Iowa State Bystander

ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER The Best and only medium that reaches the colored people of the middle west. Mrs. G. H. Griffith, 108 W. 13th and Mrs. E. A. Yeager spent last Sunday in Perry visiting the formers brother, Mr. A. Griffith and family. Hello, hello, for 414 2d avenue East, Call for Mr. John S. Thomas, The Sca Food Merchant. Make shipment to any place, Patronage solicited. Address Jno. S. Thomas, Albia, Iowa. The Callanan club met Wednesday the 5th at the home of Mrs. P. Stewart. Mrs. Ewing of Centerville, Iowa, was club guest and gave a very brief and interesting talk. She is a cousin of Mr. Thornton and Amos Adams. The club adoured to meet at the home of Mrs. Dr. Jefferson, 1322 Day street, on the 22d of this month. Madam Robinson, Hair Dresser and Scalp Cleaner, of Hocking, Iowa, and agent for Madam Walker's treatment of the scalp, has practiced in Albia, Hiteman and Hocking for the past year giving satisfaction to all. Write her, or give her a call, Hocking, Ia. To the Worthy Matron and Members of Princess Zora Chapter, No. 10; We, your committee on condolence, beg leave to submit the following report: Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to take from our midst, one of our beloved and faithful sisters, realizing that the final destiny of all is in His hands, and to His sovereign will, we humbly bow. Yet it fills our hearts with sorrow and sadness to know that we have sustained the loss of one so faithful and true as our beloved sister, Julia Taylor, whose memory we cherish and whose death we lament. Further then Princess Zora chapter No. 10, extend their hearttilt sympathy to the bereaved family. Respectfully submitted, Effie J. Watkins. Dayse A. Jacobs. Sister Mitchell. BIRTHS. Dr. Jefferson reports that Mr. and Mrs. James Knox of Carney, Iowa, are he proud parents of a bouncing ten pound toy, born Tuesday, March 7th. Mr. Jefferson is the purchaser of a new Chevrolet car, 1816 model, five passenger. We are all glad to note this, as it shows success on the part of the doctor. The A. M. E. Altar Guild will meet next Thursday at the home of Mrs. Chas. Smith, 1320 Park street. Mr. Edward Mease, a student from Euxton in this city, was quietly married last week in Fort Dodge, Iowa. To Miss Alline Robinson. Mr. Mease is a nephew of Mrs. E. L. Green of this city. The P. L. D. club met at the home of Mrs. Jane Taylor, 1108 Second as Bluff streets. They will meet at the home of Mrs. Jares, Tenth and Park streets, Friday, March 10th. Miss Lean Bass, who has been suffering with her eyes, was operated on at the hospital this week. Mrs. L. J. Shelton is very sick at her home, 776 West Tenth street. Mrs. S. Bates is still confined to her home, but is improving. SAM ZION FOR COUNCILMAN. Mr. Sam Zion, our business merchant, who is a candidate for councillman, has made a clean canvass, and is finishing very strong. He stands for the upbuilding of our city and he believes the people should rule and not an individual, and will enforce all the laws if elected. He will give all races and classes of people equal justice in all of his dealings. His friends are working for his nomination, and solicit your support next Monday. The Triple H club will meet next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Louis Avery, corner of Eleventh and Park streets. The afternoon will be devoted to industrial work. Mrs. C. M. Wilson was hostess to the D. Y. W. Y. K. Art club Tuesday afternoon, at which time by vote of club the amendment to article 31 of State Federation by-laws was accepted. Mrs. Lillian Mitchell was enrolled as a new member. The hostess served a two-course luncheon and the club adjudicated to meet next Tuesday with Mrs. Harry Allen, 1212 Crocker street. COSSCN ON SUFFRAGE. "I believe in equal suffrage because I believe in democracy. The vote at the next primary which will determine whether women shall be permitted actually to participate in their own government is the culmination of a movement which commenced at the earliest dawn of history when the absolute authority of the monarch over the lives of his subjects was for the first time challenged. Step by step the people have been gaining—at first the lords, then the business men, then the farmers, then the laboring men, then the colored men, and now the women are asking for equal political rights." Woman Voters, Home Keepers—Of the 7,350 women registered as voters in Topeka, 6,100 are home-keepers. REMEMBER THE Pa'ace Sweet Cafe UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Big Chicken Spaghetti Dinner Sunday, March 12th Red 1367 1012 Center Street Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Erickson, Props. Proper Treatment for Billiousness. For a long time Miss Lula Skelton, Churchville, N. Y., was billious and THE BYSTANDER had sick headache and dizzy spells, Chamberlain's Tablets were the only thing that gave her permanent relief. Obtainable everywhere. N. A. A. C. P. At the meeting of the executive committee of the Des Moines branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Monday evening Mr. Baker Dixon, winner of the first prize in the membership contest recently put on by the branch, was presented with a gold lined sterling silver loving cup, engraved with his name, the name of the branch and the date, which was the gift of the National Association to the individual bringing in the largest number of new members in said contest. A communication was also read from the national headquarters complimenting the Des Moines branch for the splendid progress it has made, having during the first year of its existence attained ninth place in size among the sixty-seven branches, being second only to Chicago, larger than the two Kansas Cities combined and more than four times as large as the St. Joseph, Mo., branch, which was organized about the same time with the same number of members. Mr. Jesse A, Graves made a report on "The Birth of a Nation" film as seen by the president and himself at Newton last week, and letters were read from Newton, Clarinda and Mason City, where the film was shown recently, in which it was testified that the evil effects of the exhibition were being felt already in those cities. The president reported that the Crocker post of the Grand Army of the Republic had added its protest to that of Kinsman post, the City Federation of white women and other local organizations against the production of the play in Des Moines, but that no decision had yet been made by the city authorities. A number of persons renewed their memberships for another year and Dr. J. Edward Kirby was elected as a new member of the branch. CITY PRIMARIES On next Monday the voters of our cities, towns and villages will be called upon to nominate twice the number of candidates to be elected whose names will be put upon the official ballot to be elected at the regular city election to be held March 27th. Therefore we all should be very areful as to who we are to vote for at both the primaries and at the election. We have run and are running this week in brief the history and biography of each candidate that will announce their candidacy in our paper. Some of the candidates will not announce in our colored paper at all and yet will announce in their white newspapers. Those people are not asking for the colored man's vote, nor do they deserve it. Therefore do not vote for any man whose name is not printed in the Bystander. If they ask your support you ask them why they did not announce themselves in the colored newspaper. KEEP OFF OF BELLIGERENT VESSELS. The German empire has served notice to all civilized nations that after the first day of March this year she would sink without warning any of the allies' merchant vessels armed and that neutral countries should so warn their citizens who might go up on those vessels, and now the president is trying to secure a pledge from. Germany not to molest those merchant vessels. We believe that in war if the other country arms her merchant vessels with guns it is the duty of the antagonist, if she can, to sink those armed ships. Let us, like a true patriot, warn our American citizens to keep off those armed ships of the allies. There are plenty of other neutral ships to ride on. Let nation. A word in time may save nine. Don't talk about dignity and freedom of the high seas when our lives are endangered. Away with such inconsistency. JENNEY FOR COUNCILMAN. Mr. J. W. Jenney, one of the well known men of North Des Moines, is a candidate for councilman. He has been in the grocery business for the last twenty years, except the few years he was chief of police, for four years he was head of the human society. All of these experiences eminently qualifies him to be a good man for councilman. He is a true friend of the colored race, and solicits your support. THE TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE Bargains in Rebuilt Typewriters Underwood No. 4 visible- $35.00 Underwood No. 5 visible- 45.00 Oliver No. 3, visible---- 25.00 Oliver No. 5, visible---- 35.00 Monarch No. 2, visible-- 35.00 L. C. Smith No. 2, visible 35.00 Smith Premier No. 10 "b 35.00 Remington No. 10 " 40.00 Royal No. 1 " 30.00 Smith Premier No. 2---- 17.00 Remington No. 6---- 17.00 COLLEGE CHARLES S. WILCOX Candidate For Municipal Judge. To the Citizens of Des Moines: I am a candidate for Municipal Judge. You know the importance of this position. I ask your support for two reasons: First, I believe in the modern, scientific, humanitarian, civilized view of crime and criminals. A man who thinks of crime and criminals in terms of ancient criminology is unworthy to sit on the Municipal or any other judicial bench. The old view considered the offense, giving little thought to the offender. All criminals were judged by fixed standards. Heredity and environment were disregarded. Youths and accomplished criminals were herded together. Reformation was hardly thought of. But the modern view interprets the crime in the light of scientific analysis of the criminal, and then applies the remedy for both the protection of the people and the reformation of the offender. The individualization of penal treatment is the great truth for present day criminal science. I am pledged to this modern, scientific, humanitarian, civilized view of crime and criminals. The judicial bench is a symbol of protection for the people, and it should also be a symbol of sympathy and help for the offender. I believe the individualization of penal treatment is one of the most important issues that can be brought to your attention. Second, I believe that I am, especially prepared for municipal judge. I have practiced in the courts of Iowa for twelve years. I was selected by a committee of the legislature to compile the Supplement of 1913, containing all the general and permanent laws enacted in Iowa between 1897 and 1913. I also edited the Index to the Code of Iowa and Supplement. These works were authorized and published by the state of Iowa. In compiling and editing these volumes (which are used by all the lawyers, judges and public officials in Iowa), I became thoroughly acquainted with Iowa law—its letter and its spirit. My record is open, and I invite investigation. I respectfully solicit your vote. Charles S. Wilcox. JOE MEYER FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE. Judge Joe Meyer is well liked by cur people. They have a good many reasons for supporting him. They feel that Judge Meyer gives them a square deal without regard to color. No matter whether a man is rich or poor, he gets a square deal. The colored man has the same show always as the white man for that