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Negroes of Texas, Call Upon the Baptist Preachers Who Indorsed the Burning of Davis, and Build a Fire Around the Whole Gangl VOLUME VII. TEXAS NEGROES MUST FIGHT! The Brutal Burning of a Texas Negro Should Be a Keynote for the Blacks of That Verily again, the world has been shocked by the burning of another Negro in Texas. Think of it! In broad daylight, without any sort of disguise, over 500 criminals or barbarians took the law into their own hands and burned a human being at the stake upon the old "chestnut" charge of outraging a white woman in or near Ft. Worth, Texas. Does any sane man believe the threadbare falsehood that the Negro confessed that he outraged the fendish woman who laid the damnable charge to him? No sane man cognizant with southern ideas and conditions believes a Negro committed an outrage upon the person of the white woman who claimed that the Negro, Davis, who was burned at the stake by a dastardly inhuman mob at Ft. Worth the other day. The world is too familiar with the past in such cases to believe that a Negro or the Negro did deliberately assault the white woman. If the Negro did commit a crime with the white woman, it may have been thus: The woman was probably a paramour of the man for several years, and living an unholy life until their crime was exposed, and then, to save herself, she "squealed" on him; or it may be that she had been intimate with some other Negro and, having her sins uncovered, in order to save her black sweetheart and herself, she raised an alarm and the first Negro that was brought to her, by prearrangement with the mob, she lays the crime to Davis, and the mob, as a hyena, thirsting for blood and the vengeance of a supposed crime, without waiting for the law to take its course, chained the innocent being to the stake and set fire to fagots which had been piled about him, and in fiendish glory watched the flames as they ascended to the skies, so deep in their hellishness that for the time being they were unconscious of the fact that a human being was being burned in that flame to satiate their bloody and heinous cravings. Readers, the writer was in the city of Coffeyville, Kans., at the time the town was in an uproar over the alleged assault by a Negro on the person of a white woman. During the excitement any Negro could have been unmercifully dealt with had the supposed victim been a thoroughbred southern woman. She only had to say the word and lay the charge upon a known Negro and the town would have been ablaze from all sections, for the Negroes were as much determined to put a stop to such flendish acts as the whites were to perpetrate them. After the old chestnut charge was published abroad and the Negroes had been accused by the Associated Press as demons, fiends, etc., it was proven that a lie had been published and spread broadcast by the act of a woman who had probably been caught by her husband in the early hours of the morning in the embrace of a blackened demon, the paramour of the woman, and in order to shield herself she tried to put the blame on a Negro, crying "assaulted by a black brute," but taking care not to say a "blackened face brute." For a whole week the town and country was searched for a very black Negro, and as no such culprit existed none was found in form or name. Bloodhounds were secured to trail a Negro, but these dogs seemed to have trained in a different way and made straight to a factory where only white men worked at every trial. Finding no Negro could be trailed the hounds were shipped back home, labelled "N. G.," and the search given up. The excited and outragged citizens became quiet and orderly. The above is the story in brief about the Coffeyville affair by a man who was on the scene of action. The writer could mention the lynching of the Negro at Greenville, Miss., three years ago, and others as proofs that Negroes are not guilty of the crime of outraging women. White men are in the habit of blacking their faces nowadays and committing the many crimes charged to the Negroes by the Associated Press. I for one, knowing the conditions in the South as I do, do not believe the threadbare lies coming from that or any other section when it is charged that Negroes commit assaults upon the person of white women unwillingly. It is a lie, and a barefaced one at that. THE REMEDY. How long will such deeds be allowed without redressis a question. While the president of the United States is receiving encomiums from all over the world for his statesmanship in bringing about peace between Russia and Japan, one part of his own country is bringing shame upon the whole union by its fiendish acts. Russia and Japan should now step in and demand of the president of the United States that the mob spirit so prevalent in this country be brought to an end. Will the Negroes of this nation forever submit to the indignities heaped upon them? Nay! Nay!! Not always. There is an end to all things and everything. While it is true that the passing of resolutions all over the country condemning the recent barbarous act at Ft. Worth, Texas, will do no good, yet within the breast of every Negro, North and South, a spirit manliness should be instilled, and if necessary a spirit of anarchy, for the fiendish deeds of today call for vengeance. It is time for the Negro everywhere to put no value upon his life in case of emergency. Wife, children and home must count for naught when duty calls to give up one's life in defense of his integrity. The time may come when an attempt may be made here as well as in other sections of Kansas to burn a Negro for an alleged crime of assault. No repetition of the diabolical Leavenworth affair must be permitted without resentment. The Negro must learn to apply the torch in lawless communities that will permit innocent beings to be burned at the stake to satisfy the mad spirit of a mob. The Italian way of taking revenge must be the Negro's watchword. The anarchists bind themselves to death's charlot and swear that the tyrant must leave the earth. Robert Charles of the New Orleans fame kept 10,000 men at bay for hours, until life was extinct, for he knew that to surrender was death, and to fight on meant death, but one the coward's death, the other the death of a man; and, therefore, he chose the latter, and proved a hero in death. Whenever the Negro shall conclude within himself that when accused by a devilish white woman and the cry of assault is made against him that he must arm himself and be prepared for the inevitable; for to yield without resistance is death anyhow. Solet him die fighting. We have resolved, demonstrated, pleaded and humbled ourselves before and within the law with no CONTINUED ON PAGE EIGHT. TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 15, 1905. GOV. HOCH HAS POISONED OUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM! He Brought About Disorder and Strife Where Peace and Harmony Reigned—Brown, Lincoln, Sumner and Mrs. Stowe Stood for Humanity—Hoch is Struggling to Put the Ideas of the White South in Force. Gov. Hoch and his Negro haters are ruiling the public schools of Kansas. At Bonner Springs last week at the enrollment of the pupils for school, the white and colored children appeared at the school to be enrolled but so contemptible and prejudice was the school board which is composed of Frank Warren, J. B. Waters, L. L. Halt that they ordered the two races placed in separate rooms as if one set was monkeys and the other was bears. The parents of the colored children demanded that they be enrolled in the same book along with the children of the other race. The Indian, Chinaman, Italian, Jew, Dago Filipino are competent to enter the same school room, but the poor Negro who has been robbed by the same class of white men who is now working this separation, robbed them for years and are still heaping their prejudice on them. This same class of white men who pretend that the Negro is so offensive to them and their children are not good enough to sit in the same school room with them to be educated are often after dark slipping around the colored people's homes and remaining there. God created this earth for all men without giving any special privilege to any. The schools are public and should be free as the wind that blows, and why men try to hinder the progress of others by drawing the color line is a mystery. These who do not choose to send their children to the public schools should go down in their pockets and employ private teachers to instruct their children. The laws are explicit on this and there is no color adherence thereto. It is unlawful and illegal for the principal of any school to separate the pupils, and abridge their rights in securing an education. Too much credit cannot be given to those colored women and most of the twenty in number who went to the school and demanded the rights of their children. If the parents would do this everywhere the this thing would soon come to an end. Those white people are just the same as Jeff Davis and his gang who seceded from the union and had to be whipped back and so it will be with these. All glory and honor and praise to these colored women and we hope that the mothers of Kansas City will follow in the path of those women of Bonner Springs. Governor Hoch's High School opened in Kansas City, Kansas last Monday and the colored children appeared at the same time the whites but were told by the white principal that they would have to report to a newly elected colored principal in the afternoon in the same building. Now we are at a loss to know what is to be gained by his devilish and unmanly method of separating children by having colored and white teachers teaching in the same building and teaching the same grades and classes, but only at different hours in the day; while they may be studying from the same book and receiving the same explanation. In these separate schools the teachers lecture on Negrology and create race prejudice as much as possible and which is the sole method by which some people keep before the public in order to exist. There are certain Negroes and whites who agree to the separation of schools and other public places in order to make a living. We are sorry this man Hoch ever came to Kansas. He is causing more trouble and turmoil among the people than ever was in the history of Kansas since she was a state. It is through such men as Hoch that this strife is kept up. If there was a bill presented for the Negro to walk on one side of the street and the white man on the other Hoch would be an favor of that because he would be afraid of a little blood shed or that two or three hot heads like himself would be killed. It is necessary for a few of these hot heads to be killed in order to bring the others to their senses. In his theory had the people of the north given over to Jeff Davis and allowed him to have his way this country would today be half free half slave, and there would have been a monarchical form of government in the United States. Kansas is now being disgraced by this class of office holders and the sooner we are rid of them the better it will be for the community. Had Hoch vetoed this bill causing the separate schools it would have ended and the schools would have settled it among the mselves, but no he desires to make himself known and show what he can do. All executive has to do is to veto a bill and then await the outcome of the people. It would have been better for him to have not signed this and let a few hot heads suffer than to have a community of ten thousand suffer by unsolicited foolishness. The Sceptre shall not depart from Judea until Shiloh comes then there will be a gathering of the people. The constitution and rights of men cannot be respected under such heads as some of the states have; and if the Indian, Chinaman, Filipino and Dago are all human and are treated as such why cannot the Negro and if there is a reason we would like to be informed. Washington, D. C., Aug. 16. Officeholders and officeseekers in the ranks of the colored people here are much excited over what appears to be a political oculone, moving rapidly eastward from the neighborhood of Western Kansas. The once who have been watching the course of this political disturbance say it seems to be headed direct for the treasury building in this city, and because of its formidable size and strength there is grave fear on the part of many, lest the Lyons' lair be destroyed. The Kansas congressional delegation, so the rumor goes, has gone to the president and requested the scalp of the register of the treasury, Judson W. Lyons, who has held this office since McKinley's first administration. These influential politicians and members of Congress from Kansas and the West in general want Mr. Lyons' place for W. T. Vernon, the brilliant colored politician and orator, from that state. Mr. Vernon is a man of unusual intelligence and executive ability and rendered signal service in the last campaign. He is said to be eminently fitted for the office his supporters are trying to secure for him. The delegation, it is said, who saw the president in behalf of Mr. Vernon, were much pleased and encouraged over the prospects of securing the place. It appears that the advisibility of making the change was in part left to Secretary of the Treasury Shaw, under whose department the register's office is operated. A report is now current that a strong political deal has probably been consummated with the secretary, who is known to have presidential aspirations. Mr. Shaw will now have reasons to expect the support of the Kansas delegation in the next national convention and Mr. Vernon, the Kansas colored orator and politician, will probably succeed Register Lyons very soon. It has been long conceded by many of Mr. Lyons' friends that his present position would not be difficult to secure by some suitable, well-qualified and energetic man from a section of the country with a political worth superior to that of the present occupant, Mr. Lyons, although national committeeman from Georgia, his state, unfortunately loses much of its influence and its demands count for but very little because of its policy as regards the colored man's ballot. Besides heading a too often fickle delegation to a national convention, the politician from a state like Georgia is not able to "deliver much good" otherwise. It is plain then, that Mr. Lyons, with so weak a strategic position politically, can not hold out long with a man like Vernon from a state like Kansas. J. II. Jackson, chairman of the executive committee of the Western Negro Press association, has taken his leave from Colorado Springs, Colorado, for Muskogee, I. T., to make arrangements for the annual meeting of that association, which will be held in that city Sept. 20. The convention will be the largest in the history of the association, which is now composed of 50 of the leading Negro papers in this part of the country. One of the leading topics for discussion will be the proposed importation of foreign labor in the South. Local Negro leaders seem to favor this plan on the ground that it will raise the standard of wages. Another important subject to come before the convention will be that of separate schools for the colored children. NEGRO MECHANICS IN SAINT LOUIS St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 14.