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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03

tration. Rev Edgar McCrary,
offered a iervent prayer. Annou-
cements and benediction.
At 500 p. m. a large crowd
had assembled and the choir rem
dered music, then Rev. w. P.
Washington. was introduced to
the audience by Rev. 4 c Phil
lips. who preached an eloquent
sermon that pleased the listeners
The collection at this service a.
mounted to $40 20 The people
OF Brookport are very liberal and
'congenial, They are now doing a
work that will stand for ages, Their
church when completed will be
one of the largest and best in thi.
part OF the State. The sis 'ers
served meals in the basement il
order to conserve time etc. They
had prepared for vast crowd and
We Jew that We're there were unable
to destroy tie many de Lcacies that
had been prepared by them.
The Alliance donated to the
church $40. to further the compile
ton OF the building
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03
ROSCOE SIMMONS
SPEAKS IN PADUCAH

Roscoe Conklin Simmons, noted
Negro orator and thinker who de-
liVered patriotic address at the
Kentucky theater about a year ago
delivered another arousing address
Thu sday, the Ind. He was there
under the auspices OF the Patriotic
Association, for the prime purpose
OF further arousing the citizens to
a relizaticn OF their duties in war
time, and OF encouraging them to
greater efforts.
Simmons is one Of the most gift
eel speakers in the United States
and is a man OF brilliance and
pleasing personality. Few speak
ers heard in Paducah have thrilled
their audiences as did he. A
number Of our citizens heard this
man Of note. and were delighted
having attended regardless of their
inconvience.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03
BAPTIST MINISTERS
HOLDS ALLIANCE

The ministers composing the
Mt. Olive and East Mt. Olive Bap-
tist Association, met with the u.
nifty Baptist Church. Brook port
Thursday and Friday OF last week
Rev. J. b. McCrary. pastor.
In the absence OF the President
Rev. I. w. Norment the vice
president, Rev. w. P. Washing
ton opened the meeting. Revs.
lhos. Morris and Edgar McCrarv
became members by paying the
annual membership fee.
thursday evening, Rev. w. P.
Washington, delivered an address
followed by several others.
Friday opened up in full blast.
The committees were al work at
the morning session. In the after
noon the choir rendered excellent
music, with Mrs. Edgar McCrary,
at the organ. Several OF the NM
isters made strong talks that bene-
fitted the hearers. Alter music bv
the choir the president Introduced
Rev Ihos Morris, pastor of the
Antioch baptist Church, OF Me-
tropolis, who preached a strong
gospel sermon, subject, Concen-
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03
CAPITAL CITY
COLORED UNIT
Is IN GRANGE
Old Eight Regiment Ar.
riyes Safely at Port
Somewhere in
France

Upon the arrival OF the old Sth
Illinois National Guard regiment,
numbering 1oo negro soldiers,
in France few days ago, the 10
Springfield members OF Company
| claimed the honor Of being the
first capital city military unit to
land over there
Relatives OF local soldiers in the
company were jubilant today upon
the receipt OF cards announcing the
sale arrival of the regiment at a
port IA France The organization
now known a> the 37oth L ) in
fantry left Camp Logan. Hous-
ton. lex. the middle OF March,
after reinainisg there ia training
since October.
OTIS b. Duncan, heUtcnant-col-
onel Of the regiment. Is spring
held man. For - years he sew
ed as clerk and messenger in the
Office Of public instruction. He
was major OF battalion whe0 the
regiment was ord, red TO the Texas
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03
Major Rufus NJ. Stokes Of Ch

Major Rufus NJ. Stokes OF Chi
cago
Major Arthur Williams OF Metrop-
oils.
Officers OF Company are:
Captain Jos. l.. Morgan.
Ist lieutenant William Andrews.
= = Orville K Smith
> - Norman Garrett
End Albert NJ. Jordan
Rufus b ackson
Dear Mr. McCrary:-
From the above clipping note
with deep pleasure that Go NJ oil
Metropolis with Capt. Arthur a
Williams promoted Major OF the
regiment has arrived safe in France
ready 10 bear forward against the
enemy 5 bullets, to serve the sacred
rights OF men Ny father and
Mrs. McCartneys father fought
through the COS to guarantee IL
berty and real citizen,hip to our
colored brothers and now their
sons are paying the debt OF graft
tnde in a noble way Freedom
haS made them brave and right
eous They will help US keep the
the world ut for free people to
dwell in lieel a neighboriy pride
in them.
fours-M. ". Mccartney
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03

