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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
BUDGET SAVINGS TO BE
CASH AND NOT ION PAPER"

Washington The Budget Bu-
reau has issued new order under
which savings made by the v.rio S
department as the result OF trans
Ter OF unused surplus supplies. will
be something more than book
keeping savings Under this
new order when one department
needs supplies aud it ascertain d
through the coordinating mach
inery set up through the Budget
Bureau that it can obtain them
from some other department, it
does so. Some bureau chiefs in
terpreted this to mean they could
take the money they thus saved
and use it in other ways. Direc.-
or OF the Budget Dawes has ruled
otherwise He has created what
is known as a reserve fund Into
this fund will be paid in actual
cash whatever savings any depart
ment makes by obtaining TOR uoth-
ing, supplies from some de-
partment. In other words the
money it would have spent pur-
chasing these supplies in the open
market will be saved in point OF
fact Is well as on pager. as it will
deposit that MONEY IN the reserve
fund.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
NEGRO Is HELD FOR YOUNG
GIRLS MURDER.

Sam Henders IN, Negro, 1928
Brooklyn avenue. is held by po-
lice in connection with the murder
of Roberta Brown, N g'o sirl,
whose mulilattd body was fJur d
a week ago in a vacant lot n-ar
Twentieth. ,sttest..a and. ~Bso9&4ya
aver nue..
Acqua:ntan oes OF The girl IL
formed police that II rneerson was
the last person SEEN with her b :
lore her murdered body was found
Several arrests wee MADE in
this case but only Hende son has
been he'd SO far.
Kansas City sun
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
ELDER J. B. MCCRARY
Moderator of the Mt. Olive Baptist AssO-
ciatOn of Southern Illinois: Trustee of the
National Baptist Training School. located
at Nashville. Tenn.
Administrator Nciiee

Estata q Lagta G.1san Deceased
The under signed. having been sp-
pointed Administrator OF the estate of
Laura Grogan late of the County Of
Massac and the State Illinois. deceased
hereby give notice that he viii appear
before the County Court Of dassac
County at the Court House in Metrop-
oils II the October Term on the first
Monday in October next, at which
time all persons having claims against
said estate are notified and requested
10 attend for the purpose Of having the
adjusted. All persons Indebted to said
estate are required TO make immediate
payment 10 the Undersigned.
Dated this 9TH dag OF August. \ D..
1921.
5. Bartlett Kerr.
Administrator
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
MIDDLE WEST WHEAT SALES
BRING HOPES OF PROSPERITY

Kansas Ciiy-According to the
records OF the Board OF Trades the
movement OF wheat at this point
this season eclipses all previous
records. A statement issued by
The Chamber OF Commetch sta es
hat business conditions in Kansas
Cry territory reflect The benefit OF
this tremendous grain movement
Practically all OF the vast sum
OF money obtained from this crop
will first find It's way to the farm r
says the statement. and place
him in a position to pay his obli-
cations 10 the banks and country
merchants When he has done
this he Immediately becomes
buyer. The country merchant
likewise becomes buyer.
The banker with the farmer 5
paper taken up and sufficient fund
on hand. is ready TO extend credit
TO all who may deserve it Whde
the movement of wheat is The
opening wedge Tor this avenue OF
business. it is no. all. ,as prosp cts
arc very bright i)r an exceedingly
! g5oi corn crop which uili add
more millions Il b1yinss p2wsr
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07

there are no places tina could be
offered that will satisfy the Color
Cd people il there is not change
isouthern policy. Northern cili-
zcns, where votes count, are with
the south in this matter. Thus far
there have been no positions, ju t
] bs offered.
Incidenlly. Col. Marshlll is a
mong these who was offered a
Job in the Agricultural Depa +
men'. at a salary OF 81 500 year
to which the Colonel replied a very
emphatic but courteous military
No
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07

assessed against her II year-oli
son, Joe, speeding.
Mrs. Rector drove from her
home at 1915 Euclid avenue, ia
the handsomest OF her three hanoi
some cars.
She drew from the bosom of
her imported gown a huge roll of
bills ana tossed the $25 to the
co4ri eek.
Mrs Rectcrs leone. it is said
amounts TO $2,coo a day. She
owns large oil lease in Gushing,
Okla "Wednesday Post.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
KANSAS CITY IMPROVEMENT

