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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16

Waukegan. ILL.,, Dec.-The Off
cial record of the Sangamon county
board of supervisors, impounded
last week by Judge Edwards after
he had personally examined its
apparent Justification, is locked up
in the safe of the circuit clerk OF
Lake county, with Instructions
from the court to permit no one
one to examine it without permiss-
ion of the court.
When the states case against
the Governor is taken up Thursday
December IS, attorneys for the
state are expected TO make siren
Gus efforts to OFFSET the discovery
of the Governor Attorneys that
the record had been tampered with
for the alleged purpose. as the de
tense claims Of attempting to legal.
ize the meeting Of the board a
which the grand jury which indict
ed the Governor was selected.
THIS was done it is charge b,
ajdng 10 The original record
definite date TO which the Boar.
radjourned. Thursday. Scptem
'ber 70, s92t
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
PRES. JONES CLEANS HOUSE
Names A General Committee of
Safety. Vamps and Tramps
Denounced. Construct
ion Keynote.
Evanston. Ill
Dec. II. 1921.

The so row attending
the death OF cur lamented DR.. {.
! w. Boyd. is yet upon us. Re-
Gently | visited St. l., uis ADD H.
di nopolis and found the entire
Baptist family awake, alive and
alert to the call OF the hour. !
watched Dr. w. Hurst as he
presided over the destiny of the
Baptists OF Missouri at St. Louis.
The Conventions was ideal and
its leader true to the ideals OF con-
struction and formulated plans
| 1oking forward and upward.
God grant that the Baptists OF
Missouri the success that they des-
serve. They stand for the Pub
fishing plant and the Theological
seminary.
AT Indianapolis, Drs. Lewis.
M ris, Ferrell. Young LilIiard
Leonard, Seymour and Henson
are battling as never before and in
their pathway can be observed a
consciousness OF duty. | can new
er forget their kindness. They
are individually men OF vision and
foresight
My stay was calculated to in
crease the en,husiam SO wonder
fully enhanced at New Orleans.
They heartily endorsed the e.
lection OF DIR. G. \ Long. as the
successor OF DIR e. ]. w. Boyd.
and promised their unstinted sup
port to the cause as dear TO them
as life. To them the entire demo-
mination gracefully locks for as
sistance and guidance.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16

The entire denomination will
hail with pleasure the great I'M
provement at our Publishing HoLse
No cause for delay longer exists.
Literature may be mad at a mo-
ment notice and am calling up
on our superintendents through or
pastors TO at least increase your
order for the new quarter that is
upon us. 1t means help 10 an
enterprise without which the de-
nomination could not raise its head
IN self respect Dr. k. IL. Boyd,
is again at himself and the wheels
OF our grand old publishing plant
are singing the song of triumph as
they hand to the world the triumph
as they hand to the world the tri-
umph OF Negro Brain and Indus
try. Send also as many subscrip-
tons as are possible for our natl
onal organ, the Union Review.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16

a'Adus for centuries have used sga
loney az laxative and old honey ~
an astringent Aborigines Of Persia
snered honey to the sun Creeks stil'
n,ix = ~iih m;!k ~ water aud use II
- hhauoT 10 he dead In ons
section Of India milk aud honey are
handed 10 all bridegsooms as they ar
sive at the door nf TIE bricea father
and Ia ancient fgypt honey was long
ohls' 'rs'rde"' q esGhassn!ug duis
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
INFORMATION WANTED

Anyone knowing the where :.
abouts OF Rev. Thos Turner, the
Missionary for the Mt. Olive Bap-
tist Association, please notify this
office at once, as we have business
Of Importance with him.
The Editor.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
Chapter of Sorrow

The five chapters Order of the
Eastern Star, of Paducah, KY,
will hold a Lodge of Sorrow at
Washington st. Baptist church,
of that city, Sunday at 200 p.
m., Dec. Is. This is the after
noon the people of Metropolis,
and Brookport, are invited to a
rally at the same church at 800
You can be present at both II
you wish to 60. The fare from
Metropolis by the way Brookport
and crossing on the Ferry at
that point will be 75c for the
Round trip.
Those appointed to preside on
this occasion are:
Ada Pullen, MatrUn; Minnie
Givens, Associate Matron; EN-
ma Mailing Conductres; M. j.
Egister Associate Conductress:
Bro. Lucas, w. P; Lille Mae
Williams, Sec. You are cordial
ly invited. Dinner served free
to all visitoos.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
Calls Upon Safety Committee