to all. and that IS. the erection of
this beautiful edhce that we are
worshiping in today. Although
we have had a hard time trying
t. build it, sometimes We were
discouraged, but we did not stop
that. we thought Of the beau
tful and encouraging words of
the poet who said:
:" Let the road be rough and rug
ged.
And its end far out of sight,
Foot it bravely. strr ng or weary
Trust in God and do the right. =
and by so doing we have come
out so far more than conqueror.
We as members of Unity Bap-
tist church should be proud Of
such leaders as Rev. McCrary.
and should pray to God to lend
him 70 US Tor many more years.
As | have afore said this is an
important subject, and feel that
| am not able to say Just what
should be said about it, as an old
saying is when you do the best
you can angels in He aven can Go
no more.
Our pastor breaches just what
is in the Bible, he adds nothing
to it neither does he take any
thing from it. He is not like
some preachers that tells their
members how to live, how to
walk and knows hin self that lie
is telling them Sc mething 10 Go
that he doesn't do himself, but
best OF all he practices what lie
pre- aches.
). a minister the, deports hin
self just as he should. lives a
clean. chase, honest life just as
he should has hard time we
know as there are many traps set
for him, many things of entice-
ment before him just to see If he
wll paftake OF them so some
thing will be said Of him. Rev
McCrary. We know ou too, have
these temptations, but let none
Of these things move you. always
keep yoar eyes on The Bright and
Morning Star.
In conclusion must say Rev.
McCrary, keep on p, escbing those
old strong gospel sermons like
you have been preaching keep
on living that clean life. after a
while when God shall call you
from labor to reward, you can say
like Paul. II have fought,a good
FIGHT and now am ready to be
offered up. "a ~ ..uo.lt
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03

This snbjtct that has been as
signed me is indeed avery i'm por-
rant one. and one that feel too
mnch good can't be said OF it,
yet in my humble manner will
tell you what think OF it.
AS Publisher. | have found in
reading through the columns OF
Rev McCrary's paper The Ga
zete. that he always speaks very
complimentary OF the Pastors of
other churches, he does not stop
at speaking of his church and its
works alone ndIeaving out other
churches as some publishers
would do were they in bis place,
but he is broad. His broa dness
kindness. and liberality has caused
us to love him dearly.
AS a Gospel Preacher, | feel
that voice the sentiment Of tbe
entire membership OF Unity Bso-
tist church when say thar heis
a strong gospel preacher. He
makes things so plain that anv
one can see what he is talking a..
bout. and We think he is the bes,
pastor in this the Southern part
OF Illinois.
The 3 years that he has been.
with US he has done many great
th'.,gs for us. He has done one
thing that stands as a monls,~
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03

Joseph l.. Morgan is in COM
mand OF Company /, as captain.
lie served IN the Spanish -Ameri-
can war as A corporal Company
1 was organized as ! part OF the
Eight / \ u. regiment in 1902 +,
during Governor Yates incumben-
cy. Company ! was mustered in
to service as Company II and vas
so designated until 1913, when it
was sent to the Mexican border.
The regiment was in Texas at that
time Tor three months. II the
numbered 90 men. Its present
strength is $50 men. OF whom 10
live in Springfield.
Field officers OF the regiment are
as follows:
Colonel Franklin A. 5 Denison
OF Chicago.
Lieutenant Colonel Otis b. Dun
can OF Springfield.
Major Chas. L. Hunt Of Chica-
go.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03
NOTICE.

Elder II; Hilly,. Missionary
for Nj Oliye Baptist Associsia-
ton postoffice address. is Colp,
III.
~ s1.sli ga i.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03
Notice.

To the Women Of tile EGuca-
tional and Mission Soc ccty,aof the
Mt. Olive Baptist Association.
Notice is hereby rgivenr,that theaoi
meeting has been changed from
thursday before the ist Surday
in June, with the Mt. .aOliye....o,
Baptist Church, Harrisburg, ITO .aia
Thursday Leforei the lst sundajy,liii'
in April with the 2nd Baptist
Church, Centralia. Hope to have
a full representation. 80 ssr.u,..o6
a1ian n~Nours'in Christ, noe nnlnsu
% NJ Hddgins Cor. sec'yh'iss =
2Soo commeri al ;, Ave - 81
vpuai Cairo, lll.aa eseW
.naa n1----1l = LILLE. : 4sli .salsy.,rfq
Remember. the paper is ST. - sooliil
per year. The paper has taken y
another raise. postage will be
higher, 3ciof stamps and 2c-torw
post car rds. please. pay UP. i 'n'a
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03
Rev. McCrary as a Publisher
and Gospel Preacher.

