Iowa State Bystander

THE BYSTANDER Wednesday, June 28. MORNING SESSION 6 a. m.—Sunrise Prayer Meeting, led by Mmes, Elinor Dunlap, Lizzie Glass, M. Manley. 9 a. m.—Devotionals, Mmes. Ida Butler, Ouley, Hubbard. 9:30 a. m.—Singing "The Star Spang- led Banner." Opening Hymn, "O, for a Heart to Praise My God." Prayer, Sister Delia Carey. Scripture Lesson, Sister Ella Allensworth. Organ voluntary, Mrs. Mayme Griffin. Annual sermon, Rev. S. L. L. Birt, D. D. Communion, Rev. J. H. Ferribee, P. E. Des Moines District, and visiting ministers. Organization of convention. Introduction of visitors. Offering—Benediction, Rev. H. A. Perry. AFTERNOON SESSION. 2. p. m.—Praise Service, Mmes. L. Porter, E. Stovall. Hymn, "How Firm a Foundation." Prayer, Mrs. Adam Dixon. Minutes. Boll call. Paper, "Pressing Need of Foreign Missions," Mrs. Nicie Samuels. Report of Societies. Paper, "Indispensibility of Woman in the World's Redemption," Delegate from Milwaukee. EVENING SUNDAY 7:30 p. MUSEUMS, Muses. Crawford, Lewis. Edwards. Welcome address on behalf of District, Mrs. Nora Burnaugh, District President. Response, Mrs. Minola Bell. Music, Quartette. Welcome address on behalf of Churches, Mrs. G. W. Robinson, Corinthian Baptist. Response, Mrs. Maggie Manley. Welcome address on behalf of City, Mayor. Response, Mrs. N. J. McCracken. President's Annual Address, Mrs. Lida B. Stewart. Instrumental selection, Miss Mildred Griffin. Exercise, Allen Stars. Music. Offering. Benediction, Rev. J. H. Ferribee. Thursday, June 27. MORNING SESSION. 6 a. m.-Prayer service, Mmes. Butter. ler. Lowrey, Waters. 9 a. m.—Devotionsals, Mmes. Reeves, Alen. Campbell. Hymn, "O, for a Thousand Tongues." Minutes. Reports concluded. Paper, "Forward Movement," Mrs. F. L. Duckett. Discussion led by Mrs. M. Higgins. Solo, Mrs. Mary Robinson. Paper, "The Missionary Women Merit Representation on the Missionary Board," Mrs. Blanche W. Snelson. Discussion led by Mmes. Mattie Boyd, Anna Sims. Report of District Organizers. Offering. Benediction. AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 p. m.—Devotions Delegates from Albia, Elgin, Aurora. Minutes. Unfinished business. Bradford's Barber Shop 428 W. 3rd Street 1FIRST CLASS WORK BATHS Bradford's Pool Hall M. J. BRADFORD, PAOF. A LINE OF TOBACCO, CIGARS & SOFT DRINKS Phone Wal 1916 757 W 9th St. DES MOINES, IOWA. Roy E. Handy J. W. Bland Handy and Bland Funeral Director Golden Rule Sereices Golden Rule Prices Funeral Office Wkl. 2235 Residence Rd. 6440 600 Eight Street Des Moines, Iowa Paper, "Temperance," Mrs. Mattie Neal. (b) War and Temperance, Mrs. Lida B. Stewart. (c) Loyal Temperance Legions, Mrs. Maud R. Birt. Paper, "How to Successfully Conduct a Missionary Society," Mrs. Ada Scott. General discussion by Presidents of Societies. Report of District Organizers. Introduction of visitors. Offering. Benediction. EVENING SESSION 7:30 p. m.—Devotions led by Delegates from Yankton, Clinton, Davenport. Symposium, "Mission Study Class"—(a) Correspondence Department, Mrs. E. Allensworth. (b) Benefit of the Study, Mrs. M. Stansberry. (c) Best Method for Study, Mrs. B McDowell. Reading, "Bishop I. N. Roas' New Year's Greetings," Mrs. B. R. Penn. Historical Sketch, "Women of the Bible," Mrs. Irene Garrett. Vocal Solo, Mrs. Musadora Anderson. Address, "Advantages to be Obtained from the Union of the W. H. & F. and W. P. M. M. Bodies," Mrs. Nora F. Taylor. Offering. Benediction. Friday, June 28. MORNING SESSION 6 a. m.—Sunrise Prayer Meeting, Mmes. Emma Daniels, Belle Hall, Ione Harris. 9 a. m.—Devotionals led by Delegates from Dubuque, Monmouth and Galesburg. Minutes. Junior and Intermediate Departments, Mrs. Lydia Hunt. General Discussion, "Which Is the Most Successful Church, the One With or Without a Missionary Society," led by Mmes. Fannie Wilson. AFTERNOON SESSION. 2 p. m.—Pralse Service, Mmes. Garrison, Augustus, Hill. Hymn, "Come Thou Almighty King." Scripture Quotations, Convention. Minutes. Unfinished business. Paper, "Hegira of the Southern Negro," Miss Hazel Smith. Discussion led by Mmes. Ida Wharton, M. Morgan. EVENING SESSION 7:30 p. m.—Devotionals, Mmes W. H. Saunders, Robt. Thomas. Sermonette, Mrs. Delia Carey. Presentation of banners, Mrs. Jemima Owens. Offering. Installation. "Bless Be the Tie." NOTICE Dear Co-Workers: It has been nearly ten months since we left Des Moines, Iowa. As your president and as the time is swiftly gliding by and God has been so good to us all, after passing through a very severely cold winter safe and secure in the arms of Jesus, and with the beautiful incoming spring, new life awakes in my soul a yearning to do more this year than ever before to make our work go. I met the Kansas Board with our Board in Kansas City, laid plans for a great work, and the women of Kansas, with their loyal and loving president, Sister Emma Gaines, all in line with our plans, we are depending on Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Ohio, Washington, California, Oregon and Colorado to fall in line. My dear co-workers, much depends on you. We can do nothing alone. We received a letter from our field secretary, Sister Brown, and we hope great things from her. Our secretary, Mrs. I. B. Frazier, is doing her best to get in touch with each state. Please don't turn her notices down, but send in your portion. We ask your prayers once a day throughout the West for our work this year. I want to say that with the workers we have in Illinois, she will be on the map, so we beg you again to get ready and meet us in Monmouth, Ill., with your president, your prayers and your money. As Iowa has the state banner for raising the largest amount of money in 1917, we hope every vice-president of the states will try to carry out the honor of wearing the convention medal which will be awarded at our meeting in Monmouth, Ill., July 15, 1918. I am devotedly yours in the work for the Master. To Prevent Belching. Make a regular habit of eating slowly, masticate your food thoroughly, and you may have no further trouble. If you should, take one of Chamberlain's Tablets immediately after supper. Look for and pay for your paper now when we call. DES MOINES, IOWA, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1918. Mattie Miss Lida Mrs. Conduct Scott. Tests of Dele- aven- 's'— Mrs. s. M. CORINTHIAN BAPSTAT CHURCH Many people no doubt are well acquainted with the life and spirit of the Corinthian Baptist Church. Yet some are not. It can boast of having had only two pastors in its history. Rev. S. Bates was the first pastor. It was this man that showed the people of Des Moines that there was a great future for the church. They were not long in making the vision a reality. At the resignation of Rev. S. Bates, they extended a call to that scholarly and high Christian gentleman, Dr. T. L. Griffith, of Virginia. In the short space of sixteen years, more or less, he secured for the congregation the most valuable piece of property owned by any Negro congregation in the state of Iowa. Just one block from Grand avenue, the richest and most fashionable thoroughfare in the city, extending all the way from east to west. He not only secured the property, but got it clear of debt before leaving. As long as it is a church they will remember Dr. T. L. Griffith. ALBIA NEWS Mrs. Harry Owens of Ottumwa spent a few hours at the home of Mrs. B. T. Lewis Saturday evening, en route from Cedar Rapids. Miss Ida Davis of Ottumwa stopped off at the home of Miss Ilia Lewis Sunday evening for a visit before retiring home. Mrs. B. F. Lewis received news from Mason City that her daughter, Mrs. Eldest S. Wells, is very much