fact. We feel very thankful to the judge. Not only that, he is fair to everybody and he tries hard to help men and women. Judge Meyer has courage and he is firm where it is needed, but he believes in helping the man or woman who is down—believes in giving them another chance, and that is right. Men go to him for assistance and when it is in his power he helps them. He punishes the guirry just as he should. But he is a just judge in every way. His record as police judge is good. He is very popular in every part of the city and the colored people should feel very sure that Judge Joe Meyer is going to be one of the four judges elected. In all the straw votes so far he has lead the ticket. To the Colored Voters of Des Moines: I thank you for your friendship. I ask you for your support next Monday. I will appreciate it very, very much. I have many good friends among your people and I want to meet as many of you as I can. But it will not be possible for me to meet all of you. I will sincerely thank you if you will find my name on the voting machine next Monday and vote for me. I certainly will thank you heartly. I do thank the many good colored people who have epersonally pledged me their support. I appreciate it and I take this means of getting word to them. Sincerely yours, Joe Meyer, Candidate for Municipal Judge. J. M. LEONARD. Just one thing sure, the people are finding out the real value of J. M. Leonard as councilman. He voted right on moral questions. In every way he has saved money for the city at every corner possible. He saved over half each year for heating the municipal hall, he saved a good deal over half in fighting the municipal building. He has improved the parks. He has as clean set of men as ever worked for any man in the cemeteries and parks. Always courteous, no drinking, no swearing, no grafting. Everything on the square and with the money he has had to work with he has accomplished a great deal. Mr. Leonard has plans for the parks and the cemeteries in the future that will mean a great deal if he gets the support of the people. We love our parks. They are beautiful. Mr. Leonard is greatly in love with his work. He knows what pleases the people of this city and he is trying very hard to please them. In addition he stayed with us on moral issues. Now let us give him a great big vote. We owe it to him.—National Prohibitor. 1910 To the Colored People: I have krown J. M. Leonard for years. I know his kindly manner, his good heartedness and I know that he has always used the colored race well. I know his feelings towards your people He is not a man to keep giving flattery that means nothing, but I have heard him talk on this subject, I know his views and I know you can trust him. I am well acquainted with many colored people. A great many of them are my friends because they know my attitude towards them has always been helpful and friendly. I ask you, my colored friends to vote for J. M. Leonard at the primaries.-- C. C. Pugh. FAIRWEATHER FOR COUNCIL MAN The above cut is the true likeness of Thomas Fairweather, manager of the Des Moines Baseball association, and who is a candidate for councilman. Mr. Fairweather is a first class business man. While he has not had the time to meet all the voters as he would like because of his struggle to make a living, and that he has not formed any combination with any other candidates; neither has he a manager. He is working his own candidacy the best he can do alone. Depending upon his friends and acquences for his square dealing in business with those whom he has met to give him the nomination. He earnestly solicits his votes. He is a true friend of the colored people. MACKINNON FOR SCHOOL TREASURER We present to our readers the cut of Gilger MacKinnon, president of the Mechanics Savings bank, who is a candidate for school treasurer of Des Moines, subject to election Monday, March 13th. Mr MacKinnon is one of our successful business men of our city. Mr. MacKinnon is a 32d degree Mason, a Shriner, an Odd Fellow and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal church. In fact he is the treasurer of that great church. He is associ- [Name] M. H. ed with all movements for the good of and upbuilding of our city. He stands for honest and square dealing and efficiency in office, and would no doubt make an ideal treasurer if elected. He is a good friend of the colored people and solicits their support at the poles. CONROY FOR COUNCILMAN. We present to our readers the picture of James J. Conroy, who is a candidate for councilman. Mr. Conroy is one of our well known citizens, having lived in our city many years, and has worked in different capacities in the city. For six years he worked in the engineer's department, which familiarized him with all the duties of that work. While in that department he was street inspector and foreman of that department a while under John MacVicar. Mr. Conroy was Mr. Albert Erward Greenlaw, the great Canadian soloist, who is with Dr. Gordon, who is conducting evangelistic meetings at Plymouth Congregational church, is one of the fin- THAYER FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE Mr. Edward F. Thayer is a candidate for municipal judge. He was born in 1880 in this city and has lived here for twenty years. He attended Drake university law department and has been practicing for the past ten years. He has never before asked for or held any office. He solicits your vote Monday. KEOKUK NEWS. There will be a St. Patrick's Day Market given by Eureka Temple, No. 35, at the home of Mrs. Wm. H. Dixon, 1529 Blondeau street, Saturday, March 18, 1916. Hours from 2:30 until 10 o'clock p. m. Lunch will be served during the afternoon and evening. We solicit the patronage of all members and friends. ..... Committee in charge—Mesdames Edna K. Albert, Ida Mitchell, Emma Teabeau, Susie Holmes, Fannie Arnstrong, Lucinda Matthews, Emma Brown and Lulu Marion. VOTERS! VOTERS! Mr. Voter: Look, read and select your choice and vote for him next Monday. Below we publish a list of all the candidates who have announced their names through The Bystander. Clip this list out, carry it to the polls and vote for some one of these, because they solicited your vote. For mayor—Lewis E. Royal. For council—S. B. Allen, John Budd, James Conroy, Tom Fairweather, Harry Frase, Fred German, J. W. Jenney, Jake Leonard, Joe Myerly, Ben Wilcox, Ben Woolgar, Geo. Yeager, Sam Zion, D. M. Dillon, J. M. Stewart, T. M. Winfrey, W. B. Barnes. For municipal judge—O. S. Franklin, Joe Meyer, Eskil Carlson, Ed Frisk, John Holland, Walter Irish, S. G. Meyer, J. B. Rush, H. H. Sawyer, Tom Sellars, Ed Thayer, Chas. S. Wilcox, James Wilson, H. F. Wood. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a blank or heavily pixelated area with no discernible content. a candidate a few years ago and lacked only a few votes of being elected, and his friends believe he will take first or second place Monday on primary day. He has dealt with all should have equal justice and fair consideration. He is a friend to the classes fair and agrees that everybody who should come before him colored race. He is a brother of John T. Conroy, who is a justice of the peacei n Des Moines township. They will be very thankful to receive your support next Monday at the poles. THE NEW YORKER est singers of our race. He will sing Sunday, March 12th, at Union Congregational church at 8 o'clock. Everybody invited to come out. For bailiff of municipal court—H. H. Beoghley, Guy Fish, Jim Jones, Dan McNerney, Chas. Temple. For school treasurer—W. E. Barrett, Gilger MacKinnon. For clerk of municipal court—A. J. Bader. DILLON FOR COUNCILMAN. We present to our readers the cut of Mr. D. M. Dillon, who is a candidate for councilman. Mr. Dillon is a successful business man, living on the East Side. He is now manager of the Klondike Incubator company. He has lived in our city sixteen years. His practical knowledge of work and his business judgment in handling men would no doubt qualify him to be a safe man to trust our city government to. He believes in equality and justice of all races and classes, and it is his desire to deal fair with everybody, and to put in city council. Miss Lena Bass, who has been suff purely and business and honest methods. He believes in strict enforcement of law and order. Pay Bount and read the Bystander Dont borrow or read your neighbors, help make this a great paper WINFREY FOR COUNCILMAN. We present to our readers the cut of Mr. T. M. Winfrey, who is a candidRate for councilman. Mr. Winfrey is one of the best known citizens of East Des Moines. He is considered the laboring man's candidate. He was born, reared and educated in Polk county. He is 42 years old, with 20 years of business experience, and at one time was justice of the peace of Four Mile township. He is one of the best qualified men who is seeking nomination. He will treat all classes and races fife if elected, and solicits the colored vote in his behalf Monday. A. J. BADER FOR CLERK IN MU NICIPAL COURT. We present to our readers the cup of Mr. A. J. Bader, who is a candidate for clerk of the municipal court. He is a young man, who is living in our city and a member of the cigar-men's union. He is a cigarmaker. Having worked with Mr. Cohen's cigar factory for sixteen years, He is a man of ability and of good moral character, and will reflect much good to the office if elected. His friends are working for him and ask that the colored voters support him in his candidacy. TO OUR VOTERS. Notice: On Monday, March 13th, you are all called upon to go to the polls and vote for one mayor and four city councilmen and municipal judges. There are some others, but these are the most important for us to consider. You have a perfect right to vote for whom you please, but we do hope you will vote for good men. There are plenty of them in the field and you need make no mistake in your selection. For municipal judgeship we have one of our own race. One that has been with us for many years, but has been tried and proved. He is up for judge. You all know his name—Brother Rush. I need not urge you to test your ballet for him, because you will do this anyway. Then among our old friends for councilmen we notice very conspicuously the name of Joe Myerly. A staunch friend of our race, one that has stood by us through thick and thin. We never have asked him for anything but what it was granted if it was within his power. Of course Mr. Myerly had the other members of the council to assist him, which are good men also, and he will not take all this credit to himself, but we speak of him particularly and we trust that you will assist him all that you can when you go to the polls. Mr. Myerly has had, as you know, charge of the street department. A very difficult, vexing and perplexing place in the council, but nevertheless the city has made wonderful strides in its growth and beautiful development under his administration. Let us look for a few minutes at some of the things which have been accomplished since he has held this place. First we notice the complete on of the flood protection dam. This was a great undertaking and was completed at a cost of some $200,000. The Seventh street bridge also was under his supervision, and this was also built. A beautiful structure at a cost of $114,000, also the market house has been completed. This has been a gerat benefit to all of us poor people, and we shall always look upon this market house as one of his monuments. We also notice from his record that there has been 804,372 yards of paving and 1,356,500 square feet of sidewalk. A fine bridge has been built at Sixty-third street, at the