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EAKER STREET A. M. E. PLAT. REV. F. D. DAY. PASTOR FIFTH STREET A B C D E F A Drive for $500 at Eaker St. Church Sunday Preaching at 11 a.m. by Rev. Jno. Arnold. 7:30 Address by Prof. H. L. Billups of Denver, Colo. All pledges are expected to be paid in. Come and buy a lot on the chnrch plat. Vol 6 Number 15 BAKER FIFTY A B C D E F A Drive for $50 Preaching at 11 a. m. b. Prof. H. L. Billups of I be paid in. Come an WESLEYAN METHODIST NOTES Last Sunday, Rev. D. E. Bass spoke very impressively from this text, "The Lord Hath Done Great Things For Us, Whereof We Are Glad." He spoke of the many spiritual blessings, also of that large number that has been added to the church, the blessings financially, and in every walk of life, "whereof we are glad." Patriotic services were held in the evening. Dr. V. Anderson presented the service flags which also were donated by him. His remarks were very good. Dr. L. H. Cox and Mr. C. W. Price gave some very interesting remarks of patriotic service. The choir sang songs appropriate for the occasion. The meeting was in honor of the boys who have been called to service from the church and Brotherhood, also Mr. C. D. Higgins, who is engaged in Y. M. C. A. work. Preaching Sunday at 11 a. m., by Rev. Lock; at 8 p. m., Rev. Wm. Warner. We hope to see the church filled in the absence of our pastor. The Sisterhood will hold their meeting September 19, with Mrs. Grace McDowell, 109 Horace street. Mr. Clarence Pauly will entertain the Brotherhood September 16, at his home. 255 Henry street. MT. OLIVE NOTES These are very busy days with Mt. Olive, and pastor, trying to do our bit along all lives, to uplift fallen humanity, and encourage the discouraged. Sunday is communion. We wish to see every member present. On the First Sunday in October, we have set to raise the remainder of the money for the sanitary purposes, and make our yearly payment on the church. We are asking our members for the small amount of $5 on this THE DAYTON FORUM date. Times are good and we can do this with ease. We extend to the public a hearty welcome to our services. Don't forget the place, Pontiac street and Edgemont. Rev. F. L. Tate, Pastor. Any woman who desire to take the First Aid Sergical Dressing Course should call Mrs. Bertie Ellis M. 7729. The course will begin the week of Sept. 23rd TO WORK FOR THE W. C. A. TO WORK FOR THE W. C. A. The following named ladies are asked to meet at the Y. W. C. A., as they have been selected to represent the general public in an effort to improve the accommodations of said institution for the non-resident girls of our city. Meeting, September 17, at 8 o'clock, under the direction of Rev. J. E. Burton, by authority of the managers of the institution. There is much ado about the boys "over there," which is perfectly correct and patriotic, but we must not forget the needs of our girls over here. This is also a patriotic service and duty. These persons are caught in the selective draft. They need not make out any papers, but answer in person to the Y. W. C. A. headquarters, at the time specified by the chairman of the board. Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. Chas. Higgins, Mrs. Saloma Burton, Mrs. Reed Davis, Mrs. Mary George, Mrs. Delpha Faulkner, Mrs. Oscar Evans, Mrs. Bessie Brown, Mrs. Rev. Smith, Mrs. F. S. Tate, Mrs. W. B. Anderson, Mrs. James B. Brown, Mrs. F. D. Day, Mrs. Rev. Parsons, Mrs. H. P. Morton, Florence Chatman, Mrs. Belloder, Mrs. Dr. Hatchcock, Mrs. Dan Connor, Mrs. Susie Watkins, Mrs. N. M. Neshet, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Leonne Rust DAYTON, OHIO, FRIDAY SEPT. 13, 1918 At Wilberforce MILITARY TRAINING DETACHMENT GETS BIG SEND OFF The farewell promenade and reception given by the Military Training Detachment, at Wilberforce, O., on Tuesday evening, August 10, was thoroughly enjoyed by a large number of people from all nearby cities and the surrounding countryside. Fond parents, sisters, brothers, and friends, came in groups to say "goodbye" to the 180 young men who have been in training for two months as a mechanical arm in Uncle Sam's fighting forces at home and abroad. It was a brilliant assemblage composed of some of the most widely known men and women in southern Ohio, which opened the affair with the grand march, led by Miss Hallie L. Brown. Music was furnished by the famous Parker Popular Players, of Columbus. In the various dances which followed the true spirit of democracy and equality was exhibited when the Caucasian officers and their ladies shared the floor with the soldier-mechanics and their lady friends. Colonel Young was conspicuous by his active participation, genial manner and cordial welcome to the strangers present. Nothing but the highest praise could be heard of the standing and conduct of the men composing this detachment from the people of Wilberforce and Xenia. It is to be hoped that the next contingent, which is to begin training about the 15th instance, will at least maintain the record of this company which is scheduled to leave for camp duty in a few days. AN APPEAL TO COLORED PEOPLE OF AMERICA TO RISE TO THEIR DUTY AND EXTRA-ORDINARY OPPORTUNITY Stress Laid on Value of Co-Operation MUST "STAND ON OWN LEGS" William Monroe Trotter, Corresponding Secretary of National Equal Rights League, Writes Stirring Letter to Colored Americans—Says "It Is Up To Us Now." Every race in our American makeup which suffered from race prejudice, has internal organizations on a wide scale to combat and break down discrimination in public matters. Every such group presents a protest through that race backed by an organization of that race, which the public find will combat discrimination, retaliate and work against those who are prejudiced against them. This independent self-reliance compels respect. When Moorfield Storey, member of the race which made itself free and independent, being interested