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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01

We want to put The Gazette
nto every home in rhe city with
in 80 days. Will you help US
neighbour Special inducements
will be given. Let every reader
help US tSget Subscribers. Build
up your Race Enterprise.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
BE Ye Sure Your Sins Will
Find You Gun.

Rev. G. 7 Hamilton, and vie
left for Cairo, Monday to attend
the illinois annual conference
Rev Thos. Turner. returned
home from CentrsIia, Tuesday
where he attended the 10Th annual
session OF the Mt. Olive Baptist
association. He reports pleas
ant session. the best in the history
Of its organization
Mrs. ] b McCrary was very
sick last week for few days
caused from over work and ner-
vous breakdown over the sickness
OF her son Edgar. She is improv-
ing.
Little Preston Levon McCrary
grandson, of Rev ] b. McCrary.
was quite sick last week, but is
improving
Miss Willie Wilson Of Memphis.
Tenn. IS in the city, and is stop
ping at the home OF Mrs. Matte
Fossie.
Mrs. Amanda Saunders OF Col
conda. is in the city visiting her
sisters. Mesdames Bessie Cork and
Love Renfro. d.
Rev Geo. Crippens and vile,
lett dor Cairo, Wednesday to a.
tend the Illinois annual conference
which is in session there this week
Rev Dan Rodgers. OF Brook
is attending the Illinois animal
conference this week in Cairo.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01

Metropolis. Ill.,, Sept. az 1920
wish to thank the people who
were SO nice to me while was on
my sick bed and for their prayers
flowers and good viii, Also the
Methodist friends. ! was certain
~ blessed By your presence
thank my sister, Miss Lizzie
Pes OF Unionville.' who was SO
nice to me and my husband, We
shall never forget her, and the
Lord, will bless her Tor her kind
ness.
God bless you all.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Willie Wa.ers,
3o7 w. 9Th St
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
= Read our locals and Foreign llsws :
II may Be a Eetr from home

We pity that soul whose relig.
ion will not bind him sufhcientl.
strong enough 70 enable him tc
rise above his evil companion:
sufficiently high and long enough
to allow his light { lite) to shine
forth to illuminate tho pathway OF
some poor sinner that will lead
him into that path that shines
more and more until the perfect
day
We have several good preach
ers that are idle that would make
good pastors il they were given a
chance Every church large or
small should have pastor. and
carry out the great commission of
Jesus. We should be doors Of his
word and not hearers only. Heed
this message and herald it to the
lost and beuighted world.
Every church door in Southern
Illinois should be thrown open at
least twice every Sunday that the
gospel might be preached to every
creature. Let none hear you idly
saying there is nothing you can
do while the souls OF men are dy-
ing all around you without any
hope for the future life and happi-
ness.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
". |. Krone. Solicitor
Master in Chsncery Sale.

State of Illinois. Massac County. -.
In the Circuit Court of said County,
August Term A. d. 1920.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
Notice.
Springfield. ILL.,. Sept - 20
All the members OF the Exec

Springfield, ILL.,. Sept 1870
All the members OF the Exec
utive Board of the Women Mis-
Z ary and Educational Gonven-
s 1.-THE officers OF the Gener-
4'o.' s''~ ny Baptist Association
= = meet Wednesday ane
are called TO- q. and ! logo
Thursday Oct y. -. .h,.~oh
with the Antioch Bafs... .ass;,,
Decatur, III. in joigs -
This is .gsde nfsessaFy because
the death Of our President Of the1
late John |. Thosass- D D The
sessions will open at 10 m. each
morning and 7:5o each evening.
w P. Washington. Pres.
w Henry Snowden, Cor. Sec.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
NOTICE.

To the Officers OF the General
Baptist State Association OF Hi
nois and its auxiliaries. Gre eting
This comes to say, that a joint
meeting ofthe Women and Men S
department is called to meet with
the Antioch Baptist. church, De-
catur Iii on Thursday 9Th be-
fore the End Sunday in October
1920. All OF the officers are earn
estly requested to be present on
Thursday morning at 600 a. m. i,
as there is some urgent busine;s to
to be attended to, to safeguard
Our State work. and we desire the
prompt attendance OF all officers
that we may lay definite plans to
be recommend TO our association at
our next annual session at Evan
ston, III in May 1921.
We are asking that our slogan
or next May. be two thousand
81, 900 Dollars.
am respectfully yours in the
Master cause
w. P. Washington, Mod.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
OBITUARY.

