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THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER. Historical Society State House Our New $3,600 Pres "FROM THE FAT Rev. John A. Gregg Writes of His Trip from London to Capetown, South Africa. Says the Climate is Delightful, and That City Has Electric Cars, Railroads, Etc. CAPETOWN, S. A. 2-1,'c4. Editor PLAINDEALER. DEAR SIR: My last letter to you was written from Liverpool, where we stayed six days. While in that city we tried to see as much of it as possible, and succeeded in seeing most of the places of interest, but almost every t.me we went out we got lost. This may seem a little strange to an American, living as he does in a land whose cities make their streets straight. I have always prided myself on being able to find my way anywhere in a city large or small, but it was different in England. The streets have no sense of straightness, and some well nigh describe circles—for instance, if you wish to go to the wharf, you can start either east or west on Nelson street and finally reach your destination. Everything seems to be just the reverse to things at home. The street cars (trains as the British calls them) and all vehicles turn to the left instead of to the right. The horses are nearly all driven tandem and without lines—only the aristocrats driving horses abreast. The saloons run wide open while all the eating houses are closed on Sunday. They serve you ice coffee, while ice tea is unknown. Ah well, the differences are so many that I will not attempt to name them all. While in Liverpool we visited the great Walker Art Gallery and Museum—a gift to the city which cost the giver, Alderman Walker, two hundred and fifty thousand pounds ($1,250,000); the city library which is filled with hundreds from morning till night; the suburbs where even in the middle of winter (much milder than ours however) beautiful green grass was growing; we rode on the Livepool Overhead railway, which is the pride of the city. On Wednesday, Dec. 30, we left for London. I have heard many people in America complain about poor railroad service in the states, but let me tell you, when you ride in the worst cars there, you are riding in palace cars in comparison to the best cars here. The Englishman does not call them cars, and he is quite right, for they are far from it. The carriages (cars) are divided into compartments, each of which holds about six passengers, the whole car having from four to six of these compartments. Before boarding the train you must tell them you have baggage, point it out to the porter, tell him where you are going, see that it is labeled to the proper place, take care that it is put on the train, pay the porter liberally for his B Five Big, Burl White Big, Burly White Brutes! Five in the Shawnee Awaiting Trial Five in the Shawnee County Jail are Awaiting Trial for Rape. There are five men in the county jail accused of rape. This is the record for the county and for the state. Three of the cases are statutory and two violent. Not one of the girls is more than 16 years of age, and the youngest is 9. All of the men are white. George Brittenham was arrested early Saturday morning, and confessed to having criminally assaulted 9-year-old Nora Petitt. The local dailies have made no big sensation over the affair because the brute is white. It has been --- VOLUME VI. services, and then you are ready to board your train. Ready did I say? Oh no! You must show your ticket to every fellow who comes along, get it punched by the guard, see that there is a warming pan in your apartment, pay six pence (twelve cents) for the use of a blanket, get into the car, which opens on the side, and the door is closed and cannot be opened until the guard opens it from the outside. Of all rides that I have ever taken on the railroad, that from Liverpool was the worst. The wind whistled under the windowsills, the warming pan got cold and when we reached London we were nearly frozen. We went at once to the hotel where Mrs. Gregg staid until we left the city, but I wanted to get my money's worth, and was out as soon as I could get warmed up. First of all I drove out to Soaftsbury's theatre, got Mr. Walker's address and paid him a call. This is Mr. Walker of Williams & Walker. Next I went to see Westminister Abhey and the House of Parliament, but unfortunately both of these places were closed. I could only stand outside and gaze upon those grim, silent, masses of stone, in the one of which, was the dust of men and kings, who had made the little island of England tremble with wars and intrigues, and in the other of which, had' sounded the stentortian voices of a Pitt or Burke, or the wise and quiet counsels of a Gladstone. After leaving these places I rode up and down one street after another, saw buildings that have been standing for hundreds of years, heard chimes all over the city, striking the hours, and saw how the London police control the immense traffic with but a single uplifted finger. We staid in London two days and on the evening of the second were sailing down the river Thames over which spans the famous London bridge, of which every child has sung as he played, 'London Bridge is Falling Down.' As we steamed down this river and through the English channel, I could not help but think of the many conflicts of historical note that had taken place in and about here. It was the scene of the coming of Ceasar and his hosts to conquer the Britons; or of Hengest and Horsa in the fifth century; or of William the conqueror from Normandy; or the great Spanish Armada which was sent against England, but which was wrecked on her shores by the angry elements. We called at Southampten, received passengers and freight, and then started on our long voyage. I thought I was sea sick crossing the Atlantic, but the Bay of Biscay is certainly the greatest thing I have struck. A number of us passengers on board the "Galician," are thinking of floating a company to build a bridge across this bay. We know that it would be useless to float this company on the Bay, for the structure could not stand the strain. Friends, let us in kindness, draw the curtain for the next three days, but first of all let me say that Mrs. mildly treated by some of them under the headlines of "A Carnival of Rapes." No infuriated mob of "citizens" thronged the streets howling for an opportunity to disgrace the city and state by taking the law into their own hands. Had this been a Negro, every white thug and ruffian in the community would have lined up for a lynching bee, while the papers would have been moulding sentiment against the colored people by crying "race war," etc. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1904. Gregg, as usual, "weathered the gale" and saved every meal. After the effects of the Bay had passed away, the rest of the trip was pleasant beyond comparison, and can only be experienced, not told. We coaled at the beautiful little island of Teneriff on January 8th, were beseigned by peddlers, and saw little fellows diving in the clear water for coins. On January 11th we got our first glimpse of the "Fatherland" and saw our first kinfolks at Cape Verde. The ship, which was a vertible palace, contained a large library with the best books. You could read, play deck-quoits, deck-chips, bathe in the salt sea water, or prominate along the deck. On Jan. 18, 19 and 20 we had a series of contests, such as high-jumps, putting the weight, bolster fights, singing-the-monday, lady races, tug-of-war, etc. On January 13 we saw a water spout, and the day we crossed the Equator, we all tried to be the first to see it. On Sunday the 24th we saw several large whales, one of which came within fifty feet of the ship. On Monday morning Jan. 25, we landed here and were met by Rev. Attaway, Dr. Tanner and Master Frances Gow. Cape Town is a wondeful place; the climate is delightful—this you know is the middle of the summer here; railroads are numerous, and street cars (electric) run over the entire city. Nearly all nationalities are represented here, and but for the quaint and conservatism one might believe himself in Chicago or New York. Saturday night we were down on the streets and it was a sight to behold. Every one was out in his Sunday best, promenading, until it was one great sea of moving humanity. Not only