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METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE CORNERSTITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY APR 20 1922 VOLUME XXV ASSAULT STO GIRL PROV SOUTHERN MOBS OFF-SCOURING OF CREATION Representative Southern Daily Says Poorest Morally of Poor White Trash Plug-Uglies and Thugs of Every Description Form Lynching Crowds. Representative Southern Daily GREENSBORO, N. C. Mar. 30. What is regarded as one of the finest editorial expressions ever written in a plea for law and order, while at the same time upbraiding the South for dealing with facts artificially, appeared recently in Greensboro Daily News, with reference to a Bullock case. This news paper is one of the most influential publications of the South, and may be regarded as speaking officially, when writing under the headline of "What Lynching Means to the South." The News says: "The Governor will not humiliate the state, he declares, by sending witnesses to testify for it in a petty judicial officer's court in Canada. No danger. That isn't what has humiliated the state. If the state had sent a few Warren County lynchers to the penitentiary, it would probably have been under no obligations to send witnesses to Canada in order to secure the extradition of Bullock. "Let us keep this thing straight. Canada may have been a little over zealous, but she had plenty of reason. We have a reputation of being blood-thirsty murderers down here in North Carolina, and it is our indurstrous lynchers who have secured that reputation for us. We shall never be regarded as thoroughly civilized people until we stop this lynching business. It's no use talking in grandiloquent Tom Dixonish terms about what a white man will stand and what a white man won't stand. A white man has got to stand by the law, if he expects to hold up his head among other white men. "All his snorting about the fierce pride of the Anglo-Saxon race is the most disgusting popcock ever invented. If no Negro were ever lynched for anything but rape it might have some shadow of excuse. But alleged rapists constitute only a small proportion of the victims of mobs in the south these days. Negroes are lynched for all manner of crimes, ranging down to simple misdemeanors. Matthew Bullock's brother was not lynched for rape, but for shooting at white men. Furthermore as every southerner knows mobs are not composed of fiercely proud Anglo-Saxons, but usually of the off-scourings of creation—the poorest, morally, of poor white trash, pluguglies and thugs of every imaginable description, many of them wanted themselves by the police, occasionally under the leader ship of some semi-respectable white man of the rattleheaded type. The idea that any thoroughly decent citizen took part in any of the four affairs of the sort that disgraced the state last year is absurd. "This sort of riff-raff has no race pride, nor any other sort of pride, it has merely a congenial tendency toward disorder, easily inflamed into crazy blood-lust. But it also has votes. Therefore, elected officers more inrested in holding their jobs than in doing their duty, fear it with a ghastly fear, and repudiating their oaths let the mob work its will. That is what lynching means in the South today. There is not one redeeming element, not one word that can be said in its defense. It is our everlasting disgrace, the one foul shame that blots out civilization and as long as we continue to palate and condone it, it will disgrace us." Charged Imaginary Crime to Negro. Placing Innocent Men in Jeopody. Feeling Was at Hlgh Tension ORANGE, N. J., 12 YEAR OLD GIRL CONFESSES SHE Charged imaginary crime -- -- SOUTH ORANGE, N. J.—The mendacity of a twelve-year old white girl, one Zeada Ach, daughter of a New York architect, (the telephone directory shown David M. Ach, of 5 Center street, South Orange with office at 1 Madison avenue, New York City) jeopardized the libery and well being off any slightly built Negro who might have been wearing a brown suit ad tan shoes on the street of South Orange during a period of several days. This was because she told a most circumstantial tale of how she had been threatened with a revolver bound, gaged and assaulted in her mother's room by a colored man, while her younger sister and an older woman were in another room in the house. The girl's story aroused the community, for she was definite to the last degree in her story, and described in fullest detail the appearance of the assailant who she declared to be slightly built, wearing a felt hat, brown shoes, green mackinaw and tan shoes, and even told of a crack in the leather of his shoe near the right toe. Every Negro seen on the streets of South Orange, became an object of suspicion, and this feeling extended to every town within a radius of twenty miles. Feeling was at high tension and police officers were strenuous in their search for the alleged miscreant. Then came embarrassment for the officials and the girl's family. The girl became conscious stricken and lost her nerve. She told the truth. She declared that she had invented the whole tale—her story was that she entered her moth er's room in search of a book and been confronted by the robber who proceeded to do the things she had charged against her imaginary creation. There has been no satisfactory explanation as to why the girl made up so serious a charge against a member of the race, but the most charitable have it that her imagination has become inflamed by attendance on the modern movie thrillers Col. Roscoe C. Simmons Arrested in Chicago Chicago, Ill., March 22.—Col. Roscoe Conkling Simmons submitted to arrest here Monday night after he finished a lecture at the A. M. E. Church. Deputy Sheriffs with warrants for his arrest were in the audience shortly after Simmons began his one hour and forty minutes talk. It is said that the deputies were ready to serve the warrant at the end of one the Colonel's long sentences, but the church officials prevailed upon them to wait. When the Colonel had finished and about to leave the platform two detectives formally placed him under arrest without ceremony, Simmons was arrested on a debt charge involving about $8,000. Arrangements for bond were being made. A man is known by the company he keeps. Also the seventeen-year-old daughter—Munifoba Free Press. Pay Your Subscriptions Governor Small returned to the state house yesterday from his three day swing through northwestern Illinois, where, according to reports he was given unusually enthusiastic receptions at the three good roads meetings held at LaSalle, Dixon