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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05
NEGRO MECHANICS DENIED
"A CHANCE TO HELP
WIN THE WAR.
is THIS TRUE DEMOCRACY?
Only White Men Allowed to Work On the
Building of New Docks at Great
Hog Island Shipyard

woman and child is needed now
to contribute their most Loyal
and sincere support to this gov
ernment and nation. and they
musl do so what assured that tar
play is given to all who are cap
able Of doing foI this government
For such statements as these
Negroes NAV be branded as kick
ers or fault finders, yet they are
ssmply doing as white workmen
did last week when they claimed
they were unjustly dealpwith by
a magistrate of their race.
But there is still said to be a
mother policy inauguratrd at tAees
Island, and that is a i'm Cn0"s
order in the mess hall, whene an
armed guard dire cts the move
) ments OF the Negroes that they
go to the PLACES to which they
,sae assigned. notwithstanding
many OF their whit { fellows who
work beside them from day TO
day do not object TO sitting w'tn-
Iithem at the mess tab'ss,
II these conditions exist and
these wrongs are perpetrated here
in this proud city, where all stand
under one flag it may be expected
that Negroes will cry out against
such injustice. believing that il
is not in keeping with the nation
al demand ior degspraey as a
eainst the tyranny olthe haisef
: and since our race produces WV
, slackers, still less deseiieIs ard
. no spies or traitors 10 the inter
. ests OF this great country whose
cause must not fail, they ask for
fair play at Hog Island and every
where else that Negroes may
assist in winning this war for the
nation and democracy and human
brotherhood for the world.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05
Daylight SavingL Law
Effective From Apr. |

The Daylight Saving Law re-
Gently Passed by Congress and
signed by President Wilson will 90
into effect Sunday, March. 81 and
continue until October. p. All
clocks throughout the u S. will be
set forward one hour. 1t seems to
be the general conclusion TO sci
all clocks forward at noon Easter
sunday, That is, when your
clock strikes twelve you must inn
mediately move the hands forward
until it strikes one, or, in other
words, at twelve set your clock
forward one hour until the 27rh.
of October, when you will move
1t back one hour.
The object of this new law is to
save the fuelthat would be require d
TO make light in the late hours OF
the afternoon by utilizing the day
light IN the morning that is spent
in idleness.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05
BAPTIST fACTIOkS UNITE
LEADERS EMBRACE

At the recent peace conference
of the Morris and Boyd factions
OF Baptists, held in Memphis
Tenn. the sword was beaten in
to pillow shear and once more
the two great leaders, DR.. 4 c.
Morris. OF the National Baptist
and DIR. K II Boyd. who has
been Corresponding Secretary Of
the National Baptist Publishing
Board since 1896 have covenant
ed to work together for the pros
ecution OF the work OF the Bap-
tist denomination. 1t was a
great day in the history OF the
den 1miDation. Leaders Of both
factions were present IRON all sec
tons OF the country. and repre-
sentativcs OF the Southern white
baptists sat IN the meeting and
Piled for peace. And when Drs.
Morris and Boyd embraced each
other with Kiss and broke down
'n1tears a new era Of peace wa :
sealed in the Baptist ranks thaa
bids fair TO last for many genera
tions. DIR. w. II. Moses. OF this
city. was in attendance and labor.
ed arduously for peaceable ad-
justment Of the differences that
have kept the Bsp'isis in q. tur-
moil since he fatal M eting In
Chicago in 1915
Christian Recorder
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05
Camp Stewart
Special to The Gazette. =
Newport News. No. 5-2S. 1918
Rev. ] b. MeCrary:

Dear Sir
have just received your ISSUE
OF March 22. and am asking my.
SELF. the question. Now. is thi,
the same home town left but a
few months ago.
Can it be that the many eX-
pressions We heard, the day oi our
departure, we're all q hollow mock
cry; is there no sincerity in our
white friends anymore or is the
black beginning 10 rub off the
hands and faces OF our girls and
boys and soil the "books' ? Ii
this be true ! am, indeed, sorry
for all OF our girls who are in SER
vicce, cooking, as they must lose
their positions and those who are
washing will never be able to get
tae clothes clean,
Now, ii is fact, that when you
are sick and helpless, the glass OF
water, handed yoa by a black
hand is just as cool and refresh.
ing as one handed you by a white
hand The food prepared and
served by Negroes is just as pal
table and clean as that prepared
by any other race
And when misfortune strikes
you "Mr White Man, the Ne
gro 5 assistance il. very acoeptabl, ],
as many Of us know and am
glad to know that the Negroes Of
Metropolis, have reiectedt the
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05

