The Rising Son

Special Issue of the Grand Session of the U.B.F. and S.M.T. Rising Son It Pays to Advertise in the Rising Son for It Reaches More Homes of Colored People than any other Paper in the State. VOLUME XI. KANSAS CITY, MO. SATURDAY AUGUST 17, 1907 NET [Name] S. T. PETTIGREW, G. M. Huntsville. GRAND SESSION OF THE U. B. F. AND S. M. T. The Thirty-seventh Annual Session of the United Brothers of Friendship, Twenty-third Annual Session of the Grand Temple of the Sisters of the Mysterious Ten, and the Second Session of the Royal House are now convened in our city. The sessions began last Monday, 10 a. m., at Arlington Hall, with a full delegation, and there are good indications that this will be the best session in the history of the organization. This Order is one of the best Negro fraternal organizations and is a deserving one for all of our people. The membership has been steadily increasing under the administration of Mr. S. T. Pettigrew, and has reached 11,000 in the last year. The financial condition of the Grand Lodge is above criticism, and indicates wise and businesslike management. The Lodge has at present a surplus of $20,000, and supports an Orphans' Home, located in Hannibal, Mo., which is free from all incumbrance. This year has been one of the banner years in the history of the organization, and the credit is due the present officers. All Kansas Citizens have been and are watching the sessions and we express public opinion when we congratulate the Order and its officers, from the Grand Master to the Outside Sentinel. At the time we go to press the election of officers has not been made, but we learn that the following are the leading candidates: For Grand Master: Prof. S. F. Coles, Dr. J. T. Caston, William Harrison, J. H. Williams, S. E. Howard, C. C. Hubbard and Charles Brown; Endowment Secretary, S. T. Pettigrew, C. C. Hubbard, J. B. Coleman, J. M. Jackson and Charles Brown; Grand Treasurer, W. C. Gordon. This is the year, according to the Constitution, that the entire body of officers of the Grand Lodge must be changed. Quite a number of delegates have expressed themselves against this procedure, as an entire new set of officers may not prove the best for the Order during these fruitful years. We feel sure our visiting friends will look out for the best interests of the Order along this line. There are several invitations for the next session, among which is one from Keokuk, Iowa, containing the names of 1,500 of its best citizens. We give below the list of Grand Officers: ROSTER GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. 1906-1907. S. T. PETTIGREW.....Grand Master, Huntsville JAMES H. WILLIAMS.....Deputy Grand Master, Columbia C. C. HUBBARD.....Endowment Secretary, Sedalia W. H. HARRISON.....Grand Secretary, Jefferson City J. B. COLEMAN.....Assistant Grand Secretary, Columbia O. C. QUEEN.....Grand Treasurer, Hannibal J. W. BOONE.....Grand Chaplain, Columbia S. E. HOWARD.....Senior Grand Marshal, Independence W. S. WILHOIT.....Junior Grand Marshal J. H. MILLER.....Right Grand Supporter G. S. ABINGTON.....Left Grand Supporter JOHN H. HARRIS C. C. HUBBARD, Endowment Secretary, Sedalia. KANSAS CITY, MO., SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1907. JOSEPH OLIVER.....Grand Outside Sentinel G. W. MONTGOMERY.....Grand Inside Sentinel H. HARMON.....Grand Secretary GRAND BOARD OF TRUSTEES. ROBERT RENFRO.....First, Moberly CHARLES H. BROWN.....Second, St. Louis G. L. GREEN.....Third, New Franklin GRAND BOARD OF MANAGEMENT. DR. J. T. CASTON.....First, Jefferson City B. K. BRUCE.....Second, Brunswick C. H. BLANTON.....Third, Kansas City THE MEMORIAL OF THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN, N.Y. W. H. HARRISON, Grand Secretary, Jefferson City, Mo. C. H. TANDY.....Fourth, St. Louis T. B. BURRIS.....Grand Organizer, Macon E. A. MINOR.....Grand Sword Bearer J. A. TAYLOR.....Grand Medical Director, Columbia C. H. COLLOWAY.....Grand Attorney, Kansas City Grand Excellent Queen. ED. C. HUDSON.....Grand Noble King, Kansas City MAUDE HARRIS.....Grand Excellent Scribe, St. Louis CARRIE STEPHENSON.....Grand Assistant Scribe, St. Louis JULIA F. COLEMAN.....Grand Keeper of Finance, Columbia ADELIA WILLIAMS.....Grand First Maid of Honor, Moberly LAURA CLIFF.....Grand Second Maid of Honor, Kansas City NANNIE SMITH.....Grand High Priest MARIA BARTHOLOMEW.....First Grand Chamberlain, St. Louis MARY MONROE.....Second Grand Chamberlain, St. Louis H. H. THOMPSON.....Grand Noble Father, St. Louis MARTHA CANTABERRY.....Second Grand Attendant, Kansas City R. A. MORTON.....Grand Herald, Kansas City LUCY TRUE.....First Grand King's Guard, St. Louis FANNIE CLAY.....Second Grand King's uGard, Kansas City GRAND TRUSTEE BOARD. SALLIE MOORE.....Kansas City JESSIE MILLER.....St. Louis ETTA BOLDEN.....Moberly ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF GRAND TEMPLE, 1906—1907. MRS. KATIE M. MOORE.....Grand Princess, Columbia MRS. HATTIE WILLIAMS.....Vice Grand Princess, St. Louis MRS. OLIVIA WATSON.....Grand Secretary, Minneapolis, Minn. MRS. S. A. MOORE.....Assistant Secretary, Kansas City MRS. A. M. WILLIAMS.....Grand Treasurer, Mexico MRS. BELLE THOMPSON.....Grand Chaplain, Moberly MRS. ESTELLA DIGGS.....Grand Senior Marshal, Jefferson City MRS. JENNIE V. DONLEY.....Grand Junior Marshal, Palmyra MRS. S. A. PETTIGREW.....Grand Joshua, Huntsville MRS. ETTA BOLDEN.....First Grand Trustee, Moberly MRS. VINA WILLIAMS.....Second Grand Trustee, Sedalia MRS. JENNIE COTTON.....Third Grand Trustee, Hannibal MRS. IDA L. GARNETTE.....Fourth Grand Trustee, Jefferson City MRS. MARTHA J. MITCHELL.....Fifth Grand Trustee, St. Louis MRS. JULIA F. COLEMAN.....Grand Pilot, Columbia MRS. ANNA SEALES TOLEY.....Grand Zillia, Fayette MRS. CORA ROBERTS.....Grand Caleb, Deer Park MRS. LINNIE OLIVER.....Grand O. S. G. Keeper, Macon MRS. ROSA MARSHALL.....Grand Father Jacob, Columbia GRAND SICK COMMITTEE. MRS. LAURA CLIFF.....Kansas City MRS. ANNA THATCHER.....Kansas City MRS. MILLIE MONROE.....St. Louis MRS. DELLA SMITH.....St. Louis NUMBER 50 T MRS. A. B. MOORE, Grand Princess, Columbia, Mo. MRS. LUCY TRUE.....St. Louis MRS. LAURA B. HALL.....Hannibal The programme for the week is as follows: PROGRAMME. August 12 to 12, Inclusive. Monday, August 12, 9:00 a. m.—Grand Royal House convenes in Arlington Hall, Eighteenth and Harrison Sts.; 1:30 p. m. Monday Evening, August 12—The Hosanna Royal House No. 2 will give a Grand Reception at Arlington Hall in honor of Grand Royal Family. Ad- mission 25 cents. Tuesday, August 13—The same Lodge will convene in Allen Chapel at 10:00 a. m., and the Grand Temple will convene in the Second Baptist Church at 10:00 a. m., at Tenth and Charlotte Sts. Thursday, 2:00 p. m.—Special Feature at Afternoon Election of Officers of Grand Lodge and Grand Temple. Thursday Evening—Go as you please; sight-seeing of the West. Friday, August 16 (Red Letter Day)—At 10:00 a. m. a grand street parade of the Grand Lodge and Grand Temple, the Knights of Friendship, Local Lodges and the Visiting Camps; to disband at Convention Hall and a Grand Indoor Picnic and Promenade. A Concert will be held in the big Hall in the afternoon. Admission 19 cents. Continued on Last Page. P. ED. C. HUDSON, Grand Noble, Royal House, Kansas City, Mo. THE CHURCH AT WORK NEGLECTED MISSION FIELD. The African Sudan and Its Unchristianized Millions. Everybody knows about the Kongo. Stanley has made it famous. To most, the Kongo is the "New Africa." Yet the Sudan is greater than the Kongo region in extent and population. It is a newer world in Central Africa, and an older. It is less known, less exposed than the Kongo regions, and was peopled earlier. It is far more civilized than the Kongo. It is not wholly heathen. Half its people A SUDAN NATIVE worship in their way the one living God. They are monotheists, Mohammedans, the other half, the lower, subject, conquered half, are heathen, Arab monotheism and negro fetishism are mingled in the Sudan. The people are of mixed blood and mixed religions. The name Sudan is a witness to this mixture. It is an Arabic name, and means "Land of the Blacks." It witnesses that the land of the negro has become Arab. The Semite and the Hamite dwell together in its sunny plains. The Sudan lies between the great desert of Sahara and the vast Kongo basin. It is bounded on the east by Abyssinia, and on the west by the Atlantic America is 3,000 miles broad, from New York to San Francisco. The Sudan is 500 miles broader-3,500 miles. It is as large as Eurasia minus Russia. The men of the world are the heroes of the Sudan. Travelers have been heroic. Distance has been no bar to them. Disease and death have proved unable to affright them. Neither love of friends nor fear of foes has been able to dissaude them from their axed resolve to open it to the knowledge of the world and bring its people into contact with the civilization of surrounding lands. But the heralds of salvation have almost wholly forgotten this mighty heritage of a host of heathen nations. They have left them all these ages to the reign of unmixed darkness and unmitigated depravity. How much longer shall this state of things continue? asks Dr. Kusnan, honorable secretary of the Sudan United Missions, in Home Herald. How much longer shall a population of Central Africa, almost equal to that of England and of the German empire combined, be allowed to remain in ignorance of the Way of Life? How much longer shall the command of Him whom we call "Our Lord Jesus Christ," to go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature, be as far as the millions of the Central Sudan are concerned, neglected, disregarded and ignored? Society for Bible Study. A "Society for Bible Study," whose aim is to provide ministers and missionaries in active work with systematic and scientific courses of study in Bible knowledge under the guidance of eminent scholars has been organized in England. Less advanced courses of study will also be arranged for Christian workers, young students and young men and women in business life. The first council has been elected, and such names as those of Bishop Herbert Ryle, Canon Sanday and Proof Sayce, form an excellent guarantee of the kind of work that the society will set itself to do. Discussion of Sermons. What is to be thought of the discussion of sermons? asks the London correspondent of the Record of Christian Work. I do not mean the discussion of sermons by the congregation when they are on their way home from church, or around the Sunday dinner or supper table. But the discussion of sermons in the church itself, after their delivery, and before the people go home. Though no doubt not the first to make the experiment, it has recently been tried by Rev. J. E. Roberts, the successor at Union chapel Manchester, of the eminent Dr. Alexander Maclauren. One Fearless State. There is at least one state in the union which does not seem afraid to teach the Bible in the public schools. In North Dakota a two years' course in Bible study has been made a part of the State Normal school. Recently 30 pupils attended these classes, which were given by officers of the Sunday school association. Y. M. C. A. Building for Seattle. Over 300 of the Seattle Y. M. C. A. men ennassed that city, and in ten days secured over $13,000 a day, which rounded out the fund for the association building to $285,000. Return to England: After a period of 300 years' absence, the gray friars, or minor conventional fathers, have returned to England and taken charge of the church of St. Joseph, Pottshead, near Bristol. MISSOURI STATE NEWS --- Historical Society Librarian. Historical Society Librarian. After considering the merits of more than 40 applicants for the position, the board of directors of the Missouri Historical society elected Miss Idress Head, teacher of history in the normal school at Cape Girardeau, librarian of the society to succeed the late Miss Dalton. The new librarian has made a special study of the state's history and for two years has been actively engaged in assisting Louis Houck, a wealthy railroad magnate of Cape Girardeau, in preparing a history of Missouri which is to be published soon. Miss Head was born in Randolph county. She is connected with one of the oldest Missouri families. In order to take up her new work she will have to give up a position which pays her a much larger salary than the society can afford to pay her. She will have an opportunity, however, to increase her income by literary contributions to magazines, the preparations of which will be facilitated by her position. Germans Establish a Town. When the Missouri Pacific built its line from Crane to Springfield, a new town was laid out less that two miles from the historic battle ground of Wilson Creek and given the name of Battlefield. This new town is now to have a rival in Siegel, a village that is now laid out three miles from the town of Battlefield and the location of which will be much nearer the battle grounds. • The town will be built and populated by a colony of Germans, many of whose ancestors "fought mit Siegel." The Rogers White Lime association has already located a plant there, and the German colonists will build schools, churches and put up a creamery, cheese factory and other industries at once. An Old One Revived. Nothwithstanding the heat, many readers of the state press are foolish