying material of modern value for row buliding, Calls for Big Expenditure, If plans for siundardizing the gauge of the railways of Australia as recom- monded by the chief engineers of the different lines be carried out it will mean an expenditure of $180,000,000. eee RE _ “Carrier Pigeons on Job, Ih spite of the competition of wire- tee Pigeons have not lost their wench and British naval air Czecho-Stovakia Could at Once Take’ + .Rank as Eighth World Power, Asserts Writer. ‘We are told the Czecho-Stovak state will be @ small one, and as a result its existence will be precarious, assum- ing the world shall remain: tt any- thing like Its present condition of in- ternational “disorganization, Charles Pergler writes in Asia Maguzine, In the first place, as modern states go, the new state will not be a smail one, hav- Ing a population of about 12,000,000, and the area of the new state will be about 50,000 English -square miles, When we reeotlect that Belgium has 11,872 square miles, tt Is seen at a glance that the new state can hardly be classed as small, Moreover, the bellef in the necessity of large states, Ne in certain elreles of economic and political theorists, and largely based upon certain teachings of Karl Marx, is one of the superstitjous that period- feally appear, in order to be abandoned upon a sober second thought. The theory that small states and na- tions eannot sueceed is not borne out by history. Even prior to the war there were in Eugope 27 states, and the great majority of these were small, ‘There were only six of the so- called great powers: Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary, England, France and Italy. Portugal, Denmark, Switzer- lund, Bulgaria, Belgium, Norway, Ser- bia, Greeee, Holland, Sweden, Monte- negro and: Turkey are all, or ‘vere, smaller than the state we are attempt- Ing to describe. The latter will hold in Europe the eighth place, only Eng- land, Poland, France, Italy, Spain and Russia being larger. FIGHTERS GOT THEIR “EATS” How American Soldiers at the Front Were Supplied by the Com- missary With Food. The service of supply of the Amer- lean army reééives a lon's share of praise for our victory. Needs of men In the trenches and on the fighting Une were well cared for, Hot meals wore served to them to an extent un- precedented in any. other war, Under barrage fire gnd gas attacks, however, Rot food could not be carried forward To meet this difficulty sented con tainers. were provided, each’ holding suttietent food for 25 men for a day ‘These containers were absolutely alr tight fo prevent poisoning of food by gas. They contained a dry, hard corn bread, corned beef, corned-beet hash, roust beef, salmon, sardines, salt, sugur and coffee soluble in cold wa- ter, together with the necessary can openers. Each container weighed 107 pounds and was cleverly-camouflaged for its trip to the firing, line, An emergency ritlon oimtlht #6 the “iroo ration” of the British army was pro- vided for the American’, This was the ration they carried over the top and used only in dire extremity. It consists of ground meat and wheat pressed {nto A cake, and a block of sweet chocolate, The-cake can be eaten dry or stirred into cold water. ‘One cake dolled four minutes in three pints of water makes a nourishing soup, in one pint of water an accept- able porridge. The S. 0. S. relied upon its mighty accumulation of foods from America for everything except fresh vegetables. It was almost tnde- pendent In this respect, however, for 16,000,000 pounds of dehydrated ¥ tables wefé @ntracted for in “he United States—Thomas F. Logan tn Lestte’s, Praise “Stars and Stripes.” Newspaper men, magazine men, It erati and, in fact, everyone. in Amer tea interested in catching the spirit of the Yank invasion of Europe, should by all means read copies of that great voice of the American expedition- ary forces, the Stars and Stripes. Letters from pals and relatives paint little intimate tableaux of the extraor: dinary Ife of the Yankees in France, but a few copies of the Stars and Stripes can rear an atmosphere which hundreds of excellent letters could not begin to comprise. ‘The editors, by thelr work, show that they.are regular fellows... They have the viewpoint of the buck private, as well as that of the xray-halrod executive with the sliver stars on the shouiders.—The. Quill. WipingvOut Wild Beasts. Obe of the-eNorts of the stale gov: ermment, of Argena and the federal coverpIent-in thehwermpaign for the eradieattoty eB poedaqors:.,. splia)s, whieh Atpeesimdge- loases; in, rence stocks 1s tho: gynplouments of eieilied hunters, "Fhirteem aré-naw in the @m- ploy of thé-wtete aud fedora? govern Vets Lite aM ng ey ‘Other snokare oxtorneing ting rodents which deperoyimngess: <0 oe Ome of “thie nagties? whthie stwo monte Mog keilieacL mountala> tons. 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HOME GARDEN WAT SAMING PLANT CHINA STAMM CHINA STAMM CHINA STAMM CHINA STAMM CHINA STAMM A garden gives the game a lift, And helps us practice ways of thrift. That give us seeds from which we grow War Savings Stamps that earn us "dough." So with a garden toll to save That you may never be a slave, But keep on adding to your wealth. Your peace of mind and ruddy health, somebody else's woods." — Ontario Post. Reverse Preferable. "This illness of mine is caused by a germ, the doctor said." "What did he call it?" "Really can't tell you. I caught the disease, but not the name." Philosophical. The philosophical proprietor of a seaside hotel ended his Rules Pulletra for men thus: "Remember, 'Time and tide wait for no man.' For ladies' rules use other bulletin."—Judge. The Lives of a Cat. A mother had two sons, one in France, the other attending a university near home. The son in France was wounded and naturally the mother felt grieved over the incident, and being of an excitable nature, telephoned her other son; "John, come home at once. Ted is at the front being killed every minute." actually increased since the amnesty. "As for work among the French people, now that hostilities have ceased, the French themselves naturally prefer, as far as possible to provide for their own. It has accordingly been determined that the guiding principle of Red Cross policy in France henceforth shall be to have punctilious regard to its every responsibility, but to direct its efforts primarily to assist French relief societies. The liberated and devastated regions of France have been divided by the government into small districts, each officially assigned to a designated French relief organization. "The American Red Cross work in France was initiated by a commission of eighteen men who landed on French shores, June 13, 1917. Since then some 0,000 persons have been upon the rolls in France, of whom 