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__THE TOPEKA PLAINDEALER, __ ORDER OF TWELVE TC BOM Chef Grand Mentor Frank Wilson of Laternational Order of Twelve, Keights and Daughters of Tabor, cf the jurisdiction of Kansas acd Ne~ braska, ie making his anoual visit to the Tabarnacles and Templ.s in To- pokathis week He says that the order is growing rapidly and increas- ing both in membership and fiaasce C.G. M. Wilson is undoubtedly one ot the best executive officers from a business standpoint, as well san organizer and master of the work than any other of his like in the Weat. Through him other orders have begun to buy property, The Knights and Daughters of Tab r of this juriediction are about the wealth- festin the Weet. They now own thousands of dollars worth of prop erty consisting of halls, store build- ings and parks. ‘The sixteenth annual session coa- vened July 9th. The C. G M will propose some new plans whereby more money will be left in the hands of the race and in the order instead of paying white people. . The Chief Preceptras Mrs Eams Gaines, who has presided many yeara is eqially developed Ske visits many ordera and finds them in g20d standiag. Much credit and honor is dus her for the steady growth of te order, She is a lady of high attais- meats, having natural ability to govera aad lead the parpls along ta: road of prosperity, Mr. W. M. Core. the geaad_tress- urer, and Mr. A. W. Hogiiaa, ecc’y, and other grand officers have been equally as zealous in carrying 07! the orders of the gracd body mth punctuality. ‘This order reaches out for grea masses of the laboring class cf peuple of the race, places every mecibel on a level, uo preference betag show: any particular member of the lodge {tthe individual member dces a0 succeed in living ap to the teachiags of the order, thereby causing bia ti A6ee bis standing, it is bis owz faul and not that of the body whic’ give: propee and wholesome fastruction Maay persons have secured home aud good positions for hwiag up sad carrylag out the rules of the order STATE BAPTIST DONVENTION! The State B, Y. PB. U. and 5.5 convention held at Shiloh Baptiat church last week was well attended, abouttwo hundred delegates from all parts of the state being present. It was about the largest delegation the Baptists bave ever bad. The programa waa a3 elahycate 026, participated in by reprasaatatives of the various churches all over the state. The B Y.P, U_ opsoed ou Tuss- day aad closed Tuesday evening. The Sznday-school couvention cua wened Wedoeeday and conc!uded its excroises Friday evening. The oratorical contest Fr cay evening was an exzeptional one ‘The prize that was ofered waa wor by Miss Bessie Rossum of Kansas City, Kane. Mr Hf Monrce hac the pleasure of preventing thia prize which wao three silver dullars. ard which wae mos: honcrably won, ‘There were several cose seconde amoug them, Miss Olus Acdera ec Lawrence, a gradsate ef Lawrer.c High school, who fs tu be compl mented tpon the way 8 ¢ dell vere hor recitation We also wish t compliment Mr Joo MeKulght upon the eacellea manner in which he delivered bF oration, We find very few ycut; mesatthinage who are striv.ng to life as Mr. McKuight, aad we bop aaany others who Jistened to bis ore -™ 1 wom, —6 he Young Peoples’ Literary Congress, Which Convenes at St. John A. M.E tlon will (Utlow his example. Muss Panline Lewis of Ottawa and Mra. BF Watson of Kansas City were alao among those who recited ou thatevening. ‘They aleo reepoud ed well te their duty, Tash V. DU. collected $194. whi.e the Sunday-schont eons entivu collected £32 C0, Rev. M.S. Jones was re elected president ofthe BYP ° cd Mrs. L. A. Word, recording secretary; Res. J. Ne Stokes, corresponding secretary. Tos the Sunday-school convention HLL, Monroe was re elected presi- dent. Mr, Monroe stated to the cen: vention that owing to his buriness be felt that he coald not geve all the tme hethought they should have, theretore felt it his duty to decline. Butthe convention felt that they could not do without him, aad con cluded to take what time he could give. Mr. Monroe makes s good officer, and it would be hard to get another to fill the place better. ‘The other officers elected were: Vice president Smoky Hill district Rey. G, T, Ramey, Nicodemus; vice president Southeastern district, J. E. Lewis, Wichita; recordicg secretary, Mrs, £. A, Wilson, Kansas City; Corresponding seoretary, Mrs. F. B. Grant, Kansas City; treasurer, Mrs S.A. Keanel. Weir City, Next place of meeting, Kansas City, with the Pleasant Green Baptist Sunday school, Thursday before the fourth Sunday in Jane, 1908, Rev. George MeNeal, pastor, B Street Baptist church assistec in preparing meals for the delegate: and bath churches are te be compli l eaated for their faithful service. Musical Contest Was Good, The coatest between Central Bap- tist, B Street Baptist and St, Mark's A.M. E. choirs held at Lukens’ opera house, North Topeka, Monday eveniog, was a great event from a caua'cal and business view, The house was packed to its fullest capac- ity, and everyone enjoyed the singing. The three choirs rendered some ex cetleat music with sweet and melo- dious voices. There was, of coune, considerable room for improvement. Té those young choristers put heart, body and soulinto perpetuating such choirs they can make themselves second to none anywhere, This should be aa incentive to cause them to improve im vocal sausic, Mr. Sherman Trotter directed the nausic forthe three choirs: Mies Daisy Forte played for B Street, tise Daisy Morgan tor Central Baptist aad Mies Belle Fort for St. Marks, A quactette composed of Mis: Cyrenia Smith, Mrs. Joseph Johns Meaara, Trotter and Brock elicited rozods of applause. An tastrameatal solo by Miss Ber tha Bath was good and Mrs, L. H Slaughter's solo was enjoyed by ever) one in the house. Trelades of the three churche: served refreshments. For the firs time fn our life we saw a cash regis ter in use at s church entertainment We thins this a capital idea, and j carried out oftener, mors mone; might fiad ita way into tre treauurie ofose churches, The North Sid citlz,ua are proud of this contest Good work is being carried on b: the mucisters, Welcome to the Kiterary Congress. Everybody is invited to attend the second anatal mesting of the luerary Congress at St John A. BM. E church, whieh will convene Thurs day morning July 4th. An clapor- aie prograu has been prepares anc’ aumecf the greatest people of th West are to be on program There will be delegeates from alraost every city West cf tho Misazaippi river The Hon Nelson C. Crews, Prof, Shelton French, Rev, J CG. C Owens, Governor E. W. Hoch, Kev. J C. Caldwell, Rev, E RB Vavgho, Prof. Jackson of Western University, and the great apostle Bishop Grant and macy others. FOLLOWING THE COLOR LINE! Ray Stannard Baker Tells of the Agricultural Negro in the Black Belt. ‘The cotton picking tewon was drawing to «cluec when I left for the black belt of Georgis. So many friende 1m Atlanta bad eald: “The city Negro isn't the real Negro. You muat go out on the cotton plantations in the country; there you'll see the genuine black African in all ble primitive glory.” Tt ia quite true that the typical Negroisafsrmer, The great maar of tke race in the Sonth dwells to the country, Acoording to the Isat centus, out of 8,000,000 Negroes in the Soatherea statea 6,359,173, or 83 per cent., lived on the farms or in rural villages. The crowded city life which I have already described Tepresents not the common condi- tion of the mass of the Negro race but the newer development which aceompanies the growth of indaatel: alandurbanlife, Inthe city the races are forced more violently tos gether, socially and evonomically, than they are in the country, pro~ ducing acute criees, ut it ie in the old agricaltaral regions where the Negro ie in such masses, where ideas change slowly, aud old insti- tutions persiet, that the problem reaily presents the greatest diffical ties, There is uo better time of year to see the South than ia November: for then it wears the emile of abua- dance, The country I went through -rolling red hills, or black bottoms, pine clad in places, with pleasant farm openings dotted with cabins, often dilapidated but picturesque, and the basy little town+—wore somenow an airof brisk comfort. The fields were lively with Negro cotton pickers;{ saw bursting loads of the new lint, drawa by mulss or oxen, trailing slong the country roade; all the gins were puffing baatly; at cach station platform cot- ton bales by scores or bandreds stoed ready for shipment and the tewss were ekoerful with farmers white sad black, who now had money to epeod. The beat of the ausmer had gone, th air bore the taag of a brisk autumn coolness, It wasa good time of yoar—aud every body seomed to feelit, M.ny Ne grose got ov or of at every station, snd with Isughteraad shouted good | byea. Aod so, jastat evening, after 4 really interestiag jouroey, I reached Hawhiveviile, a thriviag town o! | some 3,000 people just south of the {center of Georgia, Pulaski county of which Hawkizsville is the *eat with an ambitious new court house, '|1s.a typical county of the black belt A censad map which is here repro duced well whows the regien 0 |largest proportionate Negro popu lation, extendiag from South Caro Jima through ceatral Geogia an | Alabavia to Mlusissippi, More tha [half the inbabitacta of all this broa: belt, including, also, the Atlanti cosstat counties acd tue lower Mis sienippi valley,as shaded on the my, —sre Negroes—cbiedy farm Ne "Igroey. There the race question tlihwagh perdape no. so liimediatel, Pid ast ae tdci a Ike Atlanta, | wish bots whieand colored pou |e imunineut prob'emof daily exe vleme Severs Luce while in th _[Ulacke be tT was si raved at the o : dent reapunse of pe .ple to whom mentioned the fay that 1 had see Veooatning of cosditions in Ker | ueay, Marglaad asd Virginia: "| ‘Why, they haven't any Negr “lourobiem. Taoej’re North.” me hg a ae ae ae te ge pe se mnmd wen Vfea ddea:’ qiesivs that it ie 1a the blick felt, crim the Yaz.0 ‘delta, | Ail the couctey of Central Geor~ gia baabeer long settled, Pulasti county was laid out fn 1803 and yet the population may be considered sparee. The entire county has only 8,000 white people, a large propor= tion of whom live in Hawkinavlle and Cocbraa, and 12,000 Negroes, leaving not inconsiderable areas of foreat and uncultivated land which will some day become ie valuable. At Hawkiasville [ met 3. Pope Browa, the leading citizen of the county, In many ways he ie anexe amule of the beat type of the new Southerner. Iu every way open to him,and with energy, he is devoting himeei! to the tmprovement of bre community. For five years be was president of the State Agricultural Society; he has beeaa member of the legislature and chairman of the Georgia Railroad Commissios, and he represeate all that is best in the new progressive movemeat in the South. Oae of the anpleasast features of the villages in the Soath—I beard it everywhere from travelers, and I have already bad an experieace or twoof my own--are the poor ho. tels, In accoantiag for this condi— tion T heard a atoly iustratiag the attitude of the old South toward public ascommodation. A number of years ago, before the death of Robert Tombs, who, 44 member ef Jeferson Davis's cabtaet, was called “the backbone of the confed. eracy,” the apirit of progres reachs ed the town where Tombs lived. The thing most veeded waa new hotel. The business mea got to~ gether and subscribed thoney with enthasisem, countiog on Tombs, who waetheir richest maa, for the Isrgeet subscription. Bat wheo they fisally went to him be asid: «Whatdo we want of a hotel! When a geatlemaa comes to town | will entertaia him myself; thove who are not geatlemea we doa” want.” ‘That was the old apirit of arieto! cratic individual’ the town dic not get its hotel, } Oneofl the public eaterprises o Mr, Brown at Hawkinaville ie : | good hotel; aad what is rarer atill | North or South, he has made b* Jhotel building really worthy archi Jtectuaally, Mr. Brows took me out to ht | plantation, a drive of ame eigh ‘|miles. Tacommoa with most o ‘the larger plantation owners, as | found not only in Georgia, but i other Southern states which I havi Jeince visited, Mr, rown maies bi ‘lhomein the city, After a while came to feel a reasonable confidence Sin avsumiog that almost avy promi "lpent merchant, banker, lswyer 0 ’} politician whom I met ia the town -Jowned 3 plantation Iu the country || From a great many sturtes of th {fortunes of families that L heard *jcunctaded that the movemert «© "| white owners from the lant to near "|br towns was iicreniag every year MN Ifigb prices fur cetton and eee ~jipaent peep crit acer to have sue! Herstud rather taan retarded th Nimovemert, White planters cat no. slagurd te tive Ir tows wnere the ean Lave tue cumforteaad co ves Of ences, where the wervant questio ia not Impomatuly dithoult, ac the women antehitdren, vt living alone on yteat firme where white newhbora an dietant ie Patieki County has ueset hada erme of a Negre agian i whice wemin, or a lyncling embod, statistics show that Tee crime te committed fn the black belt dein in other parte of the South--[ tows that the fear was not vkeent even among these people. Since my article on the Atlanta riot was published I have received a letter trom a white man, VS, George, of Greenwood, Missienippi, which expresses the white point of view with singular earnestness; “J live in a county of large plan tations: If there are #1,000 people ‘in that county, at least 3¥,000 are Negroes, and we never have any friction between the races. [ have been here as a min for twenty yeare and I never beard of but one case of attempted assault by s Ne gro on a white woman, That Negro was taken out and hanged, I said that we never bad any troub le with Negroes, but it’s because we never take our eyes of the gun You may wager that I never leave my wife and daughter at home without a maain the house after ten o'clock at night—because I am afraid.” Asa result of these various intlu~ ences a traveler ia the black belt sees many plantation houses, eveo those built in recent years, standing vacant and forlora or else occupied by white overseers, who are, in many parts of the South, almost as diticult to keep ax the Negro ten- ante. Thousands of waall white farmers Doth owners ard renters, of course, remain, but whet the leading plant ers leave the country, these men, too, grow discontented and get away at the first opportumty. Go- ing to town they find ready em: ployment for the whole family in the cotton mill or other industries, where they mike more money and live with a degree of comfort that they never before imrgined possible. Many cotton mills, indeed, em- ploy sgents whose busiagsa it is to go