enough to worry over this: A China man died, leaving one-half his property to his eldest son, one-third to the second and one-ninth to the youngest. The property consisted of 17 elephants, and as they could not so divide them without using an axe, the heirs called on a wise neighbor for advice. The neighbor had an elephant which he added to the herd, making eighteen. Then the eldest heir took his half, or nine; the second took his third, or six, and the youngest his ninth, or two. The neighbor then took his own elephant. But was the property properly divided. Dr. G. Y. Salmon is Dead. Dr. George Young Salmon, almost as well known throughout central Missouri as his brother, former State Treasurer Harvey W. Salmon, died at his home at Clinton from the effects of a stroke of paralysis suffered several weeks ago. Dr. Salmon was born in South Carolina June 27, 1827, removing with his father to Versailles in 1840. In 1847 Dr. Salmon entered the practice at Clinton. He handled live stock with D. C. Stone and in 1861 founded the Salmon & Stone bank, later Salmon & Salmon Increase Over $45,000,000. Announcement has been made by the state board of equalization of an increase of $45,978,387 in the assessed valuation of the real estate and personal property in the state for taxation purposes. This is somewhat above the normal increase of this kind of property for the past ten years. Real estate is valued by the board for the taxes of the current year at $88,154,850, and personal property which includes bank stocks, at $298,292,931, making a total of $1,286,747,781. Missouri Rural Carriers Missouri Rural Carriers. The fifth annual convention of the Missouri State Association of Rural Carriers was recently held at Brookfield. The convention was the largest one in the history of the association: The following officers were elected: L. T. Songer, president; H. D. Owens, vice president; C. J. Dray, secretary-treasurer; F. Ray Stanley, assistant secretary. The following delegates were elected to the national convention to be held in Atlanta, Ga.: C. J. Jacobs, L. T. Songer, J. M. Book, F. D. Burrell. Springfield was selected as the place for the next meeting. A resolution was adopted to the effect that the annual meetings will hereafter alternate between north and south of the river. Filial Theft. A St. Louis girl, 19 years old, confessed to stealing $90 to which she added $35 of her own and bought her father a wooden leg. The officers don't like to prosecute her as the crime was committed for love of her father, who was unable to secure employment in his crippled condition. Mexican War Veterans to Meet. Capt. M. T. Moore, president of the state association of Mexican war veterans, has issued a call for the 29th annual reunion to be held at Holden, September 11 and 12. All veterans, with their wives and daughters, and all widows of veterans of the Mexican war, are invited to be present. Information concerning the reunion will be furnished by the president of the association, Capt. M. T. Moore, of Mexico, or the secretary W. Boone Major, 2205 Goff avenue, St. Joseph. SOME SEASONABLE STYLES THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Organdie and chiffon, marquisette, mull, batiste and Swiss for young girls, make ideal dinner gowns and frocks for warm weather wear. In these days, of course, chiffons and equally thin materials are worn in winter for the evening gowns, but batiste and Swiss and the other cotton and linen fabrics are purely summer materials, and should be made the most of during the heated term. All of these purely warm weather frocks are prettiest and in the best taste when simply made and trimmed with lace and tucks, or a little trimmed embroidery. For young girls, including those recently out, the slightly decollete neck and elbow sleeves with round length skirts are the most appropriate, and also the most becoming not only because of their youth, but also because youth is prone to angles, and angles and hollows should not be imposed on the in-offensive public save when absolutely necessary. A pretty arm is an exception. Arms should be white, tapering from shoulders to wrists, and should be well covered with flesh if not plump. The wrists and hands should be delicate and small in comparison with the arms. The neck should be round and no hollows or bones should show at its base, and at the same time it should not be so plump that the modeling is lost in flesh. The exhibition of scrawy arms, bony wrists terminating in hands disproportionately large, and of big, fat red arms almost as large below the elbows as above, and both with ugly elbows, since the advent of the elbow sleeves, have been a revelation and a most unpleasant one. Comfortable as the elbow sleeve is, the possessors of ugly arms should have too much self-respect to expose them to the scornful gaze of the public. Long sleeves with transparent face cuffs from the elbows down or finely tucked bands with insertions are cool and fashionable, and work wonders in the way of disguising the deficiencies of homely arms. When it comes to the evening dress, however, one's arms are of necessity exposed, but they may be draped as much as possible with floating draperies, and even veiled half way to the wrists with gauze or tulle. In any event, the arms may be treated with bleaches, creams and liquid powders until the skin presents an attractive appearance. It is the duty of all women to carefully study their personal appearance and to take careful note of the comments of their enemies rather than their friends in ascertaining their weak points, and to improve or to disguise them as much as possible. Many a woman with a handsome face thinks that it is all that is necessary, when, after all, it is only one asset and a negligible one at that, if a woman has a passable figure with fine neck, arms and hands, and is, above all else, agreeable, intelligent and tastefully gowned. The dresses shown in our large illustration are exquisite creations, simple, yet elegant. The one on the right is fashioned of buttercup yellow mousseline de sole, made in modified Empire style, and arranged in an entirely new way with bread silken brands in the same lovely shade, tassels to match being also introduced into their design. The excentisse and undersleeves are of white chiffon and Cluny lace, and the crowning hat is a picturesque cloque shaped model in buttercup Leghow where some clever hand has dropped a carelessly grouped cluster of softly shaded pink roses and their fresh green foliage. The other lovely gown is of white chiffon with its novel and very effective arrangement of Cluny lace insertion and bands of narrow white satin ribbon, the lace finishing off in widen- ing medallions on the skirt and being fringed with silken tassels, and this same most fashionable trimming appearing too on the bodice, where there is a deep transparent yoke of the lace. The hat adds a note of color to the dainty scheme, its soft peacock blue straw making background for one of the new and wonderful feathers in mole shadings. The triumph of this season is quite overwhelming. Everything is now trimmed with bands or festoons of lovely ribbons, and in the millinery world nothing else seems thought of. Without doubt many of the new rib THE WORLD'S FASHION Robe of Pale Blue Voile with Applications of Fine Guipure and a Sash of Soft Black Satin Tied in a Large Bow at the Back. Robe of Pale Blue Voile with Applications of Fine Guipure and a Sash of Soft Black Satin Tied in a Large Bow at the Back. bons are things of great beauty; of such beauty that no one could marvel at their popularity. For party frocks the latest idea is to combine broad Pompadour ribbons with frills of narrow satin ribbon, arranged in bold scrolls. It is a fad of the moment to arrange ribbons to imitate stripes on muslins and piece laces. It is a becoming fashion to slender women, but it tends to make the figure look just a trifle bulky. Damage Done by Rats. It is estimated that the rat does $50,000,000 worth of damage a year in England. In a slaughter house near Paris rats in a single night picked to the bone the carcasses of 35 horses. There is very little that they will not eat; eggs, young birds and animals are among the dainties which they snap up in the ordinary course of business. But when pressed by hunger they will eat anything through which they can drive their terrible teeth Rat will eat rat. The idea that a trapped rat will bit off an imprisoned leg and so escape is now said to be wrong; it is the other rats which do the biting. They eat the captive. His Own Request. The frate housewife found the tramp stretched out In her new hammock. "You miserable hobo," she snapped, reaching for the sprinkling can, "you just wait until my husband comes home. He will bring you to your senses." The tramp blew a puff of smoke at a butterfly. "Madam," he yawned, "will you do me one favor?" "Yes, a favor. Instead of bringing me to my senses tell him to bring my senses to me. I feel so tired." FINALLY ROUSED UP UNCLE. How a Crowd of Villagers Stirred the Sage of the Cracker Barrel. There was the usual crowd of villagers sitting on the postoffice steps waiting for the mail to be distributed, and among them was Uncle John. He had joined the sitters without saying a word, and at the end of fifteen minutes one of the men winked at the crowd and said: "Well, Uncle John, have you heard about the big earthquake in Vermont, with 10,000 people killed?" Uncle John looked at him in a weary way and shook his head. And the cyclone in Connecticut yesterday and 500 houses blowdown?" continued the man. Uncle John yawned and was not the least interested. "The Ohio river rose 200 feet of a sudden the other day and carried the city of Cincinnati down stream. Tens of thousands of people lost their lives. Any of your relatives down there, Uncle John?" The old man slowly shook his head and reached down to pick up a sliver and pick his teeth with it. "And the whole state of Pennsylvania is caving in," said the joker, "and by to-morrow there will be a great lake where 5,000,000 or 6,000,000 people have lived." Uncle John took the news without a word. In fact, he yawned and stretched over it. "By thunder, but there goes a rat under that pile of lumber across the street," exclaimed the joker as he rose up. "Say, you fellers——" But he got no further. Uncle John was across the street and had a club in his hand, and within the next ten minutes he had done a half day's work tearing down the pile to get at the rat. He had been aroused at last.—Kansas City Journal. TWO WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT. Wife's Sneering Comment Met with Sharp Answer. Gelett Burgess at the recent dinner of the American Booksellers' association of New York said: "I once knew a San Franciscan who married a girl for her money. She was not a pretty girl, and as time passed and love cooled, she developed a rather tart tongue. "One day her husband bought with his quarter's allowance a 20-horse-power automobile. He took the car home gayly and brought his wife out to the front door to look at it. She gave one sneering glance, and then said: "It's very fine, but if it hadn't been for my money, it wouldn't be here." "Well, Mamie," said the husband, quickly, "if it hadn't been for your money you wouldn't be here yourself." USED BY THE DOCTORS. Ninety Per Cent of the Drugs Prescribed Are Patent Medicines. Despite the opposition of physicians, especially of those whose experience has been neither far reaching nor profitable, to "patent" medicines, ninety per cent of all drugs that physicians use are put up and compounded by manufacturing concerns,—are, in fact, "patent" medicines just as truly as if they were advertised in the newspapers. The average doctor knows little or nothing of pharmacy and is, therefore, glad to depend on the very medicines, which in public he condemns, just as he is obliged in many cases to depend on the diagnosis of the patient himself, even while publicly decrying what he calls "self-diagnosis." How rapid has been the growth of the professional use of "patent" or "proprietary" medicines is shown in an article written for the Journal of the American Medical Association for September 29, 1906, by A. Jacobi, M. D., LL. D. He relates that 50,000 prescriptions, compounded in several drug stores were carefully examined. From 1850 to 1870 no prescription was found for "patent" or "proprietary" medicines. In 1874 but one prescription in 1,500 called for ready-to-use remedies. Between 1875 and 1880 the numoer calling for "patent" or "proprietary" medicines equalled two per cent of the total. This increased to 5 per cent in the period between 1880 and 1890. In 1895 it was 12 per cent, in 1898 it was 15 per cent, and in 1902 1903 was from 20 to 25 per cent. Dr. Jacobi says that in a large store he was assured that 70 per cent of the prescriptions were for "patent" or "proprietary" medicines, and this probably is approximately the correct proportion at the present time. From this it would seem that if the "patent" and "proprietary" medicines are good enough for physicians to prescribe in seven cases out of ten they are good enough for family use in cases of necessity and where the symptoms are well known and as easily understood by the people as by the doctors. Always the Politeness. A Germantown woman was not long ago watching a workman as he put up new window fixtures in her house. "Don't you think that you have placed those fixtures too high?" asked she, having reference to the curtain rolls last put in place. The workman, a stolid German, made no reply, but continued to adjust the fixtures. "Didn't you hear my question?" demanded the lady of the house. "How dare you be so rude?" Whereupon the German gulped convulsively, and then replied in the gentlest of voices: "I half my mouth full of schrews, and I could not spake till I sallow some!"