were the sidewalks filled, but the streets as well, until the cars and carriages could scarcely move. Of course, I have had as yet, but a little glimpse of this country, but I assure you that I have by no means exausted all that I could say, but will write you more at another time. Your respectfully. JOHN A. GRECC 110 Hanover St. A CREDIT TO HIS RACE Delegates to National Convention of Mind Workers at Indianapolis, Ind., Royally Entertained. MR. ARCHIE GREATHOUSE is a great race man and took a great interest in the welfare of the colored delegates to the national convention of the United Mine Workers of America held at Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 18, '04. In addition to all what the Trades unions and the citizens at large had done to make the stay of the delegates a pleasant affair Mr. Greathouse entertained he following guests at a grand banquet: L. A. Dow, Eagle, W. Va., Riley S. Jackson, Blackton, Ala., A. W. Hopkins, Leavenworth, Kas., J. W. Hawkins, Startle, O., W.H. Betts, Mt.Pleasant MR. ARCHIE GREATHOUSE. O., Sandy Williams, Pratt Valley, Ala., Mrs. Bert Ward, Miss Minnie Suthers, Miss Lira Thompson, Indianapolis, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Robinson of Illinois, N.A. Haskins, Clinton, Ind., J.F. McIvers, Smithers, W.Va., J.S.Belle, Woodridge, Tenn., J.W. Webster, Broughton, Pa., and others. The Parker House was most beautifully decorated for the occasion. At 9:30 o'clock the guests extended their hearty appreciation to Mr. Greathouse, wishing that his future life might be crowned with success. The guests then retired to their respective places of aboard, feeling much interested in the welfare of Mr. Greathouse. HELLISH OLD MISSISSIPPI! Echoes from Our Bombardment in the South. The Plaindealer's Appeal to the Negro to Protect His Family Has Scared the Southerners, This week we publish a few echoes from the South on the proposition we offered as being the proper resort to bring about a better feeling between the whites and blacks of Mississippi. A white man, the sheriff of Leflore county Mississippi writes as follows, and as we have drawn our own conclusions, we will leave it with our readers to do likewise. He writes: GREENWOOD, MISS., 2-29, '04. N. Chiles, Esq., Topeka, Kas. I am just in receipt of a copy of your PLAINDEALER and like it so much, and I wish you would send me about one dozen more. I think if we had a plain, fearless man out here to make a few speeches along the line you write on, I am satisfied we could get this thing changed. If you could come out and spend a week or two, I'll take pleasure in taking you around. Hoping to hear from you soon and to hear that you can make the trip. I am The following letter was written by a Negro business man in the South, and tells a true story of the woes and suffering of the Southern Negro. It is time for the Negro to throw off the mask of cowardice, and protect his family and his home. Missiesippi has more Negroes than whites, and when this lawless element breaks out, the black man should meet them, and with the torch and sword, stop the wholesale butchering of his people. The late Col. Ingersoll once said, "The Negro has suffered encugh" which is true, and with a few big fires to fight and an hundred or so of graves to dig, lynchings and outrages against Negroes will stop, and Mississippi will be a good state to live in. Our colored brother's letter says: March 2, '04. THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER, Dear Sir: I received your paper and was much delighted relative to your article on the Mississippi burning. I tell you it raised hell in the South. It has thrown the state of Mississippi in a fever of excitement, and has even jarred old Vardaman nearly to death. THE PLAINDEALER voices the sentiment of the black element in South, but all Southern Negro journals are watched, and already censured by the white Southern sentiment. If a Negro editor in the South says too much about anything they don't like, they will do one of these things: They will either give him a stay away as they did Ida Wells, of Memphis, or they will kill him as they did Neely, of Forest City, Ark., and if they get angry enough, will burn him at the stake, hence the unwritten mandate; "None can survive but the cowardly and the ignorant." The humble Negro is called a good Negro on condition that he works hard and pays his debts. If he is not a hard worker, he is considered shiftless and indolent, and will soon be arrested for vagrancy and put upon some county farm owned by some white man, which condition is worse than slavery. From a Southern standpoint, the Negro that aspires for high social or political position is a mighty mean Negro and cannot last very long without concealing that ambition. I am considered a very good Negro, because I have the reputation of being a coward in the first place; humble in the second; hard-working and honest in the payment of all my debts, and finally but not least, am supposed to be devoid of any high social or political ambition. Very respectfully, N. B.—If you publish this piece, do not publish my name or the place from which it is written as it would be equivalent to the taking of my life. If you value a Brother's life, keep my name secret. — The following is a "clipping" from a Jacksonville, Fla., daily paper and was mailed to us by a friend who says, "The enclosed article has put the 'crackers' in Florida to thinking." This same article was telegraphed all over the South, and we intend to keep hammering away on this race proposition until the colored people arouse themselves to a sense of duty, and protect their families and their homes. Something must be done to check these outrages in the South. The press dispatch appeared under glaring headlines and that read as follows: RED FLAG OF ANARCHY. A Kansas Paper Advises the Negroes to Wade Through Blood. GREENWOOD, Miss., Feb. 26.—This community is aroused to a high pitch of excitement over the arrival here of several hundred copies of a newspaper called THE PLAINDEALER, published at Topeks, Kas., in which there appears under flaming headlines a six column article on the recent Doddsville lynching. The paper is edited by Nick Chiles, presumably a Negro, and all of the copies that have reached this office are addressed to Negroes. Across the top of the article in bold type appears these words: "The Negroes of Mississippi Should Seriously Consider That He Who Would Be Free Himself First Must Strike the Blow." The Negroes of Mississippi are urged to take up arms and assert their superiority over the white man. Addressing the Negro 'preachers, THE PLAINDEALER says: "We implore every Negro preacher in that state to take off his coat and organize his people to fight these outrages not only by prayer, but by force, and not until the Negroes do this will they ever amount to a pinch of snuff." Another headline in the same paper reads: "Barbarous Old Mississippi—The Negro Must Fight—They Should Organize for the Protection of Their Families and Homes—Every Negro in Mississippi Should Rise up Against These Hellish Outrages." Vituperation of the strongest soir is hurled at Gov Vardaman, who is saddled with the responsibility for the whole affair. Every copy of the paper is marked. "Special," in large red letters with a rubber stamp. Republicans Nominate a Good, Strong Ticket. Wednesday's Convention at Wichita Freed Kansas from the Clutches of Ring Rule and Bossism. The Republican State convention convened in Wichita March 9, and nominated one of the strongest tickets ever presented to the voters of this or any other state. Hon. Ed. Hoch was nominated by acclamation. The only real fight was made by a handful of "machine men" against T. T. Kelly, state treasurer, who was renominated. The following is the ticket: Governor—E. W. Hoch. Lieutenant Governor—D. J. Hanna Secretary of State—J. R. Burrow. Auditor or State—Seth G. Wells Treasurer—T. T. Kelly. Attorney General—G. C. Coleman. State Superintendent—I. L. Day- hoff. Superintendent of Insurance—C. H. Luling. Congressman-at-large—Charles F. Scott. Associate Justice—E. W. Cunning- ham. Associate Justice—W. R. Smith. Associate Justice—Clark A. Smith. Railroad Commissioners—George W. Wheatley; J. W. Robinson; A. De Walker. Negroes Take a Manly Stand Took Ohio Militia to Stop Them When Their