out through the country urging the white farmers to come to towr and painting glowing” ‘pictures o! the postibillties of tife there, | have visited a aumber of mil neigh | borhoods aud talked with the oper: atives 1 foun? the older met sometimes homesick for the free lif lof the farm, One lanky old telloy said rather pathetically: “When it comes to cotton pick Jing time and Lkoow that they ar / grinding cane aud hunting possume [ fest naturally get lonercme fo the country.” | But nothing would persuade th women and children to go back & the old bard life, Hawkineville ha {a small cotton mull and. Just auch [ community of white workers aroun it. Owing to acareity of Iabor, wage inthe mills have been goiag up rap ‘idly all over the South in the las '}ewo or three yesrafurnishing 2 atil : more potent attractiow fer countr: : people. w| Allther- variors teadeactes ar -luniting to jroduce nome very te ,| markable conditiens ia the Sout | They are apparently bringing abou »fanatural segregation of the race [ {i oaw it everywhere I want in th c{utace belt The white pesple wer eravitating towards the towns, a Contlaved on Page 4. QOLORED BOSINESS MEY COMING, "tae eat the Visitors, National Negro Business League fs tobe heldat Topeka, Kansas, Wedoes day, Thursday and Friday, August igib, 15h and 126th, t907 The Central Pamenger association is just preparing notice of its arrangement ofa one and one-third round trip rate to be joined by the other pas- seager associations of the country tor the coming meeting of the League, Mr. B. P. Booze, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Is arranging to secure a special car with a party of about twenly five representative peo- ple of his section to attend the com- ing meeting of the League. Mr. B.D. Patterson, fourth vice president of the National League, and manager of the carriage building firm of C. R. Pattersoa and Sons, Greenfield, Ohio, is taking an active part in imercasing the influence of the organization in the state of Ohicy Alarge nuaber of detegates from this section will likely attend the Topeka session of the League than atany previous meetiag. A unique feature of the coming meeting will be the presence from the business course degartment cf Western University, Prof. Albert Ross, director, of a number of youaz Negro men and woraen, steaograph- ersand typewriters, trained ic this school, who are to be located ia the convention hall ready to take dicta- tion for such business men as want Jto correspond with their faanilies or friends in this way duriog tueie stay Jin Topeka. | The League will be tendered a | grand picnic at one ot the maguificea, | pleasure resorts of thestate dering ‘|their stay, Oa the evesicg ot d President Booker T, Washiagton’s jannual address, the mectiag will be [held in the auditorium, a large as~ ,|eembly hall seating 7 s00 persons, ‘Tho League banquet, to be served by one of the leading caterers in the state, will also be held in the audits | rium, 1] The Topeka Choral clud of over [half a handred voices will eatertain rlehe visitors with their eageging mu~- sical renditions daring the sessioas, ,| Special selections are being relssarsad | Theciticens of Topeka are assisting in ,jevery way possible to make the meet: ,| ing ot the League a g.eat success The 1| state and city officials are co-operat- ,| 188 with the Negro Busnees League ofhcers in preparat.on for the vie tors “land a hearty welcome on all hands awaits the delegates and friends, Among those who will formally wel- 7) come the league attendants are Hou, E W. Hoch, governor of the state e| Mayor Witham Greea and Hon. C. .|K. Holliday, ‘The latter will repre: ,| sent the Commercial cluo of Topeka, t| The committee on korae and loca: [tion have arranged fer all visitors g{and league members to de taken ¢| care of atau average rate of 81 per y|day for board = Taers w.’ be ne , [attempt to hold up the delegates ou {this stem. The cihcers ut tae Togs: ‘ ka League have jast laced a spec’al invitation to al! meavers of the Ns “I tional League and ¢ .z.r tigade brg- “ling them to attend t7¢ tuzet 2g aad *| assuring tnem a pr tiab.e and in- ‘VT eereting stay in Kazsas Detal'ed Y] information along any l.2 an’ es ‘ ipecially as to accomm +44 On5 cau nlbefarnished by Mr. tra O. Gey, | Vice president of the Nasional Negec ~| Business League, Sut °¥. Fourteenth Sag ae eo eee INDEPENDENCE, KANS Rev ft Woohbd and wife attended commencement at Wo at Quiudare, Rev, dV Cabell de spencting at few Gaya at home Ue hekl bie second quae tesly comerenee nt Cotlcysdite List Sun day. Several pateone trom here wall attend the Sunday school convention this wech at War tity Mig Sarnpdell ot Chetty cate las been practicing with st. felns choit ior the Chiblrens Pav evercdees. Mr AidL ot Ceiteysille visited us list wech Mi, Mowe King, why works wit L Letom stent contraction, ree rat time torts city gab bae bt ce Man pte t We teas Hteaae hat the pottrs wee MMe tte ttles tate a tine HL rnb tent colt be thi ks will make 4 steppa (Te Allen fy comtamplatiat sien business Mra J Di Mose whe hag beet ver SAE tor the past twee weerke, £¢ some bet der, Mr. Walter Jones bits the gate et bunt] ing the new Aftican church Woth ha alrady begun Walter is 4 batstlar an an all around fasiness man He own 4 40 are farm two miles east of tow Invitations are util ty the Civomnes Holt webling next Sunliy evening 7 ow otloh Semen 4IGGINSYILLE, MO ‘Mi. Semuuyl Henderson of Kamas City visited aelitives hue on fast bund ty AR] Monday ST ae J. 1 Werkent ot Lexington «as here on business Last werk. thomas © Wilhams lett last thus day tor Ictlerten City ty atten Tithe cow memenent at Linwln Institute, also to accompany his aistor Mies Lent aml Veta Wallis heme, whe has bec attend ang the Listitute They monsedd Meee Ratiiday evening Mesere fim Mage and William ass ot Lavington, Ma, were an the cty last punday, ‘ Miss Dene Cotlier, who bag been quit Ai, is sepoutest te be dayovmng miecly. Mi Llyah Hughes and wite of Dos ington were an the sity: fist Sunday visiting relatives, + ag Ivor Sage of 1012 Oak atrot han gas City, Mo, spent Stanley tere wat tniends, “1 Mise Molle Catter of seamed sasiting welittves here Last Sued ty Mies Avance MO Walla at 3210 Pu etreet, St. Lowls, spent a short while 4 the city last Suudey, en route tor 13 ette, Ma Mr and Mis Hemy Moore of Ma: view ware in the city Santas The annual simen of the Kuigh of Jaber Ledge was preachet by Re T. J. Watson on list Sunday at the , ME, Church = She entire Order turn: out an their required regalia, marchu fiom the hall to the church. Mr Otte Smith amt wife of Cord were in the city lant Sunday. PITTSBURG, KAN. the dhstrict conference and consention held in Weir last werk waa a gramd suc chats The Mt Helnon Baptist church Is be ing remodeled for the assclation to he held here next month, p Mem A lutylion ded at tur home yn Yager foghtt stigte and wus truied last edagatindas, athe Siral was hell atethe AR ehurgh 2 iter, Wooten hit W8aeMatete Moore sacs Myitte Tety passed thrangh out uty Tuesday en route tu the convention Vhs THE ReCaity was the guest o! Mra Nel Piene last week Mie Hen fewis ie vers alt at he lnm on West Forest. Mise Zula Holtowin give a musical re otal dest Prolay myghe whieh was 4 fedt te the Lady Alice aMtttie Monte Mise Marthe Lert are the gusts of Mia Neil Piece the woth. Me amd Mig Pe hene are remade li their home on Olive, NOTICE, Vablee ard song houks at cont piicess Write A. UW. Mansion Bound, dealera im Christian htera- ture, 22224 Papin wtreet, St. Low e Miseuurl. omen EEE | DR. A. A. MAYER, FRADUATED IN Advanced Ophthalmology Special oo a Attention al to Weak EYES. Strabismus Corrected without an Operation. Calls made to any part of the city, In Topeka Thursday, Friday and Saturday of cach weeh ai 1112 West Twellth Street. Permanent office: 633 New Hamsbire St., Lawrence, Kas. eee Waw Japaneses Code ae Oe Se Seboahire Hornmi, professct of aw fe the University of Tohyo, in 8 pape em the pew Japanese cofe read at the yecent International congress eof art and eciences at Bt Louis gave an inter esting exposition of the manner i which the Japanese bave sought te sonform their legal system to weatern Meas, The method employed bas been gonservative, recognizing for the time being come of the woet firmly tmplant ed of the old customs rather than ip witing by an sttempt to revolutionise ererything a reaction which might de feot the purpose of the pew code. ‘About the year 700 a legal coda, based upon Chinese moral philceophy, with the cult of ancestor worship and | the feudal system, wae drawo op and promulgated This code, with some soinor changes, continned In force um ah the beginning of the olneteenth cee {a A syntem of such actiguity nat rally had to be reckoned with by the rafters of the new code, though their task wan somewhat simplified by the fact that the old Jawa bad never been published. They bad been made for the edification of the Judges and other : eMictals {| _Tbe Gecree promulgating the Dew ‘ praitminary code after the restoration : ef the emperor ip 1808 followed this tradition in addressing Itself to the of t fictals of the empire When the sec ead code was proclaimed, bowever, J2 187A, the ewperor’s subjecta, aa well as Rig oO cials, were commanded to ober (al Sires Aeeiaret tbat “Deven ‘ forth, very law upon ite promolgat T he seated to conspl Su eas +) deaking it evident to the Japanese He ET roa Ba | time one of laws and not of men. | The legal condition of women wa °} ene of the most complicated problems 4) which confronted the revisionists |] moth Buddhim ond fendalism he “| Zapansse women hept in a state of Ge pendency. The Chinese doctrine ¢ 14] @e three obediences was strictly o st] goreed under the old Iaw--in chikibos a fomale was pobject to ber father, t t\} youth to ber bosband, after her bor band’s death to ber sons, 4 womns \ | mad no lega! rights which her busbas » [ee eons were bound to respect. t In dealing with this question @ 1 | @rafters of the new code rade a cles th] eweep of tradition and established } ae rights for women similar to the is} ef the most advanced European tons. Unless otherwise stated is tl iw] marriage contract, the property ef in| woman st the time of her marria 1) | Row remains hers. She may alse s quire property sfter marriage and be 5): | Bt in her own name ‘There is ve é tinetion between the legal rights .{s| am onmarried woman and a mile cf ~ | men A woman now hes the sar A rights as @ man in the matter ef | ned | Feros. ing| To the maintenance of the “hous a survival of the old clap aystam, t der| Baw code hae been lees radical walt of state in Japan is still the fm (ty rather than the iwdirignal, bet powers of the head of the house m fon| are peactically Yimited to cortate rig) ane eonnected with ancestor worakip qeatre! over the marriage cf suber be | Bate members. Any member of { te | boone on own property apd oa | death leave ft to be Steen kaa cit | etan. 21 is delieved that in tose | the] “bomee”" will be disintegrated aad y fein the rest of the médindtsF-euste af Javan inithe’iimbo ef-the past. A French sotbority co Buropean a& faire: M. Yves Guyot, predicts in the Worth Americas Review that Reasis will bereafter encounter hostility ts «> tempting to Boat war loans, He exys that the French investors are new ‘gwake to the fect that the France Ressian alliance ts a one sided affuta ee far 6 advantage goes, and thet Rus min bas Sooded that country with hee bonds Russia's weakness is so msnt fest, says M. Guyot, that the Lait « fatth in ber feture will soon be reach ed in France, Rusela stil) has an im mense gold reserve to fight on, and the sod of the war ta pot Nksly te oom poon because of ber Soancial straits Yet fatlore of credit in the house friends ia vot « pleasent prospect fe a pation situated as Russia in Our neighbors on the north seem Bet at ai) given to the worship of imported grestoems. Bome time ago England sent over a titled major generel te ve erganize the Cansdlan militia, amd the Seeec) preaiar pleinly told bis bert ahtp thst be was not wanted fe the tats nations! election the Leurtar af seinistration, which snubbed this poo tentions individeal asd cansed his oe | eal, gained votes as a result of the dant. | Not alone Bt Loula bot the whel eountry, rosy be congratulsted over o woccess of the Louisiana Purchase ¢ position, The labors of the projed and managers bave been appreciated. apd mflions of people have added te ther stock of knowledge ts a way that ean never be forgotten. Ne ‘The correspontents in the Maz cast Raving wothing better to do, seam te be amesing themselves by tavesting pew and more tantalixing Ways of qpetiing the nemes of Manchastas WS ame te U. D. Davidson Company Wholesale and retail buman| har dealers. Wigs 315 per| dozen or 33.75 each and up, switches Sy per dozen or 75c and up, kinky hair, wavy hair, straight hair, dark brown and jet blach colors, Money must accompany all mail crdors. te! Calhoun Street, Fort Werth, Texas. —_—— Te WHMZ EE MAN CONCERN Mvarpl cat cofor a perinit tose Ui tovieat ee) dats aerordiug tolum,at gt Kansas Avene a the ‘Third Wardief the city ef fopeka fs new on tie in the uflae cf the probate budge wf shast er sonmty, hanas The hearing ¢f the same ts stt tor Monday st toacieck a it daly #107 ToS TEE 5, A. TAYLOR, M..D +y 1etAN AWD STROHOP 4s Kenene are, Tath “Proze 334 Calle answered day and night sfhce Hnured 2to qand 7 to fp. Residerce 1535 Van Rores, EE CALL FOR A SOLUMN CONCLAVE Btn Grant is Named as One of the Trustees for the Jeans Fund. ‘lo the Citizens of the state of Missourit On February 1th, 1907, afty aes | gates rezreernting ten counties and the | largest ities in the state, aszeint ‘ed in the state Honse in Jefferson City to enter their protest against the teparate car law, which Lad already passed the state Senate, ard to appeal to the reas acn, hlerahty and goed julgment of the railroad comnattce and other members ‘of the House of Representatives who were present, to heep the proposed ball from Lecoming a law. We are thanhful to say that the Letter judgment cf that body prevaited and we have been spared the humihation to which our people are subjected in many of the other states. ‘The success which attended our efforts upon this occasion Indicates clearly, that with organizstion throughout the state and discreet management, we can do much toward creating a bealtby public opinion in regard to all matters bear- ing upon the interests of our race, The Negro fs under criticism; he needs defense; his civil and political mgbte are in jeopardy; he needs protection, For these reasons the delegation adopted a resolution while assembled in the A M. E, church, Jefferson City, So, Feb ruary 33th, 1907, instructing the preal: dent and secretary of that gathering tc Tinvite a solemn