Kansas City Advocate

HAVE A HEART! HELP THE ORPHAN HOME DRIVE! KANSAS CHILDREN'S ORPHAN HOME DRIVE WEEK $20,060 Needed to Build This Home 20,000 Colored People in this City. HAVE A HEART On last Sunday afternoon a mass meeting of over three hundred men and women of the city, coming from most-every walk of life, met in King Solomon's Baptist church, corner of Garfield avenue and Third street, Rev. J. W. Clay, pastor, when an organization was perfected and the city platted in 10 divisions, with a captain to each, for a Orphans' Home building drive this week for $20,000. The captains are: G. B. Buster, N. B. Robinson, Claude L. Jones, Mrs. Margaret Pinkard, John A. Hodge, Forest B. Anderson, Rev. H. B. Bronson, G. W. Minor, Miss Mae McClelland and Sherman Scruggs. The drive started Monday, October 29th and will close November 4th. Each captain has a fine working bunch of lieutenants and by the closing night will cover every nook and corner of Kansas City. Twenty thousand colored citizens and no Orphans' home, and $20,000 will build one. The city is full of homeless children. HAVE A HEART. The board of directors, with Miss Emma Z. Pendleton at its head, have worked unceasingly for two years for a fund to build a home for our children, as other races of the city have and have to their credit $5,000 deposited in two of our banks. A mighty fine nest egg for only one hen to lay—that is, it started with penny contributions, little socials and a few major entertainments with a small gift here and there by interested persons. Headquarters have been opened at Shackelford and Tower's law office at 511 Minnesota avenue, where a force of clerks under the supervision of Miss Pendleton are distributing and mailing out literature to hundreds of citizens, in the city, making an appeal for unfortunate homeless children of our community. At the close of the drive every donor's name and amount subscribed will be published in the press. If you have not received a letter from headquarters, we publish one here that you might read, think and act. Kansas City, Kans., October 29, 1923. Dear Friend: Kansas City, Kansas, has no Orphan home for Negroes. It is a condition that every citizen, white or black should deplore. You all know the history of our struggles to have an orphans' home, of how the old dilapidate building we were using for a home was closed because of unsanitary conditions and lack of facilities. A new board, composed of twenty-five ladies, was formed and has by almost superhuman efforts, raised $5,000. This $5,000 is just a drop in the bucket, a ray of light in the darkness. In the meantime how are our homeless children being cared for? In jails, allowed to stay in different places until they can be forgotten. A few days ago several children were sent to Leavenworth to the county home because the city had no place for a colored child to stay while its widowed mother was sick. Every man, woman and child in Kansas City should feel the crying need and stretch out a helping hand. The Community Chest is a wonderful praiseworthy thing but it does not take care of our need. Come to our rescue from October 29 to November 4th. We must reach a goal of $20,000.00 so we can build a first-class home that will be a credit to Kansas City. Your subscription will be one of your real acts of charity this year. We want a Day Nursery for colored people where a mother could leave her children while she works. No city of this size should be without one. Trusting that when our workers call you will subscribe generously and encourage them in their endeavor, I am, Yours respectfully, EMMA Z. PENDLETON President. -SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWELVE MONTHS. $1.50 JAMES THATCHER HERO IN HAMPTON FOOTBALL GAME. In a football game a few days ago at Hampton, Va., between the Hampton college and St. Paul, a Kansas City high school young man, James Thatcher, was the hero for Hampton. When the score in the last quarter stood 6-0 in favor of the visitors and only three minutes of play, Thatcher was called in to buck the line and in three downs had carried the ball in three yeards of their opponents' goal line and was carried over by a fellow comrade in the few records left of play, when a goal was kicked, making the score 6-7. Mr. Thatcher finished from Sumner high school last year and was a star on the football team and is an all round athlete. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Thatcher, the undertaker, 1518 North Fifth street. This is his first year at Hampton college. BIG MASS MEETING ORPHAN'S HOME DRIVE MASS MEETING SUNDAY AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. There will be a monster mass meeting held at the First Baptist church, Fifth street and Nebraska avenue, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p. m. The orchestra of Northeast Junior High will play. Solos by local talent. Community singing directed by Prof. T. H. Reynolds of Sumner. There will be four 4-minute speeches and several numbers given by various choirs. Every choir in town has been invited to attend and we expect a wonderful pep meeting. Reports of the drive will be given. Mr. Jesse Manley, a brother-in-law of Mrs. James Freeman, 418 State avenue, is in Bell Memorial hospital for treatment and went under an operation this week. Mr. Manley is a graduate of Wilberforce University and was appointed on the teaching force this year at Coffeyville, Kansas, and was given a month's leave of absence. His wife is with him and their many friends here hope for Mr. Manley nothing of a serious nature will follow his operation. Dr. J. H. Mivon, Guard Master of the "Busy Bees" Independent Order of Brothers and Sisters of Consolation, is devoting his entire time to the Order and the insurance department, the latter being lately incorporated and recognized by the insurance laws of Kansas. He will leave Monday for a trip out in the state in the interest of the Order and insurance department. In the short time of the life of the insurance department more than 500 policies have been written. HAVE A HEART. Help the Orphans' Home Drive. WESTERN UNIVERSITY WINS GRID BATTLE WITH SUMNER HIGH. The Western University bulldogs bested Sumner high school last Saturday in their annual football clash, on the Kansas City athletic field, fourteenth street and Armstrong avenue. The Sumner boys were much lighter than their opponents, but they were game to the finish and made some beautiful forward passes which gave them their only score. Western University started off with much speed and it looked like touchdowns would come as fast as the leaves in the fall after a heavy frost, but two touchdowns were all they wobbled over the line—the final score being 12-6, neither team kicking goal. All of the Western University students were there to root for their boys and it went a long ways in their victory. Sumner high had but few out to encourage their team, when there ought to have been three hundred. Western University has only lost one game this year, so far, and say they are not due to lose any more this season in the Kaw Valley League. Kansas City, Kansas, November 2, 1923 Benefit to Help Buy Playground Equipment WOODMEN FALL FESTIVITIES WEEK Ladies' Prize Contest-One Whole Week of Entertainment Opens Monday Night. Commencing Monday night, November 5, and continuing the entire week, the Woodmen of the local camp will put on a week's program of an extraordinary entertainment. Every night will be free, with the exception of Tuesday night, when one of the best programs and ladies' prize contest will take place. The public have an opportunity and are invited to all these fine entertainments. Mr. C. D. Jenkins is district manager and is putting the Woodmen of this state on the map. Their headquarters and office is 516 Minnesota avenue. HAVE A HEART. Help the Orphans' Home Drive. SERVICE IN NEW LOCATION St. Luke A. M. E. Church, Twelfth and Ann Avenue. There will be three special services on the new site of St. Luke A. M. E. church, Twelfth and Ann avenue, Sunday, November 4. Special sermon at 11 a. m. At 3:30 p. m. Dr. C. E. Brooks, pastor of First A. M. E. church will preach. Lawyer Dorsey Green will give a short talk about the site. Rev. W. C. Davies, formerly pastor of Allen Chapel A. M. E. church, of Pocatello, Idaho, will preach at 7:30 p. m. The church is moved over on the lots and everything is in readiness for a big day in Zion. The public is cordially invited. MRS. RILLA WOODS, Reporter. HAVE YOU SEEN, OUR FLOWERS? Stoval-Morgan and Son, pioneer florists, have opened a greenhouse at 2302 North Sherman street. Fresh Plants in full bloom. Call Fairfax 0368 for Flowers for all occasions. This business has grown slowly since 1911. When it was in its infancy, Carpenter H. M. Jackson (deceased) made the first flower box and now you will find a modern greenhouse. We deliver to all parts of the city. We also do NOTARY PUBLIC work. A CARD OF THANKS. We desire to thank all friends who assisted us so kindly during the sickness and after the death of our beloved relative, Mrs. Jane Johnson. We especially thank St. Haylor Tabernacle No. 7, the Neighborhood Club, and all others who gave such beautiful floral offerings. We thank Rev. Brooks, Rev. Griffin, Rev. G. McNeal and Dean Vaughn for their consoling remarks, also Mrs. T. Moss, and Mrs. Roxie Ann Mayhan for singing her favorite songs, and all who participated, and pray God will bless them. MR. LOTT FRYE, son-in-law. Benefit Douglass S LUER PLAYERS "FOLLOWER The Evening of At High School, 9th Benefit to Help ADVOCATE RACE PREJUDICE VIEWED BY PARIS JOURNALISTS Paris, November 1.