improved at this writing. Mr. Bittion Thomas is giving his house a coat of paint and other improvements on his place. At the Miners' Hospital there are several colored patients from Hocking and Buxton. Mr. Doc Carter and wife and Doe Willis and family of Buxton were in Albia on Friday. Miss Jones is employed at the Miners' Hospital. The Holiness people are having song services at the homes the past week. CENTERVILLE NEWS The social given Saturday evening by the Sunday school was a great success. The Sunday school is getting along nicely. Sunday was a good day and all services were well attended. Several out of town people attended. Mrs. Edna Baker of Minneapolis, Minn., arrived in our city for a visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Hicks, of East Jackson St. Mrs. Pinchback of the same place came with her also for a visit in our little city. The sick are improving. Mr. Luther Benton is in the city visiting his mother. Mrs. May McDonald of South 19th St, Mr. Huston Hanes and Sister John Langly are reported quite sick. Mr. H. B. Marshall and Mr. R. Smith and families were released from small pox quarantine. The collector will call after pay day to try and get the back subscriptions caught up. Please pay what you can. Paper is high and we can't get paper without money. (This Week) We were blessed with a beautiful day Sunday and many were out looking for a cool place. The church services were well attended. Had a lovely Sabbath school. The superintendent of Mystic Sunday school, Bro. Robert Hughes, and family were with us in our Sunday school, and gave some good remarks, which were enjoyed by the school; also Sister Hughes. Rev. Carrington preached a good spiritual sermon both morning and evening and in the afternoon at 2:30 he delivered one of the greatest sermons for the Sir Knights and Daughters of Tabor that was ever heard, and everyone present seemed to enjoy it. Collection for the order was $31.35. Promptly at 2 o'clock the K. of T left the hall headed by the C. C. Band, and marched down So. 8th St. to the church. The Daughters of Tabernacle and members of the Royal House, maids and pages of honor, fell in line and proceeded to the church, with all their regalia and good music, and the blessed sunshine which God gave us made a beautiful scene on the street. Prince Marshall Joe Saunders had the temple and tabernacle well drilled and Page James Cittenden, drill master for the In February, 1917, a call was tendered to Rev. G. W. Robinson, D. D., of El Paso, Tex., a young man, but full of push and experience, as only such could have followed the former pastor and succeed. Under his leadership the congregation has remodeled the church inside and outside. It is now one of the most beautiful church edifices in the state. Within the last few weeks the congregation vacated the building and worshiped in the auditorium of West High school. The building on the inside has been painted, inclined hardwood floor has been laid and the most modern pews have been installed. Tomorrow will be a great day. The congregation will return home. Every member and friend will make the church a gift of one-half day's work. Whatever you earn a day, see that you give this church one-half Sunday. Be there Sunday, see and be seen, hear and be heard, pay and be paid. We will be glad to see you in your new chair Sunday. tent, knew how to carry the M. & P. in their rank. Much credit is due the head officers of these orders in this grand and noble work. Much credit is given Sir Sam Lee, head of the C. C. Band, for such good music, although some of his men have been called to the colors, but he succeeded in getting some of the Albia boys to take their places. Several from Oksaloaca were here for the turn out. Miss Margaret Lewis, Mrs Julia Taylor, Mrs. Boyd and Mrs. Carter, all from Oksaloaca, attended the sermon and left on the 9 o'clock car for their home, except Mrs. Susan Stewart, Miss Margaret Lewis and Master Leonard Jeter, who went to Albia in the auto of Mr. Jeter. Mr. Philip Jeter drove them over. He also brought Mr. Robert Hughes and family over from Mystic. Rev. M. Carrington returned home Saturday from the Sunday school convention at Sioux City. He made a good report and everything progressing. Mr. and Mrs. Jones Price of Chariton arrived in the city to make their home with Mr. Price's mother, Mrs. Lizzie Price, who is alone. We welcome Mr. and Mrs. Price to our city. Mrs. Anna King entertained at dinner Sunday Mrs. Clara Jones, Mrs. John Childs and Mrs. Louise Todd. Mr. and Mrs. Cary Noah entertained at dinner Sunday Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Martin and family, Mr. and Mrs. Richards and Mr. Chas. Washington. Mr. Butler of Alba took dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Sam Loe. Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Brown have been on the sick list for the last week. They are better at this writing. Little Aldine Jones, who has been quite sick, is some better. Mrs. Cary Noah is on the sick list. There will be a social given Saturday night for the benefit of the church. Deacon J. W. Martin, chairman. Master Jessie returned home Friday night from a visit with relatives in Macon, Mo. The Mission Circle will meet Tuesday evening at the church. Mrs. Susan Stewart, Miss Margaret Lewis and Miss Helen Jeter took supper with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Woods on West Garfield St. CLINTON, IOWA The third quarterly meeting for this conference year will be held at Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday, June 30. St. John's Day will be appropriately observed at Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday afternoon, June 23, at 3 o'clock, by McNeil Lodge of this city and Hiram Lodge of Davenport, A. F. & A. M. The sermon will be delivered by Rev. G. W. Slater, Jr. Mrs. Wm. Williams, Jr., returned Saturday after a week's visit at her home in Ottumwa, the guest of relatives and friends. A most pleasant social gathering was held Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. M. J. Holiday, complimentary to the graduates of the eighth grade of the Grammar school. Fifteen young people were in attendance. The guests of honor were Miss Lucille Alkens, Gen'l Robinson and Harold Robinson. Refreshments were served during the evening. All report a good time. The social get-together meeting for the members and friends was held at Bethel A. M. E. Church Wednesday evening, June 12. At shortly after 8 nearly 100 atd down to a most delight- ful two course supper, after which an informal program of talks was given, interpersed with music. During the evening a committee on resolutions was formed, expressing thanks and appreciation to the canteen committee for the American Red Cross, for their kind treatment of the soldiers of color who passed through Clinton from the Des Moines cantonment a short time before. The national colors were conspicuous in the decorations. The setting of the tables brought forth many comments. A. A. Bush was chairman and was able assisted by competent committees, thus assuring success. Mrs. Mayne Williams has returned home from Racine. She expects to return later to take a position. Glenwood Curtis, eleven year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Curtis, 1118 S. 4th St., passed away Monday morning at 6 o'clock, following an illness of six months. He was a member of Bethel A. M. E. Sunday school, where he will be greatly missed; also a studious scholar in the Grammar school. Besides his parents he is survived by a grandmother in Des Moines. The funeral was held from the Delaney café Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. W. W. Williams officiating. Mrs. Ben Wilder left Monday morning for Galesburg for a visit. Mrs. Sarah Slater of Los Angeles, Cal, arrived in Clinton last week, and will be the guest of her son indefinitely. Later with her husband she will go on a visit to their children in other cities. Mrs. E. S. Heron and Mrs. Holland Williams left early this week for Marshalltown, where they will attend the annual session of the Order of Eastern Star. Rev. I. N. Daniels of Evanston spent Tuesday in Clinton, en route to Cedar Rapids. The collector will call on the subscribers next week, so have your money ready. Fred Slater has returned home from Iowa City to spend his summer vacation. A lodge of Knights of Tabor was organized on Friday night, June 7, by Mr. Roberson of Marshalltown. The new lodge starts out with a membership of 22 members, and will be known as Bright Spot. The officers: Geo. W. Guy, Chief Mentor; Carl Culbertson, Vice Chief Mentor; E. J. Stewart, Chief Scribe; F. A. Judon, Assistant Chief Scribe; J. T. Culbertson, Chief Treasurer; A. W. Judon, Chief Orator; Gus Lobbins, Chief Guard; T. G. Dozier, Chief Guard; Wm. Pigues, Chief Guard; Geo. Robinson, Chief Banner Bearer; F. F. Jackson, Chief Drill Master; W. M. Williams, Chief Sentinel. At the completion of the work the members partook of a bountiful supper at the Jackson cafe. McNeil Lodge elected officers last week. LIEUTENANT J. O. REDMOND. Above we present the cut of one of our Iowa boys in the person of Lieut. J. O. Redmond, who was successful last year in passing the officers' training school at Fort Des Moines and was later stationed at Camp Dodge with the 366th Infantry. Lieut. Redmond was raised and educated by his aunt and uncle, Mr, and Mrs. Sam Dean of Colfax, Ia. He attended the Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, from which he graduated with high honors. He is an exemplary young man and has proven a credit to his aunt and uncle and to the race. Lieut. Redmond sailed last week with his regiment for somewhere in France. Chronic Constipation Perhaps you have never thought of it, but this disorder is due to a lack of moisture in the residual matter of the food. If you will drink an abundance of water, eat raw fruits and take lots of outdoor exercise, you may be able eventually to overcome it entirely. In the meantime use the most mild and gentle laxatives. Strong and harsh cathartics take too much water out of the system and make a bad matter worse. Chamberlain's Tablets are easy and pleasant to take, and most agreeable in effect. Give them a trial. Subscribe for the Bystander. The advertising illum to rech colored people in the west The Bystander collector will be in the following towns in the interest of the paper. Please be ready to see him and straighten up your subscription accounts: Monday, June 24, he will be in Marshalltown, Iowa; Tuesday, June 25, Mason City; Wednesday, June 26, at Waterloo, Iowa; Thursday and Friday, June 27 and 28, at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Saturday, June 29, at Iowa City, Iowa. SIoux CITY ITEMS. Mrs. Marcellus Morgan and Miss Mebel Morgan passed through the city last week en route to Yankton from Kansas City, where they attended the graduation of Miss Mildred Morgan. Mrs. Stokes and Mrs. Mitchell motored down from Yankton last week and visited with Mrs. Stokes' daughter, Mrs. Wm. Mack. Mrs. J. W. Norris, Mrs. T. H. Sturgis and Dev. E. R. Edwards will attend the Electa Grand Chapter which convenes in Waterloo, Tuesday, June 18. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Anthony are moving to Morningside. Decatur Lodge No. 14, A. F. & A. M., will hold its public installation of officers Monday evening, June 17. The following officers will be installed: W. M., Mr. C. B. Watkins; S. W., Mr. W. W. Ford; J. W., Dr. J. W. Norris; resurer, Mr. T. H. Sturgis; Secretary, Mr. R. Cowans. The members of the O. E. S. and a few friends are invited. Refreshments will be served. The Red Cross concert which was previously announced has been postponed indefinitely. Miss Goldie Talbott and Dev. E. B. Edwards have returned from the district Sunday school convention. Miss Talbot was elected second vice president to the normal department. Miss T. L. Moore and Mr. C. Parker were married Sunday evening, June 2 at Malone A. M. E. Church, by Rev. E. R. Edwards, pastor. Mr. John Williams, who has been very ill, is able to be up and about again. The entertainment which was to have been given last week by the stewardess board of Malone chapel was postponed until a later date. The Iowa-Nebraska Baptist convention is in session this week at the Mt. Zion Baptist church. (This Week) Mr. and Mrs. M. Aakew entertained at dinner Thursday, June 12, Rev. G. O. Terrell of Colfax, Iowa. Rev. Terrell is P. M. G. G of District Grand Lodge, No. 80, M. G. U. O. of O.F., and was attending the Iowa-Nebraska Sunday School convention. Mr. T. H. Sturgis, Jr., will depart June 24 for Camp Dodge. Owing to the fact that Red Cross auxiliary cannot be named after an individual, the Mary Church Terrell Red Cross Auxiliary has changed its name to Willing Workers Red Cross Auxiliary. Mrs. M. Aakew, president; Mrs. Horace Green, secretary, and Mrs. L. Maxey, treasurer. They will send in this week 25 hospital shirts. The members will receive their crosses for their coifs for the numbers of hours required. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hill entertained Mrs. Carrie Bailey of Carroll, Iowa, at dinner Thursday evening, June 13. Mr. and Mrs. H. Jewell and children of Holstein, Iowa, but formerly of this city, were here last week attending the Iowa-Nebraska Sunday school convention. While here they were the guests of their sister and aunt, Mrs. Ella Walker. Mrs. Carrie Bailey, who attended the convention, returned to her home in Carroll, Friday, June 14. The Iowa-Nebraska Sunday school convention closed one of its most successful seasons at the Mt. Zion Baptist Church Sunday evening, June 16. The convention was a success spiritually, socially and financially. The committee on arrangements put forth every effort to give the visitors the best that Sioux City had. Officers for the coming year were elected as follows: Rev. F. B. Woodward, Buxton, president; Mrs. H. R. Graves, Des Moines, and O. J. Mullin, Sioux City, vice president; Miss Pearl Howard, Davenport, recording secretary; Miss Opal Henry, Des Moines, assistant secretary; and Mrs. Ella Black, Clarinda, treasurer. Rev. Schneider of the Unitarian Church will give an address at the Malone Chapel Sunday evening, June 23, on Negro welfare work. Come out and hear him. There will be a patriotic concert at the Malone Chapel Tuesday evening, June 25. Tickets selling for 10c. Mrs. E. R. Edwards, manager. Published every Friday by the Bystander Publishing Company, Des Moines, Iowa. Office in Chemical building, corner Seventh and Mulberry streets. Phone, alarms 800. All subscriptions payable in advance. Send money by postoffice order, money order, express or draft, to The Bystander Company. Advertising rates for display ads 25 cents per inch, for each insertion. Three to six months' contracts, 15 cents per inch. Local advertising 10 cents per line for each insertion, counting seven words to a line. For church and secret societies where admission is charged, one-half of the above-mentioned rates. For professional, legal and announcement cards, yearly contracts, etc., terms are given on application. All advertising is to be paid in advance. We are prepared to do first class job work at reasonable prices. All of our work is guaranteed. Official offices of the M. W. U. Grand Official name of the M. W. U. Grand Court of Iowa. A. F. & A. 