convocation of the peo [ple of Missouri through thelr represen | tathes, for the purpose of considering the adsisability of a permanent organ ization. The meeting 1# hereby called to con [rene in St. Louis, Mo, opening in Cen tral Raptist church, July l¢th, at 9 s [mand closing in St, Paul A, M. E church, July Pith. All religious denor! : nations, educational Institutions, chas _[itabhe nesociations, secret societies, a0 any cther organizations in the state no ‘}inclnded tn this number are requeate to send at Jenet one delegate trom eac ‘lets, community and precinet to 1 p | prevent at said cementicn at the tim _[hetan designated ‘ ABRAMAM GRANT, President. ¥ QUORGH 1. STLVENS, ae st Louie, Secretary, NAMES OF PERSONS SELECTED TC SERVE AS TRUSTEES FOR THE JEANES FUND. Hollie Burke Frisell, Hampton, Va. Kocher T Washington, ‘Iushige, Ala William HH, ‘daft, Washington, D.C. George Foster Pealady, New York Cit) Andrew Carnegie, New Youh City, Rotert BR. Morton, Hampton, Va. | James C. Naprer, Nashville, Fenn, Abraham Grant, Kansas City, Kan. dames He Dillard, New Orleans, La. ‘Lukott Wilhame, Philadely hla, Pa. Nobert Te Smith, Paris, Texas, David C. Barrows Athens, Ga, Robert C, Ogden, New York City, Walter II. Page, New York City. Belton Culreath, Birmingham, Ale, George MeAneny, New York City Samuel C Mitchell, Richmond, Va. ® Learn to do Ladies: hand pains @ ing at home! Palnt youreelf rome yretty vols pillows and paint for others, I teach you by mail for #1 Give you full iustructions. something new, send today, THE J. H, ANT Co, 110 Campbell Street, Jola, Kansast F. J. Weaver. Alfred Rivers. Bonded by the Metropolitan Reference: Missouri Saving Surety Co. Bank. Get Busy “Wt. Work y Want ° The Afro-American Employment Agency WILL GET YOU A JOB We are eend.ng hundreds of competent colored men aud women to good positions in and out of the city, We are Headquarters for Reliable Negro Help, Colored men and women coming to Kansas City should erme direct to our office, as we always have a demand for competentheln. We have a Hotel in contection, and can accommodate you until you get a situation, Te MELP SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY WHEN TRANSPORTATION IS FURNISHED, Main {OfficesS.JE.fCorner,Eighteenth andiPasco ~ ' —— Mat 5 OlliceyS AE ACommera lentes MALS oo | Tarcach Ouice iio, Ti OC5YM’Gee Street Ea ppeextrmoss wan tre rel! PRONE MAING | RANSAS CTY |S 2» % # MISSOURI. me mame National Negro Li f I ife Insurance Co, ® ° ‘ oe Knights @ Ladies Db t ‘ rretection Authorived to do business under the laws of the State, Weissue policies from $75 to $1,000. We create a reserve fund to loan to membnrs. Sick and accident benefits while you live. Every Negroin the United States should carry a pollcy with us and be benefited. P.C. THOMAS, Natl Sec., the wed re ht AE, : 4 .New and Seconds> : 24 : Hand Good = : Hand Goods E: = Farniture, Stoves, Second Hand Clovhing, ™ : (3a Fitting, Ete., bought, sold and cxchanged, = $ We jo Gae Fitting, Repairing and Upbol- i = All Work Guaranteed. ae : J, JOHNSON J.W. ANDERSON ~ 7 Prog netor. Plumber, % : Puoxe soo. 211 N, WASHINGTON AVE,JOLA, KAS & re ete NOTICE To the 15,000 Kareas Baptists: On June 18-20 the State B. Y. P., U.and Sunday-school convention will meet at Shiloh Baptiet church, Topeka, Kans. ‘he said annual meetings have, been looked forwari to from year to year as the greatest coming together of young people of our race in Kan- sas. Each year adds a new interest Already the members have made thie their watchword; “On to Topeka in June.’ They are coming from the four corners of our Baptist home. Last year we did well. But this year it seems to be a universal Kansas spirit to do more than ever before For it is plainly seen that the more we do only enables us to see the great need of a greater work. The officers of both departments, together with the members, have labored hard this year, and I hereby ask that we come together at tue appointed time to talk of our past labor and to bring in the sheaves for the Master's use also to formulate piaus for the future. The officers of the B.Y. P. U, tleclded to have at Topeka a state banner, It will be given co the union sending the most money above the sepresentation fee of $300. CDNULUSION. Let every local union end in the |names of their delegates not Jater than the 4th of June, because imme | diately after eaid date the progran will be made of thove wha send tr |treir names, IM you fail to send you naine to me, don’t say 1 should have known you would be there, Sen all communications to Norns 1 Stokes, Cor. Sec'y and State organ: ixer, Chanute, Kans. Riv. Matt, 3. Jones, Pres. Harrie Brown, Ree, Sec'y. oh? Kallithrix Parlor HAIR GOODS, HAIR OR- NAMENTS, NEW POMPA- DOURS, SWITCHES, was, AND FRIZZES OF ALL KINDS, A NICE hINE OF TOILET |WATER AND PERFUMES, MRS. M, L. FIELD, 839 Hancas Avs. ~ . You will find ARTIST O7). BROOKS at 731 Minnetota Avenue, Kansas City, Kas, in the same old town that he has lived for 10 years lasf October. He moved last month to new quarters a few doors west of the post office, I thank my friands and good patrons for their large patronage that made the ruoms too small 1512 to hold my business, I have tried hard to jive you an honest deal in every picture that I have painted or drawn for you, as a satis: fied patron is the best ad- vertisement a man can have in business, Owing to the fact that the artist 1 had with me 4 years was forced to leave me last December; leaves an opening in in my studio for a first-class lady ortrait artist. I pay the Foaio price paid by other places, and will advance transportation from any part of the United States to my studio, to one who can prove to me in advance that they are real and truly an artist. ARIIST O. J. BROOK 735 Minnciota Ave, KANBAS CITY, - KAN YOUNG PEOPLE'S GONESS, The Young People fLaterary Congress of the Fif h tyecopal District of the A.M. E. cburch will convene in its eccond annual ecreion on Thuraday morning, July fourth, ‘07, at St. John churet, Topeka, Kane, Brsnor A. Gnasa, Preeident. 3, G. Carpwett, Dist. Seo’y. Vor information regarding ave. commodations, ete, atdress JE, Enwarie. | ot Wreneventh «treet. Topeka | 40 1OVEKA SLPSCR BFS Apreat many of our subscribers inthe city are in arrears, and we would be pleased to have thera call andeettle, We hava been very lene jent with them, and they shoald know by thistime that it takes money to run a newspaper, and unless their bills are settled their nares will be dropped from the let. Do vou Want to buy a kome? Want to buy a farmyY Want to rent? Want papers drawa, or ao- knowledged? Want a loan on your property? Want to exchange vity property for eplendid farme in Certrel ard Western Kanvas? Call on or write J. H. CHILDERS, Saleeman with the Benedict Real Entate Co., 620 Kanear ave $a! J. W. Voohie’s Restauran L also carry 2 fine S'ne of GROCERIES 204 MEATS, Give me a share of your trade. Binie, Avo. RareaeCuy,d reap Home cre tit Wert. 4 —_—— FOR SALE—At Muskogee, 1. T. the nicest and cleancet up to date cafe and hotel in the territory. 1f you want a nice, clean cafe, see me atonce, I wieh to euspend bueinere on account of failing health. J. W. HL. Mazin, 106 Court St. Bath 15 Cente Iyelng a Spee’a'ty The Prohress Barter Shop and Shining Parlor Halreuty 26; shave toe Massage a spesialtyy SCOTT & SWENDELT, Prope. 1 Independence Sve, KADSASCITY NO ee WEIL PHONE 2474x Way Se ’ S. M. Chandler’s. Barber Shop and Pool Hall i” wN MPN’ aaNet oh MN eS ae : eae: ae ae Pe. do) t we iP 4 Sagem e ; : i SS |“s a 3 XN az ye rn / \ ° First-class Artin in te Barber | Shop—Popular Prices, Work Guaranteed — Yau sre | Always Welcone, KANSAS CITY, MISsOURTr 112 4 EK. Miath se ARE YOU GOING TO- Cai cAGO - A. THEN. Ifyou ste you would want to stop at ‘some good rehable home where things ore homelike? Well drop usa letter with (80 coats) faclosed aud we will see tot thal you will have a First Class place to slop, where nol ony mee Bureomen and children will have the test of are. All the leading Hotels and private tiearé= fie hhoducs ta all the large cittee Register wink Gee Wiite Us at auyiimepou mish to yet Rosmee —— THE FIRST NATIONAL ROOMING ABS Ne J1b9 Biate Street, Ceicoge, IK W.A.DOXEY &WIFE Practical Bathers Massage and Swedish Movement Treatment, Vapor Baths and Betz hot air treatment. Treatment given for rheumatism, poor circulation, Stomach, Liver and Kidney Trouble. The soda season now opened at Capital Pharmacy. Miss Etta Floyd visited her brother, Robert Sunday, leaving Monday for her home in Kingman, Kansas. Mrs. Gaines and daughter, Miss Ray, were Topeka visitors Sunday from Wichita. W. J. Johnson and son or Omaha, Nebr. are doing a large business in paper hanging and painting. We wish them much success. Mrs Jennie Chambers departed last Friday for Kansas City, where she will reside. Mrs. Alonzo Conley left last week for Chicago to visit her mother, Mrs. Hobart. Albert and Clarence Salisbury are visiting their grandmother in Lawrence. Rev. J. Woodson, pastor of B St. Baptist church, is an eloquent speaker and has already ingratiated himself into the hearts of his people. Miss Frank Stille of Warrensburg, Mc... is the guest of Mrs. Joseph Curry and Mrs Charles Mayhue. All persons desiring to keep delegates during the meeting of the Western Negro Press association and National Negro Business League will give their names and addresses to THE PLAINDEALER to be published. It is the wish of THE PLAINDEALER that the visitors to the league bring their cuts and photographs to be run in the paper during the three or four days of the league. Mrs. William Reynolds and son, Raoul, left yesterday for an extensive visit to Oklahoma. From there they will go to California, where they will reside. Mr H. G. Brown has charge of the transportation of all the baggage at the Santa Fe general offices. This is the first time the plaza has ever been filled by a colored man, and Mr. Brown is making good. Clarence Brown, who for the past few weeks has been seriously ill at the home of his parents on Morris ave., in still very sick. A host of friends wish the young man a speedy recovery. George W. Jackson, Jr, has started in to learn the printer's trade in this office. He is a nice, courteous and polite lad of about sixteen years, and is making a splendid start. If George "st'cks," some day he will be to the newspaper world what his illustrious father, Prof. George W., is to the musical world—a leader. On June 10th Mr. Lloyd W. Dav's and Miss Nannie Fort were quietly married at the home of the bride by Rev Woodson. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Fort of 1122 North Madison street, and is a very bright and intelligent young lady. The groom is an undertaker by profession, but for some years has been a member of the fire department. The couple will be at home to their friends at 1120 Fitmore street. THE PLAINDEALER wishes them success in life. Mrs Julia Johns died Monday at 9 o'm after an illness of only two days. Deceased was strucken Saturday with consumption of the stomach. Services were held at her late residence, 1333 Van Raren, street, caused by the Rev. Dr J F Edwards, pastor of St John A M I church. She leaves a mother, sister and two grown children, Miss Ethel and Clarence Johns and hosts of friends. Interment in was Topeka cemetery. Lida Hickman of Hill City, Kans. is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Hickman, of this city. WANTED—1000 couples, cake walkers to compete for championship of the West for the Negro Tri-State Fair and industrial exposition, St Joseph, Mo Miss Jessie M. Jones is spending the week in Kansas City, where she will represent the Ne Plus Ultra Art club at the State Federation of Colored Women's clubs. Joe "Hanker" Smith, who has been in Helena, Mont. for the past two years, is playing with the Sells-Floto side show bands. Joe is gradually "working" back to Kansas. We look for him to arrive in Topeka about July 6th. WANTED—Men for quarry and warehouse. Good wages, steady work. Do not write. Apply at works. The Iola Portland Cement Co., Iola, Kansas. Clarence Brown is still seriously ill at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs Jack Brown. Miss Willa Smith, circulation manager of THE PLAINDEALER, left Wednesday for St. Joseph, Mo. and points in Nebraska, where she will collect from subscribers. Kindly get ready to settle. --- On July 4th at Wilson's Summer Garden there will be a big celebration and barbecue. An abundance of good music and fun for everybody day and night. Gorgeous display of fireworks on the grounds at night. Wagons will leave Eighth and Kansas av nue at 8.30 and 9 o'clock sharp. Admission at night. 15 cents, couple. 30 cents. Remember it is free all day. Barbecued pig, chicken, lamb, beef. Pror. J. W. Cooper, the emperor of mirthdon., is here this week distributing bunches of jovial jollity. Mr. Cooper is styled by the critics as the autocrat of Ethiopian ventriloquists. He is accompanied by his wife, who is an excellent pianist, and her pleasing voice has won her admiration throughout the West. While here they will entertain at the following places: Monday night Third Baptist church; Tuesday night, St. Mark's A, M. E. church; Wednesday night, C. M. E. church; Friday night, Tabernacle hall, North Topeka. Prof. Cooper introduced a walking figure with Richard and Pringle Minstrels here several years ago and created a sensation. He is the same old "Coop," and like wine, improves with age. NOUICE. St. Mark's A. M. E. church will have a big rally on the 4th Sunday in August, and will expect all ministers and their congregations to be present; also all other friends. Rev. W. H Horsley, Pastor NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The State of Kansas,) Shawnee County In the Probate Court in and for Said County. In the matter of the estate of Julia A. Scott, deceased. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that I shall apply to the Probate Court in and for said County, sitting at the Court house in the City of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, on the 4th day of May, A. D. 1907, for a full and final settlement of said estate. Administrator of the estate of Julia A. Scott, deceased. First published April 5th, 1907. A. SIMS' POOL AND BILLIARD PARLORS Headquarters for all who wish a nice time. When Hutchinson call on him. Miss Maggie Brinson of Kansas City was married to Mr. Ewing Hynes last week Mrs. H. W. Scott and Miss Lydia Crump of Oathe are ageate to raise money for the Florence Crittenden Mission. Mrs. Clalborn and Mrs McClelland are agents in Ottawa for the same purpose. The people of the race throughout the state are falling in line as the held workers get around. WANTED- Attractions of all kinds, such as bands, aerial acts, gymnasts acrobats, balloon ascensions high dive, educated horses and dogs for the Negro Tri-state and industrial exposition. For particulars address W. A. Hud. Board of Trade Bldg., St Joseph, Mo. Mr. J. A. Parks has gone to Oklahoma to join the Washington Asphalt Company. Mr. Paras is a first class mixer in asphalt, having worked in this city with Barbers' Asphalt company for 18 years. He is also a farmer, and owns 80 acres south of Vinewood. WANTED—To sell all kinds of concessions, no exclusives. 