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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
ALCOHOL Fs0m BANANAS ROW
Cuts CT IN. Fruit 60 he Distilled by
Americans. Who win Erect Plant
ut Honduras.

Bananas suitable for export must
always he Of certain nl8e or number
Of hands. The rejection Of smaller
bnnehcs by the fruit companies has
always been source 81 complaint md
also Of lofzl to the planters. II Is now
proposed u ueo them In the manufae-
tire Of alcohol. SAYS q report made by
Consul Z. n. Lawton AZ IeEuclsaipa,
Honduras.
Ky executive order. the president
Of Honduras. has signed contract
By which an American Of long expert
enee In the fruit business IN The irop-
ics. representing company Of Anerl-
can capitalists. is granted the right
70 erect n dlstillery at San Pedro suia,
Honduras. The conccsslonnirc has Ce-
poaited IS 900 with the government
ne an earnest OF good faith. which is
to be credited toward export duties
on the alcohol at three cents gold per
gallon.
The company proposes to supply
planters with funds for planting
sugar cane on the wo-n-out bannna
lands, ana win also distlll from the
cane, tho bagassc Of which Is TO be
used In the manufacture OF paper. Ex-
periments win be made In the manu-
faciure OF paper from banana WASTE.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
ENrRALIA

" itc1 n::ting at Central Bap
list church. Prai,e God from
Wnou all blessings flow.
We are glad hat the Lord
s)lrel OR lives through 1917
and as she was about to say good
bye, We we're AZ prayer tnrning
God thanks and as 1913 ap-
approached We were all made TO
Il i. 'ot Hi; go iness in bring
ing Us taro the past year.
Afterwhich Rev. Williams sang.
Come ye tha4 love the Lord. ;"
We want TO thank the many
riends waite ani colored for
their kin iness and sympathy
sh own US while our sister was
sick and under an liberation. We
She II never forget themsand may
the Lord bless them. Mr.. and
Mrs Co,neal thank; them and
says ,hey will never forget them.
Yours for success this New
Year.
Mrs L. NJ. Long,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
Col. Roscoe Conkling Simmons
Visits the Capital

Col Roscoe Conkling Simmons
the noted orator, humanitarian
and philosopher, who, more than
any other Negro in The land to-
day, has the ear OF the Ameri
people, has betn spending some
little time in the nation S capital,
He is no stranger here. He is
known and highly respected by
our masses and clae ses alike and
when he approa chcs every latch
string hangs on the outside. Col.
Simmons, both as the budding
journalist OF other days and as the
master oil the plat in these
stirring times. has warm place
in the affections Of all Washing
tonand his brief sojourn in our
midst has been an event far out
of the ordinary.
A nephew OF the late DR.. Book
or T.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
Verdi lnntead of Joecnh.

Some years ago one Of the members
of the Trieste council was informed by
n secret agent that, within a few
hours the city would be faced by de-
lnand on the part OF Austria for the
erection Of a statue of Emperor Fran
els Joseph in its principal square. A
meeting OF the city council was imme-
dIately called. It sat during the night
hours, and passed resolution affirm
Ing the intention Of the city to put up
a statue to Verdi on the very spot
chosen By the hereditary enemy. On
the following morning the demand o.
Austria was received, but the council
replied that their decision WIS already
rken, and that IL could not be re-
yolsed. The people OF Trieste see In
the statue OF the great Italian CONF
poser, observes a correspondent, Il
symbol of Irrcdentism. not only be-
cause of ya-di's nationality, but be-
cause the FIVE letters of the name
Verdi stand for sylvia oil Re d Italia"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
Irtrhnnsn nj Tho Front.

The first American oflcnr to be
killed In France vns Lieutenant Fitz-
simmons OF Kansas City, who lost his
life when German airmen bombed hos
plials In the rear Of the British limo
where he was stationed IS a medical
officer IN charge OF wounded. The
FIRST American noncommissloncd o;ii-
Ger 70 lose his life In the oyerseas ez-
petition was Scrgt. Sgtrick Cassidy
of Syracuse, n. Y. Tie frst Ameri-
csn private soldier to give up his life
for his country In France WAS Private
james Tracy OF Philadelphia. The
first American soldier to win the
French war cross with palms, awarded
for conspicuous gpllGntry, WINS priynte
John Mccain OF peekaklll, n. Y. All
these young men, as their names In
tllcate, woro Americans OF Irish de-
scent which IL fair enough record.
says the San Antonio Light, for the de-
scendants Of the Emerald Isle. All OF
them are said 10 have been native
born Americans, too.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11

