Kansas City Advocate

Miss Grace Howard Winner of the Hudson Coach DYNAMITE REVENGE THOUSANDS OF NEW SUBSCRIBERS ADDED TO ADVOCATE'S CIRCULATION Saturday night, February 20, at the Advocate newspaper office, the subscription campaign for the Advocate closed. Much excitement prevailed, both in the office and in the entire city. The campaign for subscriptions opened November 27, with at least 15 entrants. The majority held on until the last few days, when the race narrowed down to five contestants. Vol. X11 DYI A PAR THOUSANDS OF SUBSCRIBERS ADVOCATE Saturday night, February 20, at the subscription campaign for the Advocate vailed, both in the office and in the e-criptions opened November 27, with held on until the last few days, when contestants. The capital prize was a Hudson Coach, the most luxurious gift from any colored newspaper in either city. The whole city was divided into groups, each backing their favorite candidate. As the race waxed hotter, telephones were kept busy, each anxious to know who was in the lead. One week it would be Mrs. Bryson, next week Mrs. Dwiggins, then Grace Howard. Each contestant came for more subscription books that were mailed into other cities and states, asking their friends to help them. Subscriptions come from Canada, the Canal Zone and by the hundreds from neighboring cities. Saturday, February 20th the time limit was up. Mr. Bryson, a veteran of many campaigns, political, fraternal and other kinds, said little, but watched closely. Miss Ina Lee Moore, 212 North Mill street, a young miss of Sumner high, finished strong in third place, getting the diamond ring. Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins, 852 Oakland, entered the contest in January. Such a worker, ever confident, striking hard and fast for every subscription available. In other cities her friends rallied to her popularity. She won second prize, an Atwater Kent Radio or Phonograph, to choose from. Miss Hillmore, a popular young lady, ran a good race. many subscriptions were turned in by her. Mrs. Worthy, Mrs. Mason, Mrs. Moorehead, are to be complimented with others for their showing. On Saturday evening, Pro. G. B. Buster, 1934 N. 6th street, a teacher in Sumner High, Pro. G. A. Curry, 94G Washington boulevard, teacher in Sumner H. S., and Mr. E. M. Smith, were asked to serve as judges. Promptly at 9 o'clock they came and the sealed Ballot Box was prepared, that the Candidates could deposit their money and subscriptions for the final count. Shortly after ten o'clock the judges cleared the room of all except Mr. Parks, the judges and Editor Kennedy. The adding machine began to click off the final count, totaling the number of votes to declare the winner. In the ante rooms were Mr. and Mrs. Dwiggins, Mr. Bryson, Miss Howard, Ina Lee Moore's sister and many friends of the various contestants. The mask of uncertainty was well hidden by casual jokes and a display of good will by each candidate. Many promises were made to ride the different candidates in the event that each would be the possible winner. About 12 o'clock one of the judges opened the door and announced they were ready to report. What would the result bring? Who would be the lucky one? Anxiety, fear and doubt were in the minds of all. Slowly the judges announced Grace Howard, 830 Troup, the winner. Vote score, 33,064,000; Mrs. M. G. Dwiggins, 852 Oakland, second, 18,606,000. Ina Lee Moore, 212 N. Mill street, 10,-121,300. Thus ended the race that started November 27, 1925, and ended February 20th, 1926, for the big prize—a Hudson Coach, that gave the Advocate thousands of new subscribers. 90 of Almanac K.C.K. Miss Grace Howard Is All Smiles With Her New Car Miss Grace Howard, "the winner of the Hudson coach," is the daughter of Mrs. Ella Howard, 830 Troup avenue. Miss Howard finished Sumner High in 1918 and the following fall entered Western University. While taking a commercial course she also taught a class in shorthand. She finished Western University in June 1919. In September, 1919, she was appointed a stenographer in the County Treasurer's office and worked three years under Mr. Samuel Stewart and Mr. Ben Schnierle, who finished the unexpired term of Mr. Stewart. When Mr. George I. Griffith, the present incumbent was elected county treasurer, he reappointed Miss Howard. She is a member of Metropolitan Baptist church, and helps support a widowed mother. Her work in the county treasurer's office is highly praised by Mr. Griffith. Price 5 cents per copy Through the columns of this paper the contestants thank their many friends for their support. CONTESTANTS. Mrs. Agnes Frederick's telephone number has been changed to Fairfax 1416. Kansas City, Kansas, February 26, 1926 APPRECIATION OF ADVOCATE The Advocate extends hear the subscribers and friends and loyal support in making a great success. The Advober 11,1925,published an an Kansas for their support for pride would not let you fail, cheerfully went to bring forth is rightfully yours—a home moving forward to a bigger an avocate extends hearty thanks to the users and friends for their splendid support in making this subscription of success. The Advocate, under date, published an article asking that their support for a bigger home价 not let you fail, and deep in your heart to bring forth dollars to help care for yours—a home newspaper. In reward to a bigger and better paper. The Advocate extends hearty thanks to the contestants, the subscribers and friends for their splendid cooperation and loyal support in making this subscription campaign an a great success. The Advocate, under date of December 11, 1925, published an article asking the citizens of Kansas for their support for a bigger home paper. Your pride would not let you fail, and deep in your pockets you cheerfully went to bring forth dollars to help carry on what is rightfully yours—a home newspaper. In return we are moving forward to a bigger and better paper. I sincerely thank you. Gift of the Lily Advocate News Grace Howard Is A Femiles With Her Nest He Howard, "the winner of the Hunt of Mrs. Ella Howard, 830 Troup avenue, Summit High in 1918 and the follow university. While taking a commute class in shorthand. She finished W. 1919. In September, 1919, she was in the County Treasurer's office and Mr. Samuel Stewart and Mr. Bennett expired term of Mr. Stewart. When present incumbent was elected co-Miss Howard. She is a member of and helps support a widowed mother, treasurer's office is highly praised. Negro Priest Ordained ward Is All with Her New Car winner of the Hudson coach," is award, 830 Troup avenue. Miss How-18 and the following fall enter-taking a commercial course she did. She finished Western Univer-ber, 1919, she was appointed a treasurer's office and worked three heart and Mr. Ben Schnierle, who Mr. Stewart. When Mr. George ment was elected county treasurer, she is a member of Metropolitan art a widowed mother. Her work is highly praised by Mr. Griffith. Washington, February 26.—Rev. Norman A. Duckette, formerly of this city, was recently ordained a secular arty thanks to the contestants, for their splendid cooperation this subscription campaign an dicate, under date of Decem- ticle asking the citizens of a bigger home paper. Your and deep in your pockets you dollars to help carry on what newspaper. In return we are and better paper. THOMAS KENNEDY. All New Car Madison coach," is renue. Miss How- wing fall enter- ercial course she Western Univer- sas appointed a and worked three Schnierle, who men Mr. George county treasurer, of Metropolitan mer. Her work by Mr. Griffith. priest by Right Rev. Michael J. Gallagher, D.D., Bishop of Detroit, at the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, in that city. Father Duckette, who is the second colored man to be ordained in the Secular Order in the United States, celebrated his first solemn high mass the first Sunday in Lent at St. Augustine's church in this city. DYNAMITE FOUND UNDER ANDERSON'S HOUSE REVENGE PROBABLY THE MOTIVE—ENOUGH EXPLOSIVE TO BLOW UP A BLOCK A tragedy, which would have blown Forest B. Anderson, 529 State street and Mrs. Viola Hill and family, 527 State street, a next door neighbor, to atoms and possibly destroyed thousands of dollars worth of property, and other lives, was narrowly averfed by Anderson when he came home Monday night, February 22, about 12 o'clock, and discovered a smouldering fire in his bedroom. The fiend, prompted by revenge for an alleged wrong, placed ten sticks of dynamite under the east side of his (Anderson's) house, with the intent of blowing him up. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50 EVEN DYNAMITE FOUND UNDER ANI REVENGE PROBABLY THE MOT SIVE TO BLOW UP A tragedy, which would have b 529 State street and Mrs. Viola Hill a a next door neighbor, to atoms and po of dollars worth of property, and other ed by Anderson when he came home 22, about 12 o'clock, and discovered bedroom. The fiend, prompted by revenge f ten sticks of dynamite under the eas house, with the intent of blowing him Forest B. Anderson, an attorney, with offices and sleeping quarters at 529 State avenue, spent the evening with friends at the Monrovian Club, Monday evening. Coming home about 12 o'clock, he discovered smoke in his reception room. Going into his office he examined his oil heater to see if that was the cause of the smoke. Upon investigation of the stove he found it had not been burning. Going into his bedroom, which adjoins his office on the east, he found a density of smoke. Searching around he discovered a smouldering fire on the floor by a water pipe leading from the ground. He put the fire out with water and went out around the house to see what was the cause of the fire. Placed in an opening in the foundation he saw two packages of something with a fuse attached to it. Police headquarters were called and the officers found ten sticks of dynamite and fuse. FIEND RAN AWAY. Evidently the man was there when Anderson came home, for Mrs. Hill saw a man run from between the houses and came past her as she was standing on the porch, coming outside when she heard a noise. When she asked him what he the stranger) was doing around there he said he was just passing through. THREATENED BEFORE Anderson told the writer he has been threatened at different times by phone, and also by mail. One letter he received warned him he would be murdered in bed. A few years ago he was assaulted in the same house by a man who was hiding for him. The man was arrested and placed under/a peace bond, says Anderson. "I have political enemies, but I do not understand why any body wants to destroy my life. After all that has happened I am still unafraid, and won't be scared off," says Anderson. No arrests have been made yet. Pittsburghers Memorize Lincoln Douglass Pittsburghers Memorize Lincoln Douglass Washington, February 26.—One hundred and fifty members and guests of the famous Loendi Club of this city fittingly celebrated Lincoln-Douglass Day on February 12, 1926. Judge Albert B. George, of the Chicago Municipal Court, eulogized Frederick Douglass, and Commissioner Karl F. Phillips, of the United States Department of Labor, of Washington, D. C., spoke on the subject, "Abraham Lincoln." Miss Charlotte Enty and Mr. Robert Mahoney rendered several musical selections. Mrs. G. D. Bryson, 1040 Washington boulevard, is the wife of G. D. Bryson. She is due honorable mention for she was holding third place until up to Saturday night, February 20. Mr. Bryson is state manager of the Mosaic Templars. Number 30 NGE UNDER ANDERSON'S HOUSE MOTIVE—ENOUGH EXPLO- UP A BLOCK We blown Forest B. Anderson, Hill and family, 527 State street, and possibly destroyed thousands other lives, was narrowly avert- home Monday night, February ered a smouldering fire in his age for an alleged wrong, placed east side of his (Anderson's) him up. Won Second Prize MRS. H. G. DWIGGINS Mrs. H. G. Wwiggins, 852 Oakland avenue, is state president of the Parent-Teachers' Association, ex-President of the Inter-State Literary Society, past President of the N. A. A. C. P., member of the First A. M. E. Church. She is the mother of Miss Wilma Dwiggins, a teacher in Grant school and Horace, Jr., is a student in Sumner High. Mr. H. G. Dwiggins, her husband, is a postal clerk at the Post Office. Won Third Prize MISS INA LEE MOORE Miss Ina Lee Moore of 212 N. Mill street is very popular in the younger set. She is a student of Sumner high and has a pleasing personality. She lives with her sister, Mrs. Lee, of the same address. Bishops to Give Scholarship for Higher Training Bishops to Give Scholarship for Higher Training Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 26.