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a r mA “I1HE TOPEKA PLAINDEAL2. Nour “That « Besutifel “White Ticket” Hap Beey Momiasted, Some of te Neato “Teaches Feel That ‘They Have Bao Ammely Rewailsll NEGRO, NORTH AND SOUTH wy - 8 Kom SBN let * The True Type Only Observed in the Souths A Writer in the Wash- ington Star Tells an Interesting Story About the True Type of the “Negro North and South, “The Negro norch and the Negro south areas different as day from night,” said a well known southern congressman, “The north sees one! kind of Negro aad the south another, and both sides have drawn conclu- sions and based their convictions onthe class with whom they are most familiar. The Negroes whom. one meetsin the north, that is to say, in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Davenport and St. Paul, represent a fairly high order of Africans. “Somehow, with all that has been said on the subject, no one seems to Lavediscovered the fact that the Negro isone of the most stay-at- home beings imaginable, Some races are famous fer progress and others remarkable for warlike prow- ess, but the black race carries off the palm for staying athome. The old fifth dynasty Egyptian kings had a very fair knowledge of geography. ‘They knew that far up the Nile val- ley there lay a vast fertile region of forest and grass land fairly swarming with Negroes. Yet consult theic pictorial history, engraved on last- ig granite, and you discover that while the armies of the ‘Great King’ were mobolized and massed along the Mediterranean and the Isthmus of Suez, the southern fronteir lay unguarded. “They were forever building fort: and defenses along this nothern bor. der. They are in perpetual dread uneasiness, and apprehension of an influx of the sqnint-eyed Asiatics Allthe king's horses and all th King’s men, to say nothing of the laws of the realm (forancient Egypt like China of the eighteenth century was a hermetically sealed xingdon whose people had no use for ‘foreig devils’) could not bar out the shrewd dickering, trading Greeks, the Yan kees of the ancient world, and pug nosed, tow-headed barbarians fron beyond the pillars of Hercules Yet Egyptians, who lived on th southern border slept im peace anc security. Why was this? Simpl because the Egyptians knew tha the Negro never left the land of hi birth, unless some one brought hin away inchains and at the point c a spear. “Negro nature is the same teda: asit was then, so that, consequently those whem you mect in the nort! are exceptional characters, in whoo the white blood has gained the a: cendency, even though it may nc always show in color, and, aa suck are uninteresting by reason of th fact that being fairly well educate andinline with modem clty lif they present little, if any, of th picturesque local coloring of th real southern Negro, who is a diffe ent sort of being altogether. “There are two things about th southern Negro which the averag northern man and woman migt study to advantage, and these a his wonderful musical faculty an his astonishing recuperative power Blind Tom and Black Patti cease be wonders, once that 2 person rea izes that every Negro is a bor musician, 4he city of Nashville, Tenn., sitgated in the center of a gre Hiakesone section, and is surrounds sega RARAARREEAATEOPRECEOCAS Kilns, many of which employ as high * from 100 to. 150 Negroes in the work of quarrying stone alone, and I dare say that in all the world there isnot a more entertaining and thrill- ing sight than to watch the Negroes drilling blast-holes in the rock with their long steel instruments. They begin work early in the morning, silently at first, but it is not many minutes befere one of their number starts asong and little by little the others join in until the entire 125 aresinging as they work. At the sametime that the singing com- mences the quarrymen catch the! cadence, and make their drills beat time to the music of the song, 20 that on his arrival the visitor wit- nesses one of the most extraordinary sights on earth. “One hundred and twenty-five halfnaked prespiring Negroes all singing one song, not a man out of tune, not a discordant note, not one of them singing too fast or too slow but all keeping perfect time as though led by a trained orchestra leader. Their arms, heads, bodies, all have caught time and are keep- ingtime. At a certain note and word of the song everyone of the 125 drills is raised simultaneously by brawny arms, the strained miscles of which stand out like chords against the black shiny skin surface, as the |song rises and swells forth in volume to the climax, the 125 drills fall on |the hard stone with a resounding Jelang,a glorious finale te the air {they are singing. Butthe song does |not stop. Itdies down at the pro per moment when all hands are ex- | hausted by the drill exercise, into a ‘|soft fading melody, which begin: '| again to ascend the scale as the drill: are raised, reaching the loud climax ‘Jat the moment of greatest effort "| when the steel rods thunder down on *| the rock in unison. "| “I venture to say the best traine +) infantry regiment in America coul | not excel these quarry Negroes, who +) without leader or command, make +] their drills beat time tea song, al *|harmony and no discord. Oc "/ casionally some Negro will let hi A] drill fall after the other 124 hav n/rattled down upon the limeston "}surface, and when this happens thi *|song breaks up ia a loud guffaw, a nthe expense of the ‘blame fool nig | gab, who's gotten plumb euten tune. ¢/The next few minutes will be sper dlin chaff at his expense, some ol Y|quarryman starting the criticisn t/ with an inquiry something like this $|‘S’ mad,’ jou niggah’ (What is th \}matter with you nigger?) ‘F y’ al flcam't keep time no bet’ 'n dat y ‘bet’ g’ on off 'n go toe totin’ watah ¥| Negro boys, 1o and 12 years of ag /:/ are employed in the quaries to carr hi buckets of drinking water about t M)the men at work, and this sarcasti *Isuggestion on the part of ‘de ol tihan’ is generally followed by a | explosion of laughter, which subsidi ¢lassome Negro starts the song ove d| again, the others dropping in an *»| taking up the refrain with voice an {drill until the song and its dri ¢ | accompaniment is once more in fu | swing, “The most remarkable demo1 \¢| stration of the Negro’s recuperati The Women and Children Did It! ‘The women are now in control of the Republican party in the city of Topeka, and why not let them operate the entire machinery instead of a few petticoat men, who have no control over themselves? The nomi- nation of Burgendthal demonstrates the tacts as-stated. A city cannot grow under misguided rule, nor will people with capital invest their money in real or personal property where a set of women, children and a few old sore-headed, fosilated men are the