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KANS TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50. You'll Save J. O. Midnight Trav ident Wilson B With Ra You'll Save Money on Footwear at J. O. Midnight Travels and Sees President Wilson Bow in Prayer With Race Men Louisville, Ky.-I liked your paper a few weeks ago when I saw what I had written, but since then I have been riding so fast that I would not keep up with myself. These people can do some hauling around over this world. Bishop Parks closed out that conference, and then I thought I would close out too, so the next morning I got up, found my way to the stable, got on one of the carriages drawn by the Rock Island iron horse. Now that old fellow just grunted, and I could hear a bell ringing and so he got right down to business grunting and grooming and screaming at times that would impress one that he was certainly in pain, and at one time I thought that he was going to run his fool brains out. But I just held my own until at night, when they told me I was in Chicago. I got off, looked around, spent the night in town and the next morning I got on another one, but this time I was headed for Indianapolis, Ind. Have you ever been there? It is a strangelooking town, and the people just look at you like they thought you were crazy or leaning that way. I thought the people of Indianapolis were crazy and they seem to think the same thing about me, but neither expressed it and, there was no duel. Now what happened next you want to know, and of course I want you to know it. I went into the office of the Indianapolis Freeman. Had the pleasure of meeting Editor George E. Knox, who is indeed a fine looking man, and he should be some great writer in keeping with his looks. They have a fine looking office. I met one of the pastors in the city, the Rev. Dr. Westbrooks, and he was busy getting ready to baptize some saints, of course. Then next found me on another one of them things headed for ouisville, Ky. This is around where the fighting men are either fighting or getting ready to fight. If there are any people in the world who are in love with themselves they are Kentuckians. I was delighted to land on Kentucky soil. Being a writer of a week old, I felt that I should call on one of the great editors again, so I just went to the home off Editor William H. Steward, A.M., who is what they call a veteran editor. I don't know what that means, but the paper was established in 1879 and has not missed a week's issue since. I wrote me a card and sent it in, and was invited in, not only to see the editor, but was invited to stop at his home, and what beat it all he would not accept any pay for all them good eatings I got there. There are some fine people in that home, Mrs. Steward is queen when it comes to making music. I am told that she is one of the finest musicians in Kentucky, and I do not make any reference to race or color. When it comes to a piano or pipe organ she don't bar any of them, and I think it will fall her lot when she gets home to play for the heavenly choir. I met the daughter of the family, who is also an accomplished educated young woman, Mrs. Carolyn Blanton, the wife of Prof. John Oliver Blanton, of the Louisville High school. They have a fine young daughter. The girl had just started to learn how to walk and of course it was interesting to see her. There were other daughters I did not get to see Mrs. Black, and Mrs. Pickett. Editor Steward is an interesting character himself, and I was delighted to be with him to visit his home. Now you see I had made only a few miles, for I struck out from there before my feet could get cold and made it to the capital of the state, Frankfort, where I spent one hour only, and pulled out for Montgomery, W. Va., where a whole day and night were spent, and then on to Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love. It was to me a source of pleasure to be there with them good people. They have some big street cars in the town, and the man who runs the car and the man who collects the fare stand side by side to watch each Jans Historical Society --- other, so that there can be no stealing going on there. I just got interested in this kind of business, but had to soon pull out, although I stayed there Saturday and Sunday. Monday I came down to Washington to see about a big meeting I had been hearing about, the third annual session of the National Race Congress. I was there to see it and I did get to see it. I went to the home of Rev. W. H. Jernagin, sent him my card, which was a large piece of paper, and he said he was glad to have me come to the city, and sent me to the home of Bishop Ross to stop. Hove you ever met Bishop Ross? He is one of the great men of the A. M. E. church. Just now he has charge of the work in West Africa, but they say that they are going to have him in this country the next time, and I would like to see him succesor to our own dear bishop. Well, Bishop Ross was glad to see me and I was glad to see him, and he just treated me like I was a bishop, too. I began to feel myself, and of course I did, being able to get into such good company on such short notice. I had a great big front room looking down on Fifteenth street. Tuesday, Dr. Jernagin put the big pot in the little one when he came around in the automobile to tome over to that convention, and it was then I realized that there is some importance in being a newspaper writer. It was over there that I met Charles Stewart, although I have been hearing about him ever since I was a child. He is just an ordinary looking man, not as important looking as I am. I witnessed the opening of the convention, and I wrote like the house was on fire and when I got through I could not read what I had written. In the afternoon I shined my shoes, slicked my hair, put on the best clothes I could find and looked as important as I could, for I went with that crowd to see President Wilson, and he shook my hand, and told me he we delighted to meet me. Now I have made wonderful progress, for one month I have been before a President of the United States. Attorney William H. Harrison made the speech for the whole crowd of us,—in fact he was selected as the speaker for the whole, and believe me he did speak. He told the president how we were being treated, yet we were true Americans one hundred per cent, and the only people in the world whose color was a badge of loyalty and patriotism. The President was told that he never needed to ask where the Negro stood on any question touching the safety of the country. President Wilson responded to the address, and he expressed interest in the people of my race, and told them that it would take time, all could not be worked out in a day. I forgot to tell you that the Rev. J. C. Austin, of Pittsburg, Pa., certainly did do some praying before the President. We were a Christian nation, and felt that at such a critical time the first thing before placing the burdens of the race upon an already burdened man, the busiest man in the world, that there should be a special prayer, and Dr. Austin made that prayer. He prayed for the President and his cabinet, for the army and navy and for those whose lives were being given for democracy. For the first time in my life I saw the President of the United States bow while a member of my race carried him to the throne. I had the pleasure of going with a committee to present some things to Director General of Railroads William G. McAdoo, and others. It was a great meeting, and I think over more of our people should take part in it next year. We are getting a hearing and doing it in a proper way. Not men who are going to sell out for a political office. Not at all. I shall close here. I have been to New York; New Haven, Boston and other places, but will not be able to tell you all this week. J. O. MIDNIGHT. KANSAS CITY, KAN., FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1918 "They Gave the Nation Its Humor and Hide Their Sorrow in Laughter." YOU HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED— WILL