Kansas City Advocate

N.E.J.HIGH WIN HONORS KANSAS TWO TWELVE YEAR OLD GIRLS RECEIVE LOVING CUP IN INTERSTATE CONTEST M. HAPPILY MARRIED Mrs. Walter J. Knox before her marriage was known to her friends as Miss Alma Ellison, who resided with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Ellison, at 420 Parallel street. Miss Ellison was quietly married at home Christmas eve, December 24, 1925 to Mr. Walter J. Knox of 1324 East 24th street, Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Knox is well known in the younger set, and in church circles, being a member of St. Peters C. M. E. church. Up to the time of her marriage she was employed as book keeper by the Kansas Plumbing and Heating Company, 1604 North 5th street. Mr. Knox, her husband, has lived in Kansas City, Mo for several years, having formerly lived in New Orleans, La. He is a chef cook with the Missouri Pacific railroad, and is extensively known in railroad circles. Mr. Ellison's bridal gift to his wife was a large dinner ring set with diamonds. FORMER KANSAS CITY GIRL VISITOR HERE Mrs. Margaret Commons Maxwell, a former Kansas City girl, is visiting old friends here. Mrs. Maxwell met her husband in Chicago while on a visit there and was married December 6, 1925, in New York City. She is well known to the younger set and was one of the models in last spring's fashion show. Mr. Maxwell is a music writer and was formerly a head waiter in some of the big eastern hotels. His wife will meet him in San Francisco, thence they leave for the Islands and to Europe. She wishes a happy new year to her many friends. HARRIS-GOAR LOCATE HERE Harris-Gore, one of the oldest and largest credit jewelry and clothing stores in Kansas City, Missouri, has leased the store room at 620 Minnesota avenue, now occupied by Berkson Brothers. The Harris-Gore company carries a large stock for their patrons to select from, the same courtesy that made them thousands of customers will be their policy in their store at 620 Minnesota avenue. SPHINX TO BE REPAIRED New York—The Egyptian Government is making extensive plans to preserve the Sphinx which is the most noted monument in the world according to news brought here by Arthur K. Woodley, civil engineer who has just returned from Cairo. The constant blowing of the sand against the monument has had a serious effect upon its features. The sand which is banked high is being removed which gives it a grandeur appearance. CONTESTANTS WIN FROM PROMINENT DEBATERS IN KANSAS AND WEST Northeast Junior High School has added another silver loving cup to its already large collection won in previous scholastic and athletic contests. This cup, the largest and finest yet, was won by two first year students in the Interstate Oratorical Contest at the thirty-fourth Annual meeting of the Interstate Literary Association of Kansas and the West, embracing Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa, held December 28, 29, and 30, 1925, at Atchison, Kansas. STANDING OF CONTESTANTS $6000 FREE GIFT DISTRIBUTION UP TO FRIDAY EVENING JANUARY 8th Grace Howard ..... 525,800 Jesse M. Worthy ..... 521,400 G. D. Bryson ..... 501,400 Ina Moore ..... 462,400 E. Morehead ..... 323,000 Walter McClelland ..... 295,000 Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins ..... 294,500 Ida Hillmore ..... 250,300 Capitola Green ..... 250,000 Mrs. Traylor ..... 195,700 Miss Hester Jockson ..... 195,000 N. B. Robinson ..... 165,000 Richard B. Smith ..... 160,300 Jno. G. Garland ..... 130,000 Mrs. Elizabeth Kinchlow ..... 103,400 Dave Kelly ..... 95,000 Mrs. L. H. Mason ..... 175,600 Mrs. W. C. Hull ..... 95,600 Sergt. Jamieson ..... 212,300 Rev. T. W. Green ..... 140,000 Miss Gertrude Jackson ..... 60,000 Mrs. J. T. Smith ..... 95,100 Mrs. Safronia Sims ..... 61,100 Mrs. Ida Kimberling ..... 185,000 Mrs. Irene Garrett ..... 257,700 Mrs. Edna Kemp ..... 60,000 Miss Pearl Jackson ..... 5,000 Solomon Estell ..... 5,000 Alonzo Stevens ..... 5,000 John A. Pace ..... 5,000 Odell Manley ..... 5,000 Maurice Campbell ..... 5,000 Mrs. Kate James ..... 5,000 Homer Miles ..... 250,000 Mrs. Maggie Milligan ..... 95,300 Mrs. Inza Harrison ..... 60,100 $20,000 FOR N. C. ORPHANS' HOME DONOR WITHHOLDS HIS NAME. Winston-Salem, N. C., Jan. 8. As the result of a gift of $26,000 from an unknown donor, the memorial industrial school, an institution for the care of colored orphans, is soon to be moved to a new and more suitable site. The new location, which was purchased with the money provided in the gift, comprises 586 acres located on a new highway north of the city. The school will be situated on a commanding bridge, with a splendid view of the surrounding mountains. The name of the institution's benefactor was withheld at his own request. THE KANSAS CITY, KANSAS PORO HAIR-DRESSERS CLUB. Will meet Monday, January 11 at the home of the President, Mrs. Hazel A. Parker, 2018 Hallock. Please all be present as the president has something important to tell you. PULLMAN COMPANY HIRES SOUTHERN NEGROES Long Island, Dec. 31.—Over 300 strange faces at the Pullman company's headquarters in Long Island seems to indicate that the Pullman company are sending out new faces once in a while in places of the older men. The significance is this: That the new organization headed by A. Phillip Randolph is worrying the company to the extent that the sudden importation of porters is a whip to check the organization if possible. Many of the long time service men are sending in their resignations. Jessie Lee Saunders, 12 years of age, grand daughter of Mrs. Sarah Saunders, 2060 N. Fifth street, and Jeanette Buckner, also 12 years old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Buckner, 817 Oakland avenue, won fresh glory for Northeast Junior high School when they won first and second honors respectively in the Interstate Annual Oratorical contest on Wednesday evening, Dec. 30, at Atchison, Kansas. Both girls are first year students and both have oratorical ability far beyond their years. Besides their natural aptitude for speaking, they rank high in all other school activities. The winning of this contest by these young girls was an unusual feat from every possible angle. Northeast Junior High was the only junior high school entered, and these youthful orators spoke against and won all honors over contestants from senior high schools, colleges and one contestant from Kansas University. Virgil Harris, contestant from R. U. won second place in the essay contest featured at K. U. last term, over a number of white contestants. Miss Saunders subject was, "Booker T. Washington," and she gave her enthusiasm for this famous racial educator full sway. She worked her subject matter into a masterly composition, eloquent and convincing. Miss Buckner chose for her subject, the one other great racial uplift man, Frederick Douglass, and wove around him and his contribution to the Negro race and education in general, an oration filled of fire and youthful enthusiasm. The large audience were held spell bound by such an exhibition of youthful eloquence, the result of natural ability combined with special training. Their voices were clear and vibrant, their enunciation perfect, and their stage appearance free from stage fright or embarrassment. The following judges were chosen to select the winners: Prof. West, of Wichita; Mrs. Judge Guy, Topeka; Mrs. A. Hill, of Lawrence; Rev. Bronson of Kansas City, Kansas; and Prof. W. E. Gray of Atchison. The judges set alone, each apart from the others and kept their individual scores. When the contest was ended and judges compared scores it was found that each one had given these two girls first and second honors, making their decision unanimous, which is a most unusual feature of a contest. The judges considered the following points in their decision: thought, composition, articulation, pronunciation and stage appearance. When the decisions was rendered the thunderous applause was a real tribute to the young orators and the school which they represented. Prof. M. E. Pearson, superintendent of city schools, upon receiving a report of the affair, immediately sent for the girls and the cup, and personally tendered his congratulations upon their achievement and asked their permission to exhibit the cup at the regular meeting of the school board which convened Monday night, Jan. 4. Mr. Pearson reported the board vastly pleased with the results of the contest, as it not only is a tribute to Northeast Junior high school, but reflects credit upon the entire school system of Kansas City, Kans. Miss Saunders and Miss Buckner have been invited to appear at the Citizens Forum at Lawrence, Kansas on Sunday, Jan. 10, and also to appear at ADVOCATE THE WINNERS A QUINDARO CITIUEN HURT. Mr. Albert Bradford, of Quindaro was seriously injured at the Fowler packing plant Tuesday of this week. He was taken from his work to Bethany hospital. At this writing we do not know the extent of his injuries. THE W Telephone Demonstration Telephone Demonstration. On the night of January 13, in Northeast Junior High school auditorium, the Kansas City Telephone Company, will present an mechanical demonstration of the workings of the city service. An elaborate setting of telephone paraphrarnalia and operators will be staged, and process of receiving and putting through calls will be accurately demonstrated. A number of telephone employees will assist in acting to show the public how their calls are handled and how easily good service may be construed as bad service. This demonstration is free to the public, and a special invitation is extended to the fathers and heads of families, hoping to promote better feeling and better co-operation between the telephone company and the public. MINISTERIAL ALLIANCE TO MEET TUESDAY. The A. M. E. Ministerial Alliance will hold it first meeting of the new year next Tuesday, January 12, at 10:30 A. M. at First A. M. E. church, Eighth and Nebraska. PRESIDING ELDER. BARON WILKINS WIDOW BROKE New York—Rumors are afloat that the widow of Baron Wilkins is bankrupt and she is working for an actress. Wilkins, supposedly was wealthy, but a recent accounting showed that his estate amounted to $31,833. Creditors, administration and other charges total $33,596. the Citizens League on Sunday, Jan. 19, at Topeka, Kansas. Northeast Junior High School is immensely proud of their champion orators and their achievements which is another step toward the goal set for their school, to be among the first in all scholastic, literary and athletic activities. Another big victory was won by the school when their entrants, in the interscholastic track and field meet which convened at Lawrence, Kas., in the spring, won the trophy cup in the R. U. Relays event an honor which placed them well to the front athletically. MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN DECISION FAVORABLE TO NEGROES SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWELVE MONTHS. $1.50 HONOR MICHIGAN SUPREME HANDS DOWN FAVORABLE WINNERS PRINCESS La gan an i ion t by N it be made Negri valid The ant ties Negri tial o contri prop ian n of the track igan W the e the decis cupa stric been man Th by P estat Auxi Robi NEGRO SERGEANT TO LIBERIA U. S. Calvary Non-Com. Will be a Captain in the Republic's Army. The war department recently granted the request of the Liberian government to discharge Sergeant Hansen Outley, veteran non-commissioned officer of the Ninth U. S. cavalry, negro, to enable him to accept a captain's commission in the Liberian froteir force. The Liberian Republic, it was learned, maintained a uniformed force of one thousand trained troops that police its frontier on the west coast of Africa, where Sergeant Outley will be detailed for duty. War department orders have been issued directing him to proceed from Ft. Riley, Kas., to Washington. Before departing for his new post he will spend an instructional period of ten days in the state department. As captain in the Liberian frontier force he will receive a salary of $1,600 a year and allowances amounting to $900. The war department announcement also says he was designated for the appointment because of his outstanding soldierly qualities and after consideration of the merits of other soldiers of high type in the negro regiments of the regular army. In the World War he saw service with the 349th field artillery. A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT Texas went through the year of 1925 with out a lynching. Was it respect shown to Governor Miriam Ferguson or have the people of that state awakened to the fact that at one time it led the South in lynchings. We might say that the Negro Press have done much to arouse public sentiment of the horrible crimes perpetrated against our people. No reasonable thinking white man believes justice is done, whatever the charge of crime against a weaker race, is justified by such inhuman methods. If the outcome is evidence of arousing or educating public sentiment to a higher standard in Texas, what is the stnadard of those who live in Mississippi and Georgia? ORS REME COURT OWN DECISION TO NEGROES PREVIOUS CONTRACTS NULL AND VOID SAYS SUPREME COURT Lansing, Mich., Jan. 8.