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THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. MRS. H. H. WALKER WRITES. A Brilliant Article on "The Negro Woman of America; Her Needs and Duties," as Read Before the Ladies Banquet at the Knights Templar Conclave Thanksgiving Day. At the Knights Templar conclave held in Topeka Thanksgiving, during which time a banquet was served to the ladies, no toast was more highly appreciated than the following, which was delivered by Mrs. H. H. Walker, of St. Joseph, Mo.: We are living in an age clamorous everywhere for the dignities, the grand prerogatives and the glory of woman. Mankind has in all times and in all ages struggled towards greater freedom; freedom of action, speech and thought. As a result of this irrepressible conflict, one emancipation proclamation has followed another in such rapid succession as to inspire wonder, if not awe. Even woman has been touched by the magic wand of the spirit of progress and has entered the struggle for freedom. There is not a country in Europe where she has not risen somewhat above the degradation of centuries, and pleaded successfully for a new position and higher vocation. We see her seated today in the lecture rooms of ancient universities, rivaling her brothers in the field of literature, art, the participants in noble civil franchises, the moving spirits in grand reformations, and the guide, agent or assistant in all the noblest movements for the civilization and regeneration of man. In these several lines of progress the American woman has run on in advance of her sisters of every other quarter of the globe. The advantage she has enjoyed, the rights and prerogatives she has received are unequalled by any other class of women in the world. My subject today suggests the one exception to this general superiority of women, viz: "The Black Woman of America; Her Needs and Duties." Many very important subjects confront us as an oppressed, unfortunate and in many instances, downtrodden race, and to my mind the most important is the duty of the Negro woman. If any permanent and uplifting civilization is to be engrafted on the Negro race in America it can only be secured through its womanhood. If you want the civilization of a people to reach the very best elements of their being, and then, having reached them, there to abide, you must imbue the womanhood of that people with all its elements and qualities. There are so many Negro women who are seemingly asleep to their duty, who have not the bravery to go and seek a place in which to do good, and who forget that they have a work that no other can do, and that they can not receive reward for the work which another has accomplished. To such women, life is unreal. Instead of the world appearing to them a broad field in which they are called to labor, it appears as a desert, uncheered by fountain, flower or golden grain. They have no true conception of life's obligations, and without making any good and lasting impression upon the world, they die and are forgotten. Forgotten by the world as to noble deeds done. Remembered by God, only as unprofitable servants. As we go about our various duties day by day and see so many girls and boys growing up in vice and ignorance, see them on the streets learning nothing but mischief, ugly words and unbecoming habits, when they should be in the school room during school hours and at home the other part of the time helping mother do what little hands can, and being under her good influence which shapes the youthful characters for life; when we see so many vacant seats in our Sunday schools, see so few attending church services; when we see our young men loafing day by day when they should be earning bread by the sweat of their own brow see our young girls keeping late hour in disbanded company, we are forces to exclaim: "The duty of the Negro woman has been left undone!" Sometimes it is intentionally, sometimes carelessly, and in most cases unavoidable, for the Negro woman has less encouragement, less money, less sympathy and less assistance from the men of her own race when she attempts to do her duty than the women of any other race known to the civilized wo.ld. Otten this is why she fails. It more Negro men would take a firm stand for the right, and each one treat every other man's daughter and sister as he would have his treated, there would be less sad lives of regret among our fallen women, less heartaches among our mothers, less bereavement among our fathers, less cigarette smokers among our boys and less dissipation among our girls. It is the duty of the Negro woman to train her children properly. They should be taught cleanliness and obedience. They should be kept at school at every opportunity, taught to earn money, taught to be economical, persevering and religious. It is the duty of the Negro woman to make homes. Womän's mental as well as her physical qualities call her to the home life as her special and peculiar work. It is not that she can do nothing else, but she can do this as no other can. If she does not make home, home can not be made. The world needs her there. The home impulse, which makes some form of philautropy the chosen work of so many of our public-spirited women, can find no work richer in promise than that of reaching down to the women of all the poor and forlorn dwellings and teaching them how to realize something of the home ideal there. Teaching them how to make comfortable homes would go far towards solving the temperance question. Teaching them to avoid the wastefulness of ignorance would do much towards solving the pauper question. The really lovely and noble woman has her foot on the threshold of home. Even though much of her life be public and lonely, the corner stone of her character has been laid in a cherished home of the past. If she keeps sweet, gentle, tender amid the strain of conflict and the press of surrounding evil, you will pretty surely find there is some dear old mother keeping the shelter of a lovely home for her, to which, ever and anon she gladly withdraws. Some where a woman's hand reaches out to her from a distinctively womanly life. Do not make your club and society first. Let home ever be first. Make home the greatest thing and not the least; the highest and not the lowest, and this will go far towards solving the question of how to keep our boys and girls at home. The Negro woman also needs to enter active life. As a teacher she copes with women of other races: her ability to dive deep into the recesses of literature; become acquainted with authors; solve the most difficult problems; control numbers of children in the school room and lead them along systematically in all paths of education, from the learning of letters to the highest classics, has placed her on the uppermost round of the ladder. She should learn music. It is her duty, for nothing is more inspiring the beautiful tones of the violin, the melodious tones of the organ, the staccato movement and brilliant arpeggius of the piano all wrought by the touch of the artistic fingers of the Negro woman. What has soothed more sorrows, what is it that has touched more hard hearts of men; what has given more inspiration to those despairing and buoyed them on to arouse energy and find success than the rounded, mellow tones of the chest voice, the beautiful full tones of the middle voice and the bright and sparkling tones of the high soprano made by the God-given, soul-lifting and heart-elevating voices of the Negro women. Again, it is the duty to enter the professions, study law and be able to plead cases intelligently and successfully, for we have several lawyer. She should study medicine and nursing, and with her intelligence, patience and thoughtfulness be able to TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, JAN. 1, 1904. may go forth in life's broad field with pure hearts, willing hands and noble purposes, thereby showing to the world that although Negro blood courses through our veins, there are among us women of courage, women of ability, women of original ideas, women of noble sentiments, women of high aspirations. The Negro woman can and must do her duty. She has the ability, she has the energy and perseverance. RETROSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTIVE. The management of The PLAIN- DEALER wishes to thank the many readers, advertisers and patrons of the job printing department for the support they have given us during the past five years and hope they will continue. As we enter upon the sixth year of the publication of this champion of human rights for the upbuilding of those who are opposed by a majority of people who have grown rich off the labor of the people they try to hold in subjugation, we shall stay in the old channel, pointing the way to success by the accumulation of wealth and the acquirement of knowledge. To do this we will have to work, save our earnings, invest in farms and cultivate them from early morn till night fall. Buy and own your homes in the cities and towns, but the more that can get out of the cities and make to the rural district the better will be our condition. Teach the boys and girls to work and save their earnings, and quit aping people who can buy and sell them. Get the other fellow's money and place it where it will grow and make you or your children the equal of the one you should not ape. We shall fight these would-be race leaders who have nothing but "wind and gall" to give us for our support. We shall oppose that class of Negroes who try to enter places of the white man and brag that they are the only ones of the colored people that can do that. Now, Mr. Big Negro, we shall not enter a place to spend our money where we or our friends know we are not wanted. Negroes must become more dignified and self-respecting. We have many men of our race who boast of their superior ability over others (who are unfortunate in having no educational training) who will take their wives or daughters or lovers to theatres where they have to sit in the galleries with thugs and hoodlums. Just think of men having their rights proscribed by men who consider them inferior, and yet they will pay out their hard earned money to show their appreciation of such treatment. Men that are men will not stand for such indignities to be heaped upon them and pay for it too, except in cases where it's an almost absolute necessity, and not even then without a strong protest. Such men will work to bring about the desired result and work in earnest till some fruits are seen of their labor. We return thanks to grand bodies of secret organizations which meet in this state for the support given us. The Knights and Daughters of Tabor, the Benevolent Society, Knights and Ladies of Protection, and the A. M. E. conference have given their work to this concern for the reason they know we employ from six to eight of our own race to do the work. If were not doing this some white concern, with all white help and the union label, "No Negro need apply," would reap the harvest of these noble organizations. We shall give space to those who give their support to us and none others need apply. Let in March. The idea is to have Kansas be the first to elect a delegation to the national convention instructed for Roosevelt. Four towns are after the convention. They are Topeka, Wichita, Fort Scott and Hutchinson. It is believed that Topeka has the best show to get the convention. Topeka has superior hotel accommodi- prescribe and administer to the wants of those suffering from the various diseases to which the human race is subject. She should enter the field of editors, and with her deep thought and excellent rhetorical ability and mighty pen attract the attention, arouse the interest, touch the heart and drive into action the hands and mind of the many who peruse the columns of the news papers. May the time soon come when we Morton Albaugh, chairman of the Republican state committee, yesterday called the committee to meet at the Copeland hotel at seven o'clock January 5. At this time the date and place of the Republican state convention next year will be determined. There is no question but that the convention will be called for early those who want their news published and who give their job printing to white offices instead of colored people go to the white paper to publish their news. The Industrial school and The PLAINDEALER offices are Negro institutions in Topeka that do first-class job printing. We shall always be found battling for the right. Our paper will be enlarged to eight pages and will be run out on our own cylinder press. We want money with which to do this and all who are indebted to us are kindly requested to pay up, and lend us their influence in getting others to take the paper. We solicit job work from everywhere and guarantee good work at reasonable prices and prompt delivery. Send in your news items by Tuesday of each week. Write plain and with common sense; write about people who are trying to be somebody. The PLAINDEALER is proud of the record made in 1902. We caused the organization of a company to deuelop a coal mine in the Indian Territory, which will be the biggest concern operated by colored in this part of the country. We told the people what was in this mine and what they could rely upon, and they have found that it was true and are putting their money into its development. We told the people that the Knights and Ladies of Protection, a fraternal insurance organization, is here to stay, an organization where its members carry insurance policies backed up by Negro capital, and its servants are our own young men and women. This order is growing rapidly. We al-o told the people that a colored undertaking establishment would pay. We have one and it is doing well. We will point out the way of success for our people and if they will just read after us and take advice they will move up a notch every issue of this paper. Read The PLAIN-DEALER in 1904—it will give you all the news. We want agents everywhere. Our commission to agents is large. Write us or you may telephone or telegraph what you want Mr. J. M. Dorsey, formerly of the Parsons Blade and Omaha Progress, is with us and he knows what to do with a newspaper office; and the old reliable Ira Smith is here to stay. These two men know all the routine work of a news and job office, as will be evidenced by the splendid makeup of our Christmas number. Miss Agnes Pursley is their valuable typo assistant and she is one of the best lady compositors to be found anywhere. In the clerical department are Miss Willa Smith and Miss Cora Bennett, who conduct the affairs of the office in true business style. Our stenographer is Miss Evelyn Hickman, who also looks after the interest of the coal company as well as The PLAINDEALER, and is a competent stenographer. These people must be paid and if those who owe us will pay up we can manage to keep th-m employed. So show your race pride and pay up. She has the strength, she has the will and the sooner more Negro women lay aside petty jealousies, join hands and hear $s_{h}$, climb steadily day by day, make each foot hold fast, surmount every seemingly unsurmountable obstacle; climb higher! higher! higher! the sooner will we be upheld when we attempt to stand up for the right, and then will it be that we can and will do our duty—our whole duty. tions and railroad facilities, and the best convention hall in the state. Had E. W. Hoch announced himself as a candidate for Governor a hard