Read by Mrs. Halle Ellsworth.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-03

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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18

by Khto. The Asiatic, also handcufied,
in order to luu the suspicious OF the
others, was guarded by my father.
mo, Y Don't"
! had the sudden conviction that both
Grace Draper and the man at whom
she was gazing were waiting, watching,
listening for something outside the
room, that their own plight, desperate
as il was was dwaricI ln their minds
by the anticipation of something yet
10 come
From down the hall there came the
sound of a mans voice, excited, earn
e't
"No, y don't git past me. you Wild
cat"
Then a snarl almost like that Of an
animals. and then a sound that made
my flesh creep, the agouled shrek OF
something done to death. while flying,
light step, came through the hall and
into the lighted room.
Then It's All Right"
With a thrill OF lear ! recognized
Mrs. AllS through the clever disguise
she had adopted with uncannv pres
cicncc she wasted no time in looking
around the room but dashed straight
for the curtains behind which ! was
hidden, something flashing in her hand
which was already wet with dreadful
red drop,
Ru, Allen brakes ,inewy hand,
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18

the curtains. and twisted the curlously
shaped dagger away IRON her. But
before he could pinion both her arms
she had cast one wild glance around
her, seeing the futillty OF ever escaping
again from the penalty OF her crimes,
and with a swift furtiye movement she
snatchcd something from her dress and
crushed it in her mouth, swaying, limp
contorted. liieleSs in Allen brakes
grasp a minute later.
! swept aside the curtains dlNrglrd-
ing the express command Lillian had
given me. and started toward the open
door leading into the corridor The
horror Of the drug-crazed woman's
elf.destruction was dwaricd in my
brain and heart by the agonl1cd cry ]
had heard ! feared that somewhere
beyond those doors soul must be
passing.
"Madpc, come hack" heard Lillian
command, then, "Do,tor, stop her She
mustn't 60"
She added something in a rapid I'M
dertone, and | heard Dr., Petit give a
low exclamation, knew he was coming
toward me But there was no need for
me TO go That which ! dreaded was
coming toward me. in the tortured
form Of poor William. crawling pain
fully. slowly across the threshold great
drops Of perspiration standing upon III,
fOrrhead--other drOps. OF A more dread.
iul hue. marking his progress.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18

There's nothing poorer than poor undergarments.
Don't take any chances From any of the following items
you will be SURE of getting the hest qualities that the
market affords and you will also find them very attractvey
priced
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18
GERMAN MlLITARlS
WON'T ESCAPE DOOM

,....,..gr, rsv ny 'hc Nsv YorF Times
.H- chicago Tribune and the OKLAHOMA
..w TWrsl
LONDON. O.t IS Su'nicion oi
German, cannot he cradicated in mo-
r,cai and though reports received IRON
l'o'llul point 90 the German accepi-
a... of ,hc presidents terms being
r.a.i,aIly Unumount to the uncondi
fiona. surrender which he demands
r..-y Tcmoui- profession viii require
,', closes, and most careful scrutiny
Ih. sole wo,i,o ,pytited in the Dutch
report i,. SO far a, appearances go, not
one tina, would ,nyaldatc Germany 3
acceptance provided iis genulnencss IN
other respects can he established. II
r, poS,hle that some indication ot the
attitude oi the British government -
egard to this latest development maN
nc issued later but meanwhile It car
he said that while every avenue 10 a
,aic peace will be left open the utmost
eauiicn will be shown In closing every
gate through shiyh German militarlSm
might hone 10 escape the doom 60
hich il rs destined
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18
Special High Quality $500
Gingham Dresses for $1.5

BewtchingB styled Dresses for Girls from 6 to II
years Of age high waist. beed effects; some self
trimmed; others picque trimmed splendid 500 value,
Tor si,95.
Al Rotsbaugh- b. fowu's-chidt,ns D
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18
Cold Weather Underwear
The Kind You'll Want to Wear

For Knit Under
garments the buy
ers of Rorabaugh-
Browns went to
the leading manu-
facturers for their
Fall and Winter
stocks; and to be
doubly sure that
they secured the
best, we have care
fully inspected the
quality Of every
garment before it
was placed on sale.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18
SUB RECORD or
SUMMER GOOD
SinkingS Fewer and More De-
StroyerS Knocked Out

