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--- KANSAS Goose Free! $14.75 Purchase and Up Have Your Clothing Charged $1—$2 per Week Will Do DEUTCH CREDIT CLOTHES 508 Minnesota Avenue Vol. XI COMMUN THE COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE READY FOR WEEK'S CAMPAIGN Every Colored Citizen Should do Their Bit—No One Should Murmur in Giving for Such a Cause. The annual Chest drive program has been completed and it is expected of the colored citizens of the city to do their full duty towards making it a success. The colored institutions of this city, who receive benefits from this Community Chest, are Douglass hospital, Colored Childrens Orphan Home and Yates Branch, Young Womens Christian Association, all worthy institutions for the race. Give something, little or much. Look at these institutions and see the charity work each one is doing for those who are unfortunate. This branch of the campaign will be headed by Dr. S. H. Thompson, chairman of the men's division. Members of the men's division who hold the rank of major in the drive are G. B. Buster, N. B. Robinson, A. J. Neeley, Claud Jones, I. F. Bradley and J. P. Scruggs. Mrs. Julia Jones will head the women's division, with Miss Emma Z. Pendleton as vice chairman. Generals who have been appointed for the drive are Mrs. Benella Boone Lee, Mrs. H. W. Dwiggins, Mrs. D. W. Wilhite, Mrs. H. C. White and Mrs. Lena Downs. The chairman of the women speakers' bureau will be Mrs. Gertrude Jenkins. GIVE YOUR BIT TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST. MRS. LUELLA GREEN ELECTED JUSTICE OF THE PEACE The late official count of the board of Commissioners showed that Mrs. Luella Green had been the victor for Justice of the Peace for Kansas City township, for the short term. There were a number of candidates whose names had to be written on the ballot and Mrs. Green pulled out ahead of them all, she being the only colored person voted for. Mrs. Green is the wife of Lawyer Dorsey Green. Her many friends congratulate her in the victory she achieved. It is now Mrs. Judge Green, if you please. The Forum was entertained by a fine program by the Monrovian Club, Sunday. Dr. Dyer, presided and Mrs. Norwood, of Kansas City, Mo., sang fine and was encored and andother lady played fine and Dr. Love and others gave good talks. Mrs. C. Rollins-Rutledge has moved back to Kansas City, Kansas, again. Mrs. Edna Ford is reported ill at this writing. Goose $14.75 Purch SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50 ITY CHEST FUNERAL OF DR. SHIELDS LARGELY ATTENDED The funeral of Dr. M. D. Shields, who met his death Tuesday evening, November 11, at the hands of three police officers, 1031 Minnesota avenue, was held from First A. M. E. church, Monday afternoon at 2 p. m. The church was filled to its capacity with people of nearly every walk of life. The professional and business men of the two Kansas Citys were present in large numbers, who paid their respects to the deceased, in remarks and resolutions. The Masons had charge of the body. Other orders and societies had resolutions. Rev. C. E. Brooks, pastor, officiated, assisted by Revs. Moses Williams of Mt. Zion Baptist church, H. D. Bronson, pastor Metropolitan Baptist Temple and W. A. Bowren, pastor of First Baptist church. The floral offerings were profuse and beautiful. The remains were laid to rest in Westlawn cemetery. GIVE YOUR BIT TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST. AN OLD A. M. E. MINISTER, REV WM. MITCHELL, PASSES Rev. William Morris Mitchell, 1232 Nebraska avenue, a retired A. M. E. minister, passed away Saturday evening, November 15th, after six months illness with dropsy. Rev. Mitchell was a native of Tennessee and was in the active ministry for forty years. He pastored in the Kansas conference for a number of years and went on the superannuated list about six years ago. He was known as a Christian gentleman and up to the time he was confined to the house, was ever found giving service to his church. He held his membership in First A. M. E. church and frequently filled its pulpit. Rev. Mitchell had many friends here and in the Kansas conference. He leaves a devoted wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Mitchell and scores of friends. The funeral will be held Saturday, November 22, at 2 p. m. from his church, St. John No. 9, York Masons of which he was chaplain for many years, will have charge of the remains. Rev. C. E. Brooks, his pastor, will deliver the sermon, assisted by other ministers. The wife and relatives have the sincere sympathy in their hour of sorrow. Mr. Charles McKissick, 711 New Jersey avenue, has returned from Holly Springs, Miss., where he was called by the death of his brother, Prof. E. H. McKissick, who for a number of years was one of the principal instructors in Rush college. He was well known all over the South, as an educator and had been for many years secretary and treasurer of the Odd Fellows of his state. Rev. C. E. Brooks, pastor of First A. M. E. church was associated with Prof McKissick for many years in school work of that state. He was sick for three days, having acute indigestion. He visited his brother here less than a year ago. Free! nase and Up CITY Kansas City, Kansas, N DRIVE STARTS nas, November 21, 1918 ARTS MONDAY Kansas City, Kansas, November 21, 1924 More than five hundred women assembled in First Baptist church last Sabbath at 3:00 p. m. to hear Mrs. Mattie Murff, returned missionary from South Africa. Mrs. Murff held the rapt attention of all for an hour and over. Mrs. Ophelia Jackson organist of First A. M. E. church presided at the organ. A choir composed of members of the various churches of Kansas City, Kansas, rendered good music. Miss Eunice Anthony sang sweetly, "Mother's Prayer." On the rostrum with Mrs. Murff were Mrs. L. B. Forest, the president of Ruth Mission Circle. The meeting was under the auspices of the Circle. Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, president of the A. M. E. society, Mrs. H. L. Kemp, president Kaw Valley District Missions, Mrs. Charles Childs, president Kansas Federated Clubs, Mrs. Ida M. Becks, president Social Workers of Kansas City, Mo., Madame F. Leontine Prince, was mistress of ceremonies. $34.60 was raised for the sacred cause of missions, and every woman present enjoyed Mrs. Murff's interesting, instructive address. We can safely say a deeper interest for the cause of missions will be felt by all who heard the lecture, and may the spirit of missions abide in our hearts always. The president and all officers of the Mission Circle thank all who contributed by their presence, service and money to the success of the meeting. GIVE YOUR BIT TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST. Mr. H. R. Dandridge, one of our excellent citizens, died Monday at 11:55 a.m. after several months illness, at his home, 252 North Mill street. The deceased had been one of the very efficient stock clerks of the Union Pacific railroad company for many years. The funeral was held Thursday at the Metropolitan Baptist Temple at 1 p. m. of which he was a member. He leaves a lovely wife, relatives and a host of warm friends. Rev. L. C. Nuby, formerly of the Kansas conference of the A. M. E. church, and now of the New York conference, stationed at Glincoe, visited Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins and family a short time while passing to other points in Kansas. Dr. Nuby is a relative of Mrs. Dwiggins. The reverend preached Sunday morning at First A. M. E. church. Many are deeply grieved to hear of the death of Mrs. Howard, Mr. Jas. Dyson's sister, in Quincy, Ill. She was a devout Christian and a member of the Metropolitan church. She will be buried in Illinois where her husband's remains are interred. Roos Roosting High Roosting High OH DEAR, WE'LL HAVE TO USE MORE AMMUNITION IF WE WANT THAT BIRD PILGRIMAGE TO WILBERFORCE UNIVERSITY A. M. E. Conference of Ohio Have Pilgrimage to Wilberforce Wilberforce, Ohio.