fight would be made by the machine leaders to have the convention held in Wichita. As matters now stand, however, the opposition to Topeka propably will not be so pronounced. Seven persons are known to have been killed and perhaps thirty others injured, 17 of them seriously, in a fire at Nashville December 19, which consumed the Central Tennessee college for young Negro women, a department of Walden university. The property loss is estimated at 25,000. Stella Addison, Port Gibson, Miss. Mattie Lee Moore, Huntsville, Ala. Sallie Dade, Hopkinsville, Ky. Ninnie Johnson, Hattiesburg, Miss. Lulu Terry, McMinnville, Teen, Mabel Stewart, Quite, Tenn., Bessie Oliver Tuscaloosa, Ala., Adele Christian, Greensboro, Ala., Maggie Shroufe, Cora Bryant, Cleveland, Miss Eva Jamison, Winchester, Tenn., Mildred Thompson, Cadiz, Ky. FATALLY HURT. Annie Ham, Birmingham, Ala.: Janie Douglass, Huntsville, Ala. Elen. Vaughn, Columbus, Ky. Blanche U. Burr, Chicago, Bessie Elliver, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Frank C. Walker, Huntsville, Ala.; Lulu Cavotte, Macon, Miss., one student not identified. SEVERELY INJURED. Eleanor Moore, (white) preceptress, Chicago: Lady B. Knox, Greenville, Miss., Minnie Alston, Covington, Bertha Mouford, Chicago; Lulu Terry, McMinnville, Tenn.; Lulu Millen, Covington, Tenn.; McClary, Fernandina, Fla., Leona Miller, St. Louis Nannie Harris, Clarksdale, Miss.; Mannie Booze, Maysville, Ky.; Victoria Miller, Anchorage, Ky. Fire broke out about 11 o'clock in the top of the building which was four stories high and without fire escapes. It was occupied by about 60 students, who were asleep when the alarm was given. The wildest panic ensued, women and girls rushing screaming to the windows, from which they jumped in droves, the dead and injured lying in heaps where they tell, to be fallen upon by those following them from the flaming windows. Every ambulance in the city was soon on the scene, and the injured were hurried to hospitals. When the flames were first discovered they seemed to entirely envelop the building and it is considered almost certain that some of the terrorized occupants were overcome by smoke before reaching the windows. President Hamilton was the first member of the faculty of the university, which is an institution for the education of colored people, to be apprised of the fire. He heard the screams of the women, and rushing to his window, which is just across the street from the dormitory, saw the flames bursting from the building. When he reached the door the frightened inmates had begun to hurl themselves from the windows. Several were killed in jumping or crushed to death by those who followed. The dormitory was a four story building of brick and the only means of exit was down the main stairway, which was soon cut off after the fire broke out and the inmats rushed panic stricken through the smoke and heat, seeking an avenue of escape. Baffled in this they sought the windows and hurled themselves headlong to the ground. All the dead and injured with few exceptions are Negroes from Southern states. Maybe Hanna Will Try It. OHIO MAN THINKS OF OPPOSING BOOSEVELT-AN ANNOUNCEMENT SOON. Springfield, O., Dec. 28.—An announcement made by Chairman J. B. Clingerman of the Republican state committee that the state convention would be held at the latest possible moment before the assembling of the national committee has caused a profound sensation in political circles of this state. The friends of Senator Hanna say that the late convention will be a great advantage to them in getting their forces ready. "Senator Hanna has said for the last time that he is not a candidate for the presidential nomination. You may take that as a straight tip and as coming direct from headquarters." NUMBER 52. Flames Enveloped the Entire. Building When Discovered. The Helpless Young Women Leap to Death From Fourth Story Windows. The Scenes too Horrorfying to Picture. This significant statement was made last night by a Republican, a man in close touch with the political situation and a close friend of Mr. Dick Herrick and other party leaders in Ohio. He is, in a position to know what he is talking about although for the present he declines the use of his name. The announcement of John J. Clingerman of Springfield, chairman of the Republican state central committee, which was scattered broadcast over the country last night, was intended as the first step in the Hanna campaign. AN ANNOUNCEMENT SOON. AN ANNOUNCEMENT BOOK. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 28.—Has Senator Hauna announced to his political lieutenants that he will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for president before the Republican national convention? Ohio Republicans are discussing the dispatches sent out from Cleveland last night. These dispatches read: "Senator Marcus A. Hauna will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for president in 1904, and he will formally declare himself as soon as the state central committee selects the date and place of holding the state convention." This same declaration was made here by a member of the party in Ohio, who holds an important position in the party organization of the state. He also expressed great surprise that the newspaper correspondents had been informed regarding the conference held at Akron, O. Wednesday night, December 23. He frankly confessed that Senator Hanna's plans were laid before those present, and that there was great rejoicing when it was given out that Senator Hanna had finally consented to become a candidate for president. He refused to divulge the name of all in attendance at the conference, but admitted that General Dick and John B. Clingerman of Springfield, O., chairman of the Republican state committee, were present. General Dick had just returned from Washington, where he had received his instructions from Senator Hanna. These were presented to the others, and they agreed to carry them out to the letter. He was positive that the senator would experience little trouble in getting the convention to indorse his candidacy and instructing the delegates from Ohio to cast a solid vote for him in the national convention. WHAT HANNA WOULD SAY. The informant predicted that Senator Hanna's formal announcement of his candidacy would be given to the public within a short time, and that the senator would say he was forced to yield to the wishes of his friends and declare himself to be a candidate for the presidential nomination against President Roosevelt. He will also make reference to the fact that he was forced to do it agains his own personal wishes and solely for his love for the party and his great desire to see the Republic cans victorious again in 1904. Cleveland, Dec. 28.—Cuyahoga the home county of Senator Hann will send ninety delegates to the state convention, and the Twenty-first congressional district, consisting of t larger part of Cleveland, two delegates to the national Republic convention. Both the local conventions will be held May 14, and be will be dominated by those who vor Hanns for president. Copeha Plaindealer. published at Tupoka, Shawnep county, Kau. every Friday morning by HE PLAINDEALER PUBLISHING CO. 1118 EAST SEVENTH STREET. RICK CHILES, BUSINESS MANAGER J. H. CHILDERS, EDITOR SUBSCRIPTION MATER: One year by mail.....