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THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. The Christmas Number of The Plaindealer Will Be the Best Ever Issued by Negroes; Sixteen Pages. Get Your Ad. Copy Ready and Avoid the Rush! VOLUME IV. J. C. T., a Prominent Contributor to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Gives Some Sound Facts About Education and Politics. Says the Negro Has Earned the Right of Franchise. The colored race in America, by a fair historical estimate of its achievements stands among the great pillars in the temple of national liberty and sovereignty. This is no groundless eulogy, but a fact that may be ascertained upon inquiry. People personally, by classes or by races, are worth actually what they make, and we calculate their importance in the country of their nativity or adoption by the relative value of their production. There is really no other valid testimony on this point; and in the light of it our colorod population shows to very fine advantage. It has labored long and diligently, though, perhaps, unconsciously, to give this nation weight in the commerce of the earth, and probably no other people among us of whatever nationality, has contributed more liberally to this end. Indeed, the whole result of its labor have been in the form of contribution, and in that respect have been inequitable. The Negroes of this country have year and out, through a century, the equivalent of well nigh countless millions of dollars, and yet no other people have less, or so little, to show in the way of wealth for their expenditure of energy and genius. This is largely owing to the fact that they were for many years slaves and it requires a long while to outlive the effects of abject and absolute servitude. Nothug is more debassing. And now, after a heroic struggle of thirty-odd years to escape the consequences of previous conditions they are mercilessly beaten back by disfranchisement, which is the modern form of nullification. This is disheartening in the extreme. No wonder the American people have a race problem. They are likely to have, so long as the aspirations of a race, roused and encouraged by their national constitution, are thwarted and crushed. You can't enlighten and elevate a people by wresting from them the privileges that excite ambition, and ennoble effort. Disfranshisement, wherever practicable, is a long step in the way of driving the Negro back to what is constitutionally called his "previous condition of servitude." Not that he is again made a slave by it, but the withholding of his liberty makes him the equivalent of one. It took some time to emancipate the Negro, and his disfranchisement has likewise been of gradual development. It has at length, however, reached the stage of a factor in the race problem and a leading question in national politics. In the recent congressional election almost the entire colored vote of North Carolina was suppressed. Over 80,000 people in that state, qualified by law, knowledge, and by industry for suffrage, were denied the right to vote. The excuse was illiteracy. If ever hypocrisy went proudly and unblushingly through a great ordeal it surely did in this North Carolina election. There is a great deal of buncombe about illiteracy, for, unfortunately, our standards of learnings are fixed by men of purely technical equipment. The mastery of technicality is convenient and essential, but it is not the predominant thing in education. What we as a patriotic people are interested in is the perpetuation of our renown as the authors of republicanism and the exemplars of its possibilities. In this regard we can not afford to be derilict, for the ambition of every great nation is supremacy. The people of the United States need now more than ever to take into account all the sources of their power and to give to each a just measure of appreciation. It is highly essential that every man who puts himself forward as a leader should know the capacity and genius of every race or nationality that goes to make up this government. Otherwise he cannot comprehend its force in the aggregate, because he is unacquainted with it in detail and in particular. Now, whoever does this cannot escape being impressed with the importance of the Negro in our national life. This is the one thing of substance that characterized the abolition movement, and eventually crowned with practical success. Without all this the oratory of Phillips and Beecher and the art in fiction of Mrs. Stowe, would have been fruitless. It was a great fact, thoroughly understood by Summer, and was the secret of emancipation. The Negro had paid the country for his freedom, and it was under obligation to liberate him. It isn't possible that Lincoln, so just in his estimates, could have looked upon him simply as a beggar asking mercy and rescue. Not at all. He extended him emancipation as a reward for faithful and invaluable service to the republic. In what way did he serve it? By giving enormously to its vast volume of wealth. He gave with a lavish hand, and his contribution is the measure of his strength and education. He knows how to act and he performs to the limit of his strength and understanding. Eliminate him and you subtract from the sum of our production all the rich and prolific yield of the plantation. In the face of this remarkable fact—one of the most impressive to be found anywhere—the political enemies of the colored man have the effrontery to say that in the South, the clime of his nativity and where he has grown gigantic, he is incompetent, uneducated