cost of some $20,000. They have added to our lighting system some 933 more lights, and these lights burn all night, instead of only a part, as handled previously, and it cost the taxpayer no more than it did when they burn only a part of the time. There are a host of other things we could mention, but we have not the space to mention them. Suffice it to say that he is well qualified; a man of strong personality; a genius in his department and one that we can trust and should not be ashamed of. His record is beyond reproach. There is another one for councilman, a new man whose name is John Budd. Mr. Buda is well known by our people. He has been connected with the city engineering department for years, and on everything that he been accomplished we see the touch of his hand, which results in beauty. Now, brother voters, remember that he is not a wilting blossom on a bruised stem, but a strong, many man, one whom all our people can support and unite in sending to the city hall. He is well qualified because of his skillful engineering in connection with this city, and of course you will vote for him. Written by a Subscriber. AFRO-AMERICAN CULLINGS The Freedman's Aid society received in the last year 1914-1, $178,000, in collection from annual conferences. In the year 1911-12, there was received from the same source $133,000. The record is that we received $45,000 more during the fourth year of this quadronium than the first year. This is a larger per cent of increase over our previous income than that of any schools. This large increase is not due solely to the board of *Sunday schools*. This commission of finance. It will be giving credit to the commission to say that $10,000 of it came from that source. To this writer's view of the matter it is not that the cause is less popular, but because of the exploitation of the progress of the race as a justification of what has been done for the black man—there is too prevalent an impression that he is able to support his schools. It should not be so, for the colored man's per capita wealth is less than white that of his more fortunate white brother is thirty-three or more. The colored man has had his chance but fifty years with burdened some handicaps. His wage earnings have been small always as compared with others. He pays more for everything and received less with which to pay. He has had more children to educate in the last fifty years than anybody else comparing his numerical strength with others of the American opportunity to educate his children as public expense is of the most meager Kind. Think of it In Georgia there are 1,431,812 white people and 1,176,887 colored people. The amount of money expended on white schools in 1913-14 was $2,825,588, and on the colored schools $492,906. The white and colored people nearly and yet upon the white schools received six times more of the public funds for education than upon the colored. The writer is entering no complaint but is trying to impress a few important facts as follows. The colored man cannot yet be expected to anything like meet, the demands upon him for the education of his people. Further that public authorities administer the public fund to suit them better. The public funds are less. If therefore the masses are to be educated his white friends' North and South must help him. The colored man will do more year by year. In the Methodist church for this quadrennium we have received through conference channels and special gifts credited to conferences $641,180.59. Of this amount our colored people gave $148,000 which is a little beyond one-fourth the entire amount given by the church. The colored people obtained the numerical strength of the church and a far less percentage of the per capita wealth of the church, yet gives one-fourth of the amount spent upon his education through the Freedmen's Aid society so far as the voluntary gifts of the conferences are concerned. Say, brother reader, haven't we everything for which to be thankful and not much over which to be discouraged? Are we not headed onward? If this writer does not mistake the plans now in the making, the colored people will fill double in the quadrennium. Let us believe that the greater giving upon the part of our white people begins with this Lincoln Sunday for the reason that the On August 4, 1914, a Negro who called himself Chief Sam, sailed away from New York on the steamship Lliberia. With him were a considerable company of Texas Negroes, who acknowledged him as leader and who believed his claim of descent from African rulers. He gave assurance that he had an agreement with twenty kings, and that a rich tract of 164,000 acres had been set aside as a Utopia for the pilgrims from over the sea. This week three of the pilgrims returned to New York, seated on their way by British ships. Of the others many are dead of starvation. Some are discharged in the interior of Africa, few are working on British plantations along the Gold coast. Chief Sam himself is a prisoner at Cape Coast Castle, charged with manslaughter as being responsible for the death of his followers. No twenty kings met Sam. There was not even one king or one acre of land. There was nothing but disillusionment and misery. It is no reproach of the Negroes of this country that Sam was able to find The Chinese are not isolated in their inability to pronounce the letter R. In nearly every case it is the last letter even the English-born child learns to pronounce. The records show that only 17 per cent of the applicants applying for enrollment in the United States navy are accepted. A daily paper was recently issued on a train between the cities of Minneapolis and Spokane. By treating freshly made cheese with alternating currents of electricity for 24 hours a Dutch electrician has found he can give it all the properties of age. Some good people seem to think the darkness is making a great mistake not leaving the management envy to them. neighborly of honey is that a mix of two or more honeys always sharer than any of the original need is greater. Standards are high er. Fifty years is but a day in the solution of such a problem as slavery bequeathed us, that two hundred years and fifty years of unremitting toll can not be paid in fifty years, that the colored man is a man, not a thing, that we ought to give more and will do it. —Northern Christian Advocate The Negro of today has a warm interest in the days when the two races understood each other better—they cling to the stories of their old white folks as they heard them from their parents. One circumstance that impressed me of this strong sentiment was a few weeks ago, when John Washington, the brother of Booker Washington, visited Birmingham. He looked forward to meeting Mrs. Harry Jones. He had known her as a child, had driven her to school, the daughter of his "young mistress" from Virginia. He told the philanthropist of the past as he told me "Miss Bertha looks as her mother used to." Does this not tell of the spirit of the past? And that sentiment is strong at Tuskegee today. There are two memories of yesterday that will never die, the faithfulness of the good, old colored friend, and the rhythm of the Negro melodies. With the hall filled at Tuskegee institute with 3,000 voices; there rang out the wonderful sound of "Sweetheart," the air of the soul at the same time and closed a wonderful meeting. If every man and woman of the South could see this factory at the institute at work, in the schoolroom, in the kitchen, in the shop, molding human bodies into intelligent service, teaching them its value, giving them the lesson of making better homes, regarding higher principles and more respectful attention to those in authority, they would recognize it to be a necessity to good citizenship and useful to the community. The results will surely civilize the rural but dwellers and bring greater prosperity to the country industry. "The world wants its work done, and civilization is simply a search for men who can do things. The whole atmosphere of the inclusion, including about 2,500 Negroes, pupils, teachers and their families, is simple, and there is no pretense, no presumption, but a spirit of gratitude for the wonderful co-operation of their white friends North and South, East and West. In Carnegie hall, New York, the white friends of Booker T. Washington, held memorial services on February 13, and it is an opportunity time for those of the South to pay a similar tribute to the memory of the greatest Negro the world ever knew, and arrangements are being made to hold these services in the auditorium at Tuskegee institute on the same date.-Mrs. J. B. Reid in Birmingham (Ala.) Age-Herald. The recent reopening of the Parisian opera was decidedly an event, for not only did the motor cars and their human freight give the famous Place de l'Opaque a most awful appearance, but the seats sold at prices ranging from $20 for orchestra stalls to $1,000 for boxes, the profits going entirely for Belgian Red Cross work. Argentina has ten meat freezing plants in active operation and three are contemplated. followers. Many white men, with schemes even more foolish and preposterous, have mustered their disciples and believers by the hundreds. The story of Sam merely proves that credibility knows no distinction of race or color, and that an impostor with plenty of "nerve" can always find a hearing—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Duke McLauren is a Negro farmer of Hoke county, North Carolina. His cotton crop last year brought him $3,000 and he has twelve bales yet unsold. He works hard, lives well, owe no debts, and the weekly paper of his county says: "He has set a worthy example to his section and the whole state." America faces the future with confidence in spite of a tremendous race problem because it knows that the Duke McLauren are multiplying and will continue to multiply—Kansas City Star. A new refuse pan for kitchen sinks is provided with a grease trap to permit only water to enter a drain pipe. A new holder for index cards is covered with glass to keep them clean, while a mechanical finder on one side is used to select those needed for reference. The manufacture of ferroilsson, which is much in demand all over the world, is rapidly increasing in Norway. Small pans of glass set into the side of a new fountain pen enable the quantity of ink it holds to be seen. A professorship of railroading is the latest innovation at Harvard. James J. Hill, the famous Northwestern railroad magnate, has headed a contribution from 74 railroad men to establish this branch of learning. CAIRO BURSTING WITH WILD WEST AUSTRALIAN ARMY "Roughest, Toughest Fit and Fighting Body of Men," Says Correspondent. AWAIT ATTACK ON THE SUEZ German-Turkish Forces-Expected to Plunge Toward Canal-Veterans of Gallipolil Are in the Defending Army-Longing for a Scrap. Cairo.