Kansas City Advocate

KANSAS MILLION DOLLAR CO- OPERATIVE INDUSTRY PLANNED BY MOSAIC TEMPLARS IN ARKANSAS Local Order Here Purchases Two-Story Building With the object of establishing a new industry in Arkansas which will entail an investment of about a million dollars, Scipio Jones, one of the leaders of the colored race in Little Rock, acting in co-operation with the Mosaic Templars of America, the outstanding negro fraternal beneficiary society of this country, has mailed a circular letter to the 110,000 members of the order throughout 22 states of the Union. The letter sets out the financial progress being made by the Negro race, and suggests the formation of a great industrial enterprise to be financed, owned and managed by the colored people, to engage in the manufacture of a widely used article, which could be sold to the members of the organization below current market prices. A cotton mill it is believed will result from the inquiries being made, to be located in Arkansas. The national meeting of the Mosaic Templars takes place once every four years, and in July of next year 5,000 delegates from all the states where Mosaic Templar lodges exist, will assemble in Little Rock. At the meeting it is expected that the membership of the Mosaics will have been increased from 110,000 the present number, to 250,000, and that enough Mosaics can be induced to subscribe a small sum each to finance the proposed new industrial organization, which it is expected will be formed on co-operative lines. Scipio Jones informed The News that the Mosaic Templars of America with headquarters in Little Rock, Ark., will do a most unusual thing this year in the fraternal circle by paying off $90,000 in death claims to beneficiaries of deceased members of the order, on December 21, 1924, four days before Christmas. During the present month this order will collect $180,000, he said. Negro fraternal orders in the state of Arkansas are a great asset, not only to the Negroes, but also to the state. The combined assets of all the Negro fraternal orders in Arkansas for the year ended 1923, amounted to $3,089,021, an increase of $153,028 over the previous year; for the same year's report of the State Insurance Commissioner there was a decrease of $11,612 in the total liabilities; there is an increase of 61,702 members and a decrease of $8,282 in claims paid. Most of the orders are housed in their own building and the yearly pay roll of all the orders amounts to approximately $300,000 or more. The average cash balance carried daily in the banks over the state amounts to $1,500,000. The solvency valuation of these orders compares favorably with TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. THANKS The Advocate and its staff wishes to thank its many loyal subscribers for their patronage for the past year and years gone by, in their support of their home paper. We have weathered now on our eleventh year, without missing an issue and what little good we may have done in these years of struggle, it has always been done to the best of our ability in a clean and honest way. What we have given your family and the public to read to our mind has been matter free from distorting the mind of our readers from the lofty ideals of life. At the beginning of the New Year many of our subscriber's subscriptions expire, but we feel and are desirous of your renewal for 1925, so we are going to thank you in advance for a continuance of The Advocate coming weekly in your home. Our collectors will pleasantly call on you soon in the city and we will thank those out of the city to mail the office a money order or check. Address Kansas City Advocate, 1111 N. 8th street, Kansas City, Kansas. Vol. XI THOMAS KENNEDY EDITOR AND PUBLISHER ISHOP CAREY E. J. PACKER PASSES AWAY. Mr. E. J. Packer, one of the city's honored citizens passed away Tuesday, December 23 at Wheatly hospital after several weeks' illness. He with his splendid wife and adopted daughter, moved from New Orleans to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1917 and live in the 400 block on Everett avenue. He was known as one of our best citizens and a man of christian piety. The deceased was a member of First A. M. E. church and stood high as a man of God. He was a high Mason and was a Shriner, they holding services at the church Friday night. The funeral was held Saturday afternoon from the church, his pastor, Rev. C. E. Brooks, delivering the funeral eulogy. The Blue Lodge were in charge of the services. He leaves a devoted wife and an adopted daughter and many friends, to mourn the departure of a noble christian character. The pastor of First A. M. E. church, Rev. C. E. Brooks and his estimable wife, Mrs. Gertrude Brooks, and her cousin, Miss Alma Raymond, were flooded with Christmas presents during the holidays. While many came from out of town, all were largely remembered from members of the church and friends in the city. the valuation of other fraternal orders of this country. The heads of the organization are competent business men, wide-awake and progressive, and possessing the business tact and acumen necessary for the successful management of their institutions. The national officers are contemplating the establishing of a cotton mill in this state for the purpose of giving employment to the many members of the order and of the race. All here in the state are contented with a few exceptions. To say nothing of the valuable property owned by the Negroes in the cities and in the towns, it is indeed eminently creditable to their thrift that they own 15,369 farms that are in high state of cultivation and valued at $45,536,338. The Negro population of the state is 472,220 of which 187,565 are of school age. There are above 3,000 Negro school teachers in the state and it is the concensus of opinion among the teachers that conditions in Arkansas demand the extension of teachers' training facilities and justify the establishing of a normal school for Negro teachers. The Mosaic Templars of America occupy a rather unique place in the realm of fraternal orders for the great and grand institution that now stands as a monument to the genius of the founders is today, but a lengthened shadow of two great personalities—John E. Bush and Chester A. Keats. LOCAL LODGE IN OWN HOME. The local Mosaic Templars, with G. D. Bryson Grand Master, has purchased a commodious two-story brick building at 535 Nebraska avenue, where the local order is now comfortably situated with a modern lodge hall. The local order under Grand Master Bryson, have a dispensation on whereby one can become a member for $1.50 including doctor's certificate of examination. The local lodge rooms are open to the public for meetings. Mr. Bryson's phone is Fairfax 4460, residence, 1040 Washington, blvd. CRIBERS, THANKS We staff wishes to thank its many patronage for the past year and support of their home paper. We eleventh year, without missing good we may have done in these days been done to the best of our best way. What we have given to read to our mind has been the mind of our readers from The New Year many of our sub-lease, but we feel and are desirous so we are going to thank you once of The Advocate coming our collectors will pleasantly call and we will thank those out of a money order or check. Ad- de, 1111 N. 8th street, Kansas THOS. KENNEDY, Editor --- Kansas City, Kansas, January 2, 1925 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS GOOD INTENTIONS OH-H-H-H!! AW-W-W-w!! RESOLVE RACE RELATIONS ARE IMPROVING, SAYS ANNUAL REPORT Inter-racial Commission Tells of Activities in Eleven Southern States. KINDER ATTITUDES AND BETTER CONDITIONS. Great Gains in Education and Civic Advantages—Lynchings Decline Three-Fourths in Two Years. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 31.