7,000 were actively engaged when the armistice was signed. An indication of the present scale of the work will be obtained from the fact that the services of 6,000 persons are still required. "Our American Expeditionary Force having largely evacuated England, the activities of the Red Cross Commission there are naturally upon a diminishing scale period. Active operations are still in progress in Archangel and Siberia. "The work in Italy has been almost entirely on behalf of the civilian population of that country. In the critical hours of Italy's struggle the American people, through their Red Cross, sent a practical message of sympathy and relief, for which the government and people of Italy have never ceased to express their gratitude. METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL usual problems often arise quire unusual service that efficiently rendered organization. at all emergencies, of any to our profession OUR TELEPHONE IMMATERIAL part of Metropolis, or the man save you Worry, Time the Country and Auto- ility. severed day or night. mpany MGR. Supplies and Personnel to Near East. Supplies and Personnel to Near East "The occasion for such concentration of effort in Italy, England, Belgium and even in France having naturally and normally diminished, it has been possible to divert supplies and personnel in large measure to the aid of those people in the Near East who have bitherto been inaccessible to outside assistance, but whose sufferings have been upon an appalling scale. The needs of these peoples are so vast that government alone can meet them, but the American Red Cross is making an effort to relieve immediately the more acute distress. "An extensive group of American workers has been dispatched to carry vitally needed supplies, and to work this winter in the various Balkan countries. In order to co-ordinate their activities, a Balkan commission has been established, with headquarters at Rome, Italy, from which point alone all the Balkan centers can be reached promptly. "A commission has just reached Poland with doctors and nurses, medical supplies, and food for sick children and invalids. An American Red Cross Commission has also been appointed to aid in relieving the suffering of Russian prisoners still confined in German prison camps. "An important commission is still working in Palestine. Through the war special co-operation has been given to the Armenian and Syrian Relief Commission, which was the only agency able to carry relief in the interior of Turkish dominions. Red Cross Will Continue. "Red Cross effort is thus far flung. It will continue to be so. But the movement represented by this work has likewise assumed an intimate place in the daily life of our people at home. The army of workers which has been recruited and trained during the war must not be demobilized. All our experience in the war shows clearly that there is an unlimited field for service of the kind which can be performed with peculiar effectiveness by the Red Cross. What its future tasks may be it is yet impossible to forecast. We know that so long as there is an American army in the field the Red Cross will have a special function to perform. "Nothing could be of greater importance to the American Red Cross than the plans just set in motion by the five great Red Cross societies of the world to develop a program of extended activities in the interest of humanity. The conception involves not alone efforts to relieve human suffering, but to prevent it, not alone a movement by the people of an individual nation, but an attempt to arouse all people to a sense of their responsibility for the welfare of their fellow beings throughout the world. It is a program both ideal and practical. Ideal in that its supreme aim is nothing less than veritable "Pence on earth good will to men," and practical in that it seeks to take means and measures which are actually available and make them effective in meeting without delay the crisis which is daily recurrent in the lives of all peoples. "For accomplishing its mission is the years of peace which must lie ahead of us the Red Cross will require the highest possible leadership, and must enjoy the continued support, sympathy, and participation in its work of the whole American people. It is particularly fortunate that such a year as Dr. Livingston Farnard should have been selected as the permanent head of the organization. The unpuncted fashion in which all our people gave of themselves throughout the war is the best assurance that our Red Cross will continue to receive that co-operation which will make its work a source of pride and inspiration to every American." Mr. Davison, as chairman of the International Commission of the American Red Cross, has undertaken to represent the American Red Cross in the preparation of the program for extend ed Red Cross activities, and will spend the next several months in Europe in consultation with other Red Cross societies for that purpose. THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. Henry P. Davison, Chairman. Phone 364 Proposed Constitution Of The Baptist Minister's Alliance. We, the Minister's of the Mt. Olive and East Mt. Olive Baptist District Associations of Southern Illinois, desirous of a more oneness in perpetuating the principles and Doctrines Legislated by Jesus Christ, and practiced by His Apostles, seeking by the word of God to bring ourselves, and the churches as well, more into the unity of the Faith of Jesus Christ, do now adopt the following Constitution. Article 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, Recreating Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer and such committees as may conserve the best interest of the body, all of which shall be elected annually by a majority vote of the body. Article 2 Membership Article 2 Membership Sec.1. This organization shall be composed of Missionary Baptist Ministers furnishing benefited 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 worships with whether he ever pastored or not Sec. 1. This organization shall have the power to receive to, or drop from its fellowship any Minister or Ministers whom it deems worthy or unworthy of fellowship. Sec. 2. This Constitution by laws, or regulations, shall by no means conflict with the rules and regulations of the two Associations namely Mt. Olive and East Mt. Olive. KINKY Hair Made to Grow Long, Soft and Silky AMY STARK says her hair was nappy and short until and extended, and now she can comb it as it is 54 inches long, soft and silky. Don't be fooled all your life by using some fake preparation which claims to stimulate kinky hair. You are just fooling yourself by mistaking it. Kinky hair cannot be made straight. 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