—The "Class of 1908," of bishops elected in the A. M. E. Church, will soon make an award of a scholarship for higher study in one of the leading universities of the country. For many years this class has given $500 a year to a man of high character, scholarly attainments, who had taken an approved college course, and who wished to pursue a higher course leading to S. T. B. or A. M. or Ph. D. in any one of the best American Universities. The bishops who have supplied these funds are Bishops H. B. Parks, of Oakland Calif.; J. S. Flipper, of Atlanta, Ga.; J. Albert Johnson, of Philadelphia; and W. H. Heard, of Philadelphia. They will meet this week at New Orleans to discuss the next man to be awarded the scholarship. The image contains four black-and-white photographs of buildings, each with a distinct architectural style. The top left photo shows a large, multi-story building with a flat roof and a prominent entrance. The top right photo depicts a two-story building with a sloped roof and a large entrance. The bottom left photo features a building with a flat roof and a chimney, while the bottom right photo shows a building with a sloped roof and a chimney. A group of buildings that house the many students that attend this school A group of buildings that house the many students that attend this school SEE THE WONDERFUL BARGAINS Saturday and Monday at Mosson's Shoe Store, 720 Minnesota Ave. ATWATER KENT RADIO Your "Magic Carpet" THINK of sitting at home in your own easy chair, and at a turn of the dials being whisked away:—to listen to an opera in some large city, to sit through a play in another, to hear the news in a third. With an Atwater Kent in your home, you can go where you will—every program in the air is yours to command. Let us show you, through an Atwater Kent demonstration, the perfections that up-to-date radio equipment has attained. THINK WHAT IS BACK OF IT Second Prize Mrs. H. G. Dwiggins 852 Oakland Avenue Votes, 18,606,000 Princess Theatre MATINEE Saturday Afternoon February 27 For Children Sunshine Sammy THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE Third Prize Miss Ina Lee Moore 242 North Mill Street Votes, 10,121,300 FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1926 OTTAWA, KANSAS The Needlecraft Art Club gave a Valentine luncheon Monday evening, February 15, at the home of Mrs. Gertrude Hooker. A short spicy program was rendered. Negro National Anthem, Invocation, Mrs. T. L. Barlow; Instrumental Solo, Miss Sauline Wilson; Reading, Dorothy Bell; Reading, Miss Pauline Armstrong; Solo, Mrs. Essie Wakefield; Paper, "Valentine Day," Miss Freda Wilson; Solo, Elizabeth Wilson; Paper, "The Benefit of Dept. Work in Clubs," Mrs. Mary B. Allen; Short talks by Mr. Russell Allen, Mr. T. L. Barlow, delegates of the Civic League to the Lincoln Day Club meeting, held at Topeka, Kans. Mr. J. H. Wilson, president of the Civic League, was elected treasurer at that great meeting. Short messages from the delegates who attended the District Federation C W. C. at Kansas City. Mrs. Emma Armstrong, President; Mrs. Ethel Spottsville, Mrs. Mary B. Allen. A lovely luncheon consisted of chicken salad on lettuce leaf, hot rolls and butter, coffee and cream, ice cream and cake were served at 25c a plate. As this was guest night 40 were present. A goodly sum was taken in. The Art Club met at the home of Mrs. Mary B. Allen Wednesday afternoon, entertained by Mrs. Queenie Hurtado. The time was spent in piecing quilts and a short business session. We meet this week with Mrs. Ida Mae Johnson Wednesday, February 24. The Sewing Guild, a department of the Art Club, meets Monday afternoon with Miss Ruth Holbert. The Sunshine Social Band will meet at the home of Mrs. Cora White Thursday evening. The Mothers' Congress Club met with Mrs. Minnie Bivens Friday evening. After the business session the study of 7 ages of childhood was discussed. The Dramatic Age, 3-7 years, was talked on. She served a lovely luncheon. 15 were present. We meet Friday evening, February 26, with Mrs. Katherine Cunningham as hostess. The Womans' Home Mission Circle will meet with Mrs. J. R. Rodgers Thursday evening. She also entertained the Florence Crittenton Social Circle Tuesday night February 16. These ladies are busy tacking comforts. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Esther Spottsville, March 2. The Bethany Chapel Sunday School is rendering a George Washington program tonight. Also St. Paul A. M. E. Church proper is having a program. The Willing Workers' Boys' Club, a department of the Mothers' Congress, will meet with its president, Mr. Russell Allen, Tuesday, after school. Mrs. Rachel Naiper, who has been sick quite a spell is reported very poorly today. Mrs. Webster is still at home unable to walk. Both feet are affected badly. Mrs. Myria Swader is on the sick list again. Mr. and Mrs. Cunningham are indisposed with the "flu." Mrs. Charles Holbert has had quite a hospital at her home. 3 children at one time are much better and she is able to be up again. Mrs. Charles Williams, who was in an automobile accident last week, is much improved, but not able to walk. One limb was injured very severe. Rev. O. B. Ware, pastor of Bethany Chapel, gave two soul-stirring lectures, morning and evening, which were very good. The morning theme "Shall the Church Live." It was a continuation at night. Every one present enjoyed them. MARY B. ALLEN. by Mrs. E. R. Vaughn on last Thursday. Those present declare it was one of the most enjoyable meetings of the year. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Daisy Bunch, Mrs. Elvira Johnson is president. Mr. Dennis Matthews of Los Angeles, California, one of the first five pupils of Western University in the early nineties, paid his old alma mater a friendly visit on Tuesday. He found only one of the original teachers on the faculty now who was on the faculty then. That one was Dean Vaughn, his latin teacher. He left for California on Wednesday night, accompanied by his sister, Miss Ella Matthews, who seeks to benefit her health. The Divinity, Missionary and Sunday School Training Class students were entertained Tuesday by the Seminary, under the direction of the young men of the Seminary. They were photographed for the Annual. ADVOCATE OFFICE 516 MINNESOTA AVE. (Up Stairs) PHONE DREXEL 0424 TO MY FRIENDS I wish to thank everyone for their good will and those that made it possible for me to win the Hudson coach. I want my friends to know I am happy and I will give everyone a ride just as soon as I learn to drive. If I run over some of you that did not help me, I am not angry, just overjoyed at my gift and can't drive. CHICAGO UNCLAIMED FREIGHT STORE For Farmers Washington, February 26.—Colored farmers will be interested to learn that a daily radio service consisting of 50 timely practical questions by farmers and their answers by experts of the Department of Agriculture has been provided by approximately twenty broadcasting stations. Announcement of the new service by the Department's radio section was to the effect that "50 farm flashes" will be broadcast between 12:30 and 1:30 p. m., with the following daily topics: Monday, livestock; Tuesday, crops and soils; Wednesday, poultry; Thursday, fruits and vegetables; Friday, dairying. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE OBEYS PARTY MANDATE Washington, Feb. 10—With unwavering adherence to the mandate of the Republican party, as expressed in its platform upon which he went before the people and received a plurality of more than seven million votes, President Coolidge took a step in the direction of the judicial settlement of international disputes, and the United States will become a member of the World Court, with the assent of the member nations (including Haiti and Liberia) the reservations and conditions laid down by the United States Senate. At the last presidential election, 28, 920,070 votes were cast, of which Coolidge, the Republican candidate, received 15,718,789 as compared with 8,378,962 for the Democratic candidate and 4,822,319 for the LaFollette or Progressive party candidate. In other words, nearly sixteen million qualified voters commissioned their president to take the step he has taken, with proper resevations and conditions that would maintain the right of independent action by the United States. The resolution of ratification just passed by the Senate provides that no case involving the United States may be taken into the Court without the consent of this country and that no advisory opinion may be asked of the Court in any matter in which the United States has or claims to have an interest. "THE JAYHAWKS SOAR AGAIN" Sumner wins from St. Joe. Northeast wins from St. Joe and Lincoln. Sumner wins from St. Joe 35-10. The team work of N. H. S. team was unexcelled because it is shown by the score. Sumner has played seven games, and several non-conference games and as yet has not lost to any school. She will meet her rival Saturday night on Lincoln's court. This will be the hardest game of the season. Lincoln has lost two games, one to Northeast and one to Sumner on her court. March 10th Sumner will play Tulsa, Oklahoma on the Sumner gym. Tulsa is champion of Oklahoma. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte, ss. In the Probate Court in and for said County and State. CORRECTION NOTICE The coupon for the Print adre that appeared in last issue of The Advocate was w the Advocate takes the should read GOOD every In the matter of the Estate of Maggie Ramey, Deceased, Case No. 12596. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate are hereby notified, that on the 31st day of March, 1926, at the hour of 2 P. 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. LEOLA MILLER, Executor. of the estate of Maggie Ramey, 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 23rd day of Feb., A. D. 1926. HENRY MEADE, (SEAL) Probate Judge. Dorsey Green, Attorney. (First Published, Feb. 26, 1926.) See page 5 for theatrical news. ADMINISTRATOR, DE BONIS NON'S NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ORDER OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE No.12474 In the Probate Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. In the Matter of the Estate of Sallie Diggs, deceased. To Whom it May Concern, Greeting: All persons interested will take notice that my petition is on file in the office of the Wyandotte County, Kansas, Probate Court, asking for authority to sell the following described real estate, situated in Wyandotte County, Kansas, belonging to the estate of Sallie Diggs, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts of said estate and the expenses of administration, to-wit: 1. Lot twenty-five (25) of Block fifty-three (53) of the original town of Wyandotte, Wyandotte County, Kansas. 2. Lot five (5) of Block fifty-four (54) of the original town of Wyandotte, Wyandotte County, Kansas. Said petition is set for hearing at the office of the Probate Judge in the City of Kansas City, Kansas, in said County, on Thursday, the 11th day of March, A. D., 1926, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m., at which time and place you can make known any objections you may have to the granting of such order. A. J. NEELY, Administrator De Bonis Non of said Estate. FRIENDS their good will and those that made me coach. I want my friends to know me a ride just as soon as I learn to that did not help me, I am not and can't drive. GRACE HOWARD. UNCLAIMED STORE L. Bold, Prop. student, affable, dependable and distinguished for that rare Southern courtliness. He is survived by his wife, two brothers and an aunt. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT State of Kansas, County of Wyan- 'dotte, ss. In the Probate Court in and for said County and State. In the Matter of the Estate of Mollie Lewis, Deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate are hereby notified, that on the First day of April, 1926, at the hour of 10:00 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. 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 25th day of February, A. D. 1926. HENRY MEADE, (Seal) Probate Judge. (First Published February 26, 1926.) Two furnished rooms for rent in private family. Mrs. Cade, 2407 N. 5th St. Fifield 1515M. 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LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER PASSES Tacitus Elliott Gaillard, teacher of masonry at Lincoln High School, Kansas City, Mo., was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1894, and after finishing the elementary schools of that city was graduated from Tuskegee Institute, the highest ranking cadet officer, May 1913. He taught there for a few years and then accepted the position as head teacher of masonry at Lincoln High School in 1917. When the Des Moines Training Camp was opened, Professor Gaillard entered and won a lieutenancy with high rank. Just before embarking for overseas in the A. E. F. he wedded Miss Lilla Washington, a niece of Dr. Booker T. Washington. This union was a season of interrupted happiness until his death. He served with distinction in the World War and on his return from France resumed teaching at Lincoln, where he directed the construction of the gymnasium and the cafeteria, which his pupils built. 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BRADLEY, JR., Atty. for Plff. (First publication February 26, 1926) Drexel 3120 --- THE WEEKLY ANNOUNCER OF FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH --- PAGE FOUR Located Cor Eighth and Nebraska. J. B. ISAACS, Pastor Parsonage 1111 N. Eighth St. Phone, Fairfax 2904 Order of Services 9:30 A. M., Sunday School. 11:00 A. M., Preaching. 5:00 P. M., Junior Allen League. 6:00 P. M., Senior Allen League. 7:30 P. M., Preaching. WEEKLY SERVICES. Official Board, 2nd and 4th Mon- lay. 