—A comprehensive survey of what interracial committees throughout the South are doing to promote better relations between the races is embodied in the annual report just issued for general distribution by the Commission on Inter-racial Co-operation, with headquarters in this city. Entitled "Progress in Race Relations," the report is a twenty-page pamphlet packed with stories of concrete achievements in better educational facilities, health campaigns, anti-lynching crusade, legal aid, adjustment of differences, provision of public utilities, the study of race relations in church and college groups, the work of women's organizations in this field, and the co-operation of the press. All the Southern states except Arkansas and Florida are covered by the survey and results are cited reaching down into a great number of local committees. According to the report, the provision of better Negro schools has been a major objective everywhere, followed closely by efforts for better sanitation, hospital accommodations, street improvement, library and playground facilities, justice in the courts, agricultural training, the care of delinquents, improved conditions of travel and other advantages essential to the development of the colorod race in character and efficiency. The report points with special gratification to the reduction of seventy-five per cent in lynchings in the last two years, from 58 in 1922 to 28 in 1923, and fourteen in the current year. No small measure of credit for this result, says the report, is due the newspapers for the "great volume of editorial comment that has helped to make sentiment against this crime." The general attitude of the papers, continues the report, has been sympathetic and helpful. Most encouraging, says the report, is the great change in public sentiment relative to this whole question that has come about in recent years, resulting in better conditions along all lines. As a notable illustration the fact is cited that in all the Southern states the per capita expenditures for Negro education are now two-three and in one case five times as much as ten years ago. OUR APPRECIATION WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION IN THANKING OUR MANY CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS WHO SO GENEROUSLY GAVE US THEIR PATRONAGE DURING THE PAST YEAR OF NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR. IT WILL BE OUR AIM AS WELL AS OUR DUTY, TO GIVE YOU THIS YEAR THAT SAME SERVICE, WITH ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENT. THANKING YOU AGAIN. TENTH STREET ON WASHINGTON BOULEVARD Phone Fairfax 2682 Kansas City, Kansas BROTHER-IN-LAW SHOOTS SISTER-IN-LAW AND THEN COMMITS SUICIDE. Monday morning at Twenty-third street and Lydia avenue on the Mis souri side, Lewis Harris shot Miss Bobbie McClain, his sister-in-law twice and then shot himself, who died in a short time. Miss McClain was taken to the hospital where her condition is considered serious. She is a teacher in Lincoln High school. Harris had been sick for about a year and it is reported he become suddenly unbalanced mentally. Miss McClain had been living with her sister since they moved here from Oklahoma about two years ago. BISHOP A. J. CAREY TO BE AT FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY. The Rt. Rev. A. J. Carey, presiding bishop of the Fifth Episcopal District, will preach at First A. M. E. church next Sunday morning at 11 a. m. This will be the first time Bishop Carey to be with this congregation since he was assigned to this district. As a pulpit preacher, Bishop Carey has no equal on the bench of bishops. Mrs. Marie Wilson, 935 Everett avenue, has been quite sick for several days, but is improving, of which her friends will be pleased to know. The Commission on Inter-racial Cooperation was organized by a group of Southern leaders shortly after the world war, in the effort to stem the tide of race conflict which threatened the country at that time. The crisis having been met, it turned its attention to the permanent improvement of conditions and attitudes. Its membership now numbers seventy-five representative men and women. Dr. M. Ashby Jones, of Atlanta, is Chairman of the Commission and Dr. W. W. Alexander has general charge of the work. A directory of the Commission and of the executive staff is embodied in the report, copies of which are available to all persons interested. -SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWELVE MONTHS $1.50 LESS LYNCHINGS IN 1924. FLORIDA LEADS 9 OTHER STATES. I send you the following concerning lynchings for the past year as compiled by Tuskegee Institute in the Department of Records and Research. I find there were 16 persons lynched in 1924. This is the smallest number lynched in any year since records of lynchings have been kept, and is 17 less than the number 33 for the year 1923, and 41 less than the number 57 for the year 1922. Nine of the persons lynched were taken from the hands of the law, 6 from jails and 3 from officers of the law outside of jails. There were 45 instances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. 2 women, 1 white and 1 colored, were among those thus saved. 8 of these preventions of lynchings were in Northern States and 37 in Southern states. In 36 of the cases the prisoners were removed or the guards augmented or other precautions taken. In 9 other instances, armed force was used to repel the would be lynchers. In 4 instances during the year persons charged with being connected with lynching mobs were indicted. Of the 19 persons thus before the courts only 5 were convicted. These were given jail sentences. Of the 16 persons lynched all were Negroes. 7 or less than one-half of those put to death were charged with rape or attempted rape. The offenses charged were: Murder, 1; rape, 5; attempted rape, 2; killing officer of the law, 2; insulting woman, 3; attacking woman, 1; killing man in altercation, 1; wounding man, 1. The states in which lynchings occurred, and the number in each state are as follows: Florida, 5; Georgia, 2; Illinois, 1; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana, 1; Mississippi, 2; Missouri, 1; South Carolina, 1; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 1. Yours very truly, R. R. MOTON, Principal. Number 20 COL. MIDNIGHT SPENDS CHRISTMAS WITH DR. CHARLES STEWART AND FAMILY IN WINDY CITY MAJOR R. R. JACKSON WILL BE RENOMINATED AND ELECTED SAYS J. O. MIDNIGHT. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 2, 1925.—When you read this letter there will be another year ready for you, and no doubt you will have stirred up your ambition, and ready to make some more resolutions, but I want to say to you that you should not take on any more until you have used up what you have. Christmas was spent an it was one of them old time days like we use to have with some few exceptions, and some of the exceptions were indeed valuable. For instance there was a little egg nogg, but nothing like it used to be. Not many men got drunk on Christmas day, because Americans are law-abiding people, and they live and strive to carry out the 18th Amendment to the Federal Constitution. Christmas was considered the get drunk day. Full of corn and rye, the men used to say, Christmas comes but once a year, and every man should have his share. They would say "I buy my whiskey, make my stew, if I get drunk what is it unto you?" There would be lots of cutting and shooting and even killing. But that has gone into eternity and never to come out again. We are coming to our senses and are celebrating the birth of Christ as it should be. We are realizing that it is the world's greatest gift, or God's gift to man, His only Son, who came into the world to die for man, to restore him back to the image of his God. He was a complete wreck. Millions of dollars were spent in gifts. I am sure that you either made one or received one or both. It was a blessing to be able to both give and receive. It was the dinner day. Many turkeys lost their heads, and here and there you would see a goose head, a duck head, and even a chicken head. But chickens did not figure so much on this occasion as Brother and Sister Turkey. I had the pleasure of going to church