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KANSAS Vol. X THREE HUNDRED COL- ORED DELEGATES WILL ATTEND North American Student Convention at Indianapolis. New York, Nov. 28.—The Ninth International Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement will be held at the Cadle Tabernacle, Indianapolis, Ind., December 28, 1923, to January 1, 1924. Student delegates will come from every part of the civilized world to this gathering but the greater number will come from the colleges and universities of North America. At the first convention in 1891 at Cleveland, Ohio, fifty-one institutions sent 680 delegates. The last convention was held at Des Moines, Iowa. Nine hundred and forty-nine schools and colleges sent to this convention six thousand eight hundred and ninety delegates. Each college in America is entitled to a minimum of three delegates—two students and one teacher. At the first convention in 1891, there were no Colored American delegates, but the last convention at Des Moines registered eighty-five colored schools and colleges, with three hundred students and teachers, men and women. One hundred and three colored schools and colleges are invited to send delegates to Indianapolis. The citizens of that city are making preparation to care for no less than the number that went to Des Moines. Great interest is being manifested throughout the colleges. The International Y. M. C. A. for men and the National Board, Y. W. C. A., for women are the leading organizations in paging delegates from colored institutions. CHIROPRACTOR OPENS OFFICE Dr. Milton Count, a graduate of The Palmer School of Chiropractic, Davenport, Iowa and one of the largest schools of its kind, in the world, has opened an office at 1924 North Walnut Blvd., of this city. Dr. Count is a native Kansan and comes from Baldwin, Kansas, where he has been practicing his profession since finishing his course. This is the first and only office opened to colored people in Greater Kansas City and the colored people of both cities no doubt will appreciate the opportunity of having in their midst a man whose knowledge of this profession, is open to all. Dr. Count gives consultation free. OUR BIG XMAS ISSUES. The Advocate, as usual, will get out its big Christmas issues, the first one coming out December 14. If you want to get your wares of any kind of business, before the Advocate readers for Christmas shoppers, you will do well to secure space now, as we have only a limited number of inches for display advertising. These Christmas issues will be of special book finish paper, with holiday illustrations, Christmas stories, and with a mechanical make-up of beauty and attractive design. For space, call Christmas manager, phone Fairfax 2663, or Drexel 1814 and he will call to see you. The Citizens' Forum had a third fine program, led by Prof. Buster on Educational Week. Some five features were: "A school creed, Miss Maud Dillon; Girls' trio, Misses B. PJackson, J. Smith and M. Dillon enced. "The Tower Sterling Bill." Lucille Guilford, an original poem. Violin -solo, C. Downs enced and talks by Prof. Buster and J. J. Lewis. SEWING CIRCLE ANNUAL BAZAAR AND DINNER. At First A. M. E. Church FRIDAY DECEMBER 14, 1923 Dinner starts at 12 Noon. MRS. HOLLAWAY, President. MRS. LEE, Sec'y. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50 S ISSUES DE THE WORLD'S PRAYER. An International Song Dedicated to President Harding. Since life began World's history's been wrought With men's grim battles oft renewed and fought; Progress has taught the evil of our way, And peace is dawning with a newer day. The force of might—not right—has often ruled, And all the world in armament been schooled; Please God, no more vast graveyards where we kneel, But join our hearts and hands for common weal. Men's minds have vied for better ways to make Destructive forces for destruction's sake; From chaos and confusion there shall rise Enduring peace and everlasting ties. Chorus. We pray for peace on earth, good will toward all; May love instead of hate our hearts enthrall. We pray that every nation sees the right; That truth and justice rule in place of might; That armament forever cease its reign; And wasting war may ne'er return again. Long may the world be bright With freedom's holy light, And sing Great God our King! (Copyright, 1923, by E. Milton Classen) Mrs. Rosetta Wilson and daughter, Miss Thelma Wilson, have toured the East, viz: New York, Philadelphia, Detroit and other places, and have returned to their residence at 922 Walker. Mrs. John B. Gehring, 922 Walker, has been confined to her bed for the past three weeks and is improving nicely. Mrs. J. Swain, who has been sick for several weeks, was able to attend her church, First A. M. E. Sunday, of which her friends were glad to see out again. Officer Press Younger has been confined to the house with illness for nearly two weeks, but is improving slowly. Bishop H. Blanton Parks was in the city a few days this week, being on his return home, Chicago, from his Oklahoma conferences. The bishop held a meeting Tuesday of the Douglass hospital board. The Hallie Q. Brown Art Study club met November 22 at the home of Mrs. A. W. Jones, 1922 Walnut boulevard. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bouldin, 611 Parallel avenue, have been confined to the house for several days, Mr. Bouldin being troubled with boils and Mrs. Bouldin with a severe attack of grippe. Armistice Day programs were given by all grades at Douglass school. We regret to hear that Mr. Wm. Neely got injured by an auto. Mrs. Edinburgh on State, remains quite sick. 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 EDITOR. CITY Kansas City, Kansas, November C. 14-21. BETT J. O. SAYS THE DEVIL'S BATT AT HOT SPRINGS. VISIT RACE MAN, WHO ON ONLY CHATTE Kansas City, Kansas, November 30, 1923 J. O. SAYS THE DEVIL'S BATHING POOLS AT HOT SPRINGS. VISITS A WEALTHY RACE MAN, WHO ONCE WAS ONLY CHATTEL J. O. SAYS THE DEVIL'S BATHING POOLS AT HOT SPRINGS. VISITS A WEALTHY RACE MAN, WHO ONCE WAS ONLY CHATTEL Returned to church at night and then to church, and after church found me headed for Pine Bluff, Ark., the city of influence and the city where people are doing things. I was there to visit the Agriculture, Mechanical and Normal School, the school of the state for my people with Professor Malone as superintendent. He is just one of the men who are doing something all the time, and who is an honor to his race and mine too. This is his second year, I think, and wonderful have been the changes, and they are actually doing the college stunt there. Just now it is perhaps only a junior college, but that it is more than it has ever been before. Hundreds of young men and women are there getting trained, and when it was education week. They had a program touching on education, speaking on it in all of its phases, and then they had me to make a special talk about it, and on the good work moved. This is the thing which should claim the attention of all the people and we must stop this fooling business and get down to education. Professor Malone has a strong faculty associated with him in the work and still he is reaching out to get hold of the best possible men and women in the country, those who are bringing things to pass, and those who have taken the time to prepare. You see after all this is the thing that must be done. While I am just speaking along the best I can, yet I am urging the other people to get educated. They must do more than I have done. Charles Stewart was showing me a letter the other day from his son, in which the boy frankly said to him that he was going to be an improvement on his father in the newspaper business. He asked the old man some right out questions about himself. Well, every son ought to be an improvement on his father and if not he has lived in vain. Perhaps not along the same line, but he must or should go to the top in his particular line. Chiropra I wish to announce that I have a practic Office at 1924 North Wa Kansas City, Kansas. Consultation Hours: 10 to 12 A. M., 3:30 Dr. Milton Co Chiropractic I wish to announce that I have opened a Chiropractic Office at 1924 North Walnut Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas. Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 28.—It was but yesterday, so to speak, that I was near the place of rest, right at the Golden Gates, and now see where I am today, so near the other place that the water is coming up out of the ground or mountains hot. The devil must be kept busy keeping the water hot. It is hard for me to keep my mouth from jumping out of my heart every time I come to this, the jumping off place. Last week I was in Elaine, and this was near the other place, and while I was not in Elaine, I was in Hell-ena, Arkansas, and from there I just left for another part of the world. I have been allowed to stay out of bed, only going in at times to take the rest needed. For this is an age where I must just rest and rest and keep on resting. You see I am not through with this bug fighting business, and these are bugs that do not like to give up. They just fight all the time. Then there are men who will just fight with them, and in this number we have Dr. George Cleveland Hall, the greatest fighter of them all. I thank God for his life and for giving him to me. The work must go right on. From Helena I made my way to Forest City, and this is one of the places I have never been before and may never get there again, and I want to express my thanks to Mrs. Lulu Blount Bryant, grand worthy counsellor of the Grand Court of Calanthe, and one of the leaders of her people in the whole state, for the fine entertainment I had during my stay in town. Now here we are in Forest City, and I spent Sunday there visiting churches and getting around in a general way. I had the pleasure of speaking in the First Baptist church morning and evening, and in the afternoon Brother Edgar Williams hitched up his automobile car carriage and toted me to Madison, Ark. Now hear me when I tell you it is worthwhile to any man to visit Madison, Ark., and go to the home of one of the most remarkable men of the age, Scott Bonds. I am sure you have heard of this remarkable sage. He is a product of slavery, but just filled with both horse and mule sense, and a man of wealth. He had put the town on the map because of his wonderful life. He started from a slave, and he declared that if the land could make money for the slave owners it could make money for the slave, and while others were talking about the color line and race prejudice, Mr. Bond, was saying that the Arkansas soil would not draw the color line, nor did it know anything about race prejudice and he made a fortune sticking to the soil. He raised cotton, put up a first class gin, now whether he made gin or not I am not prepared to say, but I am told that the gin had something to do with cotton and was not a drink. The first think I thought of was drinking gin. He had thousands of acres of land, and down in the bottom near a creek there were many little stones called gravels, and they were needed for roads and the like, so he got some men, some shovels, horses and mules and wagons and started to haul it ADVOCATE out. The demand became so great that the horses and mules were emancipated, the wagons laid aside, and machinery was put in and started to going. There was another big thing that was used to wash the gravels, and another thing to sort it according to size, and then a railroad was built down to it, cars, were furnished by the roads that hauled the gravel out, and then he purchased a horse of iron to do some pulling too, and now it is going every day, filling gravels by the carload every hour in the day. If you have ever been to the business league, you have seen this wonderful character. He is just busy all the time, and a real worker. He owns much in the town and has a beautiful home back on the hill and has plenty stock even now. People have been from every direction to see this great character. He is a man and but few people know of his real value and worth to the nation. I had the pleasure of meeting his wife and son. I find that there are improvements (Continued on Page 4.) THOMAS KENNEDY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER URE ADV. SPA E ANTI-KU-KLUX ORGANIZATION PERFECTS "DRIVE" PLANS. (Lincoln Service) Washington, November 29.—With the avowed purpose of curbing the Ku-Klux Klan's activities, through the enactment of laws prohibiting the wearing of masks or hoods in any public place and providing drastic punishments for those convicted of taking part in mob violence, an organization has been incorporated here under the name of the National Vigilance Association. Prominent men from every part of the country, it is said, comprise the association's national committee, which, for months, has been quietly at work perfecting plans for driving the klan from this district. Local membership is said to be made up of representatives of the Colonial Daughters of America, the heads of nationally known colleges and universities, national business organizations, patriotic societies and leading lawyers and jurists. RELIEF FUND NEARS $2,000 MARK. Washington, November 29.—Financial relief for the family of John W. Purcell, Washington's colored policeman, valiant in duty until the hour of his being slain, has practically reached the $2,000 mark. SHORT CUTS. Howard Carter is back in Luxor to resume work in King Tut's tomb. The Fahrenheit system of college degrees shows a strong disposition to disagree. California's and Washington's alien land laws have been upheld by the United States Supreme Court. Perhaps the foul name of Ku Klux should be changed to the fowl name of Few Klucks. The vehement sentiment echoed by ex-President Wilson's Armistice Day speech is apt to encourage a split in the Democratic party. A Bible class at Kansas City is flatly accused by J. R. Lingenfelter of wilfully cheating in the inter-city attendance contest. Two white crows were discovered in a flock of black ones at Cumberland, Md. The natives wonder if this is mythological social equality. It is said that France is considering the dispensatory privilege of permitting foreign women to keep their own nationality after marriage to Frenchmen. Washington police declare that a colored maid nearly strangled to death by endeavoring to secrete four stolen one-dollar notes in her mouth. Mayor W. C. Rhean, of Lancaster, Pa.-vehemently decried the placing of white roses on the flaming cross of the Ku-Klux-Klan during its ceremonies. The Mayor deemed the action as an "insult" to the roses. Senator Underwood of Alabama is apparently waning in whatever enthusiasm he may have had for the Ku-Klux-Klan. The senator is quoted as saying that no progress will be made by any organization which has as its principal aim the righting of races and religions. A delegation of Ku Klux recently became so invisible in parade formation that eleven prisoners, aided by outside assistance, escaped from the jail at Arlington, Va. The jail officials, it is said, had temporarily forsaken their duties for a glimpse of the hooded knights. CRADLE ROLL DEPARTMENT OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH. All mothers having babies for the Cradle Roll Department of the First A. M. E. church and those who are due certificates, will please notify Mrs. Theodosia Hamilton-Queen, superintendent, 830 Nebraska avenue. Phone Fifield 2249W. Number 16 ACE NOW DOUGLASS HOSPITAL BOARD HOLDS MEETING Officers Elected For Year. The Douglass Hospital Board met Tuesday at 11 a. m., with Rt. Rev. H. B. Parks, bishop of the Fifth Episcopal district presiding. Invocation by Bishop Parks. After the regular order of business was transacted the board proceeded to elect annual officers. Those elected were: Bishop H. B. Parks, president; Rev. Edward Wittenberg, vice-president; Rev. John Felix Isaacs, secretary; Rev. J. F. Griffin, treasurer; Rev. J. C. C. Owens, auditor; Rev. J. R. Ransom, financial agent. Directors added to the board: Rev. C. E. Brooks, Rev. E. Wittenberg, A. A. Miles and Thomas Richards. This was the last meeting in the old Douglass hospital, as armages were made to move in the late purchased property at the northwest corner of Walnut boulevard and Lafayette avenue about the first of December, at which time the building will be ready for occupancy. FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH CHOIR AWARDED SECOND PLACE IN CONTEST. In