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 Throngs of people are crowding our church both morning and evening to hear the rich music being rendered by our two choirs and also to hear the great sermons that are being delivered by the pastor, Rev. J. B. Isaacs. The evening services are attracting unusual attention on account of the very unique sermons that are now being preached upon the subject of "Religion in a Fiveroom Cottage." "Religion in the Bed Room" was the evening sermon and the congregation was eager to hear it. Everyonep resent was made to see then ecessity of morerelig ion in the home. Next Sunday evening thefo urth'sermon will be preached and preparationsre being made for a large attendance. Many visitors fromo there hurches of the two cities werep resent and expressed themselves as being greatly benefitted by their coming. The funeral of Sister Jane Dudley, one of our old members, was held Wednesday afternoon. A host of friends were present to pay their respects. Music of quality and a friendly welcome is extended to all who chance to worship with this historic congregation. "Religion in the Living Room," will be the subject of the sermon next Sunday evening. MASON MEMORIAL M. E. Ninth and Oakland—S. A. Stripling, Pastor. Sunday was a high day, all the services were largely attended. Rev. S. A. Stripling was at his post morning and evening. In the morning his subject was Nehemiah Rebuilding the Walls. Evening, Ahab's Condemnation and Elijah's Vindication. Both sermons-were masterpieces. The community program which is rendered every Thursday night, is quite enjoyable. Come out and shart a part with us. This is what we want the members and friends of Mason Memorial to realize that the Christian church is where we meet on higher grounds of Christianity, here dwells the holy spirit who smiles and waits to bring joy with which the hours are sown. If through our activities more happiness is brought into the lives of the members of the church and our friends outside, the christian family thus indeed will show our labors well crowned with real success. May each of us attend all of the meetings each week, be a live wire and help make our church a live wire. MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday School, large attendance. Under the leadership of W. P. Thomas the Sunday School is progressing rapidly. Class No. 6 arranging for a program to be given soon. Eleven o'clock service Pastor Rev. E. M. Moseley preached a wonderful sermon, subject, "Providence of God." Dan. 23:3. The Holy Spirit visited our service as the pastor preached this sermon with such spirituality. Everyone was made to rejoice in the service. B. Y. P. U. at 6 p. m. opens with song service. Our Union is growing every Sunday, largely attended. Mrs. Lannie Hopkins, president Group 4, in lead. O. Powell, captain. Eight p. m. Rev. Thorton preached from the subject, "Weigh Yourself Before Judgment." Dan 5:26. Choir sang beautifully under the direction of Mrs. Grace Powell, pianist. Mission Society every Monday night at church. Mission is doing wonderful work, largely attended. Mrs. E. M. Moseley, president. Grand Musicale March 9, given by Willing Workers and Usher Clubs. Come to Mount Olive and get your spiritual strength renewed. Come to Mount Olive and get your spiritual strength renewed. MRIS. G. E. POWELL. EIGHTH STREET CHRISTIAN CHURCH The ushering in of the great Eastertide means much to us as a church this year. We cannot fail to do the great work which Christ has committed to our hands to do. Our goal is one hundred men in the Bible class and an intensive campaign to liquidate the indebtedness of the church Sunday will be a big day for the church as the preliminary rally will take place. So far, the captains and generals are reporting nicely the progress of the members in this financial undertaking. Everything points to a final ending and the going over the top the last Sunday in March. On Tuesday, the Dorcas club and the Ladies' Aid met in joint session and planned a bazaar to be given in the near future. Do not forget the annual sermon of the Knights of Pythians (Eastern and Western hemisphere) Sunday at 3 o'clock. Elder L. H. Crawford will preach same. DALE BOUGGESS. ST. PETER'S CHAPEL C. M. E. Sunday School met at the usual hour of 9:45, with the usual good attendance Our Sunday school in point of attendance of pupils and faithfulness and efficiency of teachers and officers is one of the best in the city. At 11 o'clock, Rev. Pickens of Oklahoma conference, preached the morning sermon for us. His subject was "Christ Comforting His Diciples," and the sermon was a gospel feast. The morning congregation was very good. At 6 p. m., the Junior and Senior league held their regular sessions. The senior league rendered an excellent program, one of the best numbers of which was a very excellent paper on "Prayer," by Mrs. T. Yates. At 8 p. m. the evening service was turned over to Stewardess Board No. 3, for their Pew rally. These pew rallies have become one of the most popular forms of raising money by the different church groups, that has as yet been used. Rev. William Winston, pastor of Trinity Institutional A. M. E. Church, preached a soul stirring sermon from the subject, "Workmen For Christ," to a capacity congregation. Stewardess Board No. 2, realized $123.85 from the rally, the largest amount. The ladies of St. Peter's Chapel will present a Woman's Day program at the church, 8th and Oakland, on Sunday, Feb. 28. The entire days services will be given by the ladies. At the morning service, the Rev. Mrs. Theodore Russell will fill the pulpit; Mrs. Charles Childs, state federation president, will speak on the 3 o'clock program. The speaker for the evening service will be announced later. A special invitation is extended to the lady members of the different choir groups of the city, to come and sing with us. A very excellent afternoon scheduled and the entire day's program will be of unusual interest. REV. T. A. BOWERS, Pastor. CAREY CHAPEL, A. M. E. CHURCH Sunday school convened at the usual hour 9:45, and much interest was evinced by classes in the lesson on "Jesus the Master of Life and Death" Sunday was quarterly meeting day at Carey Chapel, and our P. E., Rev. W. T. Osborne, preached at 11 o'clock from the subject, "Watchman, What of the Night? The Morning Cometh." The sermon was both instructive and uplifting. There were three baptisms, one infant, one girl and one adult. At 3 p. m., the communion sermon was preached by Rev. Wm. Peck, pastor of Ebeneezer A. M. E. Church of Kansas City, Mo. His subject was, "Take My Yoke," and the sermon was a masterpiece and those who missed it, missed a treat. At 8 o'clock Rev. Mrs. O. J. Smith, preached a splendid sermon from the subject, "Prayer," to a fair sized congregation. At our morning service the following visitors worshipped with us: Dr. S. H. Thompson, Mrs. Vernon, mother of Bishop Vernon, Mrs. Tucker, wife of Rev. Tucker of Palmyra, Mo., Mrs. Jones of Ebenezer Church, Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Porter of First A. M. E. Church, Kansas City, Kansas. The Willing Workers club are filled with pride over the reception their communion set received at its presentation several Sundays ago, and they are preparing themselves to fill some other vital need of the church. They will meet with their president, Mrs. O. J. Kingsbury, 410 Parallel avenue, on Friday afternoon at 2:30. Visitors are welcome. REV. G. E. HORSEY, Pastor: MRS. W. S. PARKS. Reporter. THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE KING SOLOMON BAPTIST CHURCH. TREMONT BAPTIST CHURCH REV. W. M. COOK, Pastor REV. S. MONTGOMERY, Pastor. Time: 9:30 A. M. Assistant Superintendent H. Gray opened the session in order. The Lesson was well prepared and every teacher seemed to have put their souls in the subject: "Jesus Raiseth Lazarus from the Dead." At 11 A. M. the choir opened the service with a glorious song. The spacious auditorium was crowded to its utmost capacity. The pastor, Rev. S. Montgomery, D.D., preached an instructive sermon. Subject: "Christian Addition." Text: I Peter 3:5, Two persons united with the church. The Covenant Meeting was well attended. At 3 p. m. B. Y. P. U. met at 6 o'clock p. m. Ever Loyal Group had charge of the program. You know the rest. Solos, quartettes, papers, remarks by Mrs. M. E. Terrell put the cap on everything. The Rev. Richardson preached at the evening service. Hear the pastor's special sermon to men, Sunday morning. Subject, "A Man Wanted." Miss Freedona Wallace departed this life Sunday morning. Mr. E. M. Poner has opened a store on Third street. Men will have a big day in King Solomon all day Sunday. Everybody is expected to eat dinner at the church Sunday. Price 25 cents per plate. Dr. L. T. Montgomery departed to Topeka, Monday. TRINITY INSTITUTIONAL A. M. E. CHURCH. Rev. Wm. Winston, Pastor. The Sunday morning service was a surprise to see how the people rushed out to witness the processional service. 'Some had to go up in the gallery The congregation seems to enjoy the service. The music was grand. The Usher Board looks after strangers and visitors with care. The little missionaries displayed their part with dignity led by little Miss Gereldeon Saunders. The pastor preached from the subject of the great leader that disobeyed God. The pastor was at himself in this sermon. The spirit ran high. The Clubs held their round table meeting just after services. The Men's Union met in the gym. Rev. Bowers of the C. M. E. church, preached the evening sermon to a large congregation. Trinity has turned into a working bee hive. Oh, how the Club leaders are contesting to outdo each other in putting over the financial program. The Choral Club served dinner in Mrs. Tonkersly's beautiful home Tuesday. Many persons were present. The Vernon Drive will serve dinner in the gym Friday and will give a great musical play in the evening, 8 p.m. The Usher Board will serve dinner Saturday at Mrs. Gibson's home. Quarterly conference Sunday. Dean Vaughn will preach the communion sermon. Dr. W. T. Osborn will preside. Come and see the processional service. Mrs. Nathan Thatcher, her two sons, Mrs. Barksdale, Mrs. R. A. Adams and her daughter were visitors in the morning service. Our drive is on. The first Sunday in March will be our first anniversary. The Booster Club will have charge of the 3 o'clock program and the refreshments and has served notice on the other clubs that they will lead in the drive. The Stewardesses will serve Chicken dinner Sunday from 12 to 8 p. m. Only 35 cents. Rev. N. B. Robinson preaches every Wednesday evening and conducts the class meeting. METROPOLITAN TEMPLE NOTES A large number attended Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sunday, Feb. 21st. After a spiritual prayer meeting and an interesting Sunday School, Rev. Riggings the assistant pastor preached a good sermon, which many said they enjoyed and told others what they missed. It having been found out Saturday night that Miss Grace Howard had won the Hudson car in the Advocate's contest. She was called on to make a talk and she talked fine and thanked all the hundreds of friends, who helped her win. She was praised to the highest for being so popular. At 4 p. m., the Forum had a great attendance and a very fine program. At 6 p. m., the B. Y. P. U., had a good meeting At 8 p. m., the assistant pastor preached another good sermon. Next Sunday, Feb. 28th, pastor Bronson is expected to be here sure to preach, and the choir will furnish good music. Come to Metropolitan and enjoy the friendship of the members. TREMONT BAPTIST CHURCH REV. W. M. COOK, Pastor Sunday School opened at 10 a. m. Brother Cody Jackson, superintendent, presiding. There were 43 pupils responded to the roll called. We had very interesting subject, "Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead." John 11:1 to 12:11. Visitors were Mrs. J. D. Bradford and Rev. Jacob Foak, in charge of the Review. He brought some very vital points. We enjoyed having him present. Amount of collection was $3.54. At 11 a. m. the following ministers filled the pulpit: Rev. W. M. Cook, pastor; Rev. Singleton, assistant pastor; Rev. J. H. Jacob, Rev. G. W. Reeves. The service was conducted by the young ministers of Tremont Baptist church. At 11:30 a. m. Rev. G. W. Reeves preached. His text was I Kings, 21 chapter 20 verse. Subject, Selling One's Self Into Slavery." After the sermon the collection was raised. The amount was $7.45. Evening Services. B. Y. P. U. convened at 6:30 p. m. Brother Leroy Thomas, president, presiding. We had very good attendance. Subject (Biblical) "The Enlightening Word." After discussing the lesson the program was conducted by Mrs. Christinia Thomas. The program was very interesting. At 8:30 p. m. Rev. Singleton preached a spiritual sermon. His text was Luke 10-2. Subject, "Labour Wanted." After the sermon the amount of the collection was $5.36. The total amount of collections were $18.88. TO THE COLORED PEOPLE OF GREATER KANSAS CITY Do you give a majority of your grocery business to colored merchants? Will you patronize your Lawyers, Doctors and Dentists? Will you patronize your own drug stores, where no jimcrowism is or will be practiced? Do you patronize your own real estate men as much as you can? If not, why not? Does a colored man collect your health, accident or Industrial Insurance, or do you prefer others? 