and unfit for suffrage. Talk about demagogy! That is the height of malice and tomfoolery. It's ten to one with a good chance for winning, that the men who practice disfranchisement have no conception of the purpose or effect of a vote. You will see just as fine specimens of birds and daisies at the ballot box as anywhere else on earth. What is the peculiarity of education that qualifies one to vote? The writing of a name, the spelling of a word, or the reading of a passage in a book doesn't acquaint us with the mysteries of government. Or does intelligent voting depend on knowing the science of government? If it does, heaven help us. The truth is, that in a general way, we are wrong and inexcusably shallow in estimating the requisites of a voter. They are neither reading, nor writing, nor the profundities of political philosophy. Any citizen of this country who is capable of continuously supporting the government is capable of participating in the selection of its officials; and it is very well known that incapacity is incompatible with support. We do not look to the weak and inefficient to supply the wants of communities and nations. We do, however, in quite a large degree, depend upon our colored people for sufficient public revenue, and the entire civilized world is dependent on them for a prime necessity in wearing apparel. They number with the great producers, and are absolutely indispensable to the civilization of this century. It seems that their political education, which is the only kind that legitimately figures in the matter, is well up to the mark of the times, for their opinion coincides with that of a majority of their white fellow citizens. Their heads are level as to principles and issues, and their vote shows they have the courage of conviction. This combination of qualities should, without question, guarantee them the ballot, but, strangely enough, it is made the basis of depriving him of the ballot. The Negro of the plantations, we are told, is illiterate because he writes an awkward fiat, stumbles in reading, and falls down in orthography. The reading and writing, to be sure, are easy enough sailing for any of us; but who it that does not make a mess of orthography? The very men who write editorials in advocacy of disfranchising the darkey for his inability to construct words and TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, NOV. 28, 1902. sentences accurately, are spared many a galling thrust of the critic by the expert workmen who put their articles in shape for printing. And if editors are remiss or incompetent, the average man may be classed as rotten. But what have these trivialities to do with policies that affect for good or ill the lives of individuals and foreshadow the destinies of nations? Nothing whatever; and it is a burning shame that they should weigh a feather's heft in depriving men of their justly acquired and constitutional rights. The Negroes of the South have liberally paid the price of the ballot. and they are constitutionally entitled to it. It isn't likely, nor is it possible, that these people, uneducated and untrained, could have given to the Southern plantation the weight it has in the wealth of the world. They are not only the tillers of the soil for the production of cotton, but are the master minds that comprehend all the conditions of weather, climate planting and the texture of fiber. Whatever measure of renown and wealth the South enjoys has been acquired by the long succession of vast cotton crops raised on her plantations, and the lord of the plantation, whether serf or freemen, is the darky, for he alone knows its moods and capabilities The farmer who lives in the great West is not on such close terms with his soil, climate and atmosphere as is the darky of the South with his surroundings of this character, because they are not the only environment essential to his best development. And it is frequently the case that our professional men and mechanics fall short of their ambitions and the easy reach of their faculties by being misplaced in their vocations. But you never heard of the Southern Negro missing the high radk in cultivating the cotton cray. If evei a man knew his business to the point of inspiration, he does. In this, too, he is an autocrat, for he is the only one who understands it. In the olden time he was ruled by an overseer, but as a free man he works to far better advantage. Under the conditions of emancipation his ingenuity is brought into practice. and this, together with his industry, has given the Southern states the imperishable reputation of supplying all markets with one of the greatest staple products. Yet this man is disfranchised. It is obvious from what the Southern Negro has the ability to do, and does, that his equipment for his vocation is of th very first order and that his disfranchisement under any pretext whatever, is unsupported by justice or reason. What is education for if not to prepare people for the struggle of competitive life? We never yet heard that our common schools, academies and universities are for the purpose of teaching boys and young men how to vote. But we do know from statistical records of a great many graduates who not only do not contribute a farthing to the support of the government but as criminals are dependent on it-Go into the various missions of the great cities and hear ex-convicts recite their experiences and you will find that they are mostly men of education. This may seem surprising but it is a fact. If you don't believe it make inquiry. These men have all