100,000 will be here for the Negro Tri-State exposition. For particulars, address WA Hill, sec'y and treasurer, Board of Trade Bldg.. St Joseph, Mo The Kansas Rescue Home or Florence Crittenden Mission will have a grand opening July and from 4 to 6 p.m. A program will be rendered by some of our best talent and the committee will spare no pains to make everything pleasant. Refreshments will be served. All are cordially invited to attend. Mrs. Della Trent, daughter of Mrs. Dina Scott of 1154 Lane street, died at her home, Spring Valley, Ill., at St. Margaret's hospital, after undergoing an operation. She was 37 years old at the time of her death. June 20th, 1907. She leaves a husband, a daughter, mother, four's steps and one brother to mourn her loss. Her remains were buried in Tojeka cemetery Sunday at five c'clock Miss Lilian Reeves, who accompanied the remains of her mother, Mrs. Della Trent, from Young Valley, Ill., will remain with her grandmother. Mrs. Duana Scott, for a few weeks, after which she will make her home with her aunt, Mrs. Gordon of Chicago Everybody should attend the Literary Congress of Young People at St John's A M E church. July 4th. Do not fail to hear and see the greatest bishop on earth, Bishop Grant. of the Fifth Episcopal district. There will be some fine music rendered on this occasion, which will be a rare treat to the citizens of Topeka. as it will be years hence before they will have another opportunity of this kind. CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank those of our friends who were so kind to us in our late bereavement. CLARENCE JOHNS ETHEL JOHNS MRS MATTIE BROWN In the District Court of Shawner County, kansas. Maliada Haywood. administratrix of the estate of George W. Haywood, decease $^{4}$, Plant.ft. Nancy Haywood. Charlte Haywood and Tobe T. Haywood, Defeau santa. Tobie T. Haywood, defendant above named will take notice that he, together with his c. defendants has been sued in the affreed court by the said plaintiff and that he must answer the plaintiff's petition filed in said action on or before July 27th, 1967, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment entered against you as prayed for in said petition namely the foreclosure of the mortgage on lot 13 on Harrison street, city of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, and sale of the property mortgaged and the title there- lested in the plaintiff. J. R. M. NA. Attest Atty t. Path R. L. THOMAS [SEAL] Clerk of the District. Court By JENNIE C. ROSER. Deply. Mr W E Thomas of Chicago is the guest of Mrs M V Higgins Mrs Mary Nich is has returned from a three weeks stay in Chicago. Mr Andrew Woodah, who has been seriously recovering. Kev W H Husley will leave Saturday for Omaha, to meet Bishop Grant on business Miss Birtle Jenkins was called home Wednesday from Chicago to at attend her matter, who is serious by all Miss Mabel Wilson and Mr A bert Burdette of Kansas City were guests Sunday of Miss Eva McAdoo Mrs Jennie Butler and Mrs Lucins da Morris of Chanute, are in the city to see their brother, Rev N T Gumble, who is sick at the home of E Ridley Miss Esther Lane entertained a number of friends at her home Sunday evening in a delightful manner Miss Priscilla Terrill of Kansas City was the guest of Miss Eva McAdam last week NOTICE—Children's Day next Sunday at Twelfth and Chandler Exercises will end Monday with free open doors D L Childers, Pastor Miss Eva McAdoc entertained at 2 o'clock dinner Sunday Miss Mabel Wilson, Miss Bessie Reason, Miss Florence Hughes and Mr Albert Bardette of Kansas City Brown Hughes, Lea. Weldington, Arthur Greeds and Tebe Hughes were among the excursionists from Kansas City Sunday. A jody they were, and while Lere made things merry Mrs H I Murree, Mrs. H Frazier and Mrs. J E Lewis are guests of Mrs. J. Arlington Wilson in Kansas City, while attending the State Federation of clubs. They will return sometime the next week Mrs Frazier going to Grea bern, and Mrs Lewis and daughter will be guests of Mrs Murree to a few weeks. BOOKER WASHINGTON ELECTED TRUSTEE HOWARD UNIVERSITY. Leading Industrial Educationist Put On Governing Board of Higher Education School. Boston, June 7, 1907.—The Suffrage League of Boston and vicinity held an enthusiastic meeting at the New Twelfth Madison street yesterday. A vote of welcome to the Niagara movement, which comes to Boston Aug 27-29, was passed Themain business was action against the recent election of Booker T. Washington as a trustee of Howard University. Secretary Taft was severely condemned The following resolution was passed by a unanimous vote 'Whereas, Booker I Washington was recently elected a trustee of Howard University, his name being proposed by a white trustee, who on March 3, 1904, appeared before a congressional committee in behalf of trebling the appropriation for an industrial department at said university, saying 'I can see nothing more important than the industrial system for our colored race. Therefore, he it received That we to suffice league of Boston and vicinity, believing in the American system of education for all Americans, regardless of color or race, unalterably opposed to any color line in education, to protest against Booker I. Washington, or any man who is committed to industrial training as best for colored people or whose chit internet and work is that brand heath made a truce of Heworth and University. Higher education and higher education. E. LAS VEGAS, N M. Will Henders n and Dice Porter left Thursday evening for their home in Tupela. They will be greatly missed by their friends. Hev. Nily left for Santa Fe N. M., to hold services Sunday. Miss Laura Batter was elected as delegate to the Saturday Show, convention a Licl will be held at Trinidad, C. Mrs. Clotty Ranford must arrive in city Miss Laura Battler entertained on Wednesday at a dinner in honor of Missura Dick Porter and will headroom. ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH. The delegates to the district conference and Sunday-school convention at Argentine returned and made their reports last Sabbath morning. The conference and convention were reported as having been productive of good and a source of inspiration to all who attended. Prof R. H. Wade, our superintendent, was re-elected district superintendent. Presiding Elder H. W. King makes a pleasing and competent presiding officer. He dispatched the business of the conference with satisfaction to all. the members and friends of St. John are now ready to entertain the Literary Congress of this episcopal district which convenes in Topeka on the 4th of July. A large deqation is expected Bishop A. Grant will preside Rev J. C Caldwell, D. D, of St. Joseph, Mo., is the district secretary and to him is due much praise for the success of the congress. The several committees that are at work managing for the comfort and success of the congress will meet at the church Monday evening. The program for the Young People's Congress is of a very high order and promises a feast of good things to all who attend. Governor I. W. Hoch, the favorite of Kansas, will address the literary congress on Friday evening, July 5th The sewing circle will have charge of the dining room during the congress. A fine dinner will be served each day for 25 cents. Come and bring your friends. The stewardesses will serve cold refreshments in the basement during the congress, so that everybody can keep cool. The delegates to the congress will have an outing at the Topeka institute on Saturday afternoon. The Sabbath services at St. John will be preparatory to the great congress. The pastor will speak at 11 a.m. upon the benefits derived from Christian conventions. At 8 p.m. a hymn service will be conducted with a short address by the pastor. You are invited to be present and to enter with us into the spirit of the congress. Mrs M. Jackson of Van Buren street was hostess to the Sewing Circle this week. A pleasant time was enjoyed by all. Mrs. M. Slaughter will entertain the Grant Mite Missionaries today. Mrs. Julia Johas, a member of the congregation, mother of Clarence and Ethel, was buried from her home on Tuesday. PUBLICATION NOTICE. All persons interested will take notice that my petition is on file in the office of the Shawnee County, Kansas, Probate Court, asking for authority to sell the following-described real estate situate in Shawnee County, Kansas, belonging to the estate of Matilda Jones, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts of said estate and the expense of administration, to wit. Lot 369 Western avenue, North Topeka, Kansas. Said petition is set for hearing at the office of the Probate Judge, in the city of Topeka, said county, on Monday the 5th day of July 1907, at which time and place you can take kn. with any objections you may have to the granting of such order. G. W. WARSON. Adrian strator of said estate First published June 21st, 1907. W. W. CALDWELL, Physician and Surgeon. MARTIN'S HOTEL and CAFE It is one of the nicest cleanest Cafes in the city Everything up-to-date and served in style. Clean Beds a Specialty. W. E Jackson. PHYSIOIAN AND SURGEON Office 406 Kansas Ave. L. MISIND. LOPEKA, KANSAS In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Charles Lisenby, Plaintiff, vs No. 24284 Minnie Lisenby, Defendant. --- The said Minnie Lisenby is hereby notified and required to take notice that the plaintiff has filed his petition in the above said court in an action for a divorce and that she must appear, plead or answer to the petition therein filed on or before the 30th day of April, 1907, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered according to the prayer of the petition therein filed. --- A. M. THOMAS, Attorney for Plaintiff. First published March 8th, 1907. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Laura Thomas, Plaintiff, vs No. 24,874 Mace Thomas, Defendant. PUBLICATION NOTICE. The defendant, Mace Thomas, is hereby notified that he has been sued by the plaintiff above named, in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, for a divorce, on the ground of abandonment, said that he must answer the petition filed by the plaintiff, on or before the 4th day of June, 1907, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered divorcing plaintiff from the defendant. . . ```markdown ``` JOSEPH KEED, Attorney for Plaixtif. Attent: R. L. THOMAS, Clerk, By JENNIE C. ROSEN, Deputy. First published April 19, 1907. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Elizabeth M. H. Heckert, Plaixtif, Delph Heckert, Defendant. The said Delph Heckert is hereby notified and, requested to take notice that the Plaintiff has filed her petition in the above entitled Court in action for a divorce and that he must appear or answer to the petition herein filed on or before the 5th day of June, 1907, or the petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered as to the prayer in the petition herein filed. Elizabeth M. H. Heckert, By her Atty., W. I. Jamison. Attest: P. L. THOMAS, Clerk of the District Court. First published April 26, 1907. For First-olaas Rooms and Lodging When in Puebelo, Colo., Stop at Rooming House, 210 Lampkin Street; three blocks from the Union Depot. He can be found at the gate of the depot. M.D.Lawrie, Tailor and cleaner Suits and Trousers made to Order PANTS $3.50 to $12 SUITS $15 to $45 212 FRANCIS Sr., ST. JOSPH, MO. FEELING LIVER-ISH This Morning? TAKE THEDFORD'S Black-Draught Stops Indigestion and Constipation 25¢ AT ALL DRUGGISTS A Gentle Laxative And Appetizer “* ‘ ° ‘4 * ~ —oIoOoIOeeEeaeaeaeayooaaaQouoaoaoauaouauououooeoooooooooooaaqqaqaBoueuououqQuQQQqqQqqaaraee eee oananan@n@asSam@a®amooaeessseeeew | ° OTTAWA, KANS, day. Arthur ira nice boy, and be MANHATTAN ITEMS: aad the blind can goand get firste| , COFFEYVILLE ITEMS, The Plaindealer Sursices were live aad interesting ia many i Wi inende daring Manhattan feels highly honored| class treatment, and [fnot too far] Twenty of the Negro tusincee ea TAINDEALERPUB,CO. at the 3 chureb last. Sanday, with |" jortacay in . ere to have one of the most intelligent | gone, can be restored to health, men of Coffeyville met on Teerdsy } THE PLAINDEALER we Tax number of excursioniets who! Jerry Miles and wife of Chanute, |and cultured young ladies to gradu- We met several Topekans. The evening, in Foeter Willfame’ Hall. 1a beet Retentn street came on the “Chatanqua” traine|ate the guests of frieode in the city. | ate from the State Agricuttaral Col: sue uae mening good a Hauiberg Great enthuersem wan displayed and a from varioue points, Collectiots, Wilbur Nichole bas reeigned h'sa|lege. Misa Adeline Poston of | S#rlepads Dath house, fe lived in lit wae unanimouely agreed te meet NICK CHILES, Editor and Manager can ? ee ee eaves ah shop.{Republican City, Nebr. finished Topeka for several years and has|ine post evening and organize a lo- —_ ps the domestic couree Thareday, June|™9Y friends here. There are sever | oat Lusinena leagn s IRON RATES: Washington and Zot Topeka; wil Ts ‘ gue. one year Hae e ee eereoan $100] Rev, James L. gion Mre, Ona Fox, of Topeka, will/noth and has the congratulations of |"! colored men conducting good fit) 1) on Wolttek J © Bla Monin ty out “ro woes oe om» $108) Supt, Thor, Simpeon were delegates] viet Mre J, W. Wood eon. She it]31) who know her he fe a eelf [cles places where they are much) %<* 1+ Whittaker returned on } Three montnetemat sem tothe Sanday Mhool conventions) s) sunt of A, B, Fox. Se ROLRO NETS hard, [fought after, It is claimed that Saturday from Washington, where a + Mrs. Hattie Simpson and s . made young woman who by hard, there is more electricity in their|be bad been engaged upon a poet Four fice at Topeks as second lantineek: P —— but feithful work and through many AeHy, Fe ee wan MAT Mise Lulu Schrader represented the ‘IOLA, KANS, ie ebon ‘ Satta. (bands, aud that they understand |sraduate course In eurgery, at the |B YU Rev. J. W. Gordon, who wat difficulties, finished the Agricul Se better how to treat patients. Dr, 0,| Freedman Hoepital, Hereports an FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1907. ei saan dele taken core tick leat week with indie] College couree in ¢ years, She) A ytiett, an old timer, has sent {evjoyable and inetructive couree of JeAks "'* | Mae, Eva Clayborne wae a dele-)taken very sick last wee indi*/ig an example for all young Jadtee} ety oita hae heen cane seven been hinded a lemon by taree uf hie subscribers sent each one of them a catd bearing the following inevriptions ‘To three of my delinquent #ub- scribere. One of them said: ‘] will pay Saturday night if 2 hve.