a choir contest, representing five of Greater Kansas City churches beginning Monday evening November 19, and closing Friday night of that week, the Senior choir of First A. M. E. church, Corner of Eighth street and Nebraska avenue, were awarded second place, with a cash prize of $35. The choirs had each a night, it being held at Lincoln high school. First church choir rendered their program on Thursday night, which was par excellent and several numbers were enced. This is the second time for this choir to take such honors in a Greater Kansas City choir contest, both being held in Missouri and a Missouri choir being awarded first place, in both contests. Mrs. Ophelia Watts-Jackson is the directress of First church choir, who is also organist of this church. Mrs. Jackson is well known to both Kansas City' for her ability to do things worth while and besides her choir work, is one of Kansas City, Missouri's efficient kindergarten teachers and was the first colored teacher appointed to teach the Premier Method of piano class teaching recently introduced, in the Missouri school system. --- The proceeds of the week's entertainment went to Wheatly hospital annex and a goodly sum was realized. CITY BRIEFS. Another of Mrs. M. Grigsby's nephews, from Muskogee, has come and entered Western University. Mrs. Susie Rollins has removed to her daughter's, Mrs. E. Lake's 935 Washington boulevard. The Aid society gave its weekly dinner at Metropolitan, Wednesday. "Followed by Fate," a play by the Paramount and Truvens, was given Friday and Saturday nights at Sumner High for the Douglass P. T. A., to buy play ground equipment. Prof. Buster gave the closing program of Education Week at Sumner High, and repeated most of it at the Forum on Sunday. It was a fine program. Mr. Hugh Robinson, Mrs. McGrew's nephew, on State avenue, died. and Mrs. Jones sent for the body. They say Metropolitan's choir sang grand at Lincoln High school. AGENTS WANTED—Three good colored agents wanted. Apply between 5 p. m. and 8 p. m., 1810 North 5th street, (Branson Barber Shop.) ] PAGE TWO THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Proprietor. 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. Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Advocate is a weekly journal devoted to Race Progress and Human Uplift. Have your news in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to insurance publication. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. LATE FOR THEIR EXECUTION Two Papuans Who Were Sentenced to Death Have Keen Appreciation of Justice. If one may venture to generalize at all about Papuans, I think one may say that they are a very intelligent people at a very low stage of development, that in spite of their almost insane craving for bloodshed they are readily amenable to discipline, and that they have a keen appreciation of justice. I remember two native policemen who had been sentenced to death for murder, and who were to be taken by the Merrie England, the government steamer, to Port Moresby—as they believed, to be hanged. When the Merrie England was about to start it was found that they were not on board, but in response to much shouting and whistling they at last arrived, in a state of breathless agitation, and full of apologies—they had quite forgotten, they said, that they were to be hanged at Port Moresby, or they would never have thought of going so far away from the steamer. I suppose that they argued that they had had a fair trial, and that they must stand by the consequences; in this particular case, I am glad to say that it was found possible to reduce the death sentence to very short terms of imprisonment.—J. P. Murray in Stead's Review of Melbourne. CRCP REPORTING BY PLANE Army Air Service Takes Photographs of Fields of Cotton, Corn and Hay. The practicability of measuring crop acreages by means of airplane photography is being determined by the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington in an effort to remove so far as possible the hazard of errors in crop reporting In recent experiments at Tallulah, La. in co-operation with the Army Air service photographs of fields of cotton, corn and hay were made at heights ranging from 2,500 to 7,000 feet with the plane traveling at the rate of 80 to 90 miles an hour. In photographs taken at 7,000 feet it is possible to distinguish the fields planted to the various crops. With the use of a "planimeter" it is then possible to measure the exact acreage in the different fields shown in the photographs. Hunting with a slingshot is well known among boys. Using an arrow shot is better sport, especially when you make it all, including the arrow, yourself. Take a shingle, which will, of course, be thicker at one end than the other, and cut off a long strip, about four inches wide, for the arrow. At the thin end cut a tail. The thicker end should be made to point for the head. Balance the arrow on your finger. At the place where it balances cut a notch. Make the sling like any ordinary slingshot, using a piece of wood five or six inches long for the handle, with two or three inches of string connecting the inch-wide rubber band. On the opposite end of the band is three inches more of string finished with a knot. To shoot the arrow, put the knot in the notch, pull back and let 'er fly. His Alibi. A big Irishman, while carrying a ladder through a crowded street, had the misfortune to break a plate-glass window. He immediately dropped his ladder and broke into a run, but he had been seen by the shopkeeper, who dashed after him in company with several salesmen, and he was soon caught. "Here, you big loafer," shouted the angry shopkeeper when he had regained his breath, "you have broken my window!" "I-sure have," admitted the Irishman, "and didn't you see me running home to get the money to pay for it?" 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 audience greeted the pastor at the Sunday morning service with many visitors present. The pastor, Rev. C. E. Brooks, took his text from St. John, 8th chapter and 36th verse, "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be indeed." Subject, "The Great Liberator." It was a sermon of great power, with an_argument sufficient to convince any thinking being, that there is only one, who can liberate man—the Christ. It was a message of divine power. Dr. Brooks delivered another splendid sermon at the evening service to a good evening audience. The Sunday School had its large attendance and a number of new scholars were reported. Superintendent Leroy Ferguson, as a young man, is doing excellent work and deserves every encouragement and support of the teachers and officers of the school. The Junior Allen League rendered an enjoyable program Sunday at 6:30 p. m. Mrs. O. M. Blount's boys furnished the program, which was witnessed by a full house. At the eleven o'clock service the pastor announced that the senior choir had been awarded second prize of $35 in the Greater Kansas City choir contest that was held last week at Lincoln high school. The church showed their appreciation to the splendid choir by standing. The Pastors' Aid Board gave a fine turkey dinner Thanksgiving and many were filled with gobblings, cranberries, pumpkin pie and other trimmings. Every member of the church is getting ready for the budget system that will be installed the first of the year. Come out to church Sunday and hear a sermon that is food for your soul. You are always welcome at First church. 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. One of the largest quarterly meetings that has been at Allen Chapel was last Sunday, Presiding Elder W. T. Osborn, presiding. Dr. Osborn praced morning and evening to a packed house and his sermons were of power and spiritual uplift. They were wonderfully enjoyed. At 3 p. m. Rev. Mr. Wells of St. John, Missouri, and his very excellent choir were present. Dr. Wells delivered the communion sermon to a large audience. It was a Holy Ghost sermon and his hearers were filled with the spirit and were made to rejoice. There were sixteen visiting ministers present and many visitors from various churches. The total reports at the quarterly conference, were $105, a record breaker. There were Thanksgiving services at 11 a. m., the pastor preaching a fine and appropriate sermon for the occasion. The Sabbath school is doing fine and the Allen League is having good programs. Mother Vernon is not feeling so well, but her friends hope to see her out soon. The pastor, Rev. J. S. Payne, was very happy, as well as the members, over the fine success of the First quarter's result. Allen's doors are always open to humanity. Come to the Wednesday night prayer meeting. Miss Gertrude Jackson, 345 Armstrong avenue, has returned from Omaha, Neb., where she spent two weeks on business. Miss Cynthia Henderson at Douglass Hospital wants to come to church. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES A very large congregation heard Pastor Bronson preach Sunday, November 25. The Junior choir was asked to sing "Jesus Cares," and sang it sweetly. The text, Matt. 6:28, "Consider the Lilies," was elucidated very clearly. He admonished Christians to walk by faith, not sight and grow more and more until the perfect day. The choir sang, "Send out the Light," for the offertory. After the great sermon taken from the word's greatest sermon, Christ's Sermon on the Mount, several joined church. At 8 p. m. the pastor preached from Acts 26th, on Paul's defensive speech when on trial before Agrippa, and made it applicable to persons accused wrongfully in these days. His climax of both sermons was "seek ye first the Kingdom of Heaven, (and live true) and all things shall be added unto you." The Sunday school has large numbers at 9:30 a. m. The B. Y. P. U. is still thriving. Both prayer meetings are very spiritual. Come to Metropolitan, a church which does great things in spite of Satan's opposition. All are welcome. Come and join. Christmas Candies and Nuts Furnished to Churches, Schools and Homes at SPECIAL PRICES. Our 1923 Christmas Price List is now ready for distribution. Send for yours NOW—at once. Special care taken of the out of town orders. We strive to give you the same quality as last year. SWANCY'S EXCHANGE. 2050 N. Third St. Kansas City, Kansas FEDERAL LAW ON HUNTING Prohibits Shooting of Migratory Fowl After Sunset—South Dakota Hunters Face Arrest. Hunting migratory game birds is permitted under federal regulations each day during the open season from half an hour before sunrise to sunset. Persons found hunting between sunset and half an hour before sunrise are liable to prosecution in federal court under the provisions of regulation 4 of the migratory-bird treaty-act regulations. A state law recently passed by the legislature of South Dakota provides that waterfowl may be shot half an hour after sunset. The biological survey of the United States Department of Agriculture points out that state legislatures may pass laws to give further protection to migratory birds, such laws or regulations do not extend the open seasons for such birds beyond the times prescribed by the migratory-bird treaty-act regulations. Although the state law permits shooting from sunrise to half an hour after sunset, a person so doing may be arrested and prosecuted under the federal law, administered by the Department of Agriculture. FIRST U. S. MILITARY MEDAL Government Gave Gen. George Washington Decoration to Commemorate Evacuation of Boston. The first military medal ever bestowed by the American government was one in gold to Gen. George Washington, to commemorate the evacuation of Boston by the British in 1776. Capt. Paul Jones was similarly rewarded after his famous fight with the "Serapis" in 1779, and the three men, Paulding, Williams and Van Wart, who captured Maj. John Andre in 1780, were given special medals by congress. The first decoration, and so far as Col. Robert E. Wyllie of the general staff of the U. S. A., and author of a work on military and civil orders, decorations and insignia, has been able to discover, which had a general application to enlisted men, was the result of an order issued in 1782 by General Washington. A soldier cited for the decoration was permitted to wear on his facings, over his left breast, the figure of a heart in purple cloth or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding—Detroit-News. 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. 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. Corner Fifth Street and State Ave. Rev. W. A. Bowren, D. D., Pastor Have you been to the sad and lonely, Whose burdens are heavy to bear? Have you carried the name of Jesus, And tenderly breathed it in pray- Have you told of the Great Salvation, He died on the cross to secure? Have you asked them to trust in the Savior, Whose love shall forever endure? Beginning with the Sabbath school the services were splendid in point of attendance and spiritual fervor. 11:00 A. M. the pastor brought a highly spiritual message, doctrinal in its varied outlines, but spiritual withal. Many rejoiced and eight persons united with the church. Text, 1 Tim. 3-16. Subject "The mission of the Church." My christian friends, I'm obsessed with the idea of soul saving. The church, you know, is a life saving station in which we throw out the life line to danger fraught men, and they are all around us. It is appalling when we consider how indifferent some of us are to the real work of the church of the living God, that of soul saving. Great is the mystery of godliness. 1 Because Christ Jesus was divine, God manifested in flesh.. Here the minister gave many striking passages of scripture some of which were Heb. 1:1-2; Col. 1:13-17; John 1:1-14; John 1. 2. Justified in spirit. Justified means to make or declare right. Christ claimed to be the Son of God. God justified him at His Baptism. This, my beloved Son and so forth (several scriptures were quoted). 3. Seen of angels. It is only natural that the third point should be the witness of angels. Again and again they visited him and ministered to him during the days of his earthly ministry. 4.. Preached unto the Gentiles. On the surface this seems to be a vague phrase. But look carefully and you will find the significance. The Jews thought Gentiles not more than dogs, but Jesus is no respecter of persons and when the church ceases to put into practice this idea it is no longer the church of the living God. 5. Believed on in the world. The ultimate triumph of the gospel over evil is sure. The church has not loosed its power; it is a human institution, are faulty despite all it will win. 6. Received up into glory. Jesus left heaven and came down to earth, lived a matchless life among men, was nailed to the cross, buried, rose again, remained with his disciples forty days or more, received up into glory where he sitteth at the right hand of God, when he comes again with out sin unto salvation. The B. Y. P. U. was given a grand entertainment in connection with the lesson. Mr. Laningan gave an illustrated lecture which was well received and all were happy. 8 P. M. the pastor brought another edifying message from Dan. 6-10, Subject, Prayer Life, a prevailing and successful life is to lead a prayerful lie." Was the thought stressed. A number of visitors were present at both services. Come next Sunday, last covenant meeting of the year. A hearty welcome awaits all who attend our services. Boyd Cleaning Co. D. C. Klingman, Mgr. Rug Weaving Expert Cleaners of Oriental and Domestic Rugs Rugs Made from Old Carpet 1015 N. 13th St., Kansas City Phone Drexel 2273 Established 18 years His Preference. "Howdy-do, Mr. Smith!" saluted the motor car dealer. "Thinking of buying a new car." "No, I reckon not," responded Sand-Storm Smith of Rampage, Okla. "I'd rather have a second-hand one that has been broke to drive." Heard in Wall Street. When a man asked his best girl for a kiss she said: "Piggly Wiggly." "What do you mean?" he asked. "Help yourself," she replied. The Psychological Hour. Angry Jean (to late-homing Tammas) —I'm jist past speakin' tae ye. Husband (glancing at clock)—Od! Jean, I'm g-glad tae hear that. I'll ken when tae come hame after this. DIRECTORY OF MASONIC LODGES MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ..... Kansas City, Kansas. Rev. E. M. Moseley, Pastor Sunday school, 9:00 a. m. Preaching, 11:00 a. m. Preaching, 8:00 p. m. 