that our race should get its rights, was inspired to send word on the Colored Liberty Congress—"Who would be free himself must strike the blow"—he was acting on the knowledge that no prescribed race has ever gotten a permanent grip on equality and citizenship until that race showed to the oppressor that it had developed the ability to make a fight, until the dominant race saw that it had created an internal organization for its rights and could conduct a fight for its own generalship. If others helped, they did so under the leadership of the race, or they acted as allies. The deciding point has been that the people who were in power realized that the people proscribed resisted the discrimination deeply enough to fight it themselves, not needing to be put up to doing so by members of the dominant race; and realized also that the proscribed race had developed sufficient strength to be able to conduct an organized campaign for equal rights. When the oppressors see that a great race really feels discrimination, without having to be spurred up, and that it has the spirit and ability to make an organized resistance, the oppressors begin to fear and respect and to pay heed to their protest. The co-operation of friends who have all their own rights is helpful. Philanthropists are beneficial as allies. Combinations of philanthropists with the oppressed do a great deal of good. The apothegm, "Who would be free himself must strike the blow," however, requires absolutely that, whatever other aids there may be self-made and self-conducted race organization against proscription must exist. In the words of another member of the dominant race, Richard W. Hale, one of counsel in the John Johnson extradition case, the way to 'get justice irrespective of race' is for Colored Americans in contending for rights to learn to "stand on their own legs." Having a racial organization for racial protection does not mean opposition to any other form of organization. The world finds room for various religious, civic or fraternal organization. Persons denied justice have a community of interest, a peculiar interest, have their own fate at stake which makes it logical to have an internal self-protecting body anyway. Its absence means lack of self-reliance, man dependence upon the more fortunate, means inferiority to other classes or races. The self-organized fight is, therefore, indispensable to standing and respect. The race that can speak for itself as organized stands higher and will be heard with more respect. Now is a most remarkable time in this respect. Every weaker race or class has a chance for redress in the new order to come from a gigantic world-war for democracy. It is the one great chance for our race, now the most proscribed. Every other weak er race or class can show a self-organized representative body to deal for it, looking out for itself independently, through its own appointed delegation. Shall we be the one exception? It is up to us now. Hence the National Equal Rights League gives the race the chance to get ready to represent itself as a racially mature group in the negotiations incident to this world war. The league invites and urges colored people in every community to organize an Equal Rights Democracy League or Committee to send a delegate to the 11th Annual Meeting of the league in Chicago, September 17-19, where the paramount issue will be the national organizing of colored Americans to enforce their claims to world democracy. It is the only way for our race to get on a par with the many other races which have come to our country. It is the only way for our race to be in a position to negotiate for terms at the council table of the nations. We must as a race begin to get into shape at once. As the summer of 1918 is closing, let us gird up our loins and get ready to sue for a "place in the sun." Bring back the days of Eliot, Smalls, Garnett, Langston and Douglass for the great opportunity! Yours with a message growing out of 20 years of work, thought, experience and sacrifice for equal rights and respect for my race. WILLIAM MONROE TROTTER, Corresponding Secretary. Boston, Mass., August 28, 1918. EMANCIPATION DAY PRO- GRAM IS COMPLETED Horse Racing, Running Match, Barrel Race, Base Ball, Contest Drills, a military review, a picnic dinner and oratory will feature local observance of Emancipation Day at the Fairgrounds, Saturday, September 21, 1918. Celebration of the day in Dayton will be under direction of the Union Body of Civic Societies and will conclude with a grand ball at Memorial Hall. On account of the great patriotic atmosphere, a greater interest than usual attaches to the observance of the anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation and a large attendance of colored people is expected by the committee in charge. The exercises of the day will begin with a parade at 9 o'clock in the morning. The column will fall in line at the Boulevard, south of Third Street, headed by the People's band, followed by Civil War Veterans and other uniformed bodies. The second division of the line will consist of lodges and other civic organizations. The third and fourth divisions will include the Sunday Schools, Juvenile lodges and organizations in carringles and automobiles. Parade Program The parade will begin to march at o'clock, as follows: East on Third o Wilkinson, north on Wilkinson to Monument, east on Monument to Main, south on Main to Fairgrounds, where the program of the day will begin. The first division will rest on the east side of the Boulevard south of Third; the second division will rest on Fourth street, east of Boulevard; the third division will rest on Sycamore street, east of Boulevard. The following program has been arranged: 11:30 women's horse race; 12:00 inner; 1:00 band concert; 1:30 exercises in grand stand; music by People's Band, "America". Prayer by Chaplain of the Day, the Rev. F. D. Day; reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by