missed the aim of education. They did not understand it was to to equip them for application and comprehension, and to stand fast in emergencies. By the rule of disfranchisement, however, they were exceptionally well qualified for voting. These truths stand together in the most vivid contrast; and disclose a woeful state of rottenness, which though approved by Democratic politicians, smells to heaven and will be expurgated. Probably the filisiest of excuses for disqualifying the Negroes of the South for participating in elections is their want of education. They were called to a great enterprise, and the success they have made of it is one of the marvels of this peculiarly industrial age. They are most distinctively men of the new century. This is a day of specialists, and the Southern Negro, as a cottonraiser, is a specialist. Not only that, but he is a monopolist in the skill of his profession. With him the secret of cotton production was born; and with his emigration it will THE CHURCH OF ST. MARY'S ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH—Donate Something and Assist Them die. We don't realize his potency in industry and commerce. The total output of cotton is a little in excess of 12,000,000 bales, and of that amount this country furnishes over 10,000,000. In the supply of no other article is the preponderance so great; and this gives exceptional importance to our cotton crop. It puts in operation practically all of the more than one hundred million spindles in the factories of the different nations. The cotton looms of the United States, Great Britain and the continent of Europe are nearly all supplied from the plantations of the South. We see the brain of the people who work these plantations. They are one of the leading forces that contribute to the dominating power of the commercial world. Eliminate them and you deal a blow to civilization that within a century it will not recover from. It would require all that ttime, and more. to make good by education the loss of the Southern Negro. Indeed, the calamity of their total immigration would be irreparable. It is incumbent upon the American people as a nation to preserve and fructify all the sources of their strength, and not to repress and paralyze them. And this is the greatest argument presentable against disfranchisement. The men who ate active in depriving the Negro of his vote are dependent for their progress on the productiveness of their land, and the Negro, with the sun and the rain, has through successive generations, drawn out from it millions upon millions of dollars. From this vast mass of wealth, turned out with astonishing amplitude year after year without intermission, have come the enterprise and learning of the Southern states, and much of the thrift of the Northern states is attributable to it. We read in history of the South's ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH—D brilliance in statesmanship, its military prestige, its political domination, its renown in literature and its unequalled hospitality. But is not the Negro in the field the power behind these splendid manifestations? This becomes a leading question when it is proposed to disfranchise him for illiteracy. If he is the prolific producer of wealth that figures show him to be, his rank as an educator is very high indeed. And if an educator on so grand a scale he certainly is not so ignorant, for the ability to supply the means of bounteous education is a gift compared to which the acquisition by instruction is quite insignificant. It is genius. We don't charge genius with illiteracy or incompetency, for it creates the sources that supply our wants. The whole world pays it the most liberal tribute, but in doing so simply expresses its gratitude. The colored race of our Southern states which has created and perpetuated the commerce of cotton, has this high endowment. It constructs edifices in which to educate the youth of the country, and it supports the system by which education is attained. Without its great contributions the section of its nativity would have known nothing of political power, and its standing in literature, statesmanship and merchant dise would be much lower than what it is. But in what way, you ask, does the Negro necessarily have the part of a beneficiary in this education? He does not. He creates and confers. He gives as heaven gives the heat and the cold, the drought and the deluge. But he gives through his occupation. And that he knows to perfection. No master in music has a more intimate acquaintance with the laws of harmony than our plantation darky has with the art of cultivation. Is he a learned magi? If he is not, then the exhaustless contributors to our store of knowledge, entretainment and all things indispensible, are not learned men. His education consists in provision, the calling to which all genius assigns itself, and the passing of the years reads his advancement in proficiency. He surely knows enough to vote. TWO CONFLICTING STATEMENTS. A deal of talk has been indulged in because the name of the daughter of Professor Booker T. Washington was dropped from the roll of students at Wellesly College. Although the faculty of the school aver that Miss Washington was dropped because she was not proficient in her music, people who have experienced a turn-down on account of color refused to believe that Miss Washington was dropped for any other reason. Such faint-hearted souls are not aware that there is another colored lady at the same college, who has not been dropped. But it does seem that if the faculty at