—The Michigan Supreme Court has handed down an important and far-reaching opinion that will be viewed with interest by Negroes throughout the country, it being to the effect that restrictions made against the sale of property to Negroes on account of color were invalid. This decision is particularly important in view of the widespread activities on the part of whites to exclude Negroes fro mso-called white residential districts by inserting clauses in contracts forbidding the sale of the property to anyone not of the Caucasian race. By this decree on the part of the Supreme Court, all such contracts are void in the State of Michigan. While this opinion is favorable to the colored citizens of Michigan and the country, it is pointed out that the decision does not touch upon the occupancy of premises on which restrictions have been placed, which has been the bone of contention in the many cases throughout the country. The suit in question was brought by Porter and Wyman, Muskegon real estate dealers, against Wilbratt and Auxillie Barrett, white, and Wilson Robinson, a Negro who purchased the property involved. Porter and Wyman had sold the lot to a Louis Parent, white, who in turn sold it to the Barretts. The contracts in both cases specified that the property should not be sold to Negroes upon penalty of the lots and all improvements reverting to the real estate concern. Upon the sale of the property to Robinson, Porter and Wyman immediately brought suit in the Circuit Court and a verdict was given in favor of the defendants. This decision was affirmed by the State Supreme Court on the appeal of the plaintiffs. Justice Fellows, in writing his opinion, says: "We must bear in mind that we are not dealing with a restraint on the use of premises. Such restraints, unless unreasonable, have quite uniformily been upheld. Before the sle of intoxicating liquor was prohibited this court and practically every court of last resort in the Union upheld restraints of the use of premises for its manufacture or sale. Such a restraint upon the USE was uniformly upheld; but would a restraint on SALE of premises to one who was engaged in the sale of intoxicating liquors elsewhere be valid? I think not." Q. J. GILMORE ENROUTE TO PHILADELPHIA Q. J. Gilmore, General Superintendent of the Negro Naitonal Detective Agency, which also operates the only Negro Merchant Patrol in this country, left Sunday night with J. L. Wilkerson, owner of the Monarch Ball Team left for the Philadelphia convention of Negro Baseball players where the Eastern and Western meetings will be held. Gilmore is secretary of the Monarch Ball Club. DR. WILLIAMS TO SPEAK FOR BUSINESS LEAGUE. Rev. Chas. Sumner Williams, the new pastor of Allen Chapel will speak at the Kansas City, Mo. Business League, Sunday afternoon, January 10th at 3:15 P. M. at Allen Chapel. Everybody cordially invited. N. S. ADKINS, President. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE YOU CAN'T LOSE BUT YOU CAN WIN BIG Frankly, were you ever in all your life offered a better business proposition than the Advocate is giving you in its $6,000 "Everybo y Wins Something" Campaign? Now that Christmas is over, and the Advocate has agreed to extend its time limit from January 30, 1926, to February 20, 1926. This has been done on request of contestants and is for their benefit. So they can get all their promises for subscriptions in before the BIG FIRST PERIOD VOTE SCORE IS OVER, JAN.23rd. FIRST PERIOD ENDS JAN.23,1926 SECOND PERIOD ENDS FEB.6,1926 THIRD PERIOD ENDS FEB.13,1926 LAST PERIOD END FEB.20,1926 Now that everything has been done to help out the contestants, and also give entirely new contestants an opportunity, let's see how much you can do, starting today. Act Now! Send in your name today, get started and win a BIG PRIZE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1926. The N. A. A. C. P.'s defense fund has been over subscribed, runs a head line. This event shows that we are growing more conscious of ourselves as a race. Negroes from over half of the world sent something. We are slowly realizing that only by helping one another can we achieve anything. Don't think that any fight for freedom was successful without grewsome sacrifice. The Negro population is one of the mainstays of America, yet it is the least considered. We are "Jim Crowed" and shoved in the background, everywhere. Any thing we produce from "Jazz" to the Charleston is snatched by the other people and we are given credit for nothing. Its a wonder that Negroes have stood this condition so long without an effective protest. It will be a happy day, indeed, for us when we learn the power of collective protest and use it. Now that we have drawn the sword, let's not sheath it until we have in some measure won that greater freedom which all of us crave. Here is a small part of Mr. Rhinelander's lawyer, Judge Mills, philippic against Negroes: "Why, gentlemen, stop and think. There isn't a father among you, who would not rather see his own son in his casket than to see him wedded to a Mulatto woman . . . "There is not a mother among your wives, who would not rather see her daughter with her white hands crossed in her shroud, than to see her locked in the embrace of a Mulatto husband." These cruel world fall like whip lashes on the defenseless barks of Negroes. This is the demon of perjudice that stalks it is fair land of ours like a curse inflicting untold misery. The whole world is beginning to admit that Negroes are human and not brutes, that Judge is not keeping up with the spirit of the times. If we were organized and strong, lawyers would not be ready to shout such things. Happily enough the court was not influenced with such rot and the poor rich man's son suit failed. Negro womanhood was not trampled in the dust. A little more firmness like that would go a long way in healing our spirit. FIVE THOUSAND DOLLAR DRIVE Five Thousand Dollar Drive Launched in Trinity Institutional A. M. E. Church. Carey Trustee Helpers, Mrs. Lossie Saunders, president; Mr. J. J. Parks, superintendent. Vernon Sewing Circle, Mrs. Bettie Holly, president; Mr. J. J. Jones, superintendent. Pulpit Aid, Mrs. Pearl Williams, president; Mr. D. Holiday, superintendent. Booster Club, Mrs. Marie Cannon, president; Rev. N. B. Robinson, superintendent. Grant Club, Mrs. Pearl Monday, president; Mesdames Moore and A. E. Winston, vice-president. Mr. J. H. Cockrell and Mr. Frank William, superintendents. The Railroad Men's Club, Mr. D. G. Emery, president; Mr. J. B. Gibson and Mr. George M. Brown, vice-presidents. Widows and Widowers Club, Mrs. Sallie Pullin, presidents; Mr. R. A. Walley, superintendent. Young Ladies' Social Circle, Miss Phelmer Groves, president; Miss Phelmer Robins, vice-president. Glee Club and Emergency Choir, Rev. Wm. Winston the pastor, president. The Womens' Union, Mrs. Ida Birch, president. The Mens Union, Lawyer S. E. Malone, president. The Missionary Society, Mrs. Lillie B. Yates, president. Busy Bee Club, Mesdames Newton and Hadley, presidents. 'HE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE THOMAS KENNEDY, Editor and Proprietor. THOS. KNAPPER Associate Editor MRS. IDA B. KENNEDY, Manager. G. V. GOLDEN, ADVERTISING MANAGER MRS. AGNES FREDERICK City and Society Editor Phone—Fifield 3145J MRS. M. C. MATTHEWS, Society Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY at- Office 608 North Sixth Street Phone Drexel 1814 Residence Phone Fairfax 0650 SUBSCRIPTION. Entered as second-class matter August 29, 1914, at the postoffice at Kansas City, Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. The Advocate is a weekly journal devoted to Race Progress and Human Uplift. Have your news in our office not later than Tuesday of each week to insurance publication. MEMBER NATIONAL NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION. The N. A. A. C. P.'s defense runs a head line. This event is conscious of ourselves as a race, world sent something. We are helping one another can we achieve any fight for freedom was succeed. The Negro population is one yet it is the least considered. We in the background, everywhere "Jazz" to the Charleston is snatched are given credit for nothing. Its a wonder that Negroes live without an effective protest. It us when we learn the power of our that we have drawn the sword, in some measure won that grieve. Here is a small part of Mills, philippic against Negroes. "Why, gentlemen, stop father among you, who would in his casket than to see him in "There is not a mother and not rather see her daughter in her shroud, than to see her Mulatto husband." These cruel world fall like blocks of Negroes. This is the t is fair land of ours like a curs whole world is beginning to a and not brutes, that Judge is not the times. If we were organized be ready to shout such things. He influenced with such rot and the Negro womanhood was not trans firmness like that would go a long FIVE THOUSAND Five Thousand Dollar Dr. stitutional A. M. E. Church. Carey Trustee Helpers, superintendent; Mr. J. J. Parks, superintendent. Vernon Sewing Circle, M. Mr. J. J. Jones, superintendent. Pulpit Aid, Mrs. Pearl Holiday, superintendent. Booster Club, Mrs. Marie Robinson, superintendent. Grant Club, Mrs. Pearl Moore and A. E. Winston, vice and Mr. Frank William, superintendent. The Railroad Men's Club, Mr. J. B. Gibson and Mr. George Widows and Widowers Cdents; Mr. R. A. Watley, super Young Ladies' Social Cp president; Miss Phelmer Robb Glee Club and Emergence the pastor, president. The Womens' Union, Mrs. The Mens Union, Lawyer The Missionary Society, dent. Busy Bee Club, Mesdame dents. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH First Baptist Church Sunday school convened at 9:45 with the usual good attendance, with Superintendent Scruggs in charge. At 11 o'clock, after a formal opening, the meeting was turned into our regular first Sunday praise service, with Deacons Scruggs and Washington in charge. A glorious gospel and spiritual feast was enjoyed by all those present. There is no meeting of the month as enjoyable as our old fashioned covenant meetings, and those who miss them are missing a treat. REV. W. A. BOWREN, Pastor. ADVOCATE OFFICE 516 MINNESOTA AVE. PHONE DREXEL 0424 THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH Located Cor Eighth and Nebraska J. B. ISAACS, Pastor Parsonage 1111 N. Eighth St. Phone, Fairfax 2004 Order of Services 9:30 A. M., Sunday School. 11:00 A. M., Preaching. 5:00 P. M., Junior Allen League. 6:00 P. M., Senior Allen League. 7:30 P. M., Preaching. WEEKLY SERVICES. Official Board, 2nd and 4th Monday, 7:30 P.M. Choir rehearsal, Tuesday 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, prayer meeting, 7:30 P. M. Friday class meeting 8 P. M. CHURCH NEWS The services all day at First church carried the spirit of helpfulness. The Sabbath school opened at 9:20 a. m., with a fine attendance. At 11 sharp the scholars marched up stairs to hear a splendid talk to the Junior church by the pastor Rev. J. B. Isaacs. At 11:20 the presiding elder, W. T. Osborne delivered an excellent sermon to large congregation of good listeners. At three p., m. the Rev. Charles Sumner Williams of Allen chapel delivered the communion EDITORIAL dense fund has shows that the price. Negroes are slowly achieve anything successful with one of the m We are "Jin- here. Any th matched by the s have stood It will be a b of collective pro- let, let's not sh greater freee Mr. Rhinela- nes: top and thin should not rath- en wedded to a ar among you r with her w her locked in like whip lashe the demon of course inflicting admit that not keeping stressed and strong Happily ene the poor rich sampled in the long way in H DOLLAR Drive Launch M. Mrs. Lossis intendent. Mrs. Bettie intendent. I Williams, p Jie Cannon, pre- Monday, pres- vice-president. perintendents. ub, Mr. D. G. George M. Brown Club, Mrs. S. superintendent. Circle, Miss obins, vice-pre- nancy Choir, R Mrs. Ida Birch, Peter S. E. Malo- cy, Mrs. Lillie James Newton the fund has been over subscribed, knows that we are growing more Negroes from over half of the slowly realizing that only by have anything. Don't think that successful without grewsome sacri- lege of the mainstays of America, we are "Jim Crowed" and shoved. Any thing we produce fromached by the other people and we have stood this condition so long will be a happy day, indeed, for collective protest and use it. Now let's not sheath it until we have greater freedom which all of us Mr. Rhinelander's lawyer, Judge and think. There isn't a man not rather see his own son wedded to a Mulatto woman ... among your wives, who would with her white hands crossed or locked in the embrace of a whip lashes on the defenseless demon of perjudice that stalks the inflicting untold misery. The admit that Negroes are human not keeping up with the spirit of and strong, lawyers would not happily enough the court was not a poor rich man's son suit failed. Applied in the dust. A little more way in healing our spirit. DOLLAR DRIVE Drive Launched in Trinity In- Mrs. Lossie Saunders, presi- gendent. Mrs. Bettie Holly, president; Williams, president; Mr. D. Cannon, president; Rev. N. B. Monday, president; Mesdames presi- endent. Mr. J. H. Cockrell intendents. Mr. D. G. Emery, president; George M. Brown, vice-presidents. Lub, Mrs. Sallie Pullin, presi- intendent. Circle, Miss Phelmer Groves, ms, vice-president. Vy Choir, Rev. Wm. Winston Ida Birch, president. S. E. Malone, president. Mrs. Lillie B. Yates, presi- sion Newton and Hadley, presi- YATES BRANCH Y. W. C. A. The election of members on the Committee of Management was held and the following committee elected: Mrs. J. T. Richardson, Mrs. Eva White, Mrs. Mabel Clayborne, Mrs. Louis Moseley, Mrs. Zephyr Carraway and Miss Gertrude Jackson. A Christmas tree was given for the benefit of unfortunate and orphan children at the Branch on Christmas eve. Funds were provided for this tree by the Girl Reserves of Douglass school. The Resident Girls of Yates Branch are getting along nicely with their club and are planning big things for the new year. See what is going at the movies. Look in this paper for it. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE sermon, which was scholary and spiritual. Rev. Albert Browne delivered the message at the evening service to a fine audience. First church always enjoys hearing her sons preach. The quarterly conference Monday night was largely attended and was one of the best in reports for the quarter. Rev. John Adams, presiding elder of the Omaha district dropped in on the meeting and gave a rousing talk. The choirs sang sweetly at all the services and they combined at the afternoon communion service. You should not miss any of these helpful sermons of Dr. Isaacs. On January 14, the ministers of the Fifth Episcopal district will hold a special meeting at First church. Bishop Carey presiding. Why not come to church Sunday. CAREY CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH At 9:30, our Sunday school convened with a nice attendance. Our attendance is growing and the Sunday school is progressing nicely. At 11 o'clock our pastor, Dr. G. E. Harsey, preached a splendid sermon, from the subject, "Trials of Daniel," and all who heard it were spiritually benefitted. At our evening service, Rev. and Mrs. J. D. Barksdale worshipped with us and Rev. Barksdale made an inspiring talk. Rev. Barksdale is editor of the Western Christian Recorder, and is a very efficient speaker. The Willing Workers Club will meet with Mrs. Ollie Mills, 2055 North 4th street with Mrs. O. J. Kingsbury, president, and Mrs. W. S. Parks, secretary. A Junior Christmas Endeavor League was organized on Sunday evening for the young folks. Sunday school board will meet on Tuesday night to plan new years work. Lola Mallard was awarded the $1.00 prize for bringing in the largest number of new pupils. DR. G. E. HORSEY. Pastor. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES On Sunday, Jan. 3, 1926, many assembled at Metropolitan Baptist church to listen to the preaching of God's gospel. They were rewarded as Pastor Bronson preached an instructive installation and New Years sermon to the officers for this New Year He also gave much good advice. He thanked all for their year's work and many visitors and members praised his pleasant Godly sermon. The Sunday school is doing well, but Mr. Hudley, president of the B. Y. P. U. was changed to be superintendent of the Sunday school. At 4 p. m., the B. Y. P. U., had a large attendance and a good program at 8 p. m. Pastor Bronson installed the Junior Mission and other officers. He then gave much time in praising the work of the teachers in the Week-day Religion school. He also preached a fine sermon on the Last Supper, after which some joined the church and hundreds took Sacrament. This church is holding together just fine. Next Sunday, Jan. 16th, appropriate Bible sermons will be preached and fine music will be furnished in the morning and at night. The choir will render a fine Vesper service, promptly at 7 p.m., to 7:30 p.m. be on time to heart it. The Christian Heritage Mission Society of Metropolitan church had a New Year's reception at Deacon and Mrs. Hulsey's, 1303 Armstrong Ave. The house was decorated beautifully and brick ice cream and cake and punch were served in abundance to the many callers. A nice program was rendered, and Mrs. Matthews left a poem with them, too. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE CONCERT. The choir of Metropolitan Temple will begin a series of Vesper Concerts Sunday, January 10, from 7:30 to 8:00 promptly. PROGRAM Chorus—"Crossing the Bar" Ashford Duet—"I Love a Little Cottage" O'Hara Mesdames Riggins and Cyphers Solo—"The Lord is My Light" Wild Rose"..... Ambrose Mesdames Thomas, Harris, Kinard Quartet of Women's Voices,..... "Adore and Be Still".....Gounod Mesdames Thomas, Walker, Pickens Harris. Hymn—"Abide With Me." Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Isaacs held open house at the First A. M. E. parsonage at Eighth street and Nebraska avenue, all day on New Year's Day getting acquainted with members of the congregation they had not met. MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday school - largely attended. Mrs. W. P. Thomas, superintendent for New Year. This is his third year of presiding over the Sunday school. At 11 a. m. the pastor, Rev. E. M. Moseley, preached a wonderful sermon. Subject, "Divinity of Jesus Christ," Services largely attended, Spiritual service. Choir sang its best. B. Y. P. U. largely attended. Mrs. L. Honkins, president. Mrs. Martha Evans and Mrs. Rosetta Thomas was elected leaders for the Juniors. At 8 p. m. the pastor preached a logical sermon. Mission Circle held its annual programme and business session Monday. Mrs. T. Hopkins, presiding. Song by congregation. Remarks by W. P. Thomas. Solo, Miss M. Holly. Short Talk, Mrs. H. Baskin. Reports for year were good. Annual address by president, Mrs. E. M. Moseley. Officers for new year: Mrs. E. M. Moseley, president; Mrs. A. Quinn, vice-president; Mrs. M. Gibson, corresponding secretary; Mrs. L. Arnold, recording secretary; Mrs. D. Hayes, chaplin; Mrs. L. Armstrong, treasurer. instructor Training for Service Class, Miss M. Holly. Teachers: Mrs. Sykes, H. Duvall, C. Murrell. Junior Mission officers: Miss O. Dooley, president; Miss J. Hartley, vice-president; Miss J. Turner, secretary; Miss E. Rogers, treasurer; Miss L. McClaim, chaplin. Teachers, Miss Caralie Buekner. Librarian, Mrs. J. Brewster. Sewing Circle, Mrs. O. Freeman. Come to Mount Olive. MRS. G. E. POWELL, Reporter PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday school convened at 10 o'clock, was largely attended. Class No. 3 composed of Senior girls has increased its membership until a division has been necessary. This class was loyally entertained by their teacher, Mrs. R. L. Jones, at her residence on Wednesday, December 30, At 11 o'clock Rev. McNeal preached a powerful sermon on "Prodigal Son." The following were reported sick: Miss Louise Scott, Mr. James Wilfong, Deacon Seltzer. B. Y. P. U. was well attended as usual. Group No. 1 had charge of the program at 8 o'clock our own Rev. Frazier delivered a soul-stirring sermon from Daniel 6:27. "God a Wonderful Deliverer." Beginning, January 14. "Bible Study" will be conducted every Thursday evening at 7:30 for the benefit of young ministers. Rev. Frazier has charge of this work. Rev. McNeal supervisor. Baptising will be held after the morning service January 10. A "big Home Coming" January 24th. All members are urged to be present. Sunday school opened 9:30 a. m. Mrs. Bohannon, superintendent, presiding. The session was very largely attended. The choir rendered sweet music and singing at the 11 o'clock service. The pastor preached a logical sermon, subject, "John's Vision of a Glorious Redeemer." Text Rev. 1:13-2. The pastor seemed to have been at his best. The B. Y. P. U. met at 6 p. m. Supt. U. J. Scott at the head. T token of appreciation for faithfulness was presented to the superintendent by the B. Y. P. U. At 8 p. m., the pastor preached an other soul stirring sermon. Subject, "Titen the Belt." Many were those that weeped for joy over the sermon. For good, wholesome information read the Advocate. Our motto. Every member of King Solomon a Reader of the Advocate." Hear the pastor's sermon at 11 a. m., Sunday. GIRL RESERVES OF NORTHEAST JUNIOR HIGH GIVE PARTY WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 30.1925. The Girls Reserve of Northeast Junior High sponsored by E. May McClelland, Alice Smith organized three weeks ago. At our first meeting Miss McClelland was ill, but at our second meeting our Girl Reserve took on new life. Miss Margaret Hall was elected president. Plans were made for Christmas party, Wednesday, December 30, 1925, at residence of Mrs. J. McClelland, 1120 N. Twelfth street. Wednesday afternoon over twenty girls gathered for our party. House was decorated with Christmas plants bells and wreaths. The afternoon was spent in games, music and kodaking. Refreshments were served in abundance. Favors were in Girl Reserve colors. A beautiful blue parasol tied with white satin ribbon. Every girl left declaring Misses McClelland and Smith lovely entertainers. If you want to be happy be a Girl Reserve in Northeast Junior High. AGNES FLOYD, Assistant Secretary. TRINITY INSTITUTION A. M. E. CHURCH. Trinity Church was crowded last Sunday morning. It was the first Sunday in the New Year. The pastor preached from the subject of the "One Family in Christ" and administered, the Lords Supper after finishing the services. Many members together with the minister visited the First A. M. E. church at three o'clock to hear Dr. Charles Sumner Williams pastor of Allen Temple preach the Quarterly conference communion service. A crowded house was present at 8 o'clock to witness the sacred concert and see the picture of the "Life of Christ" upon the canvass in five reels shown by Miss M. Dixon of Fort Smith, Ark. Everyone was well pleased. Monday evening all the departments met the trustees in joint session and arranged to put on a five thousand dollar drive under Presidents and Superintendents with forty members in each group. The majority of church members and friends are determined to raise the money. Last Sunday's collection was $99 for the day. The pasotr's subject Sunday, January 10 for the morning services will be "The Fleeing Prophet." Evening subject will be "Jordan Must Be Crossed." Baptising after evening services. ELKS CELEBRATE IN NEW BUILDING Midwest Elks lodge No. 233—I. B. P. O. E. of W. opened their new club rooms new years' eve. Open house was held new years' day. The Elk's band headed by Capt. Cooper gave a band concert to the enjoyment of all. The men's and ladies' reception room brought comment from the Elks and visiting friends. The men's reception room has new leathered chairs, a settee, library table, while a new set of wicker furniture adorns the ladies' reception room. Capernters, paper hangers and painters were busy for several days in getting the club rooms ready for the opening. Many of the Elks worked hard, giving their time free. The color scheme is purple and white, while the wood work is mahogany finished. The west side of the hall will be ready in two weeks says contractor Maupins. It is the lodge room proper with a large ante room and a separate room for the secretary. The porch on the South wing will be remodeled and enclosed to hold the lodge paraphenalia. The club rooms have bath, kitchen, dining room and it is certain that only a few Elk's Rest are superior to ours in point of service. The Elks bought this property for $26,000 a few years ago, making a substantial payment down. It has two store rooms on the first floor that are leased by the year and two frame houses in the rear. The Elks membership is over 400 and many of the most prominent men of Kansas City are among its members. Mrs. Fannie Cavanaugh had charge of the window decorations and the brother Elks saw that the men's reception room was the equal of the ladies. C. H. Calloway and T. B. Watkins paid their respects to the new lodge quarters. Doug Gregg is the present custodian. INKLINGS FROM THE TOPEKA DISTRICT Editor of The Kansas City Advocate: Permit me to give your many readers an inkling of the work, that is being done by the men on the field. We begin our first quarter with Rev. J. A. Allen at Osage City. This is one of our small missions; here we have a small membership, well organized and equipped with consecrated workers, who are loyal to the great cause of African Methodism and are standing by their pastor in putting over the program. Council Grove is in charge of Rev. C. W. Garrett. The people received him with warm hearts, and gave him a rousing welcome, he has organized 'the church for more, and better work, and the people are gladly following his leadership. He has planned to hold a revival and do some needed repairs. Emnoria: Rev. W. E. Gilliam, B. D. followed Rev. Everett who erected the new church at this place and is doing admirably well. He has a splendid church and people and they are working together for the great cause 'Christ. They have installed a newating plant, and every department alive and at work. Junction City: Rev. E. W. Smith is in charge of the work at this point though quiet and unassuming he has already found his way into the heart of the people and is doing a splendid work. The parsonage has been renovated, and fixed up in first class order. He is pleased with the appointment and they are satisfied with him. Manhattan: Rev. C. J. Skinner is holding forth here with a steady hand. He possesses those qualities which goes to make a good pastor. He is moving careful, and fast getting hold on the people. The membership is small, when, compared with what they have before them to do. He expects to complete the church this year. Paola: Rev. Dr. S. E. Newell, at this place has done more than has been done in years. We hope the good work will continue. He is capable, and sometimes regret that he hasn't a larger field in which to operate. Brown Chapel (Topeka), Rev. H. W. King, pastor: Though quiet and unassuming is doing a substantial work at this point, the church is being organized for a rally to raise not less than $1,000 as a fund for the new church building which is very much needed. He is now planning for another revival this quarter. Rev. B. F. Banks is in charge at Ottawa. He is doing well. We closed our first quarter with colors flying. The people seemed satisfied that they had a good and substantial leader. We are expecting great results from this point. They are well organized and are able to do good work. Rev. T. J. Sanford is in charge of Historic St. Luke (Lawrence) He has been seriously hindered on account of the illness of one of his children, T. J. Jr. But the people gave him a very cordial reception and are in harmony with his methods, everything bid fair for a successful and substantial year. Osawatomie: Rev. B. M. Hatton has began the year with renewed zeal for greater work and we feel he will succeed. He has a good Teacher Training Class organized and at work at both points the work is in fine shape. Rev. J. R. Ransom continues to move among the members of this historic charge ever ready to do something worth while, not only for St. John, but for the people generally. He is a man of great influence. They are planning to arrange for the completion of the church this year. It can and must be done to meet the growing demands of modern Sunday school work. The membership pledge him their loyal support. St. James: N. Lawrence Rev. Dr. Dent is having unusual success this year. His church has been organized as never before, from top to bottom, He has a good Sunday school with a young and capable man at the head, Allen C. E. League and everything moving in perfect unison. Miss Edith Randolph the evangelist, of the north Missouri conference, conducted a very successful revival and 26 precious souls were converted and brought into the fold. Pastor and members are happy and are loud in their praise for the work accomplished. Rev. E. J. Eatman at St. Mark, No. Topeka, is moving on nicely since taking charge of the work. Some pressing obligation has been met and a new heating plant has been installed and some needy furniture put in the parsonage, and both pastor and people are happy and at work. Lakeview: Rev. I. B. Chiles, has this work well in hand, the people love him and rally to the cause of African Methodism. He is loyal, faithful and true. No better pastor and people can be found than at this point. Rockvally: We regret that we were not able to be present at their District Quarterly meeting last Sunday, but this is another good point where the people are loyal and love their pastor. Rev. Marshman is the pastor, and distinguished himself as dollar money king. The brethren said he could not do it again, but he says he will show them. So they are all watching. We are expecting every man to be on hand with their donation and assessment as per order of the Bishop, Jan. 14th at First A. M. E. church, Kansas City, Kansas. Wishing you all a Happy and prosperous year. We carry picture show advertisements. Look for it. INTER-RACIAL MEETING BEARS FRUIT. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 8.—The discussions at the state interracial meeting held here a few days ago are already bearing fruit in opening to colored physicians the opportunity for study offered by hospital clinics. Dr. James Bruce, eminent child specialist of this city, has issued a cordial invitation to the colored physicians to attend his clinic at the Children's hospital every Monday. The announcement was made through Mrs. Helm Bruce, a member of the state and local interracial committees and one of the city's most prominent women. By W. T. Lewis Mr. Dan Wilson of 2047 Hallock has just returned from a three-weeks' visit with his relatives in Texas. He reports having a fine time. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1926. LOCALS LOCALS Mr. Cornelius Moberly, who has been visiting his parents, has returned to Manhattan to resume his studies at Kansas State Agricultural College. Mrs. Stagg, mother of Mrs. Mollie Turner, 2074 N. Fifth street, is very grateful to Rev. Isaacs and his group of singers, who came while she was ill and sang Christmas carols to her early Christmas morning. Mr. Thomas Bradford, civil war veteran, passed away Sunday, December 27, at 4 p. m. at Leavenworth, Kansas. Funeral services were held from the Soldiers' Chapel, December 29, with military honors. Mr. Bradford left a wife, two daughters, one step-daughter, and one son. Mrs. L. W. Carr and nephew, Maurice Miller, returned Monday from St. Paul, Minn., where they spent Christmas holidays. Miss Helen Hayden, 355 Troup avenue, who has been ill for some time, is improving. Miss C. T. Kealing, of Northeast Junior High faculty, spent her Christmas vacation in Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama, where she formerly taught. She was the house guest of Miss Margaret Washington, and was highly entertained while there with parties, breakfast, dinners and automobile trips. She visited U. S. Veterans Hospital and spent a day in Montgomery. Tuskegee Institute was host to many visitors because of the conclave of Omega Psi Phi, which convened there. Miss Kealing was dinner guest of Dr. and Mrs. Humbert. Dr. Humbert was formerly on staff at Wheatley Hospital, and Mrs. Humbert was Miss Grace Austin of Kansas City, Kansas. schools. Mr. H. M. Penn instructor in Manual Arts at Northeast Junior High school, was called home Wednesday, December 23, because of the death of his sister-in-law at Leavenworth Kansas. Mr. Roy Tucker, who has been away because of ill health, is back at home, 1143 Armstrong. He is busy getting acquainted with a fine big boy left at his home during his absence. His health is much improved Wilhelmia Wilson and brother from San Francisco, California, have entered Northeast Junior High school. Verta Lucille Williams, a student of Northeast Junior High school, lost her mother during the holidays. She is leaving to live with an aunt in Northeast Junior High. Northeast Junior High school had a wonderful exhibit December 23, 1925, on stage. Mr. Starnes, Mr. Penn, Manual Training; Miss Mary Frye, Sewing and Miss Mae Eleanor Harlow, Art. Miss Etta J. Searcy spent Christmas vacation at her home in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Theo McCord spent Christmas vacation in Topeka. Miss Marjorie Tucker spent her Christmas vacation at her home in Lawrence. Miss Cecil Carroll's sister, Octavia Carroll, is spending her Christmas vacation visiting her father and family. Mrs. A. O. Brooks is still confined to her room on account of illness. Mrs. Carrie McMillan of Emporia, and her daughter. Mrs. Wm. King, and family, visited Mrs. Sarah Chinn Buckner during the holidays. The younger set in Kansas City, Kansas, had a number of parties during the holidays, among them being a party by Lee Jackson, 2003 North Hallock street; a house party by Miss Catherine Dixon, 1912 N. Sixth street; a dancing party by Neva Munday on N. Fifth street, and a New Year's party given by the Misses Forneys of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Johnson, on Mill street, are rejoicing over the birth on New Years Day, of a fine big boy. Mother and son are doing fine. Mrs. C. W. Smith of Des Moines, Ia., and Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Hill of Lawrence, parents of Mrs. A. H. Stanfield, were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. Stanfield, 1215 Washington boulevard, during the Christmas holidays. Mrs. Smith, an aunt of Mrs. Stanfield's left Monday afternoon for her home. AT THEATRES PRINCESS The Princess offers a good bill commencing Sunday night, "Rex," in "Black Cyclone" is an unusually wild horse. Wednesday night the world's famous dog, Rin-Tin-Tin is seen in that great northern play, "Where the North Begins." "The Thief of Bagdad" runs Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. It is a million dollar picture. DUNBAR The Dunbar offers a big bill, opening up Sunday with a picture-every woman should see. Tuesday, Leo Maloney in a wild western rough and ready picture. Saturday night offers Harry Carey in "Soft Shoes." Carey is at his best in the picture. "Ten Commandments" commencing Sunday night the 18th and continues for four nights. CHARLESTON SYNCOPATERS AT LINCOLN NEXT WEEK Madam Bruce and Herbert Skinner will bring their "Charleston Syncopaters" to the Lincoln Theater next week, beginning Monday. Madam Bruce is among the best of present day prima donnas, and she has surrounded herself with nearly a score of talented singers, dancers and fun makers. Their show is said to equal the best on this circuit. Besides the promoters are seen: Comedian Troy Brown, Odell Irvin, Geo. Lynch, Wm. Brown, Monroe Bacon, John Hodges, Jessie Austin, Virginia Johnson, Libby Robinson, Estella Harris and a good looking chorus that can really dance. Miss Clara Coffey has returned from Frankfort, Kansas, where she has been visiting her parents over the Christmas holidays. Little Margaret Davidson has returned from Chicago, where she visited her mother, Mrs. Annabel Davidson. Miss Lucy Branham, who spent the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Branham, 2929 North Tremont street, has returned to Manhattan, Kansas, to resume her studies at Kansas State Agricultural College. Mr. Odie Jackson of St. Louis, is visiting at the residence of Mrs. Ella Johnson, 2423 North Sixth street. Mrs. Thompson, 718 Oakland avenue, who has been seriously ill for the past two months, has been removed to Douglass hospital. Miss Anna and Mr. J. C. Davis Jr.. were host and hostess to a line party at the Orpheum theatre on Wednesday afternoon. Those in the party were: Mamie Reeves, Catherine Plough, Marnesta Davis, John McLendon. The young folks were chaperoned by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Davis. Mrs. Atha Patton of Chicago, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Edward Hill, 2100 N. Third street, continues ill at the home of Mrs. Hill. The Deacons and Deaconesses of the First Baptist church were guests at the dinner on Monday evening given by Mr. and Mrs. Guilford. 2722 N. Allis avenue. Mr. J. B. Worten and son Claude, have returned from Lynn county, Kansas, where they spent the holidays. Mrs. Ruby Bell of Hamilton, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Gladys Banks, 2000 N. Tremont street. Mrs. Lenora Johnson of Hennessey, Okla., is visiting her cousin, Mrs. Ella Nicholson, 2215 N. Fifth street. Mr. Fay Hess, of Paola, Kansas, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ford, 2033 N. 4th street. Mrs. Ellen Stagg, mother of Mrs. Lillie Crawford and Mrs. Mollie Turner, is quite ill at home of Mrs. Turner 2074 N. Fifth street. Miss Belle Hollingsworth, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth, 1221 State avenue, has returned to Emporia State Normal school. Weekly noonday meetings are held at Armour's Packing plant for the employees. During Christmas week an excellent program was rendered to them by Girls Glee Club of Northeast Junior High school, and a beautiful Christmas story was told by Father Johnson. Mrs. Norene Davis is chairman of this industrial work. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Princess Theatre Third and Paralell Seventh Street-Haskell Cars to Door SUNDAY—TUESDAY "Rex" King of Wild Horses in "BLACK CYCLONE" The Wild Horse Western Special Supren Also Charlie Chaplin in "A DOGS·LIFE A Knockout Program SUNDAY—TUESDAY "Rex" King of Wild Horses in "BLACK CYCLONE" The Wild Horse Western Special Supreme Also Charlie Chaplin in "A DOGS·LIFE A Knockout Program WEDNESDAY RIN-TIN-TIN The Wonder Dog in "WHERE THE!NORTH BEGINS" His Best THURSDAY—FRIDAY—SATURDAY Douglas Fairbanks in THE THIEF OF BAGDAD" A Million Dollar Picture ADULTS 15c CHILDREN Lincoln Theatre --- Lincoln Theatre 18th and Lydia, Kansas City, Mo. WEEK STARTING M Bruce and "Charles Synce Speedy Musical O Madam Bruce, Prima Donna- That Jolly 20—PEO PHOTO MON., TUES., WED. Jan. 11, 12, 13 Gladys Walton in WEEK STARTING MONDAY, JANUARY 11 Bruce and Skinner's "Charleston Syncopaters" Speedy Musical Comedy Revue with Madam Bruce, Prima Donna—Herbert Skinner, Troy Brown That Jolly Fat Fellow 20—PEOPLE—20 "THE LITTLE GIRL · FROM A BIG CITY" ADULTS 25c IN SOCIETY Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Johnson and daughter, Gwendolyn, of Grand Rapids, Mich., spent New Year's day visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Booker, and mother at 125, Everett Ave. They are touring to California to spend the winter. Mrs. Scales-Combs of Edwardsville was in our city this week visiting old friends. Mrs. Marie Johnson-Coffey of Frankfort, Kansas, is visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs. O. B. Johnson, 1319, N. 8th street. She may be here a month. Her many friends are glad to see her looking so well. Dr. Bronson and Rev. Riggins administered Sacrament to Mrs. T. H. Johnson, who is still at Douglas hospital. She recognized them. Mr. and Mrs. Williams, on Winona, entertained Mrs. M. C. Matthews at dinner New Year's eve. Mrs. Melvin Jones entertained Bishop Cleaves and others at dinner recently. Mr. Fred Fitchue sang so classically at the Forum he was enceded. The Metropolitan Religious school will give a program January 15th or 22nd at night. The Metropolitan Sunday School gave a nice play Christmas eve with a real chimney and Santa Claus came in and out of it. Read the picture show announcements. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deepest appreciation and thanks to our many friends and neighbors for their kindness and beautiful floral offerings shown in the death of our beloved mother, Mrs. Eliza McKissack. Mrs. Eliza McKirsack, Mr. Eddie McKissack, Mrs. Elmira Kennedy, Mr. James McKissack, Mrs. Lena Jordan, Mr. Grandison McKissack, Mr. Bernard McKissack, Mr. Harry McKissack, Mrs. Carlette Wright, Mrs. Mamie Boozer, Mrs. Roxie Burns, Mrs. Fredia Hackley. Daughters and Sons. WY—TUESDAY of Wild Horses in "CYCLONE" Western Special Supreme Also Chaplin in DOGS-LIFE Out Program CHILDREN 10c Theatre MONDAY, JANUARY 11 d Skinner's eston opaters" Comedy Revue with —Herbert Skinner, Troy Brown Fat Fellow OPLE—20 THURS., FRI., SAT., SUN. Jan. 14, 15, 16 and 17 Constance Talmadge in "HER SISTER FROM PARIS" CHILDREN 10c The home of Mr. William Harris, 2033 North Hallock, was slightly damaged one day last week by fire from a defective flue. The Class Leaders' Council of Greater Kansas City met at Allen Chapel Thursday night in their regular meeting. Rev. Charles Sumner Williams, the pastor, made a fine address. Class leaders of both cities were in attendance. Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority will celebrate its Founders Day with a programme at the Forum, Sunday, Jan. 10th. Mrs. Clement Richardson will be the main speaker. There will be good music by local talent. Everyone is welcome. DEATHS Nelson Baker, 2110 North 4th. Dec. 30, 1925. George Flomming, 936 Wyoming. Dec. 30, 1925 Marion Reed, 1311 Ann, Dec. 30, 1925. Guso Cade, 2407 North 5th, Jan. 1, 1926. Mary Caiter Crisp, 1607 North 2nd, Jan. 1, 1926. John Snell, Muncie, Kans., Jan. 4, 1926. Fount Clymer, 1930 North Hallack, Jan. 3, 1926. Elish Williamson, 1753 South 21st, Jan. 3, 1926. George Renick, 2719 Douglas, Dec. 29, 1925. Mary Jones, 940 Walker, Jan. 4, 1926. Lewis Cannon, 1949 North 5th, Jan 4, 1926. Mrs. Aleta Hafford, 1217 Armstrong, is sick in bed. She does the fine pastry work, and L. G. Hafford is the chef at the Butler Motor Company building, Missouri side. The entire cafeteria is in their charge. ROBBED! D. R. Gray, farmer, living on rural route No. 4, was waiting to board a Leavenworth car Saturday night when, he was robbed. Two Negroes are charged with taking $30 from Mr. Gray. Dunbar Theatre TENTH AND NEW JERSEY SUNDAY, B. P. Schu "THE MANSION C Comedy—"Ma SUNDAY, JANUARY 10 B. P. Schulberg presents "THE MANSION OF ACHING HEARTS" Comedy—"Mammas Baby Boy" MONDAY, JANUARY 11 Leo Maloney in "SHIELD OF SILENCE" A Romance of the West Comedy—"Taxi Please" TUESDAY, "GO ST Aesop Pathe Serial Featuring Jack Mulk TUESDAY, JANUARY 12 "GO STRAIGHT" Aesops Fables Pathe Serial—"Wild West" Featuring Jack Mulkall and Helen Ferguson WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 13 "FAINT PERFUME" Pacemakers Comedy—"Madam Sam Gin" THURSDAY, JANUARY 14 THE PARASITE—THE PILL FRIDAY, JANUARY 15 Buck Jones in "THE TRAIL RIDER" A Red Hot Romance of Western Plains Comedy—"Fighting Ranger" SATURDAY, JANUARY 16 Harry Carey in "SOFT. SHOES" Comedy SUNDAY, MONDAY, T January 17, FOUR B Cecil B. The Ten Co FOR QUICK T Call FREDERI Residence—I NEW CLOSED HUPMOBIL SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY January 17, 18, 19 and 20 FOUR BIG NIGHTS Cecil B. DeMilles The Ten Commandments NEW CLOSED HUPMOBILE FOR ALL OCCASIONS BETHEL, KANSAS Mrs. Annie Crockett, spent the week end with friends at Oak Mills. Mrs. Molly Turner and Mrs. Madison of Kansas City, were New Years' guests of friends here. Mr. Jerry Lampkin, was home from Leavenworth during the holidays. Rev. P. L. Riggins, was out from Kansas City the week end, visiting the members of his congregation and occupied the pulpit at the Oak Ridge Baptist church Sunday. Mrs. Lucy Mack is still confined to her bed with an attach of pleuritis. Others among the sick are Mrs. Rhoda Spruel, Mrs. Wade Scott and Mrs. Perninah Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sharp attended the funeral of their grandson Jasper Francis at Edwardsville, Wednesday. Mr. Wade Scott visited his son Richard at Kansas City, Sunday, who has been ill for several days. Christina, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Robinson, is able to be out after a short illness. Mr. Herbet Anderson, who has been indisposed for the past two months will return to his school work at Emporia this week. HAMPTON-TUSKEGEE GIFT SAFE The 5 Million Needed to Clinch 2 Million More is Ready New York. January 8.—The 5 million dollars which must be raised or contributed by tomorrow to meet the conditions of a gift of more than 2 million dollars from George Eastman, have been obtained, Clarence H. Kelsey, chairman of the executive committee of the Hampton-Tuskegee university endowment fund, announced tonight. John D. Rockefeller, jr., gave 1 million dollars and there were five different gifts of $ \frac{1}{4} $ million dollars each, Mr. Kelsey said. The contributions were received from more than ten thousand persons. JANUARY 10 culberg presents OF ACHING HEARTS" gammas Baby Boy" JANUARY 12 STRAIGHT" os Fables —"Wild West" kall and Helen Ferguson TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY 18, 19 and 20 BIG NIGHTS DeMilles commandments TAXI SERVICE ICK, Grand 0197 Fifield 3145-J FILE FOR ALL OCCASIONS FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. The quarterly conference of the First A. M. E. church met Monday evening with Rev. W. T. Osborne, the presiding elder in the chair. Reports from all the auxiliaries and other departments showed the church to be in a healthy and prosperous condition both spiritually and financially. The reports of the stewards and trustees' departments were particularly interesting. Each gave much praise to the pastor, Rev. J. B. Isaacs, and his wife, for the great work that had been accomplished for the church in the short time they have been here. These reports also gave itemized statements of receipts and expenditures for the quarter showing every cent raised and for what it was expended. Mr. H. G. Dwiggins and Mr. Fred Lee, secretaries of these two departments, deserve much credit for the manner in which they compiled and submitted the reports. Several new features have been added to our church services during the quarter. Chief among them being the Junior Church, of which a fine report was made by the pastor. Brother Thomas Kennedy was again elected district steward, a position that he has filled with credit to himself and the church for some time. Mrs. Mattie Taylor, president of the Senior Stewardess board was elected District Stewardess. Mrs. Lula Hornbeak was elected secretary of the Quarterly Conference and W. T. Lewis, reporter. Rev. Adams, presiding elder of the Omaha district, was a visitor, and made very interesting remarks. He assisted the presiding elder in confirming the Senior Stewardess Board, and pronounced the benediction. W. T. LEWIS, Mrs. Leroy Brumell and three daughters, Vivian, Mildred and Georgella is visiting her sister Mrs. Effie Golden, 1822 Woodland Ave., Kansas City, Mo. PAGE 5 PAGE 6 COLDS AND HOW TO AVOID THEM Everyone is more or less familiar with the subject, "Colds and How to Avoid Them," therefore, a treatise thereon must be made interesting in order to command the attention. Colds, ordinarily called "cold in the head," is an acute inflammation of the nasal cavities. The inflammatory process sometimes extends to the throat causing a tickling sensation, and even hoarseness; to the bronchial tubes causing violent coughing and expectoration of mucus. The causes of colds may be divided into direct, and indirect; both depending largely upon a lowered vitality, due to loss of rest, irregular or improper diet. The direct causes may be summarized as follows: Exposure to cold, wet, irritating vapors, diphtheria, scarlet fever and influenza. The indirect causes are less significant, yet must be added to the list of causes. People who are not necessarily suffering with, but inclined to rheumatism, tuberculosis, and asthma, are especially susceptible to colds. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is an old adage that is applicable in this instance, and since the modern methods of medical practice are advocating preventative rather than curative medicine, I shall present some usable means of preventing colds. The means for avoiding colds are within the reach of everybody, but these means must be understood in order to utilize them. Proper hygiene and diet are indispensible. I cannot place too much emphasis on eating properly selected and prepared foods at regular intervals, but an atempt to itemize or detail the dietary would be both impracticable and unnecessary. Suffice it to say, that easily digestible and easily assimilable foods should be taken in preference to others. The proper amount and kind of rest are of prime importance. Four to six hours rest is usually sufficient, depending, of course, upon the kind of employment the person is engaged in, to maintain resistance. Proper kind of rest does not merely imply lying down, but freedom of mind and body, and profound sleep. It can be seen that an avoidance of the indirect causes enumerated in a preceding paragraph would do much to protect one from colds. Never rush into the cold or wet while warm because the pores of the skin are open, and cold is easily contracted. I have found that long continued exposure to cold is not dangerous, if some form of physical exercise is maintained. We often see people standing around on a damp football field contract cold, while the players are not affected. People employed in chemical laboratories and other places where fumes are generated should wear protective masks or use a bland oil to atomize the nose and throat, before and after exposure. Physicians, nurses and others who may be exposed to diphtheria or scarlet fever should be immunized against these diseases by inoculation. Science has not yet developed an antitoxin for influenza, therefore, it is is best to spray the nose and throat with a mild antiseptic solution, before and after exposure. Rheumatics, tuberculars, and asthmatics should adhere more closely to the above rules than the seemingly normal individual since the former are more susceptible to colds. NEW INTER-RACIAL RELATIONS IN THE SOUTH. The last week of the World War I traveled from Memphis to the end of the Yazoo Delta, speaking in towns, villages, at crossroad stores, and on scores of plantations to the typical audiences of that section. That is the black belt of Mississippi, and in most of the counties the Negro population exceeds the white. I saw during those days what I never expected to see: white and colored people from those delta plantations crowded around a truck on a platform or packed to suffocation in a court house or a church, listening as one man to the story of the nation at war. I never spoke to those audiences but that these came to my mind the Negro boys over the South—as I had seen them go into the camps. Each time I had a word to say about them as I had seen them and heard from others the story of their life in camp and overseas. Of course, the colored people were interested, because I said the very best word I could—and it was a good word—but I was greatly surprised to find that many of the better white people in the delta seemed quite as much interested and quite as kindly disposed to those colored boys in the army as towards the white boys who had gone out from the same communities. For a moment, at least they had found a new interest and a new value in colored boys. I came out of the delta country conscious of two things: First, I was conscious of the wonderful patriotism of the unprivileged Negro of the Mississippi delta. In all the trip no man ever suggested that the Negroes would not do their part in every war enterprise. In every community I heard stories of their self-sacrifice, of the amount of Liberty Bonds they had bought, of the amount of Red Cross money they had given, and of their willingness to send their boys into the camps. I was conscious, moreover, of the wonderful unity that had come to these delta communities. As white and black crowded together to hear of the war, they were not race conscious. For a moment something greater than race had been laid upon their hearts, and as one man the people of these communities stood face to face with the great task. Was it strange that many said, "Surely the war has brought to us here in the South one good thing, at least. We shall never again have the racial suspicions and misgivings that have too often marked the previous years. The Negroes have surely demonstrated their right to a larger and better place in our life—to a man's place, for they have played a man's part in the war." This feeling was genuine and general. Then the armistice was signed, and all of that good-will, which had been such a reality, seemed to have been but a dream. With other reactions from the wartime idealism, racial good will began to recede. From every quarter of the South there came rumors indicating that instead of the war leaving our race relations better, it had left them submerged in a fog of suspicion which nobody on the outside could understand and which grew daily more perplexing to those of us who were near at hand. There were in the South a number of men who had been very closely related to Negro soldiers and civilians during the war. Dr. M. Ashby Jones, a son of General Lee's chaplain, had been related to the War Department as a special adviser as to the Negro churches and their contributions to the winning of the war. Mr. John J. Eagan, who for many years had manifested a generous niterest in the PUBLICATION NOTICE In the district court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Hawkins, his wife, Defendants. To the above named defendants you and each of you are hereby notified, that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff in the above named court, and that unless you appear and answer the petition filed in said cause against you on or before the 28th day of January, 1926, the petition will be presented to the court, and a trial had thereon, and evidence will be introduced, upon which an attachment heretofore issued upon certain of your goods, will be sustained; and a judgment will be rendered, the nature of which will be—a judgment for recovery of money. And the attached property will be sold to satisfy said judgment and costs. CHARLEES TULL By I. F. BRADLEY, His 'Att'y. Attest: Carl W. Fincke, Clerk District (First Published Dec. 18, 1925.) SHERIFF'S SALE EXECUTION State of Kansas, ss. 20th Judicial District, County of Wyandotte Claude L. Jones, Plaintiff, vs. Forrest B. Anderson, Defendant. Under and by virtue of an execution issued by the Clerk of the District Court in and for the said County of Wyandotte, in a certain cause in said Court, numbered 25287 A. wherein the parties above named were respectively plaintiff and defendant, and to me the undersigned, Sheriff of said County directed, I will offer for sale, at public auction, and sell to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the front door of the Court House in the City of Kansas City, in said County, on Monday the 11th day of January, A. D. 1926, at 10 o'clock a. m., of said day, the following described Real Estate situate in the County of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, to-wit: All of Lot numbered Eight (8), in Odoms addition to Rosedale, Kansas, as the same appears on record in office of Register of Deeds in and for County and State aforesaid. The above described real estate to be sold subject to a mortgage of $500.00; also subject to an option contract of purchase in favor of P. J. and Mary Gahagans, upon which there has been paid the sum of $276.00. (First Published-December 11, 1925) THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE REAL ESTATE DEALERS Negro laborer in his plant, was made an assistant to the Secretary of the Navy, and was closely related to the Negro boys in that branch of service. There were others, and all of them shared the feeling that the war had brought a larger viewpoint in race relations. This group was therefore easily conscious of the almost complete reversal of sentiment at the signing of the armistice. It was not unnatural that having had this common viewpoint, these Southern men should come together and try to understand what had happened. Little by little the group was enlarged, colored men were turned to, and for about three months the discussion went on. It was finally decided that the first need was to find out just what the facts were. (To be continued in next issue.) LAUNCH "HUMAN SERVICE LEAGUE" Chicago, Jan. 8.