and Freeport. The LaSalle, Lee and Stephenson county meetings indicate that the governor not only received unexpected ovations from tremendous crowds, but his declaration of his good roads policy and his defense of himself against his alleged political enemies created a most favorable impression. The three day trip came to a climax at Freeport Wednesday. Delegations paraded the streets, they said shouting for "Small and Good Roads." From Lanark came a delegation of four hundred business men and farmers, headed by their band and a big banner, which read, "We are for Small and Good Roads." Governor Makes Address Two thousand people are reported to have crowded the Odd Fellows temple and gave the governor a big ovation when he appeared to speak. His address followed the lines of others he has made during the primary campaign, and his pledge to "complete the waterway and hard road systems before the expiration of his term of office" is reported to have brought approval from the big crowd. The address at Odd Fellows temple was preceded by a luncheon tendered the governor by the Freeport Chamber of Commerce, which was attended by over five hundred good road boosters. The Dixon reception was similar. There, on Tuesday morning when he arrived from LaSalle he was met by a committee of the Chamber of Commerce and escorted to the Episcopal Church, where he was guest War Department To Return Body of Col. Young Widow Officially Notified. Greatest Military Funeral Ever Held In America Is Planned. Associated Negro Press. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 22. —Mrs. Ada Mill Young, of Wilbeforce, Ohio, widow of the late Col. Charles Young, has been officially notified by the War Department that, upon her request, the remains of her husband will be brought to the U. S. for final burial. Negotiations have been started by the government through the State Department, and the Liberian Government to this end. Mrs. Young has been informed that the arrangement will require several months, but upon arrival in America, under direction of the U. S. Government the body will be brought to Washington, for final interment in Arlington Cemetery, the "City of the Soldier Dead," the highest tribute to a departed military man. The magnificent nationwide memorial tributes and services to honor Colonel Young's achievements, occurring March 12th, his birthday, attest the popular hold this military hero has on the minds of the American people. Throughout the entire country hundreds of thousands of people turned out to the great hero of the hour. It was an occasion that will go down in history, and steps are already under way to make the celebration of March 12th annual national event for Colored Americans. Great Military Funeral Preparations are under way now for one of the greatest military funerals ever held in America, when Col. Young's remains arrive from Africa. There will probably be two services, one in New York and one in Washington. Both of them will be truly gigantic, in the method of arrangement, and the occasion will be marked with a solemnity of affection that will never be forgotten. BIG OVATIONS of honor at a banquet given by the chamber, and the Rotary and Kiwains clubs. The Dixon meeting was held in the city's new $200,000 theatre which seats 1,500 people. It was reported to be the largest crowd that has attended a public meeting in Dixon in years. Reception at LaSalle LaSalle, on Monday, gave the governor another enthusiastic reception his friends say. There, as in Dixon and Freeport, he was met by a reception committee from the Chamber of Commerce and taken to the reception committee and taken to the Kaskaski hotel where he was guest of honor at luncheon. At the high school auditorium he was greeted by one thousand farmers, business and workingmen. Col. C. R Miller, director of public works and buildings who made the trip with the governor said yesterday that political leaders of LaSalle, Lee and Stephenson counties were unanimous in the opinion that there had been a wonderful change of sentiment concerning the governor in northwestern Illinois which has heretofore been regarded as unfriendly territory. "The people up there want their roads built at the governor's figure of $27,000 per mile and not at $40,000 as advocated by the interests' propagandists," Col. Miller said. "They want an honest and economical state administration, and they are more willing to trust the man who saved them $7,000,000 in vetoes alone, than the traction interests of Chicago who are taking $60,000 in excess fares out of the pockets of Chicago's street car patrons every day." Plans for the parade in Washington will include both military and civic of march, representatives from every organization. There will be the line war—the colonel's father was a civil war veteran. There will be service men from all the forty-eight states, representation from all the regular army regiments of Color the Eighth regiment of Chicago, and the Fifteenth of New York. Fraternal organizations, school organizations and civic bodies will have a place in the march to Arlington. Permanent Memorial The Associated Negro Press has learned that it is the desire of present and former military men to furnish the funds with which to erect the monument in Arlington cemetery. There is another afoot to raise funds by popular subscription for the erection of an equestrain statute of Colonel Young in one of the public squares of Washington. A Charles Young Memorial Association will probably be formed for this latter purpose. There has been a great demand for pictures and photographs of Col. Young. It is understood from reliable authority that Dr. E. B. DuBois will probably write the story of the Colonel's life, and the Douglass Specialties Company of Chicago, has the finest assortment of pictures of the great soldier. Several Colored Injured In Chicago's Big Fire Chicago. Ill., March 22. An effort was made here to fasten the $5,000,000 fire which razed the C. B. & Q. Bldg., and an entire block on Negroes. T. Taylor, Colored accused Henry Miller and a man named Jackson of stating that they had started the fire. The most disastrious that has visited the city since the great Chicago, fire in 1871. The police arrested Miller but after examination declared him to be subnormal and not responsible for his statements. A number of Colored men were employed in the building and several were injured. UNDERTAKING A SPECIALTY NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC! This is to inform you that the McCulking Company will still continue its own new manager during the absence