Washington, d. L. Col Sim
mons has imbibed so much OF the
sound wisdom and conmt nstIte
teac bings OF the wizard OF | u.s.
kegee. > that II is recognized as
the natural order al lhires thIt re
Shouts take up the mantle oifsce
craftsmanship that Tie de- aIftd
chieItain was compelltd to say
down. How we'll he is succeeding
is best told in the columns OIL e
foremost dailies of the c. mt,
which carry elabora rrEori. OF
the burning spe ches he delivers
in the North and IN the South in
defense OF ther lights and privilee-
Is and Anerlcanism OF his people
White here Col, Simmons called
on Mr.. Emmett Scott and was
0y him introduced to Secretary of
Wor Baker anG other nttat les +
tho Department lie ALI, q On
the newspaper men and shock
hands with theusaI d. OF ole &C
new trlepos IN tvtI walk Il life.
He LETT Sunday nitl for Mem
phis, Tenn. and her Southern
points, to ill speaking engage
ments. Col. Simmons has mi.-
sion 10 perform and he bears him.
sell as one conscious Of the stri-
ousnt SIS OF the work THAI has bee
placed by Divinity in his han DIS.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11

Jesu thy timely ali iooart nd
raise our heads and cletr our
hearts.
TIE glorious crown oi light
.eousncss.
To US r. ached oct We view,
Coaquer through Christ We
soon shall rise and wear it as our
due "
p S My wife is incl,s1g ST..
80 Tor the Metr' pills Weekly Ca
zet'e for ant thtI YEA, ana The old
account will be setrIeo II yru will
kindly send the exact amount
We both enjoy reading he Ga
zene because it Is race paper.
Yours very faithfully.
J. P Moore.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
German Mayor I4as Sens. o, Humor.

The Prussian town of Altwasser mas
developed q humorous burgomaster.
The SchwGebische Tagwacht says:
"The burgomaster of Altwasser, who
has been flooded with anonymous let
tcrs accusing him Of falling In hs
duty MS regards the food supplies, has
caused reply to his accuserS to &c
posted at the town hail. 1t reads;
AZ am blamed In letters for the
scarcity of potatoes, for the heavy
rains and the consequent muddy state
of the streets, and for the unlawful
appropriation Of food cnrdSon the part
of many OF the inhabitants. Besides
the writer's of these missives attack
me Cor providing my household with
more than / am entitled to and Tor
pocIsetIng public funds as salary.
"T invite some Of these pettifogging
spirits, who have no other resource
than to besmirch the reputation OF
tl,o3r pubHc officials. to COME and stne
with ME ANY Sunday.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11

list. said a socialist at Cooper Union,
chad, before the war begun. many Willy
ways of bamboosling the German GOV
eminent. but. Of course, after the war
started, a man of his liberal views
couldn't possibly keep out OF jail.
II once heard Liebknocht make n
fiery speech against the keiser In Der
lin. A police official, seated on the
platform, rose IN the ra.dd!e Of the
speech. aud whispered IN the orators
ear. Liebknecht turned TO the audi
enee and said:
"'The police official on the platform
commands me TO retract the words
hive just spoken. True words should
never be retracted. Let Us, however,
make a concession. Let Us retract the
word, but keep the idea"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
SPARTA, ILL.