dictators. While Mr. Burgendthal’ majority is beastly, it does not signify any real meaning and forebodes a bad spirit for those who would like to livein peace and see the city grow and Frosper. The men are the bone and sinew of the government and should be allowed to exercise the elective franchise without the aid and assistance of misguided women and children led by a few sore-headed pulpit orators, who live upon the mercies of the people. Thereis a class of ministers who perform the duties of an ecclesiastic in conformity of the Saviour, another class in the same light of the devil. ‘The Negro was sadly neglected in Wednesday’s primaries. A few colored men, so-called educators, “rallied” with the so-ealled “orderly” forces and sadly neglected their ewn race in their blind and maddened rush to help the white man. They succeeded in defeating every Negro on the ticket. “The scepter shall not depart from Judea until Shileh comes; then shall the gathering of the people be.” We cannot see wherein that the result of Wednesday’s primaries will benefit the laboring people. An organization which looks to but one issue cannot survive Tong. + . The association of women in pelitics is such that it is impossible to tell whether they are entitled to participate in primaries. A man cannot challenge them, for he cannot truthfully justify his charges. to descend and again when they were to resume rapid work for about ten minutes. The Negroes were like all other New Orleans levee hands, and spent their nights shooting craps, fighting, drinking and ‘cutin’ up generally, relying on their ability te steal sleep at odd times during the day, when their employers were no! looking. “In this case they hada magnifi. cent opportunity of carrying ou their usual programme by reason o the peculiar nature of their employ: ment, and the instant the bell rang they ceased werk, tumbled over o1 old pieces of jute bagging lying about, and slept the sleep of the jus ‘until the plate arose and the bel notified them that it was time the; were resuming operations. “Did a single Negro overslee himself? Not much. There wa a double fisted boss, or manager, 0 superintendent about, with a tempe like that of Bluebeard and a heart o adamant, and the Negro who reache the bin a second late knew full we' what would follow, and were o their feet shoveling away for des lifeon the first tap of the pret bell. I watched for nearly tw hours, and failed to see any of th hands miss connections either © sleep or work, “Tn the discussions concerning the Negro question we sometimes hear it said that they are destined to die out, that no lower race can maintain its place in competition with civi- lized men, ete, but as I looked at these blacks sleeping like so many pigs the thought struck me that peeple who can gamble all night, work half the day and sleep the other half,ten minutes et a time, will be rather hard to kill, J felt that the old Dutch captain who brought the first cargo of slaves tc the fever-stricken colony of James- town, Va., must have known what he was talking about when he told convalescing and fever-flushed planters thathe had some human beings for sale who did not require any seasoning, could stand any climate, never get sick, and whe could work as long as they were fed.—Washington Star. Dr. Crum Will Be Confirmed. _ Dr. Crum will be confirm- ed. A Republican Senate ought to befair when request: ed bythe President, The Negroes will pledge President Roosevelt their lasting support and will always be fonnd fighting for the man who ha: opened “the door of hope" t ‘them. SOUTHERN MOCESTY AND WEGRO WOME} Mississippiane Live in Adultery With Negro Women. The Judge of the Circuit Court Denour- ces Them on the Bench and Says it Must Be Stopped. A judge in Vicksberg, Miss., has taken a step in the nght direction, and shouws that there is at least ene honorable white man in the South. Ae openly declares that the practice of white men living in open adultery, with Negro women, must be stopped and that the white mem are so eager to debauch Negro women until it is hard to secure cooks and house servants. As itis in Mississippi, so itis all over the South. What shall the colored men do if the white men are going to take all of their women? White women have as much rights as white men. Below we reproduce what the Vicksburg (Miss.) Light says of the matter: Circuit court commenced here Monday, when Judge Anderson de- livered an abte charge to the grand yury. Among other things he called the grand jury’s attention to white men living in adultery with Negro women, results of which, the judge said, could be seen on every corner. We endorse all Judge Anderson eaid on the subject, and anxiously await the “results” from the grand jury's ‘investigation. ‘Said Judge Anderson: “You hear ‘a great cry nowadays that people can’t get cooks and other servants. T think I have found ,the cause, but it’s 2 question that is rather hard to deal with.” His honor then pro- ceeded to read the statute against lunlawfal cohabitation, and said: “No voice is getting to be more common in this tewn—white men living in adultery with Negro women. ‘You see the results on every corner. This is the very worst ferm of vice and subversive of every good mora! instinct. Boys of tender years, he said, follow in the footsteps of theit elders and you can hear them openly boast of their liasons with Negro women. A kept woman, his hono1 declared, wil! not work; they become insolent and obnoxious and flaunt thelr vice¢in the faces of respectable ‘men and women. This thing ought to be broken up; white men whc live with Negro women are wors than the women, and no man whe does a thing of this ‘sort can buit up a good home. Indiet them black and white, I say; and where white man and a white woman art living together make them marry Of course the white man cannot b made to marry the Negro woman but these should be sent to Massa chusetts or some other state wher miscegnation is permitted. This business is the cause of all sorts of crime, and as long as it exists we cannot expect to become any sort of a community. Women from the tenderloin are permitted to run at large in all sorts of public places, flaunting themselves in the faces of our wives and daughters. Let's begin to look at this thing in the right light and to werk to bring about a better condition of affairs Begin at the top and work down; get the white men, and especially those living with Negro women, anc make an example of them. Stari the good work and you will find th better element rallying to you support. Some Common Sense Epitor PLatnpgaLer: As allthe excitement of the last few weeks be- tween one of our popular ministers and our polise force is over and the last joint smashing is nearly for- gotten, and the mountebanks of the North Topeka