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THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT Race Unity Needed NINETH YEAR. What is it that we need most? If I were to answer this question quite frankly, seeking to put my meaning in its most comprehensive form, I should say that the thing that the colored people of this country need most at this time is: SOLIDARITY! We need as a race to learn to pull together. We have made as individuals enormous progress in this country. Despite much talk to the contrary, the Negroes are going steadily forward. The race owns today an acreage of land in the United States that is equal to the combined acreage of two entire states of Europe, Holland and Belgium. Negroes own more houses, more stores, more banks this year than they did last, and they will own more next year than they do this year. There used to be a question as to whether or not the Negro could be educated—that is, in the ordinary case in which we understand education. There is no longer such a question in the minds of any people whose opinion is worth considering. During the last forty years the American Negro has convinced the world that he could be educated in literature, science, mathematics, agriculture, mechanics and the household arts, and in the professions. We are won this victory not by depending upon empty talk, not by depending upon abstract argument, not by house of some one, but by actually doing the thing, by filling every public school, every college, every industrial and professional school that has ever been opened for us. We have won this victory by having living, tangible object lessons in every part of the United States that within themselves are indisputable evidences of our ability to receive education. When proof is asked of our ability to receive education, we can point to the little unheaded and barefooted boy in the Mississippi log cabin school, or we can point to the Negro youth in the cap gown in Oxford University, England. So much is settled. To a large extent this progress has been made, as I have said, by individuals. But there are ten million groves in this country. We are a nation within a nation. There is with this ten million individuals a vast power, a power which can be taken only by united action—unit- ed action along business, along educational and along religious lines. Now to accomplish results such as this we must be united in a business way. By this I do not mean that we should trade at a Negro store simply because it is a Negro store and not a white store; I do not mean that we should place our money in a Negro bank simply because it is a Negro bank. But I mean that we should take a pride in the business conducted by our people; that we should take particular care to see that they are conducted just as neatly and as orderly as the store of a white man; that we should take particular care that they do not suffer from the fact that they are dealing with Negro people, for the reason, as is sometimes said, that Negro people do not pay their bills as promptly as other people. On the other hand, the Negro business man, on his side, should feel a pride in dealing as justly, as fairly and giving as much and as good quality for the money as any other store, or as if he were dealing with any other people. In these respects, the Negro business man and the Negro people can do much for each other at this time. And this is the sort of unity that I believe should prevail among us, a unity that I may characterize as a solidarity of purpose and of interest. The same thing is true as to education. We do not accomplish as much in our schools at the present time as we could if we were more united—more united inside of our schools and more united out of them. I might say the same thing about our religion. Here, too, we waste too much time in discussing and emphasizing sectarian matters, in emphasizing those things which divide us instead of those things in regard to which we are united. Civilization in any people is to a large extent the ability of the individuals of that people to combine their efforts for the god of the whole; it is the ability while holding fast to individual differences of opinion and sentiment on minor matters, to be able to put these differences in the background whenever it is necessary to unite for the benefit of the whole community or the whole state. In this direction—in the direction of this solidarity of which I spoke, we are making progress. This is evident by the large number of organizations of all kinds which have grown up among us in recent years. It is evident, also, by the number of Negro banks now in existence. These banks and these large business organizations indicate there is a growing confidence among our people in their own business institutions. We need to encourage this confidence. We want to see it grow and extend. All the more important is it that the greatest possible care should be exercised in the control and in the administration of these organizations. If through neglect or the dishonesty or incapacity of any of their officers this growing confidence and this growing business solidarity should be destroyed, the loss to our people would be immense. But finally we need unity in another direction; we need a clearer, more definite and more harmonious conception of our duty and our policy as a people and as part of these great United States. In reference to our interest and our duties as a people we have too frequently mistaken the shadow for the real substance. Too frequently we have wasted our strength and our efforts on trivial and unimportant issues and have divided among ourselves in regard to the important things. For one thing, we should make our platform broad enough, so that all good men, black and white, North and South, can stand upon it with us. It would be fatal to our future in this country to proceed in a way to discourage and alienate our friends, to unite the whole or even the majority of the white race of this country against us. And it is not necessary. Our interests as a people are one with the deepest interests of the country and of humanity. Let us steer our course by the stars and not be led away by false lights. The main thing is that, in our relations with the world, we ourselves should be right. It is not necessary that we should convince the world that our opponents are wrong. Eventually the world will find that out for itself. According to the V By E. H. PORTI (Copyright, by Daily Story Public) The Incident. There were four passengers in the street car: the Pretty Girl, the Romantic Girl, the Young Man, and the Laborer. The Pretty Girl, a brand-new suit-case lying close against the seat at her feet, looked anxiously out of the window. The bag was I said he shi in provin' every thin color of the number of shoe-brush In the meantime, should I interpret and analyze the feelings and ambition of the black man in America it is this: He is not seeking to dominate over others in matters of government, nor is he seeking to intermingle with others in strictly social matters where he is not wanted or asked, but he is asking that in every community and state where he resides that equal justice shall be meted out to him in the courts and elsewhere, and that at all times his family and property shall be protected by those who administer the laws. This, I believe, in the end, the great American people will grant to ten millions of our citizens. AN HONEST WHITE MAN PREVENTS A LYCHING. John W. Mullen, a Washington white man, is a hero. To his honesty and candor are due the saving of the life of at least one Negro, possibly others. But for his steadfast adherence to the truth the state of Virginia, within a stone's throw of the national capital, would have been the scene of a terrible lynching bee. Not long ago, Mullen was shot and dangerously wounded while passing through a lonely spot on the Virginia side of the Potomac, known as "Dead Man's Hollow," while in company with a young woman. After Mullen was shot, and left for dead, the girl claimed she was assaulted by the same man who had shot her lover, and kept prisoner in the woods for nearly an hour. Several Negroes were haled before her for identification. She picked out one, whom she said tallied with the description she had given. Before the angry mob of neighbors could lynch him, however, he proved a satisfactory alibi and got away. The entire country was searched for the guilty man, and had any Negro been found, who was unable to give an account of himself at the time that the alleged assault took place, he would have been strung up, without judge or jury. In the meantime, Mullen, on what was presumed to be his death bed, declared that his assailant was not a Negro, and positively identified the brother of the girl as the man who had shot him. Later, the father was arrested on suspicion of being the guilty party. Certain discrepancies in the girl's story came out under the rigid examination of the commonwealth's attorney, and the girl's testimony as to the Negro's alleged attack on her was thoroughly discredited. After much private discussion between the persons at interest, in which the "unwritten law" formed a factor, the case was hushed up and the suspicious ones were released from custody. Mullen, to the last maintained that no Negro was involved, and consented to drop the matter only upon the assurance that no Negro would be accused of the crime, in which event he would appear for the defendant. This was the stand of a true man. He would not by silence allow an innocent man, though a poor Negro, be unjustly condemned. But for his prompt assertion that no Negro was connected with the episode in the woods, a disgraceful lynching bee would have taken place within a stone's throw of the national capital. As an evidence of the unreliability of the average "identification," and the likelihood of punishing an innocent man when an angry mob takes the law into its own hands, have never had a more striking example—R. W. Thompson in the Advocate. According to the Viewpoint Ey E. H. PORTER (Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.) The Incident. There were four passengers in the street car: the Pretty Girl, the Romantic Girl, the Young Man, and the Laborer. The Pretty Girl, a brand-new suit-case lying close against the seat at her feet, looked anxiously out of the window. The three other passengers looked at her. At Thirty-sixth street the Pretty Girl signaled the conductor and hurried out of the car without so much as a backward glance. The Young Man sa, still, but the Laborer sprang to his feet with a sudden exclamation, his eyes on the suit-case; then he fell back awkwardly—the Pretty Girl was already out of sight. Almost at once the Young Man sauntered up the car, picked up the suit-case and signaled the conductor to pull the bell. He had not reached the door, however, when a heavy hand fell on his shoulder. "No ye don't, young feller," jeered the Laborer in his ear. "Jest ye hand over that 'ere bag!" There was instant confusion. The car stopped and a crowd gathered. From somewhere two policemen came running; then one of them, with the Laborer, the Young Man, and the suit-case, disappeared down a side street, and the car went on. The Conductor Reports. "Yes, sir, it was not far from Thirty-sixth street. A well-dressed young gent and a workingman got into a quarrel over a vallse. * * * No, sir; I don't know who did own the bag. They both seemed to claim it, as near as I could make out. * * * No, sir; we weren't delayed more than five minutes. The officer came then, and we got away." The Romantic Girl Writes Home. "Oh, Molly, such an exciting time as I had this afternoon on a Broadway car! You must know, dear, that I sat opposite the loveliest creature in deep blue silk with velvet bands, and a hat to match with white plumes. There were two young men in the car, and they both fell in love with her. One was handsome and well-dressed; the other was real shabby, but somehow I knew, just to look at him, that he had a good heart. Well, when the beautiful young lady got off the car she forgot her suit-case. The shabby young man started up with a sudden cry, and was just going to run after her when up jumps the other young man, catches up the suit-case, and marches toward the door. "That was too much for my shabby hero. He wasn't going to let him have the honor of returning it, when he himself had seen it first. But the well-dressed man got red and angry, and made a dreadful scene. I couldn't hear what they said, for the men all crowded round the car, and pretty soon a policeman came and took them both away. "Wasn't it it too bad? I suppose now some horrid officer will return the suit-case, and it will all be commonplace and proslae!" The Laborer Speaks. "Sure, an' 'twas a mighty slick trick but it didn't work. I was too quick fur him. I saw the pretty young miss leave her bag, an' I started up an' was goln' ter run after her with it; but she slipped out o' sight so quick I lost my courage, an' had 'bout decided ter hand it over ter the Comp'ny fur safe-keepin' when up marches the sporty chap, grabs the bag as if 'twas his, an' makes fur the door. "No yer don't, I says, soft-like. 