AMERICAN NAVAL BASE IN
FRANCE, oct. lS-The record OF sub
marine activity for the summer months.
June July and August, the period most
favorable to submarines, is now pracc-
tically made up and shows two highly
satisfactory results a steady tail IN
the allied shipping sunk and steady
rise in the submarines destroyed.
This summer period which also mas
covered the tremendous arrivals IS
equally satisfactory, not one OF the in
coming troop ships being lost and ey-
cry soldier being landed. Such losses
a, have occurred have been on outgoing
hips mainly Ircighters going back
with little Or no cargo
Tribute to Fleet.
4, the American naval convoy has
borne the brunt OF this protection the
results achieved for the first summer
are notable tribute to the American
fleet
The record Of tonnage losseS for the
summer will he close to 26OOOO tons or
5000 tons les, than the monthly l.5s 5s
a, The opening oi the year and lNWU
ton, les, than the losses in March. IN
January the losses stood At about wv
OOO tons They mounted steadily
through February and March until the
March total was around $4,000. men
a sudden drop began ard N Anril the
los,es were down to 10000. Again ;he4y
mounted slightly in NAV to 2SOW
rhen there was another fall to 10000.
In Iulv thev stood at 10000; and this
was the level to the close OF the sum
mer
Enemy COncesls Losses.
As 10 the-loss Of submarines, the one
t..t known definitely is that they are
he,np DESTROYED faster than the are
hcrng buil,. Ru, there Is not the same
enact data as to the ilu,tuauon, OF
i,s.es a. these are carefully conccaI d
s.. fhc cucmy and the loss ci an under
water craft is much less apparent 'han
.n the surface
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%aW1e.
or Ade1e GlxrYkcofr
How the Trap Was Sprung-What
Happened to Mrs. Allis and
Faithful William,
HdteSe GlxrYxCorr

A BREATHLESS seconds darkness
"A and silence followed the Teutonlc
.A Alcader's words. He had shut oil
his electric flash light as he spoke.
and the instants lnaction that followed
seemed like century to me huddcd
behind the curtains.
Then through the dreadful darkness
there came to my ears the sound OF
overturned chairs, Of hcaylng bodies OF
slipping feet, OF clicking steel \ single
bullet 'whizzcd through the heavy cur
tanS at my side. There was a sudden
flood Of light IN the room, and Allen
Drake, his hand upon the electric wall
switch, stood dcbonairly smiling as II
he had Just risen to make an atter-din-
ner speech His hair vas unrutlIed.
hi, clothing showed no signs OF dIsar-
raugcment
For once in your lie, my friend, you
have spoken tine truth, he drawled,
bowng to the owner OF the Ieuion'c
voice who stood handcuilcd m the
grasp OF ono OF the burly guards Lii
liam had chosen from the ones outside
This was a trap, a ialrly effective
one, we tlatter ourselves. And as Tor
the precious formula | see you sun
tcnderly hold in your hand, LEI me as
sure YOU It is most valuable recipe
which | procured from a most excellent
Chinese cook
Bah" fairly 'pat the other man
opening his clcnchcd fingers and let
ting fall the plece OF rice paper w'ih
the recipe for chop suey Allen Drake
had substituted for the real thing ne
twisted around and looked at Grace
Draper with a venom that made me
shlver.
And 1" for you, Won --- --
lie started TO hurl string OF erI-
thet' at her, but he never tini'hed inS
sentence Allen Drake fairly bounded
across the room toward him. ! saw the
man crirge as If he expected a blow.
"Wc don't strike bound men here IN
America Drake said contcmpiuou,N
"but We do muzllc their foul mouths
He dcitly twisted open the others
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might hear me, and wiping his fore
bead with my kerchisi. you saved me,
my poor friend, but am So"
"Then--it's-all--risht," William said
family, and the next minute his hand
fell Imply from my arm, and saw that
It was indeed eternally "sll right with
the gallant soul that had been mpris-
oned in poor old Williams twisted
ugly shape,
(Copyrght.)
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| dropped TO my knees beside him,
for ! saw that his strength was ex-
hauued He put out ,his hand and
clutched my arm
"Air-ye-sure rc-all-right Mis-
Gramie2" he asked anxiously every
word accompanied by queer whistling
sort Of breath and a contortion OF his
lace cyidencing agony
Very Nrc, William" said. speak
ing loudly that his ears never acute
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-10-18
owrn Canctls sac C,mpairn.

