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THE EKA PLAINDEALER SAVING MONEY FOR County Commissioner Fr Shawnee County H A Splendid Shawnee County has no more pop ular man than Hon. Frank B. Simms, county commissioner, Mr. Simms came to Kansas fourteen years ago with eighty cents in his pocket. He SAVING MONEY FOR THE TAX-PAYERS! County Commissioner Frank B. Simms Has Served Shawnee County Faithfully and Well A Splendid Business Man. Shawnes County has no more pop ular man than Hon. Frank B. Simms, county commissioner, Mr. Simms came to Kansas fourteen years ago with eighty cents in his pocket. He affairs, but became an enthusiastic worker for the betterment of his section of the city Appreciating his unselfish interest in civio affaire, he a Democrat, was elected to the city M. H. HON. FRANK B. SIMMS. was born April 9th, 1852, in Alton, Ill. Coming to Topeka he began at once to work setting type on the Topeka Evening Journal and continued there for two years. Leaving the Journal he installed the Santa Fe Laundry rooms, where he remained for three years Later he purchased from Horace Lamberson the old Union Laundry in North Topeka and changed the name to The Gem. He has been operating it continually for ten years. By hard work and careful management he has succeeded in developing one of the best paying laundry properties in the state. His marked business ability attracted attention He was not only interested in his private MR. EATON MADE HIS WORD GOOD! The Plucky Chief Has Rid the City of Joints and all Other Dens of Vice. One of the greatest reputations of a city or town, is to have a police department conducted by men of honor and self respect. In communities of this kind, the lawless element are kept in subjection, and decent people can dwell without a constant fear of being harmed. One year ago when Mayor Green told R. W. Eaton that he would hold him responsible for the lawlessness carried on in this city, we are forced to confess that at the time, along with many others, we believed as chief of police he would be a failure, and law-breakers would --- VOLUME X. council from the First ward, over coming a huge Republican majority He served in the council with the same faithfulness and zeal that characterized him in his private affairs He was nominated by his party for commissioner from the First district in the county, and was ected He is regarded as the strongest man in his party in this city. Mr. Simms is essentially a self made man. What he has accumulated of this world's goods and whatever of success has come to him, is due entirely to his own efforts and popularity He is a true friend of the Negro. He gives them no special favors, but is ever ready to extend a helping hand to those who are truly trying to rise. wink at justice and continue as in the past. At this time, there was a joint on every corner and three in the middle, while disreputable houses were giving them a strong race for first place. Numerous "Lluff" raids only made them increase in numbers and grow bolder. Killed, stabbed or robbed in a joint or disorderly house, were almost weekly occurrences. It was up to Mr. Eaton, the present chief, to give us a clean city. He said he would, and he has kept his word. Surrounded with an excellent corps of assistants, Chief Eaton set to work to make his word good. He raided night and day, and he put jointists behind the bars who had violated the law every since prohibition set foot on Kansas soil TOPEKA, KANSAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27.1908. more than a quarter of a century ago. Many of them had not even been arrested, and felt that they were immune from the mandates of the law. Others profited by the experience of the "old timers" and either went into other business or left the city. Women who have plied their nefarious vocation for years were caught in his drag-net, and today, Topeka is free from joints, gambling dens and assignation houses. Most of the "strong arm" women who robbed men on dark streets and alleys have been carted off to serve time in Lansing, and the few who have escaped his crucade are afraid to operate To evil doers he has been a terror, and the Topeka of today and one year ago are as much unlike as day and night. The very atmosphere speaks decency. The red curtains, and alluring notes of a vulgar rag drummed on a piano, intermingled with the drunken laughter of men and disreputable women are a thing of the past, and will never return so long as the present chief reigns. Chie' Eaton is but 29 years of age, and is the youngest man who ever served a city of the first class in this capacity. He is a native Kansas, having first saw the light of day in Shawnee county, and comes from the old pioneer stock, whose hands made Kansas blossom as the rose, and developed those boundless resources which have commanded the attention of the civilized world. He is dignified and in all of his dealings, places honor above money. Chief Eaton has one of the most pleasing looks we ever saw on a human face, but like the Texan who went to arrest the soldiers at Brownsville, he "would charge on hell with a single bucket of water" if his duty so demanded. He is one of the biggest hearted men in Topeka, and his treatment of minor offenders has caused many who were drifting into idleness and crime to call a kalt. He has proven the oft repeated statement that it takes a bully with the nature of a brute to enforce law, is wholly untrue, that a lamb can restore J. D. CHIEE R, W, EATON pace as readily as a lion. No town can can well afford to be without men of such strong character and sterling worth as Chief Eaton, nor can they be honored too highly. He won his spurs in the face of hard knocks, and seeing that he was going to succeed anyway, those who opposed him strongest have confessed their sins and are giving him the praise that he so richly deserves. He has given us a clean city, and those who stand for law, order and decenoy, feel that there is nothing too good for him. Under Mr. Eaton, more colored men are employed in the police department than ever before in the history of T.cka. In organizations that have the uplift of humanity at heart, he stands high, being member of the for Correction of Character, which embraces every state in the Union. As proof of their confidence in his ability, at the 1908 meeting when the following important committee was selected he was made a member. The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text. It appears to be a grayscale image with a circular shape. HON. CHAS. K. HOLLIDAY. It is composed of some of the brightest men in the country: Criminals: Their Punishment and Reformation—W. H. Whittaker, chairman, Jeffersonville, Ind; Jas. L. Dawson, St. Louis, Mo.; A. C. Dutcher, Buena Vista, Colo; R. Winfield Eaton, Topeka, Kansas; Henry E. Gregory, New York City; Michel Heymann. New Orleans, La; Mrs. H. H Heller, Omaha, Neb.; C. E. Haddox, Moundville, W. Va.; T. D. Hurley, Chicago, Ill; Jas. A. Leonard, Mansfield, Ohio; Burnet H. Lewis, Richmond Va; C. C. McClaughry, Atlanta Ga; J. K. M'Leau, Berkeley, Cal; John B. Martin, Boston, Maus; A. S. Meserve, Wilmington, Del.; E F Morgan Richmond, Va.; H. T. Parmley, Sioux Falls, S. D.; T. B. Patton, Huntingdon, Pa; John L. Whitman, Chicago, Ill.; Henry Wolfer, Stillwater Minn. GENERAL A. M. E. CONFERENCE Next May the general conference of the A.M.E. Church will meet at Norfolk, Va. The A.M.E. church is the most powerful and the best known organization of Negroes in the world, Of late years this organization has come under the influence of the modern and practical ideas of religion and is gradually but surely learning to shift the thoughts of the people fro a burning hell and a gold paved city to the everyday world in which men are to work out their salvation with fear and trembling. The A. M. E. church was organized in 1816. At first its work was among the free people of color, but it gradually extended its influence until, through J. M. Brown and others, people held as slaves were reached; then it took the field of religious work that was opened to it by the emancipation of the slaves Continued on Page 7. --- That Oppose Him MAKING TOPEKAJ A GREAT CITY Hon. Chas. K. Holliday Has Done More to Promote Industry Than all Others. There has always been a Holliday in Topeka. From the time a handful of emigrants from the East gazed on the beauties of the Kaw and Shunganunga Valley, there has [Name] been a Holliday boasting for a "Greater Topeka." Cyrus K. Holliday was a Kansas pioneer. His faith in Kansas and his indomitable energy built the Santa Fe railroad. He has left a son equal with his father in his undying faith in the city of Topeka, and always awake to develop its resources. Hon. Charles K. Holliday in a Kansas product. All his days have been spent in this beautiful commonwealth. He learned his first lesson in a Topeka school and received his academic education at Washburn college. Topeka, therefore, has been and is his pride. Blessed with leisure, he has devoted his energy and splendid ability to making a greater Topeka. His most conspicuous efforts in behalf of the city was manifest during the years he filled the very important position of president of the Commercial Club. During those years, through his splendid efforts, our commercial and manufacturing interests have greatly increased. For several years he has been a member of the city council. His services has always been on the side of the people. Through his efforts the citizens have been enabled to secure natural gas and many other municipal improvements. He is a broad minded liberal gentleman and Topeka should have more councilmen like Mr Holliday. He is a liberal contributor to charities. The citizens of the Second ward will return him unanimously to the council. They can make no better selection, Attention Farmers! My DEAR EDITOR:I wish to announce through your columns that the Sunflower State Agricultural Association will meet with the Muncie Agriculturists June 26-27; with Ottawa Agriculturists Sept. 23-24-25, 1908. The Association urges the farmers of all sections, especially of the western section of the state, during the season to select, prepare and send agricultural exhibits to the September meeting. The Association has $30,000 of stock of which to dispose. The proceeds of such sales are to purchase and improve farm lands. Address, Pres. C. A. Groves, Edwardsville; NUMBER 13 ```markdown ``` Ray Stannard Baker Tells of The Negro's Struggle for Survival CONTINUED FROM LAST ISSUE. WHY THE NEGRO OTTEN FAILS As I continued my inquiries I found that the leading colored men in most cities, though they might be ever so discouraged over the condition of the ignorant, reckless masses of their people, were awakening to the fact that the Negro's difficulty in the North was not all racial, not all due to color prejudice, but also in large measure to lack of training, lack of aggressive ness and efficiency, lack of organization. In New York a "Committee for Improving the Industrial Condition of Negroes" has been formed. It is composed of both white and colored men, and the Secretary is S. R. Scrotton, able colored man. The object of the committee is to study the condition of the Negroes in New York City find out the causes of idleness, and try to help the Negro to better employment. This committee has experienced difficulty not so much in finding openings for Negroes, as in getting reliable Negroes to fill them. Boys and girls, though educated in the public schools, come out without knowing how to do anything that will earn them a living. Although the advantages of Cooper Institute and other industrial training schools are open to Negroes, they have been little used, either from lack of knowledge of the opportunity or because the Negroes preferred the regular literary courses courses of the schools. So many unskilled and untrained Negroes, both old and young have discouraged many employers from trying any sort of Negro help. I shall not forget the significant remark of a white employee I met in Indianapolis: a broad-guaged man, known for his philanthropies. "I've tried Negro help over and over again, hoping to help out the condition of Negro idleness we have here. I have had two or three good Negro workers, but so many of them have been wholly undisciplined irresponsible, and sometimes actually dishonest, that I've given up trying. When I hear that an applicant is colored, I don't employ him." Upon this very point Professor Bulkly said to me: :The great need of the young colored people is practical training in industry. A Negro boy can't expect to get hold in a trade unless he has had training." R. R. Wright, Jr., who has made a study of conditions in Philadelphia, says: "It is in the skilled trades that the Negroes are at the greatest disadvantage. Negroes have been largely shut out of mechanical trades partly because of indifference and occasional active hostility of labor unions, partly because it has been difficult to overcome the traditional notion that a 'negro's place' is in domestic service, but chiefly because there have been practically no opportunities for Negroes to learn trades. Those Negroes who know skilled trades and follow them are principally men from the South, who learn their trades there. The poorest of them fall into domestic service; the best have found places at their trades. For the Negro boy who is born in this city it is difficult to acquire a trade, and here, I say, the system has been weakest." With the idea of giving more practical training School No.80 in New York, of which Prof. Bulkley is principal, is now opened in the evenings for industrial instruction. Last year 1,300 colored people, young and old, were registered. In short, there is a recognition in the North as in the South of the need of training the Negro to work. And not only the Negro, but the white boy and girl as well—as Germany and other European countries have learned. THE ROAD FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM. At Indianapolis I found an organization of Negro women, called the Woman's Improvement Club. The president, Mrs. Lillian T. Fox, told me what the club was doing to solve the problem of the colored girl and boy who could not get work. She found that, after all, white prejudice was not so much a bugaboo as she had imagined. The newspapers gave publicity to the work; the Commercial Club, the foremost business men's organization of the city, offered to lend its assistance; several white employers agreed to try colored help, and one the Van Camp Packing Company one of the great concerns of its kind in the country, even fitted up a new plant to be operated wholly by colored people. Last fall, after the season's work was over, one of the officers of the company told me that the Negro plant had been a great success, that the girls had done their work faithfully and with great intelligence. Just recently a meeting of colored carpenters was held in New York to organize for self help, and they found that, by bringing pressure to bear, the Brotherhood of Carpenters was perfectly willing to accept them as members of the Union, on exactly the same basis as any other carpenters. In short the Negro is beginning to awaken to the fact that if he is to survive and succeed in Northern cities, it must be by his own skill, energy and organization. For like any individual or any race, striving for a place in industry or in modern commercial life, the Negro must in order to succeed, not only equal his competitor, but become more efficient. A Negro contractor said to me: "Yes, I can get any amount of work, but they expect me to do it a little better and a little cheaper than my white competitors." Then he added: "And I can do it, too!" Those are the only terms on which success can be won. For so long a time the Negro has been driven or forced to work, as in the South, that he learns only slowly, in an intense, impersonal, competitive life like that of the North, where work is at a premium, that he himself, not the white man, must do the driving. It is the lesson that raises any man from slavery into freedom. PULMAN PORTER. So much for industry. The Negro in the North has also been going into business and into other and varied employment The very difficulty of getting hold in the trades and salaried employment has driven many colored people into small business enterprises: grocery stores, tailor shops, real estate or renting agencies. If they are being driven out by white men as waiters and barbers, they enjoy, on the other hand, growing opportunities as railroad and Pulman porters and waiters—places which are often highly profitable, and lead, if the Negro saves his money, to better openings. A Negro banker whom I met in the South told me that he got his start as a Pulman porter. He had a good run, and by being active and accommodating often made from $150 to $200 a month from his wages and tips. But the same change is going on in the North that I found everywhere in the South: I mean a growing race consciousness among Negroes—the building up of a more or less independent Negro community life within the greater white civilization. Every force seems to be working in that direct' on BUSINESS AMONG BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA NEGROES. As I showed in my last article, may Negroes in Boston (and indeed in other cities) have made a success in business enterprises which are patronized by white people—or rather by both races. Colored doctors and lawyers in Boston have more or less white practice. Of course, colored men who can succeed without reference to their color and do business with both races, wish to continue to do so—but the tendency in the North, as in the South, is against such development and toward Negro enterprises for the Negro population. Even in Boston numerous enterprises are conducted by Negroes for Negroes. I visited several small but prosperous grocery stores. A Negro named Basil F. Hutchins has built up a thriving undertaking and livery establishment for Negro trade. Charles W. Alexander has a print-shop with colored workmen and publishes "Alexander's Magazine." A new hotel called the Astor House conducted by Negroes for Negroes, has 250 rooms with telephone service in each room, a large restaurant and many of the other attractions of a good hotel. But in this growth the North is far behind the South Scores of Negro banks are to be found in the South, not one in the North. Cities like Richmond, Virginia; Jackson, Mississippi; Nashville, Tennessee; have a really remarkable development of Negro business enterprises. Perhaps I can convey a clearer idea of the great variety of employment of Negroes in Northern cities by outlining the condition in a single city Philadelphia--information for which I am indebted to R. R. Wright Jr. The census of 1900 shows that out of 28,940 Negro males (boys and men), 21,128 were at work, out of 33,673 girls and women, 14,005 were wage-earners. Here are some of the more numerous occupations of Negro men: Negro professional men [415] and women (170) including doctors clergymen, dentists, teachers, electricians, architects, artists, musicians, lawyers, journalists, civil engineers, actors, literary and scientific persons, etc.....585 Retail merchants, men (297) women [22] .....319 Hotel Keepers.....13 One Negro runs a men's furnishing store; another, a drug store; others, groceries, meats, etc. The beneficial society has grown to a regular insurance company, the renting agent has become a real estate dealer. Within the last twelve months Negroes have incorporated two realty companies, one land investment company, four building and loan associations, one manufacturing company, one insurance company, besides a number of other smaller concerns. The civil service has proved of advantage to the Negro of Philadelphia, as of every other large Northern city. In the post office there are about 150 clerks, carriers and other employees, on the police force about 70 patrolmen, and 40 school teachers and about 200 persons in other municipal offices. WHEREIN LIES SUCCESS FOR NEGROEN I have thus endeavored to present the conditions of the Negro in the North and show his relationship with white people, except in the matter of politics, a subject of so much importance that I shall take it up in a later article. I have tried to exhibit every factor, good or bad which plays a part in racial conditions. Many sinister influence exist: the immense increase of ignorant and unskilled Negroes from the South; the growing prejudice in the North, both social and industrial, against the Negro; the high death rate and low birth rate among the Negro population, which is due to poverty, ignorance, crime and an unfriendly climate. On the other hand, many encouraging and hopeful tendencies are perceptible. Individual Negroes are forcing recognition in nearly all braches of activity, entering business life and the professions. A new racial consciousness is growing up; leading to organizations for self-help; and while white prejudice is increasing, so is white helpliness as manifest in social settlements, industrial schools, and useful philanthropies. All these forces and counter forces economic, social, religious, political are at work. We can all see them plainly, but we cannot judge of their respective strength. It is a tremendous struggle that is going on—the struggle of a backward race for survival within the swift moving civilization of an advanced race. No one can look upon it without the most profound fascination for its interests as a human spectacle, nor without the deepest sympathy for the efforts of 10,000,000 human beings to surmount the obstacles which beset them on every hand. And what a struggle it is! As I look out upon it and see this dark horde of men and women coming up, coming up, a few white men here and there cheering them on, a few bitterly holding them back, I feel that Port Author and the battle of Manchuria, bloody as they were, are not to be compared with such a conflict as this, for this is the silent, dogged, savuiary, modern struggle in which the combatants never rest upon their arms. But the object is much the same: the effort of a backward race for a foothold upon this earth, for civilized respect and an opportunity to expand. And the Negro is not fighting Russians, but Americans. Germans, Irish, English, Italians, Jews, Slav—all those mingling white races [each, indeed, engaged in the same sort of a struggle] which make up the nation we call America. The more I see of the conflict the more I seem to see that victory or or defeat lies with the Negro himself. As a wise Negro put it to me: "Forty years ago the white man emancipated us: but we are only just now discovering that we must emancipate ourselves." Whether the Negro can survive the conflict, how it will all come out, no man knows. For this is the making of life itself. "Cheer Up, Booker Washington," an up to date piece of sheet music, price 20 cents. Let us sing of our great men too. Apply to NOTICE OF SALE. In the District Court of Shawnee County. Kansas. The Hays Land and Investment Co., Plaintiff, vs C. A. Rose, Kate G. Rose and The Osborn, Monroe and Henkel Land Company, defants. By virtue of an order of sale issued to me out of the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, I will on Monday. March 30th, A D 1908, at 10 o'clock a m o' sall day, at the east front door of the Court House in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, offer at public sale and sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand all of the following described real estate, to wit:— Lots Fourteen (14). Sixteen (16) and Eighteen (18) on Pennsylvania Avenue in Highland Park Subdivision to the City of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. The above property is taken as the property of the said defendants C. A. Rose and Kate G. Rose and is directed by said order of sale to be sold and will be sold according to law to satisfy said order of sale. Under Sheriff. THE WORLDS GREATEST SEWING MACHINE LIGHT RUNNING NEWHOME If you want it our Vernon Shuttle machine is available to Newing Machine with to THE NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE COMPANY Orange, Mass. Many sewing machines are made to sell record- quality. Let the New Home in make it well. Our warranty never runs out. Sold by authorized dealers only. FOR SALE BY W. P. FROST, 712 Kansas Ave. Seco Floor. A. SIMS' POOL AND BILLIARD PARLORS Headquarters for all who wish a nice time. When Hutchinson call on him. 806 SOUTH MAIN STREET J. C. Tucker Ice Cream and Soft Drinks of all Kinds. Fine line of Domestic and Imported Cigars. 