tabernacle fame have hied themselves away to other pats- ures to pick up another $1,000, we now have time for alittle calm and quiet thought. Those events have been discussed from the pulpit, through the press, on the street. cor- ners, in our‘homes and in fact where- ever two or three were gathere¢ together, therefore, I will ask you foi alittle space in your paper to discus then. froma Bible atand-point. First: As to the charges made by one of our ministers against our Po lice foree, itacems to be a case of 1 man with a very large beam in hi own eye trying to cast a very smal mote out of his brother's eye, Jeaus saya in Matthew vit, 3-5, “And why beboldest thou the mote that is in thy brother’seye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?....00-» Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam that is in thine own eye, then shalt thou see clearly to cast ont the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.” One of the charges made by the preacher was, that two of our police officer lied. As to whether they did Hie or not I do not know, but this I do know, that the said minister claims to be 2 servant of God, called to preach the gospel, to turn simners from the error of their ways snd teach them the way to Heaven, and I know, and will now prove, that in his preaching he does not tell the troth. First, the Bible says thal God’s kingdom will be set ap on earth, Dan. u, 44; and that it will be given to the saints of the Most High, Dan. vir, 27; and that the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth, Proverbs x1, 31; and the meck shall inherit the earth, Matthew v, 5. Now this preacher says that the righteous will goto Heaven, and there enjoy eternal happiness. Who tells the lic in ‘this case; init God, or is it the preacher? Again, the preacher says ‘that the wicked ones, tha sinners, will be sent down to Hell and there suffer never ending misery and tormen' throughout all eternity; but the Bibl says that the wicked will be punished with everlasting destruction from th Continued On Fage Three. KANSAS STOPS LYNCHING Senator Geo, P. Moorchouse, of the Twenty-third senatorial district» isachampion of good government and truly represents his constituents, He is honest, brave and fearless. His services are invaluable, and he should be kept in the Senate. The colored people will always be found voting tor him. When the bill for the suppression of mob violence and. lynching was up for consideration in the Senate last week, it had an able champion in Senator Geo, P. Morehouse, who saved it from emg defeated by his timely assis- tance. In a ringing speech, which thecolored people of Kansas will never forget, he showed how incon- sistent it was for Kansas to point the finger of scern and condemnation at the Southern states because of | their numerous mobs and lynching: and then refuse to pass this needed |{law, notwithstanding its .heavy pen: alties might appear severe. Among other things he said: “Kansas, the land of boasted liberty and fairness ,|the state that had always been the | refuge for the oppressed of all land: Vand sections, could not make it laws too severe in punishment o those who are so lost to reason anc justice as to participate in or tolerat mob rule and the taking of huma: life by violence.” He clearl; demonstrated that, im most cases the officers and authorities migh prevent these degrading an demoralizing affairs, by taking th prompt and proper precautions an they should be held responsible fo the safety of persons in their charg and heavily punished if they do no take these precautions. Senate Morehouse also favored some pla by which counties, cities and munici palities should be fined in som large sum, $5,000 or more to be pai to the personal representatives ¢ any person lynched within thei borders. ‘The antt-lynching bill has passed beth branches of the legislature and too much praise cannot be given Hon. B. P. Waggener, the Demo- cratic member of the House who championed and secured its passage. If all Democrats were as fair and honorable as Waggener, the colored people would tear no evil. His leadership in the House over both msjority and minority was some thing marvelous and never befor witnessed in this or any other state ‘The Republicans were at his com mand, and they were right in fol lowing his advice, for he is ax honorable man, and can be trusted on all important matters pertaining to the welfare of the public. We wish that he was dabed a Republi can, although it is mot in the name as much as the person. The colored ana white peeple of Atchi son should reverence the name o Balie Waggener for his services ii the legislature of 1903, and neve let him leave Atchison county. Representative Adams, of Sedg- wick county, comes in for well earned honors for his masterly speech in defense of the anti-lynching bil He isacredit to ;his county and was a close second to Mr. Waggener. The people need such aman as Mr. Adams of Wichita, and hecan always use THe PLatn- DEALER, ‘When the anti-lynching bill came up for consideration in the Senate last week, there wasa tendency on the part of some of the members to ‘kill at. Senator Crum, of Ander- son, wanted the emacting - clause stricken out, while Fulton, Mc- Millian and Ward opposed it bit- terly- Senator Tapp supported the The Legislature Passes Stringent Laws Against This Fast Growing Evils The Loyal Men Who Fought for the Bill, Deserve the Praise of all Believers in Right and Justice, bill by making the opening speech Stating ite object and that it would protect a class who suffer by lynch- ing on account of prejedice, He reminded the party of their clamor- ing for these people's vetes, but when legislation was needed, they were slow in giving it. Senators Noftzger, Leidy and Miller sup- ported the bill to the finish. They ate loyal, and they shall always receive the support of those who stand for justice and right. A few Senators slipped out to keep from voting. We know them, and they shall be remembered by us “in the sweet bye and bye.” a a Judge Lee Talks Judge A. J. Lee delivered the fol- lowing address before the Kansas Negro Voters League last week: “Fellow Citizens and Fellow Ceuntrymen:—I believe the time has come inthe history of the Ne- gto race when the Negro must act— must do something besides meeting im conventions from time to time listening to flowing speeches from our gifted Negro orators, who use carefully selected words to paint beautiful pictures of Toussaint L’Overture, Fred. Douglass, Lincoln, Sumner anda host of other notables too numerous to mention. “These men pose as the leaders of the race, and we are proud of them but they too seem like that portion of the Caucasion race who array themselves as the friend of the Negro, but sit till like deaf mutes. So far as we can see, they have