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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce X.
c. RDnalds of Eldorado, as candidate
for the Legislature in the 51st District;
subject to the decision of the voters at
the Republican Primary election to be
held September Is, 1920.
We are authorized to announce c. l..
Rev of Harrisburg. Illinois, as candi-
date for the Safe Legislature in the
5lst District, subject to the decision of
the voters at the Republican Primary
to be held September 18th, 1920.
We are authorized to announce the
name of Claude F. Lacey of Metrop-
olis, Massae County, as candidate for
the State Legislature of the 51st SEN
atorial District, subject to the decision
of the voters of the Republican Party
at the Primary Sept. 18th.
States Attorney.
We are authorized to announce Fred
r. Young. as candidate for the Office
of States Attorney of Massac County,
subject to the decision of the Septem-
Der Republican primary.
Circuit Clerk
We are authorized to announce A. z.
Bruner as candidate for the Office of
Circuit Clerk Of Massac county, SUBJ
ieet to the decision of the September
Republican primary.
We are authorized to announce Lo-
rem Smith, as candidate for the office
'of. Circuit Clerk of Massac County.
subject to the decision of the Septem-
her Republican primary.
4. We are authorized to announce A.
N. Starkes, as candidate for the of
flee of Circuit Clerk of Massac County,
subject to the decision of the voters of
the Republican Primary Sept, 18TH !:
We are authorized announce the
name Of /, A, Sturgis as candidate
for reelection to the office of County
Commissioner of Massac County, sub
ject TO the decision of the voters of the
Republican Primary Sept. 18th.
We are authorized to announce the
name of VIII v. Rush, as candidate
for the office Of County Commissioner
If Massac County. subject TO the decis-
ion of the voters of the Republican
Party Sept. Is, 1920, n
States Attorney.
We are authorized to announce Judge
W. F. Ellis, of Murphysboro. is a can
iidate for the Office of States Attor-
ney of Jackson County. subject to the
decision Of the September Republican
Primary.
We are authorized to announce John
H. Soaring. of Carbonate. az candi-
date for the Office Of States Attorney
Of Jackson County, subject 70 the de-
cision.. of the September Republican
Primary.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03

We have received many encour-
aging letters as to our stand for
the Old time Baptist Faith, from
laymen and the clergy not only in
our Disctriet. but turnout H.
inois, telling US they are with US
We have the everlasting words Of
Christ, telling us He would be
with US always. and to preach the
Gospel, and we do though the
heavens fall. Thanks for word:
OF confidence.
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Those Who Gave Is Cents

Clark.
Those Who Gave Is Cents
Grace Taylor. VI Duncan. Chas.
Mckerson, Rev. J ID. Davis. Min
ME Jefferson. julie Haigler. julius
G,egory. Birdie King. JEFF Medlock
Earnfst Sadberry, Lloyd Webb.
Herman Pope. Rachel Johnson,
Georgia Brown, Fred Brewingtan,
Ellis Reynolds. Geo. Ramsey.
Tcnc Princess. Howard Hughes,
Ernest Willis, Rice Reynolds.
Matte Miller. Viola Jefferson, Lu-
Their Miller. Ed billiard, Louis
Miller.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03

Sunday morning. Aug. 2o, 20.
The Institute was called TO order
by the Pres. At Ito'clock the
deyofoinais were led by bros Rey-
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We want to put The Gazette
nto every home in the city with
in 80 days. VIII you help US
neighbor! Special inducements
will be given. Let every reader
help US to get subscribers. Build
up your Race Enterprise.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03

Mrs. Levi Aston. Of Richmond.
Va. IS the fcity the guest ofher
husbands people. Prof. J. d. Al
ston. She win teach ia Brook
port. this year. ss.,... s.. !. d.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03

!. Some mems sins goes before
them and others come after them
Mr.. ID. L. Taady. is improv-
ing slowly.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03
Walkers lndigestian Cure.