'Yer don't come no such easy game when I'm' round! An' I grabs him—an' holds him, too, till the cop comes. An' then 'course I go along, too, ter make the complaint. "Talk about bluffin'! Ye oughter heard that swell run on. Much as ever as he didn't make even me think that Coal Mining in India. Coal mining has become one of India's great industries. The output last year was 9,784,250 tons, whereas the average annual production for the decade ending 1895 was only 2,758,640. The coal now being worked is near the surface, and with the cheap labor employed, India is able to deliver its coal at the pit's mouth cheaper than any other country in the world. The average price a ton delivered on board freight car was $1.40 in 1906 and 1907. bag was his, 'fore we got there. He said he shouldn't have much difficulty in provin' property, as he could tell every thing there was in it from the color of the neckties down ter the number of bristles there was in the shoe-brush. "Well, ter make a long story short, what do ye' s'pose there was in that bag first thing when they opened it? A whole mess o' white lace an' dinky little pink ribbon bows! 'Course that settled it. But yed' oughter seen the swell's face. By jingo! if he won't bluffin' it out ter the end. He looked as if you could knock him down with a feather!" The Young Man Writes. "For heaven's sake, Jack, come down and get me out of this scrape, if you can! It seems I'm a thief, and that I've stolen a lady's suit-case. In fact, I've been caught with the goods! "For a long hour I've been cudgelling my brain to entangle the affair, and I think I have it now. You know when we boarded the car on Broadway this afternoon we got seats together, and I put my suit-case alongside of yours—which, by the way, you said was your sister's, I believe. Later we both rose to give up our seats, and then you left the car. Just after that I spied Frank Simpson down by the door, and I went and spoke to him, quite forgetting my suit-case. When I looked for it later I saw that it was all right, but that it had got pushed to one side and was close against the seat near a mighty pretty girl. I didn't relish the job of marching up and claiming property under the circumstances, so I waited. She was almost the last one to leave the car, but at last she did go just in time for me to get my bag and signal for a stop at my street. "My joy was short-lived, however, for no sooner had I touched the suit-case than a great hulk of a fellow opposite laid violent hands on me and called me a thief. Naturally I protested. So did he. So also did the conductor, and various cab-drivers, pedestrians and small boys who stopped to see the fun. By this time I was out of the car, of course, the center af attraction; and in spite of my protestations that I knew every rag and button that the bag contained, I was marched off to the police station. "Picture, if you can, my air of injured innocence, as I faced my judge; picture my cocksureness of the speedy vindication of my word—and picture, if you dare, my state of mind when the opened suit-case disclosed, not masculine disorder and neckties, but a very feminine fluff of lace, linen, and pink ribbon! "There is just one ray of hope; there is just one straw of support that my submerged soul lays hold of. Did you take away my suit-case by mistake this afternoon, and leave me your sister's, or am I a thief, and does this fluff of lace and linen belong to the fair unknown in the car?" Pretty Girl Speaks. "Oh, but people do forget and leave things in cars—even the biggest kind of things, sometimes. Why, only this afternoon on a Broadway car there was a fine-looking suit-case right next to me, and there wasn't a sign of an owner anywhere near it!" While whale hunting off Mayness the Norwegian steam trawler Diamon encountered a huge whale, which, after being harpooned, struck the vessel with such force that her plates were stove it. The crew was rescued by the trawler Salvia, which towed the Diamon, in a sinking condition, into Grimsby, England. Postcard Sent to Dogs. Picture postcards are being sent to pet dogs on the continent. A young woman residing at one of the leading hotels in Ostend introduced the fashion. The postcards are inscribed with the dog's name, and addressed care of the owner. Hia Literary Bent The Maid -Young Spriggs, the poet, awfully round shouldered, isn't he? The Man -Yes; that's his literary bent -Chicago News. ```markdown ``` NO. 36 FILIPINOS TAKE TO BASEBALL. Little Brown Men Are Enthusiastic Devotees of the Game. That baseball is the national game of the Filipinos is the assertion of George Moore, district school superintendent for the province of Masbete, in southern Luzon, who is at the Diller hotel on his way to the Philippines after a vacation in this country, says the Seattle Times. The little brown men have taken to the American game with great enthusiasm, and it is having the effect of assisting in Americanizing the Filipino, according to Moore, who has spent the last six years in the islands. Moore, who was well known in athletics in this country, having been a record man and coach at the University of Indiana, is responsible for the introduction of baseball in his district, and in relating his experiences in teaching the game to his wards, said: "When I went over to Masetele the game was not known to the Fillipinos, but after I had explained its possibilities they took to it with great enthusiasm. Before long we had many students who were able to play as well as the average American youth. Soon they began to organize teams in the various towns in the province, and we now have a regular baseball season in Masetele. In the capital of the province we have one team that was only scored against in one inning in three games. "As for the fans, the Fillipinos have the Americans backed off the boards. It is nothing for the audience to swarm upon the diamond to express its appreciation of some brilliant play, and at one game 5,000 persons were on the field congratulating a player, and it was nearly an hour before the game could be again started. "An American umpire would have an easy time of it in Luzon, for the players never treat the arbiter of the game to the criticism and sarcasm that he receives in this country. The umpire's decisions are always received without kicking, and the official is accorded a respect that would seem impossible to the men who decide the games over here. "Athletics have been of the greatest use in developing the Filipino, and will always play an important part in the educational system. The natives go in for all sorts of exercise, and the schools have regular field and track meets, as they do in this country. The only trouble with the Filipino is the lack of nerve that renders him liable to go to pieces at critical times. But taken all in all, they are an energetic race and take kindly to all athletic sports introduced by Americans." Family Commits Suicide. A quadruple suicide occurred at Kolozsvar, Austria, a man, his wife, and their grown-up daughters hanging themselves. The father, whose name was Litvay, was a director of the Kolozsvar hospital, and had defrauded the institution. The family was in disgrace, and all four decided to die together. They left a letter, signed by all four, asking the police to keep the affair secret. Laugh and Be Glad. Laughter is the press agent of health, and when you hear its merry tones you may be sure health, with his bounding step, his clear eyes, his steady hand and sound brain, has arrived on the scene. "The blues" take wings unto themselves and fly away before the machinations of a hearty laugh, and melancholy disperses into thin air. Dance Engagements in Advance. Several keen dancing men tell me that they find many of the best dancers of the opposite sex fill up their programmes long before the day of the dance, and that this custom is becoming more or less general. Several ladies have already (August 25) filled their programmes for the club ball, which does not take place till September 16.—Times of India. Experiments in Italy. Italy is eagerly awaiting the result of the experiments being made in its swamps with the Australian malaria fish (pseudomugil signifier) which thrives in shallow water and lives chiefly on the larvae of mosquitoes. The government imported a few thousand of them in June. "Home was never like this," said Mr. Humblom, as he was shown about the deaf and dumb asylum, and he dropped a gentle tear. THE SEARCHLIGHT. W. N. MILLER ..... Editor Entered at the Post Office at Wichita, Kansas, as Second Class Mail Matter. Published Every Saturday at 601 North Main Street. RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Strictly in Advance. One Year (By Mall) ..... $1.00 Six Months (By Mall) ..... .75 Three Months (By Mall) ..... .50 An matter addressed to The Searchlight for publication must be signed by the party or parties writing matters for publication must reach this office not later than Wed- nesday to reach publication in the cur- rent issue. 2nd. Communications received after Wednesday noon will not be published in the current issue. 3rd. In asking to change your paper from one address or postoffice to another give both the ned and the old. 6th. Address all matter for publication to The Wichita Searchlight, 601 N Main Street, Wichita, Kansas. 