failed to put forth a single feasable proposition or effer a single panacea for the many ills that are so prevalent among the Negroes of this country. What we seem to want just new in this Twentieth Century, is a cure for the diseased condition of the Negro. We are sick unto death, and unless we receive proper and speedy treatment, we will surely die. | “While we sre eulogising the great emancipator, Lincoln, and praising the forerunner of Negro liberty, the Hon. Chas. Sumner, of Mass., and glorifying the name and actions of that Wustrious first and only Negro |leader, Fred. Douglass, while we are |clapping our hands in praise, the very objects for which these illus- trous mem talked, fought, bled and leva died for,is being assailed on Jevery hand, by the sworn enemies fof the sace. |] ‘You and each of you are familiar j with the amendment to the con- | stitution of the United Btates giving you the right of citizenship in all its |various forms, These guaranteed |constitutional rights are being | abridged all over the United States Jand in many places entirely an- | nolled, | “New my fellow sufferers, the {question is up to you. |] “Shall we set idly by and allow | these conditions to continue? I for one say no! Self preservation isthe first law of nature, and furthermore, '|we are told, and truthfully too, that | necessity is the mother of invention. '| Now then, the scheme we propose te invent is organization, and try jJand carry out the old maxim of ,| ‘united we stand divided we fall.’ | “It has been said of the Negro \that heis not original and at best Continued om Fage Three a ated aw tere hers Sex Lynching and Shot Gun Policy. In his Memorial Day address in New york city, on Feb. 22nd, Booker Washington gave utterance to the following words of wisdom. We commend them to our friend, the Boston Guardian: Whether we are black or white we must face frankly the hard, stubborn fact that in bondage or freedom the Negro, in spite of all predictions to the contrary, has continued year by year to increase in numbers until he now forms about one-seventh of the population, and there is no sign that the same ratio of increase will not hold good in the future. Farther than this, despite all the changing, uncertain conditions, through which the race has passed, and is passing, you will find that every year since the black man came into this country, whether in bondage or in freedom, he has made a steady gain in acquiring property, skill, habits of industry, education and Christian character. "I cannot believe, I will not believe that a country which invites into its midst every type of European, from the highest to the very dregs of the earth, and gives these comers shelter, protection and the highest encouragement, will refuse to accord the same protection and encouragement to her black citizens. The Negro seeks no special privileges. All that he asks is opportunity—that the same law which is made by the white man and applied to the one race be applied with equal certainty and exactness to the other. "The age for settling great questions either social or national, with the shotgun, the torch and by lynchings, has passed. An appeal to such methods is unworthy of either race. I believe the time has come—and I believe it is a perfectly practical thing—when a group of representative southern white men and northern white men and Negroes should meet and consider with the greatest calmness and business sagacity the whole subject as viewed from every standpoint." TABORIAN NOTES. Dt. Mattie Jackson. one of the beloved members of America Davis Tabernacle, No. 15, died February 15, at the age of 45. She leaves a husband, three sons a daughter and many friends to mourn her loss. She is now at rest, LEAVENWORTH The Hall at Third and Deleware, recently purchased by Mt. Horeb Temple, No. 10, and the Crystal Tabernacle, No. 29, will be known as the "Sir Knights and Tabernacle Hall." The Hall cost $1,500, and the receipts now from the rentals we have made amount to $30 per month. This is a triumph for C. G. 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Now, there are twenty-six members, the instrumentation being as follows: Cornets: Prof Mallory, Loyd Rickman, Lee Frame, Herbert Smith, Johnnie Underwood, Theodore Coleman. Altos: Geo. Brown, Harry Jackson, Charles Harvey, Arthur Ridley. Trombones; Elmer B. Kennedy. Guy Rickman, B. Morrow, J. Black, William Smith. Tenor, Wm. Beard, O. Rickman, L. Slaughter. Baratone, Frank Childs. Eb bass, U. Rickman, O. Turner. Bass drum, C. Wilson. Snare, E. Rolland, Officera: Pres. W. S. Patterson; Sec., E. B. Kennedy; Treas., L. Frame; Bus Manager, J. T. Frame. George Ramey, of Hutchinson, passed through our city, en route for Wichita. Rev. Tanluke, State missionary of 2nd Baptist church, is in the city, assisting in the revival. ```markdown ``` Society in the U. S. Our society is similar in character and management to the KNIGHTS AND LADIES OF SECURITY, A. O. U. W., and MODERN WOODMEN. No intelligent Negro should be without INSURANCE. 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For further information write C. THOMAS, Natl Sec... Ave., Room 2 and 3, Topeka, Kas. Missouri Pacific Route THE GREAT SOUTHWEST SYSTEM, of Kansas, Missouri, Nehraska the Indian Territory. enger Trains are run on this line between Kansas City and St. Louis us Hot Springs Of Arkansas by this LINE Buy your EASTER OUTFIT from us at $1.00 a week and wear it while paying for it. We Have The Largest Line COME. INDEPENDENT PHONE 491. Buy your EASTER and wear it while pay We Have The Waists, Silk Underskirts We also carry a complete COM Albert Ross Graduate Stenographer For all kinds of Typewriting, Church, Club, Society and Lodge work a specialty. Try us. OFFICE 1725 KANAS AVENUE 'Phone 767. OFFICE HOURS Telephone, 454 7 to 10 A.M. 12 M. to P.M. 7 to 10 P.M. J. M. JAMISON, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Special Attention to desensse of women and private diseases. J. M. KNIGHT, UNDERTAKER AND EMBALMER. 632-36 Quincy Street. Western Hotel, 1011 N FOURTH STREET KANSAS CITY, KAS. 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As an all-year-round resort hotel, operated by the Frisco System, under the management of Mr. E. E. Sumner. Low round trip trips to Eureka Springs in effect every day in the year. For further information, address any passenger representative of the 5 SUITS MADE TO ORDER TROUSERS LAWRIE, The Colored Tailor. Ladies and Gentlemen's Clothes Cleaned Dyed and Repaired 224 S. 8TH COR. CHARLES. ST. JOSEPH Mrs. F. E. Emery, Prop. F. H. Emery, Mg Emery's Cafe, BLACK GIRL REMOVER REGISTERED PATENT OFFICE U.S. BEFORE AFTER A Wonderful Face Bleach AND HAIR STRAIGHTENER. oth in a box for $1, or three boxes for $2. Guaranteed to do what we say and to be the "best in the world." One box is all that is required if used directed. A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. A PEACH-Like complexation obtained if used directly. Will burn the skin of a black or brown person on your face, and a marrotate person perfectly white. In spray or two will be noticeable. It does not turn the skin in spots but bleaches out white, the skin remaining beautiful without continual use. Will burn freckles, dark spots, plumps or bumps or black hair. Small posz plits, tan, liver spots are removed without harm to the skin. When you get the color you wish, stop using the preparation. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER. that goes in every one dollar box is enough to make anyone's hair grow long and straight, and keep it from falling out. Highly perfumed and makes the hair soft and easy to com. Many women wear two dollar boxes in worth ten dollars, yet we will for one dollar a price. THE NO-SMALL thrown in free. Any person sending us one dollar in a letter or Post Office money order, express money order or registered letter, we will send it through the mail place prepaid; or if you want it sent C. O it will come by express. Exc. item. If it fails to do what we we will return the money we send box to charge. Packed so that no one will know tokens except receive. ```markdown ``` the best first-class mea in the city at all hours. Home cooking a specialty A WONDERFUL FACE BLEACH. THE HAIR STRAIGHTENER CRANE AND CO., 122 west Broad Street. Richmond, Va. ahd _- : . - -* cy F : Local. The Ne Plus Ultra club met Fri:| ST. JOHNsS QUARTERLY |thatthe Negroyouthsshould pay} Several of our men have taken| , ‘The Reliable n , jn|48y afternoon with Mrs. Williams. CONFERENCE, more attentionto the Industrial|shares in the silver and gold . di ; : 53 WILSON TURF CAFE. € Corees » Lee spent Sunday i) besanat time was enjeyed by alli! ‘The Second Quarterly Meeting was than to Higher Education."” The| mines bere. 3 IN € . Tunch was served and the club ad-/held at St. John’s A.M, E. church, |following were the speakers: Af-| Mrs, Edgar Jones has returned Lunches of all kinds. Everything that is good to Neal Caldwell left Tuesday for Hot /ourned to meet with Mrs. M-Thomp-/igst Sunday, by Presiding Elder J-|irmative, Edgar Lee, Howerd|to Graham county, Kansas. eat and always ready. Springs, Ark. son, 1083, Grand avenue, March 13.| W. Braxton who preached two’splen-|ty:4 on Perlie Bland, Miss Or- : Ae as one sete oz, |tid sormoms. Rev. ©. H. Richard-| 11° os ve tive, RE. Jobn.|_..ui= Ransome and family will Fine Cigars and Tobacco. * geo BB. Les, the druggist, at 3) Mrs. Waker Beans ~ basa six-lgon of Brown's Chapel, preached the|P"# cn oa te a _ start for-Omaha, Nebraska, ina Open Day and Night. ‘Went Bighth street. teen months old son wife of the jan-|Communion sermon at 3 e’clock, to a|S°» Charles Rucker; . Eiles| few days. 4 a " ——— nie itor at the office of the state superin-|fs11 congregation, who were perfectly and Miss Mattie Williams, The y an 5, We gue to Gunes ae ao oe Affairs, Dr. W. H. Hudson, of Atchison, |tendent of public instruction, axivedlactichted. Dr. Suelson, the beloved exercises began with a pianodu-| WHITE CLOUD, KAS. |" "nes Dinners: Lluls, cic: Mine fe ve on : spent Inst Friday in the city. in the city this week from Hutchin-|oastor, baptised Mr, Kosco Amos|et by Misses Williams and Clark| The revival began Thursday, FRANK R. WILSON, : ‘Have your prescripuens filled at M|son. Ter will make Topeka their) pass and three hundred participated!of St. Louis; Inovocation and jan. 29, and sontinned ond week 114 East Seventh Street, Topeka, Kansas. & Lee'a, 112 West Mighth streot. future home. in the celebration of the Lord's Sup-lmusic. “The judges were Prof. lauring which time we had 27| ra The Arden club met Thursday|P*™ . Harris, principal of public school| conversions. Ican say of Rev.| Try a Bottle cf av sitee 6s Raases aantion’s BE evening with Miss M. A. Jamison. a Monisy night the Quarterly con-|of the city, Mrs soten, wile of|Cole that hei one of the great- ef . Scenes 1, 2, 3,4, 5, of act 5, King ereer ve) > “ wh en paler the professor of mathematics, jest revivalists I ever heard speak Kel’’s Cough Mixture Rev. Green, of Emporia, spent a leas was 8, ane a paper oa “De: written reports. Prof. Ridley, Bee.{2%¢ Miss Louanna Johnson, ot forin other words, has more pow- ‘ew days in the city. ver'by Mrs.S. G. Watkins. ‘The g . a the Senior class. The first prizeler, | am sometimes forced to —e club will meet this week with Miss|°f the Trusteo board reported lay between unssrs, Rocker a0d\tetieve that Kis power will bee Fer Coughs, Colds, Hearsoness . Mrs L. Duncan is suffering from} Lena Thompson. ‘The firat quarter of the present Hickerson, but was finally award- ‘ an attack of lngsippe- eee —— __eonterence year passed into the rec- | Hickerson, but was finally award-|come so great some day, that Sere Throat, Ete. Wn. Houston, of Lawrence, spent | Sunday in the city. Senator Henly, of Lawrence, voted against the Anti-lynch bill. I. M. Gaston, of Ellsworth, is the guest ofhis brother, W. L. Gaston. Mrs, M. E. Johns accompanied ‘Miss Willa Smith on a collecting trip: Several Negroes are aspiring toan appointment on the Barber Commis- sion. Mrs. Lucy Hoe is seriously ill at her home, Twelfth and Washington streets. Photographs of the Coronation for sale at 50 cents each, by Dr. F. G. Snelson. Miss Willa Smith left Wednesday, on a tour in the interests of Tue PLAINDEALER. Bert Wakefield, of Troy, and F. Fouse, of Leavenworth, left Thuraday for their homes. * J. F. Bradley, Esq., and Prof. Vernon, of Kansas City, spent a few daye in the city. Rev. David Overr, of Kansas City, Kas, spent’ Saturday in the city visiting relatives. Capt. Wm. Reynolds is onthe sick list this week and was confined at home for a few days. — Rev. W. E. Baxter, P. E., held quarterly meeting last Sunday, at St. John’s A ME church. A.M. McAlister, and George Rus- sell, of Frankfort. ure among the guests at the Chiles hotel. John E. Lewis, Sylvester Anderson and James Olden returned Thursday to their homes in Wichita. The Ladies’ Sewing circle will meet Wednesday, March 18, with Mrs. A. Williama, 412 Buchanan street. Rev. A. Wilson, of Kansas City, Kas , is assisting Rev. Fishback with revival at Shiloh Baptist church. Tf your salary is small call on the Zanditon Supply Co., 521 Kansas Avenue, and get geods on easy pay- ments, Rev. W, E. Helm returned from Denver laet week, and left Saturday forSalt Lake City, where he will car- ry on a series of meetings. The Zanditon Supply Co., will fur- nish any gentleman or lady with a nice tailor-made suit, on easy pay- ments. Mrs. Washington and grandson, of Providence, R. I., and Mrs. George ‘Washington, of Lawrence, visited in the city, guests of Mrs P. Atkinson. The Zanditon Supply Co., No. 521 Kansas Avenue, is responsible for so many well dressed people appear- ing on the street. Prof, WT. Vernon madea stirring speech last week, before the House of Representatives. He is the first Ne- gro invited to address the House for years. 