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. Teachers meeting Thursday, 7 p. m. Choir practice, Friday night, 8.00 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Sundays, 5 P. M. The religious: worshippers and friends of Mt. Olive Baptist church met early and began services in praise to the Lord. The Sunday school had a timely lesson and opened up the way for a good spiritual service. The pastor taken his discourse, Matt. 21, 40 "When the Lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen." Subject, "Wickedness Against Righteousness." He made great stress on how wickedness has always sought to overthrow righteousness and has been always utterly defeated. He carried his discourse to such an extent that all of his hearers seem to enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit in the meeting. Two additions to the church. One sinner came up for prayer. This being our communion day all returned in the afternoon at 3 p. m. and had a glorious speaking meeting. At 8 p. m. we heard another great sermon from text St. John 1, 16, "and of his fulness have all we received and grace for grace." He made great stress on the righteousness of Jesus Christ being sufficient to bring back to man God's grace. His discourse, though cut short but yet made a great impression on his hearers and all could well say the Holy Spirit blessed our gathering. We have Sisters Reed of Missouri and Sister Hayman, 325 Nebraska avenue, and others on the sick list. We pray for all sick members as a part of our duty. Our contributions were good. We were blessed with the visit of many strangers' faces on Sunday night. Come again, we thank you. Your faces may be strange, but your presence will be highly appreciated and welcome. Come again. TRINITY A. M. E. CHURCH. Corner Fourth and Stewart Streets Rev. S. D. Rhone, Pastor. Rev. N. B. Robinson, Asst. Pastor Residence, 128 Greeley Ave. Phone, Fairfax 2330. 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. Smalley Grant, G. S. W. Wm. Dabney, G. J. W. A. McRoy, G. Tyler. 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. Secy. 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 30, 1923. We Reach Them All DIAMOND REAL ESTATE CO. 547 State Avenue 7-acre tract, with small barn, four blocks from Frisco depot, Olathe, Kansas, $2350; $650 down, $10 per month and interest. 7-room modern home, 50 ft, close in; $4250; 400, terms to suit. Two garages. 7-room strictly modern, new and never occupied, $5000; $700, 50 ft. by 240 ft. Garage under house. Vacant lots near Western University, $125 to $350; $25 down, $6 per month and interest. 4-room cottage, 25 ft. $1650; $200 down, $8 per month and interest monthly. 8-room house, modern except heat, 50 ft., $3300; $800 down, terms to suit. 3-room cottage, 25 ft, close in, $900; $150 down, terms to suit. 4-room house, 25 ft. close in, $1500, $200 down, terms to suit. Diamond Real Estate Company Geo. McClelland, Pres. 547 State Ave., K. C., K. Drexel 2287 Mrs. Luella Green NOTARY PUBLIC 516 Minnesota Avenue Copying neatly done to order. All work strictly confdential. 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 (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 street, Denver Colo. 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. Thanksgiving and Xmas: ' CANDIES FRESH STOCK SPECIAL PRICES ay a Family Box Assorted PURITY FOOD Co. SAY IF YOU WANT HAIR Go to 1209 North Ninth Street To—Mme. C.O. TAYLOR’S BEAUTY SHOP Kansas City, Kansas Phone Fairfax 0442 | ACCOUNTS COLLECTED ANYWHERE WE COLLECT BAD ACCOUNTS, BAD CHECKS, NOTES, OR CLAIMS ANYWHERE. WE FORCE SETTLEMENT; NO COLLECTION, NO CHARGE. WE ALSO MAKE SMALL LOANS. REAL ES- TATE BOUGHT AND SOLD. The Wyandotte Collection & Investment Co. 511 Minnesota Avenue Fairfax 3866 CLEAN COAL GOOD WEIGHT PROMPT SERVICE HIGHEST QUALITY 7 3g _ Child’s Coal Co. LET US FIGURE ON THAT NEXT ORDER OF YOURS OUR MOTTO: “THE GOLDEN RULE” PHONE DREXEL 2281 1216 ARMSTRONG When better homes are sold the old homestead will sell them. The Old Homestead Realty Co. successor to Forrest B, Anderson's real estate exchange ‘ —— Houses, apartments. business buildings, lots, farms, suburban acres for sale in both Kansas City’s. Don't run all over town looking for 2 location, it’s our business to do that, just give us the street number of any house you think you would like and if it is for sale we can get it, no charge for investigation. OFFICE: 529 State Avenue. FAIRFAX 1050 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1923. : Call : sax” 0900 o,2 ; 4422 : SHERIFF'S SALE. Twenty-Ninth Judicial District. State of Kansas, County: of Wy- andotte: ss. E. L. Gayden, Plaintiff. vs. Arthur M. Stenger, Defendant. 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 20715- A, wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and de- fendent, 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 24th day of December, A. D., 1923, at 10 o'clock a. m., of said day, the following described Real Estate sit- uate in the County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, to-wit: Lot Seventeen in Block Ten in Parkwood, an addition to Kansas City, Kansas. DANIEL (BOB) MAHER, Sheriff of Wyandotte County, Kansas (First Published, Nov. 23, 1923.) NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. State of Kansas, County of Wy- andotte, ss. In the Probate Court in and for said County and State. In the Matter of the Estate of Preston M. Davidson, Deceased, No. 11,352. "Creditors and all other persons in- terested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that on the 17th day of December( 1923, at the regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte, and State aforesaid, I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate, and at such time, or as soon there- after as the same can be heard, an application will be made for an order of the Court finding and adjusting who were the heirs of the, said de- ceased, LIZZIE DAVIDSON, Adm‘r. of the estate of Preston M. David- son, Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersign- ed, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kan- sas, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, this 20th day of Nevember, A. D., 1923. JOHN T. SIMS, (SEAL) Probate Judge. (First Published, Nov. 23, 1923.) ‘The Thrifty Scotchman. Once upon a time Donal’ and Dugal’ were waylaid In a highland glen late one night, and the robber presented a pistol at them. Donal’ turned to Du- gal’ and put a half sovereign in his hand. “Here, Dugal’,” he sald, “is the money I have been owln’ ye for two years. This Is no time for debts be- tween friends.” THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Home Artists Le Li ps nT NNN (i gill. i ; oe ee beat yr eee ROSS ees ae i, ws Se ee eae Qe By Bennie Motens Orchestra, Kansas City, Mo. CRAWDAD BLUES ELEPHANT Wo BLE By May H. Bradford, Kansas City, Mo. SELMA BAMA BLUES CHATANOOGA BLUES Accompanied By Bennie Motens Orchestra By Ada Brown, Kansas City, Mo. BREAK-A-DAY BLUES EVIL MAMA BLUES Accompanied By Bennie Motens Orchestra Hear Wendell Hall Record, AIN’T GOIN’ RAIN NO MORE ON SALE AT Butler Music Co. 530 Minnesota Avenue PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Victor H. Wilburn, Plaintiff. vs. é Pauline E. Wilburn, Defendant. To Pauline E. Wilburn, defendant:- You are hereby notified that suit has been filed in the above entitled Court against you for a divorce on the grounds of Abandonment, that unless you answer the allegations and charges of plaintiff's petition on or before the 5th day of January, 1924, the same will be taken as true, that judgment and decree will be rendered against you accordingly and with such other and further relief as to the Court may seem just and proper. I. F, BRADLEY, Jr. Attorney for Plaintiff. (First Publiscation, Nvo. 23, 1923.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas Estella Jordan, Plaintiff, ~ vs. No, 21971A Lester Jordan, Defendant. The State of Kansas to Lester Jor- dan, Greeting: You will take notice that you have been sued in the above named court for absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony existing between plain- tiff and defendant, and must answer said petition on or before the 12th day of January, 1924, or said petition will be taken as true and a divorce will be rendered accordingly. J. S, MANNING, Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest: CARL W. FINCKE, Clerk, By W. F, MATHIS, Deputy. * (First Published November 30, 1923.