Sunday morning or Christmas morning and heard Dr. L. K. Williams preach one more great sermon. He spoke on the First Christmas sermon. It was a sermon of only a few words, and required about a minute to deliver it, but he found so much out of it, and it just lifted our souls heavenward. I enjoyed the sermon to the highest, and then I stepped in to see several other people, and next found me at the home of Charles Stewart, for he had a big turkey sent to him by Dr. Robert R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, and president of the National Negro Business League. Before going on, I want to here stop and take off my hat to Mrs. Elvie L. Stewart, the wife of Charles Stewart, for honey she is one more turkey cookingest woman I have ever known. I tell you she knows how to fix him, and in my opinion the turkey that President Coolidge had did not equal this one, and I enjoyed it better. It was just a family dinner, and there were present Charles Stewart, his wife and son, Mrs. Lucille Gibson, Mrs. Pauline Reed, and Jack Dozier Tuggle and Carrie Dozier Tuggle. Or, of course, I was there to give coloring to the occasion. I will not tell you about all the presents yet, because they are not through coming in. Here is a letter which I received, and I consider it a valuable Christmas present. Will you read it? "Marshall, Texas.—Rev. (Col.) J. O. Midnight:—I have been reading your letters in the paper and I like to read them. I saw where you said that you were going to stop over in Chicago and I thought I would write to you. I want to say that you are one more traveling man. I remember the night when you spoke over to Bethseda Baptist church. I wish you (Continued on page 4.) --- THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE 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 2904 SUBSCRIPTION. One Year ..... $1.50 Six Months ..... .90 Three Months ..... .60 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. BAPTIST CITY MISSION. The Baptist Women's City Mission had a large meeting Friday, December 26, at King Solomon church. Mrs. L. Forrest was re-elected president and most all other officers were retained. Rev. Montgomery, the new pastor of that church, was present was greatly pleased with these women workers. He spoke specially of the city missionary's excellent report, and says he is going to attend all the meetings. Mrs. Rosa Jones was elected chorister of a women's chorus and Mrs. M. C. Matthews was re-elected City Missionary. The next meeting will be the fourth Friday in January at Rev. Moseley's church. All are invited. A NOTED CHARACTER HERE. Many of the Advocate readers and others were delighted to have the honor and pleasure of meeting and shaking the "Lilly Black Hand" of the most travelingest man in all this country, Col. J. O. Midnight, who mingled for a time this week with friends in Kansas City, Kansas. Hundreds of Advocate readers each week read with interest his weekly letters. We regret that all of our readers did not have the opportunity of meeting and shaking hands with this wonderful man. CHURCH BOARD SENDS CHRISTMAS CHEER. The pastors' Aid Board of First A. M. E. church, corner of Eight street and Nebraska avenue, give cheer Christmas to some fifty families. This board under the superintendency of its president, Mrs. J. T. Richardson, delivered on Christmas eve well filled baskets to the homes of families that were not able to buy a Christmas dinner, as others about them. This is an annual affair of this Board, besides they contribute to the needy all the year. Miss Alma Alexander of Sedalia, Mo., is visiting her brother, Dr. Clyde Alexander. Miss Alexander is the house guest of Mrs. Junius N. Gray on Quindaro goulevard. CITIZENS' FORUM. The Women's Commercial Club made a fine showing at Forum. It was also one of the best of three meetings during this administration. It had a larger crowd than all except one meeting and the program was like an all-artist one. Mrs. Anna Fairfax was Mistress of Ceremonies and some of the many features were: The anthem for all races, America; invocation; the anthem written by a colored man; quotations on women; ukelele duet by Misses R. McReynolds and Miss Maeday Gayden, which was encored; Paper, "Women," by Mrs. L. Bills; which was much complimented; Piano Solo, Meditation, by Mrs. B. Agee, was very good. Original Poem, "Women's Greatness" by Mrs. M. C. Matthews. BOLDOCK-BERRY NUPTIALS. Miss Frances Boldock and Mr. William Berry were married Monday evening at Eight o'clock p. m. at the home of her mother, Mrs. Josephine Boldock-Nolan, 1045 Everett avenue. Rev. C. E. Brooks performed the ceremony. Quite a number of invited guests were present and the bride and groom received many valuable and useful presents. Their friends wish for this couple many years of a happy married life. Mr. Samuel Walker of near Bethel, was in the city. Monday on business. --- THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH C. E. BROOKS, Pastor. Parsonage 1111 N. Eighth St. Phone, Fairfax 2904 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 BISHOP CAREY HERE SUNDAY. Sunday was quarterly meeting and while it was the coldest weather of the season on the Lord's Day, a goodly number braved the weather. Presiding Elder W. T. Osborne was present and delivered a fine sermon which was greatly enjoyed by his hearers. The communion sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Morrow, pastor of Mason Memorial Methodist Episcopal church, Oakland and Ninth street The discourse of this divine reached the hearts of those present. A number of visiting ministers were present and assisted at the communion table. Rev. Osborne, the presiding elder filled the pulpit at the evening service. The Allen League rendered an excellent Christmas program at 6:30 p. m. A large number were present and enjoyed its rendition. The Sabbath School held their Christmas exercises and gave out presents Christmas eve, which was enjoyed by the children and their parents present. Bishop A. J. Carey will preach at the 11 o'clock service Sunday and a record crowd is anticipated, as this will be his first sermon in First church since being over this district. Cantata Star of Hope. The Cantata "Star of Hope" that was rendered Christmas morning by the Senior and Junior choirs, will be reproduced this Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. You should hear this wonderful musical production by fifty trained voices. The quarterly conference Monday night showed the church in good working order and the prospects for this year very encouraging, in all departments of the church. The financial side of the church is good. Come out Sunday and hear a wonderful sermon by our bishop and at the evening service to the Cantata. Come and see Mary and the child Jesus, Joseph, shepherds and the three wise men. Geo. W. Tucker, 3520 Barber street, of the Argentine district, one of that community's prominent citizens, died Monday and was buried New Year's day at 2 p. m., from St. Paul A. M. E. church, Rev. J. A. Broadnax, pastor, officiating. Rev. Albert Browne, who has been visiting his mother and relatives during the holidays at 1015 Freeman avenue, has been confined to the house for several days, with tonsilitis. Rev. Browne, is presiding elder of the Charleston district, of West Virginia. Mrs. M. L. Owens was taken ill Tuesday and is with her daughter at 735 Nebraska avenue. Her friends wish for her to soon be out again. Mrs. Charles French of Topeka attended the Inter-state Literary of Kansas and the West here this week. Mrs. French is very active in every enterprise that is worth while. Lawyer and Mrs. J. H. Guy were in attendance to the Inter-state Literary session here this week. Judge Guy is one of the prominent attorneys of his city and his wife is a talented woman and is past historian of the Inter-state Literary association of Kansas and the West. Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins entertained at dinner Christmas, Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks, Miss Alma Raymond, Mrs. Brooks' cousin and Mr. R. A. Clay. ATTENTION! ATTENTION! A lobby will be in evidence at the State Capitol during the sessions of the Legislature. The Afro-American League will keep them on hand from the beginning to the end; all loyal race lovers should interest themselves and give the effort their loyal support. AFRO-AMERICAN STATE LEAGUE, Topeka, Kansas. W. H. RENNELS, President. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES Sunday, December 28, Metropolitan Baptist Church was well attended even though the earth was slippery. The Sunday School was good and at 11 a. m. Pastor Bronson preached an intelligent inspiring sermon. And one of the joiners was Mr. Ed. Pickens, who has returned from Los Angeles, Cal., to stay. At 3 p. m. the Mission Bible Class met. At 4 p. m. the Forum was highly entertained by the Women's Commercial Club. The principal speakers on program were: Mrs. L. Bills, a paper; Mrs. M. C. Matthews, with one of her great original poems, on "Woman," and Commissioner C. D. Darnell. At the night service the B. Y. P. U. gave a program instead of the preaching service. It was good and they gave the church $53. Next Sunday, January 4th, at 11 a. m., the officers-elect of all departments will be installed. And appropriate sermons will be preached. At night, the first Lord's Supper of 1925 will be administered. Don't fail to be present. Church meeting this Friday night. Come to Metropolitan church and join and help put God's program over. Religious Week Day School reconvenes this coming Wednesday, January 7, at this church. CITY BRIEFS AND IN SOCIETY. One of the finest receptions of the season was Adelphia Art Clubs, January 1 at Mrs. J. James, 2602 Walnut boulevard. Beautiful printed invitations were responded to by hundreds of prominent women, who were served in this beautiful modern home from 2 p. m. to 10 p. m. The guests will never forget this New Year reception nor Adelphia Art Club, nor the hostess. Miss Agnes James, one of our brilliant Sumner graduates, who is now teaching successfully in Atchison, visited her mother during the holidays and her many friends were delighted to see her. Mesdames Richardson and Grigsby had an excellent turkey dinner Christmas Day, and served their relatives and also had invited Mrs. M. C. Matthews. Miss Buehlah Douglass, who teaches music in Arkansas, visited her mother and Miss Gertie Langford, during the holidays. Mrs. Ella Morgan, florist, entertained our society editor Christmas Day. Mrs. Algatha Allsbrook, who attends Kansas State Normal at Emporia, is here visiting her relatives during the holidays. She is one of our high school graduates and a fine musician. Mr. Ed. Pickens, who formerly was a successful furniture dealer here, but who went to Los Angeles, Cal., has returned and will purchase property here again and remain here. He says he likes it better here, and his wife will return very soon also. Mrs. M. C. Matthews attended the Christmas Cantata at the Presbyterian Church last Sunday night. Miss Mattie Lawrence, who has been teaching at Norborne, Mo., is home visiting during the holidays. Cantata "Star of Hope," to be reproduced Sunday night, January 4th, by the Junior and Senior choirs, at First A. M. E. church. This Cantata was rendered Christmas morning at the church. Mr. H. R. Baranco of Baton Rouge, La., visited his daughter, Mrs. Watts, and husband, on the Missouri side during the holidays. Mr. Baranco is one of the very prominent citizens of Baton Rouge. The Association Ode, on the program of the Inter-state Literary Association of Kansas and the West, which met here this week, was composed and written by Tilford Davis, Jr., one of our very efficient mailcarriers. Mr. Davis writes some excellent poems and has received many compliments from critics of note. The reproduction of the Cantata "Star of Hope" that was rendered Christmas morning at First A. M. E. church by the Senior and Junior choirs will be a rare treat to the public Sunday evening, January 4th at First A. M. E. church. IT'S FREE. Joseph, Mary and the Babe, the three wise men and the shepherds, will have their place in the Cantata "Star of Hope" Sunday evening, at First A. M. E. church. Mrs. Lydia Ellis has a new enclosed automobile and, now drives to her school at White Church, where she teaches. LONDON AMUSED BY ANT COLONY Among the recent acquisitions at the London Zoological gardens is a nest of umbrella ants which have never been seen before in the gardens. They are proving extremely interesting to Londoners and have had a busy time because during the journey the queen's apartments got terribly disarranged, but the whole community by working overtime soon had them in model shape, says Science Service. In their native home in Trinidad the ants are always to be found in the neighborhood of rose trees. They cut off parts of the petals of the roses and carry these to their nests, holding them over their heads like parasols. On reaching home they masticate the rose petals thoroughly and pile up the resulting mixture in heaps inside the nest. On the beds thus prepared a special fungus grows, of which the ants are very fond. Court Forced to Rule Out Dog's "Testimony" With all the natural intelligence of a dog, he is not always the best witness. In a California court there was a lawsuit over the ownership of a valuable setter dog. About 20 witnesses were examined. 10 of whom declared that the dog belonged to the plaintiff, while the other 10 were equally certain that the dog was the property of the defendant Finally, the dog was called as a witness. The plaintiff then "charged" the dog, which sportsmen recognize as forcing a dog down flat with his nose upon the ground. Everybody tried to get the dog to change his position, but without avail, until the plaintiff snapped his fingers, and then the dog got up. This was considered as conclusive until the defendant "charged" the dog, and he behaved exactly as before. In fact, he would do so for anybody. So his evidence was stricken out and the case went on without him.—Detroit Free Press. Milk Made No Sort of Hit With Slum Woman Hal C. Davis, the noted reformer, said in an address in Pittsburgh: "Politics are so rotten, it's no wonder autocracies have sprung up in Russia, Spain and Italy. An autocracy may spring up here. Our average politician understands statesmanship about as well as the slum woman understood milk. "A model dairy, by way of an advertisement, once supplied a sample quart of rich, pure milk to a slum woman, and next morning, when the wagon stopped again, the woman said: "Don't leave no more of yer milk here, mister. It's on the pig. I'm afeared of it." "Afeared of our milk? Why so, madam? said the delivery man. "I let the sample ye give me yesterday stand for a couple of hours,' she replied, 'and it got a nasty, thick, yaller scum on the top of it, so I got afeared and had to throw it out." Greek Vz. Greek "Now, looky here, young feller!" sternly admonished Constable Sam T. Slackputter, the guardian of the peace and dignity of Petunia, who had come upon a couple spooning in a slowly moving car in the dusk. "You'll have to cut that out! I d'know as I blame you much, but law's law, and we've got an ordinance here that says you can't drive an automobile with one arm." "I've heard of that, Chief," replied the youth. "but it don't fit this case. This automobile hasn't got one arm." —Kansas City Star. His Impression "Aw, no," replied Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge to a tender made by an acquaintance. "I reckon I better not get any more dogs just now. I'd like to, being as I've only got 'leven, but I sorter figger wife is ag'in it." "What makes you think so?" "Well, I hinted about it last night, and she said if I brung any more dogs home for her to feed and fall over she'd burn the house and leave me for good."