CentraIia. Ill. Sept. /, 1920
Lee Long. was born in Logan
county, KY. in 1850. Departed
this lie Aug. 20, 1920. Age OF
years, 10 months. az days.
He proiess-d religion at the age
OF 10 years and was a devout
Christian for As yeors.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01

State of Illinois. Massac County, -.
In the Circuit Court of said County,
August Term A. d. 1920.
General Grim, Colonel Grim. Luc.
Grim, and Nancy Bly, vs., Fred Grim
Ada Rice. Levi Grim. May Menthi,
Grim. Lora Owens, William Grim, An
drew Grim. Uotis Grim, John George
Aaron McUrory, and Carrie kraper.
Bill in Chancery for Partition No s3l.
Public notice il hereby given that In
pursuance OF decree entered at the
August term OF said court. to.wit, on
the oath day eff August A. d. 1920 in
the above entitled cause. |. S. Bartlett
Kerr. Master in Chancery Of said Coun-
ty, will at the hour OF 10 clock A. M.
Saturday September 18th, A. q. 1920
at the East door of the Court House in
the City OF Metropolis. county of Mas
sac and State of illinois, sell at public
vendue to the highest and best bidder.
the following described real estate to-
wit
The West Half 90 of the North
west quarter of Section number TWEEN
ty-eight (2s) in Township Number FIJI
teen Q5) South. Range number -Four
az East of the 3rd r. NJ. containing
so acres more or less, as per United
States survey.
Terms of sale: One half cash in
hand, balance payable In one year. de-
ferred payment to be secured by good
personal note With Six per cent inter-
est, secured by mortgage on the prem
ises, with option to purchaser to pay
cash if exercised before the execution
of mortgage.
Dated this 25th day Of August A. d.
1920.
S. Bartlett Kerr.
Master in Chancery,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
To insure publication all cores
pondence should reach this office
not later than Tuesday morning.
The editor.
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot B,
Cured

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure cartarr-
hal deafness, and that's by a constitu-
ional remedy Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
m cous lining of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing.
and when it is entirely closed, Deafness
is the result. Unless the inflammation
can be reduced and this tube to its nor
NAL condition. hearing viii be destroyed
forever. Many cases of deafness are
caused by catarrh. which is an infiamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system.
We win give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrah Peafness that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Medi
cine. Circulars free. All Druggists.
75c.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
By Associated Negro Press.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01

Any church needing a good
pastor and splendid preacher. a
man of high ideals and broad vis-
ion. we can recommend Rev Jno.
Bruen, OF Mt. Vernon, Ill who
successfully pastored Shiloh Bap-
list church OF that city for 5 con-
secutXc years. His address is
1911 Herbert, St.
The prayers OF the righteous
avaiIeth much Bible.
Miss Lorene Turner returned
home Sunday from Paris, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Gum. left
for Canton, KY. to be at the bed
side of the former 5 mother who is
very sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Eli Huff left
Monday for Memphis, Tenn, to
visit with relatives.
Mrs, Modena Bradley, OF Padu-
cab. KY, was in the city Tuesday
enroute to Joppa, to see a niece
that is sick
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Maxwell, and
children of Brookport, were. in the
city Sunday.
Mrs. Love and daughter-in-law
and Mrs. Ledsinger. OF Choat,
visited Ed. Z. S. B. McCrary,
,Sunsy.
Norris Turner. son OF Rev. T,
j and wife OF this city. who
= = n II mpany NJ three years
left WITH - r..,..d 49,
ago this 6et0ss,. ''u'no nun" cur.
the Soas,
Sheridan where he Has bs- :" , s'nee
returning from France. PIE ooNs
we'll. We are glad to have him
return to Us again. We did not
learn whethes he had been dis
charged or not.
Mrs. Ollie Aker, OF Joppa, was
in the city on business Monday.
The Colored citizens will have
a fine school building when It IS
completed, and Metropolis are
to be congratulated for th.ir pro-
gressiye spirit
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01

DR.. w. P. Washington, OF ITO
Casey avenue Mt, Vernon III
has moved to Decatur, 70 enter
upon his work as pastor and Is
now located at 600 5, Greenwood
Ave. We wish him much sue.
cess in his PASTORAL labors.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01

Remember. the paper is 81. so
per. year The paper has taken
another raise. postage will be
higher. sc Tor stamps and for the
oosr ea.ds please pay up.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-10-01
By Associated Negro Press.