Kansas City, Mo.-.As an indi-
cation Of r, vival OF business in this
district. mail order hoos S have
added 400 employees in the last
month aud wholesale grocers and
furniture concerns have increased
their payrols. The number OF
idle in Kansas City. Missoari. has
decreased : 5 per cent since Janu-
ary. while kans-s City Kansas,
shows decrease IF So percent
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
CARPENTRY WORK SOLICITED.

# you want new house built or an
old one repaired, and but little money
to spend, just card to II. l.. Lytle,
P. o Box, 81 Brook port, Ill.
will guarantee satisfaction, both
in first class carpentry and repair
work All kinds of carpentry, and the
best Of all, my prices will suit any
poor mans pocket book. 'At Live
and Let Live" Prices is my Motto.
am man of your Race and want
your patronage. If you have building
lne am the man you are looking
for, who will do your work at the low
ast price, and my work will bear in-
pection along side the SO called first
class carpenters, and that is what you
want.
If you want your work done by the
day or contract am at your service.
oonsl re for p.ieos. As ltng as |
live want my people to lave with me.
Give ne a tfiai,
H. L. LYTLE,
P. O. Box 81,
Brookport, Ill.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
Wave Of Political
Unrest In Vest
Among Negroes
Col. Marshall Says There Can Be
No Winking at Present Conci.-
ions. Voters Want TO Know
What Is the Matter
With Pres. Hald ding.

Chicago. Ill - Tarough u
tie entire west. there is great d s.
appointment in the Republican
Administration Every where |
@ent the Colored people wanted
TO know what is the matter with
President iardi 'g:
Thus spoke Col. John K Mar
shall. connected with the Illinois
prison board. and former colonel
0 the famous Illinois Eighth Reg
inent. Col. Marshall had just re-
turned from tour through the
West that took him TO the Pacific
coast, and all OF the principles
cities along the coast. To the
Associ tee Negro Press represen-
tative ne stat, d that the same con-
dition exists everywhere.
What do you think ought TO
be done, Colonel asked the inter
viewer.
Every Republican United States
Senator should be informed OF con-
unions, and urged to take Me mat
ter DIP with President Harding.
Then, there should BE- a nation
al meeting Of citizens. and a per-
manet committee OF five from each
s,a should be termed, 20 make d
natiomdl politlcdi commit, and
IA 5 c5mmi,tee should woiK-ior the
Is aolishment OF political ju.t.ce
There can be no winklng at
present Conditions II the Repub
ilcsn Nalionil Administrator does
not bes,lr ltscll aud Charge us po-
,i-y towarus Colorsd Americans
they will lose three iourt. OF the
v,scs in the el,c ION ol l92s.
can s'e nothing dill aeot
Colonel Marshall On Patronage.
'En she matter ct ga F@pa e
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
COLORFD WOMAN is tx.
PERT AVIATRIx
Young Chicago Manicurist Finds
Life Too Tame---Goes
to France.

New York Ten months ago
Bessie Coleman, a4-year-oId Col
ored girl, lett Chicago. where she
had been employed as a manicnrisi
for Europe. To-Day she returred d
to this county on the steam ship
Manchuria as iullh dyed aviatrix
said to be the first OF her race.
TIL: youn woman. VIII, attend
ed an. AWAIT II sch@ol in France.
plans TO engage in exhibition Il :
.fn this country
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
Negro Couple Sentenced to Die.

