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YOU CAN SAVE MONEY BY TRADING WITH THE MERCHANTS WHO ADVERTISE IN THIS PAPER. Cowardly Mob Lynch and Burn White Ruffians Lynch and Burn Three Colored Men the Public Square In Springfield, Mo., Saturday Night Seeded That All Three Of The Colored Men Lynched And By The Mob Are Innocent Of The Alleged Crime For Which They Met Their Fate — Where Will This American Brutish Brutality End? GHTH YEAR. Cowardly Lynch White Ruffians Lynch in the Public Square In Spring Needed That All Three O'Clock By The Mob Are Innocent Which They Met Their This American Bruise most blood-curdling acts of civilization was the most human, brutish and fiendish of the mob of white ruffians assaulted the jail in Spring-St Saturday night and colored men, Fred Coker, Jean and Will Allen from locked and burned their bodily public square. Recountable reports since the execution of the mob it seems that the men were innocently charge for which they were which adds only to the dashed fiendish brutality of the men—to say nothing of the lynching heaps upon law abiding citizens. River and Horace Duncan were led to have been implplicated by a white woman and since it is said to have been established that these two nothing whatever to do with assault—but it comes too innocent men have been eternity and their bodies fire simply to appease the smoldering in the breast white men in that mob—who were up with whiskey and Shame to American idea. Will Allen was in jail have been implplicated in the old soldier named Rouark the mob has wreaked out its brutish vengeance it is that Allen was not the man killing and thus another man is hurled into judgment why is burned into coals. of the lynching and burn- three black men is enough man's blood to boiling and deep into the marrow of his vengeance. thing and burning of human the American continent is an peculiar to America and done and unless something put an end to this infamous will yet prove the undoing of the American people. No people can survive where such acts of lawlessness goes unpunished and the perpetrator of such dastardly acts as that of Saturday night in Springfield, Mo., are winked at by the law and are not made to answer for their acts and the insult and injury heaped on the law in the community in which they live. No law abiding citizen ever upholds a man in crime, but every law abiding citizen cries aloud that all crime of whatever nature whether lynchers or the victims of the lynchers, be dealt with accordingly Jthrwfe $ \frac{1}{4} $ , et.oa:ioat with according to the laws of the land. As to when such acts of lawlessness will end if let run no man is able to say. PRAISE FOR GOV. FOLK. Every citizen, regardless of creed or color gives Gov. Joseph W. Folk of Missouri great credit for the dispatch with which he hastened troops to the scene of the trouble and by offering a reward of $300 for each and every man convicted of being a member of the mob. With a few more chief executives such as Gov. Folk, much pprogress will be made in ridding America of the lynching fever. COUNTY ATTORNEY FIRM. The stand of Roscoe Patterson, county attorney in publicly declaring his intention to punish every member of the mob, shows him to be a man of the right sort for big high office. Wichita Seed & Grain Co 119 West Douglas Ar. We carry a complete stock in northern grown seeds. Call and see us. You may sometimes think that the efforts you put forth, and the sacrifices you make, are but poorly appreciated, especially by those for whom you have striven the most, don't worry about such things. The more you unselfishly do for others, the richer you grow as a depositor in God's bank, the only bank which never fails to pay more than one hundred per cent. WICHITA, KANSAS, SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1906. ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN. M. E. McKelly Writes a Forcable Letter of Advice to the Young Colored Man. From an experience covering a period of 45 years of my own life I look down the scale of time and for-see the absolute necessity of substantial and material advice being given to the young man of color, citing his mind to saving his money while young—buying real estate in desirable locations and making investments to better himself for old age, which in the natural course of events is bound to come. When I was a young man it was much like it is today. Negro preachers from the pulpit urged young men and women, washerwomen and others to give largely in the collection, always had a big rally on hand calling for from $1.00 per head to $5 per head to bleed the people of their money—and always laid the blame on the Lord and said it was for His cause. The negro preacher had no interest in his people further than the $5.00 in the rally, etc. He never was the man to say to his people —"Save your money, buy homes, go into business." No, his plea was bring your $5 to the church an d"God will bless you"—for what? Like many other foolish young men I took great stock in the church and was a strict attendant and was always found ready with my hard earned $5, to place down for the preacher at every rally which he would call. I was as attendant of the second Baptist church in Wichita and Rev. Ward was pastor, and many are the dollars which I gave to that church to move it from its present location. I put my money there and yet today the church stands in the same location and in a worse condition than it was several year ago. My money is gone—and where—no one has ever said. I did not open my eyes till one day Mr. Newton Garst, owner of the Wichita Steam Laundry, for whom I worked , remarked to me. "McKelly you had better go up and look at your Negro preacher—he is dressed up in his fine duds and in a hammock, while you Negroes are here working for him." I stopped and considered, and from that day to this I have had my eyes open. I warn our young men to miss the obstacle over which I stumbled—the negro preacher—that class of negro preachers who dress fine—do nothing and have only time to lay plans and schemes by which he can set up big $5 rallies to bled the people Instead of putting so many $5 in to keep so many lazy preachers dressed in $35 and $40 suits of clothes our young people will do far better to pay this $5 on real estate, get themselves homes so when they become old they may not be charges on the public, or have to go to some poor farm. There is no man who believes more in the Church of Christ than I do, and no man who believes more in having the gospel preached—but I do not believe it is religious or part of religion to have a peoplewho are naturally poor, kept and made poorer by these $5 rallies when they can ill afford them. For more than forty years the negro has been building and tearing down churches. They will build a church through a great strain and as soon as it is free of debt along come some negro preacher who would have them tear it down and build another church that he may get in his graft. Does it not seem simple to see a man or woman give $5 in a church rally when he does not own a foot of land on earth, lives in a rented house, buying his furniture on the installment plan, and doing odd jobs averaging less than $1 per day, with a wife and family to suport? Can such a man afford to give $5 in a rally and does the Lord require such a man to put $5 in a rally under such conditions? I think not! Such is a good example of the average colored man or woman who is expected to pay these five dollars in these rallies. I have always been a church worker until I saw that the demands were far surpassing my ability to supply and was keeping me a poor man. And since I have been aple to see the folly of my acts in the past I am beginning to realize something and I say plainly to our young men and women that they will do well to heed these words—"Save your money, buy homes and accumulate bank accounts." How can a young man receiving $5 per week—which is the average pay—contribute $5 to a church rally, pay his other bills a $2 save anything? He cannot do so. I am a man of family and I will not attend any church that has for their pastor any man who has a living wife and never finds it convenient at anytime to have his family with him. I claim that it is just as necessary that a preacher have his wife with him at some time as it is for him to have his bible. They are but human and are not gifted in any otherwise than are other men. And the negro will some day soon find that if a preacher cannot find it convenient to ever have his wife and family with him it will be far better to let such a man go merrily on his way. These remarks I make because I feel that they will do good for the people and put them to thinking on the matters of vital interest to the progress of the colored race. There are many other things which I could say on this same line and if any man or women wishes to answer this I am ready to meet them at any time. M. E. McKELLEY, 840 S. Martinson, Wichita, Kans. If the black man isn't exceedingly careful, he will cause the white man to lose his religion yet. We are indeed a thorn in the flesh of that class of so called Christians who try to make race prejudice square with the principles handed down by Him who delivered the ten Commandments to Moses and who preached the glorious sermon on the Mount. The latest complication of this question comes from Louisville. The General-Convention of Baptists, North and South, is to meet May 16, and Louisville's progressive people thought it would be a good idea to invite the gathering to their city. All went well until somebody discovered that under the Baptist discipline, the convention must accept any delegates ent by any Baptist Church. As it has been customary for the Northern Baptists to receive their colored brethern at the Northern conventions, it occurred to the bourbons that if the general body met, Negro delegates would have to be admitted on equal terms with the whites. Thi was more than the religion of the fashionable Walnut Street Baptist Church could stand and at a meeting of the deacon board the church refused to extend an invitation to the convention to make its home with them. The Broadway is a little more liberal, and a tentative invitation has been issued by it in case the assembly come to Louisville, although no details were decided upon. The general