of C. Cray, the Licensed Embalmer and I. gone to Chicago, to better equip himself of work in order that he might be best look after the interests of our people. During his absence the businessful and prompt attention, under the superintendency of a competent Licen. We will guarantee satisfaction and both as to work and price, and all we trial, and WE will convince you of truth the above statement. When the unfortunate moment has Death invades your home, or your friends', don't hesitate, but call us by Ring 3, and leave the rest to us. confidence and we will prove to you sympathy with you in the hour of sadness. We have made arrangements with our Casket Companies of the Northwest, our command a Negro Casket Manor St. Louis, Mo., also the only exclusive Co., of the city, with the largest sub-select from, consisting of all sizes, great prices. We have been in business at 903 N. quarter of a Century, and that of it enough as to our reliability. We are at your Service either Nigh Phone 229 Ring 3 If you fail to reach us by Phone, send a messenger and we will pay the Respectfully y M. J. Wickersham Makes a Great Speech This is to inform you that the McCrary's Undertaking Company will still continue its operation under a new manager during the absence of George L. B. McCrary, the Licensed Embalmer and Manager, who has gone to Chicago, to better equip himself along his line of work in order that he might be better prepared to look after the interests of our people. During his absence the business will receive careful and prompt attention, under the new management, superintendency of a competent Licensed Embalmer. We will guarantee satisfaction and fair treatment both as to work and price, and all we ask of you is a trial, and WE will convince you of truthfulness of this the above statement. When the unfortunate moment happens to you and Death invades your home, or your neighbor's or friends', don't hesitate, but call us by Phone, No. 229 Ring 3, and leave the rest to us. Take us into your confidence and we will prove to you, that we are in sympathy with you in the hour of sadness and distress. We have made arrangements with one of the largest Casket Companies of the Northwest, and also have at our command a Negro Casket Manufacturing Co., of St. Louis, Mo., also the only exclusive Undertaking Co., of the city, with the largest supply of caskets to select from, consisting of all sizes, grades, colors and prices. We have been in business at 903 Pearl St., over a quarter of a Century, and that of itself is guarantee enough as to our reliability. We are at your Service either Night or Day. Phone 229 Ring 3 If you fail to reach us by Phone have Central to send a messenger and we will pay the messenger fee. Respectfully yours. M. J. McCRARY. 1885 and 1921, 4,096 persons were lynched in the United States; an average of 117 a year. lynched in the United States; an average of 117 a year. "In 1919, there were 83, and in 1920 65. By far the largest number of those killed in this manner were Negroes; but of the 83 lynched in 1919, 4 were white and 2 Mexicans, and of the 65 lynched in 1920, 10 were white. The greater number of those crimes ar the rresult of race antagonism, and have occurred in the Southern States. Apologists for this condition have sought to excuse or at all events to palliate, these offenses upon the ground that the lynchers were occasioned by outrages committed by colored men upon white women, and that in no other way than by summary popular justice, could comparative safety for white women be secured in those communities where there is a preponderance of colored population. Statistics of these crimes refute this theory. Of the 3,434 persons lynched from 1899 to 1919, only 570 were charged with offenses against women, and of the 264 Negroes lynched from 1914 to 1918, only 28 were so accused. The well known facts concerning the lynching of colored people show that during a period of years to a very great extent they have been deprived of life and property and have not enjoyed equal protection of the laws with white people. If the States have denied and deprived them of these constitutional privileges, Congress, under the Constitution, may afford them redress. "The distinction above suggested is sought to be preserved in the bill passed by the House of Representatives on January 26th, 1922 (H. R. 13, A Bill "to assure persons within the jurisdiction of every state the equal protection of the law and to punish the crime of lynching.") "The bill was elaborately debated in the House of Representatives. It was significant that the opposition to it came almostent rely from the Southern States. Constitutional objections were urged and at the close of the debate the bill was amended by substituting a substantially new measure in order to meet this criticism. It is to be hoped that the Senate will pass the bill and send it to the President for his approval." --- Former Attorney General Wickersham Makes Strong Speech Against Lawless Acts Which Have Provoked The Adverse Comment of Foreign Observers. NEW YORK, March 22.—The following Memorial to the United States Senate was read and adopted at an Anti-Lynching Mass Meeting held by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in the Town Hall, New York, on the evening of March 1, the meeting being addressed by Senator William M. Calder of New York, Representative Leonidas C. Dyer of Missouri, who introduced the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in House of Representatives: by former Attorney General George W. Wickersham; and by James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Memorial to the United States Senate The killing and burning alive of human beings by mobs in the United States is a reproach upon our country throughout the civilized world and threatens organized government in the nation. Since 1889 there have been 3443 known mob murders, sixty-four of the victims being women. In only a few instances has prosecution of the lynchers been even attempted. American mobs murdered sixty-four persons in 1921, of whom four were publicly burned at the stake. The House of Representatives on January 26, 1922, in response to insistent country-wide demand, passed the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, which invokes the power of the federal government to end the infamy of American mob murder. This bill is now in the hands of the United States Senate. Wickersham's Speech Mr. Wickersham said in part: "For many years, the number and extent of lynchings in various parts of the United States, have provoked the adverse comment of foreign observers and compelled a sense of national humiliation on the part of Americans. Of all forms of lawlessness, this is perhaps the worst, for it takes from duly constituted authorities of the state their highest and most solemn function, the administration of justice. "Lawless acts of this character have been committed in many parts of the country. Statistics used in the recent debates in the House of Representatives show, that between Read The Gazette. Metropolis Gazette PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY BY THE GAZETTE PRINTING CO. BETROPOLIS, . . . . . ILL. MRS. M. J. McCRARY, MANAGER GEO. L B. McCRARY, EDITOR MRS. EDGAR MCCRARY ASSIT. EDITOR FRIDAY MAR. 21, 1922. Office 9th and Pearl Streets, Metropolis, Illinois. Uninterred as second-class mail mat at Metropolis, Illinois, Postoffice. 