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, 2nd Division. . Fred Anderson, Plaintiff. vs. No, 21977 Nanie Daisy Anderson, Defendant. To Nanie Daisy Anderson: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the District Court of Wy- andotte County, Ktnsas, for divorce, and that you are required to answer the petition of plaintiff filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Wyandotte County ,Kansas, on or before the 12th day of January, 1924, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be ren- dered against you in favor of plain- tiff, granting him an absolute di- vorce of and from you and for such other and further relief as the nature of the case may require and for costs. DORSEY GREEN, Atty. for Plaintiff. (First published November 30, 1923.) Not So Wasteful. Efficiency Expert—You are wasting too much time on your personal ap- pearance, Stenographer—It’s not wasted. I've only been here six months and I'm already engaged tu the junlor partrer. —The American Legion Weekly. NE ) NEW PLANT FOOD Chayote From Central America Now Grown in U. S. Is Related to Cucumber and Squash— Provides Excellent Fall and Early Winter Vegetable, Among the plant immigrants to this country from Central America, the chayote promises to be one of the most satisfactory for use in the mild-win- tered regions of the South Atlantic and Gulf Coast states and parts of Califor- nia, The fruits and tubers of the chayote were among the principal foods of the Aztecs, Mayas und other Peoples previous to the Spanish con- quest of Mexico and Centrat America, and the vine today {is one of the prin- cipal food plants of the inhabitants of these regions, where It occupies thé:po- sition horticulturally that the potato does in more northern districts. The chayote has been grown for more than @ generation in restricted areas of the South, where it has been known vari- ously as vegetable pear, mirliton, and mango squash, The chayote Is related to the cucum- ber and squash, although the fruits are not similar, ranging in color from dark green to ivory white and in size from those weighing a few ounces to fruits jtwo pounds or more in welght, There are also wide variations among the chayotes as to surface and shape. In the South the chayote provides an ex- cellent fall and early winter table vegetable, the period of fruiting ex- tending from early October until frost. Owing to its vigorous growth and prolific yield, a single vine in the garden or yard will produce more than enough chayotes for the average fam- ily under favorable soil and climate conditions, Although the chayote Is used here chiefly as a vegetable, It also lends it- self to use as a forage crop, an orna- mental vine, for greens, for producing blanched shoots which are used Ike asparagus tips, and as a straw which 1s used In making extra quality orna- mental baskets, hats and other artl- cles, In preparing chayotes for the table they ure usually cut crosswise Into thick slices, pared, and bolled un- til tender in just enough salted water to cook them, They may then be creamed or buttered and served. Be- cause of its delicate texture and mild flavor the chayote is especially desir- able for use in salads. It is prepared as above described, cooled, and then served on lettuce leaves with mayon- naise or French dressing. Makes Remarkable Discoveries. The mechanical eye of the aviator’s camera is adding materially to our knowledge of prehistoric man, Prim!- tive disturbances of the soll may have disappeared so completely as to leave no trace whatever on the surface, and }et are plulnly visible from an airship. ‘The so-called “Avenue,” leading trom thefamous monuments of Stonehenge, near Salisbury, England, has now been traced as far as the River Avon by means of aerial photographs and later verifications made by pedestrians, It Js now believed that the stones were aiken from the Prescelly hills In Pem- brokeshire and brought by sea up the River Avon to a point near Stone- henge, where they were taken over- land to Stonehenge by means of a new- ly discovered uvenue which follows the gentlest slopes up from the river. —Popular Mechanics Magazine. The Babvlike Communist. General Secretary Mott of the Inter national ¥. M. C. A. was condemning communism, “The communist,” he sald, “pre poses that we should all loaf and en- joy Ife, while our Rockefellers and Henry Fords and Charlie Schwabs run things for us, working ten or twenty hours a day 23 they have always done, without sulary or reward of any kind. “The communist reminds me of the baby. “What's the matter with the baby?’ a young mother screamed from an up stairs window, ‘What's he howling and bawling about now?” “‘Oh, he's terrible, ma‘am,’ the nursemald called buck. ‘He's dug u big hole down here in the garden, and he insists on bringin’ it into the house.’” Something on Account. Two Yankees were in Cook's office at Cannes for the purpese of turning sume dollur checks into francs. “Well, gentlemen,” said the clerk, “if you will give me 50 centimes (twe- pence) I can cash your checks in full without any small change being neces- sary.” A Scotchman who overheard the con- versation and saw that the tourists were somewhat perplexed, neither of them having 50 centimes at the mo- ment, stepped forward und produced the coin, saying politely: _“Greut Britain owes Amertea £000. 000,000 and here I find two Americans in want of u little money, Vlease al- low a Scotsman te make a contribu. tion toward the liquidation of our debt.’"—Parls Dally Mail. Serious Shortage. “Hullo, Jack! And where hae ye been all this time?” “Why, mon, I've just coom back fra London. It’s a swindling place, is London, I bought a packet of 3,000 pins there. It cost me sixpence and then I found I was two short."—Lon- don-Tit.Rite ” = EASY FOR INDIANS Separation of Married ‘Couple Constl- | tuted a Legal Divorce—Upheld by Commissioner, In the period that the Indians lived as tribal peoples, following their own marriage customs, a separation of a married couple constituted a legal dl- vorce. This is the decision just hand- ed down by Charles H. Burke, Indian commissioner, and is considered as one of great importance that will be followed many times, no doubt, In de- termining heirship cases among the Poncas, Otoes and other tribes. The decision came in determining heirs of Chief Little Soldier, who for a long time was prominent In the Ponca tribe, In Nebraska, prior to the tribe coming to their present Oklahoma homes, Little Soldier had taken two sisters as wives, Ella Little Soldier and Henrietta First Moon, The latter retained her- maiden name in order to distinguish herself from her sister, Indian custom permitted Little Soldier to have plural wives, When a congressional act of March 12, 1897, directed each Ponca posses- sing more than one wife to pick out his favorite and thus divorce the other, Little Soldier failed to do so. Evident- ly he Uked both sisters too well to choose between them, The investigation to determine the heirs of Little Soldier started last De- cember before George Hoyo, the su- perintendent for the Poncas and affili- ated tribes, and the findings were sent by him to Commissioner Burke. All the principal figures In the marital mixup now are dead excepting Henri- etta First Moon. She clalmed the es- tate as having been his Indian custom wife, whereas Starling White Tall contested heras the son of Alice Eagle White Tall—Kansas City Star. Hard on the Dog. As an example of household econo my the following should serve as a model to all wives tending to be ex- ‘travagant: Provided the family got enough to eat at each meal, there should have been no complaint from anyone, with the possible exception of the butcher and the dog. Mary!” “Ma'am.” “What about that ham bone I brought home the other day? Can't you cut a few scraps of meat from it for dinner this evening?” “I cut off all the meat I could night before last for dinner.” “Well, then, you might boll It thts evening. We'll have soup.” “Yes, ma’am, and what do you want me to do with It, then?” “Tomorrow morning you might see if you can't get enough marrow out of it to grease the griddle for pancakes.” “Yes, ma'am.” “and, Mary, after that you might give It to the dog.”