Mr. Editor:-- Allow me to
say our Sunday School was open
co on the lot SLnday III the Now
Year 1913. at tue usual hour, by
the Supt. " M. MACK In. IN
spite OF the cold weather, VT had
good attendance. HE lesson
was reviewed by Rev. ID, q Hut
son attetw hieh all the ) 8. ofh-
GERS wee IN tsliea foi the yea by
Rev French.
The Pastor opened his service
at the usual hour. and orea cheo
spiritual sermon. from Hebrews
Ola using shese words "lioW
much shall tie blood al Christ. =
At ; O'Clock the congtt cation
met II glonues pyaist meeting
all present testified, giying AL
mighty GOD praise Tor pas bless
ings and trusting II IN for future
blessings. Kew trench rreac h
ed from ST. Mark I4:I2, every
one seemed TO have enjoy q il.
AT 7;45, Pastor faenoh. read
SC ipture, ana Rev d, @ hut
son preached taking bis text from
John I:29 subject. Bend Id the
Lamb OF Coo that tsktth away
the sins Of the world. Then
tn e L)rd 5 supper was ad nlnIs-
teIcd.
a disturbance took place in ON
ely last Tuesday night among
ONE Negroes, in which WIN ami
Kane shot William Allen FIVE
times, he died that same MIG hit
8bout 10 o'clcck. About As
minutes later Kane went to Eden
about a mile and a quarter 10 the
hosse OF his father in-law George
Jones, better known a. Ed lone S
aud he Kane) was shot two or
three with rifle ard fell dead
When Corontr Harry Wight
reached the dead body an auto :
matte with which Kane had shot
at his tat herln-laW Was IN his
pocket, another revolver loaded
a gold watch. SI4. 90 in paper
money, few pennies, and bank
bool OF the Fins; National Bank
showing a deposit of one hundred
twen,y five dollars was all found
on his person The disturbance
started anong group OF drink
ing men two years ago.
Dock Scott SHOT and killed Sam
Brown, these men TOO were intox-
icated The Carnalion c lu b
made report turning over eight
dollars and seventy cents to the
church.
J. J Taylor. Reporter.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
Factions Little channsa.

Ff0u the frcsoo paintings OF wosne ga
Ia Crc.an pelscss OF the period about
5000 q. c.. II Is learned that the worn-
el OF that tine plnched IL their vaistn.
had founcsd or ACCORDION plated
skirts. we're an elaborate ooiffurA
shoes with high heels and hata which
might have come from Partisan lat
shop, while one woman might be Do
seribed nc wearing a iuOe culotte
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
mIsn, Name.

Little Florence climbed upon her 70
Tiers lap on her birthday and put nor
arms around his neck Father always
called her "Toodles." and until now
she had GnBwered TO the name But
now she looked \: him IN surprise
Why, I'm three now! should think
you'd call me 'Throedles she said
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11

Motto. is hereby given thar the
Ministers and Deacon's Union
will meet with the Executive
Board Of the Mt Olive Baptist
Association with the Mt Pleas
aant Missionary Baptis, church
Harrisburg. Thursday before the
xth Sunday in February 1918
member OF board will be present.
Elder S. n Pruitt,
President.
]. H. Williams,
Cor &c
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
IIARRSB BURG.

Dea Bro: VII you allow IT {
to address few l'nts to OF IN
regards Of the Mated ma Mlsior.
=, Baptist church at tbs rlsee.
located on Oak street?
e appeal 10 you ac Medera-
to- oi the Baptst Association and
o the puDiie trough YOU worthy
oaper. The news has gore or
tina this church VIZ rot properly
organize, winch is gfta, hn-
derance 20 sinking On 40 wom-
en- not for our.elI, Tut ior jhe
good oi otheis, that + Wy We
IN Ike this appeal. We were not
excluded ftoIn the church to
"hlcn we belonge d lie Mo, ut
pleasant Baptist Ch1roh) but fer
convenience ard Wlth GU CWn
viii the church gave u lett.Is OF
commentator anil 81 ~mizsiOn
attn such ltiter We wee or2a-
alzed, anu II he Associat Ia d. n t
know abou. Us, thiaIs Macedonia
Ailsslonety Baptist tluci. II
Is n I our FAULT Tor we sent rep
resent tive, but We &C not know
ne represented CT not, ior we
nave never seen him o. btara tell
OF him, but h was one that was
cared ~oItty md We thought
him SO
| we were not rerrestrttc We
would ike o know tue rea. On and
Il W are not organized uRhl that
o called CHRISTIAN tiat IS telling
the community that ~ aie W ong
We wish hal he OF sc with then
goodness aud ugttee usness would
10. low ihc instruction oilhe 18Th
cnaptel OF Mat Tor we arc n IL
ing o take any steps ihat art
ri HI and be IN unicn wi,h SCI
dIets oi ,,niist
Ne tur,h her >ay if ihc Christians
wo I'D De a. bus, tIyIeg TO close
up lGe canoe hall. in,ll ouI
Gowns is they ere about tryil & to
condemn some church or good
work il would be one OF the grrat-
est things that they CCulo 60 in
Lite, in this Town. We see Ell
: I'D women cTowdug the toa TO
/ deslIucHOn some 10 dance hall,
some TO 'boo,.legelrg jorrts al d
to different places that will NOT do
tn soul any good. How many
Christian say 10 them stay away
irom there II IS not right 10 go
u .tpat place, because it Is not
organized rght' How many !
Few. But. how many say stay
away tom Macedonia | believe
ia uuing the thin & thai is night
ana those p ople are net r sht at
NJ 1cedonia? A d W m k {
every arrangement they can for
ttelr sous ard daughters 10 al
the dance halls and movies.
'-e u. qu t liddllng with re!Is-
Oh aud do nietbing TO bilhe
! ne world 20 Ch,ist " t further
sly that we are in ne d Of pas
tor, we do not want one to serve
| Us anU lUNH nave ~ idbN ~ ~
market place aud pipe to the
void tor ms wing. this chuIch
wa, organized 10 run the wcfld
anj nor The woild TO run il. We
don I want pastor that VIII en-.
urage rag 10 be sung III the
church TO get his money, some
time against their will. We be-
liz We ia dong orr duty ourseli
first then We wal have 10 trout Il
IN he void. We believe we
a. ,appQrt.a pas'of to' o ably
Yaen sink our b arts II
VA Gs o f.4n
Z
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
Ths Ruee