—As a result of various inter-racial clashes, occuring between tourists from the southern portion of the United States and colored people, which called for drastic action on the part of the French Foreign Office, general discussion of race prejudice is occupying the editorial expression in the leading French journals. The tone of sentiment thus editorially expressed, extracts of some of these, given herewith, is unanimous in condemning the affrontery of the Southerners, especially in their attempt to make French customs conform to their prejudices. The editors seem to agree that the admonition to the Southerners should be: "We have not race prejudice here; so leave yours at home." Le People: "Such manners are inadmissible in France. Foreigners should know that the black citizens have the same rights as white persons, even if the latter are rich, gay Americans." The Petit Journal: "We advise the pacifists from across the Atlantic to imbibe moderately and save their fists for better causes." Figaro: "The attitude of the Southern Yankees toward Frenchmen of color shows us how much barbarism there is hidden under the apparent civilization of the United States. Some of the Americans from the southern section imagine themselves refined because they have sixstory buildings and telephones in their bedrooms." Homme Libre: "There is often more distinction in a black man than in a white snob, even though the fingers of the latter are covered with diamonds and his pocketbook is filled with banknotes." The Journal: "Just because Montmarte at 2 o'clock in the morning is almost entirely American is no reason why Frenchmen, who belong to the race of Uncle Tom, should be excluded. As long as Montmarte belongs to France the race question cannot be considered a la Americane." L'Eclair: "The black men are our compatriots and whoever offends them offends us. Some classes of Americans don't like Negroes. That is their right at home, but not in France." The Paris Midi: "We have no prejudice here. France cannot forget that she is at the head of a vast colonial empire, dominated by men of color, and these men have proved their fidelity and courage in the most difficult hours of our existence. The group of offending Americans who do not seem to reflect the real attitude of the best Americans, flatter themselves on being in the front rank of civilization, but they have never been able to look at the colored problem that way. Instead, they have vowed hatred without mercy against the Negroes. This will not do in France." HAVE A HEART. Help the Orphans' Home Drive. FURNISHED ROOM. A nice furnished front room to rent. 338 Lafayette avenue. Mrs. Mollie Cox. THOMAS KENNEDY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER N HOME DRIVE MOTION PICTURES OF DEDICATION OF NEW DOUGLASS HOSPITAL TO BE SHOWN. On Wednesday evening, November 7th, at First A. M. E. church, motion pictures that were taken of the various uniform companies, orders and citizens, at the dedication of the New Douglass hospital, will be shown. All the proceeds will go on the furnishing of this institution. These pictures are said to be fine, showing the two bands and marching uniform men, also the speakers and the thousands of friends who gathered about the hospital, on the lawns, on this mammoth occasion. Tickets are being sold by a number of men and women of the community. Any member of these orders who turned out that day that would like to help the cause, by selling some of the tickets, can get them from Rev. C. E. Brooks, pastor of First A. M. E. church at 1111 North Eighth street, or call Fairfax 2904 and they will be delivered to you. HAVE A HEART. Help the Orphans' Home Drive. DELINQUENT SUBSCRIBERS. We have on our books a number of delinquent subscribers who have put our collectors off from time to time, so we will have to discontinue the paper, if you do not pay up, as we cannot afford to continue sending you the paper at a dead loss to the business. We have to pay our bills each week to get the paper to you and we feel sure you don't want us to pay your bills. We need the money to help carry on our business, the same as your grocer, or any other business. We will thank you for a response at once and will expect it at once. EDITOR. PASEO Y. M. C. A. Membership Now 1000. The Paseo Y. M. C. A. building is nine years old. A unique celebration is Home Coming Day, November 4, 3:30 p. m. Every man who has had any share in the encouragement of the "Y" is urged to be present and take part in the meeting—get acquainted and renew old memories. One of the many interesting events of the year is Father and Son night-Dad and son-movies—talks-eats. Date November 17. A number of civic, religious, dramatic and business organizations avail themselves of the "Y" hospitality. The Noon Volley Ball class is increasing in interest and pep. A leaders class composed of young men is doing some fine work. Saturday morning talks to boys are encouraging and character building. Ping Pong echoes throughout the building—an evidence of active, alert boyhood. Attorney Johnson's address on Selfishness last Sunday, was a challenge to good citizenship. The membership drive that closed Wednesday, brought the membership up to one thousand. Two years ago the membership was only 256. The executive secretary, G. A. Gregg, led in the drive, in new members. Are You a Friend of Humanity? Help Little Homeless Children in the ORPHANS' HOME DRIVE. JUNIOR MISSIONARY ENTERTAINS. The Junior Missionary Society of First A. M. E. church entertained the new pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks, Sunday evening at their regular meeting, with a fine program and served ice cream and cake. A number of the officers and invited friends were present. Mrs. Plandel is president of the society. Mother Johnson, the aged mother of Mrs. Georgia Frye, 718 Everett avenue, who died last week at her daughter's home, was buried from First A: M. E. church Friday at 2 p. m. Rev. C. E. Brooks officiating. Mother Johnson had been confined to her bed for a long time. She was a lovable character. Number 12 MIDNIGHT IN THE LONE STAR STATE WITH HIS FRIENDS. MAY HAVE TO RETURN TO HOSPITAL. DEPLORES THE DEATH OF A NOTED RACE WOMAN San Antonio, Texas., Nov. 1.—If you are my friend, I am sure that you are going to now join in thank-ing God that I am out of the hospital, and have returned to the United States and did not have to be brought back in an iron or wooden box, but here I am walking, yet I am not well and under orders to slow down, and I desire to express thanks to all the friends who prayed for me and are still praying for me. I want to spend a few weeks in Texas if possible and if not then you will find me right in the Park Sanitarium when I will be free from care and you may not get the letters from me, so let us hope that with care, and prayer I will be spared out of bed a few weeks, as there are some friends I want to see before I leave this world, and there are some who are praying for me. Some want to see me and I want to see them. It was to me a source of sorrow that I was not able to be present at the Baptist Missionary and Educational convention of Texas, but it was not my lot, and I just had to stay away, yet I thank God that I have been able to get to the state. I have many friends in that convention and I know they were praying for me. I feel that through the special prayer I was able to make it this far, and by faith I will continue on my journey to the East. I shall ever have a kind word to say for the good people of California and I shall never forget the doctors and nurses at Lane hospital where I lingered between