—Friday, October, 24th, was a red letter day in the history of Wilberforce University when from all over the States, car loads of enthusiastic friends of the institution, at the call of Bishop Jones, came to this mecca of Negro learning. The South Ohio Conference in session at Wilmington, Ohio, took a day off and joined the gala crowd. Some three hundred people from all over the state came in, chiefly by automobile. The purpose of the pilgrimage was to view Shorter Hall and see it in its glory. Everybody admired and marveled at the great work that was finished in the erecting and equipping of such a building. At ten o'clock the student body and friends assembled in Galloway auditorium where the audience was entertained with music by the Wilberforce chorus, and addresses of inspiration and uplift by the visiting members. Dr. E. A. Clarke, pastor of St. John's A. M. E. Church, Cleveland, Ohio, delivered the chief address of the occasion, followed by Dr. J. O. Haithcox, of Allen Temple, Cincinnati. Galloway Hall was filled and overflowing. After the morning services a special dinner was served the guests and the university as hosts in the dining room of Shorter Hall. As the evening grew on the visitors returnd home happy over the success of the building and the evidence of progress every where seen about the school. President Gilbert H. Jones opened the meeting and conducted the usual school devotionals, after which the meeting was turned over to Bishop Jones who presided and presented the speakers of the occasion. The meeting made many friends for the institution and gave to the students a keen appreciation of the sacrifices that the church is making that they might have the privilege of education at Wilberforce. Mrs. C. E. Brooks, 1111 North Eighth street, had her tonsils removed Tuesday at Douglass hospital, and is getting along nicely at her home. Mrs. Luella Green, 1407 North Eighth street, has been confined to her room several days with tonsilitis. Miss Gertrude Langford, who teaches in Kansas City, Mo., has been very busy attending the Colored Missouri State Teachers' meeting at Lincoln High school. Little Gladys Green is still at Wheatley hospital Don't miss Thanksgiving Dinner. ADVOCATE WOMEN'S MISSIONARY MASS MEETING A SUCCESS H. R. DANDRIDGE DIES DO YOU CARE? 924 THOMAS KENNEDY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER DAY. DO YOU MRS. W. E. GEAR DIES UNEXPECTEDLY WAS WELL KNOWN AND HAD MANY FRIENDS Mrs. Flora Gear, the estimable wife of Mr. W. E. Gear, 928 Walker avenue, passed away Saturday morning, at 16 minutes to 5 o'clock at her late home. Mrs. Gear had not been well for six years, but was not considered dangerously ill until Friday about 3 o'clock p. m. when she took a change for the worse and the neighbors phoned her husband, who is employed at the Armour packing plant. When the doctor arrived it was found she had been stricken with apoplexy and was unconscious until the end came. Mrs. Gear had lived in Kansas since one year old, her parents moving from the south and locating at Holiday, Kansas. Her maiden name was Flora Fox. She was united in marriage to W. E. Gear, July 16, 1904, and lived happily together until death parted them. They had no children. The deceased had been a member of the A. M. E. church since 12 years old, and ever loved her church. She was prominent in the Court of Calanthe, of Knights of Pythias, and the Household of Ruth, of Odd Fellows and held offices of efficiency in both of them, Hermione Court No. 21 and Household of Ruth No. 14. Mrs. Gear will be greatly missed by her neighbors, who loved her, and also by her many friends. The funeral rites were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. from the First A. M. E. church of which she had been a member for many years. Her pastor, Rev. C. E. Brooks officiated by request of the deceased, Rev. N. B. Robinson delivered the eulogy. The deceased leaves a devoted husband, two brothers, Robert and Cicero Fox, relatives and a host of friends. Many beautiful floral designs covered the chancellor rail and the handsome casket. Interment in Westlawn cemetery. GIVE YOUR BIT TO THE COMMUNITY CHEST. Mrs. M. C. Matthews, principal of the largest Week Day Religious school, and Publicity Committee, was busy this week attending the National drive meeting for Religious schools. The meetings were held at the Kansas City, Kansas, high school, Ninth and Minnesota. The Wide Awake Club has a big turkey dinner at Metropolitan church Thanksgiving. Come. Mr. Ben Grigsby, who runs to Ft. Worth, Texas, was in off his run, Sunday and Monday. Rev. Scott Williams and Miss Minnie Moore, were quietly married Saturday evening, November 15th, at 437 Everett avenue. that t are in to hurt And Malon would I was party for ch and t even a bright that F --- Number 14 MIDNIGHT RIDING THRU ARKANSAW "ON A SLOW TRAIN" Baptists Having Big Time in Little Rock Little Rock, Arkansas, Nov. 20.—"He was born." "He died." These two things are recorded in the life of every human being today, and between the birth time and the death time if there are any fillings the person will have to put them in. No man has any say as to his birth or his death, for there is a higher power which must decree both. So many people come into the world and go out without the world knowing it. They never make any record, they just live and die and even those belonging to the same family soon forget them. Others come here and when they die they just live on and on in the hearts of others. They are often referred to in this world. In this class we have the woman whose funeral was held in Birmingham, Alabama; the 9th day of November, Mrs. Carrie A. Tuggle. Of course you know Mrs. Tuggle, because she was a worker. She spent her life not for herself and her family, but for others. It was a life of devotion, a life of service. She believed in doing for others, and especially did her heart go out for the unfortunate boys and girls. She heard their cries, and while she was at the head of the Calanthe, the Rising Sons and Daughters of Protection, the Knights and Ladies of Honor of the World, and several others, instead of seeking wealth, she turned the channel into service, and established the Tuggle Institute where hundreds of boys and girls have been trained, and all of Birmingham tried to crowd into the Sixteenth Street Baptist church to pay tribute to the noble woman. Following the election, I went direct to St. Louis, and while I had started for a Sanitarum my good friend and brother Aaron E. Malone sent me to my room there, had me to go to bed and gave orders that I was to remain in bed and was not to be disturbed. He wanted me to carry out the orders of Dr. George Cleveland Hall by going to bed. Well, came a telegram announcing the death of Mrs. Carrie A. Tuggle, and later another came from Mrs. Fannie C. Blevins announcing that the funeral would be Sunday, and I had to get there. Another day was spent in bed, and in the evening I went with Prof. and Mrs. Malone to the Y. M. C. A. where they were getting ready for a community chest drive. They had many people there—not a big crowd, but brain and workers. The men and women who were to put it over. I need not tell you that the Malones were active as they are in everything which means help to humanity. Another day was spent in bed, Mr. Malone looking after me just like he would a brother, and in the evening, I was invited to join them in a box party to see "If I Were King." It was for charity, of course. It was fine, and then I turned my attention to even another part of the world, for bright and early the next morning that Pierce Arrow was at the door to tote me to the stable where I was to start for Birmingham. I rode all night spending Friday night in Memphis, and Saturday afternoon I landed in Birmingham, finding Prof. H. H. Glover, awaiting me at the stable there in town. Editor Oscar W. Adams, of the Birmingham Reporter, saw me and invited me to stay in his home, and he has indeed a fine home and a fine wife in it. I went on the Enon Ridge to look for the last time into the face of Carrie A. Tuggle. I talked with Mrs. Fannie C. Blevins, and other members of the family, and back to Mr. Adams home. The next day, Sunday, was the funeral. Thousands of people gathered around the church, long before the hour. People of both races, wanting to pay tribute to a noble woman. I have never seen so many flowers in all my life. The funeral was preached by Dr. H. N. Newsm, of St. John A. M. E. church, but it was in the Baptist church, the largest auditorium (Continued on page 4.) --- PAGE TWO 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. Eentered 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. Early Fur Trade Had Plethora of Rom The romance of the fur trade is not over. The wreck of the Hudson's Bay company's steamer Lady Kindersley, with a million dollars' worth of furs, in the Arctic ocean, was an adventure as thrilling as any on