—A delegate convention of Negro mechanics, representing Missouri, Illinois and several of the southern states, convened here today to organize a Negro Mechanical association with local branches in all cities. This body is not identified with any other labor organization. Its object is co-operation for mutual benefit and opportunity for work. H. W. Pearson of St. Louis, was chosen temporary chairman, and W. P. Hennington, Jr., of Springfield, Ill., secretory. There are 30 delegates representing six states. NUMBER 36. Charles D. Clem Presents a Practical Way in Which the Negro Can Better His Condition. A few years ago the Negro was merely a big, brawny, human machine, whose muscles when brought into action by the command of his master were capable of converting the arid plains and boggy swamps, the primal sores and barren wastes into sources of boundless wealth. His every action was mechanical rather the result of sound deliberation. He sowed and reaped according to superstitious ideas of his own invention, instead of the dictates of reason, yet he had few competitors. Physical strength was then in demand, and the nearer a human being could imitate a piece of machinery in obedience and swiftness, the better workman he was thought to be. But a change came. He began to cultivate his brain and make it equal to the best brain in Christendom. In proportion to the development of his mental powers, came the ambition to do more than follow "old Beck across the plantations of the South, and with it the prejudice and opposition of his former masters. EFFECT OF EMIGRATION OF FOREIGN There used to be a number of vocations open to and followed by the Negro, but they no longer exist. Whether as bootblack, barber coachman, waiter, porter or daily laborer others are taking his place. He used to be employed on railroads in various capacities but today Greeks, Italians and men of every nationality are found instead. There is no line of industrial effort from which he is not being forced. Labor organizations are against him. No matter how good a workman, he cannot join them and be protected in his rights. The tendency to black ball him is growing stronger each year. Time would be lost in tracing the causes leading up to this condition of affairs; the question that should appeal to each man with a spark of race pride in his breast is:—shall we sit with folded arms, bewailing our misfortune, or shall we seek a remedy that will counteract these environments and elevate us above our present dependent condition? We must strike a blow in self defense. We must take a step that will make us employers, as well as employees. We must create a demand for our services and prepare places for the employment of our children who are coming from the colleges each year. How can we do this? I shall outline a plan that will appeal to any intelligent person as a step in the right direction. THE PROBLEM AND THE PLAN. One million dollars is the key to the situation. There are nearly ten million Negroes in this country and if but one-third of them can be interested in this work it could be accomplished in a short time. How can three million people be reached and brought face to face with the problem and interested in the plan of solving it? Let the representative men of each state meet in convention and organize National Development Companies, the object being to raise one or two million dollars for the purpose of starting enterprises of various kinds that will employ millions of the race at good wages and produce commodities that will be in demand. In order to simplify the work I shall discuss the working of the plan is a single state, it being understood that the methods would be the same CONTINUED ON PAGE SIX. eT’ \ e a e lee —ooOooololloeaaa)”=9qC)y—uO—uu—qu—uuququuunquueueooooeeeeeQooaeeeeaeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeoee —_—oeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee vocal fostruction will be given.| Permlseicu foe pupileto vielt Cape] present all wishing te attend ede DEOREES OF FASHION re ae ers eae ree ot Se STUDENTS special arrangerents: will be made| Town ce ropwhera sles, wii begites oe farther infermation, shou! : — sneoe | S24, tbe, material whic tired he it times ae he| address PRETTY AND CORRECT TH \t Atting lining perfectly. ~ OBJECT! for students derbrove of taking thie by the principabat such 1 enenetinnt Jouw A. Geecc. B.A. TA WEAR. ‘steht At ing Haing persectiy. “ome GD To the ex students of Lincoln Insti tuteand members of old Excelsio; society; alumni and old toverso thelustitute, greetings: It becomes our sed and painfal duty to announce to you that the en: larged portrait of that noble educs- tor, Christran gentleman, profound scholar and first Negro president of Lincoln Inetitute, Inman E. Page, which hung upon the wall of the “Page Auditorium,” named io his bonor, has been taken down and rel- egated (for some reason or cause never made knusn) bo some obscure corner ‘mid cobwebs and dust ‘This pcture was purchased by the members of the Oftd Excelsior soci ety and made by one of Lincoln's sons, (who received his firet lesson in drawing from A. Linealn, teacher Mre, J... Yates) and hung on the wall of Page Auditorium to remain aslong as the institution endured. Acommittee of students waited upon the board of regerts and by their permission gave the audito- rium its name (Page Auditorium) and placed the portrait of Inman E. Page on the walls not to dim the glo- ry or record of any succeeding pres- ident, but that the coming presidents and students might behold the like- nees ofthe mighty man, Inman E. Page, who came forth with hislan- tern bebind bim, lighting the foot- ateps of those who follow, It wasInman E. Page who built up the Inetitution from insignifi cance to that of promine ce, making possible the collegiate and industrial departments, and whose efforts gave the magn building the auditorium which bears his name, We therefore petition the faculty in friendly terms to replace said pictnre to the former position uf bopor, there to remain torever. We hope and trust that it will not be necessary to appeal to the board ot regents or the state legislature to adjnst this matter which we as lovers of Lincolo Iustitute, Inman = Page andall of the Faculty should lo. We hope that the attention of the mighty manin question will never be called to the fact that hie por- trait, which hung on the wall of the auditorium which he had labored 20 bard to erect, bad been dethroned, (Signed) Some of THE OLD Stuvents. A Kansan Conducts 0 School in Africa! The Chatsworth Mechanical, Nor- mal and Industrial lostitute is situ- ated at Greater Chatsworth via Kal- abas Kraal, forty four miles from the College building. Trains trom Cape Tewn pats on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridaye, and retura on the alternating days. Am excellent fluw of water passes through the farm on whioh the buld- fag stands, in two well developed streams which can be divertrdin any direction for irsigating purpores and which thus renders the farm an ideal one fow the purposes for which it was acquired, ‘There are fine grounds for cricket, football, baseball, teams and golf, allof which aporte will e encouraged, The college building is a brick structure 126 x 56 feet, and contains at present a large kitchen, dining toom, a chapel 84a 24 feet, shops 42 x24 teet and twenty two sleepwg rooms each 1014 x24 feet. There is space for sixteen more rooms of the same dimensions, which will be fished as necessity shall demand, ‘The Testitute is open to all who may wish to avail themselves of the opportunities it offers, and instruc. tions will be given from the primary gradesto asfar asthe students arc ablo to take up the work or care to go, The curriculum recognised by the educations) department of Cape Colony is followed eut, together with the industrial training we give, inthe industrial department we teach farming and truck gardening, dairying, stock raising, poultry- ralsicg, carpentry and cabinet. making, brick making and masonry, Students wishing to take muse will be aforded the privilege of do- jag 20 for which an exwacharge-wild be made in addiiion 00 the vegular, school fees. Both instrumental and ONE NIGHT WITH THE ELKS. COMPLIMENTARY TO CENTRAL LODGE, NO. 55, LB. P.O. or EL WESTERN UNIVERSITY, The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West. ...... DEPARTMENTS: Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal, Sub-Nor- mal, Musica! (Instrumenta! and Vocal), including piano, organ and harmony, Drawing (Fine Arts and Mechanical), Carpentry, Printing and Book-Binding, Business Course, Stenography and Typewriting, Tailoring, Dressmaking and Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming aud Gardening. ADVANTAGES; Splendid Location, Heathful Climate, Good In- fluences and Thorough Teachers. INFORMATION: For terms, prices and all inducements offered, write to William T. Vernon, A.M., D.D., _ PRESIDENT, QUINDARO. : : KANSAS. Office—Bell—““White'’4302 Phones { Residence —Belt—"West"” 15. Southwest Limited You cannot drop your napkin end pick it up in the dinieg car of The Southwest Limited. A waiter will be there with a clean ove, A porter was recently disciplined for brushing a hat with a whisk broom instead ofa brush. These are Jittle tings, but they show how excellence of service 1s maintained on the Chicago, Milwaukee and ) ’ Paul Rail {. Paul Railway. This Company owns and operates the sleeping, dining, library and all other cars on its lines, and therebore offors its patrons an excellence in equip- ment and service not obsatnablt elsewhere. The Southwest Limited leaves Kanocas City, Union Btatlon, US, p.m; Grand Avenues, 6.07 p, mm Aryives Uniom Station, Chicago, 8:55 4. m. G, L. COBB, Southwestern Feseenges Agent, 907 Main Street, Kaneas City, Mo. vocal tmstruction will be given special arrangements: will be mad for students desbrovs of taking thi branch only. Bpecialattention is drawn to the fact that “all school fees must be patdin advance, and not less thar half the amount will be accepted at the time of entry.” ‘The regolar school fees are tweuty pounds, sterling, per school year; the fees for music will be arranged for on the arrival ofthe pupils. The ethool year includes ten moaths begioning with the first Mons day in March and closing with the second Friday in December, Students are expected to supply themeelves with their own wearing apparel, bed clothes, and booke The institute provides other necessa: ties fa the forms of board, room, bed, mattress and pillows, The schoo) hours for literary tul- thon extend frum g a, m.tozp. m. with an interval for luncheon between 12andta:zop.m. Industriabhours arefrom2p m, to 4p,m, Each student will be required to doa cere tain amount of work daily io either the gardens, dairy. barns, workshops, or about the buildings. Students are directly responsible tothe principal from the time they report to him at the Inotitute until they return to theie parents or guar- dians, ot have reported to them. REE ORK AY 4 qe r a Gas v1 i” Qe ee y / ONL Se ‘Ds IL EN for the dancers, while card in evidence for those who largest event of the seas Topeka’s best class of peo} Pernafeaicn for pupils to vielt Caps Town oranywhere else, will be given by the principal at ench times ae he shall deers wise, but the conatan! yanaing to and from Cape Towa will, under no olrcummanoes be al- lowed, and durirg any temporary leave of absence, students ahall be responsible to the principal for their conduct. Should a student leave the tnati- tote before the end of the school years, or ofthe lerm for which he hes pald the wefurding of any part of his school fees is not to be ex- fanotto be enpected, This, who- ever, will be lett to the judgment of the principal, But bf the student be expelied or suspended for any serious infracwion of the rules ofthe institute, or gross immorality be will, under mo consideration have any of his money refunded to him, The school ts non-sectarian, and students are not required to take! any particular creed, Each norn- ing at the opening of echool, chapel exercises will be conducted by the members ofthe faculty or visiting fiends- Every Sunday afternoen Christian Endeaver will be held in the chapel, and irom time to time sermons, lectures, etc., will be de hivered, Aregular catalogue is being pree pared which will properly set before the public our work, but for the Tuesday evening, September 19th, the Wilson’s Summer Garden wil close the season at their beautiful park, two blockseast of the cemetery. This park has been opened the major portion of the picnec season and has established a reputation for being the most unique pleasure resort op- erates] by our people in the west. This closing picnic will be ‘one night with the Elks,"' Preparations age now under way to care for the largest crowd in the park's history. The price of admission on this oc- casion will be fifty cents per couple. The best of music will be furnished tables, croquet, swings, etc, will be vish to indulge. There will be the mm, and will be enjoyed by some of le. Bolero lines, to be at all modish, waust cling close to the figure. Ono handsome biack velvet gowa Bad applique of white kid for trim ming. ‘Moleskia will certainly be worn by those who purchased garments thereof last winter, Broad bows of pink aad Dive velvet, covered with glittering sequins, are shown for the hair. A questionable fe¢ is & slender watch chain encircling the waist and Suspending the watch In front. ‘Bile belts that match the gown are @raped tignt without buckle, delinest- ing the suppleness of the waist. ‘There was never a more favorable time to get out odd bits of old trim wing and use them to good advan tage. Narrow toes have broadened am@ wide toes have narrowed and the com Promise is m sensible and pleasing jdth. This shirt waist will be found most eacellent for all the walstings of the Season, cotton, linen, sik and woel, and fs as smart as it is simple, besides walting stout figures well, there beiag mo greater mistake extant than the theory that such are at their best im plain waists, The wide tucks at the front that give ample fullness below the atitchings, and the broad box plait at the center, are both new and desi» able, and combine moat satisfactorily with the plain back. The model te made of cheviot. white with lines ef blue, and Is worn with @ dive lines stock. But thie last can be anything eab may prefer, or can be omitted ab together in favor of ribbon tied is big bow, although It really {s s@ani- able both for this special waist and 4g @ model for’ the odd ones of whist (ore can never be too many. ‘The waist ts made with frosts and beak that are fitted by mesos of choulier nad under-arm seams, and is gathered at the waist line, the bees being drawn down smoothly, the froats mase to blouse over the belt The Gheeves are the accepted cass of the season, and are foisbed with straigh¢ @uGs, an@ the shaped stock finishes Be neck, ‘The quantity of material required Oar the medium size to 6% yards dashes wide, 4 yards 87 inedes vida, @ 8 yards 44 taches wide, wih & yuré of say width for stock. ‘Worn ut Obleage Horse Show, bm Ufecitve and cladernte white qoun tn Infia lawn and 2o0e tnsertion, geen ot th? Chienge bere show. hed & present all wishing to attend aede- airing farther infermation, should address Joun A. Graco, B.A. Greater Chatsworth, via Kalabas Kraak WESTERN UNIVERSITY. QUINDARO, Kansas, Never before in the history o! Weateru Unirersity bas the fret day ofschool beemattended with suck beight rosy proapeat an altended the opening of this institution this week Beginning witha bright, beautiful day of sunshine the incoming atu- dents arrived thick and fast, and in numbers so great that all previous records for first day altendanoe have been eclipsed. The atudente as- aembled in the old chapel, and ail the seats were filled with new faces, Inthe afternoon they were ayain assembled and histened attentively tospeechesdelivered by able and disténguished gentlemen who were visiting the grounds, among them Buhop Abram Grant, Prof. Joseph Shorter, who has taught st Walbee- force University tor 33 years, Rev. George Clark, Elder M. Colline and Trustee) R. Raoeom. The most imposing building on the campus, the pride of the oom: munity, ie che girls’ dormitory, Ward Hall. The young lady etuceats are earnest, determined and business Inoking women and have been very nicely carec for in the ounvenient quacters of thie modern structure, Work on the Tradeq Hall will be finished in the near fature, The stateofKansae is sparing veither money nor materia} iu making this a most suitable and up to-date structure for the fullest teaching and study along the lines of trades and industries, The intelligent Ne- groes of Kansas are doing their part by sending their boys and girls here in such large numbers to enjoy and profit by theseexcellent advantages, The young men and women at the university this year come with grim determined looks. bent ongrappling with ignorance, getting down toreal business, bard work and study, and resolving to make this year the greatestintheirlives, Poth, enosgy and ‘get rosulte” pervade the atu- dent body as well as faculty, The teachers forthe departments are assigned as follows; William T, Vernon. president; G. ArobieGrogg, mathematics and German; Lewis N. Spurlock, superintendent of indus. tries; Charles E. Starr, architecture and carpentry; Hasry R. Gesbam, printing and bockbinding; William B. Kennedy, tatoring; Robert G, Jackson, piano, organ and vioee culture; Albert Rosa, businesscourse and stenograpby; Rev.E.R Vaughn, jiterature aod Latin; Mrs. Sadie E. Curry, matron; Mrs.F.E.H.Wasaom, science; Miss Della G. Clark, dress- making, plain sewing and millinery; Miss Josephine Wright, cooking aad domestic ecience. Material fora football team aod » militery company is accummulet- ing asnew students arrive daily. Western states from Washington to illinois are represented in the en roliment, and atill they come. Friends and well wiehers of Wes- porn University throughout this en- ise section of our naxion are to be rongratulated upon the greatsuccese which they are making of this great institution. Theconsolstion of hav- ing lent a helping hand must indeed be greattotbhose who now seeit blossoming forth, yea, bulging forth into a greatera of wideepread use- ‘ulness. LETTER OF INQUIRY, To Tux Praipgarer: Thereby write thie letter of in. quiry in on endeavor to find the whereabouts of my brother, Wm. Crowell, called in short Will.” J heard from him about a year ago at New Orleans, La. Since that time I have written eeveral letters to him, but havehesrd vothing from him, my letters returning, So, if there are any readers of this paper who know anything of him they will confer a greatfavor upon the undersigned by communicating to ‘him the ‘icsired information. Joho H. Crowell, Box 127, Orlando, Okls, Lampkin Hotel, 210 Lampxew Br, Pueblo Colo. Newer the Unien Depor— Rooms sestly furaished— Enguireet depot.