At Nashville, January 25,h. a,
10 a. m. the Executive Board oil
the National Ba tist Convention
will confer with many of the dis
tinguished pastors all over the
union upon matters fundamental
and germane to the future advance
ment OF the denomination. The
day OF idlensss is past. 1t Is now
do or crushing shame will smite
the splendid work already accom-
plished in Educational work. DIR.
Boyd sleeps, the work must 60 on
81 500 90 must be raised on the
25th OF January or failure marks
our eff ,ts. believe the brethren
will respond to this request
DR.. q. A Long, has resigned
his splendid church at Helena. and
has come TO Nashville, bringing a
ripened experience to our great
Will we disappoint
him? He is our servant, he is in
our stead at Nashville, facing stern
realities that must be removed.
One hundred pastors can send
in SIS 90 each as a donation from
their congregation and relieve the
situation. A splendid program
will be arr ringed for this meeting
and the prospects are that when
the sun sets on the 2 25th day OF
January the World will know that
that particular family of Baptist
who met In New Orleans in Sep
tember. are determined that
Christian Education fostered by
Baptists shall not have perished
from the earth.
In Gods name am your Ser
want.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16

ssushine is delicious. rain is resfesA
ING. wind braces 40. SNOW Il exhi's
rating: there Is really no snch tnlbs
A bad weather. only diSerent Kinds "
: xsea weather --Jphn Rvsk!R
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16

|
County Clerk Byers was on tae
stand, Mr.. Pree, examining him,
stated that it was Tor the purpos e
OF showing that the certified copy
Of the board minutes. introduced
by the defense, and sworn 10 by
Mr.. Byers himself. contained er-
rors which Mr.. Byers desired Dis
covery OF the alleged Justification
came as Mr.. Byefs was cross-ex-
amined by Mr.. lie Forgee, chief
counsel for Governor Small. A
synopsis OF the official court re-
reportets record OF Mr. Byers testl-
mony is as follows:
Mr.. LeForgee on cross exami-
alton Nov, where was the par
ticular difference between the "a
mended copy that you gave out in
the second Instance! :! A-The only
difference is on adjournment on
tine fist day OF the September sess-
ion A. ID. 1920.
Q-Isn't il true that upon the
face of that record ihatsit clearly
discloses upon the face OF thai
page that there have been certain
erasures made there and particu-
larry with reference to the date
and time OF the adjournment? A
No, sir.
Q-I will ask you to examine
the word Thursday as it is
written on the page, on that sheet
and state to the court whether o,
not there is IN your judgement any
evidence Of an erasure Mo, sir,
there isn't ! beg your pardon
Mr.. LeForgee
ASKS CLOSE SCRUTINY
Mr.. LeForgee--Now, Mr. By
ers, wish you would examine
the line to which you referred, and
| will ask you to look at i; closely
under the light and to state to the
court whether or not from the ex-
animation you have made it APP
pears upon the sheet, upon that
page, with reference TO those lines
the following words,
upon motion Of Mr.. Becker the
board Adjourned uniil 10 o clock
Thursday morning, September 70.
1920, whether or not as you
now look upon the page OF that
record there is any erasure or has
BEN any erasufe OF any OF the
words as written in those two lines
Al do not observe any crasures,
NJ. sir.
MIR. LeForgee-And there isl
nothing in the work to indicate to
you that the word Thursday
has ever been in any way erased,
modified changed or written in
place OF anything, is there: Al
do not.
Mr.. Pree-1o which we object
for the same reason.
The Court-Oyerruled
THE TELLTALE RECORD
Mr.. Letorgce--Now. Mr.. By
ers, want you to examine that
sheet and those lines which | now
hand you and tell this court ii it
ism true that that record discloses
upou its face that after the word
morning" following the word
Thursday is period" Alt
does not show very plainly, Mr..
LeForgee. 1t may be taken for a
period, it might be taken for a
comma.
OIL want you to tell this court il
il it isn't also true upon the face
of the record that you have sub
mi,ted 70 this court that the words
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
NO q METROPOLIS. SINGLE

wake and astr and will only sanct-
ion such agencies as are proper
and rfoht
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16