1310 NORTH EIGHTH STREET, KANSAS CITY. KAS Pallithrix Parlor HAIR GOODS, HAIR ORNAMENTS, NEW POMPA-DOURS, SWITCHES, WIGS, AND FRIZZES OF ALL KINDS. A NICE HINE OF TOILET WATER, AND PERFUMES. MRS. M. L. FIEL D, 619 KANSAS AVE. The Scott Cafe Short Order and Lunch Restaurant. First Class Meals served at all Hours. Cigars, Tobacco and Soda Water W. M. SCOTT, Prop. a3 W. Warren Lawrence Kas Attention Farmers! MY DEAR EDITOR:I wish to announce through your columns that the Sunflower State Agricultural Association will meet with the Muncie Agriculturists June 26-27; with Ottawa Agriculturists Sept. 23.24.25, 1908. The Association urges the farmers of all sections, especially of the western section of the state, during the season to select, prepare and send agricultural exhibits to the September meeting. The Association has $30,000 of stock of which to dispose. The proceeds of such sales are to purchase and improve farm lands. The Association is offering liberal commissions to agents. Address, Pres. C. A. Groves, Edwardsville; Pres J. R. Rogers, Princeton; Sec. ARTHUR EMERY, Lawrence, R. 5. LEXINGTON, MO. Mrs. Bettie Osburn and her little baby girl returned to their home in Kansas City, Kansas, after an extended visit with her parents, Mr. Collins and wife. Hiram Terral, wife and Gladys, their little daughter, have moved to Kansas City, Mo. The Literary Society met Tuesday evening at Zion A M E church. A very interesting subject was debated. Everyone seemed benefitted. Miss Lottie Hawkins accompanied her sister, Mrs Hiram Hawkins, to Kansas City, Mo., Sunday morning. Miss Maggie Johnson, who is a teacher in Mayview, spent a few days with her parents, Mr. Johnson and wife. Mr. Babe Jackson is very ill. WATKIN'S NationalBank Lawrence, Kansas. Capital $100,000, Surplus and Profits $50,000 YOUR PATRONAGE SOLICITED. 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If you wish to know about a clean, clearcut, up-to-date, strictly business mining proposition—mining in the ground and not on paper—if you appreciate a square deal and would like to be associated with progressive investors of the race, if you would like to see your dimes rapidly grow into dollars in a proven proposition now blocking out ore with a remarkable record to win, then, write the Freeman Mining, Milling and Development Company, Coloaado Springs, Colo., or any of the following agents of the company: J. M. Wright, Wm. L. Evans, L. M. Forte, Topeka, Kas. G. W. Bell, Iola, Kansas. Mrs. R. G. White, Independence, Kansas. Wiley Morris, Frank Eagleson, and John Elias, Coffeyville, Kansas. S. M. Jones, Wichita, Kansas. The Western Trade Journal in a recent article hail the following to say concerning this company: "From time to time the Western Trade Journal has had occasion to speak in favorable terms of several Nevada companies. We have not hesitated to recommend the stock to our readers as our investigations of these enterprises have been such as to convince us that as legitimate promising mining enterprises nothing more secure is on the market. It is therefore a satisfaction to be able to add one more promising Nevada company to our list of reliable companies. In this connection we refer to the Freeman Mining, Milling and Development Co., incorporated under the laws of Arizona, capital stock $1,500,000; 750,000 shares in the treasury, par value $1, fully paid and non-assessable. The company owns and is developing the richest property in the Gold Mountain district, Nevada. They have run a tunnel over 100 feet and cut several good veins of rich ore, and will begin shipping soon, This company has been the subject of painstaking investigation on the part of the Western Trade Journal, and fairness impells this statement that the most searching examination convinces us that the company offers the best form of investment in Nevada mining stock within our knowledge. For particulars not made plain by this free and unsolicited editorial, address the Freeman Mining, Milling and Development Co., Room 1, McIntyre-Barnett Building, Colorado Springs, Colo. "We consider but the interest of the subscribers who may be undecided how to invest in the Nevada silver and gold mines when, without insinuating aught in detraction of other companies, we bestow our unreserved endorsement upon the Freeman Company's proposition. In view of the foregoing, we feel it a duty to advise our readers who desire an interest in one of the best Nevada mining companies, to lose no time in securing some of these shares, which offer the very best security for the least money that ever came under the purview of this paper." WHEN IN BOLEY Don't forget to stop at The Commercial Hotel, Where you will find FIRST CLASS ACCOMMODATIONS Everything First Class and Up to Date. Mrs. F. B. Berryand Daughters, Props. Resolutions of Condolence. Offered at Funeral of Brother A. Walker by the Church. Wheras, it has pleased God in his wise providence to cease the life of Brother A. W. Walker, on last Thursday evening, March 19th, we feel that in the death of Brother Walker the church has lost one of its oldest members and one who has been an active Christian worker for many years. For about fifteen years he filled the office of treasurer of the B street Baptist church. He filled the position so well that it was with reluctance that the church accepted his resignation a few years ago. We feel that we have lost a wise counsellor in our official board and in our church, one who always had a thought and plan for the betterment of the church. We also feel that we have lost a brother whose life has been that of a pious Christion. Therefore be it Resolved, That we mourn the loss of this our brother, friend and coworker, and we feel that our loss is Heaven's gain, Be it further Resolved, That we sympathize with the bereaved wife and family and do what we can to make their path brighter. Resolved That a copy of these resolutions be given to the family of the deceased. YALE. KANSAS. Rev Coker of Oklahoma, preached at the Baptist church Sunday. Rev Britt was in the camp Sunday. The same day Rev Berry, of Weir, was the guest of Mr Cobb and wife, and J. A. Beasley of Pittsburg, was vialiting relatives in the camp. Mesers. Dewberry, Miller, Lewis, Sparkman, Gilmore, Galloway, Beaton, and Herbert were in Pittsburg Saturday. Mrs. L. N. Wells was shopping in Pittsburg Saturday, and Mrs A. Young on Tuesday. A. More spent Sunday in Girard, and S. Yarbrough visited in Curwansville. Rev L. S. Sparkman preached at the A. M. E. church Sunday. Norman Maples accidentally dropped a hammer on a dynamite cap which exploded, causing an injury to his face, which, the doctor says, is not severe. The anniversary of the A. M. E. church was held Monday evening. A very nice program was rendered after which a lunchcon was served. Berta Johnson has returned to school after two weeks illness. Mrs. Courtney Washington was the guest of Mrs. Flora Gilmore, on Monday. J. Owens, of Curranville, was in the camp on Monday. SPECAIL NOTICE TO THE LADIES. A SIMPLE METHOD OF DRESSING THE HAIR. Every lady reading this article will agree with the statement that never in their recollection was the proper care of the hair and skin quite so essential to their comfort and happiness as at this time. Nature, is quite often bountiful in bestowing perfect form of figure and attractive features and yet withholds those great blessings, luxuriant hair and a perfect complexion. Proper regard for personal appearance not only while attending church and social events but in the every day walks of life seems to compel careful consideration of this subject, that only the best results may be obtained and trouble avoided. The care of the hair has always seemed the most difficult problem If it is short and thin, a luxuriant growth must be encouraged. If it is stubborn and hard to dress and arrange, some convenient method easy to use and that will not da age or cause the hair to break off at the ends or fall out must be employed. Every woman or man who has used hot irons on their hair should bear in mind that it is no longer necessary. The sore head, disagreeable odor and the soorched or dead ends of the hair are warnings that a better method should be used. A large number of ladies in all parts of the country have used and endorse the new hair tonic and dressing called Stra-Ko. It is not a pomade but is a liquid that is most refreshing to the scalp, removes dandruff, invigorates and causes the hair to grow and is so easily used MUSKOGEE. DENTISTRY SPECIALTY DR. L. M. BANKS Of the Chicago College of Dental Surgery Offices Brown Building, Room 11 Phone No 1196 MUKOGEE, . - - - OKLA. 1930 Plates of all kinds. Rub DR. L. M. Of the Chicago College Offices Brown Building, R MUKOGEE, that only a brush and comb is required. Ironing or pressing the hair is entirely done away with. Stra-Ko can be tested in your own home at very little expense. Write to the Burton Toilet Goods Co., St. Joseph, Michigan, enclosing ten two cent stamps and they will send you a trial bottle, also a sample package of Creole Face Cream. They want local lady agents everywhere and not only give very liberal terms but when an agency is established always supply their agents with plenty of goods free for demonstration purposes, aiding their agents in every possible manner. Be sure to mention this paer. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" NO STRAIGHTENS KINLY or CURLY HAIR that it can be push up in any style desired consignment with its length. Ford's Hair Pomade was formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" and is the only safe preparation known to us that makes kinky or curly hair straight, as shown above. Its use makes the most stubborn harsh kinky curly hair result, may be obtained from one treatment; 8 to bottles are equally sufficient for a year. The use of Ford's Hair Pomade removes and prevents dandruff relieves itching, invigorates the scalp, stops the hair from falling out or breaking off, makes it grow and, by nourishing the root, helps to prevent hair loss. It is also perfumed and harmless, it is a soles necessary for ladies, gentlemen and children. Ford's Hair Pomade has been made and sold continuously since about 1888, and label "OZONIZED OX MARROW," was registered in the United States Patent Office, in 1877. Ford's Straight SOFT and PLIABLE Bawes of limitations. Remember that Ford's Hair Pomade is put up only in 50 cft. size, and is made only in Chicago and by us. The genuine has the signature Charles Ford, Press on each package. Refuse all others. Full directions with every bottle. Price only 50 cft. Sold by dugger. If found from贸贸, does not can supply you, he can get it for you from his jobber or wholesale dealer or send us 50 cft. for one bottle postpaid, or $1.40 for three bottles or $50 for six bottles express paid. We pay postage and express charges to all points in U. S. A. When ordering send postal or express money order, and mention your name and address plainly to The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Jord Piney 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. REASONABLE - PRICES Gold Crowns, Porcelian Crowns, Bridge Work and Porcelain Inlay ECIALTY Rubber Aluminium. Gold Etc. Gold Etc. M. BANKS College of Dental Surgery ng, Room 11 Phone No 1196 OKLA. NOTICE. To the pastors and members of the A. M. E. churches and Sunday Schools throughout the Kansas City district of the Kansas conference, greeting: My Dears, will you please send your Easterday money to