- B. W. Shelton, Propristor. DEOBEES OF FASHION PRETTY AND ‘CORRECT THINGS TO WEAR. Blows or Shirt Walet Sultable for All Materlate—Skirt WIth Shirred or Plain Yokeo—Vslvet Ribben Trim tmlng—Hints for the Home, Popular Seperate Blouses. Again and again it has beer prophe sted that the separate blouses must be put one side, but as yet practical wom- ea will not give them up. The inbe tween blouses, dressy enough for the ater or luncheons, but high necked and Jong sleeved, seem to get prettier and Brettior, The lovellest of them all are made of those exquisite fowered silke—with shadowy flowers that fade 4a out of the background In #0 artistte @ way. Those exquisite soft crepes with flower prints are charming draped and trimmed with tiny band- Fen tucks, or pumigs, or lace, Boft G@rapy silks are very good—but ao are Mit aike, and a combination of both. ‘The soft chiffon failles, in exquisite ty soft shades of pink, of blue, or vic Set, make ap into beautifol blouses. But, besides ailk, soft fine woolen stufs—moally white, are being used a great deal. Albatross, alli and-wool stuffs, soft wool crepes and a dosen ethers are made up into as attractive Diouses, In their way, as the silks are ta theirs, Magnificent Evening Coats. One of the novelties of the season fm the way of an evening coat 1s cut em the lines of » mandarin’s coat, rich- ty embroidered tn colors and golé thread and lined throughout with Chi meee sable. This sable is even rarer than the Russian fur and te les ex bensive, It has a very long nap and fa in two distinct colors, a rich mouse grey near the pelt and einnamom Drown at the tip. Among the newest evening coats are those made of flow- ered satins and silke. They are quite full around the skirts and profusely decorated with lace and touches of far. a j y\WAILe THD he mt | TRA Daews a a Ean) "a (‘®) Pas Wate the TRA Daews Bloves or Shirt Walst. ne HAW Mies garrow pelsted bodice girdle above the girdle were puts of and the material, which Stted tight Atting lieing perfectly. “This a> tended to the line of @ yoke, where @ lace berths was set about the shew? dors. Tho sleeves were made of peda of the lawn and lace and ended at @e elbow. The bate worn at the bers show were very elaberate, the Game borough, Reynolds acd Victorian styie Predominating. Black hate with ed ored plumes are much in evidenem Velveta are the rage for evesing coats. There are several kinds, sad erty and chiffon velvets are deemed the most desirable=Chicago Ressr® Herald. Miases’ Skirt with Shirred or Ptabe Woke. Fol! skirts that fall in soft, gracefal folds appear to gain in favor day by day and are peculiarly becoming #9 young girls, This one can be patie ered at the upper edge to form pum abirrings, or once only and jomed t & contrasting yoke, but In elther case the fullness {s made to form bem 3 ao A pos 1 oat ™ i | ‘ p adhe oe ye AE plaits at the lower edge. The meéal is made of embroidered datiate, wine band of heavy lace applique, but the pretty soft stuffe—silk, wo |, cab ton and Unen—are equally ap ropr> ate, The shirred yoke is muct like@ and fs always pretty when the dgure fa slender, but when, as often 1s the ease in young girls, additione bells at the belt is to be avoided, th: plas yoke made of lace or of other taney material ts to be preferred. ‘The skirt is cut in one circuley piece, straight lengths of the oatertal being sewed togetber to give ite new essary width, and when shire! is am ranged over the foundation thu ale serves for the plain yoke when shin riags are not used. ‘The quantity of material required for the medium size is 6% yerde ftaches wide, 5 yards 27 {oches =@a, or 3% yards 44 Inches wide, with 4 yards of applique and % yard of ab over lace when yoke {a used. & Pretty Fall Fashion. A pretty fasbion which bas beep started of late is that of wearteg coal dea of colored velvet or ribbon, one on the left side of the corsage rather Righ op, and the other on the right sido at the waist line, ‘They are targe aad are general)y of a contrasting color to that of the gowa with whieh they are worn. Rosettes of burnt o- sage velvet make an exceedingly pret ty accompaniment to # smart afer eon gown of brown plisse ch fron, City the di a ag ay atte ie US aif ane ay a 0! Lat et ee, ‘To remove rust from steel cover the article with sweet oll and leave it fr two or three days, then dust it (bic ty with finely powdered, urslaked Mme and rub til! the rust disappeara Lemon juice will remove most states from the bands and grease from kite ™m tables. This being the case, it ts wall to save the squeezed-out lemons wsed {n cooking for cleansing par poses. Flatirons should be washed evar week and always kept in s clean, a7 place, Few housekeepers use suff @ient wax in ironing. Do not allot yeer trons to become red hot, aa the; will never again retain the heat. To remove fron stains on maible ap ply lo them a mixture of oxalc acié and methylated spirits, leave { on @ hort time and then rub Gry with @ eoft cloth. Lemon juloe will some times remove the staine, ‘When winds blow and there is frost fm the air put handkerchiefs, ecllarg, eufs and all small articles in the wash te dry In a pillow case, The fabric te spared whipping by the wind, they wilt freese dry and be quickly gathered fur woatng. Millinery. ‘The hat ecarf differs frem the wal te that # fs wound about the hat, mever over the face, Now scarfs are @@ lace in dlack, white and color, with embrofdery in self color ang esetrasting colors, Ribbons of all descriptions sre te be used upon, the new hats. Amceg tee new ribbons are the plaids, the fora), the moire and Coubletaced ext erings, satin and tafeta. The high crowns will esd in the Jarge hats, the Directoire and the Seeetorwne being the most sepe ‘The Moglish round bat wil be o favored hat this season. Wrinkle Abteut Pertterce. ‘To prevest portiores catching under meath the door when opened quichig, ewew o awall ring (cued ac are weed few picture frames) fato the center ef the coer frawe, to this fasten a Wied cord onficient te recch to bed tem of cartels. Put anether ring @ @e cester of the deer at the tm Gheené the cord throvgh ané fasten @ ee Guar le opened ap the certain rises, Se ows =F. ES EOE ' woe : “wp an avers of <THE F Jecamnpe ee “ws wees & . rR —_— ol powrnpee tun Prin _——__ kao loathetne® Tha centration var] & wae a 38 WICHITA, KANSAS, gi Mrs, E. St. Clair of Indepen dence, is a visitor fn the city. J. E. Whited of Chicago Is visit ing hie parents. Mro. W. HH. Massey and sister, Mos, J. F, Phelps have returned from a trip to Denver. i. Bradden left for Enid, Olka,, on a business trip. An “Old Folks Concert” was given Tuesday evening at G, A. R. hall for the benefit of the A. M. E. church, Mrs, Ida Banks who has been visiting in the city haa returned to herhome in Denver, Colo. J, Phillips and Ed Grayson have «eturned from a trip to Callfornis. Mrs. Thos. Fine who has been visiting in Pleasanton, is at home agains The Mozart Musical Club gave & concert Wodnesdsy evening at G. A. R, hall? Jno. Dodson of Ciicago passed through the city enroute to Oklaho- ma City, Okla. Mrs, A. Fox is visiting in Den- ver, Colo. Mr. A. Sims and wife, of Hutch: inson, were visitors in the city last week. BOYNTON, I. T. Morris Jefferaon died on the sth, aged 35 years. He was buried from Cam Creek Baptist Church on Saturday, with Masonic honors, Rev, H. C, Reed officiated and B. C. Mukine wae Master of ceremon- ies. A wife, ason, and a host of other relatives survive him. He was a Creek citizen, The membera of the Allen A, M. E, church have decided to begin work on the church immediately. Property owners are getting busy since the delivery of schedules. Wm. Campbell, late of Luther, Okis., bas just moved into the Holpp house, which he bought a few weeks ago for $300. Hoe will open a hotel. The remaining 92 lote not sched uled will be sold atan anction on Oct, 2 on the following terma: 25 per cent down, an additional 25 per cent in four months, and the remaining 50 por cent in two an- nus) payments. Ham, here is the chance of your life, take advantage of it. The general opinion is that Boynton is going to make a good town. Itis already a good town. The Northern element is driving the Southern element out. The effort to Southernize the Indian Territory is already on the wane, Hon, Ike Warrior of Oheeata was in town last week The Boynton Milling Company is contemplating changing their &asoline for a steam engine, and grinding flour. Tobe Grayson of Haskell was tin town Monday. Louis Rentie is on the sick list. Geo. Davis, the wide awake liv- -ery of Muskogee was out Saturday lookibg after his fsrm, Mra. Morton ef Muskogee, de- dlivered a Missionary Address bero Sundsy afternom. She was tho guest of Mes. 8. C. Hicks. Don't forget the sale of govern- swent town lots hereOot. 2, There is coom here for more Negroes and weneed them. It is ‘a good thing and Jet ue push it along.” Misses Mattie Jefferson and atep- -sister-lntlew, Ethel Cacear, left last Thursday for Langston Uni- ‘versity. ‘Grant and Peggle Jeffer- eon have gone to Tallahassie Mis- sion School. Cotton pioking Is on, our first «bale camein last week. Frequent rhins the past few days have re- tarded the ploking Wedded—Mr, Jno. Carter and Mite UH. ©,, Boots were united in wodlook last Wednerday at 6 p. m., at the home of the bride hear Mor. ris, Indian Territory. Rev. J. J. Jefferson, offclated. A weddiog +dinner was served to the large gathering. The contracting par ties were generously remembered by their friends who presented wedding presente, They ere both natives, and the groom is 4 Boyn- ton merchant They will reside in Boynton, a nice home having been provided, Boynton and Lee subscribers will please take notice that the agent willeall on them to collect next week, This noticeis to those who srein arreara.t There will be free school here this year, The white school is open and oura will open after some repairs are made on the house, Daring a thunder storm here Frl- day night of last week, a man was killed. Several other persons were shocked, one horse killed and considerable hay way burned. H. W. Goodlaw, the popular barber, hay Isid down the razor and taken up the hammer and saw, We sll regret to lose Jas. Little, the band leader, who is now living in Muskogee. T. W. Carter hen been on the iok fist for a week or ten days, Doctor Ida Robinson, the specialist on baby discases ig keptvery busy these days. Phy- sicians are dismissed for her, Sle prepares her own medicines. FROM LAWRENCE, KAS, Lawrence, Kan., Sept. 11, '05 The vburch of Godis the great- est orginization on earth, The menand women who control the ehurch are the greatest men and ‘women on earth, The Fifth Epis- copal Disttriot ix fortunate in that ithas the Rt. Rev. Bishop A. Grant, D, D., at its head. Whereas, We have found in Bis. Granta Christian of the highest type, a peerless presiding officer, a wonderful counselor and a fearlosa leader; notwithstanding the attlic- tions of himself and wife since last April, he has never failed to dis- charge his full duty, therefore be it Resolved,. That we, the Quarter- ly Conference of the Ssint Luke A. M.E, Church, duly assembled on this 11th day of September in the year of our Lord, 1905, extend our heartfelt sympathy to our beloved Bishop in his many distresses and assure him of our daily prayers for the recovery of himeclf and wife and the success of the church, Be it further Resolved, That we tender him our heartfelt thanks for his wise and Godly appointments and arsure him that we willstand by his ad ministration. Resolved further, That a copy of these resolutions bo sent to the Bishop. Respectfully Submitted, CG. G. Yager, Steward. LINCOLN, NEB. Mrs. Clemons lett for Cripple Creek, Colo,, last week where sbe joined her husband, Mr, and Mre. Bratton left for Denver last week. The public achools opened Mon: day with very large attendance. We learn that about aixtoon color. ed pupils are in attendance at the High Scheol. Varsity opens Sep. tember 25th. State Fair was a large success in spite of the rainy weather, Major Moore was indisposed sev- oral days the past week, Fred Douglass of Council Bluff, Tows, isthe gueat of Chas. Smith- ton this week, Messers Karl Mallory and Chas. Smithton gsvean 8 o'clock supper last Saturday evening in honor of Mr, Fred Douglars, Mrs, Florence Potter and Miss Vera Grant geyes 13 o'clock Dutch lunchoon Menday evening in hon- or of Fred Douglass; the center. plece belng a bunch of carnitions. Music rendered by Miss Vera Grant and Messrs Douglas and Smithton. Rey, Biggers leaves for Confer ence soon. Rev, Thomes, being absent, last Sunday, Mr. Crutchfield eddressed his congregation’ Sanday’ evening: } Read the Plaindesler, very newey Yours, W. W, Mosley, ‘The amount of grain tw be given @ cow dally will depend o¢ course om tee size of the cow, and, to some o> teat, on the question of whether she is Ued up fa the barn during the dag or has a large amount of ezerciee Is the open alr, In the latter case she can make use of more grain than sé can if she fs kept stalled, and can put {t to a good purpose. Bome of the re cent Investigations bave put money Into the pockets of the farmers by showing that our cows do not require the very large amount of grain they ordinarily receive. It used to be the practice of some of the more ambitious dsirymen to feed fifteen or twenty pounda of grain to each large milkes Cally. It hes been cemonstrated that a large part of this grain was wasted and that generally not over eight pounds of grain can be used to advam tage. Previously a good desl of greis weet through the animale undt gated and was dropped on the pap tures without result, except as to the small amount of fertilizer added te the lend. When the emsller amoust ie fed it 18 more fully digested. It witl thus be apperent that In the past our ignorance hae cost us miliicas of Gollare In wasted food. Even yet some of oor dairymen bave net learned the truth In regerd to this matter and are still peuring large quantities of grain tanto their cows, most of which will vst bring bask & oeat-—Farmers’ Review. Milk in the Stable. A good many Keepers of cows have ta the cow stable and bebiad the eows pegs on which to hang the miik pails that are too full of milk to prevent ef their being further used a¢ that milk fag. A man Alls the pall, hangs it os the hook and proceeds to milk am ether cow, By the time the milking Se completed several palle have bees henging on the pegs for fifteen min utes to halfan hour. In addition the empty pafis hung on the same pegs before they were taken for milking purposes and just as readily gathered germs as when they had the milk im them. So far as the milker can see, there Is po reason why this practice should not be continued, The pails dook clean when they are taken down to be used for milking purposes sad the milk In the pails that have bees hanging there looks ss clean as any other milk. The pails are hung tes igh up to catch any visible dirt, The custom is bad, but its badcess ts hang to prove, because only the stuAent and the scientist knows thet far air t& full of odors and germe ané that they are constantly settling in the pails to become manifest later in bad flavor e@ butter or quickly souring milk The milk sbould be removed from the stable as fast as milked, that the time of exposure to bad odors may be as short as possible. 7 Cooling Milk tn Winter. Most milk producers now know thag milk must be quickly cooled In sum mor to increase its keeping power, but many do not know that the proe ess is also necessary in winter, Mea that make a business of delivering milk know that at certain times ts winter they have as much trouble with milk souring as they do in the summer. The cooling of milk fn the winter should be done jo exactly the same way as It fs fn summers namely, by placing the milk in cans fm tanks of cold water as soon as the milk Is drawn from the cows In the winter ice and snow may be easily obtained for reducing the tempersture of the water In the tank, As this te entirely without expense there fs me good reason why it should not be done. Milk for all purposes will thee keep very much longer than if it is not cooled after being drawn. Chanoed Teate and Udders. As spring comes and the cows are turned out to pasture and fay around on the damp ground many times there {se considerable trouble with thelr teats end udders becoming chapped from coming {n contact with the damp earth, Some cows have become almost unmanageable from the very cause and you know the old saying that “as ounce of prevention ts worth more tham a pound of cure.” If one will procure a box of vaseline and keep fn the barn, and as they notice any hardening, érying or chapping of the teats rub the vaseline into them well the trouble will soon éisappear, but {2 It gets well started there ts sure to be serious trouble, which some times takos a long time to cure. Milk Veilng ‘The milk velne of dairy cow go @ good ways in Indicating ber ability atthe pall, These socalled mjlk veins are really large blood velns running from the udder forward to nesr the foretegs, where they enter the body. The orifices where they enter the body are’ called milk wells, These large veine convey the blood from the udder to the hesrt and lungs, where it fe purified and again forced to the udder, A cow can not give a large flow of milk without large milk velss, ‘When exsemining a cow for the dairy, fed etoug the ender side of the belly fer @ese vetws. If they are large and @apupee, sho is a good cow, other things being equal. * ‘Tee temperatare for churning ranges froas 85 to 65 degrees, accordiag te coméitioss, white 60 and 63 degrees are the mest commen fompersturee. ; Che Cosmopolitan Cafe . 