convention has for its object the promotion of a feeling of fellowship throughout t he denomination, and under favorable conditions, fully 3,000 members will be in attendance at this meeting. Their coming would be an important item to any community, spiritually and financially. I am frank to say that I am doubtful of the good that any alleged Christian body will accomplish that is too wedded to the God of race hatred to fellowship with its colored brethren, and if the presence of a few Negroes will make it persona non grata to the bourbons of LLouisville, the Northern wing had better cut loose from the Southern "boy of death," and go elsewhere. The southern white man's religion is a queer mixture. Mrs. Amanda Jones, of St. Joe, Mo, is in the city to visit with her mother. Mrs. Mary Blackwell, who is very ill. Mrs. Ida B. Frazier left Saturday for Winfield and other points in the interest of the Woman's Foreign and Home Missions Society. Mr. Henry Sherrills has had his pension increased to $12 per month. J. V. JENKINS A CANDIDATE. J. V. Jenkins of the third ward, has entered the race for representative from hte 72nd district, comprising the 1st, 2nd and 3rd wards and his name is now before the people. Mr. Jenkins has been a resident of Wichita and the third ward for a number of years and while he has not taken an active part in politics he is a life long, true and tried Republican, and has at all times worked for the success of the republican cause. He is a property owner and tax payer and is in sympathy with hte Roosevelt ideas on the railroad rate issues and other reforms now before the people and if given the nomination and elected will represent the interests of the people in every regard. LET US BE CONSISTENT. "Those who live in glass houses should never throw stones," is a truthful old saying. Today we hear a great deal about race discrimination in Kansas and other states and leading men are trying in various ways to harmonize matters. The Negroes' case would not be so hard to win were it not for the fact that those who holler the loudest against race discrimination, are guilty of doing that which they condemn in others. If we build towns for Negroes only can we kick when the whites do so? If we open a business and refuse to accommodate our own color, should we say a word when a white man refuses us? If we can not be perfectly sane at all times, let us at least be consistent. ```markdown ``` NO.5 COAL BEDS ON FIRE BELIEF THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BURNING FOR AGES. Fuel Capable of Supplying Power for Centuries Gone to Waste in Utah —Three Theories as to Origin of the Conflagration. Through a long line of cliffs from Colorado to Central Utah, and then southwest toward Arizona, extensive beds of coal are found, and recent geological investigations into this coal formation of the Far West has developed what may be termed burning mountains, or coal beds, a fire with surface indications of constant combustion for ages past. Like other coal producing states of the Rocky Mountain region, the coal fields of Utah are somewhat widely separated, and even the known fields have been comparatively little explored; therefore very little is known of their productive area. The edges of these beds come to the surface in these cliffs nearly 1,000 feet above the bordering desert, and in ages past this coal has burned into the mountain cliffs until smothered by the accumulations of ashes and coverings of superincumbent rocks. In places the heart of this burning coal has been so intense as to melt the rocks. From surface appearances the fires have gone out in these cliffs, but at one point in the canon of Prince River, where the coal is being mined, the rocks are found to be uncomfortably hot and the miners were compelled to retire for fear the fires would again break out. Other coal fields lie in the desert west of Green river. At two places near tributaries of Fremont river the coals are burning and have been without cessation since they were discovered by the earliest explorer. At certain intervals, as the burning of the thick beds progresses, producing cavernous spaces in the earth, the rocks cave in, forming vents for the freer circulation of air. Then the coal burns more fiercely and the heat becomes so intense as to even melt the rocks. The origin of these fires have been the subject of much speculation. One explanation is that lightning has by chance struck the edges of these coal beds at various times since these mountains were lifted up. Another is that forest fires raging in the mountains came in contact with exposed coal. The more thoughtful point out that the forests in this desert region are too sparse for forest fires to occur. Still another and more common explanation is that the Indians built their campfires under the protecting ledges of the mountains against the coal, and it was thus ignited. They point to the fact that there are ruins of the habitations of cliff dwellers here, and that in their day the coals bagan to burn. The coal miner in this region sees still another possible cause for these fires. In the dry mines, and most of them are dry mines, they observe that when a quantity of water is thrown upon a heap of dry coal, it spontaneously begins to burn, and if not protected will burn the mine. Now it can be seen that if the rocks are rent by some subterranean cause, as sometimes happens, there may be a sudden access of water to the fresh, dry coal, causing spontaneous combustion. Prince or Sergeant The German papers are telling a story of the German crown prince. The kaiser's heir had occasion recently to speak to a street sweeper near the barracks of the riflemen of the guard. "Good morning, sergeant," said the sweeper, who did not recognize the prince. He said that his son was fighting in southwest Africa, but he hoped soon to have him back safe and sound. The prince, smiling, said, "Why, yes, I hope so, too!" and pressed a five-mark piece into the old man's hand. But the sweeper, looking wistfully at the coin and then at the giver, handed it back, saying, "No, no, sergeant; I doubt you have none too much of that yourself!" From Cabinet to Bench The Hon. W. D. Johnson, who has filled the posts in the late labor ministry of West Australia of minister of public works and water supply and acting premier and colonial treasurer, has determined to resume his trade as working carpenter in Kalgoorlie. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER, Editor. Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second-Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at No. 110 NORTH MAIN St. -RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION- STRICTLY IN ADVANCE. 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So agents will send the money with subscriber's name. 6th Address all communications to "The Westita Searchlight" Wichita, Kansas. 7th Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper, will be gladly corrected if bought to the Editor. To Live and Let Live. " is OUR Motto. POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the nomination as Clerk of the City Court, subject to the Republican convention. I hereby announce myself a candidate for re-nomination for re-nomination for representative for the 72nd representative district, subject to the republican convention. JNO. W. ADAMS. I hereby announce myself a candidate for representative from the 72nd representative district, subject to the Republican convention. J. V. JENKINS. TWO CALAMITIES On Saturday night, April 14th, the white peoplepe of Springfield, Mo., lynched and burned three innocent colored men and on Wednesday morning in San Francisco, Cal., an earth-quake visited and killed more than 1,000 white people, besides wrecking building and property valued at more than ten millions of dollars. The earth-quake in San Francisco, Cal., taking the lives of more than one thousand white people and destroying millions on top of millions of dollars worth of property following so closely on the heels of the Springfield, Mo., outrage is, to say little, quite significant. From the circumstances it would seem that some power more potent than human is taking a hand in the affairs of the American people and by acts, which speak louder than words, is placing an unmistakable condemnation on such acts of lawlessness as that of Saturday night in Springfield, and the end is not yet. It is, as a fact, time that the American white man should stop and consider before it is forever too late—if he would save his country from anarchy and utter ruin. For more than 300 years the black race in America has been the subject of untold mistreatment at the hands of the white man, and ere long the day of accounting will come and the black man will be forced to insist strenuously for his rights—ever though he must wade through blood and gore. As a fact, the black man has always been a law-abiding man—even years before he was a citizen—and while he does not claim to have no criminals amongst him—yet he does not sympathize with a black criminal and more than he does with a white criminal. Neither does he ask that special laws be framed to protect a black man in crime any more than a white man in crime—the black man is not asking sympathy for the man who commits crime—but he does and always will insist that crime is crime—and that every man charged with crime be dealt with according to law—an dnot according to mobs. Courts are established that the guilt or innocence of every man charged wilt crime may be determined—and without giving every man his day to be heard fairly and Imppartially in some court—no mans life is safe—no not one. Mobs do not come together to ppapss on the guilt or innocence of any man but their sole thought and sole object is vengeance, and the guilt or innocence of their victims are never considered until it is too late. DOWN WITH THE MOBS! This should be the demand of every man. Law will never prevail where the spirit of lynching is uper-most and ever present. Surely the people will heed the handwriting in the earth-quake of Wednesday and place the seal of f their disapproval on lynching and mob law. ROUSING ENDORSEMENT. The colored voters of Wichita met in an enthusiastic and rousing mass meeting Wednesday night at Odd Fellows Hall and in a most harmonious and interesting way unaminously endorsed