Homes Were Assailed. The following is another sample of the hellishness in lynching, and ought to inspire the Negroes of Mississippi and South Carolina to fight for that which God intended all men should have—a fair and impartial trial before a court of justice. When a Negro is accused of a crime and a gang of lawless white thugs start in pursuit, bent on lynching him—rally together with your guns and fight and die for your rights; CHARLESTON, S. C., March 3. After taking a prominent part in the lynching of three Negroes, Section Foreman Jones of the Atlanta Coast line today confessed to the murder of his wife, for which the innocent men were mobbed. He told of the crime on his death bed. One morning during the early part of May, 1902, the body of Mrs. Jones was found in the doghouse in the rear of her yard at Ravenel. Her throat was cut from ear to ear and her head crushed in. SEARCH FOR NEGROES. The news of the terrible crime soon spread over Colleton county and armed parties were organized and the woods were scoured for Negroes, it having been stated that three Negro men were seen in the vicinity of the Jones house the morning of the tragedy. The description of the Negroes corresponded with that of Jim Black, James Ford and Thomas Pryer, who had been in the neighborhood, but had suddenly disappeared. After searching for the Negroes for a week they were arrested, taken to the scene of the crime, and swung to the limbs of trees. Jones was present and was given the opportunity of firing the first shots into their bodies. CONFESSES TO CRIME. Several weeks ago Section Foreman Jones was taken sick and Dr. Willis was called in to treat him, but he had passed all medical aid, for the disease with which he was afflicted had wrecked his entire constitution and he began to sink. Realizing that he was about to die, Jones confessed to killing his wife. "I know I am going to die, but I can't die until I tell all about killing my wife," he said to the physician. He then recited the details of the crime, declaring that he killed his wife in a moment of passion that morning in May before he left for his work. He then carried the body from the house and dumped it into the doghouse, where it was found by his little daughter a few hours afterward. Immediately after making the confession he expired. Mr. Washington on Lynching (The following letter was originally printed in the Birmingham Age-Herald, Monday, February 29, 1904, and was also sent out by the Associated Press to the newspapers of the country.) Within the last fortnight three members of my race have been burned Negroes a Man Took Ohio Militia to Their Homes The press dispatches from Springfield, Ohio, Wednesday morning, tells of intense excitement throughout that city between the blacks and whites over the lynching of a Negro and the burning of the homes of some of the colored people in the levee district. The dispatch says: "Negroes will probably avenge the burning of the levee district by firing the down-town district. The presence of the militia does not seem to quiet things very much, and more troops has been ordered." NUMBER 10. See it in Operation EN LYNCHED South Carolina Mob Takes the Lives of Three Husband of the Woman Helps Hang Negroes for the Crime of Which He Says He Was the Guilty Party. at the stake; of these one was a woman. Not one of the three was charged with any crime even remotely connected with the abuse of a white woman. In every case murder was the sole accusation. All of these burnings took place in broad daylight and two of them occurred on Sunday afternoon in sight of a christian church. In the midst of the nation's busy and prosperous life, few, I fear, take time to consider where these brutal and inhuman crimes are leading us. The custom of burning human beings has become so common as scarcely to excite interest or attract unusual attention. I have always been among those who condemned in the strongest terms crimes of whatever character committed by members of my race, and I condemna them now with equal severity; but I maintain that the only protection of our civilization is a fair and calm trial of all people charged with crime and in their legal punishment if proved guilty. There is no shadow of excuse for departure from legal methods in the cases of individuals accused of murder. The laws are as a rule made by the white people and their execution is in the hands of the white people; so that there is little probability of any guilty colored man escaping. These burnings without a trial are in the deepest sense unjust to my race; but it is not this injustice alone which stirs my heart. These scenes followed, as they are, by publication of the shocking details are more disgraceful and degrading to the people who inflict the punishment than those who receive it. If the law is disregarded when a Negro is concerned, it will soon be disregarded when a white man is concerned; and, besides, the rule of the mob destroys the friendly relations which should exist between the races and injures and interferes with the material prosperity of the communities concerned. Worst of all these outrages take place in communities where there are christian churches; in the midst of people who have their Sunday schools; their Christian Endeavor societies and Young Men's Christian Associations, where collections are taken up for sending missionaries to Africa and China and the rest of the so-called heathen world. Is it not possible for pulpit and press to speak out against these burnings in a manner that shall arouse a public sentiment that will compel the mob to cease insulting our courts, our governors and legal authority; cease bringing shame and ridicule upon our Christian civilization? BOOKER T. WASHINGTON. Tuskegee, Ala., February 22, 1904. Take only Stand to Stop Them When Were Assailed. serve the hearty commendation of all lovers of right and justice, for taking a brave stand for the protection of their families and homes. The Negro is fast learning that none can blame the man who fights for home and honor, and in time these lawless outrages against the Negro will be met with the enemy's own munitions of war—the torch and sword. The Mississippi Negro should note these facts, and fall in line with Ohio; fight for the protection of his wife and children. FRIDAY, MAR. 11, 1904 NO HARM DONE. CONGRESSMAN SCOTT must have been considerably surprised at the severe tone of ex-President Cleveland's letter to Congressman Webb of North Carolina denying that he and C. H. J. Taylor, the colored Kansas democrat, had dined together in the White house. Mr. Scott had made the statement innocently, supposing it true. He probably intended no serious reflection on Taylor's character. But the expresident grows very indignant. He speaks of "a Mr. Scott"—"a Mr. Scott" indeed, for the Congressman-at-large from the imperial commonwealth of Kansas. The ex-president is not in the habit of using such language, even when taking his pen in hand to rebuke W. J. Bryan. He then proceeds to pay a feeling tribute of friendshship to Taylor, who is now dead and unable to speak for himself. "Some persons" adds Mr. Cleveland with asperity, "restrain themselves from abusing the dead." Probably Mr. Scott had no design of reflecting upon the character of Taylor. He has accepted the ex-president's denial and apologized for his error and the incident may probably now be regarded as closed. There is still an opening however, for Mr. Cleveland to explain wherein the asperion on Taylor's character consisted.