the sea. Unlike the earlier vessels in the trade she was equipped with radio apparatus, which helped to acquaint the outside world with the plight of the crew. But when the voyager and trader of old struck out into the wilderness they left the world behind them and steered their course by the stars over river and plain. The most remarkable of these star gazers was probably David Thompson, the accuracy of whose boundary surveys remains undisputed. The "Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson's Bay" was the only corporate company which ruled over an area as large as Europe. With it will always be associated the name of Donald A. Smith, who, starting as a lad on the bleak coast of Labrador, where he spent 13 years, rose from the position of clerk to governor, and finally took his seat in the house of lords as Lord Strathcona, says the Toronto Globe. But there was not much romance in his snowshoe trump of a thousand miles to Lachine to consult a doctor about an affliction of the eyes which threatened blindness. One incident of his life in Lahrador was revealed at a meeting of the railway committee of the house of commons when he was a member. An enthusiastic promoter wanted to build a railway from Quebec to Hamilton Inlet, which, he declared, was an open port all the year round. The old fur trader rose and remarked that was news to him, for he distinctly remembered walking across the Inlet on snowshoes in the winters of the '40s. That, of course, killed the bill. The romantic features of the company probably reached their zenith under Sir George Simpson, whose movements by cane and saddle earned blim the title of "fastest traveler in the north." Romance was continued for many years in the fiction of Reid and Oxley, and fortunately sufficient interest has been maintained in the real history of the fur trade to preserve the facts in many well known works. Latin Still Popular Latin still is far in the lead among the languages studied at the secondary schools, although the last few years have seen a persistent movement against the teaching of Latin and Greek in the schools and colleges of the United States. The American Classical league has recently announced there are 940,000 students in the secondary schools studying Latin and 11,000 studying Greek. The Latin students comprise 25.5 per cent of the enrollment. About 80 per cent of the 20,500 secondary schools offer one or more foreign languages. TWO DOUBLE STORE ROOMS FOR SALE Two double store rooms and apartments upstairs of 12 modern rooms, at the corner of Quindaro boulevard and Fifth street. Lot 49x124. Store rooms 20x80. Garage in rear. All in fine condition. Price $12,000—$5,000 down and terms. W. H. LOWE, Agent. 320 Greeley Ave. Phone Fifield 2483W. I am breaking up house keeping and have for sale all of my furniture and household goods. Have four rooms complete. Will sell all together or by the piece. Your chance for bargains in household goods. THOS. KENNEDY, Editor K. C. Advocate. Residence 834 Nebraska Ave. Phone, Fairfax 2663. THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH 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, 7:38 P. M. Friday class meeting 8 P. M. CHURCH NEWS A fine audience was present at the 11 o'clock service Sunday morning. Every one seemed to realize it was the Lord's Day and came for no other purpose than to receive a spiritual blessing. The Reverend L. C. Nuby, of the New York conference, was in the city and being an old Kansan, the pastor, Rev. C. E. Brooks invited this divine to preach. Dr. Nuby being a minister full of the Holy Ghost, delivered a soul stirring message, which was greatly appreciated and the congregation went away feeling the fire had been rekindled in their hearts. The Sabbath school had its fine attendance and all received an interesting and helpful hour studying the word of God. The school is preparing for the Christmas festivities, including a fine program. At 6:30 the Allen League rendered one of its excellent programs after the studying of the lesson. The Friday night class meetings are very strengthening to those who attend. Come out tonight. Dr. Brooks preached at the evening service, with a strong sermon. Those who miss these services are the loosers and the time may come when regrets wont suffice. Three of First Church's members were buried this week. Dr. Shields, Mrs. Gear and Rev. Mitchell. We know not how many may follow next week. It pays to live the life. Come out to church Sunday. Come out to class tonight. Come out to prayer meeting Wednesday night. It will pay to come to all of these meetings of grace. Visitors and strangers are always welcome. DO IT NOW Send us the price of a year's subscription if you are in arrears. We Need the Money Seek Grave of Achilles Prof. Wilhelm Doerpfeld, successor to Henrich Schillemann, who excavated the ruins of Troy, has gone to Constantinople preparatory to continuing the excavations. He is hopeful of locating the graves of Achilles and his friend Patroclus through Ideas obtained from Homer's poems. Professor Doerpfeld was with Schillemann in the SO's, when Troy was first uncovered. Easy to Grow Edelweiss Thrilling tales are told of the lure of the rare edelweiss. That it can be easily cultivated, however, has been proved by its frequent appearance in American and European gardens, according to the Detroit News. The plant grows about six inches high. Almost any soil, not too rich and fully exposed to the sun, will produce edelweiss plants, for the woolly covering enables them to hold moisture and endure exposure. The word is from the German and means "noble white." The edelweiss is the national floral emblem of Switzerland. It plays an important part in the legend and poetry of that nation and, due to its rarity, laws protect it here. Appearing in exposed places, high in the Alps of Switzerland, Tyrol, Carinthia, Austria and Serbia, its fame is due chiefly to the difficulty of obtaining it. Put in His Proper Class "Want to marry my daughter, I suppose?" snapped the old millionaire as he glowered at the young man before him. Then, adjusting his glasses, he added: "By the way, aren't you one of my daughter's former suitors?" "N-n-no, sir," faltered the timid youth. "Well, you are now," said the old man as he turned away. "Good-day." — Stray Stories. Not His Proper Role "Yes," replied Farmer Corntossel. "But what'd be the use of mentionin' it? Nobody'd believe me."—Loulsville Courier-Journal. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES The large Metropolitan congregation was pleased with the church service Sunday, November 16. After the beautiful congregational singing, the quartette led the choir in singing, "Calvary." The Pastor Bronson took his text on "The Prodigal Son," and preached it nobly. When members were asked for, some united. Mrs. Murff, from South Africa, made a nice short talk on her Mission work, while there. She also said "if Pastor Bronson had preached that sermon in Africa, about 200 would have joined church." An extra collection of over $32 was taken up for a special matter. The Sunday school is doing well and also the B. Y. P. U. One of the Missionary groups meets every Sunday afternoon from 3 to 4 in the Mission room. Mrs. S. Rollins is its president, and it is doing well. The Aid, the Newcomers' Club and the Wide Awake Club are still meeting, but the Sewing Circle is the old reliable, and is now paying in most money to the church. The S. S. Home Department is still working. The Religious Educational School is the largest auxiliary of the church. It has over 336 enrolled and the largest attendance and largest number of teachers of any Religious school of our race. Sunday night Pastor Bronson preached another fine sermon on "Thou Shalt Love the Lord Thy God With All Thy Soul and Thy Neighbor as Thyself." Again Mr. Fitchue led the congregation beautifully in singing. Next Sunday, November 23, appropriate sermons will be preached and all are invited to attend this church and hear Dr. Bronson. Mr. C. S. Morris lectured at this church Tuesday night for all Baptist churches. The Womens' City Mission will meet Tuesday, November 25 at Metropolitan church to elect officers. All are invited from 2 to 6 p. m. MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH REV. E. M. MOSELEY, Pastor. The religious worshippers who make up our congregation were a little late in gathering last Sunday. The Sunday school lesson was very interesting and many good facts were