Mr. W. H. Jones for marshall of the city court. The meeting was organized by electing W. N. Miller, chairman and John L. Harper, secretary. After much speech making a committee on resolutions were appointed who reported the following, which were unaminously adopted. "Resolved, that we, the colored voters of Wichita, in mass meeting assembled, do hereby most heartily endorse the candidacy of Mr. W. H. Jones, one of our fellow townsman, for the office of Marshall of the City Court, and pledge to him our individu and unanimous support. And we ask our fellow republicans to lend us their support that his nomination may be made certain. We have no second choice. Your committee—W. E. Whitted, chairman;J. L. Harper, secretary;W. H. Burrill, Jesse Crouch, Leonard Biggers committee. From all indications Mr. Jones will receive the nomination at the hands of the Republican convention, which will meet April 28th, and with his name on the republican ticket it will add strength to the whole ticket. The republican party will do a wise thing in giving Mr. Jones this nomination at this time. The annual sermon of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows will be preached at New Hope Baptist church on the second Sunday in May. The services will be held under the auspices of Home of West Lodge No. 2906 and Rev. W. H. Tillman will preach the sermon. THE WICH TASEARCHLIGHT THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Send your news notes and local happenings to 428 North Main Street. WANTED—Gentleman or lady with good reference, to travel by rail or with a rig, for a firm of $250,000.00 capital. Salary $1,072.00 per year and expenses; salary weekly and expenses advanced. Address, with stamp Jos. A. Alexander, Wichita, Kansas. Keep your eye on the Searchlight—she's there. The Wichita Colored band is progressing nicely and will be able soon to furnish music for the people of Wichita. The band is under the leadership of Prof. Lawson Fines as bandmaster. They are coming to the Geo. A. Wallace has built a fence in front of his home at 529 N. Main. Though Mr. Wallace has but one arm he built the fence wholly by himself and anyone who sees it will agree that the work is all right and will excel work which many men with both hands might do. George is a hustler anyway. Monday Robinson, John Edgerton, George Patton and Irwin Lude left Monday to join the Parker Amusement Company for the season. Rev. W. H. Burrill returned Tuesday from Kansas City, Mo., where he filled several pulpits while there. The officers elect of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 were installed Thursday afternoon. W. N. Miller installed them by special request of the Tabernacle. The daughters are progressing nicely in every regard. STEWARDS RALLY. The stewards of the A. M. E. church will have a big rally on the second Sunday in May for the purpose of raising means to pay off obligations. On Monday night, May 14, will be given an entertainment by the Stewards and Stewardess Boards. The W. T. Vernon Club met with Mrs. M. Helm Monday evening. The club was called to order by the president. After roll call the club listened to a splendid program as follows: 1. Opening Remarks.....Mrs. Tasco 2. Recitation...... .....Mrs. S. S. Washington 3. Solo.....Mrs. Ben Butler 4. Recitation.....Mrs. J. C. Coffee 5. Club Talk.....Mrs. R. H. Leve Thirty members of the club were present. When the program was completed the club marched into the dining room where a most delicious four course lunch was served. The following are the members of the club: Mrs. J. W. Thompson, president; Mrs. J. C. Coffee, vice president; Mrs. L. H. White, secretary; Mrs. James Gardner, ass't, secretary; Mrs. R. F Frazier, treasurer; Mrs. Mary Moore chaplin; Miss Alice Thompson, reporter. The club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Walker, 1502 N. Mosely avenue, Monday, April 23. The colored people generally take very favorably to the candidacy of W. H. Jones for the office of marshal of the city court. Talk about favoring the race and being for the race, now is the time when every colored man can show his colors by standing for W. H. Jones for this nomination. Boost it up for W. H. Jones for marshal of the city court. Subscribe and pay for the Searchlight. She is wide-awake. "The Good Old Summer Time"—in here. SEARCHLIGHT only $ . Per Year. Are You A Subscriber? APRIL 28 THE DATE. The republican ounty Sconvention The Republican County Central Committee met in Phoenix hall last Saturday morning and selected the date for holding the primaries to select delegates to the County Convention and a date for the County Convention. Thursday, April 26th was selected as the date to hold the primaries, from 3 to 7 p. m., and Saturday, April 28th was the date selected to hold the County Convention to nominate a county ticket. EASTER SERVICES GRAND, SUPERB. The Easter services at the colored churches in Wichita last Sunday by far surpasses any previous Easter day observings. The weather was ideal. And every one seemed to have had that touch of good feeling which an ideal spring day alone can bring. Every particle of each and every program was a master-piece, both in style and in rendition. There was no "best program" they were all fine. A. M. E. SERVICES. The services at the A. M. E. church opened at 11 a. m., with the annual Thanksgiving services of Palestine Commandery No. 12, Knight Templars. The Knights, twenty in number, came forth dressed in their brilliant regalia and, indeed, they were mposing and grand. The regular Knight Templar public ceremony was observed in the church, conducted by Sr Knight Jno. T. Chineth with Rev. H. W. King, pastor, officiating. At 3 p. m. the Sunday school under the leadership of their superintendent, Jno. T. Chineth, rendered a fine program. We must put special stress on the parts rendered by the small children. At 7 p. m. the Young People's song service rendered a special and inviting program which was enjoyed by all. The day's Easter exercises were very appropriately brought to a close by the Senior Choir, under the matchless leadership of Geo. W. White, chorister, assisted by Mrs. J. W. Thompson. This choir, the very best in the west, none excepted, was at their best Sunday night and their rendition of Gabriel's Oratio in song entitled, "The Nazarene," was beyond human description. Every part, every member, every song was as from the great Creator—so real—so natural and with such ease was it rendered. The orchestra, which excels and by far excels the orchestra in any other colored church in the west—played the music with a master touch of perfection. It was all grand. Collection for the day $30.00 NEW HOPE SERVICES. At New Hope services opened at 11 a. m. with preaching by Rev. Joseph Wilson to a good congregation. At 3 p. m. the Sunday school under the direction of rMs. Dora Tipps, superintendent, rendered a fine program, which for its valuable and captivating features places it at the fore-ranks of Easter programs rendered Sunday. Each teacher and each scholar was enthused in the part assigned and each carried out the part with neatness and dispatch. The day's services were closed with preaching at night. TABERNACLE SERVICES. Easter day services were begun with preaching at 11 a. m. by Rev. W. H. Tillman, pastor, who preached a won-ful sermon. The Sunday school rendered a most enjoyable program at 3 p. m. Mrs. J. A. Martin, superintendent, was in charge of the program and every one present agreed that the program as arranged and as executed was one of the best ever witnessed, every participant was a star in their part. Great credit is due Superintendent Mrs. J. A. Martin, her assistant, officers, teachers and scholars. One of the features of the exercises was the presentation of a costly Easter card and rabbit to Mr. Henry W. James by Class No. 2 of which Mr. James is the teacher. The presentation was made by Miss Corine Bettis and Mr. James responded in a neat speech. The night program closed with preaching at 8 p. m. The Young building is rapidly nearing completion. Daughter Price, of Lawrence, Kansas, visited Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 at their meeting Thursday afternoon. Daughter Price said she was highly pleased with the meeting and that it reminded her of her Tabernacle in Lawrence. She assisted in the installation of the officers. WESTERN UNIVERS The Great Educational Institution for Kansas and the West..... DEPARTMENTS: Theoological, College and State Industrial. COURSES: Classical, College, Normal, Musical, [ Instrumental piano, oagan and harmony, Mechanical], Carpentry, Business Course, Stenography, Dressmaking and Plain-ing, Farming and Gardening. ADVANTAGES: Splendid Location, Influences and Thorough Text. INFORMATION: For terms, price, fered, write to William T. Vern PRESIDENT QUINDAFO, Phones Office-Reside Bud Hickerson, Proprietor. The Little A RESTAURANT Open Day and Short Order In Season 347 North Main Street USE MENTIONS: Theoiogical, College, Normal, Sub-State Industrial. 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Look at the Good new Organs Goon 2nd hand organs Good new Sewing Machines Square Pianos 2nd hand Pianos New Pianos $167.00, Come and see them Look at these prices 1 new Organs $40.00 to $ 2nd hand organs $10.00 to $ 1 new Sewing Machines $12.00 to $ are Pianos $15.00 to $ hand Pianos $100.00 to $ Pianos $167.00, $178.00, $185.00, $ come and see them Good new Organs $40.00 to $60.00 Goon 2nd hand organs $10.00 to $25.00 Good new Sewing Machines $12.00 to $25.00 Square Pianos $15.00 to $25.00 2nd hand Pianos $100.00 to $150.00 New Pianos $167.00, $178.00, $185.00, $198.00 Come and see them Thos. SHAW 132 North Main Street New Hope Baptist church met in official church meeting Friday night, April 13th, and called Rev. Joseph Wilson, of Cincinnati, Ohio, to the pastorate of their church. Rev. Wilson has been conducting a series of meetings at New Hope and assisting Rev. Tillman in a series of meetings at the Tabernacle Baptist church. It is under- --- Preparatory, Normal, S ental and Vocal ], including Drawing [ Fine Arts a printing and Book-Binding y and Typewriting, Tail Sewing, Cooking, Laund n, Healthful Climate, G achers. s and all inducement; mon, A. M. D. DENT KANS. Bell "White" 4302 ence—Bell "West" 15 Annex NT & CAF and Night Hot Chili Wichita, Kansas ND—— love good eating IMBODEN MILLING O o None ALL MAKERS NOW—TRY IT— Otto Weiss, Agent ese prices $40.00 to $60.00 $10.00 to $25.00 $12.00 to $25.00 $15.00 to $25.00 $100.00 to $150.00 $178.00, $185.00, $198.00 stood that Rev. Wilson will call of New Hope. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Smith ing house at 532 N. Wich Mr. Jas. Smith, father of G will be in the city to visit in a few days. That in addressing Mrs. Pinkham you are confiding your private ills to a woman—a woman whose experience with women's diseases covers a great many years. Mrs. Pinkham is the daughter-in-law of Lydia E. Pinkham, and for many years underher direction, and since her decease, she has been advising sick women free of charge. many women suffer in silence and drift along from bad to worse, knowing full well that they ought to have immediate assistance, but a natural modesty impels them to shrink from exposing themselves to the questions and probable examinations of even their family physician. It is unnecessary. Without money or price you can consult a woman whose knowledge from actual experience is great. Mrs. Pinkham's Standing Invitation. Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to promptly communicate with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters are received, opened, read and answered by women only. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established the eternal confidence between Mrs. Pinkham and the women of America which has never been broken. Out of the vast volume of experience which she has to draw from, it is more than possible that she has gained the very knowledge that will help your case. She asks nothing in return except your good-will, and her advice has relieved thousands. Surely any woman, rich or poor, is very foolish if she does not take advantage of this generous offer of assistance. If you are ill, don't hesitate to get a bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at once, and write Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass., for special advice. When a medicine has been successful in restoring to health so many women, you cannot well say, without trying it, "I do not believe it will help me." One way to convince a woman you think she is pretty is to convince her you think her friends aren't. Lewis' Single Binder straight 56 cigar. Made of extra quality tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Poore, Ill. An Arithmetic Race. In the recent great athletic meeting at Canton arithmetic races were a feature. Pupils from the schools carried slate and pencil and in the course of the race they encountered a blackboard containing a sum of he they reached the goal, and those whose calculations were wrong were then eliminated. The first three left in the line were counted winners. FUN IN FRENCH LEGISLATURE Hard Hit at Southern Wine and To bacco Grower. The French find fun in legislation just as do some of the solons of the American states. A short time ago the chamber of deputies passed a law withdrawing from agriculturists the privilege of crude distillation, which is chiefly practiced in the North. Therefore, to "be level" with the South, and "get their own back," Northern agriculture, by one of its representatives in the chamber, has introduced a bill making a free grant to every French family of twenty-eight pounds of tobacco and of seventy-five pints of wines or spirits annually for family use. This, of course, would hit the Southern wine and tobacco grower. There is, of course, no serious idea that the chamber will pass the bill, but its framers are most seriously determined that the chamber shall discuss it. A WOMAN DOCTOR Was Quick to See That Coffee Poison Was Doing The Mischief. A lady tells of a bad case of coffee poisoning and tells it in a way so simple and straightforward that literary skill could not improve it. "I had neuralgic headaches for 12 years," she says, "and have suffered untold agony. When I first began to have them I weighed 140 pounds, but they brought me down to 110. I went to many doctors and they gave me only temporary relief. So I suffered on, till one day in 1904, a woman doctor told me to drink Postum Food Coffee. She said I looked like I was coffee poisoned. "So I began to drink Postum and I gained 15 pounds in the first few weeks and am still gaining, but not so fast as at first. My headache began to leave me after I had used Postum about two weeks—long enough I expect to get the coffee poison out of my system. "Now that a few months have passed since I began to use Postum Food Coffee, I can gladly say that I never know what a neuralgic headache is like any more, and it was nothing but Postum that cured me. Before I used Postum I never went out alone; i would get bewildered and would not know which way to turn. Now I go alone and my head is as clear as a bell. By brain and nerves are stronger than they have been for years." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There's a reason. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. SPORTS AND ATHLETICS When the baseball season closed last year with the defeat of the American League champions by the National League victors, the managers of the former league realized that better players were necessary if they would avert a similar defeat this year. A still hunt for the pick of the League champions by the National League victors, the managers of the former league realized that better players were necessary if they would avert a similar defeat this year. A still hunt for the pick of the talent developed by the minor leagues was immediately begun. Should the men they have captured perform as well as in the major league a better showing will undoubtedly be made next fall. Clay, who led the American association in batting, with an average of .378, was landed by the Boston Americans. He has threatened to play with an independent team in Pennsylvania, but will probably be found in the Boston outfield when the season opens. Clay is a great slugger and should strengthen the Boston Americans. Charlie Hemphill, of the Brown, ranked second to Clay in batting last year, with an average of .368. Davy Jones, who hit .346 in the American Association, was captured by the Detroit Americans, and is expected to replace Jimmy Barrett in the outfield. Clay, Hemphill and Jones were the greatest hitters in the American Association, which is the strongest of all the minor leagues. Robert Spade, of the St. Louis Cardinals, was the best pitcher in the South Atlantic League, winning 25 tying one and losing only eight games. Swalm, one of McAleer's recruits, was the best pitcher in the "Three-Eye" League, winning about 70 per cent, of his games. La Porte, who led the Eastern League in batting, with an average of .331, will play with the New York Americans this year. He is an infielder and will probably play third for Clark Griffith's Highlanders. Riggs, who lead the "Three-Eye" League in batting, with an average of .320, will start with Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. Riggs played with Peoria last year. Himes, who hit .297 and ranked third in batting in the "Three-Eye" League, is with the Cardinals. Welday, who led the Western Association, with a batting average of .382, was corralled by Charlie Comiskey for his Chicago Americans. Armbruster, who led the New England League, with a batting average of .329, will play with the Philadelphia champions the coming season. Cobb, of Augusta, who hit .263 and led the South Atlantic League, was signed by the Detroit Americans. Rossman, who led the Western Association in batting, is with the Cleveland Americans. The league seemed to lack the leading pitcher of the Eastern League, who won 24 and lost only seven games for the Jersey City team. Pittsburg traded Lindaman to Boston for Victor Willis, Dyergt, the best pitcher in the Southern League, who won 18, tied one and lost four games for New Orleans, will start out this spring with the Philadelphia champions. --- In a six-round bout at Philadelphia the other night Battling Nelson, the heavy featherweight champion, proved to the large assemblage present that Terry McGovern is no longer the terror of old. No decision was given in this contest as the laws of the Quaker NELSON. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. City prohibit verdicts, but the general comment is that the Danish fighter had all the better of the milling. The affair was rather tame, considerable clinching being displayed, McGovern doing the most of it. It was evident from Terry's showing that his days in the pugilistic world are about over with the top-notchers. It was plainly observed that he cannot stand the "gaff" that a man of Nelson's caliber can deal out. The Dane had too much stamina and cleverness for the Brooklynite and several times during the contest had him reeling from vicious swings to the jaw, and the quick clinching of Terry was the only thing that saved him from being sent to the mat. The battling was tame throughout the early rounds, and the first two sessions saw more of a wrestling exhibition than a boxing bout. The iads fought the straight Marquis of Queensbury rules and protected themselves at all times. That Nelson could stand all the punishment his opponent could deal out was evident from the first. Terry came at nim like a wild man, but the Dane, firm and determined, met him and exchanged blows until the Brooklynite fell into a hug. One of the largest crowds that ever attended a battle was on hand to watch the tray. After the gates were closed it was counted that $21,000 was in the box office, of which sum Nelson received $9,855 and McGovern $6,875. Change in Temperature. "I hear the audience last night was rather cold," said the critic. "Most of the people were, at first," replied Hamm, "but when they remembered that they had paid good money to see the show they got hot."