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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
DR.. ". P. Washing
ton Makes Plea For
Old Ministers Home.
Decatur. Ill July 3rd 1922
To The Metropolis, Weekly
Gazette, Metropolis, III.

Gazette. Metropolis III.
Please allow space in your
newsy sheet to say to the con-
stituents of the General Missionary
Baptist Association OF Illinois.
that it is just twenty six da, $
from our great rally in Golconda
for our Aged Ministers HON
which convenes on the goth OF
July, which is the fifth Sunday
| have been looking for the S. S
churches, b Y. ?. Us. Mission
Societies and especially the Agents
to make their financial reports to
me for the Home but all of the N
seem TO have gone to sleep and
forgotten their obligation for the
Home. My Brethren, are you
not willing to help me bear The
burden that should lay heavy On
each OF our heafts? | did MOI
want to say what am about to
say. but the negligence of my
brethren forces me II say, that |
put myself in debt S348 SO Three
Hundred Foriy-eight Dollars anda
Fifty Cents to make our State As
sociation able to purchase our Aged
Ministers Home without one ioia
Of security. We adjourned on
May the 20, 1922 And from
this entire State. lreceived SI2
SO. Brethi en- this is not in ac-
cord with our big speeches on the |
floor of the Association at Gen.
traia, last Nay. ! ask that you
begin 10 relieve me OF this mighty I
burden so can at least, have
some sleep. / am not unmindIul
Of the great work you helped to
90 in purchasing the property. |
but we had better GOT purchased
than to have done 50. then take
our seat and lose both our effort
and money will be glad to get
a letter from some brother or sis
ter. il it only contains one dollar
II what has been done will not
stir the Bsptists 10 action. our
case is hopeless one, | hope to
hear from some al the Agents il
not all of them in the next few
days. ard | am praying that every
Baptist Organization in the State
will send a contribution to Col
conda, for our rally for the 5th
Sunday 10 this month.
| am asking that Dr. c II
Clark of Chicago, will prepare
himself to be the principal speak
er at the eleven @ clock hour on
the goth inst.
Our slogan is 81. 500. 90 that
day. am asking all who read
this article to please send me one
dollar at once for the Home.
God bless you all.
am yours Tor the Aged Minis
ters' Home.
w. P. Washington.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

1t is not SO much in what you
say ABOUT paying for the Old
Ministers Home. but what you
give IN dollars aud cents that
will count in the Rally the Filth
Sunday, Mr and Mrs. Baptist.
We are depending on your dollar.
don't be too small at heart to give
to the cause. Shall we be disap-
pointed in you Surely NOT.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
husband Empties Five Chambers of
Revolver in Mife's Body, and Escapes

died Instantly.
They had lived together for the
past 10 years and had never had
any serious trouble during that
time. Ii was shock TO their many
friends.
The remains OF Mrs. Lee we're
buried Wednesday in the Hender-
son Grave Yard
After the shooting Lee made
his escape and at press time had
not been caught. Ex
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

MANU- Lee. alias Told Lee,
who resided in Ballard county,
near Lovelaceville. Ky. is alleged
to have quarreled with his wife.
Martha Lee. Monday morning and
it is SAID she left him and that
night near the.iarm OF MIR k l.
Gholston, he asked her il she was
going to live with him She did
not answer him. and he Is said TO
have pulled revolver and empt-
led the contents in her body. She
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

World-famous Or. George W. Grille
who operates as skillfully with ons
hand as the other, compares the hn.
man body to dry cell, with liver the
negative pole. brain the positive. {
Anything that affects the liver WIZ
alse affect the brain, says Grille.
Indirectly. therefore, 1t appears thss
the intellect is partly in the Hveu
Sluggish liver frequently is the Gauss
Of stupidity. A course in ealen7es
sometimes is worth more than
course in school.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28


Mesdame. NJ. J McCrary, Izora
Rodgers, Princess Bell. Francis
Smith. Nancy Crippens. LouelIa
Gum. Frank Dunlap, Mr.. Otto
Rcuten. of Metropolis; Mrs. Ella
Kelly, OF Brookport; Mrs. Ollie
Aker, OF Joppa, and perhaps 9TH
ers will leave early Tuesday morn
ing for Cairo. 20 attend the annual
sessioa OF Eureka Grand Chapter
. f S which conyenes 40 thar
city JulyNcsth.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