$1.00 Six months by mail.....750 Three months by mail.....900 Entered at the postoffice at Topeka as second class mail matter. FRIDAY, JAN. 1, 1904. ANNOUNCEMENTS. Hen. W. A. S. Bird Ex-City Attorney, announces himself a candidate for Legislature from the thirty-eighth district, subject to the Republican primaries. Hen. W. G. Fairchild, One of the prominent young Barristers of Shawnee county, announces himself a candidate for member of the Legislature from the 30th district, subject to the Republican primaries. Hon. J. B. Larimer Annoises himself a candidate for Judge of the Third Judicial District to succeed the Hon. Z. T. Hasen, subject to the decision of the Republican primaries. THE PROGRESS OF With this issue, Vol. V., No. 52, THE PLAINDEALER closes another year in its history, and for the second time has presented its Christmas edition. The management feels a personal pride in the marked growth and development of the Plaindealer Publishing company as an institution owned, operated and conducted by Negroes. From a small beginning and in the face of strong opposition and fierce competition, and catering to an incredulous consistency, to have reached the point it has, in the brief period of its existence, is a sufficient primal success to justify the elated feeling of the management. It will not be our purpose, at this time, to recount the various degrees of success and failure which have attended us all along the way. Suffice it to say that from the time of our coming to all a long felt want we have stood as the champion of the rights and liberties of a distinct element in the heterogeneous population of this great country of ours. We have sought at no time to subordinate the sublime principles of racial improvement and development to that of personal greed, gain or aggrandizement THE PLAINDEALER is a black man's paper 365 days in the year; and it seems right and fit that we should present to our many thousand readers something in the way of a summary of our achievements in the year that has past. Something for which we are thankful. If one is to deal with the successes and failures of the many thousand Negroes who help to swell the population of the great Sunflower state, a larger space will be required than is left to us at this time. From the days when the Missouri bushwhackers sought to encroach upon the liberty-loving people of this state, and set up a constitution legalizing slavery, the Negro has been an important factor in shaping the destiny of this, one of the greatest members of the union. He is a resident and property owner in nearly every one of the 105 counties of the state. If it were possible to aggregate his entire holdings in agricultural land the area would far exceed that of the combined real and personal property of any two counties of the state. Likewise if it were possible to aggregate the holdings of people in the towns of Kansas it would surprise one to know its valuation far exceeds the valuation of the real estate of the city of Topeka. As a general thing, the Negrees are looked upon purely as a laboring class having no rights or part in the larger commercial world. But in Kansas the Negro is an exception. There is hardly a town in this state where two or three have gathered together in the pursuit of life and liberty, but what some little enterprise employing a few dollars capital has been created and is being carried on with some degree of success. These successes justify the hope that in the morrow of our race there will be greater and larger achievements. In the larger cities will be found the members of our race engaged in almost every enterprise in a commercial way. They buy and sell rags and junk and real estate first and second hand furniture, their carpenters build houses for them to live in, their merchants supply them with adequate groceries, their undertaking establishments are prepared to care for those who "shuffle off this mortal coil", and to lay them down when in their last sleep with degrees of elegance quite surprising. In fact, the business capacity of the Negro as is found in the larger cities, is both marked and commendable. Much of this has been carried into effect since the Christmas number was last presented its readers. This has been a year of great prosperity to the nation. All have shared in its prosperity, and we, in the veil of human prejudices, have not been exempt. PASSING AWAY. January 1, 1863. that most remarkable proclamation of the emancipation issued by Abraham Lincoln became effective. It turned loose upon this country, with a guarantee upon paper at least, over four million beings, whose knowledge of the duties and responsibilities of citizens in a republic operated for the people, by the people and of the people was both vague and anomalous. The term "forty years" seems to have been selected by the Almighty as covering an epoch in the lives of nations. After four hundred years of Egyptian bondage, the children of Israel were compelled to wander forty years in the desert. Seemingly a time taken by God for the purpose of bringing a stiff-necked people to believe in Him and to willingly fellow His mandates. For forty years our people have been wandering, groping and stumbling, rising and falling, and rising again in this so-called "land of the free and the home of the brave." In spite of the reverses that have been attendant upon us, the right foundation for the success of our people has been laid. When we carefully analyze history of the past forty years and take this lesson to ourselves, if it teaches us one thing more strongly than another it is the great lesson of self-reliance, perseverance, individual development as against the oft-repeated theory of mass development. The people stand as the unit in all things and the individual citizen stands as the molecule in this unit, and the success or failure of the masses depends upon the success or failure of the individaal. We have learned the lesson that each individual contributes his share to the making and shaping of public sentiment. We have seen the old time theory of equal rights vanish into the thin air of an exploded doctrine. With the passing of this theory has gone many of those who came "came out of the house of bondage" through emancipation. They are passing away. Their part in the fundamental development of our people has been well played. They have toiled and labored that we might have a fair education, and it is due to them that we who have been placed on the high road to individual and racial success with a fair knowledge of what is required to be successful, take up the burden and carry it through the heat of the day. Perhaps no phase of race development has attracted as much favorable notice as the Negro's literary development. The contributions of Mr. Paul Lawrence Dunbar, G. W. Chestnut and W. E. Dubois during the past year to current literary work has been exceptionally interesting and instructive. Mr. Dunbar's poetical work is always entertaining and well received. During the year Prof. W. E. Dubois gave to the literature of America perhaps the best book ever on the race problem, entitled "The Soul of the Black Folk." This is truly a book by the Negroes, for the Negroes and of the Negroes. When one thinks of the ever-increasing numbers of highly intellectual men and women of the race, it is a matter of regret that so little of what they produce comes into the hands of the great masses of our people. It is further to be regretted that a spirit of indifference toward the literary productions of our race has grown up among the masses; it is surprising that we find more of our people able to tell of the beauties of Byron or Shelley and absolutely ignorant of the sublime beauty of Dunbar, or able to discuss intelligently the "Baconian theory" and then know almost nothing of that remarkable man, Dubois. His contributions to the sociological researches won him an everlasting place among the real minds of the day. Current literature deals harshly with the Negro. The daily papers present always the reprehensible side of the Negro race and magnify acts which otherwise would be mere peccadillos. Books and magazines, the great mass of stuff