—The "Human Service League," a new fraternity created for the purpose of founding a national home for colored orphans, has been launched at Chicago, Ill., under the leadership of Atty. Scipio Jones, Dr. D. E. Johnson, Dr. R. A. Williams, Ross D. Brown, Frank Stewart and Morris Lewis. The Human Service League proposes a plan of fraternalism which shall have as its chief object the creating of a permanent home for parentless children of its members. In the home, the children will be given a practical trade and training through the high school grades. It is expected that all the leading Negro fraternities of the country will join hands with this new project, which is open to all, upon the same terms. REAL ESTAT STOP PAYING RENT Own Your Own Home FOR SALE Five rooms, modern except furnace $2,500; at $400 down. Six-room bungalow, water, gas, lot 90x125, $2,500; at $500 down. Eight-room strictly modern and 2-room house in rear, sleeping porch $3,000; at $500 down. Four rooms, newly decorated, $1,450 at $150 down. Six rooms, strictly modern, brick veneered, garage, 3 cars, in Kansas City, Mo., $4,500; at $700 down. Five rooms, new bungalow, large lot (Quindaro) water, lights, $1,500; at $200 down. Six rooms, water, lights, gas, newly decorated throughout, best location $2,500; at $500 down. Five rooms, strictly modern, new bungalow, lot $37½x125, $4,000; at $500 down. W. R. JOHNSON REAL ESTATE CO. 516 Minn. Ave. Geo. H. Brown REAL ESTATE 5-room house; water, lights and gas. $23.00. On Everett. A bargain. 5-room house $1800. Water, lights and gas. On Nebraska. 4-room house just built on Haskell. City water, lights and gas. 50 ft. $2250. $300 down. 7-room house; water, gas and lights. $2500. $500 down. A good buy. 6-room house; water, lights, and gas. $2100. $300 down. 75 ft. Phone Fax 0767, Geo. H. 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The bill was supported by the Nationalist and Labour parties, but was strongly opposed by the South African Party, whose constituents shortly afterwards adopted resolutions to the effect that "it viewed with alarm the spread by the Union Government of the propaganda of so-called segregation,—a segregation regarded as a resuscitation of the old slavery." STATE DIRECT PHYSICAL EDUCATION Washington, Jan. 8.—A division of physical education is now included in the State departments of education of Alabama, California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. With the exception of Maine and Washington, all have State directors of physical education. These 16 states contain about half the population of the country. 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ED FURNITURE SETS, HARDWARE ity, Kansas DREXEL 4023 FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1926. SLAVERY WAS ABOLISHED IN AMERICA JUST SIXTY YEARS AGO—WHAT PROGRESS HAS THE NEGRO MADE MEAN-TIME? By ROBERT B. ELEAZER (This article, scent out by the Interracial Commission, was published widely by the white press on December 18, the anniversary of the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment.) Sixty years ago—on December 18, to be exact—the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution was adopted making slavery unconstitutional in the United States. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863, but since it applied only to persons then held as slaves in the States "in rebellion," and even excepted certain areas in some of those States, the real freedom of the Negro dates from the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment. The present is a fitting time to ask what use the race has made of its freedom in the intervening years. Here are a few highlights from the story: Economic Advance When freed in 1865, American Negroes owned 12000 homes and operated 20,000 farms. Now they own 700,000 homes and operate a million farms. Then they conducted 2,100 businesses; now they conduct 70,000. Meantime their aggregate wealth has increased from $20,000,000,000 to $2,000,000,000, one hundred times as much. In 1924 there were 73 Negro banks, with $6,250,000 capital, $20,000,000 of resources, and an annual business of $100,000,000. Thirty-five Negro life insurance companies report $200,000,000 of insurance in force on the lives of 1,100,000 persons. These companies have eight thousand employees and are wholly capitalized and managed by Negroes. One of these companies, the North Carolina Mutual, has more than $42,000,000 of insurance in force and annual income of over $2,000,000. The Bankers Fire Insurance Company, of Durham, N. C., has nearly $10,000,000 of insurance in force. Inventory and Industry Elijah McCoy, Detroit inventor, has taken out fifty-seven patents in America and ten in Europe. The universally used lubricating cup for machinery is one of his inventions. Altogether, thousands of patents have been issued to colored inventors. In 1920 there were in America 332,249 Negroes engaged in skilled and semi-skilled occupations. A big textile mill at LaGrange, Ga., uses Negro labor almost exclusively; also a hosiery mill at Durham, N. C. Altogether, more than 20,000 Negroes are employed in textile industries. During the Great War a number of world records for industrial processes were broken by Negro workers. Religion There are in the United States 47,000 Negro Churches, with five million members, and 46,000 Sunday Schools enrolling three million pupils. Members of colored Churches contribute annually $550,000 to home and foreign missions. The 332,000 Negro members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in five years contributed $1,941,979 to the Century Fund of that Church. Negroes have contributed nearly $350,000 toward the erection of colored Y. M. C. A. buildings in fourteen cities. The Olivet Baptist Church, of Chicago, is said to be the largest Protestant congregation in the world, having a membership of 10,000. It carries on an extensive community program, having fifty-three departments and employing thirty paid workers. Its annual operating budget is about $50,000. Education In 1865, ninty per cent of the Negroes were illiterate; now about twenty per cent. Then there were 100,000 Negroes in school; now 2,150,000. There are in the United States about 10,000 Negro college graduates. Six hundred and seventy-five received the Bachelor's degree last yearqr. The degree of Doctor of Philosophy has been awarded to twenty-nine Negrose by American universities. Sixty have been elected to membership in the Phi Betta Kappa scholarship fraternity. In four years' work, Eunice Hunton took both the A. B. and A. M. degrees at Smith College, Mass., the largest girls' college in the world. Only one other student at Smith has ever equalled this record. H. S. Blackstone received the degree of Ph.D, from the University of Pennsylvania at the age of twenty-three, one of the youngest students ever receiving this degree. Constance Crocker finished from the Girls' High School in Boston at the head of a class of 308. Archibald Carey, Chicago, high school student, was awarded first place and a prize of $1,000 in the Dis- trict Oratorical Contest for high school students, including several States. A number of Negroes have recently given to Negro colleges sums ranging from $5,000 to $25,000 each. Literature and Art. More than a hundred volumes of Negro poetry have been published in America. Counter P. Cullen, of New York, in 1923 and again in 1924 won second prize in the Witter Bynner undergraduate poetry contest, open to all colleges of America and participated in by seven hundred students representing three hundred institutions. Prof. Isaac Fisher, of Nashville, Tenn., has won five literary prizes in open national contests, one a prize of $500 offered by Everybody's Magazine for the best article on prohibition. Helen Perry, of Chicago, won the third prize of $500 in a $30,000 National Scenario Contest conducted by the Chicago Daily News. There were 27,000 entries in the contest. E. M. Bannister, of Providence, R. I., attained distinction as a painter and founded the Providence Art Club. The French Government has purchased and hung in the Luxemburg Gallery a number of paintings by Henry O. Tanner. King D. Gannaway, of Chicago, won first honors in the annual Wannamaker Art Exhibit in Philadelphia, in which there were nine hundred exhibitors. Paul Robeson, Negro actor, has recently achieved remarkable success in America and in England in the role of "Emperor Jones." Music Roland Hayes, Georgia Negro, has attained international fame as a tenor, having sung with great success before the most critical audiences of America and Europe, including the King and Queen of Spain. Harry T. Burlleigh, baritone, has for twenty years been a soloist in one of the leading Episcopal churches of New York. Marion Anderson, colored contralto, appeared during the season of 1923-24 as a soloist with the Philadelphia Philharmonic Society. J. Rosamond Johnson has composed light operas for Klaw and Erlanger, and many popular songs for May Irwin, Lillian Russell, and Anna Held. The Negro and the Flag. During the Spanish-American War, Negro troops in the Regular Army distinguished themselves at the battles of Gausimas, El Caney and San Juan Hill. Three hundred and eighty thousand American Negroes were enrolled for service in the World War, of whom two hundred thousand were sent to France. They were the first of the American Expeditionary Force to get into action, and two Negroes of the 360th Infantry were the first American soldiers decorated for bravery. The Croix de Gurre was awarded to four entire Negro regiments for heroism in action. One of these, the 370th, was commanded entirely by Negroes, with the exception of the colonel. Thirty officers of this regiment received medals of honor for bravery. Altogether, some sixty Negro officers were so decorated. Science, Exploration, Athletics Prof. George Carver, of Tuskegee Institute, is perhaps the best known agricultural chemist in America and has developed hundreds of products that promise untold value to the South and the nation. Matthew A. Henson was with Commodore Robert A. Peary in his discovery of the North Pole and in seven other Polar expeditions. He was selected, according to Peary, for "his adaptability, fitness, and loyalty." Three Negro athletes were among the American representatives in the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. One of them, DeHart Hubbard, won the board jump with a record of twenty-four feet six inches. He has since beaten his own record with a leap of more than twenty-five feet. In the years 1919-1924, the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission awarded medals to six Negroes for deeds of heroism. "Who's Who in America" for 1925 lists eighty-one Negroes in its roster of distinguished Americans. These are but random paragraphs from a story that led Ambassador James Bryce some years ago to assert that in an equal length of time no other race had ever made such progress. Contemplating the same record, a well known Southerner recently said: "The Negro is not a menace to America. He has proved himself worthy of confidence. He has been and may continue to be a blessing. He only needs unnecessary barriers removed from his way, and a chance to demonstrate that under God he is a man and can play a man's part." THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE DR. L. T. MONTGOMERY DENTAL SURGEON MINNESOTA AVENUE STATE BANK The bank of personal service. 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 This is only the negative side. Real health is much more than not being sick. Health in the broader sense means perfect harmony between the individual and his surroundings. Few of us realize that everything with which we come in contact has a favorable effect on our body and our mind. At first thought there would seem to be little connection between interior decorations and health, yet the surroundings in which we live and work have much influence, favorable or unfavorable, on our mental and bodily condition. Unpainted walls, whether of plaster or of wood, absorb moisture and are consequently a breeding place for various kinds of germs. If the walls are plastered, the paper itself, together with the paste, furnishes an additional breeding place for germs and a lodging place for dust. Cold water paints, that is, paints which are dissolved in cold water, such as calsomine, whitewash, etc., are not durable and wall painted with them cannot be washed. The best coating is a good oil paint, which on dying forms a smooth hard non-absorbing surface, which can be easily cleaned. Color is also important. Dark greens and blues in a wall coating absorbes much light, consequently a greater amount of illumination necessary for such rooms, yellow, buffs, light tans and grays do not absorb so much light. On the contrary they reflect light, and consequently increases the light in the room. The colors in which a room is decorated affect the mental conditions of its occupants. Green and blues are depressing, while yellow and tans are stimulating. You are more cheerful and more energetic in a room that is light, airy, spacious and clean than you are in a room that is dark, stuffy, musty and dirty. Other things being equal, the happier you are, the healthier you will be and the better able to resist disease. $50,000 GIFT FOR HOSPITAL OFFER CONTINGENT UPON PUBLIC MAINTENANCE.— ANOTHER GIFT OF $10,000 FOR EQUIPMENT. Greensboro, N. C., Jan. 8.