—Topeka Daily Capital. Ir is reported that Senator Ben Tillman is on the verge of mortal dissolution. If Tillman should join the hosts beyond the River Styx the Negroes of the United States should, as a unit, bow their heads in humble and sincere prayer to God for moving out of the way the greatest stumbling-block that ever balked the progress of the wheels of justice, and then ask God to let his soul down gently into the bottomless pit of hell where even the Devil couldn't comfort him by a kind word; and the day of his death should be commemorated as the day of thanksgiving by every Negro in the land. IN Ohio, the home of McKinley and Hanna, a mob of hellions have raised Hades by burning the property of the colored citizens of Springfield after lynching a Negro. It was necessary to call out the state militia to prevent the Negroes from seeking vengeance in flames, they having threatened to burn the business district of that city. This spirit is wrong, but "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" policy is sometimes necessary, and we believe the Negroes would have been justified in burning that town just to teach the lesson that outlaws can't run things to their own style and liking. We are battling for the rights of the Negroes of the United States and as long as we can breathe we shall be heard in the defense of justice and continue our fight against the wrongs that are being piled upon us. We have been too timid along these lines and the Negro press in general should belch forth words of protest. Wake up brethren and charge the enemy. We told Slow-Necker that he was too slow to even catch cold, much less catching a judicial nomination. Outside the Shawnee delegation it was not known that he was a candidate before the Wichita convention. THE Republicans in state convention assembled at Wichita this week nominated one of the strongest tickets that Kansas has had for years. There is not a weak spot in its make-up and it will sail on to victory as surely as the sun shines in the heavens. THE Republicans in state convention assembled' at Wichita paid their last respects to King Cyrus and laid his body down to rest until Gabriel shall sound the trump for the departed hosts to arise and pass in judgment before the Great Ruler. Amen! THE NEGRO'S CITIZENSHIP. Southern papers note with satisfaction that Congressman Hardwick of Georgia was greeted with applause at Boston when he expounded the southern idea of the race problem, affirming that it is the purpose of the white people of the South to govern the black and charging that the Negro has failed to make himself fit to be a citizen and a voter. There was no dissenting voice from the audience, although just across the street stood the appealing statue of William Lloyd Garrison, when Hardwick urged New England people to cooperate with the South in "establishing the Negro's political inferiority." A protest has been heard since, however, from the First Baptist pulpit of Boston, Rev. Dr. F. H. Rowley devoting a sermon to the subject last Sunday. It is worth while to note what Dr. Rowley says of the progress the ex slave has made in comparison with others in like condition in a single generation. Comparing the Russian serfs with the American Negroes he says: More briefly, now, shall I ask you to consider the charges brought against the Negro as one unfit for citizenship and incapable of rising above the level of serfdom. Permit me to use freely the words of a carefully prepared address by Mr. Talbott Williams, editor of the Philadelphia Press. Suppose that 40 years ago some one, pleading for the chance to 4,000,000 emancipated slaves to show what they could do as free citizens, had ventured the prophecy that by 1904 they would constitute one-third of the land owners in South Carol na, one-sixth of them in Louisiana, and attain the same proportion as possessors of the soil in the other slave states. Suppose he had predicted that during these 40 years, starting with absolutely nothing, the Negroes would acquire nearly 500,000,000 worth of property—Mr. Carl Schurz says $800,000,000—that multitudes of them would demonstrate the fitness to receive the advantages of the highest intellectual training, and to take their places as acknowledged leaders among their people; would not such a prophecy have seemed the promise of a progress beyond what the most hopeful would have dared anticipate? Almost at the same time that these 4,000,000 slaves were set free, 44,500,000 serfs in Russia were delivered from their thralldom. True, the Negro began his course of freedom in a land that stood in the front rank of the world's civilization. The serf, though without this advantage, was yet one in race and religion with his former masters. "He shared the same white Aryan blood. He had been trained by a thousand years of local self-government. Free up to two centuries before, he had never been a chattel, and was at the most a serf bound to the soil. The Negro was an alien by color, by race and by land. A gulf of prejudice, of color, of different development, of altogether separate continental origin, divided him from the community in which he was free. For the Russian serf $700,000,000 was expended by the state in providing him with land. For the American Negro not a penny was provided from lands which his industry alone had made valuable. Both began in absolute illiteracy. The Negro came of a race which had never known letters, the serf of a stock which had inherited the learning of the Byzantine empire. Forty years have passed. Among the serfs not one in 10 can read and write. Not one child in 14 attends school. Today 45 per cent of the adult Negro population can read and write, where of the Russian serfs 80 per cent are still illiterate. ton champion of the ex slave thinks it required extreme effrontery for a Georgia Congressman to ask the sympathy and co-operation of New England in the southern effort to compel the Negro, in the words of Hardwick, "quietly and peaceably to assume that inferior position for which nature and training have fitted him." Representative Hardwick's effrontery is not so surprising as the calmness with which a New England audience heard him through apparently rather approvingly than otherwise. The Negro insisting on his citizenship rights may have some Northern friends, but to all appearance they are few and their friendship is of a lukewarm quality.—The Topeka Daily Capital. Pen and Pencil Club. WASHINGTON, D. C., March 5. The insiduous attempts to prove that the American Negro is an undesirable element of the population, seen in the recent fulminations of Dixon in his "The Leopard's Spots," Vardaman in his inaugural address and in other equally insensate utterances, has received a severe rebuke from a Southern authority whose knowledge of conditions in the South is undeniable. The most recent number of the Saturday Evening Post, of Philadelphia, devotes two entire pages to a discussion by Joel Chandler Harris in which that distinguished author practically confesses that, so far as the immediate interests of the white race are concerned, there is no Negro problem; that the presence of the Negro in any locality is not a menace to order; that the education of the Negro involves no special problem; that there is no such widespread lack of industry as would constitute a problem, and finally, that the cry of threatened social equality now so often heard is but a bugaboo. Throughout the discussion by Mr. Harris there is a notable absence of demagogic trickery and he approaches the subject in a dispassionate, philosophic spirit which must command the admiration even of those who do not endorse his views. It is not surprising that, in view of his Southern birth and training, he fails to duly appreciate the subjective aspects of the Negro's problem. He either ignores or fails to suspect the existence of proscription against the cultivated coloured gentleman; he sounds no note of sympathy for the black youth, intelligent and aspiring, against whom the door of opportunity in so many lines is effectually closed; and yet withal one can but feel that he is the true friend of the black citizen, and that he is dominated by a healthy optimism for the future. A few excerpts from Mr. Harris' article will disclose the nature of his arguments and bring to surface the surprising admissions hinted at above. He says, in part: "Before venturing on a direct answer to Mr. Schurz? question, 'Can the South Solve t e Negro Problem?', let us discover if we can what the Negro problem is. ** Is it a lack of industry among the Negroes? Is it concerned with Negro labor? In some sections, of course, there a difficulty at critical times in securing a sufficiency of labor, but the labor question is far more unsettled and unsatisfactory elsewhere than it is in the South. The Negro is still working on the farms, sometimes for himself, sometimes for others. He is not engaged in fermenting labor disturbances; and he is doing far better than any one thought he would do. Figures authorized by the Comptroller-General of Georgia show that during the year just closed the Negro paid taxes on