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Mrs. Mattie Lilly Buxton, Iowa. Miss Gladys Mardis Knoxville, Iowa. Mrs. H. Bryson Council Bluffs. Miss Agnes Fountain Keokul, Iowa. Mrs. Georgie Caldwell Chillicothe, Mo. V. E. Williams Sloux City. Mrs. M. Askew Clarinda. Mrs. G. N. Nowling This notice applies to all writers contributors, agents and correspondents. Sign all articles, write only upon one side of paper, write a plait hand and spell accurately. Do not send in names of persons at parties event. Do not give an eulogy or write your personal comment upon classes, all societies, all religious the event. Simply tell the news or event in a brief, simple manner and let the readers of The Bystander comment. Write the news of all personal whims or ideas. RED CROSS WILL SERVE WHITE AND COLORED ALIKE. Washington, D. C., June 2.—Many inquiries are coming from the Colored people of every section of the country as to what the American Red Cross Society is doing to relieve the needs of the Negro soldiers in the camps and cantonments of this country and what species of aid and comfort is being given to the Colored warriors who are battling on the fields of France. The subjoined letter from Mr. Joseph R. Hamlen, of the national headquarters of the American Red Cross Society, in answer to an inquiry sent out from the office of Emmett J. Scott, special assistant to the Secretary of War, describes somewhat in detail the character of the work the organization is doing, and declares among other things of vital importance, that the services of the Red Cross are being "rendered to white and colored officers and enlisted men alike, and without distinction." The letter of Mr. Hamlen follows: The American Red Cross, National Headquarters. Washington, D. C., June 5, 1918. Mr. Emmett J. Scott, Special Assistant, War Dept., Dear Mr. Scott: I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter of May 29th, in which you ask for information as to what the Red Cross has already done in the war zone or at the cantonments of this country for the Negro soldiers. I am glad to be given this opportunity to tell you of our work in this respect. The Red Cross is rendering the same service to colored men that it is white troops. No distinction whatever is being made because of the color of the enlisted men. Sweaters and other knitted goods and comforts have been distributed to white and colored alike. We are rendering the same service to the families of white and colored alike. Emergency supplies are furnished at the request of colored officers, and in the hospitals, our men who do communication work, write letters at the request of enlisted men, without distinction because of color. As to the Use of Colored Red Cross Nurses. The situation with regard to the use of Colored Red Cross nurses is a matter which also is now receiving the attention of the war department. The secretary of war, Mr. Scott advises, will soon announce through the office of the surgeon-general, the decision with reference to the utilization of the many competent women of the race who have so cheerfully registered their willingness to aid in the winning of the war by serving in the military hospitals at home and abroad. WESTERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. The Western Baptist Convention will meet with the Calvary Baptist Church, Monmouth, Ill., Rev. C. Lindell, pastor, Monday evening, July 15th, closing Friday evening, July 19th. The people of Monmouth are preparing to give a royal welcome to the delegates. Matters of vital importance to the denomination will be under consideration. We hope the attendance will be good notwithstanding the advance in passenger fares. Those attending should come for the entire time. The Women's Auxiliary will meet each forenoon, the convention each afternoon. Conventions open jointly on Monday evening, the Women's Auxiliary will have Tuesday and Wednesday evening, and the convention Thursday and Friday. We hope for excellent contributions for Western College and for foreign missions. T. L. Griffith, D. D., President, Topeka, Kans. J. Goins, D. D., Cor. Sec., Kansas City, Mo. NOTICE. You are hereby notified that the Second Annual Convention of the Madam C. J. Walker Agents will meet in the city of Chicago, August 1st, 2nd and 3rd, inclusive, at which time the winners in Madam C. J. Walker's great prize contest will be announced and prizes awarded. Agents expecting to attend the convention are urged to write Mrs. Lucy Simms Bates, 4433 South State street, Chicago, Illinois, President of the Madam C. J. Walker Club of that city, for all information as to place of meeting, accommodations, etc. Clubs are expected to send one or more delegates to the convention. Sincerely, Madam C. J. Walker. Lame Back Believed. For a lame back apply Chamberlain's Liniment twice a day and massage the muscles of the back over the seat of pain thoroughly at each application. ROCK ISLAND NEWS. Miss M. Brown spent Saturday and Sunday in Kewanee visiting her father. She reports a lovely time while there. Mrs. O. Jackson and B. Edmunds spent Saturday in Davenport shopping and also taking lunch at Greens. Mrs. J. Slaughter is getting along fine. She is able to doll up again and sit out on her front porch. Sunday, June 16, was quarterly meeting at the A. M. E. Church. Mrs. P. Marshall was to see Mrs. G. Payne. Mr. and Mrs. C. Powers have made their lunch stand larger. Mr. L. Winsor is home and ye hope he will remain for awhile. Mrs. G. Payne and baby are getting along fine at this writing. Mr. A. Dawson, who was sick, is feeling pretty good now. Mrs. Mary Pearson's eye is much better at present. Wednesday evening, June 12, at Armory hall, was held a patriotic meeting; A fine program was rendered. Mr. and Mrs. M. Drury returned Tuesday afternoon from Galesburg. They motored down in their machine and back. Miss V. Pearson and Mr. C. Reed got a license to wed. Those elected to go to Keokuk to the A. M. E. Sunday school convention were Misses A. Berry, F. Fletcher, I. Schoots, and Mrs. E. Glenn. Mrs. M. Crew, superintendent of the A. M. E. Sunday school, Mrs. M. Jackson and several others will also attend the convention. Rev. Garirson will preach the annual sermon. Mr. Lawrence Fletcher left for Chicago Saturday morning for an indefinite period. Mr. and Mrs. C. Fletcher entertained Friday evening in honor of their daughter, Miss Florence, graduate of the 1918 class of the high school. The evening was spent in playing whist. Prizes were awarded to Miss Beatrice Anderson and Mr. C. Mickens. At a late hour a two course luncheon was served. All report a grand time. (This Week) Rev. Garrison is feeling better after spending the week in Bushnell, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bozier. They motored over Sunday in time for services. Progressive Club gave a Red Cross entertainment at Allen Chapel Tuesday evening, June 18. Country Fair will be given at Allen Chapel Wednesday evening, June 26; under the auspices of the Garrison Club. A lawn social will be given at the home of Mrs. F. Schoots, Thursday, June 27. Mr. and Mrs. James Schoots are the proud parents of a baby girl. Both and baby are getting along nicely. THE BYSTANDER Mr. and Mrs. G. Castleman are the proud parents of a baby girl. Mr. Theron Crawford left for Pooria Monday for an indefinite period. Two bunk wonders, Jas. Johnson and Edw. Mackey, assisted by Mrs. Johnson and daughter, will appear at the A. M. E. Church Wednesday, June 19. Miss Francis Galloway, post graduate of Chicago Musical College, gave an excellent piano recital at Allen Chapel, Monday, June 10. A large audience was present. Two prizes were given to the ones selling the highest number of tickets; first, a wrist watch; second, $2.50 in gold. Miss Merva Allson received first prize, $17.10; Miss Florence Fletcher second prize, $11.35. Those on the sick list are Mrs. Turpin, Mrs. F. Williams and Mr. I. Green. Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. Ashby, a boy, June 17. Mother and babe are getting along nicely. FACE STARVATION ALL OVER WORLD FACE STARVATION ALL OVER WORLD The federal food administration declares that although we thought we had gotten by the stage where starvation could imperil civilized people yet literally hundreds of thousands of persons have starved to death in the last three years due to the world food shortage and other conditions brought about by the war. A large part of the world is coming into the position that Belgium is in and has been in; that is, coming to the stage where the primary and important thing in life is enough food to keep alive. The food supply of the world is short and getting shorter. You cannot take 18,000,000 men out of production and put them into destruction of human products and expect things to go on as before. In Finland, three and one-half million people, caught in between Russia and Sweden, face a failure of their cereal harvest. They are now on a ration of 150 grams of war bread a day. That is less than a quarter of a loaf. A large part of that is made up of bark and beech buds. It looks now as if a large number of them would necessarily starve. Roumania is caught in between Russia and the other belligerents. Her people are short of food. Her supplies have been used up. We can see no way in which they can avoid disease and starvation. In Holland they are proceeding to kill 1,000,000 of their dairy cattle because they cannot get sufficient feed for them. A somewhat similar situation exists in Denmark. Do not wastement. The world's flocks and herds are being fast depleted. Food has now taken a dominant position in the war. The American people must prepare themselves to sacrifice far more than was at first thought necessary. By the first of December we had exported all our surplus of wheat. Yet here is Europe's insistent call for more. We must send it if the war is to go on efficiently. If we eat all, we cannot ship it, and the food administration has already tried to picture how much wheat is needed by people who will starve if they do not get it. For the least bit of heedlessness on your part in food conservation some one somewhere in the world must suffer privation. The food administration has mastered the problem of America's food in such a way that every ounce of food conserved and kept in the currents of trade goes to an empty stomach in Europe. CANADA'S GREAT WORK She Is Doing Her Duty by Her Soldiers—Let America Heed. Food Administrator Deems has been notified of the great success of the food conservation program in Canada and he desires to call the attention of Iowa people to the way in which Canadians are supporting their soldiers and allies abroad. In Canada the reduction in the consumption of beef, bacon and flour in the homes and public eating places is sufficient to provide these foods for an army of 500,000 men. Canada this season has set upon itself the task of producing 400,000,000 bushels of wheat instead of the 225,000,000 bushels grown in 1917. A campaign is now on for the production of more spring wheat and pleas are being made that every farmer shall raise at least five acres more than in former years. In Quebec the expectation is an increase in the grain production of at least 600,000 acres through this plan. In Manitoba the acreage is being greatly increased with the expectation that the crop this year will reach 42,000,000 bushels. Sponges in Australasian Seas. Sponges are known to be very abundant in the Australasian seas, especially is this the case with the horny or highest form of sponges. Stomach Troubles. If you have trouble with your stomach you should try Chamberlain's Tablets. So many have been restored to health by the use of these tablets and their cost is so little, 25 cents, that it is worth while to give them a trial. BY CLARENCE L. SPEED Secretary of the War Committees of the Union League Club of Chicago. We are at war with Germany because Prussia dominates Germany, and from the days of Frederick the Great, Prussia's law has been the law of the jungle, her doctrine "Might is Right" and her policy, in dealing with other nations, one of robbing the weak and terrorizing the strong. Germany has grabbed territory and exacted tribute from her neighbors, and finally, her greed becoming greater, has looked out over more distant lands, and has committed herself to a policy of world domination which menaces the continued free existence of every nation which will not submit to her will. Germany's policy is not an accidental one. It has been carried out with remarkable singleness of purpose from generation to generation of Hohenzollern rule, from the time of the Great Frederick until today. Germany's atrocities are not accidental. They are a deliberate, well thought out part of this Hohenzollern policy, which was to break down the resistance of her opponents, not only by fighting and defeating their armies but by killing torturing and terrorizing the civil populations. The German rulers committed themselves to the doctrine of the survival of the fittest. Through generations of teaching they made the German people believe that they, and they alone, were the fit. We have the words of the German rulers and German warriors and German leaders of thought for all of this. More than that we have the performance of German officers and German armies in conquered lands to prove it. Let's start with Frederick the Great in presenting the evidence. This monarch, who earned his soubriquet through despoiling his neighbors, rather than through any real qualities of mind which he showed, said, in a letter to his minister, Radziwill: "If there is anything to be gained by it, we will be honest; if deception is necessary, let us be cheats. One takes what one can, and one is wrong only when obliged to give back." This philosophy, applied to present conditions, means that Germany was right when she took Belgium, and will be wrong only if she is not able to hold it. From Frederick the Great to Bismarck is a long jump in the matter of time; but we find the Prussian policy unchanged. Speaking before the military committee of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies in 1862 Bismarck said: "Not by speeches and resolutions of majorities are the great questions of the time decided, but by iron and blood." Then, with blood and iron, Prussia went out and despoiled Denmark of territory in 1864, beat and robbed Austria in 1866, and finally, in 1870, brought France to her knees and took her richest provinces. Here is what the present kaiser told his troops when, in 1900, they were about to depart for China to put down the boxer uprising: "Use your weapons in such a way that for a thousand years no Chinese shall dare to look upon a German askance. Be as terrible as Attilla's Huns." Coming on down to the present war we find a German minister accredited to a neutral state far across the sea—one which one would think should be free from the entanglements of world politics—writing home to his government, in a state paper, advising the sinking of two ships from this neutral nation, in such a manner that no trace be left. Dead-men, he believed, tell no tales. It was Baron Luxburg, minister plenl-potentiary to Argentina, who wrote this amazing dispatch on May 19, 1917: "I beg that the small steamers Oran and Guazo . . . which are nearing Bordeaux . . . be spared if possible, or else sunk without a trace being left." This telegram was intercepted in the United States and published. It sent a thrill of horror around the world. Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg is a true disciple of Frederick the Great, Bismarck and his royal master. In a public speech on January 31, 1917, he said: "When the most ruthless methods are calculated to lead us to victory, swift victory, they must be employed." So they were used, and are being used today. They include sinking of hundreds of neutral ships, the burning of cities, the delibereate devastating of the fair lands of France, the ravishing of women, the enslavement of workmen and the murder of little children. Horrors such as these are told in detail in "The Prussian System," by F. C. Walcott, who, for a long time, was engaged in behalf of America in trying to get food to the Poles whom the Germans were deliberately starving by the hundreds of thousands so that they might not cumber the land which the Germans inended to occupy. Knowing all this, can the American people talk of any peace by negotiation? Can they stop this war until this mad dog of nations is freed from the military rulers who teach frightfulness from the cradle, and will only seize a repite now to prepare themselves for further conquests? Why We Fight No. 2 Because Germany's Law Is the Law of the Jungle and Hoc Doctrine "Might Is Right" Madam M. Brook's Magic Hair Grower This magic hair grower, scalp preserver and dandruff remover is one of the very latest on the market and it has been a wonderful success. It is sanitary, helpful and does not destroy the hair nor injure the scalp. It can be used without straightening irons. Price per box, 50c, and glosing for straightening, 35. Agents wanted in every in the U.S. Write to Brooks Des Moines, Iowa 1623 Searle Street. Madam M. Brooks 1623 Seat The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed. People are often very much disappointed to find that their family physician is away from home when they most need his services. 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Harris, who attended the Iowa-Nebraska Sunday school convention at Sioux City last week, returned home this week and reported a plenid trip. The Mary Church Terril Club met Monday night with Mrs. Nellie Esters at McCreea's Tea Room. A very pleasant evening was spent. Delicious refreshments were served. Atty. S. Joe Brown left this morning for Clarinda, Iowa, where he delivers the principal address at the monster Red Cross Rally being held in Foster Park this afternoon by the white and colored citizens of that city. The D. Y. W. Y. K. Art Club met with Mrs. Al Gaiters Tuesday afternoon. Knitting and crocheting were the features of the afternoon. Mrs. Scott assisted in serving. Rev. J. B. Perry, pastor of the A. M. E. Church at West Point, Ga., is running a very successful revival at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Rev. J. B. Perry is a brother of Rev. H. A. Perry. DES MOINES HOTEL GUESTS. Mr. and Mrs. E. Davis, Kansas City, Mo.; Miss Nellie and Miss Grace Dow, Nebraska City, Neb.; Robt. Edwards, Edinburg, Ia.; Mr. Austin Davis, Chicago; Mr. C. A. Jack, Sioux City. Mrs. Ella Allensworth, president of the Evangelist Union, and superintendent of the Sunday School Primary Department of the Chicago district, is in the city. While here she is a guest at the W. H. Humbard home on 5th St. Dr. J. Alvin Jefferson attended the 60th annual session of the American Medical association in Chicago last week. He reports that more than 6,000 physicians were in attendance. While in Chicago he was entertained by Dr. A. Wilberforce Williams. The Phyllis Wheatley Club ladies and their husbands were entertained Wednesday evening by Mrs. Shackleford. It being her 16th wedding anniversary the members presented her with several pieces of cut glass and other nice presents. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Maude Taylor at Des Moines Hotel, Wednesday p. m. The Home Makers League met Tuesday, June 18, at the home of the president, Mrs. Manning. Final plans were made for the league rally which will end June 30. All members holding tickets are requested to report at St. Paul's A. M. E. Church Sunday, June 30, at the evening services. Mrs. Mary B. Tolbert of Buffalo, N. Y., president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, will arrive in the city today While here she will be the guest of Mrs. S. Joe Brown. Mrs. Tolbert is en route to Buxton, where she has been invited to deliver a lecture. The members of the Marshall Neil Embroidery Club held a picnic at Union Park Tuesday the 18th, in honor of their husbands. Supper was served in the log cabin about 8 o'clock. The guests and members reported a lovely time. The club will meet Wednesday the 26th at the Protection Home, Mrs. Garth hostess. Article 1, Sections 3 and 4 of Roberts' Rules of Order will be read and discussed by the members. The North Star Masonic Temple stockholders held their annual meeting Tuesday evening, June 11. Quite a number of the stockholders were present. The various reports of the board of directors were read, after which the following new board was elected: John L. Thompson, J. L. Edwards, James B. Mitchell, E. Tracy Blagburn, Mrs. Effie Watkins, Wm. Buckner, B. J. Hack, C. Carl, Wade M. McCree. The annual reports were good and much new improvements to the buildings were made. Mrs. S. Joe Brown, Associate Grand Matron, Mrs. Maude M. Wilkerson, Grand Treasurer, Mrs. C. B. Woods, Grand Ruth, Mrs. C. C. Johnson, Worthy Matron, and Mrs. Fannie Wilson, Asso- E. A. London's BARBER SHOP SEPERATE FROM POOL HALL Complying strickly with City and Camp Dodge Health Regulations. LONDON'S POOL HALL Choice Line of Cigars, Candy and Soft Drinks. climate Matron, of Oziel Chapter No. 9, and Mrs. Daisy Gater, Worthy Matron of Zorah Chapter No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star, left Tuesday morning for Waterloo to attend the State Grand Chapter of the Order which convenes in that city this week. NOTICE Madam M. Brooks wishes to announce that after July 15, 1918, her course in scientific hair growing will be $25.00, instead of her former price, $15.00. All who desie take her course before July 15th are urged to begin at once. Write her at 1823 Searle St., Des Moines, Iphone Maile 185. RED CROSS. The members of the Chas. Young Auxiliary of the American Red Cross held their first meeting in their new quarters in the parlors of the Union Congregational Church, Tenth and Park Sts, last Friday evening and began the work of knitting sweaters for soldiers, of which two thousand are to be furnished by the various auxiliaries of Polk county within the next few weeks. At the meeting which will be held in the same place this evening Mrs. Mary B. Tolbert, president of the National Association of Colored Women, who will be in the city visiting the cantonment, will be present and give the ladies a word of encouragement in the splendid work they are doing. Hereafter a committee made up jointly from the Red Cross Auxiliary and the members of the Advisory Committee of the Park Street Army Y. M.C. A. will visit the recuperating hospital at Ft. Des Moines each Sunday afternoon, as there are more than three hundred Negro soldiers inmates of that