6th. Any erroneous reflection on the character, standing or reputation of any person which may appear in this paper will be gladly corrected if brought to the attention of the editor. FOR GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, 1908. CHAS. L. DAVIDSON of Sedgwick County. SHOULD BE VOTED DOWN. This Proposed Commission Plan Is Not a Safe System Upon Which to Operate Wichita. WILL ELIMINATE NEGRO. There is now and has been for the past few months much talk concerning the proposed "Commission Plan" of city government—and now since a petition has been signed, presented to the mayor and he has called a special election for December 3rd that the people may vote "For" and "Against" the proposed "plan"—it is squarely up to the voters as to what they will desire. Should a majority of the voters vote "For" the "Commission"—then, and in that event all ward lines will be removed and the people will proceed to elect the "commissioners" from the city at large. The question now is—Is the "commission plan" the better form of government? For the past two weeks we have made an exhaustive investigation into the merits of this proposed "commission plan" of government for which the special election is called for December 3rd, 1907, and we have tried to look at this subject from an impartial point of view, and have endeavored to learn as much as possible both "for" and "against" the proposed change, and with this in mind we have made it our business to hear arguments and see literature on both sides, and now, after as close an investigation as is possible under such circumstances we are candid in our opinion that the time has not arrived for so sweeping and untried a change as that proposed in the "commission plan." Without going into minute detail of the plan we say that to give the management of a city the size of Wichita into the hands solely of four or five men is, in our judgment, taking a backward step. Our government should always remain "a representative government," and any attempt to decrease the number of representatives is an attempt to place the people still further from having any voice in city affairs. It is not a "centralizing" of power that is most needed—but an "expansion" of power. Is a Southern Plan. The only places of note where this "commission plan" has been used to any extent is Galveston, Texas, and it is not hard for a colored man or eciled woman to find ample, good and substantial reasons to oppose any plan of government emanating from such a hole as Texas. Just think of it—a Texas plan in Kansas—the very idea is a gigantic slur at every Negro in Kansas. Let the colored men who may favor this plan go to Texas and see how it works when applied to the Negro. None of Texasism for us. Means Anti-Negro. Under the present form of government we are all agreed that the colored people have little enough representation—but take it under this new proposed plan they will get nothing. Under the old subterfuge of retrenchment every colored man employed in a public place will lose his official scalp; it will mean the doom to the Negro fire department, to our lone—one—Negro policeman—and others who by chance hang on. Negro Vote Lost. With this proposed "commission plan" the Negro vote will be lost in the shuffle and in those wards—such as the Second and Fourth wards—the negro vote will be a nullity. Be Sure You're Right. We say to all our people before you vote for this change—be sure you are right—it will be too late to close the door—after the horse is gone. We believe the safe and sane way to do is to vote a big "NO" and let her go at that. Everything in the Housefurnishing line can be had at D. F. Marshall's. 236 N. Main. A NEGRO SCULPTRESS. The current issue of The World Today contains an interesting article dealing with the artistic attainments of Meta Warrick, a Philadelphia sculptress, recognized throughout the country as one of the true artists of the nation. The author of "The Clansman" or the pitchfork statesman of South Carolina would of course consider himself everlastingly disgraced if he shook hands with her, for she is a negress. The only trace of Caucasian blood in her ancestry is from the white husband of a far-off semi-harbarian "princess," of which Miss Warrick claims to be a descendant. But her ancestors of recent generations were slaves and she herself was a truck gardener's child in the environs of Philadelphia. The art critics have enthusiastically declared that she bids fair to out-Rodin Rodin, the great French master who has so signally befriended her with his counsel. Theh negrophobes would probably think that M. Rodin, of whom they probably never heard, had very little self-respect to receive Miss Warrick as a pupil, but M. Rodin is himself hailed as the Michael Angelo of today. When he permits anyone to call on him, it must be someone of artistic account, and when he calls on anyone, that one's artistic standing is assured. Miss Warrick is the sculptress of the group at the Jamestown exposition depicting the progress and development of the Negro race since the first Negroes were landed at Jamestown in 1619. This group has been highly praised, though it was executed with such haste that it can hardly be fairly compared with her other works. She has had the distinguished honor of two examples of her work in the Paris Salon in one year. She delights in the horrible, the tragic and the grotesque. As a student her best piece was a head of Medusa, and among her most famous pieces is "The Thief on the Cross." She has not yet attempted a bust of Senator Tillman or of the Rev. Thomas Dixon. Miss Warrick's career is one of inspiration to the race to which she belongs, and though she is only an individual, yet her achievements go a long way toward retuting the declarations of such authors as Dr. R. W. Schufeldt, whose recent book is entitled "The Negro a Menace to American Civilization," and who have not yet learned that injustice and oppression are greater menaces to an civilization than those who are the victims thereof.—K. C. Journal. See those beautiful designs in Tape stery or Axminster Rugs at D. F. Mar- stall's. 236 N. Main. SHOULD BE SLOW. As a race our people should be slow in grabbing at these new untried policies of political governments. There are few American so-called "reform" move nents that have any good points in them for the black race. Most of them are issues to eliminate the black man under a false guise. Let us see the real points before taking hold. D. F. Marshall. 236 N. Main, sells new and second-hand Furniture and Stoves on easy payments at cash prices. It will pay you to figure with him. CHITTLING SUPPER. Mrs. B. Davis will give another of her excellent chittling suppers at Young's hall, Saturday night. Do not miss going up. LOCALS THE RESUME OF THIS WEEK Sens your news notes and local happenings to 601 North Main Street. BUY L U M AT IF IT EVER HAPPENED YOU'LL FIND IT IN THE SEARCHLIGHT. WHY NOT SUBSCRIBE? Mrs. Geo. McDonald wishes to announces that she now has a new and fresh supply of Mme. Walker's Hair Grower, on hand, and in the future will kee pa supply. Largest size boxes 50c. MRS. GEO. McDONALD, 720 N. Washington Ave. COLORED GROCERY STORE. Mr. Louis Wright has purchased the stock of groceries of C. A. Parr, at 638 N. Water and will remodel the interior of the store and add an up-to-date stock of groceries and provision. He is now opened for business and invites you to call and trade with him. He will give you bargains in groceries and provisions. Remember the place, 638 N. Water street. PLENTY OF PLACES TO GO THANKSGIVING. No one need stay at home Thanksgiving because they have no other place to go. There will be plenty of amusement day and night. At most of the churches in the city dinners will be served. At night the Odd Fellows hold their 19th Anniversary at Redman Hall, with a splendid program. At the A. M. E. church a concert will be given with many amusing features. And at most of the other churches some amusement feature is offered. Rev. M. Wooten passed through the city Monday from Pratt Center. Mrs. H. Lewis moved from where she formerly lived to the fifth block on Wichita street. The B. T. W. Club met on last Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Wm. Bowers. After the general routine of business an hour was spent in needlework. Current events were freely discussed by the members. The Club was then served to an elegant three-course luncheon. The club colors—white, yellow and purple were carried out in the decorations. The club then adjourned to meet with Mrs. Benjamin Butler on Thursday, December 5, 1907. BIG TIME EXPECTED. BIG TIME EXPECTED. The Daughters of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 will give a big entertainment at Young's Hall, Wednesday night, Nov. 27, at which the following program will be rendered: Recitation.....Jesse Olden Instrumental Solo.....Illa Webster Vocal Solo.....Myrtle Fleming Essay.....Mrs. J. A. Martin Recitation.....Maggie Olden Clarinet Solo.....Dr. A. K. Lawrence Instrumental Solo.....Flossie Madison Instrumental Solo.....Eliza Brandon Mrs. Matt'e Miller, Master of Ceremonies, Admission, 15c. Preparations are being made to hold a bazaar at the A. M. E. church the first week in December. Each department will be represented with booths, and promises to be quite an entertaining affair. NOTICE! AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST MISS JOSEPHINE STRAGHN, N SOUTH AMERICA, FIELD MISSION BOARD, WILL LECTURE AT NEW 1907. DON'T FAIL TO HEAR THIS D TELL OF THE HEATHEN, RELIGIO GOVERNMENT OF HER PEOPLE REMEMBER THE DATE THE T NOTICE! AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, SUNDAY, DEC. 15, 1907. MISS JOSEPHINE STRAGHN, NATIVE OF BRITISH GUIANA, SOUTH AMERICA, FIELD MISSIONARY OF THE FOREIGN MISSION BOARD, WILL LECTURE AT NEW HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, DEC. 15, 1907. DON'T FAIL TO HEAR THIS DARK SKIN DUTCH MISSIONARY TELL OF THE HEATHEN, RELIGION, MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND GOVERNMENT OF HER PEOPLE IN SOUTH AMERICA. REMEMBER THE DATE THE THIRD SUNDAY IN DECEMBER. Is now located in their new building at 21st & Lawrence and can give big bargains in Fresh and Salt Meats We Can Save You Money. Come and See JOHN S. DAWSON, PROP. BUY L U M B E R AT METZ'S Corner Of 3rd & Main Dr. E. Harrison Physician & Nurgeon -SURGERY A SPECIALTY- Office Hours 9 to 11 a.m. Residence 2 to 5 p.m. 703 N. Main St 7 to 8 p.m. OFFICE 601 N. MAIN ST Wm. Coulter — Dan Furgerson Coulter & Furgerson's Barber Shop 349 N. Main Everything First-Class Shave 10c. Hair Cut25c. Your Patronage Solicited A newly remodeled four-room house, corner Twenty-third and Grace. Rent reasonable. Apply to W. N. Miller, 634 N. Water or 335 W. 15th St. Wright's Grocery 638 North Water St. All kinds of Fancy and Staple Groceries..... We will appreciate ...YOUR TRADE... At 638 N. Water St Johnston's Restaurant 339 N. Main St. Meals 20c and 25c Cigars, Tobacco, Lunch Fish Game and Oysters in Season Your Trade Wanted Lank Hilbert, Misses Sallie Rawles, Pearl Mayfield and Wesley Rawles were the pleasing guests of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Johnson, 1650 South Topeka, Friday evening. A jolly evening was passed, topped with dalton refreshments. Miss Mayfield left Saturday for her home in Marion, Kan. A golden chance is offered someone to lease a good hotel, cheap. Inquire of The Searchlight, 634 N. Water. Mrs. Sam C. Collins and Mrs. Mary Sherrills are both reported well. Major Davis, who has been quite ill, is again able to be out. Jas. J. Olden left Wednesday night for Kansas City in the interest of his ice plant company. While there he contemplates placing his order for the machinery for the plant. CHURCH, SUNDAY, DEC. 15, 1907. NATIVE OF BRITISH GUIANA, MARY OF THE FOREIGN MISSION HOPE BAPTIST CHURCH, DEC. 15, DARK SKIN DUTCH MISSIONARY JUN, MANNERS, CUSTOMS AND IN SOUTH AMERICA. THIRD SUNDAY IN DECEMBER. House MESSERVE'S FAMOUS AND CELEBRATED ICE CREAM WHOLESALE AND RETAIL For Parties, Picnics, Socials and Churches. Orders delivered to any part of the city. BON-TON & KANDY BAKERY E. B. MESSERVE, Prop. 146 North Main St. Phone 152 ... Drugs of all kinds, Cigars and Tobacco ... Your patronage solicited. + Once a customer, always a customer. Our store is Headquaters for Colored people. 