Rev. ], y. Mccrary is agent 10,
Or. Walkers Sure cuse Tor Indi-
gestion and Dyspepsia. soc and
$t,oo bottles. $I.io by mail.
We can eheeriulIy recommend il.
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Read our locals and Foreign News :
II may be rstu from home"

To insure publication all cores
pondence should reach this office
not later than tuesday morning.
The editor.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03


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. Ye should be doors OF his
word and not hearers only. Heed
this message and herald it to the
lost and benighted 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.
BE Ye Sure Your Sins Will
Find You Our.
Mrs. Amanda Barnard, and lit
tie granddaughter Maurice Lyons.
returned home Friday from Chica-
go and Gary. Ind. where they
have been visiting the formers
daughters.
Mrs. Fannie Wilson, who has
been IN the city for fortnight 5
visit with relatives. lett for her
home iu St. Louis, Mo. Tuesday.
Mrs. Ellen Buchanan, and grand
daughter Miss Avery Woods, re-
turned Sunday from Chicago,
where they spent the summer.
Mrs. Sallie Townsley, OF North
Vienna St. entertained her sisters
in-law OF Unionyille and Paducah.
KY Friday.
Mrs. Lavada Rodgers. was in
Paducah. Ky. Friday.
Mrs. Benjamin Long. OF Choat.
is quite sick at this issue.
Mr. Untrue Cowper, left Tues
day for Decatur, to attend the
funeral OF his sister.
Sunday was Rally day and bap-
thing at the Free-will church there
were visitors in the city from Sha-
dy Grove. Unionyille, Round
Knob and other places.
Mrs. Willie England, OF Joppa.
was in the city Sunday, attending
services, and called to see Ed.
L. S. b. McCrary.
Rev. ]. b. McCrary, returned
Monday, from Colp. wheIe. he at
tended the 5. S. Institute meeting
which was decided success. both
spiritually and financially.
Mr. George Long. and daugh-
tiers Misses Jewell end Daisy mo-
tored to Brookport, Sunday.
Mrs. Desma Whitman, ). OF St.
Louis, Mo. and son are the guest
Of the formers mother Mrs. Thos.
Roberts.
Mrs. Ida Martin, 'oi Brookport.
was down to see Rev. Edgar Nc
Crary, Wednesday.
MIR. Joe Duncan. was Gale here
last week to attend the funeral OF
his sister Lue who died in Ohio
and was brought here for burial.
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lesson for teaching ST. John, New
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BY Associated Negro Press.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1920-09-03

We are authorized to announce Fred
r. Young, as candidate for the Office
of States Attorney of Massac County,
subject to the decision of the Septem-
Der Republican primary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
ADDING TO THE CONFUSION.

We believe that q great majority or
people in this section Will agree with
Mayor Dorsey when he says the sue
cess of daylight saving in the two
summers past warrants 1t being con-
tinued. But 1t must be remembered
that the success of daylight saving In
the past has been due to the fact that
1t was general throughout the u
try. The standard time of the nation
twas set ahead one hour by the moving
forward of the hands of the official
clock at Washington. thereby so
regulating every other clock in the
United States.
But congress. in its wisdom, has
seen fit to repeal the law whereby a
uniform standard time of an hour
ahead of sun time was made possible
during the summer. The repeater was
passed even over the Presidents veto.
Now certain localities hat seem to
think they can get along by them
selves. Independent of other cities and
states, have decided to have a
standard time of their own. The re-
suit is, some places will advance the
clock and soma will not. Some rail-
roads will run on one schedule and
some on another. Nobody will know
what time 1t is, how the trains run
or when the mails open and close. We
| cannot imagine a more silly thing
than for towns and cities individually
to try to regulate the time.
OF course. the fact that some places
win advance the clock this summer
and soma will not will cause confus-
ion for those hat stick to standard
time as well as for those that advance
their clocks. So. as far as the general
mix-up is concerned. 1t really makes
no difference locally whether the
daylight saving plan is put into effect
or not.
The point is, the more towns and
cities there are that get away from
the standard time the harder it is GO
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05

ing to be to straighten things out
again. Sooner or later II Is going
to be realized hat the country can
not be u half on n time and half
on another-that we are either all
one nation and must act as a nation or
become merely a lot of separate COM
munities each one running things to
suit itself. +
Because we believe we will all have
to get back to standard time and be@
cause the fewer places there are that
ndopt a time Of their own he sooner
the few that do will get back into the
Union and be satisfied with what the
the majority evidently desire, 1t seems
to us only to complicate matters for
Perth Amboy to pass a daylight saw
ing ordinance.
The EVENING NEWS believes day
light saving Is n good thing and
agrees with Mayor Dorsey that 1t has
most successful during the past
but we believe a great
Is made by separate munich
palities, or even states. establishing a
OF their own irrespective Of the
standard time fixed at Washington for
tho nation as q whole.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
As Miles From LslamS By0adNuy

