Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT SUBSCRIBE FOR THE SEARCHLIGHT IT IS A REPUBLICAN PAPER ALL THE YEAR. IN ITS FOURTH YEAR OF CONSTANT PUBLICATION. YOL.111 ANOTHER YEAR CLOSED. This issue of the Searchlight closes our second year of publication in Wichita and our third year of publication in Kansas. Next week we launch out in our fourth year. As a guarantee of what our object shall be in the new year, which begins in our next issue, we cite our many readers to our unbroken record in the past. We would not be so very ungrateful as to not turn thanks to the many, both white and colored, who so loyally and faithfully gave us their unstinted support in the past. In closing this year, and beginning on a new one, we can truthfully say that we do so with ought against any man, woman or child, white or chlored, among our acquaintances. We wish to thank the good people of Wichita and surrounding communities for a much decided increase in their patronage to our paper in the year just closing, over the one which closed this time last year. In looking for a cause we believe that it is found in the fact that the people have become to know us, and to place confidence in our stability. In going before them in the next year we shall have the same object in view, that is, to give the people a neat newsy paper, published each week, regularly and on time. We can but ask the good people to be as generous and goodly inclined toward us in the future as they have been in the past, and we will guarantee that Wichita will continue to have a paper of which she may be proud. We wish to especially thank the merchants and business men, one and all, for their most liberal and hearty patronage of our paper in the past, and we trust that our relations in the future may remain as pleasant as they have been in the past. Advertise! Whether a merchant or a minister, a grocery or a political party, a club or a church, a school or a saloon, an individual or an organization, the way to draw public attention and popular support is to advertise and keep eternally at it. Word reaches us that the Danville (Ill.) International, a paper issued for colored people, has suspended, with lack of support given as the cause. NOTICE READERES. In our next issue we will give a full account of the Republican State Conventions, the nominees for all the various offices and the names of all the prominent colored men who attended. Watch our next issue. It is evident from the accounts sent abroad of race riots of recent, that the Negro has finally awaken to the fact that when the Southern white men make an effort to "arrest (?)" him on some trivial charge that their aim is to supply fuel for a human bon fire or targets for their rifles. The Negroes have a roused from their sleep and now it is shot for shot, wound for wound, life for life. The only sure way by which the Negro will get fair play in the South is, to have a Winchester always at hand and know how to use it. Say as Custer did in his last charge on Sitting Bull: "We'll sell our lives dear." A member of the U. S. Bureau asked the question: "How shall the Colored Youth of the South be educated?" A Democrat replied: "Do not ask 'how?' but 'where?' to which I would answer: 'Some in the cotton field, the tobacco field and grain plantations, others in the kitchen and dining room. There let him live, move and die!" But the logic of coming events answer in the shadows going before. He has already taken the highway leading from the honorable farm to Congress. When we take a retrospective as well as prospective view of the material progress of our race East, West, North and South, it is self-evident that "Retrogression" is impossible. Shem has had his day; Japheth is now having his; but Ham is ascending the ladder to place the topstone on the head of Civilization. "Lectures" are one of the legitimtae means which the whites in Europe and in the United States are educating themselves while entering the "Five Gateways of Knowledge" and the sooner our people learn to appreciate this method, the better Chaff! Chaff! husks and a bag of moonshine appear to attract and satisfy too many of our people. Prnspective and retrospective views of editors throughout the United States. Show us a strong people and we will show you a race of readers. The colored people of the states Louisiana and Alabama will contest the disfranchisement clauses of the new constitution of those states before the United States Supreme Court. Wilford H. S.nith, a prominent Negro lawyer of New York, will contest the suffrage provisions of the Alabama constitution; meanwhile Mr. Purcell, a Negro lawyer of Pensacola, will argue before the U. S. Supreme Court for the rights of Negroes in Florida to sit in'jureis WICHITA, KANSAS, MAY 24, 1902. CRUMPAGKER TO GO SOUTH. Congressman C. W. Thompson, of the "Tuskegee District," has submitted a novel invitation to several Northern and Western Republican Congressmen to visit the cotton fields in Alabama to see the Negro on his native heath. The party will go South May 21, in a special ear provided by Mr. Thompson and Congressman Crumpacker, of Indiana, accompanies the party. The following extract from the Washington Post explains itself: "Judge Crumpacker had other engagements for May 21," said Mr. Thompson, "but has agreed to cancel them and join our party in a trip to Alabama. During our conversation the judge told me his grandparents on his mother's side were slave owners in Virginia, and he realized the Negro could only be elevated as he merited it." Judge Crumpacker thanked Mr. Thompson for the invitation and said he had never seen a cotton plantation and had always been anxious to visit one and see the Negro in his native element. There are no Negroes at all in the county in which he lives in Indiana. Mr. Thompson told him that he would show him one plantation containing 3,000 acres cultivated and managed entirely by Negroes, with only one white soul on the entire plantation. When Mr. Thompson told Mr. Crumpacker that the citizens of Mobile had invited the party there and had requested the pleasure of entertaining them in their homes he expressed his great appreciation of such generous hospitality by the Southern people." Congressman Thompson told Judge Crumpacker that the Negro in Alabama enjoyed the same protection to life and property that the white man did; that a spring chicken brought to market by a Negro brought just as good a price as the one carried by a white man, and oftentimes cost him a great deal less. Dear reader, do you appreciate the sarcasm between the lines? Ex-Gov. W. R. Merriam, Director of the United States Census, also accompanies the party to the cotton fields of the South. The sole object of this excursion is to permit Northern Republican Congressmen to see the industrial Negro at his best and incidentally at his worst. Of course, they will not be permitted to meet Negro politicians and professional