life and death, and I may be that now. I have an invitation to return to the hospital, for they want to do something else for me. I may have to go back. Before taking up anything else, I HALLOWE'EN PARTY. The Senior choir of First A. M. E. church was entertained with a Hollowe'en party at the home of Mrs. Green, 934 Washington boulevard, Wednesday evening. All were masked. Cider and ginger cake was served. The decorations were beautiful. Are You a Friend of Humanity? Help Little Homeless Children in the ORPHANS' HOME DRIVE. CITY BRIEFS AND IN SOCIETY. Dr. Boone, expastor of Metropolitan Baptist church, thirty-three years ago, preached for them Sunday. He stopped at Mr. J. M. Stovall's while here and left Wednesday for his home in Chicago. Miss Edna Dedman and Miss Hazel Brigham, of Greenville, Tex., have come here to reside with their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. B. Grigsby. Miss Brigham has entered W. U. The Senior Choir of Metropolitan gave a Hallowe'en Social Wednesday night in the lecture room of the church. Miss Cora Jones, who has been out of the city, has returned. Mrs. M. C. Matthews was a dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. John Williams on Winona avenue, Sunday. The Christian Church had a rally for pews Sunday. The Senior choir of Metropolitan church sang and Dr. Bronson preached. Many enjoyed the services. Rev. A. T. Parker of the C. M. E. church, who has been at Parksville, Mo., for two years, has been appointed to the church at Leavenworth, Kansas. Rev. Parker is the father of Mrs. A. J. Bouldin of this city. THE KANSAS'CITY ADVOCATE THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Proprietor. THOS. KNAPPER Associate Editor MRS. M. C. MATTHEWS, Society Editor. MRS. F. L. PRINCE Circulating Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY at Office 608 North Sixth Street Phone Drexel 1814 Residence Phone, Fairfax 2663. SUBSCRIPTION. Centered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. UNUSUAL OCCUPATIONS FOR COLORED WOMEN. There are 7 colored police-women in the United States. Twenty-four colored women in the country are mail carriers and 19 are "newsboys." You will be surprised to know that of the 116 colored postmasters under Postmaster-General New, that 40 of these are colord women. Preferring personal service as a means of livelihood, 12,600 colored women have found employment as barbers, hairdressers and manicurists. While only 11 white females are engaged in shoe-shining as an avocation, 22 colored women are thus employed throughout the United States. If milady should not like the true feminine finish that her shoemaker applied to her last boots, she may pick among 28 colored women, engaged in the work in the country, to make her next pair. Of the 35,442 colored persons who follow the profession of teaching public schools in the United States, 29,189 are women, and 94 of these women have reached the age of 65 years and over. It is surprising to note the scarcity of colored stenographers in the United States. There are only 2,310 of these of which 1,970 are women. Of the bookkeepers there are 2,284 colored, with 1,611 females. Perhaps that last driver of the taxi you used was too reckless and careless. Call a woman taxi driver. You know there are 113 females among the 38,573 colored people doing this kind of work in the country. Or, if you are entertaining special preferences for women, you can have colored females build your new home, with the exception of the plumbing and gas-fitting. There are in the United States 34 colored women who are designers; 3 brick and stonemasons; 26 carpenters, 3 plasterers; 8 painters, 8 glaziers and varnishers and 11 paperhangers. After it is finished you might have it insured by any one of the 447 colored female insurance agents. That stubborn and unsightly stone ledge which obscures your view of the street. Remove it. How? That's simple: Just engage one of the 8 colored women who work in powder and dynamite factories to blow it up for you. Mrs. Stoval-Morgan, florist, 2302 North Sherman street, name was unintentionally omitted as one who donated their Auto on Old Folks' Day at First A. M. E. church. The Rev. Mr. Bowers was returned to St. Peters C. M. E. church for another year—the appointments being made Sunday night at Richmond, Mo., where the annual conference was held. St. Peters also gets the next conference in 1924. Mrs. C. E. Brooks, wife of Dr. C. E. Brooks, the new pastor of First A. M. E. church, arrived here from New Orleans, last Friday morning and while her husband was glad to see her, the many friends of which the Rev. Mr. Brooks has made, in the few weeks here, were just as glad to see and greet Mrs. Brooks, as her husband. Dr. Brooks and Mrs. Brooks are pleasantly and comfortably domiciled in the very excellent parsonage, 1111 North Eighth street, where they will be pleased to receive and become acquainted with the people of the community. The new landlady of the parsonage is one of smiles and has already indeared herself to those who have met her. THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH Located Cor Eighth and Nebraska. C. E. BROOKS, Pastor. Parsonage 1111 N. Eighth St. Phone, Fairfax 2904 Order of Services 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. 7:30 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 A fine congregation found their way to First Church, Sunday, at 11 a. m. The new shepherd, Rev. C. E. Brooks delivered a message of thought and spiritual essence that filled the souls and hearts of his vast audience. At the evening service one of the sons of First Church, Rev. W. C. Davies preached an excellent sermon to'a fine Sunday night audience. Rev. Davies went out of the choir and First church seven years ago to the far west to his first charge and comes back to us a strong pulpit gospel preacher. The prayers of the church have ever been with him. Sunday aftrenoon Dr. Brooks, his Senior choir, in full and a large number of members went over to Ward Chapel, Twelfth and Woodland. Dr. Brooks preached the communion sermon to a packed house. His sermon was one of wonderful power, and reached the souls of men and women with great spiritual overflow. Showers of blessings run all through the congregation and up into the choir The Sunday morning prayer meeting is growing wonderfully and the Lord is greatly felt by those who attend. Come out at 6 o'clock a.m. Love feast this Friday night and general class and monthly communion Sunday, at the close of the morning service. Come to all of these helpful services. A larger and better Sunday school is the slogan for First church. The two Allen Leagues are faithful and are working to keep the young, people in harmony with the life of Christ. Visitors and friends always have a welcome at First church. SHORT CUTS. (Lincoln Service.) The acme of the Abyssinian woman's vanity consists in completely changing the color of her skin after marriage. Dunbar High school, Washington, organized a debating club, whose first business was to plan an outing for its members. Hip Sing Laborers' and Merchants' Association, represented in every state in this country and Alaska, met at Philadelphia and vote $750,000 to build a Chinese hospital at San Francisco. Howard Gale, colored, was jailed in default of payment of a fine of $11.45, assessed for sitting in the "white coach' of an interurban line entering Baltimore. Africa has the distinction of having the shortest and tallest groups of people in the world. The Akka pygmies are the shortest while the Wahooomas, of Ruanda, East Africa, are the tallest. Four bricklayers, one of whom was colored, were fined $5 each for working Sunday at Larchmont, N. Y. They willingly paid up as they received $36 each as wages and bonuses for working on Sunday. Washington Fine Arts Commission has approved plans for a new edifice to house the pathological laboratories of Freedmen's Hospital. Construction will begin at once upon the new building, which will cost $57,000. Registration in Maryland shows 122,942 Democrats; 79,131 Republicans; and 18,986 unaffiliated. Women voters display remarkable apathy since their franchise is assured, and their enrollment is far below normal eligibility. THE KANSAS CITY-ADVOCATE METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES Hundreds attended Metropolitan Baptist church, Sunday, October 28, although many did not know for sure that they would enjoy the pleasure of being in the massive upstairs auditorium. The mahogany pews are in perfect condition, and are the finest in the city. God sent to preach for us Rt. Rev. Dr. Boone of Chicago, who