-Egypt is waiting. It is waiting with the patience of a country ages old that can afford to wait. It is quite conscious of its position in the war. It expects the German-Turkish forces to plunge toward the Suez canal, and it is ready for them. But it awaits the event with an eastern calm on which is superimposed a British calm. Here in Cairo I feel I am in closed territory. After being raced across the eastern Mediterranean in a P. & O. liner with an honest fear of submarines, I was dropped at Port Said and there was an ordinary train, dining car and all which I mustest on to Cairo, delirying the canal and the desert which were not at all as ordinary. Once in Egypt I or anyone can move about anywhere, it is easier to knock about on the delta of the Nile than in France or England. Once you are off the delta the triangle with Cairo at the apex, you run into military zones. The secretive desert lies beyond and even the trains of padded camels snoooping off across the skyline, no doubt on quite ordinary errands, and their Arab drivers add to the mystery. As to the Arabs most of them could tell a good deal if they cared to talk. No Uprising is Likely. One can spend four and a half days going from Khartoum as easily as any tourist ever traveled the Nile, but if there is one thing extremely unlikely to happen in Egypt it is an uprising between here and the Soudan; nor are any of the desert tribes likely to create any havoc along the river. Trouble can come but from two directions, east and west. Both are under active military control and I am for the present not permitted to write about them. But there is enough going on in this small, intensely vivid world to keep one from getting restless. For, remote from the war as we are here, we are in it in a strategic position, and the part of Egypt which counts strategically in a military sense is the small, intimate town. It only takes hours from here to Alexandria and five to Qat Said. The situation has dramatic compactness. Beyond that there are only the considerable outpost forces at the oases in the desert. Egypt is staged in Cairo. Cairo has not given up any of its ordinary life, except the tourist trade, and is carrying off its military honors with quite an air. It can afford to let the tourists go. It can afford it the tourists go. And they are much more in a mouth than the tourists of ten years. I happen to be waiting for something that lifts the curtain and reveals a corner of the stage. A British officer has located an Arab somewhere in the depths of Cairo, and this Arab has just come off the western desert and knows more than any other man on the delta about the doings of the most-talked-of man in Egypt, the head of the Senussi, the desert chieftain who is the unknown quantity in Egypt and that officer's report will mean much. I have seated myself, as many thousands of Americans have done, on the terrace of Shepherd's hotel, but I have quite another sight from the usual one before me. Imagine the most European of Calro's streets filled from the steps of the hotel to the arcade across the way with swaggering men in khaki. They walk with a swing and a "cheero," their spurs jangling, the Emu feathers in their wailing, their level eyes a head above even the tall Egyptians. To anyone used to the warmth of Europe, they you like a fresh wind off the mountains. For those are the Australians; the roughest, toughest, fit and fighting body of men I believe the world has ever seen. All the varlcolored, fascinating life of Calro is sweep away by their virility. They seem fairly to swell through the streets. Heroes of Western Romance. Imagine this ancient and secretive city bustling with the heroes of western romance, with their pockets full of money and itching to spend it—to blow it in in a large and conspicuous manner. They fill the sidewalks, flickers, and sticks at the bare legs of the men. The Prophet who wriggle among them on bakehouses and offering to sell them what they will. The steps of the hotel are lined with military police, soldiers wearing the red and white brassard of the P. M.'s guard. They are here every day and are to be found everywhere in Carto to the number of 1,500 to keep the sami- Twenty-Seven Steamers to Be Acquired from American Yards This Year, 's Report. New York.-The total number of steamships to be built in this country for Norwegian interests this year was brought up to twenty-seven by the announcement that contracts have just been awarded for building six vessels of 3,000 tons each at Manifesto, Wits. According to shipping men, the Nor No Uprising Is Likely. News From the Senussi. Heroes of Western Romance. THE BYSTANDER BEST ARMY Hit and Says SUEZ Selected to veterans perial Australian private in order. But tonight they are particularly vigilant, as an order has been issued declaring Shophead's and the Continental hotels out of bounds for anyone under the rank of an officer. The order was issued because the Australian privates were monopolizing the two best places in the town to dine. Two of these Australian boys, lean-franked horsemen from the plains, free men in the very carriage of their heads, started to mount the steps. "Pull them up!" the Heutenant of the P. M.'s guard snapped out. For now, they would have a scene, but the two boys, who had not heard the official order, listened with faces as cold as marble, and, without losing a trace of dignity, turned and walked down the stairs. I wanted to cheer. The landing at Anzak was easier for them than to walk down those stairs, but they did it like cowboys and men. "King's" Son a Private **KING OF SINGLE PRAIRIE** Most of those who have plenty of money and there is no telling by their rank how much money they have. One private has rented the most expensive house for rent in Cairo and has a retinue of servants. He is the son of a pearl king. The democracy of this army shocks some British officers and delights some others. Usually they like it, because the type of British officer who has been sent to Egypt is usually a man who has knocked about the back countries and values men for being men. I spent the morning with a British major who had received orders to work up a contingent to handle a camel corps. For corps captain he picked up an Australian who has not an "h" to his name and mannequin. He has a stand camels and that is all my friend asks. He has been doing a large share of his provisional recruiting sitting in a cafe, and the word has passed around where he is to be found. And this is the British army! An Australian told me a story on his colonel. They were fresh back from Gallipoli, and ordered up for a review. The colonel gave them a few instructions, in the family circle, as to how they were to behave, and ended by saying: "And for the love of Mike when the general is here don't call me Bill." I can quite believe that story. After seeing the joyous Australians it does not seem a bit out of the way. Longing for a Scrap. Three of those mighty men from the Antipodes were riding on a street car with me the other day and three dapper effendl, with polished boots and more than polished manners, entered and sat down opposite. One of the Australians leaned across to me and remarked: "Stranger, can't you do something to start a fight? I need exercise." The effend looked disturbed but kept their seats. The most typical of the stories I have heard on passable authority occurred the night of the evacuation of Anzac, the particular evacuation in which the Australians did not lose a man. Officers have told me that as a result of the night they tilt shape to which they had clung for months they had not the slightest expectation of ever getting away alive. They hoped they might get some of their men off on the transports which had come up under cover of night, but to escape themselves they considered impossible. That night, though everyone knew what was going to happen, was chosen by several mighty Australians to get dead drunk. They could not be moved. But in the dawn, hours after everyone else was gone, they woke up fright. Hometown, and swam out until they were picked up. After First Effect, Ordinary Life. Once the first overwhelming effect of the Australians has passed, one sees from the terraces more of the ordinary life, the racing gharries with their shouting drivers bearing along Egyptian women with fine eyes and the thin white veils, more a prosecution than a protection, now in vogue in the East. Some of the ladies of the sultan's palace have also just passed in a French limousine, going three times as fast as anyone else, and I note they too wear the gossamer yawmskins. On the sidewalk immediately below the rail of the hotel, an Arab woman is squatting telling the fortunes of two Australians. A water carrier, dirty beyond belief, pushes along through the swarming porters. Officers are arriving, bag and baggage, every half minute, and through the red fezzea comes a brighter touch of color as two British generals, red bands on their caps, red tabs on their labels and strips of service ribbons with every color in the rainbow, pull up. but through all this distracting color comes a figure in a white turban, and a white burrowose who dominates the sidewalk. A staff officer who has just descended the steps sees him and thrusts out a hand for him to shake. He gives it a quiet, dignified shake, and they pass a few compliments before they pass on. It occurs to me that this is the first time I have seen an English officer shake hands with a native and the explanation is being expressed right behind me. "A Bedouin," an officer is saying, "the first I've seen for some time, right off the desert, too. isn't he a specimen for you." A man, by Jove, and a specimen and so I begin to understand why everyone in Cairo talks only of the leader of the Senusri, the chief of all the Bedouins.—Arno Doech in New York World. weigans have been purchasing as many steamers as were available for several months. When they were unable to make any further purchases they placed orders with American builders. C. Ravan, the Norwegian consul-general, said in explanation of the placing of the orders here, that formerly Norway obtained many of her steamships from England, but that now British shipyards are busy building British ships. Airlines for ships are 50 per cent higher than before the war. A Miss Madeline Skinner is one of the prettiest of the visitors in Washington this winter. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Skinner of Philadelphia, and is being extensively entertained. GOOD MARKET FOR CAT FUR Trappers Find a Demand for Almost Any Kind of Hide That Bear Fur. Bar Harbor. Me.-Boys and men who make a business of trapping and hunting in this vicinity, and there are many such, are all smiles over the results of their winter's work. Last year the bottom was knocked out of the fur business by the European war. Prices were very low, and there was in consequence a severe trapping done, where a short-furred fabricated fur and also a decided increase in the number of animals available this winter. Fur-bearing animals, according to the woodsmen, were never so plentiful in this part of New England. Time was when only a few kinds of animals were much sought for their pelts. With the increased demand, however, there is hardly anything that wears fur, from the bear to the muskrat and rabbit, whose skin is not sought. Even the humble house cat brings a price. The woodsmen formerly for the poor, now for the rich. Now there is a steady demand for it, and it appears in the fur shops as American brook mink. Certain kinds of lamb pelts sell as iceland fox, certain kinds of dogskin are in high favor as Manchurian wolf and quantities of catskins are also offered under various names. Beaver, conn, mink, fox and weasel have no difficulty in finding a sale, and do not have to masquerade, as their fur is sufficiently well known and prized in itself. MAY RAISE PRICE OF PAPERS Provincial Journals in Great Britain Are Hardest Hit by Pulp Shortage. London.—Owing to the increased cost of print paper, due chiefly to high freights, a number of English newspapers, particularly in the provinces, are considering the question of coming to an agreement to raise their prices. They state that unless there is an increase of the price at which newspapers are sold a great many of the provincial newspapers will cease to exist, or at least will be suspended for the duration of the war. Added to the high price of print paper is the increased cost of many accessories in connection with newspaper production, great shortage of labor owing to the number of men who have gone from the print trade into the army and the munition factories and the great increase in the wages of boy and other labor. WOULD GO BACK TO PRISON After Pardon, Aged Man Declares the Outside Walls to be Treated Davport, la.