—Harper's Weekly. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. How a Veteran Was Saved the Ampu- tation of a Limb. B. Frank Doremus, veteran, of Roosevelt Ave., Indianapolis, Ind. says: "I had been showing symptoms of kidney trouble from the time I was musered out of the army, but in all my life I never suffered as in 1897. Headaches, dizziness and sleeplessness, first, and then dropsy. I was weak and helpless, having A. B. B. run down from 180 to 125 pounds. I was having terrible pain in the kidneys, and the secretions passed almost involuntarily. My left leg swelled until it was 34 inches around, and the doctor tapped it night and morning until I could no longer stand it, and then he advised amputation. I refused, and began using Doan's Kidney Pills. The swelling subsided gradually, the urine became natural and all my pains and aches disappeared. I have been well now for nine years since using Doan's Kidney Pills." For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. IN THE NAME OF CHARITY. Jack London's Story Carries Sting of Truth and Pathos. "Jack London's famous definition of charity—'sharing a bone with a dog when you're as hungry as the dog'—recalls a story about charity," said a magazine editor, "that I heard Mr. London tell at a farewell dinner in New York before he sailed away on the Spark. "Mr. London said two old men were smoking and drinking together after dinner. "The host rang the bell and an old woman appeared. "'Confound you, stupid!' said the host. 'Didn't I tell you I wanted the Scotch? Take this back, and bring what I asked for, old oil!' 'Come, come,' said the guest, after the old woman had hurried away in a great fright. 'Come, come, my friend, don't you think you are rather too sharp with your old servant?' "Oh,' said the other, 'she's not a servant. She's only a poor relation I'm keeping out of charity.' "The guest looked relieved. "'That alters the case, of course,' he said."—Washington Times. Social Rank. At a country dance in a southern town, when the fiddlers had resumed their bows and taken their places on the platform, the floor manager rose. "Got yo' partners for a cotillion!" he shouted, imperiously. "All you ladies an' gemmen dat wears shoes an' stockings take yo' places in do middle ob de room. All you ladies an' gemmen dat wears shoes an' no stockings take yo' places immejitely behin' dem. An' you bare-footed crowd jest jig it roun' in de corners."—Youth's Companion. Laundry work at home would be much more satisfactory if the right Starch were used. In order to get the desired stiffness, it is usually necessary to use so much starch that the beauty and fineness of the fabric is hidden behind a paste of varying thickness, which not only destroys the appearance, but also affects the wearing quality of the goods. This trouble can be entirely overcome by using Defiance Starch, as it can be applied much more thinly because of its greater strength than other makes. No Doubt About It. Kind Father—My dear, if you want a good husband, you just marry Mr. Goodboy. I am quite sure that he is really devoted to you. The Girl—I am truly glad to hear you say so, papa. But are you quite, quite sure? Kind Father—Positive, my love, positive. I've been borrowing money of him for six months, and he still keeps coming here, so it's all right, it's all right. He loves you! Wouldn't Take His Place Hearing of the sudden taking off the stage of life of a leading Thesplan while he was playing in Chicago, a New York Rtlaitoan out of a job telegraphed the manager as follows: "Having heard of the sad and tragic demise of Mr. ——, I'll take his place for $150 a week." As the message was sent collect it elicited the following reply: "Thanks. I wouldn't take his place for twice that amount." A. Nice Sentence. "You have a pleasant home and a bright fireside, with happy children sitting around it, haven't you?" said the judge. "Yes, sir," said the prisoner, who thought he saw a way out of the difficulty. "Well," said the judge, "if the happy children sit around the cheerful fireside until you return, they will stay there just 42 days." COFFEE AILS Quit when you use POSTUM "THERE'S A REASON." Read the little book, "The Road to Well- ville," in pks. HEALTH NOTES FOR AUGUST. PERU NA FOR CATARRH OF THE STOMACH. BOWELS. DORRHEA. DYSENTERY. BLOATING. NIGHT SWEATS SUMMER COMPLAINT August is the month of internal catarrh. The mucous membranes, especially of the bowels, are very liable to congestion, causing summer complaint, and catarrh of the bowels and other internal organs. Pe-ru-na is an excellent remedy for all these conditions. SETTING THE BRIDE AT EASE. "Wildder's" Sympathy Went Out to Fellow Passenger. A couple recently married had just entered the train that was to bear them to the mountains on their honeymoon, when they became aware of the close scrutiny of them by a female passenger, who had evidently "spotted" a bride and groom. The young wife, on opening her handbag, let fall some rice on the floor, and the woman smiled. The other passengers regarded the couple with interest. Seeing that the bride was every moment becoming more flushed and uncomfortable by reason of their scrutiny, the woman in the goodness of her heart, leaned across the carriage. "Never mind, my dear!" she said. "I'm a widder now, but by this time next week I'll be in the same fix myself!" What Did She Mean? Mrs. Armitage had a negro servant who continually prated of a certain Mrs. Reed for whom she formerly worked. Weary of hearing Mrs. Reed quoted so often, the mistress asked one day: "Well, Samantha, what kind of work did you do at Mrs. Reed's, anyway?" "Well, honey, I cooked foh huh, I did, an' I cleaned foh huh, an' swep foh huh, an' I washed huh pussonel appea'ance."—Lippincott's. Miss a Whole Lot in Life In Japan kissing never occurs except between husband and wife. Mothers never kiss their children. High=Priced Meat may be a Blessing If it gives one the chance to know the tremendous value of a complete change of diet. Try this for breakfast: A Little Fruit A dish of Grape-Nuts and Cream A Soft-Boiled Egg Some Nice, Crisp Toast Cup of Well made Postum Food Coffee That's all, and you feel comfortable and well-fed until lunch. THEN REPEAT, And at night have a liberal meat and vegetable dinner, with a Grape-Nuts pudding for dessert. Such a diet will make a change in your health and strength worth trial. "There's a Reason." Read "The Road to Wellville," in 1 kga. KANSAS STATE NEWS. Organize to Fight Bugs. The new state entomological commission is drafting rules and regulations to exterminate the San Jose scale and other injurious insects from the orchards of Kansas. The personnel of the commission is F. D. Coburn, chairman; Walter Wellhouse, secretary; Senator F. H. Stannard, Ottawa; Professor E. A. Popenoe, entomologist at the State Agricultural college, and Professor S. J. Hunter, entomologist at the state university. This commission was created by the last legislature. It has authority to designate inspectors whose duty it will be to visit the orchards of the state for the purpose of discovering obnoxious insects and taking steps to prevent their spread. The commission was advocated by the State Horticultural Society. Water Ways Delegates. Governor Hoch has appointed the following Kansans to attend the deep water ways convention in Memphis; George Findlay, Topeka; C. G. Beeks, Baldwin; M. P. Helmick, Chanute; Austin A. Torrence, Reading; J. G. Case, Abilene; Charles Landis, Osborne; C. M. Beeson, Dodge City, and S. R. Peters, Newton. This convention will be held about October 5 and will be attended by the president and many members of congress. The water ways commission will make a trip down the Mississippi river from some point in Iowa to Memphis. The president and the governors of several states will accompany the commission. In Memphis and St. Louis the president will make speeches. Officers Must Do Their Work Judge P. J. Galle of the district court at Newton has issued an injunction against the county commissioners, the county clerk the county treasurer and M. W. Moir and company, restraining them from carrying out any further the contract entered into by the commissioners with M. W. Moir and company for the searching out taxable property not properly listed on the assessors' books. It is claimed by the petitioners for this injunction that the county commissioners can not lawfully pay public money to an individual or firm for work that properly belongs to the duties of certain public officials, in this case the assessors. Orient Will Have to Hustle Some. Orient Will Have to Hustle Some. At last the Orient is moving for the completion of its track to Northwest, through Butler county and on to Kansas City. Steel rails are being unloaded at El Dorado. The company will have to hustle this work to complete it by January 1, when the bonds, voted by El Dorado, Chelsea and Sycamore townships expire by limitation. Should the time expire and the road be not completed it is improbable that the townships would revote them. A Veteran Printer. F. K. Strother, of Galena, who will be 85 years old the 30th of September, is one of the oldest printers in the country and he says that even at his age his fingers are nimble enough to enable him to set from six to eight thousand ems of hand composition a day. At the close of the Civil war Mr. Strother had charge of the reconstruction printing department at Charleston, S. C., under Gen. Canby. For Home Made Fixtures. The furniture for the new science building at the normal is being made in Emporia, under the superintendence of H. D. Pier, an Emporia contractor and builder. The regents found that they could get as good fixtures made there for less money than by buying them from a supply house. This patronizing of home industry on the part of the regents kept several thousand dollars in Emporia. A Turnycrein 50 Years Old. The 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Leavenworth Turnverein was celebrated at Turner hall in that city. Visitors from Atchison, St. Joseph, Lawrence, Kansas City, and other places were present. There was a banquet following a musical programme. Toasts were responded to by B. F. Dawes, F. F. Meacham, Henry Shindler, J. H. Rotherberger, H. Miles Moore of Leavenworth; Alford Mier, St. Joseph; Louis Kittlaus, St. Louis, and August Hohn, Maryville, Kas. S. Kuraener was toastmaster. Live Stock Campaign. The Farmers' institute work under direction of the Kansas Agricultural college will next year be devoted largely to a "live stock campaign;" more live stock, more fertility, more profits from grain and more regular employment of labor will be the points emphasized along with much attention to the general care, feeding, breeding, etc. The regular institute campaign will open on October 14, but it is hoped that many institutes may be held in September. Humboldt Fifty Years Old. Humboldt's golden anniversary will be observed some time in September or October. A call has been issued for a meeting of the Commercial club to take action on a proper celebration of the glorious day, 50 years ago, when the town was founded. Fins Nest of Young Eagles Mr. Galdo Clark, who lives east of Junction City, had the good fortune of capturing a nest of golden eagles. There were four in the nest and not more than three or four weeks old. You Look Prematurely Old Because of those ugly, grizzly, gray haire. Use "LA CREOLE" HAIR RESTORER. PRICE, $1.00, retail. HIS FOOT ON THE TREADMILL. Mr. Joacker Tells of One Sentenced to Hard Labor for Life. Sald Mr. Joacker, who was reading the paper: "Another poor wretch has been given a life sentence at hard labor." Sald Mrs. Joacker, who was embroidering blue roses: "Probably he deserves it. What is he guilty of." "Fraud and no visible means of support. He obtained clothes and a fine turnout with no money and nothing collectible. He seems to be larger and stronger than most of that class, yet it is plain that he has never done a tap of work, though he has managed to live well, so far. But the poor fellow takes his sentence hard and cries piteously, protesting his innocence." "The wretch! He must have dealt with perfect fools!" "No, his victim is our own friend, Jack Smith." "That clever lawyer! Do read to me all about it!" "Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, a 12-pound boy."