people read as a matter of amusement, tell the story of Sam and Dinah and never raise Sam to a greater height than that of boot-black. There is little, if anything in current literature, (that is, literature of the concrete kind) that pertains to developing and encouraging the young Negro's ambition to do more than hew wood or draw water. If it were possible to create a series of stories in which Negro boys and girls were pictured as accomplishing something, as rising above mere servitude, a long step in the direction of individual development and achievement would be maintained. THE Republican State Central committee has been called to meet in Topeka January 5. Let our politicians be up and doing. Something may be stirring. It seems that the Hon. M. A. Hanna is about to change his mind about his presidential aspirations, and is likely now to come out in opposition to President Roosevelt. We will say, however, that if Senator Hanna wins, a good man will be turned down, and if Senator Hanna loses on a good showing he will land in 1908. Fails to Find a Resting Place in the Branches of the B St. Bapt. Church. THE members of the B Street Baptist church who opposed Rev. White are against him yet, notwithstanding the meeting of the ministers last week, who made a very weak report. It would have been much better had they not met, for the good they accomplished. They performed a part of their duty, but the main question, the removal of White, they never touched. We have contended all along that White should resign. Now the officers of the church ask for his resignation. Several members swear that White shall not preach again in that church as their pastor. The attached recommendations by the council of twelve ministers bear out what we said in our former article, that White was responsible for this uprising against him in his congregation. His mode of turning members out of the church without proper trial was the one straw that brokethe camel's back. We still insist that Rev. White should go for the sake of harmony. We have confidence in the level-headed members of that church and believe they will do the proper thing by Rev. White. Pay him, if any pay is due; and let him go.—NICK CHILES. THE onfere e of twelve ministers which was summoned by the members of the B Street Baptist church to make an effort to settle the difficulty that seems to exist between the two factions, has made a voluminous report, which seems to give the White faction a little the better of the matter. It follows: North Topeka, Kansas, December 23d, 1903. The mutual council called by the B Street Baptist church to render advice, etc., in the settling of controversies existing between pastor and church, convened at 9:45 p. m. State Missionary Van Lew, moderator pro tem., announced the call of the following pastors invited to take part in the council: Rev. J. R. Richardson, Rev. D. B. Jackson, Rev. George McNeal, Rev. T. H. Ewing, Rev. M. L. Copeland, Rev. C. G. Fishback, Rev. J. H. Van Lew, Rev. J. H. Rainey, Rev. J. T. Crawford, Rev. J. W. Wilson and Rev. J. W. Prier. council called by the B Street Baptist church to in the settling of controversies existing between convened at 9:45 p.m. State Missionary Van uro tem., announced the call of the following pas- e part in the council: Rev. J. R. Richardson, Jackson, Rev. George McNeal, Rev. T. H. Ewing, Island, Rev. C. G. Fishback, Rev. J. H. Van Lew, By, Rev. J. T. Crawford, Rev. J. W. Wilson and Revs. E. A. Wilson and W. P. Banks were added On motion Rev. J. R. Richardson was elected council and E. A. Wilson, assistant secretary. Richardson opened the council by reading the 123rd day the church. Prayer was offered by Rev. T. H. Missionary Van Lew made statements in behalf of sentiments of all parties concerned, that the exclu- sion would be the chief question for the council the church voted unanimously that it would abide of the council. The following complimentary wit- ted to represent the grieved members: Abe Hen- ward and A. B. Stoner. Those named to repre- sent were Rev. H. W. White, Bro. W. T. Turner, B. Wallace Smith, deacon, and Sister M. D. Jones. made a few remarks exhorting the church as to de- lation of J. W. Wilson it was voted that the council relevance might come before it. Appear on the stand was Abe Henderson with a and stating that he expressed the sentiments of members. Bros. Hoard and Stoner came and cor- ents made by Henderson. Pastor H. W. White council and stated that all matters contained in Henderson had been settled, with the exception exclusion. This statement was agreed to by Sec- no presented the church record, and by Deacon M. D. Jones. Justified that Bro. Henderson was excluded for pub- ances in the press, and all agreed that Henderson by a committee and was present in business time of his exclusion. The council adjourned to room. After a lengthy discussion, pro and con, decided upon the following advice and admoni- ce church: Mutual council of the B Street church, after careful consideration, find that Henderson was wrong in events, etc., of the church as have heretofore ap- pared. From all evidence shown it was the intention of ensure the good reputation of the Rev. White. We church record that business has been fairly and hon- We sincerely condemn the act of any brother or Christlike, in publishing church matters, which, is to destroy the good name of the pastor and face of the church. We find that the church was rather hasty in her ages with members under the Rev. White's admin- plore past actions and recommend that hereafter brought before the church for any cause, and be leading to some standard author of the Baptist admn the action of the pastor in referring to the speaking of his honesty and character, who is re- works. We recommend that Brother Abe Henderson make up for either wilful or unintentional errors in pub- ances before resorting to our discipline, as found in 1 Timothy 5:19. We recommend that after public confession is made Henderson that the church restore him to its fel- fetfully submitted, On motion Revs. E. A. Wilson and W. P. Banks were added to the council. On motion Rev. J. R. Richardson was elected moderator of the council and E. A. Wilson, assistant secretary. Moderator Richardson opened the council by reading the 123rd Psalm. Hymn by the church. Prayer was offered by Rev. T. H. Ewing. Then Missionary Van Lew made statements in behalf of the church as sentiments of all parties concerned, that the exclusion of Abe Henderson would be the chief question for the council to act upon. The church voted unanimously that it would abide by the decision of the council. The following complimentary witnesses were named to represent the grieved members: Abe Henderson, T. P. Hoard and A. B. Stoner. Those named to represent the church were Rev. H. W. White, Bro. W. T. Turner, church clerk; Bro. Wallace Smith, deacon, and Sister M.D. Jones. Dr. Ewing made a few remarks exhorting the church as to decorum. On motion of J. W. Wilson it was voted that the council hear whatever grievance might come before it. The first to appear on the stand was Abe Henderson with a written document and stating that he expressed the sentiments of all aggrieved members. Bros. Hoard and Stoner came and corroborated statements made by Henderson. Pastor H. W. White came before the council and stated that all matters contained in the document of Henderson had been settled, with the exception of Henderson's exclusion. This statement was agreed to by Secretary Turner, who presented the church record, and by Deacon Smith and Sister M. D. Jones. All parties testified that Bro. Henderson was excluded for publishing his grievances in the press, and all agreed that Henderson had been notified by a committee and was present in