—Gus Eisenberg, seventy-four years old, pardoned six months ago, after serving 28 years in Fort Madison penitentiary on a murder charge, has asked the local police to return him to the penitentiary. "I lost. I don't know. where to go," he told the police. "I want to return to prison, for I spent all of my life that was wqrth while there. Warden Sandor Sandor is my man and the world is. I want to go back to the only friend I have." The local police will probably ask the state board of pardons to revoke Eisenberg's pardon and return him to prison for the remainder of his life. The Reformed Clock. Denmark has reformed its clock, which now boasts of twenty-four hours. But little damage is done. As the day begins at midnight, the smaller numbers remain in the hours when the belated husband finds it most difficult to pronounce. Jury Sleeps In Bath, New York—As all the New York hotels reached in half an hour of telephoning reported for houses, the members of a fede, to slave jury spent the night has hath The KITCHEN CABINET A light smoother, a good night's sleep and a fine morning, have a quiet day by indication, a restless night and a rainy morning have proved a coward SANDWICHES FOR GUESTS Good wholesome bread is the great food in our homes and is often-times bread is the great and is often-times the most illly prepared. For the busy woman who has little time to prepare the light bread in the longer process this will appeal to her: pared. For the busy woman who has little time to prepare the light bread in the longer process this will appeal to her: Quick Bread—Boll and mash seven potatoes, add a pint of water in which the potatoes have been boiled, and three pints of cold water, then stir in two and a half cakes of yeast dissolved in a little warm water, two tablespoonfuls of salt, two of sugar and three of flour, mix and add a pint of boiling water; when cool add to the first mixture and cover with a cloth and keep warm ten hours. Then place in a moderately cool place until needed. Then leaf of bread put four cakes of flour, warm and affixed into a cupid pan with a pint of the yeast, a cupful of scaled milk, cooled, and a tablespoonful of lard. Mix with a spoon, then knead briskly for ten minutes, mold into loaves and let rise in a warm place. When light bake forty-five minutes in a moderate oven Tea Rolls—Scald two cupfuls of milk and pour it over a cupful of sugar, three tablespoonfuls of butter and a teaspoonful of salt. When it is cool to lukewarm beat it into three cupfuls of flour, sifted three times, then add a cake of yeast, dissolved in a fourth of a cupful of lukewarm water. Cover and let rise until it is light, add two well-beaten eggs, and pour into a spoonful of cinnamon. Place in a buttered bowl and let rise double its bulk. In into small rolls and place in a buttered pan, let them rise until very light. Brush the tops with melted butter and bake in a hot oven for fifteen minutes by adding to the above one-half a cupful of cocoa. Popovers—Take two cupfuls of flour, two cupfuls of milk, three eggs and a teaspoonful of salt. Beat the eggs until light, add the milk and salt and pour gradually into the flow, beat all the time. Strain the batter and pour into hot greased gem pans. Bake in a hot oven twenty-five minutes. 1 Let us examine sacredly whether it is any wrong-intrusted, to us to set it down—Diplomacy. Greatness is nothing if it is not lasting—Napoleon. HOUSE1EEPERS* HELPS. The indispensable pocket in a kitchen apron may be put near the edge of the apron, but on the under side where it will not be caught and worn on every projecting point. ```markdown ``` Treat your broom to a hot-water bath of hot soap suds, dipping it until it is bright and clean, then shake out the water and let dry hanging. An eye screw should be placed in every broom, and then it should be hung after using. Such a broom will give a third longer service than one that is not taken care of. Have a change drawer placed under the shelf of your kitchen cabinet, with a swing arranged with bell to lock it and a swivel another using it, and from this pay all the system accounts as they come. Where this system has been tried there is less overcharging and it is well liked by both the collector and the housewife. When milk is scorched, pour it at once into a clean dish and set it into cold water. This will remove every trace of the taste if it has not been too bad burned. One of the easiest ways of mending china and one which will make it water and heat proof is to use the white paint of oil colors used by artists. A small tube costs ten cents and will last for a hundred mended dishes. Mend the dish and put it away for six weeks to get thoroughly hard. Then if any of the paint has cozied out on the edge it can be scraped off and the dish will be as good as ever. Clean your bed springs by putting them on the law, and turning on the hose on a bright day. They will dry in a few minutes. Tea and coffee stains, or in fact, any stains that seem obstinate and those of long standing may be removed with About North Dakota. North Dakota, besides its Devil's lake, its bad lands and its tremendous stroches of absolutely worthless scenery, is chief producer in this country of three grains—spring wheat, flax and barley. It also is bounded on the straight up by the swiftest moving fresh air in America. Give Credit to Chinese. The earliest design used for china Worcester, England, are believed to be from the 13th century. Chronicle · Grouch. The subject under discussion was lucky signs, omens and the like. "I must confess to being a fim believer in number seven," remarked a successful tradsman. "For instance, there are just seven letters in the word success." "Yes, and in failure, too," growled the inevitable pessimist—Exchange. Leave Eggs for Sun's Hatching. A plant has been discovered in Cuba bearing fruit like figs in which lay their eggs to be hatched by the sun. ```markdown ``` peroxide. Put the peroxide on the spots when the clothing is on the line, repeat until all trace is removed. The nice thing about using this is that you need not wash the clothing, as the liquid does not injure the fabric. To freshen rolls or biscuits damped them slightly by a sprinkle of water, slip them in a paper bag and lay on the rack in a hot oven. The world is full of fortunates that have but one aliment–indecision. Sam Johnson. STAFF OF LIFE. Sandwiches are used particularly for cold repasts, especially for outdoor excursions and picnics. They are easily made and depend for perfection on their daintiness. For chicken salad sandwiches chop the chicken and cereal much finer than for the salad. Cut the bread, cut oblongs, butter, lay on a leaf, and a filling For chicken salad sandwiches chop the chicken and colery much finer than for the sandwiches. Cut into a narrow chongls, butter, lay on a lettuce leaf and a filling of the salad. Fig Sandwiches—Prepare a half-pound of figs by chopping them, and a third of a cupful of sugar, a half-cupful of boiling water, two table-spoonsfuls of lemon juice, mix and cook these ingredients in a double boiler until thick enough to spread. Cut the bread in fancy shapes, spread with softened butter and place the fig filling between. Lettuce Sandwiches—Spread white bread, cut in onions, with butter, lay on a lettuce leaf dipped in salad dressing and sprinkle with Roquefort cheese. Kindergarten Sandwiches. — Cut brown bread with a doughnut cutter, also cut slices of white bread and use the same cutter. Spread out the small circles and the hollow ones, put a dark center into a white ring and a write center into a dark one, spread with butter and cottage cheese, put together in pairs or serve singly. A most appetizing filling for any sandwich is a common boiled dressing which has been thinned with a little of the seasoned oil and vinegar from oil pickles, with a bit of the pickles chopped and added with a tablespoonful or two of finely chopped boiled ham. A green pepper finely chopped added to boiled dressing is a flavor which is well liked for sandwiches. Olives stuffed or plain, pickles of various kinds and salt of celery or other seasonings also make a good filling Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow never comes. Today is here. If you don't know what to do, sit still and listen. You may still be thinking. Nobody knows.—Charles Salzberg. Praise loudly; blame softly. DAINTY CAKES FOR DESSERTS. With a sheet of sponge cake one may vary the desserts, having something different each day for a week if so desired. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cut thin sponge cake in rounds, heap on sliced bananas and add a little lemon juice, then heap on flavored whipped cherry or bits of sweetened and flavored whipped sweeten, dot with a cherry or bits of jelly. Cut plain sponge cake in slices, using three slices for each serving, put these together with sweetened rh- ubar or rhubarb and orange marmalade, decorate the top with cream and a bit of jelly. Oranges sliced and placed as a filling in chocolate cake, served with a boiled custard is delicious. Cake crumbs of various kinds with any stewed or canned fruit, make most delicious dessert, served either hot or baked. Strawberry Dessert. Put plain cake in squares, and dip in canned straw- berry juice to soften, put on a layer of sliced bananas and decorate a few choice preserved strawberries. Serve with whipped cream colored with the juice and slightly sweetened Fig Betty.-Take two cupfuls of cake crumbs, melt a tablespoonful of butter and stir in the crumbs until well mixed. Place a layer of the crumbs in a baking dish, add a thin layer of apple and figs, finish with the buttered crumbs. Add enough lemon juice and water to keep the mixture moist enough to bake. Cook until the apple is tender. Nellie Maxwell The household encouraged the little servant girl to go to the pictures. They felt that her life needed brightening. She went, and they asked her afterwards whether she had onjoyed herself. "Yes," she said rather dubiously, "but I can't stick them long. I only stayed two hours."—Exchange. Easy to Harden Lead. Two per cent of metallic sodium will harden lead so that it will ring when struck. Daily Thought. If men from their youth were weared of that saunting humor, wherein some, out of custom, let a good part of their life run listlessly away, they would find time enough to acquire skill and dexterity in hundreds of things—Locke. Hint for Mining Investors. Did ye notice how some ay the idiest mines is bragged about as being the richest, list like people?