Forrest. Miss. Oct o.-Indic'-
ed by tie grand jury. ar4aisn d
tired and sentenced i death within
six hours, was the eNpf rienc- yes
terdiy OF Leon Viverett, a negro.
and his paramour. Pat'Ie Purdue
charg d with the murder Of Alton
Page, a white man. and AZ empt-
ing to conceal tn .ir crime by b :
ing his body. The date q execu-
ton was fixed by Judge J 4 Eas'
for November 4th.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07

The unidentified body, badly
decomposed, contained no flesh to
speak Of Here and there tan
spots OF flesh we're to be found
bat this fell away when the body
was removed from the scene OF
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07

Aceo ding to the report Of the
undertaken the bcdy must have
Deen in the vacant lot at least so
Jays. There were no means OF
Identification OF the woman, nor
WAS there anything to give a clue
I the age OF the woman. The
pody contained no clothing or
shoes and tn only thing that point
to the racial identity Ct the woman
-man patch OF hair dangling
/ ON the skull, Designating her a
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
5000 LESS IDLE HERE

syracui N. Y-rh- numbe
OF unemployed in this vicinity has
been reduced by at least 3 ooo
during the past TWO weeks by the
increased activity OF the Industrial
plants in this locally
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
Victim of Brutal Murder.

Upon examination at the under
aking establishment the skull OF
the woman was found to have been
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
RICHEST In U. S. PAYS SIS
FINE FOR SON.
Boy Was Held by Police on Speed
ing Charge.

Mrs Rosa. Rector, SAID 10 b.
th- weahhlest Neg'o @oman ~
the United S atcs ppeated y -
South municipal court Wednes-
siag n. ring % pay sss a lins
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
Fatal Spotis Scene of Many Crimes


. The neighborhood OF this hof-
ilbie crime, has 10 recent years
been the scene Of many bruaF
deeds. Several years ago near
this spot Weslsy Robinson killed
his Wit: and daughter and burned
the bodies in his s'ove. He was
captured and hung for his crime.
1t is oi more recent date that
Negro highwayman accosted a
walking couple and forced the wo-
man to tie up her escort. He then
forced her TO subm to his endish
will, escaping af er the deed and
mas hever been captured. The
residents Of this district should see
that this wooded section is cleared
at once. making il less easier for
Tor Murderers to commit or con-
ceal their crimes. From Wood
land Avenue along 22nd street to
Brookl) n Avenue tbs woods ex-
tend and the sooner they are cut
away the safer it is going to be for
the residents who must pas, this
section OF the city on their way to
and from town. l he Western Bap.
tist College sh 5uld also join in the
campaign to get these woods out
of the way Get rid OF the woods
and you get rid of crime
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07

\ group Of colored Boys and
girls. playing in the vacant lot. on
22ad street. facing brooklyn Az.
last Wednesday afternoon discover
ed the body Of woman. Tn
children alarmed at the gruesome
obi ct imms sdiltely notified the po.
lice.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
BODY OF WOMAN Is FOUND IN WEEDS.

crushed. According 20 witnesses
wpo viewed the body there is no
doubt that the woman was murder
ed and carried to the vacant lot.
Still another theory Of the hor-
rible deed is that she was lured to
the secluded spot by some fendish.
jackaI and murdered, and that she
was then stripped Of ali means OF
Identification and clothing and eft
10 rot. :.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-10-07
Body Badly Decomposed.

OIored woman.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19

1--WE thing IN the railroad situation is beyond
dispute. The roads are in almost des-
perate financial condition Nor is this true
ct but some OF them. 1t is fact as to all, or so
near al that the few exceptions do not change the
sum total Many that have always ranked highest
in earnings and management find their operating
charges exceed their receipts
Their ills are not all in the war wage scales
This is but factor. Railroad men themselves re-
gard this as but OF several clements entering
into their financial nesr-breakdown. Their troubles
range from. wage scales and rate scales, through
labor union rules to the whole field of transporta-
ton For instance. Mr. Cummins fayors. as a
measure Of relief their consolidation into few
regional systems, to simplify and reduce the cost
of operation.
Another factor is whether or not it is longer
possible TO develop and properly the countrys
productive energy, while depending almost exclu-
sTaysupon the railroads for long haul, or cross
contiHsntal transportation. No other country does
this.saNo other has such distances to seaboard or
burdens its rails with nearly its entire mass of
eommodty movement.
Whether this is changed or not the United
States have all other of its rivals in production
and commerce, should move its sources of produc-
tion Nearer to water transportation. This demands
development OF its internal waterways into an in
terioching inland system, supplementing the i'm
provement Of the St. Lawrence River, which would
make ocean ports far West as Duluth and as
far South in the heart of the country as Chicago
Land transportation would be transformed in
t1 way largely to short-haul service saving enor-
nous losses in waste of Equipment capital invest
ment, empty trains and disocated service 1t would
reduce the cost of service for commodities and en-
able producers to compete fairly with those of
other countries
Those readjustments farther in the future
and wait on wage and rate readjustments while the
wage issue is involved, also in organization rules
These are differences to be settled on tie basis of
the Square deal and not by incriminatiop. And
they will be settled in the truly American way
The Herald has no fea- of a railroad strike.
Events do not point that way. There is more evil
dence on both sides of recognition that common
sense is not an exclusive possession nor human ma
ture protuberance to be treated with club There
will be get-together and agreement on what is
best for all, not leaving the general public out of
the equation, nor the interest of those who under
present conditions, arc shut out of the markets. in
shutting the railroads out of hauling to market
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
Taking the Wrong Way.