brought out. The prayer services were spiritual and many christians took part in same. The pastor's text: Prov 8:36: "He that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul; all they that hate me love death." He preached an instructive sermon on carefulness and caution in home rule for upon these foundations hang the destiny of our domestic and civil governments. He pointed out the dangers of slack home government and of rejecting the Savior of mankind. His remarks were well taken and all seemed to enjoy them. The night sermons were good. Rev. Anderson preached us a good sermon at night on "Accountability." All enjoyed his remarks. The choir gave us some good music. The B. Y. P. U. had a good program and an interesting lesson. Our sick members are convalescing. Brother Henry is going south to Louisiana to visit his mother and father, he has our prayers for success and the Lord's care and protection on his journey. Meet the clubs and help them. Meet the Mission Circle and help them. Go to church. Read the Advocate. All in Vanity Case "All the girls seem to have rosy cheeks these days." "Yep, the pink of condition." Had Met Her Before Jane—"Meet me tonight at the same place at seven o'clock." Joe—"All right. What time will you be there?" A Compliment "I heard something nice about you today." "Yes?" "Yes, a friend of ours said you resembled me." "Doctor, "I'm just a bundle of nerves." "Check yourself."—Louisville Courier-Journal: Valuable Cactus What is said to be a desirable immigrant from southern Europe has arrived at the United States bureau of foreign seed and plant introduction from Nice, on the Mediterranean shore of France. It is a member of the cactus family, Cereus validus by name, and produces edible fruits of an excellent quality. The fruits are the size of a goose egg, in color magenta red, and entirely without spines or prickles. This plant is really a returning American emigrant, for all cacti were originally American, and were not known in Europe until after the voyage of Columbus. OCEAN LINERS' NAMES HAVE TRADE VALUE Names of many Atlantic liners are selected usually to preserve an established terminology which through continued use has acquired a trade value, says the Ocean Ferry. The White Star line, for example, employs names for all its ships that end in "ic." This is because its first steamship, brought out more than half a century ago, had such a name. She was called the Oceanic. Then came in succeeding years a Britannic, a Celtic, a Teutonic and so on. Sometimes steamships are given geographical names, to suggest the part of the world to which they were built to ply. Thus when an American steamship company built its big liners to operate in the trade between the Pacific coast and the Orient, they were named the Manchuria, Mongolia, Korea and Siberia. The original American line ships, built half a century ago, were named for states—the Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio. Later American liners were named for cities—the Philadelphia, New York, St. Paul and St. Louis. Then He Saw Stream in Different Light Among a number of good golf stories told by the famous professional, James Braid, is one concerning a crusty old gentleman, gouty as well as golfy, who happened to be playing over a course through which, in front of a green on the outward and inward halves, there ran a fine, clear crystal brook. On the way out the old gentleman had a "peach" of a shot as he approached the brook, and he had the great pleasure to see the ball sail across and land on the green opposite. "Beautiful course," he remarked. "How glorious it is to have such a sweet, cooling, crystal stream running through a golf course." On the way back the old fellow had the mlsfortune to put his ball into, instead of over, the stream, whereupon he lashed out with this volley of vocables: "Who the deuce could play on a course with a sewer in the middle of it?"—San Francisco Argonaut. Summer Camps Important Learning the joy of climbing hills, exploring forests, swimming in lakes and streams, viewing clear, colored sunsets and feeling the joy of stretching the mind as well as the body are experiences of children at summer camps described by Marie M. Ready in School Life, a publication of the Interior department, bureau of education. Indorsing the Massachusetts plan for placing in summer camps all underweight children within ten years, Miss Ready advocates the camps as of great value in the development of mind and body, and quotes Dr. Ellot of Harvard as saying that the organized summer camp is the most important step in education that America has given to the world. Local Color A score or more of tiny American citizens of Japanese ancestry were gathered in a street in the oriental section of Honolulu. Two of them were beating on tin cans, and the others were singing at the top of their voices. "Pretty sight," remarked a tourist to a friend. "Isn't it?" the friend replied. "So characteristically oriental. I wonder what song they are singing." "Probably the Japanese anthem," said the first. The children were singing "Barney Google."—Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Advertising a Sale! YOU don't leave your rig in the middle of the road and go to a fencepost to read a sale bill do you? Then don't expect the other fellow to do it. Put an ad in this paper, then, regardless of the weather, the fellow you want to reach reads your announcements while seated at his fireside. If he is a prospective buyer you'll have him at your sale. One extra buyer often pays the entire expense of the ad, and it's a poor ad that won't pull that buyer. An ad in this paper reaches the people you are after. Bills may be a necessity,but the ad is the thing that does the business Don't think of having a special sale without using advertising space in this paper. One Extra Buyer at a sale often pays the entire expense of the ad. Get That Buyer DIRECTORY OF MASONIC LODGES AGENTS WANTED-Three good colored agents wanted. Apply between 5 p. m. and 8 p. m., 1810 North 5th street, (Branson Barber Shop.) STOP PAYING RENT Own Your Own Home 4 rooms, modern, 50x150 feet. Hard- wood floors. $3,000 at $400 down. 7 rooms, modern, $37½x125, $3,500 at $500.00 down. 6 rooms, modern, $2,500 at $500 down, in K. C. Mo. 10 rooms, strictly modern, duplex, (brick) $6,750 at $1,200 down, in K. C., Mo. 10 rooms, modern duplex, $5,500 at $1,000 down, in K. C., Mo. 5 rooms, one acre, fruit, close in. $1,700, terms. W. R. JOHNSON REAL ESTATE CO. 516 Minnesota Avenue Phones: Drexel 3823, Fairfax 4859 PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. 2nd Division. J. W. Clay, Plaintiff. vs. No. 24392 Alice W. Clay, Defendant. To Alice W. Clay: You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, 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 26th day of December ,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. DORSEY GREEN, Atty. for Plaintiff. (First Published November 14, 1924.) Small Loans WEEKLY PAYMENTS LIBERTY BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD Credit Investment Co. Room 208. Wyandotte Building Fifth and Minnesota Avenue Drexel 117 Home DIRECTORY OF M GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. National Grand Lodge Convenes in Kansas City, Kansas, October, 14, 1924. Rev. J. Broadnax, M.W.G.M., 2325 Ruby avenue. Telephone Argentine 1001, Kansas City, Kansas. C. H. Kerford, D. G. M., 215 E. Kearny St., Atchison, 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. D. V. Smith, G. Organizer, 2426 Blondo Street, Omaha, Neb. Smalley Grant, G. S. W. W. M. Bean.....G. J. W. A. McRoy, G. Tyler. Rev. B. R. Ross.....G. Lecturer Chas. Gordon.....G. S. Dea. Lott Fry.....G. J. Dea. Moses Johnson.....G. Chaplain Martin Taylor.....G. S. S. Wm. Brutton.....G. J. S. Wm. Cavens.....G. P. J. W. Wilson.....G. S. B. W. M. Dabney.....G. St. B. Wm. Buffington.....G. Marshall W. H. Ford.....G. Historian 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 21, 1924: We Reach and Need Them All DIAMOND REAL ESTATE CO. 1-acre and 4-room log house.and out buildings of all kinds. All kinds of fruit, $850—$150 down. 1-acre unimproved. All kinds of fruit, $550—$100 down. 4-room house, 1 acre. All kinds of fruit and out buildings. Close in $2900, $600 down. 3-room house, 25 feet. All kinds of fruit, $1,200, $150 down. 8-room house, 70 ft. $3,500, $500 down. 7-room brick modern house, 50 feet, close in, $4,500, $650 down. Terms to suit on all of this property. SEE US BEFORE BUYING Diamond Real Estate Company Geo. McClelland, Pres. 547 State Ave., K. C., K. Drexel 2287 W. T. WHITELAW Phone Fairfax 0622 3091 N. 27th St. Kansas City, Kan. THE POPULARY SANTAL MIDY MUSEUM OF CATARR OF BLADDER SANTAL MIDY CATARM OF BLADDER GUARD YOUR HEALTH SANYKIT PROPHYLACUTIC for MEN Afforda Uitmeest Protection After Infestious Exposure Large Tissue Size (11) or All Draggeln or San-Y-Kit Dept. A 92 Riverside St, New York Write for Circulars ROBINSON LAUNDRY CO. Prompt, Efficient Service. Office and Residence, 333 Lafayette Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas Fairfax 1174. . N. B. Robinson, Mgr Mrs. Luella Green NOTARY PUBLIC 516 Minnesota Avenue Copying neatly done to order. All work strictly confidential. 