—Kansas City Star. Education and Earning In three representative areas in Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, tenant farmers with a high school education receive an average annual labor income of $526 a year more than the men with only a common school education. A college education adds to this average $453 a year, making the income of college graduates $979 more a year than the labor earnings of men with a common school training. Church Uses Busses Motor busses are utilized by the Memorial Baptist church of Cortland for the transportation of rural members of the Sunday school. Each Sunday the machines cover the macadamized highways within a radius of seven miles of the town, picking up all within walking distance of the roads who have no other means of conveyance. Washington Star. Willing Target Jimmy and Donald had had their fill of candy, and when more was offered said: "Throw it in the waste basket!" "Throw it at me!" exclaimed little Jean, three years old. DIRECTORY OF MASONIC LODGES Mr. A. B. Stevens is still confined to St. Margaret's hospital with illness. His friends hope his condition may speedily improve. J. H. Hare of Topeka attended the Inter-state Literary association here this week. Mr. Hare was its president the year of 1922. Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Brooks entertained Rev. Charles Stewart of Chicago, at dinner Tuesday. STOP PAYING RENT Own Your Own Home 4 rooms, modern, 50x150 feet. Hardwood floors. $3,000 at $400 down. 7 rooms, modern, $371/2x125, $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. Other Bargains W. R. JOHNSON REAL ESTATE CO. 516 Minnesota Avenue Phones: Drexel 3823, Fairfax 4859 Scientific ORATION All Work Guaranteed Kassel Jewelry Go. 518 Minnesota Ave. Kansas City, Kansas Small Loans Credit Investment Co. Room 208, Wyandotte Building Fifth and Minnesota Avenue Drexel 117 Home DIRECTORY OF M GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. 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. W. M. Bean, Grand Organizer. W. M. Bean, G. S. W. J. W. Wilson, Jr., G. J. W. A. McRoy, G. Tyler. Appointed Grand Officers. Rv D. A. Scott, G. Lcture, K. C. K. Chas. Gordon.....G. S. Dea. C. Brown, G. J. D. Rev. Moses Johnson, Chaplain. Martin Taylor.....G. S. S. Wm. Brutton.....G. J. S. W. M. Cavens, G. P. W. D. V. Smith, Grand Charity Secy. J. W. Wilson.....G. S. B. W. M. Dabney.....G. St. B. Wm. Buffington.....G. Marshall W. H. Ford.....G Historian 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 See. Box 416 Boulder, Colo. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925 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. 4-room house, close in, $1,200, $100 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. Mrs. Luella Green NOTARY PUBLIC 516 Minnesota Avenue Copying neatly done to order. All work strictly confidential. PUBLIC EDUCATION SANTAL MIDY Educational Institution CATARR of BLADDER GUARD YOUR HEALTH SANY-KIT PROPHYLACTIC for MEN Affords Urgent Protection After Intollerant Exposure Large Area 350' X 150' (4' x 3') All Drugs of San-Y-Kit Dept. A 33 Beckman St. New York Write for Circular ROBINSON LAUNDRY CO. Prompt, Efficient Service. Office and Residence, 333 Lafayette Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Fairfax 1174. N. B. Robinson, Mgr 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 street, Denver Colo. FELIX HARRIS, W. M. 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 Ava. FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1925 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In the Probate Court in and for Said County. In the matter of the estate of George E Webb, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of George E. Webb, late of said County, deceased, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 20th day of December. A. D. 1924. Now, all persons having claims against the said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within two years after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. MARY F. WHITE. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, 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 22nd day of December, A. D. 1924. FRANK H. THOMPSON, (Seal) Probate Judge (First Published January 2, 1925.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. Henry A. Menke, Plaintiff vs. Div. 3. No 24555 Henry Eastman and — Eastman, his wife, whose first name is unknown, Nicholas McAlpine and — McAlpine, his wife, whose first name is unknown, and all of their unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, if living, and if dead, all of their unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns. Defendants. To Henry Eastman and — Eastman his wife, whose first name is unknown, Nicholas McAlpine and — McAlpine, his wife, whose first name is unknown, and all of their unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns if living, and if dead, all of their unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns: You and each of you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, by Henry A. Menke, and that the petition in said action was filed o the 12th day of December, A. D. 1924, in said court and that you and each of you must answer said petition as aforesaid on or before the 7th day of February, 1925, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you and each of you, quieting the title of the plaintiff's to all of Lots 3 and 4 in Tourtellot's Addition, now a part of Kansas City, Kansas, as shown by the recorded plat thereof, with all the appurtenances thereto belonging, and forever enjoining you ad each of you from asserting any claim in lieu upon or interest in said property adverse to plaintiff's; and that plaintiff is entitled to a further judgment quieting the title to said property. DORSEY GREEN. Atty. for Plaintiff. (First published December 19, 1924) Call Fair- fax 0380 Or 4422 When a woman neglects her husband's shirts she is no longer the wife of his bosom. Any man who pays spot cash misses a lot of worthless cigars on the first of each month. The man who never made a blunder is a poor one to have in a responsible position. Religion has done much for morality, but the fear of being found out has done more. Time may be money, but the average man would rather give two hours' talk than lend a dollar. The man who courts an helress usually figures on drawing a capital prize in the matrimonial lottery. The most comfortable way a woman can eat her bread is to induce some man to earn it for her. Deep Sea Seems to Breed Quaint Superstitions. There is no place in the world where superstition is so powerful as on the seat, R. Barry O'Brien, writing in the Washington Post, asserts. Let an absent-minded sailor whistle on board ship and his mates will curse him for bringing on a stiff breeze when it is not wanted. But for a sailor to whistle when the ship is enveloped in dense fog is permissible, since the occult wind may disperse the very material fog. Until comparatively recently, under no circumstances, was a young steamship-trained helmsman allowed to mount the "weather side of the bridge." This privilege was reserved for old shellbacks who had been seven times round Cape Horn. But as few seamen can claim such distinction in these days of "iron ships and wooden men" the "leeside" is now universally used. Parsons are never popular afloat. They are supposed to bring bad luck, and are therefore blamed by the crew for any misfortune that occurs. Seamen no longer believe that rats leave an ill-fated ship before she sails. But they still regard the arrival of a corpse for shipment as a very bad omen, and I have known them to desert sooner than sail with it. Strangely enough, the extent of their apprehension on this account varies with the social standing of the deceased, the remains of a celebrity being more unlucky than those of a humble citizen. So strong was this superstition in bygone days that the packing case containing the casket had to be labeled and stowed as ordinary cargo. The luck of black cats is proverbial. But what is not so well known is the reason why seamen are