—The Bohemian. NO RELIEF FROM ECZEMA For Over Two Years—Patent Medicines, Quack Cures and Doctors Fall—Cuticura Succeeds. "I was very badly afflicted with eczema for more than two years. The parts affected were my limbs below the knees. I tried all the physicians in the town and some in the surrounding towns, and I also tried all the patient remedies that I heard of, besides all the cures advised by old women and quacks, and found no relief whatever until I commenced using the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent. In the Cuticura Remedies I found immediate relief, and was soon sound and well. C. V. Beltz, Titpecaneo Ind. Nov. 15. '05." In Extremis. The yacht was heavily bcaled. There were but ten bottles of champagne in the lockers. Their last signal of distress had been sent up, without bringing any response. "Gentlemen," exclaimed the commodore, in a quavering voice, "I can no longer conceal the hideous truth from you. Sobriety stares us in the face!" It was a wildly various scene which ensued. Some blasphemed, some prayed, some, in an access of frenzied wantonness, sang songs, while some sat stoically by, awaiting their fate with at least an outward calm.—Puck. Starch, like everything else, is being constantly improved, the patent Starches put on the market 25 years ago are very different and inferior to those of the present day. In the latest discovery-Defiance Starch—all injurious chemicals are omitted, while the addition of another ingredient, invented by us, gives to the Starch strength and smoothness never approached by other brands. Evidently Frank Has a Cinch. The following letter was picked up in the streets of Longmont the other day, says the San Francisco Call: "My Darling Frank: I swallowed the postage stamp that was on your last letter, because I knew that your lips had touched it, and, oh, Frank, I felt so happy afterward. Put two stamps on your next letter." CHEAP IRRIGATED LAND. Grand opening Sept. 5th under Carey Act. Little Snake River Valley, Routt County, Colo. $25.50 per acre for land and water. $5.25 per acre down. Excursion rates. Routt County Development Co. 814 17th St., Denver, Colo. The Limit. Biggs—The Dopons are very exclusive, I understand. Biggs—Yes, indeed. Why, they even have wire screens on their doors and windows so their flies can't get out and associate with the flies of their neighbors.—Chicago Daily News. By following the directions, which are plainly printed on each package of Defiance Starch, Men's Collars and Cuffs can be made just as stiff as desired, with either gloss or domestic finish. Try it, 16 oz. for 10c, sold by all good grocers. German Judicial System. In Germany a prisoner is acquitted on a tie vote by the jury. A vote of seven to five leaves the decision with the court, while a vote of eight to four means conviction. Ladies Can Wear Shoes One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating, foot feet. Druggets. No cactus no scabiness. Trick. FREE Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N, Y. Countries of Large Area. In round figures, the area of India is 1,500,000 square miles; the United States, 3,500,000, and Russia, including Siberia, 8,000,000. **ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEEPERS** Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. It is pleasant to look on the rain when one stands dry.—Dutch. **Mrs. Winnlow's Soothing Syrup.** For children teething, it softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. See a bottle. They have hope of victory who endure.—Persius. What is Castoria. CASTORIA is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. The children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend. The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his personal supervision since its infancy. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment- 900 DROPS CASTORIA ALCOHOL 3 PER CENT. Vegetable Preparation for Assimilating the Food and Regulating the Stomachs and Bowels of INFANTS & CHILDREN Promotes Digestion, Cheerfulness and Rest Contains neither Opium, Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. Recipe of Old De SALZMILTUER Pumpkin Seed + Als Shrimp + Ribelle Salts + Aseus Seed + Icumbochoke Soda + Worm Seed + Cinnamon Sugar + Wuangren Flour. A perfect Remedy for Constipation, Sour Stomach, Dlarrhoea, Worms, Convulsions, Feverishness and LOSS OF SLEEP. Par Simile Signature a Chad Hitchner NEW YORK. At 6 months old 35 DOSES - 35 CENTS Guaranteed under the Food act Exact Copy of Wrapper. Painting for Profit No one will question the superior appearance of well-painted property. The question that the property owner asks is: "Is the appearance worth the cost?" Poor paint is for temporary appearance only. Paint made from Pure Linseed Oil and Pure White Lead is for lasting appearance and for protection. It saves repairs and replacements costing many times the paint investment. the Old Dutch Process. SEND FOR BOOK "A Talk on Pain." gives valuable information on the pain subject. Not free upon request. All lead packed in 1807 bears this mark. NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY in schleicher of the following offices near you. New York. Boston. Buffalo. Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago. St. Louis. Philadelphia. Jackson & Rose Co., Pittsburgh National Lead & Oil Co. Awful Warning. Pa—Yes, my son; the Egyptians were the most intellectual people on the face of the earth at one time, but finally the nation decayed. Tommy—And what caused them to decay, pa? Pa—Smoking too many Egyptian cigarettes, my son. Nothing to Wear. Benham—He is a very generous fellow. Every time he meets any of the boys he says: "Come and have something; everything is on me." Mrs. Benham—That's the reason there's nothing on his wife. Letters from Prominent Physicians addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher. Dr. F. Gerald Blattner, of Buffalo, N. Y., says: "Your Castoria is good for children and I frequently prescribe it, always obtaining the desired results." Dr. Gustave A. Elsengraeber, of St. Paul, Minn., says: "I have used your Castoria repeatedly in my practice with good results, and can recommend it as an excellent, mild and harmless remedy for children." Dr. E. J. Dennls, of St. Louis, Mo., says: "I have used and prescribed your Castoria in my sanitarium and outside practice for a number of years and find it to be an excellent remedy for children." Dr. S. A. Buchanan, of Philadelphia, Pa., says: "I have used your Castoria in the case of my own baby and find it pleasant to take, and have obtained excellent results from its use." Dr. J. E. Simpson, of Chicago, Ill., says: "I have used your Castoria in cases of colle in children and have found it the best medicine of its kind on the market." Dr. R. E. Eskildson, of Omaha, Neb., says: "I find your Castoria to be a standard family remedy. It is the best thing for infants and children I have ever known and I recommend it." Dr. L. R. Robinson, of Kansas City, Mo., says: "Your Castoria certainly has merit. Is not its age, its continued use by mothers through all these years, and the many attempts to imitate it, sufficient recommendation? What can a physician add? Leave it to the mothers." Dr. Edwin F. Pardoe, of New York City, says: "For several years I have recommended your Castoria and shall always continue to do so, as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Dr. N. B. Sizer, of Brooklyn, N. Y., says: "I object to what are called patent medicines, where maker alone knows what ingredients are put in them, but I know the formula of your Castoria and advise its use." GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of Charles H. Fletcher. The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years. THE CENTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURRAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY. W. L. DOUGLAS $3.00 & $3.50 SHOES THE WORLD SHOES FOR EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY, AT ALL PRICES. $25,000 To any one who can prove W. L. can commit to the job and commute to more Men's $3 & $3.50 shoes (than any other manufacturer. THE REASON W. L. Douglas shoes are worn by more people in the W. L. Douglas shoes make, is because of other excellent style, easy fitting, durable. The selection of the leather and other materials for each part of the shoe, and every detail of the making is looked after by the team of superintendents, foremen and skilled shoesmen, who work with the shoe industry, and whose workmanship cannot be exceeded. If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton Mass., I would buy the shoes you are made, you would then understand why they hold up well, wear longer and are of greater value than any other make. My $4 Gilt Edge and $5 Gold Bond Shoes cannot be equalled at any price. W.L. Douglas stamps his name and price on the bottom to protect you against high prices and inferior shoes. Take No Substitute. Sold by the best shop dealers everywhere. Fast Color Excita and cataloged free. W.L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. Sunday 10am Of course you know some doing my own work. You and getting on give to the great Maker I had a decree of a time with my cloaked ironing, and a try it may hurt till you are. I shall such a time with iron stealing, declared would never attempt it again. Was telling my newborn neighbor to ask if iron using defence cloths would No. so she gave me enough for the following milk. It is just lonely with this stock I can do my ironing in one half the time it is actually free to use it the May 16 iron sleeps over the clothes Never steals Am finished before I know it. Sometimes which I had a few iron pieces. Fan must try it defiance stock comes in 16 oz package home price as the other 12 oz package. And truthfully, it no effort to iron with it defiance - Lovingly your wife PETER H. BURGESS WM. T. WASHINGTON, Editor and Owner. Office: 914 E. Twelfth St. RISING SON PUB. CO. WILSON DAWSON. Business Manager. Bell Phone 780 Grand Home Phone 780 Main SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One Year..... $1.50 Six Months..... 1.00 Three Months..... 5.0 Single Copy..... 5 Strictly paid in advance. Entered at the Post Office at Kansas City, as Second Class Matter. Correspondents wanted in every city and town in this state. Write us All matter intended for publication should reach our office not later than Tuesday, of each week, and must be signed by the writer not for publication but as guarantee of authority. J. F. CRAIG Society Editor ADVERTISING RULES For one inch, one insertion . . . $ .50 For each inch, each subsequent insertion . . . 20 For two inches, three months . . . 5,000 For two inches, six months . . . 10,000 For two inches, twelve months . . . 15,000 Oldest Negro Journal In Kansas City TWICE ALL THE REST The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Colored weekly newspapers. Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Grand Lodge of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. The lodges of our city have made extensive preparations to entertain our visiting friends, and by present indications they are succeeding. Our visiting brethren have our best wishes for a successful session and we trust their meeting here will be the best yet. Negroes in the city are buying fine houses. Some of them should pay the few hundred dollars they owe people in the city. C. E. Mondy has positively declared that T. C. Untnank will hardly get tatted in the tenth ward before the gang will be on him. Mondy is glad of the opportunity to measure arms with the doctor. Next week Kansas City will be the transfer center for a great number of delegates and strangers who will be on their way to Topeka, Kansas, to attend the eighth annual session of the National N gro Business League. We wonder what preparations the business men of our city are making toward entertaining these strangers and friends. Negro business men all over Kansas are alive and appreciate what this meeting of so many of our cultured and intelligent men means to this section of the country. Our professional and business men have been sleeping seemingly and are overlooking this chance to do their part toward making a respectable showing to our successful men of the country. We trust that you will arise from the state of indifference, and take more interest, and work to make this the most successful year of the League's history. POLITICAL MEDICINE FROM THE DOCTOR. THE FORMER 8T WARD BOSS. (Overheard in the Square Deal Drug Store.) 