*? He's dead. Another eaid: ‘See you tomorrow.’ He's blind. Still another nad |] hope to pay you this week, | or go to hell.” He's gone.” Ir Looe as though Secretary Taft ie going to fare mighty bad with the colored delegates in the next National Republican con vention. Ir 1s reported that through some white man who has a piece of low, mucky, unealable land, several Ne groce have beea induced to enter” jnto adeal to opena ‘Jim Crow” park, ‘There ie no demand for euch a place in Topeka, nor does it mee the approval of the thrifty colored people of thie city. Why Gueriminate againet yourself and then howl when the other fellow Aocs the same thingy If thie venture is encouraged with large crowds, it means the closing of Vinewood and other public parke againet colored people, Don't start or encourage euch things, and there will pever be any trouble over auch matter, Vinewood and Gariield parke are large enough to hold and entertasn the pleasure seckers of Topeka without friction or injury toany one, During the time Vine- wood has,been open, colored people have been visiting thie resort, and nots single act other than that of bei ng ladies and gentlemen can be traced to their door, The white people have went 40 far aa to fight on the grounds, but the Negro was ere tg aet decent, whioh he po to Wong. Tue Puain- Deapen is ggainat thia Jim Crow patk proposition, and fn our oppo- sition we have tbe hearty co. operation of all the best class of colored people who will pass thie thing by. If these Negroes want a Jim Crow place, Jet them and their white partner be its only strons. Josirn Be Bans, editor of the Helena Montana Phundeater, writes thai heand a dirge dclegation from the great Northwest will be in attendance on the Wertern Negro Vrees Aeroerition and the National Neyro Businces League which cons vence in Topeka in August, Mr Base wa pusher, snd since Tapeks hie foen prepuing to entertain hewe orginizitiens, lis shoulder against the wheel haw been seriously mined Mr, Bae wae the life and split of all public gatherings un ‘Topeka, and te whatever he eet his hand was a magnificent succens. It was an hin fertle brain that the Kinesis Lincoln Day Club was planed ind eaecutud. Today this ja the strongest organizations in the Wert, It ie through thie grea body of men thit the Negrodem und: and reewen political recognition, Prof WoT) Vernon, who has the dhetinviion of having ecased the stub Galen aw pteedent, wan ap pomted regetran of the Maite Brates taeaeury, ued did the unin owe piderrement and snppert ol the club whi ie compos a! the invet eubstantial citivyna in thy eat. Comean Bier, Topeka ha awaim welcome for yourcelf au frends, 4 OITAWA, KANS. Sersices were live aad interesting at the Jd chureh laet Sanday, with a number of excurelonists who came on the “Chatsuqua” traine from various points, Collectiote, 23.00 Rev, James L. Washington and Supt. Thor, Simpeon were delegates tothe Sunday S.hool convention, laet week: Mre. Hattie Simpson and Mise Lulu Schrader repreeented the BY. PU. Mie, Eva Clayborne waea deles gate to the A. MLE, 8.3. conven tion at Argentine laet week. Rev. W. 1. Greene, pastor of the A.M. i, church, came to Ottawa from the Sunday School convention at Aigentine saturday evening, via Topeks. Mevere, Eo Crith, W. 3. Lewie, Mis-ee Martha Clayborne, Kather ine Glaspie, Addie Glaepie, Pauline Lewie were visitors in Topeka, at- tending the Sunday School conven vention. Neleon McCloud will soon open | hietplace of lunchee and refrehmente tothe public. All sould patromze |bim. "The 20th Century elub rallied ot Sunday for the purpore of assisting on the improvements for the 3r church, raising #10 8F, | Revs, J. L, Washington and G McNeale resided at the magniticen 'lresidence of Mr. Nick Chiles whil : in Topexa. “| Mrs. Lizzie Wileon and Miss Do - lie Gordon-were vieitora at the 3r r|church, from Paola, Sunday. L| There will be a big time smon y four people here onthe Fourth ¢ July, Au outing will be had to Ul Ylicautifnl “McHrier Beach", wher W)there will be croquet playing, bat W | ball, clay pigeon shooting, fishing ia |and other amusements, All kinc 0 of 1efreahments and fireworks. of] big time is eapected, — Everybou ‘a should go and enjoy themeelsee. rt Crop conditions in tuis vicini have a xomew hat meagre outlook, WINFIELD, KANSAS. Gus Tidwell and wife csme up from Okeen, Okl,,last Tuesday, Mre, Tidwell will vieit her parente, Sol North aod wife, her husband eying gone to Wichita. Sterling Simpaon ie chef at the Assembly Dining Hall. J. W. Walker and Mra, Maud Banks Bird were in Newkirk last Monday eve. The ladies of the O, E. 8. gave a shadow social at the residence of Mrs. John Nichole, on last Monday night, which was a grand euccess. Kach lady bad alunch basket and stool behind a sheet upon which she vast a shadow, <A gentleman boughs -the basket and ate supper with the lady. The lodge realized a neat sum. J. W. Jackson wae in Arhaneas City 1 short time Sunday, returning an the evening. Key. 5.5. Bandy returned fiom Wellington Monday morming. | Res, I'S. Alwell, of Perry, Oh., came in last Panday from a visit to Jus von, at Nowater, He preahed jac the Secoml Hapust church at 1d wim ,and itthe va E. in the evening, He war oteean old rest denier of Wantidsl, and the many fends aie alwaye ghoul to eee hun, Mr. Mosscttand wife, of Wayne, LT, were in the city last week, Mire Day Doly, sinter of Mre. Jone Banke, parsed through frou Arkansas City to Colorida, on last Sunday eventng. J, W. Yawbuugh and More Sadi Manning left on Saturday for thei homer at KE) Reno, ObL Dr, TL, C. Nowally, with hia wefe, isin the eity, the gueet of J. W Wood and wife. He as workiny up Modern Woo lian lodges tn th atte, having past met with a gran: succes in Ohlshoma, ALR, Lewte and dl Heoa h of Boley. LT, epent bot Sytar day evening in Winfield, en route t Pritt, ta wok an Ue bye wte harvest, Manter Arthur AdamesOldbam Iwhe bay bean the guetof A, Fe Jand ‘Iremaine Wood for the past. wecke, left for Livkome Sust Mon. adsy. Arthur ira nice boy, and be mid+ many warm friende daring bie short etay in Wiotield. Jerry Miles and wife of Chanute, are the gueete of friende in the city. Wilbur Nichole bas reeigned h’s pvsition at the Savage barber ehop. Mrs. Ona Fox, of Topeka, will vielt Mra J. W. Wood soon, She it anaurt of A. B, For. SIOLA. KANS, Rev. J. W. Gordon, who wat taken very sick Inet week with indi- geetion, is improving very nicely and wae able to occupy the pulpit last Sundy. * Mre, Alex. Reevee, who has been vieiting relatives in Emporia, ree turned home laet week, ‘The ladies of the Mision Circle of the 2nd Baptiet church will give atiehing party July 2n4, at Neosho Falle, The curner stone of the Firat A. M. E, church wae laid on laet San- day, by the Masonic order. Rev. MacDonald, of Kaneas City, was present and made quite an Interests isg talk in regard to their work. Mre. J W, Gordon returned last Saturday from Topeka, where she attended the & S. convention. She repons a pleasant trip and a graod eession. Mrs, Satie Buckner, of Baldwin, Kane,, ie visiting im the city, the guest of Mrs, John Collins. Mre. Hetta Coker, of Augusta, Kanear, ie visiting relatives in the city. )} Mrs. Rogcra and four daughters |of Emporia, ie visiting with he | daughter, Mrs. Pom Stovall, 2} ‘The nuusival recital at Groome ,| Hall, on lat Wedaceday evening alfor ahe benefit of A, M. E. church L{ was nite a encceer, y| Mre, E. G. Green will leave in few daye, to view her relativer i y| Augueta, Kine, nerviecs on Jast Sunday at the 2 Baptiet church were largely attend ed, Rev, Gordon preaching nod! Pisermors, The 3rd Sunday in Jul » | will be a great day at the church 4 y it is the pastor’s second anniveresr d| and a special program will be ren dered, €} On June 25 and 28, at Groome Hall, there will be a grand pla; J] representing Slavery and Freedom t}for the benefit of the 3nd Bapti church, Mre, Mary Rosa and Mre a} J. Jenkine managera, {| Luther Harold, who met with y|very painful sccident a few day {ago at the cement plant, died fror a] the effect of it, hie left leg havin h| been amputated just below the kne n| He wae a prominent young man i r|eociety and was loved by all. 3 2] was a inember of the K, of P. whic order tuck charge of the remain ‘ which were taken to Neosho, a companied Ly the lodgeand Pro! Payne's Land. ‘Phe funeral service were condacted hy the Rev J. W "Gordon. Following the Color Line! en Continued fiom Pige I, tion weie almost eatetly equal— abuut 6,000 for etch. In bred the Negros had inveawd to %,225, while the whiter showed an vctuil lees, By Ist the roans had begun to improve and the white popula tion Sgrew by about 700, but the Neyroce imereared nearly 2,000. Anil, tinally, here are the hygures for 10)ut Negroes 11,029, whites 7,46. Thave not wrhed to darkan ou vlgivations with tou miny vtatiet- ive, Dut thie temdeney is no remark able that J wieh te ret down fo comparison the dygurce of a whi conuly” ta nurthen Georgia, Poll County, which # grewing lite am yeu | Negiucs Whitt Tem Alaa 5 ome Liew 4ybad 1 ae ivi 4.00 Ve, 4 Ty be continued, Contirued from Page 1. MANHATTAN ITEMS: Manhattan feels highly honored to have one of the moet intelligent and cultured young ladies to gradu- ate from the State Agricuttaral Col: lege. Misa Adeline Poston of Republican City, Nebr., finished the domestic couree Thureday, June 20th and has the congratulatione of all who know her, She is a eelf made young woman who by hard, but feithful work and through many difficulties, finished the Agricultu- ral College couree in # years, She ie an example for all young ladte who are eeeking higher views of life. She bas accepted a position a a teacher at Tuekeyee, Ala.J2 ——— OA vive bente Fox’ tog, ea res peotive homes] x Kdwardaville made bie departere Sunday. F. H. Hall, of Kaneas City, left laet week. Mr, Poston, of Republican City, Neb., who attended the commences ment exerciees, left Friday, accom: pantea by his daughter, Adaline. | Mre. Addie Williame and Miss Maud Smith left for Chicago on Saturday, where they will epend the summer, Little John Alexander met with a very eerious accident a week o1 two ago. He fell fromatree and had both wriete broken. Ye te mending rapidly, Miss Minnie Howell, who ie teacher in the Kaneas City High school, is home taking her vacation and evjoying a eummer couree at Agricultural College. Prof. Owens, of Tuskegee, Als, ‘| was in Manhattan last week, visit- ing his old friends, and aleo taking |1n commencement evercieee. | C, B, Daweon and wife entertain: Jed ata reception at their home or Wedneeday evening, the evening jbeing spent pleasantly. Refreeh- |jmente were served, The following were present: Mieses Minnie How ell, Adaline Poston, C, Alexander, '{ Alberta smith, Ira Keel and Mollie "| Aldridg; and Messrs. Fred Groves, ‘1 Raymond Keel, Robert Jackeon 'Jand Mr, Owens of Tuskegee. Miss Mary Jones, who wae at tending school at Junction City, ha: "| returned home for her vacation. ; Rey. Pope was out of town las ‘Jweek. He attended the Sunda *! Schoo! convention at Argentine. y Mouse Arpgipcs, Reporter. HUTCHINSON, KAN. | Too much credit cannot be (giv: en Hon. Alexander Lee for active work in eecurivg from the Bitulithio Paving compary for Mrs. J, Waters 815 for damages done by them to her property last winter. ~ Samuel Plummer 18 putting about a thousand dojlar improvement on hig already handeome residence. Rev W. W. Ewing, of Eekridge, worshipped with the Second Baptist church on Sunday, shere Childrens Day exercices were held at night. A eplendid time ts reported. The Tabernacle Baptiet church had aeplendid meeting on Sanday. Rev. C, VU, Smith administered the ordiuame of baptism toa young man from >t, Johns, Mru Me J. Coa, ot Topeka, 2 missionary wouker fur the Baptiv church, vaeited all the charches tn theeity, and left fur Wichita the heat morning. VP. CG. Thomar, National Giand peeretary of the Knights and Ladies of Protection i« tn the city, accom. panied by the Rev, J, We Pope, er route for Great Bend. Some people eay that they have lived in wce the day when moral and charateer are things of th past with them, ‘Trath in Just the opporite te faleehood. 11 conforms to ficte yerauity, Hcht opimiun, fidelity an virtue, yet some people held ther Is nothing in truth, EXCELSIOR SPRINGS AND ‘CARROLTON. We visite ! Lacels or Springs and Curotlion, Mo, un uur recent trip We found the bath houses in de- ian There are several places where the sick, the Jame, the hate and the blind can goand get first- class treatment, and {fnot too far gone, can be restored to health, We met several Topekans. The one that is making good ie Kiblberg Karlebad’s bath house, He lived in Topeka for several years and has many friends here. There are sever | al colored men conducting good first, class places where they are much sought after, Jt is claimed that there is more eleciricity in their hands, and that they understand better how to treat patients. Dr. D, A. Etlett, an old timer, has sent many a soul from the Springs feeling tip top, and Prof. H. J. Harris, the famous mud bath healer, has things hie way, He and his wile conduct {the business, He owns several acres |] Of good farm land, and is a great | race leader, Mr. W. A, Doxte and wife condac |the oldest place in the Springs, anc ‘| have cured many a feeble petsun Dj the application of the hands to bath s{ing them, "| Mr, and Mrs, Standiord King ow: ‘| snd control one of the best hotel to be found anywhere and have larg ,| crowds this season, He conducta: ,| clothes cleaning establishment, an j}has just putina new extractor fo cleaning purposes, J. W. Reed and wite are doia al well, o CARROLLTON, d| We arrived in Carrollton on Thurs g|day morning and found most of 02 race engaged at work. There wer a|tew idlers. This being a saloo b town, naturally there weuld be a fer n| We found the people much worsie 4,Jover the departure of Prof. Mose and wife, who bave taught echoo! i that town for years. They har '' | goue to Lynchburg, Va., where the tl will raake their future home. The S| were loved and honored by bot races who want them back, Sever "lreceptiuns were tendered them t ‘Othe several ladies’ clubs. 