lieve she was rather a stalwart dame.
"Forty-ive miles east of Jidda,
poured into the canyons and valleys
of a mass of rough hills, lies Mecca
itself, the famous holy city of Islam.
In spite of its vast political and re-
ligious Importance, the town Is mean
and small, with less than 100000
Mohammedan souls. 1t has almost
no trade. and 1t manufactures moth
ing. But it has the largest tourist
traffic of any city on earth, and, like
other tourist towns, 1t lives on the
traveller.
'The Meccans peddle food and
houses. act as their guides, make
contracts for transporting pilgrims
by land and sea, and in a hundred
other ways they eraftily exploit (to
their own personal benefit) the vast
b~enefactions that flow to the holy
city. Even temporary marriages are
arranged for the visiting pilgrims.
And the country Arabs, or Bed
ouins, likewise thrive on the bounty
of the pilgrim, either by outright
robbery and pillage of the caravans
or by imposing taxes, for protection
on those who pass through their trib-
al regions.
but ever among the Bedouins the
Meccans have a bad reputation. They
ody lnc WOISl ~ OlI-uygalGL liilCtto an
Arab can nave is the Tashrift, three
parallel gashes, distinguishing the
bearer as n born in Mecca.
Ever since Mohan1med purged
the Kaaba of early Arab idols and
made 1t the chief sanctuary If Islam,
adapting this heather. temple to Mos
lem worship by the fiction thai Cab
riel threw the black stone down from
heaven to Abraham. the ~unspeakable
voices of Mecca have been a scandal
to all Islam and a constant source
of wonder to pious pilgrims
All we know of Mecca, as yet, has
come mostly from Moslem writer's
and photographers, and from the
meager reports Of the few Christians
like Burton, Heroine and others, who
braved the dangers of discovery and
succeeded in visiting the hidden city.
But. with the rise of the new nation,
Mecca and Medina will go on the re-
vised map as places to which Chris
tians may travel. il they wish, either
as merchants or tourists.
ut is not likely. Judging from its
location, climate and surroundings,
that many non-Moslem globe trotters
will get the Mecca habit; but its days
OF complete isolation probably are
gone forever"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
Coming EUents

TONIGHT
Miss Morris will speak at Womans
Missionary Society in Baptist
church.
TOMORROW
Young Judaean Council. Purim
dance in Y. NJ. Fl. A.
Past Pocohontas dance in Dana
Hail
MONDAY, March g.
Day Nursery meeting.
Martha Washington Club meeting
in the Community House.
Presbyterian Foreign Missionary
Society meets In chapel.
League Of Girls Clubs of Perth
Amboy.
TUESDAY, March O.
Y. NJ. c. A. Auxiliary supper in
association building from $3.50
until 5 o'clock.
Daughters of Isabella in K. Of c.
rooms.
Eastern Star meeting in the Elks
building.
WEDNESDAY, March 10
Executive Board meeting of Girls
Club at home of Miss Edna Oliver,
in Catalpa avenue D.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05

Jidda, reputed burial place Of Eve,
and forty-fve miles from Islam's re-
ligious Broadway, the holy city of
Mecca, has been selected for the
meeting place of Lord Allenby and
the King of the Hedjaz.
Frederick Simpich, in O communi-
cation to the National Geographic
Society, writes of Jldda and Mecca
as follows;
'The port Of Jidda, Red Sea gate
way to hidden Mecca, sprawls over
hot, t~reeIess hills-whitewashed. sin
lister. and forbidding, as if loath to
give up her long guardianship or
Arabia's secrets and isolation.
"A cables length off shore our pill
grim ship swung at anchor blistering
and silent, for cholera a come
among the white-robed, praying pill
grims, and the Tigris was quaran-
tined against this dread disease. For
DAYS we rolled on the oily swells of
the Red Sea, waiting for the hateful
yellow flag to be pulled down.
.Idling at the foul, sticky rail. /
gazed down into the clear, deep wa
tiers, seeking in whimsical fancy to
make out rusty old chariot wheels or
the white bones of men and horses,
relics of Pharoah'S hosts engulfed so
long ago.
you a long stone tomb, shaped like
an airship's hangar; here, they
claim, Eve is buried. Adam and Eve
were big people, the Arabs say; Eve
was so tall she could hold a grown
lion in her lap, and stroke it as We
stroke a kitten. When o note he
size of her tomb, you can readily be-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
Daily Horoscope
Saturday. March 9. 1920
Copyright, 1920, by the Mcclure
NeNsnaner SYndicatAl