25 COLORED MEN AND WOMEN WANTED IMMEDIATELY. $50.00 per week guaranteed to live, wide awake, hustling agents. Large commissions paid by one of the oldest and largest health and accident insurance companies in America. Call the branch manager, and get all information. THE COMMONWEALTH CASUALTY COMPANY, Fairfax 4259. STOP THIEF! A SUCCESS The Sumner Senior class play presented February 17, in the Central High auditorium was a great success. The play was a farce in three acts selected to furnish real fun to fun lovers. There were seventeen characters whose acting showed they had worked hard to give the town a riotous night of entertainment. The proceeds of this play will largely be used by the class for general expenses connected with their banquet graduation invitations, class day and to help the general expense of the school. The ticket selling contest ended with the following awards: 1st C. Johnson, prize $5.00; 2nd Elsledo Dooley, $3.00; 3rd Maidie Campbell, $2. New Store Opening At 736 Minnesota avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. George L. Cabiness is opening a new store with a full line of up-to-date gents' furnishings, caps, hats ties, shirts, socks, underkear. Lee Overaalls and work shirts. This store has fine wall cases and is beautifully decorated and welcomes the patronage of all. "THREE CHEERS FOR MISS HOWARD!!! EDITOR AND FRIENDS. I am in "tip-top" shape and am meeting with success in the work. From opposite side of this sheet you will see that, true to my ideal, my religion is broader than the church building. Many heard me in the mass meeting. Hope to see you all soon. H B. BRONSON, Associate Editor. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES IN CITY. It may be of interest to some to know the names of the mail carriers of our group in the local postoffice. Mr. O. B. Johnson, who is the oldest in point of service in the city), Mr. G. N Everette, Mr. Perry Swancy, Mr. Jno. H. Williams, Mr. J. H. Moorehead, Mr. W. H. Frye, Mr. O. A. Brooks, Mr. W. T. Lewis, Mr. Luther Whitfield, Mr. W. E. Henderson, Mr. Fred Douglas, Mr. F. L. Thomas, Mr. Tilford Davis, Mr. Wm. Neeley, Mr. Samuel Stewart, Mr. Wm. Vincent, Mr. W. J. Winston, Mr. N. G. Fullbright, Mr. H. L. Mobily and Mr. H. G. Dwiggins, are the only postoffice clerks of our group in the office. These employees are giving efficient service to the government and are enjoying peaceable relations with all employees of the office. Our postmaster, Mr. W. B. Trembley, is a fine gentleman. Our superintendent of mails is Mr. E. D. Fitzgibbon; assistant superintendent, Mr. C. D. Nichols; foreman of carriers, Mr. T. E. Devault, and Mr. C. W. Kirkham. The supervising officials are also fine gentlemen and fair treatment is accorded to all. ST. LOUIS, MO. To Kansas City Advocate: Dr. H. B. Bronson, who is in St. Louis, Mo., engaged in a "Soul-Winning Campaikn" which is attended with much success, will arrive home Saturday (this week) and will fill his pulpit Sunday morning and evening. Rev. J. B. Isaacs of the First A. M. E. Church, attended the Bishop's Council in New Orleans last week. He returned Sunday morning just in time for the morning services, having been delayed by a very serious railroad accident. He reports having a splendid trip. CARD OF THANKS I wish to take this method of thank ing all of my friends and well wishers who in any way helped me in the recent campaign of the Kansas City Advocate which has just closed. MRS. G. D. BRYSON. STOP PAYING RENT Own Your Own Home STOP PAYING RENT Own Your Own Home REAL ESTATE. 6 rooms, 3¼ acres, fruit. Quindaro. $2800. Terms. $500 down. 4 rooms, water, lights, gas. $1,750 at $150 down. 5 rooms modern, except heat. $2500 at $350 down. 8 rooms, strictly modern, sleeping porch, big lot. $3950 at $450 down. 6 rooms, bungalow, water, gas. $2500 at $350 down. Lot, 50 ft, Northeast corner 12th and Washington boulevard. $750. Flats, homes, vacants, also in Kansas City, Mo. W. R. JOHNSON REAL ESTATE CO. 516 Minn. Ave. Phone Drexel 3823; Res. Fx. 4106 W. T. WHITELAW Phone Fairfax 0622 3091 N. 27th St. Kansas City, Kan. Clothes on Credit Pay $1.00 a Week Barnells CREDIT "The Home of Easy Payments" 524 MINNESOTA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 Arrived in America On Tuesday, February 9th, Bishop W. Sampson Brooks, Bishop of the West Coast Africa, (of the A. M. E. Church, arrived in the city of New York, on business for his church. The bishop after transacting some business with the Missionary Department at 62 Bible House, hurried to Baltimore where he held a conference with friends who are interested in his West Africa work. The bishop will proceed this week to New Orleans to attend the Bishops' Council which meets the 18th-20th. He has completed the main building of the Monrovia Industrial School, which is the largest school to be seen anywhere on the West African Coast. Bishop Brooks will also make a report on economic conditions in Seirre Leone and Liberia, as it is well known that he has taken keen interest in the material development of these countries as well as in their spiritual development. SECOND WARD LEAGUE. The Second Ward League of women voters gave a meeting at the residence of Mr. Ben Robinson, 2201 North Third street, Kansas City, Kansas. The meeting was sponsored in honor of Miss Edna Houstin, who was appointed to the office of county clerk; there were about two hundred or more present. There was a group upstairs in Mr. Robinson's charge with Mrs. Ford as chairman, and downstairs was another group in Mr. Thomas Riehard's charge, with Mr. Earl Wilkerson as chairman. Mr. C. P. Swaney was asked to be secretary and reporter for the evening. The opening of the meeting was a number from the Red Rosa Quartette. Song (Lord, I Am Trouble) Mr. Henderson made a short talk upstairs and then went down stairs. Judge Brady made a splendid address. Song by Red Rosa quartette (A Building Not Made With Hand) Mr. Sam Clark, Mr. Ed Smith, Mr. Frank McFarland of Toueka, Rev. Geo. McNeal, and Rev. Allen. Song Red Rose quartette (Come Along Little Children). Refreshments. Ice cream and salads, ham sandwiches, coffee and tea. C. P. SWANCY, Secretary and Reporter. APRONS Waist, Bungalow and Slipover aprons made by hand. Special make of house and street dresses, beautifully designed and well made. Goods made of percale, gingham, Peter Pan gingahms and linens are all pre-shrunk. All work absolutely guaranteed. Rosa E. McCullough 727 Oakland. Fairfax 3212. Small Loans WEEKLY PAYMENTS LIBERTY BONDS BOUGHT AND SOLD Credit Investment Co. Room 208 Wyandotte Building Fifth and Minnesota Avenue DREXEL 0117 HOME MRS. M. A. TURNER Hair Dressing and Beauty Work of All Kinds. Fairfax 1698 Prices According to Work Hours—8 a.m. to 4 p.m. 2074 North 5th St., Kansas City, Kas. N. B. ROBINSON LAUNDRY COMPANY Prompt, Efficient Service Office and Residence 333 Quindaro Blvd. Phone Fairfax 1174 N. B. Robinson, Mgr. Call Fair- fax 0380 Or 4422 THE WORLD REPUBLIC SANTAL MIDY OFFICE EXAMINATION CATARRH of BLADDER GUARD YOUR HEALTH SANYKIT PROPHYLACTIC for MEN Always Useful Protection After Infections Exposure Large Tube Sbc. Kg (1) s All Directions San-Y-Kit Dept. A 82 Beckman St. New York Write for Circular FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 Lincoln Lincoln Theatre 18th and Lydia, Kansas City, Mo. Starting Mon OCEY W Presents th MAMIE AND Syncopate Starting Monday, March 1 OCEY WILSON Presents the Original NO ADVANCE IN PRICES ADULTS 25c Children 10c 25 in Company ```markdown ``` BLUE WHITE DIAMONDS WHITE GOLD PRICES—$1.00 $1.00 Down, $1.00 NELSON & Credit J 748 Minnesc NORTHEAST VS. ST. JOE HIGH. It has been a long time since spectators saw a game played with such spirit as the one played Friday night, when Northeast Junior High of Kansas City, Kansas, played Bartlett High of St. Joseph, Missouri. It was a battle all the way through and at first the result was in doubt, but the superior training of the Northeast basketeers began to show and they beat Bartlett by a score of 24 to 17. For Northeast Benford led the attack with his accurate eye for the hoop. For St. Joseph Tolbert distinguished himself by his accuracy in shooting free throws, making 9 out of 11. THE UNITED BARBER'S CLUB OF KANSAS CITY. KANSAS Met Monday evening, February 22, the meeting was opened at 8:30 p. m., this being a business meeting everybody was busy. The club is doing much for the uplift of humaniy they meet the second and fourth Monday nights in each month at 1512 N. 5th street. R. B. BROWN, Pres. MRS. M. ROBINSON, Sec. COMPLIMENTS OF MRS. G. D. BRYSON All honors to Miss Grace Howard who succeeded in winning the prize Hudson coach. We congratulate you upon your splendid success Signed, MRS. G. D. BRYSON, One of the Contestants. CARD OF THANKS. During the illness of my late husband I was the recipient of so many favors from neighbors, friends, lodges and clubs that I desire to publicly thank them all individually and collectively, and assure them that I shall always hold them in grateful remembrance. MRS. SADIE BULLARD. Sunday, March 1 WILSON the Original SMITH HER ed Revue --- IDS—18-CARAT WHITE MOUNTING 10 to $600 1.00 Per Week SCHNEIDER Jewelers Sota Avenue SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL EXERCISES The Sumner Night School will hold its Commencement Exercises on next Wednesday night, March 3, at 8 o'clock at Central High School 9th and Minnesota avenue. Preparations are now being made in every department. The demonstrations will be novel, instructive and interesting. Other features of the program will consist of orations and music from the music classes. One of the main features will be the Commencement address by the silver tongued orator, the Reverend Charles Sumner Williams of Allen Chapel, Kansas City, Missouri. Remember the time and place. There will be no admission at the door. No seats will be reserved. The doors will open to the public at 7:30. G.A.CURRY. Principal. UNION PACIFIC LYCEUM SO- CIETY RENDERS PROGRAM The Union Pacific Lyceum society rendered a splendid program at St. Paul A. M. E. Zion church 4000 Minnie avenue, Sunday evening, February 21, at 8 p. m., for the benefit of the pastor's aid board. Everybody seemed to enjoy the program to the highest, the house was packed to standing room, refreshments were served. Following is the program rendered: Song by the choir, invocation, Mr. Thornton; song, choir; welcome address, W. M. Pinkston; solo, John Walker; reading, Mrs. Mary Wilson; solo, Miss Ida Mae Swancy; response, to welcome address, Mr. Gus Wilson; solo, Mr. W. H. Green; history of the lyceum, Mr. James Dryer; violin solo, Master Geo. Hays; collection; response, Mr. James Asherof; Allen's four quartet; scripture reading, Mr. E. McClinton; sermon, Rev. Mack Watson; remarks, Mr. E. Jones; closing remarks, Rev. A. L. Wilson, pastor. Mrs. E. McClintock, president of Pastor's Aid Board, Mr. Raymond Smtih, master of ceremonies. Kansas.City Advocate In Good For 5 Cents THEATRE EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS COUPON OUT. WHEN YOU BUY A COUPON IN AND SAVE 5 CENTS. 15 CENTS, give cashier 10 cents and is 30 cents, give cashier 25 cents and COUPON OUT. AT THE PRINCESS THEATRE EVERY THURSDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS CUT THIS COUPON OUT. WHEN YOU BUY A TICKET GIVE THIS COUPON IN AND SAVE 5 CENTS. IF THE SHOW IS 15 CENTS, give cashier 10 cents and coupon. If the show is 30 cents, give cashier 25 cents and Coupon. CUT THIS COUPON OUT. PASEO Y. M. C. A. Business is a striking need of our people. There are wonderful untried opportunities in greater Kansas City. The meeting Sunday at the Paseo Y. M C. A. at 3:30 P. M. will feature this theme. Come and hear Mr. W. J. Bolden, manager of the National Benefit Life Insurance Company Rabbi Berkowitz of the Temple Judah, delivered an enspiriting address last Sunday. The central thought in the Rabbi's argument was that education in the true sense enables the educated to cultivate the best in thaem, thus eliminating their prejudices and making them see a man, God's image, regardless of color or condition. There is actually no problem peculiar to a people, race, or nation. He regretted that in our great civilization there was place for such language. Those who are looking for that that will stimulate the best in one should attend these meetings every Sunday. The hour is 3:30 sharp. A full meaty hour. Washington's birthday, 170 boys visited the Boys' department. The Business Men's Volley Ball Class of St. Louis Y. M. C. A. will compete with the Paseo Business Men's Class in March. Watch for the date. The Paseo defeated St. Louis four years ago. Forty-give different organizations hold their meetings at the "Y" each month. It is the outstanding desire to have a membership of 1,000 men and boys. Be one of them. CARD OF THANKS I wish to extend my thanks and appreciation to those who were so kind and sympathetic in my recent illness and the beautiful flowers. I especially want to thank the matron, Miss Kitchen and nurses of Douglass hospital for their excellent service and kindness while there. I also want to heartily thank the adult bible class of First A. M. E. church for their visits and the lovely flowers. May the Master bless all. MRS S. M. CHISM, 909 Oakland Avenue. ANOTHER RECORD FALLS. Hubbard, Negro Athlete, Betters a Mark of 18 Years Standing. (By the Associated Press) Boston, February 22.