founded our church thirty-five years ago. Pastor Bronson introduced him in a gracious manner, and Dr. Boone preached one of the most intelligent and penetrating sermons ever heard in any city. Many will not forget the admonition to control our temper and he Christlike. At 8 p. m, Dr. Boone prached to many more, from Ps. 16-11, "In thy presence there is fulness of joy," etc. Thema, "Heaven, Where and What it Is." Again this Godman held his great audience spellbound. Over $50 was given to Dr. Boone. The senior choir sang beautifully by the piano and the junior choir sang nicely by the pipe organ. He also administered Baptism, amid the amens of the multitude. Dr. Boone praised the Sewing Circle for its longevity as it is thirty-three years old. Come to this great church, Sunday, November 4. MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Mission Circle, Monday night 7:30 p. m. Y. M. B. Band, Tuesday night 7:30 p. m. Prayer service, Wednesday night, 7:30 p. m. Preaching, Thursday night 8:00 p. m. Choir practice, Friday night, 8.00 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Sundays, 5 P. M. A fine congregation attended our services Sunday morning and we had a glorious meeting. Our Sabbath school was well attended and much interest was shown in the rehearsal of the lesson. After a spiritual prayer service, our pastor, Rev. Moseley, preached from Luke, 16:23-31, "And in hell, he lifted up his eyes," etc. Subject, "Soul's Request Rejected." He placed great stress on the existence of the soul, its desires and requests to its Creator, its requests rejected from comparison of its former obedience to God's laws while in its house in this world. A great lesson was learned from his discourse and his message brought gladness to our hearts. Sunday being our Communion day we had a glorious speaking meeting in the afternoon. At 8 p. m. our pastor preached a good sermon from text Matt. 27, 31. And after they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him and put on his own raiment on him and led him away to crucify him. Subject, "A Walk to Calvary." He placed great stress on the life and mission to draw men to righteousness. Everyone enjoyed his sermon and felt the presence of the Holy Spirit. A charitable offering was made for a distressed family. We have five sick members but two are convalescing. Our prayers are for all sick and dsitressed. We learn that our pastor's wife has arrived at Buffalo, N. Y., and is well, and sends greetings and regards to her church and members. We learn that Sister Cotton, Sister Fitzpatrick and Sister Richardson are on the sick list. We hope they are better. We are glad Brother Roberts is with us again. Come to church and enjoy the blessings of Holy Spirit. Read the Advocate. The many friends of President F. Jesse Peck of Western University regret very much to know he is confined to his bed with illness and hope for his speedy recovery. Mrs. Beatrice Childs, 1244 Ann avenue, has been confined to the house with illness. Her friends trust she may soon be out again. Talking to a boy about his "duty" and his "table manners" does not usually make him happy. A small boy's idea of forgiving an injury inflicted by another boy is to lick him first and forgive him later. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Kansas City, Kansas. Rev. W. A. Bowren, D. D., Pastor Sunday school, 9:30 a. m.; preaching, 11 a. m., and 8 p. m. B. Y. P. U., 6:30 p. m. Prayer and praise service, Wedneslay, 8 p. m. Rev. W. A. Bowren, D. D., Pastor. Corner Fifth and Nebraska. 312 Nebraska Avenue—Rev. A. S. Maysfield, Pastor. On last Sunday, October 29, the Lord blessed us with a beautiful day. The Sunday School was excellent and a good lesson was recited by all. Many good things were found in the lesson. All are welcome to our Sunday school at any time. The 11 a.m. sermon was grand. The sermon was preached by elder E. R. B. Quinn. Everyone enjoyed his sermon to the highest. Several visitors were present with us. Our pastor has been in St. Louis, Mo., attending the General assembly. He will be on duty November 4. Come and hear him. All are welcome. The Bible Band was fine and a splendid lesson was recited. This Band is an excellent concern for old and young. It is every Sunday evening at 6 P.M. The night sermon 'was preached by Elder Quinn. He did wonderfully well, and was a little hoarse. Mr. J. S. Sanders was a visitor and others. Don't forget the big rally in November. The Church of God is erecting a new brick church at 337 Oakland avenue. The church is holding services at Diggs hall, 312 Nebraska avenue, downstairs, on east side of building. Sunday School at 9:50 a. m.; preaching at 11 a. m. Bible Band, 6 p. m.; sermon, 8 p. m. The Advocate is our home product—if we neglect subscribing for this paper, we are not treating the editor of this paper right. Are you a race man or woman? If you are buy a copy every week, or subscribe at once. The collector will call to see you soon. W. E. Arch, reporter and collector, 1810 North Fifth street. U. N. I. A. The Sunflower Division No. 128, of the U. N. I. A., meets at the Fraternity Hall, 312 Nebraska avenue, every Sunday afternoon from 3 p. m. to 6 p. m. Come and hear the TRUE objects and aims of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. Good musical and literary program. Visitors always welcome. EDNA HAYNES, Executive Secretary. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH (Quindaro, Kansas) REV. J. S. PAYNE, Pastor. Services Sunday School 9:30 A. M. Preaching 11 A. M. Allen League. 6:30 P. M. Evening Service, 7:30 P. M. Mrs. Bryant at 728 Everett avenue, has a very sick girl at her home. Miss Lonnetta Alexander, who is attending the state agricultural college in Manhattan, Kansas, spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. C. B. Kimble, 413 Nebraska avenue. Miss Alexander was also elected on the Commission with thirty-five other white girls. She was the first and only colored girl on the board. Miss Stella Brown of Ellsworth, Kansas, is spending the week in Kansas City visiting her relatives. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. James Hopkins, 1110 North Third street, a fine 9-pound boy. His name is Melvine. Mother and boy are getting along fine. The Church of God is holding services at Diggs' hall while building. SHORT SMILES Dress. "All the world's a stage." "And how girls do love dress rehearsal." Which? "Jack says I'm something to adore." "Does he mean that you're a belle or a knocker?" Literally Speaking. "Does Madge approve of cosmetics?" "She seems to lend countenance to them, all right." Worth It. Doctor-I will examine you for $10. Patient-Go to it; if you find it I will give you half. Classified. "There are three classes of families nowadays. They're either one, two or three-car garage families." It Doesn't Last Long, Though. Radio-Do you know what a make-up box is? Fan—Yes, a box of chocolates. DIRECTORY OF MASONIC LODGES State of Kansas, Twenty-ninth Judical District, County of Wyandotte, ss. Robert Kemp, a minor and Lula May Kemp, a minor and Earl R. Gilbert, administrator of the Estate of Robert Kemp, Deceased, Defendants. Under and by virtue of an Order of Sale issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Wyandotte, in a certain cause in said Court, numbered 16142-4 wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendants, and to me the undersigned, Sheriff of said County directed, I will offer for sale, at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, at the front door of the Court House in the City of Kansas City, in said County, on Monday, the 12th day of November, A. D. 1923, at 10 o'clock a. m. of said day, the following described Real Estate situate in the County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, towit: Lot 3, Block 42, Wyandotte City, now a part of the consolidated City of Kansas City, Kansas. DANIEL (BOB) MAHER, Sheriff of Wyandotte County, Kansas (First Published October 12, 1923.) PUBLICATION NOTICE In the district court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. E: L. Gayden, plaintiff, vs. Arthur M. Stegner, defendant. To the above named defendants, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that an attachment has been issued and served upon your real estate, to-wit: Lot Seventeen, in Block Ten in Parkwood, an addition to Kansas City, Kan., and that unless you appear and answer the petition filed, on or before the 16th day of November, 1923, the petition will be presented to the court, and evidence will be introduced thereon, upon which, the attachment will be sustained, and a judgment rendered