men. The Southren Democrat is a shrewd and crafty individual and is ever ready to exploit the Negro in the industrial world. Are you surprised at the sidetracking of the Crumbpacker bill in Congress? We are not. Heu. W. L. Chambers, a Southern man and judge of the Spanish Court of Claims, will accompany the party to visit the cotton fields of Alabama. In a recent letter to Congressman Thompson, he said in part: "We have had frequent excursion parties from the East visiting our section of the country, but they have generally confined their investigation to scientific and socialogical or educational subjects. The only Congressional visiting to our section has been of committees appointed to investigate our election methods, a subject on which we have always been touchy, you know; and being partian on their nature, such visitations have tended rather to widen than to close ub the gulf of ill-feeling. But you are now proposing to take a lot of select gentlemen, Republi-members of the Senate and House, down to your district in a social, neighborly way, to show them the actual state of things as they exist between the races in an orderly community in the very heart of the "black belt;" where they can see the Negro at work in his natural element on a cotton plantation, some of them as contract laborers, others as tenants. Side by side with the cotton field you will also show them the great falls of the Tallassee, where 50,000 spindles are converting half the cotton raised in your district into cloth, and where one of the largest electric power plants in the entire country is now being constructed, while only a few miles removed, also in your district, you will no doubt show them the Booker Washington school, where the most wonderful educational work (not excepting that of our greatest universities) of the age is being done. The subject is a great one, and it pleases me beyond expression to see that one of our Representatives has responded to a profound sentiment and undertaken such a practical thing as your program indicates." Morris Brown College of Atlanta was the only institution that had Negro delegates in the Southern educatsonal convention held recentat Atlanta, Ga. We are rising. Wilford H. Smith of New York, formerly of Texas, is the first Negro to appear before the bar of the Supreme Court of Ala. Senator Tillman said at a public meeting in S. Carolina a few days ago: "The new constitution adopted in 1895 has eliminated for the present the Negro majority. But the number eligible to vote is constantly increasing." Here we have the admission of one of the worst Negro hateri in the South that they are steadily advancing in educational qualifications for citizenship. We recently read an article advising young colored women to study stenography, pointing out to them the various avenues along this line which are open to all persons, irrespective of color, through civil service examinations, and the present large demand for capable stenographers on account of the recent territorial acquisitions of the United States. While this is an opportune time for young men to find employment in this line, it is also a field, wherein our women may find remunerative positions. Men are very largely employed in the government service, the courts and public buildings. Prof. Booker Waahington has recently purchased a home near Weymoth, Mass. This is to be a summer residence. By every act Prof. Washington shows that he believes in practicing what he preaches: "Save your money and buy homes." The state legislature of Ohio recently appropriated $22,000 to complete the new dormitory for the girls of Wilberforce College, Ohio. This is another evidence that there is always a helping hand awaiting those who are trying to do something in this life. Wilberforce ranks among the greatest institutions in this country. The will of Mrs. Cornelia Thompkins filed last week in New York city, gives $20,000 to the Tuskegee Normal School, $10,000 to the Children's Aid Society, $5,000 to the Ameican Seamen's Friend Society, $5,000 to the Woman's National Alliance, $5,000 for scholarship in the Alaska Presbyterian mission school and $5,000 tn the Congregational Home Mission Society. A widower of Weilington, Ks., the other day was remarried just two weeks after his first wife's death, and when the boys came to charivari him he went out and told them that they ought to be ashamed of themselves for making such an uproar around a house where a funeral had been held so recently. DR. W. H. HUDSON, of Atchison, Ks., will give free lectures next Wednesday, 28th, at the 2nd Baptist church. At 2:30 P.M., to the ladies only and at night to the gentlemen. Subj., "The true eleven," or "The betterment of the race." NO.52 Much rumor was afloat over the city caused by the news that Richard Walker, one of the popular colored men of our city, had been denied a diploma by the faculty of the City High School. The Editor of the Searchlight made a personal call last Tuesday on Prof. Knight, Supt. of the City Grammar Schools, and on Prof. Dunkin, Prin. of the High School. Both gentlemen treated us with the utmost courtesy and when we had made our business known, they put at our disposal all the records, examination paper, etc. covering a period of two years. We found Prof. Knight at his private office in the City Building and learned that he had nothing whatever to do with the case under discussion. We then repaired to the High School building where we found Prof. Dunkin in his private office. After our mission was made known he secured the grades mentioned above. Prof. Dunkins said: "Every one in the building, both teachers and schoolmates, regret very much to know that Richard failed; but he has done no more than mauy do every year. We aliked him; but he failed in his examination, pure and simple. There is not one bit of prejudice or any thing else, except that he failed, in it. Why should we try to put an obstacle in the way of our students? The more we are able to graduate, white or colored, the better and higher is the standing of the school. We would prefer to see more colored boys and girls enter the high school, become students and graduate. It would be better on all concered; on their race and the whites as well. We then asked Prof. Dunkin the following question "Professor, out of the number of colored pupils who entered the high school for the past 20 years, can you account why not more than 4 in that length of time have graduated?" Prof. Dunkin very kindly answered as follows: "There is a very small percent of the colored pupils who receive certificates from the Grammar School entitlement to admission here, who come. Then there is a large percent of those who do come who remain only one or two years, in most cases one year. Why they drop out, I cannot say, unless it is that they get tired and xuit. So you see we never have many colored students in the High School at one time. They receive the same lessons, have the same length of time to learn them and get the same examination papers, and get the same marking, care and attention as any other pupils receive. We have a grade on which one can pass and if any pupil, white or colored, fails to make that grade, he has failed." Prof. Dudkin informed us that the board had granted Richard till Sept. to make good his grade and if he does he will then receive a diploma. The matter is before you; judge it just as you see fit. THE SEARCHLIGHT, ee WICHITA, - - - KANS, — W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered et the Post Office at Wiehita, Kansas, as Second - Class Mai) Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 Nomzz Marx Sz. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION: 2M ADVANCE. Fees ierpreslls isso Oe ‘mouths by mailer aden ore rates made known on ap- elerouligne =o 27. Wichita: Kanaan. Sates == oe ee ae gone — oe reach this Senin the'currest nua whan Wikestrwme ne ver “Zit mattors soot to “The Searchlight” for ae ‘signed by the party ox eee “To Live and Let Live,” is OUR Motto. REPUBLICAN DELE- GATE CONVENTION. —<—<—— ‘There will be a delegate convention of the Republicans of Sedgwick County, held in Garfield Hall in the @ity of Wichita on, Saturday, June 7th, 1902 at the hour of 10 o'clock a, m. for the purpose of nomi- nating Probate Judge, County Treasurer, Sheriff, Coumty Clerk, Register of Deeds, District Clerk, County Attorney, County Surveyor, Superimtendent of Publie Instruc- tion, Coroner, and the election of a County Central Committee. ‘The delegates shall be elected by prima. ries held in each township in the county, from 2 o'clock p. m. to 4 o'clock p,m. on Thursday, June Sth, 1909 and in each ward im the city of Wichita from 4 o'clock p. m. to 7 o'clock p. m., at the usual places for holding such elections, ‘The basis of apportionment shall be one elegate at large for each voting precinct in the townships and one for each ward in the city, and each township and ward shall. be entitled to one delegate for each 25 votes or major fraction thereof, cast fer Geo. A, Clark for Secretary of State, at the election held November, 1900. Each ward and precinct in the county and city will be en titled to representation as follows: First ward 23 Second ward 27 Third ward 27 Fourth ward 28, Fifth ward 18 Sixth ward 13 TOWNSHIPS Afton 2 ‘Morton 5 Attica 4 Ninnescah 6 Delano 4 Ohio 3 Eagle 4 Park, E. 2 Erie 4 Park, W. 5 Gard’n Pn N.2 Payne 3 Gard’n P'n$ 8 Rockford. Derby 4 Grand River 2 Rockford, Mulvane 4 Grant 6 "Salem 4 Greeley 6 Sherman 3 Gypsum, E. 8 Union 4 Gypsum, W. 2 Valley Center, Ny 8 Hlinois -2_-Valley Center, S. 5 Kechi 5 Viola 3 Lincoln 4 Waeo D Mencha, 4 Wichita 5 There will be a delegate convention of the Republicans of the Ist Representative Deirict, held in Garfield Hall, on Saturday Tune Tth, 1902 at 9 am for the purpose of nominating a represesentative from that district and a County Commissioner from the First Commissioner district. Delegates shall be elected in the same manner as to the County convention. ‘There will be a delegate convention held in Garfield Hall Saturday, June 7th, 2902. of the Republicans of the 72nd Representa tive Distriet at 9 a m for the purpose of nom inating a representative frcm that district Delegates shall be elected in the some man ner es those te the County convention. ‘There will be a delegato of the Republi cans of the 73rd Representative district, om June Mth, held atGarfield Hall, for the purpose of nominating a representative from that district, Delegates shall be eleeted in ‘the same manner as to the County conven tien, ©. L, DAVIDSON, Chairman Republican Central Committee, J. A. OSLER, Assistant Seeretary. All the members of Toas Lodge No. 10, K. of P. are requceted to meet at their hall at-I o’e[ one ] pm. Sun day. The members are ask- ed to wear black suits, black hats and bring white gloves Searchlight $1.00 Loeals and Personals. t<tt As Wx Gar I, So We Give Ir. #}=t CRU UAScrerr arre er U The excursion that was run to Winfield last Sunday by Bev. Mor- ris was a grand euecess in every particular. He succeeded in taking over 100 people on his train. The threatining of rain before time for the train to leave and the big pour down later in the day did much to mar the anticipated and prepared for grand time. | However, the people of Winfield made it very plessant and royally entertained the large crowd. The rally, which was held at the 2nd Baptist church, was a success, and Rey. Morris and his congregotion realized more than $100.00, Taking every thing in consideration, the whole was grand, and reflects much credit on the man- aging abilities of Rev. Morris. Mise Fannie Colline, who has been quite sick for some time, was taken to the St. Francis Hospital where an operation was performed. Rey. A. ©. Terrili has put paint- ers to work re-painting the pews at the A. M. E. church. This is the be- ginting of many remodels of the church which will take place pre- paratory to the meeting of the A. M. E. Annual Conference to be held at that churchin Sept. Rev. Terrill 3 ix worker and all may look to see. every thing up-to-date. Messers L. £. Cotton and G. dD Sylvers have opened anew barber shop at $82 N. Main St. where they invite you. 3 TABERNACLE SERVICES. Sunday, May 25°02. | Preaching beth morning and eve- ning. Morning Subj.: I’ve seen bettex days.” Eveuing Subj.: “Je- sus, the way of life.” Rev. J. E. Fletcher, pastor: The ladies’ G, L. A. club met at the residence of Mrs, J.T, Chinneth last Tuesday afternoon. After spending an hour in faney needle work, the club was cerved a nicely prepased lunch, The club will meet next week at tee residence of Mas. E Laudram, 119 W. Pins, Our friend, Jno, W. Hall, had the misfortune of getting a cinder in his eye last Thursday morning as he was coming into town. He went to a doctor and had the cinder remov- ed and it eaused nim quite a bit of pain. There willbe a Jubilee Concert al the 2nd Baptist charch Wednesday night, May 28th. There will be ree: itations and jubilee songs. Aaraission 10ots. . &: ‘1156 115 * : WE WANT : : The readers of this paper for CUSTOMERS. oe | Your money is apt to go farther where profits are - : smailest. That’s Here At Our Storo. You see the practi- + ; eal sido of this statement hore every day. There is no % Seats make gta; nase aben onraboryouvanelacd ; take as much time as you like to investigate for youself. > : That's The Only Business Way. : W.H. Fisher, Dry Goods Co.. 115 E. Douglas 115 115 ‘ The Annual Sermon of Toas Lodg , No. 10, K. of P., will be preached at the A. M. E, Church by Rev. A.C. Terrill next Sunday. Every one is invited, B, H., Downing, D. Dunbar, H. D. Hieserman, H. Schad, Capt. W. 7, Burgess and W. . Kesler were seme of Sedgwick county’s Old Soldiers who went to Ft. Scott to atterd the Encampment there. G. H. Young went fishing Tues- day morning at 4 o'cleck and got out just in time to get caughtin