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. D. W. HURLEY, W.M. 419 Freeman Ave. 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. Silver Chord Lodge No. 104 F. & A. A. York Masons. Meet the second and fourth Wed- nesday evenings of each month, Mason Hall, 2538 Washington stret, Denver, Colo. P. B. SPEAR, W. M. 1039 26th Ave. [ Friday, November 21, 1924 THE EYE OF GOD All Work Guaranteed Kassel Jewelry Go. 518 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, Kansas Call Fair- fax 0380 Or 4422 CLEVER DEVICE FOR DESTROYING WEEDS Magnet Used to Separate Seeds From Clover. Dodder is a parasitic weed that twines around the stalks of respectable plants and gets its living from them. In clover especially its eradication has presented a most serious problem. Seeds of the two plants become mixed and, being quite small and similar in size, it has hitherto been impossible to throw out the intruder. Nevertheless, the trick is now being done. An electromagnet does it. The explanation is very simple, says Compressed Air Magazine. A quantity of very fine iron filings is sifted upon and stirred into the mixture to be separated, and the mass is moistened. The wet clover seed remains smooth and clean, but the dodder develops a sticky substance to which the iron dust clings. Then the seed is poured in a thin, flat stream in front of a powerful electromagnet without actually coming in contact with it. But even so the pull of the magnet is sufficient to draw the iron-coated seeds slightly out of their vertical course and away from the clean clover seeds, so that the latter drop straight down while the former are carried a little to one side and deposited in a separate receptacle. "Art" Monstrosities to Be Obliterated With all his other faults it appears that Kalser Wilhelm "that was" had absolutely no feeling for art and Germany is about to obliterate many of the sculptured and pictured traces of his reign. Critics and artists agree that the additions to New palace and Sans Souci in Potsdam made by the former emperor belong to the pampas grass and anti-macassar age. So the ugly things are to be removed. Professor Foerster, a leading art authority, has been commissioned to direct the process of elimination. It is agreed that one of the chief eyesores is an immense marble group placed in the bedroom occupied by Frederick the Great and depicting the dying struggles of that revered monarch. And the work of removing all the artistic horrors is not to be limited to the palaces. Berlin is to be freed of its worst marble monstrosities and other assorted mementoes of an unhallowed past. Glided eagles, giant Germanias and ferocious margraves are to be auctioned or destroyed. Thus pass the symbols of a spurious greatness—From the Argonaut. Colored Onions Repel Germs Colored Onions Respond In the course of an investigation of some plant diseases that attack the common onion plant, Dr. J. C. Walker has discovered that the colored varieties of onions are highly resistant to the diseases, whereas the pure white onions succumb at once. The secret is that the skins of the colored onions contain a chemical which is polisonous to the germs causing the disease. If one of these germs tries to penetrate into the colored onion bulb the germ is killed. White onions lack this germ poison and disease finds them, therefore, an easy prey. Gives Moths Pneumonia Giving moths pneumonia and thus getting rid of them by artificially creating a sort of flue epidemic is the latest method of extermination being tried in London. This requires no bacteriological cultures or scientific apparatus. When it is found that moths have gotten into an article of clothing it is placed in a refrigerator, left there several days, then exposed to a temperature of 50 degrees and then again refrigerated. This gives the moths pneumonia and kills them all. V Chief petty officers from the U. S. S. Milwaukee on the ship's "shaken down" cruise to Australia and the South Sea Isles, buxing bows and arrows from the natives of Kieta, Solomon islands, to take back to the folks at home. Minnehaha's Grave Located At De Soto, Wis., a town of 340 population, which was settled by New England Yankees, the Indian malden Minnehaha is burled on the crest of a hill overlooking the town. Many persons wrongly suppose she was burled in Minnesota, where Minnehaha falls are located. Finishing Touches Edith—Are you going back to the city soon? Madge—Not for a week or so. I have two engagements to break before I go.—Boston Transcript. Heavy Death Duties Nearly $7,500,000 was paid in death duties on the estate of Sir Emil Ropner, a British ship owner, who left an estate of $18,000,000. Onion Only Ectable Lily The chief value to man of the lily family, to which the onion belongs, is a purely ornamental one, says Dr. A. B. Stout, director of laboratories of the New York botanical garden, in the Detroit News. Doctor Stout is an expert on lilies. A general survey of the true lilies and their near relatives reveals that the illy family contains relatively few plants of importance as food and fiber crops, says Doctor Stout. Of these the onions are perhaps most important. The young shoots of asparagus are among the delicacies of the spring season. Bulbs of certain of the true lilies are eaten by man, especially in China. The seeds of a Ruscus are used as a substitute for coffee. One member of the illy family, New Zealand flax, yields fiber. Several members yield medicinal products; of these sarsaparilla (from smilax) may be mentioned. The list of important economic plants in this family is, however, not a noteworthy one. May Tell State Secrets The European chancelleries are said to be anxiously awaiting disclosures which possibly may be made in the memoirs of Frau Katherine Schratt, the aged actress who for many years was the favorite and confidante of Emperor Frunz Josef of Austria. She is popularly supposed to have had knowledge of the facts surrounding the murder of Archduke Francis Ferdinand and also secrets of international diplomacy preceding the World war. Frau Schratt has often been pointed to as the one woman who could keep a secret, but it is now reported that she is willing to consent to the publication of her memoirs. To Katherine Schratt Francis Joseph is supposed to have divulged intimate secrets, which even his closest admirers did not know. The actress, who was a member of the Royal theater in Vienna when Francis Joseph met her, still lives in that city. Insincere John S. Sumner, superintendent of the Society for the Suppression of Vice, said in New York the other day: "The authors of erotic books and plays always claim that their work has a moral influence, that it makes for reform. "These men remind me of a picture in an exhibition. It was a picture of a beautiful nude woman, kneeling, her head bowed. "Fine, ain't it? a man said. He consulted the catalogue and added: "It's called "Repentance." "Humph,' said the man's wife. You'd think if she'd repented, she'd put some clothes on." To Preserve Wild Fowl According to Dr. W. E. Nelso, chief of the bureau of biological survey of the United States government, the number of wild water fowl is gradually decreasing, but there are still more wild water fowl today than there are feeding grounds for them. Ducks get about 93 per cent of their food from vegetation and wild geese get 97 per cent. A move is on to establish feeding grounds in the sloughs and marshy grounds for them. Owners of such tracts are urged to sow wild rice, pondweed, red head grasses, wild celery, spatterdock and muskgrass for the benefit of these fowls. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE SCOUT OLD THEORY OF "EARLY TO BED" The "early to bed" rule receives little favor among a group of septuagenarians and octogenarians who have replied to a questionnaire of a New York paper on the secret of a hale longevity. Mr. Edison says bluntly that the observance of this rule "produces stupidity." Luther Burbank replies that going to bed early is not a bad idea if a man will stay awake and think. He has written all his books in bed at intervals when he has happened to wake up in the night or early in the morning. The notes made then are typewritten later and put into shape for publication. Most of these veterans agree, too, that a man's work, if he takes it seriously enough, provides him with sufficient exercise. If a man doesn't overeat, Mr. Edison contends, he will not find it necessary to resort to assorted callisthenics to work off the burden upon his digestive system. Moderation in eating seems, indeed, to be the one help towards good health and long life that commends itself to all who have taken part in this symposium. FAMOUS CHARACTERS IN POPULAR BOOKS "Olliver Twist," as at first born in the brain of Dickens, was a different creation from the Oliver we know. It was a visit by Dickens to Cruikshank's studio that changed the life story of the workhouse boy. There the author saw a series of sketches illustrating the career of a London thief. There was a sketch of Fugin's den. There was the Artful Dodger, Charley Bates and Bill Sikes. All these Dickens worked into the book which the world knows so well. Sir Rider Huggard won greater fame by his strange creation, the never-dying queen, "She," than by anything else he wrote. "She's" origin was the legend of the Queen Majaji, well known to the natives of the hills around Zoutpansberg, which Sir Rider was one of the first Britishers to hear. Majaji has really been dead for many years, but the natives believe she still lives, hidden in some mysterious cavern of the mountains of the Transvaal. Motion Pictures Used to Save Texas Game Motion pictures as educational factors are more and more recognized. New evidence of appreciation of their possibilities, says the Argonaut, is given by the game commission of Texas. Popularity of automobiles has increased the numbers of hunters and fishermen until only an awakening of state pride can save the deer, wild turkey, trout and black bass from extermination. Two ardent sportsmen who are also cameramen were sent 10,000 miles through the big state in the last year to collect material for a picture depicting wild animal life, and now that copies of the film have been shown over the state, there has been started a persistent agitation for the preservation of Texas game life. Other states are becoming interested, and the two sportsmen-cameramen will make a similar picture for the state of Arkansas. Turkish Divorce Custom in Turkey has made almost any trivial cause sufficient ground for a man to divorce his wife. It has made the Turk man the owner of the power to divorce. He may rid himself of his wife by merely saying before two witnesses, "I divorce you." Then, if he wishes, he may marry her again for a second time, divorce her by the same simple process, marry her a third time and divorce her. But before he marries her a fourth time she must have been married, if only for one day, to some other man and then divorced. If a husband chooses, he may indulge in a cubic divorce process by saying before two witnesses, "I divorce you with three divorces."—Beatrice Hill Ogilvie in Current History Magazine. Floyd Dell, popular novelist, discussing marital problems in Hearst's International, claims he had the temerity to address the following remarks to his bride the day after the wedding: "If you think this is one of those modern, advanced, civilized, artistic, sociological experiments, you are mistaken, young woman! This is a regular old-fashioned honest-to-God marriage. And if one of us finds the other falling in love with someone else, she had better not pretend to be refined and unselfish and polite about it—she had better trust to her instincts and raise h-1. Some things are worth quarrelling over and happiness is one of them. And because we want to be very, very happy, we shall probably have many, many quarrels." Forests Prevent Floods More than 2,122,970 acres of forest lands have been acquired by the federal government on the watersheds of navigable streams as a safeguard against floods and to promote the regularity of stream flow, it is disclosed in a circular issued recently by the forest service. The purchase of the land was provided for 13 years ago by the passage of the Weeks law. The federal government already controlled large national forests in the West which to a large extent were located on the watersheds of navigable streams there, so most of the land acquired under the Weeks law is in the East and South. Time's Changes A small American automobile recently in four hours did what it required the Israelites 40 years to accomplish in their exodus from Egypt to Palestine. This was crossing the Sinai desert, the wild and barren region between the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Akabah, a distance of about 130 miles. Record Electric Sign The world's largest electric advertising sign now flashes out the merits of a brand of ginger ale from a building in Times square, New York city. The sign extends for an entire city block and is 58 feet tall, almost equal to the height of a six-story building, says Popular Science Monthly. Embarrassing Offer My little niece, who accompanied me to the dentist several times this summer when I was getting my set of teeth, won a large box of caramels at our church fair recently. Trying to stop her from eating so many, I said, when she offered me some. "No thanks, dear, they're bud for the teeth," when in a loud, shrill voice, before a lot of people standing in front of my booth, she replied, "I'll hold your teeth for you, Aunty, while you eat 'em."—Correspondence, Kansas City Times. A Mystery "Looky yur, you confounded young whelp!" yelled Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge, to his son, Runt. "I never in my life seed such a lazy, trifling, no'count little devil as you are. How in the name of torment did you come to be so low-down ornery with a smart, sensible, industrious man for a father?" "Well—h—l's horns!—" howled Runt. "I always 'sposed you was my father!"—Kansas City Star. Church Has Free Jitneys In order to increase and hold attendance at his church the pastor of a rural church in Ohio has mapped out routes which go past members of his congregation and has arranged with his members who own automobiles to allow their cars to be free jitneys for others who do not own cars. The attendance has grown as a result. Frequent Companions Tourist—The stork would seem to be the only animal that ever visits this community. Native—Wrong, stranger, it's frequently followed by the wolf when it makes its calls. Earl D. Clark Insurance PHONE DREXEL 1525 7th and Minnesota Over Drug Store 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 Call Fairfax 3767 Hall, Walker and Green 312 Washington Blvd. Twin City Funeral Home Personal Service Rendered Day and Night Res. Phones: Fairfax 5319, Hiland 2517 Residence, 1239 State Avenue, Phone Fifield 0861W Office Hours 9:30 a. m. to 12—2 to 5; 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. ALL PATIENTS BY APPOINTMENT OFFICE PHONE—DREXEL 1258 Dr. J. H. Moore Dental Surgeon 428 MINNESOTA AVENUE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS LET US FIGURE ON THAT NEXT ORDER OF YOURS OUR MOTTO: "THE GOLDEN RULE" PHONE DREXEL 2281 1216 ARMSTRONG CLEAN COAL PROMPT SERVICE Childs LET US FIGURE ON THAT OUR MOTTO: "TH PHONE DREXEL 2281 "Imagination in Business" Hardware Merchant—I tell you, that new salesman we put on is a corker— he's got ideas! Traveling Salesman—What's he done? Hardware Merchant—He's sold that big lot of old-fashioned washing-machines we had in the warehouse—the ones that work by hand, you know—just told the stout woman who came in that the pretty girl he had showing them used this plan to reduce her weight—Good Hardware. Speed of Trains There are only four scheduled express trains with a speed of 50 miles per hour and over on the European continent. These are all in France: Paris-Arras express, 120 miles at 56.3 miles per hour; Troyes-Paris express, 103 miles at 56.1 miles per hour; Les Aubrais-St. Pleure des Corps express, 69.5 miles at 52.8 miles per hour; Bordeaux-Agen express, 84.5 miles