business meeting at the time of his exclusion. The council adjourned to retire to the aute room. After a lengthy discussion, pro and con, the council finally decided upon the following advice and admonition to offer to the church: "We, the mutual council of the B Street church, after careful and prayerful consideration, find that Henderson was wrong in publishing statements, etc., of the church as have heretofore appeared in press. From all evidence shown it was the intention of Henderson to injure the good reputation of the Rev. White. We find from the church record that business has been fairly and honestly transacted. We sincerely condemn the act of any brother or sister as being un-Christlike, in publishing church matters, which, in our judgment, is to destroy the good name of the pastor and wreck the influence of the church. "Second. We find that the church was rather hasty in her action and dealings with members under the Rev. White's administration. We deplore past actions and recommend that hereafter all members be brought before the church for any cause, and be given a trial according to some standard author of the Baptist church. We condemn the action of the pastor in referring to the dead ex-pastor, speaking of his honesty and character, who is remembered by his works. "We further recommend that Brother Abe Henderson make a public confession for either wilful or unintentional errors in publishing the grievances before resorting to our discipline, as found in Mattew 18:16, and 1 Timothy 5:19. "We further recommend that after public confession is made by Brother Abe Henderson that the church restore him to its fellowship. Respectfully submitted, "T. H. Ewing, J. H. Rainey, "W. P. Banks, M. L. Copeland, "J. W. Price, J. W. Wilson, "C. G. Fishback, D. B. Jackson, "J. H. Van Lew, George McNeal, "J. R. Richardson, E. A. Smith." The council submitted the report to the church, which was adopted with full explanation of the items being made by the Rev. Dr. Ewing. The council adjourned with benediction. Rev. J. R. BICHARDSON, Moderator. Rev. E. ARLINGTON WILSON, Secy. Write—or call—and I will tell you what the cost of a ticket is to any point east, west, southwest or northwest. I will also let you know the best way to reach it, when you will arrive, whether or not a change of cars is necessary, and why you should take the Rock ISLAND SYSTEM to Colorado, Utah, California, New Mexico, Texas, Gklahoma or Arizona. A. E. COOPER, D. P. A., Topeka, Kansas. A. E. COOPER, D. P. A., Topeka, Kansas. Southwest Excursion DATE: December 8, 1963. TICKET: Round-trip. first class. LIMIT: Three weeks. RATES: Less than the regular one-way fare. TO: All points in Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Many points in Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. ROUTE: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. 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For the moral, intellectual, and industrial training of our youth. DEPARTMENTS—Theological, Classical, Normal, Preparatory, State Industrial, Musical COURSES—Theological. Classical ,Normal, Preparatory, Carpentry and Architecture, Printing and Book Making, Dressmaking and plain Sewing, Tailoring, Business Course and Stenography, Farming Stock Raising, Truck Gardening, Cooking and Laundering. Piano, Organ, Voice Culture. ADVANTAGES—Good Buildings, Healthy Moral tone, a Faculty of Twelve College-bred and Industrially Trained Teachers. TERMS-$7.50 per month. School opens September 14th. For Illustrated Catalogue just out write to WILLIAM T VERNON, A. M., D. D. Quindaro, Kansas. Preside Our Great Special — Con WORTH FIVE DOLLARS. ONLY WILLIAM T VERNON, A. M., D. D. Quindaro, Kansas. President. Thos. R. Cannon, of Dunlap, formerly of this city, spent the holidays in our city visiting his parents and friends. Mr. Buckner of Jefferson City, Mo. who has been visiting in the city for the past few days left last Tuesday for Junction City. Miss Mayme Dillard of Lawrence, Kansas is visiting in the city this week, the guest of Miss Minta Beck, 205 Taylor street. M. A. G. Martin from Holton was a visitor to the city this week, attending the meeting of the executive committee of the Lincoln Day club. A. M. Thomas attended t the Oxford club party Tuesday night in Kansas City. From there he made a business trip to Indian Territory. Mr. and Mrs. H. Wells of Omaha visited in the city this week, the guest of their mother, Mrs. Anderson of North Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Eagleson, who have been residing temporarily in Topeka, will remove to Denver January 1, to reside permanently. Mrs. O. A. Taylor attended the Inter-State Literary convention at Ft. Scott last week, returning by way of Leavenworth, where she spent a few days with relatives and friends. The Rosebud club of St. Mark's A. M. E. church met at Mrs. Ida M. Jordan's Thursday, December 17 with about 22 members and visitors resent. The Misses Euis Morgan, Nellie Ellis, Cyrenia Smith, M. B. Patterson, Sadie Phillips, Lela Moore, and Lula Jamson of the State Normal are all spending the holidays in the city visiting relatives and friends. The Pleasant Hour literary society will meet at Guy's hall, 433 Kansas avenue, Saturday January 2, 1904. The public is invited to attend. The following program will be rendered: Current topics, Gaitha Page, New Year Thoughts, Mrs. J·H. Guy, Gazette, Charles Whitney; Essay, Miss Hester Hawkins; Quotations by each member; Music, Miss Cora Bennett; Paper for discussion, E. Ridley. W. H. Fisher, father of W. W. Fisher, and janitor of the R. R. Y. M. C. A. has purchased a two story house on Topeka avenue, in Walnut Grove. In connection with this it is noteworthy to say that all of the eight families who came here from Greenwood, S. C. soon after the arrival of W. W. Fisher, either own or are purchasing homes. There is room and welcome in Kansas for thousands of thrifty and enterprising Negroes, but but there is neither for the shiftless and improvident of any race. CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many friends and especially the members of the Masonic fraternity for the generous assistance and kindness extended to us in the illness and death of our beloved husband and father. MRS. LUCY THRICE AND CHILDREN. Kansas Lincoln Day Club. Pursuant to the call issued by the president, Alex Reeves and Secretary J. B. Bass, the executive committee of the Kansas Lincoln Day club met in this city at J. H. Guy's office at a o'clock last Tuesday. There was practically a full attendance. The committee was called to order by the chairman, Prof. W. T. Vernon. Plans were effected which will without doubt make the coming annual meeting and banquet the greatest in the history of that organization. The club will without doubt succeed in procuring for the principal speaker upon this occasion one of the ablest Negroes of the country whose name will probably be published in our next issue. It was decided ot hold the exercises in Representative hall, and the barquet at the same hall in which it was served last year, 618 Kansas avenue. Hon. Nelson Crews has assured the secretary that he will be present, and letters have poured in from the surrounding country from those who desire to attend. Parties desiring to attend will do well to communicate with J. B. Bass, secretary, at once. Those present at the committee meeting were Prof. W. T. Vernon, Wyandotte county; Alex Reeves, Lyon county; W. A. G. Martin, Jackson county; W. M. Sharpe, Waubaunsee county; J. H. B. Taylor, J. H. Guy and J. B. Bass of Shawnee county. The K- and L. of P. hall at 620 Kansas avenue was again crowded to its doors last Monday evening to hear the splendid program furnished by the entertainment committee of that organization. These