—Philadelphia Press. His Congratulations "My congratulations, old fellow!" "Yes, I have married the Widow Swift." "Married her! I heard she had rejected you!" - Houston Post. Standing out in bold relief, all alone, and as a conspicuous example of open, frank and honest dealing with the sick and afflicted, are Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for weak, over-worked, debilitated, nervous, "run-down," painracked women, and Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, the famous remedy for weak stomach, indigestion, or dyspepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness, all catarrhal affections, whether of the stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder, nasal passages, throat, or other mucous passages, also as an effective remedy for diseases arising from thin, watery impure blood, as scrofulous and skin affections. A powder. It cures painful, smart- ling, nervous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists. 25c. Trial package, FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, Le Roy, N. Y. Dr. Pie take the and lay a cries free ingredient most stren most emin for the d cries are afflicted Will Restore Single Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dress "After Suffice writes Mary E. Shelton, of Poplar Bl finally laid up in bed for about five w In a week I was up, and have mended health and can do my housework w Cardui cured me and I cannot recom "LaCreole" W LaCreole Har "La Creole" Will Restore those Gray Hairs La Creole Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dressing and Restorer Price $1.00 For Sick Women C1 --- Lost—Only an opportunity to quote you rates accross the water or from there over to America for your relatives. SANTA FE agent, Wichita, Kansas, is also agent for all steamship lines. Some men talk too liquid and all women talk too much. Yellow clothes are unsightly. Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue. All procers sell large 2 oz. package, 5 cents. Night has its uses and abuses—like wise the morning after. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup. For children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colloid. 20ca bottle. It is bad enough to hear a cat purr, but a purring woman is worse. In a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. The Only Way to Win. A traveler who has just returned from Europe met A. J. Drexel at Monte Carlo. Mr. Drexel was entertaining a crowd of European nobility, including a couple of Russian grand dukes. The traveler was chatting with him in the casino one afternoon. "I had been trying my luck," said the former, "had lost on the red a number of 5-franc pieces and I talked rather excitedly about the Monte Carlo tables. One thing' led to another. Finally I said: 'What would you do if you saw a man cheating here?' Mr. Drexel smiled. 'Do?' he said. 'Why, back him, of course.' FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE A Michigan Mother Preserved to Her Family by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. When the blood is impoverished the nerves starve and neuralgia or something more serious swiftly follows. Nervous people are generally pale people. By supplying through the blood those vital elements that the nerves need, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People have performed those remarkable cures that make it impossible for any nervous sufferer to neglect them. A recent case is that of Mrs. Peter Morrisseff, of No. 315 Eleventh street, Alpena, Mich., who writes as follows: "My trouble started with childbirth. After one of my children was born I had a kind of paralysis. I was very weak and my mouth was a little crooked. I was always tired and was so nervous that I could not bear to hear a dog bark or a bell ring—even the little bird in its cage would annoy me. My heart fluttered a great deal and I had dizzy spells. I was not able to be left alone. "My doctor gave me different kinds of medicine, changing it several times. When it was evident that he could not help me, he said that he not understood my case. This was three years ago and I was very much discouraged, when my brother, who had taken Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, recommended them to me. I tried them and never needed a prescription. On the day I took the second box, Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured me and I have been well ever since. I now do all my own housework, sewing and washing for seven of us." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have also cured diseases caused by impure or impoverished blood such as rheumatism, anemia and after-effects of the grip. All drugstores sell Dr. Williams' Pink Pills or the remedy will be mailed, postpaid, on receipt of price, 50 cents per box, six boxes for $2.50, by the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. Didn't Object to Traveling. Sparrows, as a rule, nest anywhere, but the following two cases are perhaps as remarkable as any that can be found. A pair of sparrows actually built a nest in the rack of a train which performed a trip of 200 or 300 miles daily; while another pair attached their home to a busy ferryboat. In both instances a brood was successfully reared. First Woman Receiver Miss Madison Z. Doty, a lawyer of New York, has achieved the distinction of being the first woman receiver ever appointed by the United States district court of New York. The case is that of a Fifth avenue milliner and dressmaker against whom a petition in bankruptcy has been filed by three creditors. What We Need. Something that will insure a natural action of the liver, kidneys, stomach and bowels, cure constipation and sick headache, something that will purify the food, cleanse the system and bring good health. Garfield Tea, the mild herb laxative, does all this. An actor doesn't mind long waits unless he has to wait for his salary. "After Suffering for Three Years" writes Mary E. Shelton, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., "and trying two doctors for female trouble in vain, I was finally laid up in bed for about five weeks and was near to death, when I began to take Wine of Cardui. In a week I was up, and have mended ever since. I have only taken three bottles and now I am in good health and can do my housework without a pain. My custom is now regular. I can truly say that Cardui cured me and I cannot recom mend it highly enough." "For headache, backache, falling feelings, dizziness, cramps, fitful functions and periodical pains take They Stand Alone. Each bottle of the above medicines bears upon its wrapper a badge of honesty in the full list of ingredients composing it — printed in plain English. This frank and open public places these medicines in the safe, selves, and best warranty of their safety. They cannot be classed as patent nor secret medicines for they are neither — being of known composition. Dr. Pierce feels that he can afford to take the afflicted into his full confidence and lay all the ingresses cines reely in them because these ingresses are such as are endorsed and most strongly praised by scores of the most eminent medical writers as cures for the diseases for which these medicines are recommended. Therefore, the afflicted do not have to rely alone upon Dr. Pierce's recommendation as for the curatives and medicines for cer- A glance at the printed formula on each bottle will show that no alcohol and no harmful or habit-forming drugs enter into Dr. Pierce's medicines, they being wholly composed of native, American forest plants. These are best and safest for the cure of most lingering, chronic diseases. Dr. R. V. Pierce can be consulted FREE, by addressing him at Buffalo, N. Y., and all commissions are regarded as safe and confidential. It is easy to be well as ill—and much more comfortable. Constipation is the cause of many forms of illness. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure constipation. They are tiny, sugar-coated granules. One of them is a gentle nuisant two a mild cathartic. All dealers in medicines sell them You never hear of a southern lynching being color blind. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be bailed by Hail's Catarrh Cure F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have agreed to deliver him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially to carry out any obligations made to him. Hail's MARY Wholesale Drugs, Toledo, O. Hail's Catarrh Cure and directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of this system. Testimonial sent free. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all agents for constriction. Likes Good Conjuring. The Sultan of Turkey is very fond of witnessing good conjuring, and many such entertainers passing through Constantinople are invited to appear before his majesty. Not only is a handsome sum paid them, but presents are given which are frequently worth very much more than the monetary reward. The entertainments take place in a magnificent apartment, so built that the ladies of the harem can look through small gratings let into a series of private boxes. His Wife an American. Count John Bernstoff, who has just been promoted from the post of councilor of the German embassy in London to that of the kaiser's minister in Egypt, has an American wife in the person of the daughter of Edward Luckemeyer, of New York. His successor at the court of St. James, young Baron Ferdinand Von Stumm, has an American mother in the person of the daughter of Louis Von Hoffman, the New York banker, who is one of the veteran members of the Union Club and whose daughter is the widowed Marquise De Mores. DODDS KIDNEY PILLS FOR ALL KIDNEY DISEASES CURED RHEUMATISM BRIGHT'S DISEASE DIABETES BACCHISE have discontinued the use of morphine. The public may rely on imissions. Sold only in breweries. From boyhood Dr. Nansen, the Polar explorer, accustomed himself to the use of snow shoes, and would often go forty or fifty miles on them without taking any food with him. He had a great dislike to any outfit for his excursions. Many a man expends a lot of ingenuity in making a fool of himself. AT ALL DRUGGISTS IN $1.00 BOTTLES HE ATTENDS TO BUSINESS who goes straight to work to cure Hurts, Sprains, Bruises by the use of St. Jacobs Oil and saves time, money and gets out of misery quickly. It Acts Like Magic. Price, 25c. and 50c. THE SCIENTIFIC AND MODERN EXTERNAL COUNTER IRRITANT A QUICK, SURE, SAFE AND ALWAYS READY CURE FOR PAIN IT WILL NOT BLISTER THE MOST DELICATE SKIN IT IS ALSO INDISPENSABLE FOR CHILDREN KEEPS THE SKIN IN A SOFT AND HEALTHY CONDITION AND PRESERVES THE COMPLEXION EACH OF THESE DRUGSTOCKS IN MONEY OR STAMPS, DRUGSTOCKS AND DEALERS, OR WILL SEND BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF 15 CENTS IN MONEY OR STAMPS, EXCEPTING CAMPHOR ICE, FOR WHICH SEND TEN CENTS CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO., 17 State Street, NEW YORK Send postal for "Book of Presents" Do you know the secret of the Wave Circle? Wonderful! Don't delay another day! Send for KC right a- way. It's purer and more efficient than any Bak- ing Powder that costs three times as much. 25 oz. for 25c. All grocers Jaques Mfg. Co. Chicago PILES: NO MONEY TILL CURED. SEND FOR FREE LUX. TREATMENT OR RECTAL DISSEASE, WITH NAMES OF PROMPTION HER CURED DRS. THORNTON & MINOR. 