—A world's record that has stood for eighteen years, was broken in the seventh annual running of the American Legion track games here today when Dehart Hubbard, Negro athlete, sprinted 65 yards in 6 4-5 seconds. The old mark was seven seconds. Hubbard's record supplanted the old mark set by Lawson Robertson and the great Howard Drew and was made under difficult conditions, as Hubbard was forced to run on rubber soles without spikes on the smooth east armory floor. James Quinn of Holy Cross trailed him by two yards in the final. One advantage granted the runners in this event was the use of starting blocks to prevent slipping at the start. The old record was established by Robertson on March 2, 1908. Drew equalled it January 25, 1913. Loren Murchison equalled it on February 11, 1924, and Hubbard himself equalled the old mark last week in New York. Hubbard, who is holder of the world's record in broad jump, twice covered the distance in the new time, first in a preliminary heat and again in the final. His performance rounded out a strenuous day in which he won the 50-yard dash and finished second in the 50-yard low hurdles event. Mrs. Alice M. Browne, 1015 Freeman, is much improved after several weeks of illness. Mrs. W. M. Hayes, 322 Parallel avenue, has been confined to her bed for the past five weeks, is improving under the care of Dr. W. A. Love. HAPPENINGS MARRIAGES REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS February 17, 1926. Joe Pennington to Nettie Bird, lot fifty-eight (58) in Endicott Place, a subdivision of land in Wyandotte County, Kansas February 17, 1926 Katie Genskin and Lawrence Benskin to Smith Robinson and wife, lots thirty-seven (37) and thirty-eight (38) in Block Two (2) in Long Brothers' addition to Edgerton Place February 17, 1926. Mary Rhodes et al to A. G. Goodwin, all of south Twenty and 4 tenths (20.4) feet of lot five (5) in Sunnyside addition in Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. Jas. McCurry, 1905 North Sixth, returned Sunday from Columbia, Mo., where she was called to the bedside of her mother. She reports her mother much improved. Mrs.? Dan Wilson, 2047 Hallock, who has been indisposed for several weeks, is able to be upand around again. Rev. J. B. Fraacs of First A. M. E. church, returned Sunday morning from a week's session of the Bishops Council in New Orleans, La. He arrived just in time to fill the pulpit at his morning service. He reported an interesting and instructive trip. EUGENE FIELD SCHOOL TO COLORED The historic Eugene Field Ward School, at the corner of Fourth street and Parallel avenue is to be a colored school at the beginning of the fall term of school. For twenty-seven years this has been a white school, but as the neighborhood changed, and especially since the erection of the magnificent new Northeast Junior colored high school at Fourth and Troup, practically all white persons have sold their homes to colored, leaving only a few who have as yet been unable to dispose of theirs. While the school is an eight room building, this year there has been only forty-two pupils using only two rooms and two teachers. The board of education, while they knew it was an unusual large expense to maintain such a large building with so few pupils, were trying to give the few remaining white families time to dispose of their property without working undue hardships upon them. However, it has been formally decided to transfer the Eugene school to the use of colored pupils, to relieve the congested condition of all colored ward schools in the city. The Longfellow school at Sixth street and Waverly avenue is the next nearest white school QUINDARO HAPPENINGS. Dr. DuBois of New York, in company with Dr. Dibble, Dr. D. M. Miller, and Mr. F. T. Lane, of the Urban League, paid a pleasant visit to W. U. on last Thursday. Their visit and talks were an inspiration to both the students and the faculty. PROGRAM RENDERED. The George Washington program, sponsored by Rev. Vaughn, and presented by the Alpha Beta Sigma Society, was a most enjoyable affair, on Monday.-The Society acquitted themselves in a most creditable manner. PAGE 5 Princess Theatre Third and Paralell Seventh Street-Haskell Cars to Door FOLLOW THE CROWD DAY, FEBRUARY 28—TUESDAY, MARCH 2 Her latest, also Lloyd Hamilton Comedy SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 28—TUESDAY, MARCH 2 Her latest, also Lloyd Hamilton Comedy Gloria Swanson in "STAGE STRUCK" MONDAY, MARCH 1 SERIAL—WESTERN COMEDY 10c 10c WEDNESDAY—THURSDAY Richard Dix at His Best "WOMAN HANDLED" Also Larry Semon Comedy A Very Good Program FRIDAY, MARCH 5 SERIAL—WESTERN—NEWS 10c 10c SATURDAY, MARCH 6 Paramount Special with Percy Marmont in "LORD JIM" CHARLESTON CONTEST BETWEEN CITY, MO., AND KANSAS CITY, KANS., CHAMPIONS PRIZES PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO 1948 NORTH THIRD STREET CHARLESTON PICTURES One Dozen 50 Cents Only Colored Studio in Kansas City, Kansas Cash and Pay Less at Crane's WOMEN'S WEAR EXCLUSIVE APPAREL FOR MISSES, LITTLE LADIES- & STOUT WOMEN 622 Minnesota Quality Is Higher and Prices Are Lower SATURDAY, MARCH 6 A Big Paramount Special with Percy Marmont in "LORD JIM" BIG CHARLESTON CONTEST BETWEEN KANSAS CITY, MO., AND KANSAS CITY, KANS., CHAMPIONS PRIZES PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO 1948 NORTH THIRD STREET CHARLESTON PICTURES One Dozen 50 Cents The Only Colored Studio in Kansas City, Kansas Where Quality Is Higher and Prices Are Lower AS OTHERS SEE US conditions were less untoward, it could hardly be said a Japanese patriot (all Japanese are patriots) but a very roseate picture of "the land of the free of the brave." Even if our country had not applied to prevent Great Britain from renewing theese treaty recently and still later had not summarized resultingly barred Japanese from this country, a Ja-ha have remained silent, which they "can beat the war, rather than have flattered us. They do not carry on the surface, neither are they given to boasting and bulge in flattery. In these things they are nearer at Spartans than any other modern people. In the former member of the House of Peers and critic, Count M. Seyeshima, on his return from the University of Chicago, says: "I was not favorably toward America and Americans," referring to the seas of North America, we might cry with Bobby Burm Even if conditions were less untoward, it could hardly be expected that a Japanese patriot (all Japanese are patriots) would present a very roseate picture of "the land of the free and the home of the brave." Even if our country had not applied undue pressure to prevent Great Britain from renewing the Anglo-Japanese treaty recently and still later had not summarily and almost insultingly barred Japanese from this country, a Japanese would have remained silent, which they "can beat the Dutch" doing, rather than have flattered us. They do not carry their feelings on the surface, neither are they given to boasting, nor do they indulge in flattery. In these things they are nearer to the ancient Spartans than any other modern people. So when the former member of the House of Peers and eminent publicist, Count M. Seyeshima, on his return home from lecturing at the University of Chicago, says: "I was not favorably disposed toward America and Americans," referring to the United States of North America, we might cry with Bobby Burns: "O wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursils as ithers see us." Prospection and check up. For he continues: Americans are kind-hearted on the one hand, they selfish on the other. Theirs is an extremely coner, intense advocates of humanity and philanthropy, the aid given his country during the earthquake, suffering Russia and the East—"they are at the samely selfish, unjust, inhumane, as their crafty, under policy shows. We in favor of the independence of Korea, while the unusually opposed to the independence of Hawaii arees. While they publicly identify themselves with humanity, they tolerate the existence of the Ku Klu porsecution of Negroes and otherwise discriminat make an introspection and check up. For he continues: "While Americans are kind-hearted on the one hand, they are extremely selfish on the other. Theirs is an extremely complex character, intense advocates of humanity and philanthropy," mindful of the aid given his country during the earthquake, of our gifts to suffering Russia and the East-"they are at the same time extremely selfish, unjust, inhumane, as their crafty, underhand foreign policy shows. "They are in favor of the independence of Korea, while they are most strenuously opposed to the independence of Hawaii and the Philippines. While they publicly identify themselves with justice and humanity, they tolerate the existence of the Ku Klux Klan for the persecution of Negroes and otherwise discriminate against the colored nations. "Inconsistency is observable in the matter of prohibition as well as in American diplomacy and politics. It is reported that in so-called dry America alcoholic drinks still are used to the extent of 30 to $50\%$ of the quantity used before prohibition." "While the military authorities of America are busily engaged in the amplification of armaments, however, it appears that the majority of American people are opposed to the idea of war and, in my opinion, this is quite as it should be; for a war between America ad Japan would be like a fight between a tiger and a shark . . . Neither of the two powers can take the aggressive with any prospect of success. If the pro-war parties in both countries weigh this point they will readily realize the impracticability of war between America and Japan—a point I emphasized in my recent stay in America." The full text of this article can be found in the Taio, a Tokio monthly magazine. 1 The Kansas City Advocate Thomas Kennedy.....Editor Rev. H. B. Bronson.....Associate Editor Mrs. Ida B. Kennedy.....Associate Manager G. V. Golden.....Advertising Manager Wm. H. Dawley.....City Editor Mrs. Agnes Frederick.....Society Editor Phone Fairfax 1416 Mrs. M. C. Matthews.....Associate Society Editor G. A. Gregg.....Field Editor Published every Friday at: Office, 608 North Sixth Street; Phone Drexel 1814; Residence Phone, Drexel 0650. Subscription—One Year, $1.50. 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. MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE SOUTH In the Current Issue of the North American Review by Roy L. Garis, Professor of Economics in Vanderbilt University. "Sectionalism is to be regretted. There is but one way in which it can be eliminated, and that is through mutual understanding and knowledge. As the country becomes more homogenous industrially, sectional misunderstandings will be obliterated. It is astonishing how little people know about the south. Muxley once said that the most beautiful hypothesis could be slain by an ugly foot. Now the facts, ugly or otherwise, must of necessity destroy many erroneous ideas concerning the South. "The phenomenon of the contemporaneous existence of several industrial stages, side by side, under the same government, has laid upon this country some of its hardest problems which it has to solve. It has continually created interests in the south and west antagonistic to those of the more settled industrial and commercial communities. "While there are many persons in this country—even some historians—who believe that slavery was the cause of the war that raged from 1861 to 1865, yet it and the tariff were but the matches that set flames to the sectional feelings resulting from divergent economic activities. It is necessary to correct the common erroneous conception of the causes of that unnecessary and costly struggle, if one is to understand the south of today. The south did not want slavery then, does not want it now, and never will want it again; for it realizes that the presence of the Negro has retarded its economic development. "The Negro had the useful and definite place in the South's economic system prior to 1860. However, when the race conflict began after that time, industrial cooperation between the races became almost impossible and the blacks rapidly became a heavy burden and danger to the communities in which they lived. The industries of the south were for a long time shattered by this conulsion, due both to the war and to the unreasonable and impossible legal condition which the North had imposed. Like all peoples who have experimented in government, Americans often give way to the notion that anything can be done by law. Nowhere has this failed more disastrously than in the attempt to make useful citizens of former slaves solely by a constitutional amendment. The situation created by this unfortunate fanaticism is being slowly but successfully worked out by both races in the south. "The Negro problem has been due to their ignorance and economic weakness, to their concentration in certain narrow districts in the south, to their dependence upon credit advances, to their inability readily to take up diversified farming, to their inherent inability to become skilled artisans, and in large part to their own economic inertia and shiftlessness. "However, the Negro is coming into his own by the gradual spread of mechanical and technical training, and by patiently teaching him scientific farming and how to save. His future is largely in the sphere of agriculture rather than the factory. Realizing this, every facility is being granted him for the acquisition of land to cultivate. In the twenty years from 1900 to 1920, the number of Negro farmers increased more rapidly than the number of white farmers; the acreage of land operated by white farmer decreased while that operated by Negro farmers increased slightly; the value of farm lands and buildings owned by whites increased 340 per cent, while that owned by Negroes increased 540 per cent; and the number of Negro farm owners increased 16 per cent as contrasted with an increase of 13 per cent in the white owners of farms. In 1924 there were 41,454,042 acres of land cultivated by 924,868 Negro farmers in the South. "The North alone now has a Negro problem; for the South has largely solved it. Despite the common conception derived from newspapers, the Negro's life and all of his rights are better protected, he is treated more humanely, gets better justice, is discriminated against less, and his