Mrs. Maud Walker. Ten minute addresses by Rev. J. E. Burton, Atty. M. H. Jones, Rev. T. J. Smith, Attorney Thomas Norris, Rev. I. B. Meade, and Charles W. Price. At 2:30 o'clock there will be a Running Match and Barrel Race; 3:00 Baseball Game; 3:30 Juvenile Drill; 4:00 Motor Cycle Race; 4:30, Dress Parade by Uniform Ranks; 5:30 "The Star Spangled Banner," by the People's Band. The Emancipation Day Dance will be held at Memorial Hall at 8 o'clock and promises to be the largest affair of the day. Moving pictures will also be shown at Memorial Hall after the afternoon program at the Fairgrounds. J. L. Thomas and R. A. Jackson will have charge of this work. Part of the proceeds of the day will be given to the War Chest Committee for our soldier boys in France. Every boy and girl, man and woman is earnestly requested to march in the parade and make it the largest affair of the kind in the history of Dayton in honor of 311,803 colored soldiers in the National Army. A LECTURE The Prof. H. S. Billings, L.L.D., Vice Supreme Commander, American Woodmen, of Denver, Colo., will give his famous address at the McKinley M. E. Church, Thursday evening, Sept. 19, for the benefit of the Woman's Home Missionary Society. ADVERTISERS realize quick results when using these columns to reach the people. Phone Us! Main 7696. Washington, D. C.-Our Central Committee of College Men, which was largely responsible for our first camp for training officers at Fort Des Moines, was received by Secretary of War Baker at the State, War and Navy Building, recently, and some rather startling disclosures resulted from the conference. Only 20 Per Cent, to Fight The printed report of the Committee to the Secretary of War shows that only about 20 per cent: of our draftees are trained to fight, while the remainder are put in non-combatant divisions: "The present authorized combatant units (colored) do not more than complete the full divisional strength of the 92nd and 93rd divisions, (maximum number, 56,000), 157,000 were called into the service up to June 23rd and 80,000 since that date, making a total of 311,308. The proportion of non-combatant to combatant troops now is, therefore 3.9 to 1." It was also asked by the committee that the "War Department live up to its policy of officering colored troops with colored company officers. 1.500 Officers Short "From 75,000 to 80,000 draftees (colored) were in camp, July 31st; Constituting from 280 to 320 companies (reckoning 250 to a company). With one captain, three first and two second lieutenants to a company from 1,680 to 1,920 officers of the grade stated will be required for this contingent alone. "(a) There are from 100 to 150 commissioned officer (colored) now available in this country—for the most part, second lieutenants lately commissioned from 'Officer-Candidates.' "(b) There are no 'Officer-Candidates' now uncommissioned. "(c) There are at present only 398 men (colored) in training in officer training schools. (Infantry 308, Camp Dodge; Artillery 95, Camp Taylor)." "Were all of these 'Student Officers' to be commissioned, the maximum number of officers, then available would be 548. "The above stated facts show that: 1. Only 12 to 25 companies can be officered by the commissioned officers now available. 2. Were all the 'Student-Officers' now in training to be commissioned there would only be 388 officers additional, and these exclusively of the grade of second lieutenant. 3. There is, therefore, an immediate shortage of 1,150 company officers of which the greatest lack is in the grades of captain and first lieutenant; and a prospective shortage of about the same number for the next draft contingent; 50,000 of whom were called. August 5th. "It is evident that the requisite number of officers for the troops now assembled and assembling cannot be supplied from the present resources; therefore some exceptional plan (another special training camp of larger quotas for O. T. C.'s) must be put in effect in order that the announced policy of the War Department be carried out." Doctors Held Inactive According to the committee colored troops are being served by white dentists in the camps and in France, while at home 120 doctors of dentistry ready to work, are commissioned, but kept on the inactive list. It was understood that the reason given is that the department does not find it "practicable" to have colored dental officers and white officers of the line in the same regiment. Reference was also made in the report to the fact that despite the shortage in physicians to do the sanitary work in the camps and back at home, medical doctors are being drafted and sent into the cantonments along with other draftees. Mention was made of Doctors Carmichael and Burton, of Washington, and Doctor Boley of Baltimore. The following recommendation was made to the Secretary of War: "That the practicing medical and dental men, and graduating members of the Medical and Dental Enlisted Reserve Corps, now compelled to serve as enlisted men, be granted commissions men of these professions." Non-Coms Asked For The exclusion of the labor units from the officers' training camps, and the practice of selecting white men for the offices of corporals and sergeants of colored troops was dealt with by a special section of the report. The committee requested: "That the colored non-combatant, units, excluded from the officer training privileges, be allowed through the extension of training privileges to supply their own quota of non-commissioned officers; and that for the general good of the service, all of such troops be given at least one month's strictly military training before being assigned to their specific duties." Baker Sympathetic. Secretary Baker heard the committee sympathetically, and promised an early consideration of the report presented to him. It became known after the hearing that already, two weeks ago, steps were taken to give labor units some military training.