Kansans who object to the Nonpartsan League,
are trying tar and feathers. There is no doubt of
American response to that argument Minnesota
tried something of the sort and failed. The league
grows fat that sort of opposition.
But what in Minnesota will win in Kansas.
This was finding other ways than league socialism
to cure the economic ills of which the farmer COM
planned. When finally undertaken, this not hard
to do. 1t first NECESSARY to admit that the
farmers had just cause of complaint. Really this
was the harder part -
Then ways were readily found to accomplish the
ends sought through organization and cooperation
by the farmers themselves The only legislation
needed was permissive, with State aid in supervi-
sion, to assure a-square deal
1t is an American characteristic to prefer to do
things for yourself, to keep your business in your
own hands, not to turn your personal affairs over
to politics. and not to have to comply with lot Of
rules and orders framed by someone else.
Minnesota found the greatest ev.s jr the exist
ing system of distribution of farm products. If
Kansas takes sober look, it will probably make a
like discovery.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
AH-American.

New Yorks AllAmerican meeting drew q tre-
mendous overflow. With seating for $4,000, there
were $1,000 advance applications for admittance
was an expression of that silent majority who
'nmk right and feel right, but not afflicted with
the talking sickness.
! 1t proved that overworking the vocal chords
may result in physical collapse, while what really
counts in NATIONS as individuals, is heart action 1t
IS well to show the ant-American agitators that
their swollen ego has not infected the great mass,
save with disgust, and that their propaganda is in
effective beyond the limited area of their own dis
loyal groups.
Ail-American merely means that to be of this
country IN more than name, must think first,
isSt and always in terms of America. Citizenship,
let alone the mere privilege of residence is not
something to be used for the benefit of some other
country at the expense of the United States, no
matter how just the cause
This government is not merely an instrument
to be used to profit other people of other lands 1t
IS not to be dragged into the quarrels of all the
lands OF the blood origin of its people The United
States is conglomerate of all peoples, and if it
was partisan of all old world differences, this would
but transfer here all the disputes bitterness racial
hates and wars of all lands
1t our people Of foreign origin must be racial
partisans, rather than All-American the place for
them to the sincerity of their conviction and
the genuineness of their ardor is back in the land
from which they Let them act as individuals
and not attempt to this government as a cats
paw.
Until they get the other viewpoint, until they
think only in terms of America, they are not
American at ALL They have not even earned the
right to the hyphen. They have but transferred
their place of residence.
The only country that can afford to be the
clearing house of all international agitation and
refuge for the rebelous of all lands is Switzerland
1t is small and Of physical nconsequence, that
effort is made to pull and haul its national favor
or action.
II, maybe, can afford to act sewer for in
ternational political radcasm and as distributing
agent for revolutionists. The United States will
submit neither role and the sooner this is evil
denced by outpouring of All-American sentiment
the better.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
INSECT PEST OUTBREAKS
REPORTED TO FARMERS.