welfare looked after better in the south than in any other section of the country. Grover Cleveland once said: 'Before we have a citizen, we must have a man.' The citizenship of the Negro, like that of any other group of our people, is becoming a reality in proportion as he can learn to work, and to make himself a helpful and needed factor in our civilization. Everywhere the southerner is extending to him a helping hand, and he is marching forward to a new and glorious future in the agriculture and industrial life of our nation. It is necessary to understand and appreciate this spirit of racial co-operation, if we are ever to destroy sectional misunderstanding in this country." Then follows a brilliant disquisition on the resources, climate, and 99 per cent Anglo-Saxon, American-born, white labor; making Birmingham the coming steel center of the world, and the Muscle Shoals plant the contributor "to the nation's safety in war and greater prosperity in peace." The south is outstripping the north in factory products and breaking her own record in farm products It is interesting to note the professor's bolstering up a premium on illiteracy because the illiterates happen to be American-born whites in the following: "Much misunderstanding exists concerning illiteracy in the south. Indeed many persons have been taught to believe that the southerner is a blood thirsty, lawless, irreligious barbarian. Nothing will dispel such erroneous conceptions more effectively than the Biblical admonition: 'Come and see'." "Mr. B. C. Forbes is authority for the statement that almost every second city in the south now has an institution of higher learning, either a full-fledged university, or a creditable college. One finds more churches throughout the south than in any part of the United States. More money is being spent in the south on new hospitals than anywhere else. The south is spending almost twice as much on its public schools as the whole United States spent in 1900. Look at the growth of public school expenditures in the south in 1900, $35,037,600; in 1908, $65,150,000; in 1920, $211,199,000; in 1922, $323,067,000. The Julius Rosenwald fund alone has brought into being more than 2,000 Negro schools." THE ADVOCATE'S STAND "Home sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto." Terence, Heaut. 1.1.25. (I am a man, nothing pertaining to a human being do I deem foreign to me.) This sentiment of P. Terentius after the Negro Latin poet, the most quoted of the Roman comic poets, best expresses the aim of The Advocate; for while operated by Negroes, this paper does not limit its scope to the Negro race. For truly whatever concerns a human being is not a matter of indifference to The Advocate. The Advocate is jealous of the prosperity of its white busi- ness patrons and will be found guarding the interests of the whites as well as championing those of the Negro and other members of the human family within our gates. The Advocate proclaims the slogan of making "the world safe, not simply for democracy, "but making 'the' world safe for humanity" in the language of Capt. Sherman A. Harvey. The Advocate champions Religious Freedom, Political Liberty and Economic Independence. For the reason that the last of this trinity of ideals, economic independence, is the base and support of the other two; the Advocate stresses and invites the opening of avenues of industrial development in our community to the end that every man in our city shall have steady employment. The Advocate stands for making Kansas City, Kansas the best place to live in. Much progress has been made in this direction and is still making. This paper has already put its shoulder to the wheel to increase this desirable progress. We may not be able to make our city the largest in our country, but we can make it the home of its most contented citizens. The Advocate stresses: "Every head of a family a home owner," for a contented taxpayer is the stay of any city. The Advocate will sponsor the coming of intellectual and commercial attractions to our city and will gladly co-operate with other institutions in the same. This paper means business, no "shilly shallying." This fall, you recall, we announced that we would give away the latest improved Hudson Six if the contestants increased our circulation. It has quintupled. Monday last, we gave the "Hudson Six" to Miss Grace Howard, one of our city's own brilliant and vivacious young girls. The Advocate keeps its word. The Advocate embraces this opportunity to thank everyone who in any way contributed to the wonderful and phenomenal success of the subscription campaign, ending February 20, 1926. WHAT THINK YE? Mexico, after 400 years, has begun cleaning house. During this period she has been plundered of her gold, of her untold resources, stripped of her territory, things have been fastened upon her that have sucked the life blood of her people. Even her apparent friends have exploited her. And so she has been forced to get her inspiration from within. She looks abroad and discovers that sovereign states, helpless, have their constitutions changed, not for the benefit of their people, but for the benefit of foreigners. Her own constitution under pressure of outsiders was not made advantageous to her. She revised it, making Mexico for Mexicans and now having awakened, Mexico is applying the provisions of her revised constitution. She is not careful where the chips are flying. Can we blame our sister republic? NOT GALLANTRY, BUT AN EQUAL CHANCE. Discrimination has gone on so long that it seems natural. The most conspicuous example of this was the admission of the Earl of Craven into the United States, and the barring of the Countness of Cathcart, his partner to the offense. The Nazarine more than 2,000 years ago showed how that case should have been settled. George Washington's father did the same thing with reference to the cherry tree. Yet when the Countess of Cathcart told the truth on a question she was not legally obliged to answer, American official gallantry turned its back and left the deserted woman out in the cold. Now, let's be fair rather than chivalrous, and ease the burden of the woman who has neither father, brother, or husband to protect her. At least, give her a man's chance. WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH NEGRO BOYS? They Are Neglected Boys like to get off to themselves. They prefer to play with boys of their own age. They are not averse to being with older boys. With the exception of the Boy Scouts, the desultory work of the Sunday Schools, and Young Peoples' Meetings, and these agencies are for the already so-called good boys, nothing is being done in our community for the friendly, non-punitive checking of the boy that is not looked upon as good. There is no systematic looking after and encouraging of a boy that has made a mis-step. Surely there is some members of leisure in the Monrovian Club, and the City Federation of clubs that will look into this situation and get sponsors or big brothers for Negro boys who are headed wrong. BRILLIANT ACHIEVEMENT Miss Melva L. Price, the daughter of uneducated former slaves from North Carolina, stood at the head of a list of one thousand entrants in the elementary teachers examination of Brooklyn, New York, last year with the rank 93.2. In 1924 she was graduated from the Hunter College, summa cum lande. Miss Price is proficient in Greek, French and German, but majored in Latin. She has just been appointed, at the age of 23, teacher in Latin in the James Madison High School of Brooklyn, New York. TUSKEEGEE INSTITUTE BANK GOING GOOD. Chartered in 1919, the Tuskeegee Institute Savings Bank has just declared its first dividend, which was 5%. Its capital is $25,000, its assets, $124,592.50. It handles over 3-4 million dollars annuall. Why can't Kansas City, Kansas, have a Negro Bank? WE APPRECIATE The Advocate wishes to thank Dr. F. Jesse Peck, president of W. U. for his splendid co-operation in the recent campaign just closed. We also wish to thank all the members of the band and especially the director, Mr. Guio Taylor, who was unable to accompany them on account of illness. KANSAS UP FRONT With Senator Charles Curtis, the outstanding man on Capitol Hill, at the National Capital, another superb honor came to Kansas that has no parallel since the McKinley administration. It was the occasion of President Coolidge acting as escort to Mrs. Wm. Jardine, of Kansas, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture at the cabinet dinner in the Presidential Suite at the New Willard by Attorney, Senator and Mrs. Sargent. Phone Fairfax 3272 1912 N. 5th St., Kansas City, Kansas M. A. WILLIAMS A Service with Courtesy to all. CANDIES, CIGARS, PAINTS AND OIL TOILET GOODS AND SUNDRIES FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 King Solomon Grand Lodge York Masons Officers GRAND LODGE OFFICERS J. W. Wilson, Rev., Geo. McNeal, Chas. Black and Clyde L: Briggs. PRINCE HALL LODGE NO.11 (Atchison, Kansas) Meeting nights; Second and fourth Thursday's in each month at True Eleven Hall, Sixth & Santa Fe streets. Visitors welcome. Clarence Kerford, W. M., 207 East Kearney street. Levi Woodson, Secy., 101 East Kearney St. York Masons St. John Lodge No. 9, F. & A. A. York Masons, meets the first and third Tuesday evenings of each month at Ninth street and Everett avenue, 8 p.m. Visitors always are welcome. 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Chicago, February 6.—The man who kills and then figures that he can get away with it is not so far wrong in his opinion, said Judge Marcus Kavanaugh Saturday in a speech he was making before the Illinois Bankers' Association, in session at the Hotel Shreman. According to Judge Kavanaugh, when a man plans murder here he knows that his chances are 300 to 1 that he will escape the gallows, 12 to 1 he won't be convicted, and 5 to 1 that he won't even be arrested. "In London, when one man deliberately kills another he knows that he soon will be mounting the gallows," said the speaker. Referring to the rapidly increasing number of murders by women here, Judge Kavanaugh said: "I am now honestly convinced that any pretty woman can kill a man in this city and get away without being punished, and get away, not because sentiment is so strong in favor of the murderesses, but because regard for the law is so weak." 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Plaintiff The state of Kansas, to the defendant above named, Greeting: The defendant above named De Lila Smith will take notice that she has been sued by the plaintiff above named, Alfred Smith in the above entitled Court and cause, and that the said plaintiff filed his petition in said cause on the 8th day of February, 1926, in which petition so filed the plaintiff alleges that you are guilty of extreme cruelty, gross neglect of duty, and abandonment. That you must appear and answer said petition or otherwise plead thereto on or before the 29th day of March, 1926, or said petition will be taken as true, and judgment, the nature of which is as follows: An absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony heretofore and now existing between plaintiff and defendant will be rendered accordingly. ALFRED SMITH, Plaintiff. By Thomas E. Joyce, Attorney. Attest Carl W. Fincke, Clerk of District Court. (First Published February 12, 1926.) PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Burvlie Jackson, Plaintiff. vs. No. 27528-A Myrtle Jackson, Defendant. To the above named defendant, Myrtle Jackson: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte county, Kansas, for a divorce by the above named plaintiff on the grounds of Abandonment; that unless you answer the allegations and charges as set out in the petition in said cause, on or before the 26th day of March, 1926, judgment and decree will be rendered against you divorcing you from the plaintiff above named; with such other and farther relief as to the Court may seem just and proper, and for the costs of this action. I. F. BRADLEY, Attorney for Plaintiff. (First published February 12, 1926) PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Georgia Fiene, Plaintiff. vs. No. 27-502 Arthur Fiene, Defendant. Your are hereby notified that you have been sued by your wife, Georgia Fiene, for a decree of divorce in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on the grounds of extreme cruelty, gross neglect of duty and abandonment. That unless you answer the petition of said plaintiff filed herein on or before the 9th day of April, said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you granting said plaintiff an absolute divorce and such other and further relief as she may be entitled to in equity. E. A. SHACKELFORD, Attorney for Plaintiff. (First Published, Feb. 12, 1926.) NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT State of Kansas, County of Wyandotte, ss. In the Probate Court in and for said County and State. In the matter of the estate of Booker T. Stewart and Mary H. Stewart, Deceased. Case No. 11511. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforsaid estate are hereby notified, that on the 11th day of March, 1926, at the hour of 10 o'clock 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. Of the estate of Booker T. Stewart and Mary H. Stewart, 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 9th day of February, A. D. 1926. HENRY MEADE, (SEAL) Probate Judge. (First Published, Feb. 12, 1926.) PAGE 7 NOTICE In the matter of the Estate of Emma Holmes, deceased. No. 13440. All persons interested will take notice that my petition is on file in the office of the Wyandotte County, Kansas, Probate Court, asking for authority to sell the following described real estate, situated in Wyandotte County, Kansas, belonging to the estate of Emma Holmes, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts of said estate and the expenses of administration, to-wit: An equity in and to Lot 8, Block 18, an addition in and now a part of Kansas City, Kansas. The approximate value of said equity is about $600.00. The said deceased was buying said property on contract. Property located at 131 Stewart ave. Said petition is set for hearing at the office of the Probate Judge in the City of Kansas City said County, on Tuesday the 23rd day of February, 1926, at 10 o'clock A. M. at which time and place you can make known any objections you may have to the granting of such order to sell said equity to said real estate. Dated February 8th, 1926. HUGH HURD, Administrator of said Estate. (First Published, Feb. 12, 1926.) ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE State of Kansas, Wyandotte County, ss Case No. 13721. In the Probate Court in and for said county. In the matter of the estate of M: C. Jackson, deceased. Notice is hereby given that Letters of Administration have been granted to the undersigned on the Estate of M. C. Jackson deceased, late of said County, by the Honorable, the Probate Court of the County and State aforesaid, dated the 3rd day of February, A. D. 1926. Now, all persons claims against the said estate are hereby notified that they must present the same to the undersigned for allowance within one year from date of said letters, or they may be precluded from any benefit of such estate; and that if such claims be not exhibited within one year after the date of said letters, they shall be forever barred. R. JACKSON, Adm'r. Of the Estate of M. C. Jackson, Deceased. Kansas City, Kansas, February 3rd, 1926. 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 3rd day of February A. D. 1926. HENRY MEADE, (SEAL) Probate Judge. Paul E. Huff, Attorney for Administrator. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas. Rosco Phillips, Defendant. To the above named defendant, Rosco Phillips: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Wyandotte County Kansas for a divorce by the above named plaintiff on the grounds of abandonment. That unless you answer the allegations and charges as set out in the petition filed herein on or before the 2nd day of April, 1926, the same will be taken as true; that judgment and decree will be rendered against you divorcing you from the plaintiff, with such other and farther relief as to the Court may seem just and proper. I. F. BRADLEY, JR. Attorney for Plaintiff. (First publication Feb. 19th, 1926.) In the District Court or Wyandotte Count, Kansas. Joe Fields, Plaintiff. vs. No. 27-503 A. Mattie Fields, Defendant. Your are hereby notified that you have been sued by your husband, for a decree of divorce in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, on the grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty and abandonment, and that unless you answer the petition of said plaintiff filed herein on or about the 9th day of April, 1926, said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you granting said plaintiff an absolute divorce and such other and further relief as he may be entitled to in equity. E. A. SHACKELFORD, Attorney for Plaintiff. (First Published, Feb. 12, 1926.) PAGE 8 Richard Allen, Greatest Product of American Manhood Bryn Mawr, Pa., Feb. 26.—"The four greatest Americans were born in this shortest month of the year—Richard Allen, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Frederick Douglass, and the greatest of these was Richard Allen." Thus spoke Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr., editor of The Christian Recorder, to a packed house here last night at Bethel Church. Continuing he said, "I know this sounds strange in your ears, for you were trained to believe that only Anglo Saxons may be great. The histories you studied in the schools told you nothing about Richard Allen and you are therefore ignorant of this great churchman born on American soil. You are ignorant because you depend upon white people for your historical information and the white people hear not yet taken Negro achievements seriously. But the time will come when the true historian will study men as men, and properly appraise their work. When that time comes Robert Allen's work will find its proper place. He was born Feb. 14th, 1760 a slave. He was uneducated and cradled in ignorance. Yet he saw clearly and thought straight. He was the first black man to organize the Negro on the basis of the Negro's own aspirations; he was first to insist on "self help" as a principle of racial advancement; he was the first to contend that "all men are created free and equal," and insists that no differences be made on account of color. He was the only Negro to organize a great movement without the aid of whites and push it to success. His work has spread all over the country and into various parts of the world. Now over a million people belong to the African Methodist Church which he organized. Out of the inspiration his life furnished, churches, schools, colleges, publications, businesses too numerous to mention, have flowed. The principle for which he stood over a hundred years ago are today accepted both in religion and sociology. I invite you to study his life. When you do so you will agree with me that no more remarkable man ever came forth from the American continent. As a sober student of history for many years, I state my reputation on this assertion. Richard Allen does not have his place only because he labored exclusively with Negroes, did not beg the help of white people, practiced self-help, and built the greatest self-help organization ever produced on this continent for black people, out of and supported black people, and therefore did cater to white people and they are ignorant of him. But tonight more Negroes are singing his praises than ever celebrated any other Negro." A SEPTUAGENARIAN PASSED OUT Topeka and vicinity was profoundly stirred by the announcement of the death of Thomas Bolin, who a little over two years ago celebrated his golden wedding anniversary. Born in Montgomery County, Tennessee, in 1854, Thomas Bolin at the age of 32 moved to Topeka, Kansas, in 1886 and liver there until his death, February 7, 1926, at high noon. August 6, 1873, he married Miss Susie Fort. To this union were born eleven children; eight boys and three girls. He leaves to mourn his loss a sister, Mrs. Mary Pugh; his wife, Susie Bolin; seven sons, Montgomery, William, Ernest, Abner, John Edward, Roy and Robert; two daughters, Mrs. Asalea Thomas and Mrs. Emma Turner; seven grandchildren; four great grandchildren and a host of friends. More than fifty years ago, Thomas Bolin professed a hope in Christ and lived a consistent Christian to the end. He was highly respected and his death is a distinct loss to the community. The likes of Thomas Bolin are few in any community. He never broke his word. JUNIOR CITY FEDERATION The Junior City Federation met with the President, Miss Johnson, Saturday. The election of officers were held. The following officers were elected. President, Mary Johnson; Vice-President, Essalie Wells; Secretary, Rozetta Gant; Treasurer, Espinola Webb; Chaplain, Janice Griffin; Parliamentarian, Dorothy Red; Pianist, Dorothy Bellmer; Reporter, Mable Penix. The constitution was read. The next meeting will be held the third Saturday in March at the residence of Miss Johnson. MABLE PENIX. A.M.E.Preachers Ask for Colored District Attorney Philadelphia, Feb. 26.—At the last meeting of the Philadelphia Preachers meeting representing the A. M. E. Churches of Philadelphia and vicinity, a spirited discussion took place regarding the appointment of a colored man in the office of the district attorney of Philadelphia county. It was the unanimous decision of the meeting to ask for a colored man. There are some 20 assistants; but there has never been a Negro in any of these places. The Negroes now number nearly 200,000 people in Philadelphia's total population of 2,000,000. This means that there should at least be one assistant district attorney belonging to the colored race in the city. There are twenty-four lawyers in Philadelphia, some from he very best schools in America, and the A. M. E. Preachers think at least one of them ought to be appointed to fill one of the existing vacancies. Rev. R. R. Wright, Jr., J. C. Beckett and I. H. Ringgold were appointed to interview the district attorney regarding the appointment. 50,000 Persons on One Program 50,000 Persons on One Program More Than 1,000,000 People Attend Richard Allen's Birthday Celebration. Philadelphia, Pa., February 26.—Las Sunday, February 14, more than a million people celebrated the 166th birthday anniversary of Richard Allen, founder of the A. M. E. Church. The uniform program which was arranged by the A. M. E. Book Concern was participated in by more than 50,000 people in more than 7,500 churches. The celebration will continue all this week, and finishes a splendid example of a great number of our people thinking, on the same subject at the same time. CARD OF THANKS To my many friends, old ones of long standing and new ones gained during the Advocate contest, I extend to one and all my sincere thanks and heartfelt appreciation for their loyal and liberal assistance. I assure you it is a great consolation to me. MRS. H. G. DWIGGINS. CITIZENS FORUM The Forum celebrated Inter-Racial Day at Metropolitan Temple. The program was fine and as follows: Piano solo, Miss Orme; oration, "Booker T. Washington," Miss Jessie L. Sanders, the prize girl orator, received a great ovation; solo, Mr. N. Terry, was fine; address, by Mrs. Eddy, late of the Chinese and Japanese, and the speaker was very entertaining, but some wished to hear more about inter-racial relations between the black and white races. The violin solo by Dr. Baker, was enclosed and he then played the beautiful Auld Lang Syne, a masterpiece. Orestes Meeks accompanied a soloist with his violin. Mr. F. T. Lane, secretary of the Urban League, made the closing address, which was very good. Mr. T. Davis, made extemporaneous remarks on the program. Mrs. Nellie Wilson presided and thanked the participants. President Harris and the large audience praised the program highly. Next Sunday another fine program is expected at the Forum. So come out and hear it. ONE "HOPEFUL" NEGRO DEMOCRAT New York, Feb. 10.—"I am convinced," says Rev. S. L. Corrothers, Pres. of the Independent Voters, Assn. "that today witnesses a gradual halt in the unqualified support of Republican policies. Further, it is just probable that if the southern wing of the Democratic party refuses to go along with the National Organization in a concentrated effort to realign a large section of the Negro votes with the Democratic party, there may be a tendency toward a Democratic party divided between the southern Democrats on the one hand and the national party, heavily reinforced by an extremely large Negro vote from the South and the North, on the other." All we want to know, Brother Corrothers, is where are the head, heart, and haven of the national Democratic party, north or south of the Mason and Dixon line; and where is the EXTREMELY LARGE NEGRO VOTE FROM THE SOUTH coming from,—south of Mason-Dixon, or south of the Canadian border line? THE KANSAS CITY ADVOCATE President Coolidge Names Municipal Court Judge Washington, February 26. — The nomination of Hon. James A. Cobb, experienced attorney in the District of Columbia courts, Vice-Dean of Howard University School of Law, and former Special Assistant U. S. Attorney, has been sent to the Senate by President Coolidge for confirmation as Judge of the Municipal Court to succeed the late Judge Robert H. Terrell, who held the honored post at the time of his death. Attorney Cobb was finally selected from a long list of candidates. With Judge Albert George on the Municipal Bench at Chicago, and the colored legal profession making gains in their allotment of Federal posts, the elevation of Mr. Cobb tends to prove that under the Republican party, headed by President Coolidge, the race has much cause to rejoice over the judicial recognition it is from time to time receiving. The Call of Liberia Washington, February 26.—The Liberian concession of the Firestone Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, is attracting many of our most efficient young men. Among those who have accepted supervisory positions in connection with the development of rubber growing in West Africa is Mr. Charles E. Lane, who for several years has successfully managed the large and beautiful Lincoln theatre of this city. Mr. Lane sailed last Sunday from New York to visit factories in Belgium, where he is expected to spend two months. From there he is expected to visit South African rubber plantations on a tour of inspection before taking up his duties in Leberia. Pledge Support to Efforts of Officials To Rid State of This Crime. Tallahassee, Fla., Feb. 10.