—Cleveland Gazette. Columbus, Sept. 11.—Calls for 512 Negro registrants qualified for general military service to be sent to camps September 25 to 27, was received at state draft headquarters today. One hundred and fifty are to be sent to Camp Custer, Battle Creek Mich., and 362 to Camp Sherman. A call for 100 white registrants qualified for limited service, as typists and stenographers, also was received They are to be sent to the Columbus barracks September 23 and will be assigned to the judge advocates department in Washington and to do military clerical service where needed. EAKER STREET NOTES Slogan—On to victory!!! The week's history of the Sunday school in brief. Will you be one to help win the victory? The hour of meeting is 9:30. The officers who will greet you are: Miss Mamie E Banks, superintendent, Mr. Hicks, assistant superintendent; Mrs. Durham treasurer; Miss Alma Young, secretary, Miss Katherine Blackburn, assistant secretary; Miss rene Young and Miss Mahala Brown, organists; Miss Pearl Martin, librarian; A. J Hickman and Walter Anderson, assistant librarians. Teachers will be provided for all classes. Good music by the Young People's Orchestra Everybody invited. School begins promptly at 9:30. Come and let make Eaker the banner school of the city. COMMUNITY SING The Third Community Sing of the Phyllis Wheatly Relief Corps will be given at Eaker Street church, Sunday, September 22, at 3 p. m., John Wesley Arnold, director. All who participated in the first and second and any who so desire are kindly requested to take part in the third. ADKINS-JOHNSON Mr. John Adkins and Mrs. Mary Johnson were quietly married Tuesday evening, September 10, at the home of the bride, 1009 West Fifth street, by Rev. T. J. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Adkins have the best wishes of their many friends. The first half year of the Canada Food Board's activities has just come to an end, and it is interesting to note some of the accomplishments in that period. The effect of measures looking to the conservation in food and economic distribution may be noted by the increased exports to Great Britain and her allies. In the case of beef exports have increased over the average for 19.0-1914 by 75,000,000 pounds per annum, or 6,795 per cent. In pork (including lard and bacon) the net exports has increased by 125,000,000 pounds per annum, or 571 per cent. It is estimated that Canada has exported at least 25 to 30 per cent more wheat during the last 12 months than could have been sent abroad if it had not been for conservation and organization of Canada's food resources. Among the measures which have been effective in accomplishing these results are the following: Flour has been standardized and the milling extraction of wheat has been increased twice. Canada is now using 76 per cent of the wheat berry in its standard flour. Bakery products have been standardized and the amount of certain ingredients has been limited to prevent extravagant use, while the manufacture of other products involving an excessive use of sugar and fats has been prohibited. A great saving of wheat has been effected by the licensing and regulating of the trade in package cereals, manufacturers being required to substitute a considerable portion of other cereals than wheat in their preparations. Public eating places have been regulated, and the saving of meat, wheat, and dairy products for export to Great MIDGET THEATRE SUNDAY Also Showing the Third Episode of "VENGEANCE and the WOMAN" OPEN FROM 1:30 TO 10:40 EVERYBODY WELCOME THE MUSEUM OF THE ARTS EMANCIPATION CROWD AT MEMORIAL HALL Messrs. John L. Thomas and Reynold Jackson have secured Memorial Hall for afternoon and evening of Emancipation Day for the entertainment of a large number of visitors who will be in the city, as well as Daytonians. Immediately after the program ends at the fair grounds the hall will be opened to the general pub Britain and the allies has been very large. The use of grain for distillation of potable liquors has been prohibited, and the use of malt has also been limited. The feeding of grain to live stock on stock yards has been regulated and the feeding of poultry of wheat fit for milling purposes has been prohibited. Waste of food has been made an offense subject to heavy penalties, and municipalities have been given wide powers in checking such waste. Arrangements have beep made for an abundant supply of fish at reasonable prices as a substitute for meat and other foods. Close control over importation and exportation of foodstuffs is maintained by the Canada Food Board. FRENCH SUGAR STOCKS LOWEST IN HISTORY Stocks of sugar in Paris on May 31, 1918, were about half what they were on the same date in 1917. The total amount of sugar in France is lower than ever before, even in var times. This condition, reported by the United States Food Administration, emphasizes the imperative need for sugar conservation in this country, in order that the present French ration of 1½ pounds of sugar per person per month may be maintained. $106,000,000 Saved By Dec. 31. W.S.S. WAR SAVINGS STAMPS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT $20.00 From Every Person in Ohio LEGAL NOTICE To Kate Smith, whose place of residence is Hazard, Ky., you will take notice that the said plaintiff, did on the 3d day of September, A. D., 1918, a petition against you in the Common Pleas Court, Division of Domestic Relations, Montgomery County, O., praying for a decree of divorce from you, upon the grounds of gross neglect of duty, being cause No. 43294. You are required to answer her petition not later than six weeks after this date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit, September 6, 1918, or such divorce may be granted. CHAS. B. SMITH, Plaintiff. Per M. H. Jones, His Attorney. Adm. 10c & 1c War Tax CENTRO DE LOS NIÑOS lic. Moving pictures will be shown from 