1. If Elmer Jackson loses the Ninth ward against Walter Howard, he will lose out politically. Now, Doctor, Mr. Howard says he and Jesson are good friends. How about it? 2. We will see that Washington won't get anything. Mr. Washington doesn't want anything. What have you to say? 3. The Rising Sun didn't run me out of the ward. I didn't want to have any trouble with them, and I just left. 4. There are no charges in the Mayor's office against me. Well, Doctor, all you have said is true. You have the political dope. ECHO OF A FAKE MOVE. We take great pleasure in setting the esteemed Chicago Conservator right in regards the Crews movement in Missouri. You will find an article in our paper taken from the Conservator. The Kansas City Post, a democratic paper, started this move for the purpose of wrecking the Republican ticket. Another thing, if there are any Negroes behind such a move they have a bug under the chip and are trying to graft. Again, if Crews himself is starting such a move it is for the purpose of regaining lost popularity. The Negroes will not stand for such a farcical move. The white Republican leaders are tiring of Crews. They are going to ship him this trip. Lieutenant Governor! The Clansman reacted. Why, Crews, last election, could hardly get his old-time job back again. This paper stands always for the Negroes first, last and always. As the mouthpiece of the Negroes in this community we cry down such a move. Every sensible negro can see the fallacy of the move, and the grafters and ward-healers and peanut politicians behind it. BLACK CIRCUIT RIDER. DUNBAR HOTEL AND CAFE Largest and best Negro Hotel west of the Mississippi, thoroughly modern in every particular, steam heat and paivate bath. Located in the heart of business district and convenient to all street car lines. Roof Garden in connection. You will meet the best people in the city at the Dunbar. THE FIRST WOMEN IN THE WORLD TO BE ELECTED TO THE HOUSE OF THE UNION. MRS. H. D. HYATT, Grand Excellent Queen, Grand Royal House. The Vine St. Hall is like a summer garden, pleasant with plenty of ventilation. It is a nice, cool car ride for the evening to the N. E. corner Cottage and Vine, where you will find the dancing hall with plenty of refreshments. We respectfully invited yourself and company Tuesday night, Aug. 13 and 29. Admission 25 cents. Prof. Chas. Sim's full orchestra, Geo W. Little, General Manager, Prof. Sims, Director, Walter Clark, Floor Mgr. CRAWFORD'S DRUG STORE. THE STORE WHERE EVERY ONE GETS A SQUARE DEAL TELE- PHONE BUSINESS ESPECIALLY SOLICITED. CALL US UP OVER OUR PHONES: HOME 2027 MAIN, BELL 579 EAST. LOCATION 19th & VINE. ALL THE PATENT MEDICINES ON SALE. BLOOD MEDICINE ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL KINDS OF DISEASES. ALL KINDS OF PRESCRIPTIONS, IN FACT, EVERYTHING THE PEOPLE COULD GET AT ANY OTHER DRUG STORE. C. H. CALLOWAY, Grand Attorney for the U. B. F. S AND S. M. T. S Negro Congressmen Since the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1863, many Negroes have held official positions. Two were United States Senators. Twenty-two Representatives; three, held diplomatic and consular positions; many have been officers in the army, six were Recorders of Deeds in the District of Columbia. A fine engraving of these Negro Congressmen has just been issued, giving accurate portraits of each; also the Congress in which they served and the years of service. In the picture, the two Senators, Messrs. Revels and Bruce, occupy the center of the group, surrounded by the other eighteen Representatives. In the background, the Stars and Stripes in color. This beautiful engraving, with a booklet containing biographies of these eminent men, is sold for one dollar ($1.00). This engraving is a graphic political history of the Negro in America. No home, library, office, or school-room will be complete without it. Send for one to-day. THE COLORED AMERICAN NOVELTY CO. "The Beer that made Milwaukee Jealous" America's ROYAL BREW Brewed From Family Beer Hops and Malt THE WESTON ROYAL BREWING CO., Kansas City and Weston, Mo. Kansas City Office 1912-14 Grand Ave. Deep down beneath the surface of the old, picturesque and beautiful little city of Weston are the cellars of the Weston Royal Brewery. The great arches of heavy masonry and massive stone walls remind one of ancient times when the old master's one ambition was to brew a healthful beer. Studious Monks and wise Friars were wont to whet their wits and discuss great questions while "enjoying the bowls and bumpers" in cellers like those of the Weston Royal Brewery. "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," is the brewery motto, and is adhered to with religious fidelity. From the choiceat hops and well matured malt from which "Royal Brew" is made, to the bottling works, which is equipped with the most modern and sanitary machinery. THE WATCH WORDS ARE "A Pure Health Tonic For Home Use" Wanted 500 couple to know that I will give away a $25 punch set at our Labor Day Ball, to the nearest dressed lady. Dancing afternoon and evening 2 to 6 and 8 to 12 p.m. Get ready girls. This set may be seen at this Midsummer Bash every Tuesday evening or McCampbell's Drug store, 2300 Vine. Negro Cor Since the abolition of slavery, Negroes have held official position ators. Twenty-two Representative sular positions; many have been corders of Deeds in the District of A fine engraving of these No sued, giving accurate portraits of they served and the years of servitors, Messrs. Revels and Bruce, o rounded by the other eighteen Re the Stars and Stripes in color. The let containing biographies of these lar ($1.00). This engraving is a gr in America. No home, library, or complete without it. Send for one to THE COLORED NOVEL P. O. Drawer 2318 Agents wanted. HOME PHONE 48 MAIN "The Beer that made America's Family Beer ROYAL WANTED—A FIRST CLASS WOMAN TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE KITCHEN AT LINCOLN INSTITUTE. NONE BUT A FIRST-CLASS COOK NEED APPLY. WRITE TO THE PRESIDENT LINCOLN INSTITUTE, JEFFERSON CITY, MO. Mrs. Jos. Jackson's nice furnished rooms with or without board. 1721 Woodland Ave. ngressmen in the United States in 1863, many us. Two were United States Sen- es; three, held diplomatic and con- sul officers in the army, six were Re- Columbia. Negro Congressmen has just been is- each; also the Congress in which price. In the picture, the two Sena- occupy the center of the group, sur- presentatives. In the background, is beautiful engraving, with a book- eminent men, is sold for one dol- phic political history of the Negro office, or school-room will be com- day. D AMERICAN TY CO. Washington, D. C. ESTABLISHED 1842 "Milwaukee Jealous" BREW Brewed From the Hops and Malt CO., Kansas City and Weston, Mo. On 1912-14 Grand Ave. The old, picturesque and beautiful little city of Royal Brewery. The great arches of heavy stone of ancient times when the old master's Studious Monks and wise Friars were questions while "enjoying the bowls and ton Royal Brewery. In the brewery motto, and is adhered to with matured malt from which "Royal Brew" is shipped with the most modern and sanitary WORDS ARE Nonic For Home Use" HOTEL E St. Kansas City, Mo. ró Hotelorough- rticular, bath. NOW OPEN NEWTON CAFE 806 E. 12th St. Headquaters for first class meals. Served at all hours. We make a specialty of home baking and our pastry cooking cant be beat. Order your bread, pies, and cakes from us and we guarantee satisfaction. GOOD MEALS. GOOD SERVICE MRR. C. B. MILLER, Proprietoress. THE QUESTIONS OF THE DAY 1st: Who is the most beautiful Lady of Kansas City. 2nd: Who is the neatest dressed Lady married or single. GET A COUPON. EALS. GOOD R. C. B. MILLER, Propric QUESTIONS OF THE Who is the most beautiful Lady of Kansas Who is the neatest dressed Lady married GET A COUPON. GOOD SERVICE. MILLER, Proprietoress. INS OF THE DAY. Beautiful Lady of Kansas City. Pressed Lady married or single. COUPON. I VOTE FOR NAEE... ADDRESS... DRUG STORE and PASEO. drinks, sundries, drugs, experienced pharmacists. Official Statement condition of the Bank Commerce CITY, MISSOURI July 20th, 1907. LIABILITIES Capital stock..... $1,000,000.00 Surplus and undivided profits..... 2,037,957.56 Circulation account..... 1,000,000.00 Due depositors..... 35,498,445.67 GOOD MEALS. GOOD SERVICE. MRR. C. B. MILLER, Proprietoress. 1st: Who is the most beautiful Lady of Kansas City. 2nd: Who is the neatest dressed Lady married or single. GET A COUPON. LABOR DAY BALL TICKET SEPTEMBER 2ND. I VOTE F VINE STREET THEATRE AND AMUSEMENT HALL 1 TICKET 1 VOTE 25C. $ 5 PUNCH SET FOR THE G. W. LITTLE, Manager NEATEST DRESSED LADY PEOPLES DRUG 18th and PAS Resort for refreshing drinks and careful and experience Condensed Official of the Condition National Bank of Con KANSAS CITY, M At the close of business, May 20th, RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ... $17,829,212.84 Real Estate ... 568,431.57 Five per cent redemption fund 50,000.00 Furniture and fixtures ... ... Premium on bonds ... . Cash on sight ex- change ... $14,521,671.31 United States bonds, par ... 1,280,000.00 Other high-grade bonds ... 5,287,087.51 21,688,758.82 $89,536,405.23 Capital Surplus Circula Due dep NAEE ADDRESS THEATRE AND AMUSEMENT HALL 25C. $ 5 PUNCH SET FOR THE Logger NEATEST DRESSED LADY PLES DRUG ST. 18th and PASEO. for refreshing drinks, sunny fearful and experienced phar- condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the onal Bank of Comm KANSAS CITY, MISSOU close of business, May 20th, 1907. SOURCES. ats ..... $17,829,212.84 imitation fund sures ..... 50,000.00 $ ..... $14,521,671.31 1,280,000.00 5,287,087.51 21,088,758.82 $39,536,405.23 LIAB. Capital stock..... Surplus and undivid Circulation account. Due depositors.... Resort for refreshing drinks, sundries, drugs, and careful and experienced pharmacists. Condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the National Bank of Commerce KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI At the close of business, May 20th, 1907. Above Statement is correct. DAVID T. BEALS, President. EDWIN W. ZEA, Cashier. UNION NATION Kansas City, Condensed Statement, as Made to the Con- the Close of Business, Ma RESOURCES. Loans and discounts ... $ 8,300,337.49 U.S. bonds at par ... $25,000.00 Municipal bonds and other high class bonds at par ... $39,074.28 — 1,564,074.23 Cash and sight exchange ... 4,568,145.70 Total ... $14,949,155.42 Directors: C. W. Whitchead, Edward George, P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clio, son, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Beals, Fernan Edwin W. Zea. THE SKIRTIT JOHN TRIGG, Ladies’ Popular Cleaner MRS. M. E. J. TRIGGIN A 1203 E. 18th St. 1 CENT IS ALLOWED to write for the showing the BLOWER. BELOW any other manufacture DO NOT BUY A or on any kind of terms, until you h logues illustrating and describing bicycles, old patterns and latest PRICES and wonderful new offer direct to rider with no middlemen’s WE SHIP ON APPROVAL with allowance to keep you in house in the world will do. You w able information by simply writing We need a Rider Agent in eve to make money to suitable young men $8.50 PUNCTURE-PRO Regular Price $8.50 per pair, To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only (CASH WITH ORDER $4.55) NO MORE TROUBLE FROM PUNCTURES. Result of 15 years experience in tire NATIONAL I Kansas City, Mo. Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the Close of Business, May 20, 1907 SOURCES. $ 8,956,337.49 $625,000.00 $ 539,074.28 — 1,194,074.23 change. 4,568,148.70 $14,049,155.42 LIAB. Capital stock Surplus fund Undivided profits Uncarried interest National bank notes or Deposits. Total. W. Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clark, George Force, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal. E SKIRTITOR JOHN TRIGG, Prop. Popular Cleaners a MRS. M. E. J. TRIGGIN ATTENDANCE St. 1 CENT IS ALL IT WILL to write for our big bIG showing the most comp BICYCLES, TIRES and BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in DO NOT BUY A BICY or on any kind of town, until you have received o logues illustrating and describing every kind of bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn BICYCLES and wonderful new offers made direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit allow 10 Days Free Trial and make other liber house at the world will do. You will learn every information by simply writing us a postal. We need a Ridder Agent in every town to make money to suitable young men who apply a 50 PUNCTURE-PROOF TI NATIONAL BANK City, Mo. to the Comptroller of the Currency, at business, May 20, 1907. LIABILITIES. Capital stock.....$600,000.00 Surplus fund.....600,000.00 Individued profits.....70,087.52 Unarmed interest.....104,782.00 National bank notes outstanding.....500,000.00 Deposits.....12,773,086.90 Total.....$14,649,155.42 RITORIUM RIGG, Prop. Cleaners and Dyers BIGGIN ATTENDANCE Kansas City, Mo. IS ALL IT WILL GOST YOU to write for our big FREE BICYCLE catalogue showing the most complete line of high-grade BICYCLES, TIRES and SUNDIRES at PRICES manufacturer or dealer in the world. BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, until you have received our complete Free Cata- describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade intest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW and new offers made possible by selling from factory middlemen's profits. QUAL without a cent deposit. Pay the Freight and trial and make other liberal terms which no other do. You will learn everything and get much valu- able information in a postal. te young men who apply at once. E-PROOF TIRES ONLY $4.80 Condensed Statement, as Made to the Comptroller of the Currency, at the Close of Business, May 20, 1907. CENT IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write for our big FREE BICYCLE catalog, showing the most complete line of high-grade BICYCLES, TIRES and SUNRIES at PRICES BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the world. DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE from anyone, or on any kind of terms, until you have received our complete Catalog logues illustrating and describing every kind of high-grade and low-grade BICYCLES and wonderful new offers made possible by selling from factory direct to rider with no middlemen's profits. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL without a cent deposit, Pay the Freight and allow 10 Days Free Trial and make other liberal terms which no other house in the world will do. You will learn everything and get much valuable information by simply writing us a postal. PER PAIR METRIC GAUGE 1/2" X 1/2" X 1/2" 1/2" X 1/2" X 1/2" making. No danger from THORNS, CACTUS, PINS, NAILS, TACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be vulcanized like any other tire. Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over Sewenty-five Thousand pairs sold last year. **DESCRIPTION:** Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of that their tires have only been pumped upon or twice in a year. The rubber is durable and is prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Back" sensitized or soft rods is overcome by the patent "Basket Weave" squeezed out between the tire and the road thus overcoming the friction. The rubber is of only $2 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter in. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found it. You will cash discount of per cent (thereby make FASHION CASH) on all orders. Plated brass hand pump and two Sampion metal puncture clutchers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts at OUB expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory. You will receive a free Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this these tires, you will find that they "will ride easier, run finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. Your order is placed on your order at once, hence this remarkable tire offer. **OOASTER-BRAKES** built-up-wheels, in the prices charged by dealers and retailers. But write us a postal code. **DO NOT WAIT** bicycle or a pair of tires from wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very a rubber, which never becomes porous and which is air to escape. We have hundreds of letters from only been pumped upon one or twice in a whole season a puncture resisting qualities being given by several treaties. That is, the "black tension commonly found in the "patent" (but we've tried) where a pump, in the time and the road thus overcoming all suction, but for advertising purposes we are making a special. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We will not only have examined and found them strictly a direct or direct result of the mail to the price of the order and enclose this advertisement. We pump and two Sampson metal puncture closers on full one used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gas for any reason they are not satisfactory on examining the money sent to us is as safe as in a bank or a bank store. We will ride easier, run faster, when we'll find that the "will ride easier, run faster, when we'll find that the "will ride easier, run faster, when you have a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you this remarkable tire offer. BRAKES, built-up-wheels, saddled pedals and repairing in the bicycle line, so are all the new cars and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY BICYCLE or a postcard today. DO NOT TAIT, but write us a postal today. It only costs a postal from anyone until lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside becomes porous and which closes up small punctures hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating a twice in a while season. They weigh no more than 10 pounds and are often called "sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt to Weeave" tread which prevents all air from being so squeezing all suction. The regular price of these tires is $45 per pair (if you send a day letter is required. We ship C.O.D. on approval, and found them strictly as represented, hereby making the price $4.50 per pair) if you send a day letter. The metal puncture closers on full paid orders (these metal knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned not satisfactory on examination. We recommend your Postmaster or of this paper about us. If you order a pair of easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look any price. We know that you will be so well pleased your order. We want you to send us. small trial waddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual price. We want you to buy our postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a tire from anyone until you know the new and a postal to learn everything. Write it NOW. DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small punctures that allow blowing the air to escape. We have humble letters from satisfied customers stating that our rubber is on the air in the office and in an ordinary tire, the puncture resisting qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tread. That "Holding Back" sensation commonly felt when riding on asphalt or soft rods is overcome by the patent "Basket Weaver" tread which prevents all air from being sucked into the rubber. We are making a special factory price to the rider of only $2 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider of only $2 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship C.O.D. on approval. You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found them strictly as represented. We will only discount 5 of 8 per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send your CASH WORK HOLDER to us. We will not charge the plated brass hand pump and two Sampon metal puncture closers on full paid orders (the metal puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cuts or heavy gashes). Tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We will send your Postmaster, Banker, Express or Freight Agent or the Editor of this paper about us. If you order a pair of these tires, you will find that they "ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look finer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any time. We know that you will be so well pleased that when you want a bicycle you will give us your order. We want you to send us a small trial order at once, hence this remarkable feature. We built-up wheels, saddles, pedals, parts and repairs, and OASTER-BRAKES, everything in the bicycle line are sold by us at half the usual prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our big SUNDRY catalogue. DO NOT WAIT bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone until you know the new and wonderful offers we are making. It only costs a postal to learn everything. We write NOW. MEAD CYCLE COMPANY. Dept. "JL" CHICAGO, ILL. FERNANDO P. NEAL, Vice President; W H. SEEGER, Second Vice President; $89,586,403.23 W. A. RULE. Notice the thick rubber tread "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "E" to prevent rim cutting. This makes any other mats—SOFT, ELASTIC and EASY RIDING. NEWS&GASSIP WILSON DAWSON, Business Mgr. MABEL BELL, Collector. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there hat enables us to run from year to year." All announcements and notices are ten cents per line. LOCALS. A. M. Schweich, of Columbia, Mo., is now in the city. The Jenkins went down in defeat at the hands of the Brinkleys, score 11 to 4. Mrs. Nannie Bibbs, of 1607 Lydia, has just returned home from a visit to Kansas. Dr. Key, a physician of this city, will leave Friday for an extensive tour in the East. The Shirt Waist Club continues to have nice crowds at their Friday evening dances. Have you seen Weaver? If you have not, go and call him up! he will get you a job. If you want the best work done cheap bring all of your job printing to the Rising Son. FOR SALE. House and lot 1005 Olive. J. H. Chisselle, 805 Indp. Ave. WANTED—To adopt a girl between the age of four and seven. Address J. H. Webster, 1704 E. Tenth St. Mrs. Connelly, clerk in the office of the Afro-American Employment agency, is spending her vacation visiting in Denver. Miss Tribune of Omaha is visiting friends in Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan., after two weeks' stay she will leave for Louisville, Ky. Hon. Walter McDonald, a graduate of the law department of Kansas state University, has opened an office at 514 Minnesota, Kansas City, Kan. HOME PHONE 4886 GRAND. MRS. NANNIE BIBB, POMPS WIGS AND SWITCHES MADE TO ORDER. 1607 LYDIA, FLAT D, KANSAS CITY, MO. Miss Sarah Hammitt, clerk in the office of the Afro-American Employment agency, will take her vacation next week visiting her friends in Omaha. Mrs. H. J. Browning of 1214 East Twelfth street, has been very ill for the past two weeks. She is now up and able to be around the house. We hope she will soon recover. The Y. M. C. A. held a jubilee meeting at Allen Chapel last Sunday. They celebrated the close of their successful campaign fund for $10,000. Bishop Grant was the principal speaker. Miss Gertrude Tolson of Omaha is in the city, spending a delightful vacation visiting her aunts, Mrs. Browning and Hunt, of 1214 and 1216 East Twelfth street. She has many friends here and will be assured a pleasant time during her stay. WHY NOT LET MRS. L. C. LEE, 1823 GROVE, DO YOUR DRESSMAKING? SHE IS A GRADUATE OF A FIRST-CLASS SCHOOL AND MAKES ALSO AN EXCELLENT LOTION FOR THE COMPLEXION AND A FINE PREPARATION FOR THE HAIR. Many of our citizens attended the fair at St. Joseph last week, and the census of opinion is that the Exposition was a creditable effort and did much towards bettering public sentiment in this section. We shall be pleased to speak more of the fair a little later. NATURE'S REMEDY FOR CONSUMPTION, ASTHMA AND LUNG TROUBLES, WE CORDIALLY INVITE THE PUBLIC TO GIVE THIS REMEDY A FAIR TRIAL. CALL OR WRITE REV. D. WHELER, 949 NEW JERSEY, KANSAS CITY, KAN., OR MR. O. BRYANT, 1217 E. 18th, KANSAS CITY, MO. Mr. F. J. Weaver and wife attended the Tri-State Fair at St. Josep last week and have returned to look after their business for a few days. They will also attend the Negro Business Men's League in Topeka this week. During th session of the business league, the Topeka Plaindealer will be issued every morning. A corps of competent scribes will look after the news matter, thus making the report of the league complete in every particular. Best wishes, friend "Nick." OFFICER CAMPBELL Pete Campbell, who everyone knows, is the subject of this sketch. Mr. Campbell is an original product of this city. All honor that has come to him has been by his own energy and thrift. Mr. Campbell's father was one of the pioneers of this city at one time owning considerable property. Mr. Campbell is known for his unselfish efforts in landing young Negro boys and girls in positions. For sixteen years there were no Ne- SHERIFF gro special delivery carriers, until Campbell appeared and landed three. He is still continuing his good work and some of the boys who he has assisted in wearing the blue and the gray are still wearing it through Campbell and his friends. Pete has many a friend among the Negroes and they seem to be with him in all his efforts, wishing him success. Pete has held more jobs successfully than any other Negro in the city. The Negroes are proud of Mr. Campbell and his splendid record. At one time he was on the No. 11 fire department, at another he worked at the post office. He was a special policeman and he is now occupying the honorable position of city patrolman. He is a strong politician and is to be reckoned with in every campaign, always able to turn a political trick and assist his friends. Mr. Campbell has a piece of property at Eleventh and Virginia, a very amiable wife and a nice little family. We hope him a very successful future. Mr. J. A. Lankford, the noted Negro architect, of Washington, D. C., made the Rising Son office a call the first of the week. INDEPENDENCE NOTES. Mrs. Charles Wilson is yet very ill. Mr. Samuel Pool visited his parents last week. Miss N. R. do let other people's husbands alone. Dr. Phoenix and wife are in St Joseph this week. Rev. Johnson will serve dinner at his church Friday. Miss Virgie Jackson spent a few days out of our city. Do subscribe for the Rising Son; its only $1.50 a year. It is reported that Rev. Fitts will give another ball soon. Wine: New York Miss Margaret Evins spent last week in Lawrence, Kansas. William Evins and little Jack Pool are both able to be up again. If you desire to know the news of your race, subscribe for the Rising Son. Miss Hattie Bush and others are attending the institute at Lexington this week. Miss Zella Webb has gone to her Lamar home. After spending the summer with her auntie. Mrs. William Rhodes and Mrs. Longtengue, of our city, are in St. Joseph attending the fair. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chrisman celebrated their 25th anniversary. All present enjoyed themselves in the highest. Mr. W. H. and E. T. gave a picnic Saturday; the people presumed the picnic would be like the leaders and went out of town. STATE FAIR SEDALIA. Great preparations are being made for the Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Missouri State Fair, October 5-11th, 1907. Three new brick barns, practically fire-proof, with a capacity of 150 animals each are being erected. New walks are being laid and and the old ones repaired. Larger water main are laid and extended to all stock barns, affording an abundance of water for live stock and an increased pressure for extinguishing fire. The main boulevard is being laid with macadam under the supervision of the United States Department of Good Roads, thus furnishing a sample of permanent roadway for the inspection of visitors, built in the mose approved and practical manner. Every possible convenience for the comfort and entertainment of visitors is being provided, and the most successful meeting in the history of the institution is assured. The County Clerk has Premium Lists for distribution, or Secretary Ripley at Sedalia will furnish you with ful information. COPIES OF THE RISING SON CAN BE HAD AT SMITH'S THREE DRUG STORES. 