a big rain storm instead of to cateh a big st. ing of fish as he expected, Try it again, Mr. Young. Chas, H. Luling attended the Old Soldiers’ Re-union at Ft. Seett last week. In our next issue we will give a full detailed account of the big Re- publican State Convention. If you want to read the proceedings of the convention just as they were, read the Searchlight next week. Miss Mollie MoCoy, of Pleasanton, Ke., arrived in the city Sunday morning via the Friscoe, to visit Mr. Thos. W. Fines. After meet- ing most of Wichita’s up-to-date se- iety ladies and gentlemen, che re” turned to her heme Monday night. She reported a most delightfal time, Come again, Miss McCoy’ Rey. B, Merris will preach the Anaual Sernon of Prince Albert Lodge, No. 4, at Arkansus City next Sunday, May, 25th, WANTED. We want a neat, tidy young col- ored lady or gentleman to travel in the interest ef our paper. Must be a good penman. ~ Parties making application and who live out of town must furnish good referencer. For further particulars, Call on, or write W. N. Miller, Editor af The Seareslight, 110 N. Main st,, Wichita, Ks, VAMEENG AN UULURADYU is one of the most delightful and in- expensive ways of spending vaca- tion. A beok with the above title containing full details of where to go, necessary camp equipment, and its eost, either purchased or rented, with full and accurate informotion for the inexperienced, is being pre- pared by the Great Rock Island Route, and will be sont free, with their Colorado literature, on appli. cation to E. W. Thompson, A.G. A Topeka, Kas. You will be 4stonish- ed to find hew oheaply the outing can be made. In speaking about the besth iag to be done in the interest ef the col ored people, Rev. J, E* Fletcher had th s to cay: “The best thing that can be done for the race, must be done at once. ‘The material interest of the Negro a upon his trust in God. Such E people will have that brotherly sa sisterly love for one and all. ‘This will give us the strength of ‘a nowa paper man, the grocer, the lawyer, the doctor and the preacher. As we support the Negro enterprises, we will inerease in popularlity and will demand, in no small way, rec_ ognition of the world. The great trouble with us is that we week su_ premacy from the wrong throne The white man’s thrrene was no, erceted for his servants, but for his family. The throne of God is free to alland the supremacy granted from this throne is so complete that nothing can prevent you fror enjoying both religeous and politi- tal freedom.” The children of the 2nd Baptist Sunday School are preparing to ren- der a grand program on Children’s = | You can find Dr. E. Harrison at 233 N. Mrin. First stair-way south of Dunbar’s on the same side of the street, Best Laundry in the City 155-159 N. Market St. Phone 232 /SELOVER & SONS. Props. Dr. Claude G. Baker, DENTIST DENTAL PARLORS — Up Sisirs Noxtto Eagle Os Read the Searcnlight and: keep abreast of the times. We try to get the Jatest all the time, Read It, Dr. E. Harrison has moved his of fice to 283 N. Main, where he has a suit of room. nicely furnished, and will be proud te meet all his patrons. Remember his number is 233 N’ Main St. NOTICE. Office of the City Clerk, Wichita, Kan, April 24, 1903. Xotice 1s hereby given that in accerdance with the provisions of Ordinance No. 1134 any persen owning or harboring a dog ef the age of three menths er more within the city of Wichita, must appear at this office and have such dog registered and plaes upon the neck of said dog a suitable metalic or leather collar to which must be attached a metal check which will be fur- nished by this office amd fer which shall be charged @ fee of $1.00 for each male deg and $2.00 foreach female dog. Thi said ordinance prevides that auy person owning, keeping or harbering any deg contrary tothe provisions of said ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in a sum 0 of net mere than $100.00 or less than $5.00 or by imprisonment net exceeding 30 days or beth sueh fine or imprisonment. All reg istration of dogs expires April 30 each year. J. L, LELAND, Gity Clerk. DR. BE. HARRISON, | 268 N. MAIN ST. 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We Ai | have every style and pattern that’s ff 1 | 12) vo correct and up-te-date;differentqual aN NA 7 | ities at prices to fit all sized purses. =f). | NVA We'd like to shew you our Dollar eee Sau ers 71) line; they equal most store’s $1.50 oe kind; including Fancy Plaited Bos eA | om and latest Fancy Figured and fp eta get} ee ist Polka dots. We are showing a complete stock of Manhattan Bhirtey so ccconsh ate cisco at Gh MP eND Negligee Shirts for §0¢; Fancy Silk Bosom Shirts, for : Boys, 35¢; Shirt Waists, for Boys and Ohildren, {0¢, 200, 25, 50: : STOCKS Qu ites of Stocks for Ladies and Gea- » tlemen is the enly complete tino ia the city; tans and bright colors in lattsst patterns. We alse have all the now things in Belts, Neckwear, Fancy Imported H-s2, the new Summer Collar and latest Fashionable Finory- C.R- FULTON, “Wichita’s Greatest Clothing Store. iain aa 0 0 10 101000 ean ae ee oan enn eninia'a'naataiacanaaaKne Cool Colorado THE PLACE TO GO. Think of a round-trip rate ef only To Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou and Pueblo. On certain dates in June, July, August and September, VIA THE Great Beaten eee NY Rock Island aD Route Fa Write for books entitled « Camping In Colorado ” “ Fishing In Colorado * —- AND — “ Under The Torquoise Sky ” The Camping book tells how, where and at what cest parties of two, four and six can enjoy an inexpensive vacation in that de. lightful climate, E, W, Ttemrson, A. G.P. A., Topeka, Ks JNO, SEBASTIAN, G, P. A., Chicago . E, Bascome, D, P. A., Wichita. We are trying to give our people here an honest paper, and ene that will reflect credit on the race. We make the sineere request that they trade with the firms and business houses whose ‘‘ads” they see in our colamns. If they will do so, we can be able to do tho rest. It's only a small favor to atk. De so and your merehant will appreciate it. Tell them yousaw the “ad” in our paper L. 8. NAFTSGER, E.R. POWELL, President. Vice President J. M. MOORE, THE Fourth National Bank Capital $100,000.00 Surplus $87,000.00 Deposits $1,700,000.00 UNITED STATES’ DEPOSITORY, DIRECTORS W. R, Tucker, J. M, Meere, E.R. Powell, R, L. Helmes, W. E. Jett, L. 8. Naftger, B. F. McLean. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED, Centropolis Hotel, GOS orth Main Street, First Class Ledgiag, Nice, Clean Beds. Rooms $1.08 per week; 250 per night. Mrs, Maggie Smith, Prop, Wichita, Kan. Did you ask the merchaat with whom you trade, whether he “ads” in our paper? If not; why not? In- sist upon it that he “ads” with us. Be in line, by paying us what you owe. yt ° Bodge Divectey —— Knights of Pythias ea adivaN Toas LodgeNo, | KnightsofPythj WICHITA. KAN, Castle Hall 388 North Main sty, Regular Meetings Second and Fours ‘Monday Nightin Each Month, ‘Visting Knights in good standing Welconal W.N. Miller, Chan. Com. Dr. E. Harrison, K. of R, &9 WERCULEAN LODGE NO. 20, X. ofp, Thaddeus Summytt, Chan, Com. Henry Helbort, K. of R, & s, Meets Ist and 8 Friday night each mong, ARRIA COURT No.1. Order of Calanthe, ‘Mrs, Lucy Anderson, W. ¢, Miss Blanch Alexander, R.of }, Mrs, Lee Anderson, W. 8, of, Meets Ist. and 8rd, Monday each moral Masonic Lodges. ARKANSAS VALLEY _ Loig No.2. A.F_& A.M, John T. Chinneth, W. M. W.H.A,Clark, Secretary. Meets Ist.and 8rd. Tuesday each mom, All Master Masons in good standing an Cordially Invited. Howe Or Tus West Lovos No, 2006. G. U. 0.0. F.. Jas. L. Harper, N. G. Willis Bartlett, V. G. Chas, H. Gordon, P. §, Meets Ist, 2nd and 3rd Tuesday night, + WIGHITA TABERWAGLE We. 34, Mrs, W. N. Miller, O. P. Miss Lula Covington, C, B. Meets 1st and 8rd Thursday afterneen, § px Houck — Hardware Store Building Hardware, Garland and Quick Meal Steel Ranges Garland Cook Stoves at the very low ext prices. 116 East Douglas Ave. Peoples’ Hat Works, Old Hats Cleaned, Blocked, and Trimmed Like New. 121 South Lawrenee Ave. Red Front Racket The People’s Eeonomy Store. Sample Shoes | We have just received a large in: voice of Men’s Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Lodies and Misses Fine Dress Shoes, Oxfords and Slippers, all styles and all kinds AT WHOLESALE PRICES You'll find an excellent line of “Colonials ” the peoper thing and latest fad, inour regular steek, at $2 TAPP BROTHERS & HAWSEAV ‘Phone 257. 255-257 1. 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Leaves St. Louis 8,85 pm Leaves Memphis 8:26 pm Arives Wichita 8.10 pm Meteor Leaves St, Lonis 2:80 pm Leoves Memphis 9:15 am Arrives Wichita $25 am ‘Through Parlor Coaches and Reclining hair Cars, also Pullman Pallace Sleepers tween Wichita and St, Louis withen ange. For reliable information ws te rates, utes, time, ete. apply to any Frisce agent the undersigned. It isa pleasure fer as answer questions, B.F. DUNN, District Passenger Agent, WICHITA. . Hilton, Bryan Snyder, Gho'l Pass. Agt] Pass. Traffie Mgr. EST. LOUIS, MO Senne Ne ere (WONDERFUL 4 ih % : DISCOVERY i t Curly Hair Made Straight By 7 oer ne g i (Ge i ; SaRes g i 4 be s 6a , | 4 al Aa. 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A. _Etveror William has taken a par- tleular liking to buckwheat cakes, but Walt untiy brother Henry tells him Sout baked beans, codfish, Mulligan Now, terrapin and evcalloped oysters, RAIL ROAD TIME TABLE Corrected up to April 26th 1902. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY. Leaves Daily Conway Springs and Coffeyville 10.85 ain For St. Louis 2.25 pm For Kans, City and St. Louis 9,50 pm Sfutchinson, Lyons and Geneseo 7.80 am Geneseo, Salina, Puablo, Denver 5,3 pm Fer Anthony and Kiowa, 7.00 pm Fer Anthopy and Kiowa, 7.40 am Arrives Daily Little Rock, Conway Springs, Coffeyville 4.55 pm From St, Louis 1.10 pm From Kan, Gity and St.Louis 7.10 pm From Denver, Pneble, Salina, and Geneseo 10.50am From Hutchinson 4.00 pm from Hutchinsen and Genesco 9.80 pm Fem Anthony, Conway Springs 8,80 pm From Kiowa, Anthony and Con- way Springs 9,20 pm WICHITA and WESTERN Mo. 478, Pratt and Kingman Pas- senger, except Sanday 11.00 am No. 474, Pratt aad Kingwan ac- commedatien, Tuesday, ‘Thurs- day and Saturday 1.20 em No. 471, Kingman and Pratt Pas- senger, except Sunday 5.15 pm Mo. 478, Kingman and Pratt ac- commodation, Menday, Wedaesday and Friday 9.15 am CHICAGO, ROOK - ISLAND & PACIFIO R. R- WEST BOUND Geave Daily No. 1 Texas Vestibuled Ex. 7.00 am No, 8, Texas Fast Express 6.35 am No. 35, Daily, Except Sunday, 8.10 pm KAsT BOUND Ne. 2, Chieage Vestibuled Ex, 9.45.am Ne. 4,K.C. and Eastern Ex. 9.05 pm No. 36. Daily, Except Sumday 1.35 pm FRISCO SYSTEM EAST BOUND Leaves Daily St. Louis Mail and Seuth-west- era Limited 1.30 pm Gt. Louis and Ft, Smith Ex. 1015 pm was? BOUND Kansas and Celorade Mail Ex. 8.10 pm Meteor 8.25 am. Leaves Daily Kansas City, Chicago Express 11.20 am K, C., Colorado, California Bx. 2.55 pm Walgea Aceanciies | Seaben Arrives Daily Panhandle Express 10,00 am Engiewood Branch, Except Sun. 8.09 pm ‘Leaves Daily Panhandle Express 6.25 pm Oklahema and Texas Express 6.35 pm Oklahoma Dafly Express 8.80 am ‘Wellington Accommodation. 8.45 am Caldwell Ace. Except Sun 8.45 am Texas Express $.10 pm Bagiewood Branch, Ex. Sun. 7.45 am a ineeel B.F. McLean, Lumber Dealer Wichita, Kansas. Yards at Wichita, Kas,,Clearwater,Kas,, Pech Kas,,Cheney, Kaa, When ir need of Groceries do not forget that you can always get the Best at the Lowest prices at KERNAN‘S 1102 E.Don~'+-» Ave. "Phone 357 Lewis’ shop #uccessos to B. A. Fisher First-Class Shave and Hair Cut 6084 East Douglas Ave, John B. Lewis, Prop. Nyy aS i} i i CallOn Me For the Beet Piano, Organ, Sow jog Maehine, Bieyole, Graphone Guitar, Mandolin — or any thing you want-As cheap as any place in the United States. Thos. Shaw. Wichita, Kansas. WELCOME PARAGRAPHS FROM ABROAD CHERRYVALE, KANSAS. ‘Mr. B, F, Thomas visited his fam- ily at home Sunday evening. Invitations are out announeing the wedding of Mr, Grant Tyler to Miss Henrietta Surveyor Saturday eve. Miss Josie Purcell has been elect- ed delegate to the Baptist Sunday School convention which will con vene in Oswego, Ke. Mrs, B. Pain has returned to our city, . They go away, but cannot stay. Misess Ruth Everet and Kate Clark left for their home in Inde- penpence Monday morning, Why don’t you subscribe for the Searchlight? : Rey. Brown, of Oswego, preached a grend sermon SSunday night at the closing of the quarterly meeting. The colored population here is constantly increasing. It is now about 200. ABILENE, KANSAS. Abilene had a nice rain Sunday evening. Rev. Wm. Hampton returned home Monday from Clay Center. Mr. Geo, Williams retuined from Harrington Saturday evening- Rey. Chisel roturned from Salina Monday moruing- The Odd Fellow’s sermon wili be conducted Sunday by Rev. Cox KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. Installation of officers in Mary Magdelene Court was held Monday afternoon at the M.and O. Hall Those installed were: Mrs, Anna Taylor, M.A. M.; Mrs, Lizzie’-Walk- or, 8. M.; Mr. Berry, M. W, J.5 Mra A. L. Williams, ©, ‘1.5 Mrs. B. L. Butler,C, 8. After the installation a dainty lunch was cerved. Died — Mrs, Pauline Goode at her resedence, 1107 N. 6th St. Mz. John Moody, at the residence of his mother, 329 Walker Bt. Mrs: Julia Johnson, at the Doug- lass Hospital Sunday at 2 o'clock. One of the grandest events of the season was the installation of officers of Alphia;,Court Monday. — Those installed were: Mrs. Mollie Williams, M.A. M,; Mrs, Jennie Smith,.S. M.; Mrs. McCampbell, C. S.; Mrs. Victo- ria Monroe, C.T. The iustellation was conducted by Mrs. Wliza Scott, M. A. G, M. of the State of Kansas. CLOUDCROFT is a splendid summer resort, high up inthe Sacramento Mountains, in New Mexico, en the El Pase Short Lief Great Rock Island Route