Anvefs'ts ana Prosperity.
Ne become wiser by aavarslty;
prosperity destroys our appreoia1iaa
( the right. Seneca
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
Rssusss All That ceans.

who asks whether the enemy wers
aafsaied BY strategy or by vAlorf--
mkgil
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
Sunday School Literature.

and rIght
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1921-12-16
TRAMPS AND vAMPS

an embaressIng slluatlon .
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Attention is called to the fact
that poll tax for 1920 as we'll as
1921 must be paid by the new
citizen if she wishes to participate
in any election within the next
two years. While a great many
women paid the 1920 one when
they registered after the 18th
amendment went into effect, the
majority did not, as the Attorney
General published an opinion
which stated that the law did not
require it of them, that it recog-
nized women as just having at
tained their majority like men and
registration was the only requisite,
but the new constitution which
has just been completed and goes
into effect July lst contains a
clause that will not permit women
to vote unless she holds a receipt
for 1920 as we'll as 1921. So the
women of the parish of Natchi-
toches are urged to attend to this
important duty at once, even if
they have already registered for
1921. tho to Judge from the rolls
they have been rather lax in doing
so, however, not nearly as lax as
the old voters whose per cent in
having registered is by way of !
comparisca far, below that of the !
new.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

ton: "The men, women and children
producers OF raw cotton, the largest
wealth. producing commodity of the
WorksdQ not receive 4 enough from
theiSprQduction to live. They barely
EXIST Some Of them exist on less
thaMsypN give your dog. INcan show
you Amifes tof four and five human
beings in South Carolina existing on
SIG. so per month";
American families in the South living
On what literally are starvation wages
in order that England may haYe cheap
cotton: Such the penalty inflicted
On fAmeridan producers of raw cotton.
Southern Councils of the A. "A. R. I. R.,
in conducting their boycott campaign
against the purchase of English goods,
should call the attention of their
Southern friends and acquaintances to
this forced tribute wrung from the
producers of the South's staple by
conscienceless English greed. Those
families of four or five persons in
South Carolina striving to keep body
and soul together on miserable pit
tance OF &.12 per week furnish an
object lesson for Southerners which
should make them anything but sus-
ceptlble to the pro- English propaganda,
which England's agents have started
all over the country, north, south, east
and west.
That meeting in New York of the
American Cotton Association Supplies
food for thought. 1t brings home 70
millions of Americans the character
of the Industrial sevitude England hss
succeeded in imposing upon American
citizens in some of our Southern
States. Turn the light upon this serv-
itude. We look to the members of the
A. A. R. l. K. in the South to throw
themselves with heart and soul into
this very commendable work.-The
Irish Herald.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
Big Fish String Caught Near
NatchttOcheS

Several parties returning tt
Shreveport yesterday afternoon
from Natchitoches report the fish
biting in that neigllborhood like
hungry wolves. One party, con.
slsting of G. p. Mack and H. G..
Rogers, returned with 80 of the
finest speclments of black bass
that have been seen in this city
for long time.
The fish were displayed in front
of Warnings store and attracted
a large crowd. Mr.. Mack said
that they arrived in Natchitoches
about 5 o'clock and started to fish
ing in the Cane River a short
while later.
When asked about the kind of
bait he used he stated that they
did fly ishipg altogether. .-Shreve-
port Journal.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
Greater Natchitoc Straight
=. + i Ahees&b g.
Mb TIE s!oea inpsaasiS to all
haJfu0 Gneh Yves .afEFo#ouphlv