special entertainments were popular from the start and are doing much to put before the people fraternal insurance and have proved beyond a doubt that the people will unite and build up this institution which means so much for the race. The program consisted of short talks by Rev. J. M. Pope, musical selection by Marvin Green; recitation by Miss Bertha Hickman; the Sunday Sun by D. D. Hope, also a short address by M. A. G. Martin of Holton, after which the ladies served cream and all the delicacies of the season. A neat sum was realized from the entertainment for the local council for the support of t.e sick fund. Mrs. Sigel Tarbet and Mrs. Cowell of Denver spent Thursday evening visiting Miss Bertha Monday of Denver. The marvelous growth of the Western Tuskegee at Topeka, as shown in the Christmas PLAINDEALER is having a beneficial effect In opening the eyes of Western parents as to the exceptional opportunities so near at hand for the practical training of their own young men and women. Monroe and Buchanan schools have each decided to enter contestants in the Boys' Declamation contest for the Bailie Waggerer gold medal at the C. M. E. church, Friday evening, January 22. A new boy's dormitory is needed at the institute. New students have come this week from other towns without writing beforehand, to the grounds, only to be refused admittance on account of the crowded condition. Students contemplating entering should always write beforehand. Let every church, lodge or society, social, art or otherwise, among the colored people of the West, donate just the price building one room in a new boy's dormitory during the coming year. Who will be the first to act? 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Very careful attention given home training of young women. Rigid discipline maintained. Form of 105 acres. Location and sanitation the very best. Endorsed by ministers of every denomination. WM. R. CARTER, President. TWO DEMEN A L E O F PROTECTION Knights and Ladies Issues policies for the sums of $250, $500, $1,000, also $75, $100, $150 and $200 for children over 6 years of age. This is the only colored "Fraternal Insurance Missouri Pacific Route Prior Dickey will serve as a juror from Walnut township during the January term of the district court. Joseph C. R. Johnson of Kansas City attended the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Harlan, last week. The Missouri Pacific Railway officials cannot decide where to locate the million dollar shops, because they want a thousand acres of land to build them on. If they will agree to build them at Port Williams the colored people can accommodate them. Chas. B. Remsburg, a young man born and raised in this community, has launched The Potter Kansan upon the journalistic sea. We predict a bright future for Mr. Remsburg and the Potter Kansan. Clarence, the little son of J. D. Richardson, has ulcers growing on his eyes, which may cause him to stop attending school for some time. 5. C. ATCHISON. Ebenezer Baptist church members contemplate extensive improvements on their church. Miss Lucile France of Kentucky, died at the residence of Mr. William Sullivan Sunday morning. Rolla Williams who suffered from a ruptured blood vessel in the brain, died Sunday. Dr. G. G. Brown and wife are back at their home, 932 So. 5th street, after a very pleasant trip to the Inter-State at Ft. Scott, Kas. This happy couple received 150 presents, several of them from out of the city. The groom presented the bride with the famous German heater. The church was elaborately decorated and a very rich wedding supper was served. They have our best wishes. Joe Harper spent Sunday in K. C. and his wife was grievously lonesome. Mrs. Eugene Lett spent Christmas in Lawrence with her parents. Mrs. Garvena Caldwell of Kansas City, Mo., came up Monday to attend the family reunion and dinner, W. E Gray attended the meeting of the Inter-State Literary society at Ft. Scott. Several delegates left Wednesday evening for Kansas City to attend the Imperium of the True Eleven. Several political candidates are doing some early grooming. The Old Folks' concert at Shiloh was a big success. The Ladies Anniversary club had a swell dinner a Mrs. James Wilson's Wednesday. Lawrence, Kan. Herbert Gleed celebrated his eighteenth birthday last Thursday evening at his beautiful home on South Massachusetts street. About twenty couples were present. The house was beautifully decorated, the colors, red, white and blue, being carried out. The evening was spent in cards and dancing. At a late hour a two-course luncheon was served. Mr Gleed received many useful presents as token of esteem. Messrs. Dixon and Wallace were visitors in Kansas City last Sunday. Miss Mamie Dillard entertained a few of her friends at a small dancing party last Friday eve. About thirty girls and boys gathered at the home of Miss Frances McWilliams Wednesday evening and spent a pleasant time in music and conversation. A dainty luncheon was served. Mrs. R. G. Jackson of Kansas City is the guest of her mother, Mrs. Hattie Sparks. Arthur A. Hill left Sunday for Charleston, S. C., where he will be manied to one of the teachers of Benedict college. TONGANOXIE NOTES. Mrs. Ramey, wife of Rev.J.R. Ramey, pastor of the A. M. E. church, has returned home from a visit with her mother at Jefferson City, Mo., and reports a very pleasant time. The many good friends of Rev and Mrs. Ramey very agreeably surprised them a few nights ago. They brought the loaves and fishes with them and the table was ladened with all manner of groceries and good things to eat. Mrs. Ramey rendered some very excellent piano selections to the great pleasure of the guests. Rev. Ramey and wife are making many warm friends. COLUMBUS, KAN. Quite a number of the young people attended the Masonic supper at Baxter Springs on last Saturday evening. Geo. E. Rogers has resigned as teacher in the fourth ward building. Mrs. Lee Anderson and sister, Miss Lizzie Phelps, of Wichita, are spending the holidays with the old folks Mrs W P Greene and children are over from Coffeyville to spend the holidays with her mother, Mrs Mary Hobson. Ulyses Hayden, a former Columbus young man, but now of Denver, was here Sunday shaking hands with old friends. A ten-pound boy was born to Mr and Mrs W Kittrell last Saturday. The young man arrived too late to hang up his stocking for Xmas, but in time for New Years. Mrs. Percy Robins' baby is qu'te sick. Blind Boone played to a large audience here on Tuesday night of last week and his peer is hard to find. The singing by Miss Emma Smith was superbly grand, she being repeatedly enced, in fact the whole company is made up of refined and cultured people who know their business. Vitae-Ore One of the greatest remedies in existence. It cures: Rheumatism, Bright's Disease, La Grippe, Blood Poisoning, Sores and Ulcers, Catarrh of any Part, Female Complaintie, Stomache and Bowel Disorders, and General Debility. MRS. M. CHILES, State Agt. 116 E. Seventh St, Topeka. C. P.'s ADDRESSES. 