Dr. H. B. Parks, 61 Bible house, New York, and 1726 Topeka avenue, Topyka, to the former 75 per cent. and to the latter 25 per cent., not later than Monday following Easter Sunday, as this is general conference year and he must get in the returns so he can make his report which comes ten days later. Also you will remember that the Woman's Mite Missionary convention meets at Fort Scott, Kansas in our district the last of July and every church must be represented and report a society and money to this convention. We must not ring any backing bells, but set the pace for the other districts. So if you have no Woman's Mite Mission society start one, and ei her send a delegate or a report and money. Every department of the church must go ahead of last year. "Marching" is the watchword. I am your brother. J. R. RANSOM, P. E. PUBLICATION NOTICE. Beulah Stores, Plaintiff, Carl Stores, Defendant. The state of Kansas to Carl Stores: You will take notice that you have been sued by Beulah Stores in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, in the above entitled action and you must answer the petition filed by the plaintiff in said cause on or before May 1st, 1908, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment will be rendered against you accordingly for a divorce in favor of the plaintiff and for such other and further relief as may be required. BEULAH STORRS, By W. I. JAMISON, her attorney. Attest; R. L. THOMAS, Clerk of District Court. [SEAL] First published March 27th. 1908. + e The Topeka Plaindealer ———— THE PLAIN DEALER PUB. CO., H2 East Seventh Street. BEEL PHOND ten0 ADVERTISING RATES PER MONTIE €200 PER INCH. MCK CHILDS, oe 8 8 4 Rutter ADOLDPIEGRIPLIN, : . Manager er wenn SUBSCRIPTION RATES: SDE FORT LY MALL cee seosseee coseten coneene seseeseres OE HD 1x MONthe Dy MALT seve svecses sssnvassasean o cee cove $1 OF Three months by mall... we a, ” Gutered of the Postutice at Copersas Second clase Mall Matter FRIDAY MAR, 27 1v0s DR. ABBOTT'S PROPHECY. Topeka enjoyed the distin- guished honor of a visit from the vencrable Dr. Lymaa Abbott, preacher, editcr, author and lecturer. Dr. Abbott has al- ways entertained and expressed decidedly optomistic views on the race question. Inthe course of his lecture before the Topeka High school, he said concerning the relation of the races: “Bat the Negro must stand alone. He need have little hope of getting his strength from our race only from example and euggestion. It is easy to believe that within a century that certain parte of the United Statea will have Negro set tlements where no white men will live. I do not believe that dividing Nines will be drawn in certain rections of our great country. Surely those who are to follow uz hope to lift the standard of civili- zation even higher, With this ambition in view this could not be done euccessfully,”” The venerable Doctor is grad- ually losing his clear grasp o! affairs. The above utterances would indicate that he 1s living in the past, when chimerica conjectures were the basis of the solution of the problem. Witt the white man penetrating the jungles of darkest Africa, anc seating himself beside the be- nighted cannibal, and bringing forth fruit in season, it does nol look like ‘‘strength could onl; come to our race through exam. ple and precept. It goes or daily about us in America, anc it may be that these results are theefforts of our philanthropic white brothers to instill the ex. ample and precept. Then too, if there shall ever be establishec Negro settlements where ‘nc white man will live,’' it will be because Mr, White Man is minu: his legs and all other means o locomotion, Tre PLAINDEALE! merely suggests that the vener able and beloved Plymoutl churchman ponder over this! HELP BEAUTIFY, Spring has come. The time for cleaning up not only the house but yards, streets and allies, All over the city one sees men cleaning up. This isa work in which our people should heartily join. We should bear in mind that no where in the city can anyone improve their property and add to its artrac- tiveness without enhancing the value of the property of every citizen. Tie PLAINDBALER urges upon the colored people to join the clean upcrowd. Clean up the yard, brace up the fence,and see that the accumulated gar- bage of the winter is removed. It will add to the appearance of your neighborhood and go far in changing public sentiment. Clean streets, yards and allies mean not only a more beautiful city, but it theans a healthier ‘town, We are all a part of the community in which we live and we owe it to ourselves to de all we can by example and precept to better the city. ” A stronc delegation of South- ern Negroes recently called on President Roosevelt and regis- tered a vigorous kick against the Jim Crow car service furnished by Southern railroads to Negro passengers. It the President can bring about as notable a change in the car service furnished our people in the South as he has in the management of our foreign relations, he will go a long ways towards wiping out the un- pleasant feelings brought about by the Brownsville affair, The President asked that the com- plaint be submitted in writing. kor a long time there has been more or less trouble at the It. S. A, C. Matters came toa head there th's week and President E. R. Nichois and C. W. Burkett, director of the experiment station placed their resignations in the hands of the board of regents to become effective July 1, Suc- cessors to the gentlemen have not been made as yet, though there is tai! of offering the presi- dency to Prof. Eugene Daven- port, of the Illinois agricultural college, Tue business manager of this paper acknowledges with thanks the kindly mention from The Advocate and will ever be found doing his whole duty to his race wherever he may go. Mr. Ed. Kennedy, editor of The Advocate is one of the best men of the West and we take off our hat to him. May his lengthening shad- ow never reach eternity. Hon. T. W. Bell, of Leaven- worth, was inthe city one day this week. , Attorney Bell was over to see Gov. Hoch. Mr. Bell was a pleasant caller at THE PLAINDEALER Office where his genial presence is always welcome. Something is always domg when Bro. Bell comes te town. He is an alternate to the Republican national convention and will be greatly in evidence at Chicago. Tue illness of Senator Ben Tillman will be watched by,the Negroes. It is hoped that out-of this affection the vituperative South Carolinian will come with broader and more charitable feelings for humanity. If he dies, we hope he will go to () heaven. Tue outlook is for bigger crops than ever in Kansas this year. Reports from the various parts ot the state show wheat to be in good coadition. The number of Negro farmers in Kansas are on the increase and the big crops will mean much to the race, Editor Nick Chiles reports a great time from Washington, D. C., where he is visiting Registrar ‘W. T. Vernon. He will return next week, and THE PLAth- DEALER will be aglow with in- teresting matters pertaining to the trip served and seasoned as only Mr, Chiles can do. Everyhody should contribute and thus make the fair the big- ges] and best in the history of the state. na POLITICAL EYE Gathered From State, County and In Hotel Lobbys. Hon John C, Pollock, judge of United States circuit court will maintain his working residence in Topeka, though a citizen of Kansas City, The Judge will be in his office here at least two days each weck when court is not insession. His stenographer, Miss LeBar will continue her residence here. Judge Pollock, always popular in Kansas, is very popular on the federal bench. He is astrong lawyer aod his opinions and decisions are always clear and fair. It is up to the state canvassing board as to whether Kansas will enjoy the exquisite luxary of a Populist party. It is ve'y prob- able that no serious objection will be made to the filing of a list of nominees by the Pops. However, should there be a strict construction of the pri- mary law, the poor old Pops. would find themselves laid up ‘for repairs. Hon. D. W. Mulvane, national committeeman denies that he is making gubernatorial timber out of A. W. Smith, of McPherson. He says he is busy now prepar- ing a statement in reply to Stubbs circular that will put a quietus onthe Douglas county states- man. Well, '‘Dave’' don’t do much talking. The Belleville Commercial club with 135 guests listened to the scintilating wit of State Prin- tee T. A.McNeal Monday. Since the retirement of Senator Burton Mr. McNeal enjoys the honor of being the handsomest politician in Kansas as well as one of our most eloquent orators. Corvine Patterson, of Kansas City, Kas., and street commis- sioner,has been a political leader longer than any other man in the West. Political leaders may come and go, but ‘‘Pat’’ holds his own. Hon. Frank J. Ryan, of Leaven- worth county, member of the state board of railroad commis- sioners is one of the most popu- lar men on the board. Heisa hard worker and tireless in his efforts to improve the railroad conveniences. The people of Kansas will make no mistake in continuing Mr. Ryan in his present position, The board o| railroad commissioners no longer represent a place at the political pie counter’ It calls for muct hard work and demands the ability of men trained in railroac work and are alive to the need: of the people. Mr. Ryan belong: to this class, He’is affiable anc always pleasant. Hon. C, E, Denton, secretary of state is busy these days re- pairing fences. Being very pop- ular with all elements of his party, he will have the hearty support of all, He is making a splendid officer. State Treasurer Mark Tully with his affable smile is making new friends every day, It re- quires no letter of introduction to reach him. No Democrat will presume to run against him. Buy One Sack of Our Perfection Flour On Our Say So, Then Let The Flour Decide What You Buy Next Time. The Kaw Miliing Co., senesene BUY YOUR-emeame Coal, Feed, Hay, Etc., OF JAS. C, SHIMER, Both Phenes 475 1815 Kansas Ave ROBERT PIERCE, Pres, JOHN M. CURRIER, Sec. | Chicago Lumber Co., Dealers in all Kinde of First-class LUMBER THIRD AND JACKSON STREETH : : TOPEKA, KANSAS 16—TROLLY CARS DAILY—16 er Leavenworth--KansasCity Your Patronage Solicited Regular cars leave Fort Leavenworth 15 minutes after the hour. _ Kegular care leave Third and Deleware 30 minutes after the hour. "Half hour cars Saturday and Sunday wnen weather is nice. Firat car leaves Third and Deleware, 6:30 3. m. Firet car leaves Fort Leavenworth, 7315 3. m, Last car leaves Fort Leauenworth, 10:15 p. m. Last car leaves Third and Deleware, 10:30 p. m., excep? Saturday and Sunday nights; laat car leaves Fort Leavenworth, 11:45 p. m.. | and Third and Deleware 12, midnight. | First oar leaves Kaneas City Mo., 30th and Main, 6 a, m. | Last car leaves Kansas City, Mo., 10th and Main, 11 p, m.,(Tneatre cars), except Saturday and Sunday nights last oar leaves Kansas City, Mo., 12 midnight. One way tickets, 50c; round trip, 5 day limited, 75c; unlimited round trip tickets, 80c; commutation books, 50 rides, good for one year, £14; good for 99 days #11; 25 ride book good for G months, #7.50; 25 ride book, good for 60 dhys #6, The Kansas City-Western Railway Co., J, W. RICHARDSON,Gen. Supt ,Third and Deleware St. ; a Oo oe ( “* O K. ° | The Perfect Shortener : | ——= | Strictly open-kettle rendered from {rom absolutely | pure leaf only, and guaranteed as such, It's cheaper, | more palatable and makes better pastry than common cooking butter, Just try it with KAW VALLEY MINCE | MEAT on your next baking day, and your pies will | be delicious. | ___—_ | Wolf Packi | Chas. Wolf Packing Co., | t Topeka,2 vt Kansas] | 4 . a J CITY LOCALS Carnation Art Club met with Mrs A. West last week and adjourned to meet with Miss Anna Dodson, 1808 West Sixth street. 