Wellesley aimed to draw the color line they would remove this lady also. In her own defense Miss Washington declared that the reports concerning her departure from Wellesley were not true. She left of her own volition and the advice of her father, she said, principally because her health would not permit her to take the college course there, and it was the desire of her father that she should take some academic studies, which she was pursuing alone at Wellesley. Miss Washington stated that she did not have to take the examination in music, and consequently that was not a cause of her leaving, and she most emphatic [d]enied that any Donate Something and Assist Them hint as to her race being in any way objectionable had ever been given there. The public will have to decide the question between what the faculty at Wellesley and Miss Washington have said on the question.—The Tribune. MERITED RECOGNITION. The country will unreservedly endorse the two latest appointments of President Roosevelt as convincing proof of his desire to recognize the just claims of the colored people to a share in the honors and emoluments of the republic. The appointees are not "discoveries," and will be remanded to the identification department to show cause why they should be selected as representatives of the race. Their records are too well known to require extended statement. Their names are house hold words in every section of our broad land. Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, editor of the New York Age, an in season and out-of-season champion, has been appointed special commissioner to investigate conditions in our insular possessions, the only assignment of the kind yet made. It is a designation well merited and Mr. Fortue's fitness for a work of this kind is conceded. Mr. John S. Durham, ex-mihister to Hayti, has been named as assistant attorney to the Spanish Claims Commission, of which Ex-Senator Chandler is chairman. Mr. Durham is a lawyer of rare ability, a courteous gentleman and represents the best attainments of the race at the bar and in public life. In each case the compensation is ample, and in honoring those splendid characters the President has honored the entire Afro-American people, and endeared himself anew to the most loyal following any parv on this continent ever had.—Colored American. A PROFITABLE MEETING The regular semi-annual Educational and Industrial rally was held in Stephens Hall at the Industrial Institute last Sunday afternoon. An elaborate program was arranged by superintendent Carter which pleased the large crowd that filled every nook and corner of the building. There was the usual delay in opening owing to the late arrival of some of those named for places on the program. The school was arranged for the reception and entertaining of the callers. The teachers assisted by the pupils received the people and showed them about the building. Superintendent Carter opened the afternoon services with a neat little speech in which he referred to the deep interest manifested by the colored people of this city and state. He spoke of the rapidly increasing attendance. The capacity of the school is taxed, and the need is now for funds to enlarge the school and improve its facilities for meeting the requirements of the school children. The opening song was sung by the pupils of the school followed with prayer by William Reynolds. Mr. Carter than introduced Editor Childers who presented the following statistical review of "The attendance of Colored Children in the Public Schools." "According to the report of State Superintendent Frand Nelson, Kansas has expended $93,000,000 for Educational purpose, in the past thirty-five years, in order to provide suitable facilities for the education of 516,022 school children. With the exception of Wyandotte county Shawnee county with 17,498 children, ranks next to top. In Atchison, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, Bourbon, Douglass, Johnson, Graham and Shawnee Counties and a few towns in the eastern portion of the state, the white and colored children are separated. The State has provided fairly good buildings and an excellent corps of teachers. Topeka, the capital city, presents a fair picture of the educational problem in Kansas. Over ten thousand of the 17,468 school children in this county attend the various schools in city. Of this number 1726 Negroes are between the ages of five and twenty-one. They are distributed in the wards as follows; First Ward 417, Second Ward 274, Third Ward 313, Fourth Ward 135, Fifth Ward 437, Sixth Ward 52. To accommodate these children, the city has provided six school buildings, one in each ward except the Fourth, with two in the Fifth, employing twenty-one teachers. The enrollment in the various schools as shown by the records of the Board of Education is as follows: In the Lane school 156, in the Madison school 124, in the Washington school 122, in the Monroe school 118, in the Buchanan school 145, in the Douglass school 14, a total of 670. In the grades above the sixth in other Wards schools are enrolled 200 Negro children, and 91 in the High school, making a grand total of 970, or a little more than fifty-five percent of the colored children enrolled in our public schools. A statement of the average attendance reveals a condition demanding the serious consideration of all who are vitally interested in the race's welfare. The average attendance at the Lane school for October was 134, at the Madison school it was 105, at the Washington school it was 102, at the Monroe school it was 96, at