so over-indulgent in them. This is to prevent their bringing ill-luck to the ship by running away. During the war black cats were at a premium. With so much extra tonnage afloat there was not enough to go around. Sometimes a young midshipman would be sent ashore in search of one. And a certain youth, sooner than return empty-handed, dyed the white patches of a black and white "stray" with ink. Those Smart Children "My three-year-old nephew Anaxi- mander, hurried breathlessly into the living room where we were entertain- ing the minister and his wife. "Mamma!" he cried without regard for consequences, "Bruvver's gone and torn his rubber rompers and now you'll have to vulcanize them." Little Willie, my eighteen-month-old cousin, was earnestly watching his father (my uncle) repair his automob- ile. "What seems to be the matter?" he finally asked his dad. "I'm afraid the differential's gone wrong," said his daddy, wiping the grease off his forehead with his $8 silk shirt. "Heck!" ejaculated Willie. "A fellow's got to understand calculus to run a car these days!" Ermyntrude is a trifle precocious and for that reason her parents temporize with her. At the dinner table the other night she brusquely asked her mother to pass the mustard. Mother smiled wearly and said importantly, "If you—?" Imagine our embarrassment when the little darling retorted, "If you know what's good for you!"—Roswell J. Powers in Judge. Dead Spots at Sea While we have come to accept "dead spots" on land, there is another form of "dead spot" to be found right in mid-ocean, hundreds of miles from land, for which no adequate explanation has yet been given, according to A. Dinsdale, member of the Radio Society of Great Britain. Some scientists maintain that they are caused by large mineral deposits on the ocean floor, but this explanation hardly seems satisfactory, though it is true that such dead spots can also be overcome by increasing the wavelength for communication. There are several such spots in the different oceans, and they cause quite an amount of inconvenience to ships at times, although the study of them is interesting.—Scientific American. Caught Rose—"Do you believe in love at first sight?" Mary—"Where did you meet him, dear?" Teacher—Name some product of which the supply exceeds the demand. Pupil—Trouble. "One who does not believe in Santa Claus."—Texas Ranger. Home Economics Teacher—Name three things which contain starch. "Two cuffs and a collar." Explained Instructor—Our bodies are made up of thousands of different cells. Betty—Oh, I see—a sort of a fall. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE SMATTERINGS Many a man fails because he never tries. The blast that blows loudest is soon overblown. Too many cooking-school graduates spoil the broth. Our patience will achieve more than our force. An empty compliment evokes an empty smile. Less intimate you become the less you can be hurt. They who always labor can have no true judgment. Angry friendship is sometimes as bad as a calm enmity. The faster a man's pace, the sooner old age overtakes him. Lots of fools look wise and lots of wise men look otherwise. Some girls are shy about marrying men who are shy of money. Is there any system of training that will produce none but manly men? Digestion worries a middle-aged man and complexion a middle-aged woman. Economy—one kind—is to be so busy, you haven't time to spend money. We don't grow so much wiser as we grow older, but we grow tireder of nonsense. It requires considerable shrewdness to dodge the kind of novels you don't like to read. We all love a doctor who brings us 10 per cent of medicine and 90 per cent of cheer. To practice vegetarianism comfortably, one must not get excited and talkative about it. It is impossible to make some men feel cheerful about tomorrow if they have to go to a party. So long as not one person in 100 understands psychoanalysis or cares about it, it can't do much harm. German Housing Exhibit The Dresden exhibition for the year 1925 will be devoted to housing problems, settlements and city buildings. Especial importance is to be given to a scientific and technical section, which will show modern building materials and parts, special construction methods, modern building tools and auxiliary machinery used in construction. Next in importance will be exhibits showing domestic necessities and modern conveniences, such as household utensils, furniture and heating and ventilating plants. Models of dwellings and groups of houses are to be constructed in the open.-United States Commerce Reports. Christmas in Hotel "I obeyed every adjuration of the advertisers this year," moaned a Marlborough avenue father, "and did my Christmas trading early. I bought all the presents for my two children and my wife, found a nice Christmas tree, and made all arrangements for a happy holiday. And just as I concluded that everything was set for the finest sort of day, one of the children came down with scarlet fever. The house is quarantined and I had to spend my Yuletide in a downtown hotel. I call this tough."—Detroit News Wild Animals Costly Few wild animals can now be bought in the open market, the industry being so much interfered with owing to post-war conditions. It is becoming increasingly difficult for circuses and zoological gardens to replace their stock, and prices have soared proportionately. The center of the world market is Hamburg, Germany, where a giraffe brings $5,000; a hippopotamus, $2,500 to $5,000 and a fine lion, $1,230. "Gee Whiz." Said He "Gee whiz," said a busy man as he stepped into a Wichita barber shop and found six girls in advance of him. While he was considering whether to wait or not, a girl in a chair paid her bill and departed and the five others who were only waiting for her went with her.—Wichita Eagle. Her Mother's Hair The pretty girl sat on his knee. "Ethel," he said, "you have your father's blue eyes." "Don't be so silly," she laughed. "Go on." "S-sh! Don't speak so loud, John; she doesn't know I'm wearing it!" Gold Railway Bed Passengers on a railroad east of Denver are to ride on a roadbed of gold. The right of way for 400 miles will be ballasted with the slag from the gold and silver mines of Colorado. Each ton of this slag contains at least $2 worth of gold ore, but the amount is too small for the smelting companies to get out profitably with the machinery now in use. SNAPPY SENTENCES Nothing's so hard but search will find it out. Live today, forgetting the anxieties of the past. As a moss gatherer the rolling joke heads the list. That which cannot be repaired cannot be regretted. Lots of men who have seen trees never saw wood. He who lacks time to make also lacks time to mend. If you are prudent, do not thrust your hand into the fire. Forewarned, forearmed; to be prepared is half the victory. Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in small things. Old people are satisfied if their pains will only move around from day to day. Utilize the present for the purpose of getting a strangle hold on the future. Some men object to dogs and some women object to men who object to dogs. Speaking of literature, many a man's love letters have made a decided hit—with a jury. As a rule, the most interesting people are those who are interested in you, aren't they? If one is obstinate enough he gets his own lonesome way. The procession has moved on. A married woman says that the price of a husband's conscience is productive of a lot of pin money. The man who denies everything and asserts nothing is of no positive benefit to himself or anybody else. New styles for men win their way slowly, and many never do break through their stubborn opposition. George III Had Poor Opinion of Johnson The two hundred and fifteenth anniversary of the birth of the famous writer, Doctor Johnson, was recently celebrated in England. This great man was destined to make an early bow to royalty, for as an infant he was brought to Queen Anne, at one of her "Publick Healings," for the ceremony called "Touching for the King's Evil." In after years he related that he dimly remembered the occasion, keeping "a confused, but somehow a sort of solemn recollection of a lady in diamonds." We have no account of what the queen thought of the infant Johnson, though there is a curious record of King George III's opinion of this subject. The king kept a notebook about the celebrities of his reign, illuminating his notes with apt quotations, mainly drawn from Shakespeare. In his notebook for 1778 he set against Johnson's name the quotation: "He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument. I abhor such fanatical phantasms—such rackers of orthography!" Island Sold at Auction Lundy island in the Bristol channel has been sold under the hammer on several occasions. Its first auction sale brought in only about $46,000, while some years later it was withdrawn when the bidding reached $70,000. At another time it was bought by one of the DeVeres, and the price paid for it was soon returned from the sale of rabbits. The auctioneer, at the time announced that it acknowledged neither king nor emperor and had never paid taxes. Pet Crow Nearly Talks Mrs. Mildred A. Glidden of Wendell, Mass., who captured a wild crow early last spring, has so tamed and trained it that it nearly talks, and in fact is given credit with saying hullo in a way that can be understood by humans. The crow is mischievous and plays wildly with brightly colored things. He runs loose and sleeps at will in the trees, on the roof of the house, or where he pleases. Statesmen's Fate Similar James G. Blaine and Henry Clay suffered similar fates when they sought to be elected by their respective parties to the Presidency of the United States. Both were twice defeated for the nomination by their party during years when the party nominees were elected and both similarly were defeated when they were chosen as standard bearers. Something New in History She was proud of her kindergarten class and was anxious to show off the little ones to a number of visiting mothers. "Who discovered America?" the teacher asked. "Columbia," shouted a little girl, easily beating her classmates to the answer. Overlooking the error, the teacher went on: "And what was his first name?" "Hall," was the quick reply that sent teacher and mother into spasms of laughter. Stars in Pairs There are many stars that are double, says Nature Magazine—that is, they are made up of stars revolving around one another. Most of these pairs are of contrasting color, one blue and the other gold, or one red and the other green. Albreo is considered to be one of the finest of the pairs that are visible in small telescopes. Earl D. Clark Insurance 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. 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He is a preaching man. "I do hope old St. Nick will leave you something nice for Christmas. Please write and tell me when you are coming to our little city. I hope you will get well and have better health. It will give me a pleasure to write you, only if I could find your address. Although you do not know me, but I hope I can gain your friendship, yet you have not seen my face. "My papa is a preacher. He pastors in Dallas. He is a Baptist preacher. Maybe you know him, Rev. J. A. Vincent. I am about 13 years old, going on 14. I do hope we will gain each other's friendship. Yours for better health, S. JAMES VINCENT." I want to thank this boy for the letter, and assure him that it is highly appreciated by me. I am glad to know that he has gotten into the church at an early age, thereby giving his early life to Christ. I am now headed for Guthrie, Oklahoma, where I will be in the Park Sanitarium for treatment. My health is now where I must go into the round house for repairs, and this is a good place to go. Dr. Conrad is one of the best physicians and Dr. George C. Hall my regular physician recommends this course. I have not been able to get around so very much in the city. I am delighted to know that Prof. E. D. Pearson, of Houston, has made his way to Chicago, and is now a citizen, or on his way to citizenship, for I am told you have to be here just so long before you can be a full fledged citizen. Do you know these people in Chicago is not satisfied with the election of Cal Coolidge, but they are now getting ready to hold another election. They are going to elect some county and city officials. They just love to elect. Now why in the hen feathers do they want to elect so soon? This one is going to be in the spring. Dr. R. A. Williams is putting his head up against Major R. R. Jackson for alderman, and I am real surprised to know this. Major Jackson has been in the city ever since Heck was a pup and you know something bout the age of that noted dog by this time. He has helped to make the improvements in Chicago, and during these years has made many friends, and here comes Dr. R. A. Williams, whose feet are hardly dry, and he wants to say to the people "Put aside R. R. Jackson, and let me have the job," and for no other reason than he is a good looking fellow, the head of the Royal Circle of Friends, a fraternal organization which came from my own brains. Nothing against Alderman Jackson except Williams wants to shine. He wants us to make him a big man. I be John Brown if we are going to do this, but we will return Jackson, because he has been faithful and makes a good representative. He has looked after the interest of the people. I would suggest to Dr. Williams that he do something in Chicago before he tries to have a good citizen set aside for him. The Baptists are getting ready to plan their work for 1925. The Executive Board of the National-Baptist convention will convent with the Baptists of Indianapolis, Indiana, January 14. The call for the meeting has been issued, signed by Dr. L. K. Williams, president and R. B. Hudson, secretary. Big things are in the air. I am sure that many of you will rejoice to know that the new home for the Sunday School Publishing Board has reached the place where they are now moving in and work is being done in the building now, and the completion is being pushed. Just to think this building when completed will cost over half million to be paid WHAT'S THE USE PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, Div. 2. E. J. Burke and Katie D. Burke, his wife, A. R. Ford and Lola M. Ford, his wife, and all of their unknown-heirs executors administrators devisees, trustees and assigns if living, and if dead, all of their unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, Defendants. To E. J. Burke and Katie D. Burke, his wife, A. R. Ford and Lola M. Ford, his wife, and all of their unknown heirs, executors, devisees, trustees and assigns, if living, and if dead, all of their unknown heirs, administrators, executors, devisees, trustees and assigns: You and each of you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, by George McClelland and that the petition in said action was filed on the 17th day of December, 1924, in said Court and that you and each of you must answer said petition as aforesaid on or before the 7th day of February, 1925, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you and each of you quieting the title to all of Lots 19 and 20 in Silver Place, an addition in and to the city of Kansas City, Kansas, as the same is shown by the recorded plat in the office of the register of deeds of Wyandotte County, Kansas, with all of the appurtenances thereto belonging, and forever enjoining you and each of you from asserting any claim in lieu upon or interest in said property adverse to that of plaintiff's; and that the plaintiff is entitled to a further judgment. quieting the title to said property. Atty for PHI. (First published December 19, 1924.) PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Fannie Strader, Plaintiff, vs. No. 24047-A Samuel Helms, and unknown heirs of Fannie Helms, deceased, Defendants. Said defendants, the unknown heirs of Fannie