1S] Mr. and Mrs. C. Crutcher own 1-| beautiful home and itis made a he 1S ven for the family by the intereetiz w- | daughters, who are teachers. T,| David Clayton, at the water wor! ie is doing fine. | W,M. Clayton, the clothes clea! n, | er, is doing good business. A. A, Sandford and father, t te | bricklayers, are successtul contrac asjors, We wish there were more ct ored men hike them, st} W.L. Elliott, the barbers, is o ay [of the leaders of the town, and is ¢ ing fine. Negro Editors Will Meet Business Men in Topeka. The greatest preparations are being made by the people of Topeka and Kanoas for the entertainment of the National Business League aod Western Negro Press association. Prof Booker T Washington, Thomes T Fortune and many leading lights of the race will be present on this occasion Mr, Washington 1s the promoter of this gigantic body, The purpose of the league isto promote and perpetuate the business manage mentoftherace, Thisls where new ideas will be given which will increase the business management of the race allover the United States. There will be farmer, mechanics ekttled laborers, haukera, n erchants, lawyers and doctcre in attendance who will decide and tell the people how they succeeded in their community and how others can aucceed. This is 2 aplendid opportuuity for the colored race to inaugurate for theniszives a policy of carrying on business and stop being a tool for the prejudiced American white man, ‘There ie ad- vance cpportunity for men of the race with small capital to furnish employment for another class o mercantile business besides grocery and restaurant; with dry goods harc ware and ferniture stores and wany other class of business that will give J employment tuour colored men aud women, This clasa of bisiness 1 where a lane per cent of the mouey ofthe race la spent. We «do hope jthat some ideas will be advanced bj the league at this session whereb) Jthe race wil progress more rapidly Liverybody should avail themselves of the opportunity to be preasnt, a: | special effurts are being made to se: I that visitors are properly enterta‘ned COFFEYVILLE ITEMS. Twenty of the Negro tusincee men of Coffeyville met on Teesdsy evening, in Foeter Williame’ Hall. Great enthueaem was displayed and it wae unanimously agreed te meet the next evening and organize a lo- cal business league. De. J. T. Whittaker returned on Saturday from Washington, where he had been engaged upon a post graduate couree In aurgery, at the Freedman Hoepital, Hereporte an evjoyable and instructive couree of work. He bas been gone seven weeke and during that time hae performed and areitted to perform more than 500 anrgical operatione af major and minor importarce. Freedman Horpital ia supponed entircly by the U. 3. Government, and ie eqaal, if not better, in facile Jitres and equipment, than any other \jhoepital in the country, for posts Vgraduate work, Jt hae 300 bede, 35 trained nurses, chief eurgecn. ‘|aeeietant eurgeon (both colored) and a facu'ty consisting of thirty- :Jeix physicians. It isthe ouly jnati- ,|tution of the kind, under control of ,|the government, where all races, and Negroes eapecially,are received ‘| without restriction and without l | embarrassment. ‘} Besides attending the Freedman Hospita), Dr. Whittaker, while en Bjroute home visited Northwestern Univereity and Provident Hoepital of Chicago. The Dr, had an ops . |portunity to compare the work of the different ihetitations and feels F Jeafe in saying that Freedman Hoe. © | pital is witbcat equal, eo far ae post o | graduate work ie concerned.” JUNCTION CITY, Mr. Epitow:—Pleaee allow uss little epace in your paper to eay that Rev C, W. Wileon bas reeign- ed hia pastorate with the Second Baptiet church, of Junction City, to take effect ome time in Auguet. Elder Wilson’s etay with ue hae ‘Leen one of earncet and fanhful laur to build up the cause of Chriet and raise up fallen humanity. He hae proved himeelf to be a worthy Chuistian and we are lotk to guebimup. Our lose will be comeone elee’a gain, May the God of peace etill guide and keep him. Tue Deacons ann Members OF Tue Seconp Baptist Cnracn. CANON CITY, COL. Mies Lenora Hodge left for ber ol] Lome at San Antonio, Texas, on Wednesday night, to epend the eummer Mies Mildred Jobneon, of Leads ville, iein the city, the gueet of James Yeieer and wife, Ske is en route to Denver. Mies Jerse Wallace leftgSunday morning for Denver and Colorado Springe. Meedames Yaiber ond Eula Tay- lor were in the vity sunday, from Florence. | Meedames Jamev Veieer, K. A. Johenou, Woods and Hayes, and [Mildred Johnson and Virgil Page spent Sunday in Pueblo. “George Hamilton arrived in the euy Thurelay from Pueblo, 9 re- main, M. 13. Boydeton leave today for Ely, Nev. Mra, A. E. Reynolds sent to Denver Satmrday, (to be gone ten daye, The tion Jacket Baevball ean. played in Pueblo Sunday afternoon, sure 1} to 22 in favor of Puehto. Little Mies Bemnice Walton in sick. Iv the District Court of Skannee Connty, Kanga‘. Jackson Wright vs No 24.468, Lula Belle Wright PUBLICATION NOTICE, ‘The said defendant, Luta Bell Wright, ishereby notified that she has been sued by Jackson Wright in the above named court fur a divorce. and un'ess she appears anf ansvere on or before the 2oth day ef July, 1907, the petition filed by plarntdi wii) be taken ae trae, and judgraent rentered, divorcing plaintif! trom detendant. . Tosti Rev Atterney for Viainttt Attest: R, &. Thomas, Clerk af tke Distr.ct Cort. (seat] Firat published June 7th, r9s7. PRESCRIPTIONS... Lee's Drug Store, 921 Kansas Ave. --- Cards are out announcing the wedding of Mitsa Hester Hawkins and Mr. Hardiman of Oklahoma. Mrs. Sue Stevenson is quite sick at home on First street. Mrs. Louis Peaches is attending the meeting of the state federation of Colored Women's clubs at Kansas City this week. Mr. and Mrs. George Hardy are the parents of a fine baby girl, born Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Williams of Kansas City spent Sunday in the city visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ray. Mr. Leelie Miller left Monday for Oklahoma, where he will accept a position with the asphalt company. Mra, E. J. Cotton of Kansas City attended the State B Y P U and S S convention last week. Adoptad by officers and members of B street church. Whereas, God in his wisdom and providence has seen fit on Sunday, June 16th, to decease the life of Bro. Minor W. Radford, who for a long time has been a faithful member and officer of B street church, one who has labored long and earnestly with us for the upbuilding of this church and for the perpetuation of Christ's kingdom in earth, and Whereas, We feel that in the death of Brother Radford B street church has lost a valuable member and faithful co worker in the vineyard of our Lord, therefore be it Resolved, That we mourn the loss of this our brother, co worker and critic. We feel that our loss is Heaven's gain. Be it further Resolved That we show our sympathy and condolences to the bereaved wife and other relatives in every respect becoming to Christians. Resolved, That these resolutions be recorded in our church record and a copy be sent the bereaved family. Respectfully submitted, W. T. TURNER. Mr. John King of Leavenworth was in the city last week attending the Baptist conventions. Miss Ella Miller of Hiawatha attended the State B Y P U and S S conventions last week. Miss Charles Etta Nicholson left Saturday for her home in Oklahoma. Mrs. H. I. Monroe and children are attending the federation of art clubs in Kansas City this week. Will Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, arrived Monday from the Northwest to visit his parents, The dining room of the Hotel Bailey on East Seventh street is being handsomely papered and painted. It will add greatly to the appearance of the popular hotel. A goodly number of Topekaans went to Wichita on the excursion Sunday. Mrs. Carrie Ashworth will leave Sunday for Kansas City, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Lulu Gordon, and her niece, Miss Lilian Reaves, of Chicago; also Miss Viola Merriwether of Topeka. FIRST AFRICAN Services on Sunday were not as well attended as might have been considering the brightness of the weather. State Missionary J. H Van Luc preached both morning and evening in a very instructive manner. His subject for the morning sermon was "The Likeness of Christ." In the evening he preached from the text: "And when he saw in youth tudes he was moved with compassion because they fainted and were scattered, as sheep without a shepherd." Rev. Alexander and Rev. Woods assisted in conducting the services The sewing circle will meet this afternoon with Mrs Charlie Wintorn in Park Place. The Sunday-school is planning to hold its annual picnic on July 4th at the Smith farm, north of town. Drug business in Topeka, filled 17,893 Prescriptions, every single one of which has given the very best satisfaction to both the patient and the physician who wrote it? Why does your doctor tell you to take this Prescription to LEE'S, 921 Kansas Avenue? Why do so many druggists send to LEE'S for the Drugs with which to fill your Prescriptions? than any other druggist in the city, and that the druggist who refused to sell you a glass of ice cream soda the other day charges you more for your medicines than Mr. Lee? And did you ever hear of any one being refused anything in Lee's store because of his color? Really, now, do these ideas ever present themselves to you? Why don't you try Lee's Drug Store just once and see if you are not as well pleased as you are with the store that considers you unit to drink a glass of soda at the counter or soda tables? Come to our store Sunday evening to Wilson's Orchestra Concert, and see what Lee's Store is like, won't you? WESTERN UNIVERSITY. WESTERN UNIVERSITY. The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West DEPARTMENTS:---Theological, College, Normal, Sub-Normal and State Normal. THE MUSEUM Leading and Best Industrial School of the west SHELTON FRENCH, A.M., Acting Pres. PLOTER: Office Del West 1423. REFERENCE BELL West 15 courses Classical, College, Preparatory, Normal Sub-Normal, Musical (Instrumental 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 lain sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. Quindaro, Kansas. Advantages Extended Location, I Good Influences and Thorong Extended Location, Healthful Climate, Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. Information For terms, prices and all inducements offered, write to PAUL LAURENCE DUNBLE He was the world's greatest Negro poet. The fact that he had no white blood in his veins makes his actions in the literary world the astounding. A fine engraving in three colors has just been imprint which sells for only one dollar. Send for one today. Address Colored American Novelty O. E. O. Drawer 2318, Washington, D. C. Agents wanted. In the District Court of Shaw County, Kansas. Anna B. Hunter, Plaintiff 1 vs Elijah Hunter, Defendant. The said defendant, Elijah Hunt, is hereby notified and required to take notice that he has been tried in the above said Court in an act for divorce by the plaintiff, Anna B. Hunter; and that he must appear plead or answer, on or after the 26th day of July, 1907, or the petition filed in the above said suit will be taken as true and judgment rendered according to the prayer of the same. Attorney for P. fl, ANNA B H. NRE First published June 7th, '67. In the District Court of Shavu County, Kansas. Bertha Coon, Plaintiff. vs No. 27,428. Per Lee Coon, Defendant. The above-named defendant will take notice that he has been tried in the District Court of Shawnee County, by the plaintiff herein, upon the grounds of drunkenness and esteem cruelty, and that unless he answer the said petition on or before the 6th day of July, 1907, adjemen will be rendered as pravail for such petition, granting the clause an absolute divorce from the deceased. Clark of the D street First published May 24th, 1867 Attention Business Men! The second annual session of the Kansas State Colored Business League will be held at St. John A. M. E. Church, in Topeka on JULY 2 & 3 Every Farmer, Business and Professional man cordially invited. For program and other particulars Read Elsewhere in this issue. WEIR, KAN There were no distinguished viz- tions in attendance at the Kansas City District Sunday School convention, bell Were on June 11 to 14, among whom Roy Mellonall, Clinton of the West- ern Christian League, Hwy Barkstale, principal at the St. Louis district, and H. Brooks presiding allot of the Kansas district. F. K. contests paper on "Moral Moral" was one of the ablest papers and among the district conference and daily convention. Her language was strong and touching and the thought eliciting. Early Sunday school in the district printed on the M. 7 the of the w and was made member HILL CITY, KAN Elior I take pet in hand to write you a few I am just one little boy I stay grandma and grandpa to kindle to Missouri two or three weeks to see his children. He said it was going down there and the people have finished planting corn Our school out the 21st of May School held months this year I study seven YALE. KAN. P. F. Greene is visiting in Yale this week. Mrs. Barday of Graft was here on Monday at last week to meet with her Lodge. Mr Dock Greene left for Albany. L. W. Whitehead visited the Sunday School Convention in Wen City, and he imports a nice time. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hombuckle June 11 in the baby girl. Miss Georgia Whitehead Elizabeth Calloway and Bathie Johnson were in Wen City at Wethersfield the conven VERY LOW RATES TO NEW ORLEANS The National Baptist Publishing Board has succeeded, after months of liberal and constant communication with every general passenger agent of every road in the four passenger associations, in having two of the largest ones announce an exceedingly low rate as follows for the Sunday School Congress. Shares on rate for the Sunday School Congress at New Orleans has been announced for the Southwestern Passenger Association, which includes that territory lying north of Missouri, and west: FARMS In Waubaunsee and adjoining counties. See or write WESLEY PAGE, Eskridge. Kansas. TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE. This soldier, statesman and artyr with a mere handful of men held at bay sixty ships and 30,000 trained soldiers—the flower of the French army and navy. Wendell Phillips pronounced Toussaint the greatest general the world has produced. Pictures of this great Negro, and of all enlightened colored people sold by The Colored American Novelty Co., P. O. drawer, 221S, Washington, D. C. Agera r r uce. PLEASANTON NEWS. Children's Pleasant and Mound C Rev. Burnett and Miss Eva Pritchett and Besse Downing attended the District Conference at Weir City. They report a good time and an interesting conference. Mrs. Walter Lacey and children went to Mound City to visit. Miss Sophia Fine, who was here on a visit, has returned. Joseph Fine and wife, of Wichita, were down the first of the week, visiting their parents, on their way to Denver. Mrs. Sarah White is down from Independence, visiting her parents. Rev. Barnett, who has been on the sick list, is getting up again. There is quite a lot of repairing going on among the colored people of Pleasanton. Granville Arnold is building a fine residence on his other lot. Joseph Fine is now thinking of building; also, Uncle Charlie Smith is starting to build. There was a nice surprise on the preacher Friday night, according to the rainy weather. We want the Kansas City District to rally in because we want our Presiding Elder, Rev. Ransom, back again. ST JOE NEGROES We are glad to note the fact that the colored people of St. Joseph have issued a proclamation to all the people of Nebraska Missouri and Kansas to attend the Tri State Negro Industrial exposition and fair August 4-9 Every colored farmer, mechanic, professional people of the tree should place on exposition some product of their labor. Push on, citizens of St. Joseph, we are glad to see the colored people of that section of the country make an effort to demonstrate and maintain an industrial exposition. Everyone in the state should cooperate with St. Joe, and make this undertaking a success. bedside of her aunt, Mrs. Emma Mitchell, in Leavenworth, and is now attending the Normal in Pittsburg, preparatory to teaching again this fall If you desire to visit a clean, thriving and up to date city, come to Patons. Mr. Lodd of Lawrence has located in the city Mrs. Nancy Fords resident was con- sumed by the Sunday night Are You K. of P.? IF NOT Why Not? DO YOU NOT KNOW that the Knights of Pythias is the strongest and most progressive order of the age? The four departments of the order are as follows: SUBORDINATE LODGE: In this the members are united to care for and protect each other interested as well as in sickness and distress. UNIFORM RANK In this department our young men are receiving a military education which they can get in no other way, thus making them better and more useful citizens. LADIES COURT. In this the wives, mothers, widows, daugeters and sisters of the Knights are united for the common purposes of life In this department we are paying cut thousands of dollars annually to widows and heirs of deceased Knights. IF THERE IS NO LODGE in your locality, confer with the Deputy Grand Chancellor of your district or write JOHN E. LEWIS, G. C., Box 1017, Wichita, Kansas. PYTHIAS The following officers have been elected for the Sundower Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias Jurisdiction N. A. S. A. E. A. A. and A.: Jax E. Lewis, Grand Chancellor, Wish ita, Kae. J. B Daven, Grand Vice Chancellor, Wear. B Pope, Past Grand Chancellor, Topeka. Rev S W Baldwin, Grand Prelate Lawrence. Rev J. S. King Grand Lecturer, Wear. F. S Lee, Grand Master of Exchequer, Lopaka. Dr. I. H. Ansony, Grand Keeper of Records at Sea, Kansas City. W. A. Wright, Grand Master at Arms, Windell J. E. H. H. Grand Infer Guard, Columbia Fred Marina Grand Outer Guard, Wacuba Dr. S. H. Thompson, Grand Medical Director, Kansas City J. H. City, Grand Attorney, Topeka A. I. Gover, Grand Secretary and Lawmen's Post, Wichita S. W. H. May, Grand Treasurer Enlowment Parl, Wichita. Do. W. James Supreme Representative, Lawrence. Plane next meeting, Lawrence 1907 GO YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS & C NEW BORN or late I am to Munn & I give appreciation to the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly largestcirculation of any scientific journal. Thru 81a years four months, $L. Bold by all new publishers. MUNN & Co, 361 Broadway, New York Munn & Co, P. St., Washington, D.C. HUAMSA HE STRUCK IT. Fommera Thoughts Were Elsewhere, but L. Could Guess. "There is a sentimental Tommy in almost every school," said Michael King of Lewiston as he leaned over the counter of his cafe on Main street and cut a luscious pumpkin pie. "There was one in our school when I was a boy. He was Tommy Trazler and he was a mighty smart little fellow, but he never had his lessons. He knew where every bird nested, where the May flowers grew the tallest and where the high top sweetings fell first; but, bless you, he couldn't remember his lessons. He was critical in many matters too. He knew all that was passing in the politics of the state and nation, but he was off in his history lesson. One day he came in late and couldn't keep his thoughts on his book. On his way to school he had seen a big mud turtle by the side of the track, and he had to put a big rock on him to hold him till right, and his anxiety least the turtle should get away blinded his eyes. He hoped that somehow the teacher would pass him over. He listened to the other children reciting, with a big mud turtle crawling away before his eyes with a rock on his back, but finally the teacher's eyes fell on him. *Tommy Frasier, what battle was Lord Nelson killed in?* "Tommy was in despair, but he found a way. "Did you say Lord Nelson? he asked cautiously. "Yes! "Which battle? "Yes, certainly." "Well," said Tommy as the light of inspiration broke over him—well, Iocks it must have been his last." A Leason From Files. It was in a country school, and I was hearing my little second reader class. The lesson that day was a story about dies, their curious ways and habits. Among other things the story said that dies always kept their faces clean and then went on to tell how they rubbed their feet over their heads, as could often be seen by watching them. The last thing in the lesson was the question, "What lessons can boys and girls learn from the files?" I asked the children to answer the question. Only one small boy ventured an answer, and that was, "To wash our faces with our fe Christian Register. "Hah," said Sherlock Holmes, Jr. after shaking hands with his host and taking a hasty glance at the other guests, "your wife is fealous of you!" "By George Holmes, you're a wonder! I've never told a soul about it, and I don't believe she has. How did you find it out?" "Merely one of my wonderful defences, my dear sir. It's very simple. I see she has invited only old indies and homely ones."—Chicago Record-Herald. What Does Rid. "What do you do when you outgrow our clothes?" Representative John Sharp Williams asked two of Representative Champ Clark's children, to whom he was trying to explain why crabs and lobsters shed their shells and snakes their skins. "Let out the tucks," answered one of the youthful Clarks—Denver Republican. Tom (at the lunch counter)—Pretty tough doughnuts these. Dick—One good thing about them, though. Tom—And what's that, for bearer's male? Dick—The hola. That part you don't have to chew, you know. — Boston Transcript. A Sign. "He's still employed by that big wholesale house, isn't he?" "No. I think he's in business for himself now. He used to take an hour for lunch, but now he only takes a bare five minutes." — Philadelphia Press. Umselsh. Father—Here! Take that drum out of here! Willie—But, pop, I wanted you to enjoy it with me—New York American. "Well, there's nothing unusual about that." "But they said they didn't."—Life They Knew Where to Stop. Women always chide their husbands for working overtime, but they never spurn the money which is earned their way. New York Press. 4 CENTRALIA. KAN We had a fine rain here the 9th that did much good to the crops. Alla Johnson and wife made a flying trip to Seneca last week. Misses Callie and Brownlee Baird returned home this week. Miss Callie has taught a successful term of school in Anadarko, Oklahoma. Miss Brownlee has been attending school at Lawrence. Mr Monroe Baines was up from St. Joe last week visiting his daughter and mother. Those from out of town who attended Judge but not yet were Mr Will Lagan Mr Will M Mister, Mr P. Montgomery Mr James Lowler of Frankfort, Mr D Burnside and son of Onaga, Mr Cin Lilies and sons, Mr D Henry of Whole of Mr Woolf of Seneca, Mr Louis of Cunning and Mr. George Dunn of Salem. Miss Clara Burns came in Sunday from Lawrence where she has been for several months. Children's Day was observed here last Sunday at 11 30 o'clock. But on account of the pain there was not a very large crowd the program was run the children did excellent Rev. Ollen of Texas gave the Sunday school a fine address, the subject being the teaching up of children, how they should be taught and the duty of parents. He also preached in the evening a noble sermon and a liberal collection was taken up. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Smith were visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo Brewen over Sunday. Miss Marie Overstreet passed through late Sunday on her way home to Blue Rapids. She has been attending school in Lawrence. Mrs. Mary Lewis, formerly Miss Mary Burnside of Orange, is quite sick. Mrs. Lewis has been in El Paso, Texas, all winter for medical care but she found little to eat so she came home to be with her mother. We hope to see her moving g. with a move. NEGRO FARMERS WILL MEET! Great Agricultural Body Convenes in Edwardsville June 29. The Sunflower State Agriculturists will meet in Edwardsville, June 29th. All members, farmers and parties interested in movement are earnestly requested to attend. This meeting will be of great importance, and no one has state in attending its sessions. Photographs 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 W. H. LUCAS, 123 Kagray Ave TOPEKA I. M. JAMESON, M.D., PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Seeming Payments of the Knights and Lodges Special Advantage to deceases of wives and private deceases. MIDDLE AND ROSE STREET 827 MADISON STREET FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charlie Ford Pike 153 E. KINZIN ST., CHICAGO, IL. Agents wanted everywhere. HELLO, BILL! At the Elks' banquet which will take place July 9th, the following parties have been invited to take part in program from the following cities whose names will appear in next week's paper: Kansas City, Mo, Kansas City, Kansas. Washington, D C Oskaloosa, Kans, Selalia, Mo, Topeka, Kans Tickets will be on sale at the following places: James White's pharmacy, 312 Kansas avenue, Vaughn and Oliver's Pool and Bowling hall, 404 Kansas avenue; Charles Lytle's barbershop, 109 E. Fifth street; S E McCarroll's barbershop, 1'6 E Seventh street. The committee will make it one of the finest affairs of the season. $1 00 per plate J E HARLAN, ROBERT WASHAM A B HENRY JAMES WHITE W D COOPER Come, "As we journey through life, let us live by the way." NOTICE. To the friends of the Big B Band: We have set July 4th for our rally day, at which time we want to raise $50 or more. It is impossible for us to keep up expenses without aid. We ask every friend to give us something by July 4th. We owe a balance on our uniforms, besides we need new horns. Dr WE Jackson has consented to receive the funds. Please help us if you want the band to live The band will give free concerts from a wagon in different parts of the city that day if the weather permits G A BIGHER, Director and Manager INFORMATION WANTED J. B. Bass, editor of The Montana Plaindealer, will be in Topeka to attend the Western Negro Press association and says he will bring all Northwest with him. He would like to know the whereabouts of J H B Taylor, once manager of The Topeka Call, and Arthur Harris, of the National Mirror, Kansas City. Mr. Bass is very much interested in the welfare of these gentlemen and any one who can give information or either please write J B Bass, Montana Plaindealer. Negro Editors Will Meet Business Men in Topeka. The greatest preparations are being made by the people of Topeka and Kansas for the entertainment of the National Business League and Western Negro Press association. Prof Booker T Washington, Thomas T Fortune and many leading lights of the race will be present on this occasion Mr. Washington is the promoter of this gigantic body. The purpose of the league is to promote and perpetuate the business management of the race. This is where new ideas will be given which will increase the business management of the race all over the United States. There will be farmer, mechanics skilled laborers, bankers, merchants, lawyers and doctors in attendance who will decide and tell the people how they succeeded in their community and how others can succeed. This is a splendid opportunity for the colored race to inaugurate for themselves a policy of carrying on business and stop being a tool for the prejudiced American white man. There is advance opportunity for men of the race with small capital to furnish employment for another class of mercantile business besides grocery and restaurant; with dry goods hard ware and furniture stores and many other class of business that will give employment to our colored men and women. This class of business is where a large per cent of the money of the race is spent. We do hope that some ideas will be advanced by the league at this session whereby the race will progress more rapidly. Everybody should avail themselves of the opportunity to be present as special efforts are being made to see that visitors are properly entered Hod Carriers' Union Making Good. There is no organization in the West that is doing more for the up lift and protection of its members than the Hod Carrier's Union, of Kansas City, Mo. The organization is made up of substantial, straight, forward, honest men, and they are not only doing good for themselves but the whole race is greatly benefited by their thrift, energy and enterprise. Under the direction of President Floyd Smith and the other efficient officers, the Union is spreading itself like a green hay tree. Among the members there is no friction but all co-operate with the officers in making the organization a success. They have begun excavating for a handsome three story brick building, 60x52, which will cost $12,000. This is a good move and the other organizations should profit by their example. INDEPENDENCE. Last Sunday was Second Quarterly day at St. Johne, Elder Cabbell presiding. Chanute; played Independence and won, several to few, on the 15th. Independence is trying to make up the difference with Parsons on the 23rd. They will play some ball. Your correspondent visited at Cherokee and Pittsburg on Sunday and found his old friend and business partner, H. G. Harris, engaged in the candy business. He is a first class candy maker and is doing a nice business. There is a good opening at Cherokee for some businesses. A tailor, cleaner and presser would do well. Rev. H. T. S. Johnson went to Coffeyville Saturday. Rev. T. W. Kiid has his buildings moved, ready to commence business on the new church. G. T. Allen spent last Sunday at Cherryvale. Miss Belle Wilson, only sister of Clay Wilson, was married on Monday to Marshall Belle. The groom is an accomplished tile worker, as may be seen by his work at the new opera house here; also, at the Commercial bank building. He lives on W. Locust and is the head pusher for the Corey commission company. The wedding took place at the Wilson residence, the ceremony being performed by Rev. H. T. S. Johnson, assisted by Elder J. J. Cabbell. Miss Anna Vandifor and sister are home from W. U. The rainy weather is giving the farmer the blues. Wheat is nearly ready to harvest and the ground is too soft. Banke Taylor, formerly of Parsone, who has been running a restaurant at Table Mound, sold out lately. Mr. Anderson and wife have just returned from Cherokee, where they had a pleasant visit. Those who have items for The Prairiealer leave them at Allen's Laundry. Mr. W. Fife has returned from Leavenworth, where he has been visiting his family. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Bertha Coon, Plaintiff. Per Lee Coon, Defendant, To Per Lee Coon: You are here by notified that the depositions of sundry witnesses to be used as evidence on the part of the plaintiff in the above entitled cause will be taken at the office of Frank N. Gilberts, a notary public, at Number 35 Conet street. Binghampton, New York, on the eleventh day of July, 1907, between the hours of 8 o'clock, a. m. and 6 o'clock p. m., and that the taking of the same will be adjourned from day to day between the same hours until completed. BERTHA COON, Plaintiff. F. J. LYNCH, Att'y. First published June 14th, 1907. Rings Round Eyes J.19. STATE BUILDING LEAGUE Official Program of Arrange for the N The session will be held in the corner of Seventh and Jopha. Persons intending to attend may attend both meetings on the A public reception to the program of the closing session lots of the Jopha Business League. TUESDAY, The League called to Order Invitation Rev. L. Address of Welcome in Behalf of Prof. N. Address of Welcome in Behalf of Response Rev. E. Address of Welcome on Behalf League Dr. Response Hon. G. Response Editor Plumbadee Appointment of Committees—Auditing How I Discovered I was in Possession and Painting Trade...Vic. Our Opportunity in Western K. Hon L. G. Hon. G. The Sunflower State Agriculture The Steam Laundry Business STATE BUSINESS LEAGUE MEET Special Program of the Meet Orange for the National Game The session will be held in the St. John, A. M. of Seventh and Lopka Ave. Sessions intending to attend the Young People and both meetings on the same railroad to pulit he reception to the delegates will be arranged at the closing session, under the auspice of the Lopka Business League. TUESDAY, JULY 2 Callled to Order Rev. L. E. Edwards, Lopka of Welcome in Behalf of Citizens Prof. S. G. Watkane, Lopka of Welcome in Behalf of City Rev. E. A Wilson and C. of Welcome on Behalf of the Lopka B ague Dr. O. A Taylor, Lopka Hon G. W. Jones Hill C Editor Plumbaker Editor Wichita ment of Committees—Croydials, Reso turing Discovered I was in Possession of the Paper and Painting Trade. Victor Washington, T portunity in Westin Kansas. Hon L. G. Groves Edwards, Hon G. W. Jones Hill C Flower State Agriculturist C. A Groves, Hon Laundry Business Rev. G. D. Olden L STATE BUSINESS LEAGUE MEET! Official Program of the Meeting to Arrange for the National Gathering. The session will be held in the St John A. M. E. Church, corner of Seventh and Joppha Ave. Persons intending to attend the Young People's Congress may attend both meetings on the same railroad ticket. A public reception to the delegates will be given after the program of the closing session, under the auspices of mem- bers of the Joppha Business League. League .. Dr. O. A. Taylor, Topoca, Kansas Response Hon G. W. Jones Hill City Kansas Response Editor Plumbada Editor Wichita State Light Appointment of Committees—Credentials, Resolutions. Hon L. G. Grover Edmundsville, Kansas Hon G. W. Jones, Hill City Kansas The Sunflower State Agriculturist C. A. Groves, Nassau The Steam Laundry Business Rev. G. D. Oblen Lovka, Kas. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON JULY 3 Invocation Roy. L. Cair, Iopaka, Kansas Opportunities Offered in Small Towns Mr. W. W. Shole Salma, Kansas The Mercantile and Realty Business Mr. Broman L. Martin, Kansas City The Failoring Business Mr. W. Brown, Lawrence, Kansas Can we Have Department Stores in Our Larger Cities? Foster Williams, Coffeyville, Kan. Dr. S. Jackson, Leavenworth, Kan. Clay Olell, Iopaka, Kan. A. Overton Karsas City Why we Have Not a Planting Mill in Iopaka. A Whitney Why we Have Not a Clothing and Shoe Store in Iopaka Capt. W. Reynolds Ministerial Corporation in the Colored Business World Roy F. Atlington Wilson, DD, Kansas City, has Does the teaching of the Ministry Retard Business Preg- 1897 Rev. Nicholson, Forthe Kan Hon. W. N. Miller Wahuta, Kan. Hon. Nick Chiles Topeka, Kan. How To Success in Business Prof. S. G. Watkins, Topeka Topeka Real Estate Prof. W. R. Catter, Topeka, Kan. Business the Road to Genuine Rational Report and Liquid Ity. Major J. W. Brown Topeka, Kan Are we Acquiring a Financial Competence Hon. I. H. Tous Topeka, Kan. Hon. T. W. Bell Leavenworth Kan. Why Have we Not a Colored Loan Company and a Bank Why Have We Not a Bank in Topeka and Other Large Cities of the State! Internal Discussion The Coming of the National Negro Business League Officers of the National Negro Business League Danker T. Washington, President, Duskogee Institute, Ala. Ira O Guy, First Vice President, Topoka Kau Dr. S. G. Elbert, Second Vice President, Wilmington, Dal. Charles Banks, Third Vice President, Mound Patton, Miss. F. D Patterson, Fourth Vice President, Greenfield, Ohio. Gilbert C Harris, Treasurer, Boston, Mass. Finnett J Scott, Cor Sec. Duskogee Institute, Ala. S Laing Williams, Compiler, Chicago, Ill. Fred R. Moore, National Organizer, New York, N.Y. F. H Gilbert, Acting Registrar, Brooklyn, N.Y. Cyrus Field Adams, Trans Agent, Washington, D.C. William H. Davis, Official Storing, Washington, D.C. The Executive Committee Thomas Linton, Chairman, Red Bank, New York, N.Y. Dr. S. G. Elbert, Continuing Lester Maculusette, Theodore W. Jones, Chicago Illinois, N.Y. Jackson Lexington, Kentucky, N.Y. Najar N. Nashville, Tennessee, W. L. Taylor, Richmond, Virginia, N.Y. James Inha mapolis, Indiana, M. M. Lawry, Birmingham, Phila. Payton, Dr. New York, N.Y. D. L. Bush, Little Rock, Arkansas, N. L. Vulgar, Birmingham, Pennsylvania, W. O. Lamary, Macon, Georgia We carry one of the great times Topeka. Corner 7th and Quincy Sts. and Quincy Sts. Topth We carry one of the greatest goods in Topeka. Theils peculiar to women, take different forms. Some ladies suffer, every month, from dark rings round their eyes, blotches on their skin and tired feeling. Others suffer agonies of pain, that words can hardly express. Whatever the symptoms, remember there is one medicine that will go beyond mere symptoms, and act on the cause of their troubles, the weakened womanly organs. Wine of Cardui Mrs. M. C. Austin, of Memphis, Tenn., writes: "For five (5) years I suffered with every symptom of female disease, but after using the well-known Cardut Home Treatment, I was entirely well." WRITE US A LETTER Write today for a free copy of valuable 64 page illustrated Book for Women. If you need Medical Advice, describe your symptoms, stating age, and reply will be sent in plain sealed envelope. Address Ladies' Advice Dent, The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. The Mt. Clemens Hotel and Mineral Bath House House owned and conducted by a Colored Man at any of the health reworts in the United States. Write for Special Rites. DO YOU CARRY LIFE INSURANCE? If Not. Why Not? The Knights and Ladies of the Orient. A FRATERNAL BENEFICIARY SOCIETY. WILL ISSUE YOU POLICIES FOR YOURSELF AND CHILDREN PAYING, PARTIAL-LIFE, SICK, FUNERAL AND DEATH BENEFITS, IN CASE OF DEATH. No home loving man can afford to be without LIFE INSURANCE THE KNIGHTS and LADIES of the ORIENT is duly authorized by the laws of the State of Kansas, and is under the Sup't. of Insurance of Kansas. Its officers are bonded in a reliable Surety Company. LIBERAL TERMS TO AGENTS. For information 501 Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kansas. OurMotto. Prompt Payment of Claims." Furnished Room ute Up. Meal 50 Cent Up. House owned and conducted by a resorts in the United States. GEO. I. HUTCHIE 4s WELTS STREET A JIM CROW PARK IN THE OLD JOHN BROWN STATE. Following are the names of the white Kansas men who opened a Carnival Park to all nations but the Negro. The name of the town where this park is located is Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, sweet land of Liberty, offering justice to all and special privileges to none. So the law of the land reads "The Flag indicates that, but the poor oll Flag is made to all." Will you Negroes withhold your trade and vote from the following business men of Kansas City, Kansas? Holzmark, the furniture dealer. Geo Grubel, the soda water man. J. Horton, the wall paper and stationery man. The above men looked in the faces of the leading Negroes of Kansas City, Kansas and told them without a bat of the eye "we won't have a Negro in our pik, either as a servant or a spectator." The only reason given was that the park was private, notwithstanding the fact that all over town there are bells posted inviting the PUBLIC to attend this park. If any Negro, having spent one year in a school room, will say that the word PRIVATE can be applied, then Dear Old Webster should turn over in his grave and revise his dictionary and the Negro take one more year in school. VENDETTA. BOB ROSS, Pres. ARTHUR HARRIS, Sec. AL. RODGERS, Business Mer. Home Phone 730 Mainj Bell Phone 411 Main OLYMPIC CLUB. WEST FILM STREET Kansas City Mo BOARD OF DIRECTORS Clive Smith ... Sam Yarbrough N. C. Johnson ... Id. Tipton James Sprangle ... Al Lepeddy William Kelly ... Le. Lowly DO YOU CARRY LE If Not, W The Knights American and European Plan Telephone N 245. I and Mineral Bath House Has opened its doors for the accommodation of Colored People that come to Mt. Clemens in the future for their health and treatment of Rheumatism. It is the only Hotel and mineral Bath Colored Man at any of the health Write for Special Rites. NSON, Proprictor. MT.CLEMENS, MICH PUBLICATION NOTICE In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. State of Kansas to said defendant You are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, by the above named plaintiff, Julia A Perkins, whose petition in said case was filed in said court on the 1st day of April, A. D. 1907, that unless you answer said petition or appear herein on or before the 17th day of May, 1907, the allegations in said petition will be taken a true and a judgment rendered against you divorcing said plaintiff from you and for other proper relief stated in said petition. Attest: R. L. THOMAS Clerk District Court. First published April 5th., 1907 Latonia Cafe and Restaurant. Fish of all kinds, Chicken, Porter House Steaks, Ice Cream, Cigars and Tobacco. Most popular Restaurant in Kansas City. JACK FIELDS, Proprictor, 912 E 12th Kansas City, Mo. FE INSURANCE? Why Not? sand Ladies Topeka Most Heartily Welcome the Coming Meeting. Will Do More Than Her Share to Meet the Topeka Meeting the Best in the History of the Organization. The National Negro Business League of which Locker T. Washir, a president, will hold its eight session in Tepcha, Karans, in year, the dates having been fixed r August 15 and 16. It is the first time I e history of the organization that it is seen it so I a session so far we This League, as it gras- compared of many of the best most industrious and industrious men and women of the race, and we may say that in a huge measure represent the wealth business acumen and intelligence of the race. And when we are it gentle we do not mean to confine ourselves to lit- rary attainments, but we mean that class of men and women who cath- ger who accomplish something for thence- and are a living and vital example to the commercial as business world, that could be well erated. Men and women of every livelihood are repres- sented in this great concourse of indus- try that is soon to invade, for the first time, the broad and inviting plains of historic Kansas. Largely the majority of those attending will come from the North East and South; some as delegates and many as friends of the League who will make the trip to see the West as a matter of curiosity and personal pleasure. The attendance will be large, we can say, the largest in the history of the League in point of delegates enrolle What will the West do? To what extent will we contribute to this spirited galaxy of the commercial and business world? Is it not the most aperture moment to place ourselves favorably before those of the more distant vests who are soon to be our guests? It will be a special opportunity for the North West and West to touch the land of common brotherhood and for three days drink from the same fountain that will be filled with beer. Economy, thrift and fraternity. There has never been a time in history of this Republic when there was a greater sensitivity for a common understanding—an understanding so to the best methods of making a life worth living of making a life not only commandable to ourselves or one own country but to the world. The program for this session will be pipe with seed thoughts, thoughts which when once dropped will take root and send forth a hundred fold. The benefit to be derived from this meeting, especially to the West, is incalculable. The opportunity will not, unless we begin once to look, be seen until it is vast. To the end, therefore, that we in the West, especially, may be able to grant and hold all the benefits that are to be derived from the meeting it is urged that in each community (city and country alike) Leagues — Business Men Leagues—be organized and delegates be elected at once to attend this meeting and all business men and women put forth every possible method to be in attendance and hear the program. The committee on transportation is assured of a rate of not over one and one-third fares for the round trip for the benefit of those who may avail themselves of the opportunity. Tepoka most heartily extends to all her warmest and best right hand. The necessary committees have been appointed and ample accommodations for all will be provided. A most hearty reception will be extended. Further information will be given by noticesing Ira O. Guy, that the president National Negro Business League, of 311 West 14th street, Tepoka, Kansas. LAS H GUY Chm. RLV. C. G. FISHBACK Sec LEV I E I DWARDS, D.D. J H E. TAYLOR. JEOP. F. LOUNDIRL Committee Williamson House... Hoome and Board—first class accommodation. When in Okmulgee -top at the above hotel if you want good treatment at REASONABLE : RATES. WANT More Men, Women and Children to Read and Pay for 50c THREE MONTHS 50c Liberal Commission to Energetic AGENTS