WE HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE? It is difficult to discover any good that may come from this terrible war. No doubt, that there may be found some good, from some place which this war may bring to the world. No doubt that prohibition, in this country, has made rapid strides from the effects of war regulation of the liquor traffic. It will bring about the abolition of the evil sooner than efforts of peace could possibly accomplish. The war has brought us face to face with the enormous evil which the traffic produces. The army, above all things, must be kept from its evil effects. Men to fight must be in their best form. This they cannot be when the drink habit is practiced. Business, long ago, discarded it. But no one in this country ever dreamed that the war would bring good to Africa in the way of prohibition. The Manchester Guardian has discovered that "far away Africa" will receive great benefit from the result of the war, in the way of abolishing the greatest evil that afflicts these people. The Guardian says: "There is one department of German trade that we shall do well to boycott after the war, not for five or for ten years, but forever. The profitable business of selling had spirits cheap to the natives of West Africa was mainly in German hands and the stuff sold was almost wholly of German or Dutch manufacture. "Trade gin has played a big part in the history of Africa. It explains many a "treaty" in the colonial offices of Europe by which this chief or that has handed over his lands and people for considerations no court of So often one hears the colored people are the happiest on earth. They have the happy faculty of throwing care to the wind. Without question they are the most optimistic of all peoples. They hide their grief behind smiles oftimes. It is not their way to carry their personal sorrows to others, but heroically bear them alone. They seem to have imbibed the truth, expressed in the pungent, though philosophical slogan, "Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone." In the most trying conditions these people have braved environments of the most oppressive kind and laughed through the long years of involuntary servitude. The humor of the Negro is of a philosophical kind, often the most telling truths creep out through the humor of these people. They have been quoted by the wisest to emphasize some principle which their wit alone brings out with happy clearness. Dr. S. J. Fisher, D.D., writing of the wit of the American Negro, says: "Some day we shall realize that among the contributions of the Negro to our civilization and thought is the wonderful fund of humor, the increased gayety and happiness which are wrought by his cheerful wit, and the light and shade of his joyous character He is akin to the Irish with their unvarying readiness of smile and laughter, no condition being incapable of the suggestion of humor, no misfortune which cannot be attuned to mirth. It seems to be a part of the inheritance of a nation or race that goes through great misfortunes or poverty, that it reacts by the humorous and cheers by its quaint philosophy. So the Ne- Our, yearly subscribers have been officially notified, both by statements and in the columns of this paper, as to their indebtedness, and while a number have remitted in full, for which we thank them, others have failed to do so. We don't want to believe those who have, not paid up are not 'in harmony. ADVOCATE "The Booterie" A.S.MOORE & CO. law would deem advisable. It used to be said that if Europe did not poison them with cheap gin the West African natives would satisfy the thirst we had raised by tapping the palm trees for palm wine. As an excuse for continuing the trade it was singularly shameless. Now it does not seem even to have a basis of truth, for though in the course of the war the gin supplies have stopped, a recent report from Nigeria state: that the palm trees have not paid the penalty. On grounds of pure expediency we have done a foolish thing in undermining the health and the morals of the poples on whom we must always depend to make these tropical lands prosper under our rule. On the moral ground we have had no shadow of defense. Doubtless plans are now being formed in some quarters for "capturing" this German trade after the war. It should be the concern of the colonial office to make sure that it never again lifts its head." NAVY CALLS RACE MEN A call for 1,000 Negroes qualified for limited service in the navy to entrain between October 18 and 24 for Charleston, S. C., and Norfolk, Va., has been issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder. The men will come from twenty-five states and the District of Columbia. Mrs. C. T. Breckenridg of Evanson, Ill., is visiting Prof. and Mrs. Muster on North Sixth street. She will be here about six weeks. Miss Mickns, or of our teachers, is stopping at Mrs. Yates at 931 Washington boulevard. tion Its Humor and ow in Laughter." gro has not only brought to the world a wonderful songfulness, acquired in the days of hopeless gloom, but also a wit and humor, and laughter-provoking philosophy, which touches little it does not adorn, and is so generally pure and wise, that it cheers but does no tirebriate. When at a synodical meeting, Mrs. Larimer of the Freedmen's Board, began an address, she called attention to the fact that each of the seven ministers and speakers who had preceded her, had use a Negro story to illuminate their speeches and render them more pleasing. Then she rightly declared that she should ask of every speaker a royalty on these delightful stories, because they were the creation of the race whose education, spiritual progress, and larger life she was there to speak. Was she not right? Does not the world owe the Negro much for the smiles and laughter which enter our often weary and burdened lives? And the fact to be noticed and emphasized is that, in a large number of cases, there is an admirable moral, an awakening prudence or wisdom like a golden proverb or an insinuating precept. Thousands of Negro stories touch our conscience or our better judgment; and the homely wisdom so disguised with laughter, is rich with meaning and often with gentle rebuke. We who reap such benefits from these smiling faces and minds should be more willing to give them the full opportunity to develop hands and heart and mind for the gladness and joy and benefit of mankind. Too often tears lie near to smiles, and the laugh conceals the need and longing, and, if the mastered slavery by song and laughter, they may do much to cheer us in the battle against sin." TIFIED—AVE TO SAY GOODBYE? with honesty, but as has been stated in our columns before, the government emphatically says to us: "Cut off all your delinquent." So we must obey and say goodbye after October the 22nd, to those who have not paid up. THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor. --- THOS. KENNEDY, PUB. National Race Congress Presents Petition to President Wilson and is Well Received The most courageous and most hopeful incident in the history of the race for many years was the cordial reception and democatic expressions of the President of the United States when he received the delegates to the Negro Race Congress sitting in Washington, D. C, October 1st. 2nd and 3rd, 1918. The delegation was led by Rev. W. H. Jernigan, D.D., Washington, D. C., president and bishop; I. N. Ross, D.D., Washington, D. C., vice-president into the White House. Promptly at 4:30 p. m., the secretary, Mr. Tumulty, advised the delegation that the chief executive was ready for the reception, whereupon the delegation walked in and stood in a crescent about the President. Judge William Harrison of Chicago, Ill., was introduced to the President by Rev. W. H. Jernigan as spokesman. Judge Harrison asked the President's permission for a word of prayer, and this granted, Rev. J. C. Austin, D.D., Pittsburg, Pa., breathed a word of fervent prayer; Judge Harrison then stated completely the case and the cause of the Negro to the President in language chaste, lucid, sympathetic, positive, forceful and complete. As bold as Paul on Mars Hill, he pointed out the many discriminations against his race in this nation and appealing to the Christian virtues of the President of the nation, prayed that these injustices cease. Assured the President as a matter of repitation that the race was with him in winning the great war and in doing any and everything else that was Catholic in spirit and democratic in purpose, operation and effect. The President moved to tears as the judge pleaded the cause of his race. In response the President assured the delegation that the spokesman had interpreted his spirit and said that he would do everything that was in his power to righten all wrongs complained of and would hasten as fast as he could the kind and sort of democracy he stood for and that the spokesman mentioned. The following was filed with the President: Headquarters National Race Con- Headquarters National Race Congress, 903 3rd St., Washington, D.C., October 1, 1918. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Mr. President: The National Race Congress in annual conference of delegates from the several states, convened to consider the conditions of our people in the United States and to construct a program for the development of the social, economic and spiritual life of our race. We seek to foster the aims and aspirations of a free people; and to secure to our fellows the guarantees of the Constitution of the United States, by lawful agitation, fellowship and service. We meet this year when our country is at war. We feel with all other Americans the burdens that war imposes, and we offer to our country, not our bit, but our best. Our loyalty is unwavering, our service is wholehearted. Our history has no taint of treason. Our blood has been freely given in all our country's wars. Hence we have earned the right to speak in our own defense if our rights are abridged. We are grateful, Mr. President, for the fine dieals you have set forth to America and the world; and we are particularly pleased with your pronouncement against mob violence. It gave encouragement to the heart of every true American, and is the harbinger of hope to all colored men in the United States. It makes us feel that the day will come when you may exercise the full power delegated to you as the chief executive of our nation, and summon to your aid the full force of a statute of the United States government by which such lawless acts may be suppressed. We know that the offenses will be committed. We do not-condone crime, but we ask for our people what is accorded to others; viz, 652 Minnesota Avenue Near Seventh Street that all individuals charged with crime, should be given a fair and impartial trial by a jury of their peers. We now bring to your attention, Mr. President, a matter that heads up under the Interstate Commerce Commission, but which we bring to you because relief has not come from that source. Our people are unfairly treated by the railroads of the South. The laws of the Southern states prescribe that "there shall be separate but equal accommodations for white and colored passengers on trains." It is a fact that while there are separate accommodations, they are in no sense equal. The treatment our people receive as passengers on railways in the South, is in open violation of the law; it is unfair, unjust and degrading. Therefore we beg that you use the authority of your exalted office to change these conditions, making travel equally safe, comfortable and healthful to all who pay the same tariff. The black soldier fights best when his mother, wife and sister are not humiliated on the common carriers of his country because of race prejudice. Another grievance that is hindering the war spirit in our race is the fact that in some of the administrative offices of the government in Washington, D. C., and elsewhere race discrimination is nullifying the letter and spirit of the Civil Service law; and delaying the winning of the war by depressing the enthusiasm of the aspiring people of our race. Our people who aspire to positions above the menial grade in some departments, are flatly denied consideration, and sometimes, if a fair official gives work to such aspirants, they are marked for insult or humiliation by boorish officials or discourteous employees. These discriminations disturb the morale of our young people and lower the efficiency of both, the offender and the offended. This species of prejudice against race and color, sometimes, may too often, finds its way into the army and navy of the United States. Our brave black boys have given a good account of themselves in the fight against the Hun, and we protest against any discrimination in the army and navy based on race or color. We ask a fair trial in all branches of the military service. Mr. President, we seek just an impartial dealing from the officials of our government; we believe you to be providentially directed in the guiding of our nation at such a time as this, and we beg you to give us the protection we are fighting hard to win and offer to others. We ask you to encourage us in honoring the freedom you love. Let us have no "Jim-Crow Cars," no segregation, no disfranchisement, no priscription, no partiality and no prejudice in the government administration of public affairs. Finally, Mr. President; wrongs so open, weigh down the hearts and slow the movement of the people who are otherwise happy and anxious to serve their country. Now, as never before, do we as black men, need to give to our people the spirit of hope, inspiration and love of country. Changing the conditions complained of will make it easier for the leaders of our race to direct and influence our people in the activities and sacrifices to winning the war for deemocracy and righteousness. Signed, WILLIAM HARRISON, Chairman, Washington, JOHN R. HAWKINS, Secretary, Washington; J. F. WILLIAMS, Texas, J. D. BUSHELL, Pennsylvania, A. J. STOKES. Alabama. Attest: W. H. JERNIGAN, President. C. H. STEPTEAU, Secretary. Mr. Horace Dwiggins, at Ninti and Oakland, has been quite sick, VIM AND VIGOR HAIR PROMOTER Makes Long Soft and Glossy Hair. You Can't Go Wrong When You Order VIM and VIGOR HAIR PROMOTER. No more short, harsh and unruly hair. Vim and Vigor. Hair Promoter. A new discovery—stops the hair from falling out and makes the hair long, soft and glossy. Thousands are getting results from its use. Are you? Get a box today and be convinced. 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RS RESILVERED COLLED FOR AND DELIVVERED MIRROR COMPANY 17 North Fifth Street MIRRORS WORK CALLED FOR HODGSON MIR 1017 North MIRRORS RESILVERED WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVVERED HODGSON MIRROR COMPANY 1017 North Fifth Street --- STERN --- WESTERN University Two-year renewal certificate given on completion of the Academic Course, followed by the Normal Course of one year. Write now for catalog and application blanks. FITS drubs of tortimania on file. Gros and Dr. F. HARVET ROOF CO.Dept. Twenty-eighth and Sloan Avenue Kansas City, Kansas Bell Phone West 3715-W Home Phone West 1619 Electric Lights All Work Guaranteed Kassel Jewelry Co. 548 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City Kansas Bell Phone West 1131 FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1918 THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE G. A. GREGG, Associate Editor. MRS. M. G. MATTHEWS. Society Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY at 610 North Sixth Street Office Phone.....Bell West 2407 Residence Phone.....Bell West 2968 The Advocate is a weekly journal devoted to Race Progress and Human Uplift. SUBSCRIPTION. One Year.....$1.50 Six Months.....80 Three Months.....50 "Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879." Have your news in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to imure publication. Office 834 Nebraska avenue. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. Notice to Subscribers All yearly subscribers, who are indebted to The Advocate, will please not delay in sending at once their indebtedness to this office, as the Government is asking us to show our books to the post office authorities. You must pay at once or we will be compelled to drop your name or lose our franchise. EDITOR. An armistice at this time is simply a matter of impossibility. Too many of our dear boys are sleeping in graves on the battle fields of France, too many of them are suffering from frightful wounds received at the hands of the servants of the war lords of Germany. An armistice at this time would simply mean the giving to the Huns, a braathing time, a time within which they would have the opportunity to strengthen their now badly battered positions and thus prepare themselves to carry on the war for many weary months, a ta cost of untold lives and suffering to the Allies. No, an armistice at this time would be suicidal. Keep up the fight, reduuble our efforts, subscribe more liberally for the Fourth Liberty Bond issue and help our boys keep the Huns on the run. When once the enemy has been driven back into Germany, then will come the time for peace talk, and not until then. We wish to call attention to an article appearing on the front page in reference to the sending of Christmas packages to the boys in France. It is to be hoped that every one who has a dear one over there will send him some reminder of the fact that while he is fighting for us, we have not forgotten him; but to be sure that he will get his present. It will be necessary for you to comply with the rules laid down in the article referred to. Read it carefully and then govern yourselves accordingly. Representative Fess, of Ohio, chairman of the Congressional campaign committee, in a statement made on Monday, no doubt sounds the keynote of American opinion as regards the peace proposals of the Germans when he says "This is no time to parley on peace around a table at which sit representatives of the autocracy of Germany or her vassals. German integrity, territorially, industrially and politically, is yet unbroken; her soil is' yet free from the tread of an enemy army. This day of exemption is rapidly passing. No peace talk should be considered until our armies are on German soil, Germany's armies surrendered and the German people who have upheld the campaign of terrorism have been compelled to taste the fruits of their own planting. Otherwise, the end of this war is but an adjournment to another." Twenty-one Democrats in the senate and ten Republicans voted against the suffrage amendment, which President Wilson told congress that its carrying was necessary to the winning of the war. More Republicans, than Democrats stood by the president. Thus the Democratic slogan, "It is necessary to send to congress Democrats to win the war" is busted. THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH J. F. GRIFFIN, Pastor. Residence, 1111 North Eighth St. Phone Bell West 2904. ORDER OF SERIVCES. 9:30 A. M., Sunday School. 11:00 A. M., preaching. 5:00 P. M., Junior Allen League. 6:00 P. M., Senior Allen League. 7:45 P. M., preaching. WEEKLY SERVICES. Official Board, 2nd and 4th Monday, 7:30 P. M. Choir rehearsal, Tuesday 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, prayer meeting, 7:30 P. M. Friday class meeting 8 P. M. CHURCH NEWS It was a lonesome, lonely, beautiful day last Sunday, as the church doors were closed the entire day on account of the influenza epidemic, when all public gatherings were dispensed with. Church-goers could be seen most any time throughout the day standing about the church. The pastor, Dr. Griffin, was like a fish out of water. While many called at the parsonage during the day, he seemed to be restless and he was seen to enter the church more than once. It was a common occurrence to hear some who had not been to church for six months or a year, say: "I intended to go to church Sundav and take all of my family, but——" It was very commendable and showed a Christian spirit in those who sent in their class dues, and especially those who came in person and left them. There will be no services again this Sunday, as the ban on public meetings has not been lifted. According to reports there are now more than two hundred thousand colored men in the military service of the United States. They have more than seven hundred stars on their service flag. The loyalty of the colored American citizen is beyond doubt. It has been demonstrated again and again. A prominent colored orator in an address recently declared that his people have no treason to atone for or explain but a record to defend. No Negro has ever insulted the flag. No Negro ever ran under fire or lost an opportunity to serve, to fight, to die in the cause of the republic. We have but one country and one flag, the flag that set us free. Its language is our only tongue and no hyphen bridges or qualifies. Grievances, I have against this people, but in this hour I forgot, and you must forget all thought of self, of creed or color." The immigration of the Southern Negro from the South is becoming a serious question. It is estimated that more than two hundred thousand Negroes have immigrated from the home of their nativity to the North. It is affecting the Southern industries. Their service is needed in the cotton fields and tobacco districts, sugar plantations. In these industries their skill is unexcelled. The South is reaping what it has sown. These American citizens, like other people, simply go where their political and personal rights are protected. It is too late now for the South to correct its mistake. The Southern climate suits the Negro and he can toil in that section unmindful of the heat. The facts are, the is losing its best and most loyal Negro can adapt himself to almost any climatic conditions and the south friend in this increasing immigration to the north. It is in the nature of news, we fancy, to most American readers to discover that there still exists in England an Anti-Slavery Society. And it may be in the nature of a surprise to learn that it has found it necessary to present a memorial to the government asking for the abolition of the legal status of slavery in the former German territory in Africa now under British administration. They claim that there were approximately 185,000 slaves in German East Africa on the outbreak of war. What a lot this war has taught the world about Germany that it didn't know before. The Thrift Magazine makes the following observation: "The most common mistake made ordinarily is scorn for little things. At Wichita, Kans., a drove of 1,500 hogs is fed from city garbage, which hitherto has been thrown away. With the use of a small amount of corn, these hogs are increasing in weight 1,200 pounds a day. In each ton of garbage there is enough food to produce THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE one hundred pounds of good pork. One of the greatest, lessons Americans can learn, both to individual and national advantage, is that they must despise not the little things." They get to be mighty hardhearted in Congress. Out here in the country we are thinking so much about the country and so little about politics that it is next to impossible even for a Republican to say anything harsh about the Democratic party for fear somebody will think he is saying something against the country. But down in Washington—well, the other day a Pennsylvania Congressman got right up in his place on the floor of the House and not only charged but proved that in 16 Southern states there has been spent $490,000,000 in the construction of cantonments and other war emergency structures, while in 14 Northern states with a far larger population only $20,000,000 has been spent for similar purposes. And then he turned the thing right around and said and proved that those 16 Southern states had paid into the Federal treasury for the current fiscal year only $291,000,000, while the 14 Northern states paid in $2,190,000,000. Considering