against you, the nature of which will be a judgment for money, in the sum of one hundred eighteen dollars and forty-five cents, for the costs of this action. Also an order sustaining the attachment, and providing for an order of sale of the above described property, for the purpose of satisfying the same. E. L. GAYDEN, Plaintiff. By I. F. BRADLEY, his Atty. First published Oct. 5, 1923. DIRECTORY OF M GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. National Grand Lodge Convenes in Kansas City, Kansas, October, 1924. Rev. J. Broadnax, M.W.G.M., 2325 Ruby avenue. Telephone Argentine 1001, Kansas City, Kansas. Dr. J. F. Wilson, D. G. M., 1403 N. Tenth street, Kansas City, Kansas. Clyde L. Briggs, R. W. G. Sec., 612 T street, Atchison, Kansas. J. W. Wilson, G. Treasurer, 1317 North Tenth street, Kansas City, Kansas. Milton Washington, G. Organizer, 1114 Oakland avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Appointed Grand Officers. Rev. B. R. Ross., G. Lecturer; Rev. R. S. Everett, G. Chaplain; D. W. Hurley, G. S. Deacon; S. H. Madison, G. J. Deacon; Wm. Young, G. S. Steward; W. C. Clemons, G. J. Steward; Wm. Buffington, G. Marshall; Wm. Robinson, G. Sword Bearer; J. S. Stone, G. Standard Bearer; Wm. Cavens, G. P.; John S. Morris, Ass't G. Seey. PRINCE HALL LODGE NO.11 (Atchison, Kansas) Meeting nights: Second and fourth Thursday's in each month at True Eleven Hall, Sixth & Santa Fe streets. Visitors welcome. Clarence Kerford. W. M.. 207 East Kearney street. Levi Woodson, Secy., 101 East Kearney St. Golden Star Lodge No. 103 F. & A. A York Masons. Meet first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Golden Star Hall, 163 Pearl street, Boulder, Colo. R. M. HORNE, W. M. 2003 Bluff street. J. S.' MORRIS, Asst Sec. Box 416 Boulder, Colo. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Lucy Gibson, Plaintiff. vs. No. 21524-A Raleigh Gibson, Defendant. State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, ss. The State of Kansas to the defendant. Baleigh Gibson. Defendant. Said defendant, Raleigh Gibson, will take notice that he has been sued for a divorce in the above-entitled court and action, on the grounds of habitual drunkenness, gross neglect of duty and unlawful abandonment of plaintiff for one whole year next preceding the filing of plaintiff's petition, as disclosed by the facts alleged in plaintiff's petition on file in said action, and that he must answer said petition on or before the 17th day of November, A. D. 1923, or said petition and the allegations thereof will be taken as true and a judgment or decree for plaintiff, adjudging and decreeing a divorce to her from you, upon the above mentioned grounds, and restoring her former name, Lucy Lee, will be rendered in said action accordingly. by ity LUCY GIBSON, Plaintiff. Henderson & Jones, Attorneys for Plaintiff. Attest: CARL W. FINCKE, Clerk of the District Court. (Seal) By W. F. MATHIS, Deputy. (First published October 5, 1923) Mrs. Luella Green NOTARY PUBLIC 516 Minnesota Avenue Copying neatly done to order. All work strictly confidential. Fifield 2367M MRS. ARETHA WHITE, PORO BEAUTY PARLOR Dandruff, Falling Hair and Itching Scalp. Face Bleaching, Marvell Waiving, Singing and Clipping. 359 Waverly Avenue Kansas City, Kansas MASONIC LODGES FAR WEST LODGE NO. 5 (Lawrence, Kansas) Far West Lodge No. 5, F. & A. A. York Masons, meets the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month at Masonic Hall, 737 N. H. St, 8 p.m. Visitors are always welcome. J. S. Stone, W. M., 442 Locust Street; Elgin Woody, Secretary, 640 Ark. Street, Lawrence Kans. York Masons St. John Lodge No. 9, F. & A. A. York Masons, meets the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Ninth street and Everett avenue, 8 p.m. Visitors always are welcome. DR. J. FRANKLIN WILSON, W.M. 1403 North Tenth Street. CLARENCE HICKMAN, Secretary. 1327 Woodland Avenue. Phone Melrose 1042W. Frank Wilson Lodge No.88 F. and A. A. York Masons meet the First and Third Saturday evenings of each month at 8 p. m., Ninth and Everett avenue. Vsitors ever welcome. S. H. MADISON, W. M. 1236 Barnett Avenue, ERVIN HAWKINS, Secy. 425 Parallel. Sunset Lodge No. 98 F. A. and A. York Masons Meet the first and third Monday evenings each month at Masons Hall, 2538 Washington stret, Denver Colo. FELIX HARRIS, W. M. S. GRANT, Secut Silver Chord Lodge No. 104 F. & A. A. York Masons. Meet the second and fourth Wednesday evenings of each month, Mason Hall, 2538 Washington stret, Denver, Colo. P. B. SPEAR, W. M. 1039 26th Ave. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1923. Woodmen The Local Camp of the City, Kansas, will hities Week, Great Trea the One of these en DISTRICT of the city Plenty of music by or of Kansas City, Mo. wishing good INSUL NEGRO FRATERNIT $2.50 during this week young ladies will be a activities which will Woodmen Fall Festival Week Central Camp of the American Woodmen Kansas, will hold their Annual Fall Cities Week, November 5-10, 1923. What Treat Is in Store the Public of these entertainments will be of the city—watch for us in your of music by one of the city's best o as City, Mo. For the information good INSURANCE with the GI FRATERNITIES, you can get in ring this week. Expert writers dies will be at your service. Reme which will be as follows: Woodmen Fall Festivities Week The Local Camp of the American Woodmen, Kansas City, Kansas, will hold their Annual Fall Festivities Week, November 5-10, 1923. Great Treat Is in Store for the Public One of these entertainments will be in every DISTRICT of the city—watch for us in your district. Plenty of music by one of the city's best orchestras of Kansas City, Mo. For the information of those wishing good INSURANCE with the GIANT of NEGRO FRATERNITIES, you can get in for only $2.50 during this week. Expert writers and fine young ladies will be at your service. Remember the activities which will be as follows: Week's Program Monday night, "O Special Booster Night braska avenue. Music games and plenty of Night." On this night wedding. A prize will Bride, Best Maid and night, "Women's Night dress like men, and a night. Friday night, will wear short dresses men will wear short p Ladies' Night On Tuesday night, most beautiful girl dressed young man. A this contest will call a address to 516 Minne test will wear the folle dresses short, without hats, beauty combs, or allowed so the judges are. If nature has en be ashamed, but be p contest. 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Ladies entering to wear the following: Simple dress, no short, without sleeves. While on beauty combs, or form fitting appliance to the judges may be able to judge nature has endowed you with beautified, but be proud. Only 50 allowed. You had better rush to get your first come, first served. MISSION OF 25 CENTS WILL BE COPUBLIC THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER nights free. Monday night, "Opening Night." Tuesday night, "Special Booster Night," at Fraternal hall, 312 Nebraska avenue. Music from an orchestra. Dancing, games and plenty of fun. Wednesday night "Men's Night." On this night there will be a womanless wedding. A prize will be given the one guessing who Bride, Best Maid and Flower Girls are. Thursday night, "Women's Night." On this night women will dress like men, and a Bazaar will be in progress this night. Friday night, "Sweethearts' Night." Women will wear short dresses with ribbon on their hair; men will wear short pants with large bow ties. Ladies' Prize Contest On Tuesday night a prize will be given to the most beautiful girl in Kansas City and the best dressed young man. All young ladies wishing to enter this contest will call at office or send your name and address to 516 Minnesota. Ladies entering this contest will wear the following: Simple dress, no corsets, dresses short, without sleeves. While on stage no hats, beauty combs, or form fitting appliances will be allowed so the judges may be able to judge your figure. If nature has endowed you with beauty, do not be ashamed, but be proud. Only 50 allowed to enter contest. You had better rush to get your name in now. First come, first served. ADMISSION OF 25 CENTS WILL BE CHARGED THE PUBLIC THE NIGHT OF NOVEMBER 6, 1923. All other nights free. Olivia Griffin.....Clerk D. E. Henderson.....Commander F. D. Jenkins.....Dist. Mfg. 