1031 OAK ST. KANSAS CITY, MO. (BENEFICE OF FREE AT ST. LOUIS) PATENTS 48-page book FREE, FITZGERALD & CO., Box Ks. Washington, D.C. W. L. DOUGLAS We will buy a $1,000 to $5,000 home. You pay only $7.50 PER MONTH on each $1,000 with 5 PER CUSTOMER PAYMENTS on a monthly able monthly. Address THE STANDARD REAL ESTATE LOAN COMPANY, Washington, D.C. MOTHER GRAY'S SWEET POWDERS FOR CHILDREN, A Certain Care for Feverlessness, Stomach Troubles, Teething or a Cough. They Break up Gold Nurses in Child in 24 hours. All Clld Draughts. 25 ct. New York City. OLMSTED, L. Roy, N.Y. MIXED FARMING WHEAT RAISING RANCHING three great pursuits have again shown wonderful results on FREE HOMESTEAD LANDS OF WESTERN CANADA. Magnificent climate—farmers plowing in their shirt sleeves in the middle of November. "All are bound to be more than pleased with the final results of the past season's harvest."—Extract. Coal, wood, water, hay in abundance—schools, churches, markets convenient. W. L. DOUGLAS, Brockton, Mass. W. N. U.—WICHITA—No. 16—1906 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. Gray Hairs Order Price $1.00 For Three Years" g two doctors for female trouble in vain, I was death, when I began to take Wine of Cardui. only taken three bottles and now I am in good custom is now regular. I can truly say that Apply for information to Superintendent of Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or to authorized Canadian Government Agent—J. S. Crawford, No. 123 W. Ninth Street, Kansas City, Missouri. more those Gr at Dressing and Restorer Pr uffering for Th Poplar Bluff, Mo., "and trying two doctor but five weeks and was near to death, whe e mended ever since. I have only taken t usework without a pain. My custom is not recom CARDUI --- --- MOTHER GRAY. Nurse in Child New York City. FARMS WESTERN CANADA This is the era of $1.00 wheat WINE OF W. L. DOUGLAS $3.50 & $3.00 SHOES FOR MEN W. L. Douglas $4.00 Clit Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price. W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ALL PRICES BEST IN THE WORLD THE WORLD'S GREATEST SHOE MAKER SOLE AGENTS FOR W.L. DOUGLAS SHOES ESTABUSED JULY 6, 1876. CAPITAL $2,500,000 W. L. DOUGLAS MAKES & SELLS MORE MERCHANDISE FOR HER MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD. If could take you into my three large factories at Brackton, Mass., and show you the infinite care with which every pair of shoes is made, you could realise how much they cost you to make, why they load their shape fit better, wear longer, and are of greater intrinsic value than any other $3.50 shoe. W. L. Douglas Strong Made shoes for W. L. Douglas Strong Made shoes for Dress shoes $2,50, $2,60, $2,75, $1,50 CAUTION: -Instain upon having W. L. Douglas shoes. Take no substitute. None genuine without his name and price stamped on bottom. Do not wear these shoes if not wear brassy. Write for Illustrated Catalog. The People's Cleaning and Dye Works For fine Dry and Steam Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing and Dyeing. WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED Phone 178 129 N. Lawrence Ave We have a full line of fresh and wholesome Fancy and Staple Groerie, Teas, Coffees, Spices, Sugar, Flour, Meal, Vegetables, Canned Goods, Brooms, Butter, Eggs, Coal Oil, Gasoline, Stationary, and, in fact, anything and everything you may want in the Grocery Line. Court House Grocery Store 517 North Main Street ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco . . . Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaaters for Colored people. It excels in every respect, -color, flavor, and pounds of bread per barrel. MADE BY Watson Mill Co. CIGARS SOLD EVERYWHERE Dr.J.E. Farmer, Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 936 Office 517 N. Main St PEERLESS STEAM LAUNDRY Best Laundry In The Usey Phone 282 L.S. NAFTGER, W.R. TUCKER President Vice President J. M. MOORE, Cashier Fourth National Bank United States Depository Director - W. R. Tucker, W. E. Jett, R. L. Holmes, S. B. Amidon, B. F, Me Lean, J. M. Moore, L. S. Naftzger, E. Middlesauff, O. Z. Smith. h. General Banking Business Tranacted CHITA KANSAS HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Prices 116 East Douglas Avenue WIGHITA TABERNACLE No. 34, Order of Twelve Meets First and Third Thursday Of Each Month All Daughters In Good Standing Invited Mrs. Mattie Miller, H. P. Beatrice Miller. See 801 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. Red Front RACKET The People's Economy Store Sample Shoes We have just received a large invoice of Men's, Work Shoes, Men's Dress Shoes, Ladies' and Miss' Fine Shoes, Oxfords a nd Slippers all styles and kinds. AT: WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Main Your Old Friends Back East Ought to move Southwe. Send us the names and addresses of any person you think would be interested in the Southwest, and we will mail them interesting land booklets and a copy of our immigration journal, 'The Earth' You send the list and we will send the descriptive matter. Santa Fe Address General Colo.ization Agent, A. T. & S. F. Ry Railway Ezchange, Chicago, I A FOOL and his money are soon paated. The man who pays out his good money for interior building material is foolish. Buy the BEST. We sell it. Have you seen the latest building material? It is our Cement Building Stone. The longer it wears, the harder it gets BOTH PHONES 496 J.H.TURNER J33 TO 547 WEST DOUGLAS In The Your wants need careful attention and our store is the place to get it. We handle the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices are right. Orders given prompt attention. Kernan & Co., 102 E. Douglas Pone 35' J. W. Owens, WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT 2nd Shoes Bought and Sold 332 N. Main Street Wichita, Kan. IS NOW READY. NOTICE TABORS.—The new Taborian Constitution is now ready. It is fine and every Knight and every Daughter should have a copy. Every Temple and Tabernacle should have two copies. Send your order to REV, SIR FRANK WILSON, C. G. M., To the modern day colored man, Ingalls' phrase, "politics is an irredescentdream," fits smoothly and completely. The big Negro politician (?) is numbered witn past history and has no place today. BLUMS IT One lot of Ladies' Street and Dress Hats worth from $2.00 to $3.25, go for $1.75 Saturday night only. One lot, about 100 hats all told, all colors, designs and shapes, worth up to $2.00, go for .98cts. $3.50 Hats in all all styles..... $2.98 $4.00 Hats, of every description for Saturday night sale ..... only $3.19 $5.00 hats, embracing all the swellest goods for wear of spring 1906 ..... at $3.98 If it's a bonnet you want go to "BLUM'S IT" the house of the "man made hats" Marshall City Court The Colored Voters of Sedgwick county presents the name of W.H. Jones for the nomination for Marshall of the City Court, subject to the republican convention. Cheap Rates to Denver FRISCO SYSTEM Will sell daily until May 31st. Round trip tickets to the above point at greatly reduced rates. Tickets limited to May1st, except tickets sold during May to be limited to 30 days. For full particulars see Frisco Agent or write M. H. RUDOLPH, Agent F. E. CLARK, D. P. A. DEAM ABSTRACT IN NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors Every citizen of America extends sympathy to the sticken city of San Francisco and every citizen should now resolve to stamp out all trace of lynching such as disgraced Springfield, Mo., last Saturday night --- Latest Waltz Out 10c Only 100 Copies Left 10c Cheaper Than at Music Store. Stella Vann, Sole Agent Rev, W. R. Hardy, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist church, Pueblo, Colo., was a quiet visitor in Wichita Easter Sunday and Monday and was about town shaking hands with his many friends with whom he came in contact. Rev, Hardy was on his way home from the factory where he personally placed an order for the seats for his fine new church in Pueblo. Rev, Hardy is doing a wonderful work in Pueblo. In the four years which he has been there he has succeeded in buying the ground and erecting a magnificent $10,000 new church which is now almost completed. His many friends here were proud to meet him. Come again. SEND IN NOW. Taborial Temple No. 11, Knights of Tabor and Wichita Tabernacle No. 34. Daughters of the Tabernacle, have received their spring dispensation and for a limited time will receive members at reduced rates. If you desire to join this grand order send your petition in at once. For dispensation rate speak to some Knight or Daughter. Mrs. C. Swan who has been quite ill is able to be out again. R. A. Gibson is able to be out. A. Groves has just returned from a trip out west. Miss Bettle Mae Hall is reported on the sick list this week. Tell Watt Morris all your news—he'll tell it to the Searchlight—the Searchlight will tell it to the people. Do that. After several monts illness Mrs. J. A. Jackson has recovered and paid a visit to the Tabernacle Baptist church accompanied by her husband and their two years old girl and their two months old boy. Her associates as well as herself were happily entertained by listening to the rendition of the splendid Easter program at that church. NEW LODGE ROOM WILL SOON BE READY. The new lodge room in the new Young building, corner Main and Elm street, will now soon be ready. All of the colored lodges in Wichita, with few exceptions, have engaged meeting nights. Mr. G. H. Young, who is availing the building erected, promises to furnish the colored lodges one of the most cozy and up-to-date lodge rooms in the state. It will be an ideal palace of comport in every way. WINFIELD, KAN. NEWS. Rev. G. W. Garnett, district missionary, preached at the Baptist church Sunday. The dinner given by the ladies of the A. M. E. church on election day was a success. W. A. Wright has put a neat wire fence around his place. Arthus Covington was in Arkansas City Thursday. Alonzo Monroe spent Sunday with his family here. The entertainment given by the "Jolly 20 Club" Thursday was grand. Bedford Lewis, second cook at the Hotel Breton, went to Salina Saturday to visit with his brother. Wesly Morris is filling his vacancy. Co. Jeff Davis, Governor of Arkansas, has been nominated by the Democrats of that state for United States Senator. He is the man who was arrayed in a rebel uniform when last inaugurated Governor. He is also the man who gets drunk and makes an exhibition of himself on public occasions. What a great state is Arkansas. Booker Washington says the Negroes of the South are learning to follow his advice. A clean conscience is the cleanest thing on earth. If you rub it daily with the polish of love it will shine as brightly as does the sun. The wedding bells will soon be ringing. Look out people. TREASURE SAVED BY COURIER'S BRAVERY CARAVAN IS TRAPPED BY BAN- DITS IN MEXICO. A DEADLY BATTLE ENSUES Three of Men Escorting Bullion Are Killed — Hero, Himself Danger- osly Hurt, Rides Three Hours and Saves Money. El Paso, Tex.