AT the close OF the S. S Con-
vention Of the Mt. Olive Baptist
Association, Bro. J. w. Carneal
the president returned to Centia
LA, his home and told his s. s.
that no Schoo. had invit d the
Convention, and the End Baptist
S. s. extended an invitation to
hold the next annual session with
them in 1928. Good for Centra-
liza.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
DIR. HUBBARD WRITES
FROM LIBERIA, W. 6. A.
An Interesting Letter From DR.. {. D. Hub
bard. Our Missionary.
tie Sure And Help Him IN His Appeal
lie Sure And Help Him IN His Appeal

lively no seasickness. We are
now enjoying good health.
Liberia is a beautiful section of
Africa. Monrovia, the capital
has many beautiful buildings.
Weather is more pleasant than
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

Mr. and Mrs. Baptist. you have
been boasting OF taking the world
for Christ Just help take Illinois.
and you will have done big thing
and you can DO that by sending
up iree~ill offering OF ST. ior the
sth Sunday rally AZ Golconda.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

Mrs. Ruth Donlow, OF Brook
port, is spending few days in the
city with parents Mr. and Mrs.
G. w. Long
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

Mr.. and Mrs Philip Srumner oG
Brookport, are to visit their chill
dren in Chicago. soon.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28
COLD B[OoDED MURDER

rainy SedSOIl has Degun, anu Ol
course that makes it much cool
er. We sleep under quilt or
blanket every night. You see
there are two seasons here, rainy
and dry season. each lasting six
months.
Farming is the principal way
of making a living here. Rice and
Coffee are the principal products
People do not plow here, they
plant their crops with the hoe
and then keep the weeds cut.
They raise many kinds of food
stuff, such as Casada. Eddoes,
Yams. Sweet Potatoes and a lit
tie Corn. and farther in the in
terror some cotton.
The soil is very rich. There are
minerals of many kinks here,
such as Gold, Silver, Aluminium,
Iron and Coal together with
many others not named. We
have plenty fresh spring water.
The farther into the interior you
go. the healthier it is. | am liv-
ing in the farthrest civilized set
tlement interior. We are thirty
five miles from Monroyia. We
have to go thirtyfve miles to get
our mail. We have no railroads,
no buggies or other vehicles.
The natives do all the transfer
ring on their heads. We have a
few cows, hogs, sheep, goats and
horses. People do not milk COWS
here. Some times they milk
goats. There are many kinds of
fruits here. | have seen plums
larger than goose eggs. ! have
seen one stalk of cotton covering
more than 8 feet, growing with
out any cultivation.
. One coming to Liberia to live
should come prepared to care for
themselves for six months at
least. If you haven't money
with which to do business of
some kind, then get it in your
mind that you are going in the
bushes and build you a little hut
and begin farming. Native la
Dor is very cheap hence they are
preferred. The beauty of living
in Liberia is, you are FREE.
Foreign Mission work is the
Natives. The government is not
able to furnish schools as it
should. Quite a number of Mis-
sion schools are being operated
here. Five hundred missionaries
would not be too many for Libe-
ria. The people are very anx-
ious to have Americans come
over and help them build up the
country. The Native people go
naked with only a little flap a.
round their loins,
This letter comes as fnlfill-
ment of my promise to you. We
only hope and pray that you will
answer this letter. and send US
something to assist in saving
some one. We need money to
build "a house in which to live,
preach and teach. Will you
help .us christians? | believe
you will. Money sent to the
Foreign Mission Board, $50
South 8the Street, Louisville,
KY, for the HUBBARD FUND
will reach US o. X. If you send
money direct to us. please send
CURRENCY BY REGISTERED
LETTER. Address me care of
American Legation, Monrovia,
Liberia, w. C. A. Pray much
for us. We can tell you mole
when we shall have been here
longer. Write US at once and
ask any question you may desire.
We will tell you the truth as we
know it. God forbid that we
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1922-07-28

and Africa. Ask others to pray
for US.
Yours for the Salvation of
Africa.
FL d. HUBBARD!
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
6G6 cures Malarial Fever.
A Negro Boys Heroism.