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Rize Contest Rize will be given to the Kansas City and the best ladies wishing to enter one or send your name and Ladies entering this con- Simple dress, no corsets, wives. While on stage no fitting appliances will be be able to judge your fig- 你 with beauty, do not Only 50 allowed to enter ush to get your name in ED. ITS WILL BE CHARGED OF NOVEMBER 6, 1923. M. C. ELLISON, R. B. BROWN, JNO. POWELL, MAUDE BUTLER, Finance Committee. IDA EVANS, OLIVIA GRIFFIN JNO. BARKSDALE, Bazaar Committee. F. D. JENKINS, DORA CLARK, MYRTLE ELLISON, Program Committee. Clerk Comimander Dist. Mfg. ERY BANK SERVICE PRESCRIPTIONS 1569 & Fairfax 3606 Pharmacy Kansas City, Kansas CTED ANYWHERE COUNTS, BAD CHECKS, ANYWHERE. WE FORCE RECTION, NO CHARGE. ALL LOANS. REAL ES- tion & Investment Co. Fairfax 3866 GOOD WEIGHT HIGHEST QUALITY Coal Co. NEXT ORDER OF YOURS GOLDEN RULE" 1216 ARMSTRONG THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Do Kansas People Want State Road Building Program? Is the Only Way to Get Connected Roads—Auto Fees and Gas Tax would Pay Cost. Wealthy Counties with Large Number of Cars Would Help Build Roads in Counties With Few Cars. Will Require Five Years to Amend Constitution and Permit State to Begin Building Roads—If We Are to Win Start Now Address over the Kansas City Star's Radio; Tuesday evening, October 16, by J. Frank Smith, Manager of Good Roads Association of Greater Kansas City. This is only fair treatment to all counties. If Kansas ever adopts a constitutional amendment and takes over a complete system to be maintained On last Tuesday evening I explained over the Star's radio the road situation in Missouri, outlining the financial needs of the state highway department, if the state roads are to be constructed during the next four years. When the campaign was on in 1920 asking the people to vote for amendment No. 6, authorizing sixty million dollars in bonds, it was explained that with the automobile license fees as they were then, an average of $7.25 per car, that the auto fund would pay the interest and create the bonds over a period of thirty years. This program contemplated a twelve year period of road building with sexual bonds to run thirty years, and thus the last bonds issued would not be retired until thirty years from the beginning of the construction period. But the people have charged their minds since that time. There is a very demanded demand for the completion of these roads at the earliest possible date instead of waiting twelve years as at first proposed. To Be No Property Tax. The highway department is now organized and prepared to do in four years what was previously contemplated to require 12 years, but to do this big job in four years will require a much larger annual income to the road fund than if it were to be extended over a period of twelve years. In other words the program, as now proposed, will expend the balance of the sixty million dollars in four years and have the bonds all retired in thirty years. The highway commission is adhering strictly to the promise made to the voters in that campaign that no property tax be levied to meet the cost of this road program, that the entire fund be provided from the automobile license fees and possibly a gasoline tax, or both whichever plan is accepted by the people and the legislature. The chief reason for restating this situation is to impress on the minds of the taxpayers of Missouri, as well as those of Kansas, that there is to be no property tax to help finance the cost of the state roads in Missouri. Many people who opposed amendment No. 5 in 1920 were loud in their claim that; if the bonds were ever issued that the road boosters would then shoulder the burden onto the landowners and other property with a direct tax and thus bankrupt the people. The stand that the highway commission is now taking is a complete refutation of that statement The Kansas Situation. I desire this evening to discuss briefly the road situation in Kansas. There has been a great deal of discussion in this state for the past six years relative to amending the constitution and authorizing the building of a complete state system of highways to be paid for by the state and Federal Government. This plan always contemplated that the state funds would be provided from the automobile license fees and a possible gasoline tax. Many people in Kansas opposed this plan on the ground that the automobile fees would not supply sufficient funds to carry out such a program and that if the plan was once put into operation it would result in a direct property tax to complete the roads. For this and other objections the legislatures of the past six years have refused to submit an amendment incorporating this plan to a vote of the people. I am calling the attention this evening of every Kansan, who listens in, to just what was promised in insemination, and what is now being done. I wish also in this connection to call attention to the fact that in Missouri at the present time the average fee for automobiles is $8.25, while in Kansas it is $12.00. By the Missouri program has reached a point where, if the funds are to be provided to meet the needs of the highway commission, so that they can do in four years what was originally contemplated, to be done in ten. that it will call for an increase of the automobile fees to about $12.00 per car. With the same automobile fees in Missouri as now prevail in Kansas and 1 cent per gallon gasoline tax, the Missouri commission will, in a few years, have a connected system of hardsurface roads serving the entire state, while in Kansas, with automobile owners paying $12.00 per year they will never get a connected system of 365-day roads under the present road policy. I am hoping that with the example now set in Missouri that no Kansas man, who wants good roads, will have the nerve to say that the automobile fees will not provide the necessary funds to meet the cost of a state system. Counties to Be Reimbursed. In Missouri the state will reimburse counties and districts for. hardsurface roads built on the state system. Any state program in. Kansas should include a plan for reimburising counties and benefit districts for hardsurface roads built on the state highway system before the state gets ready to construct these roads. This is only fair treatment to all counties. If Kansas ever adopts a constitutional amendment and takes over a complete system to be maintained and constructed, it will certainly include a provision for retimbursing counties and districts for roads previously built. With this understanding there is no reason why counties should not proceed with their road building under the present law for it will be five years at the very best before the state can unwind the red tape necessary to begin its road building activities. Here are a few or the advantages of the state system, to be built and paid for by the state and Federal Government. Advantages of State System. 1—It is the only plan to get a complete state system. 2—It is the only plan to avoid a property tax and require automobile owners to pay for the roads. 3-It is the only plan by which the rich counties, where there are large numbers of automobiles, can be permitted to aid the counties where automobiles are not so numerous. 4-It is the only plan by which the large cities can aid in building and maintaining the roads in adjoining counties' which are used and destroyed by trucks and automobiles carrying traffic to and from these cities. 5-It is the only plan under which the state could levy a gasoline tax and thus require the users of the roads to pay a small toll for maintenance. The gasoline tax is the only system by which the foreign tourists travelling over the roads of Kansas will be permitted to contribute to their up-keep. 30b-day Roads and Dairy Farming. The people of Kansas are just beginning to become awakened to the importance and the urgent need of diversified farming. Consolidated schools, dairy farming and diversified agriculture must have dependable roads. Wisconsin has 24,500 miles of gravel and paved roads making an average of 355 miles per county. That state has a state system of 7,500 miles that are being built and maintained by the state at large. The farmers of Wisconsin have adopted a plan of diversified agriculture which permits them to deliver milk and other products to the markets every day in the year and thus have a pay day every day. The farmers of Wisconsin have very little complaint about freight rates and shortage of cars for the reason that their products in the main are delivered in small packages and are shipped every day in the year instead of being dumped on the market at threshing time as is the case with most of the wheat farmers. Steps to Take to Get State Roads. A proper question at this time is, what are the steps necessary in Kansas to adopt a state road program and when can it be put into operation? 