—Mrs. L. Richardson, of this city, has offered to donate $50,000 for the establishment here of a hospital for colored people, contingent upon the city of Greensboro and the county of Gunlford providing maintenance. It is said that the city officials have agreed as to the city's share. The county board of commissioners will take the matter up at an early date. Mrs. Sternberger, of this city, gave ten thousand dollars for laboratory equipment. The colored group will raise ten thousand dollars for beds and other equipment. SUMNER HIGH SCHOOL BASKET BALL GAMES January 15. S. H. S. vs St. Joe, in St. Joe. January 22. S. H. S. vs Lincoln, (Kansas City, Mo) at Sumner. January 29. S. H. S. vs Kan. Voc. (Topeka) at Sumner. January 30. S. H. S. vs Sedalia at Sumner. February 5. S. H. S. vs Sedalia at Sedalia. February 19. S. H. S. vs Bartlett at Sumner. February 22. S. H. S. vs Lincoln (Kansas City, Mo.) at Lincoln. Mar. 12. S. H. S. vs Kan. Voc. (Topeka) at Topeka. Mar. 13. S. H. S. vs Lawrence at Lawrence. H. S. WILLIAMS, Athletic Director. NORTHEAST JUNIOR HIGH BASKET BALL GAMES January 7. N. E. Junior vs Western College, K. C. K. January 15. N. E. Jr. H. vs Lincoln High, (Sedalia) Sedalia. January 23. N. E. Jr. H. vs Lawrence, K. C. K. February 6. N. E. Jr. H. vs Kan. Voc. College, K. C. K. February 19. N. E. Jr. H. vs Lincoln High (K. C. Mo.), K. C. Mo. February 20. N. E. Jr. H. vs Bartlett, K. C. K. FARMERS' WEEK AT TOPEKA "Indication are that 'Farmers' Week' at Topeka, January 11-16, will be the best attended in the history of these occasions," according to Secretary J. C. Mohler, who adds "that the widespread interest manifested clearly shows Kansas farmers and stockmen only need such opportunities to enable them to co-operate in advancing their own interests along sound nad constructive lines. Prominet among the farm meetings during the week are: The Kansas Agricultural Convention, held under the auspices of the State Board of Agriculture; the State Association of Kansas Fairs; the State Farm Bureau; and the State Poultry Association and show. The importance of these gatherings has induced the railroads to grant an open, round-trip rate of one and one-half fare, available to everybody, from all points in Kansas. In addition to speakers previously announced, as A. J. Glover, editor of Hoard's Dairyman, Dr. J. R. Slonaker, of the Leland Stanford Food Institute, Robt. H. Hazlett, the world famous breeder, of EIDorado, President F. D. Farrell, of the State Agricultural College, the program of the State Agricultural Convention will include H. J. Meierkord, who will tell of the success of the Kansas cooperative creamery at Linn; R. I. Throckmorton, of the State Agricultural College, in a discussion of the difficulties we are encountering in alfalfa growing and their solution; Thomas H. Hogan, manager of the Robbins Ranch, about the proven value of alfalfa as a feed for work horses; J. W. Zahnley, Director State Seed Laboratory, on the benefits to agriculture through the operation of the Kansas seed law; C. A. Babbit, Secretary State Association of County Fairs, on Residence, 1239 State Ave. Office 9:30 a. m. to 12-2 to ALL, PATIENTS BY OFFICE PHONE Dr. J.H. Dental S 428 MINNESOTA AVENUE Xmas S Did you know that the Christmas banks of the United States for Three Hundred Million Dollars? That there are more than seven m That this vast sum of money w Xmas Savings Did you know that the Christmas Savings Clubs in the various banks of the United States for 1925 will amount to more than Three Hundred Million Dollars? That there are more than seven million members of these Clubs? That this vast sum of money will be distributed next week? ARE YOU IN ON THIS— Don't Fail to Get In for 1926 START NOW! AT BROTHERHOOD STATE BANK Minnesota Avenue at Eighth Street Kansas City, Kansas BROTHERHOOD STATE BANK Minnesota Avenue at Eighth Street Kansas City, Kansas AUTO LIVERY D. WILSON Cars by Tr 1006 Walker Avenue Call Fair Hall, Walker correlating the activities of county' fairs, D. J. Fair, who owns and operates a pump irrigation plant in Rice county, on the possibilities of irrigation in Kansas, and Dr. Burris A. Jenkins, the eminent divine of Kansas, an eloquent orator of national reputation who will talk on the world court. An occasion of much interest to Kansas farmers will be the unveiling on the afternoon of Friday, the 15th., of the Coburn Memorial Tablet, erected in memory of F. D. Coburn, who served Kansas and Kansas agriculture with such zeal and fidelity for more than twenty years as secretary of the State Board of Agriculture. These agricultural conventions at Topeka have but one purpose—to foster and promote the business of farming in Kansas, and are open to everybody interested in the biggest thing in the State. This community should be reprseented by a creditable delegation of our progressive farmers. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. No. 27255 William Robinson, Plaintiff, vs. Nettie Robinson, Defendant. To the above named defendant, Nettie Robinson: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte County for a divorce by the above named plaintiff on the grounds of abandonment; that unless you answer the allegations and the charges as set out in the petition filed herein, the same will be taken as true; that judgment and decree will be rendered in accordance therewith, divorcing you from the said plaintiff; with such other and further relief as the court may seem just and proper; and further that you must file said answer on or before the 20th day of February, 1926. I. F. BRADLEY, JR, Attorney for Plaintiff. (First Publication Jan. 8, 1926.) N. B. ROBINSON LAUNDRY COMPANY Prompt, Efficient Service Office and Residence 333 Quindaro Blvd. Phone Fairfax 1174 N. B. Robinson, Mgr. venue, Phone Fifield 0861W Hours 15; 6:30 to 7:30 p. m. NY APPOINTMENT —DREXEL 1258 Moore Surgeon KANSAS CITY, KANSAS Savings US Savings Clubs in the various 1925 will amount to more than million members of these Clubs? will be distributed next week? STATE BANK street Kansas City, Kansas Fairfax 3185 ip or Hour Kansas City, Kansas fax 3767 and Green ington Blvd. PAGE 7 U.N.1.A.BUYS SITE FOR TEMPLE --- PAGE 8 SUNFLOWER DIVISION OF THE U. N. I. A. HAS PURCHASED A FINE SITE FOR A TEMPLE Sunflower division of The Universal Negro Improvement Association, and The African Communities League, has purchased for a Temple the property located at the southwest corner of Third street and Franklin avenue, formerly owned by the Life Line Mission, a white charitable institution. This property has a frontage of 150 feet on Third street and 205 feet on Franklin. The main building has 23 rooms and is strictly modern both tub and shower baths. There is also a 6-rom stucco cottage strictly modern, and two store buildings and a garage sufficient to accommodate about ten cars. The consideration was approximately $10,000. The organization will take possession the 15th of this month. They plan to use it as a temple for the local chapter, having a nemployment agency and hotel accommodations for the members. Mrs. Lois Thompson, is secretary and Mr. William Penn, Lewellyn is president. The sale was made by the Old Homestead Realty Company. MASONIC NEWS The Council of Deliberation of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Masons of the Valley of Kansas, will convene on January 18 in Kansas City, Kansas, with Orient Consistory No. 19, at Koran Hall, Fifth street and Virginia avenue. Dr. Sumner Alexander Furniss, $33^{\circ}$, of Indianapolis, Indiana, Most Puissant Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Order of Scottish Rites of Freemasonry of the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, as the guest of honor. Illustrious Frank O. Miller, deputy of the Valley of Kansas, will preside at the meeting. Illustrious Grand Commander Furniss is one of the highest dignitaries of the masonic order in this territory, and the Council feels extremely honored with his presence. A reception will be held in his honor by Orient Consistory No. 19 on the evening of January 18, at which time Illustrious Grand Commander Furniss will install the newly elected officers of the local consistory. Orient Consistory No. 19, met in regular communication January 1, with Commander-in-Chief D. C. Houston, presiding. After the regular order of business, a brief and impressive memorial service was held for the order's deceased. Past Commander-in-Chief J. H. Walker. The election of officers for the ensuing year was held, and the following elected: Commander-in-Chief, Otis H. McField; First Lieutenant Commander, H. J. McKenney; Second Lieutenant Commander, A. H. Fitzhugh; Treasurer, B. F. Harris; Secretary, H. J. Perkins; G. Member of State, C. D. Bruce; G. Chancellor, James Cooper; G. Engineer and Architect, Stephen Boykins; G. Hospitaler, W. H. Frye. Interstate Meet at Atchison. The thirty-fourth annual session of the Interstate Literary Association of Kansas, and the West, convened at Atchison, Kansas, December 28, 29 and 30, 1925, at Ebeneezer Baptist church. Each day of the session, a splendid program was presented, each session opening alternately with Negro national anthem, and the Association ode, written by Tilford Davis jr., of Kansas City, Kansas, and sung to air of "America." Each day's session was fraught with much food for thought and ideas and ideals for the advancement of our race, presented by an exceptional group of our foremost thinkers and speakers. A number of Kansas City, Kansas, talented folks were featured on the program, some of whom were: Attorney Dorsey Green, and I. F. Bradley, Rev. H. B. Bronson, Tilford Davis, Jr., Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins. The next meeting will convene in Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Eugene Bell of Atchison, Kansas, is the newly elected president. MUSIC WEEK IN K. C. HIGH SCHOOLS. Mr. M. E. Pearson, superintendent of city schools, has planned for a music week in Kansas City, Kansas, beginning April 5, and one entire evening musical program will be presented by Negro talent of the city. Mr. Pearson appointed a committee of teachers to work, up the program. Those on the committee are: S. D. Scruggs, Jr., John A. Hodge, J. P. King, T. H. Reynolds, J. H. Brown, Marjory Tucker, Virginia Elliott, and Lillie Green. BACHELORS DINE AND DANCE The Bachelor Boys Club entertained their members wives and sweet-hearts on New Years night with a dinner dance at the Candlestick Inn. The Bachelors are famous for their de luxe form of entertaining, but this surpassed any thing they have given for a long time. A delicious roast duck dinner was served in five courses at 10 o'clock. Prior to the dinner, the evening was spent with dancing. A special and novel feature was a number of beautiful vocal selections by Miss Marie Nevins, a guets. Music accompanied the dinner. A picture of the party seated at the table was taken during the final service. As unusual hosts the Bachelor Boys rank high. SWIFT AND COMPANY PRIZE TEAMS ATTRACTS TWO CITIES It was indeed a grand sight to see the beautiful dappled gray six horse prize team of Swift & Company prance gracefully down Minnesota avenue delivering some of the American Royal prize beef to the customers of Swift & Company. At the recent live stock show held at the American Royal Live Stock building this was the winning sixhorse team. They have won the blue ribbon for several years. Mr. J. L. Brennan is the superintendent and is a very splendid gentleman, easy to approach, and is a valuable asset to the company. Mr. O. G. Malker is the manager and uses no discrimination in selecting efficient men to do the work. On the streets in Kansas City, Mo., these prancing steeds also were seen delivering meat during the holidays. AMERICAN NEGRO ACADEMY MEETS Washington, Jan. 8.—In 1897 an association was organized by Rev. Alexander Crummell, and named The Negro Academy. Its purpose as defined by the organizers was to defend Negro citizens against vicious assault, to foster higher education and the publication of scholarly works, and to promote the development of literature, science and art. A number of papers covering every phase of the so-called "Negro Problem" have been published by the Society and are on file in the principal libraries' and educational institutions of the world. The Twenty-ninth Annual Convention was held in this City December 28th and 29th, with business sessions at the Mu-So-Lit Club, and open meetings at the Cleveland Community Center. Mr. Arthur R. Schomburg, of New York, is president of the organization. Carl Banks orchestra of Kansas City, Kansas played in St. Joseph, Missouri December 25th and January 1st for two or the largest and most enjoyable dances of the season. This very popular orchestra also played in Junction City December 30th, receiving and invitation for return engagement. Mr. C. C. Bell of Topeka, visited his daughter, Mrs Ousley, 408 Greeley avenue, this week. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT Case No. 12540 In the Probate Court in and for said County and State. State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte, ss. In the matter of the estate of E. L. Oliver, deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate are hereby notified that on the 4th day of February, 1926, at the hour of 10 a.m., at the regular term of the Probate Court, in and for said County, held at the Probate Court room in Kansas City, County of Wyandotte, and State aforesaid, I intend to make a full and final settlement of said estate, and at such time, or as soon thereafter as the same can be heard, an application will be made for an order of the Court finding and adjudging who were the heirs, devisees and legatees of said deceased. IDA B. OLIVER, Administrator of the estate of E. L. Oliver, deceased. In Witness Whereof, the undersigned, Probate Judge in and for the County of Wyandotte, State of Kansas, have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Probate Court this 4th day of January, A.