als If you are looking fer rest and. re- creation, you can findthen at th Cloudcroft, The mountain “broezese fresh with the fragrance of the great pine foreste, bring health and ool nights. Clonderoft gives all the pleasures and benifits of a sojourn in the mountains. Its history is best told in a handsome booklet just fin- ished by the Great Rock Island Route and which can be had free on application to E. W. Thompson, A. G. A. Topeka, Kansas. FE RRR RRR BREREUERERERERRP ERR | “Everything New At Greenfield's,” SEURES Se aS Welcome | Democrats The city is yours; you will find Wichita the best city inthe : state and this the mest up-to-date Clothing and Furnishing : Goods store in town; the latest, the newest, mest exciusive and fashionable things are always chown here first. Come in and be sociable, rest and see the new and swell : apparel we have displayed; you are welcome to come in and ; , ve ; will be treated right. See Our New Tan Shirts and Neckwear. @ Dat | OUTRPMAAd DOTOd é W/IGH/TASKAS. q $ Same Price To Everybody. £112 East Douglas Avo, ; : vai Everything New) AtiGreenfield’s” 3 (ARAAAAAAAARAAARARAR AA AAAAATR YK Aananananadcandanaaaaaa IOLA, KANSAS, George Ty water is seen on N. Cot- .on st, often. Grant Hart, of Galena, Ks.’ is the guest of his sister, Mrs. D. Bryant, R. Richardson will give his friend cake before long. Dallas Bryant visited his mother in K. © last week. Henry Simms is now Supt. of the M. E, Sunday School, and he asks all mothers to send out their children, Mrs, Sarah Dowson’s friends are glad to know that she is getting along nicely. Quite a number took advantage of cheap rates to Ft, Seott Sunday. All the pastors will-be in town Sunday. Come to church, Mrs, Mahaley Bryant has been on the sick list but is better new. Last Sunday was Odd Fellows’ day. They hada grand time. Geo. Tywater is holding fort at the Elks’ Hall, Mrs, Mary Woods is able to be out again. Brees ne PRPEPEPEEREEPREE RE EREEY, = USE f —_ IMBODEN‘ Sax ' : IMPERIALas : FILOUR xp ; : BREAKFAST FOOD 3 : and you will LOVE good eating. : = AT YOUR GROCERS. IMBODEN MILLING CO. ; AARARAAAARAAARAARARARAAR LAARAARRRRRBARLRAARARAAA: ebb berth hii oe ‘ GE 477 27G BISSANTZ’S z ; Celebrated ICE CREAM + | Is what you want these HOT DAYS. You can get it at 306 * Rast Douglas Ave,, or call up Phone 98 and give your order to : ‘ fs oe : u % : Z. £ " a cea ee ‘ 306 E. Dougine, Phone 98 ¢ | RoRloBaci Se Sooo RoRindo Ry SoBe SoctoRe RoR, MoMaaSoBoeMlods Hokies: NEWKIRK, OKLA, to 8 P. M. Mrs, M, J. Adams lett last Wed- nesday to visit her father and.friends in Enid and Cropper, Okla. We heard the distant chime' of weuding bells whlie at Ponca Sunday: Oar people appear to be prosper: ous in both Newkitk and Ponca. Several at Ponca have * telephone communication with their residences: Mr, and Mrs, Ed Covington have purchased propsty in Newkirk and ‘will be homo from Pawhuska, Okla before a great while. ; Miss Cassie Bass and Messers Eugene Hollinsworth and George Grant, who- successfully completed the course of the commsn schools at Newkirk, are attending the Lanston University, They will be home soon, The firm of Bruce and Bass is do- ing asplendid business at its new and commodious location, Call and get 2 good meal. You will find them om Main, between 6th and 7th. CA\ s) Th We are cuttiag on allof our ir A te 4 i i Summer Suiting and Trousers. for 4 A Vy) \ h 10to 15 per cant. You can save As ly - Hy i WV money by calling and selecting your 4 Wy \\}}] season clothes now. A large stock to QD ij Iii select from, Workmanship, Fit ond Qe i Style guaranteed, THE PEERLESS TAILOR.« 508 East Douglas Ave,, Wichita, Kansas. EL eee Seeeereeneneeeeneneeeeeenereeeeeteeeeseseeeeneeeee Pleases all GOOD Breadmakers Sit is white as snow. TRY IT. OTTO WEISS, Agent. ne oe oindnintecanliendsaeaaneaemecensnioreees eeoaeseao 5M [58M f ; * McCall Bazaar Pattoras, McKinley Popular Music Bvery size and Style shown | 1°00 copies Songs and In. in McCall's Fashion Books | *0mental pieces on Sale per on Sale, per pattern, at the | COPY atthe S. & M 50 and 8. & M. 5c and 100 Store 15e | 1° Store, per copy ...... Ife. Send us your name with ad. | Send ns your name with ad- dress and we’ mail yon | dress and we'll mail you a Monthly Fashion Sheets rzaz. | New Music Catalogue, rex. McKinley Music and McCall's Patterns sent Post-paid * on receipt of price in Staxps. FROM OUR MAIL ORDER DEPARTMENT. => We cheerfully submit samples to you of goods sold by the yard—Such as Laces, A ppliques, Embroideries, Ribbons, Elastics, Linens, Lawns, Ginghame, Pereales, Prints, Linings, Trimmings, Wool Goods, ete. (Meation This Paper When Ordering.2) pes eae as CHIT.” ARTIN' em 5 —— A) 50.0 ex VE srone |, Yl 207-209 E DOUGLAS MME. WCHTA. SAS. Ory ~LOCALS. Herculean Lodge No. 20, K. of P, has not yet decided upon the date or place of holding its Aunual Ser- mon, Watch these eelumns for the date, place, ard fall particulars later. ‘The reception that was to have been tendered Miss Sallie Rawies and her brother Wesley “Ravwles, the two colored graduates from the High Sch ool, was postponed on ae count of tne rain. It was to have been held at the A, M. E. church We will announes, possibly, in ou; issue the date, Briag or send us your nevs; we will publish it for you as usual. HEADACHE, BACKACHE, DIZZINESS (PE-RU-NA CURES PELVIC CATARRH.) "I am perfectly well," says Mrs. Martin, of Brooklyn. "Pe ru na cured me." Mrs. Anna Martin, 47 Hoyt street, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "Peruna clid so much for me that I feel it my duty to recommend it to others who may be similarly afflicted. About a year ago my health was completely broken down, had backache dizziness and irregularities, and life seemed dark indeed. We had used Peruna in our home as a tonic and for colds and catarrh and I decided to try it for my trouble. In less than three months I became regular, my pains had entirely disappeared, and I am now perfectly well."---Mrs. Anna Martin. Miss Marie Johnson, 11 Columbia, East, Detroit, Mich., is Worthy Vice Templar in Hope Lodge No. 6, Independent Order Good Templars. Miss Johnson, as so many other women also have done, found in Peruna a specific for a severe case of female weakness. She writes; "I want to do what I can to let the whole world know what a grand medicine Peruna is. For eleven years I suffered with female troubles and complications arising therefrom. Doctors failed to cure me, and I despaired of being helped. Peruna cured me in three short months. I can hardly believe it myself, but it is a blessed fact. I am perfectly well now, and have not had an ache or pain for months. I want my suffering sisters to know what Peruna has done for me."