the Douglas school it was 12, and at the Buchanan school it was 128, making a total attendance of 577. A difference of 102 in the number enrolled and the actual attendance: It was not convenient to obtain figures showing the average attendance in the white schools of the colored children for the reason that the averages are not kept seperate. The foregoing statement of facts presents a problem for study. With school houses within easy reach of every child, and with easy facility for the providing of children with books, the reasons for such a meager attendance in our public schools NUMBER 46. The Semi-Annual Educational and Industrial Rally at the Institute Last Sunday was a Profitable Gathering Many Speeches Made Encouraging Topeka's Great School. seems hard to discover. Is this due to parental indifference or to inherent disobedience in the children failing to take advantage of golden opportunities?" William H. Barnes, secretary of the State Horticultural society, spoke for a short time on "Grumbling." Secretary Barnes was optimistic in his view of life. "In this great big broad America," said he, "there isn't any room for grumbling. If we lived in Ireland, China or India, or a good many other countries, we might grumble, but under the broad skies of America there is nothing to grumble about. Some men because they lose a hand or a foot fall back on charity; I would say to you young people, don't do it. Have a trade so this will not be necessary. Day before yesterday I took dinner down at Talequah, I. T. and I found that the whole country in the Indian Territory was laughing." This was in reference to an excursion which the apple growers of the west enjoyed, inspecting the fruit producing country between St Louis and the Indian Territory. Superintendent W. M Davidson of the city schools gave an address in which the work of Abraham Lincoln in liberating the black race from bondage was strongly portrayed. He recited the story of Lincoln's first trip down the Mississippi on a flat-boat to New Orleans and his disgust with the sale of Negroes there; now that in 1854 he became a national figure through his contest with Douglas for a seat in the United States: his subsequent nomination for the presidency by the Chicago convention and his victory at the polls. In applying the story of Lincoln, Superintendent Davidson said; "My idea of life is that every citizen has a moiety of influence. Education is a process of knowing how to say no. If you are in school you are being trained in knowing and feeling as well as above all in doing things. "Are there as many colored children in school as there should be? There has been a gradual decrease in the last three years; there has been removals of families to Oklahoma and elsewhere but not sufficient to offset the fact that a large number do not attend school who should. The quest of the almighty dollar becomes the quest of 90 percent of the people of the United States. But some people lose sight of the fact that there is something better than merely clothing the child. We must not get so hard in the quest for the dollar that we fail to build up somewhat of the sweetness at home. The teacher is not the servant of the parent or the board of education. And when the child is placed in school you are giving it over to the state. And in keeping it out of school you are not only doing it a wrong but a violence to the state; a violence to the state because the half education communities are danger spots to the state. Every parent should co-operate cordially with the teachers. "This is an institution of which you should be proud, colored and white. With it, it is possible for every child to avail himself of industrial work before completing the course. There is a feeling among educators that we have worked out the problem of educational training and that the school address itself to training the hand as well. To those young people let me say, don't stop your school course, because the longer you go the more power you get. I would like to have been trained so that if necessary I could go out and pound out a horse shoe. "here is a nobility in small work dishwashing or potato hoeing, only whatever you do, do well." Rev. F. G. Snelson, pastor of St. John's A. M. E. Church who recently came to Topeka to take this pastorate, spoke briefly about the waste of energy: the need of the young people utilizing every opportunity to make the best of life. He related his experience in gaining an education, the sacrifices which it required dwelling upon the results which this had enabled him to attain. The next meeting for purpose of of further considering this very important and interesting question will be held one week from next Sunday. There was an excellent display of the work of the pupils in the industrial department. All who desired were served with chocolate and sandwiches. Copeka Plaindealer. Published at Topeka, Shawnee county, Kaz. every Friday morning by THE PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING OO. 412 EAST SEVENTH STREET. NICK CHILES, - - BUSINESS MANAGER J. H. CHILDERS, - - EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year by mail.....