2 Miss Evelyn Hickman, who has been ill at her home in Frankfort, Kans. for several weeks past, it very much improved. Word received from Miser Willa Smith, who is in Colorado Springs for her health, says she is rapidly improving and will soon be fully restored to health. Let us sing of our great men too "Cheer up Booker Washington," on up-to-date piece of sheet music price 20 cents, stamps or silver. Apply to W. H. HUFF. Box 90. Athes Ga. Mr. Charles Ezell of Boynton Okla., was in the city for a few hours on Tuesday. Mr. Ezell is one of the most successful merchants in his section of Oklahoma. He is the proprietor of the largest department store in Boynton, a fast growing town about twenty miles from Muskogee. He visited several points of interest in Topeka and expressed himself as greatly pleased with our city and the evidences of advancement seen among us. Much of the popularity of the Remley Lumber company is due to the efforts of E. B. H. Remley. Mr. Remley is one of Topeka's most enterprising business men, and is always interested in a bigger, better city. His large yards on Jackson street are always full of the very best quality of lumber and building material. He invites all who are preparing to build to inspect his yards and obtain his prices. Deaths and Funerals. Mrs. Amanda Martin, aged 59 years, died March 15th of la grippe, at her residence, 1210 Buchanan street. The funeral was held on the 17th inst, from the Shiloh Baptist church under the auspices of Pearly Rose Tabernacle. No. 77, of which she was an honored member. Interred in Topeka cemetery. Andrew Walker, who for several weeks had been ill of typhoid fever at his residence, 915 North Lincoln street, passed away on the 18th inst. He was 57 years of age, a conscientious Christian, being a member of B Street Baptist church. He was also an honored and faithful worker in Kaw Valley Lodge, No. 18, A. F. and A. M., being one of its past masters. The funeral was held Sunday from the B Street church under the auspices of the Masonic fraternity. It was the largest turnout of Masons ever seen in Topeka. His remains were laid to rest in the Topeka cemetery according to the beautiful Masonic ritual of the dead. Mrs. Louisa Pope, aged 69 years, died on the 20th inst. at her late residence, 1177 Lincoln street. She was a native of Virginia and came to Kansas in the early days. The funeral was held from Mount Hope Baptist church. and interment in Richie cemetery. Mrs. Annie Harris, aged 44 years, died March 21st of lung trouble at her residence three miles south of the city on the Burlingame road. Funeral was held at the residence on the 22nd. Interred in Richie's cemetery. AGENIS WANTED. 16x20 crayon portraits 40 cents, frames ten cent and up, sheet pictures one cent each. You can make 400 per cent. profit or $36 per week. Catalogue and samples free. FRANK W. WILLIAMS CO.. 1208 W. Taylor St., Chicago, Ill. Mallory CRAVENETTE HATS Sun Proof Rain Proof STYLE SERVICE ER MALLORY & SONS SOLE MANAGERS If you want a hat of finest fur felt,becoming in shape and refined in style, call and look over our new models of Mallory Cravenette Hats These hats are not only the standard of approved styles, but they are the stay neat hats. Not merely because they are made of the finest felt, but because they have been subjected to the famous cravenetting process, which makes them rain-proof and sun-proof. A Majory Cravenette Hat will stay new until you get the value of several new hats, and yet it costs no more than other hats of equal quality and style. The Palace PRIC $3.00 AUERBACH & GUETTEL. CLOTHING CO. ALL KINDS OF COAL AT The Jackson-Walker Coal & Material Co., Topeka Coaling Station, 807 KANSAS AVE., Satisfaction Guaranteed. D. 550 CAS. J. SMI II 555 CITY Gem Steam Lau F. B. SIMMS, Proprietor BEST WORK IN No Cheap Help-- 'Phone 798 ST WORK IN THE C No Cheap Help-No Cut Rate 519 NORTH KA BEST WORK IN THE CITY. No Cheap Help--No Cut Rate. 'Phone 798 519 NORTH KANSAS AVE. For all Kinds of.... LUM GO TO REMLEY LU We have everything you need line. Let us quote you pri LUMBER GO TO THE REMLEY LUMBER We have everything you need in the BUILD line. Let us quote you prices. Yards and Offices 523 Jackson St. Swellest Jewelry Store in Town Miss Addis, Has a nice line of Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Cut Glass and Silverware at greatly reduced prices. 817 KANSAS AVENUE. Phones, Ind. 550 Bell 555 OF COAL AT Coal & Material Co., ing Station, SAS AVE. CAS. J. SMITH, CITY NANAGFR. IN THE CITY. No Cut Rate. 519 NORTH KANSAS AVE. BER O THE JMBER CO., need in the BUILDING prices. Dr: J. M. Jamison, Physician and Surgeon. Examining Physician of the nights and Ladies of Protection: Special attention to diseases of women and private diseases Office and Residence: 327 Madison Street. TOPEKA, KA PRICE $3.00 'Phones 935 Bell 'Phone 1091 Ind. Phone 989 ST. JOHN A. M. E. CHURCH. At a special meeting of the membership of the church the congregation voted to adopt and carry out the plans submitted for the new building. The trustees were also empowered to make negotiations for a loan in order to prosecute the work of reconstruction. The unanimity work which the congregation aced in deciding all questions bearing upon the work is certainly to be commended. At no time were there more than six dissenting votes upon any proposition The congregation voted as a un.t to raise $1000 on Easter Sunday. The Willing Workers, under the presidency of Mrs. L. H. Slaughter, began movements for the Easter rally on Monday. right at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. Stoner. Meetings will be held weekly at which time subscriptions will be taken and cash paid into the treasury of the club. The club arranged for a great jubilee concert to be given at the church on Monday night. A 10th Th Rock Island train pulled out of the station depot Tuesday night with a card of the early settlers of Topeka on card. It was a pleasant sight to see so many of the old settlers in session in the church and also inspiring and helpful to hear them recount the past. The train will return on Easter Sunday with the second third of their first $1000 toward the building fund. The A. B. O. U. T.'s met in their private apartments this week and gave notice that on the 16th of April they would charm Topeka with a rich and mellow drama, such as is heldom if ever presented in this city. The young men, Knights of St. John met in their castle hall on Wednesday evening and planned to capture an enviable position in the ranks on Easter Sunday The U and I club was a surprise at our last rally and it promises to astonish the crowd when the ides of April are passed. The King's Sons and Daughters are in line supported by the Jap Rose club for $500 in this year toward the building fund. The Sewing Circle was entertained last week by Mrs. Eliza Marion. A delightful time was enjoyed by all and good results followed. Mrs. Stella Etherly was hostess to the Sewing Circle this week with the usual good results and an enjoyable time. Clarence Cameron White, the very distinguished violinist, whose fame is known throughout the country, will appear on Easter Monday at St John. Reserve that date; you will be glad to hear him. MEETING. At a regular meeting of the colored Ministerial League held in the Y. M. C. A. rooms, colored department, March 23rd, a committee was appointed to investigate the supposed project of some one to establish a park for the colored people of this city. After investigation, the committee returned the following resolutions: 1st. That we hereby express our disproval of such a park, and that we also discourage the contributors of our community to such an enterprise. 2nd, That we feel duty bound as ministers to inform the public that no such demands or requests have been made by the colored people of this city. 3rd. That we heartily endorse the action of the city council in its denunciation of a similar project proposed several weeks ago. Committee, W. McDONLD J. M. POPE. B. J. BELL The Kansas Packing House Market Dealers in first-class fresh and cured Meats, Celery, Poultry, Fish and Butterine. Game of all kinds in season OYSTERS A SPECIALTY 300 to 310 East Second Street Both Phone 104. 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Write us now for our booklet on the simplified features of the OLIVER. Open from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. Latonia Cafe Fish of all kinds, Chicken, Porter House Steaks, Ice Cream, Cigars and Tobacco Most popular Restaurant in Kansas City. JACK FIELDS, Proprietor, 912 E.12th Kansas City, Mo. W. E. Jackson, Physician and Surgeon. '01 " " 44 ansas Avenhe; independent Phone 918. TOPEKA, KASL Office Hours | 9 to 12 a. m. 2 to 8 30 p. m. 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 J. W. Voohie's I also carry a fine line of GROCERIES and MEATS. Give me a share of your trade. State, Avenue. Kansas City. Home one 806 West. Mr. Harvey Saunders, who for the past few weeks has been employed at Lee's drug store, had to return to his nome in Omaha on account of failing health. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Laura Warner and niece, Gertrude Bradshaw, spent Sunday in Lawrence visiting her brother, Dr. Young. Miss Henrietta Mawkins en ertained a number of guests at her home, 1301 Chandler street, in honor of Mr Carter of Denver, Colo An elaborate four-course dinner was served. She was assisted by Mrs Ida Scott The Damas club met last week with Mrs Matley Visitors present were Rev Carr. Rev Gibson of Emporia and Mrs. Wilkerson of Kansas City The club will meet April 3rd with Mrs BJ Morton on Washington street ```markdown ``` The annual sermon of the Knights of Pythias will be delivered Sunday afternoon by Rev Edwards at the First African Baptist church. We are in receipt of an invitation to witness the graduation of our esteemed friend, Mr. A R Eagleson, from the dental department of Meharry University, Nashville, Tenn. Mr. Eagleson is a Kansan, having been reared in Topeka, where a host of admiring friends among both races will be pleased to learn that he will leave Meharry covered with honor next month. FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH. The pastor occupied the pulpit Sunday morning. His text was taken from the tenth chapter of the Gospel of St. John; subject, "The Good Shepherd." The Sewing Circle meets this after noon with Mrs. Shields It is time to begin preparations for the Easter exercises. The Sunday School Mass Meeting was largely attended Sunday afternoon and great enthusiasm was manifested. All the schools of the city were not represented, but efforts will be continued to secure their representation at the next meeting, which will be held at Lane Chapel. The schools were requested to repeat the Lord's Prayer and the Apostles' Creed. Short addresses were made by Revs. Duke, Edwards, Fishback, Carr and McDonald Supt, McKnight and Mrs. Julia Brown. The lectures deliv red by Rev. S H. Gibson at the symposium last week were very pleasing to his hearers, who will ever forget this able and witty divine who gave them so much instruction and amusement. He had been highly recommended by the pastor and he fulfilled all expectations. The programs were participated in by some of the most talented musical and literary artists that our city affords, and were very fine. Each evening's work drew a crowd for the next night. Supper was served in the basement by the "gr. n committee," the name given because the ladies appointed had not previously been actively engaged in such work. It must be said that they proved them selves fully equal to the occasion The tables were beautifully decorated and the lunch prepared with taste and skill and lived in first-class style The committee received congratulations from the "old standby's" for their good work. The Phi Delta Phi, a club of the young members and friends of the church, had charge of the ice cream cake and candy booth, and did faithful service. Their work shows what the church of the future will be. The amount realized during the five nights was $12040. S. S. RIBE @ SON, FINE STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES. MEATS OF ALL KINDS It is our aim to treat all of our trade alike. Give us a trial order. Bell Phone 443. Independent Phone 651 804 TAYLOR STREET