5:00 to 7:30. The pictures will be educational as well as entertaining. From 8 p. m. until 12:00 the grand Emancipation dance will take place. Music will be furnished by the famous Jackson and Toots Willis eight-piece orchestra. More than a thousand persons are expected to be in line for the grand march at 10 o'clock. All soldiers in uniform will be admitted to the hall free. Admission to pictures from 5:00 to 7:30 adults 10 M. Main 5883 n Transfer Co. Phones:-Main 2782---Main 3883 American Transfer Trucking and Moving Of All Kinds To Any Place, At Any Time 346 W. Fifth St. For Dr. Bundy Dr. Bundy's DEFENSE Note: Dr. Bundy went on trial Tuesday. Last chance to help! Contributions may be given to Rev. Day or J. H. Rives COME EARLY cents, children, 5 cents; admission to the dance 25 cents, including war tax. Refreshments consisting of light lunches, soft drinks and ice cream will be served throughout the evening. In opening the hall in the late afternoon a place will be provided for the visitors to rest after having a busy day at the fair grounds. Heretofore the strangers have had no place to go to in the evening. The affair at Memorial Hall this year will be the most elaborate ever attempted. Prof J. H. SWAYNE Lone Star Tea Is guaranteed to cure Rheumatism Liver, Kidney, Catarrh, Stomach Trouble and Lost Manhood, or money refunded. PRICE $1.00 For Three Months' Treatment Address all orders to H. P. BENNETT 634 Indiana Ave. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Sole Owner and Manufacturer V. M. Williams 18 Elgin Ave. DAYTON AGENT Dayton, Ohio VIEW Why You Should Join the AMERICAN WOODMEN Because it is the cheapest Order to get into, and live in and yet, the best Financial Negro order in the world. During the past 17 yrs it has written $40,000,000 Insurance, paid out $500, 000 to beneficiaries and has $300,000 for the protection of its policy holders. Men and women join the same camp and receive the same equal benefits. No extra taxation or assessments of any kind Each policy carries sick, accident, burial, total disability and death benefits. A short dispensation has been granted. You should get into the first One Hundred Club. Join the H. L. BILLUPS, Vice Supreme Commander Telephone M. 4735 302 Norwood Ave. Cellar Walls and Floors, Plastering, Brick Work and CisternCleaning All Work Given Prompt Attention Eddie & Clifton Drive Dayton's first and only Colored Plumbers Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting All orders given Prompt Attention N. A. Anderson, Prop. 324 Sprague St. "Hustling Dona" Selling Real Estate on Easy Terms Houses for Sale and Rent PROPERTIES RAPIDLY HANDLED 18 NORWOOD AVENUE DAYTON, OHI Private Telephone (Incorporated Denver, Colo.) 1005 W. 5th St. At the FAIR GROUNDS SAT. SEPT. 21, 1918 AUSPIES UNION BODY OF CIVIC SOCIETIES Sunday Schools, Churcher, Secret Orders and all Organizations are invited to participate. Capt. Peter Miller, Marshal PROGRAM begins at 1 p.m. Proclamation read by Mrs. Maud Walker; Invocation, Rev. F. D. Day; Short Addresses, Revs. Burton, Smith and Meade, Attys. Jones and Norris, and C. W. Price. Adm. Adults 15c, Children 5c. Part of Proceeds Go to Soldiers COMMITTEE: Col. J. M. Butler, chairman, Eugene Jackson, Sec., W. G, Hogue, Treas., S. O. Shell, John King, G. F. Williams, D. J. Galloway, T. W. Wheeler, Correspondent, Sec. Social Hygiene Lecture Hear Dr. Anna Sage, government lecturer, on social hygiene at Zion Baptist Church Sunday, Sept. 15, at 4 p. m., under the auspices of the Soldiers' Aid Society. A big mass meeting for women and girls. Important points discussed on social hygiene as related to war time conditions. A message for both young and old. Bring your friends and fill the church. Girls under 14 years of age not admitted. Admission free. MRS. L. W. HATHCOCK. MISS MAMIE BANKS. Miss Marian E. Smith, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. T. J. Smith, has accepted a position as teacher in the public school of Middletown. Miss Smith was given a state certificate by the state superintendent of Ohio, being the first and only graduate Kentucky State Normal at Frankfort received an Ohio state certificate. Miss Smith has had splendid training as the following sketch of her schooling shows: She entered the Versailles high school (of which her father was principal) at five years of age; passed an examination prepared by the state board of education and was granted a diploma of graduation from the public school course at twelve. She finished the high school course in the same school. The domestic science department of the school issued her a certificate of proficiency on her completion of that course. After graduation from the high school she spent one year in Fish University. VARIOUS FIELD-DAY EXERCISES and Industrial Institute Frankfort, Ky.), and graduated from the Normal Training course, in June, 1918. After investigating the extent and proficiency of work done in Kentucky and Tennessee, the state superintendent recognized it as meeting all the requirements for high school and normal training in the state of Ohio, and issued her a certificate to teach without examination. MOTHER SCOTT'S HOME Tags for the Mary Scott Widows' and Mothers' home will be on sale at the fair grounds Emancipation Day. LEGAL NOTICE Common Pleas Court, Montgomery Co., Division of Domestic Relations. To Parker Burks, whose place of residence is unknown, you will take notice, that the said Plaintiff did on the 11th day of Aug, A. D., 1918, file a petition against you in the Common Pleas Court of Montgomery Co., Ohio, Division of Domestic Relations, praying for a decree of divorce from you, upon the grounds of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty. You are required to answer her said petition not later than six weks after the date of the first publication of this notice, to-wit; Aug 17th, 1918. Case No. 43844. LUELLA BURKS, Pltf. Per MOSES H. JONES, her Att'y. NOTICE Don't ask us to rush your printing unless you have the money ready when the job is completed. Our new ruling is to give the best service to those who pay promptly. 