To tell the farmers of the coun-
try when armies Of insects take up
their line OF march and when new
hordes OF these crop-devastinE pests
are discovered. the Bureau Of En-
tomology of the Department ot
Agriculture will shortly inaugursts
a crop pest reporting service for
the entire country. Cooperating
with the State chronological scrv-
ices. which keep a sharp lookout
for new outbreaks OF old pests and
arrivals of new insects from
abroad. these warnings OF danger
to food protection will be sent out
each month OF oftener IL necessary
DR.. l.. o. Howard. chief of the
bureau. will supervise the service
that will be managed by J. A.
Hyslop.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
A World SURGEON.

Food products packed. in American warehouses;
thousands of freight cars idle; millions of people
near starvation in Europe; famine in Northern
China, Somewhere there is joint that needs read
justment. -,
Southern California has surplus Of 100000
sacks of last years rice crop; freight rates are so
high the producers cannot reach their Middle West
market; the rates were fixed by the government
Just as were the wage scales of railroad employees;
the companies seem have their properties without
the right of controlling their operation. Another
joint out of working order somewhere.
The United States has great food surplus. 1t
is for sale at less than production Europe has
an even greater food demand. Great masses of its
people are hungry. The food and the hungry can
not get together. Another dislocated joint.
Such instances could be multiplied BY scores.
The demand is for economic and financial surgery.
All the world with it's joints out of hitch fighting
dor food. is looking to the United States for this
surgery. All people have their eyes, their hopes
and what Is left of their faith, fastened on the
White House.
How would you like to be President Hardingl
The Washington herald., 1921-03-19
BOOKNOTES

to the tedium OF going through my
own books, and have been unable TO
find any paradox. In fact. the thing
is quite tragic, and some day / shall
hope TO write an Epic of Paradox
Lost"
or unusual interest is the an
nouncement OF a new volume Of
short stories. Original Sinners" by
II. W. Sevinson CHuehschD. Mr..
Nevinson was in Berlin for The
Daily News, of London, at the out
break of the great war was accred-
it"d by the British war office as
war correspondent in the Darda-
nelles. was wounded during the AT
tack of Scsnitar Hill and was the
accredited British correspondent at
Saloniki and in Egypt
Mr.. Nerinson was the Daily
Chronicles correspondent during The
Greek and Turkish war in 1881.
since then he has been present ar
every war of any Importance. His
Worldwide experiences are capitaI-
ized in his Forthcoming volume of
snort stories, which draw for tbeir
background on Rome in the time n,
Nero, the coast of Africa, the Eng
land OF Elizabeth. Spalato, modern
London and New York.
The Harpers have Just receiyo5
an oToer Tor several dozen copies
OF John J. McGraw's book. "Hour 80
Ray baseball. from the Maruzen
company of Tokyo, Japan. Tho
Japs nave already shown themselves
10 De very promising ball players
ana II they are able to put into
practice all the wisdom which the
manager OF the New York Giants
imparts in his book. they should
turn out some formidable teams
The Problems of Mediunsh,, :.
Just published by L. p. Dutton e.
Co. bears on its title page as au-
thor' the name. Allessandro Zymon-
ldas. A note at-the end of the pre-
face gives the information that "the
original author" was a Venetian
Jew, by profession a physician, who
had traveed much. was versed in
many subjects and had spent much
time in the study OF occult matters
He left an enormous quantity of
manuscripts dealing with phases OF
occultism, and especially with the
problems of physical control, which
his friends are publishing, as they
are able to arrange and revrite
them. without using his name, be-
cause while "a great name is a
powerful introduction the
author is not here to accept the
personal responsibility for what
others have had to practically re-
write from his materials"
Tamperers with rare edition..
seem to feel a peculiar attraction
for Conrad "frsts" Close upon the
discovery that there were two
first" editions of Chance" a real
and a faxed one, Thomas ]. Wise.
Conrad's photographer. has found
that "A Set of Six" has also been
tampered with by some unscrupu-
lous person. There is an issue in
which the double leaf carrying the
half-title and title page is bogus.
The double leaf is pasted upon the
stub remaining after the original
had been cut away and can be de-
tected by the difference of ink and
paper. the latter being perceptibly
thinner and harder than the COM
panion sheets.