3 “SOMeTHMG MCETO EAT. = * € 3 | SE FINEST AND CHEATEST CAFE € ; , IN THE UNITED STATES. : 7 os 2 Well Ventilated, rugNisHeD Rooms € 3 ae in connection. : an GIVE US A CALL. 3 G. W. SMITH, Poor, : ; 343 Beale Street. MEMPHIS, TENN. é AVRBARDRARDRLUMRNAR REAM MAE PDESOSOS OOS OOS SOO SSO SISOS IF OOO OOOO OOOO OOOH OOOO OHO®: } Wu. McKNIGAT, Mgr. J.T. MORELAND, Bee, 4 T. N. COLLINS, Head Barber, ‘ > ‘ ; Waiters Catering Association, : > ‘ : 1223 BALTIWORL AVE 4 } WAITERS, PORTES AND ALL STRAINGERS 4 When in Kansas City are invited to visit the ’ : Asssociation. Neatly furnished Rooms, Baths ‘ ; a Specialty. ; BUFPET. LICENSED BARBERS ‘ al ee ee Te a nail GET THE BEST! USE ONLY Taylor’s Perfection Flour Taylor’s Pure _ Buckwheat Flour vow o ose gon wl coil gt. bot - GheTaylor Grain Co,, ee: Dow BEAT THE PRINTER. The tying eubsoriber je a vampire who kills any Negro paper. He lies about hie pay day and then slanders the paper when he fs out off for not paying hie nubsoription. We have a number of dude fellows claiming to be paving thelr girl’s subscription, and we are going to show thelr ladies what dead boots they mix with.—Exobange. Board$3 For Week Regular Meats 150 HOUSES to RENT. Neatly Furnished and Unfurnished Hoome. Also Rooms for Light Housekeeping. 1107 N, 67 St, S. M. POWELL, PROP.,, § Kanas City, Kas. ${A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. I want a housekeeper not over 40 years of age, lve obildren. Good place. Anyone wanting such a place write to me and get full information. Address B. E. MoFarland, : Frankfort,Kansas, Nowport Restaurant TIBB STARNBS. Pro. Everything First-clase—Short Orders aSpecialty, 1315 Dopar 8r., OMAHA, . NEBRASKA “yp : “THE KEYSTONE," |RESTAURANT AND {JAFE -—-Firat-olase service, Short orders a specialty. When (n Kansas City, call and eee me. If you're pleased tell your friends, ifnot tell me, R S. STREET, Prop. 1024 ¥, EIGHTEENTH AT. When in Lawrence Stop at the e King Hotel First-Class Board and Lodging— Tee Cream and Oigare. D. Waddington, Proprietor. Se The Little Gem Restaurant, 106 KANSAS AVENUE a first-class place for a square mealor lunch. Ice cream and cigars, W. H. Henderson, PROPRIETOR, a ia < Maa GaSe Bae ee tome a at ee Ky. \ Wh oN Ne Das - Wass Z > Ss f When You Travel sclect a railway as you do yourclothes KATY SERVICE (Contd, CaRAAS & TELLS QAAUAT) canes The “KATY FLYER” end KATY DINING STATIONS Daserpocosd te Genii ued Soevion, Bae Price, B60 tone Did KATE St Lents soning. Ueadguartert! AND PORTERS’ 4 , CHAS, PHELPS’ Barber Shop is where you meet them. The leading barber shop in the city...s.ssseer 914-216 Hrancte Bt, - ST. JO¢RPH, MO CEERI inaeoeeeenmersenmeemneemeed Wilbam Thomas, member of troop “M," Tenth Cavalry, enlisted at Memphis, Tenn, in 1867 and served three years. Hewas at Fort Gibson, Fort Ritev, Fort Arbuckle and Fort Cobb. Was dircharged August oth, 1870, Hewantsto find two com: tades who know bim, and wishes to make proof of claim in order to get back money duehim. Mr, Thomas resides at Junction City, is 5 feet, 4 inches h gh, weighs 136 pounds and is fifty-elght years of ave. Yn the District Court of Shawnee County, Kanran, Btella E, Jones, Plaintiff, ve. Herbert W. Jones, Defendant. TUNLICATION NOTICE. Herbert W. Jones, the defendant above named, will take notice that he bas been sued by the plsintiff, Stella KE. Jones, and hat asid Herbert W. Jones must, on or before the 25th day of Aug. 1905, answer to the petition filed b; plaintiff in the above entitled action in said court, or the matters aud things set ferth in eaid petition will be taken as true and judgment ‘rendered divorcing the plaintiff from the defendant. [Seal] W I. Jamison, Attorney for Plaintiff. Attest: I 8, Curtsa, | Clerk of the District Court. By Anna M. Tittson, Deputy Clerk. ea, fbb, to} YER OR Up > ee ree (PILES 0" Ona ans ae D Ra) Sere rs Wp / » Suess O conan MU god. beter, best yes beter Ait The west Desk Wing wa sich unctes oft Nate glad glodder pladdarhyre giodder 28 Men yaa vow it will cusre evtry local Ub Pecnensl shsehey ptr, the octet Prierple oS MRL & haben tram irpih Batti spaning 3 ner we in Pharmacrotied sence, Eatrryly Origieal dagen Bectess Maisons Mechats, aad obra oll wylis of ifaare a well ia Prvlriniag tthe goal Cimat fall Keoodias., Send fir car heatlet of Be ced remirialiy Buttpenials evtr peblided Mb tll wrtr~ Aloka you wth eapoarteasdie rida, Betlnand opr ara ur mollone 2ite Me. Anand IARI tebe ma other thege bene sebstaly i alent Cares, dsweaa THE HEMORLIBE CO. MARSHALL. MOUSA FRIDAY, SEPT 15, 1905. A DISGRACE TO CIVILIZATION! We are very much surprised to find that there are Negro preachers in the state of Texas, the nearest abode to hell that we know of, defending the acts of these white devils and their imps in burning human beings. This man, Rev. S. Jackson, is a member of that class of Negroes which is not only a detriment to the South, but to every state in the union, and the sooner we are rid of this class of Negroes which delights in the burning of black men by white outlaws, the better the country will be. Any class of people which will defend a mob for committing such heinous and diabolical acts as this should meet the same fate as was meted out to this helpless victim, and we hope that the iniquity of these hellhounds and unfeathered tribe of scoundrels who are burning black men in Texas will follow the path of their future as has been the case with others of them and that yellow fever, smallpox, cholera and other plagues and curses will sweep them from the face of the earth or there will be a slaughter of them all by some other plan destined by the Almighty Jehovah. We do not believe that hell is any other place than right in Texas and all those white devils, including the Texan governor and those officers who refuse to enforce the law, are consumed there and they are a disgrace to the United States. We believe that the Texan governor is a brother of the devil himself and the door keeper of hell and that Texas is the inner gate. If the one hundred and fifty thousand Negroes in the state of Texas would get some manhood and sense about them and prove to these white devils who are burning and doing everything they can to run the Negro out, that they are men as much so as themselves, then they would stop trying to take away the rights of the black men. --- There are a great many of our people throughout the country and especially in the South who are the victims of the morphine and cocaine habit and it seems to be spreading. This deadly poison takes the life and vitality out of the victim, and we are sorry to see this habit among our people. The white people in the South are condemning the poor Negro on account of this evil when they are the ones who taught him to use the drug, and at the same time, too, they use it themselves, but the Negro gets the abuse. We have received the good news that Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor and proprietor of the Gazette, Cleveland, O., has been nominated for the fourth time as a candidate for member of the lower branch of the Ohio legislature, which is an equivalent to election. Mr. Smith represents a district the voting population of which is 18,000, only 3600 of which are colored. This not only speaks well for Mr. Smith, but it speaks well for the white Republicans in ceding some rights to the colored voters. When white men learn to respect and honor men according to their ability and not color, it will be better for all. Mr. Smith has been successful in introducing and securing the passage of several important measures in the legislature, among them being the anti-lynch law, which has been copied by Kansas and is a law on our statute book. Mr. Smith is a thorough business man, a journalist, scholar and an all-around progressive citizen. The Western Tuskegee, DEPARTMENTS THE TRADES ADVA Local and Long Dist. 'Phone 747 ADVANTAGES Local and Long PRINCIPAL, Dist. 'Phone 747 Topeka, Kas WM. R. CARTER. THE OLD BOYS IN BLUE! The 40th reunion of the old soldiers which was held in Denver last week was the grandest occasion ever held in that state or the west. We all take off our hats to these old boys of '61 and '65 for they are the only men who respect the rights of all men regardless of color or condition. Too much praise cannot be given to Tanner who was elected Commander in Chief for the next year. He is worthy of the position as he is a true soldier, a statesman and a gentleman. This is the class of men that the country should be proud of. There were twenty thousand old soldiers on the grounds and we are glad to learn that the force from Massachusetts was led by a colored man who is one of honor and true patriot and a gentleman. These boys did not think any thing of that but were only too proud to march under the leadership of such a noble citizen. If we had all our Congressmen and office holders like these brave old comrades then we would have a nation that gives justice and quality to all men. Too much credit cannot be given to Cap. Coney when succeeded in placing twenty thousand old soldiers in encampment in Colorado. We hope to see him succeed Tanner in the next session which meets in Minneapolis. They are a credit to the nation and so much strife should not be agitated over the pensioning of these brave old boys. And we hope that the congress will set about and enact a law that will liberally take these old boys on the pension roll and give to them what is due them because to them what is due them. BUTTONS. PORTRAITS. W. H. LUCAS, Photographer. The price at my Studio is cheap, but the work is of the highest class. Why pay such an enormous price when the same careful work can be secured for ONE-HALF? Stop and see me. 123 Kansas Ave. TOPEKA. Meals and Short Orders. Cigars and Tobacco. Cummings & Butler. 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For further information address, "We have many applicants from among the negroes for enlistment in the marine corps, but none were enlisted in this branch of the service," said Corporal Notbohm, of the local recruiting office, yesterday. "While this is a fact, I had an experience yesterday that was the limit. A negress came in and told me she wanted to 'nlist in dat 'ar marin' corpse.' I told her we did not take negroes and never enlisted women, but this did not seem to satisfy her. "She would do anything for the 'marin' corpse,' from shooting a gun to scrubbing the decks, but she liked the uniform the boys of that department wore, and wanted to be one of them. The only way I could get rid of her was to tell her I'd refer the application to the war department and President Roosevelt, and see what they said about it. She then went away satisfied, but said she would return. Another instance of where I came in contact with a negress in the recruiting service was in St. Louis just before I came here. One afternoon a whopping big woman came into the office, and as soon as she got her breath exclaimed: 'Yuse 'nlisted mah man, an' I wants him back.' I explained to her that negroes were never taken in the marine corps, and perhaps she would find him at infantry and cavalry recruiting headquarters, but she would not be pasified. There was nothing to do but to call in a policeman, and she was hustled out." Theodore Roosevelt, President U. S., Dear President:— You will find enclosed a clipping from the Kansas City Journal which speaks for itself and I hope you will give it consideration. We are very much surprised to learn that there are departments in this great government of ours which excludes the negro. If negroes are not taken into the Marine Corps you will please inform us the reason why so that we may be better posted on what is outlined for the negro by this supposed government for the brave and the free. This statement by the recruiting officer is certainly humiliating and disgusting to the honest and progressive negro in these United States who is using all efforts to educate and protect these people and then excluding the individual. We think this demand made by this officer has not your approval as it is not the sentiment practiced by you. If there is such a law as this officer declares I know that you will look into the matter. We are also informed that negroes have not been permitted to enlist in the Artillery department. These are things that are new to us and if there is any information that you can furnish on this subject we shall be thankful for the same. Respectfully yours, Nich Curren L. M. Penwell, Undertaker. First-class in every particular. Prompt service. 511 Quincy Street G. W. Hamilton. & Hamilton, J. M. Knight. nd Embalmers. We carry one of the finest lines of Undertaking goods in Topeka. fore might be excused from censure for indulging!" Before the great weight of these questions the congregation of Unity Baptist church, colored, is bowed in perplexity. Colored church circles are agitated with the ripple of a storm that threatens to break about the head of the luckless pastor, and in the rumblings are heard threats of a "churching" process in which the leader of the lambs will be called upon to explain his motives. Shocking indeed is the story told of the pastor's tumble from the straight and narrow path. According to those who serve Uncle Sam at the Joplin postoffice, the straight and narrow path at that particular time ran along a narrow ledge that offered a very insecure footing, and caused the pastor considerable trouble in avoiding a mis-step. By the aid of a cane and much deliberation he is said to have safely reached the little wicket through which correspondence is dished out to an eager public. But as he turned away, leaving, it alleged, the delicate anoma of a Kentucky mint bed behind, catastrophe, that had followed him along the narrow ledge, overtook him. Crash! It was the splinter of glass upon the mosaic floor of the postoffice lobby...Several bystanders were near. They turned in quick sympathy to the unfortunate pastor. But a moment later the fragrant odor of something that was Both Phones 192 Corner 7th and Quincy Sts. Be sure that your sin will find you out. Discoord prevails in the African Baptist church, called Unity, at 4th and Kentucky, Unity has fled, and the monment to the generosity of Tom Connor is the abiding place of dissension and condemnation and approbation. It all centers about the discussion of these questions: "How many drinks may a colored parson take without making himself liable to a call before the throne of inquisition?"" "Is a colored pastor amenable to the green carpet for his misfortune in dropping a bottle of beer carefully hidden under the spacious folds of the clergy's coat?"" "Is it right to call to account a poor, detected pastor for sins notless heinous than those committed by others of equal responsibility in leading the flock!" But the question upon which all others are founded is: "When Parson B, F. Ratliff secreated that beer bottle, under his coat, was it with the purpose of drinking it himself or did he intend to take it to the sick brother whose days are numbered and who there- Topeka, Kansas. familiar to most nostrils pervaded the air. It smelled like—beer. Behind the squared glass of the postoffice fixtures the postal attaches glanced. Then they grinned. Outside the patrons of the place sympathized—then they grinned. From out the shattered glass a pretty pale amber fluid flowed. It spread upon the floor until a patch about eight feet in diameter was covered. But Parson Ratliff! As he turned away from the window a bulky bundle tuoked under an arm beneath the flowing folds of his ministerial habiliments disintegrated. A convulsive clutch of the arm saved apart, but two bottles slipped to the floor. Amid the grins of the bystanders he leaned his cane against the fixtures, stooped his ample avoirdupois and carefully peeled from amid the fragments the lithographed labels that had covered the bottles. The necks were also picked up, and all carried to the curbstone and dropped. A hurry-up call was sent to the basement for the janitor. He understood the urgency, and came on double quick. Deftly he mopped the slowly spreading liquid, and swept the glass into the street. Curiosity prompted him to pick up the necks of the bottles, in which were still the corks, with a little tin cap. Across the tin was stamped in the plainest English "Lemp's Brew—Falttaff." Back to the lobby for the janitor. A spot shone resplendent upon the fine mosaic floor. Efforts to scrub it out failed, and finally the entire lobby was scrubbed to a point where it compared with color to the particular place where the amber had been wasted. Like the beer, the story leaked. Members of the congregation heard it. They told others, and finally a considerable minority—enough to start things doing—began to talk that Parson Ratliff ought to be asked to explain. Yesterday it was reported that a meeting would be held tonight to determine the amount of censure, if any, shall be the penalty for spilling the beer. At the same time a faction of the church, quite small, says that it proposes to stand by the minister; that he was taking the envigorant to a patient whose life was ebbing away on the ravages of a wasting disease, and that he had no intention of partaking thereof himself.