"Great Offer made them to
place a few books on a chair bot
tom in the Methodist church and
call it library No! you sons
and husbands are playing the part
Of men, the cali came and they
responded willingly, and are going
70 stay until the end, and some oil
them will never return.
Then il this bd true, give our
own folks ut home, the same con-
sideration you give the other
man 5. who stands ike we do.
And when we who are fortunate
enough to return, detrsin at home
Meet US with a clean conscience
and a feeling in your heart thai
while we were gone you die
your bit, by beng square viii
our families.
We seek no faVors, nor ask pity
simply a square deal from
Square man viewpoint, for
get the eolor and guage by tn
character. demonstrate that higl
noble purpose. to help. the les
fortunate, which all free men ar
endowed with.
And don't bite the hand that
feeding you. for it 5 an evideu
fact that Negroes spend all the
make and remember that that tn
boy OF today will be the man {
tomorrow.
| ?. s. ! hope your family an
sell are enjoying good health an
that we viii meet around tn
"trestle' board, again. All tn
boys send regards and | hop
TO be able to write you a few line
oiterner
Horace O Burke.
Glad to hear from Lieut.. Burk
and "our boys The letter
both timely and pointed Tn
home folks always enjoy such let
ters. We hope the war will 500
end and you all will soon retur
become useful citizens The ed
itor,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05

hEttiiAPs no historical event 10
- celebrated ia connection
with the itefh AnnitsFaury Of
I5fluafs sfateh o49 Has resulted
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05

0OIOfeO WOrkmen VINO nave
qualified for coed and substantial
work for the government, many
OF whom are inclined to leave their
distant homes out Of sense of
pa riotic duty and devotion are
being very mu h disheartenhd and
discouraged by certain treatment
they arc being accorded at the
Hog Island shipyard
During the past week number
applied at the island for work as
! dock buildeas Upon enter
ing the grounds they observed a
sign WEIGH read Dock Builders
Wanted. but whe n they applied
for this class oil work they were
informed that they were mot hir-
ing colored, but il they wanted
picks and shovels they could have
them. In one instance, two mer
OF number OF sixteen who appti~
ed during the week IN question,
one OF whom is a Spanish Amer
ian war veteran. having reserved
4 t,yo tur,,njc -, 49,. ea.,.;1. o,l
whose father fought in'the Civil
War with credit and honor. This
man has had libernl education n
and Is mechanical engineer
whose name and address are in
our possession, and who stards
: ready 10 verify these assertions by
affidavit that he was met with the
heart chilling statt ment thatfhey
, were not hiring colored people as
: dock builders. and notwithstand-
. ing he was qualified to do this
i. sort OF work
How shall this policy be recon-
ciled with that for which the gov
ernment at Washington has so
well distinguished Itself in offer
ing equal opportunities to black
men who are qualified to meet
the same as other men, and in the
same spirit Of PATRIOTS offer
their lives in the trenches to win
dicate democracy that accord
ing to this Hog Island policy
would permit men to fight and
die bot refuse to allow their hrcih-
rem to help furnish the very sim
cws OF war. Would that be de-
mocracy?
But information is almost at
command that certain colored
man who have applied for admis-
sion to the Shipbuilding School
at the island have been denied
this privilege One have been
denied this privileges One man
offered his sworn affidavitto the
fact that he was alb 'olutelyrefused
the opportunity oi learning be-
cause oi his color
Now this condition OF affairs
at Hog Island may be unknown
to the men who are higher up n
authority management ank con-
troll il SO, the facts need to be
brought TO their attention that
responsibility for such injustice
towa,d loyal and patriotic color
ed citizens mighs be placed where
il belongs.
II is admitted that every man,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05

Several communications were
left out this week as we were COM
pelled to bring the paper out car
iier in order to attend the Board
meeting in Centralia
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05

Think not the gooa--
TIE gentle deeds Of mercy Thou hazt
doae.
shail die forgotten Tie poor. the aor-
rowlag
Th. fatberlsss. tie frfsna.ess. and the
wlaoW.
Who daily own TIE bounty Of THY hand
faaIi eFy 10 Hsaven Ter bIesaiags On
Thee
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-04-05
CO[ORED WOMAN APPOINTED POLICEWOMAN
WARM CONTEST FOR
\ ROAD COMMISSIONER
Fl. c. Williams, Elected.