about $17,000,000; and this in view of the manifold difficulties under which he has labored—the chief difficulty being his ignorance—is something more than a good showing. The real value of the property must be in the neighborhood of $25,000,000. Certainly there is no problem in this; on the contrary, it disposes of the problem of idleness and thrift. "Neither can it be education; for it is conceded on all sides that an enlightened Negro is worth three or four ignorant ones in the community in which he lives; and it is certain that if the white people of the South could perceive any dangerous problem in the education of the Negro they would not be engaged in taxing themselves in order that he may receive the benefits of education. "There are some who favor separating the Negroes and whites geographically, but I have never understood or felt that the presence of the Negroes in the South constitutes a menace to the whites. If there were any movement on foot looking seriously to the deportation of the Negro a furious protest would arise from all quarters of the South; and reasonably successful a blow would be struck at the material and industrial interests of the South from which we should not recover in a generation. "What, then, can the problem be? Judging from the protests that went up when the President dined Booker Washington, it might be supposed that the problem is social equality; and yet a little reflection should show the most ignorant of those who shrink back affrighted at so impalpable a ghost that social equality cannot be made a problem. For where will you find social equality? You will not find it among the whites, nor will you find it among Negroes. It is simply a bugaboo; for there has never been such a thing as social equality except as a matter of taste and preference. "The outcome of the great work to which the best of the Negroes have set their hands will not be witnessed in a day or generation, but will only come to pass as the result of the combined efforts of all the friends of humanity that can be mustered into service. "There is certainly a problem for the Negro to solve—the problem of moral, social and industrial development; but this is a problem with which all individuals and all races have had to contend at one time or another, and there is no solution save hard work and right living." The best sentiments expressed by Mr. Harris are in harmony with the views expressed by an eminent Philadelphia citizen, who recently said: "There is much talk about the 'Negro problem.' Much of it seems to lack sanity or knowledge. The Negro is making real progress. We believe it is the duty of every thoughtful white man to help the worthy Negro to become a better man and a more worthy citizen. Affairs are shaping themselves much as they did prior to the Civil War, when radical Negro-haters first took one aggressive step and then another in pressing the liberty-loving citizens to the wall on the slavery question till compromise became impossible and slavery was killed at Appomattox. So now the same breed of Negro-haters are pressing for the nullification of all post bellum legislation conferring citizenship and suffrage upon the freedmen, and they will continue to do so till the nation is a second time compelled, bloodlessly perhaps, to reassert its faithfulness to the Declaration of Independence, and its appreciation of the statesmanship of Lincoln, Wade, Wilson Sumner, Trumbull, Morton and Grant, as against that of Gorman, Carmack, Money, Hardwicke, Tillman and Bryan." Don't Borrow Newspapers. A man who was too economical to subscribe for a paper sent his little boy to borrow the copy taken by his neighbor. In his haste the boy ran over a $4 stand of bees and in ten minutes looked like a warty summer squash. His cries reached his father, who ran to his assistance, and failing to notice a barbed wire fence, ran into that, breaking it down, cutting a handful of flesh from his anatomy and ruining a $4 pair of pants. The old cow took advantage of the gap in the fence, got into the cornfield and killed herself eating green corn. Hearing the racket, the wife ran, upset a four-gallon churn full of rich cream into a basket of kittens, drowning the flock. In the hurry she dropped a $25 set of false teeth. The baby, left alone, crawled through the spilled milk and into the parlor, ruining a brand-new $20 carpet. During the excitement the oldest daughter ran away with the hired man, the dog broke up eleven setting hens and the calves got out and chewed the tails of four fine shirts. —Ames (Okla.) Enterprise. SPRINGFIELD, MO. The Lord is with us—the God of Jacob is saving and blessing the people. The greatest revival in the history of Benton Chapel A. M. E. church is now going on. The church will not hold the people. There have been 125 conversions and reclaimants to the church up to date and altar crowded around with mourners. Some of the best business men and women have been converted in this revival. Rev. R. Bartleson of St. Louis, the great revivalist, is assisting in the meeting, and he knows how to capture the backsliders and bring sinners to the mercy seat. Hoping our many friends will pray God's continued blessings upon us, I am Youra for the Master, READ The Plaindealer! And be wise. Keep Posted Always. CUTS Engraving Dept. of the Mail and Breeze (Topaka) makes our CUTS. KANSAS CITY, MO. The Central Missouri M. E. conference is in session here this week, Bishop Walden presiding. The Rev. Dr. Snelson, P. E., held one of the grandest quarterly meetings at Allen Chapel last Sunday ever enjoyed in this city. Great throngs crowded the auditorium at the three services. Dr. Snelson preached a wonderful sermon at 11 o'clock on "The Sacred Ark of the Lord." About twenty-five ministers, including our much beloved Bishop C. T. Shaffer, attended the 3 o'clock service of the quarterly communion. Dr. Peck reported 116 additions to membership for the quarter. Several were converted and baptized Sunday. The love feast Monday night was attended by more than 500 persons. Dr. Snelson, as presiding elder, is being praised and honored on every hand. The W. C. T. U. will tender Mrs. Lucy Thurman, national temperance lecturer, a grand reception on Thursday, the 17th, from 3 to 6 o'clock p.m. at the magnificent residence of Judge and Mrs I. F. Bradley. This organization has 35 members and is doing a great temperance, child-culture and social reform work. The city is filled with visitors and politics is rampant. Mrs. Ada Lee is operating a neat restaurant at 805 Independence avenue, and is supplying a long felt want in that locality. Meals and lunch at all hours. The Scott hotel, 412 414 East Third street is the only all around accommodation house in the city. Meals and rooms first-class. Has billiard hall in connection. Wm. Scott, prop. When wishing to spend a few idle moments, stop in at Drives Apex, John Gardner and Tom Morehead, prope. They are doing a first class business and solicit your patronage. Gibbs and Avery are operating the White Front social club at 1211 E. Eighth street, and are successfully using the influence of their two stewards, who are without doubt two of the greatest friend makers in Kansas City, "Pete" Fenny and William Baker. Kirk Ford, the efficient steward at the Olympic club is still entertaining at the old quarters, Sixth and Grand. Kirk is a Brunswick, Mo. boy, and is a brother ro Chas, Ford, the "Circus King." Ed Bradford and Dan Martin are running things at 727 Independence avenue and are always glad to welcome strangers. They are making extensive preparations for those attending the Masonic festival March 20th. That long-looked-for California opportunity is here at last. March 1 to April 30, the Rock Island System will sell "tourist" tickets to principal points in California at the low rate of $25.00 FROM TOPEKA. See Rock Island agent for rates to intermediate points. Tickets are good in Tourist Sleepers, which the Rock Island run daily, Chicago and Kansas City to Los Angeles and San Francisco by way of El Paso; three times a week via Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City. Tickets and berths at this office. -BLACK BEAUMONT!