—Joplin Globe, 9-8-'05. WEIR CITY, KAS. Prof. Edw. Thompson and wife passed through the city on the 6th en route to Baxter Springs to take charge of the school there, which opened Monday. Mrs. H. A. Hampton was a visitor in Pittsburg last week. Rev. A. Dillard who has suffered so long with his eyes had them operated on last week by Dr.Hunter ot Pittsburg and is doing well. Mrs. Pearl Groomer of Iola, Kas. arrived in the city last Saturday to take up school, which opened up for work Monday. She is the assistant teacher. She will board with Mrs. K C.Caker. Rev.J.H. May of St. Louis, Mo. arrived in the city last Saturday and preached all day Sunday, returning home Monday. Mrs. Furlow is on the sick list. Remember the rally at Mt. Aera, in Cherokee, on the 4th Sunday. Last Saturday was pay day here and everybody is happy. Mrs. J.H. Stord has juest returned from her trip to Denver. The A. M. E. rally was a grand success, financially and spiritually. Over $25 was raised, Rev. J. A. Allen of Pittsburg preached in the morning, Rev. Dillard preached in the afternoon and Rev.J.E Fletcher preached at 8 p.m. The Pittsburg choir furnished excellent music for the occasion, Miss Clara Abernathy of this city presiding at the organ. Mrs. Hannah Adkins, with John Rench's little children, made a trip to Columbus last Sunday. Joyner & McIver, the grocers, are doing a good business. All in need of good groceries cheap should buy of them. "The public schools opened here Monday under a new rule that the second and third grades get only a half day. The colored people are kicking. --- Mr. M. W. Goodwin of Hennessey, Okla., passed through Topeka this week en route to Denver and Colorado Springs and visited several places while here. Mr. Goodwin is one of the very prosperous butchers in Oklahoma. II. M. Colvin of Lima, Ohio, is visiting his brother, Mr. R. Colvin, a North Side deliveryman. In a conversation with him a few days ago mention was made of the great Standard Oil company and he says the people of Kansas do not understand that corporation; that it is one of the fairest and best of the great corporations in this country. Its business is honest and fair for everybody. They do not try to take advantage of the people, but regulate their prices of oil, according to supply and demand. As soon as the people, he says, thoroughly understand the dealings of the Standard it will be better for them. He says that the Standard people are always square, and fair in their leases with the farmer and that they never allow the operator to purchase the rights of a farmer. Mr. Colvin indicates several instances where to his personal knowledge the Standard Oil company has been a great help in the betterment of the community in which this great concern does business. A mistake was made, he further states, in the last Kansas legislature in passing the obnoxious bill, which has been the cause of so much hardship with the people of Kansas. The Elks will close the social season at Wilson's Garden. K. H. Holmes and G. W. Mason, troop B, 9th cavalry, of Ft. Riley, Kausas, attended the fair for three days this week. Allen Campbell of Kansas City, was the guest of his mother, Mrs. Campbell, on Van Buren street, last week. Mrs. G. Thompson returned home Tuesday after an extended visit in Colorado with her daughter, and while in Colorado she visited at Rocky Ford and Pueblo. The City Federation of Women's clubs will meet at 3 p. m. on the fourth Friday in September. Lulu Harris, President. Mary Jordan, Secretary. Mrs. Sarah Jackson and Mr. Benjamin Arms were quietly married last Saturday evening by the Rev. G. D. Olden. Mrs. Hattie Scoggins, Miss May B. Scoggins and Miss Beyetta Hicks of Hill City are the guests of Mrs. D. Hickman, and her daughter, Mrs. Annie Todd, this weak. Miss Hicks is a niece of Mrs. Hickman. Mrs. Electro Page-Perry and her little daughter left Sunday for a three months'trip through the East, visiting in Chicago, Cincinnati, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, New York and Boston, returning home about December 10th. J. R. Buchanan, a typographical architect, of Guthrie, Okla.,arrived Monday and in the future will aid in the mechanical department of this great moral guide, defender of human rights and Christian educator. He is a printer in all the term implies and stands high in the social ranks of his home town. After an absence of seven weeks Mrs. D. Hickman returned Saturday from a pleasant visit with relatives and friends at Hill City, Bogue and Nicodemus. She was accompanied by her grandson, Harry Archer, and Miss America Russell who has been teaching a class in millinery work in the above named localities. Mrs. Hickman reports everything in good condition in western Kansas and that the farmers are busy threshing and shipping small grain, hogs, etc., while their wives are busy marketing chickens, eggs, butter, etc. She had the pleasure of spending a short visit with her youngest brother, J. O. B. Lewis, on the old homestead of her deceased father. An old settler and friend of Mr. Hickman's sends him word that "Graham county is on the boom," and that he having stood the hardships of the early days should now come back to help share the profits and blessings of the boom. Unfortunately on her return home, Mrs. Hickman found her husband on the sick list, but he is now improving and expects to be out again in a few days. Wilson's Summer garden OPEN EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MONDAY Pavilion for rent on reasonable terms to private parties any night except Tuesday and Friday. Admission one Pray Couple; Single 25s Garden and Block Bull. Parcure Hunting Ground Horsemarket and Acre FRANK R. WHITING Mansion, where the car stops of the company, J. ORLANDO MITCHELL, President. W. A. RENTIE, Secretary. A. G. W. SANGO, Treasurer Freedmen's Land & Trust Co., Lands, Loans & Leases. (INCORPORATED.) Churchill Building, INVEST your savings with us in stock and receive tenfold. It is a Gilt-Edged Investment. The management is sound and conservative. The company is making money. Get in on the Ground Floor. Invest your capital with us in Farms or City Property. We have improved and unimproved farms in any size tracts. PRAIRIE AND BOTTOM LANDS. Write for circulars and information. When in Muskogee come to see us. It is rumored that Rev. J. F. C. Taylor of St. John's A.M.E. church of this city will be secretary of the Kansas conference which convenes in Kansas City next week. He is a very efficient and competent man to fill such a responsible position. We wish him a great success. Miss Cora L. Bennett, who is teaching in the public schools at Council Grove, and who was called home on account of the death and burial of her father, returned to her school work Wednesday. She is one of the best young ladies ever reared in Kauss and a host of warm friends mourn with her in the loss of her father. The Eastern Star grand lodge which convened in Denver last week reports one of the largest and most successful meetings ever held by that order. The collection for the year was $1186, and four new chapters were added. Seventeen death claims were paid up during the year, each of $75. Only one chapter was not represented, which shows great interest. All the old officers, except two, were re-elected: Alice Brown of Kansas City, G.M.; Naomi Page-Low, A. G. M.; S.G. Watkins, G. P.; Dr. W. E.Jackson, A.G.P.; Jennie F. Moore, G. Sec.; Mary Stroder, A.G.C.; Mrs. M. E. Langston, Sec. W. and O. Fund. The order adjournbd to meet in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1906. The recital given by Misses Harrel Washington and Anna Cooper last Thursday evening at Shiloh Baptist church was a grand success. Both young ladies deserves much credit for the manner in which they executed their selections. They have a musical talent of rare ability. THE PLAINDEALER wishes them a great triumph in their musical career. Among the selections were some very difficult pieces, but the calm and sedate way in which the young ladies played their parts could not have been excelled, and those who assisted these young ladies on their program also deserve the unstinted praise of the public, especially Miss Jessie Oden, whose soft musical voice added much to the enchantment of the program. Miss Washington will render a similar recital in Lawrencesoon. 8000 Acres of Land Surrounding Boley has Already been Leased and Bought by Negroes. 20,000 Acres of the Best Land in the Creek Nation Surrounding Boley to be Leased and Bought by Negroes. Wanted!—From thirty to fifty colored coal miners for the Atchison Coal Co., located near the city of Atchison, Kansas. Work guaranteed the year round, with good pay. This is a three-foot vein of coal and the company is desirous of working all colored miners if possible. Address MISSOURI. BOOK, Prop. and $2 per Day. Cream and Soda Water. O. O. TUCKER. When in AICHISON Dt. ROBINSON'S R 623 Main St Just three blocks from Meals 2 OAN Laundry washing—5c pound. you money. PHONE 341. Mrs. Mary Robinson OR ONE! Plaindealer WEEKLY City Star WEEKLY City Journal — $1.50. re Chance! If so, stop with Mrs. Fortune Weaver. She has such nice cosy rooms—so quiet and home-like. 009 McGee St. 410 E. 10th St. and others. Furnished and Unfurnished Rooms. Bell 'Phone 3857 Main. Res. 911 Oak St. Kansas City EY, I.T. Town and of the Negro. 600 Inhabitants. Long Boley has Already been 20,000 Acres of the Best Grounding Boley to be Leased BOLEY, I. T. NTIE, Secretary. A. G. V. d & Trust & Leases (ATED.) Building, BOLEY, I. T. PASSENGE TRAFFIC SAINT LO A. G. W. SANGO, Treasurer Trust Co., leases. IND. TER. kenfold. It is a Gilt-Edg company is making money which us in Farms or City Prop and BOTTOM LANDS. When in Muskogee come to se a Gilt-Edged Investment ing money. or City Property. We have im- LANDS. We come to see us. Just Company. LITTLE GEM" BARBERSHOP, Clean Linen and Towels. 1313 Dodge St., OMAHA, NEB. O. O. TUCKER. PROPRIETOR When in AICHISON don't forget Dt. ROBINSON'S RESTAURANT 623 Main Street, Just three blocks from Union Depot. Meals 20c. Mrs. Mary Robinson, - - Propr. ONE! dealer ear real $1.50. nance! Florida Sleeper VIA FRISCO On November 15th, and daily thereafter, until the summer season of 1905, the Frisco System, in connection with the Southern Railway, will operate through Pullman Sleepers between Kansas City, Mo. and Jacksonville, Fla. These sleeping cars will be placed in service as part of the equipment of the Popular Southeastern Limited," scheduled to leave Kansas City 6.30 P.M. A modernly equipped train, electric lighted cafe observation car, etc—the route of which carries the traveler through the populous cities of the southeast. Berth reservations"may be made through representatives of Frisco System or connecting lines. SANGO, Treasurer t Co., ed Investment. erty. We have im- us. ompany. T.W. Bell of Leavenworth was in the city yesterday. Mrs. M. Dyer returned Monday from a visit in Kansas City. Geo. Thomas of Kansas City, is visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Henry Johnson of Paxico arrived in the city this morning and will remain over Sunday. The ladies sewing circle of Saint John's A. M. E. church met at the church Wednesday and served lunch from 3 to 8. Mrs. Angeline Williams received word last week that her 6 months' old grand daughter, Alberta Robinson, had died at Buxton, Ia. Misses Laura Anderson, Goldie Young and Mrs. McKee passed through the city this week en route from Denver to their homes at Leavenworth, Kansas. Mrs. Mary McCray who attended the nurses annual meeting at the G. A. R. national encampment at Denver, returned home Tuesday and reports a pleasant trip. Dr. A. C. Briscoe who had to have an operation performed on his foot for a peculiar rising is able to be around again. Dr. Taylor did the surgical work. See Mrs. I. H. Slaughter, at 115 W. 7th street, before you buy a new fall hat. She has just received a full line of new and up-to-date millinery and solicits your patronage. Give her a call. Mrs. Jones and children, Walter and Cora, were among the visitors to Denver last week, attending the grand session of the Eastern Star. They returned last Sunday and report a very pleasant trip. --- Messrs. Samuel Dulbur and S. E. Dickerson of Kansas City were in the city Tuesday to attend the last sad rites over the remains of Mr. J. M. Bennett, a relative. Dr. B. A. McLemore of Ft. Scott, with his wife, is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Harris, and daughter, Miss Lulu, and also attending the State Fair and races. Geo. W. Size, one of the oldest train porters on the Santa Fe, running between Chicago and Kansas City, died in the hospital at Fort Madison hospital and was buried last week at Chicago. Rev. G. McNeal of Kansas City, went before the Board of Pardons at the Lansing penitentiary last week is interest of one Chas. Scott. Rev. McNeal makes an excellent attorney and made good talk before the board for his client. Mrs. Sarah Clark, wife of Geo. Clark, died at her residence, 1432 Quincy, last Saturday, the funeral being held from the house. She was born in Missouri and wassixty-seven years of age and was married forty-nine years at the time of her death. She leaves a husband, one daughter and one son to mourn her demise. She lived a Christian life. Interment was at Topeka cemetery. Mr. Walter Smith has invented a combination of attachment for the prevention of wrecks on railroads by open switches. When it is thoroughly completed it will be impossible for wrecks to occur from such causes, as the attachments are so arranged that when attached to an engine the engineer can throw a switch. When the engineer pulls a lever it throws the switch in its proper place and everything works in harmony and these wrecks will be impossible with their use. Mr. Jerry M. Bennett who has been ill for some time, died at the Osawatomie hospital last Friday and was buried Tuesday from the family home on W. 8th St., Rev.J. F.O. Taylor officiating. He leaves a wife, two daughters and a son. besides a wide circle of friends to mourn his loss. Mr. Benneta was a member of Ft. Pillow Post,G.A.R., having served in the war of the rebellion, '63 to '65. He was an old citizen of Topeka, having been in Kansas for the last thirty-five years. Interment was in Topeka cemetery in the G.A.R. lot. VINITA. I. T Miss Alberta Guy, who has been visiting Mrs. Belle Douglass, left for her home in Topeka, Kas., Saturday afternoon. A. B Jefferson, the well known barber of this city, has been very sick, but is now some better. Miss Naomi Canafix, who has been visiting relatives and friends in Springfield, Mo., arrived home last Thursday. Miss Ella Holt, who has been ill, is somewhat improved. Mrs. Sam Johnson of Colorado, is here looking after her farm, and will be here eight or ten days. Louis Muldrow, guard at the U.S. jail, made a flying trip to Muskogee on Wednesday of last week, and returned the same day. Mrs. L. Muldrow and children have returned from their visit to the country. C. N. Austin is back from a trip to Muskogee where he spent several days on business. Mrs. Sarah Johnson of Colorado, is here visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. B. Hester of Oklahoma City, Okla., who have been visiting at Haywood, Ia., and other points, passed through the city last Wednesday, Mrs. Hester stopping over a few days to visit with her daughter. Miss Emma Hawkins, after a very sick spell, is up again. The piano recital given by Miss Alberta Guy and others at the A. M. E. church last Thursday evening was a rare treat, but owing to the inclementy of the weather the attendance was small, but it was a high class musical entertainment and those who were present listened to a well rendered program: March from Tanhauser, Wagner, Miss Guy; recitation, Mise Lillie Martin; vocal solo, Miss. Ella Hill, "If I But Knew," "Hunting Song," "Spring Song," "Voloes of Spring," Miss Guy; oration, Prof. Cowan; solo, "Angels Sing On" Mrs. Ida Lewis; "Tripping Feet," "A La Bien Ami," Miss Guy; instrumental solo, "Mountain Stream," Miss Altah Williams; vocal solo, "Chink of the Miser's Gold," Philip Douglas; "Coquetuela," Miss Guy. The A.M. E. church has just closed out a three days' picnic and