at 50.7 miles per hour. Foreign Trade Grows Trade of the United States with over 1,000,000,000 neighbors on the opposite side of the globe has trebled since the beginning of the World war. Our imports from the 20 countries and colonies occupying that part of the globe immediately opposite the United States, says the Trade Record of the National City Bank of New York, approximated $1,000,000,000 in the fiscal year 1924, just ended, against $315,000,000 in 1913. The exports to the 20 countries in question in 1924 totaled $712,000,000, against $235,000,000 a decade ago. NO newspaper can succeed without advertising, therefore we solicit the patronage of our readers for those who by their advertising help to make this paper possible. PAGE THREE Clark Insurance EXEL 1525 Over Drug Store WANT HAIR nth Ninth Street D. TAYLOR'S SHOP y, Kansas rfax 0442 rfax 3767 Hair and Green ington Blvd. Funeral Home ordered Day and Night x 5319, Hiland 2517 venue, Phone Fifield 0861W Hours 5; 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. Y APPOINTMENT —DREXEL 1258 St. Moore Surgeon KANSAS CITY, KANSAS GOOD WEIGHT HIGHEST QUALITY Coal Co. T NEXT ORDER OF YOURS THE GOLDEN RULE" 1216 ARMSTRONG PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Willie Tellington, Plaintiff, vs. No. 23928 Josie Tellington, Defendant. To the above named defendant, you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above named court, by the above named plaintiff, and that unless you appear and answer the petition filed against you, on or before the 19th day of December, 1924, the petition will be presented to court, and evidence will be introduced thereon, upon which a judgment will be rendered, the nature of which will be a decree, divorcing the plaintiff from you, and for the costs of this action. WILLIE TELLINGTON, By I. F. Bradley, his Atty. Attest, CARL W. FINCKE, Clerk, District Court. (First published November 7, 1924) HAVE BETTER HAIR EVERYBODY LIVES TO LOOK THEIR BEST EVERY LINE TO WELL GROOMED HAIR ADDED TO PERSONAL APPEARANCE. BY USING FORD'S HAIR POMADEANDFORD'S HAIR STRAIGHTENING AND SHAMPOO COMBS, STUBBORN, HARSH, SNARLY & UNRULY HAIR BECOMES SOFTER, STRAIGHTER. 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Townsend, from Nashville, and many others. I will not have time to tell you about them all. While in the city, I am the guest of Dr. Joseph A. Booker and his family, and I have found pleasure in being in their home. J. Robert Booker is the lawyer, William Booker is to be a lawyer, but he is not ripe enough to pluck yet, two boys are in school, three girls married, and the other one teaching. This is the end of the Booker family. I have called on E. C. Bush, the son of his father, who was stricken about three years ago. He is now lingering between life and death, but let us pray that he will remain with his wife some time yet, but it is not favorable. He was direct successor to his father as supreme scribe for the Mosaic Templars of the world. He was a good secretary, but when his health failed, there was a younger brother who stepped right into the harness and he is a wonderful business man. He has the love and respect of all. I have often told you that damphules run automobile car carriages, and they are just taking the lives of others and over taking their own fule lives. Mrs. Estrella Bush-Brown, and Mrs. Bessie Smith-Morris, with others were riding in their automobile car carriage when two damphules were racing, and ran into their car turning it over, and both of our women were almost hurled into eternity. Both were hurt severely, and the damphules who caused the trouble are worthless fules. Mrs. Brown was injured about the head and body, and it looked like she was going to lose one of her lookers, but it has been saved. It was a question for a while whether or not she would remain in this world, but she is now on the road to get well. Mrs. Morris, is the wife of Fred Douglass Morris, of Chicago, the son of the late E. C. Morris of Baptist fame. She had her right leg broken, and cut about the head. She is just now learning how to walk with crutches. We all thank God taht her dife was spared. It is hard on a lady to have her lower right arm out of commission. Such is life. I am sure that she will be herself again, but of course will carry a scar. We regret this, but it is better tocarry that, both of them, than to be planted in the ground. The Baptists are having a big time here, and I am having it with them. I had the pleasure of taking a meal at the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. M. Caver, and then I have been to other places. We are all getting ready now for the meeting of the Lincoln League in Chicago in February, and we are looking for the Tuskegee conference. These meetings are to be held. How did the election suit you? It is all over and whether you are pleased or not you must just take it. If you don't like it then lump it. I think I will have to bring this letter to a stop. I am going to tell you about the other things in other letters. If you want to write to me, send the letter care A. M. E. Conference, Cameron, Texas. I am off for Texas. J. O. MIDNIGHT. WHAT'S THE USE PAGE FOUR Flying Chaff Ingratitude is infamous. A wise man hastens to forgive. Even master minds borrow. We never forsake our prejudices, though we may chain them. Become a sheep and you will soon see a wolf. Fnith is said to remove warts. Mountains can wait. There is too much "splendid isolation" of individuals. With all his faults, I love him still, is the slogan of friendship Knockers sow tacks in the pathway of the clariot of progress. The century plant is a case of age before beauty. A girl isn't necessarily an angel because she is flighty. The thermometer sometimes gets very low, but it is never vulgar. Scientific sophists make one wonder whether he is controlled by his glands or his soul. Speaking makes a ready man, though not if the hecklers are too ready. There are many temperance men, no doubt, who hate to be forced to become teetotalers. By far, life's greatest success is on being able to add to the world's store of ideas. No matter how good a brain a man has, there are problems that tax it to the utmost. One who feels diffident might try dressing in the height of the fashion and see if that helps. Why does one recall so often and so needlessly the times he has made a fool of himself? Ring Oddly Restored At Sullivan, Mo., C. C. Rose found a gold ring on the small end of a potato growing in his garden. The ring's story became known through its markings. More than fifty years ago Mrs. J. A. Dotter was visiting where Itose now lives. The ring was too large for her, and while helping to wash the dishes the ring came off. The dishwater was thrown out into the yard, and although a diligent search was made, the ring could not be found. Telephone when you want that next job of Printing You will get first-class work, and you will get it when promised, for having work done when promised is one of the rules of this office. If you prefer, send the order by mail or bring it to the office in person. Let Us Show You What We Can Do THE KANSAS-CITY ADVOCATE 206-206 Hunters report fine luck in the wooded districts near Mattewan, Pa. The above photograph is evidence of the truth of the reports, showing a party of hunters returning after a three-days' trip with three deer strapped to their car. Blind Girl Performs A bind girl in London has just performed the remarkable feat of taking down a 40,000 book in shorthand and then transcribing it. The Braille system of shorthand was used. The work was done by Miss Green during her spare time in the evenings, as she works in the National Institute for the Blind every day. Braille shorthand notes, of course, are not written in the ordinary manner of shorthand. They are typed on a special machine invented by an official of the Institute for the Blind. There are only seven keys of Braille characters on the machine, and it is typed onto ribbon paper. By this means the blind girl was able to read her notes afterward and accurately transcribe them on an ordinary typewriter. Missed Their Calling Two well-known actors were playing golf and every stroke proclaimed that they were novices at the game. Several fair sized pieces of turf had been sent skyward and when one unusually large piece departed from its native soil one of the accompanying caddies turned to the other and whispered: "Did ver tell me they were actors. "Did yer tell me they are actors, Bill?" "Yes," answered the other. "Well," was the reply, "all I can say is they ought to be scene shifters."