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Ronalds, of Eldorado, as a candidate for Representative in the General Assembly, subject to the will of the voters at the Republican Primary April 11, 1922. For County Clerk We are authorized to announce Henry Morrow as a candidate for County Clerk of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican Primary, April 11th 1922 County Supt. Of Schools We are authorized to Luther L. Evers as a candidate for, County Supt. of Schools subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican primary, April 11, 1922. Assessor And Treasurer We are authorized to announce John H. Kotter as a candidate for Assessor and Treasurer of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican primary April 11, 1922. We are authorized to announce Lelota Willis as a candidate for Assessor and Treasurer, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican Primary to be held April 11, 1922. We are authorized to announce Robert L. Dollar, as a candidate for Assessor and Treasurer, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican Primary to be held April 11, 1922. For Sheriff We are authorized to announce Elmer Brown as a candidate for Sheriff of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican Primary to be held April 11, 1922. We are authorized to announce Fred Risinger as a candidate for Sheriff of Massac County, subject to the will of the voters at the Republican Primary to be held April 11, 1922. We are authorized to announce Osro Shirk, as a candidate for Sheriff of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican Prima- to be held April 11, 1922. County Judge We are authorized to announce Fred Smith as a candidate for County Judge, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican Primary to be held April 11, 922. To insure publication all correspondence should reach this office not later than Tuesday morning. The editor. For Road Clerk. We are authorized to announce Ira T. Morgan as a candidate for Road Clerk of Road District No. 6 of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the election to held April 4th 1922. For Road Commissioner We are authorized to announce C. C. Kennedy as a candidate for Road Commissioner of Road District No. 6 of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the election to be held April the 4th. We are authorized to announce H. D. Weseman as a candidate for Road Commissioner of Road District No. 6 of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the election to be held April 4th. We are authored to announce C. C. Frazier as a candidate for County Clerk of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the Republican Primary to be held April 11, 1922. We are authorized to announce R. N. Mizell, as a candidate for Road Commissioner of Road District No. 6 of Massac County, subject to the decision of the voters at the election to be held April 4th. For Alderman We are authorized to announce John S. Anderson as a candidate for Alderman of the First Ward, subject to the decision of the voters at the election April the 18th 1922. We met Dr. Thos. H. Harris, of Princeton, who is the manufacturer of the best medicines for Indigestion, kidney, liver and bladder trouble, also rheumatism and the blood. This medicine has only one year but is eclipsing every other medicine now on the market Contains no poisons nor alcohol, as it is compounded from herbs. Retails at $1. and $1.25 per bottle. Use it and be cured, Mrs. M. J. McCrary, Agent, 903 Pearl St., Metropolis, Ill. Chas. Foster is able to be up in his room but his little son is under the care of physician. Odis Reniro, has returned from Chicago, where he spent several weeks under treatment at the hospital. MALA SUFFERING? Most of the pain we suffer is unnecessary. Why continue to endure it—to sacrifice your youth, beauty, and enjoyment to it? The combination of simple harmless medicines found in Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills is especially effective in relieving pain without bad after-effects. For more than thirty-five years sufferers from headache, neuralgia, backache, toothache, sciatica and pains from other causes have found relief by taking these pills. Why don't you try them? ASK YOUR DRUGGIST METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure cartarrhag deafness, and that is by a constitutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tubes 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 Catarrah Peafness that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine, Circulars free. All Druggists, 75c. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. By Associated Negro Press. FARM WANTED-Wanted to hear from owner of a farm for sale, give lowest price, and full particulars. L. Jones, Box. 551, Olney, Ill. Mrs. Ruth Donlow, of Brookport, spent a few days in the city this week All of the teachers left Thursday for Carbondale, to attend the Southern Illinois Teachers' Meeting, which is to hold a three days session. The program rendered at the First Baptist church, last Tuesday night given by the Jubilee choir was a great success and would like to see it repeated again soon. Mrs. G. W. Prince is a fine musician. The high water is receding now and if it does not take a rise from the heavy rains that fell recently it will soon be confined within the banks and the people who had to move to higher ground can return Revs. Thos. Morris, and Thos. Harmon, spent Sunday at Round Knob. *Rev. Thos. Harmon, has offered his resignation as pastor of the Mt. Hebron Baptist church, at Round Knob, to take effect in 30 days. It has been raining her since Saturday night. Mrs. Lee Belle Moss has been quite sick for several days but is some better at this writing. The Tacky Party, given at the A. M. E. church was a financial success. The Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association is to meet with Macedonia Baptist church, Harrisburg, the 7th, of April. Rev. Scates, the pastor, says all things are ready, come Rev. A. J. Bowers, of Carbon-dale, will collect for the Gazette, at Carbon-dale and Murphysboro. Please pay him when he calls as you know we need our money. Mrs. Nollie Parks is able to be up after a recent illness. Common Genre & Bad Matter. In creative thought common super- in a bad master. Its soic criterion for judgment is that new ideas shall fail like old ones. In other words, it can only act by suppressing originality. A. N. Whitehead in "An Introduction to Mathematics." NEW POLICEWOMAN CAUSES A SENSATION Pulls Wrong Box Handle And Whole Army of Riot Gun-squads Arrive Instead of Patrol Wagon. Toledo, Ohio, Mar. 22.