scarf ricbigncclt, the German social
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11

Educational Board
= chairmsn DR.. D ]. Prisce ohicsg'
Cor. Soc. sis frankie Jenkie
Cairo.
Sister willie Greyer Colp
slste4 Emma Farrow Cars
.J.M Owens sparti
Ed. J d. MoOrsry Metropolis,
Committee on Nomination
G. G. Phillips
j z. Hey sood
O.. H. Mitchell
r. Bomsr
Bst.r Stella Duprec
"wihis Greer
IN. Taylor
Elder II. @. Armstead
i" ri. f.. Mcwlliiams
Members OF various Com mittees
of National Baptist Convention
(Bnineorporated.)
Foreign Mission Boa.d
IL. e. McwllliAms, ID. ID.
Chicago, III
Home Mission Board
LIB. AcCrary, s. T. B..
Metropolis, Ill.
Educational Board
DIR. Is J, Prince,
Chicago. III.
Evangelical Board
Elder r. Bomar,
Cairo, III.
BY u. Board
DIR. w. r. Washington,
NJ. Vernon, III
Benefit Board
Elder James Swanson,
haywood. III.
Publishing Board
DIR. r. Thomas,
Chicago, Ill
Resolutions
J. + Hay wood,
Chicago, III.
State OF the Country
Elder II. O. Armstead,
Pulaski, Ill.
Woe PRECEDENT
DR.. %. Phillips,
Golconda, Ill
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-11
Officers OF the General
Batist State Association
of Illinois

Committee on Nomination beg TO
report rs follows:
Moderator Ed. j. r. Thomas
1T Vice Mod. /" W. p Wash :
ington.
aud Vice Mod. Ed q. W. Nor
ment.
RECORDING Sec. Ed. r. b. Frsneh
CorrespondiI Sc. Ed. j. d
moorary.
Treasurer Ed. II. g. Arm.
ste sd.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Organization of Athletics
At Yale to Begin This Week

The only game scheduled is for next
Saturday. when the New Haven Naval
Unit will be met in the Yale bowl.
Negotiations were opened with CO.
lumbia. but word was received that the
Columbia schedule was full, with the
exception of a possible Thanksgiving
date. Sentiment at Yale is opposed to
a Thanksgiving Day game and chances
Of meeting the Morningside Heights
men are regarded as slender.
"Flu" Delays Work
h couple Of navy and an army team
are possible for game, and il is prob
able that Springfield College may be
played. No games with Harvard and
Princeton are contemplated. The delay
in organizing Yale sports under the
military system has arisen because of
the lateness in establishing the routine
work OF the Student Army Corps, fol-
lowed by the qusrantining Of the coll
lege because Of the Spanish influenza
scare.
For the hrst time in a month the
quarantine was lifted two days ago,
and almost Immediately the undergrad
yates in general took advantage of
their first week end to enjoy their lib
erty with relatives and friends.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Miss Bjurstedt Without
Peer in W0menS Tennis