We have received many encour-
aging letters as to our stand for
the Old time Baptist Faith, from
laymen and The clergy not only il
our Disctrict. but turnout Ill
inois, telling US they are with US
We have the everlasting words O
Christ, telling US He would be
with US always, and to preach The
Gospel. and we do though the
heavens fall Thanks for words
OF confidence.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25
COMMUTERS CROWD
TO BUY TICKETS
Railroads Assure Public That
Tickets Bought Today Will
be Honored.

Announcement yesterday by the Phil
adclphia and Reading, the Baltimore and
Ohio, and the Pennsylvania railroads that
any Communication tickets sold at the old
rates before closing time tonight VIII be
good until used, resulted in bringing a
number of far-sighted travellers and COM
muters TO the local ticket offices to take
advantage of the offer. The consolidated
ticket Offices of the United States Railroad
administration on Market street was
crowded from opening time this morning.
At times lines of prospective purchasers
were so thick that the regular single
ticket selling could rot be taken care OF.
The new rates go INTO effect at md
night today If any passenger IS on his
way at midnight tonight, travelling on a
a straight fare ticket purchased under the
old rates he will be carried TO his destina-
tion, but If he boards the train after mid
night and then presents the old ticket II
will not be honored.
The decision of the railroads came after
a number of protests had been made on
the ruling that all tickets sold after August
] for a period of longer than thirty-fve
days would be cancelled. Many ticket
holders of longer period tickets made
threats to the general Offices that they
Wouid take the matter up I'D couit y coii-
tending that a ticket is contract
that the railroad is bound to carry the
holder to his destination without addition
al charge. The officials explain the sud
den change by saying they wish to abolish
all unfair discrimination to the holders
of Communication tickets.
1t was also announced that no attempt
would be made to collect the fifty per
cent super charge on Pullman tickets
already sold Early in the week effort was
considered TO locate the holders of Pull
man tickets before they boarded then
trains and collect the super charge.
Mileage books will not. however, be
affected by the new ruling AIRY books
purchased at the old rate will be punched
according to the new rate if presented
after today.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25
WOMEN PLAN A NEW
STATE ORGANIZATION
EQUAL Suffrage Association Will
Probably Become League
of Voters.

At a twb-day meeting Of the Delaware
State EQUAL Suffrage Association to be
held tomorrow and Friday in the Hotel
Henlopen at Rehoboth, Del, plans will be
made by the members for blg meeting
of women in this city in the early fall,
when plans for the future activities OF the
organization will be announced.
The meeting at Rehoboth, which has
been called by Mrs. Henry Ridgely, OF
Dover, the State president of the Equal
Suffrage Association, will probably be
marked by the merging of the Equal
Suffrage Association into League OF
Women Voters. This has been the usual
procedure in other States since franchise
has been accorded the women.
The women will convene tomorrow
afternoon, when a round-table conference
will be held. In the evening the women
will be addressed by Henry Ridgely,
of Dover, on the subject of Citizenship.
There will probably be other speeches by
those prominent in the equal suffrage
movement in this State.
On Friday morning meeting OF the
executive committee of the association
will be held
Among those who will attend the
meeting from Wilmington are: Mrs. A. ID
Warner, Mrs. Charles Warner, Mrs
Albert Robin and Mrs. Philip Burnett
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25
WILL REJECT DREDGING
BID AS EXCESSIVE
Col. Johnson Disapproves Of 78
Cents a Cubic Yard for
Christiana.