—Miss Marie Johnson. Miss Ruth Emerson, 72 Sycamore St., Buffalo, N. Y., writes: "I suffered for two years with irregular and painful menstruation, and Peruna cured me within six weeks. I cannot tell you how grateful I feel. Any agency which brings health and strength to the afflicted is always a welcome friend, and I Reckon the REVENUE of the POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT for the year ending June 30, 1902 will be $120,000,000. I figure it will be about $120,300,000. A FORTUNE FOR A GUESS $15,000 GIVEN AWAY IN 1000 CASH PRIZES, to those making the nearest correct estimates of the total Postal Revenue of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1902. First Prize $5,000; Second $2,000; Third $1,000 VALUABLE INFORMATION: To aid in forming your estimates, we furnish the following figures which we obtained direct from the Post Office Department at Washington, D.C., giving the gross or total revenue of the department for each and every year from 1897 to 1901 inclusive. The fractional part of a dollar is not considered. The Total Revenue of the Post Office Department for the year 1897 WAS $82,665,462, 1898 WAS 89,012,618, INCREASE 7.68 PER CENT 1899 WAS 95,021,384, INCREASE 6.75 PER CENT 1900 WAS 102,354,579, INCREASE 7.72 PER CENT 1901 WAS 111,631,193, INCREASE 9.06 PER CENT The Total Revenue for the first half of the year was $58,876,016. What will the Total Revenue be at the end of the fiscal year, June 30, 1902? Send your estimate and 13c in postage stamps to the PRESS PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, DETROIT, MICH., and we will send you a copy of our Catalogue, and a certificate which will entitle you to share in the prizes. If you wish more than one certificate, send additional estimates or guesses. You are entitled to a certificate for each 10c received. PRESS PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION, Detroit, Michigan NOW DON'T FORGET Don't forget when you order starch to get the best. Get DEFIANCE. No more "yellow" looking clothes, no more cracking or breaking. It doesn't stick to the iron. It gives satis- faction or you get your money back. The cost is 10 cents for 16 ounces of the best starch made. Of other starches you get but 12 ounces. Now don't forget. It's all your grocers. MANUFACTURED BY MAGNETIC STARCH MFG. CO. OMAHA, NEB. WESTERN LADY $2.00 SHOE." Best of All. Made of fine, soft, specially selected Kid for lightweight use and best quality chromium coating. WESTERN GUARANTEED ALL LADYS IF your dealer does not handle them, order them from us direct. Any size. Widths to GO El. Sent apparel prepaid on receipts of price, $2.00. A. Priesmeyer Shoe Co., Manufacturer, Jefferson City, Mo MRS. ANNA MARTIN. to-day the market is so filled with useless and injurious medicines that it is a pleasure to know of so reliable a remedy as you place before the public."—Miss Ruth Emerson. It is no longer a question as to whether Peruna can be relied on to cure all such cases. During the many years in which Peruna has been put to test in all forms and stages of acute and chronic catarrh no one year has put this remedy to greater test than the past year. Peruna is the acknowledged catarrh remedy of the age. Dr. Hartman, the compounder of Peruna, has written a book on the phases of catarrh peculiar to women, entitled, "Health and Beauty." It will be sent free to any address by The Peruna Medicine Co., Columbus, O. If you do not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your case, and he will be pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Miss Fennie Collins, who was operated on at the St. Francis Hospital, died at that place Thursday night. Arrangements for her funeral had not been made when we went $ t_{0} $ press. p This is the season of the year when the congressman who has an eye to his political future will send neatly packed and carefully selected garden seeds to his suburban constituents. LATEST NEWS IN BRIEF. The Canadian parliament has voted $50,000 for relief of sufferers in the West Indies disaster. Beginning June 1 the Rock Island is to run a through sleeper between Wichita and Denver. President Roosevelt addressed the Presbyterian home missionary society in New York on May 20. The Salt Lake Telegram advocates the election of a woman as United States Senator from Utah. Cornelius N. Bliss, national treasurer for the West Indies relief fund, has received a total of $94,000. Andrew C. Bradley, one of the justices of the supreme court of the District of Columbia is dead, aged 58. The first appearance of the 17-year locusts, due this year, is reported from Evansville, Indiana. They left nothing green behind them. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria-Hungary narrowly escaped a bomb which was placed in his compartment of a railroad car which he was about to enter. The city council of Mobile, Ala., has adopted an ordinance and made an appropriation for the extermination of the mosquito by the use of kerosene and parafine oil. Fifty-eight per cent of the criminals now in federal prisons, sentenced in the past year, are under 30 years of age. Of the total of 1,650 there are 1,171 who can read and write. Prussian agricultural societies have offered a prize of 30,000 marks for a process of drying potatoes so that they may be stored for years, and so that the cost of transportation may be less. Ten members of the English house of commons have arranged to form a pool of £1,000,000, to start a line of ocean greyhounds in opposition to the Morgan combination. They hope to secure mail and cruiser subsidies. All automobile records between New York and Philadelphia have been broken by a party of New Yorkers, who made the run from New York to Philadelphia in four hours and eight minutes. The distance is 103 miles. The consulship at Falmouth, England, has been held by Robert W. Fox, who was appointed by George Washington, and by three of that Consul Fox's descendants, and is now held by Howard Fox, appointed by U. S. Grant. During 1901 the total net earnings, or clear profits, of all the railroads of the United States were $483,000,000; or $6 per capita of the population of the country. Snow fell on May 19 in most of the mountain towns of Colorado and Wyoming. The Missouri Pacific Railway has just inaugurated a new sleeping car service between Kansas City and Omaha with twelve section drawing room cars, just out of the Pullman shops. The Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott congratulates a New Jersey presbytery upon its unanimously sustaining a minister who declared his unbelief of the story of Adam and Eve, as historical characters. Liquid Asphalt has been found in a well near Austin, Texas. The drill reached the asphalt at a depth of 142 feet. If the bituminous miners join the anthracite miners, as the latter ask, it would directly effect 449,000 men in and about coal mines of the country. MISS BONNIE DELANO MISS BONNIE DELANO A Chicago Society Lady, in a Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says: "DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:—Of all the grateful daughters to whom you have given health and life, none are more glad than I. "My home and my life was happy MISS BONNIE DELANO. until illness came upon me three years ago. I first noticed it by being irregular and having very painful and scanty menstruation; gradually my general health failed; I could not enjoy my meals; I became languid and nervous, with gripping pains frequently in the groins. "I advised with our family physician who prescribed without any improvement. One day he said." Try Lydia Pinkham's Remedies. I did, thank God; the next month I was better, and it gradually built me up until in four months I was cured. This is nearly a year ago and I have not a pain or ache since."