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Local Items PORO SYSTEM.—For the Poro System of Hair Dressing call at 260 Hawthorne street. Bell Main 7795 Mrs. Dillard Estell. Mrs. L. B. Hopey, of 357 Springfield street and son Wilbar, and the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stone spent Satprday and Sunday at Lockland, Ohio, visiting Mr. Stone's sister. Mrs. Hattie Campbell. Miss Laura White, of Wilberforce, spent Sunday in Dayton, the guest of Miss C. Probst, of Middle street. Mr. J. H. Finley, the carpet man- ufacturer, has returned from Atlantic City, where he spent his vacation. He attended the National Negro Busi- ness League and reports a splendid meeting. FOR RENT—Two furnished rooms, central location. Call at 226 Warren street. Mrs. White and little grandson Jack Elliott, have returned from an extended trip through the northern part of the state. Mrs. V. A. Williams, of Chicago has returned home after having a pleasant visit with her siters, Mrs Miles, of 50 Sprague street. ROOMS—Furnished with modern conveniences, central location. Mrs. Mamie Elliott, 46 Sycamore street. Mrs. Josephine Weam and children have returned home from a most enjoyable month's vacation in North Carolina with her husband's parents and relatives, and returning home she spent a week with her niece, Mrs. Elvena Taylor, in Indianapolis, Ind. She feels very much improved in health. Mrs. Hattie Anderson, of Wilberforce, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nance and son Charles, of Chicago, and Mr. John Goalsby, of Wilberforce Training Camp, visited Mr. and Mrs. Chester Harris, of Norwood avenue, Sunday, September 1. The many friends of Wilson Friend will be glad to know he is improving. ST. MARGARET'S NEWS Father J. N. Samuels-Belboder, Vicar There will be a celebration of the Holy Communion on Sunday morning at 7 o'clock. Sunday School will convene at 10 a. m., morning prayer and sermon at 11 a. m. Evensong and sermon at 4 p. m. The sermon of last Sunday morning was from the text: Place your affection on things above. The Vicar gave the historical origin of the work in Eaker St. A. M. E. Budget Hour of Sunday Services Class meeting.....12 m. C. E. League.....6:30 p.m. Prayer meeting.....Wednesday night Sunday School.....9:30 a.m. Preaching.....10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Trustee Board every first and third Sunday will be a big day at Eaker Street A. M. E. church, starting with the Sunday school, which body will be introduced to its new superintendent and officers. They will be duly installed some time during the session. At the morning hour of worship Rev. John Arnold, who will take a theological course at Wilberforce, will preach his farewell sermon. However, Rev. Arnold will remain with us until after the conference and direct the big chorus choir that will sing for the conference. Every member and friend should be present at this service and show their appreciation to this young man, who has rendered Eaker and the community such valuable services. At the Christian Endeavor hour there will be interesting matters to be cared for, and a good attendance is expected. At the evening services we will be addressed by Prof. H. L. Billips, L. L. D., vice-supreme commander of the American Woodmen, of Denver, which the words are found; the social and ethical causes that called out the entire epistle, and the spiritual reason and the reason of all reasons, the deepening of the Faith in Christ and His promises. The Vicar traced the psychological and physiological origin of the human affection for things good; and for things evil. (1) The things evil are hardly ever regarded as evil by those who love them or like them, or use them. It is often a case of false valuation, of miscalculation, of bad understanding, in short of comparative ignorance. It is hardly like the case of Satan in Milton's "Paradise Lost." Here, Satan deliberately chose evil when he was cast down from Heaven. He stood and with spiteful defiance and reasoned decision, exclaimed: Evil! be thou my good. His affection was fixed henceforth upon the things of ultimate destruction; the things which beautiful, pleasurable, exciting even the jaded senses to enjoyment at first, soon fall, soon unfit, soon destroy. It is not often that we find a man or woman deliberately choosing evil and calling it good. The case when there is one becomes one for the student of pathology and psychotherapy. It is treated as an ordinary sick patient. As a matter of fact a person of so abnormal a type is sick of soul. And yet there are many whose affection is set upon things—set fast upon transient things, and they know it not until those things are taken from them. They did not know that in cultivating their affection for such things. They did it so intensely that their hope in God became translated to the things they loved,—loved without knowing it. They become somewhat like the great Darwin who so intensely followed the clue of evolution, who, mindless of all other accomplishments, became such a slave to the science of biology that he lost the taste for music and the beauty of sound. We set our affection upon the things of this world at the peril of our own general happiness. We therefore are to be careful and watchful. And best of all we must learn to value rightly. (2) But the positive statement is, set your affection on things above. The second part of the statement is negative. It tells what not to do. It tells what to avoid. What then, is meant by "things above?" Heaven? Yes, but not that heaven which ministers say has golden streets, golden crowns, golden harps, honey, milk, wine and other early things. These things are perishable and pass away in time. It means these only symbolically. It means that we