The election for Road Com
missioner OF District no. 8, was
warmly contested on the end H.
c. Williams won over his oppon-
ents by a small majority.
The total vote polled was
f,444 Men vote oo2, Wom-
en- Az
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
ZenneIin Limitations.

Basing his statements on accurate
measurements of a Zeppelin that was
brought down in England last Octo-
Der, on known facts regarding the
lifting power of hydrogen gas, on the
.saate of the barometer during the
Eight, on the temperature of the air
recorded in the airship's log, Jhadoo
Jahoz writes in Aeronautics as fol-
lows:
SIT would appear from the forego-
ing that the latest type of Zeppelin
is designed to attain a height of
1900 to $4,000 feet when over its OBJ
jective and after dropping it's bombs,
but is capable of going even higher I'M
der stress of circumstances and at the
risk of suffering some slight damage
On returning to It's base.
S7These conclusions accord well with
MFR. Warner Aliens statements that
these airships are built with view to
flying between 10000 and $4,000 feet.
OF course, on a short flight they could
20 higher, in view of the reduced guam
tity of petrol to be carried"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
KEPT Her AWAKE
The Terrible Pains in Back and
Sides. Cardui Gave Relief.

4arksville, La.-Mrs. Alice Johnson,
of this place, writes: "For one year |
suffered with an awful misery in my back
and sides. My left side was hurting me
all the time. The misery was something
awful.
| could net do anything, not even sleep
: aisht. 1t kept me awake most of the
Giaht j.. . :. | took different medicines, but
no,hing did me any good or relieved me
rH:il took Cardui g..
was mol atle TO do any of my work
'or ore year and got worse all the time
e rs confined TO my bed eff and on. got
so TAD with my back that when sfoopeI
down | was not able to straighten up
again -. decided ! would try Cardui
By time had taken the entire bottle
was feeling pretty good and could
straighten up and my pains were nearly
all gone.
shall always praise Cardui. con-
iinued taking it until was strong and
WE'LL" you suffer from pains due to
female complaints, Cardui may be just
what you need. Thousands of women
who once suffered in this way now praise
cardm for their present good health.
Give it trial. NC-l33
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
FEW FOLKS HAVE
GRAY HAIR NOW
Druggist Says Ladies are Using
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur.

Hair that loses its color and lustre,
or when it fades. turing gray, dull and
lifeless, is caused by q lack of sulphur
in the hair. Our grandmother made
up a mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur
to keep her locks dark and beautiful,
and thousands of women and men who
value that even color, that beautiful
dark shade of hair which is so at
tractive, use only this old-time recipe.
Nowadays we get this famous mix
ture improved by the addition of other
ingredients by asking at any drug
store for a bottle of "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound" which dark
ems the hair so naturally, so evenly,
that nobody can possibly tell 1t has
been applied. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with it and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at time. BY morning
the gray hair disappears; but what
delights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound is that, be-
sides beautifully darkening the hair
after a few applications, it also brings
back the gloss and lustre and gives it
an appearance Of abundance.
q Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
to impart color and a youthful ap-
pearance to the hair. It is not in
tended for the cure, mitigation or pre-
vention of disease.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
Western Soldiers Ruaaed.

The "early to bed and early to rise"
slogan is noticeable on the faces of
th8 boys in khaki who are arriving
here from the West and other parts of
the country. These youths are GER
tafnly typical of the real American.
Health, Drawn and muscle are their
principal characteristics and with all
this there is a certain amount of chiv-
airy that is not seen in New York.
The average New Yorker is pale in
aiyidual. Indoor work, Of course, is
responsible for this and he always is
in such a hurry that he thinks of no
one but himself. Some of the New
York youths marvel at the appearance
of these visitors from the West. They
cannot understand why they should be
SO ruddy. The explanation is easy.
III is because they spend more time in
the open. Nevertheless the appearance
of the boys from other parts of the
country is causing II kinds of Jeai-
ousy.-New York Times.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
AFTER ILLNESS
zIRON IRON TONIC
When Your System Needs Strength, After a
Sick Spell, Try ziTOR