- A few days ago there was put down a well in the southeast part of this city, which produced a flow of oil that discharged at the rate of 35 barrels in 15 minutes. This oil has been tested and proven to be among the finest oil in the world-far superior to the Famous Beaumant Oil, and equal to the Pennsylvania product and Valued at $2.00 per Barrel. The colored people own nearly all the lands adjoining this well, and all the lands 40 miles—North, South and West. A company has been formed by these people, and incorporated under the laws of the United States to develop this oil belt. For a few weeks we will sell stock in this company at in order to raise funds for developing this property by sinking a half dozen wells at once. Now is the time for the colored people everywhere to get into a "Bona Fide" Oil Company, with their own people as managers. This is no "wild cat" concern and your investments are absolutely safe. We have 30 acres in the oil fields now discovered, worth at least $10,000.00 per acre. Buy oil stock in this company NOW. It will double in value every six months. Address GEO. F. NAVE, Secretary and General Manager, 2081 Broadway, Muskogee, I. T. UNTIL APRIL 30. 1904. The Union Pacific will sell One-Way Colonist Tickets at the following rates: $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, and many other California points. $20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City. $20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and Helena. $22.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee, Washington. $25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven, Whatcom, Van- ancouver and Astoria. $25.00 to Portland, Astoria, or to Tacoma and Seattle. $25.00 to Ashland, Roseburg, Eugene, Albany and Salem, via Portland. REDUCED RATES TO CALIFORNIA March 1 to April 30. That long-looked-for California at last. March 1 to April 30, the Ro sell "tourist" tickets to principal po low rate of $25.00 FROM TO See Rock Island agent for rate Tickets are good in Tourist Sl Island runs daily, Chicago and Kansas and San Francisco by way of El Paso Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City Tickets and berths at this off A. W. LACEY, Ticket Agt., North Topeka. Rock Island System -BLACK BEAUTY A few days ago there was put down southeast part of this city, which pet oil that discharged at the rate of 2 minutes. This oil has been tested among the finest oil in the world—the Famous Beaumant Oil, and equivsylvania product and Valued at $2.00 per Bar The colored people own nearly all joining this well, and all the lands South and West. A company has these people, and incorporated under United States to develop this oil by weeks we will sell stock in this com 10c on the Dollar in order to raise funds for developing by sinking a half dozen wells at one time for the colored people everywye "Bona Fide" Oil Company, with as managers. This is no "wild on your investments are absolutely safe acres in the oil fields now discover $10,000.00 per acre. Buy oil stock NOW. It will double in value every Address GEO. F. NAVE, Secretar 2081 Broadway, M. To many points in the state of California EVERY DAY UNTIL APRIL 30.15 The Union Pacific will sell One-W Tickets at the following rates: $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Diego, and many other Cali $20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake C $20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and H $22.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee $25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven, W A. M. FULLER, C. P. A., Topeka. AUMONT! at down a well in the which produced a flow of 35 barrels in 15 eststed and proven to be world—far superior to equal to the Penn- Barrel. early all the lands ad- lands 40 miles—North, has been formed by under the laws of the oil belt. For a few company at developing this property once. Now is the everywhere to get into a with their own people old cat" concern and sale. We have 30 covered, worth at least stock in this company every six months. Secretary and General Man- Muskogee, I. T. RATES ... To many points in OREGON and Washington DAY NO. 1904. One-Way Colonist Los Angeles, San or California points. Ke City. CITY ANNOUNCEMENTS I hereby announce my candidacy for councilman from the Sixth ward subject to the city Republican primaries March 16, 1904. Wm. A. MEYERS. I hereby announce my candidacy for councilman from the Fourth ward, subject to the city Republican primaries to be held March 16, '04. S. S. RICE. I hereby announce my candidacy for councilman from the Second ward, subject to the city Republican primaries to be held March 16, '04. CHAS. K. HOLLIDAY. I hereby announce my candidacy for councilman from the Third ward subject to the city Republican. primaries to be held March 16, 1904. MOSES SNATTINGER. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Mrs. Susie Pace is visiting friends in Kansas City. Mrs. Scott of Twelfth and Lime streets continues very ill. J. R. Ransom, P. E., visited with his family a part of the week. Hiram Davis is seriously ill at his home, Fourteenth and Quincy. Mrs. E. W. Matley of 1155 Clay street is numbered among the sick. Miss Lena Thompson is still quite ill at her home on East Fifth street. Mesdames Julia Brown and J. M. Wright have recovered from their recent illness. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Porter left Tuesday afternoon to reside in Kansas City, Mo. Miss Belle Holford left Saturday for Chicago, where she expects to remain some time. Miss Mabel Bryant Sundayed in Wamego, Kansas. She reports an excellent time. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter of 1001 Woodward avenue is very ill. Miss Inez Woods is home again, after a few days visit in Kansas City with relatives and friends. R. V. Ridley and family are still in quarantine for smallpox at their home, No. 3 Oak street. Miss Arnicholas Chiles returned Sunday from Atchisor, where she visited Miss E'eanor Hudson. Mrs. Benj. Gaines returned last Sunday from Chicago, where she has been visiting the past few weeks. Rev. C. G. Fishback left last Monday for Denver, where he has been engaged to assist in revival meetings. The Ladies' Shamrock club will meet Tuesday, March 15, with Mrs J. H. Stewart, 1827 Van Buren St. Mrs. Gertrude Overr left last Tuesday for Leavenworth, where she will visit with her mother, Mrs. Addie Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. John Pegg of Omaha, Neb. are receiving congratulations on the birth of a fine baby boy born Tuesday. Mrs. Mary Barnes was called to Columbus, Ohio last Saturday on account of the serious illness of her mother. The city federation will hold its regular monthly meeting at the Congregational church in Tenneseetown Monday at 2 p. m. Rev. W. A. Magette passed through the city en route to St. Joseph last Wednesday, and was a caller at THE PLAINDEALER office. Mrs. Ford of Burlingame arrived in the city Wednesday to attend the M. E. conference. While here she was the guest of her daughter, Miss Lela Ford. Miss Georgia Hamilton of the State Normal, who has been visiting friends and relatives in Topeka, returned to Emporia last Sunday to resume studies at school. Last Sunday was Quarterly meeting at St. John's A. M. E. church. The three services were well attended, and the quarterly report one of the most successful of the year. The president of the Ne Plus Ultra club requests the presence of every member on important business at the residence of Mrs, Shuck, 1236 Lincoln street, Friday, March 20, 1904. The members of the Golden Rod club were royally. entertained last Friday evening by Miss Hattie Wal- ton. Invited guests were Miss Corrine Bennett and Mrs. Allen Alex ander. We wish to extend our heartfelt thanks to the many friends who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our daughter and sister. D. W. HARDIMAN AND FAMILY The Sewing circle of St. John's A. M. E. church met last Wednesday with Mrs. Roht. Roland, Fifteenth and Adams. Quite a number of the ladies were in attendance. An excellent lunch was served. James Bertha came up the first of the week and accompanied his family to Kansas City, where they will permanently reside. Their many friends regret their sudden departure, but wish them much success in their new location. Ex-County Commissioner Bradford Miller has presented the Industrial institute with a Poland China hog which he won in a contest, having solicited the largest number of subscribers for the Wallace Farmer of De Mohnes, Iowa. 