realized quite a nice little sum. Mrs. A. J. Jordan and children are visiting relatives in Coffeyville, Kans. Miss Birdie Wilburn of Springfield, Mo., is the guest of her cousin Miss Naomi Canafix. Miss Kate Johnson is visiting in Coffeyville, Kas. Pawnee Bill's big show drew quite a crowd to the city last Friday. J. W. Hood, a carriage painter, of Atlanta, Ga., passed through here on route to Muskogee. Mrs. Josephine Williams of Coffeyville, Kans., is in the city visiting relatives. DRINK GOETZ CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE. in all. Suppose that companies were organized in ten states and were desirous of raising a grand total of $3,000,000, that would be $300,000 to each state. The company would be chartered with a capital stock of $300,000 and full corps of trustworthy,husbandmen as officers under bond for the faithful performance of their duties. The capital stock would be divided into 300,000 shares and sold directly to the people, thus making every purchaser of one or more shares a stockholder, who would share in all the profits of the company. The number of shares that one person could buy would be limited to ten or twenty, in order to discourage wildcat speculation. This would also cause more people to be interested, insure the safety of each one's investment and keep the real object of the company before the people: namely, to improve the condition of the entire race, not the enrichment of a few individuals. To facilitate the sale of stock and of stock and get in touch with the people, the following systematic arrangement should be followed: Divide the state into four districts, each composed of a certain number of counties, with district superintendents to look after the work. Good, hustling agents known for their integrity and race pride set to work in each county and provided with certificates of authority and other papers of identification to convince the people that they are not impostors. These men will call on the people of their respective counties, explain the objects and desires of the company in detail and urge them to buy from one to twenty shares and thus assist in raising the required capital. In order to gain the absolute and unadulterated confidence of the people, and to protect them from being defrauded or imposed upon by some dishonest agent or grafter, no money should be paid to the agent directly, but be deposited in some good bank in the chief town of the county to the credit of the company. The agent will, of course, keep a true account of all persons solicited, the amount of stock sold and everything pertaining to his businesses, which should be sent to the district superintendent each week. This report being found to tally with the bank's statement, will be sent to the treasurer of the company who will pay the agent a certain per cent of what he solicited. Right here, in the very infancy of the plan, is the practical demonstration of its simplicity and self-supporting feature. An army of young men and women would be employed as solicitors, and if they receive but ten per cent for their work they could make from two to four dollars per day. The people are enthusiastic in their letters to me, and a hustling agent could easily dispose of from twenty to forty dollars worth of stock per day. Their field of operation would not be bounded by race, color or condition. The washerwoman's mite, the business man's check and philanthropist's donation would all be sought diligently. Is there a man so dull that he has not already grasped this problem and followed its seduction to the simplest of simple terms? Is there one so blind and passimistic that he cannot see the beauty of the plan and feel his heart beating time to the onward march of the race in this, the most stupendous undertaking in its history? There are some to whom the idea will not appeal as being worthy of their consideration. They feel, perhaps, secure in the enjoyment of their present morning glory prosperity and do not care to speculate about the future. To such and for such I make no appeal. If Ephram is joined to his idols, let him enjoy himself without molestation. But for all those struggling sons and daughters of toll who are sweating for their daily bread, yet find in spite of their best endeavors in honesty, frugality, thrift and proficiency their necks still chained to the mill stone of poverty, prejudice and humiliation, while their feet are steadily slipping from one vocation after another because of a warped and heartless public opinion. I earnestly appeal to the thinkers of the race to lend their assistance in this work. This gigantic plan of systematic co-operation, while having the out ward appearance of a trust or combine, would really be a giant organization in which repaired the hope and trust of an entire race; no more related to those modern trusts that wreck homes, starve labor, fill peon houses and plunder the people in order to fill the pockets of a few individuals with gold, than the church is to the saloon. It would be the united effort and combined strength, the earnest co operation and unwavering determination of ten million souls to lift themselves out of a condition of poverty and infant like dependence, to a place where they could bear their share of the burdens of the age. Within a year the greater part of the stock would be disposed of and sufficient funds would be in the treasury to enable the company to begin active operations. How would this vast sum be used? Not in constructing a railroad. Not in building a flotilla of ships for the conquest of some foreign country, nor emigration from this. Not in founding towns in which white people would not be allowed to live, but in establishing enterprises that would furnish employment to that vast army of men and women who are forced to depend on catch as catch can methods for their daily bread. They are the foundation on which prosperity and progress of the race depends. If they can be kept employed at good wages, the business and professional men can prosper. They will become an absolute necessity, instead of an expensive luxury. Space will not allow a long list of enterprises to be described, but the idea being in mind it is only necessary to mention a few. In sections of the country where farming is carried on extensively, especially by colored farmers, factories could be built for canning pickling and preserving all fruits, vegetables and other products in their vicinity. A large number of men and women would be employed in them and thousands would be benefitted indirectly. The farmers, having a ready market for their produce, would be encouraged to stick to the farm. A number of young men would be required as salesmen to travel for the factory and secure orders for its output. Bookkeepers and stenographers would be needed. The product of the factory, being of every day consumption and an absolute necessity in every home, would insure a revenue amply sufficient to pay all running expenses and leave a good margin for profits to be divided among the stockholders. Where cotton is the staple crop, cotton gins, compresses and mills could be built and operated with success. By investing a few thousand dollars in those enterprises the cotton could be handled by Negro labor from the time it left the stalk till it came through the gin; then through the compress and on to the factory where the raw material is converted into finished cloth. The side products:—cotton-seed meal, oil and lard, would bring in handsome returns. Modern steam laundries could be Kansas Credit Co., 1010 N. 4th St. KANSAS CITY, KAS Don't Buy Your Fall Hat Until you see my nice new FALL STOCK. Every hat up-to-date, and in all the latest shapes. I am sure that you will find something to suit you. Mrs. L. H. Slaughter, 115 West Seventh St. Depends on many little things. Trained nurses know what is wanted—an atomizer, with a mild disinfectant, to spray the room and make the air clean and refreshing; a thermometer, fresh absorbent cotton, a hot water bottle—a dozen little things that help the patient. The opportunity for the man with little means probably better in-day in the profitable state of the Southwest than ever before in the history of the nation. To be sure, there is not the vast open choice of land for the homesteads that existed in the '70s. The lands then taken up under government laws are now prosperous farms and ranches. The opportunity to-day it in the investment channel in the purchase of farms at prices less than half the prices asked in the Older States. There is need of more hands to develop the country. In the Southwest—in Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Texas—are vast areas of unimproved land not yet producing the crops of which it is capable. Practically the same thing is true of the brown. Four times the business is adequately represented. There are openings of all sorts for the right established in several cities that would employ a vast number of women and girls, or better still, would be the establishment of a nun ber of large hand laundries whose clothes would be washed by hand and dried by the sun, in the good, old fashioned way, instead of being torn by machinery and faded by artificial heat and light. In the Indian Territory are thousands of acres of coal lands, owned by Negroes and Indians, which could be leased or bought and mines opened that would furnish employment to thousands of people, besides making thousands of dollars for the stockholders. Since first presenting this plan to the public in a series of newspaper articles, some white gentlemen have offered me an option on (320) three hundred and twenty acres of timber and mineral land in a neighboring state. It is covered with a dense growth of pine timber and rich deposits of sine have already been discovered. What a blessing this property would be to the since saw mills were built and operated and the mineral deposits developed. A factory for making overalls, shirts, garments garments for children, and bonnets, aprons and wearing apparel for women would give work to a great many, besides being a very profitable investment for the stockholders of the company. It would be an insult to your intelligence to continue this catalogue further. You have the idea and see the possibilities. You see the demand that will be created for for skilled and unskilled labor and can follow the benefits in endless deductions through every nook and cranny of our social and business life. What would the company, as a business corporation, derive from this method of doing business? All that could be expected or desired. There would be no difference between the company and the people. They would be synonymous; having one hope, one common interest and one ambition. The dividends which would be declared at certain times, and the checks that each stockholder would receive, would be highly appreciated; but the greatest comfort, heartsease and satisfaction that every race man would feel would be the consciousness of knowing that he he was a factor in helping millions of his less fortunate brothers to enjoy a few of the luxuries of life. The money spent in this great undertaking will be like water in a mill race—flowing in a continual stream from the treasury of the company into the channels of business Ex-SLAVES Send me your names at once. Your Ag- a Master's name and your postal address Send two-cent stamp for reply and I will send you some REJOICING INFORMATION. Write STANLEY P. MITCHELL, Humphill, Tex. F.S. — Want Agents to handle my work. Big Pay. Comfort in the Depends on many little thing what is wanted—an atomizer to spray the room and make ing; a thermometer, fresh water bottle—a dozen little t The doctors and nurses k things and others, in the We take this means of letting KOHL'S P Prescriptions Ind. Phone 743. Bell Phone 561. THE OPPORTUNITY The opportunity for the man with little or no states of the Northwest than ever before there is not the vast open choice of land for the lands then taken up under governmentramps. The opportunity to day in the same land leads to an increase of more hands to develop the country. Territory and Texas — are vast areas of land of which it is capable. Practically the same business are inadequately represented. There men. Are you only? If you are interested, tell us what you want to invest, and we will gladly furnish the latter of our paper "The Coming Country." It's GEORGE MORTON. W. P. B. P. & T. A. M. K. & T. NY St. Louis, M. G. 1396 Paradise where it will increase in volume doubling, trebling and quadrupling, then into the pockets of employees as wages; returning as profits from the various enterprises it will make its way back to the treasury to be paid out in dividends to shareholdem This endless chain of revenue will not be broken by individual greed or selfishness. The laws governing the undertaking, while encouraging and aiding people to procure property, would prevent anyone from using its capital for selfish purposes. All property acquired would be so fixed that it would remain forever in possession of the people, and not revert to the hands of individuals. A constitution and by laws, detailing the powers and limitations of the organization; tree from partisan politics and religious sectarianism, would be to the Negro what the Magna Charta was to the people of England; what the Declaration of Independence was to the colonists of America, and what the Emancipation Proclamation was to the slaves;—a new lease on life; reprieve from the curse of color prejudice, and a document of authority and power in the industrial and commercial world. If you have followed me thus far, hoping to be entertained by a display of scientific theories and philosophical deductions, you are disappointed; but if you are a wide awake race man, you are both interested in the development of the race and convinced that the foregoing plan is one of the simplest and most practical ever offered for consideration. The movement will do more for the race in bringing about more congenial relations with our white competitors than any legislation could accomplish in an hundred years. It will make us independent, and elevate us in the estimation of the dominant race to the extent that whereas we are now made to suffer from the opposition and prejudice of narrow minded competitors, we will then be encouraged and our efforts applauded by the world. There is a growing sentiment among white employers throughout the country to do away with Negro labor wherever possible, and use white laborers, especially foreigners, instead. The time has come for the Negro to take steps toward intelligent and systematic co operation in order to offset the baneful effects of this approaching boycott. Two or three individuals can not accomplish this, but the united effort of the people of Kansas can provide places for the able, ambitious men young men and women who are coming from college each year, and regular work at living wages for those whom prejudiced employers and unjust labor unions refuse to employ. Representative men from various sections of the state will meet in Chanute, Saturday, Sept. 23 and organize a stock company for this purpose. All men with race pride and the desire to do something for the race for its industrial development, are urged to be present and assist in the organization. Soliciting your active co-operation, I am yours for the race, and the success of The National Negro Development Company, CHAS. D. CLEM. Sick Room. ings. Trained nurses know better, with a mild disinfectant, use the air clean and refresh- in absorbent cotton, a hot things that help the patient. Know that we have all these most dependable qualities. ng you know it. PHARMACY, a Specialty. 