havtn& 0heh yves, thofQ ughly
constructive IN its suggestiveness.
The forward looking program,
institution, organization or yindi-
-vidual is the only worth : while
type. 1t is 50 easy to go off at a
tangent or to live in the past, but
to set an optimistic forward focus
to the eyes and minds.-is really
worth while and is something that
will work in any department, class
or @organization.
That our section has practically
unlimited possibilities of develop.
ment before it is universally con-
ceded not only by prophets or
sons of prophets but by even the
most pessimlsticaIly inclined, and
with the proper patriotic spirit
and cooperation that might be
reasonably expected. why, there
need be no limit to anything into
which we lut our hearts and
hands. .~t:a. ~.
The first need of the present
hour is careful study of our
whole financial, social, industrial
and political situation; to learn and
know facts; to all get together and
face them, then determine to ad-
just our program to meet the
needs of the hour and with the
one thing in mind.
GREATER NATCHITOCHES
STRAIGHT AHEAD.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Secretary Hoover sees the need
of aiding the southern states by
loosering the Federal system of
extending credit to member banks
by better organized export credit
machinery to get American cotton
into American controlled ware
houses abroad, improving ware
house methods to make cotton
certificates a basis of mobile credit
and also acceptable as actual deliv-
cry of the cotton. They feel that
reduced acreage would contribute
towards stabilizing the situation
over the next year.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Notice is hereby given that the fol.
lowing certificate has been lost or mis-
placed: No. 638 of date August II.
1920. in favor of Mrs. F. E. O'Quin for
$500, due August II, 1921.
6-23, BOD,
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Statistics show that tho women
of this country spent over S., 900, :
600 for perfumes, cosmetics and
toilet preparations last year.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Papier mache wheels are to be
fitted to the underground trains
in Paris TO make them as nOiseless
as possible.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

The average square mile Of New
York City hes living in it .. many
parsons q there are i'd the whole
Dtate of Nsvads.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
The New Constitution

-. s.: @ z fsls, IL,
On July 1st. the constitution for
tfeStateaof L'onisiana, Just coass
pleted after 10 dsSs' sitting, at a
cost of 100000, will go into
effect. but whether or not it will
endure is one of the problems of.
the hour.
When the question of holding
the convention was first mooted it
was not very popular one and it
was only after the people we're
told explicitly that it would be
referred to them, to stress which
point Governor Parker himself
took the stump, that they respond
ed and the convention was called.
+. The personnel of the delegates,
a great many Of whom we're elect
ed on a platform with the submls-
sion plank, included some of the
brainiest men in the state, men of
experience, many of whom had
helped frame the constitution of
1898 and have held some of the
highest positions of trust in the
state and in the nation, and three
brainy women whose names will
90 down with them in history.
Much fine and constructive work
was accomplished, beyond doubt,
but whether or no this new consti-
tuition will prove a popular one or
put an end to the biennial SUBJ
mission of amendments remains to
be seen. Our delegates, who
played prominent part with
credit to themselves, their con-
stituents and the state at large,
stood solidly for submission, our
S. K. Tobin leading in a gallant
fight to the end, but unfortunately
they were in the minority and
could not stem the tide of influence
brought to bear that objected to
the people having a voice.
The new constitution, which in
book form comprises 129 pages
6x9, is divided into twenty-five
articles.
Article / is the ''bill of rights"
article 2 defines the distribution of
wers-legislative, executive and
judicial; articles 3 and 4 define the
powers and limitations of the legis
ature; article 5 deals with the
department and article
with administrative boards and
,ffcers.
Article Z is orc Of the longest
If the entire constitution, dealing |
With the organization. powers and
'unctioning of the courts and state,
parish and municipal authorities,
ivil and criminal; article 8 covers
utfraqe and elections and article 9
provides for the impeachment and
emoval from Office of public
tticials; article 10 covers taxation.
ource and distribution of reve-
ues, etc. Homestead exemptions
re dealt with in article IL, public
ducation in article II and article
3 provides for CORPORATIONS and !
rights.
Parochial and municipal affairs
re covered by article IA and arti-
les Is and Is take care of drain
ye and levee matters. State
lilitia and Confederate pensions
re provided for in articles II and {
;. Article 19 is entitled general {
The state peniten. j
ary is the subject of article 20
I'd article II provide IS for amend. q
ents to the constitution. Exist t
& laws, etc., are taken care of j
article % on Schedule" Ar. {
lies % and "a relate to the con- t
.ntion itself, and. article Is is a n
II for a special session of the G
gislature to meet September 6 q
1.-:A1 |
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Diving bells were first used in
tho sixteenth century in efforts to
l9csse wrecks of the fifteenth cen.
tury.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
! NOTICE

:! will not be responsible for any
debts made or contracted by my wife,
A. j. CAMPBELL,
6-23, GOD Robeline, La.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