In another column Of The Sun is
printed a short news story from the
upper part Of the state. A young
white child was swimming, and went
down. A young negro, unable to
swim himself, went into the water,
seized the white boy, held him over
his head until rescuers arrived.
Those who went out to save them
managed to get the white boy, but
the negro was in deep water, and
drowned before he could be pulled
in. That is interesting in a day of
lynching.
Heroism is only a matter Of doing
the best you can under circumstances.
Caught in a trap it is little bravery
to do the best you can to escape.
Fighting an enemy requires little
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
A Pleasant Fourth.

Tuesday was celebrated here by the
closing of business houses and a pro-
gram arranged by the American Le-
gion which consisted of trap shoot
ing matches and two baseball games
at the fair ground and a dance at
the Kingstree Hotel that night. The
program of the day was greatly in
terfered with by rain and the after
noon ball game between Lake City
and Kingstree which was the chief
feature of the day, only ran four
innings. The dance was a success,
being realty enjoyed by those partici-
pating.
In the shooting. contest some good
craftsmanship was displayed. There
were several present from out Of the
county participating in the sport, but
the honor went to Mr.. ]. n. Mont
gomery of Salters, who broke the
greatest number Of clays. The shoot
ing by Mr.. H. D. Plowden, who is
seventy odd years old, was a feature
of this part of the program. Con-
sidering age there was no one in his
class with the gun. AS a whole the
day passed quietly and without a
single accident.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
The Same Old Story.

A pretty woman in Dayton, Ohio,
shot and killed an army officer be-
cause he had deceived her. She said
she called him the perfect lover,
even though he boasted to her tn
fifty women loved him. It's the same
story as old as the world itself OF
the innocent young woman so madly
in love with the moral leper that
she cannot see his faults. If love
had not been blind the unfortunate
girl could not have trusted the man
who boasted that fifty women loved
him. And probably he belonged to
the kind who are past-mastcrs in the
art of playing false with women and
in his excess of vanity had come to
look upon himself as super-man.
You know them. He got what he de-
served, but it's pity an innocent
woman had to stain her hands with
the blood of such man.-Dillon Her.
aid.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
DIR. Lowell on Anti-Semitism.

President A. Lawrence Lowell, of
Harvard University, in letters ad-
dressed to Alfred A. Bonesch, Cleve-
land, Ohio attorney, makes the re-
markable admission that he finds
there is a strong anti-Semetic feel
ing growing in this country. He says
that it is a feeling against tie Jews
which in his opinion is not native to
this country, but has been imported
frcm European countries, where
hatred against the Jews exists.
President Lowell suggests that to
prevent the growth of this feeling the
number of Jews accepted to student
ship in universities be limited.
That a committee of the faculty Of
Harvard University is soon to be ap-
pointed to confer with leading Jews
to consider anti-Sen,etic feeling,
which President Lowell says he de-
tccts, is an Important news phrase
in the Love-. Benesch correspondence.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
Must Enroll Now to Vote.

All Democrats must enroll now for
the Democratic primary this summer
or they will not be allowed to vote.
It does not make any difference
how many times a man may have en-
rolled in the past, he must re-enroll
for this election. Clubs are reorgan-
lied every two years.
The Democratic club books in Will
iamsburg county are now open, they
will be open until July 25th, on which
date they will be closed, and those
who have not registered will not be
allowed to vote.
Each and every voting precinct in
Williamsburg county has its own en-
rollment book, which book must con-
tain the name Of every person who
votes at that precinct
Go at once to your regular voting
precinct and put your name on the
enrolment book so that you can vote
on the 29th Of August.
kHS ~~,~on DsIsnS,o Eawo,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
WASHINGTON COMMENT.

On July Fourth America celebrated
her independence. But not now as Of
old. No longer with many fires,
numerous deaths, a small army Of
children blinded, manned, and burned.
It is within the memory Of us all
when July Fourth meant the burn
ing Of much powder, the shooting
off Of guns and firecrackers, the anna
teur handling Of high explosives. On
ly few years ago and the death toll
and the injured list was a standing
feature in all newspapers on July the
fifth.
Today how different! In practi-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
Buy at Home if Possible.