1—The people must be educated to the merits of this plan, in order that the members of the legislature to be elected in November 1924, will be sufficiently interested and favorable to the plan to submit it to a vote of the people. voters in November 1926 will have an opportunity to express themselves for or against the plan. If the amendment is adopted the legislature, which meets in 1927, will enact suitable laws to put the machinery into operation to construct the roads. It would require at least one year after the law was passed before sufficient funds could be accumulated in the state road fund to start the construction program which would be in 1928. By the time such a program could be put into operation Kansas will have about 550,000 automobiles and trucks. At the present license fee of $1200 per car, they would create a fund of $6,600,000 annually, add to this 1 cent per gallon gasoline tax which would bring in $2,200,000 or an average of $4.00 per car, add to this $2,200,000 per year Federal Aid and we have $11,000,000 annually in the road fund to carry out this state program. This fund would maintain the whole state system of roads, starting as soon as the law is in operation, pay the interest and retire bonds if any were issued, maintain the state highway department and leave a huge fund for building the roads either without bonds or would permit speeding up the completion of 6,500 miles of state roads in four or five years and retire the bonds within ten to fifteen years. In fact in ten years tax fund would amount to $110,000,000. If all the counties in Kansas were building roads like Shawnee, Bourbon, Wyandotte, Crawford, Sedgwick and a dozen or more of the wealthy counties there would be no need of a state road program, but unfortunately there are sixty-five counties of the one hundred and five that are making practically no plans to build 365-day roads; therefore to get a connected state system of dependable highways the plan as outlined is absolutely necessary. Somebody asks, What becomes of the Auto license fees in Kansas at present? $4.50 from each fee is used to drag the roads, 50 cents for the tag and the balance goes into a special road fund, to be used to help pay for hard roads; if any are being built and if no hard roads are being built then the fund can be used in any way the county commissioers see fit. U. S. DYE INDUSTRY GROWS Notable Progress Made During the Year 1922, Says Report by the Tariff Commission. A report on the dye and synthetic organic chemical industry for the year 1922 has been prepared by the United States Tariff commission. The domestic dye and organic chemical industry made notable progress during the year with an increase in production of 66 per cent. That increase, the report says, was largely business attributable to an increase in general business activity following the period of depression. Large price reductions were noted by the commission. The output of vat and alizarin dyes rose remarkably in 1922 and many important dyes were produced for the first time on a commercial scale. Favorable comment of the commission on the quality and the uniform standardization of the American dyes has emphasis in its assertion that "dye for dye, with relatively few exceptions, the domestic products are found equal to the prewar German dyes." In 1922 about 93.5 per cent of the dyes consumed in the United States were of domestic manufacture; in 1914 the imports were nearly 90 per cent of domestic consumption, according to the report. A measure of the interest in the progress and development of the dye industry in this country is carried in the commission's statement that more than $21,000,000 was spent by the coal-tur dye and chemical industry during the five years from 1917 to the end of 1922 in behalf of investigations to improve process of manufacture. A discussion of the international dye trade is an important part of the report. The reasons for Germany's prewar supremacy in that trade are offered with considerable detail and the possibility that Germany may again try to dominate the world's markets receives consideration. The Far East has become a ready buyer of American dyes and one of the problems of the domestic trade is to hold that market. —Nation's Business. COLOR FACTOR IN TRADE California Prune Growers Find Package With Purple Label Has No Demand in China. The following is a marketing experience of the California prune growers: Prunes "go" with rice, and so the prune growers sent men to China to see whether a market could be created over there. The scouts reported that there were comparatively few among the 400,000,000 Chinese who could afford prunes, but that there were enough to justify the trial. "You will have to give away samples at first," they said, "because the Chinese don't know what California prunes are." So small packages were prepared, with two or three prunes to a box. The prune growers thought the very look of the package was appetizing. They called in a Chinese to see what he thought of the plan. And he threw up his hands in horror. "You can't give those things away." "Why?" "Because the prune on the cover of the package is purple. Don't you know that purple is the color of old age and death?" The prune growers hadn't known of course; but they profited by the advice and devised a new package. Supply and demand, it is clear, are not the only factors which govern value—Nutton's Business. STRIP DEAD CF CLOTHING Russians Remove Precious Rags From Bodies and Then Hurl Them Into Dugouts. While death has become a commonplace, clothing remains a scarcity in Red Russia. So the bodies of the dead are stripped carefully of their miserable precious rags, then flung carelessly in great plies of naked flesh. The most appalling of Russian horrors is described by Edmund J. Maguire, an American eyewitness, who escaped from the Bolshevik after having been lured into an industrial colony in Siberia by false promises of wealth. "On the way from Petrograd to Nadejdenski Zavod." Maguire relates, "our box-car train stopped for three days at Perm while a search was made for an engine powerful enough to pull us up into the mountains. One day as I stood at the station near what appeared to be a bombproof dugout, two women walked toward me with a stretcher on which was carelessly flung the naked body of a young girl. They walked to the dugout, opened the door and literally dumped the body inside. "I looked and saw that the dugout was nearly full of dead bodies. I found that the dead were taken from the trains as they pulled into the station and, with those who had died on the station platform and in the station during the night, were stripped of their clothing—even rigs are too precious to throw away in Russia—and piled in the dugout until fifty or sixty bodies were accumulated. Then they were thrown into a cart and hauled away to be buried. There was a cartload every two or three days. This, mind you, was in the summer of 1922, when the worst of famine conditions in Russia were past."—McClure's Magazine. ' English as She Is Spoke. 'English as She is Spoke. 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Let Us Show You (Continued from Page 1.) want to extend congratulations to Charles Stewart Junior, of Chicago, who has started on a journalistic career, and declares that he is going to follow in the footsteps of his father, and that will be going some, believe me. He ought to be an improvement on his father, because of his opportunities. He has that which he imbibed from his father, and then he is taking it as a study in school. But the newspaper office is the only university that can confer upon a man the degree "Master of the Pen." I hope this young chap may earn his way to the top, and some day the world may know that he lives. You will recall I made it to El Paso and wrote to you from that point last week, and then from El Paso I made it to Uvalde, where I made another stop to break the ride, and then to this place, where I have been since last Tuesday morning, but will be in Houston all of next week. Here I have been the guest of Rev. and Mrs. A. J. Johnson of the African Methodist Episcopal church. They have been very kind to me, and I have had nothing to do, but eat the little eats I can eat, and sleep plenty. Just take plenty rest and Mrs. Lillian M. Johnson, the wife, has been just like a mother to me. She has seen that I had my medicine on time, that I have had my eats on time, and that I just had the best bed and the best sleeps. I thank her now. I am sure you will recall Rev. S. J. Johnson, for he is the