Helms, deceased, if any, will take notice, that said plaintiff, Fannie Strader, did on the fourteenth day of September, 1924, file her petition in the District Court, in and for Wyandotte County, Kansas, against the defendant, Samuel Helms and the unknown heirs of Fannie Helms, deceased, for the cancellation of a real estate contract entered into on the second day of October, 1919, between said plaintiff and defendants, Samuel Helms and Fannie Helms, deceased, for the following described property, Lot eight (8), Odom's Addition, Rosedale, Kansas City, Kansas. And you must answer said petition herein, on or before the fifth day of February, 1925, or said petition will be taken as true, and judgment rendered in said action against said defendants for the cancellation of said contract and the foreclosure of all of their right, title an interest in and to the above described property. And adjudging that default has been made in said contract and that plaintiff be restored to the possession thereof, and for costs of this suit, and forever barring and foreclosing defendants from all right, title, estate and interest in property and equity of redemption in and to said premises or any part thereof. J. S. MANNING, Attv. for Plaintiff (First Published December 19, 1924) Elizabeth—Would it be too naive, mother, if I believed in Santa Claus just one more time?—American Legion Weekly. J. O. MIDNIGHT S. JAMES VINCENT." for by Negro Baptists and they are going to do this. If every Baptist in America would just give 50 cents each the building would be paid for at once, and the Baptists could sign "Free at Last." I saw Dr. Townsend a few days ago. He was a happy man. He is pushing things in this part of the world. I think I will have to stop here. Write me, Park Sanitarium, Guthrie, Oklahoma. J. O. MIDNIGHT. FRANK BRIBERY IN ENGLISH ELEC Bribery and corruption are things in connection with The wife of a congressman have boasted that her husband honestly elected, as they p man who could be bought a vote. The story has a certain with the petitioners' recorder an English election, held in TRUTH IN TRIFLES A proud man invites criticism. The world is his who enjoys it. Ignorance never settles a question. A fat man has as much right to grief as anybody else. Don't worry because you have nothing to worry about. Nearly every man you meet is posing as his own ideal. People who break into song are apt to have cracked voices. Theology is interesting, but not so important as behavior. Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed.—Puscal. If hair oil can come back after fifty years, taking snuff may. The man who owns a paying oil well lives on the fat of the land. Charity should be careful about its overhead—its office expenses. At the bottom of good manners is kindness. They border on morals. Know that really to enjoy pleasures you must know how to leave them. Remember that the true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. Anybody would recover at least a little of the romance of his youth if he only knew how. Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.—Herbert. Those who say they don't care to have a lot of money, mean if they have to work hard for it. Western Foods Something or a Puzzle to Japanese So thoroughly have Japanese hotel managers Europeanized their establishments that native hotel guests are constantly confronted by new and perplexing forms of food, says a traveler recently returned from a six months' trip to the Orient. "It is quite the usual thing to see a Japanese trying to eat ice cream with a knife, or standing embarrassed and humble before a few stalks of asparagus," he said. "It's getting so no Japanese can count on his three oriental squares a day away from home; instead, they bring him some European or American dish that he's never seen before and he has to eat it."—New York Herald-Tribune. Fox Was "On His Own" Mrs. Solomon Barnhart of Connoquenessing township, Pennsylvania, saw a strange animal in her yard with one of her chickens in his mouth. She killed it with a shotgun. The animal proved to be a large fox, which was identified as one that had escaped from a neighbor 18 years ago. A worn leather collar and a piece of broken chain were proof of the identity of the former pet, which had been suspected for several years of raiding chicken yards in the community. Chance to Make Good Lady (at back door)—You an actor? You don't look it. What did you do on the stage? Tramp—Impersonations. I could impersonate anything. Just let me inside your pantry, for instance, and I'll give you a perfect impersonation of a vacuum cleaner. "Indeed? Well, here's my pet bloodhound. Let's see you give an impersonation of Zev."—American Legon Weekly. FRANK BRIBERY IN ENGLISH ELECTIONS Bribery and corruption are no new things in connection with elections. The wife of a congressman is said to have boasted that her husband was honestly elected, as they paid every man who could be bought $2 for his vote. The story has a certain analogy with the petitioners' recorded story of an English election, held in 1842. It reads: "During the morning of Tuesday, the day of polling, some two hundred voters passed upstairs at the Black Boy, whence each received two sovereigns, and was told, "You know where to go for the rest." They then went to the hustings, and polled for the sitting members, and thence to the committee room at the Swan. After their voting had been checked, they received tickets and . . . passed along the gallery to the window of the bedroom occupied by Mr. Dyce Souche's servant. The window stood partially open, and a hand being put out (the rest of the person remaining concealed) delivered to each of the voters four sovereigns in exchange for his ticket—Montreal Family Herald. Apartment in Log A hollow fir log, 22 feet long and 8 feet in diameter, mounted on a large truck, was introduced to motordom by Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Cave of Longview, Wash. They proposed to show Easterners what a real fir splinter from the Northwest woods looks like. The interior of the log is divided into a combination bedroom and parlor, kitchenette, breakfast nook, bathroom with shower and other conveniences, such as electricity and running water. Let's Make It Easy Teacher—The trouble is you boys don't know simple arithmetic. Now, if I were to give you six rabbits, then six more, and then multiply by six, how many would you have? Answer quickly. Willie—Let's use pligs. They don't multiply so fast—Berkshire World. Find New Disease A new disease has been discovered by an American physician. Scientifically it is called "subcostalgia," but its popular name is "houselife's rib." It was formerly confused with appendicitis, neuralgia, pleurisy, etc. Like Tennyson's Brook Mrs. W. H. Crook of Marysville, Cali., has in her possession a clock which has ticked off the hours for 200 years, with a cessation only when it was packed and shipped out from the East 45 years ago.New York World. More or Less Gentle Hint Head Walter (to business man making figures on the tablecloth)—"Pardon me for interrupting you, sir, but the management provides adding machines free of charge. Shall I have one wheeled in?"—Life. Motor Ships Favored For the first time in history the tonnage of motor ships being constructed throughout the world recently exceeded that of steamships. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, Division 3. vs No. 24618-A Lelah Walker, defendant. To Lelah Walker, greetings: You are hereby notified that I have filed my petition for divorce in the above entitled Court and cause on the grounds of abandonment, adultery and extreme, cruel and abusive treatment, and unless you appear and make answer on or before the first day of February, 1925, my petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you as prayed for therein, and such other and further relief will be granted as to the court seems just and equitable. Plaintiff. 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