—Bill McGinny, in Engineering and Mining Journal. The Autumn Leaf club met on Friday of last week at the home of Mrs. Udell Tomlin. Messrs. Ulysses and Emery Johnson are on the sick list. Mrs. George Daley of Des Moines is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith. Mrs. Mary Jane Dove returned to Chicago on Thursday of last week. Mrs. George Mott is confined to her home on account of illness. On Thursday, March 16th, will be an Old Folks Concert at the Pilgrim's Rest Baptist church. The mission at St. Mary the Virgin church will begin Sunday, March 12. Mr. Wyette J. Fidler of Sioux Falls, S. D., is in our city visiting his sister, Mrs. C. E. Beckley, and seeking a business location. Mr. George Bland of Watertown, Ill., is in our city, called by the illness of his mother, Mrs. Fannie Bland Williams. Mr. William McKinley Brooks will give a musical and literary recital on Tuesday, March 14. Miss Frances Reeder of Chicago Ill., and brother, Leo, of Madison, Wisconsin, are here, called by the illness of their grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Bland Williams. The Phyllis Wheatley Rescue clut met on Tuesday of this week at the Bethel A. M. E. church. Mrs. Charles Alden spent Thursday in Burlington. Mrs. A. Harris and son, Theodore, of St. Paul, Minn., is here, called by the illness of Mrs. Harris' mother, Mrs. F. Williams. Miss Edith Williams and cousin, Mr. Crist Williams of Ottumwa, Iowa, visited Mr. and Mrs. William Smith last week. They returned to their home on Monday of this week. The greatest exhibition dans ants of the season was given by Mr. Jesse J. Johnson, premier dancer, of St. Louis, Mo., on Thursday evening, March 2, at the Modern Woodmen hall. Dancing was enjoyed from 8 to 1 and nusic was furnished by the celebrated Agne's orchestra. Mr. Johnson demonstrated some of the latest society dances, assisted by the following young ladies of our city: Miss Marie Lewis, maxie; Miss Ionia Hawkins, dream (dip VOTE FOR M. Competent, Fair and Unpartial. A man respected and trusted by all the common people Watch Your Step waltz); Miss Alice Buckner, Mexican; Miss Ruth E. Bland, open hesitation. The prize for the young lady selling the most tickets was won by Ruth E. Bland. The out of town guests were D. Taylor of Canton, Mo., and Miss E. Williams and cousin, Curtis, of Ottumwa, Iowa. One of the prettiest features of the evening was the blue moon. Mr. Johnson left Friday for Quincy, Ill., and from there to his home in St. Louis, Mo. He expects to return to Keokuk in the early part of May. Compromise with conscience is dangerous. Right is absolute and cannot be followed half way to moral victory. Mrs. Willa Coleman was hostess to the Ladies' Industrial club last Wednesday. A very interesting paper on woman's suffrage was read by Mrs. Eva Yancy, followed by an animated discussion by all members. The question box by Mrs. Coleman was another feature Miss Helen Hagen, the noted pianist of Boston, was a guest at this meeting and addressed the club. Miss Margaret DeWitt of Jacksonville, Ill., and Mrs. Eunice Nesby of Consol were the guests of Mrs. Dr. E. A. Carter last week. The Organ club of the A. M. E. church gave a leap year social last Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. Ada Mills. This club is working hard to complete payments on the piano for the church. The attendance was good. The stork has visited the home of Mrs. Mary Carr and left a fine baby girl. Both are doing fine. The Federation of Women's Clubs served a chitterling supper Monday night in True Reformer's hall. Attendance good. The unique and splendid play, entitled "The Southern Cinderella," under the direction of Mr. Elbert Hall, presented to the people of Buxton an entirely pleasing and satisfactory production. We hope to have this excellent company of Des Moines stars" with us again. Mrs. Minnie Ball, with two of her children, accompanied Miss Mayetta Livingston on her sad return to Kentucky with the corpse of her father BUXTON, IOWA. M. B. Magic Hair Grower and Straightening Oil MME. JOHNSON AND SOUTH The most wonderful hair preparation on the market. When we say Magic we do not exaggerate, as you can see great results in the first few treatments. We guarantee Magic Hair Grower to stop the hair at once from falling out and breaking off; making harsh, stubborn hair soft and silky. Magic Hair Grower grows hair on bald places of the head. If you use these preparations once you will never be without them, Magic Hair Grower and Straightening Oil are manufactured by Meedsames South and Johnson. We also do scalp treating. WOOD FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE. H. T. Wood is a candidate for judge of the municipal court. He is one of our young men who has experienced several years in the capitol building Mrs. Ball will stay a few weeks visiting her people and many old friends. Mr. Pete Alekander was in Albia on Saturday and Sunday. Mr. R. T. Jones and two daughters, Mr. Ollie Birch and Alice Ellis left Sunday for Chicago, where they intend to visit with Mrs. Malone and Mrs. Oliver. The four daughters and father will have a grand reunion. Mr. Jones will leave Chicago in eight or ten days for Spooner, Wis., where he intends to get an early start on his farm. We hope for Mr. Jones a prosperous crop this year. Guiding Star chapter, No. 11, O. E. S., request that each member belong to said chapter be present at the Masonic hall Tuesday morning, March 14th, at 11:30 a. m. Business of importance. By order of W. M., Emma Marsh. Every club member is urged and requested to be present at a board meeting March 7th to be held at Mr. Zion Baptist church Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock a. m. Mrs. Helene Downey will be one of the principal speakers of the day. By order of the first vice president of the state, Mrs. Belle Watkins. The Self-Culture club met in the beautiful home of Mrs. Anna Guy on Wednesday, March 1st. Fourteen members were present. Being the first Wednesday in March the president turned the meeting into election of officers for the ensuing year. Mrs. Ella Johnson was nominated for president; Mrs. Ada White, first vice president; Mrs. Ethel Johnson, second vice president; Mrs. Fannie B. Sorrell, secretary; Mrs. Minnie Brown, assistant secretary; Mrs. Addie Johnson, treasurer; Mrs. Belle Tansil, gesaint-at-arms; Mrs. Maggie Burkett, A farmer is planting a vegetable garden. Two other farmers are working in the background. Magic Hair Grower MME. 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By order of the president, Mrs. Susie Pugh. The Self-Culture club will serve refreshments in the home of Mrs. Ella Johnson on Tuesday afternoon, March 7th, also Tuesday night. After the board meeting all ladies are invited Ice cream and cake, sandwiches and coffee, chicken and chittlings will be served. Committee, Mrs. Addie Johnson, Mrs. Burkett, Mrs. Cary, Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Tobbins. The Court of Last Resort Around the stove of the crossroads grocery is the real court of last resort, for it finally overrules all others. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been brought before this court in almost every crossroads grocery in this country, and has always received a favorable verdict. It is in the country where man expects to receive full value for his money that this remedy is most appreciated. Obtainable everywhere. CARNEY JOWA On last Sunday Rev. Cewsworth French delivered one of the most instructive sermons the church has heard for a long while. Subject, "The Sorrown, Heathen King Converted," 6th chapter of Daniel, 22 to 27 vs. The church John, serl, prays for Rev. French a continued success. A Good Garden Giver Pleasure, Health and Profit Prepare for a good garden this year and the first thing necessary is to send for a copy of our large descriptive catalogue and select the varieties wanted. Then to Gabbage, Celery and other plants in the house as well as Pansies, jasmines and other flower seeds. Don't neglect to have everything started early in your garden and sow grass seed on your lawn. FARM SEEDS are also a great specialty with us. Catalogue free if you mention this paper. Address IOWA SEED COMPANY, Des Moines, Iowa ```markdown ``` stage. Money must accompany all orders. Agents wanted - Write for particular. We carry everything in the latest fashion- able hair goods at the lowest prices. We make switches, puffs, transformation curls, cornet braids, and combions made to order, matching all shades a specialty. Send samples of hair with all orders. 2416 Blondie St, Omaha, Neb. Phone: Woburn 800 1910 ROBERT A. BLAIR ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY Bootlegging, Gambling, Disorderly Houses, Etc., Must Stop—The Lid Must Go on and Stay On To the Voters of Des Moines: I have been requested several different times to announce myself as a candidate for the City Council. I have up to now been refused to even consider the idea, thinking that there were plenty of better men for the position, but it has been put up to me so forcibly in the last few days that I have finally consented. The temperance organizations, together with the churches, have caused enactment of stringent liquor laws. The legislature intended that these laws should be enforced. The people responsible for these laws should vote only for the men who can enforce these laws. In other words, if the law abiding citizens fail to get together behind the candidates who will enforce the law, they are absolutely responsible if men get into the Council who do not favor the enforcement of these laws. I understand both sides of this great question. I know how to deal with it. I will have the counsel and advice of the men who believe in law enforcement. The role of Des Moines is want the laws enforced and to accomplish this end must vote for men who will fearlessly do it. My only desire in being elected councilman is to show the people of Des Moines that this city can be cleaned up and kept clean. I can and will be nominated at the primaries. March 13th if the temperance church will win the people of Dixie. We will get out, work and vote for me. Will you do it? Sunday was Covenant day at the B. B. church. The Rev. J. W. Morton delivered an eloquent and spiritualistic sermon both morning and evening. The B. Y. P. U. is progressing rapidly. The president, Miss Gertrude Brodus, requests all members and friends to attend. The Woman's Home Foreign Missionary society met with Mrs. Mary Perkins last Thursday. Sewing was the diversion of the evening. Rev. J. W. Morton was a Capital City visitor Monday. Mrs. J. W. Holmes is improving at this writing. Mrs. Lucinda White spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. J. H. Brodduz. Mrs. J. J. Beasely was a Des Moines visitor Saturday. Mr. Earl Allen spent last week in St. Joseph, Mo. To Head-Off a Headache Nothing is Better than Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills They Give Relief Without Bad After-Effects. Mr. Earl A. St. Joseph, Mc Saturday n. B. church will Members and a tend. Saturday night, March 11, the B. B, church will give an entertainment Members and friends are urged to attend. Sunday was a glorious day at the M. Tzion Baptist church. Rev. J. L. Lucas of Des Moines preached two For Diseases of the Skin. 