一 Died-at the home of Mrs. Mary Robertson on Taylor street last Monday morning, the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robertson, aged three months. Funeral services were held at the home Tuesday at 2 p.m. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of their many friends. Services at the First African Baptist church were well attended. Rev. C. H. Duvall preached an able sermon and administered the Lord's Supper. He was assisted by Rev. G. D. Olden. After the C. E. meeting in the evening Rev. Duvall preached the first of a series of sermons on "Geology." Joseph Posey and mother were called to Kansas City Tuesday to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law and son-in-law, Mr. S. B. Turner. Mr. Turner was a school teacher, and has many warm friends in Topeka, who will be pained to hear of his death. A wife and three children surviv. him. Dr. B. A. McLemore of Fort Scott arrived yesterday to visit his sister, Mrs. M. J. Harris. Doc is one of the old timers of Southern Kansas, and has many warm friends in Topeka, who are glad to see him. He is a candidate for lay delegate to the M. E. general conference, and we would be pleased to see him elected. At Shiloh Baptist church last Sunday morning at 11 o'clock Rev. C. G. Fishback, assisted by Rev. P. Johnson, baptized twenty-two converts. The service was largely attended and was very impressive. In the afternoon the Lord's Supper was celebrated and the right hand of fellowship extended to the new members. Miss Lydia Hardiman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Hardiman, died last Thursday, aged 18 years, at their home, 1801 Kansas avenue. She had been ill a short time with disease of the lungs. Funeral services were held at the C. M. E. church, conducted by Rev. Berry. She leaves mother, father, sister and two brothers to mourn her demise. Interment in Topeka cemetery. In our recent visit to Washington school we were indeed pleased to note the wonderful progress that is being made by the pupils in all the grades, and were especially impressed by the haudsome paintings which adorned the walls of Principal John L. Harrison and Ass't Principal E. Ridley's class rooms. These paintings are all made by the pupils and not only are a credit to them, but to their instructors as well. INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE NOTES. Quarterly Examinations last week at the Western Tuskegee have aroused considerable interest, as the Supremacy of the Western states is decided in this manner. The Booker Washington Literary of the Western Tuskegee elected new officers last week as follows: Matthew Seymour, Colorado, President; Miss Elizabeth Brown, Indian Territory, Viee-President; Miss Elnora Brown, Loring Secretary; Isaac Manlove, Halliday, Treasurer; Wm. Alexander, Colorado, Manuel Reader; Fred. McNeal, Oklahoma, Journalist; Willis Jenkins, Topeka, Chap lain. A program consisting of Musical and Elocution selections will be rendered by the teachers of the Western Tuskegee, March 19th, for the purpose of elevating the ideals of the attending students along these lines. The subject of last Sunday Night's talk to the students was "Why we we are here" by Prof. M. W. Freeman. Principal Carter filled the pulpit at Asbury M. E. Church, N. Topeka, last Sunday. The Institute Baseball Team would like to get a game with one of the teams from Topeka. The City merchants will put up suitable prizes for this occasion. Capt. C. E. Griffith, one of the companions and co-workers of John Brown was an agreeable caller at this office yesterday. He is a printer of the old school, and published his first edition of his first Kansas newspaper in 1857, at Osawatomie on the battle-ground of John Brown in 1856. Mr. Griffith is an interesting talker, and the story of his bidding Brown and Kagi on the eve of their departure to Harper's Ferry, from the Snyder cottage, is related by him in a touching and feeling manner. Mr. Griffith is very patriotic, and sternly denounces the encroachment of one citizen on another's rights, but cherishes the act of John Brown as little short of the Immaculate. God bless the old fellow and keep him whole. Locations in Kansas Wanted. The Frisco System Land and Immigration association is already turnite share of the southwestern tide of immigration to Kansas. Three hundred and fifty agents of this Association from the East and North have just completed a tour of the Southwest and viewed its resources and interviewed its landowners and local Association agents, for the sole purpose of better presenting Southwest opportunities to the homeseeker and investor in the older states. This Association is the most efficient of its kind in existence, and has agents everywhere in the United States. If you wish to sell your farm, town or other property, or if you desire capital for factories, mercantile establishments, or any of the industries, please address R. S. LEMON, Secretary Immigration Bureau, Dept. A, Frisco Building, St. Louis, Mo. S. A. HUGHES, General Immigration Agent. LOW RATES TO THE SOUTHWEST VIA THE FRISCO SYSTEM. On above mentioned dates the Frisco System will sell one-way tickets to all points in Oklahoma and Indian Territories at rate of $6.50. On same dates will sell one-way tickets at rate of $8.00 and round trip tickets at rate of $15.00 to all points in Texas east of and including Amarillo, Quanah, Vernon, Ft.Worth, Brownwood, Brady, San Angelo, Waco, San Antonio, Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi and Rock port. Call on your nearest ticket agent for detailed information, or write J. C. LOVRIEN, Ass't Gen'i Pass'r Agt, Kansas City, Mo Lithograph Picture of Booker T. Washington, 22x28 inches, sent to anyone on receipt of 25 cents. Persons wishing to act as selling agents, send price for picture and terms.-T. T. Attwell, General Sales Agent, Tuskegee, Alabama. (P. O. money or express order.) TWO RACKS O EXAS and principal points in Texas and the Southwest. This train is new throughout and is made up of the finest equipment, provided with electric lights and all other modern traveling convenience. It runs via our now completed Red River Division. 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Every day from March 1 to April 30th, 1904, the Union Pacific will sell One-way Colonist tickets at the following rates: $20.00 to Ogden and Salt Lake City. $20.00 to Butte, Anaconda and Helena. $22.50 to Spokane and Wenatchee, Washington. $25.00 to Everett, Fairhaven, Whatcom, Vancouver and Astoria, via Huntington and Spokane. $25.00 to Portland and Astoria; or to Tacoma and Seattle, via Huntington and Portland or via Huntington and Spokane. $25.00 to Ashland, Rosebud, Eugene, Albany and Salem, via Portland. $25.00 to San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and many other California points. J. C. FULTON, Depot Agt., or F. A. Lewis, City Tkt. Agt., 525 Kansas Avenue. WILEY JONES, W. D. COX Proprietors. The Jones Hier Muskegee Indian Territory. First-class accommodations— Seventy-five rooms—Newly opened, Europe in plan. Phones { New 179 Old 1302 Fred M. Stonestreet. WOODMEN R.S.L.O.R. PROTECTION Independent Phone No 939. Night Phone 179% New Night Bel St. Joseph, Missouri. G. W. Hamilton- Topeka, Kansas. Knights and Ladies of Protection A NATIONAL FRATERNAL INSURANCE SOCIETY Issues policies... 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 SOUTHWEST SYSTEM. 929 Kansas Avenue Dr. J. E. Porter. Physician and Surgeon. Office Hours {10 to 12 a.m. 3 to 5 p.m. 7 to 8 p.m. Ind. Phone 959. 