—Philadelphia Ledger. Auaustus the Persistent. “A good story used to be told of Au- gustus Harris’ persistence In securing bis engagement at the Royalty. Call- Ing on Bruce one day: “Do you want a stage manager? asked Harris, “‘No, replied Bruce. ‘I’m my own stage manager.’ “Do you want an acting manager? “No, I'm my own acting manager, “Do you want a treasurer?’ “No; I'm my own treasurer? “Do you want an actor? “«No, 1 don't; for heaven's sake, Gus, go away! Can't you see I'm so busy that I don't know where to turn?” “Then you want help, I'll stay and help you.’ “And he did.”—"Myself and Others,” by Jessie Millward. Lettine George Do It. The fence in front of the farmhouse was badly damaged, and It seemed te sensitive Mrs. Dairybutter, the farm- er’s wife, that all the neighbors were remarking about It us they passed by, “When are you going ito get that fence in the front mended?” she usked her husband. “Oh, next week!” was the reply. “Tm just waiting for George to come home from college.” “Put whatever will the boy know about mending a fence?” she asked In astonishment. “Well, replied the farmer. “he ought to know a lot. He wrote and told me the other day that he had been taking a lot of fencing lessens this term.”"— Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. ‘The Rouch Diamond. A story about Mrs. Barton French, the autocratic society lender of New York, comes from the Riviera. A multiniltionalre succeeded In get- ting himcelf presented to Mrs. French one day at Ciro's in Monte Carlo, bet she never recognized him thereafter. This annoyed the multimillionaire very much, and he got a young lady to intercede for hin, “Really, Mrs, French”"—thus ran the young lady's intercession—“the man ig really not such a bad sort. A dia- moni in the rough, you know.” “Yes, I know,” said Mrs, French, “That's why I'm cutting him.” Good Excuse. The recent discussion of the severe burden placed upon presidents has re- called the old story of Lincoln, sho when told he lwoked tired and worn from his.dutles remarked to a friend: “Yes, I feel very much like the Irish- man who, after befng ridden on a rall, remarked, ‘If It waa not for the honor of the thing. I'd rather walk?" New York Mall, -PAGE THREE sie ——— oo ‘AY , ORRECT & ~@-& FITTED L At We have one of the best equipped optical parlors in the city and can bring your EYESIGHT up to normal. Our prices are very reasonable, No charge for consultation. JOHNSON OPTICAL SHOP 748 Minnesota Avenue] Own Your Own Home or Property. It Pays | 7 rooms, water, light and gas, $2,500 at $450 cash. _ Nine rooms, modern, garage. Lot 50x125, $3,500, at $950 cash. Nine rooms, strictly modern, also” 2 room house in the rear, $2,600 at $750 cash, Six rooms, water, light and gas. Lot 830x130. $2,500 at $500 cash. Six rooms, city water, newly dec- orated, $1,250 at $250 cash. Six rooms. Queen Anne, corner lot 383x130, Strictly modern, newly decoratd $3,850 at $1,000 cash, 13-4 acres. Fruit, Good Brick house, $1,600 at $500. ’ PLATS, FARMS, VACANT. ALSO OTHER BARGAINS. ' W. R. JOHNSON REAL ESTATE COMPANY 516 Minnesota Avenue Phone Fairfax 0255. Res. 4106, 4859 ey [REREHOSROIOROR At Soto eects ak ve sce ee fea —_, : aA a) ‘ : ae es : ea li 2 ie : Par uh) i, tae ; Pr SRS 2 FOr aA et 72 AMS ; Pel Mf eet “ag J Soh 4 oR RY : Nine open bseree x How would this beautiful, sweet face look. if Iewas surrounded with short, snarly and un- raly hair? Any one, with even a small amount of imagination caa picture the contrast. 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SOA for shampooing For Sale By Drugtiste and dealers ia toilet articles Send for our catalog and price list, we will send you these and a book telling you how to take care of your bair und complexion at home, free of charge, if you willsend,os your name’ and address asking for our * Home Study Course” and catalog. Address— THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO, WARSAW, ILL. SR III IIR RII AIO ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, ss. Case No, 12501 In the Probate Court in and for Said Counyt- In the matter'of the estate of Ben Hickson, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of Ben Hickson, late of said County, de- ceased, by the Honorable, the Probate ‘Court of the County and State afore- said, dated the 9th day of November, A. D., 1923. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allow- ance within one year from date of said letters, or they may be pre- cluded from any benefit of such es- tate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within two years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. ELLEN HICKSON, Administrator of the Estate of Ben Hickson, Deceased. Kansas City, Kansas, Nov. 9, 1923. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the un- dersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, this 9th day of November, A. D. 1923, ~ . JOHN T. SIMS, (Seal) & Probate Judge, (First published Nov. 16, 1923) --- PAGE FOUR If You Want to Buy or Sell a Home See Brown Real Estate Company, 330 Greeley Avenue, Fairfax 0767. 4-room house, $1,300. Good cistern; $250 down. 4-room house, $1,000; $200 down. Good cistern. 5-room house, strictly modern, $3,800; $1,000 down. Large list of other good properties. Some good bargains. $30 Greeley Avenue Phone Fairfax 0767. Small Loans WEEKLY PAYMENTS LIBERTY BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD Credit Investment Co. Room 203. Wyandotte Building Fifth and Minnesota Avenue Drexel 117 Home Mid-Summer Realty Bargains Six 6 and 7 room houses strictly modern. Good locations, prices from $3,500 to $4,500. Payments $500 to $1,000 cash. 5 room house modern, $3,750. Fine location, $800 cash. 4-room house, $1,250, $150 cash, $20 per month including interest. 5-room house, modern except heat, $2,100. Will sell his equity for $1,000 cash, near 6th and Parallel. 4 apartment flats, south side, good condition, $4,000, $1,000 cash. Rents for $60 per month. 3 lots in College Hill addition on 27th street, 1½ blocks to car line, $900 cash or $1,000 on time. 5-room house, lights and water, $2,500, $450 cash. Half acre, 3-room house close in, will make you a price. Call in about this. 7-room house, 60 feet of ground, modern, $3,500, $600 cash. TRY ALL THE REST THEN BUY THROUBH THE BEST Advance Realty Co. 516 Minnesota Ave. Office Phone Fairfax 0424 W. A. Jarrett FIFIELD 1389J. OPWCIAN All Work Guaranteed Kassel Jewelry Go. 518 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, Kansas W. T. WHITELAW DRUGGIST Phone Fairfax 0622 3091 N. 27th St. Kansas City, Kan. PRINTING Good Printing Is the Dress of Business. That Is the Kind We Do. Let Us Show You --- J. O. MIDNIGHT (Continued from Page 1.)' being made in school work everywhere. I made it through Little Rock to this place and here I am, and went to see Bishop I. N. Ross open the West Arkansas Conference in Thirty-ninth annual session, and they are here to see the election. Candidates are here and those who are not candidates. It is indeed a pleasure to look around here. Of course all the men down here are not in love with Bishop Ross, yet they are passing resolutions asking for his return, but when they get elected they declare for a change. I will not comment on this duplicity just now, but when I do strike it I am going to strike it hard. Perhaps you want to know whose interest is being protected here. Well, they have before them for bishop in Arkansas, Rev. A. H. Hill, dean of Shorter, S. L. Green, president of Shorter; O. M. Moody, presiding elder, and these men are going to run and for the general church we have Rev. John A. Gregg, president of Wilberforce University, Dr. A. L. Gaines of Baltimore; Rev. Reverdy C. Ransom of New York; S. D. Butler, A. H. Carr, W. D. Miller, J. F. Williams and others down in Texas. I am frank when I tell you that I think Texas will be satisfied to retain A. S. Jackson and then get in Rev. S. J. Johnson for the position of secretary of Church Extension. Rev Dr. C. W. Abington is here fixing up the forces for Missionary Secretary. He declares that he is going to be elected. John Clayborne is in line for the position of editor of the Southern Christian Recorder, and there are still others. I have had the pleasure of meeting Mme. Robinson-Townsend, of Michigan, who is giving recitals in music. She belongs with the angelic hosts when it comes to singing. In her voice there is a fortune. She is one of the best today, saying nothing about race or color. She goes right into your heart and wafts you heavenward when she sings. She is the daughter of Rev. G. J. Robinson, of the A. M. E. church, who is up before the church now to succeed Dr. R. C. Ransom as editor of the A. M. E. Church Review. She is accompanied by her mother and daughter. I will have to stop here. J. O. MIDNIGHT. IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF WYANDOTTE COUNTY, KANSAS. 