732 Kansas Ave. NITY OF TO-DAY manns is probably better to-day in the pre- in the history of the nation. To be sure, the homesets that existed in the 70s, most laws are now prosperous farms and investments changed in the purchase of asked in the Older State. There is need in the Equity Act in the Oklahoma, Indian approved land not yet producing the crops thing is true of the town. Four times are openings of all sorts for the right X — ————————————eeeeeeEeEeEeEeEeeEeEeEeEeeEEe—eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee en] GALENRA, NANSAS. Tart clase beete were produced onle fair one for newspaper discomion. (RT. Betts.otnl | Thursday and Friday, September ath. | goeooooooseooooooeooooooos Norman Baford of Kansas City visited relatives bere last week. Robert Lishey left Sunday fer an indefinite stay at Parsons. Harry Satton |s vielting relatives in Parecos. Mesdames Blanche Edwards, Net- Ite Smith and Florence Smith spent Sunday on Coffeyville. Clarence White @ho has been sick for several months died at the home of Mr. aod Mrs. Ed Smith Monday morning at 9 o'clock. Hie mother feom St. Louis attended his bedside during his illness. Mr, Lark of Columbus has come to this city to reside for a time. Mack Kioney visited friends here during the week. Mrs. Jamee Smith fe visiting in the city, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ewing are moving into their now home which they recently purchased on Bellvue. Jim Ewing went to Coffeyville lant Sunday. James Morford and wife of Saint Louie, are visiting relatives in the ety, Rev. W.T. Lane and his bride were in the city Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Cheatham of Lowell werelarthe city Tuesday. Mesdames Lulu Boyd and Katie Mitchell and Miss Lydia Smith of Baxter Springs attended the funeral of Clarence White Tuesday. Thomas Spann spent Sunday in Coffeyville. OTTAWA, KANS. The seven-year old son of Deacon Wakefield died lest Sunday morn- ing at-J0 o'clock and was buried at go'clock Monday afternoon, Rev. D. E. Overr afficieting, Miss Pauline Lewis who has been quite sick, is some better. Mrs. Pearl Clayborne 3s 0n the sick list. Rev Brooks of tha A.M.E.church preaches hia farewell sermonSunday and leaves next week for Kansas City to attend conference. Mrs, Retta Link, after a pleasant visit of two weeks with her sister, Mrs. E. Clayborne, has returned to her home at Leavenworth, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Wicks of Denver, accompanied Mrs, D. Rich- ardson home from Emporia where they paid their last respects to their deceased brother, Will Wicks, who was accidentally shot in Denver last week, Sugar Beets. The sugar beet industry has come to stay in Kansas. F, D. Coburn, secretary of the state board of agri- culture, says the acrenge és greater this year then ever before and the yield promises to be greatee, The Sugar beet ia the youngest industry of Kaneas agriculture. Until 1gel, the sugar bect in Kansas was an ox- periment. Phe experiment, however, was 50 gratifying that the legislature of that year granted a bounty of a dollara ton for all sugar beets grown in Kan- as and manufactured into sugar. ‘This was the first legislative encour. sagemens, by esther the state or the United States, that the industey bad been given, and the farmers began to plant sugar beets for profit in Hamilton and Finney counties. Betore that, Colorado growers had been so successful that a sugar fac: tory was established at Rocky Ford, not fae from the Kanaas border, But lower down the Arkensas Va)- ley, where climatic conditions were somewhat different, the farmers were not willing to plant exteasively until the state offered the bounty, Encouraged by the fostering aet ofthe legislature, 77 growers who Planted 337 acres in thetwo counties named semt 1750 tons to the Recky Ford factory. Forty-three others grew beets, but their acresge was so smalland tonnage coomquently so light that they fed their product to their cattle instead of sending ft to the factory, In 1902 75 grovers planted 439 acres and sent 4250 tons to the factory. in Ig9e3, frost took the sugar beet plant of the Arkensss Valley from one end to the other, ang.07,grewers wher planted more than 800 acres in Kansas tursed in only 695 toms. That year, however, wap Rot, without e new Jespon, tor the suanbeet was grown 90 far cast t1 Rewo county, where three twas of Bret Crass beers were produces on an expeskmental patch, ‘The beat suger beet year of all in Kansas was tg04. It not only gave the largest yield, but 1t added the lesson that the sugar beet le for all the western part of the state. In that year Mr. Coburn paid bounties, notalone in Hamilton and Finney counties,in the upper Arkansas Val. ley; but In Cowley county, where the Commercial olub of Arkansas City madea succeasful experiment, andin Cheyenne, Rawlins and De- eatur dpunties on the Colorado and Nebraska borders, in the northwest. ern partof the state, where more than leeo tons were grown. In Chey- enne county the growers Irrigated theplant. In Rawlins and Decatur counties there was no irrigation. In the upper Arkansas Vailey there was irrigation. So, from the results of éour years, especially ofthe year 1904, it mag be predicted that the valleys of all of Western Kansas—the big Arkan: sas,fa the Southwest; the Smoby and ite forks in the Central; and the Sappa, the Prairie Dog and the forke of the Solomon in the Northnest— willin time be productive of the sugar beet, and Kansas will become asugarotate. Indeed, it already ie & sugae state, but the producers need the fostering help of the ration. al government in the torr of a pro- tectave taziff. The state bounty is a step, but what 1s needed to hasten develop. ment ofthe sugar beet area is pro. tection by act of Congeess, Ié*4n- duatries” need protection, surely the western sugar beet fsa tair subjec ofthat chess of legislation. Late: on, perhaps, when the beet grower of the teansmissouri country besoms organized, the assembled wisdem a! Washington will take notice, Why atariff by Western votes on lumbe: and nene on steele, and none os eaw material of which sugar is made The railroads are preparing t to,transport the big wheat and cor: cropsof Kansas 60 market. The: will need more rolling stock to mov the crops this year than ever before and,to make available every possi every possible car, thev are begin ning to anticipate the public’s win ter'e demand for coal, All dealers who will buy now, are offered evev: encouragement possible to ship an: store coal three months »n advanc of the demand; and for thetr own us the rallroads, having filled ever sheltered bin and dump and ever shed, are covering their rights-of-we: at division pointe with coal, Th purpose is to get that work out c the way betore the rush of gratn ar. consequent demand for cars oves | whelm the train service. Even now, this rush has begut Jand on all the branch lines, one o | two, or even more extra freight train {have been put on to move the whea: | Next will come the corn, and all th time the transportation of those pre | ducts and commodities ia all direc | tons between the two oceans is gc jingon, To meet the demand, th J railroads must exercise an econom |both of rates aud the use of car | that amounts to a acience. | StU there are men who advocat ||government-made rates, arbitrar | rates, which logically would amoua |to inflexible distamce tariffs of pe toa per mile. They claim the suy || port of President Roosevelt for thi |measure, but in his Chatauqu | speech, August 11, which is hislatee | ntterance on railroad regujation, b Meature, DUEL ih Hie Lhatauqua speech, August 11, which is his latest ntterance on railroad regulation, be gives that idew a wide berth, sad even suggests a possible different plan, Whatisneeded isthe entorce- ment of the present lew, Streagth- an that law if necessney, but by it stop rebates. It fs not lower freight rates that are wanted, but a square deal for all shippers, and to accom phsh this the law 1s plain. So far an the rates are concerned, their adjuatment is sucn that the retail prives of commodities, whether on the Pacific cuast, in the interior, or on the Atlantic coast are practically identical. A euit of clothes, hat, dross patiesn, puie of shoes, pound ofcoffee, of tea, box of olgars, beg of four, costsno more jn San Fran- oreco, Seattle or Houstom than in Savannah’ Topeke, Ka: sus City, Wichita, Chicago, New York or Boston, There ave honest mew who may not believe this statemsat, bat the other side is equally bomest, and sives it is ap homest difference 14 ig a fair one for newspaper discusuon. The*‘other side’ of a queevion always isin ordte in a fair newspaper, no matter what the editor's personal views may be. FLV. To the Public: Tothe Readers of Tuz Torrxa Pratnpgates, Memphis, Tonn.: Greatrxa: | Mr. Joe A. J. Cockrell, No. 146 Meschem ave,, Memphis, Tenn,, ts sole agent for Tnx Puatrprasen in your city and he is duly author- ized to solicit and collect money forthe aame. Please report all irregularities tn the receipt of the paper to him so that he may notify ti.is office; also report toyour poet- niaster if there is any trouble. The raper is mailed regularly from this office each week om Friday. We try to keep abreast of the times and let the people know what is doing in the social and business world. We shall cover the southern ter- ritory thoroughly and will write that which we think best for the betterment of the race. We are trying to educate the white man not to dote on his color because he is white, but to respect all men of merit, regardless of oolor, and that an indnstrious Negro is ax good as an induetrious white man. God created all forms of man, beast and fowl], and all nationeof the east are of one blood, and we cannot ees why the white man should expec any especial privileges over th black man because one is white anc theother is black. We want as | equal show in the race of life an: \that fe all we ask; to be regarde: with the same opinion as the whit | manwhen of the same standard | whether he be » gentleman, a tram; oraconvict, We want fair plsy |justice and an equal show inal | things and such shall be our motte : —-Nick Curr. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Anna Burson, Plaiatitt, vs William Burson, Defendant. To William Burson: You are hereby notiffed that you have been sued by the above named plaintiff, in the above named court, for a divorce and that unless you answer the petition filed in the said court on or before the 26th day of October, 1g05, the petition will be takenastrue,and judgment entered accordingly. [ermar) Axna Bursoy, By her Att’y, W. I. Jaxcison. Attest: I. S. Curtis, Clerk, PUBLICATION NOTICA. Inthe distsict Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. R.H. Miles, Plaiatiff, vs No. 23471. Dora Miles, Defendent. The State of Kansas to Dora Miles, Greeting: You are hereby notified that you bave been sued for divorce by said plaintiff, R. H. Miles, in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, and that you must answer the petition filed oy aaid plamenff in sald court, on or before the 27th day of October, 1905, or the petition will be taken as true and judgment for divorce wilt be renderud agains you accordingly. A.B, Crum ann, A, Macaw, Attorneys for Plaintiff, Attest; I,S, Curtis, Clerk of the District Court of Shawace County, Kansas. {eae..} J, B. LYTLE & OM, FOR SALE. 929 KANSAS AVE. 2 lots, 8 rooms, Quinoy... .. 88,800 1 lot, 5 rooms, Clay... .. + +++1,850 2 lota, 6 rooms, Van Buren. .8,800 14 lota,9 rooms, Western Ave3,.200 2 lots, 5 roome, Harrison... .,1,260 2 lots, 5 rooms, Hanoock,.... 500 3 lots, 6 rooms, Bolles,....+.1,500 14 lots, 7 roome, 12th ..++++3,000 FE lot, 5 rooms, 6th,..., 1,200 1 lot, 8 rooms, Othe. seeessee0,100 4 lots, 7 roome, Western. , ..2, 900 Ziots, 3 5 room cottages, Kline. 2,100 Lota Tyler, each. .cossseee ee +e 850 1{ sores, 5 Yooms, 30th, ,....3,500 Ket, B-roome, Came, sss ses 21 498 Grocery, market stock and 6z- tures; beat location in the city, 8, 000. 4 Howard University . . A _ Medical Department ) Including Medical, Dental and Pharm a- coutic Colleges. INCORPORATED 11867, Thirty-eighth session will begin October 2, 1905, and continue eight months. Students matriculated for day instruction only. Fonr-years' Graded Course in Medicine, Three-years' Graded Coursein Dental Surgery. vf Three-years' Graded Course tn = Pharmacy. Instructions are given by didactic lectures, quizses, | clinics and practical laboratory demonstrations. Well- equipped laboratories in all departments. Unexcelled hospital facilities. All students must register before October 14, 1905. For further information or Catalogue, apply to A F. J. SHADD, A. M.,M.D.,, y SECRETARY. xf 901R St. Northwost. WASHINGTON, D, C, yp | Are x SUR rn DS vo INSURED? CED SOO ‘ 3 Ff = ie MN, Knights and Ladies qty f 1 @iiko | w uw of Protection rs ay A NATIONAL FRATEANAL INSURANOE ee SOOIETY KeyFTDS ise she Tag Incorporated Under the Laws of Kansas, Insues policies for $350, $500 and $1000. We issue pohcie for $100, $150 and $200 for children aged frem 6 to 20. |\This is the only Colored Fraternal Insurance Company in the United States, Every intelligent Negro snould carry some Insurance, We want good, lve, hustling agents in every tuwn, Write at once; for terms. Libesal terme to the right persons. The Knights and Ladies of Protection. Col. James Beck, Nat'l Pree. P.C, Thomas, Nat'l Supt. James M, Mason, Nat'l Vice Pree. ).G Groves, Nat'l Treas J.H. CHILDERS, N¢i Sec. hes Headquarters: 413 Kavsas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas. Negro Editorial Association ! Colorado Springs, Colo, May, 27,03. Western Negro Press Association meeting in the Ninth Annual Session at Muskogee, L. T., September-soth, arst and 22nd 1905. * To the Press:— Pursuant to the regular appointment under the Constitution, The Western Negro Press Association is hereby call- ed to convene at Muskogee, I, T in its Ninth Annual Session, Wednesday, WANTED—A good housekeeper for a family of six. Good wages anda gook home to right person. For further particulars apply to ROBERT MADDOX, 835 W.Eighth Street, Junction City, Kas, Florida Sleeper vi} On November r5th, and daly , thereafter, until the summer season of t90$, the Frisco System, in con- nection with the Southern Railway, will operate through Pallman Bleep- ers between Kansas City, Mo. and Jacksonville, Fla. These sleeping cars will be placed in service as part of the equipment of the Popular Southeastern Limited,” eachedulec to leave Kansas City 6:30 P,M. A modernly equipped train, electric lighted cafe observation car, etc— the route of which carries the travel er through the populous cities of the southeast, Berth reservations may be mac through representatives of Friscc Bystem or connecting lines. Passrnce’ Trarric Department Saint Louis. Thursday and Friday, September aoth, aist, and 2and, 1905. All Proprietors, editors, managers and correspondents wast of Mississippi River are eligible to membership in sald association and are urged to be pre- sent. We cordially extend an invitation to the members of the fraternity and the friends of the newspapers in genera! ‘throughout the country, to meet with i at Muskogee to consider those ques- tions 60 vital to the welfare of the race in the United States of America. We also extend and expect all min- isters and college professors, business men, professional men and women to join us In this meeting Recent developements show the need of action on the part of the intelligent and thoughtful members of the race and the Presa with the aid of the Pulpit must undoubtably take the lead. The Official program that will be published later will be up to the usual high stand- ard. We would again urge upon every paper and its entire staff to make this meeting a personal matter in order to secure a large and inthusiastic gather: ing. The Executive Committee:— CS, Muse, Chairman, Jos, D. D | Rivers, Denver, Colo; J. C. Trimble | Boley, I. T.; W. W, Taylor, Salt Lake || Utah; S. Ridley, Guthrie, Okla; W. R || Carter, Topeka, Kana; Albert Ross }] Kaneas City, Kane, | The Secretary is ordered ta appris | the railroads of the convention and wil +| request them to extend courtesies t the members and publishers of the Craf All communications should be addres | sed to the Secret'y, at Colorado Spring ( | Coto. »| Nick Chiles, President, C. Muse, Chairman, 7 Executive Committee. W. H. Duncan, Sec’ ‘WONDERFUL DISCOVERY $e sagen AES EE HT ae, FORD'S ORIGINAL OZONIZED OX MARROW Bistro tenet stent Sree lee fe need Sire ER eacerteee drone Syeda ae Ray afta Bees wan De taiecs taki Bt Pa Eh sts eet Bere et Ai sig ts Pitheamteestemrcneey i sails coin te rar rages. Sols Poeat Aa ene Bessie etavas or liprarasarernt i Waeparnes uae ane OXONTEED OX MARROW CO, (Wons genuine without my signature) Lt. 1 Aad pa ener at Sty, Steen ————— PUBLICAILON NOTPICE. Inthe Court of Topeka, in and for the City of Topeka, Shawnee Counts, Ka: ese Maggie A tatue, Plaintiff, vs Thad Sompson, Defendant. The eaid defendant, Thad Simpson, isherehy notified and required to to take ms tice that he has been sued : the above said plaintiff before Hon. A. J. McCabe, judge of the above tamed court for the sum of 30 sonud hs weges attached for that sum fideress end costs; and thathe, ihe eaid deteudant, Thad Simpoor, must answer said cause of action sue claim of ssid plaintiff ca or before the 16th day of Sept., t90g, or eaid claim will be taken as true and judgment rendered sguinst hime foreart sum according to law. MacotlkE Apame, Ptantf, By ber attoruey, A.M. THomas: | Before A. J. McCabe, Judge. PUBLICATION NOTICE. Inthe Court of Topeka, Shawnee County, K tea Frank Lif y.ur trustee in bankruptcy of .s. 1 car, bankrupt, Plaintiff, vs W.R Ca-eand S00 Cutiery Company, Defendant, State of Kansasto W. R, Case and Son Cutlery Cc. Greeting: You arehereby notified thatthe above plaintif# bes filed in the above court his bill of particu- lara against you, claiming thet you are indebted to plaintiff in the sum of $86.16 with 6 per cent interest from January 8 1903, 0n account of preference received in the matter of A. Bear, bankrupt, and in ssid action has caused a garnishment eummons to be wesued to C. E. Hubbard, who has answered said garnishmem that he 1s indebted to you in the sum of 8140 00, Now you are hereby notified that unless you aoswer the bil] of partio- ulars filed herein on cx beforethe 2gth day September, 1905, at y ae m , that said bill of particulars will be takenas