must value highly the great gift of self-development in soul-power; the great gift of self-development in spiritual understanding. It means that we must set as our goal self-development in things divine, and become like God Himself, through Christ. Magnanimity—greatness of soul, charity, love of all things good, sympathy, feeling like our fellows in all things great and lofty. It means in short—development of soul, mind, spirit, and body to a divine pitch. Greatness in which is included, kindness, dignity, love, faith in Christ, helpfulness—nothing easily, nothing laudry, nothing subacral, nothing that ends with death—it means setting our "loves, our hopes, our faith in God and striving to be like God. Prof. Billips has devoted twenty-seven years of his life to collegiate work, and is a fluent speaker who can interest his audience. We hope to greet him with a packed house. Dollar money is now due. Remember, we only have one more Sunday before conference. Please hand it to the pastor. Sale of lots and all pledges paid as near as possible will be the order of the day, Sunday. Come prepared to meet your obligations. We want a new church and this is the way to get it. The great play, "Trouble in Turkey Trot Church," will be rendered during the conference at the Y. M. C. A. hall. Date, Saturday, September 28. Proceeds for the new church. May God bless Rev. Burton and his good congregation, for their kindness and liberality in our campaign at their church, last Sunday. Sale of lots amounted to $20. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH Sprague Street, Between Third and Fourth Streets. Sunday school, 9:20 a. m. Preaching, 10:30 and 7:30 p. m. Bible study every Wednesday evening; John 4:24, "God is a spirit and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth," was the subject for discussion, Sunday, September 8. The difference between men and women, taken generically, is characterized in thought and action, not in color of skin, size nor boundary lines, but in the sphere in which they move. The mission of man is to lift man from one elevation to another. Jesus came in contact with the woman at the well to lift her out of her sphere, and to bring about a reformation in her life. The greatest thought that can come into human life is the conception of God. What the Supreme Being is, and where he is, has always been and always will be the greatest questions of the ages. Two thoughts that are given much consideration in the religious world today are: Who God is, and how He should be worshipped. God has two methods of revealing Himself. "One through reason and one through revelation." "The spirit in man must worship the spirit of God," were the thoughts intended to be left with the audience. Much interest and enthusiasm are being displayed among the Baptists of this city in looking forward to the coming of the Ohio Baptist State convention which will convene here October 15-20. All Baptist churches are busy making the necessary arrangements to take care of the big delegation. The general committee composed of representatives from all of the local Baptist churches met at Zion, Tuesday evening, September 10, to appoint the various committees, and to further systematize the work. All of the major arrangements have been made. The convention will hold its sessions alternately at Zion and Bethel. Rev. T. J. Smith and J. B. Anderson, pastors. Under the arrangement delegates will take their meals at Bethel on the days when the session is held at Bethel, and at Zion on the days when the session is held at Zion. From the general committee the following committees were formed and will meet at the following times and places. Food committee will meet Saturday, September 14, at 8 p. m., at the home of Mrs. John Johnson, 316 Norwood avenue. All members of this committee please arrange to be present. Home committee will meet at the home of Mrs. Walter Taylor, 325 Norwood avenue, Monday evening, September 16, at 8 p. m. All members of this committee are asked to be present. The financial committee will meet at the home of Mrs. Mary Jackson, South Williams street, at its earliest convenience. All members please be present. The entertaining pastors are confident of a most successful convention. They are only asking that every Baptist preacher and member, together with their friends, do their best in seeing to it that nothing that should be done is left undone. More than one hundred homes have been secured to care for the delegation. Those who wish to be of service in this capacity will list their home with Rev. T. J. Smith and Rev. J. B. Anderson, or any member of the home committee. The B. Y. P. U. resumed its regular services Sunday, September 8. The young people are glad to begin work again after their summer vacation. The topic for Sunday, September 14, "The Saloon Power and How to Overthrow It." Heb. 1-17. J. D. Fields, Reporter. PARODY PARODY To Darktown Strutters Ball Composed and Sung by Sergeant A. L. King, Co. G., 372 R. I. U. S. S. P. 215 France Cannon Ball Blues Last night while in the trenches We certainly had a swell affair, The boys all were there, and they were shelling us everywhere. The sergeant said to me, wait until I see The way the boys went that just passed me. Now, I want you to understand that I can't lend no hand. Chorus When they start to send those cannon balls Can't wait for more large or small Got no time to hesitate, and for my comrades I cannot wait. I am going to tell you what I am going to do. When they start to send them cannon balls through; I am going to run clear out of my shoes When they start them cannon ball blues Tomorrow night right across from No Man's Land. Parody to Constantly Composed and Sung by Sgt. A. T. King Now standing in the trenches certainly is some job. And when you half to stand there just like an iron sod. And while standing there you must be ready to dodge them constantly Although I had just three hours to go, But they generally kept me on from two to four And then the Lieutenant is knocking at my dugout door constantly. Chorus Good luck eyes me, spies me constantly; Bad luck meets me, seeks me, greets me, constantly; Its hard to stand in the trenches and fight, Put me out in the open and I'm all right. But when the minnon wurfer comes over, I am clear out of sight, constantly. 