615 North Main st. ' Second to None The Otto Weiss Alfalfa Stock and Poultry Food are all guaranteed under the United States Law, Serial No. 13415 and under the Kansas State Law Register No. 1. It Is The Cheapest and BEST FOOD on the Market. Goods Stored Household Goods, Trunks, Boxes, Packages, and any kind goods SAFELY STORED for you. Reasonable Rates. 634 N. water st. HOUCK Hardware store First Class Goods at Lowest Price 116 East Douglas Avenue Dr.J.E. Farmer Physician and Surgeon —Diseases of— Women and Children A Specialty New Phone 986 Office 517 N. Main St YOUR GOODS SAFE if you store them with us-Miller Storage Co., 634 N. Water. Centropolis First-Class In Everyway Clean Beds, Wholesome Meals, Cigars, Ice Cream and Cake at all times..... Terms Reasonable Mrs S. Sneed, Prop. Use Murray's Reliable Nerve Balm Murray's Reliable Antiseptic Salv Murray's Reliable Extracts Murray's Reliable Perfumes Murray's Reliable Pure Spices They are pleasing hundreds of people and will please you. J. H. MURRAY, Sole Prop. 803 South Hydraulic Avenue New Phone 985 Wichita - - - Kansas W. J. MENRION DRUGGIST 801 M. Main St. Wichita, Kans. wichita, Kan Peerless Steam Laundry Wichita's Oldest, Most Reliable and Best Laundry BEST LAUNDRY WORK IN THE CITY All Work Guaranteed SELOVER & JONG, Prep. Phone 232 245 N. Markd Delmonico Restaurant 513 N. Main St. First Class Meals Lunch at All Hours Everything neat and clean. Your patronage solicited. Fish, Game and Oysters in season. Frazier & Frazier, Props. Watch for the Searchlight collector. Be prepared to pay wha you owe Office, 601 N. Main St. 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, Oxford and Slippers all styles and kinds. AT. WHOLESALE PRICES Tapp & Hanshaw Phone 257 255-257 N. Malta TRY US For a Good Job of Lead and Oil. SUTTON PAINT CO. DOCTORS ORGANIZE UNION, Toronto Physicians Fix Higher Scale of Prices, ‘Toronto, Ont.—The doctors of this city west of Yonge street have formed « unton under the name “No, 11 Ter. torial Division of the College of Phy. sicians.and Surgeons,” The objeets of the organization are to improve the condition of the prefession against cks, establish minimum fees and cnd lodge terms. The lowest fee tor medical examination for fraternal ictles has been fixed at $2, while the minimum fee for miner operations hos been fixed at $10, and that for major operations at $50. For a first visit to a patient $2 hereafter will be charged, and $1 for each subsequent yivit, while the fee for night visits will je doubled, being fixed at $3. The clare for an office visit has been na'e $1, including prescription, while w sive anesthetics $5 will be charged. ‘True to His Promice_ M2 4 teacher in a tenement district hur- rie from the school to find the mother ot « pupil who had been taken quite il ‘an you show me where Mrs. An- golo Seandale lives?” she inquired of acioub transplanted from the sunny sow’) (oa dark, sunless alley. "Yes, teach’, I show you,” and a will: Ing, sticsy hand dragged her on with such speed as to make her stumble over a1 Italian dame seated on the threshold. afer the teacher's breathless flight town" the clouds, the little hand sioy/d tugging, ere where Mees Scandale live,” Indicated the horizontal arm and fiz evr. “but she downstair sitting on the sion” finished the smiling lips.— Harper's Magazine, Sheer white goods, in fact, any fing wash goods when new, owe much of their attractiveness to the way they are laundered, this being done in a manner to enhance their textile beaw: ty. Home laundering would be equal ly satisfactory if proper attention was given to starching, the first essential being good Starch, which has sufficient strength to stiffen, without thickening the goods. Try Defiance Starch and you wil! be pleasantly surprised at the improved appearance of your work. Envy. “Think of the patient, uncomplain: ing industry of the busy bee,” said the man who makes perfunctory ef: forts to be cheerful. “The busy bee,” replied the business man, "has no occasion to complain He Is one of the few manufacturers who are not being bothered constantly. by the tariff or the pure food laws."— Washington Star, Sy up? Figs Se © Dlx of Senna acts gently yet prompt- \vonthe bla ennees the system effectually, assists one in overcoming habitual constipation permanently. To act its beneficial effects buy the éenuine. flanufactured bythe CALIFORNIA Hie Syrup Co. ‘SOLD BY LEADING DRUCGISTS-80¢ pe-BOTTLE New and Liberal Homestead Hoaeletigna ta New Districs Now Opened for Settlement sek carrer aren ain het AISI | sient altar 5 AN | screeners ects EE ee ni | ce ou : Estos ea dances we, BI the Revised Homestead Ww AAR Wowstaons of Canad eR iS Thousands ofhome -- as sss soteneahta "Tne atte eeettins wake Sa ee eee i A ee ean tenet crane criti patna betes haemo Sa ree Ree rey. gm ert emi tera Ua ne ote y gar bate Utama eer eee cca rae gee ananassae Pine Sone eases ee SIE ees tee are The tesa axch casa wil be grees, Churches octasfescetenee it eee ancien nea ea Serna caterer ae see ae See en ea carom: Ds cnet cuanto are J. S. CRAWFORD, ‘No, 125 W. Niotk Street, Kansas City, Missourt: Th: s Time, or Money? Which do you need most? My work will take most of your time, and I will pay you $}3.0c por day, in cash, if you’ do well, Details for a postal. ATRINSON, 1024 Race St., Philadelphia. Q Has ve $30 AN HOUR &. MERRY GO ROUNDS UCAS EMERVIREM AS Cor Generat Amuseien Duullises, oak Len toed dunowanbar a. ¥, Supplement to THE SEARCHLIGHT WICHITA, - . . KANSAS SEES —=_= iintaaiedhs Hisine. Doctors who prescribe horseback riding for their patients declare that it is the greatest exercise possible— that fs, the most beneficial, because it strengthens the muscles of the arms, back, neck and the nether limbs, stirs np the liver, stimulates circulation and produces a good, round, full, strong, healthful heart action. This particular wisdom of the medical fra- ternity has long since demonstrated {ts worth, and the wonder of it all is that, knowing {ts corrective blessings m cases of nervousness, with their thousand and one other ailments ot which racked nerves is the parent, there are not more persons who will take horseback riding as a preventive for the ills when it can cure, says Christine MeVale in Home Compan- ‘on, A number of answers to this query have been made, and each has in it grains of truth, but it seems that a0 single word can answer the ques- ton, The expense, ignorance of the way to ride, and too frequently, in the vase of the feminine, fear of the ant- nal itself, and the possibility of bodily injury. Sometimes it is urged that horseback riding is a society stunt, tnd in a small town makes for ex- lusiveness. And there is really some ruth in that. A Commendable Movement. The national government has acted wisely and wellin prohibiting the use of posters in setting forth the advan- tages that the army and navy pos- sess for furnishing young men with honest ways of earning a livelihood. There was a lack of dignity that should attend the proceedings of a great nation in this florid way of at- tracting public notice, remarks the uston Budget, and now that it has been discontinued in favor of more legitimate advertising in the newspa- vers, it 1s to be hoped that this move- nent will have a good influence in helping to do away with the billboare auisance in other directions, There we posters, no doubt, that are inof- ensive to the eyes and that do no rarm, but there are some that are positively demoralizing in their influ ‘nce upon the young, through the saudy pictures of crime that they ex vibit, while there are others that arc often a blot upon a beautiful stretch of rural scenery. The ban'shment of he most of these is eagerly desired vy people of taste, and there now wems to be a determined effort all wer the country to make the un verthy billboards things of the past tadiana ingenuity was never better lisplayed than in the opening of the hoked overflow pipe at the Black- ourn coal mines, says the Indinapolis Star. It was Impossible to get at the pipe with the necessary tools, but a neighboring fisherman, who had caught a large sturgeon, saw a mode. Tying a strong cord to the fish's tail he put it in the pipe. It at once swam forward to escape, and when it but. ted into the obstruction with Its bony nose be pulled it back and let {t but’ iain, Thus by the simple process of Irilling the obstruction: was removed. The possibilities.of this system are great, By the aid of trained sturgeons, sar fish and shovel-nose catfish almost any old pipe may be cleaned. When the manager of one of the inderground railways In London at- empts to force the trainmen to use heir H’s In the proper places, it ts ‘ot surprising that there is resent: nent. This mavager has called the attention of the employes to the fact hat there are no stich places as “Amp. stead or ‘Ighgate, or even ‘O'born, and nsists that they pronounce the names properly. If he succeeds, remarks he Youth's Companion, hopefully, there is likely to be a loud demand for his services on this side to train the street ear conductors. Those international marriages are sot so dreadfully one-sided, after all To be sure there is rather a prepon- lerance of titled foreigners capturing American heiresses, but occasionally here is an offset. A fine young Amer- can, one of the Rhodes scholars studying in Oxford, has taken to wife 1 charming English lady. Perhaps, suggests the Indianapolis Star, it will yet become the fashion for old-world ladies of beauty and rank to appropri- ate plain, untitled but studious and worthy young Americans for their husbands. ¥ Til-bred Americans abroad, about whom we hear complaints, are no more to be condemned than ill-bred foreigners in this country. Lord All- cash, touring in Italy, was no worse in behavior than the lordlings who come here prospecting for a rich matrimo- aial match. No doubi the duchess of Marlbor- ough can give her cousin Gladys some facts about matrimonial lite among the titled that will prove prof- jtable to the prospective bride. ae Seotes\ | ANNUAL SALE LEWIS’ SINGLE BIRDER ee Ee oe oe : (eo Sedan @ Lee 9 9 SW epee SB Pa MADE OF EXTRA QUALITY TOBACCO Dies YOU PAY 10 CENTS FOR CIGARS NOT SO GOOD ° LY ne Ee EN ‘ : (Ae ea Ni in a Se oN OR 2 a ff egg oe SS ee 2 Geer UT ) BUh | ame fe es ee, ear i Woe ee oe ca eS oe re be . ee Boe Se PE Cee IRE ae ey Sa Ces pe) (ae Bee) ee Lee ie OS ES ORO, +e Lee 8 s aS ho aN : ee a Oe Bars eo oa Care ie FR. de ee, ee a ‘ app CRA eG LE eis encase: sey ha. crank ams La 8 eee ie ieee, eC a Pe ok eg ae Ree han eae pee Ve en ee, Ge oo et ; 1 ee Ch Sr ron ae ee au H dg ee rage | ak PN TTF ee a nn ee ak A ae OO 7 Re ei a paren eee. cabin oe ee tg ied ana ho vod es : ble amis aa) (ie a okie Be bey eee DIO pe mem ee Pea 2 eae en Se SS Maa ars ee ee ak ae he canal Oe Ye Oi eee geet S DR Ge en ee Re) SEAN a oo Maes re 2 ames (Oe 2 eA ets a eee WHERE THE FAMOUS LEWIS’ SINGLE BINDER CIGAR IS MADE ‘Smokers like to know the character of the factory their Cigars come from. Formerly the Home of the late COL. ROBERT G. INGERSOLL. PURCHASED AND REMODELED BY FRANK P. LEWIS FOR THE => FA Ls he A MODEL OF SANITARY CLEANLINESS INDEPENDENT FACTORY NOT IN ANY TRUST e VETERAN OF THREE WARS. A Pioneer of Colorado and Nebraska. Matthias Campbell, veteran of the civil war and two Indian wars, and _ @ pioneer of Colo- y rado, now living at a 218 East Nebraska Gia Street, Blair, Neb., ay ff says: “I had such # pains in my back oT ux for a long time that BA * 1 could not turn 2 in bed, and at times yy) there was an almost Tf ET a URE ERE eR RO @ pioneer of Colo- jy r2do, now living at ea 218 East Nebraska RGR Street, Blair, Neb., yp! says: “I had such #; pains in my back 4; for a long time that B38 1 could not turn 2 in bed, and at times Hey) there was an almost RIN if total stoppage of the urine. My wife and I have both used Doan’s Kidney Pills for what doc- tors diagnosed as advanced kidney ‘roubles, and botk of us have been sompletely cured.” Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co,, Buffalo, N. ¥. The Sequel. “Funny thing about Dubley. He said he needed a little whisky because he was run down,” “Well, wasp’t he run down?” “I don’t know about that, but T do know h> was run {i.”—The Catholic Standard and Times. Important to Mothers. Examine careluily every bottle of CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it Bears the In Use For Over 330 Years, ‘The Kind You Have Always Bought. Split the Difference, Ina dog caseat Felixstowe, Eng- land, one witness testified that the dog whose loss was being sued for was vorth $125, while another swore it was worthless, So the judge awarded $02.50 damages as a fair average. Any 12 Year Old Girl Can mike those delicious Lemon Choco- Tate and Custard pies as well as the more experienced cook if she uses “OUR-PIE” preparation, which is now sold by neirly all grocers at 10 cents per package. Just the proper ingredients in each package. Human nature is an interesting study because it changes so often. FOUR SHAFTS OF HUMOR. Pithy Remarks from One of the Fore. most Jokesmiths. With the truly artistic tempera. ‘ment the bird in the bush has scant notion of doubling its value by chang- ing to the hand. A has-been is a man who has spent his time with hair vigors, electric brushes and newspaper recipes, when he should have been winning a laurel wreath to cover his ignominy with. When you enter a shop state just what you want. For then the mer. chant can go intelligently to work to sell you something else. The great law of commerce is to sell people what they don’t want. What they do want will sell itself, But, probably it is no harder to live up to your reputation when you are young than it will be to live it down when you are older.—Puck. DOCTORS IN GRAND JURY NET, Two Indicted in lowa for Conspiracy to Force an Independent Physi- cian from a Surgical Case. Waverly, Ia—The Bremner county grand jury, which a few weeks age indicted fourteen members of the coun ty medical association, alleging viola tion of the antitrust law, recently re ported additional indictments against Dr. W. A. Rohif and Dr. 0. L. Chaffee ‘on the general ground of conspiracy. Their alleged offense was of forcing an independent doctor from a surgi. cal case, in which he as well as one of the accused doctors had been em: ployed, after he had refused to sign the union scale, 5 No Nature Fake. The alleged case of a bird making @ splint for its broken leg is no more wonderful than this: A Welsh rabbit, about to be de- youred by an enemy, made itself stringy and tied the strings to a plate, fork and toast in a brave effort to keep from being drazged to its doom. I saw this with my own eyes but refrain from giving my right name for fear of drawing upon me displeasure, —Herald and Presbyter. ATURE PROVIDES Ow FP EQ d INNS eo . FOR SICK WOMEN ou more potent remedy in the roots aS Wy a and herbs of the field than was ever Y, produced from drugs. . 7 et In the good old-fashioned days of a our grandmothers few drugs were = - used in medicines and Lydia EB. Spero} Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass.. in her on eg study of roots and herbs and their SAD aS power over disease discovered and SIN SS gave to the women of the world > 6-4 iS 4| remedy for their peculiar {lls more Oo Gi © Potent and eificacious than any combination of drugs. LYDIA E. PINKHAM ° 5 5 Lydia E, Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound isan honest, tried and true remedy of unquestionable therapeutic value During its record of more than thirty years, its long list of actual cures of those serious ills peculiar towomen, entitles Lydia B. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound to the respect: and confidence of every fair minded person and every thinking woman. When women are troubled with irregular or painful functions, weakness, displacements, ulceration or inflammation, backache, flatulency, general debility, indigestion or nervous prostration, they should rewrember there is one tried and true remedy, Lydia B. Pink ham’s Vegetable Compound. No other remedy in the country has such a record of cures of female ills, and thousands of women residing in every part of the United States bear willing testimony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia EB. Pink- ham’s Vegetable compound and what it has done for them. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick womer to write her for advice. 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C., as follows: "Having used Peruna for catarral disorders, I am able to testify to its great remedial excellence and do not hesitate to give it my emphatic endorsement to all persons affected by that disorder. It is also a tonic of great usefulness." Mr. T. Barnecock, West Alymer, Ontario, Can., writes: "Last winter I was ill with pneumonia after having a gripe. I took Peruna for two months, when I became quite well. I also induced a young lady, who was all run down and confined to the house, to take Peruna, and after taking Peruna for three months she is able to follow her trade. I can recommend Peruna for all such who are ill and require tonic." Pe-ru-na Tablets. Some people prefer to take tablets, rather than to take medicine in a fluid form. Such people can obtain Peruna tablets, which represent the solid medicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each tablet is equivalent to one average dose of Peruna. COULD USE THE ROAD. fresh Soldier's Great Idea When Cover Was Badly Needed. The following colloquy is said to have actually occurred during one of the earlier battles in the Philippines: A detachment of American infantry, under orders to support a section of Capt. Reilly's battery, were halted for quite a while on a perfectly flat military road in full view and fine range of the Filipino trenches. Of course, to lie flat on the road was the only available "use of cover." In this detachment was an Irishman who had served his time with the colors in the British army before he enlisted with Uncle Sam. As a recruit he had been very prone to tell how the British soldiers did everything. As a result he was incessantly plied with questions as to his experiences. While the bullets were "plopping" down the road and kicking up the gravel, a young Yankee suddenly asked: "Say, Mike, what do the British soldiers do with their heads in a place like this?" Quick as a flash came the retort: "A British soldier has no head, corr!" After a full two-minute pause, Mike continued: "However, be that as it may, I wish I could pick up this d—road and stan' it on edge fernist me!" Not Caretaker's Fault. In answer to a complaint made by the town council of Camberne, England, that the caretaker of the recreation ground had allowed the grass to grow to an inconvenient height, that officer replied that the donkey which had formerly eaten the grass had died of lockjaw and he had been unable to buy another one to take its place. SCHOOL TEACHERS "For many years I have used coffee and refused to be convinced of its bad effect upon the human system," writes a veteran school teacher. "Ten years ago I was obliged to give up my much loved work in the public schools after years of continuous labor. I had developed a well defined case of chronic coffee poisoning. "The troubles were constipation, flutterings of the heart, a thumping in the top of my head, and various parts of my body, twitching of my limbs, shaking of my head, and, at times after exertion, a general "gone" feeling with a toper's desire for very strong coffee. I was a nervous wreck for years. "A short time ago friends came to visit us and they brought a package of Postum with them, and urged me to try it. I was prejudiced because some years ago I had drunk a cup of weak, tasteless stuff called Postum which I did not like at all. "This time, however, my friend made the Postum according to directions on the package, and it won me. Suddenly I found myself improving in a most decided fashion. "The odor of boiling coffee no longer tempts me. I am so greatly benefited by Postum that if I continue to improve as I am now, I'll begin to think I have found the Fountain of Perpetual Youth. This is no fancy letter but stubborn facts which I am glad to make known." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read the book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a Reason." ENCOURAGING FACTS ENCOURAGING FACTS THOSE CONTEMPLATING CHANGE OF RESIDENCE SHOULD READ THEM. The other day the writer was in the Office of the Canadian Government at St. Paul, Minnesota. On the windows of the building were signs to the effect that homesteads of 160 acres were given free to actual settlers, and in the windows were displays of wheat, oats, barley, other grains and vegetables, which he was told were grown in Western Canada. This could be readily believed for in no other country on the Continent would it be possible to grow such splendid specimens. The world is now pretty well advised that in the growing of such cergals as have been named and vegetables as well the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta have no competitor. For several years past specimens have been exhibited at State and County Fairs throughout the State, and these exhibits are looked upon as one of the chief attractions. They have demonstrated what can be done in the climate of a country possessing a soil that will grow things. But that it was possible to grow vegetables such as were seen there seemed to create some doubt. But it was the case. And apples too. Not of course the splendid fruit grown in countries more congenial to such culture, but they were in evidence. Throughout Indiana, the hoosier farmers were forced to stop and think. When a similar exhibit was placed before them during the past few weeks, many of them were forced to stop and remark: "That is much ahead of anything we can do. The quality of the grain we have conceded, for has not so-and-so sent us samples grown on his own farm the like of which we had never seen before. But to think of the vegetables—and such vegetables. Why, we thought everything was frozen up there, and these turnips, cabbages, cauliflowers, beets, mangolds, pumpkins, and squashes are away ahead of anything we ever saw grow." That is the story everywhere. Thousands of Western Canada homeowners, formerly United States citizens, are growing just such grain, just such vegetables, which yield them a splendid profit with little outlay on the farms that they have secured from the Government of the Dominion of Canada at the nominal cost of $10 for 160 acres. If adjoining land is wanted it can be secured from the railway companies or from private individuals at moderate prices and reasonable terms. Ey placing your name and address on a postal card and addressing it to the Canadian Government Agent, whose name appears elsewhere, a copy of "Last Best West" telling you all about it will be sent you free. HOW HE FOUND THE KEY. Brother's Method Was Simple, but Also Somewhat Costly. Miss Dresswell had just returned, after spending a week with a country friend. Imagine her consternation when she discovered her previously well-stocked wardrobe empty! "Gracious, George!" she said to her brother. "Where are all my clothes? And what in the world is that great black patch on the lawn? The face of George exhibited all the well-known signs of conscious righteousness, and he met her gaze unfinchingly. "Maria," he replied consolingly, "you wrote to me that if I wanted the key of the billiard room I should find it in the pocket of your bolero." "Yes, yes!" "Well, I don't know a bolero from a fichu or a box pleat, so I took all the things to the lawn and burnt them. Then I recovered the key from the ashes." She froze him with a stare, and he is now thawing slowly on the kitchen stove.