true and finding made accordingly, directing said garnishee to pay into curt in accord with the said anewer, such sums as may be necessary to pay the amountclaimed herein and the costs of this action. Hereol you wilttake due notice. L, H. Gagrxwoop, Judge pro tem. W.8. McCtixtock, | Attorney for Plaintiff. Ep, O° Netz, Clerk. The Cotered The Albatross ices Rentie! - Supply Co., gs" Goods abipped direct from the factoryte the cee sumer We save you waveling salewman's and merchant's expeast ond profs ca Generel Mor cheadise, Homechold Noveltiog and Supplica, We welt the sell the newest inventions belere they seach your bome dealer Our goods are all relishle, oad masetactured by one of the lergest and mont ree rponable e.aautactaring cotabliahments in the West. Oar goods save you labor, ume and mosey, Every dny 0 Gale dey. If you balieve ta saving your wsband’s, brother's or fother's eamlog’s you wit send 9 Coote todey for our Hfustrated ye page Catalogue. “Net te surprise you would surprine ua,” 4 Get, Siath ood Promsh fhe Atbatreas Sapply Ce: tet so Soa EE —————— READ Tas Puarxpsarzs if you would know what the race le doing. In answering to THE TOPENA PLAINDEALER and J. E. Hobson of Columbus on the school question I wish to say that I am glad to know that the people of Columbus had the backbone and manhood to stand together and demand their rights and their children's rights. It is time that we awaken to our duty. I only hope that the Negroes of Columbus will not weaken, but stand firmly together and show the white brutes that they can't do us as they please any longer. Mr. Hobson has well said as long as they have separate school house, they must have a colored teacher, and I will say to my people of Columbus that if your children can not go to the white schools and if the whites will not give them a colored teacher, for God's sake and the sake of the children, let them send their children to other places. Send them to Weir City. My house stands ajar to care for some of them. Can this be free Kansas with her grand system of schools, where it is supposed that no child is barred from school? Is this the Kansas where it is supposed that a man is a man, no matter what his color? Dear friends, if you sit still and play dumb men this grand old state of Kansas will soon be a soothing hell for the Negroes. Now is the time for us to take a firm stand for our right. Now, I pray you, my people who live in Columbus, stand pat and never weaken, and if you must go down in the dust let your face be to the enemy. If you back down from your present stand you will forever disgrace your people and sink them into perdition. Do your part. Accept no white teacher in a separate school. Otherwise fight it out to the bitter end. J. H. CROFT. KANSAS CITY, MO. Master Gerald W. Ashworth is confined to his home, 1737 Paseo, suffering from a cut in the head received Aug. 28 by being thrown from an electric car. Dr. J. N. Birch is attending him. When in Kansas City and need a good hair cut or shave call on C.W. Montgomery at 1332 E. 18th St., headquarters for porters, waiters and musicians. Mrs. Josie Hawkins of N. Topeka, Kas., is the efficient cashier at this place. Miss Madge P. Browne, after a pleasant visit here with relatives and friends, has returned to her home in Atchison. A most excellent program was rendered on "Education" Sunday at the A.M.E. church for the benefit of Western University. Prof. and Mrs. E.W. Griffin have returned from Atchison. The Supreme Grand Session of the Knights of Pythias and Court of Colanthe convened in the city last week, bringing together many representative men and women from all parts of the country. Mrs. Leon Jordan is visiting in Topeka. Perhaps but few of our people realize the discrimination shown by the city in maintaining a public both house, for whites only, on Paseo. The matter should be looked into by our leaders in this city. Messrs. Lloyd Bailer and Midian Bousfield left for K.U. at Lawrence to resume their studies. Rev. and Mrs. Bacote have returned from their vacation trip to Denver. Mrs. Kinsdade entertained complimentary to her sister and niece of St. Louis Monday. Miss Ophelia Watts has returned from a two months' visit in Colorado and California. Mrs. Wm. Hubble has opened a neat dry goods store, cor. 19th and Vine. We hope this enterprise will be well patronized by the race, and that it will advertise with THE PLAINDEAKER. Mr. L. Smith contemplates entering the Kansas State university in the near future with a view of taking a course in pharmacy. City schools opened Monday with an increased enrollment of pupils and an efficient corps of teachers. The city religiously is in a transition and a moving condition at the present time. The Methodists are on the eve of their annual conference, hence their stir for dollar money and the best possible report. The Baptist preachers have all just returned from Chillicothe, where they have held their association. And so, Revs. K. M. Cohron, J. H. Scott and Wm. James Jamison and the rest have come back full of zeal and wisdom for another year's work. Rev. J. O. Caldwell of the A. M. E., Rev. A. McLain of the C. M. E., and Rev. D. J. Mitchell of the M. E., are each on the home stretch and will leave next week for their conferences. Each is to come back, for each is needed here longer to finish the good works they have started. The teachers' examination is over and among the several white successful applicants Miss Lulu Peery, a recent graduate of the Bartlett high school for our race, passed the ordeal and will be immediately appointed as teacher. Here in Saint Joseph it seems that the board of education appoints every girl who graduates from our high school and makes the examination. Our high school is a fine place for our earnest and brilliant young people, for they feel sure of a position if they study hard and can pass the examination, which undoubtedly must not be over severe if one so recently out of school, as is Lulu Peery, can pass it so creditably. St. Joseph is fast getting on a peace basis. Factionalism is about dead. The real men and women getting decidedly together for constructive, creative and progressive efforts. The Douglass Lyceum of the A. M. M. E. church, the Men's Welcome Workers association of the Francis St. Baptist church and the South End clubs are planning to hold a grand "Get Together Union Meeting" in the near future. This is a helpful sign. All our public schools open next Monday, the 18th and the heads of the several schools speak hopefully of the prospects of fuller schools on account of the compulsory law and because of the union and peace and concord of the people. Our schools are in decidedly better shape and may the best results obtain. MUSKOGEE, I. T. Mrs. J. D. Ballentyne of Nashville, Tenn., was very pleasantly entertained by her sister, Mrs. A. G. W. Sango, at her beautiful home 503 N. 10th street. The house was very artistically decorated with vines and evergreens and pink roses in profusion. The color scheme being pink and green. The dining room reminded one of a flower garden with its vines running from the center of the ceiling to all four corners of the table, in the center of which was an elaborate piece of drawn work on which stood a vase of pink roses and ferns. The supper was served in a very unique way, the first course consisting of chicken salad in heart shaped shells, stuffed olives, celery, cheesec straws, crackers. Second course—cream and cake, bon bons, salted peanuts. On each plate was placed a card on which was a dainty violet in the upper left hand corner. Frappe was served by Mrs. E. Elliott from 6 to 8 and by Mrs. Wm. L. Johnson of Boston, Mass., from 9 to 12. The hours were from 6 to 8 for the married people and from 9 to 12 for the younger set. Mrs. Sango was assisted in receiving by Mrs. Ballentyne, Mrs. Gross of South McAlester, Miss Lulu McColloch, and Miss Minnie Kellar, the latter registering each person's name who attended. Dancing was indulged in from 11 to 12, which brought happiness and delight to all present. Each one expressed himself or herself as being royally entertained. One can never forget the hospitality extended to each one by the host and hostess in their beautiful, spacious and well furnished home. Mrs. Ballentyne leaves Saturday for her home in Nashville, Tenn., to the regret of the many friends she has made since her arrival in Muskogee. She can carry to her home many kind remembrances of the beautiful Indian Territory. Richard Williams is on the sick list. Mesdames Lizzie McLean, Callie Level and Jennie Dell went to Iola last Tuesday to attend the funeral of their little nephew, Clyde Williams. Mrs. Phil Burkes and Rev.Jackson attended the Baptist association at Junction City last week. Rev. Davis and Rev. Scott have returned to Emporia. Charles N. Dell was in Emporia last Sunday. SPRINGFIELD, MO. The Blue Ribbon club held a social session at its palace hall last Wednesday evening and forty-two couples were present and given a most royal reception. The hall was decorated with choice flowers and bunting. The special guests were Mr. Floyd Williams and Miss Hattle Williams of Cleveland, O., and Miss Brown of Ft. Scott, Kas. The club regretted very much to receive a telegram from Mr. P. H. Bassett, D. G. S. of G. U. O. of O. F. of Kansas, stating that it would be impossible for him to be present as was expected. The music was furnished by Prof. E. Penn aud was highly complimented. Woody Bird, President, Geo. Webb, Jr., Reporter. U. R. Smith, Manager. Floyd Williams and Miss Hattie Williams, his sister, left Tuesday for Cleveland, O., and Saint Louis, respectively. We wish to correct an error. Miss Naomi Smith teaches at the Douglass school, south building, Prof. B. F. Adams, principal. Miss Dovey Williams assisted Miss Blue at the Lincoln high school Thursday. Lonnie Horndon left Saturday for Saint Louis. Mrs. C. Hogan and son, Master Harold, of Pittsburg, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Woody Bird. Mrs. M. Gunther will leave soon for California. Mrs. Geo. Webb, Jr., returned Saturday from Kansas City. Miss Lena Hall returned recently from a trip to Denver. Mr. and Mrs. U. R. Smith entertained for dinner last Sunday at the Parker House on Robberson ave., Mr. and Mrs. Bird, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Massey, Mrs. C. Hogans and son, Harold. Prince Edwards, the renowned race starter, is in the city, leading man at the races at the fair this week. Membr. S. H. Cook and Motley are one the sick list. ANTHONY, KANS. Mrs. Leonard Harness and little daughters, Mary Agnes and Margaret, will leave Saturday for their new home at Eureka, Kas., where Mr. Harness already awaits them and will welcome them home after a long while in Anthony. Their many friends regret their leaving and wish them good luck and much happiness and prosperity in their new home. As a rule the colored people in and around Anthony are prosperous and live happy, contented lives. Read THE PLAINDEALER and be up with the times. Frank Lofty, as Trustee in Bankruptcy of the estate of A. Bear, bankrupt, Plaintiff The State of Kansas to Gille Mfg. Co., Greeting; You are hereby notified that the above plaintiff has filed in the above entitled court his bill of particulars against you claiming that you are indebted to the plaintiff in the sum of $161 36, with sixty per cent interest from January 8, 1903, on account of preference received in the matter of A. Bair, bankruph, and in said action has caused a garnishment summons to be issued to M. S. Marple, who has answered said garnishment that he is indebted to you in the sum of about $140, more or less. Now, you are hereby notified that unless you answer the bill of particulars filed herein on or before the 30th day of September, 1905, at 9 a.m., that said bill of particulars will be taken as true and finding made accordingly, directing said gaenlahee to pay into court, in accord with said answer, such sums as may be necessary, so far as the same may apply to pay the amount claimed herein and the costs of this action. Hereof you will take due notice. W. S. McCLINTOCK, Attorney for Plaintiff. ED. O'NEIL, Clerk. TEXAS BLACKS MUST FIGHT! avall. Every ramification of justice is against us. The reporters of the Associated Press herald their falschoods to the world and the world becomes prejudiced against the most humble and pathetic people on earth. Let us plead no longer. Let us, when accused of assaulting white women to shield white scoundrels or vile women, take the law into our own hands and bid the world farewell. "The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding sure" and just so surely will the Negroes arise from slumber and put down the hand that smites them if it must be done by individuals first, and then collectively. Think of it, my brethren! Texas has burned at the stake, within two months, two human beings and no court has interfered. Justice is in our hands; be a Robert Charles, and give your life defending yourselves rather than yield to a mob. Indignantly yours, ANDREW C. CHICHON. Rav. Brown's Work. Editor PLAINDEALER: Do us the kindness to chronicle a few lines respecting our work and our people of the Missouri district. We are now closing our third year's administration with those liberal hearted and prosperous Missourians, and are more than delighted to say to our friends that we are now closing one of the most pleasant year's work of our life. Our work has made permanent progress financially, socially and morally. Our territory being somewhat elaborate we have had an opportunity as well as have taken the occasion to study the Missouri people in their every phase of life. We have taken special interest in their moral life. The Missouri of today is a new world as compared to the Missouri of a quarter of century ago. Our three years of travel among them has wrought to us indeed a pleasing surprise. While we have always held them in high esteem, our closer acquaintance with them and their manner of life has assured us that their future is not only a bright but a safe one. Every people, more or less, have a line along which they excel. The Missouri people easily excel along the line of ecclesiastical obligation and devotion, having not lost the old time fervor, and yet keeping pace with the age of development. Indeed, they are a church-loving and church-going people. It is remarkable to see how far they will drive to campmeetings, quarterly meetings, revivals, etc. They esteem the ministry very highly, especially when it esteems or respects itself. They have a high sense of decency, and swift to resent any violations of moral eti- aphelion in the moral progress of the age. Our people in Missouri are making rapid intellectual strides. We have had the pleasure of visiting and addressing, in many instances more than once, nearly every college and school in our district, and with no reservations we say to you that the faculties and professors of these schools are indeed of the higher type and compare favorably with those of any great educational center. You would be surprised to know of their modern curriculum and advanced system of instruction. In addition to their literary work every high school or semi-high school has added an industrial and manual training department. It really borders on the wonderful how soon the Missouri boy or girl is reading latin and assimilating commercial science. In some parts of the state the rural districts suffer considerably the consequences of the separate school system. Many bright boys and girls are forced to grow up in ignorance from the lack of the requisite number to constitute a school in the district. This is forcing some of our best Missouri farmers from their rich, beautiful farms to the towns and cities in order to school their children. However, where they can remain and operate their farms they are doing so, and their rapid accumulations are fastly forcing from the white people a high regard for the industrious black man. Mr. Benj. Menifee of Ray county harvested this year and sold over $2100 worth of wheat alone. He quette. Their dignified women are playing a very conspicuous part in raising the moral standard. In fact, this is one of the cardinal criterions for the moral development of any race or people—a development of noble womanhood. It is today the peribelion and the has on hand now a large crop of corn and other farm products in addition to the wheat. I can name you several instances of this kind, and wherever you see it you see but very little colorophobia. Some of our people are doing good business also in the cities. In general, they are wonderfully grasping the twentieth century civilization, and Missouri will furnish her quota of intelligent and progressive men of the race to solve the "Mystic Problem." Your paper, Mr. Editor, seems to be meeting with general approval in Missouri. We take great pleasure in complimenting you upon your wonderful improvements in the paper and the good you are doing our race and the people throughout the land. CUTS Engineering Dept. of the Mail = Droeze making our CUTS r