how little practice it has had in the past fifty years, the Solid South, in the saddle, shows remarkable dexterity in getting appropriations and avoiding taxes. ALONG THE LINE OF REASON And so you insist, that she should Propagate;—by Preachirg? I most assuredly do; and can you give any reason why, you should not? So far, you have not, and I will go the limit to say, "you CAN NOT." For when you say, "Why should we busy ourselves in a process which directly benefits some Professional or Business man." You give no reason at all—absolutely None. First,—it is too Narrow and selfish to be considered. Secondly,—it has none of the earmarks of Reason or Common Sense. From the fact,—that to "Not busy yourselves to the benefit of your fellow, Black Business and Professional men;—is to "Busy yourselves in favor of other sorts of business and professional men. For it is unquestionably truc;—that by reason of your refusal to direct the flow of the results of the powers and activities of the race; into channels which benefit it, and make it better;—such results are left to; and do, flow into channels which Impoverish us, and make stronger and more powerful; these who are not of us. So that, in spite of yourselves, you Propagate;—and can not do otherwise. Then, why not use good judgment; and Propagate for our own welfare? Why? Why? Again, I say Why Not? With the strength of a thousand voices, Reason so dictates. And with a like thousand voices, Common Sense says the same; and still another Thousand, chorus a like strain, from a Racial standpoint. And still other Thousands upon thousands; even to the number like unto that, which John saw; cry out loud and long, in the same strain, because it is in keeping with the doctrine of that greatest teacher of men whose $e$ work "Ye are sent to perform" that great one, who was right on all questions at all times and places;—The Christ,—when he said, "They who are whole need not, but they who are sick, need a physician." "Tis we,—who have suffered the "Sum of all villianies" we, who are over-reached and oppressed, curtained of a fair chance, and deprived by prejudice and hate, at every turn in the line of life;—"Who are Sick." and need a physician. To be sure, I insist;—that you should Propagate by Preaching. What say you to the Contrary? BIBLE CLASS The Neighborhood Bible Class has not missed a single meting, although the epidemic of influenza is on. It had a good meeting Wednesday night and will meet at the "Y" on Wednesday, October 23. Lesson, Mark VI. All are welcome. Notice to Subscribers Those who have not paid their subscriptions as per notice, have only a few days to pay up. And while we regret to cut off any subscriber we must obey orders. You have until next Tuesday, Oct. 22nd, to get square with out books. EDITOR. SATISFYING RELIEF FROM LUMBAGO Sloan's Liniment has the punch that relieves rheumatic twinges This warmth-giving, congestion- scattering circulation-stimulating remedy penetrates without rubbing right to the aching spot and brings quick relief, surely, cleanly. A wonderful help for external pains, sprains, strains, stiffness, headache, lumbago, bruises. Get your bottle today—costs little, means much. Ask your druggist for it by name. Keep it handy for the whole family. The big bottle is economy. Sloan's Liniment Kills Pain 30c, 60c, $1.20 ... The Wyandotte County Chapter of the Red Cross has called upon the Attucks Branch to assist in getting together an indefinite number of the much-needed articles to be used in the various base hospitals. Now that victory is within our grasp, let us not slack, but do our bit in every possible way, and give as freely as we can in order that everything might be made as comfortable as possible for our sick and wounded soldiers at the front! The following is a list of the articles which are especially needed at this time: Sheets, hand towels, bath towels, handkerchiefs, napkins and wash rags. Our headquarters are at the Y. W. C. A. rooms, corner of Ninth and Nebraska avenue Hours 8:30 a. m., to 8:30 p. m. MRS. ALICE M. BROWN, Chairman. M. L. JOHNSON, Sec'y. SICK? WEAR MY BEST ELECTRIC ```markdown ``` Health Belt FREE for 60 DAYS. Absolutely safe—all you feel is a soothing glow. If you have Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Norovirus, Fits, Dyspepsia Piles, Constipation, Kidney Disease, Hip Pain, Heart Disease, Bachoce, Weakness, Tumor, PAIN ANYWHERE send for Catalog and select kind of Bet needed. A. P. OWENS, Dept. B, 152 W. 14th St, New York, N.Y. Rich Guaranteed Watch $4.95 Men, boys or indies. Fitted with high class leveled movement. Guaranteed ten years, open or hunting jacket plate case. $4.95C.O.D. PARCEL POST To advertise this watch we will send it for $4.95 by parcel D. Do you pay $4.95 and watch as yours. Try it ten days. If you don't like it return it and we will refund your money. On account of conditions, this offer may not appear again. Order at www.costa.com you nothing UNITED WATCH CO. SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 18. A proposition to amend section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas relative to the right of suffrage. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, two-thirds of the members elected to each house concurring therein: Section 1. The following proposition to amend the constitution of the state of Kansas is hereby submitted to the qualified elctors of the state for their approval or rejection; That section 1 of article 5 of the constitution of the state of Kansas be amended to read as follows: Section 1. Every citizen of the United States of the age of twenty-one years and upwards—who shall have resided in Kansas six months next preceding any election, and in the township or ward in which he or she offers to vote, at least thirty days next preceding such election—shall be deemed a qualified elector. Sec. 2. That this proposition shall be submitted to the electors of the state at the general election in the year 1918 for their approval or rejection. The amendment hereby proposed shall be designated on the ballot by the following title: "The suffrage amendment to the constitution," and shall be voted for or against as provided by law under such title. Sec. 3. That this resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after its publication in the statute book. Passed the Senate February 28, 1917. Passed the House March 8, 1917. Approved March 12, 1917. I hereby certify that the foregoing a true and correct copy of the original Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 18, now on file in my office. J. T. BOTKIN, (Seal) Secretary of State. (First published August 9, 1918.) ESTILE COOPER Fancy Groceries Mr. L T. Hussey, state fire marshal of Kansas, reports that in five years Kansas has had 15,544 fires, and that almost twcie as many fires were caused by sparks on the roofs as from any other cause. A good fire-proof roof can be had for less cost than a shingle roof. MIRRORS RESILVERED WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. H ODGSON MIRROR COMPANY 1017 North Fifth Street. Home Phone West 1619 Bell West 1131 SAMUEL DIGGS THE OLD RELIABLE JUNK DEALER. Pays the highest cash price for junk at all times, rags, iron, bottles, bones, copper, brass, lead, zinc and every- thing in the junk line. SQUARE DEALING AND HONEST WEIGHT AT ALL TIMES. Place of Business—1006-1008 North Third St. BELL, WEST 3577 KANSAS CITY, KAS. FORREST B. ANDERSON Consult me any time. I am the People's 529 State Ave. Bell West 1050. Kansas City, Kas. Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, Contracts and Legal Papers Drawn. Old Debts Collected. Houses to rent and sell Titles examined Investments Made. Abstracts of title furnished free; ten day allowed to ex- amine. "It's cheaper to buy than it is to rent." Consult me any time. I am he People's Lawyer. Bell West 2306 Mr. L. T. Hussey, sta- sas, reports that in five 15,544 fires, and that alm- were caused by sparks or other cause. A good fire-prcof re- cost than a shingle roof. WYANDOTTE 325 Minn. Avenue, K. C. K. MIRRORS RE- WORK CALLED FOR H ODGSON MIRROR 1017 North Fifth Home Phone West 1619 SAMUEL THE OLD RELIABLE J Pays the highest cash price for iron, bottles, bones, copper, brass thing in the junk line. SQUARE DEALING AND HON- TIMES. Place of Business—101 BELL, WEST 3577 FORREST B. Consult me any time. Law REAL ESTATES 529 State Ave. Bell West Deeds, Mortgages, Wills, Contracts and Legal Papers Drawn. Investments M Abstracts of title furnished fr amine. "It's cheaper to buy y Consult me any time. I am h McClelland & Son McClelland & Son 733 Minnesota Ave. Bell, W. 364 Home, W. 594 1918 Bargains. WHAT WILL YOU LEAVE YOUR FAMILY? A Stack of Worthless Rent Receipts —A Real Estate. FOR SALE 9-room modern house 30 ft, $2000; $400 down, terms to suit. 4-room house, 50 ft; outbuildings, electric lights, gas and city water, grape arbor; $1500; $500 down, terms to suit. 5-room house, 56 ft; $1500; $700 down, $20 per month and interest. 8-room house, bath, gas and city water; $1850; $200 down, terms to suit. 4-room house, summer kitchen, 50 ft; good out buildings, $1100; $50 down, $10 per month and interest. 8-room house, 25 ft; $2100; $300 down, terms to suit; close in. 10-room brick; $3500; $100 down, modern, 50 ft, close in. Come in and see this bargain. 4 4-room cottages, close in, $1,000 $50 cash, $10 a month and interest. 3 4-room houses $650. $8 per month and interest. Close in. MONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED CITY PROPERTY. MONEY TO LOAN—$200 or $250. Small loans at 8 per cent. Fire and Cyclone Insurance. Let Us Write That Next Policy for You. GEO. McCLELLAND & SON 733 Minn. Ave. Kansas City, Kas. Dr. W. S. Stephens The Painless Dentist, 516 Minnesota Ave. Best Dentistry at Lowest Prices. Careful. Thorough and Painless Work. I WILL SAVE YOU MONEY. Give me a trial. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Phones: Office Bell West 424; Res. NEGRO SOLDIER IN OUR WAR Tells all about the war; it is fair to Colored people; everyone buys; a tremendous seller. Price only $150; agents making $8 to $15 per day. Send 24 cents quick for agents' outfit. AUSTIN JENKINS CO., F Street, Washington, D. C. LADIES Free Booklet, describing wonderful article indispensable for private use of married ladies. Relieves mind from doubt and worry. Sent sealed. HYGINEK & KALOLOGY CO. Dogst. A. H. 12 W. 13th St. N. Y. City 849 Freeman Aevnue state fire marshal of Kan- years Kansas has had most twcie as many fires in the roofs as from any roof can be had for less ROOFING CO. K. Any Phone West 710 SILVERED OR AND DELIVERED. OR COMPANY in Street. Bell West 1131 DIGGS BUNK DEALER. junk at all times, rags, s, lead, zinc and every- WEST WEIGHT AT ALL. 106-1008 North Third St. KANSAS CITY, KAS. ANDERSON I am the People's lawyer BROKER at 1050. Kansas City, Kas. Old Debts Collected. Houses to rent and sell Titles examined ade. free; ten day allowed to ex- chan it is to rent." the People's Lawyer. PORO SYSTEM PORO HAIRDRESSING, SINGING, MANICURING, FACIAL MASSAGE and SEWING. Instructions and Diplomas given by MRS. J. T. SMITH, 2028 N. HALLOCK ST. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Your patronage will be highly appreciated and satisfaction guaranteed. Good Things to Eat At the BUSY BEE CAFE 430 Minnesota Avenue Mrs. Franklin, Prop. Kansas City, Kas. SANTAL CAPSULES MIDY CATARRH of the BLADDER relieved in 24 HOURS Each Cap- sule bears the MIDY name. Be sure of counterfeits E. W. ANDERSON CALL ME I will haul your Baggage and Fxpress. Also will bring your Kindling if you wish it Kindling if you wish it. PROMPT DELIVERY. BELL 3249W LUELLA GREEN NOTARY PUBLIC Bell Phone West 424 Res. 1407 N. 8th St. 516 Minnesota Avenue Kansas City, Kansas FREE $1.00 G. S. Is guaranteed for one bottle to benefit any case of pellagra, rheumatism, eczema, scrofa or any blood, liver or kidney disease, or your dollar returned and no questions asked; or if you take two bottles between October 22, 1917, and March 1, 1918, and you receive no benefits, upon affidavit of same I will refund to you your $2.00 and give you $1.00 free. Why experiment? Take a remedy with wonderful merit. A trial is all I ask you to give G. S. Sold by all druggists or sent prepaid. Price: $1.00, or six for $5.00. Call on your druggist or G. S. before you order from me. Write, for testimonials. L. M.GROSS 721 Spring Street LITTLE ROCK, 'ARK LIZZIE E. WOOSTER SUPERINTENDENT OF INSURANCE FRANK L. TRAVIS STATE PRINTER W. R. SMITH CONGRESS, SECOND DISTRICT ED. C. LITTLE JUDGE TWENTY-NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, SECOND DIVISION.....F. D. HUTCHING REPRESENTATIVE— SEVENTH DISTRICT.....C. H. RIDGWAY EIGHTH DISTRICT.....WINFIELD FREEMAN NINTH DISTRICT.....S. R. WILLIAMSON COUNTY CLERK.....WILLIAM BEGGS COUNTY TREASURER.....SAMUEL STEWART REGISTER OF DEEDS.....U. G. GATES COUNTY ATTORNEY (Regular Term).....E. A. ENRIGHT COUNTY ATTORNEY (Short Term).....JUSTUS N. BAIRD PROBATE JUDGE.....JOHN T. SIMS SHERIFF.....W. J. WRIGHT, JR. CORONER.....J. W. HAYWARD SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION... (Short Term) GEORGE W. PHILLIPS COUNTY SURVEYOR PARK A. WILLIAMS CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT R. J. McFARLAND COUNTY ASSESSOR WILLIAM G. BIRD PUBLIC ADMINISTRATOR EARLE R. GILBERT COUNTY COMMISSION SAMUEL CLARKE JUDGE CITY COURT, FIRST DISTRICT WILLIAM E. CARSON CLERK CITY COURT, FIRST DISTRICT HUGH L. SCHONE MARSHAL FIRST DISTRICT JAMES FEE, JR. JUDGE CITY COURT, SECOND DISTRICT JUDGE CITY COURT, SECOND DISTRICT DON C. McCOMBS CLERK CITY COURT BINA S. QUICK MARSHAL JAMES P. WILES, JR. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, KANSAS CITY TOWNSHIP, METTIE E. MIDDAUGH $3 to $12 Per Day made selling PROF. KELLY MILLER'S new Progress of Colored People Teachers, students, male or female, ministers, widows, married women, any one with spare time, can make $1 per hour. Everybody buys it's easy to sell. Send for terms and outfit on once, act today. AUSTIN JENKINS COMPANY, 525 Ninth Street, WASHINGTON, D. C. --- Mr Dickerson, who has been very sick, was out on the street Sunday. Some of he sick are Mr. Richard Berry, Mrs. H. Berry and Mrs. W. Miller, Mr. A. Sykes is able to go to work again. We regret to hear that Attorney Shackelford is quite sick. Mrs. Ruth Rogers, relative of Mesdames P. Bradford, E. Lasky, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and Mr. asd Mrs. B. S, Stovall, after making them a pleasant visit, returned Tuesday to her home in Mexico, Mo. Mr. C. Griffith at 923 Washington boulevard, is able to work again. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Mackey of the Invincible Concert Company, are visiting Mrs. Mackey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Easley, 604 New Jersey avenue. The company had to lay off on account of the influenza. Mrs. A. J. Bouldin visited her parents in Fort Scotr, Kans., this week. Zuni Funners. A short time ago the tribe of the Zunis held their great annual ceremonial feasts and dances at their pueblo in western New Mexico. For almost the first time a number of tourists penetrated the 40 miles that lie between the pueblo and the railroad to witness the ceremonies, and as a result the Zunis are beginning to be known to fame. Long familiar to students of ethnology, their peculiar talents are quite unknown to the general public. The Zuni Indians are probably the greatest runners the world ever has seen. Their feats in this direction are such that any man who would try to recount them all would inevitably lose his reputation for veracity. But in looking at the lean brown boy who will run down a wild horse or a deer and hardly lose his breath over it, one must remember that the lad has not only been trained to run from the time he could first stand on his little feet without tumbling down, but his training really began a thousand years ago. He comes of a tribe that has specialized in running since long before Columbus was born—Chicago News. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Becoming Proof That Crust of the Earth Has Had Periods of Rising and Falling. The elastic character of the earth's crust is one of the most certain facts of observation; great areas rise and fall under the action of varying pressures. It is, therefore, reasonable to suppose that the accumulation in pleistocene times of vast continental glaciers one or two miles in depth would exert such downward weight pressure as to cause a subsidence of the great areas affected. This seems to be borne, out by a marked and very apparent rise of land in the northeastern section of the North American continent, in comparatively recent times. H. L. Fairchild, writing in Science, states that this area, covered by the latest American ice sheet, the Labradorian glacier, stood much below its present position, relative to sea level, when the ice sheet melted off, and that a slow uplift brought the land to its present altitude. This is indicated by the presence of the remains of sea animals and plants throughout inland parts, by beach formations in parts now away from the sea and general geological considerations. The region of this recent rise of land extends from New Jersey to Hudson strait and as far inland as Wisconsin. COMBINE TRUTH AND HUMOR Pithy Epitapha on Tombetones In British Cemeteries Are Worth More Than Passing Notice. In a search for the unusual, one would scarcely expect to come across it on a tombstone. But full justice can in some cases be done to a deceased in a single word. There is a stone in Leamington cemetery dedicated to the memory of one J. T. Burgess, who before laying aside the trammels of this mundane sphere edited the Leamington Spa Courier. His career and end are adequately summed up in one word—"Resting." A departed auctioneer who lived in the city of Worcester had inscribed on his memorial stone as an epitaph, "Gone." Brief, economical and retrospective. In a Sussex graveyard may be seen a stone on which are chiseled, after the name and date of death of the deceased, just two expressive words—"He was." Surely a sermon in a nutshell. But two of the strangest as well as the briefest epitaphs are to be found on stones in Cane Hill cemetery, Belfast. On one of them, erected to the memory of a lazy fellow by one who evidently knew him well, are the words, "Asleep (as usual)." On the other, "Left Till Called For." A certain photographer has this inscribed over his grave, "Here I lie, Taken From Life."—London Tit-Bits. Diet for Weight Reduction. Fuel is the main food requirement of the body. A certain amount of fuel keeps the engines of the body working normally and produces energy. The surplus of fuel derived from the food forms layers of fat. So it is evident that the matter of keeping the body weight where you wish to have it is merely a matter of arithmetic, says Popular Science Monthly. Certain foods have an enormous fuel value in comparison with others. For instance, it would require $9 worth of lettuce and tomato salad to furnish the amount of energy that 30 cents' worth of butter or 10 cents' worth of sugar would supply. No one would think of feeding exclusively on any of these foods, but it is easy to see that the limitation of butter and sugar and the introduction of such foods as lettuce, tomatoes, celery, carrots, spinach and fruits, all of which have low fuel value, instead of fats, milk, cream and oil, pastry and sweets, would enormously reduce the fat-forming elements in the diet and yet fill the stomach and satisfy hunger. Childish Selfishness Unselfishness is one of the virtues which has to be cultivated, for we are not born unselfish. We have to be taught this virtue and of course the greatest teacher of all is love. I am inclined to think love is the only teacher. Henderson says, "To get children interested in impersonal things is to make them unavoidably unselfish. Solitary children, only sons and daughters, are, as a rule, extremely selfish, for the simple reason that their lives have been so overwhelmingly personal. The way out is through group activities on the part of the whole family through pleasures as well as through service. If life is to be permanently successful, and happiness genuine and secure, the major interest must be impersonal, must have to do with something bigger than the little self, must concern itself with the abiding and universal things."—Alice Barton Harris. How to Remove Oil Stains. To remove oil stains from leather and paper, etc., apply pipe-clay powdered and mixed with water to the thickness of cream, and leave it on for four hours. This will not injure the best colors. For boards, marble and other stones make a strong solution of carbonate of potash and water and add as much unslaked lime as it will absorb. Then stir it together and let it settle a few minutes; bottle it and cork tightly. Have some water ready to dilute it when used and scour the part with it. Don't leave the solution too long on the boards or it will draw the color out of them. Many Good Reasons Why the Banana Has a Perfect Right to That Classification. Bananas, according to a legend current in tropical countries, are the original "apples" of the Garden of Eden—along with the serpent and Mrs. Adam, the cause of man's fall. At least, they tend to serve a similar purpose in these times, because they are almost equal to the coconut palm as an aid to idleness. An acre of bananas will yield 50 times as much food as an acre of potatoes and 150 times as much as wheat. The banana is immune to almost every plant disease and has fewer insect enemies than any other fruit. It will grow on poor land, if need be, and will distance any weed or shrub that tries to contest its claim to soil and sunlight. The banana is the "neither fish, flesh, nor fowl" of the plant kingdom. It is usually classified as a tree, but it is not a tree. Although it attains a height of 30 feet there is no wood fiber in the stalk. The bunches of fruit on the dwarf varieties are often heavier than the remainder of the plant. It is not a palm, nor an herb, nor a bush, nor a shrub, and it is not a vegetable. In some distant way it may be related to the grasses, but the relationship is so distant that it stands in a class by itself. EASY TO DECEIVE INEXPERT Imitation of Pictures by "Old Masters" Has Became What Might Be Termed a Business. The most common method of counterfitting an old picture is to cover a new one—painted, of course, for the purpose—with a certain transparent paste which, when exposed to slight heat, cracks and becomes brown. If a sufficiently vulnerable tint has not been produced the canvas is washed with a mixture of lamp black and liquorice juice. The picture is next exposed for some hours to the smoke of a wood fire and, the loose soot having been brushed away, it is rubbed here and there with a rag which has been dipped in very dilute sulphuric acid. This operation gives a moldy appearance to those parts which have been touched. The work is finally sprinkled, by means of a toothbrush and a hairpin, with minute spots of a solution of sepia in gum water, to imitate flyspecks, and it is then ready for the market. Signatures are imitated by experts, who are known as "monogramistes," and who devote their exclusive attention to such matters; and one of these men, who died recently, confessed to the forgery of no fewer than 11,000 signatures of the Italian masters alone, and said he had for years made a large income by the exercise of his art. Foolish Fear of Poverty. ... great deal of apparent poverty come from dread of poverty. A man saves every cent and goes mind and soul hungry, and, ten to one, he is starving somebody else at the same time along with himself. He is really poor, for the time being, although he has a large bank account. Poverty will come every time as the result of the improper attitude toward money. Money is not a reality; it represents things that we consider for our good. But there is no poverty like that of the starved soul that shrinks and dries up into narrowness and compression. In getting the feeling of wealth look