A Nice Store. In making the rounds this week it was the good fortune of the writer to gaze upon the beautiful millinery parlors of Mrs. L. H. Slaughter at 431 Kansas Avenue. Here we found one of the finest selections of ladies' misses' and children's hats it has ever been our good fortune to look upon. The whole place was aglow with pretty trimmings and dazzling plumes, while the numerous flowers gave it the appearance of a vertible hot house. The architecture and mechanical construction of every hat is up-to-now and shows the crafty hand of skill and taste. Her pattern M. MRS.SLAUGHTER, A Leader in Millinery. hats are among the nobbiest and finest ever shown in Topeka. "I buy my goods from the same whole salers as do all the rest." said Mrs. Slangher, "and can sell cheap simply because I don't have to pay big rent and employ high salaried trimmers, all of which the customer pays for instead of the hat." She will have her opening on Wednesday, April 1, and prospective buyers will do well to inspect this handsome array of millinery. HORTON NEWS. The news of the Baptist Aid Society, sent in by the corresponding secretary, has awakened a desire in its members to become subscribers to the PLAINDEALER, a paper which should be in every Negro home. Mrs. Henry Pickett will leave to attend her sister, Mrs Gilbert, who is very sick in Kansas City. Mrs. B. Wakefield, who has been visiting Mrs U. H. Brook, returned to her home. Her friends regret her departure very much. The ladies of the Baptist Aid society met at the home of Mrs Z T. Fuget. Much business was transacted, and to the delight of the ladies the president presented her plans to beautify the church, each one expressing an anxious desire for the work. After the business the hostess served a luncheon, the menu consisting of hot biscuit, cold ham, colloped potatoes, pickles, cream, coffee, butter. Western University. Baseball and field athletics are taking up spare time of the young men these bright spring days. The boys have several games in view. The University Orchestra gave a classical program at its semi-monthly recital at chapel last Wednesday. The rendition of "Poet and Peasant" by those fourteen stringed instruments was something rich and entertaining. On Sunday afternoon at Forum, Prof. J. Silas Harris, of Kansas City, Mo., lectured upon the subject "Ambition." A very practical and beneficial talk was made, which was interspersed with many pointed humerous illustrations. Prof. Harris is one of the most entertaining of speakers and conversationalists WESTERN UN1VERS1TY DEPARTMENTS:--Theological, College,|Normal, Sub-Normal and State Normal. Leading and Best Industrial School of rhe west 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 Plain Sewing, Cooking, Laundering, Farming and Gardening. Phones: Office Bell West 1421. Residence Bell West 15 The Colored Woman's Magazine. A National Standard Household Journal. It Should be Read in Every Home. Our Columns are Open to Our many Efficient Writers, who are Responding Readily. 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Jackson and Miss Sophia Fine, soprano, gave an entertainment in Lawrence, Kane last Friday evening. A large crowd was out to hear them and the audience was immensely pleased with their program. Prof. Richard B. Harrison, the distinguished elocutionist and reader of the Pacific coast, visited us last Tuesday morning, at chapel service. For over an hour and a half he entertained the students with rich dramatic selections from Shakespeare, Dunbar, Drummond and other famous writers. The ideals he established in the minds of our young elocutionists were very enobling. Miss Jessie Andrews, a sister of Clyde Andrews of Denver, Colo, the young composer of the beautiful Inter-State winner "Nocturne", rendered this selection last week, before a large high-class audience in Denver, Colo., and was accorded a most magnificent ovation, both because of her own ability and the genius of her talented brother at Quindaro. PUBLICATION NOTICE In the district court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Elizabeth May Harrier Plaintiff vs A. W. Harrier, Defendant. 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, Elizabeth May Harrier, whose petition in said --- Quindaro, Kansas. Advantages ratory, Normal.ental and Vocal).armony, Drawing 8ple Good Influ Splendid Location, Healthful Climate Good Influences and Thorough Teachers. Information Dressmaking and ing, Farming and For offered, wr RENCH, A. M. Office Bell West 1421. Residence Woman's Magazine. Standard Household Journal. Be Read in Every Home. Are Open to Our many Efficient Responding Readily. Subscription NOW, while the Price 15 Cents per year; 6 mo. 50c; Single Copies, 10 Cents. Letters of Inquiry will please Enclose See that Agents Receipt you for all Wanted Everywhere. MAN'S MAGAZINE PUB. Co. Topeka, Kansas. For terms, prices and al inducements offered, write to case was filed in the said court on the 4th day of March, A. D., 1908, and unless you answer said petition or appear herein on or before the 17th day of April, A. D. 1908, the allegations in said petition will be taken as true and a judgment rendered against you, divorcing said plaintiff from you and for other proper relief. ELIZABETH MAY HARRIER. Plaintiff R. J. THOMAS, Clerk Dist. Court. [SEAL] J. J. KING, Attorney for Plaintiff. First publishe March 6th, '08. NOTICE OF SALE In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas C. H. Martin, Annie M Martin W. H. Boardman and Mrs. --- By virtue of an order of sale issued to me out of the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, I will on Wednesday, the 29th day of April, A. D. 1908, at 10 o'clock a.m. of said day, at the east front door of the court house, in Topeka, Shawnee County, Knurs, offer at public sale and sell to the highest and best bidder for cash in hand all of the following described real estate, towit.— Lots 7, 8 and 9 in Block 3 on Irving Street in Auburndale addition to the city of Topeka, Shawnee county, Kansas, subject to a mortgage of $500, held by one W. H. Boardman. The above property is taken as the property of the said defendants C. H. Martin and Annie M. Martin and is directed by said order of sale to be sold and will be sold according to law to satisfy said order of sale. Sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas. By H. I. MONROE, Dept Sheriff First published March 27th, 1938. FT. RILEY, KANSAS. The union of the B. Y. P. U., which is held at the Second Baptist church on Sunday evenings between the hours endid Location, Healthful Climate Sciences and Thorough Teachers. terms, prices and al inducements te to . , Acting Pres. Bell West 15 of 7 and 8 is progressing nicely. The little folks take a very active part, an interesting program being rendered after lible reading each Sunday evening. Miss Straghm of South America is traveling in the interest of the foreign mission and lectured at the Second Baptist church in behalf of foreign missions. Pvt. Ben F. Torenman and Pvt. Thos. J. Gaitskill went to Manhattan to attend a party. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas. Marion Sheldon Plaintiff No 24,848 J. A. Wilkins. Defendant To the above named defendant, A. Wilkins; You will take notice that you have been sued in the above entitled court by the said plaintiff above named; that the petition therein was filed on the second day of March, 1908; that said suit is an action for the recovery of the sum of Forty-three Dollars and Fifty-five cents ($43.55) balance due u. commission due this plaintiff in you for the sale of certain real est that a writ of attachment was isst out os the above entitled court by the sheriff of said county lev upon Lot No. 106 on Kansas avenue, Barrett's addition to North Topeka in the city of Topeka. Shawnee County, Kansas as your property; that you must answer the said petition on or before the 18th day of April, 1908, or the said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you or the sum of $43.55, with interest at six per cent. from February 1, 1908, together with all the costs herein incurred, and for an order of sale for the above described property to satisfy said judgment and costs, and for all other and proper relief. Attest: M. F. LAYCOCK. [SEAL] Clerk of District Court First published March 6th, 1908. BOOSTS THE NEIGHBORS. Cathey, Okla., Feb 18th, 1908. Mr. Ira G. Harris, President Neighbors of the Hearthstone, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Neighbor; Some of my friends would like to know how you treated me in my late illness when I drew benefits from you and I take this means of letting them and the public generally know my opinion of you and your business methods. I have been a member with you for a long time now, and I have found you just as prompt and liberal as my friends had said. I can conscientiously recommend you to everyone as being fair and honest in you dealings with me. No one can make a mistake in carrying insurance with you. Sincerely yours, L. W. WEBB, Pastor Shiloh Baptist Church. Continued from Page 1. and now it stands at the front at al progressive movements of the American Negro. The first Negro to become a U. S. Senator was Rev. Hiram Revels, an A. M. E. minister. The oldest Negro journal is the Christian Recorder, which is the official organ of the A. M. E. church. There are about seven hundred thousand communicants of this church and about two millions of the race who come under its pulpit influence. The absolute management of the general affairs of this great organization rests in the hands of the bishops, the general officers and a few ministers. While the general conference is a body made up of delegates from laity and ministers of each annual conference, yet its acts are almost entirely dictated by the few leaders. This may not be true of the general conference that is to meet at Norfolk, because of late years the great body of the people have become more intelligent and independent, and in very many instances men of both the ministry and the laity have been elected as delegates who cannot be absolutely led by the caucus or voted as an unthinking part of a combination. Up until this date the general officers who have handled the money of the church have been almost entirely tree from any supervision of effective character. Each department has been subjected to annual review by a board made up of a representative from each Episcopal district and which has convened at a cost of from five hundred to one thousand dollars and held sessions lasting from one to two days and invariably closing with resolutions lauding the general officer and his administration of affairs. To the credit of the men who have been entrusted with such unlimited authority it is to be said that but in one instance in the history of the church has a man proven to be dishonest and there have been but few instances in which any suspicions of dishonesty have even seemed to have solid foundation. But times have changad and it is now likely that each department of the church will be, in course of time, put under regulation of such safeguards as modern business methods demand. This will come about, not so much because of any suspicion of dishonesty upon the part of the general officers, but because the laity are becoming more intelligent and wide-awake and are demanding modern methods of business in the administration of affairs. At Norfolk an effort will be made to work some changes and improvements along these lines. Nothing very radical will be done and nothing very effective will be accomplished, but the start will be made. There is also a widely extended feeling that ministers elected to a general office too frequently take advantage of their position and use it as a stepping stone to the bishopric. This feeling is not altogether just. A general officer becomes universally known within the church and in the performance of his official duty is called upon to travel extensively and as a result, when he happens to be a man of exceptional good qualities; he is advocated