Your blood must have iron to give
your body strength. Lack of iron
makes many people pale, weak and
Ianguid. To put iron into your blood,
take Ziron Iron Tonic. Especially af-
ter a severe illness do you need Ziron
to bring back appetite and build up
weakened vitality.
J. E. Clifton, of r. r. D. 3, Lyons,
Ca, writes: Last summer l had ty-
phoid fever and had hemorrhages Of
the bowels and my health was wretch
ed. | seemed to be unable to get my
strength back. l had no appetite,
had no energy, l didn't think l was
ever going to get we'll My knees were
weak, my flesh felt clammy, l was in
a pretty bad condition. 1 heard of
Ziron and what a good tonic and
strengthener it was, and l sent for ii
at once. It helped me. began to
improve and soon felt much better and
stronger"
All druggists sell or can get Ziron
for you. Get bottle today. 1t is
guaranteed. zN7
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
RISES IN DEFENSE OF DOG
Toronto Newspaper Man Vigorously
Condemns Silly Proposal That
They BE Killed Of in Wartime.

A wrathful correspondent of the
Mail and Empire suggests that dogs
ought to be killed off in wartime or
else such stiff tax imposed upon
their owners as greatly to reduce the
dog population. Similar views have
been expressed since the war in Eng
land. Only the other day Lord Claud
Hamilton said that pet dogs are a
nuisance and that if he had his way
ne would slaughter all the Pekingese
dogs in the country and have them
made into meat pies" Not long ago
Punch presented picture of tough
looking citizen grooming an equally
tOugh-loOking bull terrier, while a Gu
rate addressed him as follows: 'Don't
you think, my good man, that in war
time you would be better employed in
keeping useful animal, a pig, for
fnstance? "Yus," growled the dog
fancier, sand a nice fool I'd look
gOin' rattin' with a pig" Proposals to
cestroy dogs are founded rather on
personal prejudice or ignorance than
CIR consideration of the advantage
20 be gained by their determination.
The assertion that they consume much
food that might better be converted
to human use is not justified. AS a
rule dogs live on table scraps and odds
and ends of food which would other
wiSevbe wasted. AS for the Hamilton
suggestion about making Pekes into
meat pes, it is probable that all the
Pekes in the British isles would not
provide single enjoyable meal for
one battalion.
1t is true that dogs frequently kill
sheer, but they also kill cats and rats
and thus help to square the account.
LIN thousands of farmhouses they con-
Sditute an invaluable guard for the
women folk. They even do such chores
as driving up the cows, churning the
milk, fetching and carrying and per-
forming other services that make
amends for the undeniable fact that
they get their hair on the furniture
and come into the kitchen with muddy
pawS. At the front they are doing war
work Of undeniable value. In Belgium
Ehpy are beasts of burden. They carry
messages from the trenches to head
anGrters in the rear. They guard
against enemy raids; they locate the
wounded lying in No Mans Land, and
ARE real pal to many thousands Of
hOgoesick soldiers. A proposal to abol-
tSh dogs is about as sensible as pro-
poSal 10 abolish nephews, and has
shout as much chance of succeeding
Toronto Mail and Empire.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
G. S. & F. RR.

Effective Oct goth, 1918.
Trains leave Cordele:
200 p. m, for Jacksonville, Valdos-
ia and Palatka.
6:S5 p. M. Local for Triton.
$3.50 a. m, for Jacksonville, Valdos-
ia and PaIatka.
$40 a. M, for Jacksonville ar3 Val
dosta.
2:55 a. M, Cor Jacksonville via. Tiff
ION.
$3.50 a. m, Local for Macon, connect
ing for points north.
2:10 p. m, for Macon, connecting for
points north.
1923 a. m, for Macon and points
north, Dixie Flyer)
1925 a. m, for Macon, connecting
for points north.
11:55 p. m, for Macon and points
north, (The SouthIand)
Schedule shown as information to
ino public; not guaranteed.
C. B. RHODES, C. P. A.
Macon, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
Non.InflammabIe ceIIuIoId.

The usefulness of cellulOid as a
substitute for various materials is
lessened by its extreme infamma'
MIity. Considerable interest has.
therefore, been aroused by the inven-
ton by a professor in a japanese
university of a nOn-cOmbustible, or
ut any rate slOw-burning celluloid
While net exactly ireproOf this sub
stance requires a great deal of heat
TO kindle it, and burns very slowly.
The new material is made from the
soy bean, which the Japanese have
found so widely useful, and it is said,
includes the use of fOrmalin to pro-
duce a durable, hornlIke substance.
II is claimed that the japanese prod
net will be cheaper as well as much
preferable to the combustible celluloid
10 which we are accustomed.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
COMMANDERY MEETING.