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Mrs. James Hamilton, who has been seriously ill at her home, is now at the Iowa Industrial hospital at Des Moines, where she will undergo an operation. Her many friends wish for her a speedy recovery. Mr. Wm. Hill, who has been ill for several days, is doing nicely at this writing. Much success to The Bystander. [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. RUSH FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE. On next Monday the voters of our city will be asked to express their vote for James B. Rush for one of the judges of the municipal court. We hope that every colored voter will go to the poles and qualify and vote for Mr. Rush as one of the four candidates to be elected. He has made a clean, honest and honorable campaign in the city. There is no other candidate that has acquitted himself as Mr. Rush in all the meetings he has been making, and will expect your gentlemanly support and your earnest and honest work Monday. We want you to be sober, gentlemanly and courteous to the voters, for it is my fair belief that Mr. Rush will be one of the eight to appear on the ticket, and his greatest fight is yet to come, so avoid all discussion with a voter that is not in favor of voting for him, but present his cause in a gentlemanly manner and success will be ours. KIRKSVILLE, MO., ITEMS Rev. Thomas, the slum presacher, was in our city Saturday and Sunday. He preached at the jail Sunday and worshipped at the Baptist church Sunday night. His wife is traveling with him. It is reported that Mrs. Mary Smith is quite poorly at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Everett Proctor. Much interest is being shown at the prayer meetings and Sunday school now. The Young Men's club gave an entertainment Thursday night, which proved to be a perfect success. After the nicely arranged program supper was served. A pleasant affair that occurred last week was the surprise birthday party given by Mrs. Grant Linn on Tuesday evening in honor of Mrs. Frank Tanner. At a late hour a two-course luncheon was served. Mrs. J. D. Lightfoot was the supper guest of Mrs. Balls on Sunday. Mrs. C. B. Johnson and Mrs. T. R. Sayles were callers at the home of Mrs. Payton on Sunday. Mr. Kelly Davis of Booneville visited in our city last week. In Kirksville we believe in giving bouquets while we live. Therefore much praise is due Mr. Everett Porter for the splendid baritone solo rendered Thursday night. The piano placed in the Baptist church by the Young Men's club is a need that has been felt for some time. It is a splendid instrument and by this deed they have won more laurels for themselves. Mrs. L. A. Frakes is suffering from an attack of la gripe at this writing. Subscribe for the Bystander and read the Kirksville news. A Pleasant Physic. When you want a pleasant physic give Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. They are mild and gentle in their action and always produce a pleasant cathartic effect. For sale by all dealers. NOTICE TO REDEEM FROM TAX SALE. To T. F. Robeson, the person in whose name the property is taxed: You are hereby notified that the following described real estate, situated in Polk county, Iowa, towit: The north 10 feet of east 33 feet of loss 9 and 12, in block 21, Hall's addition, now included in and forming the city of Des Moines, Iowa, was sold for the taxes of 1909 on the 4th day of December, 1910, to W. L. Baugh, that the certificates of sale thereof have been assigned to and are now owned by Marion D. Woods, and that the right of redemption will expire, and a treasurer's deed for said land will be made unless redemption from such sale be made within ninety days from the date of completed service of this notice. Dated this 9th day of March, 1919. Marion D. Woods. By W. L. Baugh. His Agent. WOMEN BE WELL "OAK BALM" one of nature's greatest blessings and remedies will help you. It cures and relieves diseases peculiar to women and does it quickly. Send stamp for further particulars. All correspondence confidential. Hundreds of women in Des Moines have been relieved Why not you? MR. B. L. GREEN 945 14th St. Place Phone Drake 5197w Des Moines Town J. B. SAWYER FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE. Again we present to our readers the picture of H. H. Sawyer who is a candidate for municipal judge. Mr. Sawyer is a self-made man, having worked his way through life unaided by any one. Of the many candidates who are working for the support of the colored voters and who merits the colored peoples' support, none more than Mr. Sawyer, except Mr. Rush, should have it, for during this campaign Mr. Sawyer has spoken out boldly for Mr. Rush. Also he has spoken in white audiences and has been criticised by prejudiced white people for speaking in favor of a colored man, and he has done this without being solicited from any one, which brings to my mind, and I believe every colored voter should support him as one of the candidates. His father was a union soldier, and had several other relatives that lost their lives in the union army. Those of us who know Mr. Sawyer know he is sincere and merits your support. He asks your vote for him as one of the four candidates for municipal judge next Monday at the poles. M. H. FRISK FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE We wish to remind our readers of the candidacy of Edwin J. Frisk for judge of the municipal court. He is in every way fully qualified—ten years' practice in the law, experienced six years as justice of the peace, has a clean record. He is really a candidate to succeed himself, as this new court takes the place of his present position. The editor has personally known him for many years and always found him a true friend to our people, and recommend him to your vote and support, knowing that no mistake will be made in making him one of the judges. TEMPLE FOR BAILIFF The name of Chas, Temple will be on the ballot next Monday as a candidate for municipal bailiff. Mr. Temple is very favorably known in our city. He has been constable for several years and his knowledge of serving and handling people gives him advantage over many other candidates who have not had such experience. He is a friend of the colored people. He solicits your support. IRISH FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE. Last week we run the cut of Walter Irish with writeup of his candidacy for municipal judge. Will say that Walter Irish is one of our best qualified men and would no doubt make a splendid presiding officer if elected. His thirty odd years as court reporter has eminently qualified him for judicial honors. He is courteous and an affable man to meet and his many friends are, earnestly asking your support for him. WILCOX FOR COUNCILMAN. The name of Ben B. Wilcox of East Dea Moines is before you as candidate for councilman. Mr. Wilcox is a justice of the peace of Lee township at present. By his twenty years of citizenship in Polk county we earnestly solicit your aid in this coming primary next Monday. Keep Your Bowels Regular. As everyone knows, the bowels are the sewerage system of the body, and it is of the greatest importance that they move once each day. If your bowels become constipated, take a dose of Chamberlain's Tablets just after supper, and they will correct the disorder. Obtainable everywhere. JOHN BUDD FOR COUNCILMAN. Our old friend, John W. Budd, is a candidate for councilman. Mr. Budd is a eminently qualified and by virtue of his energy and being acquainted with the city as county engineer for many years gives his experience, knowledge and information that is very helpful should he be elected as a member of the council. He is a good friend of the colored race and will treat all classes fairly if you should vote for him next Monday. JIM JONES FOR MUNICIPAL BAILLE We take pleasure in presenting to our readers this week the name of Jim Jones, one of our well known and highly honored citizens, who is a candidate for bailiff in the municipal court. Mr. Jones has lived in Polk county since 1855. Came to this city sixteen years ago as deputy sheriff under George Mattern, where he served several years. Later he was juvenile officer for three and one-half years, and holds that position at present. He is an old soldier, having fought to save his country in the 47th Iowa. By virtue of his ripe age, his experience in handling men, his square dealing, his honored character, being a friend to all classes of people, he would no doubt make a good bailiff, and everybody that knows Jim Jones can verify this statement. He solicits your support next Monday. FRASE FOR COUNCILMAN. Mr. Harry Frase, one of our well known young men, is a candidate for councilman. Mr. Frase lived in our city many years, and is very popular among the citizens of Des Moines. He was deputy treasurer, deputy county auditor and later elected county auditor for several terms. He was a candidate two years ago and run within a very few votes of being elected, and his many friends believe he will be elected by a large majority this month. He is a good friend of colored people and will treat all classes fair if elected. His varied experience in the county affairs and his many years' residence in the city undoubtedly fits him to make a valuable member of the council. His friends are asking your support and aid in his behalf next Monday at the primaries. McNERNEY FOR MUNICIPAL BAILIFF We present to our readers the cut of Dan McNerney one of Des Moines well known young men, who is a candidate for bailiff of the municipal court. Mr. McNerney was born and raised in our city and received his education here. He is interested in the laundry business and has never held an elective office before. His many friends feel that if elected he will do the square thing, and ask your support in his behalf. [Name] The above cut is that of Fred German, one of the present members of the city council, who is a candidate for re-election for the second term. Fred has lived in our city many years and has held many offices of trust, and by virtue of his good judgment and many years of experience in our city he has made one of the best councilmen that we have ever had. It was Mr. German who took the initiative on presenting a resolution that closed the saloons in Des Moines, and we believe that all law-abiding and good citizens of Des Moines ought to return him to the council by increase of majority. He has been fair and square with the colored people whenever they appealed to him, and his friends feel as though he merits your support. BEEGHLEY FOR BAILIFF Mr. H, H. Beeghley of Highland Park is a candidate for bailiff for the municipal court. Beeghley is a self-made man, having worked many years at the barber trade and later in the gents furnishing store. He has never asked or held an elective office before and now believes he is qualified and asks your support next Monday at primaries. YEAGER FOR COUNCILMAN. One of our well known citizens who is a candidate for councilman is George Yeager. He is very popular with the masses of people. George has been chief of police for four years, claim agent for the street car company and in each of these positions he has proven himself to be fair. George is a good friend of the race, he is honest and honourable, and his many friends ask of you your support at the primaries. FRANKLIN FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE Mr. O. S. Franklin, one of our well liked young attorneys, is a candidate or municipal judge. He was born in 1877 in southern Iowa, and was educated in the common school. Later he attended the agricultural college at Ames, Iowa. From there he went to the state university of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and graduated from the law department and practiced in this city for the past thirteen years. He was a candidate two years ago for representative and run within a few votes of being elected. He is honest, conservative and a safe man to trust your business with. He has never held an elective office and would no doubt do honor to the municipal bench should be chosen. He is a friend of the colored race and he solicits your support in his behalf Monday. M. GUY FISH FOR MUNICIPAL BAILIFE Mr. Guy H. Fish, whose picture is above this article is a candidate for bailiff in the municipal court. Mr. Fish was born in Nebraska in 1899, came to Des Moines in 1910. He has attended Drake university and also Des Moines college and would be in school now were it not for his eyes. He was principal of the high school in Lewis, Iowa, for several years. Mr. Fish is a true friend of the colored race. His father was an od vecran of the civil war, and he is an active