$1.00 Six months by mail.....750 Three months by mail.....500 Entered at the postoffice at Topeka as second class mail matter. FRIDAY, NOV. 28, 1902 EDITORIAL COMMENT We are Thankful R. S. Brigham. The chief factotum of the Midwinter exposition was approached by a committee of Negroes, with a view of finding out if it were possible to obtain space in which to make an exhibit of the work of our people. Brigham very curtly dismissed them with the statement that so long as he had anything to do with the exposition, there would be no niggers in it, so there now. The Negroes of this city certainly ought to know Brigham. No rebel in unrecostructed Texas more intensley despises colored than he. He would much prefer to plant in the faces of the decent, respectable people of this city the lewd ribaldry of a half dressed theatrical out cast, than to permit the self-respecting, progressive Negroes, a chance to display samples of their work, that would do credit to the city and possibly reflect some credit upon Brigham. We know that the Exposition will go without the Negro, and be a marvelous success, but as citizens contributing to the moral, material and commercial development of this community where it is supposed that the spirit of John Brown is "marching on" but "marking time" in unison with the noble people in behalf of a weaker people, it would be expected that courtsey would at least mark the conduct of representative men. Brigham does not represent the highest type of Topeka citizenship. His ancessal environment, and the unexpected prosperity of recet years are not calculated to evolve the highest type of men. We do hope however, that Brigham will this year so far respect the white club ladies of this city that he will omit from his program of vaudeville acts, the disgusting "hooche chooche" and "coon songs" of a woman whose conduct was such that she disgusted everybody. No Negro need apply! Atchison Miss Lillie Epps of Orion Kansas is making a pleasant visit with her aunt Amanda Greenly. Miss Epps lived here once when she was quite a little girl. Rev. and Mrs. M. S. Joneshas a congregation that appreciates his worth. They surprised him Wednesday with a nice center table, two fine rocking chairs, two dining room chairs, a nice stove, a ton of coal and many trinkets. This is pastorial respect. Mr. Jas. Clagget died at his home Wednesday and was buried Sunday at Mt. Vernon Cemetery. The funeral at the Christian Church was largely attended. Miss maggie Finney of Sacremento Cal. returned home Thursday evening. She is making good money out there. Dr. J. A. Taylor of Atchison and Dr.G. G. Brown of Leavenworth have exchanged offices and cities. The white people have a plenty of dibtheria. Oda Bradford is the first colored person to break in. Miss Barker, sister of Chas. Barker, is visiting him from Kan. City mo. Mrs. L. monroe visited Kans. City Thanksgiving and had a royal time. Mrs. Littie Froeman of Des moines Iowa is visiting her sister Mrs. Thos. Brown. JUCNCTION, CITY A few of ladies of the second Baptist Church agreeably suprised Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Cottry of Manhattan Kan. guests of Mrs. Isaac Perkins on Monday evening. Those present were; Madames O.Flanigan, N.Dunlap J. Maddox, J. Mason, and Rev. Jackson and Mrs. Corpel of Lawrence. All had a delightful time The Sewing Circle of the Second Baptist Church was entertained by Mrs. Jackson Thursday afternoon. The Circle is busy preparing for a fair and Thanksgiving entertainment. The Afro-American Advancement Club met Thursday night Nov. 20. The object of the meeting is for the advancement of the race moraly, socialy and politically. Miss Malissa Harden a young lady who graduated from the Junction City High School has accepted a position of teaching school somewhere near Kingfisher O. K. Rev. Pare of Leavenworth is in the city carring ou revival at the New Hope Church. BUYSA Suit, Cloak, Skirt or Mackintosh We also make Mens' Suits and Overcoats on 2 We also are E A PAY Zanditor 317 Rev. Right left for Manhattan Friday Nov. 21. PAOLA. NOTES. Thomas Greer, and wife, of Kansas City, are here visiting friends and relatives. The concert given at the A. M. E. church Tuesday evening, was a grand success. The solos sung by Mrs. Maud Aanderson and Miss Olivia Ellison were highly praised by all present. Clifton Hollins, Kit Smith, and Orlander Woods were over from Ossawattomie Tuesday evening, to attend the concert. Will Hobbs was in Kansas City last week, visiting his sister. Mrs. Lucy Turner, of Topeka, is here,visiting her parents, Rev Childers and wife. Rev. D. E. Overr, of Kansas City, preached at the Second Baptist church, Sunday. Dick Wilson and mr. Whitney were over from Ossawattomie, Sunday. MEXICO, MO. Mrs.Susan Jamerson is visiting in Kansas City. Austin Winsor, the infant son of Scott Settles, was buried Nov. 12, after an illness of five days. Mrs. Belle Washington, of St. Louis, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Thomas Bass. Nona Sims died Sunday, about 9 a.m., after an illness of eleven months. Deceased was born Nov. 4, 1877. She was a worthy young lady, and a true Christian worker of St. Luke's A. M. E. church. We are indeed sorry to lose such a noted character. She was a faithful member in every department of the church and an active member of the E. L. and S. S. convention of the St. Joe. district. She will be greatly missed in the Excelsior Tabernacle No. 3. Too much cannot be said of such a beautiful girl, one who was loved by all who knew her. Some sweet day we hope to meet her on the golden shore, in that beautiful land of the blessed and free. Rev. Wm. H. Wheeler, of Kansas City, Mo. conducted the services, monday a. m. Subscribe for the Plaindealer. mpany, UM'S 'Phone 230. All This Week, Choice All This Week, Choice For a Sample Coat or Cape of very latest fashion—just from the hands of one of the foremost manufacturers of this country. See South Window for Parties All This Week-- At a great rate 250 Silk, Fri- ized Satine $4.00 French Flannel Waists..... $3.00 French Flannel Waists..... $2.69 French Albatrossa Waists..... Other Flannel Waists from..... Choice of $3.50 and $3.00 Silk Waists..... Choice of $5.00 Silk Waists..... Choice of $7.50 and $6.00 Silk Waists..... Mercerized Satine Waists..... 