2 Mesdames Mary Roundtree, of Kansas City, and Anna Cubbull, of Denver, were called home on account of the serious illnes of their sister, ‘Miss Lucy Hoe. The ladies Colored Orphan'sHome association will meet at the home, 1205 chandler street Monday after- noon March 15, 1903 at 3 o'cleck. All members and friends ars earnest- ly requested to be present. All subscribers in Atchison, St. Jo- seph, Leavenworth, Kansas City, Kas, and Kansas City, Mo., kindly be prepared to pay their subscription, Miss Willa Smith will collect in each of theve cities. i Oe Be ee tle a eee oe re en He be enh, eet t ey aah a am 5 4c cae: PEPE ae, ole ER Rane eet EEE Tag, Serge 2 ter ep ES Ss SER Sa eae yas The Ne Plus Ultra club met Fri: day afternoon with Mrs. Williams. A pleasant time was enjoyed by all; Iunch was served and the club ad- journed to meet with Mrs. M. Thomp- son, 1033, Grand avenue, March 13. Mrs. Walter Evans and little six- teen months old son wife of the jan- itor at the office of the state superin- itendent of public instruction, azrived ‘in the city this week from Hutchin- son, They will make Topeka their future home. The Arden club met Thursday evening with Miss M. A. Jamison. Scenes 1, 2,34, 5, Of act 5, King Lear was read, also a paper on “Do ver" by Mrs,S. G. Watkins. The club will meet this week with Mis: Lena Thompson. George W. Ellis, recently appoint- ed Secretary of the American Lega- tion at Monrovia, Liberia, is travel- ing in Europe. He writes THE PLAINDEALER from Berlin. He will visit Paris and London before return- ing to the States. The Junior Searchers met last Saturday afternoon with Mrs. R. H, Wade. Adonation of soc was sent to Mrs. Sallie Ruthford on Buchanan and r2th street. Ethel Ransom and Hazel Coleman were noted members, ‘Will meet in 2 weeks with Hazel Barton. Ex-Justice A. F. Chesney, one of Topeka’s old land marks, died at his home on Kansas avenue last week, He was a man of exceptionally good qualities, and a friend of the Negro aswell as his own race. He always strived to do right by all whom he chanced to come in contact with. Mies Nellie Hicks entertained the Golden Rod -Iub and the Belles of St Johns last Friday afternoon. Revs F.G.Snelson and W. E. Braxton, ‘Misses Ogen) Wilson. Jeanette Rog: ers and Mrs. J. Johnson were visitors. ‘The club will meet Friday, March 13, with Miss Heater Hawkins, No. 416 Western avenue. “Jack” Wortman, of Pleasanton a committee clerk, during the] legis lature, was a pleasant caller at thi: office Wednesday, and enjoyed s chat about “‘old times” and thing: “at home” with an attache of this paper. “Jack” is first class fellor and during his short stay in ;Topeka we venture to say none of the employes at the capitol made mor friends than he. Wednesday evening of last week was the scene of a whist party at the home of Miss Ogeal Wilson in nonor ‘of Miss Jenette Rodgers, of Kansas City. The party was composed of Misses Jenette Rodgers, Lizzie Coop- er, and John Edwards and Frank R. Wilson. It was a real enjoyable affair in which Mr. Wilson and Miss Rodgers carried off the honors, by s neat score and also a nice little Boston. “The Herald,” a new Leavenworth publication, reached our exchange table Sunday. At ils mast-hea¢ appears the names of Will Harri: anda Mr, Hazelett. Harris is one of the brightest “sunflowers,” the state has ever grown, and we cordially welcome him back to th journalistic field of dear old Kansas, ‘The “sheet” is a healthy looking youngster, and with the invincible Will Harris behind it, willdo well | store's ‘success to you boys. - WANTED—at once, a first-class ‘aundry woman, Must beable to do white shirts and collars fiin rst-class manner. Wanted, also, a young col- ored man as a first class baker, Must be up to date. Will pay the highest wages. Wanted, also, a wel educated young colored girl between the ages of 17 and 26 years. Must be a good Bookkeeper and Stenog. tapher, Answer at once to C. K. Skates, Camborne, B. C. BROWN CHAPEL A. M. E CHURCH. The Ladies of the sewing circle met with Mrs. Lucy Chiles last Fri- day. They spent a- pleasant hour piecing quilte, after which: refresh. ments wert served, The ladies rais- ed $8.75 this quarter. They will meet next Friday with Mrs, Susie Chiles. On next Sunday the r5th will be grand rally by Mrs. B, Walker's ‘club. Special services. All are in vited. Eac? member is urgently asked to be present. Grand silver contest on Thursday March 19 at Brown Chapel. This is an oratorical competition for a prize medal and will be interesting to all Admission soc. Special Eastr services will bi held, look tor program. BT. JOHNsS QUARTERLY CONFERENCE. : ‘The Second Quarterly Meeting was held at St. John’s A. M. E. church, last Sunday, by Presiding Elder J. W. Braxton who preached two'splen- did sermons. Rev. C. H. Richard- json of Brown's Chapel, preached the Communion sermon at 3 e’clock, to a full congregation, who were perfectly delighted. Dr. Snelson, the beloved pastor, baptised Mr. Kosco Amos Bass and three hundred participated in the celebration of the Lord’s Sup- per. Monday night the Quarterly con- ference was held, when every depart- ment of the church made splendid written reports. Prof. Ridley, Bec. lof the Trustee board reported: “The firet quarter of the present conference year passed into the rec- ord as the greatest money raising quarter in the history of the church, The second quarter follows it as the greatent debt paying period since the erection of the church, Our taxes for special puiposes and improve ments have all been paid. Our in cidental indebtedness has been re / duced, our credit restored. Our mort gage indebtedness has been reduce from $6,500 to $3,300, and the whol church is uow united, awriting the command to go forward and com | plete the work so well begun.” Total collected during the quarte for all purposes, $3,746.02. Tota fjeollected first quarter, $3,379.84 ,| Grand total since conference, $7,125 86. Preparations are now bein; |] made to celebraed Farter as Mission lary Rally day and Dr. Snelson i , sparing mo pains to make it a recor “tbreaking Easter celebaation. TOPEKA INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE NOTES. a The filloming new officers of the Bouker Washington Literary were installed on last Saturday evening: President, Br. George Ousley; Vice President, Miss Minnie Howell; See- retary, Miss Mary Holmes; Tress., Miss Birdie Atkinson; Sergeant-at- Arms, Benj. Hill; Musician, Misa Addie Webb; Chaplain, Mise Kate Croasy. Our Business Courve department completed a