II we permit the big mail order
houses to drive our business men out
of competition, what will We have
left? A place of empty store build
ings, an undesirable place in which
to live.
If the mail order houses accom-
plish their purpose it is possible that
railroad interests will decide there is
not sufficient business to warrant the
stopping of trains here-because
there will be no reasons, then, for
travelling men to stay over in our
town, no freight to be delivered TO
our stores.
In such cases we will be trying
to sell our property, but will find no
buyers, .or who will think it 4 good
investment to buy property in dead
town?
But this is just what we must ex-
pect if We keep sending our dollars
to the mail order houses, for it is
only the business of the town and
community that makes tie town pos
sible.
When we send practically all of
our business to the mail orded houses
in the cities there will no longer be
a necessity for, or a reason fer, a
town here.
1t all resolves itself into the ques-
ton, "Shall we have prosperous
town, with good local business, good
real estate values, good wages and
good municipal development, or shall
we have a dead town, with pigs root
ing in the principal streets, store
buildings empty and with "for sale"
signs hung up, no lights and no fire
protection.
It all rests with US. We are the
ones to decide.
Common sense and good judgment
tell us to protect our own interests.
If We don't who will?
What can we expect from the mail
order houses after they shall have
received our morey and the local
storekeepers have been put out Of
the running? Shall we expect help
and assistance from the mail order
monopoly?
We all know that the mail order
houses do not pay any of our local
taxes. They do not support our
schools, or churcnes, or help to pay
for lighting our streets or for our
fire department.
Every dollar spent at home means
added wealth, added prosperity, added
real estate value and added facilities
of all kinds.
Before ordering anything from a
mail order house, consult your local
merchant. See whether or not they
have what you want.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06
THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1922

At ten o'clock last Saturday, July
1, 100000 railway employees, chiefly
shopmen, laid down their tools and
quit work-went on a strike. The
railroads are still in operation and
will continue to operate. The day Of
the striker is past, or should be-
There has never been anything gain
ed by labor strikes in the end, and
it is unreasonable to expect any bene-
fits from such conduct at this critical
time.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06

bravery when you have to kill or be
killed. Wading into water, , men you
can't swim, to save drowning boy,
is voluntary bravery. 1t requires a
willingness to face death for another,
as great a sacrifice as is possible.
A negro like the one mentioned is
worthy of emulation. He is a credit
to his race. and to his country
Orangeburg Sun.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06

cally all the larger cities and most
of the smaller municipalities fire
works are under police ban, except
such as are arranged for as a COM
munity celebration, when they are arr
ranged and fired by trained experts.
Gone the small boys deadly cannon;
enter the chorus of boys and girls
singing patriotic songs. Gone the
deadly rocket that shot into so many
lace-curtained windows and burned up
so many houses; enter the commu-
nifty program in which real rather
than merely noisy patriotism is in
culcated.
Washington, D. c., will have a
chorus of three thousand school chill
dren to sing patriotic songs on the
steps of the capitol; William Tyler
Page, author of "America's Greed"
will read his famous prayer; Charles
B. Hanford, who really was "with
Booth" will recite the "Star-Spangled
Banner" and the Navy Department
will broadcast it all to thousands.
It is American to exult loudly, to
make a noise, to cheer, to want to
be heard. But it always was un-
American to MAIN and kill little ones
in an endeavor to show the rest OF
the community how patriotic one could
be, via a frecracker.
Lucky the country which needs no
other fame on its independence day
than the fire of real patriotism!-
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06

There are signs that some legisla-
tors are getting slightly less afraid
of the opinions of a fanatical minori-
ty. More and more are coming to
believe that the rapid proposal and
almost as rapid passage of amend
ments to the Constitution are bad in
principle and worse in practice. The
encouraging thing about this slow
change in attitude is that 1t comes
from a careful consideration of the
alterations so fostered in the body
polite, and not from personal belief
or disbelief in the aims sought to
be accomplished by the amendments.
Thus. there are a number of ardent
and whole-hearted prohibitionists who
have come to believe that the eight
eenth amendment has done as much,
if not more, harm in one direction
as it has accomplished good in an
other. They are beginning to believe,
manv who have been foremonst in sup
port of proposals to change the fun
damental law of the land, that it
would be an error to amend it to
contain an antichild-labor provision.
The most enthusiastic supporters of
the American doctrine that little chill
dren should not be exploited for pri-
vate gain are coming to believe that
their emancipation does not lie in
constitutional change but in educa-
ton and state laws. So, also, with
the proposed "antilynching' amend
ments.
A few more Weeks taking the bull
by the horns and calling spade
spade and this country will go long
way to get over it's recent spasms Of
substituting constitutional law for
what should be purely and wholly leg
islative law.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1922-07-06