—BONNIE DELANO, 3248 Indiana Ave., Chicago, Ill. -$5000 forfeit if above testimonial is not genuine. Trustworthy proof is abundant that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saves thousands of young women from dangers resulting from organic irregularity, suppression or retention of the menses, ovarian or womb troubles. Refuse substitutes. "ANTI - TRUST - PRICES." Wholesale prices direct to the consumer. Send us a trial order. References:--Any Bank in Kansas City. You take no chance, goods not satisfactory to be returned at our expense, and money refunded. $28.00 Team Harness with Collars.....$18.50 6.00 Russet Leather Fly net pair.....3.60 15.00 Horn Saddle.....8.75 8.50 Horn Saddle.....4.80 25.00 Box German Polish (for metal).....15 10.00 Cushion Seat Back.....1.25 12.0 Set Kulves and Forks.....7.5 2.00 Hollow Ground Razor.....1.10 Strauss Mite & Lice Killing Nest Eggs.....10 $15.00 Men's Suits.....9.50 4.00 Violin, Instr. Book and Bowl.....1.75 Canvass covered Violin Box.....1.75 $5.00 Guitar Instruction book.....9.00 10.00 Cream Screw Separator.....6.75 A 5 Drawer Sewing Machine.....13.50 Cook Stove, 22x22 inch oven.....13.98 The German Waffle Iron.....7.5 Ruddy Harvester Oil 5 gallon lots.....1.65 "Goo-Oo" Eyes, everybody wants one.....1.5 10.00 Cream Screw Separator, per lb.).....14 White Helmet Hands 12 to 16 Separators.....13.94 " " " Breakfast Bacon, per lb. 1.13% California Hams, 9 to 12 lb. per lb. 10% Best Mocha & Java Coffee, 5 lbs. $1.40 Choice, 5 lbs. 1.10 Good Santos & Rio 5 lbs. 1.10 A good family Coffee 65 Teas, Nos. 1, 60; 2, 50; 3, 40; 4, 37% prb. 8 yr old Rye whisky. 1 gal $2.70, qt 81 oz WHITE FISH—Direct from the lakes. If you do not see listed what you want, write us for quotations, or send 3c postage for catalogue. Terms: Cash with order, F. O. B. Kansas City. BICYCLE $12.75. To introduce our Mail Order Branch we offer you until June 1st, Reliable 1902 Bicycle at just HALF PRICE, and $4.00 we will ship it C. O.D. with privilege of inspection. SCHOLLENBERGER BROS., Wichita. SALESMEN WANTED to sell our trees in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and Oklahoma. Liberal terms and weekly payments. Write us at once. F. H. STANNARD & CO., Ottawa, Kansas. SAVE MONEY Buy your goods at Wholesale Prices. Our 1,000-page catalogue will be sent upon receipt of 15 cents. This amount does not even pay the postage, but it is guaranteed to us that you are collecting in good faith. Better send for it now. Your neighbors trade with us—why not you also? MontgomeryWard Co. 2 CHICAGO The house that tells the truth. The Doctor—"One layer of paper is bad enough; put three here. Baby may recover, but cannot thrive." ALABASTINE IT WON'T RUB OFF. Wall Paper is unsanitary. Kalonoides are temporary, rot, rub off and scale. ALABASTINE is a pure, permeant and artistic wall coating, ready to be brushed by mixing in cold water. For sale by paint dealers everywhere. Buy in packages and bewau of worthless imitations. ALABASTINE CO., Grand Rapids, Mich. PISO'S CURE FOR LURES WHENE ALL ELSE FAILS. Best for dulling paint, dusting, use in time. Bold by drugrists. CONSUMPTION ```markdown ``` YOU'LL BE SORRY WHEN IT RAINS IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE GENUINE TOWER'S FISH BRAND OILED CLOTHING TO KEEP YOU BE MADE FOR WET WORK IN BLACK AND YELLOW SOLD BY ALL RELIABLE DEALERS AND BACKED BY OUR GUARANTEE. A. J. TOWER CO. BOSTON, MA W. N. U. — WICHITA — NO. 21 — 190 When Answering Advertisements En- motion This Paper. BEST MILLS Lowest Prices. Written for anyone containing all information. CURIE WIND- MILL CO., Topeka, Kansas. WANTED FOR SPOT CASH WALNUT LUMBER and LOGS ADDRESS G. C. MENGEL, JR. & BRO. CO., Inc. LOUISVILLE, KY. WILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED 200 page treatise on Piles, Fistula and Disease of breathe on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands a cent tillcured—we furnish their names on application BON & MINOR, 10:30 Oak St., Kansas City. STOCKHOLDERS AND OTHERS NAL OIL & REFINING CO. MONTHLY DIVIDEND, to commence Record of June 1st. EACH 10c Share of Stock, as collata- tion, entailing the holder of their name Oil at the well. deliver to the holder, on requisition, City or Spindletop Heights. OIL FIELDS AND RETURN to purchase $400.00 worth of the stock in the local bank. The Stock, however, not to be or representative makes a trip to the Beaumont on your bank that money is deposited. E TIME this advertisement appears. A 100. 000 Barrel Gusher on Acre 4, Block 4. AT ONCE on Acre 2, Block 38, Spindletop Heights. WILL REMAIN OPEN ation has been sold. In order to get the first June lst. conservative people, on account of its fairness that you cannot afford to let pass, 4, or for stocks and further particulars to NAL OIL & REFINING CO. IE, Secretary, - GALVESTON, TEXAS Post Office Money Order or by Wire. NO MONEY TILL CURED. 25 YEARS ESTABLISHED. WEESE FREE and postpaid a 200 page treatise on Piles. Florida and Disease of Rectum; also 400 page lilies, treatise on Diseases of Women. Of the thousands that have been treated by Drs. Thornton and DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 10:30 Oak St, Kansas City, KS. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDER THE CONTINENTAL NATIONAL OIL CO. HAS DECLARED A 5 PER CENT MONTHLY DIVID June 10th, payable to all Stockholders of Record of June THE FREE OIL CERTIFICATE WITH EACH 10c erial and security against any possible loss; entitling t of stock to one barrel (42 gallons) of Beaumont Oil at the The London Oil & Pip Line Co. will deliver to the in tank cars to their loading racks Gladys City or Spindle THE FREE TRIP TO TEXAS OIL FIRE to parties wishing, individually or collectively, to purchase a Company, providing the money is deposited in your local bank, purchased, or money turned over until after your representative Fields, and our assentions are proven true. We wire railroad transportation on wire from your bank to the GUSHER NO. 1 WILL BE IN BY THE TIME this 38 Spindleton. GUSHER NO. 2 WILL BE STARTED AT ONCE THESE TWO OFFERS WILL F until the allotment offered for public subscription has been divided. You Must Be A Stockholder Before June 1st. This proposition appeals most to the very conservative peo and business policy. 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