—Dramatic News. "Peter Pan of Nations" "America is truly the Peter Pan of nations," says Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather, British cartoonist. "Here I find dignified men of business, bankers, brokers and statesmen reading the comics. In England or on the continent such a thing could not happen. America is a youthful country and Americans have the spirit of youth in their hearts. They like to laugh."—Capper's Weekly. Feet Warned of Fire The bare feet of a Yazoo City (Miss.) youth discovered a fire. He told his boss, the proprietor of a drug store, that the floor "felt hot to his feet" while he was walking around in the store doing his chores. A minute later smoke was seen coming out of the ventilator and the fire department was summoned. Railway for Mount Fuji Application for permission to build a cable railway up Mount Fuji has been filed with the department of home affairs and railways by a group of Tokyo capitalists. The government has ordered a survey of the mountain's slopes preliminary to issuing the necessary permits. Just Think of It The Motorist—I believe the automobile is man's greatest blessing. The Nature Lover—But think of the famlne it must have caused among the horsefiles. Ready to Begin Again Hilda—So you made up your quarrel with Tom? Dorls—Yes, but only temporarily. We're getting married next month.—Stray Stories. I'LL SEE IF I CAN'T SNEAK HIM- INTO THE PASSENGER CAR WITHOUT THE CONDUCTOR GETTIN' WISE Chorus Girls and Dogs "One of the amazing things to me," remarked a reservation clerk in a hotel, "is the number of chorus girls who carry dogs. They come in here with dogs of all breeds in their arms or on leashes, and then assume a woeful, injured air when we mention the fact that dogs are not allowed in guest rooms. At first they are indignant, resenting in a way—or making a great bluff at least—our attitude regarding their pets. We are obdurate and explain that we have a place in the basement where dogs are cared for, but the majority leave rather than be separated from their canines. Why, if we let the chorus girls, and others with speaking parts take their dogs to their rooms we could in a short time boast of running the biggest kennel in the world."—Detroit News. Civil War Tobacco A plug of tobacco found in Libby prison when General Sewell and his forces entered Richmond, is now owned by Wilmer T. Nields, of West Chester, Pa. It is about two inches by three in size and formed of Virginia tobacco mixed with licorice and molasses. It is as fresh as the day it was pressed into form. No one has sampled it as yet, nor is any one going to, if Mr. Nields has his way. Suited Suitor She became engaged to a handsome foreigner. He was a nobleman in his own country. One day she told him how she had to fight for her love. "My father," she said, "is always saying that he would give $1,000 for me never to see you again." The nobleman jumped to his feet and cried: "Is he—is he in hees office now—yes?" New Way to Plant Trees A method of tree planting which is claimed to save six years' growth has been developed by the German department of forestry. The roots of the baby trees are spread in the way nature intended, instead of up and down as is usually done. German foresters also say that packing the earth about young trees is wrong, as it robs the roots of breathing space. At the Little Window Bank Cashler (new at the job)—I'm sorry, sir, but you will have to be identified before I can cash this check. Patron—But it is drawn to "Bearer." Cashler—I see that, sir, but how do I know that you are he?—Boston Transcript. Jazz for Wedding At the recent wedding of a popular musician in London the wedding march was played on jazz instruments and the bridal pair made their exit from the church beneath a triumphal arch of trombones. Siren Guards Pay Rolls Equipped with an electric siren, a newly patented case for carrying pay rolls will give alarm should any one try to snatch it. West End Tailoring Co. Ladies' and Gents' High-Class Tailoring SPECIAL ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRING Come in and See our Spring and Summer Suitings Cut and Made by Mr. M. L. Smith, the noted West Indies Tailor GUARANTEED TO FIT C. H. PHILLIPS, PROP. Fairfax 1146 1306 North Tenth Street, Kansas City, Kansas 529 State Avenue. Fairfax 1050 The following is only a special prices. 7-room modern house on Thomas high school. $3,000. $500 street. 5-room modern cottage on W. others on this same street. 5-room modern house, 50 ft. of Intercity viaduct; $4,200; same street. Fine big rooming house; inconcity viaduct; just the place. Fine vacant lot at 911-13 Nebcash or terms. 4-room cottage; one full acre of all kinds; chicken fenel paved street; nice and level. 3 storerooms, 8-room modern rented on North 5th street corner lot; transfer point; School; this is going to p. 4-apartment solid brick building Nebraska avenue; 5 room heat; rents for over $100 m. Don't stop at this list— A Printing Service PRINTING, A PERSONAL SERVICE YOU GET MORE THAN THE GRAY FIFTH AT OAKLAND AVENUE DUNLAP COM FIFTEENTH THE BEST LAUNDRY SOFT WATER USED PHONE HARRISON 0592 S. DIGGS FRATERNI 312-314 VACANT EAST SIDE.....First and WEST SIDE.....First WEST SIDE.....First WEST SIDE.....First is only a few of our weekly house on Thompson street; one bldg. $3,000. $500 down; several other cottage on Washington boulevard; same street. house, 50 ft. on State avenue; garagcduct; $4,200; $2,000 down; severen. 23 ROOMS house; income $300 a month; on just the place for roomers. 911-13 Nebraska avenue; just rea. one full acre of ground; fruit tree, chicken fence and houses; garage, nice and level. room modern house in rear; all north 5th street; two blocks of Park transfer point; two blocks of North is going to prove a fine investment; brick building at the corner of avenue; 5 rooms to each apartment or over $100 month; will sell or reat at this list—call us up for other Printing Service of No Rent GRAY'S PRINTING, "THAT'S RISE" NAL SERVICE—HUMAN CONSIDER MORE THAN YOU PAY FOR—AS THE GRAY PRINTING OAKLAND AVENUE BELL B NLAP LAUNDRY COMPANY FIFTEENTH AND BROADWAY NLAP LAUNRY SERVICE PER USED EXCLUSIVE ON 0592 KA FAIR ERNITYBUILT 2-314 Nebraska VACANT DATES First and Third Wednesda First and Third Mon First and Third Tues First and Third Wednesda Yes. The following is only a few of our weekly bargains at our special prices. 7-room modern house on Thompson street; one block of Northeast high school. $3,000. $500 down; several others on this same street. 5-room modern cottage on Washington boulevard; $3,000; several others on this same street. 5-room modern house, 50 ft, on State avenue; garage; one block of Intercity viaduct; $4,200; $2,000 down; several others on this same street. 23 ROOMS Fine big rooming house; income $300 a month; one block of Intercity viaduct; just the place for roomers. Fine vacant lot at 911-13 Nebraska avenue; just right for building; cash or terms. 4-room cottage; one full acre of ground; fruit trees, berries, vines of all kinds; chicken fence and houses; garage; one block of paved street; nice and level. 3 storerooms, 8-room modern house in rear; all brick and fully rented on North 5th street; two blocks of Park Street Junction corner lot; transfer point; two blocks of Northeast Junior High School; this is going to prove a fine investment for somebody. 4-apartment solid brick building at the corner of 6th street and Nebraska avenue; 5 rooms to each apartment; modern except heat; rents for over $100 month; will sell or rent; terms. Don't stop at this list—call us up for other bargains. ```markdown ``` A PERSONAL SERVICE—HUMAN CONSIDERATION YOU GET MORE THAN YOU PAY FOR—ASK ANYBODY THE GRAY PRINTING CO. FIFTH AT OAKLAND AVENUE BELL FAIRFAX 4187 THE BEST LAUNRY SERVICE POSSIBLE SOFT WATER USED EXCLUSIVELY BY US PHONE HARRISON 0592 KANSAS CITY. MO. EAST SIDE.....First and Third Wednesday Afternoons WEST SIDE.....First and Third Monday Afternoon WEST SIDE.....First and Third Tuesday Afternoon WEST SIDE.....First and Third Wednesday Afternoon THE Merchants who advertise in this paper will give you best values for your money. A- A ON TRAIN RIGHT, T THERE, BOW BAGGAGE CAR Outta H WHY DIDN'T YOU T PUTTIN' HIM UNT YER COAT O SUMPTHI BAGGAGE CAR WHY DIDN'T YOU TRY PUTTIN' HIM UNDER YER COAT OR SUMPTHIN? AW- WY 24TH Friday, November 21, 1924