for promotion, but if he is a man unfit for promotion his unfitness is discovered and he never gets up. There are many who think that men who are thought of as good timber from which to make bishops should first be put in a general office and thus be subjected to general inspection and severe tests. The bishops will likely recommend the election of two more bish- We Carry one of the finest lines of Undertaking Goods in the state. We never sleep. Three Licened Embalmers in attendance. The Negro in Politics A graphic political history of the Negro in the United States has been presented in an engraving just issued, entitled, "Colored Congressmen." Alabama sent three colored men to Congress; Florida sent one; Georgia, one; Mississippi sent two to the Senate and one to the House of Representatives; Louisiana and Virginia sent one each; North Carolina sent four, and South Carolina heads the list by sending eight. This engraving contains excellent portraits of these twenty-two representatives of the race, the date of their service and the Congress in which they served. It is sold by The Colored American Novelty Company, of Washington, D. C., and is not only unique and attractive in appearance, but shows graphically the political status of the Negro. FRED. M. STONESTREET The Stonestreet & We Carry one of the finest Goods in the state. We n Licensed Embalmers BOTH 'PHONES 52. COR The Negro A graphic political history of th has been presented in an engraving Congressmen." Alabama sent th Florida sent one; Georgia, one; Misi and one to the House of Representa sent one each; North Carolina se heads the list by sending eight. Th portraits of these twenty-two rep date of their service and the Cong is sold by The Colored American N ton, D. C., and is not only unique but shows graphically the political Sent by Mail R ops for the home work and one for the African work. Since any have been elected Bishops Moore and Arnett have died and Bishop Handy has become incapacitated by age. There are so many able men of great influence who aspire to reach the bench that a great effort will be made to elect five or six bishops. To make room there are some who talk of retiring Bishop B. T. Tanner and of making Bishop H. M. Turner church historian. But it is a well known fact Bishop Turner will never be side tracked unless he wishes it. The entire church would revolt at any injustice done to him. Bishop Tanner has always performed his work with efficiency, and there is no excuse for marking him out for retirement. Men who allow their ambition to render them desperate enough to advocate such measures will be defeated and will deserve it. Bishop C. S. Smith was elected by a strong majority but he is so indifferent to his friends and so lacking in gratitude that the minority have thus far been allowed to keep him from an assignment to any district in America. Bishop Smith is one of the most intellectual men of the race, in the church or out of it, but he lacks the power to be true to his friends and becomes the prey of his foes. The men who stand most prominently betore the church as candidates for the Episcopate are H B. Parks, T. W. Henderson, W. D. Chapelle, H. T. Johnson, J. S. Flipper and E. W. Lampton. In case a bishop is elected for Africa with especial reference to the South African field there is no one except Dr. J. A. Johnson, of Philadelphia, who is to be thought of. He is in every way qualified for that held and the church has to choose between three things-sending Bishop Derrick, electring Dr. Johnson, or giving up all same expectation of doing anything in South Africa. To send Bishop Derrick would be to rob the home work of one of its foremost and best bishops, and this would not be done unless under she influence of such waves of passion as sometimes sweep the general conference from all rational moorings. J. M. HENDERSON, M. D. --- GEO. W. HAMILTON Hamilton Co., Undertakers. Embalmers. best lines of Undertaking We never sleep. Three ers in attendance. FOR 7TH AND QUINCY STS. in Politics Of the Negro in the United States being just issued, entitled, "Colored three colored men to Congress; Mississippi sent two to the Senate intatives; Louisiana and Virginia sent four, and South Carolina This engraving contains excellent representatives of the race, the congress in which they served. It in Novelty Company, of Washing- que and attractive in appearance, local status of the Negro. Receipt of $1.00 ANNOUNCEMENTS. JOHN P. ERY hereby announces himself as a candidate for the office of County Superintendent of Public Instruction of Shawnee county, subject to the Republican primaries. JAMES C. SHIMER, hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Commissioner, Third District, Shawnee County. Subject to the decision of the Republican county Primaries spring, 1908. JOHN M. WILKERSON, Sheriff of Shawnee county, announces his candidacy for a second term. Subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. H. M. PHILLIPS, hereby announces himself as a candidate for Representative 39th District. Subject to the decision of the Republican Primaries. ROBERT STONE hereby announces himself for re-election as Representative from the 39th District. Subject to the Republican Primaries. W. R. FALKINER hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Clerk. Subject to the Republican Primaries. E. M. COCKRELL hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Commissioner. Third District. Subject to the Republican Primaries. L. H. GREENWOOD hereby announces himself as a candidate for Probate Judge. Subject to the Republican Primaries. W. F. SCHOCH hereby announces himself as a candidate for Probate Judge. Subject to the Republican Primaries. A. M. HARVEY hereby announces himself as a candidate for representative from the 8th district. Subject to the Republican Primaries. T. D. HUMPHREY hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Attorney. Subject to the Republican Primaries. J. A. RAMSEY hereby announces himself as a candidate for County superintendent of Public Instructions. Subject to the Republican Primaries. GEORGE BUNCE hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Commissioner from the Third district. Subject to the Republican Primaries. SCOTT KELSEY hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Commissioner from the Third district. Subject to the Republican Primaries. GEORGE CHISTMAN hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Commissioner from the Third district. Subject to the Republican Primaries. FRANK L. HOLFORD hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Commissioner from the Third district. Subject to the Republican Primaries. J, E. MATHEWS hereby announces himself as a candidate for County Commissioner from the Third district. Subject to the Republican Primaries. H. WARD PAGE announces himself as a candidate for Probate Judge. Subject to the Republican Primaries ARTHUR J. MCABE announces himself as a candidate for State Senator. Subject to the Republican Primaries. DR. II, II. KEITH hereby announces himself as a candidate for Coroner. Subject to the Republican Primaries. BEN JOHNSON hereby announces himself as a candidate for Sheriff. Subject to the Republican Primaries. One hundred "Good Fats" and good drinks on tap at Lee's fountain. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT The State of Kansas, Shawnee County, ss. In the Probate Court in and for said County. In the matter of the estate of Henry Kittell. Creditors and all other persons interested in the aforesaid estate, are hereby notified that I shall apply to the Probate Courtr in and for said County, sitting at the Court House in the City of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, on the Fifth day of May, A. D. 1008, for a full and final settlement of said estate. Dated Topeka, Kansas, March 13, A. D. 1904. Administrator of the estate of Henry Kittell, deceased. First published March 13th, '08. S. H. BROWN, Pres. The B REAL EST Buy and Sells Land in the C Farm and C FARMS AND CI 1023 WALNUT ST. C. T. P. BUF Fine Wines, Cigars, W Courtous Treat 221 FRANCIS STNEET. Architectural and Electrical T courses in both theor anxious to secure advan Drawing and Electrical Engin advanced or elementary course find the opportunity to obtain i such as few institutions in the ing demand for young men w the Architectural Drawing Co and who can do the work requ Every effort is being made to than ever before. BOOKER T. WAS TTSKEGEE INSTITUTE, DO YOU CARRY L If Not, W The Knight of the FRATERNAL The Brown Real Estate and in the Creek and Farm and City Property AND CITY PROPERTY ST. - - COUNTY ST. PHILIP BUFFET Cigars, Whiskies Fortune Treatments to Natural Drawing Historical Eng TE both theory and practice advanced inst tural Engineering. ntery courses in etty y to obtain instruction ions in the country ing men who fit the Drawing Course, to m work required in the made to make the ST. WASHINGTON INITUTE, ALA. BERRY LIFE Not, Why Lights and the Ori NAL BENE Buya and Sells Land in the Creek and Cherokee Nations. Farm and City Property. C. T. 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WILL ISSUE YOU POLICIES FOR PAYING, PARTIAL-LIFE, SINGENEFITS, IN CASE OF DEATH No home loving man can afford THE KNIGHTS and LADIES rized by the laws of the State of Insurance of Kansas. Its office Company. LIBERAL TERMS 7 Address:- N 50 OurMotto, "Promp John M. Wright, Nat'l President. POLICIES FOR YOUR HAL-LIFE, SICK, FUNDED OF DEATH. can afford to be with LADIES of the State of Kansas, its officers are both TERMS TO AGREED address:- National 501 Kansas "Prompt Payment 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 sur y. Sur Company. LIBERAL TERMS TO AGENTS. F.r information Address:- National headquarters. In the District Court in and for Shawnee County, Kansas. Eva Evans Plaintiff. The said deterant, Eugene B Evans is hereby notified and required to take notice that he has been sued by the plaintiff, Eva Evans, in the District Court of Shawnee County, Kansas, in an action for divorce and custody of minor child, and that he must answer the petition now on file in said court in said cause on or before the and day on May, 1908, or said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered according to the prayer of said petition. By her attorney, A. M. THOMAS. First published March 20th, 1908. Just say "Malted Egg Chocolate" and Lee's toxy soda expert will do the rest. Brown STATE CO., Creek and Cherokee Nations. City Property. TY PROPERTY COFFEYVILLE, KAS. PHELPS FET Whiskies and Tobacco ments to All ST. JOSEPH, MO. Drawing Engineering TE is now offering extended y and practice to young Men nces instruction in Architectural eering. Persons desiring to take as in either of the subjects will instruction at Tuskegee Institute, country offer. There is a grow no fit themselves, by completing ourse, to make plans for houses, fured in Electrical Engineering. make these courses more helpful WHINGTON, Principal LA. LIFE INSURANCE? Why Not? Ladies and Ladies Orient. BENEFICIARY SOCIETY. FOR YOURSELF AND CHILDREN BLOCK, FUNERAL, AND DEATH PATH. to be without LIFE INSURANCE of the ORIENT is duly autho- Kansas, and is under the Sup't. ers are bonded in agency... Sur TO AGENTS. For information national headquarters, Kansas Ave., Topeka, Kansas. Payment of Claims." Pearl McNeal, --- Secretary. A PROGRESSIVE BUSINESS MAN. —— => 0lUiURe ee i ~ 3 + eh 7 “4 colt a a - tm, a me 6a hei i) tat ae Fy by “ot ne es we ae ie ’ oa a . rq Nes | ” ey Ve0 ee , ‘ : pass 4 ‘ arnt) ¥ ne ; a | , : i | Mo JOHN WILLIAM JONES. One cannot visit Kansas City, Karsas, and take up its commercial development among colored people w.thout coming in coutact with Joh Wiham Jones. Mr, Jones 1s one of the strong men of Kansas City. He would bea strong man in any community. John Witham Jones was born in Skeiny County, Tennessee, June 2nd, 861 Alter traveling in various par.s of the Swuth, he went to End, Okla. and secared a claim au! eu: gaged in the grocery bueiuces. Bus tness reverses ‘eft him penniless and in 1494 he tramged with