member of Calvary Baptist church. He is indorsed by such men as ex-Attorney General H. W. Byers and Mr. John A. Earl of Des Moines college, and a number of others. He thinks that the nine hundred and sixty colored voters should receive exactly the same consideration as equal number of white voters. His friends are believing that he will be the leading candidate and solicits your support. FAIRFIELD IOWA. The program given by Bethel A. M. E. choir February 24th was a grand success. Amount cleared, $21.35. Those who attended the revival meeting at Mt. Pleasant were Mr. and Mrs. Brashaw, Mrs. McGill and Mr. R. Allen. Those who are on the sick list are Mrs. H. Stewart and Mrs. Ellis. Both are better at this writing. The A. M. E. choir is planning to give another program the last of this month. ZION FOR COUNCILMAN The name of Samuel Zion, one of the successful business men, will appear on the ticket primary day as a candidate for councilman, subject to the primaries. Mr. Zion is a successful business man and in every way qualified by age, experience and education. He is one of those self-made men full of energy and pluck, which assist in establishing a successful clothing store. He will give every class of people a square deal, if elected. He is a true friend of the colored race; and his many friends ask your support. HOLLAND FOR MUNICIPAL JUDGE John A. Holland, one of our young lawyers, is a candidate for the nomination of municipal judge, subject to the primaries March 13. He was born in Polk county, educated in the public schools, graduated from Drake university and has practiced since 1910. He is now associated with Judge Brennan. He is a strong advocate of union labor and will give equal justice to classes who may come before him. He solicits your vote. WASHINGTON, IOWA, NOTES. Mr. Roy Johnson of Ottamwa vis. The Henry Rhodes family have moved to the Jesse Phillips farm, about two miles from the city. The Rev. H. C. Boyd assisted the Rev. Hubbard in revival services at Mt. Pleasant last week. On Wednesday evening, March 1st, a rousing old-time prayer meeting was had at the A. M. E. church, eighteen members being present, with Mrs. Emma Black and Mr. Walter Williams as leaders. This Wednesday evening the leaders were Messrs. Olie Gentry and N. L. Black. From the present status of affairs it looks as if "The Birth of a Nation" would be shown in this city during the month of April. The mayor claims to have no official authority whereby he can prevent it. The A. M. E. gospel team was organized on last Wednesday night after prayer meeting, with A. L. Hall, president; Walter Williams, secretary; Henry Rhodes, treasurer, and N. L. Black, leader. And this team is a member of the union gospel team, composed of gospel teams from the eight leading churches of the city. This is one of the results of the Fairfield business men's gospel team evangelistic meetings held recently in the M. E. church in this city. J. I. M. For Councilman, Can J. I. MYERLY M. For Councilman. Candidate for Re-election M. ALLEN FOR COUNCILMAN. We present to our readers the true likeness of Lawyer S. B. Allen, who is a candidate for councilman. Mr. Allen is one of our practicing attorneys and is well qualified for councilman. 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He is a true and tried friend of the colored race and merits their support. W.E.Barrett FOR Phillip Rushing is assisting at the White Way garage. Arlington Daniels was one of the successful contestants in the essay advertising writing for the Warren Cash Grocery. Mrs. Theo. Turner, who has been on the sick list, is convalescing. A. Specific Against Colds. "If there is such a thing as a specific against colds, it is to be found in the sleeping porch or the open bed room. Next to that cones the cold plunge bath in the morning," says the Youth's Companion. Be as careful as you will occasionally take cool and when you do you will find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a great help in enabling you to get rid of it. Dry it. Obtainable everywhere. ALBIA NEWS. Mrs. Margaret Tesdale and husband, Mrs. Tesdale, of San Francisco, Cal., are visiting at the parental Henry Jones home for an indefinite time. Mr. Walter Bennings took Mrs. Hattie Bennings to Des Moines for treatment the last of the week. Mrs. Bennings has been ill for some time. Social at the A. M. E. church on Friday evening. Sunday, March 6th, was quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. church. Presiding Elder S. B. Moore assisted Rev. Morgan with his services, preaching three fine sermons for his congregation on Sunday. The members of the A. M. E. church had basket dinner at the parsonage on Sunday, where they had a jolly good time visiting between morning and afternoon services. Those from Hocking were Mrs. Joe Robinson, Miss Alberta Robinson and Charles Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Burns and their two sons and wife, Mrs. Headspeath and Miss and Mr. Young The youths in the Albia high school have organized a club and will meet at the home of Mrs. Sadie Lewis on Tuesday evening. A number of strangers in our town the past week. SELLERS FOR MUNICIPAL JUGE Mr. T. L. Sellers, one of our prominent lawyers of East Des Moines, is a candidate for municipal judge of this city. By his thirty years of practice and his lifelong citizenship in Des Moines he has got the interest of this city at heart, and would no doubt be a safe man to begin this new court in our city. He asks your support on primary and election day. ROYAL FOR MAYOR. We present to our readers the picture of Louis E. Royal, who is a brother of Dr. Geo. Royal and Nelson Royal, the latter of whom he was in partnership together in 1903 to 1910. He then went into practice with his son, C. D. Royal. Mr. Royal was born in Massachusetts in 1855. Graduated from An Arbor college at Michigan, practicing law for twenty years. He came to Des Moines thirteen years ago, where he has since remained. He is a Christian gentleman and a member of Trinity M. E. church, and by virtue of his ripe age experience and by his familiarity with the public world, he would make a splendid mayor. He has never held an elective office in this county before, and his many friends are urging your support in his behalf. He is a good friend of the colored race and having come up through the common walks of life by hard struggle, would enable him to sympathize with the common people. He will treat all people with equal justice, and his friends are working hard for his success Monday and solicit your support. A. Mme. M. Beard Hair Grower It removes dandruff, stops itching of the scalp and makes it grow long, soft and beautiful. Price 50c a box. Send stamp for pamphlet. MME. M. BEARD AGENTS WANTED 519 So 16th St. St. Joseph, Mo, L. E. Hanger NEW Elite Restaurant New Reliable Place to Eat Meals 15c and up Lunches or Short Orders Served 304 W. Grand Ave. Des Moines Iowa Iowa OSKALOOSA, IOWA The Mothers' club met at the home of Miss Marie Buckner on Thursday February 24th. The vice president Mrs. Mollie Stewart, in the chair After the routine of business Miss Buckner served a delicious lunch. Mrs. Mollie Linch of Evans attended the Mothers' club Thursday. The Progressive League met Friday in regular session at the home of Mrs. Belle Bush. Mrs. Robt. Johnson is suffering with rheumatism. Mrs. W. G. Clark is numbered among the sick. caring for the sick. Mr. Merrick of Sigourney passed through the city Tuesday. Miss Mabel Coleman remains very weak. The luncheon. Friday and Tuesday nights at the church were not well attended, but financially were successes. Mrs. Fannie Wilson, who has been a sufferer of la grippie, is able to be cut again. BYSTANDER PUBLISHING CO., PUBLISHERS DES MOINES, IOWA JOHN L. THOMPSON, EDITOR FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1916. STEWART FOR COUNCILMAN. NEWYORK FOR CONCESSION Mr. Jos. M. Stewart is a candidate for councilman. He is one of our successful business men, engaged in the mercantile business on S. E. Sixtn and Hartford for many years. He was born in Ohio in 1871, came to this city 36 years ago, and has labored and worked to build up our city in every way that he could. He has never held or asked for any office before, and by virtue of his location in the city, his good business qualities and fair dealings with all people and his honesty he would make an ideal councilman. His many friends are working hard for him, and they ask the voters of the colored race to support him next Monday. PETER H. WOOLGAR FOR COUNCILMAN. Mr. Ben Woolgar, popular East Side business man, has announced his name as a candidate for councilman. He was born 50 years ago and has worked in the city as a blacksmith for thirty years. He has never asked or held an elective political office until last May, when he was appointed as a member of the board of supervisors to fill out the unexpired term of an other man, of which board he is a member. He is careful, judicious, conservative and would doubtless be a safe man to elect to the council. His many friends are urging your support in his behalf, especially those who know him best like him and recommend him to the public. ORDER. Probate No. 9484-30. In the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county. In the matter of the estate of Maria Mash, deceased. L. M. Grimes, administrator. This matter comes up on this 26th day of February, 1916, on the application of L. M. Grimes, administrator above named, presented by William B. Brown, attorney, for an order as to what notice of the death of the decedent aforesaid and amount and kind of property left by her within the state of Iowa shall be given to those interested or supposed to be interested in the property left by said decedent, and the court having examined said application, heard proof, listened to counsel, and being fully advised finds that said Maria Mash departed this life intestate on or about February 5, 1916; that she left no spouse surviving and that so far arn known she left no heirs; that she left no personal property so far as known and that said decedent died seized of an undived one-third interest in and to the following described real estate in the county of Polk and state of Iowa: Five (5) acres more or less formally owned by Charles Mash also spelled Charles Mash, being the same person, formerly her husband, who predeceased her, specifically described as the north half (n 1-2) of the northeast quarter (ne 1-4) of the southwest quarter (sw 1-4) of the southeast quarter (se 1-4) of section thirty-six (36), township seventy-nine (79), north range twenty-five (25), west 5th P. M. Iowa. And that said property after claims are paid will escheat to the state of of the code, it is ordered and adjudged that the said L. M. Grimes, as administrator of the estate of Maria Mash, deceased, shall publish notices of the facts herein set forth, once each week for four consecutive weeks both in the Iowa State Bystander, a Iowa, if she left no heirs. Therefore pursuant to section 3389 weekly newspaper published in the city of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, and that a copy of this order shall be a sufficient notice to publish and that if within six months from the giving of such notice no claimant thereof appears, such property may be sold and the proceeds, under the direction of the state auditor, paid over by the administrator for the benefit of the school fund. If real estate, the sale shall be conducted and school lands. the proceeds treated like those of Hubert Utterback, Judge. NOTICE. We have a few small cottages for rent, 4 and 5 rooms, partly modern. Just phone Drake 8000.