Foseixn Advsrtisins Representative
THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27
PROGRESSIVE SEVEN
TO MEET At JAMESBURG

The fourth meeting of the Pro-
gressive Seven, composed of Royal
Arcanum councils in this city. Key
port, Jamesburg, Woodbridge, sIe-
tuchen. New Brunswick and Asbury
Park, will be held tomorrow night
with Daphne Council of Jamesburg.
Elaborate preparations are being
made by Daphne Council for the en-
tertainment of the many members
of the seven councils, who are to
gather there. There will be a class
initiation that will include a num-
her of candidates from each of the
several councils.
Middlesex Council No. 100, of
this city. at it's meeting last night,
arranged to be well represented at
the gathering. They are going over
to Jamesburg by automobile, leav-
ing from in front of the lodge rooms
at Odd Fellows hall at 1890 o'clock.
Middlesex Council also arranged
to have its installation on Tuesday
night. January %, and they raised
the Inhalation from SIS to SO, after
the first of the year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27
'ADELPHIAN SOCIETY
REUNION At WOODBRIDGE

WOODBRIDGE, Dec. 27.-The
members of the former Adelphian
Society OF the local high school and
q few of their invited guests en-
joyed a reunion dinner last night at
the high school. Harry j. Baker Jr.,
the last president OF the society,
acted as toastmaser. and called upon
various mes for speeches. Two for
mer members Of the high school
faculty were present; Walden H., Nc
Nair of Brooklyn and Gilbert Mers
dith of Summit. Speeches were
made by both Of these worthy gen.
tlemeE, which called for much mer-
riment. Others made brief remarks;
O. number of the former members OF
the society were unable to be pres
ent, being out OF town and in one or
two cases illness prevented.
Those enjoying the festivities
were: Miss Carolyn Valentine, Miss
Natalie Berry, Miss May Walsh, Miss
Esther Jordan, Miss Marie DUNCAN,
Miss Bette Hoagland Mr.. and Mrs.
Wendolyn Lever, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry J. Baker Jr., Michael Golden,
Norman Lee, Winifred Jordan,
Charles Lawrence, James Harding,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. McNair and
Herbert McNair of Brooklyn, Gill
bert Meredith of Summit, Sewel Will
son of Paterson.
After the dinner and speech-mak-
ing, informal dancing was enjoyed
in the auditorium.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-12-27
GET LICENSES.
CHIEF WARNS
Will Arrest All Those Who
Have No 1923 Plates on
Cars

Anyone displaying 1922 license
plates on their cars, after January /,
1928, will be arrested a fined
said Chief of Police Nels j. Tonne
sen when informed of the delay in
persons obtaining drivers and car Ii
censes for 1928. lie declared that
patrolmen and traffic officers have
been strictly instructed to arrest any
driver displaying a 1922 car license
or using a 1922 drivers license.
Max Gibian, the local agent, de-
clared at 5 o'clock last night that
the demand for licenses for 1923
was $500 items behind that of last
year this time. He said that al
though he will retain his same force
of clerks, it will be iml ossible to
put more help on, and this means
that there will possibly be some dis
appointments when the first of the
year gets here and some e unable
to obtain the desired license. Mr..
Gibian says there are still $4,000 Ii
censes to be issued in this territory.
In order to issue as many licenses
as possible, Mr.. Gibian has arranged
to have his office open every night
until s o'clock, and Il Saturday
night the office will be open until
10 o'clock. In order to aid the
clerks in their work, Mr.. Gibian
III res that the applica; on blanks be
called for and filled out at home.
All names on this blank must be
printed or typewritt.n. Names writ
ten out will not be accepted.