—Stray Stories. Girl's Rash Spread and Grew Worse Under Specialist's Care--Perfect Cure by Cuticura Remedies. "When my daughter was a baby she had a breaking out behind the ears. The doctor said that she would outgrow it, and it did get somewhat better until she was about fifteen years old, and after that she could get nothing that would drive it away. She was always applying something in the way of salves. It troubled her behind the knees, opposite the elbows, back of the neck and ears, under the chin, and then it got on the face. That was about three years ago. She took treatment with a specialist and seemed to get worse all the time. We were then advised to try the Cuticura Remedies, and now I don't see any breaking out. M. Curley, 11-19 Sixteenth St., Bay City, Mich., May 20, 1906." Where Legislature Meets Every Year. There are now only six states in the United States whose legislatures meet every year. In the others the legislatures meet only once in two years, and this is true of the great states of Pennsylvania and Illinois. Only the legislatures of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Georgia, South Carolina and Rhode Island meet once a year. 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Mrs. Nora Powell left Monday for Galena, Kan., where she will make it her future home. known as the New Richard Parrington, highest terms of his gives me the satisfaction the part of a man," he night in his dressing room had stood all that could stand from a womally took the only rest. That it was a wrong art was his misfortune. open had led him to a things than he had perienced and made it the solution to the problem. By the way, there is a in the lost act of the splendidly everywhere. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wills left Friday evening for Parsons, Kan. They will make it their future home. Mrs. Walter Wheaten returned to her home in this city after a week's visit with friends in Independence, Kan. COFFEYVILLE. KAN. Golden Gate Temple No. 17, and Charity Rose Tabernacle No. 24, gave a splendid joint entertainment at Foster Williams' Hall, Friday, November 15th, at which time they paid the endowment of the late Sir Louis Wilfrey. A large crowd was present. Sirs Moreland and A. Garner both made splendid talks in behalf of the order. The endowment of $100.00 was paid to Mrs. Mary Wilfrey, mother of the deceased, by Sir A. Garner, D. G. M. Lottie Ambrose Knight, son of Mrs. Arthur Knight, is very ill with pneumonia. PRATT NEWS. The presiding elder is in Pratt this week. The Misses Nellie and Florence Banks of Pretty Prairie, Kan., arrived in Pratt last Friday, visiting their friend, Miss Maude Frankling. On Tuesday they departed for Cullison, Kan., to visit friends there, the Misses Ella Green and May Fleming. Will Peoples of Meade, Kan., has been to Cullison, Kan., to transact business. Mr. and Mrs. Clay and family passed through here last week en route to Medicine Lodge. Quite a surprise party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mack James, Monday night, and an enjoyable time was spent. The Misses Nellie and Florence left Cullison, Kan., Wednesday to visit friends east of Pratt. Sam Franklin visited friends in Cullison, Kan., a couple of days last week. Miss Ella Green and the Misses Nellie and Florence Banks visited in Coats, Kan., one day last week. A Good Chance For All Those That Would Like To Be Helped Miss Mamie Richardson, of Kansas City, Kan, has located in our city as a MUSIC TEACHER. She comes well recommended from some of the best instructors in the west. Had several years experience in teaching. She solicits your patronage and will be glad to meet you at 630 NORTH WATER ST., Phone 1041 EUREKA FLAT 634 North Water St WICHITA, KAN. Now Open to the Public. Nice and Clean FURNISHED ROOMS FOR MEN. New and elegantly furnished. Newly painted and papered. Located in the residence portion of the city one block from Main street car line and 'u easy access to restaurants and business portion of the city. Furnished and Fitted for comfortable sleeping. When in Wichita come to the comfortable Eureka Flats, 634 N. Water street, for rest Rooms by the Night, Week, or Month. AT THE CRAWFORD THEATER. The Searchlight has added the theater column to its pages, and will endeavor each week to give its readers the news of coming good attractions at the Wichita opera house. EDITOR. Sweet womanliness and rugged manliness are the salient characteristics of the new play of life in the opera called "An Old Sweetheart of Mine", which is coming to the Crawford, matinee and night on Thanksgiving Day, November 28. W. A. Whitecar, who plays the part of Dick Scott, formerly known as the New York clubman, Richard Parrington, speaks in the highest terms of his new role. "It gives me the satisfaction of playing the part of a man," he said the other night in his dressing room. "Barrington had stood all that mortal man could stand from a woman and naturally took the only revenge possible. That it was a wrong and weak revenge was his misfortune. His life in the open had led him to a higher view of things than he had ever before experienced and made it possible to find the solution to the problem presented. By the way, there is a novel situation in the lost act of the play that takes splendidly everywhere. The sheriff has a prisoner to take to jail. He is a self-confessed prisoner, but the most popular man in Western Texas. The boys on the ranch are determined to keep him and cover the sheriff with their guns. Nothing daunted, the old sheriff appears to acquiesce in their scheme of letting the man escape until he sees him come upon the scene to give himself up, when, quickly covering his prisoner with his own pistol, he calmly tells the friends of the murderer to shoot him if they so desire, adding that he will send the first bullet into the heart of the prisoner unless they lower their guns. It is unnecessary to add that their guns are lowered. "In Old Kentucky" is announced for early presentation here, and this means a general turning-out of theater-goers, young and old, for "In Old Kentucky" makes a stronger appeal than the average theatrical attraction. In fact, although it has been played for fifteen years, it demands and receives as general attention as most of the new offerings that are entour. It is a clean, wholesome play, and at this time needs little recommendation to local playgoers, for its merits are too well known to requ're lengthy notice. A performance of "In Old Kentucky" never falls to satisfy the most critical playgoer. Observing authors like Owen Wister and Alfred Henry Lewis, have pointed out in a certain sense that cowpunchers of long experience are always bow-legged. They get that way from spending most of their time astride a horse. Theatregoers will notice that Ben Higgins, who plays Gus Ferris in "The Heir to the Hoorah" and Frank Capeau, who plays Trampas in "The Virginian" both present a rear view like a pair of parenthesis. Whether they had their legs bent to live up to the characters or whether they were selected for their respective roles by reason of their idiosyncrasies is not important so long as the artistic unities are preserved. FLORENCE ROBERTS. Although of a generous nature, and a free giver to those in need of assistance, Florence Roberts, the well known emotional actress, who comes to the Crawford Monday, November 25, in Zira, is a determined opponent of the "tipping" system. She not only refused to "dig up" for the benefit of servants employed in hotels and by railroads, but is always urging her friends to take a similar stand, and join the growing army of those "who-will-not-be-held-up." In a recent interview on this subject, Miss Roberts said: "I am opposed to this petty and pestiferous form of graft because it is opposed to the spirit of the times. Just remember this, your tip does not go to the servant as a reward. It is nine times out of ten a gratuity forced from you by the employers who refuse to pay their employees living wages. It is a despicable system that compels these servants to become actual beggars and parasites upon the public, especially upon actors and actresses who are looked upon as easy and natural victims. "At one time I was a patient victim of tips and gave them freely. It took a trip to London to cure me. While stopping there at a certain hotel I was touched by everybody in the establishment and gave up to many who had done absolutely nothing for me. I jumped into my cab on leaving, thanking heaven that I had gotten away with the clothes on my back, when I was surprised to see a shabbily dressed individual thrust a grimy hand into the open cab window. "But I don't remember what you did for me?" I said in a vexed tone. "I saw you get into the cab, Miss," whined the grimy one in an insistent tone. That certainly was the limit. The beggar received nothing, and I registered a vow never to tip again, and I am keeping it. I hope our great American traveling public will take the same view, and that, alided by wise laws, we shall soon be able to abolish the vicious system for good." WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NOV. 27 the Daughters of Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 will give an entertainment at Young's Hall. Everyone is cordially invited. Admission 15c. Mrs. Viney Bates, now of Clearwater, Kan., was in Wichita for a day or so last week. . 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Taylor, of Colorado Springs, united with the church by letter, and was assigned to Class No. 5. The Friday night class meeting was a spiritual feast to all who attended. Sister Coffee's band of Willing Workers had a very successful evening with their "Masked Carnival." The stewardesses are preparing to have two entertainments before the quarterly confere nce. The Presiding Elder Committee hope to present the finest series of entertainments, ever given by the Wichita churches just after Thanksgiving. On Tuesday evening the following ladies and gentlemen called on the pastor and family, and brought with them a supply of the necessaries of life: Mrs. W. H. ones, Mrs. J. T. Chinneth, W. H. Jones, Edward Hathmon, Rosey Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Saunders, Mrs. Clements, Mr. and Mrs. A. Paul, Mrs. Grant Ewing, Lillie Jones, Mrs. Barker, Mrs. Kennedy, Fannie Gregg, Mrs. Turner, Mattle Turner, Mrs. Mary Clark, Ida Gordon, Mrs. Helm, Lulu Covington, Mary I. Jones, and several others whose names were not obtained. The ladies will serve a grand dinner to the public in general and a free dinner to the little colored orphans of the city, from 12 to 2 p. m. A reception to the colored graduates and present students of the Wichita High School will be held from 3 to 5 p. m. Every student, past and present, is requested to register. A sumptuous supper will be served from 6 to 8 by the general committee at 15 cents. In the evening a magnificent program of music and comedy, opening with the musical pantomime, "The Old Maids' Tea Party," concluding with the 3-Act sketch, "An Obstinate Dad," in up-to-date holiday treat. Come, eat, laugh and grow fat. Admission in the evening, 10 cents. Proceeds for the trustees. Several old gossiping malds are planning a Tea Party at the A. M. E. church Thanksgiving night. All colored orphan children, under 10 years, will be given a free dinner at St. Paul's next Thursday. You will have the opportunity of an acquaintance with all the past and present colored students of the W. H. S. next Thursday. See the register at St. Paul's. A real old-fashioned Thanksgiving dinner and supper at St. Paul's church next Thursday. Cupid and that obstinate old man will have a bout Thanksgiving night at St. Paul's. Major Davis has presented his wife with a handsome $50.00 steel range. It is a beauty and Mrs. Davis highly appreciates the same. Mrs. Mollie Cox left Wednesday morning for Hutchinson, where she organized a new Court of Calanthe. Mrs. Cox is doing effective work in building up this order. Wichita Tabernacle No. 34 is doing nicely. Good attendance at each meeting. Mills Co. Shoes complete line of— GOODS ear and also a complete stock of SHOES men, Women, Boys, Misses is cannot be excelled. TSCH UGLAS AVE NEWTON (KAN.) NEWS. Mrs. John McClain is reported some better. Mrs. John English of Wellington, was seen in the city last week. Mrs. Wm. 