institution at the present time and they have sent in a request for visitation by some of the Christian men and women of their race. ST. PAUL A. M. E. NOTES. Sunday services were very much enjoyed by the churchgoers. The Big Four Rally is on. The captains have received their soliciting cards and have organized their companies. They are trying to systematize the work so that the smallest child may have a part in this big drive. Rally for the new St. Paull The date of the Rally, July 21. We expect to go in our new Zion on that day also. Five entertainments were given this week for the "Big Four Rally." There will be two Fourth of July picnics. The Church Aid will picnic at the home of Mrs. Spencer Carey, Oxford Ave., and the Cheek Rally Co. will picnic on the Franklin play ground, 13th and Crocker Sts. Fine programs are being arranged. Spend the day with St. Paulites on the 4th. The Women's Mite Missionary convention of the Chi楚go conference branch will open Wednesday morning in St. Paul Church. Bishop Coppin of the 4th Episcopal district is expected. The bishop is making his summer home within the bounds of his district, Milwaukee, Wis., and we may, expect to see him at an ytime. This convention will be one of the most important during the quadrennium. The election of delegates to the quadrennial meeting of 1919 at Jacksonville, Fla. The mission fields in South and West Africa, and the Mission House, Monrovia, Liberia, W. A., will claim attention. Under the leadership of Mrs. Lida Beck-Stewart, the wife of Rev. H. E. Stewart, Evanston, Ill. This branch has become the banner branch of the connection—raising more money for Christian missions than any other conference branch. Mrs. Stewart is a graduate of Wilberforce University and is actively engaged in welfare work and war work in her home city. The local society has called to its aid every auxiliary in the church and they have perfected plans to give the convention Des Moines' best. Let the members of the various committees meet at the parsonage Monday p. m. The public is invited to attend the convention. Dinner and supper will be served in the dining room. Bethel Mite Mission will assist in entertaining the convention also. The pastor is attending commencement at Wilberforce. ment at White Force Mrs. Chas. G. Reed, Mrs. Birt's niece, is attending commencement at Wilberforce. She will later go to Charleston, S. C., and spend the summer with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Moses B. Salter. Atty. Cheatham, who was here in the officers' training school, is somewhere in France. Mrs. Cheatham was a guest at the parsonage last summer. Samuel and Ruth Birt and attending summer school. Ross Birt was promoted to first grade. He is wearing a big smile. An Sunday school pupis, great and small, who wish to take part in a drama entitled "Hiwatha," meet Miss Georgia Blackburn and Mrs. Birt in the basement of the church Saturday evening at 8 o'clock, and you will be given a part. This play will be of great educational value to the children. Parents are urged to send their children. Mrs. I. N. Daniels of Evanston, Ill., will attend the convention next week. Rev. and Mrs. B. W. Taylor will attend convention. Miss Mary Nicols, Quinn Chapel, Chicago, will attend convention. Chicago will be largely represented. St. Paul Mite Missionary and Bethel Mite Society met in joint session on Wednesday afternoon at Bethel Church, Mrs. Birt presiding. The ladies went over the plans of the coming convention. Bethel will be represented on all the committees. Madam Hall, an evangelist of good standing in the Fifth Episcopal district, will be in charge of the services Sunday morning, afternoon and evening. Come and hear this gospel messenger. Dolls Club Miss Samson Brooks Rally Club, Miss Bomar, captain, will serve dinner. THE BYSTANDER NOTES FROM CAMP UPTON, NEW YORK. The cold busy maki By Mrs. Geo. W. Winston, Reporter. (Special for the Bystander. Mrs. H. H. Proctor, mother of Lieut. H. H. Proctor, 366th Inf., spent last Saturday and Sunday with her son at Camp Upton. She returned to her home in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. I. E. Moore, wife of Lieut. I. E. Moore, M. R. C., 366th Inf., left last week for a visit in St. Joseph, Mo. after which she will proceed to Jacksonville, Fl., to visit her mother for the summer. Mrs. Percy Everett, wife of Lieut. P. Everett, left last Saturday night for Columbia, S. C., by way of Washington, to visit her brother-in-law. Lieut. Bundrant, 366th Inf., has been honorably discharged from the service and will spend a few days in Washington and St. Paul, Minn., after which time he will return to Omaha to live. Mrs. Frank Love, wife of Capt. F. Love, is at Camp Upton, N. Y., spending a few days with her husband, after which she will return to Des Moines to reside indefinitely. Mrs. E. C. Jones, wife of Lieut. E. C. Jones, D. R. C. 366th Inf., is visiting relatives on Long Island, N. Y., and is within fifty miles of her husband's temporary camp, consequently she will spend a few days with her husband. Mrs. C. B. Dowdell, wife of Lieut. C. B. Dowdell, D. R. C. 366th Inf., will visit relatives in New Haven, Conn., during the summer. Lieut. Dowdell spent a few hours in New Haven last Sunday. He returned to his camp Monday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke and Mrs. Hinton of Jamaica, N. Y., visited their brother, Lieut. Wm. H. Clarke, 366th Inf., at Camp Upton, N. Y., a few days last week. Mrs. Wm. T. Johnson, wife of Lieut. Wm. T. Johnson, will remain in Des Moines for an indefinite period. Mrs. C. W. Allen, wife of Lieut. C. W. Allen, will visit the lieutenant's mother in Mobile, Ala., during the summer months, after which she will return to her home in Iowa Falls, Iowa. Mrs. Byrd M. Hart, wife of Capt. Byrd M. Hart, and a recent bride, will remain in Des Moines with her mother during the absence of her husband. Mrs. Chas. Young, wife of Lieut. Chas. Young, 366th Inf., is visiting her husband's relatives in Georgetown, Ky. Mrs. Wm. H. Clarke, wife of Lieut. Clarke, is now in Huntsville, Ala., with her mother, who has been ill for some time. Mrs. Geo. W. Winston, who left last Saturday night for Chicago and points south for an extended visit with her husband's father, is now visiting her husband at Camp Upton, N. Y. After spending a few weeks in New York City she will return to Des Moines for the summer. Mrs. J. B. Morris, wife of Lieut. Morris, 366th Inf., will spend the summer in Des Moines and while there will take a course at Drake University. Mrs. Willie Johnson, wife of Lieut. Willie Johnson, is visiting in Cleveland, Ohio. Lieut. Johnson is with the 366th Inf. Mrs. E. White, wife of Capt. Emmett White, will make her home in Des Moines while her husband is away. Capt. White is a regular army man. A number of our 366th Inf. men have had the pleasure of visiting the city of New York since they came. Those who had not seen New York will have something to talk about when they return to their homes. Mrs. Gertrude Stevens, who has been teaching school in Oklahoma, here visiting her sister, Mrs. Emma Robinson. Rev. F. K. Niekolson, Mr. Francis Baker, Rachel Johnson, Miss Pearl Howard, Mr. L. M. Brown and Mr. D. Demitry are home after attending the Baptist Sunday school convention in Sioux City. Mr. E. Dimitry visited several of the cities of western Iowa in the interest of the Vindicator, a monthly magazine of which he is editor. Mrs. Harvey Baker of Kirksville, Mo., is in the city this week visiting her husband, who is employed on the Rock Island and arsenal. Mrs. Johnson returned to Chicago