—Miss Esther Ferguson, Toledo's New Colored police woman, caused a sensation when she made her first arrest this week. She arrested three men and haled them to the nearest police box. She reached in and pulled the first handle her hand came to. When the patrol wagon didn't arrive at once, she pulled it twice again. That was the signal. Two patrol wagons of bluecoats, two speed cars carrying eight vice squad detectives, an automobile with six detectives aboard three detectives afoot and a motorcycle policeman rushed to the scene, and preparations were made for riot gunsquads. The panting officers were as much astonished as the new policewoman. Ramblings Old Rambler, left on the f. C. north bound train Friday afternoon at 3:45 enroute to Pulaski, a little town nestled on the main line of the I. C. Railroad, in Pulaski county near Villa Ridge and Ullin. We went via Carbondale, arriving at our destination at 1000 p. m. where we were met at the station and 'Father H. C. Amstead,' drove us out in his buggy with his old trusted animal "Maudy" as he calls her. We were soon at his farm home which is located about one mile from the city and has the choice variety of fine fruit. Lunch was soon prepared for us and after satisfying our appetite, we then held a long conversation with our old friend and father in the gospel touching many problems of life, after the clock had sounded the wee hours of one, two, three, we decided to lie down and were soon in dream land. We arose early next morning and was soon invited out to breakfast by the busy housewife, Mrs. Armstead, who is a splendid cook and take a great delight in preparing for the comfort of her husband and in making it pleasant for his guest. After breakfast the trusty old "nag" was soon in readiness for our return trip to town, we soon found ourselves in company of friend In a short time we found ourselves in front of St. John Baptist church where we were to conduct the S. S. Institute of the Mt. Olive Baptist S. S. Convention. We were conducted inside of the building where we met other workers of the Institute namely:—J. W. Greer, State S. S. Pres.; J. W. Corneal, Dist., Pres., of the S. S. Convention; M. Duncan, Pres., of Institute; Marie Umble, Sec., of Institute; Laura A. Leake, Prés., of Dist., Women's work; Revs. Wm. Moody, Thos. Turner, M. C. King, and Supt. Willis Bowers, of Carbodale, and a number of local workers. This was a great meeting and much good was accomplished. We left Sunday afternoon on our return trip home, spent the night at the home of our friends, Rev. and Mrs. A J. Bowers, and left for home Monday morning after partaking of a hearty breakfast reaching home at 10:30. Old Rambler. McKenzie, Tenn. Please allow space in your paper for a few words from Enon Baptist church. Rev. Brigmon, pastor. Sunday School at 9:30; preaching at 11:00 a.m. B. V. P. U. at 6:30 p. m. The congregation was small on the account of rain. Mrs. Nolan and son, Mr. Gibson and wife all of Md. City, Ill.. are in our city on account of high water. We are delighted to have them. Dr. Hill and wife visited Dr. Pigard of Martin, Teen. Mrs. Mary Thomas is on the sick list, but is reported better. Mrs. Beatrioe Rodgers is reported better. Mrs Blanche Nesbit of Hollow Rock, is visiting her mother Mrs. Fannie Gregory. Calvin Nolan, of Md. City, entered school here Monday. Rev. H. C Swayne and boys spent quite an enjoyable eve with Mrs. Susie Rodgers and Mrs. Jennie Nolan., He left last Friday evening for his church in Paducah, Ky. C. Rodgers, Reporter. Dewmaine Dear Editor: Please allow me space in your paper to say a word or so in regards to our state S. S. and B. Y. P. U. Convention which convenes with Ebenezer Baptist church of Chicago, April 4.—7. As you know death has invaded our ranks and made the president of our state B. Y. P. U. his victim, and mony hearts have been made sad by the invasion of that unwelcome visitor. Our hearts goes out in sympathy to the bereaved. We feel that the cause has lost an untired worker, but we too, must travel the same road some day, but it is a blessing to know that we are going to meet again to part no more. I your humble servant was elected vice president last May in Evanston, so now I feel the responsibility that I was not expecting, but however, we want to do our best to make the coming session a success, and we are asking every B. Y. P. U. in our jurisdiction to send representatives, the meeting will be just what we make it, we ought to, have a representative from every Union in the jurisdiction, we hope that all concerned will respond to the call, there is no reason the meeting should not be a success and we believe it will, for somebody is going to work to make it a success. We ask that each individual come with heart filled with the Holly Ghost, the Captain of our Salvation will lead us to victory. We are asking that every S. S. and B. Y. P. U. local and district, meet us at Ebenezer in Chicago, on the above named dates. Remember we can not lead where we do not go, and we cannot teach that we do not know. Mound City Please allow space in your paper to say a few words. Our services were grand Sunday although the water was high, we had good attendance. Our pastor was out of town last Friday and Saturday attending the S. S. institute which convened at Pulaski, The Ministers' Alliance composed of the four pastors of this city meets every Monday morning and discuss the topic of the sermons which they preach on Sunday. Elder O. Henderson, Pres., Elder M. C. King, Vice Pres., Elder Cole, See, Elder Clark, Treas. Pray for us They have organized every 5th Snnday as go to church day. This to bind the churches and members together and betterment of Christ's kingdom. Dollie Bland. Reporter. Garden Seed For