lCOpyrlght, 19Z0, by the
Newspaper Syndicate)
This should be q most suspicious
day for all human effort. according
to astrology. Mercury. the Sun. Nep-
tune and Jupiter are all in benehc
aspect.
1t is a sway under which to push
all business and professional efforts.
The direction Is most promising for
commerce. which will extend IN
many directions.
Whatever has to do with the sea
Is subject to he-best possible rule.
This means that shipping should
benefit, but 1t is believed to indicate,
also, wealth taken from the sea. A
new invention will utilize hitherto
useless materials.
Kindly stars will guido those who
make agreements today, If they are
bound by written contracts. Actors
and actresses should benefit.
Neptune Is In a place supposed TO
lmpart vision to public men and to
cause them to keep their own coun-
sci.
This month will not be of great
Importance to the affairs Of women
and may be a period of preparation
or even indecision before initiative or
any sort.
1t is a favorable day for beginning
any important enterprise, for the
stars seem to presage financial sue
cess.
A late spring with prolonged cold
weather thai affects crops is prog
n~osticated.
Persons whose birthdate II Is
should be careful In regard to letters
and writings during the coming year.
II born In the afternoon they may
expect a very successful twelve
months.
Children born on his day are like
ly to be quick and clever. but too
sanguine to be altogether reliable.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
luke McInke SAYS.

LUX MCIluke Says.
The reason why a girl can fool a
man the way she does Is because she
knows how to make him think that
he Is fooling her.
Too many men imagine that Dig
nifty means wearing a scrowl and
acting like a stuffed IDIOT.
All married men are not pessimists
But every married nan knows that
ray Day is nothing but Bill Day.
The old-fashioned man who used
to go to the Pest House in a wagon
now has a son who goes to h Isola-
ton Hospital in an ambulance.
The reason why a farmers wife
can spend a part Of her time caring
for the COW and the horse is because
she doesn't spend any OF her time
in kissing a poodle.
Don't holler. The fact of the mat
ter is that you pore other people
about as much as they bore you.
If a man remained home all day
every day his wife would raise Cain
because he wanted to go out at night
one night.
The reason why Mother expects her
son to be a great man Is because his
Father is about as great as an angle
worm.
And what has become Of the old
fashioned home in which there was
a dauber. a shoe brush and q box OF
shoe blacking?
Most married ONE know that the
more you abuse a husband or a dog
the better behaved they are.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
If they really Danish Wilhelm to
the island of Curacao they should
change the name to Curakaiser.
FRENZIED LEGISLATION

lilZiuStn JOol lioiJ
Assemblyman Arthur N. PierSon OF
Union county, who Is recognized to be
the ablest and best informed member
of the State Legislature in relation
to the financial affairs OF the State,
calls the proposal of Assemblyman
Young, OF Morris county. to increase
the county debt limit from two to
Q cent, the climax OF frenzied
finance" in the present legislative
Certainly 1t Is a measure
that the Union county members OF
the Legislature should oppose to the
limit.
There are only three counties, Cape
MAY. Middlesex and Norris, that have
a percentage of net debt exceeding
the legal limit. AS Assemblyman Pier
son declares, there are two reasons
why their borrowing power Is
exhausted. and it is In the hands OF
the oil. :als of such counties to cor
rect the condition from whichever
cause existing. One reason for their
troubles is attributed by the Union
county mar to be bad financial poll.
cies in the past" The other, that
they 'persistently under-assess their
properties"
Two or three other counties are
not far below the legal limit. Union
county, however, has an abundant
free borrowing power. having at pres
emit a percentage of net debt OF only
1862.
To increase the county debt limit
means to increase temptation to those
who administer the affairs of a county
to indulge in extravaganza. Assembly
man Pierson Is entirely right in COM
batting legislation of this kind as a
most dangerous policy. Economy In
government cannot be encouraged by
opening the door to borrowing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
Ripping Rhymes
Scared.
The Flu.
The Flu.