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Mr. Level and Carter of Garden City was seen in the city this week. Mrs. Joe Rickman is reported very ill. Remember the concert the 22nd given at A. M. E. church. Rev. Harrison will preach at A. M. E. church next Sunday night. All are cordially invited to attend the services. Free exhibition of trick and fancy lariat throwing by Bee Ho Gray in front of the Crawford at 10:30 Tuesday. One of the pleasantest tokens of coming days lies in the appearance of the new drama by Hal Reid, called "The Cow Puncher," which opens a matinee and night engagement at the Crawford on Tuesday, November 26. It has already established itself into high favor in the East, after the dreamy monotonous string of lurid plays the indulgent public has been subjected to in the past season this simple but interesting play of life on the plains of Arizona comes to us like a cooling draught of water fresh from the well of nature. Its chief charm is its plain and wholesome sentiment. Not that it is an ordinary drama, it is too honest and grave for that. There are no affectations or appeals for maudlin sentiment. It appeals to the heart, and at times flashes of bright comedy creep forth that seem to fit in, and lend color and atmosphere to the story. An excellent cast has been provided, W. F. Mann, the producer, has spent a small fortune on the two carloads of scenery, electrical effects and properties necessary for its production, and we are expecting the "Cow Puncher" to prove one of the pleasantest dramatic events of the season. Special bargain matinee price of 25c. Thos. G. Banks was in the city Tuesday visiting relatives and friends. Mr. Banks has been transferred from Arkausas City to Wellington. Mrs. Viny Bates and Mrs. Watson were the guests of Mrs. M. Miller Tuesday. The Rose-Colored Dawn By Eugene Bonnis on her mother’s veranda, gazing dreamily out upon the clear sheet of water that lay between the road and the wooded hills beyond. Her little son, Raymond, not five years old, was playing in a pile of sand near the house and was building ‘churches with steeples, domes and windows. “Mother,” he cried in childish en- thusiasm, “see what a pretty church Ym building,” and he held out his dimpled little arm pointing towards the structure, all complete in his sub- tle imagination. "Yes, my dear,” his mother encour- aged. “It Is very pretty,” then re turned Into the realms of her dreams. ‘The seven years of her married life ame before her with panoramic vivid- ness. The wedding day among the June roses, way back as it seemed now, ages ago—then the Hittle trip across the water to a delightfully se- questered little summer hotel with but @ handful of guests. Then the return and the home building period, all so delightful. The second year the ad- vent of the stork and the arrival of the cherub faced little boy. And so on through year after year till the time when her husband began to show signs of weariness and restlessness. ‘Then long hours alone, bitter mo- ments with something eating into the very soul of things. Then the open rupture of the family relations, and her husband's open declaration that the once honest and dominant love was now but the last smoke from the dying embers. The awfulness that stole Into her soul when the truth was known. ‘Then the separation—as frfends—yet separation. The break- {ng up of the little home, her home and bis—putting away little tokens of Jove and affection, storing pieces of furniture made sacred by association. ‘The return to her girlhood home, to her mother and meet the old faces that seemed an acho from past world. ' Only a few miles in the direction of her misty gaze lay the large rest- less city. In her mental vision she saw her husband in his office toiling and Iuboring over his papers and sur- rounded with innumerable huge vol umes of law books. The magazine slipped from her lap to the floor and roused het from her reverie. A strange feeling of hopeful inspira- tion ran through her swaying body and touched her very soul. It surged shrough her with definite resolution that mother and child should not be abandoned, not so long as she could lift a finger in thelr behalf. A new ight shone from her eyes. “Don't go into the street, dear,” she ¢alled to the boy, then entered the house. She returned in a few mo- ments with pencil and tablet and re- sumed her place in the hammock and ‘began writing hurriedly. Half an hour passed when she looked up, gathered the sheets of closely written paper And began to read what she had writ- ten. “Come, Raymond, be my dear little fairy messenger, mail this in the post office,” she called. ee Mr. Malcomb, attorney and counsel- for at law, entered his office earlier than usual and began assorting his morning mail, Among the numerous letters was one whose handwriting he recognized at a glance. Taking bis paper knife he ripped the envel- ‘ope open and extracted the letter. He vead the first page hurriedly and then put ft down and proceeded to deliber- ‘ately open and read the few remain- ing letters, This task being complet: ed, he turned again to the open letter an¢ began reading calmly and with deepening interest. His face twitched ‘as he proceeded. On his desk was a small picture of a boy with his head nestling close to his mother’s face. ‘The man's eyes wandered wistfully to the photograph. He picked it up ‘and looked at it a moment then al- ‘most reverently touched the shining surface with his lips. His eyes were dim now. “1 will do It, by the gods! I will do it!” he exclaimed till his own voice startled him. He rung for the stenog: rapher and gave her a hurried mes- sage. “A soul with a broken wing, and I broke it," he half muttered, picking ‘up the letter for the third time. Then read: “gpirit Lake, June 10, 190—My dar ting sweetheart—You are that, are you not? Just mine—because I love you und you are going to love me In the same old way you used to. 1 ‘am going to write today just as I feel and as I've wanted to write but could n't for the words seemed like an nche from the dead past with no one te hear and understand them and the thought of it only: choked my yoo: heart into dumb silence. Today | feel different—I feel that son you will write to me and call me all the ee 4 that look into the depths of things. He is playing now in a pile of'sand near ‘where Iam writing, he is so innocent ‘and he does not know. He is build: ing churches with domes and steeples and windows, He is the living Incar ‘nation of his father—a living mina ture, He needs you and asks for you every day. Don't let us wait long, will you dear? The time to live is so short and the years are so long with- out you. “With a heart full of love I am look- ing across the silent peaceful little lake, and out beyond the hills where the city les—looking in upon you as you read this, and I am waiting with feverish tension for the good news that you are coming back to your lit- tle girl, “Your faithful wife.” Mr. Malcomb placed the letter face down upon his desk as Mr. Riley en- tered, pompous and important. “Good morning, Mr. Maleomb; did you want me?” he greeted and ques- tioned. “That was ostensibly my object In sending for you,” replied the lawyer, eurtly, then added, “have you that cottage on Folsom avenue—let me see, near Lafayette Place, for rent?” “I've been holding it for you,” led Riley. “Well, I want it, and I want you to see that it Is ready by next Monday,” He turned to his desk, produced a check book and wrote a check. “It will "be ready, sir,” he_ puffed, as he rose ponderously from the chair to make his exit. “Riley,” shouted Malcomb, “have a Jload of fine, dry sand delivered and dumped on the east side of the house, without fail.” ‘The dealer was off wondering what ailed Mr. Malcomb this day. Malcomb turned to his desk and wrote upon a sheet ,of office paper Ull it was Hterally covered with what seemed unreadable characters. Then he tore it up into small pieces and threw them into the waste basket. Selecting a sheet of tinted paper he wrote again, this time only a few lines, He sealed and addressed the enyelope and sent it in a headlong plunge through the mail chute in the hall, ie Mrs. Malcomb sat in her hammock, quietly reading her magazine. She Was aroused by the patter of the san- daled feet of her little son who come running up the walk with the mail he had induced the postmistress to entrust to his care. “Here, mother,” he erfed in youth- ful mirth, “here are your letters.” ‘With a giddy feeling of a mingled hope and fear the woman tore open the small thin envelope containing the tinted note. She clutched the post of the veranda for support, hardly daring to let her eyes rest upon the lines before her. Her eyes were lighting and darkening, and her breast was heaving with suppressed emotion. Upon that paper which fluttered in her nervous fingers was written her fate which meant to her unbounded Joy or utter desolation. One careful look and with a heavy sigh and a soft rustling of her garments she sank backward into the hammock, covering her face with her hands and wept quietly. “Mother,” pleaded the boy, “don't ery, it makes your eyes so red.” She picked him up and folded him closely to her bosom. “Raymond, dear,” she sobbed, then laughed hysterically, “mother 1s so happy, we are going to the city to live. Father 1s coming for us tomorrow.” Curious About Zinc. ‘There seems to be more public cur- fosity respecting zinc than any other metal, writes Wissenfuer Alle. This is due probably to the fact that other metals come more into the daily life and are, therefore, better understood. ‘The increase in its use is very great in most nations of the globe. As an article of commerce zinc is known as spelter, Several of the compounds of zine make active medicines, although in its pure metallic state it produces no effect on the human economy. It is used extensively for engraving plates, for galvanic batteries, for roof. ing and for.coating telegraph and oth: er wires. As zinc bas a low point of melting and molds desirably with sharp impressions, it is used a great deal in casting works of various kinds such as statues, statuettes and orna mental designs. One of the most im: portant uses to which zinc is put ts the coating of other metals to protect ‘them from the elements. The film of oxide which coats the zine when ex posed to moisture prevents the rust from penetrating the metal and fur ther oxidation becomes impossible. Whisky Follows Rise in Bread. After the rise in the prices of bread and coal comes the news of a prob- able increase in the cost of whisky in England. The two reasons assigned for the expected rise are the poor barley crop and the increased cost of fuel. Made a Success of Street Scenes Arthur P. Spear, the artist, who se cently returned to this country after four years’ work in Parls, has sbttled in Boston. He made a success of “street scenes” abroad, and will con- tinue the same branch of art in Bos- ton, WIGHITs GEARS Mirens THE DRESS PINCHES. \ {aeW ELASTIC Goons N WILL BE RECEIVED, |e NY IN DECEMBER FROM jj " ad Re CONGRESS (eee x DSA goer Mae | CSRS Gisee a Sept, Sette mt cts eter ie oe Be > GF aR CPR eee, SEER baw > bie OS ee rs at ha bafta eth a’ ie ACS ae : Sey NN BENNY set Nor cee Vege ok tne ASE NES HBG enc tnth eA ELIS OCY SN TN ag Gi UN CeReeoraaly Slay Te KS Ney a nN) TSI Ly id Atal ea ey HAG JOURNAL Will Issue $50,000,000 in Panama Bonds and $109,000,090 in Cer- tificates of Indebredness. MEANS FINANCIAL RELIEF Bonds Will Permit More Bank Notes And Certificates it is Hoped Will Draw Currency From Hiding. | Washington, Noy. 19.