*D., 1925. DORSEY GREEN, Attorney for Administrator. (First Published Jan. 8, 1926.) THE KANSAS.CITY ADVOCATE ENTERTAINED AT NEW YEAR DINNER Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Walsh and son gave a New Years dinner at their home, 2060 Springfield Boulevard, Kansas City, Kansas, Jan. 1, 1926. The guests all arrived at 10 o'clock and dinner was served promptly at 2 o'clock, which was very appetizing and enjoyed by all. The guests were as follows: Rev. and Mrs. J. R. Richardson, Mr. Nat F. Johnson and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Hale and family, Mr. Caldwell and son, Mrs. Arella Booker and company, Mr. and Mrs. Porter Spicer, Miss Gertrude Parke and brother, Miss Willia Mae Cowans, Mr. Arvele Campbell, Mr. Oliver McFields, Miss Ada Majors Mr. Felix Henderson, Miss Pauline Biggers. Dinner was also sent to Miss Helen Hayden who is ill and who is a very intimate friend to the family. Miss Josephine Patterson, a student of Northeast Junior and Miss Pearl Mayberry, a student of Sumner High gave a New Year's party at their home Saturday night, January 2, 1926 before going back to school to resume their studies. HELPED SLAVES ESCAPE The daughter of a runaway slave woman living in Cleveland, Ohio, has written to John E. Rastall, a member of the Wisconsin Veterans Home, that her mother was eighteen years old when she escaped from slavery by the help of the Underground Railroad, and thanking him for his activities along that line in Kansas in the Old John Brown days. Comrade Rastall helped slaves escape and was arrested by United States troops for that and other offenses committed in the effort to make and keep Kansas a free state. He made his escape however. Some of Rastall's adventures are told in a story now going through the newspapres which he says this writer must have read. At the time of his capture and escape, aiding or assisting the escape of a slave was punishable with death or imprisonment for not less than ten years, under a law passed by the bogus legislature. Mr. Rastall enlisted in Co. B, 5th Wisconsin Vols. April 21, 1861, and served altogether three years and six months during the Civil War. He says he is more pleased to have received this colored woman's communication than to have received a Congressional Medal of Honor. The Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Wm. E. Connolley, believes Mr. Rastall is the last survivor of the militant abolitionists operating from Topeka, Kas. His formal discharge from the Free State Army dated Sept. 29, 1856, hangs upon the walls of the Society. Kansas has no records of the preteritorial Military organizations.—From the Waupaca (Wis.) News. THE ORCHESTRA By CLAUDE E. BANNISTER Continued for Dec. 2, 1925. The Violin—the violin the versatile of all stringed instruments. It is the most perfect instrument known, of brilliant tone and capable of every variety of expressoin. (All important music is based more or less is based on the characteristic of the Human Voice, its characteristics have been designated by term: Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass.) The 1st Violin, the Melody and Solo Instrument, and the Soprano of the Orchestra. The 2d Violin is the Alto of the Orchestra, and without the 2d violin the Orchestra has no true Harmonic Tone Color. The violin can produce all embellishments and all possible emotions from the deepest pathos to the wildest jazz. Like the human voice, too, is better suited for melodic work than harmonic. When attending a Orchestral Concert the first instruments to attract our attention are the strings, consisting of 1st Violin, 2d Violin, Viola, Violin-cello and Double Bass. (Continued). PLOTTER AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT SEIZED San Francisco, Cal.—After six years search, the secret service arrested a man in Oakland, Cal., by the name of William E. Wolfe. He is charged with circulating inflammatory circulars demanding the assassination of President Coolidge. After his arrest, Wolfe, also known as David Watson, confessed he is the man wanted, but refused to state why he was carrying on the campaign against the government. Several other prominent men were marked for death also. TIGER FLOWERS TO BATTLE FOR WORLD'S CHAMPIONSHIP Tiger Flowers, who got a raw decision handed him a few weeks ago in his fight with Mike McTigue is matched to meet Harry Greb, middleweight champion of the world. The boxing commission of New York nominated Flowers as the logical opponent. Walk Miller his manager posted the required $2,500 as a forfeit. MRS. HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON JOINS U. S. LABOR STAFF Washington, Jan. 8.—Mrs. Georgie Douglass Johnson, widow of the late Henry Lincoln Johnson, Republican National Committee from Georgia, has been appointed to the staff of Secretary of Labor James J. Davis, and entered upon active duties January 2, 1926. The new appointee has had a splendid background of training and experience for the significant position to which she has been assigned. Mrs. Johnson will perform field work of an export nature, having to do with immigration questions and the problems of Negro labor among the women and children of the United States. "NEGROES HAVE NO ANIMOSITY," SAYS BISHOP RANSOM. New York, Jan. 8.—Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom, of Nashville, Tenn., in a remarkable sermon delivered at the Bethel A. M. E. Church of this City, last Sunday, paid a high tribute to Negro scholarship and leadership, which, he said, cherishes no animosity for the white people of America. Bishop Ransom, in the further course of his sermon said: "No greater opportunity for influential leadership and service is presented to any people in the world than within the grasp of Negro scholarship in the United States. First, the service of illumination and guidance it may give its own race, then the larger and better service it might render in liberating the spirit and strengthening the moral purpose of its fellow countryment. There must be introduced into our thought and springs of action a deeper motive than any that now prevails. Black Americans cherish no animosity for their white fellow-citizen. And with their hearts thus atuned, Negro scholarship will make an approach for peaceful relationship between the races that can guarantee to us our security and peace." JUDGE TERRILL BURIED Washington, D. C., Dec. 31.—Funeral services for Judge Robert H. Ferrell was held last Thursday at the Metropolitan Baptist church. Judge Terrel was 68 years old at the time of his death. Judge Robert E. Mattingly an associate judge was loud in the praise of Judge Terrel. He said they were proud of him and his integrity was never questioned. It is going to be a hard place for anybody to fill for the late judge set an example of Judicial honesty that will test the merit of his successor. The Le Premier club entertained on New Years' eve with their second very popular Fancy Costume Ball, at Labor Temple, from 10:00 p. m. to 2 a. m. The hall was a scene of gay carnival colors, gypsies and pirates, hobnobbing with kings and queens, dancing girls with Spanish toreadors. When the whistles announced the death of 1925, who went limping out, pandemonium reigned when the fat little New Year came capering in. Noise reigned supreme for about an hour. Every noise making device was on hand to assist. About three hundred guests made merry with the Le Premiers. Mrs. Preston Younger won the pillow top and Evaline Jackson won the tea apron given away by the Girl Reserves of Northeast Junior High. TELEPHONE USED BY KANSAS JUDGE IN PRESIDING Wichita, Kansas.—Judge Leahy is a busy man these days. Many cases are heard over telephone by him. He a judge of the "small debtors" court. The permission was established and granted by the last legislature. After all the evidence is in he mails his decisions to the principals. Prices According to Work Hours—8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2074 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kas. HEALTH HINTS FROM THE DENTAL EDITOR "Mouth Hygiene" The mouth, the gateway to your inner body demands your close attention and care at all times. Your health is greatly dependent upon the hygienic state of this organ. Properly brushing the teeth and gums followed by a mouth wash prevents the collecting of food particles and other debris in the inner spaces of your teeth. The many ill conditions of this organ can be attributed, not only to lack of knowledge of mouth sanitation, but in most cases, gross neglect and carelessness. Your teeth must not be subjected to the shock of various temperatures, of hot and cold foods, because of the injury to the dental nerves. Mouth hygiene demands the periodical examination of your mouth and teeth by your family dentist who can warn you of any process of decay in the teeth or weakened condition of any of the soft tissues. Do not harbor broken down teeth and roots in your mouth because "they don't hurt." The entire system is being slowly and dangerously poisoned by them. Mouth hygiene is Preventive Dentistry and to safeguard your mouth means to safeguard your health. CITIZENS FORUM The Citizens Forum had a large meeting Sunday, Jan. 10th. Mrs. J. Jennings was sponsor for the program, as follows: Anthem, New Year's quotations, song 4 children; pipe organ solo, Mrs. B. Fisher; violin solo, Mrs. Lewis; New Year's talk, Prof. T. Davis; piano solo, Mr. R. Lewis; original prologue and poem, Mrs. M. C. Matthews, in which she gave the work of the Forum for four months and received an ovation and President Harris asked her to have a book written of some of her many poems. Little Helen Jennings spoke and Mr. Fitchue sang beautifully and was encored. Next Sunday, Jan. 10th is a change of program. Come hear it. OPEN HOUSE AT A. M. E. PARSONAGE At the A. M. E. Mission's Open House at the parsonage an enjoyable time was had. Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong sang fine and Mrs. M. C. Matthews read a poem, which Dr. Isaacs asked her to give to him. The house was decorated with a Christmas tree, etc., and sandwiches and tea were served. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Jennie V. Lennox, Plaintiff, vs. No. 27173 A. Neal, Lennox, Defendant. State of Kansas to Neal Lennox, GREETINGS: You will take notice that you have been sued in the above named court for absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant, on the grounds of desertion and abandonment. Unless you answer said petition on or before the 12th day of February, 1926, the allegations and statements contained in plaintiff's petition will be taken as true, and upon further prof, plaintiff will be granted a divorce as prayed for in her petition. J. S. Manning, Attorney for Plaintiff. Carl W. Fincke, Clerk of District Court. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas: Ethel Wilson, Plaintiff Ethel Wilson, Plaintiff, You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and that you must answer the petition filed in said case on or before the 12th day of February, 1926, or said petition will be taken as true and judgement rendered against you, granting her an absolute divorce of and from you, and for such other and further relief as the nature of the case may require and for costs of this action. Dorsey Green, Attorney for Plaintiff. First published Dec. 25, 1925. FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1928. NEW GRAND MASTER That I, J. A. Broadnhx who have been Grand Master 5 years and four months to the best interest of the craft at heart of the M. W. S. G. L of F. and A. A. Y. M's National Compact the Prince Hall origin, have this day offered my resignation as Grand Master to this end, I turn them over to the D. G. M., Rev. Geo. McNeal who will lead you in all Masonic truth until the next Grand Lodge. I shall continue to help you and be at all real calls. We have done much and there is much more to be done, stand by your D. G. M. and I am sure you will meet the desired end. Fraternally yours. Fort Scott, Kansas. TRINITY INSTITUTIONAL A. M. E. SUNDAY SCHOOL The subject of the Sunday school lesson was "The Son of God Becomes Man." John 1:1-5,10-18. The "Automobile Race" ended last Sunday. The Young People's class with Mrs. Tribue as their teacher took first prize. Intermediate No. 1's class iwth Miss Ione Cole as their teacher took second prize and Junior No. 2's class with Miss Garvin as their teacher took third place. The new contest for this year will start Sunday. It is called the "Ladder Climbing Contest." At the end of each quarter a prize will be awarded to the class that is ahead. The Sunday School has taken in $189.98 and gave the trustees department $68.32. I. LOUISE ORME. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Tessie Moeschle, Plaintiff, vs. No. 27166-A J. N. Gilliland, if living, or if dead, to, and that he and they, or any or ministrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, if any, Defendants. The State of Kansas to the above Named Defendants, and Each of Them: You and each of you are hereby notified that you have been sued by Tessie Moeschle, whose petition is now on file against you in the above entitled court and cause, and that you must answer the said petition on or before the 12th day of February, 1926, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you accordingly, of the following nature, to-wit: That said plaintiff's title in and to the following described parcels of real estate, lying and situated in the county of Wyandotte and State of Kansas, to-wit: Lot numbreed Fifty-Five (55), and the north seven (7) feet of Lot numbered Fifty-six (56), all in Irving Place, an addition in and to the City of Kansas City, reference being had to the recorded plat of said Irving Place, now on file and of record in the office of the Register of Deeds in and for said county and state. be quieted as against the claimed interest and estate of the defendant J. N. Gilliland, if living, or, if he be dead, as against the claimed interest and estate of his unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees or assigns, if any, defendant, in and to said real estate, and that whatever interest or estate he, or they, or any or either of them, have or claim therein be adjudged to be inferior and void as against the plaintiff's title therein and thereto, and that he and they, or any of either of them, and any and all persons claiming or to claim by, through or under him, or, them or either or any of them, be forever barred and enjoined from claiming or asserting and interest or estate in said real estate, or any part thereof, that whatever interest or estate he, or they, or any or either of them, have or claim therein be adjudged to be inferior and void as against said plaintiff's title therein and thereto, that the plaintiff be adjudged such other and further relief as to which she may be entitled in the premises, in law or in equity, and that plaintiff recover her costs in this action expended. Tessie Moeschle, Plaintiff, By C. A. Bowman, as her Attorney. First published Dec. 25, 1925.