A representative of the Imperial
Government Railway of japan is
In America studying terminal
facilities.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Americas output of chewing
gum last year was valued at $751;.
O00, ,OOO, representing . retail bus.
i1ess Of 500. .OOO, 900.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Sweden Is harnessing the water
power Of its moro northern pro-
vinces with the intention Of elec-
trifying the oountry's whole rail-
road system.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Nearly one thousand schools in
Great Britain have been provided
with war shrines in memory of
the scholars.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Mohammedans claim divine in
spiration for the Koran more
absolute than the Christian church
has ever claimed for the Bible.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
En6land'S Forced Tribute From
American Producers

Bermuda, La, June I6, 1921
Mrs. G.. L. Breazeale,
Natchitoches. La.
Dear Mrs. Breazeale:
Read article on the cotton ques,
tion which follows and you will
see there how our gallant Ally
England-is fixing the cotton OF
the whole world, although Eng
land uses only 20 per cent of
American cotton-22 bales out of
every hundred. Hellmend the
cotton farmers! They will still
admire England, their gallant ally.
Let them line up with the A. A.
r. l. R.-the association for the
recognition of the Irish Republic,
then you will see that with their
very first attempt to assist Ireland
in her fight, these English thieves
will be forced by the British I'm
perialist themselves to give you
whatever it's worth at least 30cts
4 pound.
Please publish this letter and
cotton article for the benefit of
the cotton growers.
FROM A FARMER.
On May 80, national consultation of
American cotton growers, manufac-
turers and affiliated interests was held
at the Hotel Pennsylvania, New York.
The meeting was held under the direc
tion of the American Cotton Association
on the eve of the sailing of American
delegates to the world cotton confer
ence at Liverpool. This assembling of
representatives of one of the most
important Of American industries has
not received from the press the atten-
ton it so richly merits. It may be the
give the Cotton States OF the South
freedom from the industrial slavery
England has imposed upon them. It
may not be generally known that Erg-
and fixes the price for every pound Of
cotton produced in the South. The
of labor and money Southern
cotton growers expend on a cotton crop
loes not count when they come to
What they are to receive for
t is determined in Liverpool. The
Liverpool decision stands, even though
t practically coniscates the property
# the Southern planters who are forced
% accept q price often far below the
lctual cost of producing the crop. Mr..
!. S. Wanamaker, President of the
lotion Association, in describing the
pecies of robbery, protested against
he domination Of the world cotton
market by England which although
sing only q per cent of American
otton, has fixed the price for almost
hundred years.
Protests Of this kind, unaccompanied
ostive action, will not have any effect
pom the Vampire of the world. Some
ractical action was suggested by
olonel Harvie Jordan, Secretary Of
be Cotton Association, who said that
there must be American Independence
t Liverpool control by the formation of
a American Spot Cotton Exchange,
laklng England as well as other
pay for American Cotton be-
IRE it is shipped" The need for some |,
,ch method for protecting one of the p
ost important OF American industries /
ON England's rapacious greed will s
. apparent, when we state that Eng
nd-fxed price Of pound of cotton is
w less than IL cents whereas it
lould be at least 30 cents. This slash
6 Of prices means ruin to the cotton
over. Here Is . picture of the
isery resulting from it as drawn by
r. Mcleod, chairman of the Finance
,mmittee of the American Associa-
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

The mariners compass has been
kaown to the Chinese since lis
b. g.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

The famous great Wall of China
is 1900 miles long.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

A weather-proof, luminous paint
has just been produced by an
Italian inventor.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
The Chicago University has a
much larger enrolment of women
students than of men.
One herring will produce be-
tween q, 900 and $4,000 eggs in a
year.

The United States war debt
after the Civil war was $3,O00,-
100000.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

The greatest copper districts in
the world are in Northern Michi-
gan and Wisconsin.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Boston claims the largest COM
mercial organization in the world
with q membership of $4,000.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
THURSDAY, JUNE %. 1921
japan has few wild animals and
no poisonous reptiles.

Copyright was first established
in England in 1856.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23
The Romans paved the famous
Appjan way about 312 B. G..
Calico was first brought to Eng
land from Hindustan in 1881.

Sugar is now being made com
mercially from corn.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

Organized working women in
New York City number more than
100000.
The Natchitoches enterprise., 1921-06-23

There are 80 National cemeteries
in the United States.