—Details of the hol- up by three Americans of the caravan, going to the Dolores mines, in the mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico, in which Billy Smith, in charge of the party, was wounded and three of his men killed, reached here the other day by courier, from Temosachic, where the wounded were taken, and from which point the Rurals were sent out. The details show that it was a sensational affair. The American robbers are at large, but the Ruralis, most of them trained against the Apaches years ago, are trailing them. The Mexican government has offered $500 reward for their apprehension, either in Mexico or the United States. The attack took place west of Pajarito pass, three hours' ride from Santo Tomas station, on the Chihuahua & Pacific railroad, below a camp which the robbers had established on the mountain above with the object of watching the movements of the bullion train from and to the mine. The bullion train entered the trap as calculated, and when Smith, riding at the head of the column, came abreast of the last barricade, a man with face mask suddenly showed himself behind the fall, and crying: "Now, you're my meat!" fired at him from a distance of about eight feet. The ball struck a cartridge in Smith's belt, and, after passing through his belt and clothing, cut a deep gash across the abdomen. Although his horse reared and bolted and he was almost doubled by the shot, Smith managed to draw his revolver and fire at the robber. Meanwhile, the other bandits had opened fire on the escort, two of whom were killed and one shot T. THE BANDITS POURED A VOLLEY INTO THE CARAVAN. through the bladder, while the last three fled for safety. Smith's best man, Francisco Torres, was not hit at first. He jumped from his horse and took to the thick brush for cover, with the intention of making a detour and reaching his chief, who was ahead of him. He died fighting. His corpse was found a short distance from the trail, his rifle clutched, and the attitude of the body showed that he was hit in the act of taking aim. As soon as Smith was able to restrain his frightened animal he discounted and ran back into the fusillade, his intention being to cut out the mule carrying the money, which he succeeded in doing after exchanging shots with one of the robbers, who came out to meet him somewhat above the trail. Having secured this mule, and finding that none of his men appeared to aid him, he struck out with the mule, took out the money, and started on a gallop for Cocomoachle, which he reached in three hours, faint and weak from loss of blood. Tracks near the trail show that one of the men followed him on foot until he was beyond reaching. Closely following the bullion train, and endeavoring to reach it in order to travel more safely, came Mrs. Beatriz De Quintana, a widow, en route to her ranch on the Rio Verde, with her six-year-old daughter, and a single mozo for escort. Her party reached the spot when the firing began. Her mozo endeavored to draw his revolver, but was shot through the right hand. He ran after Mrs. Quintana, to a cave in the ravine below, where they remained hidden all that afternoon and the following night, until the searchers discovered them, scared, but safe. Made to Sleep with Cows. Omaha, Neb.—William O. Garber, of Dewitt, Ia., formerly of Morrison, Ill., has sued for divorce on the ground that his wife made him sleep with cottle, beat him and drove him from home with a revolver. Following the English. it is noted that English ideals of comfort are gradually altering the style of German domestic architecture. Youth, After Celebration, Retires in Street—Tells Police He Has Been Robbed. Chicago.—Carefully hanging his coat on the cross-arm of a lamp post at the corner of Sixty-ninth street and Vincennes avenue, putting his hat on top of the light, and balancing the weight of his coat by suspending his trousers from the other side of the arm, John King, early the other morning, placed his shoes in the gutter against the curbstone and went to sleep. The snow was falling with great steadiness, but John had been celebrat- THE BODY OF A MAN HE LAY DOWN TO SWEET DREAMS IN THE GUTTER. ing his nineteenth birthday, and he didn't care. After a dreamless sleep, lasting for some hours, he awoke, and under the impression that he had been robbed, rushed to the Englewood police station and disturbed the rest of several valiant policemen. He is an especially innocent appearing young man, and when he entered the station the desk sergeant blushed. "I have been robbed," said John, and the sergeant asked him where. "Sixty-ninth street and Vincennes avenue," came the reply, and with a squad of police the sergeant dashed to the scene. As the policemen neared the corner they separated and surrounded the lamp post. Stealthily they approached it, and at a word given by the sergeant closed in. There swinging gayly in the breeze were the clothes. They were covered with snow and in the fiftile glare of the lamp the post looked like a second-hand clothing store dummy. The sergeant after collecting the clothes locked at King. "You must have got out the wrong side of bed," he said, and the anger of his fellow policemen faded away before his jovial words. John then confessed that he had been out for a good time with a number of friends, and must have thought he was at home when he attempted to retire. The manner in which his wardrobe was disposed of on the lamp post gave evidence of the greatest care and solicitude in its protection. A wet, soggy spot in the snow in the gutter showing the outlines of a human form gave powerful circumstantial evidence that John had retired there for the night. SUPPOSED CORPSE SITS UP La Crosse, Wis.—To be pronounced dead, prepared for burial, and placed in a coffin and realize that the funeral was only a few hours away has been the experience of Mrs. W. B. Sherwood, 25 years old. In the early hours of the day of the funeral life suddenly came back to Mrs. Sherwood. She sat up in her coffin and screamed. In an adjoining room two women friends were keeping a death watch. They heard the woman who was supposed to be dead try to scramble out of her coffin and scream. One of the women, Mrs. A. Clark, went into hysterics. The other woman, screaming, awoke the household. Mrs. Sherwood was found sitting up in the coffin, fully conscious but too weak to move. Later she became delirious, but physicians announced she on the road to recovery. Mrs. Sherwood, who is the wife of a merchant at Mabel, Minn., was taken ill with pneumonia more than a week ago, sank rapidly and apparently died. The woman declares she was conscious of all that was going on around her but unable to move a muscle. Grim Joke Proves Fact. St. Paul, Minn.—"Don't sit up with me any longer, old man; I'll call you when I want an undertaker." This was the jocular remark of Stanley Wollman, of New York, a guest at the West hotel, Minneapolis, made at three o'clock in the morning to Fred Suss, of New York, an intimate friend. At five o'clock Suss was summoned by Wollman and in 25 minutes Wollman was dead. Wollman came to the West on March 13. For ten days he had been suffering from heart trouble and had a trained nurse caring for him. He was about 60 years of age. He is survived by a wife and three children in New York city. Boxes for Boxers. If the Chinese boxers are getting after us again, strong wooden boxes will be put together for their accommodation by our war department.—Brooklyn Eagle. EASY LESSONS IN DRAWING A boy and a girl walk along the beach. FIGURE 10.1 PICKING FLOWERS FISHING BY THE RIVER FR "VACATION TIME." FOUR PICTURES BY CHILDREN. --- All teachers of drawing have the problem of keeping the ambition of the pupil reined in to the drudging pace of his technical advancement. The degree of facility in drawing is always far behind a power adequate to attempt the pretentious subjects to which he aspires. No matter how far technical difficulties, may be obviated or avoided, the pupil is impatient for achievements beyond the progressive step that leads to their production. While the present system has the one object of subjecting teacher and pupil to as little of the drudgery of the drawing school as possible, it has not the fatuous hope that some of the reasonably slower steps in advancement will not prove unreasonably irksome to some children. Stories to Interest Children. The teacher has been through the mill, and knows how slow it is to grind fine or even to grind at all, and it is not for him that this consideration is given, but for the child. There is a period after the novelty of the introduction of a new element has worn WATCHING THE SHIP PICKING FLOWERS off when fictitious interest must be called to aid. That the human figure was received with interest does not insure that interest to last through the repetition of similar themes necessary to prepare the way for more advanced subjects. It is here that the parent or teacher must add the allure- 1 "THE PICNIC." ment of story and related incident and give the dummy block figures a personal interest. The milkmaid coming through the orchard given last week might appeal to the aesthetic taste for artistic reasons of form, line or color, but