—Student body of Fla. State College for Women has entered the fight against lynching in this State by adopting and sending to Governor Martin a resolution protesting against "such violations of law and "justice", and pledging hearty support to the Governor and other officials in the effort to rid the State of this crime. The resolution, formulated by the Executive Committee of the Student Government Association and the Y. W. C. A. cabinet, and endorsed by the student body, grew out of the lynching of a Negro near Ocala, January 11th. "We realize," says the resolution, "that responsibility for such violation of the laws of the state and of the principles of Christian civilization rests upon citizens of Florida. As citizens of the state and present or future voters we deplore such violation of law and justice, and assure you, the Governor of Florida and other officials of the state, of our hearty support in the efforts you are making toward ridding the state of this crime." Similar resolutions were adopted by the South Florida Diocese of the Episcopal Church. It is stated also that a petition to the Governor, asking for an investigation of the recent lynching, is being prepared by leading citizens of Ocala and other sections. WILL STUDY AFRICAN RE SOURCES. New York, February 19.—Prof. Henry G. Bayer, of New York University, has inaugurated an intensive study of the physical, economic and administrative aspects of the Belgian and the French Congo, the first course of its kind ever offered in the United States, which began last Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock in the School of Commerce of New York University and to persons who make application to the secretary of the School of Commerce. IN MEMORIUM In memory of Roland Sylvester Jones, who passed away one year ago February 27, 1925. We know you are with the angels Forget you we never will. Some may think we have forgotten you. They may also think the wound is healed; so he took you home to test. Sadly missed by Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McRoy, mother and father; Mrs. Thelma Roffle, sister. Kentucky Republican Warmly Supports Race Education Measure Washington, February 26.—When Bill H. R. 393, "An act to incorporate Howard University in the District of Columbia," recently came up for consideration in the United States House of Representatives, it was vigorously supported by Congressman Maurice H. Thatcher, Republican, of Kentucky, who is deeply interested in Negro education, as his remarks show. "I fully approve," said Mr. Thatcher in debate, "the reason urged by the Committee on Education for the passage of this pending measure. Its passage will give to Congress explicit and complete authority to make these appropriations. The 250 years, or more, of unrequited toil of the Negro race in this country; the loyalty of that race, and its sacrifices in every way for the American flag and for white Americans; its utter impoverishment and handicap at the close of the Civil War, and its loyal Americanism and capacity for progress so amply demonstrated since that war—all constitute, in my judgment, all powerful and convincing reasons why this great Republic of ours, which must depend on universal education and universal suffrage as the two great pillars of its support, should make a just and reasonable contribution toward the education of the Race." Are New York Democrats Leaning Toward Socialism? Are New York Democrats Leaning Toward Socialism? New York, February 26. — Not a few colored democrats of the Empire State are perturbed over what they regard as a gesture of New York democracy toward socialism, as seen in the attitude of the State party with regard to state ownership and control of water power resources, public utilities and other features. "This in itself would not be so bad," said a well known New York politician, were it not for the fact that it would never do to have the public utilities of New York controlled by any group from a purely economic standpoint, which is the socialists' strongest doctrine of advocacy." It might be comforting, however, for the colored democrats of New York who are disturbed by the socialistic trend of the state party, to remember that the state party can get no further with any policy than it is permitted by the national party, the heart and soul of which are controlled, solidly, by the democratic votes in the Southern states. And there is not the slightest possibility of these voters turning to socialism, for obvious reasons. CITY-WIDE SAFETY ZONES You may not know that twice as many persons have been killed by traffic accidents within the last 8 years as were lost by the American Expeditionary Force in the World War. These accidents cost about 600 million dollars annually, good "In God we trust" American dollars. Even if we are not so much concerned about these lives, really we ought to save that perfectly good money. Let's study and put into practice the following three approaches to the remedy that have been suggested: 1. Through prevention and safeguard. 2. Through much stronger punishment for violation of the rights of others. 3. Through public education as to its responsibilities. Smitty's dog Scraps was almost fatally injured the other day, when he saved Smitty's tiny brother, Herb, from an automobile accident. In his pent up grief, as Smitty held tenderly in his arms the limp dog, the owner of the car thrust a dollar into Smitty's hand. Grief was changed to exasperation and the little fellow hurled the coin with all his might through the glass door at the giver. If Smitty felt that way about his beloved, but dumb, Scraps; imagine the emotion of the mother over her dead or maimed school child, that an automobile has struck. Would it be amiss then if our city would get in line with the cities that are making a tangible effort to safeguard the lives of their future citizens and establish safety zones about all schools and also station traffic policemen at intersections in the vicinity of closing schools, when little ones, anxious to get home or running for a toy may be intercepted by a fast flying motor car. Improved Conditions in Haiti Washington, February 26.—According to a report made by Dr. W. W. Cumberland, Financial Adviser and General Receiver of Haiti, the trade in that Republic has experienced a gratifying improvement during the last three years. Similar increases in importations of textiles, says Dr. Cumberland, show that the population is more adequately clothed; while the large increases in imported foodstuffs show that the people are better fed and that the purchasing power of the population is expanding. It appears that from every point of view the finances and commerce of Haiti may be regarded in a prosperous condition. Public funds have been devoted to constructive purposes; waste has been reduced to a minimum; the public debt has been completely funded all arrears of interest and amortization have been liquidated, and there is a gratifying excess of exports over imports. Summer Medical Courses At Howard University Summer Medical Courses At Howard University Washington, February 26—Howard University, the Medical College of which has been unable to accommodate all of the aspiring applicants for training in the science and practice of medicine, is planning this year to conduct extensive post-graduate courses in medicine and surgery during the summer season, for six weeks immediately following commencement. The work will be done in conjunction with the School of Public Health and will be a boon to graduates of Howard and other medical schools who desire special training before taking State Board examinations, entering hospitals as internes, or beginning practice. CITY BRIEFST, AND IN SOCIETY Mr. Dennis Matthews, of Los Angeles, Cal., is in the city for a few days visiting friends and relatives, and stopping at his cousin's, Mr. Samuel Stuart, Tenth street and Nebraska avenue. Mr. Louis Kemp, 841 Washington boulevard, who got hurt at the roundhouse has been to the hospital, but is at home and better. Dr. H. B. Bronson is expected home from St. Louis, the last of the week. Friends, led by Mrs. Lottie Williams, gave Mrs. Calhoun Nolan a pleasant surprise party Thursday night. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Olliver, and Mrs. M. C. Matthews were guests at Mrs. L. Oliver's modern home, Friday afternoon. Mrs. F. Gayden is sponsor for the Home Beautiful Art Club program at the Forum Sunday, February 28th. Come. Confessed Burderer Protected from Threats of Mob. Whites and Negroes Cooperate. Lexington, Kentucky, Feb. 3rd. Kentucky this week again manifested its determination to stamp out lynchings in this State when Edward Harris, confessed murderer nad rapist, was protected in his trial here by a thousand state troops, massed about the court house with rifles, machine guns and tanks, and after his conviction was sent back of the Frankfort penitentiary under heavy guard. It was "one of the most impressive military demonstrations Kentucky has ever seen," says the Associated Press, by which Kentucky has shown her sister states that the life of a Negro is worth $20,000 or more of state funds, when threatened with mob violence." When Harris was first put in the penitentiary the warden and his deputies saved his life by standing off a mob of prisoners who were charging his cell, bent on his immediate destruction. Two other encouraging developments have come out of the awful affair. The colored people of Lexington, led by Dr. W. H. Ballard, are joining in the effort to raise a fund of $10,000 for Mrs. Bryant, the sole survivor of the tragedy. At the same time, the Louisville Courier Journal and the Louisville Times are raising a fund by popular subscription to reward George Blanchard, colored, who furnished the information that led to Harris' arrest. The cime was one of the most terrible in the history of the state. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1926 "Jazz" Music is "All Right Says Western Musician "Jazz" Music is "All Right Says Western Musician Chicago, February 26.—Decrying the veil of scorn woven about "jazz" music, admittedly the product of Negro emancipation and rhythm, Ted Lewis (white) famous western musician, has put his "OK" on jazz by saying: "Jazz has a distinct musical identity, just as the classics. The two forms serve entirely different purposes, and there are certainly many people who enjoy jazz as well as the classical music. Some of our best classical musicians enjoy jazz and dancing, and not one of them has ever assailed jazz as a low form of music. And even if they did, it must be remembered that Wagner's music was considered objectionable when it was first played in Germany." West Virginians Solving "Problem" West Virginians Solving "Problem" Washington, February 26.—In commenting upon the progress made during recent years by members of our racial group who live in the state of West Virginia, the McDowell Times, published at Keystone by M. T. Whittico, and T. Edward Hill, says, under the caption, "A Hopeful Sign": During the past ten years Negroes of West Virginia have made greater progress in the promotion of business enterprises of their own than in all their previous history in this state. "This is evidenced by the growth and expansion of C. H. James & Son, wholesale produce dealers, Charleston; the two building and loan associations at Charleston and Beckley; the Mutual Savings & Loan Company, Charleston; the Ferguson enterprises, Charleston; the Eagle Coal Company and the Peerless enterprises, owned by Matthew Buster at Montgomery; Capehart's large furniture business, hotel, and other activities at Welch; George's hotel and allied interests at Northfork; Kimball Undertaking Company at Kimball and Welch; Donally General Merchandise at Crumpler; Pioneer Realty and Armstead Undertaking Companies at Beckley; hospitals at Charleston and Clarksburg; drug stores at Clarksburg, Wheeling, Williamson, and Beckley; real estate investments; and the growth of the York Rite Masons, Odd Fellows, Pythians, et al; and enterprises throughout the state, representing the investment of more than two million dollars of Negroes' money. MARRIAGE LICENSES OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS William Turner, age 58, Kansas City, Kansas and Louise Perry, age 46, Kansas City, Kansas. Walter Randall, age 31, Kansas City, Kansas, and Marie Thompson, age 26, Kansas City, Kansas. Charles McQueen, age 43, Kansas City, Mo., and Ora Crittenden, age 31, Springfield, Mo. Leon B. Burton, age 38, Kansas City, Mo., and Myrtle M. Bell, age 28, Kansas City, Mo. Lacey E. Brodis, age 26, Topeka, Kansas, and Vernetta O. Harrison, age 23, Topeka, Kansas. Theodore Baskerville, age 21, Kansas City, Kansas, and Frankie Lewis, age 19, Kansas City, Kansas. Richard Stephens, age 45, Kansas City, Mo., and Leola Smith, age 25, Kansas City, Mo. Circo McDonald, age 21, Kansas City, Kansas, and Sarah Kirkwood, age 21, Kansas City, Kansas. Virgil C. Long; age 26, Kansas City, Mo., and Hattie Barnard, age 24, Kansas City, Mo. COURT For the first time two Negro attorneys of Chicago, have been permitted to appear before the Commission of Appeals Court of Texas, to plead the case of the National Body of Negro Shriners, to permit them the use of the Shrine emblems and ritual used by the white order. The case originated when the Ancient Egyptian Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine" was organized in Houston, Texas, and the Negro organization was enjoined by the whites from the use of the Shrine emblems and rituals. The case will be carried to the United States supreme court for a final decision. The National Negro organization sent the Chicago attorneys to represent the Houston organization. The case is creating considerable interest in Shrine organization, white and colored, throughout the country.