Coxey’s army, falliug out of the ranks at Kansas Cty Here, with lesa tran $25, he engeged in the grocery bus iness. Hehas prosperndd, He be- came one of the organszera aud «he active head of the Kanaas City Cas- ket and Embalming Company, witk a capital of 82 000. Under his judicious managemen! the company has prospered, I contro!s the undertaking busines: among the colored people of Wyan- dotte county Mr. Jones is now it largeststockholder. Two years ag this company established a branch office at 2cg North Fifth street, Leavenworth, This overture has been acuccess fiom the stare. It LAWRENCE, KANSAS. Mis Vicerta Henderson, daugh terof Mr. Thos. Hendereon, died at her home in this city March 10th at the aze of 19 years and 8 montha, She was a meniber of St Luke A. M E. church and the Household of Ruth. She died very happy, leav- inga father, several brothers and sisters, with a hoet of friends t) mourn her demise. The funeral was a very large one, held from St Luke Church. Rev. J. M, Brown, pastor, officating. Mrs. Minerva Dimery, one of the pioneer mothers of Lawrence faith- ful member of st Luke A. M. E church, Benevolent Order and La dies Rehef Corps of this city. «died March rth at the ripe age of 66, She dedin the tull triumph of faith, ieaving a husband, severa! childien, grand children, a host of relatives and friends to mourn the host, Her furneral was held from St Luuat Church attended by the pas. tor. There was a large attendance, several from out of town. The Stewardess Board met witt Mrs A scott King; Monday at ; o'clock p m The next meeting will be with Mre JM. Brown, The Sierra Leone Club met with Mrs, Kate Crouch, Tuesday at 3 p m, Elder J W Davidson of Coffee- vili, Kan., stznved over afew hours Sunday with Rev, J M. Brown, on his way to Topeka. Mr, Wilburn and Mr, Davis of K. U. went to St Joseph Saturday. ‘the Athena Club met with Mra Baker Tuesday afternoon. Guests oa the Club Mrs, Keith, Mrs. P, Car- conpany with Mr. Fred Gicos he opened a larg: livery and boarding stable. Thia business has grown far beyond exp:ctatons, This firm now -wnaa fine two story brick and st ne building, covering fitty feet tront and 150 fect deep. 11 1905 he bought a house moving and rais- ing outfit, He does a large business along this line His foreman ie pro vided with a rubber tired luggy that he may keep in touch with the various gangs of men he haa at work. Mr. Jones is a large employer of colored Jabor. In his house,moving business his pay roll is from $118 to $145 per week. In his other lines it runs from $200 upwards, At Leavenworth he employs Mr. C. B. Carter, uu- ot the most expert em~ ‘balmers and iuueral directors in the country, Mr. G W, English has charge of this branch of the uuder- taking business. Mr. Wiley ie his embalmer at the Kansas City ¢ ffizes and isan exceptionally fine man. Mr Jones is a large property own er. He owns vauable property in Kansaa City Leaveaw orth aod Tope ka. He has a very interesting fam- uly and delights in praising the in- valuable assistance he has always received from his wife, He also has a son attending Western Univer: sity, Quindaro. Such men as John William Jones are solving the race problem, ‘ter and Rev J. M. Brown who gave tne ladies a very excellent talk: Higher Ideals" The next meeting }wilt be with Mrs. Dora Anderson. Mra Paratee Brown is quite ill at he, residence on Missouri Street Rev. W. H. H. Jones of tue A. M. E. Church af Olathe, Kansas. Mr, Micco Hortyn and Mr, Joho Rankin of Muskogee are guests of King hotel. Mre, Anna Kingof Topeka is the guest of Mrs. Pike. Rey, Smith, pastor of Warren St, Baptist church has been confined te his bed with Pneumonia this week, One of the best musical programs ever given in Lawrence was given by Prof R.G. Jackson of Western University, Quindaro, Kansas. The peonle of Lawrence takea this mean: of congratulating Prof. Jackson up. on the ease with which he handles the Boys Glee Ciub and the high class music which comes asthe re sult of his untiring efforts. The ma- jority ofthe people here were not surprieed at the showing made by Prof, Jackson, because we know him too well, Weknow that any thing with which he is identified must prosper. We do not wonder that the _musi- cal department of Western Univer sity has of Jate years, attracted the attention of musicians of note, of scholars, ot statesmen. when we think of the loyal, the energetic, the ac- complished musician—Prof, Jack- son. A very interesting service was conducted at the First Baptist eburch on the North Side, Rev. Barren, pastor, Do it Now If you haven't a good sick and accident insurance, write to the Commonwealth Life Association for particulars of their com- bined life, accident and sick benefits. Ask for their booklet, “1000 Pleased Policy Holders.” The only big Fraternal Order admitting both races on an equality, Benefits paid anywhere in America. Big commissions paid to reliable men and women for securing new members anywhere In the West. A special dis- pensation is now open for members insuring. Address, for full particulars, Commonwealth Life Association, Denver, Colo. WHAT THE PASTOR OF ZION BAPTIST SAYS. Denver, Colo., October 30, 1907. Commonwealth Life, Denver, Colorado. Gentlemen: Your promptness and liberality In paying your claims for sick- ness, accident and death caused me to hunt you up when I was salled te Denver, as I wanted to carry a thoroughly reliable sick benefit, and that is what you have. I can conscientiously recommend you in preference to any similar concern. No one can make a mistake in becoming a member, Yours respectfully, A. E, REYNOLDS, Pastor Zion Baptist Church. TOPEKA FISH 43 OYSTER MARKET Wholesale and Retail, D. WOOLF,.+ 00 wrceeeeeesenrnenneees seeeveeerees PROPRIETOR, = E> = 2% _ iin _ = 323 Ss y - eo Eatigs rc om , = Ind. oes Pp ee Fish, Oysters andGame, Ship to All Points on Short Notice TOPEKA, s+ coves cccscncerecncee ete ttans rene sone KANSAS. A very wise selection tor the af- ternoon woa made by Rev. JM. Brown. pistorof st Luke A M_ E, Church on the South Sue Rev Brown has certainly well founded himself bere. His scholarly and masterly way of bundling « subject meets the approval of every congre- gation before which he preaches. A. SCOT KING. Cor. HIAWATHA, KANS. Borin, to William Cobbs and wile of 910 lowa street, 3 girl. Quite 9 number heard the reciaa} of the play, ‘Iamlet,"” by Prof, Crawford, Tuceday evening, at the AME church, ‘he members of AME church will give a maequerade eocial on the gith, All are cordially invited, Mr. Reece, of Fairview, was in the city on Tuceday. Revival meetings clocrd at the Second Baptist church last Sunday night, with three conversione, Rev. Allen returned home last week from assisting ina serica of meetings. Jeare El.ington, who rune 4 hand laundry will move one door west of his present location. A. S. Miller, one of the enters prising colored tailors here, is doing a fine business in cleaning, press: ing, repairing and dying, When in need of work give him a call, Roscoe Calvin and wife went to Horton Thureday, to be eaamined for the Metropolitan Ineurauce Co. Mrs. Win. Stovkton spent a few daysin Falls City with her sister, Mrs. Sam Robinson, Mra. Rutherford and children, of Kansas City, are the guests of Mr, Charlea Gravea and wife, AGENTS WANTED. Men and women wanted all over America to solicit tor the best sick, accideut and death benefits in the world, $1.00 per month pays for all, Bend for lettera of members who have drawn benefits. Address Department 8, NEIGHBORS OF THE HEARTH- STONE, Kansas City, Mo. NEIGHBORS THE BEST. Los Angeles, Calil., Feb. 24, 1908. fo whom 3st may concern: This is to certify that I have been fersonally acquainted with Mr, Ira G. Harris for the last fifteen years aud hove always found him eminent. ly honorable and trustworthy. consider the Neighbors of the Hearthstone, of which Mr. Harris is ‘presiuent, ene of the best institut ona ot ite kind in the country as it a sists men and w men when sickness or facciden ov rakes them, Iam glad ‘to say a god word tur this concern and rdvse everyone without such henefis tu b ¢ mea member, fe apeciully, © B Nourse, Real Es ate ond li sertment Bonds, Fay Building. NEIGHBORS PhHOGRESSING. Washington, D, (., Feb. t0.h, '08 Neighbors of the Hearthstone; Dear Neighbors—I am indeed glad to note the progreea our order ia having and I want to win some of the prizes myself, I have two mem- bers that are ¢ ming 1m because olf the tair way in which you treated my friend when he had his claim, Send us full particulars. You don't nec alist of bencfita paid ae we know how you treat us when we are sick Your Neighbor, H.R. Corrmas, Proprietor Old Dominion Dairy, R. FLD 4 NOTICE—AIN] subscribers who do not receive the paper will favor us by calling on the postmaster to as certain the reason why, and letting us know. inser me Hours; 3p. m, togpiim, Both hones 77¢ O. A. Taylor, M, D., Physician and Surgeon, 621, Kansas Avenue Both Phouesf77¢ Calls Anawered Day and Night. Residence 1635 V au Buren Street TOPEKA,KAS, Dr. W. Roger Russell DENTIST All Work Guaranteed to Give Satisfaction 021 Kansas Ave, Beil Phone 774 TOPEKA, KANSAB NOTICE. The subseribers of lola, Chanute Coffeyville, Osawatomie, Pittsburg, Ft. Beott and other southern towns in Kaneas will pleage prepare to p a thele subscriptions to Tne Prat DEALER as the representative will be in those towns soon. WANTED—Active colored la- dies to sell toilet articles we manu- facture especially for our race, the colored men and women of America, Free demonstration samples, Large profits, Write for exclusive territory. THE BURTON TOILET GOODS Co., St. Joseph, Mich. NEIGHBORSBEST SICK BENEFIT. Canon City, Colo, Feb, 24th, 1908. Mr. Ira G, Harris, President Neighbors of the Hearthstone, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Neighbor: I am indeed glad to learn of the great progress we are making in the West. I became a member of the Commonwealth and am _ more than pleased with the consolidation. The movement of talay is towards cen- tralization and consolidation in all Jines both in the huamess and relig- ious world. ‘Ihe move forward by the consolidation will undoubtedly result inan increased membership in the commg year. I have heard from some of the other members here aud all seem well pleased wth the con- sovidation. Any assietance I can be to you, youmaycummand me Tam Fraternally yours. L. W. Harnis, Pastor Mt. Olive Baptist Church, PUBLICATION NOTICE, NO. ot, SID - In the District Court of Shawnee County, Kaneas, Louise Keele vs Harrison R. Keele. a! of Kansas, Shawnee County, The State of Kaneas to Harrison R. Keele, Greeting: You are hereby notificd that sn action was begun by the above plaintiff, Louiee Keele, sn the Dis- trict Court of Shawnee County, Kanear, upon this, the 17th day of February, 1908, against you, in which said Louise Keele prays for divorcement from you; for the cus- tody of your minor child, Harry Lewis Keele; for permanent alimo- ny and for other equitable relief, and you are further notified that unless you appear and answer said petition on or before the let day of April, 1908, that all of the allega- tions of esid petition will be taken a8 true and judgment rendered ac- cordingly Jeisone anp JETMORE Attest: R. 1. Tuostas, Clerk Dist, Court. (BEAL) First published Feb'y 21st 1908. AGENTS WANTED. For the best sick, accident, and death benefit insurance in the world, No red tape. Send for tree recom: mendations, ‘Perfectly Pleased Policyholders" Big commissions. Addness Department 8, Neighbors of the Hearthstone, Kansas City, Mo, BOB; KOSS, Pres. ARTHUR HARRIS, See AL, RODGERS, Business Mee., Home 'Phone 7519 Main Ket "Phone 4114 Maio OLYMPIC CLVB, 8 WEST FIFTID STREET Kansas City, Mo. BUARD OF DIRECTORS; CDAS. SMIBD sessorrserteoeneeee BE Karbrough NN, Cy Pearmadiseccssssssesssserssensees Eds Tipton James Bprangdes overseen Al Reynolds ANDRE KOMY seecrscecsersscseneceserseene BOULOWIE Wnen in Lawerauce Stop at the Commercial ROOM AND BOARD Good Accommodations . NASH PORIER, Prop. 643 New Hampshire, Lawarence