the child would not see it that way. Cali her Polly, tell where she "BOY FISHING." is going, whence she came, why she is going, and what hapened, and she is no longer a lay figure, but a sentient being. Impersonality is the highest appreciation of art; the child is intensely personal. This will be apparent when the least latitude is given in the individualization of the figure. Whiskers, a long nose or other char- "BOYS GOING FISHING." acterization is seized upon, and the most made of it. This characterization is so natural that any generalization approaching the impersonal is unchildlike and precocious. The child learns by accumulating parts and not by attempting the whole. It has not the grasp to keep the whole in proper relation, some of the parts pealing to it more forcibly and occupying its attention to the exclusion of others. Where character ceases and caricature "THE HORNETS' NEST." begins is for the teacher to determine. Examples of Class Work. It were well to provide some outlet for the child's expression by giving from time to time subjects that FEEDING THE DUCKS FISHING BY THE RIVER F.R. PICTURES BY CHILDREN. will let each child tell its story in its own way. One school class was given "Vacation Time" as a subject, with liberty to select incident, invent the symbols and treat it after its own manner, but told to employ as much as possible the knowledge given by previous class work concerning good proportions, good placement, and, above all, keeping the picture purpose in mind; "THE SEE-SAW." while other qualities such as humor, character, and even caricature—if obeying that requirement—were permitted. A number of the pictures brought in are reproduced as showing the range of subjects attempted and the effect of the previous training upon the expression. Some of the more grossly humorous ones have not been represented, be- 25 "THE VISIT TO AUNT MARY." cause they disregarded the restrictions above stated. Some are left out for their lack of faculty to see things by a mental eye, so as to represent them by drawing. Such an example as "The Picnic" shows this inability to express itself. The impossible positions with the absence of proportions are not intentional, but show that the child cannot see as well in this respect as its more talented schoolmates. It is funny without intent to be so. Compare the boy fishing in the pool with the boy fishing in the river or the boys going fishing, and note the uncertainty of placement, the disproportional size of objects and lack of observation and invention. The "Boys --- Going Fishing" has not freedom of expression, but it has good proportion, and its attempt to give character and costume has been successful, for the picture purpose is not lost sight of in giving these accessories. It shows that the pupil understood the purpose of his training. The episode of the hornets' nest is along conventional lines, and shows "THE BIG TURTLE." the intention of telling the story plainly, if not with the grace shown in some of the other pictures. Here the teacher might be able to take the material matter and show the child how it could be arranged to better effect while losing none of its force or point. it is a good idea, but not in the best expression. "The Seesaw" is a direct if somewhat obvious arrangement. The child could not be expected to foreshorten the seesaw so as to give better lines of composition. The teacher must not make an unjust or unreasonable criticism. The background is interesting and well used. Praise the Good Work. The four pictures in the group are to be praised for their general excellence. Without pointing out that they are admirable in composition, which would mean consideration for all such qualities as proportion, placement and intent of picture purpose, they may be praised as satisfactory evidence that these pupils have comprehended the foregoing instruction. Praise of particular excellence means more than just tribute to the pupil's achievement; it means the setting up for the other pupils of a standard for emulation. They have not the hope of approaching the teacher's excellence, but what another pupil can do seems more within their possibilities. The "Visit of Aunt Mary" was an ambitious effort that fully taxed the resources of the child to express its idea. Any lack of success were better charged to the difficulties the subject involved than to the child's lack of ability to master them. Courage is laudable if accompanied by any idea of the formidable character of the obstacles to be overcome. The boy catching the big turtle is an example of the child's sense of humor. Like the "Hornets' Nest," the expression is direct, and there has been no thought given to clothing the idea in any beauty of line or form. Humor under such subtle treatment could not be expected in a young humorist. The teacher can find other subjects that will equally interest and call upon the memory, imagination and observation of the child. As they show how much the child is able to put its storytelling powers into actual use they are the best form of an examination. LEAGUE OF GOLDEN PEN. Band of Writers Who Carry Cheer and Comfort to Many Burdened Souls. Not long ago a certain minister, impressed by experiences in his own work, particularly by the great results that often followed from a single letter, suggested the forming of a league for writing letters. There were to be no officers, no dues, no by-laws. Anyone could become a member who would promise to write a single letter a month to one who was sick or lonely or in trouble; and the name of the band was to be the League of the Golden Pen. The idea took at once, says Youth's Companion. In a few months there were hundreds of names enrolled in the League of the Golden Pen, and the number is steadily increasing. The simple suggestion of the name has been the means of carrying cheer and comfort to hundreds of burdened souls. Now and then, among the laments for the old days and ways—which doubtless began with Adam's grandchildren—we hear regrets for the vanished art of letter-writing. If by letters are meant the voluminous perpetrations of a century or more ago, filled with disquisitions upon philosophy and long rhapsodies upon love and friendship, it is true that their age has passed. But the real letter, whether it contains chatty pages full of homely every-day scenes and events or merely a few lines of love and encouragement, will never pass so long as human hearts endure; and never were so many such letters written as to-day. Christmas letter missions, prison letter missions, bands and societies for sending letters to invalids and hospital patients, and lonely men and women in far-away places, are constantly increasing. "She learned a little about books," a wealthy woman said of a lonely little school-teacher whom she had discovered and helped from her own splendid resources. "but I learned a great deal about a very lovely soul." It is an exchange that is becoming more and more common; for to-day, as never before in all the centuries, the whole world, rich and poor, sorrowful and rejoicing, is being bound together by the League of the Golden Pen. Knights and Daughters, if you changed High Priestess or Clerks since this list was put kindly notify me at once, then make the correction. Tabernacles. Number. 1 Mrs. Eliza Nichols, 938 St., Kansas City, Kan. 2 Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 Chestnut St., Iola, Kan. 3 Mrs. Flora Thompson, 17th St., Council Bluffs 4 Mrs. Madalene Ward, 16th, Cherryvale, Kan. 5 Mrs. Sarah Skinner, 73st, Chickison, Kan. 6 Mrs. Mary Curry, 804 St., Ottawa, Kan. 7 Mrs. N. E. Wigely, 506 Salina, Kan. 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 St. Coffeyville, Kan. 9 Mrs. Sarah H. Harrison Van Buren St. Topeka 10 Mrs. Maggie Fishback Mass., Lawrence, Kan. 11 Mrs. Perlina Woodford Freeman St., Kansas City 12 Miss Carson Sango, 2058 Front St., Kansas City 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Be Weir City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Perlor T. Ballinger, 20th St., Parsons, Kan. 17 Mrs. A. Masie, 615 Bark Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. Emma Maxie, 411 Ft. Scott, Kan. 24 Mrs. C. E. Kirby, Box 35 feyville, Kan. 28 Mrs. Bell Wright, 1411 ridge Ave., Parsons, K 20 Mrs. S. Montaque, 403 Kie St., Leavenworth, Kan. 30 Mrs. Laura Bright, 203 Leavenworth, Kan. 32 Mrs. Ida B. Willis, 1036 Ave. Butte, Mont. 33 Mrs. Phannie Corneal, Bo Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs. Mattie Miller, 335 15th, Wichita, Kan. 35 Mrs. Rachel Dudly, 521 N South Omaha, Neb. 37 Mrs. Mary Robinson, 523 Atchison, Kan. 38 Mrs. Laura Lee, Weir City 52 Mrs. Cora Yeager, 928 Ma Lawrence, Kan. 63 Mrs. Lizzie Stone, 1042 Kansas City, Kan. 77 Mrs. A. Pickens, 250 E Topeka, Kan. 85 Mrs. Ella Cornish, 828 Tyn N. Topeka, Kan. 89 Mrs. Marie Boyd, 1204 St., Omaha, Neb. 91 Mrs. Ella Golden, 316 N Omaha, Neb. 92 Mrs. J. G. Gillum, 1200 Lincoln, Neb. 93 Mrs. Ida M. Jordon, 903 ern Ave., N Topeka, Kan. 777 C. M'S ADDRESSES 3 Number. 1 William M. Watkins, Boh- Weir City, Kan. 3 Mr. William H. Barnes, St., Atchison, Kan. 4 Andrew Herrold, Sherman Omaha, Neb. 6 M. E. Bird, 3014 Hewett, Eo- Washington. 8 R. M. Bingham, 1727 E. Oa- Ft. Scott, Kan. 10 Richard Walker, cor, 5th Delaware St., Leaven- kan. 11 W. N. Miller, 258 N, Mahl Searchlight office, WI Kan. 13 A. H. Morton, Parsons. 15 Henry Jordan, Salina, Kas 16 Richard Clark, 420 N, 250 S. Omaha, Neb. 17 Allen Jarner, Box 332 O ville, Kan. Lincoln, Neb. Deadwood, South Dakot 536 Albert Graves, 90 Charles Topeka, Kan. 71 J. W. Bedell, 2127 So. 190 60 James Scott, 1404 Van H Topeka, Kan. 19 C. Parris, 918 Penn, St. rence, Kan. 25 Edward Henderson, 1917 N St., Kansas City, Kan. 59 S. W. Pasker, 1156 Buch Topeka, Kan. Banner Mil D. L. STEWART, M. L PHYSICIAN and SURGEON 703 North Main St. All calls attended promptly, Day sr Office Hours — 9 to 12 a. m. 2 to 5 p. m. 6 to 8 30 p. m. Fatally Injured by Train. Bozeman, Mont., April 16.—As known man, about 25 years of was struck by a Northern Pacific gine in the yards here and was badly injured that he cannot live. Miners Win Out in Iowa. Des Moines, Ia., April 16.—As as the question of prices for lab concerned the scale to govern m coal in Iowa for the two year ing from April 1, 1906, was comp by the joint conference of Iowa tors and miners.