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SUB NORMAL DEPARTMENT—Fitting tunity for education to those deprived of it. MUSICAL DEPARTMENT—Offering nature—Music. THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT—Preparing trained Ministers for the demands of the pew of today. NORMAL DEPARTMENT—Preparing Students for teaching in the public schools and giving higher training to those desiring the same. SUB NORMAL DEPARTMENT—Fitting Students for the Normal department and giving an opportunity for education to those deprived of such in childhood. MUSICAL DEPARTMENT—Offering training in that art for which our youth seem adapted by nature—Music. INDUSTRIAL DEEARTMENT—Fitting our youth to compete with the tradesmen in the field of organized labor. Here mainly rests the future of the race. This is to be the education of this century. Courses—Agricultural, Mechanical Drawing, Carpentry and Cabinet Making. Printing, Job and Journeyman. Tailoring, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting. Dressmaking and Plain Sewing. Preparations are being made for teaching Scientific Agriculture. The faculty is composed of graduates from the best schools in the country. FACULTY—Rev. Wm. T. Vernon, B.S. D., A. M., Lincoln, President, Philosophy, Logic and E onomics; Rev. Jun. S. Johnson, B. D., Ohio State University, Hebrew, Greek and Theology; G. Archie Gregg, A. B. University of Kansas, Mathematics; Agustus C. Perdue, Tuskegee, Architectural, Mechanical Drawing and Carpentry; Joseph Nelson Garratt, Wilberforce, Business Course Stenography and Typewriting Harry R. Graham, Printing and Book-binding; Mrs. Florence M. Crews, I. F. C. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., Literature and Latin; Mrs. S. L. Gross, Dressmaking, Plain Sewing; Mrs. N. Douglas Scroggins, Western University, Instrumental Music; Mrs. L. H. Moore, B. S, Matron Stanley Hall. In addition, able and prominent lecturers on different subjects have been secured. OPPORTUNITY—Teachers have a common interest in all Students, even the poorest and humblest. We only ask for merit and true worth here. Extravagance is discouraged, students struggling for an education need not feel ashamed of poverty. Come and try. EXPENSES—Board per month $5.50. Tuition per month $1. Room rent per month $1. Incidental fee only for first month $1. Students received at any time! SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 15, '02. REMARKS—We are trying to help solve the problem. Write us for catalogues or Information. Let us hear from you at once, we will give all particulars. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawnee county, Kansas. Winnie Hesper, plaintiff, vs. Henry Hesper, defendant. No. 22002. The defendant will take notice that he has been sued by plaintiff in the above entitled action for a divorce and that he must answer the petition filed by plaintiff in sand action on or before the 11th day of January, 1903, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered accordingly. JOSEPH REED, Attest: Plaintiff's Attorney. I. S. Curtis, Clerk District Court. 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U., composed of law students only, held their quarterly election Friday Nov. 21. Mr. Freeman L. Martin was unanimously elected treasurer of the Club. Mr. Martin is the first and only Negro student to enjoy the privilege of holding an office in this Club. He is a forcible and eloquent debater and one of the most ardent supporters of the Club. The teachers and the Alumni gave a reception Friday evening to the students of K. U. and High School. Leonards Hall was ablaze with light and music and the students were extended a hearty welcome. Many excellent toasts were listened to and after an excellent repast the dancers repaired to the dance hall and engaged in "tripping the light fantastic", until a late hour. All left feeling that the evening had been pleasantly spent. Mrs. Gertie White nee Copeland is very low in Yeneseo Ill. Her many friends will be pained to learn of her illness and hope or her speedy recovery. Mr. James Huges has returned from Havana, Cuba and is now back to his old home, Joplin Mo. The Bannaca Literary met Tuesday eve and had fairly good attendance for first meeting this season. Come out and help swell the crowd and hear a good program. FORT NIOBRARA, NEB. One of the most delightful affairs of the season was the birthday party of Corpl. Miles Terry and Pvt. J. L. Nolan of the Band 25 Infantry given Monday evening the 17th instant. Many handsome presents were received Mrs. M. Terry the charming hostess recieved a gold ring and a twenty dollar gold coin in America currency from R. Q. M. Sergt. George Mack wishing her twenty future years of prosperity Dancing and cards afforded amusement for the evening until 11:45 when the guest were conducted to the dining room where they participated in the most choicest delicacies of the season. Those present were; Mr and Mrs Geo. K. Jones of Valentine; Sergt. and Mrs. Coc. Iapton of Band; Corpl. and Mrs. H. Chambers Co. B.; Corpl. and Mrs. Elbert Williams of Band; Corpl. and Mrs. Wiseman Co. K Corpl. and Mrs. Island Co. M; Pvt. and Mrs. Hanger Co. K; Pvt. and Mrs. Jones of Earl Misses Bessie Williams, Agnes Marshall, R. Q. M. Sergt. Geo. Mack, Drum