2. It's easy to talk about making attacks, But when you start you must know where you're at, Cause those V. B.'s and hand grenades look over With an awful hum umple constantly. The Trenches 'Ain't No Plaything After All Sung by Sgt. A. T. King I joined the U. S. Army about two years ago, And to tell the truth I've seen some ice and snow, Then we sailed for France to fight for democracy and after we arrived it was really misery. Now I want you folks to know that the trenches was hot for sure. Chorus Like a flying bat umple constantly. The Germans always call on their big guns, And then its time for everybody to run, Cause them minnion wurfers comes The trenches ain't no plaything after all. If the Boches don't get you the lice and rats will call. They will tickle, bite, eat and run Sometimes they sound like a minnion wurfer gun, The trenches ain't no plaything after all. It is hard to see the Boches down in their trench But what it takes for us to get him is a cinch He peps, ducks, crawls, then runs, But we get him with our great big guns; It is certainly some great fun to shoot the Boches with our guns But the trenches ain't no plaything after all. ADKINS-JOHNSON Mr. John Adkins and Mrs. Mary Johnson were quietly married Tues- SPOILING HUN'S SLEEP Desultory Bombing Distracts Antiaircraft Gunners.. Drop Two and Flit Away; When Fritz Settles Down, Wake Him Up Again. Behind the British Lines in France.—One of the most exciting tasks to which airmen are assigned is "desultory bombing" over one spot for an hour or more. The object is to distract the attention of the antaircraft defenders of a given district. A machine carrying a dozen or more bombs is employed for the work. The airman, a pilot and an observer approach their target cautiously. With engines throttled down, the craft glides nearer and nearer. Below all is quiet. No German searchlights are sweeping the sky. When the attackers are almost over their object a rocket rises and bursts into a cluster of red stars. The machine has been discovered. At once six or seven searchlights throw their beams aloft. The pilot looks at his watch; it is time to begin bombing. He files steadily on, although a barrage of bursting shells lies now in front of him. The observer looks through the wires of his bomb sight. He thrusts his lever forward and releases two bombs. A few seconds later he sees the flash of their explosions, and hears two dull roars. He signals to the pilot and the machine sweeps away from the fiery ring of shells and searchlights. A few miles away the airplane file to and fro at top speed. The puzzler searchlights vainly feel the sky in all directions and then, one by one, are switched off. Then the pilot quickly returns toward the target. Another bomb is dropped. As it explodes the search lights reappear and the barrage is renewed, while through the shell bursts are threaded the chains of green flaming globes so much used by the Germans. Again the machine files away and this time to bewilder the soldiers below, the observer fires a white Verey light, which slowly drifts down and fades out. All the searchlights follow it until it dies. Repeatedly the airmen return to the attack. Bombs are dropped at inter vals until the end of the hour, when the machine departs, flickering fires and clouds of smoke telling of the havoc wrought by the bombs. "YANKS HAVE NO BRAINS; WON'T QUIT," SAYS HUN New Castle, Pa.—"The American soldiers have no brutus because they don't know when to quit." That was the observation made to Capt. H. C. Harper of this city, a member of Pershing's army of more than a million, by a German prisoner. "The Hun told me," he writes, "that France is fighting for her existence, England for her honor, but that America wants nothing only to kill Germans." FRENCH LAUNDRIES ARE FINE American Soldier Says the Only Trouble Is Getting Your Own Clothes Back. New York.—"French village laundries are wonderful places to the American soldiers," writes R. J. Kirk a former Pacific Coast newspaper man now doing duty over there, to an old time friend here. "In fact, every French hamlet has a municipal washhouse," he continues "It is generally a stone shed built over a running stream. Here the old French wildows wash the American soldiers' clothes. Soldiers are supposed to wash their own clothes, but not of them do it unless it is a long way from payday, or else they're leaving most of their frances with the paymaster in the shape of Liberty Bonds, wives' allotments or similar payments. "So most of the 'soldats Americanine' let the old French women do their laundry. They do it good enough and cheap enough, but getting back what the soldier sent there to have washed is another problem. The old ladies take the socks, olive drab shirts and underwear of half a company, souse them all together in a creek, drug them out, hit them with a paddle on the wooden horses, then pile them and tell the soldiers to come and get them 'Volla, Messieurs' (There they are, gentlemen). "The first man to arrive gets a full wardrobe. In fact, if he happens to be a bit unscrupulous he's likely to get enough duds to last him over the winter. The last man need not go at all; he'll have only his bill to pay." Chicago.-Fifty thousand soldiers in the cantonments in America do not propose to arrive in France unable to converse with the fair French damsel. At least that is the estimate given by Y. M. C. A. officials of attendants at French classes in the camps. Steam Destroys Sight Alfoona, Pa.—Percy S. 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