job of typewsiting a list lof poems containing about seventy- five thousand words, last-week. This isthe largest job yet turned out by this department. = Each of our departments is doing considerable work for city patrons There is a great demand for baskets made at our school. Three writing deske made by students will be sbip. ped to parties outside of the city. Th tatloring department is about to take up orders for making Spring trou sers. Miss Cora Merritt dined the follow Jing teachers of the Industrial Ineti tute at her home, Sunday: Charle | Mabry, Albert Ross, and Misses Eva Jlyn Hickman aud Theresa Adams. | ‘The appropriation bills for the sup port of colored institutions durin; the next two years have been passe | by the Kansas Legislature, Libers | appropriations were made to Wester: | University at Quindaro aod our ow: Jinstitution. These appropriation show that the stateof Kansas desire to tratn its Negroes along the indust +| rial lines, and will provide the place -]and equipment for its encoursgemen .| Now, let the colored people show b ;/putting their sons aod daughters i */these institutions thatthey truly ap .|preciate and will take advantage these great opportunities offered t ‘them. 3] Rev. Carter preached at the E »/ street Baptist church, North Topek: ‘Hast Sunday. = ATCHIGON, KANSAS. Mrs. Bettie Porter has heen very sick. Bev. Matt. 5. Jcnes returned Mon: day from the bedside of his sick fath- er; who resides near Wichita. Mr Jones is improving. The True Eleven have their butch. er shop leased out at a good.figure. ‘The Knights of Tabor took in sev: eral new members last week. Constable Clora is worried over th ticket he is noton being called the Republican ticket. . | Mrs. Katie Cressy has entered the Sewing department at the Topek: Todastrial school. ‘The Bhiloh Baptist church will re model this season. They need it. Mr. Munford don't like the nami of Mrs, Munford in the paper. * Noone keows where Mr. J. D Roberts to now, but he is writing. LINCOLN INSTITUTE An Oratorical Contest was given Feb. 27, ‘by the D Normal class, under the management of Erol A. L. Reynolds. . The sub- ject discussed was: ‘‘Resolved, that the Negro youths should pay more attentionto the Industrial than to Higher Education.”” The following were the speakers: Af- firmative, Edgar Lee, Howard Hickson, Perlie Bland, Miss Or- pha King; Negative, R. E. John- son, Charles Rucker; R. T. Eiles and Miss Mattie Williams. The exercises began with a piano du- et by Misses Williams and Clark of St. Louis; Inovocation and music. “The judges were Prof. Harris, principal of public schoo! of the city, Mrs moten, wife o! the professor of mathematics and Miss Louanna Johnson, o the Senior class. The first prize lay between messrs. Rucker anc Hickerson, but was finally award ed to thelatter by one point. Th« second prize was awarded mis King. Thehall was beautifull; decorated for the occasion, anc much credit is due Prof. Reyn olds forhis management, and th patrons and friends of Linco! Institute will look forward wit! great pleasure to the repitition i the future of so grand an orator ical display. WATHENA, KAS. The Douglass Day club gave its first annual banquet at Libra- ry Hall, Friday evening, Feb. 27. Covers were laid for forty- five and eight courses were serv- ed. Music was furnished by the Knopp Orchestra, of Wathena. E. B. Branch, president of the club, acted as toas.master. The oration on Ferderick Douglass was delivered by W. M. Butcher, and was a splendid effort on his part. E.L. Bell responded to the toast, “There is No Negrc Problem,”’ which was highly ap- preciated by all. A. A. Hughe: responded to the toast, ‘The Occasion."’ This wasa very ex- cellent and inspiring address. A. C. Bell responded to the-toast, “The Negro’s Progress."’ He showed conclusively that the Ne gro has advanced very rapidly it the last forty years. ‘‘Segrega: tion,’’ was the toast responde: to by E. B. Branch. This was ; geu of wit, wisdom and elo quence. The occasion was : | magnificent tribute to Douglass jIt also showed an element of re |finement and culture which mus |be appreciated,-even by thos who adversely criticise the blac !man. The club should be high Jly honored for this entertain )ment. It hasseta high mark i "|the social life among the colore people in th.s community. EMPORIA, KAN. The Jubilee at the a. M. E- church, last week, was quite a success, At the voting contest Miss myrtle Tipton, who was ably assisted by Miss Bessie Council, received 847 votes, the highest number cast for any one candi- date, and was therefore elected Queen of the Jubilee, and declar- ed the most popular lady in the city. The queen will be crown- ed Thursday nigl-t, April 16th. The pastor, Rev. W. P. Greene, andthe church are starting off to work nicely, The various clubs of the city which took part in the jubilee performed thei parts well. Revival will begin at the a. a. z. church next week. LARAMIF. WYO, There are over one hundred colored families in this city, and the most of them are possessors of their own homes—some few others are buying. The climate here is very good and the health of our people in this part is splendid. Rev. A. J, Walker, our mis. sionary, of Cheyenne, conducted & very successful revival meeting here and has organized “a nev church, A large number have confessed their acceptance o! the Lord through faith anc repentance. There are other: yet to be baptized. The K. of P. lodge is getting aloug nicely. It was organize by Charles Albert, V. G. ©. anc William Byrd, C. C. Severa have since joined. Several of our men have taken shares in the silver and gold mines bere. Mrs. Edgar Jones has returned to Graham county, Kansas. Mrs. Ransome and family will start for-Omaha, Nebraska, in a few days. WHITE CLOUD, KAS. _ The revival began Thursday, Jan. 29, and continued one week during which time we had 27 conversions. Ican say of Rev. Cole that he is one of the great- est revivalists 1 ever heard speak orin other words, has more pow- er. I am sometimes forced to believe that his power will be- come so great some day, that hewill speak and men will fall like grass before the scythe. Thursday, Feb 26, Rev. Cole took his departure for Denver tc assist in aseries of meetings. Judge Lee Talks Coatinued From Page One, is but an imitator. This we cannot sanction, for he has failed to pattern after his white brother in the way of unity, “There was only a handfull of the so called Pilgrim fathers when they landed at Plymoth Rock, but they were united and succeeded in driving the Indians away back into the interior of the country, and have since continued to drive them until they have reached the Pacific coast. They whipped England when in their infancy, because they were united. The solid South held the Negroin bondage 250 years by unity, contrary