My neighbor. J.. Whangdoodle
Brown, came up to me and cried,
1.-THE Spanish flu has struck the
town, and two or three have died!
I know I'll have the blamed dis
ease, such ills don't pass me by; I
feel the symptoms in my knees,
and also in my eye" The sweat
was streaming from his brow, his
face was drawn and pale; why
worry" said I; you are now ex-
ceeding strong and hale. Just
think of pleasant, cheerful things.
forget the microbe gang: just talk
of cabbages and kings. and let the
flu go hang. Don't cross your
bridges, friend of mine. until
they're at your feet: and SC for you
the sun will shine and life be fair
and sweet" He did not take my
sane advice, designed to keep him
we'll, and now they've placed him
on the ice. and rung the passing
bell. Sage council seems a whis-
kered wheeze, the gife of dreary
bores. to those who go to meet
disease, and lead it to their doors.
And worry over passing Ills invites
the doe and nurse, invites the
druggist with his pills, the sexton
and the hearse.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
Fire Alarm Boxes

,5--Smith Street and Central r, n.
96-Market and First Streets.
Avenue and Paterson St
s8-High and Lewis Streets.
and High Streets.
Brunswick Ave. n New St
and Stats Streets.
Terra Gotta Works.
l3-Buckingham Ave. and Hartford So
I5-Commerce and Front Streets.
Estate and washington Streets.
,4-State St. and Buckingham Ava
,5-Parker st and Pulaski Ave. I
Ave n Charles 81.
57-State aid Wayne Streets. q
Smear United Lead Works. Y
Y
,2-Washington and First Streets.
Brunswick Ave. and Elm ST.
Street n Watson Ave.
,5-Commerce and state Streets.
12-Front and Smith Streets.
and Gordon Streets.
Ave n Gordon Street,
and Hanson Avenues.
B2-Smith and Herbert Streets.
Ave. and Washington 81. I
Ave. and Stanford Street.
B5-Near City Hospital
B7-Amboy and Hall Avenues.
and Brace Avenues.
Ave. and Inslee Street.
and Francis Streets.
and Johnstone Streets.
sa-Raritan Copper Works.
and Sheridan Street,.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05
WHAT IT MEANS.

A falling off In e.. S. exports to
Europe, a gradual pillng up Of sur
plus of exportable goods in the United
States, a movement to reduce these
abnormal s~tocks-lower prices to
American consumers, followed by
lowering of wage rates in the U. S.
These are the results that may
logically be expected to follow the alb
normal drops in all European ex-
change rates. Beginning with Great
Britain, virtual embargoes may be ex-
pected by many countries of Europe
on imports from the United States.
At abnormally low exchange rates,
the flow Of goods from America to
Europe is bound to be reduced
radically. The drop IN exchange
simply means hat Europe's credit
with America has reached the vanish
ing point. Europe cannot a for
goods in gold. In securities. In goods,
and now she cannot pay in credit any
OnBer lHe lllhit sll@S NDN"H Nv
reached.
The result will be diminished ex-
ports from America. At the present
rate of production In America. this
exportable surplus is bound to pile up
on the shelves Of the manufacturer,
the wholesaler, the jobber and the
retailer. Then will come h inevitable
break in prices in the United States.
Certain factors may delay or impede
this break In prices: European
nations, like Belgium and Great
Britain, may recover production abil-
ity sooner than expected and begin to
wipe out indebtedness with goods;
strikes and Industrial disturbance In
America may keep production down
so that the surplus viii not pile up SO
fast; exports may be increased to the
Orient and South A~merlca--but in the
long run. the stoppage Of exports to
Europe is bound to result In a break
in prices IN the United States.
The cost of living will go down.
But there is danger here. The sudden
drop in the price curve will have a
tendency to close factories and mills
in America; American labor may suf-
fer from unemployment just as 1t Is
getting relief from high prices. The
that immigration has been prac-
tically shut off for four years.; that
labor is better organized han ever be-
fore, and that certain standards set
up during the war have become more
or less fixed in American industrial
life will tend to mitigate, but not pre-
vent, this inevitable lowering of wage
rates.
There is comfort in the fact, how
ever, that, so far as human Judgment
can foresee, the lowering in prices
will PRECEDE. and not FOLLOW
the lowering of wages. Thus the
workers, for the first time, perhaps.
In history, may not suffer an actual
reduction in purchasing power of
their wages through reduction in their
nominal wage.
This Is the sequence OF economic
events which ought reasonably TO fol-
low from the abnormal exchange and
export situation. Whether 1t will fol-
low depends largely upon the good
sense OF American manufacturers,
and American labor. The United
States is in o. rather frail craft on a
rather stormy economic sea, and 1t
|behooves everybody to sit tight and
not rock the boat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-05

wilmington News-Journal.)
Luke McLuke says that once upon
a time there was a nan so absent
minded that he forgot to laugh at his
own jokes, and once upon a time
there was a mar who heard a story
told and didn't have one of his own
to tell before the fellow who told 1t
had gotten through laughing at his
story.