805 INDEPENDENCE AVE., 908 E. 12th ST. AND 1307 E. 18th ST. Let us send one of our newsboys to your home. Our paper per week is 5 pints a copy. August Clearance Sales Are In Progress Distributors to Every Member of the Family and the Home. THE greatly increased business that is rolling into the store these August days shows that the August Clearance Sale is more important to the public than ever. Are you getting your share of the generous price-reductions now in force? Yours to help in saving Emery, Bird KANSAS If You Have A FOR SALE O or if there is anything F. J. W The L Office 1005 McGee St. Bell Phone Real Estate Emery,Bird,Thayer Co. KANSAS CITY, MO. The Locator Office 1005 McGee St. Home Phone 6236 Main Bell Phone 4821 Main Real Estate and Rentals THE OLD COLORED FOLKS AND ORPHANS' HOME. Sam Eason founded the old colored folks and orphans home of this city December 1889, and he organized an association of colored women to help him with the work, and he rented a house for the old people at 1214 Highland, and then moved to 1308 Vine street and then it seems that the burden of the home soon fell upon the shoulders of Brother Eason and as he worked hard at brick laying and plastering, he had to invest his time and earnings to aid in protecting the old colored folks home for over ten years, which saved the old colored folks and orphans home from breaking up and going to destruction years ago, and the home was taken from him and moved out to 2446 Michigan avenue. Brother Eason is a lawful member of the Old Colored Folks Home association and should have credit and pay for his ten years' service in the old colored folks home. He should be made president of the home if he wishes it. Mr. F. J. Weaver the Locator, has moved into new quarters at 101315 Oak st. The big four-story brick house stricty modern, private bath and he is now prepared to give the public the best of accommodations in the rooming house line. The Elite Club at the Arlington every Thursday night gives a prize to the lady holding the luckey number. The prize last Thursday night was a shirt waist. Phone for a Rising Son Home on Bell 780 Main or Grand. We will be there with the paper and bring you the news. Prof. Henry M. Love, celebrated Chairvoyant and Mind Reader. Information given on all matters. Residence 2413 Flora avenue. Miss Lydia R. Warner of 15 S. Harrison has been appointed solicitor and collector in Kansas City, Kansas. PROF. R. B. THOMAS WILL GIVE REGULAR THURSDAY NIGHT DANCES AT THE ARLINGTON, 18TH AND HARRISON ST. A PRIZE WILL BE GIVEN AWAY EVERY WEEK. REFRESHMENTS SERVED. ALL ARE CORDIALLY INVITED. MRS. CHAS. REECE HAS MOVED FROM 1115 TO 1121 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE. NEATLY FURNISHED ROOMS WITH OR WITHOUT BOARD. BELL PHONE 4982 MAIN. KANSAS CITY, MO. Thayer Co. CITY, MO. Anything R TO LEASE if you want to buy see E A V E R ocator Home Phone 6236 Main 4821 Main and Rentals Well T. C. Unthank has moved from the 8th ward to the 10th ward. In the 8th ward he had political supremacy against the other leaders, being the big Negro boss of the ward. He has now moved to the 10th where there are several big Negro bosses. Among them is the defiant Henry Mondy who will strip Unthank of all his glory. Old Mondy is a fighter and there is going to be a locking of horns, which shall make history for the Negro race in that ward. Pl. Pl. Pl. Profs. R. B. Thomas and Henderson are teaching all the new dances at the Elite club every Thursday night, Arlington Hall, 18th and Harrison. A prize will be given to the holders of lucky numbers every week. Next Thursday, August 8, the new Spanish waltz will be introduced by Prof. R. B. Thomas. The New Elite schottische introduced by Prof. Henderson and wife is making a Prof. The Grand Lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem will be convened here the latter part of the month at their hall at the corner of Missouri and Grand avenues. Thos desiting first class work that speaks for itself, visit the skirtitiorium First Class work a specialty. JOHN TRIGG, Prop... 1203 East 18th Street. HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE REV. WILSUR P. THIRKIELD, D. D. President. THE FORTIETH Will begin October 1, 1907. FOUR YEARS' GRADED COURSE THREE YEARS' COURSE IN DEN THREE YEARS' GRADED COURSE AN OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR COURSE Will begin October 1, 1907, and continue eight months. FOUR YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN MEDICINE THREE YEARS' COURSE IN DENTAL SURGERY THREE YEARS' GRADED COURSE IN PHARMACY AN OPTIONAL FIVE-YEAR COURSE IN MEDICINE IS OFFERED Ful' corps of forty-five instructors. Well equipped laboratories. The NEW FREEDMEN'S Hospital just completed at a cost of $500,000 offers unexcelled clinical facilities. The Second Session of the POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL and PONYCLINIC will begin May 18, 1908 and continue six weeks for Medical Course and four weeks for Dental Course. The School is connected with a Great University of Seven Departments; one thousand students and over one hundred professors. For further information or catalogue, write F. J. SHADD, M. D. Secretary. 901 R. Street, Washington DYEING. New Place for Colored People At N. W. Cor. 18th St. and Woodland Ave. Neat Rooms, Furnished or Unfurnished. Prices very Reasonable. Good Location, right on Car Line Bell Phone, 1799 East. 1720-22-24 E. 18th St. OPEN AT THE OLD STAND SEYMOUR 709 Wya First Class Mea Open until 2 o'clock a.m. Bell Ph all Railroad and Hotel men solicite have modern furnished rooms furni YMOUR'S CA 709 Wyandotte St. Class Meals at all all 2 o'clock a.m. Bell Phone 1877 Main. The pat- oad and Hotel men solicited. Good music all the ti- dern furnished rooms furnished at 402 East 6th St. Open until a 2'clock a.m. Bell Phone 1877 Main. The patronage of all Railroad and Hotel men solicited. Good music all the time. We have modern furnished rooms furnished at 402 East 6th St. Bell Phone Main 738 MR. A. J. SEYMO Something New! C W. T. Has M PENNY and Shoot Thing New! Come One Co W. T. GREEN Has Moved His NNY ARCA and Shooting Galler To 713 MAIN STREET Don't forget the number gantly fitted up with every gentlemen. W. T. The New F IS OPEN FOR Down Stairs at 5 Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest in the West. One main dining room thing of the season to be served in prepare the fancy Steaks, Chops, Fl and Soft Drinks all the time. Good M Open at Night. The Best Accommod Houses at 508 a forget the number. His new place will tated up with every inducement for n. W. T. GREEN, Pr The New French Cafe IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS on Stairs at 557 Grand Ave. Laura Akins has the finest American and European d est. One main dining room and one private dining re the season to be served in first-class style. The best e fancy Steaks, Chops, Fish and Fowls of all kinds. drinks all the time. Good Music while you eat. Meals a right. Best Accommodation, with Ro houses at 508 and 512 McGee S Don't forget the number. His new place will be elegantly fitted up with every inducement for ladies and gentlemen. W. T. GREEN, Propr. The New French Cafe IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Down Stairs at 557 Grand Avenue Mrs. Laura Akins has the finest American and European dining rooms in the West. One main dining room and one private dining room. Everything of the season to be served in first-class style. The best cooks will prepare the fancy Steaks, Chips, Fish and Fowls of all kinds. Ice Cream and Soft Drinks all the time. Good Music while you eat. Meals at all hours. Open at Night. The Best Accommodation, with Rooming Houses at 508 and 512 McGee St. BELL PHONE 2502 MAIN KANSAS CITY, MO. The Supreme Grand Council of the A. S. & D. of the World, will con- vene in this city at their headquarters N. E. corner Mo and Grand Ave. Aug. 26, 1907. The Grand Lodge will be in session about five days. Every present and past grand officer in good standing is expected to be in attendance. The following are the grand officers: H. R. Graham, S. P. R; George Moore, Vice S. P. R; Mrs M. Beckam, S. P. Q; Col. T. B. J. Robinson, S. P. S; Mrs Alice Austin Supreme Grand Treasurer; Capt J. H. Jordon, S. P. M; Frank Williams Assist. This paper is going to run a "guess who" column every week. UNIVERSITY MEDICINE ROBERT REYBURN, M. D., Dean. ANNUAL SESSION and continue eight months. IN MEDICINE TAL SURGERY IN PHARMACY USE IN MEDICINE IS OFFERED rs. Well equipped laboratories. capital just completed at a cost of --- MR'S CAFE Madotte St. als at all Hours one 1877 Main. The patronage of ed. Good music all the time. We ched at 402 East 6th St. MR. A. J. SEYMOUR ome One Come All GREEN oved His ARCADE ing Gallery His new place will be ele- inducement for ladies and GREEN, Propr. French Cafe FOR BUSINESS 57 Grand Avenue American and European dining rooms and one private dining room. Every- first-class style. The best cooks will h and Fowls of all kinds. Ice Cream music while you eat. Meals at all hours. ation, with Rooming and 512 McGee St. KANSAS CITY, MO. FORD'S HAIR POMADE Formerly known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" No STRAIGHTEN'S KINKY or CURLY HAIR that it can't look up in any style desired consistent with its length. As OZONIZED OX MARROW is known as "OZONIZED OX MARROW" and is the only safe preparation known to be that has been found to be a common straight-on, shorn, harsh, kinky or curly hair soft, but may be obtained from the treatment, zoology, or the use of a new or a hold on the "Ford's Hair Pomade" to assess the levels of Ford's hair. The pots are being set to follow the following on or before the first time it is given and, nourishing the roots, also it will be and signet rising to goats, puffed and humorous, it is a small, puffed and humorous, it is a small, hardness and children. Ford's Hair Poemade about 1840 and later, OZONIZED OX MARROW was registered in the United States. The first form is "Ford's Hair Poemade" (and "SALT the First") is the first form of Ford's hair. The Ozonized Ox Marlow Co. (None genuine without my signature) Charles Ford Peck 153 E. KINZIE ST., CHICAGO, ILL. Agents wanted everywhere. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE RISING SON IN AND OUT OF TOWN. LIBERAL .COMMISSION. NEWS BOYS WANTED TO CARRY THE SON. CALL AT 914 E. 12TH AND WE WILL PUT YOU TO WORK. INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG MEN. NO OTHERS NEED APPLY. Lincoln Institute SUPPORTED BY THE STATE OF MISSOURI English, Normal, College Preparatory, College, Industrial, Agricultural and Business. A seven weeks' Summer School is held every year, which gives teachers an opportunity to increase their scholarship, their teaching power and their grade of certificate. Free Tuition, Competent Teachers, Modern Buildings, Good Moral Tone, Healthful Surroundings, Reasonable Expenses. Diplomas from full Normal Course are Life Certificates to teach in the Public Schools of Missouri. Catalogs will be sent on application. BENJAMIN FRANKLYN ALLEN, President, Jefferson City, Mo. OUR FALL GOODS Have Come F. ALTERGOTT Suits $15 up Pants $3.50 up 606-608 East 12th Street F. Altergott Building Kansas City, - - Missouri J. J. ALTERGOTT, Mgr. THE CITY HALL ADVANTAGES: s, Modern Buildings, Good Mo Reasonable Expenses. Life Certificates to teach in the will be sent on application. SYN ALLEN, Pres Buildings, Good Moral Tone, He manable Expenses. Certificates to teach in the Public Sch sent on application. ALLEN, President, Je Bell Phone 3682 Grand Home Phone 3323 Grand On Easy Terms, Like Rent. 127 West 8th Street KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI SHAVE 100. TONSORIAL ARTISTS HAIR CUT 250 J. B. Lester. S. L. Clemons. Duke Mayes. All work promptly and neatly done. Work called for and delivered. To learn all of the latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting and everything to make you master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent is a graduate of four different schools, with twelve years' experience in the largest stores in Kansas City. The price of tuition is very low—in fact, you can make money while learning. BELL PHONE E. 4369X LADIES, THERE IS A Madam Mamie De Vaule Making and L To learn all of the latest systems in Dress to make you master of the dressmaking four different schools, with twelve ye Kansas City. The price of tuition is w while learning. Special Course in Sev I cordially invite all to visit the scho Bell Phone 507 Grand. We wish that our Kansas City, Kansas subscribers would be more prompt in paying their subscription. Our collectors have had a very hard time in making his regular rounds. Send your subscription to the office. We have a sum of over $300 at present due this office. Don't let our collector call again. Come promptly or send it to our office 914 E. 12th St. The Buffalo Cleaners and Dyers Southwest Cor. 19th and Troost Ave. BELL PHONE 2772 GRAND Repairing promptly and neatly done. Goods called for and A. DRUMMOND and GEO. WALDEN, N. The Latonia Cafe and Restaurant 912 East Twelfth Street Who have been noted