Major, J. N. Norton of Band; Sergt, William Webb Co. C; Sergt. Wm. Thompson Co. M; Sergt. R. W. Tellis Co. B; Corpl. E. C: Dearing of Band and many others that space will not allow metion. OKAHA. NER. On the evening of Nov. 21 Mr. and Mrs. Newman entertained at their home 2209 N 25 St., in honor of Miss Minnie Page. The house was beautifully decorated with chrysantheums. About twenty-two young people were present with two out of town guest, Joseph Lee of Rockisland Ill. and Mr. Veanie of Chicago Joplin Mo. Russel Kjtral visited friends in Neosho Sunday evening, Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are running an up-to date restaurant between second and third Main St. Miss Lillian Pritchette and Morgan Cheatum spent Thanksgiving at Pleasanton. Mr. and Mrs. W. Hughes of Davenport Ia., were called to the bedside of their brother several weeks ago and remained until after his death. Calvin Hudson has gone to Sedalia to attend G. R. Smith college instead of Lawrence. A pleasant surprise party was given. Clarence Ewing last Friday evening. A very enjoyable time is reported. An elegant two course lunch was served. Allen L. Hughes died at his residence, on Joplin St., Friday evening Nov. 20. He had been sick but three weeks. He leaves a wife, daughter, brother and a host of friends to mourn his demise. Funeral services were held from the A. M. E. Church, Rev. Voorhees officiating assisted by Rev Marrow of Baxter Spring. Interment in Fairview cemetery. Olathe Kans. On Sunday Rev. J. W. Wilson was installed as the pastor of the Second Baptist Church. The services were very impressive and instructive. Rev. J. W Allen of this city preached at 11 a. m.; in the afternoon Rev. J. H. Van Lue preached the installation sermon Papers were read by Prof G. W. Wood, Mesdames M. Botts and Rollins, and Miss Lida Crump. In the evening a large audience greeted the pastor, Rev. W. Wilson, who preached a very excellent sermon. He is a man of splendid attainments and in every respect worthy of the confidence and esteem of all the people of Olathe. Rev. J. H. Van Lue will preach at the second Baptist Church monday and Tuesday night. Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Wood, Nov. 17, a girl. A rDeam of Fair Women will be given by the young ladies of the Second Baptist S. S, Thanksgiving. Miss Maggie Lee and brother Frank spent Sunday with their grandmother Mrs. Guthrie. Lincoln, Neb. The literary program given by the Twentieth Century Culture Club at the Baptist church Monday night proved quite an enjoyable affair. The sewing circle served lunch at its close. Mrs. Clara Shipmon entertained a number of ladies on last Thursday afternoon in behalf of Mrs. Ida Graham of Kansas City. A very pleasant surprise party was tendered Mr. Jackson Johns last Moeday night led by Mrs. Mary Williams. Mr. Johnson is one of the oldest and most respected pioneers of the city and has been taking a vacation from PREMIUMS JUST FOR SAVING WRAPPERS OF DIAMOND C SOAP THERE IS A SATISFACTION IN USING DIAMOND "C" SOAP THE SATISFACTION THAT COMES FROM LESS WORK, LESS WORRY, SMOOTHER HANDS AND CLEANER CLOTHES. A complete catalogue. showing over 300 premiums that may be secured by saving the wrappers, furnished free upon request. Send your name on a postal card and we will mail you the catalogue. Address: PREMIUM DEPT., THE CUDAY PACKING COMPANY, SCUTH OMAHA, NEB. Diamond C* Soap for sale by all Grocers. WE HAVE 8 MORE DAYS OF OUR EMPTYING OUT NOVEMBER SALE We have everything to keep house with and our prices are so low for first class goods. We have rented a large store room, and if you purchase a Rocker, Book Case, Sideboard, a Parlor Suit, a Lamp, or any article, we will mark it and you can pay part and we will put it away in this room and deliver to you any time you are ready. You can get the choice of our fine stock and we will save it for you so you can make early purchase and get the choice. $200 worth of Furniture. We do this to get acquainted. Come and register; it does not cost you one cent. Look through our immense stock and you will see we have the finest line west of Kansas City. Yours for trade, Christmas Number BUCK'S GREAT THEATER We have 1,100 Rockers, 50 Sideboards, 69 Folding Beds, 38 ladies' fine Book Cases, 200 Lamps, 379 Lounges, and any department in proportion to select from. Our prices are the lowest. Come in and register your vote on the beans; this is free. We are giving away over In the district court of Shawnee county, State of Kansas. Case No. 12611. C. E. Clark, plaintiff, v. Ada B. Cark, defendant. State of Kansas, Shawnee county, ss. To Ada B. Clark, Greeting: You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the above entitled court by the above named plaintiff in an action in which the plaintiff prays for a divorce from you and that you must answer the said petition on or before the 20th day if December, 1902, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment for a divorce rendered against you and for costs and all other proper relief. C. E. CLARK, Plaintiff, By F. J. Lynch, Atty. for Plaintiff, Attest: I. B. Curtis, Clark. Western Hotel, 1011 N.FOURTH STREET KANSAS CITY, KAS. First-class accommodations. Lunch counter Meals 15c; rates 75c per day and upward. OFFICE HOURS: to 10 a.m. 4. v. A. TAYLOR, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Calls answered day and night. When in St. Joseph Visit WALKER'S RESTAURANT. Ice Cream. Open Day and Night. H. H. WALKER, PROP. W, CO R. 5TH AND CHARLES STS., ST. JOSEPH, MO. 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