DeMolay, Commandery, No 5,
Knights Templar, meets every third
Wednesday night at o'clock. All
visiting Sir Knights have a cordial
invitation to meet with US.
W. F. Smith, Eminent Commander
FRANK J. PAYNE, Recorder. 20 ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
WANT ADVERTISEMENTS

COTTON SEED.-Beat the boil
weevil; get earliest there is. Early
Prolific and Wilt Resistant Cotton
Seed. l have best connections. If
Interested place your orders now. See
J. P. Cannon, Americas, Ga. 29tilU1
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
AT AUCTION
Valuable Farm for Sale on Dec. 10, 1918

At the premises in Sumter County,
Georgia, whereon G. Willis now re-
sides, said place known as the John
Finch Place, 10 miles Northeast Of
Americus, and five CO. miles Southeast
of Andersonville, 5St acres of land.
The land is well improved and is in
high state of cultivation; at the same
time will be sold al stock, farming
implements and farm products; also
hogs and cows. There is a larg
trantity of timber on the place som
100000 or a 100000 feet. There IS
about $50 acres open land, beside
we'll improved farm, it is ideal for
raising stock, having wire fence now
o. the place walch takes il tie creek
which traverses same. A beautiful
dwelling, together with six CO. tenant
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
A Grand Passion.

~She seems interested in that avia.
tDr."
~That is hardly the word for it."
Mop
HShe says she loves the very air
he flies through. Birmingham Age
Herald.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
FOR SALE CHEAP

FOR SALE CHEAP - IA Shoats,
which will average from 80 to so lbs.
each; brood sows; will sell at a
bargain. Mrs. Walter Johnston. (W.
S. Bell farm, near Friendship
10d5tw1t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16

AUCTION SALE-Buchanan Dairy
Farm and small tracts for town folks;
also many fine mich COWS; l mile
west of Americas; 10 a. m. Wednes-
day, December 18th. Brass Band.
Free prizes. Easy Terms. Southern
Realty & Auction Co., Greensboro,
NC. 13-4t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
Letters to Old
Santa Claus

Dearest Santa: l am a little boy
FIVE years old and l want you to bring
me an automobile, writing desk and a
wagon, and bring my baby sister
something nice. Bring me some fruit
and firecrackers also. Your little boy
ROGER THOMAS.
Cobb, Ga.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16
LOST ana FOUND

FOUNDING light red Jersey heifer.
Found on my premises. Owner can
secure by calling Bragg's Market.
lott
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: A scooter and a
few goodies will be about all that
will need this Christmas. I wanted a
toy automobile, but my daddy thinks a
scooter will be a whole lot better, and
| think so too, now. Bring little sis
ter and Billy and little Lovelace some
thing nice, too. Yours.
WILLIAM.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16

STRAYED-From barn, yellow cow,
weighing about 725 pounds; right
horn shipped off; any information will
BE- appreciated. Reward. Notify Acme
Market. 15-tf
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16

FOR SALE-1819 Buick 4" in fine
condition Box ass, Americas, Ga.
15-3t
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16

houses; one large barn and two small
ones and other outhouses. The land ia
of a red pebbly nature. At present
there is sufficient labor to run the
place another year and the labor de-
sires to remain on the premises.
There is loan of 100000 on said
land which will not be due in three
90 years, rate of interest SO. TIE
land will be sold subject to the loan.
The terms of the sale will be an
nounced at the auction The physical
condition of the present occupant de-
mands the sale. Sale will begin
promptly at 10 o'clock a. m. on the
premises, December 18th, 1918. Come
and get bargain.
Fer any Information relative to this
farm communicate with
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16

LOST-On Dixie Highway between
Americas and road leading from high
way 10 aviation camp, one set, twelve
pieces of non-skid cut chains. Find
err please return to or notify the Gulf
Refining Co. 5
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-12-16

Dear Santa Claus: am a little boy
years old l want you to bring me
a gun l can shoot shot with and bicy-
Gle | want some nuts, candy oranges,
APPLES. Please bring little baby
brother a ratler Bring me a horn,
Please don't forget me. 1 live on
Forrest street 430.
LEE ROY BUSBEE.