Owing TO IN health. Senator Robert
D Owen has cancelled all speaking
'l'cs I'm me state arranged by the
lrm0uaDo speakers bureau 10 aid iu
ni'rg un the democratic majority on
'Mr state ,iukc, So far as Ovens own
campaign u concerted there is no need
p. any particular effort Efforts are
N bent toward securing anothe.
l.. q. ull the dates
Itut Mpr.
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II You Know wha, II. Means.

The sergeant wAs asking few raw
recruits general knowledge questions
Private PigtaI, what is hill2" h,
asked suddenly
"Oh--er--" stammered pigtails.
Come on--quick" raped out tht
sergeant
oh" said Pigtails, 81 should say u
was field with it back up."--pitts.
burgh Chronicle Telegraph
The Republican journal., 1918-07-04
LETTER FROM DR.. WESCOTT.

Mrs. H. W. Wescott of Knox has re-
Gently received a letter dated June list,
from her daughter, DR.. Adeline Nj. Wes-
colt, who is now in charge of the tuber-
culosis dspensary of hospital at Blois,
France. DR.. Wescott writes that Memo
rial Day was celebrated all over France
in honor of the American dead in France.
At Blo1s, the following exercises were
held in the cemetery: Speech by an
American officer in English, followed by
one by French officer in French; firing
a salute; playing the "Star Spangled
Banner" by an American band followed
by playing the "Marseillaise" by the
same band. During the exercises all Of
fcers stood at attention and all private
soldiers, bareheaded. The American
graves were decorated with flowers by
little French girls in white, girls whose
fathers were at the front, also by Ameri-
can army nurses. After the decoration
of the American graves, flowers were
placed:on the graves of the French dead.
DR.. Wescott enclosed to her mother a
spray of wild flowers picked from the
cemetery at Blois She writes that the
weather is now beautiful, clear, sunny
and..not too bot
The Republican journal., 1918-07-04
ALMEDA BLAKE WHITCOMB.

Almeda, widow of the late Levi l.
Whitcomb, died June 30th at her home at
Citypoint after an illness of about seven
months, although she had gradually failed
since the death of her husband about two
years ago. Her age was 60 years, 9months
and &c days. She was born in Morrill,,
the daughter of the late Oliver and Sally
(Mixer) Blake. For the last 48 years she
had made her home at Citypoint, where
she was held in the highest esteem and
beloved by all who knew her. For some
time she was engaged in dressmaking
and was employed in this city, where she
was favorably known. She is survived
by one son and two daughters; William
F. Whitcomb, with whom she made her
home, Mrs. Media M. Leeman Of Liberty
and Mrs. Zylpha B. Clements of City,
point. The funeral took place at her late
home Tuesday at p.< <m., Mrs. Nathan
Hunt of Morrill, officiating.
The Republican journal., 1918-07-04
PETER F. WEIGH.

In the death of Peter F. Welch, Sunday,
at his home on Harbor street, Belfast
loses one of its best known and oldest
citizens He was born Dec. 4, 1885, in
del house on High street, the son of the
late Peter F. and Ann c. McLain who
came to Belfast from Ireland. When
young man Mr.. Welch learned the wheel
wright's trade of the firm of Treadwell &
Mansfield and worked at it with the ex-
ception of few years in the seventies
when he was pattern maker on gran
ite government contract at Hurricane
Island. For many years he was ianitor
at the Universalist church and also had
the care of the city's street lights before
the days of electricity He was a mem
ber of Timothy Chase Lodge, F. & A. NJ,
Waldo Lodge, Penobscot Encampment
and Canton Pallas, l. Q. 0. F. In his
younger days he was captain of Hydrant
Fire Engine No 2, and also member of
the Belfast Company of the State Militia.
Mr. WeIch was one of the three known
survivors of the 10 young men, who, on
the night of July 5, 1857 went to Cas-
tine and brought back with them
the historic old cannon which now re-
poses in front of the Memorial building
He had been in i'll health for several
years with arteria sclorosis and went in
to coma Wednesday which continued
until the end came Sunday morning.
September II, 1857, he married Miss
Eleanor Bradford Payson, who died Aug
81, 1907 Their four children survive:
Francis H. Welch of ColdWater, Mich,
Miss Emma M. Welch, who has always
lived at home and cared for her father
with faithful devotion, William M. Welch
of Auburn and Mrs. Anna M. Smith, a
nurse in Lynn, Mass. One grandson sur
vives-Leroy Payson Smith, now in
France volunteer member of Co. D. of
the 101st Regiment of the old Salem ca
diets. Matthew w. Welch of this city is
the only brother living. The funeral will
take place at his late home, Friday at l
p. m, Rev. Ashley A. Smith of Bangor
officiating.