about you. See all the wonders of nature; believe that wonders will happen and then get ready for them. After the day's work is done build air castles, and then go in and lay a strong foundation under one of them. Expect to develop into efficiency necessary for the bigger job. The key to this lies in your hands in doing the little things well—Patrick Fenton in Nautilus. Praise of Open Flies. To many of us plain bread-and-butter persons, praise of open fires sometimes seems a little too warm and comfortable—too smugly contemplative. We like open fires. We would have them in every room in the house except the kitchen and the bathroom—and perhaps in the bathroom, where we could hang our towels from the mantelpiece (as gallant practical gentlemen, now some centuries dead, named it by hanging up 'their wet mantles) and let them warm while we were taking our baths. We go as far as any in regarding the open fire as a welcoming host in the hall, an undisturbing companion in the library, an encourager of digestion in the dining room, an enlivener in the living room and a goodnight thought of hospitality in the guest chamber. But we cannot follow the essayist who speaks contemptuously of hot-water pipes. "From the security of ambush," says he, "they merely heat, and heat whose source is invisible is not to be coveted at all." Qh. merely heat1—From the Atlantic. A Watch and No Owner. The owner of a Shelby county watermelon patch has found a watch therein. The watch is said to be in good condition and ready to be restored to its owner upon proving property, paying for the newspaper notice, and possibly fully explaining just how and why the watch got into the melon patch. Unless it's a mighty valuable watch we have serious doubts as to its being claimed—St. Louis Republic. WYANDOTTE COUNTY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES Election November 6, 1918 COL. $ ^{*} $ ED. C. LITTLE Candidate to Congress Second District, Second Term CHARLES H. RIDGWAY Candidate for the Legislature Seventh District For Register of Deeds— U. G. Candidate for One Good Term For County Commission SAMUEL Second District, First, S For Probate Judge— JOHN T The Kids' Friend WILLIAM Can Judge of the City For Coroner— DR. JEFF W Reference: My past r of For Register of Deeds— U. G. GATES Candidate for Re-election One Good Term Deserves Another For County Commissioner— SAMUEL CLARKE Second District, First, Second and Third Wards For Probate Judge— JOHN T. SIMS The Kids' Friend Candidate for Re-election WILLIAM E. CARSON Candidate for Judge of the City Court, First District For Coroner— DR. JEFF W. HAYWARD Reference: My past record while holding the office W. J. WRIGHT, JR., Candidate for Sheriff You are not experin R. J. Mc Clerk Dis You are not experimenting by voting for R. J. McFARLAND Clerk District Court GIVE INSIGHT TO CHARACTER Shape of Eyebrows Reveal Vigor, Insincerity, Lack of Vitality, and Many Other Things. It is now conceded that the Greek eyebrow is quite in accord with the conception of mere physical beauty in women. Like the rosebub mouth, it does not indicate the highest order of intelligence and the arch is expressive always of greater sensibility and greater sense of character, says London Tit-Bits. Scant growth of the eyebrows invariably denotes' lack of vitality; on the contrary, heavy, thick eyebrows indicate a strong constitution and great physical endurance. They are not beautiful on a woman's face, however much they may signify either mental or bodily vigor, and when they are not only heavy, but droop and meet at the nose, they are disagreeable and are said to accompany an insincere and prying nature. Romantic women usually have a very well-defined arch in the center of the eyebrow, while a sense of humor is indicated in the arch nearer the nose. Long, drooping eyebrows, lying wide apart, indicate an amable disposition. Where the eyebrows are lighter in color than the hair, the indications are lack of vitality and great sensitiveness. Faintly defined eyebrows placed high above the nose are signs of indolence and weakness. Very black eyebrows give the face an intense and searching expressing; when natural, they accompany a passionate temperament. Very light eyebrows rarely are seen on strongly intellectual faces, although the color of the eyebrows is not accepted simply as denoting lack of intelligence; the form gives the key to the faculties and their direction. Red eyebrows denote great fervor and ambition; brown, a medium between red and black. HOUSE BUILDING IN KOREA Operations Always Begin by the Construction of a Most Ingenious System of Flues. When a Korean begins to build a house he first lays down a system of flues where the floor is to be. These flues begin at a fireplace, usually built in an outer shed or in a closed alleyway connected with the house. From the fireplace the flues branch out like the ribs of a fan and end in a trench at the back of the floor space. This trench, in turn, opens into a chimney, usually built at some distance from the house. When the flues are completed the builder carefully covers them over with flagstones; he then cements the whole floor and covers it with a sort of thick oiled paper for which Korea is famous. The rest of the house is then built round the completed floor. FRIDAY, OCT. 18, 1918 TE COUNTY CANDIDATES GATES for Re-election Deserves Another CLARKE Second and Third Wards T. SIMS Candidate for Re-election E. CARSON Candidate for Court, First District V. HAYWARD record while holding the office menting by voting for FARLAND District Court The heating system works in this way: When it is time to cook the rice for the morning meal the housewife lights a little straw or brushwood in the fireplace in the outer shed. While the rice is cooking the heat from the fireplace passes through the flues, heating the stone flags of the floor and diffusing a pleasant warmth that lasts until it is time to prepare the next meal. Two heatings a day generally suffice to keep the floor warm. On the floor the people sit by day and sleep by night. The heavy oiled paper that covers the floor prevents any smoke from entering the room. Center of Agricultural Production Center of Agricultural Production. The center of agricultural production of the United States, according to the value of crop and animal products for 1917, is in west-central Illinois, as shown by a diagram just issued by the department of agriculture. The states of greatest production are: Iowa, $1,330,000,000; Illinois, $1,255,000,000; Texas, $1,045,000,000; Missouri, $947,000,000; Ohio, $851,000,000; Nebraska, $774,000,000; Indiana, $764,000,000; Kansas, $735,000,000; New York, $700,000,000; Minnesota, $646,000,000; Pennsylvania, $636,000,000; Georgia, $605,000,000; Wisconsin, $598,000,000; California, $375,000,000; Michigan, $534,000,000; Kentucky, $520,000,000. Really Serious. The Newlyweds had unwittingly chosen their abode in the neighborhood where scandal was rife. One morning one of the neighbors sent a hoarse whisper over to her chief confidant: "What's the trouble between the Newlyweds?" "Her husband tried to keep something from her." "Oh, that's not serious! Men will have their little secrets." "Ah, you don't understand! This is serious. He tried to keep a dollar and a quarter of his last week's pay." Use Common Sense In a desire to help food conservation many women go to ridiculous extremes. Children and growing youngsters should be well nourished, war or no war. Mr. Hoover wants us to use common sense in our conservation. Putting youngsters on half rations is very far from common sense. If you cut down their butter or sugar, increase their consumption of milk—People's Home Journal. Ash Trees for Airplanes. The appeal of the Aerial league of the British empire for ash trees for aeronautical purposes has resulted in between three and four thousand trees being offered within the last few weeks, according to "Flight." The government requirements in the next twelve months are expected to exceed 200,000 trees.—Scientific American.