Colonel c. n Johnson expects to re
ject the bid of the Delaware Dredging
Company for work in the Christiana
as their bid Of Is cents per cubic yard is
considered excessive The bid was for the
dredging of the Christiana about one
quarter mile below the bridge at Newport
to a depth of seven feet at mean low water
and 100 feet in width.
The project is to enable the krebs
Pigment Chemical Company to make
use of the creek as they are preparing
TO make large shipments Of material by
water. The dredging work proposed called
for the removal of IL, 900 cubic yards and
about So, COO was available for the work.
The bid of the Delaware Dredging Com
pany was the only one received.
Action by the War Department is not
necessary in the bid as the work was
termed an emergency project and final
approval Of the bid remained with the
District Engineer.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25
ENJOYS OF SOVIET
TO LEAVE ENGLAND
Not Satisfied With Progress To
ward Recognition of Their
Government.
BY Associated Press to Every Evening

BY Associated Press TO Every Evening
London. Aug 25.--Leonid krassin and
NJ. kamencff. who have been representa-
tives of the Russian Soviet government
in this city since their arrival here some
weeks ago at the head of trade mission,
have applied for passports and will start
for Moscow on Friday if the British atti-
tudc toward extending recognition to the
Bolshevik government Is not changed,
according to newspapers here.
Most of the newspapers commend the
decisions reached at Lucernc by Premiers
Lloyd George and Giolitti. and the result
ing British note 10 the Soviet government.
Tho British and Italian premicrs.
saws the Chronicle, "are ANXIOUS 10 come
to an agreement with Russia, but no
agreement is possible unless the Russian
government removes the presumption IT
will not keep such agreement IN good faith.
Quoting President Wilson's note TO
Italy the Morning Post declares:
"Mr. Lloyd George now will subscribe
to these weighty words. The British gov
ernment has to choose between the en-
tente and an accommodation with the
rufhans of Moscow"
The labor organ. the Daily Herald says.
"The Poles have won military victory
and have thus revived the hopes of the
French and British capitalistic govern
ments that they may be able to overthrow
the Russian Socialist republic.
THE menace of war Is as grave as
ever and action by the labor council is
the only power that can stop 1T.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25
DEMOCRATS WILL
WELCOME WOMEN TO
STATE COMMITTEE
To Name Representatives From
Every District at Meet
ing Tomorrow.
PLAN CLUBS AMONG VOTERS

At meeting of the Democratic State
Committee to be held In Dover tomorrow,
representative women from all parts of
the State VIII be named members of the
State Committee, and in the future will
be vested with all the powers of the male
members of that organization. This Is
the plan of Henry X. Isaacs. Democratic
State Chai rman, and this item oi business
il is stated viii be the most important
feature of the committee meeting.
Immediately upon the women winning
the vote through the action of the lcgis-
lation in Tennessee, Mr.. Isaacs issued
letters 10 every committeeman asking
them to look around their district and
select women who would act as Democrat
ic State officials, so that the male per-
sonnel of the State Committee could be
duplicated in every particular with women.
Because of the work that VIII be re-
q,Iircd to instruct women members of the
committee as TO their duties, II IS likely
that the Democratic Chairman and his
male conferees witt have busy time Of II
from now until election.
Another item of business TO come be-
fore the committee will be arranging de-
tails for State mass meetings. to be held
in tins city, Dover, Georgetown and else
where. Under Mr.. Isaacs' energetic In
fiuence TIE Democrats expect to put an
unusual amount of pep into these meet
ings in the effort 10 Illustrate Democratic
policies nd why the country needs TO
continue them. IL is expected that Andrew
G. GRAY, who is chairman of a committee
| to organize voting clubs among the Young
men, will attend this meeting and report
on the progress of his committee. Mr..
GRAY has asked each state committee
men TO aid him In organizing the young
men of each district.
1t is likely that the State Committee
will take some furt her action regarding
the efforts of Chairman Isaacs to eliminate
vote buying at the coming fall election.
In his efforts to have the Republican
State Chairman cooperate with an
organization to Illustrate election fra uds,
Mr.. Isaacs has been following our IN
structions received by him from the State
Committee at a previous meeting.
The refusal of the Republican State
Chairman, Charles Warner, to cooperate
with Mr.. Isaacs in signing pledge guaran-
teeing that his subordinates on the COM
mittee would work with him to prevent
vote buyirg, in the minds of the Demo-
cratic leaders will place the bonus for
election frauds on the Republican party
ano. its leaders
The State Committee meets at IL
O'Clock standard time Following this
meeting at ] O'Clock, the committee on
tentative platform will meet Congress
man L. Irving Handy, who was named as
chairman of this committee, has notified
Mr.. Isaacs, that he viii be unable to
serve because of his recent operation and
illness Mr. Isaacs said today that he
expected the committee to select a new
chairman from among its members which
comprise: Eben Frazer, Newark; John
b. Hutton, Dover; Andrew Lynch, George
town; Timothy j. Mooney, Wilmington,
and James H. Hughes, Dover.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25
.POSTOFF|CE TO HAVE
GARAGE Of ITS OWN
Complete Motorization Will Fol.
low Acquisition of Shelter
for Trucks.