2nd DIV. GEORGE W. DOW ) Plaintiff ) VS. ) No. 21905. You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the District Court of Wyandotte County, for divorce, and that you are required to answer the petition of plaintiff filed in the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on or before the 4th day of January, 1924, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you in favor of plaintiff, granting him an absolute divorce of and from you, and for such other and further relief as the nature of the case may require and for costs. Atty for Plaintiff (First Published Nov. 23, 1923) Obedient to a Fault. "Now John," said his mother, "if any one asked you what part of the chicken you want, what would you say?" "I don't know." "You must say you want the piece that no one else wants." So John always remembered that, and one night John was asked out to dinner, and as the host had fried chicken he asked John which part of the chicken would he take. "I will take some of the feathers."—Judge. Three Objections The old Scottish minister was tireless in looking up members of his flock and was never so happy as when he was visiting them in their houses. He had noticed that for some time one hitherto regular church-goer had become very slack in his attendance at the service and he resolved to go and find out the reason for this neglect. "Donald," he said, as soon as he was seated in the parlor, "I havena seen ye at the kirk for some time." "No, sir," replied the man. "And I wad like to know the reason." "Weel, sir," replied Donald, "I hae three decided objections. Firstly, I dinnna believe in sae muckle singin'; secondly, I dinnna believe in bein' whaur ye dae a' the talkin', an', thirdly, an' in conclusion, 'twas there I got me wife." The minister asked no more questions. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE An office boy who is taken on triai often proves to be one. Idolize a woman if you will, but don't try to understand her. The camel must be all right, otherwise nature wouldn't have backed him up. Two of the charms of country living are visible sunsets and plenty of butter. Nature appears to do everything in plain view and yet keep her mysteries. Hot weather reveals to us what a prodigious number of tasks can be put off. No one pursues brains as he does the acquisition of wealth, because it is futile. Man wants but little here below—and he usually gets about half that amount. Man has very little use for advice which does not conform to his own opinion. It is often a matter of speculation, whether, after all, a shiftless man isn't happy. Elderly people have seen everything but the world, so some of them travel a good deal. Unfortunately a man's epitaph comes along too late in the game for him to live up to it. Ritches may have wings, but they don't seem to have any tall that one can put salt on. A pretty girl says that many a young man who knows where to stop doesn't know when to go. Unless a man understands the language of the eye he can't grasp a woman's meaning. It's as hard for a man to live up to his ideals as it is for a woman to look like a photograph. Take the burdens off the back of the fanatically industrious and they will hunt up new ones. Some people refuse to take physical exercise for their health because it doesn't come in bottles. The man who is always telling what a lot of good things he would do if he had money never has any. The man who prefers other work to the kind that is allotted to him is apt to dislike any kind of work. It's easy to name the winner of an argument in which a man's words are pitted against a woman's tears. 40,000 RADIOS ARE ON FARMS Recent Survey by U. S. Department of Agriculture Shows Wide Use of Wireless Outfits. The speed with which farmers have taken up radio for practical and social purposes is shown in a recent survey made by the United States Department of Agriculture at Washington. County agricultural agents estimate that there are approximately 40,000 radio sets on farms in 780 counties. This is an average of 51 sets per county. Applying the average to 2,830 agricultural counties, a total of more than 145,000 sets on farms throughout the country is estimated. The county agents' estimates cover every state. Took Warning. For a long time the restaurant man had out a sign, "Home Cooking." Then he removed it. "I see," remarked a customer, "that the old sign is gone." "Well, I came to the conclusion that it was doing the place no good. I got to watching pedestrians. A great many would take a squint at that sign and then hurry on."—Houston Post. Outside Only. It was a raw cold morning in the land of rain and revolution, and Pat stood outside his cottage in his shirt sleeves and shaved himself. Presently his landlord came along and stood watching him in surprise. "Do you always shave yourself outside?" he asked in curious amazement. "Of course," answered Pat indignantly. "Do you think I'm furilined?" —London Answers. Firm Faith. "I'll give you something to rub it with. But if you drink the stuff it will make you sick." "Well, doc, I have confidence in your ability to pull me through any illness."—Judge. THE I. O. B. & S. OF C. PAYS FROM $1 TO $11 A WEEK SICK BENEFITS. PAYS $375.00 ENDOW- MENT. The Sick and Accident PAYS $5.00 PER WEEK FOR 20 CENTS. PAYS 6.00 PER WEEK FOR 25 CENTS PAYS 7.00 PER WEEK FOR 30 CENTS PAYS 8.00 PER WEEK FOR 35 CENTS AGENTS WANTED GOOD SALARY DR. J. H. MIXON, G.M. 452 Nebraska Avenue Kansas City, Kansas. "SERVICE TO ALL" A. T. Long Real Estate 644 Minnesota Ave., K. C. K. Cottages, Houses, Business Buildings. TERMS Fairfax 1394 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 RILLA WOODS, H. R. MRS. A. BEVENUE, H. S. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, ss. In the Probate Court in and for said County and State. In the matter of the estate of Nathaniel Singletary, deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of December, 1923, at the regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte, and State aforesaid, I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate, and at such time, or as soon thereafter as the same can be heard, an application will be made for an order of the Court finding and adjudging who were the heirs of the said deceased. LIDA SINGLETARY, Administrator of the estate of Nathaniel Singletary, deceased. INWITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, this 7th day of November, A. D., 1923. JOHN T. SIMS, (Scal( Probate Judge. (First published Nov. 9, 1923) NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. State of Kansas, ) County of Wyandotte,) In the Probate Court in and for said County and State. In the Matter of the Estate of Hugh Dwiggins, Deceased. No. 11.272 Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified, that on the 3rd day of December, 1923, at the regular term of the Probate Court in and for said County, held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte, and State aforesaid, I shall apply to said Court for a full and final settlement of said estate, and at such time, or as soon thereafter as the same can be heard, an application will be made for an order of the Court finding and adjudging who were the heirs of the said deceased. H. G. DWIGGINS, Adm'r. of the estate of Hugh Dwiggins, Deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court, this 7th day of November, A. D., 1923. JOHN T. SIMS. (SEAL) Probate Judge. (First Publication Nov. 23, 1923.) 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