406 Kas. Ave. WAITERS AND PORTERS' Headquarters! CHAS. PHELPS' Barber Shop is where you meet them. The leading barber shop in the city. MRS. V L. NORTH'S Hotel and Cafe Neatly Furnished Rooms Phone 2812 Walnut 2 Rings 1001-1005 E. 18th Street Rev. J.W.Wilson of the A.M. E. church, has begun a revival meeting. He is expecting Rev. J.R. Ransom to assist him. Benjamin Hayes, one of the pioneer residents of this city, and an old and respected citizen, departed this life Mar. 1, at the age of 70 years. Funeral services were held at the A.M.E. church, conducted by Rev. J.W.Wilson. A wife, three daughters and a host of friends mourn his demise. He was a devoted and faithful member of the A.M.E. church. The interment was in Evergreen cemetery. Rev. J. A. C. Wade of the M. E. church left Wednesday for his conference. A home talent minstrel company known as the "Colored Elks" which is managed by Whitaker and DeLoyd, will appear at the Davidson theatre on the 28 and 29 inst. The "Smart Set" club met on the 7th and decided to entertain again on the 18th inst. J. I. Curry has been visiting in Parsons and the southern part of the state for a few days. BALDWIN, KANSAS. A merry crowd gathered at the home of Joseph Jefferson and wife on Tuesday evening of last week in honor of their daughter, Mrs. Robert Worthy, who has been visiting here several weeks, and all enjoyed a pleasant time. Mrs. Robert Worthy who has been visiting her parents, has returned to her home in Denver. The girls club met with Mrs. Maurine Crosby on Wednesday evening of last week. The evening was spent in games and music, and Miss Yates of Kentucky rendered a charming vocal solo, after which refreshments were served. All report a good time. Next meeting with Miss Forestine Wright. Mrs. Rena Colstin is expected here soon from Denver to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson. Miss Dottie Parks is slowly improving from a severe attack of la grippe. Rufus Albretun is slowly improving from an operation performed some time ago. MEXICO, MO. Mrs. E. J. Cooper died at her home about 1 o'clock March 1, after a short illness. She leaves a husband, a child and four step children, a mother, a sister and two brothers, and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her demise. Deceased was 31 years of age. She was a true wife, a loving mother and a devoted Christian. She was a faithful member of the Majestic Temple No. 73, S. M. T. She was loved by all who knew her, for she possessed a winning way and to know her was to love her. She has been the leading soloist in St. Luke's M. E. church for a number of years. But now she will mingle her voice in that heavenly choir. She will be greatly missed in the home, the church, and in the Temple. The many friends mourn and are in deep sympathy with the bereaved ones. Rev. J. C. Ellis, of Fulton, conducted the funeral services the following Thursday afternoon from St. Luke's and the remains were interred in the city cemetery. Mrs. Octavo Dishman of Denver is the guest of her husband's mother, Mrs. M. Dishman. Miss Ruth Cooper, of Lincoln Institute, Mrs. I. L. Cooper of St. Louis, Mrs. Braxton Isaac of Kansas City, and Roy Cooper of St. Louis, attended the funeral of their mother. Joe Fantroy's family has been seriously ill, but are better. The Thimble club met at the home of Mrs. C. H. Duvall last Thursday afternoon and she surpassed the other ladies by passing refreshments. Mrs. J. H. Walker and Miss Anna Ekelbrett entertained the Sunday school teachers Friday evening of last week in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Duvall. J. H. Walker returned home from Kansas City last Wednesday evening, being called by the death of his father, J. Walker. Rev. C. H. Duvall, who has been our beloved and devoted pastor for the past 19 months, has found it wise and best to sever his connection with our church and people. While we sincerely regret the loss of our pastor we part with him consolled with the fact that what is our loss is the great gain of that part of the Master's vineyard in which his time and talents are to be expended. While Rev. Duvall has been in our midst he has proved himself to be a worthy Christian and pastor, and a man of great ability. We extend to him our most sincere wishes for his future well being and happiness, wishing for him from his congregation all the encouragement and assistance which a noble Christian gentleman and a zealous and faithful servant of God should be, and we regret much to lose his beloved family. Now, since Rev. Duvall has gone, none need to knock but the righteous WINFIELD. KAN Sterling Simpson returned last week from Wichita. H. C. Carter, one of the jurors for this term of court, spent last Sunday at his home in Ark.City. Charley Franklin was up from the New Kirk crusher visiting home folks. Henry Evans was up from Ark. City last week visiting with friends. John Perry of Ark. City, who has been cooking at Sedan, was in the city Saturday en route home. J. C. Fowler is moving to Oklahoma and A. Monroe has moved into the rooms over the First National bank formerly occupied by him. Rev. J. H. Van Lue preached at the 2d Baptist church Feb.28 to good congregations. Charles Edwards left for the South last week. Will Brown returned last week from a business trip to Independence. There was a mock trial at the 2d Bap. literary last Friday night which caused much enjoyment. P. H. Jackson was charged with petit larceny, and the prosecuting attorneys were J. W. Wood and S. S. Bandy; J. W. Jackson and G. W. Ambler acting for the defendant. J. C. Fowler acted as sheriff; Wm. Wilkins, judge; A. L. Nichols, stenographer, and J. W. Walker, clerk. Six jurors decided he was not guilty. A. L. Nichols read very a interesting paper. ATCHISON. The Thelmanians, the ladies Leap Year club, which gave the party at the True Eleven hall on Thursday evening of last week, can rightfully feel proud of the event. Their delicate and tasteful hands had artistically decorated the hall and when the gentleman each lady brought in a hack alighted, ascended the stairway, and conducted into the hall with its rich palace-like appearance he was loud in his praise of the ladies. Davis' orchestra rendered high class music which was very entrancing. The colored electric lights added to the attractiveness of the many most beautiful costumes. This first-class social event will be recorded in our memory for years and years to come. Politicians, led by a rich Republican, are trying to keep the Negro out of office and every other share of the spoils and we do not blame the thinking Negro men from grumbling. Miss Arnicholas Chiles, of Topeka, daughter of Hon. Nick Chiles of The PLAINDEALER, and a very charming little lady, visited Miss Elnora Hudson three days of last week and was the guest of honor at the Leap Year party. Virgil Mosley, whose friends were everywhere, died on the 3d inst., the immediate cause being hemorrhages from the bowels, with a complication of typhoid fever. Funeral services were conducted at Ebenezer Baptist church, under auspices of the True Eleven, Rev. Wm. Smothers officiating. Willis W. Mosley, of Lincoln, Neb., with his wife, was here attending his brother's funeral. OLATHE PICKINGS. The annual installation of the officers of the Apostolic Aid society, in charge of Rev. J. W. Wilson of Leavenworth, was held at the 2d Baptist church on the evening of the 7th inst. and the following officers installed: Rev. B. Beasley, pres.; Mrs. M. E. Ross, vice pres.; Miss L. Johnson, rec. sec.; Miss Lida Crump, financial sec.; Mrs. K. Beasley, treas.; Rev. J. W. Allen, chaplain; Mrs. S. J. Rollins, critic; Wm. Robinson, orator; Mrs. Hudson, lark; Mesdames Young, Johnson and Rice and Messrs. Johnson and Levels,sick committee; Messrs. Young, Jenkins and Levels, committee on program. The order of exercises was very impressive and much appreciated by a large audience. A reception was given by the society and an elegant 3-course supper was served to about fifty guests by the following committee—Mrs. S. J. Rollins, Misses Ada Johnson and Lida Crump. At a late hour all departed, declaring the Apostolic Aid society a success in every particular. Rev. J. W. Gordon of Newton preached Sunday at the Baptist church. Miss Sadie Phelps of Emporia spent last Friday and Saturday as a guest of Miss Odell Locke. The young men of the city are preparing for a swell Easter party April 4th. The second quarterly meeting of the year will be held at the A.M.E. church Sunday. Rev. J. W. Braxton, presiding elder, will be present. MANHATTAN, KANS. Mrs. A. Hinton, who has been very ill for several weeks, is reported some better. Rev. John King of Leavenworth, has accepted the pastorate of the 2d Bap. church. We hope that the church will soon hoist her banner and do a great work this year for the Lord, and we extend to Rev. King a hearty welcome, hoping that he will be able to lead the church on to victory. We Do Job Printing. The Big Trees OF California. The age of these collossi is from 1,500 to 2000 years. 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