The motorization of the Wilmington
postoffice collection and delivery service
is TO be completed as result OF a visit here
yesterday of George c. Baker, special
agent Of the department at Washington.
Baker instructed Postmaster James j.
English to secure proposals for the rental
of a garage of about 5000 square feet
capacity, conveniently located, for a term
of five or ten years.
Bids will be opened September in
Washington. Information as to exact
requirements may be secured from Post
master English.
With the requirement of a garage, the
horse-drawn mail wagons, used to carry
the mails to and from the railroad stations,
and for the delivery of parcel post matter,
will be scraped in favor of motor wagons.
This substitution will complete the
motorization, as the rural system has
already been motorized.
The needed trucks, light and heavy,
were acquired after the signing of the
armistice from surplus army stores.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-25
POLES OBJECT TO
BOUNDARY LINE
Not Satisfied With Bolshcvist
Terms, Would Mean Third
Partition.
nv Associated Press TO Every Evening

by Associated Press to Every Evening
London. Aug. 25-An immediate rup-
tnre Of the Russo-Polish peace negotia-
fions at Mnsk will result If the Poles adj
here to theif demand for withdrawal Of
the main Russian terms, says message
received here today from George Tchitch-
erin, Soviet foreign minis or, dated Mon
day at Moscow.
Minsk, Soviet Russia, Aug. 24.-(From
Associated Press Staff Correspondent
With Armlstiee Commission via Soviet
Wireless TO Moscow The Polish arms
slce delegates are not satisfied with the
Boirheviss FERNS winch mAke references IN
the boundary line proposed by Earl Cur
zon. British minister Of foreign affairs.
The ground of the Polish opposition is
that the Curzon boundary line would in
effect be the same as a third partition OF
Poland.
In submitting their reply to the Boil
shevist delegates, the Polish representa-
tives stated that by agreeing TO this Cur
zon line the Soviets were seeking TO retain
territory wrongfully taken from Poland
BY the Russian Cars.
Members of the Polish delegation said
they were willing to discuss the Curzon
line with the Bolsheviki at a later date
but would not accept 1t as basis at this
time.
A note attached To the above dispatch
states that the Polish censors refused To
pass a reference to the Curzon boundary
line so that the dispatch was sent via
Soviet wireless to Moscow and London.
London. Aug. 25.-Poland's reply TO
the peace terms presented by the Soviet
delegation at Minsk amounts 10 a fiat
rejection, says the Manchester Guardian S
Minsk correspondent in a wireless dis
patch.
''Out of the Is Russian demands, he
continues, "only one, that relative "a
rehabilitation, is accepted. and that
only on condition that Russia will take a
similar course-that is TO say. Russia
must demobilize at the same time Poland
disbands her forces
The terms relative to disarmament
the closing of munitions plants and the
delivery of munitions to Russia by Poland
are Indignantly rejected.
sOther terms are rejected without
qualification and Poland demands a line
of demarcation between Polish and Rus
sian territory based on strategic considera-
tions and the idea which has been made
the basis of buffer states
Rome, Aug. 25-A manifesto declaring
the Italian Socialist party favors recogni-
tion of the Soviet Russia and announcing
great demonstration on August % to
protest ugeinst the "reectlonary attitude
of France, the instability of England the
duplcity of Italy" is published by the
newspaper Avanti of this city.