to the constitution of the U.S. The greatest government on earth isthe United States, and the motto of these several united states is E Plunbus Unum, meaning one composed of many—all of these states merged into one showing a oneness. When old gloryis assailed even the Negro’s bosom swells with patriotism, and is ready todo and die for what he calls his country: and what Tillman says we have no partin. Everything the white man has done and is doing, 1s a fait demonstration of what organization willdo. In unity there is strength Jin division there is weakness, Ther my brethren, knowing these thing: to be true, let us organize anc unite ourselves together in on ‘|common cause and let that caus |be protection and the elevation o jourselves and our race, to protec Jourselves as best we can agains |these existing evils. Let us say a Jone writer has said: “Help us to help each other Lor '/ each other’s cross to bear, and eac his friendly aid afford and feel hi ‘brother's care.’” Some Common Sense *Continued From Page One. presenceof the Lord and from the glory of hie power, Second Thess- alonians, 1, 7-9; and that the wages of sin is death, Romans v1, 23; and the wicked shall be burned up, root and branch, Mal. 1v, 1-3; and that they shall be ashes under the feet of the righteous. Again I ask, who tells kts lie? It is not God; then, it must be the preacher. This so-called serv- ant of God stands in his pulpit and charges the God of the Bible, the God of mercy and love and justice, with driving millions of immortal sonls, like so many sheep, down into burning hell and there keeping them alive in unutterable agony, and ther engeging himself, throughout the countless ages of eternity, in boiling and. roasting those poor, miserable wretched beings, who are so many parte of his own nature; and notwith. standing the intensity of their pain that God has also manufactured hideous, immortal, fire-proof Devil t¢ superintend this work of torture; and that God’s barbarous and savage thirst for revenge can never be sati ated or satisfied throughout the untol ages to come, A man that will teach such doct rine and then find fault with othen ought to hide his face with shame, ye this ao-called servant of God teache: this horrible doctrine, and then he theaudacity to accuse others of lyin; and not doing their duty. ‘H.O. Avetix. Patronize the... 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In tho District Court of Shawaee Coun ty, Kansas. ‘Chaney Wennlogs, plalntif. vs. Sam- uel Jennings, Defendant. ‘The defendant will take notice that he has been sued by plaintt® in the above entitled action for divorce ané that he must answer the petitien fled by plaintift in sald action on or be fore the 26th day of January, 1908 or sald petition will be taken as tros and judgment rendered accordingly Josurm Rezo, Fisintit Attorey. LS. Curtis, Clerk District Court. [Real] By Zora B. West, Deputy. In_the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. M. M. Wilcox, plaintiff, vs. F. B. Wil- cox, defendant. No. 22139. To F. B. Wilcox. You are hereby notified that you have been sued by the plaintiff in the above named court in an action for divorce, and that unless you answer the plaintiff's petition filed therein on or before the 25th day of April A. D., 1903, sald petition will be taken as true, and judgment rendered therein, divorcing the plaintiff from you. and giving her the property at No. 672-674 on Clay st, in Martin and Dennis Ad- dition to the city of Topeka, free and clear of all claims or rights of dower ‘on your part; the personal property, contained in the house thereon and the care, custody and control of her minor child Augustus F, Wilcox. 3. . ESMINGER, Attorney for Piaintim. Attest: I, 8 Curtis, Clerk District Court. By Zora B. West, Deputy. (Beal) PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Bbawnee Coun- ty, Kansas. TS. James, Jr., plaintiff, va. Mra 8. J. Feanlek, defendant, et GJ. No. £2146. Siate of Kansas to ‘Mrs. 8. J. Peantck, ‘Greeting—You afe hereby notified that the shove named plalnuit? fas filed his Detition in sald court against you, In Which ‘the plaintiff -sceks to forectose Techanica len, which be claims for the sum of M37, with 6 per cent interes From June 11. 13m on Hots No. 40 4 4, MO, 40, 43, 4, 7, 421. 423, 21, anc 429; on ‘Buchanan street, north, in’ Lin dale paditien, to and adiacent to, Nort} ‘Topeka, the ‘proper ie northwest corner of Fourth street, otherwise know: fis the lower Blver Lake road and Bu chanan street north, in Shawnee county Kansas, and ast you must answer th fled ‘plaintite on oF Fore April Sh iota, oF gue petitlom will b Prof. A. L Sykes, ——INSTRUTCOR IN—— GERMAN, FRENCH OR —SPANISH— - CHARGES REASONABLE. urs N. JEFFERSON STREET ommen acoew. oa ere &. A. TAYLOR, M. BD. Paracas axp Senenon Petia saswered day amd night. WM. B. JACKSON, M. L Parstoran avo Surexoy Cais 404 Rupees Aye, lance ngs | ——D. L. Taylor, 329 East Cen er street, Salina. Cora Taylor, 116 Parallel avenue, Kansas City, Kas. All lodges will please send in the time and place of meeting, ac- companied by he $1:00 subscription. Mrs. A.C. Scott, and avenue and Rees street, Leavenworth. Susan Richardson, 1180 Buchan- an street, Topeka, Henrietta Clarady, 1126 Wilson ‘avenue, Parsons, Jennie Alexander, 918 Pennsylva- nia avenue, Lawrence. Laura Johnson, 2010 South r4th street, Lincoln, Neb. Kittie Willis, 722 Judson street, Fort Scott, Anna Handley, 321 West Th rd street, Ottawa. Emma Maxie, 411 Ransom street Fort Scott. Maggie Fishback, 2054 Tennessee }Strect, Lawrence. taken as true and « judgment of fore- closure, foreclosing the plaintif('s me- ebanic Ilen on sald property and sub- Se said property to the claims of the plaintiff as aforesaid, or the pay- ment of sala sum Pe He's, mith € per cent interest from June li, 19% and costs of sald acti be rendered se- cordingly, . Be JECLINTOCE, | Siro for Hts Attest: I 8, Curtis, Clerk of District (Beal) —————, In_the Court of Topeka, City of Topeka, | Shawnee County, Kansas. John Heitman, intlif®. ve. John Pate teraon, dete ‘No, S41. ‘State of Kansas to Alex Patterson. ‘You are hereby notified that the above entitled plaintiff had filed in the above ‘entitled Court bie sult aeuinst ‘you bs which he asl Judgment against you pon account, in the sum of 20, and that In aid action ‘a raraishment bas’ Dees issued to The Atchison, Topeka “and Santa Fe, Hallway company, « corpora: tion who have answered hervin thal toey have'in thelr possession M70. belongtng fo You. and that uniers you answer heres in, by the 15th day of April. tue bill aa Reve and” hudement rendeteg nate 3 rue a ent Fe ingly and the money now in the heads of Sarnishee will be ordered to be pakd inte Koure ts “apply, on jadement and ee 2S aie. qatigat! EL. Good, cher Coury, ‘opeka. Ore id