Free Distribution. The office of The Gazette has received a mail pouch of garden seed for free distribution. Seed are sent out every year from the Agricultural department at Washington, D.C. This year Congressman Thos. S. Williams, sent them direct to this office for distribution. Call and get them. PUBLICATION NOTICE State of Illinois, Massac County, sa. Circuit Court of Massac County, April term, A. D. 1922. In the matter of Grace Grooms va Fannie Strong, Maggie Williams and unknown heirs of Margaret Tossey, deceased—Bill for Petition in chancery. Affidavit of the non-residence of unknown heirs of Margaret Tossey, deceased, one of the defendants above named, having been filed in the office of the Clerk of said Circuit Court of Massac County, notice in hereby given to the said non-resident defendants, that the complainants has filed a bill of complaint in said Court on the Chancery zide thereof on the 9th day of March A. D. 1922, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said Court against said defendants, returnable on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1922, as is by law required. Now, therefore, unless you, the said unknown heirs of Margaret Tossey, deceased, shall personally be and appear before the said Circuit Court of Massac County, on the first day of the next term thereof to be holden at Court House in the City of Metropolis in said County, on the 10th day of April, A. D. 1922, and plead, answer or demur to the said complainant's bill of complaint, the same, and the matters and things therein charged and stated, will be taken as confessed and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. LOREN SMITH, Clerk of the Circuit Court. W. L. Krone, Complainant's Solicitor Dated March 9th, A. D. 1922. PUBLICATION NOTICE In Chancery State of Illinois, Massac County, s. Circuit Court of Massac County, April term, A. D. 1922. Jessie V. Shaw vs. George W. Shaw—Bill for Divorce and Custody of Child, in Chancery. Affidavit of the non-resident of George W. Shaw the defendant above named, having been filed in the office of the Clerk of said Circuit Court of Massac County, notice is 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 9th day of March A. D. 1922, and that a summons thereupon issued out of said Court against said defendant, returnable on the 10th day of April A. D. 1922 as is by law required. Now, therefore, unless you, the said George W. Shaw shall personally be and appear before the said Circuit Court of Massac County, on the first day of the next term thereof, to be holden at the Court House in the City of Metropolis in said County, on the 10th day of April A. D. 1922, and plead, answer or demur to the said complainant's bill of complaint, the same, and the matters and things therein charged and stated, will be taken as confessed, and a decree entered against you according to the prayer of said bill. LOREN SMITH. Clerk of the Circuit Court, Courtney, Helm & Helm, Complainant's Solicitors. Dated March 9th, A. D. 1922. Coulterville. Please allow a space in your paper to say a few words in regards of our church and Sunday School. Our church and S. S. are moving along nicely. Sister Laura Leake, of Centralia, the district president of Women's work was with us last Sunday the 19, and organized the Star Light Band and the Y. W. A. She delivered a very interesting talk which was enjoyed by all, also Elder S. H. Pruitt bastor of Mt. Olive Baptist church, Duquoin, was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. Pannell a few days. He left here for Pittsburg, Ill., to fill an appointment there Sunday. M. B. Pamuel. Cletk East St. Louis Gazette The Metropolis Gazette Publishing Co.; has Established a Branch Office East St. Louis, Ill., where a Job Office will be operated under competent management. Splendid inducements have been assured us by the leaders of the city. We have plenty machinery and force to take care of the situation. Rev. J. B. McCray, is now in the city perfecting arrangements. We have 25 years experience in type setting, job and newspaper work.—The Editor. Office 1318 E. Broadway, East St. Louis, Ill. Phones Bell, E. 1987. St. Clair 1969. Call or Phone us the news and your next Job or Ad. ST. LOUIS PHONES EAST ST. LOUIS PHONES Bomont 3148 Night Calls Office: Bell. E. 1987 Central 3798-L Promptly Answered] St. Clair 1969 R. M. C. GREEN FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER Free Funeral Parlors Automobiles For All Occasions Office: Office: 2635 Market St. 1318 E. Broadway St. LOUIS, MO. E. ST. LOUIS, ILL. Phone: Bell, E. 1987 MRS. D. L NOTARY NOTARY PUBLIC 1318 E. BROADWAY --- --- Dr. Hall's Liniment Rheumatic and Ne Good for Rheumatism, Ne ing Joints. All Local Pai ions and Toothache. The 50c bottles. No order sen than $1.00. This Linimer Distributor for Illinois, Mr 903 I DR. ERNEST Rev. J. B. 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Olive Baptist Association and Pastor of Unity Baptist Church, Brookport, Ill., wishes all of the pastors and members of the District Many Conversions. To all whom it may concern: The Executive Board of the Mt. Olive Baptist Association is called to meet on Friday and Saturday before the Second, Sunday in April in Harrisburg, Ill., with Macedonia Baptist Church, Rev. C. W. Scates, Pastor. Let us meet and prepare for the coming State meeting in May, at the Second Baptist church, Centralia. J. B. McCrary, Moderator, Elder C. W. Scates, Cor. Sec. ```markdown ``` Notice Kin. St. Clair 1969 L. GREEN. PUBLIC EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL. Neuraligia Liniment. Neuraligia, Aching and Swell- ains, including Corns, Bun- here are two sizes $1.00 and sent through the mail for less sent is guaranteed. ERS. M. J. McCrary Pearl St., Metropolis, Ill. ST HALL, Atlanta, Ga. B. McCrary. Mt. Olive Baptist and Pastor of Bist Church, l., wishes all of members of the Conversions. In this issue appears an advertisement of the "Old Reliable" St. Louis Globe Democrat, to which we request your attention. The Globe-Democrat bases its claim for your subscription on its absolute fairness in printing the news in an unbiased uncolored way. There have been great and important additions to its news gathering facilities, both at home and abroad. There have also been added a number of new daily features. There is always a good continued story, news of the world in photographs, daily comic cartoons and many other regular features for men, women and children. For particulars we urge you to read the advertisement, and then send in your orders at once to the Globe Printing Co. Publishers St. Louis, Ms. ```markdown ``` METROPOLIS WEEKLY GAZETTE, METROPOLIS, ILL Du-Quoin Dear Editor: Please allow space in your valuable paper to say a few words: The S. S. was opened at usual hour. The classes were combined Owing to disagreeable weather the crowd was small. The 11:00 service was opened at usual hour Rev. W. Black one of our town preachers broke the bread of life. He preached from the 7th chapter of Gen. 1, verse. The B. Y. P. U. opened at 5:30 o'clock, all companies were combined and general review by teacher Bro C. H. Freeman. The night service opened at 7:30 and the attendance was small on the account of rain. Rev. C W. Cole, preached a short spiritual sermon from the 23rd Psalm 1. Wednesday night we had a glorious prayer meeting, the attendance was large and two united with the church. Mrs. S. Jones is still recovering she was able to be out to the B. Y. P. U. again. Mrs. A. Thomas is still ill. Mrs. D. Bradford has been very ill but is recovering slowly. We the members of St. Paul church can say that our church is prospering under the pastorate of Rev. C. W. Cole. We have 28 to unite with the church. The young men of our church have organized a club entitled the Helping Hand, they are starting out to do great work. We wish them great success. Ollie M. Hooks, Reporter. Joppa. Plllease allow space to say a few words. The church is still alive Rev. C. W. Norment pastor. The Ladies' Mission is doing a great work. Our President, Mrs. H. Rhodes. Mrs. Ellen Barnett and daughter were in Metropolis Saturday. Rev. J. H. Stamps, was in Metropolis, on business Saturday. Mrs. Marnet Hester was called from Chicago, to the bedside of Mrs. Bettie Swift, her mother. Mrs. Laura Walls is very sick. Master U. Hesben is very sick at this writing. C. W. Norment, Pastor, Reporter, Pulaski Dear Editor, Please allow us space in your paper to say the S. S. institute meeting was a great success and much good has been done by the workers. The delegation was not large on the account of high water. Those present were some of our greatest Baptist workers. Mrs. Leake, of Centralia, state missionary of the sisters' department was a great help to the sisters. She was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Hunt. Rev. Wm. Moody, of Carbon-dale, preached Friday night on prayer. He had a large audience and they all enjoyed the sermon. Rev. M. C. King, of Md. City, preached a strong sermon Saturday night. We were glad to have met Rev. King. Rev. J. H. Stamps, our beloved pastor was absent on the account of the illness of his wife. Rev. Emory, pastor of the C. M. E. church, and his people attended the institute meeting, also Rev. M. S. McCauley, pastor of the Presbyterian church. We all hope to have the institute with us again soon. Cordie Bell, Reporter. JEWEL BOX BURGLAR PROOF Valuables May Be Accounted Safe When Placed Within This Up-to-Dats Receptacle. Among the newest things that inventors have given us in the last few months is a box that comes as near to being burglar proof as it is possible to imagine. It looks like an ordinary steel box with a keyhole in its side. But just lift it or move it and a bond alarm begins to ring inside it. This bell keeps on ringing for five hours and it cannot be stopped without unlocking the box. A burglar might carry off the box, but its alarm would keep on ringing and would give him away before he could get it to a place of safety. If he touches it, even stumbles against it, the alarm will arouse the household, for the slightest movement suffices to set it ringing. This is also true of the dishonest servant. The owner can, however, open and close the box at will, as he has the key. And the only way in which he can be robbed is by some thief stealing the key before tampering with the box. This safe is arranged inside with trays for small articles, money and jewelry and with space under them for securities, such as bonds and mortgages. The whole is made of seamless steel, nickel-plated, with a plano hinge and strong double lock. There are no duplicate keys, nor is there a master key that will open it. IMPORTING HOUSES NEW FAD English Residences Centuries Old Are Actually Lived in by Wealthy New York Residents. Several houses complete in every detail, dating from the Sixteenth century, have recently been imported from England. Lovers of the antique may enjoy the unique experience of living in the actual rooms which were built and decorated three centuries or more ago, and be within convenient commuting distance of New York. Such homes are naturally expensive, for the original cost is not only considerable, but the cost of transportation, the tariff and the expense of rebuilding are naturally great. An English firm makes a specialty of selling these houses and keeps a number of them on hand in their show place near London for inspection. When an old house is to be torn down to make room for some improvement, the building is bought in, usually for a nominal sum. After being carefully taken apart it is rebuilt in the show place near London, ready for the inspection of purchasers. If it is bought by an American, for instance, the house is once more taken down and packed with care for shipment. This work is done by experts, so that the parts, especially the woodwork, will not be injured. The English builders usually come to America to set up the house exactly as it originally stood in England. In some instances these old houses have been surrounded with English gardens, reproducing the original setting in England of centuries past. Here is the latest idea in camps for motorists, says the Popular Mechanics Magazine: An Oakland (Cal.) concern is spending no less than $80,000 in erecting "bungalettes" on an eight-acre tract to be let to motorizing tourists by the night or for any longer period "up to fifteen years" (as the management jokingly announces), which is the length of the lease on the land. These simple residences are designed to take the place of tents, and while their furnishings are meager compared with regular houses, they offer considerably more in the way of conveniences that is commonly offered by an ordinary tent. These bungalettes are of two types, some with one room and some with two rooms. They are built entirely of wood, and are equipped with sinks, running water, electric lights, two-burner gas plates, etc. Spring Beauties. One of the commonest varieties of flowers found after the snow has melted away is the Spring Beauty. The little blossoms are a very delicate pink. Each petal is lined with hair lines of deep pink. Some naturalists claim that these hair lines of deep pink are honey