for their general satisfaction to the undergone a remodeling, and attached a private Dining Roof It is now one of the nicest of its kind in the City, with fans. We carry the best the market can afford: Among seasons are Black Bass, Catfish, Croppies, Oysters, Spring Steaks, Chops and Fowls of all kinds. Neat waiters and everything served first-class, with so J. S. FIELDS and W Proprietors. Goods called for and delivered. D. WALDEN, Proprietors Patonia Restaurant elfth Street General satisfaction to its Patrons have a private Dining Room upstairs. and in the City, with its new electric an afford: Among which in their ties, Oysters, Spring Chicken, Fancy and first-class, with soft drinks. and WIFE etors. FLOUR Repairing promptly and neatly done. Goods called for and delivered. A. DRUMMOND and GEO. WALDEN, Proprietors The Latonia Cafe and Restaurant 912 East Twelfth Street Who have been noted for their general satisfaction to its Patrons have undergone a remodeling, and attached a private Dining Room upstairs. It is now one of the nicest of its kind in the City, with its new electric fans. We carry the best the market can afford: Among which in their seasons are Black Bass, Catfish, Cropples, Oysters, Spring Chicken, Fancy Steaks, Chops and Fowls of all kinds. Neat waiters and everything served first-class, with soft drinks. J. S. FIELDS and WIFE Proprietors. Kelley's Best Beats all the Rest. Kelley Milling Co. K. C., U. S. A. Bell 'Phone 3136 Main DRATT. STATE RENTAL INSURANCE. For Sale Ins, Like Rent. If you want to make a safe invest ment that will bring you a nice in come see Weaver's list of rooming houses on Page 7. The Secret of A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION Now Revealed FREE The Secret of A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION Now Revealed FREE What beauty is more desirable than an exquisite complexion and elegant jewels. An opportunity for every women to obtain both, for a limited time only. The directions and recipe for ob- taining a faultless complexion is the secret long guarded by the master minds of the ORIENTALS and GREEKS. This we obtained after years of work and at great expense. It is the method used by the fairest and most beautiful women of Europe. Hundreds of American women who now use it have expressed their delight and satisfaction. This secret is easily understood and simple to follow and it will save you the expense of creams, cosmetics, bleaches and forever give you a beautiful complexion and free your skin from pimples, bad color blackheads, etc. It alone is worth to you many times the price we ask you to send for the genuine diamond ring of latest design. We will give you this ring at one small profit above manufacturing cost. The price is less than one half what others charge. The recipe is live with every ring. It is a genuine rose cut diamond ring of sparkling brilliancy absolutely guaranteed, very dainty, shaped like a Belcher with Tiffany setting of 12Kt. gold shell, at your local jeweler it would cost considerable more than $2.00. Notice style of ring. We mail you this beautiful complexion recipe free when your order is received for ring with are marked on diagram hereweth and $2.00 in money order, stamps or bills. Get your order in before our supply is exhausted. This offer is made for a limited time only as a means of advertising and introducing our goods. Send to day before this opportunity is forgotten. 32 East 23rd Street, New York City FREE To women for collecting names and selling our novelties, we give big premiums send your name to-day for our new plan of big profits with little work write to-day. Address C. T. MOSELEY Premium department, 32 E. 23rd Street New York City. --- KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT Bell 'Phone 3136 Main ADDRESS 2209 VINE Let the Rising Son Pub. Co., do your printing. We print all kinds of calling cards, invitations, wedding announcements or any kind of job printing. Call 780 Main or Grand. Office 914 E. 12th St. Do the Colored people of this city desire to see a newsy news paper? Will they show that they want one? ```markdown ``` Grand Session of U. B. F. & S. M. T. continued from Front Page. Friday Evening, August 12—At the big ball will occur the Gala Festivities of the week. Two hundred dollars or more will be given away in prizes. the week. Two hundred dollars or more will be given away in prizes. Saturday, August 17, 10:00 a.m. m.—Grand Lodge, Unfinished Business and appointment of Standing Committees. Don't fall to see the Grand Spectacular Array of the Grand Lodge and Grand Temple and the Competitive Drill by Divisions of the Knights of Friendship and Exhibition Drills of Olive Leaf Drill Corps of ladies and others—a beauty to behold, and a Grand Ball, tendered in honor of our visiting guests. General admission 50 cents; juveniles 25 cents. Box seats 25 cents extra. J. B. H. J. T. CASTON, Member Board of Management, Jefferson City. CAPT. C. H. TANDY. P. G. M. and Member of the Board of Management. PROGRAMME ELEVENTH ANNUAL SESSION WESTERN NEGRO PRSS ASSOCIATION. OPNING SESSION—SUPREME COURT ROOM. Monday, August 12, 3 P. M. Call to Order.....By President Duncan Invocation.....By Rev. L. S. Nicholson Minutes of last session. Appointment of committees: Committee on Membership. Committee on Resolutions. Committee on Journalistic Improvement. Music.....Instrumental Duet Address—"The Negro Journal".....By Hon. John L. Thompson (Publisher of the Iowa By-Stander.) Evening Session—Representative Hall. Music—Instrumental.....Wilson Orchestra Invocation.....Rev. J. E. Edwards Address—Welcome to Our City.....Hon. Charles K. Holliday President Topeka Commercial Club. Response.....C. S. Muse, Colorado Springs Address—Welcome on Behalf of Our Business Men.....Dr. O. A. Taylor Response.....J. B. Bass, Helena, Mont. Music—Piano Solo.....Walter Jones Address—Welcome on Behalf of Local Press.....Miss Lillian Jeltz (The State Ledger.) Response.....Hon. H. L. Miller, Colorado Springs (Colorado Springs Enterprise.) Volcal Solo.....Mrs. J. M. Wright, Topeka President's Address.....Hon. W. H. Duncan, Colorado Springs Music—Vocal.....J. F. Brock, Topeka Tuesday Mornin, August 13. 9 A. M. Invocation.....Rev. Carr Usual Order of Business. Paper—"The Negro in the Northwest".....By J. B. Bass (Montana Plaindealer.) Discussion—W. N. Miller, Wichita Searchlight; T. P. Mahommett, Omaha En- terprise; William T. Washington, Kansas City, Mo.; Rising Son. Music—Vocal.....The Girls' Quartette Paper.....Mrs. J. Siloam Yates, Kansas City Discussion—Mrs. Julia Embry, Colorado Springs; Mrs. J. D. D. Rivers, Denver, Col., and others. Music—Instrumental.....Miss Carita Edwards Tuesday Afternoon, 2 o'Clock. Call to Order. Address.....Rev. R. W. Johnson, Colorado Springs Music.....Misses Georgia Watkins and Alberta Guy Recitation.....Mrs. Henry Plummer, Omaha Address—The Territory and Its Opportunities' Hon. W. H. Twine, Muskogee Discussion—N. Chiles, Topoka Plaindealer; Judge G. N. Perkins, Guthrie (Okla.) Guide; Colonel Fred L. Jeltz, Kansas State Ledger, and others. Music—Instrumental.....Misses Fannie and Margaret Foster Paper.....Miss Agnes Persley, Topka Plaindealer Tuesday Evening, 8 o'Clock. Call to Order. Order of Business. Music—Vocal.....Mr. Robert Floyd, Topeka Address—"Ho to Make Our Journals Pay".....Fred R. Moore, New York (Editor Colored American Magazine.) Music—Solo.....Miss Cyrene Smith, Topeka Address—The Press and Its Power".....Hon. W. T. Vernon (Register U.S. Treasury.) Reception and Smoker at Elks' Club, complimentary to Visiting Journalists. LOCAL COMMITTEES. Arrangements—I. H. Childers, Nick Chiles, Fred L. Leltz, P. C. Thomas and Ira Smith. Reception—Miss Arncholas Chiles, Lillian Jeltz, Willa Smith, Agnes Persley, Maude Jeltz, the Topeka Plaindealer, the Kansas State Ledger and the Kansas Watchman. THE L. C. CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC 914 E.12th St. THE ONLY NEGRO MUSIC PUBLISHERS IN THE STATE—THEIR MUSIC IS NOW IN DEMAND AT THE JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. THE LISTON & COUNTEE CONSERVATORY, AND MUSIC PUBLISHERS, ARE MAKING A GREAT RECORD IN THE MUSICAL WORLD. THESE ARE YOUNG MEN OF ABILITY AND SHOULD RECEIVE THE SUPPORT OF ALL. THEY HAVE ISSUED TO THE PUBLIC SOME VERY POPULAR SELECTIONS, WHICH THE PEOPLE ADMIRE. BE SURE TO PURCHASE A COPY OF THEIR LAST PUBLICATION, WHICH IS BECOMING QUITE A FAVORITE, ENTITLED. "I Shall Ne'er Return," AND ALSO DO NOT FAIL TO GET THE 'Rosa' MARCH TWO-STEP. ONE THING TO BE REMEMBERED IS THAT THESE YOUNG MEN HAVE SEEN THE GREAT NECESSITY OF ARRANGING A COURSE OF MUSIC, SO THAT ANY PERSON WHO DESIRES TO LEARN TO PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT AND READ MUSIC ACCURATELY CAN DO SO IN AS SHORT A TIME AS SIXTEEN (16) MONTHS. NOW, IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT STUDYING MUSIC, OR GIVING YOUR CHILDREN A MUSICAL EDUCATION, WE WOULD ADVISE YOU TO CONSULT PROF. W. B. COUNTEE. PRICES ARE REASONABLE AND TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED TO SUIT. IF WE ARE TO ENCOURAGE OUR PROFESSIONAL MEN IN ALL LINES WE MUST PATRONIZE AND HELP THEM WHEN WE CAN. YOU SHOULD BUY LISTON & COUNTEE'S SHEET MUSIC AND HAVE IT IN YOUR HOMES FOR ONE SIMPLE REASON, IF NO OTHER, BECAUSE IT IS THE PRODUCTION OF NEGROES. AS A RACE WE MUST BECOME PRODUCERS, AND ALSO MUST LEARN TO APPRECIATE OUR OWN PRODUCTS. REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN BUY LISTON & COUNTEE'S SHEET MUSIC ON SALE AT SMITH'S DRUG STORES, 805 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, 1307 E. 18TH ST., AND AT THE OFFICE OF "THE RISING SUN," 914 E. 12TH ST. OFFICE OF "THE RISING SON," 914 E. 12TH ST. TEE AT STUDIO, 914 E. 12TH ST. BOTH 'PHONES, 780 GRAND. KANSAS CITY, MO. Chorus of Midsummer I tell you that I love you, Your fun off these I love. And when my breath thins, to you my heart is filled with love. Bewit my night and morning, for you my heart does yours. Fill me with joy and joy, for you my heart does yours. I tell you that I love you, but I shall not return. "I SHALL NEER RETURN." by Liston & Countee, Kansas City, Mo. [Name] THE BEAUTY CONTEST HAS RECEIVED MUCH ATTENTION THE LAST WEEK, AND NEXT WEEK WILL WITNESS QUITE A CHANGE IN THE RUNNING. ON ACCOUNT OFOUR SPECIAL EDITION WE DID NOT GET TO COUNT ALL VOTES THIS WEEK. Wherecas, Believing in the fairness of men to adjudge a beautiful woman from a number of nice looking women. We, the first committee, have seen fit to appoint Prof. G. N. Grisham as chairman of the Judges. Wherecas, We, knowing of his fairness will give him full power to appoint the other two members of the committee, one lady and gentleman. Knowing this will be considered as satisfactory, we remain. J. H. CLARK, WOODIE JACOBS J. F. CRAIG, Cnair. Go to Carpenter & Watson's Ice Cream Parlor for all kinds of soft drinks and confectionary and fresh fruits. Candles and elgars. 1519 E. 12th. Bell Phone 2641 East. C. H. BLANTON, Member Board of Management, Kansas City. Mr. G. H. Purnell, 1312 Vine St., will take his vacation soon. He will go to St. Louis for a short time thence to the country. Mrs. Purnell will spend her vacation in Milwaukee. Wis. MUSICAL RECITAL BY PROF. R. G. JACKSON. The musical recital will be August 22, 1907, Allen Chapel, 10th and Charlote. Bennett of Trustees. All are invited. Beauty Contest Coupon as the most beautiful lady of Kansas City. Musical Studio MISS ANNA WARNER Special Instructor in Technic, Harmony and Literary addition. Hours 9 to 12 a. m. and 1 to 5 p. m. Location 18th and Paseo BELL PHONE 2386 EAST Largest Place in the City for Colored People 68 Rooms Neatly Furnished and Unfurnished at WHITE'S RESTAURANT 1215 Independence Ave. Regular meals 15c. Lunches put up for 15c and up. The best service and accommodations guaranteed and good home cooking. MRS. PHIL. WHITE, Proprietor Kansas City, Mo. VACATION MATINEE EVERY THURSDAY AFTERNOON INSTRUCTIONS 15c. The only Hall conducted strictly by Colored People in the city. $10 per night. For Lodges, Secret Organizations, Concert Parties and all other Entertainments. ED. HUDSON, President. JOHN McKNIGHT, Secretary. WM. W. GARRETT, Treasurer Expert Hat Cleaner Straw, 15c Panama, 25c A. O. COFFIN, 1704 E. 10th 1091 E. 11th Old Hats Made New Felt Hats $1.50 Panamas WM. J. BROWN HAT CO. Home Phone 6573 Main. New Location 813 Walnut Street, 813 Waiters Catering Association and Employment Bureau. The only resort for Negro Gentlemen in the city. TONSORIAL ARTISTS; Allen Boldridge and Abe Lyle. 1st STEWARD; Joe Ottery. 2nd STEWARD; Wm Baker. Ed Hudson Mgr. Bell Phone C 4137 x NEW CAFE and RESTAURANT NOW OPENED. Regular Meals and Short Orders. Hours from 6 A. M. to 12 P. M. General Satisfaction Guaranteed Strictly Home Cooking. Address 2302 Vine. J. RUSSEL and J. DOOLAN Propr's. When you want Ice Cream, Sodas, Cigars, CANDY OR NEWS S. W. corner Troost Ave. and Independence. LEE LANGFORD, Mgr. GET BUSY The Afro-American Employment Agency Will Get You a Job. Call at Either of Our Offices and Have Your Name Enrolled for a Situation. The Best Hotels, Restaurants, Department Stores, Saloons, and private Families in the City hire their help through this Agency. Get in Line. Don't be Idle. Main Office 1005 McGee. Home Phone 6236 Main. Bell Phone 4821 Main F. J. WEAVER, Manager. Mrs. F. J. Weaver, in charge of Women's Department Kansas City, Missouri.