paign on the courts, campaign that
would have taxed the strength of most
men. In addition, the galleries before
which the girls played, particularly
on the Pacific Coast, were openly in
favor of Miss Browne, and this fire.
quently led to Miss Bjurstedt being
the victim Of circumstances that
vitality affected her game.
1t is worthy of note, however, that
IT, the last few days of the series,
~hen, the Norwegian had rega'ned her
winner over her great rival. In the
last three matches played Miss Blur
stedt defeated Miss Browne, who was
at that stage of the series compelled
20 cut short the duel owing to the
serious illness Of her father in Cali
,ornia.
AS result of these meetings with
Miss Browne, Miss Bjurstedt improved
Ter game technically to remarkable
extent, and this was demonstrated dur
ing the season of 1918, both in the
greater variety of strokes and in the
better court. generalship shown by the
Frederick B. Alexander, one of the
most noted players the game has ever
produced, told US personally last sum-
mer that he believed Miss Bjurstedt
would defeat the former national
champion by a decisive margin were
the two to engage in another such
series Of matches as they played in
1917.
The Norwegian girl played three
matches against Mrs. Thomas C.
Bundy, the former May Sutton, on her
visit to California, with the result that
Mrs. Bundy won two matches, four
sets and thirty-five games, as against
Miss Bjurstedt's one match, three sets
and thirty-two games. These matches
took place upon asphalt courts, totally
new to the national champion, and Mrs.
bundy, according to those who saw her
play on these occasions, never played
better in all her career.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Jack Graney Leads Way
Among Pinch Hitters

When the statistics on pinch hitters
who delivered arc compiled and issued,
Jack Graney, of the Cleveland Indians,
probably will be found leading the list,
for the Canadian had wonderful luck
in his efforts as an emergency bats
man.
In the first eighteen times Lee Fohl
called upon him to bat for tcammate
he walked three times and delivered a
sacrifice fly on another occasion, leav-
ing him fourteen actual times at bat
In these fourteen times he made seven
hits. an average OF 500, his most pre-
tentious effort being on July 2, when he
triplcd off Rogers, Of st. Louis. driv-
ing in the tieing and winning run.
His sacrifice hy was made off Cicotte
and drove in the winning run on the
afternoon Of Memorial Day. A few
days later he made pinch single of
Joe Bush and drove in the tieing run
Cleveland eventually winning in extra
innings. The next day he drew pass
from Moiyneux, Of the Red Sox, tina,
forced run across tbs plate,
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Army and Navy Soccer for
War Fund, St. Louis's Plan

According to reports from st. Louis,
the Missouri metropolis is showing the
way to the balance Of the country in
arranging soccer attractions, the pro-
ceeds of which are to go to the United
War Work Fund. The Great Lakes
Naval Training Station soccer team
has been booked for match with the
leaders of the St Louis Professional
League--it will be either the famous
Ben Millers or the. Innisfails-to be
play.d at Robinson Field, Sunday, No
vember II. About two-thirds of the
Great Lakes players are former st.
Louis League stars.
Since the Sports Committee of the
United Campaign has announced the
soccer and other outdoor matches to
benefit the fund need not be played
during the drive week, the Mound City
soccer authorities are arranging to
bring the army soccer teams from
Camp Funston, Kan, and Camp Pike,
Ark, to st. Louis for November 10 and
"a. The Missouri Soccer Football AS
sociation has requested date with the
champion soccer team of the Belgian
army, which is expected to come to the
United States to participate in the
drive. II this game Ia rrrsnged the
home Of the Cardinals will be the
scene. Of yet another big winter at
traction
New-York tribune., 1918-11-03
Billiard Players Arrange
Programme for Big Dr1Ue

ton Heights, three-cushion cham
pionship tournament, with Messrs.
Miller, Stroebel, Smith, Cosgrove,
Frantzen, Fields. Speidel, Scheven-
ellie as participants.
At Osborne's Academy, 181st Street
and Broadway-Class C 1872 balk-
line championship for the A. A. b.
A. trophy, with Messrs. Macy, Nc
Gowan, Dittman, DR.. Tuggles, Lang
and Crane as participants.
At Charles Levy's Academy, New
Rochelle, exhibition game between
President Gershel and Hal Coleman,
Friday evening, November IL.
At the Metropolis Club, Fifty
seventh Street, Tuesday, November
18th, exhibition game, 1872 balk-
line, between Messrs. Hal Coleman
and J. Klinger. the European amateur
champion.
In addition to the above programme
two other clubs in the city have re
quested exhibition games, and arrange
ments are under way. which should b.
concluded in a day or two, by which
championship games will be played be-
tween three prominent players of New
York and three players of Philadel
phia and which will be homeland
home SERIES.
Mr.. Coleman has been assured tha
many prominent academies throughou
the East and West will hold ex
hibition and tournament games dur
ing this week in the interest of tn,
drive.