guides for insects, lines that point the way to the tiny sac of honey to be found in the center of the flower. Although the stalk of the Spring Beauty is very slender, it is quite sturdy enough to support the two slim green leaves, in the base of which is held the flower, and a cluster of diminutive buds, each on a stem no larger than a fine thread. An Unwelcome Dance. Lady Constance Stewart Richardson, whose bizarre dancing made her known in America, was married recently in oriental dress. There is a story about her and the duchess of Marlborough. Once, at a charity concert at one of the great houses of London her host whispered to the duchess: "We're to have an extra number. Dear Lady Constance has consented to do her barefoot Persian dance." "Oh, dear," the duchess cried. "I knew when I spilled the salt at dinner that something dreadful would happen before the night was over. Jud Tunkina Jud Tunkins says there is always a little something to be thankful for. Since fruit has gotten to be so expensive, there aren't nearly so many orange peels thrown on the sidewalk. 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NOLLIE G Executor's Notice Estate of Lucy Neely Decased, The undersigned, having been appointed Executor of the last will of Lucy Neely, late of the County of Massac and the State of Illinois, decease1, hereby gives notice that he will appear before the county Court of Massac County at the Court House in Metropolis, at the April Term on the first Monday in April next, at which time all persons having claims against said estate are notified and requested to attend for the purpose of having the same adjusted. All persons indebted to said estate are required to make immediate payment to the undersigned. Dated this 20th day, of February A. D. 1922. George L. Feeley, Executor. NOTICE. NOTICE All Sunday Schools composing the Mount Olive Baptist S. S. Convention will meet April 5, to 8th 1922 with Eberneezer Baptist church, Chicago; Dr. C. H. Clark pastor. All schools are expected to represent. We cannot let the Banner of the S. S's. Mt. Olive Convention trail in the dust. We hope to see a large majority of our Superintendents and teachers present. I am yours in the cause, M. Duncan, Pres. of Institute Rev. J. B. McCrary, Conductor, Miss Hazel Howard. Cor. Sec. A CALL 1248 Ashland Ave. Evanston, Ill., Mar. 10, 1922 My dear co-worker: It is the desire of the President of the State-Sunday School Convention, (Bro. J. Ward Greer, that I remind you and your Sunday-School that the 2nd Annual Session convenes at Ebenezer Baptist Church (of which Dr. C. H. Clark, is pastor) Tuesday and Weday April 4th and 5th. 1922, At 10 O'clock a. m. The Program Committee has arranged an interesting Program for the occasion, The B. Y. P. U. will convene Thursday and Friday, April 6th and 7th. The Programs are now in the hands of the Printers and will be ready for distribution in a few days. I trust that you will be represented in both departments. Now and for ever, I remain yours in Christ and for the spreading of the Gospel. "The Baptist S. S. Convention, J. 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The majority of young children delight in sensational mongering. A lie of imagination is the commonest form of juvenile unveracity. A little girl who "sees" bears and wolves in a coprice near her home invents stories of hair-raising sensation-alism concerning the fierceness of the animals. Another girl declares she sees big eyes in the stem of an oak tree. A boy, twelve years old, arriving at a boarding school, told his companions of the dormitory that he had flown the first airplane from Buckingham palace and had been personally complimented by the king.-From the Continental Edition of the London Mail. UNABLE TO CREATE DISEASE Science Has Demonstrated the Impossibility of the Human Mind Having That Power. "In one sense it may be said that the human race gets the diseases it deserves; but the sins are those of ignorance and neglect of physical laws rather than against spiritual ordinances," said Sir Richard Gregory in the course of his address at the recent Edinburgh meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. "Plague is not now explained by supposed iniquities of the Jews or conjunctions of particular planets, but by the presence of an organism conveyed by fleas from rats; malaria and yellow fever are conquered by destroying the breeding places of mosquitoes; typhus fever by getting rid of lice; typhoid by cleanliness; tuberculosis by-improved housing, and most like diseases by following the teachings of science concerning them. "Though the mind does undoubtedly influence the resistance of the body to invasion by microbes, it cannot create the scientific organism of any disease, and the responsibility of showing how to keep such germs under control and prevent, therefore, the poverty and distress due to them is a scientific rather than a spiritual duty." American-Grown Bulba. In the future it is not likely that the United States will continue to depend upon Holland for our spring flowering bulbs. This country uses annually about $2,000,000 worth of Dutch bulbs, and produces scarcely $25,000 worth in any one year, this despite the fact that few plants are more widely adapted and few crops more easily grown than bulbs. The Federal Department of Agriculture has prepared a very interesting bulletin on bulb culture in the United States which points to rich possibilities in the years to come. Bulbs can be grown in this country on both the Atlantic and Pacific seaboard and in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Some of the harder and more robust of the narcissus varieties thrive even in the gulf states. Contrary to what would be generally supposed, it is not too cold for tulips and narcissus to succeed as far north as Sitka, Alaska. They thrive along the entire border of the United States, wherever the moisture conditions are suitable. Learned to Love Japanese. Major General William Verbeck, former adjutant general, who is president of St. John's school at Manlius, M. Y., says claim to being the first white boy of American parentage to be born in Japan. His father was a missionary who was attached to the Tokugawa government as an educator, and later helped to establish the Japanese Imperial university. Young Verbeck's playmate and friend was a Japanese boy whom his father helped to bring back from California when he was detained and stranded while in quest of an American education. The boy's name was Korekyo Takahashi. He is now premier of Japan. 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