last Saturday after a week's visit with her brother-in-law and sister, Rev. and Mrs. E. R. Waters. Mrs. Jennie Johnson entertained a small party of ladies last Wednesday afternoon complimentary to her sister-in-law, Mrs. John Greenup of J. Plessant. Mr. S. V. Bean of Crystal City, Mo. is in the city visiting her aunt, Mrs. H. Marshall. Mrs. Bean will remain until time to open her school in the fall. Mrs. B. Calloway and Mrs. F. Walker entertained at dinner last Thursday evening as a social courtesy to Ms. John Greacow of Mt. Pleasant. Mildred Richardson of Kirksville Mo. is visiting in the city this week the guest of his brother Ralph at the house of Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Johnson. Mr. Richardson is a fine pianist. Mrs. Florence White of Chicago arrived in the city Monday to remain indefinitely with her sister, Mrs. Jessie Piper, Frank F. Fowler EMBALMER AND FUNERAL DIRECTOR Successor to JONES & SAMUELS Phone Maple 2548 117 East Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa DAVENPORT ITEMS The colored ladies war unit is very busy making comfort kits for the boys in the draft. During the month of May they made one hundred T bandages, one hundred many tail bandages, and hundred and fifty shot bags, and six sweaters. WITH OUR CHURCHES MAPLE ST. BAPSTIST CHURCH. East Maple Street. Rev. Samuel Bates, pastor. 11:00 a. m.—Preaching. 1 p. m.—Sunday school. 6 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. 7:30—Preaching. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Cornish Baptist Church Fifteenth and Linden Sts. G. W. Robinson, Pastor. 11 a. m.—Preaching. 1 p. m.—Sunday school. 6:30 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. 8' p. m.—Evening worship and preaching. Mid-week prayer meeting Wednesday. Everybody invited at all of these services. St. PauFs A. M. E. Church Second and Center Rev. S. L. Birt, D. D., Pastor. 10:45 a. m.—Preaching. 12:30 p. m.—Class meeting. 1 p. m.—Sunday school. 6:30 p. m.—Christian Endeavor. 8:00 p. m.—Evening worship. Union Baptist Church Sixteenth and McCormick. Rev. J. H. Reynolds, Supply Pastor. 9:30 a. m.—Sunday school. 11 a. m.—Preaching. 6 p. m.—B. Y. P. U. 8 p. m.—Preaching. First A. M. E. Zion Church. Rev. E. S. Hardge, Pastor. 511 S. E. Fourth St. 11:30 a. m.—Preaching. 1:00 p. m.—Sunday school. 6:30 p. m.—V. C. E. Society. 8 p. m.—Preaching. ASBURY M. E. CHURCH. Worshiping temporarily in Masonic hall, 11th and Center Sts. Rev. F. D. Woodford, Pastor. Sixteenth and Filmore Sta. Rev. H. A. Perry, Pastor. 11 a. m.—Morning service. 12:30 p. m.—Class meeting. 1:00 p. m.—Sunday school. 6:30 p. m.—Christian Endeavor. 7:30 p. m.—Evening worship. Sore Nipples. 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Much sickness here, owing to the extreme hot weather. There will be a grand program given at the A. M. E. Church Thursday, June 20, under the management of Mrs. Rev. Manley. There are expected many strangers. Friday will be a patriotic day. Mrs. Gertrude Pemberton returned to her home in Omaha after a brief visit with her sister, Mrs. Sam Stewart. Friday will be a patriotic day. The colored ladies of Clarinda are doing a grand work in Red Cross service. Mrs. F. W. Roberts is remodeling her home, making an addition of three new rooms. Mrs. K. D. Black, delegate, returned home from Sioux City, where she attended the Sunday school convention. She was elected state secretary of the convention. Mr. Charley Griffin, one of Clarinda's grand and noble young Christian gentlemen, represented the B. Y. P. U. at the Sunday school convention. Mrs. Gertrude Cason entertained Sunday at dinner Mrs. Sue Nash, Mrs. T. G. Jones and Miss Phoebie Rogers in honor of her sister. Mrs. Knight and Roberts, Mrs. William Headly and Mrs. Gertrude Cason gave a very successful entertainment for the benefit of the Second Baptist Church. July 1 there will be a one dollar rally at the Second Baptist Church. Service all day. Rev. S. Bates and Rev. J. S. Reynolds are expected to be present. Everybody is invited to be present, hoping for much success. Mrs. Joe Jones is gaining her health very rapidly after having a severe attack of rheumatism all the past year. JOLIET. ILL The Mt. Olive and Second Baptist churches held a joint meeting and baptizing at the Second Baptist church Sunday, June 9. Eight candidates were baptized. The services were largely attended by members and friends of both churches. Mrs. J. Brown and Mrs. Staton of Nashville, Tenn., are the guests of their daughter and sister, Mrs. Samuel Nichols. Mrs. H. M. Hockaday pleasantly entertained Mrs. O. C, Donnelley, Miss Laas Donnelley, Mrs. J. F. Williams and Mrs. O. F. Donnelley at her home last Thursday evening. Light refreshments were served. Rev. Dyer of Bloomington, Ill., visited his sister, woh is very ill, last Sunday and Monday. Mrs. Clarence Burris and Mrs. S. J. Williams were hostesses to the H. & F. Missionary Society of the Second Baptist Church last Thursday afternoon. Mrs. M. J. Wells, who is president of the Mt. Olive Missionary Society, was pleasantly surprised and entertained by members of that society on her birthday, June 10. Dr. J. F. Williams, our progressive and successful physician, has purchased a new automobile, COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOW FOR 1918. Mrs. Dr. Williams and Mrs. H. M. Hockaday were returning calls in Manningdale Wednesday. Electa Grand Chapter of the Iowa O E. S. will hold their annual meeting in Waterloo in June. Rev. S. J. Williams and wife, Bev. Madison Mason and Mrs. M. J. Wells left Tuesday morning to attend the Baptist state convention, of which Rev. S. J. Williams is president, at Cairo, Ill. Eleventh biennial meeting of the National Association of Colored Women will meet in Denver, Colo., July 8-13. Mrs. Laura Baglan, the wife of Mr. Scott Baglan, who was recently called to serve his country in France, has returned from Chicago, where she has been visiting Mr. Baglan's sister. National Negro Business League will meet in Atlantic City, N. J., August, 1918. The U. B. F.'s of Missouri and Iowa will hold their annual session in Moberly, Mo., in August. Mrs. J. S. McDonald reports the illness of her mother, Mrs. Smith, at her residence on Rowell Ave. Mr. Gilbert Miller and Mr. Joe Wilson gave a picnic at Plainfield last Friday. Iowa-Nehbraka Baptist Association will meet in Des Moines in August 28 to September 1. Mr. Gaylord Appleton has returned to Rock Island after a short visit with his sister, Mrs. O. C. Donnelley. ORIGINAL NOTICE. In the District Court of the State of Iowa, in and for Polk County, July Term, A. D. 1918. John G. Haskins, plaintiff, vs. De Lennie Haskins, defendant. To Mrs. De Lennie Haskins: The Grand Lodge of K. of P. and the C. of C. will convene in Davenport July 23, 24 and 25, 1918. You are hereby notified that on or before the 20th day of April, A. D. 1918, the petition of the plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of the state of Iowa, in and for Polk county, Iowa, claiming of you an absogound of desertion. For further information see petition on file in the office of the clerk of district court of the state of Iowa in and for Polk lute divorce from the bonds of matrimony now existing between you on the county, Iowa. Can't sleep! Can't eat! Can't even digest what little you do eat! One or two doses ARMY & NAVY DYSPEPSIA TABLETS will make you feel ten years younger. Best known remedy for Constipation, Sore Stomach and Dyspepsia. 25 cents a package at all Druggists, or sent to any address postpaid, by the U. S. 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