man that all Texas will be behind for the position of Church Extension Secretary, and while there are many aspirants for other places in the church, when the time comes they will all get behind Dr. Johnson and land him in the position. He is a worthy man, and I am proud to know him. He is trained, and he is a worker. He is devoted to his church and to his people. He has a son who is an electrician bud, and some day will be ripe enough to pick. I am not going to tell you all about him now, but will reserve some for the next. But let me tell you that Bishop William Decker Johnson has been presiding over the Southwest Texas annual African Methodist Episcopal conference in this city, and it has turned out to be one of the greatest sessions in its history. Many good things have taken place, and I thank God that I have been able to go to one or two sessions, but not all. I am keeping out of such things for a while yet. They elected delegates to the general conference and there was an unusual thing to happen in this conference. When all the business was in, the character of the ministers had passed and Bishop Johnson announced that it was the time for the election of delegates. A motion passed electing tellers, and then another one passed electing secretaries, and it was ascertained from the secretary the number of bonafice ministers on the roll, and when this was answered, Bishop Johnson announced that the conference according to the rule, was entitled to 7 delegates. The Rev. Dr. M. L. Pendergraff obtained the floor, spoke of the worth of Dr. S. J. Johnson to his church and to his race, and in view of the fact that he was Texas' choice for church extension, moved the suspension of the rule, and authorize the secretary to cast the unanimous vote of the conference for Dr. Johnson. This was carried, the vote was cast and the popular presiding elder was declared elected, and that made him the leader of his delegation. He will be on the episcopal committee, and that will mean much for Texas. Then they elected the other delegates by ballot as follows: M. L. Pendergraff, W. O. Boyd, J. W. McDade, W. S. Mitchell, H. A. Young, E. A. Anderson, with alternates, J. A. Howard, E. D. Cooper, F. D. Holloway, J. W. Howard, E. A. Thomas, H. C. Brisby and H. F. Cooper. The lay delegates are T. A. Johnson and M. W. Brooks, and this is a team of brains. Bishop Johnson is doing some great work in this state and they want the general conference to return him for another four years, and the men who are being elected declare they are going to have this done. But. let me here stop and pay a tribute to a great woman who has fallen by the way—a woman whose life was spent for good and who has now gone in to come out no more. Mrs. Mary Talbert, of Buffalo, N.Y., and who was a worker among women. She lived for a cause, and she accomplished something during her life, for while at the head of the women of America she purchased and placed in order for the whole race, the home of the late Frederick Douglass, and this is perhaps the only thing that was the possession THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE of a great man of our race variety that we have preserved. Douglass was a great man. A letter from Miss Martha E. Williams of Frankfort, Ky., brought to me this information. It announced that Mary B. Talbert, late president of the National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, died at the family residence, 18 Northland avenue, Buffalo, October 16, after an illness of several months. She was one of the constructive forces of the nation. She was one of the few women of our race who went abroad during the world war, and rendered a heroic service to the men fighting for democracy. Her life was spent in work, and the women of America bow their heads in grief and in humble submission to the Father of us all. One by one we are passing out. Let us all be prepared, for this is the way God would have it be, and we must submit to His will. His ways are not ours, and from His will there is no appeal. I spoke of Miss Martha E. Williams. Do you know her? She is one of the noted women of our race, and a wonderful character. I have known her several days, yes, several years. I think my acquaintance with her will go back as far as 1879. She has taught in the public schools of Frankfort, for over forty years. She was injured in an automobile accident last year, but we all rejoice that she is coming into her own and is able to be in the schoolroom among the tots of Frankfort. May she live long to bless humanity. Let me step back to California, and remind you of the fact that I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Mary A. Starr, 975 Grace street, Oakland, Cal. It was happiness, joy, pleasure for me to meet her, and she was delighted to see men, for way back yonder in the memory of man, we were not only in the same school, but in the same class under the late William J. Simmons, who was at the time president of the then State University, but now Simmons University. She was a brilliant young woman, and she is now as useful as she was brilliant, and is rendering a great service to humanity. She is connected with the public library of Oakland, and then connected with the public library of Oakland, and then connected with many racial enterprises. She is well educated and has given to the world some sons. Mrs. Starr had been back home to see them. She is still an active worker in the Baptist church, and her husband is a real busy man. He was one time a soldier, I think with the 10th Cavalry, when he made a record, and is now a retired soldier. They own a beautiful home. I will have to bring this letter to a sudden stop. God bless you. For One. The speaker waxed, eloquent and, after his peroration on women's rights, he said: "When they take our girls, as they threaten, away from the co-educational college, what will follow? What will follow, I repeat?" And a loud masculine voice in the audience replied, "I will." Suicides. About 16,000 Americans committed suicide last year, according to insurance statisticians. It compares with around 10,500 murders. The suicide rate was 15 out of every 1,000 population. Figuring it on the basis of lifetimes, suicide apparently ends about 1 life out of every 150. It is a futile attempt to escape from the unescapable, for we take our troubles with us when we pass over. UNITED WORKERS OF THE WORLD. Mount Edna Camp No. 1 meets the first and third Thursday night of each month at Slaughter's hall, Ninth and Everett streets. Visiting members are welcome. MRS. BILLA WOODS, H. R. MRS. A. BEVENUE. H. S. The I. O. B. & S. of C. pays $3.00 a week sick benefits. Pays $300.00 endowment, and $70.00 on funeral. The Sick and Accident Pays $5.00 per week for 20c Pays 6.00 per week for 25c Pays 7.00 per week for 30c Pays 8.00 per week for 35c Agents Wanted--Good Salary DR. J. H. MIXON, G. M. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas.,Division No. 21,745 Harold Brewer, Plaintiff. To Alberta Brewer, Defendant. You are hereby notified that you have been sued by your husband, Harold Brewer, for a decree of divorce in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on the grounds of Gross Neglect of Duty, Extreme Cruelty and Abandonment; and that unless you answer the petition of said plaintiff filed herein on or before the 7th day of December, 1923, said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you granting said plaintiff an absolute divorce and such other and further relief as he may be entitled to in equity. E. A. SHACKELFORD, Aattorney for Plaintiff. (First published October 26, 1923.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. To Lillian Robinson, Defendant, above named: You are hereby notified that you have been sued for divorce in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, by Samuel Robinson, on the grounds of Extreme Cruelty and Gross Neglect of Duty without just cause or lawful excuse, as set forth in the petition filed in said cause in the clerk's office: and that you must answer said petition filed by the plaintiff on or before the 3rd day of December, 1923, or the petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered plaintiff decree of divorce, divorcing plaintiff from defendant as prayed for in said petition. Henderson and Jones, Attys. for Plaintiff. Attest: CARL W. FINCKE, Clerk of the District Court, By ALFRED C. CROUEL, Deputy. (First published October 19, 1923.) PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. vs. No. 21694-A Mary Hicks, Defendant. To Mary Hicks, Greeting. 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