1. Mrs. Lula Buford, 2509 North Sixth, St., Kansas City, Kan. 2. Mrs. Mumie Garner, 623 South Main St., Council Bluffs, Iowa. 3. Mrs. Flora Thompson, 36 North Chestnut St., Iola, Kan. 4. Mrs. Mollie Spencer, 502 Vine St., Atchison, Kan. 5. Mrs. Mary Curry, Ottawa, Kan. 6. Mrs. Sarah Henderson, 815 Walnut, St., Salina, Kan. 10. Mrs. Maggie Fishback, 1196 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kan. 11. Mrs. Jennie Floyd, 408 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 12. Mrs. Bettie Johnson, 211 Stewart Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 13. Mrs. Nannie Dunlap, Junction City, Kan. 15. Mrs. Ida King, Box 1054, Weir City, Kan. 16. Mrs. Nancy Preston, No. 1507, Clarke St., Parsons, Kan. 17. Mrs. Kitty Willis, 722 Judson St, Ft. Scott, Kan. 24. Mrs. Emma Maxle, 411 Ransom St, Ft. Scott, Kan. 24. Mrs. Laura Smith, 208 East Eleventh St., Coffeyville, Kan. 27. Mrs. A. E. Anderson, Box 71, Lenapah, I. T. 28. Mrs. Della Dorsey, 716 South Fifteenth St., Parsons, Kan. 29. Mrs. Anale Coleman, 737 Miami The W. T.V. club entertained Wednesday evening. Mr. Smith of Minneapolis, Ks, Kas., filled the pulpit at the A. M. E. church Sunday evening. Frank West is on the sick list. Miss S. Frances Andrews of Ponca City is spending the Xmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Andrews. The R. A. E. club entertained at the home of Miss Edna Barnett Tucsday evening. The literary talent of the A.M. E. church gave a drama Thursday night. Watch meeting was fairly well attended at the A. M. E. church Thursday night. Willie Coleman of Ponca City, was the guest of Willie Harvey last week. The Knights of Pythias held their installation services Monday night. Wichita. M. E. Woods of Kingman was a visitor in the city last week. Mrs. M. Oldham of Wellington is visiting in the city. Lewis Jackson died Tuesday of last week, leaving a wife and two children to mourn his loss. Mrs. W. E. Whitted left Thursday evening for Carlsbad, N. M., to spend several months in the hope of regaining her health. The members of the G. L. A. club met with Mrs. S. E. Patten Tuesday evening. The 2nd Baptist church held Xmas exercises last Thursday evening. Mrs. A Holmes who has been visiting in the city the past six months, left Tuesday for her home in Pueblo, Colo. Mrs. V. Covington who has been ill at her home on Water street, has recovered. John Thompson arrived in the city Monday from Salt Lake to Wichita. St., Leavenworth, Kan. 30. Mrs. Amanda Lott, 424 Maple St., Leavenworth, Kan. 32. Mrs. Ida B. Willis, 1036 Iowa Ave., Butte, Mont. 33. Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Box 384, Alliance, Neb. 34. Mrs. Lee Anderson, 724 St. Francis St., Wichita, Kan. 35. Mrs. Gracy Davis, 115 North Twenty-fifth St., South Omaha, Neb. 37. Mrs. Suie Green, Box 460, Atchison, Kan. 38. Mrs. P. B. Gooding, Box 338, Weir City, Kan. 52. Miss Jennie Alexander, 918 Pennsylvania St., Lawrence, Kan. 63. Mrs. Charlotte Dalton, 1228 Barnett, Ave., Kansas City, Kan. 77. Mrs. Suie Richardson, 1180 Buchannan St., Topeka, Kan. 85. Mrs. Jennie H. Taylor,—— Topeka, Kan. 91. Mrs. Annie Brown, 1717 St. Mary St., Omaha, Neb. 89. Mrs. Maggie Brown, 1108 Capitol St., Omaha, Neb. 92. Mrs. Laura Johnson, 2010 South Fourteenth St., Lincoln, Neb. 93. Mrs. Ida M. Jordan, 903 Western Ave., North Topeka, Kan. NEWTON, KAN. Miss Bertha Rickman of Valley Center, is visiting her cousin, Miss Hazel Rickman of this city. Miss Cora Stevenson of Valley Center is visiting Miss Callie Anderson. Lloyd Clements who recently came here from Pembroke. Ky., is stopping at the home of his daughter, Mrs. James M. Cross. Rev. J. W. Gordon who has sick for some time is better. Mrs C R Ramey who has been indisposed, is out again. Mrs. C. Ridley was a visitor in Hutchinson last week, guest of Mrs L Parmer. Mrs Reevely of Carrolton, Mo., is visiting in the city, the guest of her son, WH Reevely on E. Seventh street. George Brown and Clarence Rickman spent Sunday in Emporia visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Reevely entertained at dinner Sunday the following: Mrs. John Anderson and daughter, J. M. Gross, wife and son and Miss Cora Stevenson. An elaborate dinner was spread and all enjoyed it. Misses Adams and Powell of Peabody sre guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hall on North Main street. If You Want a Valuable book on the History of Education from the Greeks to the present time by John H. Jackson, ex-president of the Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute and the Lincoln Institute, of Jefferson City, Mo. Address JNO. H. JACKSON, Author. 720 E. Cimarron St., Colorado Springs, Colo. 4. Sir Geo. C. Tucker, 904 South Twenty-seventh St., Omaha, Neb. Frank Evans is out of the city spending the Xmas holidays with relatives. Frank is one of our energetic farmers. Dave Tipton spent last Sunday with his family. Miss Mabel Rodgers has taken her departure for San Francisco. Mrs. L. L. Duncan and family and her brother, Roy Weeks, of Colorado Springs, Colo., are in the city visiting relatives. Miss Lucinda Lewis returned to her home in Arkansas City last week. A. M. Booker and sister have opened a first-class restaurant. Mr. and Mrs. Gus West are the parents of a fine baby girl. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Turner of Newton are visiting parents and friends until after New Years. The many friends of Mr. A. McMullen are pleased to see him out again after a long illness. Home Opening 20,000 Acres in the Famous Red Valley—Special Trians Via Frisco System Leaves St. Louis at 2:30, 8:35 and 10:00 p. m. Leaves Kansas City, Mo., at 7:15 and 11:30 p. m. SEPTEMBER 15th, 1903. Low Rate of $15 From St. Louis and Ksnsas City to Vernon, Tex., return—proportionate rats from all other points. This rate applies to all inter mediate points on the Frisco System and to all points in Texas as far south as San Antonio and East thereof. Full particulars cheerfully given. Jas. Donohue, A. G. P. A., KANSAS CITY, Mo. We Do all Kinds of JOB Printing The Official Tent Houses ```markdown ``` Of the International Order of Twelve of Knights and Daughters of Tabor can be bought reasonable by sending to the office of D. L. TAYLOR, P. P. V. G. M. 329 East Center St., Salina, Kas. first and third Monday afternoons at M. and O. hall, corner Eighth and Washington Sts.-Dt. Jennia Floyd, C. P., 408 Oakland Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Golden Rule Tabernacle No. 12, meets the first and third Friday afternoons at Sons of Protection hall, corner of Sixth and State Sts., Kansas City, Kan.-Dt. Bettle Johnson, C. P., No. 311 Freeman Ave., Kansas City, Kan. Fair West Tabernacle No. 63, meets the first and third Friday afternoons at M. and O. hall, corner Eighth and Washington Sts.-Dt. Charlots Dalton, C. P., No. 1228 Barnett, St., Kansas City, Kan. Victoria Tabernacle No. 30, meets the first and third Friday afternoons at Taborian hall, corner Third and Delaware Sts.-Dt. Amanda Lott, C. P., No. 424 Maple St., Leavenworth, Kan. St. Marie Tabernacle No. 10, meets the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, at 2:30 o'clock.-Dt. Maggie Fiskback, C. P., No. 1795 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, Kan. Wichita Tabernacle No. 24, means the first and third Thursday afternoons of each month, at 2 o'clock—Dr. Willmoth Anderson, C. E., No. 724 St. Francis St., Wichita, Kan. Lithograph Picture of Booker T. 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Silver Leaf Tabernacle No. 16, meets the first and third Wednesdays of each month, at 2 o'clock p. m.-Dt. Nancy Preston, C. P., 1507 Clark St. Parsons, Kan. Modern Tabernacle No. 28, meets the first and third Thursday afternoons, at 2 o'clock.-Dt. Della Dorney, C. P., No. 716 South Fifteenth St. Parsons, Kan. TEMPLES Moses Dickson Temple No. 13, meets the first and third Thursday nights at their hall, at 7:30 p. m.-Sir. A. H. Morton, C. M., Parsons, Kan. Mt. Tabor Temple No. 19, meets the first and third Thursday nights, at 7:30 o'clock—Sir C. Parris, C. M., No. 918 Pennsylvania St., Lawrence, Kan. Mt. Hoard Temple No. 10, meets every Monday night, at 7:30 at Taborian hall, corner Third and. Delaware St.-Sir J H. McKinnis, C. M., No. 217 Sherman Ave., Leavenworth, Kan. Washington Temple No. 26, meets each Friday night at Sons of Protection hall, corner of Sixth and State St.-Sir Edward Henderson, C. M., Ma. 2017 Month Third St., Kansas City, Kan. 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