—Secretary Cortelyou Sunday night made the im- portant announcement that cs. a means of affording relief to the finan- cial situation, the treasury would is- sue $50,000,...) of Panama bonds and $100,000,00 certificates of indevted- ness, or so much thereof as may be necessary. The certificates will run for one year and will bear 3 per cent interest. ‘The secretary's action, in coming to the relief of the financial situation meets with President Rooseveits hearty approval, and the plan is the outcome of the several White house conferences which have been held within 1c past few days when the financial situation was under consid- eration. Seeretary Cortelyou says that the Panama bonds will afford most sub- stantial relief, as the law provides that they may be used as a basis sor additional national bank circulation He also states that tae proceeds from the sale of certificates can be made directly ‘available at points where the need is most urgent, and especial- ly for tne movement of the crops, which, he says, “if properly acceer- ‘ated will givo the greatest relie. and result in the most immediate financial returns.’ ‘Ine secretary calls atten- tion to the attractiveness of the boads and certificates as absolutely sa.y in- vestments. Secretary Cortelyou adds that these relief measures will enable him to meet public expenditures without withdrawing for that purpose any ap- preciable amount of the public moneys now. deposited in» national banks throughout the country. Two treasury circulars, one inviting pro- posals for the issue of bonds, and the other asking for the certificates, will be sent out under date of No vember 18. In his letter to Secretary Cortel- you, approving the treasury p.ans, President Roosevelt states that he has been assured that the leaders in cow gress have under consideration a cur. rency measure “which will meet in permanent fashion the needs of the situation, and which I believe will be passed at an eariy date after congress convenes two weeks hence. ‘The president also caus the aten- tion to what is needed most at this time is that the people should “realize how fundamentally sound business conditions in this country are, and how absurd it is to permit themselves to get into a panie and create a stringenc, by hoarding their savings instcad of trusting perfectly sound banks.” Conference of Governors Called. Washington, Nov. 19.—President Roosevelt has invited the governors of the states and territories to meet him at the White house May 13, 14 and 15, next, to discuss the question of means to conserve the natural re- sources of the country. Invitations are to be extended to the members of both houses of congress and to the inland waterways commission. The importance and manner in which the subject 1s to be considered are indi- jcated in the president's letter to the governors, which was made public at the White house Sunday. Nebraskans to Give Thanks, Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 20.—Gov. Shei- don, in his Thanksgiving proclamation ‘Tuesday, declared that prosperity in Nebraska had been unparalleled: Crops, industries and rural expansion, he declared, called for public gratitude and thanksgiving. ait: Eee om si GRUSS-EXAMINING LEWIS St. Louis Banker Grows Excited Under Fire of Questions. Sprang From His Chair And De- nounced Judge Krum And the Prosecution. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 20.—During the trial Tuesday of Edward v. Lewis, ‘charged with having used the mails ie defraud in the organization of the People’s United States bank, Lewis |wos mercilessly cross examined by Former Juage Chester H. Krum, lead- ing counsel for the government. When Attorney Kram asked the wit- yess why he nad transferred su house and lot in University Helghts | to his wife for a consideration of one dollar, when several thousands of dol- Jaks’ worth of university realty and development company bonds were se- cured by the property, Lewis sprang from the witness chair, and with fists ‘clenched in the intensity of his an- ger, he exclaimed: “nat is a delib- erate lie of you and the rest of your bunch. The mortgage bonds were paid up before tho transfer was made and I have been fighting for two yeara to nail that lie before a jury of my countrymen. This is the first time that you have dared to come out in the open with it, and it will be the last time. “I did transfer my home to my wife, but not until after I had paid the so-called $50,000 ‘loan’ with inter- est. “You never have been and you are not able to produce in this court one stockholder or depositor in ..e Peo- ple’s United States bank who ever made a complaint until this proceed- ing was brought on behalf of the gov- ernment.” Attorney Krum remained silent un- til Lewis had finished his vehement declarations, and then turning to Fed- eral Judge varland, he sald : “I suppose this kind of procedure 1s satisfactory to your honor?” “You're conducting thé examina- tion,” quietly replied the court, “and you told the witness a little while ago to go ahead and talk.” |. There was a demonstration of ap- proval from the multitude of specta- ‘tors, but it was promptly suppressed ‘by the marshel. To sreck a Grocers’ Trust. Denver, Col, Nov. 16.—Attorney General William H. Dickson began an action under the common law in the Denver district court Thursday with a view to breaking up the so-called grocers’ tru:t operating in Colorado. The Retail Merchants’ association, of Colorado and its branches in 63 citles and towns of the state, the Denver Jobbers association, the Den- ver Retail Grocers’ association and about 20 jobbers are named as de- fendants and injunctions are sought to restrain them from arbitrarily fix- ing prices and from refusing to sell supplies to retail grocers uniess. tuey charge th? prices fixed by the al leged trust. The complaint alleges that the prices of foodstuffs have been maintained 20 per cent higher than they would have been if there had been no trust. ‘American Federation of aber. Noriolk, Va., Nov. 20—The Amert- can Federation of Labor, after a long discussion Tuesday, rejected an amendment to its laws, proposing that no arbitration on a jurisdictional dispute between two or more unions be considered unless all parties in in- terest agree to be bound by the de cision, The rederation adopted caus tic resolutions against the American and Continental Tvbacco companies and calling for the boycott of drug stores all over the country having certain kinds of cigar stands. Clerkship for Kansan, St. Paul, Nov. 17.—The judges of the United States circuit court for the eighth district Friday appointed Harry L, Finley, of Topeka, Kansas, clerk of the United States clreutt court for the western district of Oklahoma, — B® since” 2 Official “S= Directory Knights & Daugnhte rs OF TAROR KANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION KNIGHTS AND DAUGHTERS ©F 16 Richard Clark, 420 N. 25tn, Soy TABOR, | Qmahe. Nahe TABOR. REV. FRANK WILSON, C. GM. 1715 Clark Ave, Parsons, Kan, MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore avenue. Topeka, Kas. Miss Jennie Alexander, G. Q. M, 918 Penn. St. Lawrence, Kansas TABERNACLES. Explanation—"A” means meets in afternoon—all other meeting at night. Chief Preceptresses. Number 1 Mrs. Lottie Williams, 1309 N. 10th, Kansas City, Kan, 1-3 Wed. (A) 2, Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 So. Chestnut, Iola, Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 3 Mrs. Mary Goss, Station 1, Wichita, Kan, 1-3 Fri. (A) 4 Mrs, Anna Fallings, 325 E. 6th, Cherryvale, Kan., 1-8 Thur. (A) 5 Mrs Carrie Brown, 922 N. 10th, Atchison, Kan., 2-4 Fri, (A) 6 Mrs, Eva Clayborne, 118 So. Mul- berry, Ottawa, Kan, 1-8 Thur. w 7 Mrs. Lillie Shobe, 836 N. Santa Fe, Salina, Kan. 1-8 Fri. (A) 8 Mrs. Laura Smith, 308 E. 11th, Coffeyville, Kan., 1-8 Tues. (A) 9 Mrs. Julia Martin, 815 E. 11th, Topeka, Kansas. 10 Mrs, Ida Wallace, 446 Ark, Law- rence, Kan,, 2-4 Wed. (A) 11 Mrs. Pauline Woodfork, 823 Free- man, Kansas City, Kansas, 1-3 Mon. (A) 12 Mrs. Betty Johnson, 211 Stewart, Kansas City, Kan., 1-3 Thur. (A) 14 Mrs. Martha James, 313 W. 11th, Pittsburg, Kan. 2-4 Thur. (A) 15 Mrs. S. S. Furlough, Box 405, Welr City, Kan. 16 Mrs. Mae Wilson, 1715 Clark Parsons, Kan. 1-8 Wed. (A) 17 Mrs. A. Masier, 615 So, Barber, Ft. Scott, Kan, 1-3 Sat. (A) 18 Mrs. Jennie Sellers, 2208 N. 30th, Omahe, Neb. 1-8 Thur. (A) 20 Mrs. Bessle Hal, 406 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. 20 Mrs. 8. Montague, 403 Kickapoo, Leavenworth, Kan. 24 Mrs. Angie Garner, 704 EB. 12th, Coffeyville, Kan, 1-8 Wed. (A) 28 Mrs. Anna Ray, 1412 Clark, Par- eons, Ken. 1-3 Thur. (A) 29 Mrs. Lula Wood, 613 N. 4th Leavenworth, Kan. 30 Mrs. Eliza Scott, 8rd and South, Leavenworth, Kan,, 1-8 Thur. (A) 32 Mrs. Salma Ester, 384 Rear Da- kota St. Butte, Mont. 38° Mrs. J. L. Cobb, Bx. 384, Alliance, Neb. 34 Mrs, Mattle Miller, 385 W. 15th, ‘Wichita, Kan,, 1-8 Thur. (A) 35 Mrs. Adah Lewis, 1603 Archer Av. Sonth Omaha, Nebraska. 31 Mrs. Matilda Waters, 1800 N. 6th, Atchison, Ken,, 1-8 Fri, (A) 38 Mrs. Ella Young, Box 1173, Weir City, Kan, 39 Mrs. Hulda Patterson, sth and Elm, Abilene, Kan. 62 Mrs. Ada King, 808 Vermont, Law- rence, Kan., 2-4 Thur, (A) 63 Mrs. Lille Robinett, 1236 Barnett, Kansas City. Kan. 1-8 Fri. (A) 1? Mrs. Sarah Weddington, 634 Spruce Topeka, Kan., 1-3 Wed. (A) 35 Mrs. Francis Hardaman, 1801 Kansas Ave. Topeka, Kan. 80 Mrs, B, E, Alton, 2215 Pacific, Omaha, Neb. 1-3 Wed. (A) $i Mrs. Ella Golden, 2303 N. 25th, Omaha, Neb, 1-8 Thur. (A) 02 Mrs. A. Grant, 401 So. Sth, Line coin, Neb, 2-4 Fri, (A) 93 Mra Ida M. Jordan, 908 N, West- ern, N. Topeke, Kan. 1-8 ‘Thur, cay TEMPLES, (ean ee en 1 Fred M. Harris, Box 1178, Weir City, Kan., 1-3 Pri, 3 J. G. Burdett, 819 N. 1st, Atchison, Kan. 1-3 Fri, 4 A. M. Herrold, Sherman Fiat, Omaha, Neb. 2-4 Mon, & Robt. M. Jordan, 908 N. Western, NN. Topeka, Kan., 1-8 Thur. 1 J.C. Coffee, 1455 N. Mosley, Wich- ita, Kan., Fridays, 8 A.J. Beam, 409 Osborne, Ft. Scott, Kan. 1-3 Tue, 1@ Jno H. McKinnis, 217 Sherman, Leavenworth, Kan., Mondays, 11 C. Swan, 1058 N. Mosley, Wichita, Kan., 1-3-4 Thur, 1% Lee Holiday, 723 So. 20th, Parsons, Kan., 1-3 Thur. 18 Ed Finch, 514 N, 4th, Salina, Kan, 1-3 Tue. 19 W. M. Hughes, 1023 N. J., Law- rence, Kan., 2-4 Thur. 26 J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell, Kansas ; City, Kansas, Fridays, 59 =U. A. Graham, 1160 ‘West, Topeka Kansas, 1-8 ‘Thur. 60 W. Osteen, 1214 Lane, Topeka Kansas, 1-8 Mon, ‘12 J. W. Bede, 2137 Bo, Yon, Lin ‘eile: Sea. a le eet, Omaha, Nebr. 17 Rev. Allen Garner, 704 m ty Coffeyville, Kansas. 18 Jas. Thomas, 218 W. Jat, Sait uy City, Utah. . Queen Mothers, 1 Lillie Harden, 900 Fifth St, Lexy enworth, Kan. 4 Sat. (A) 2 Susan Danlels, 216 W. Wat, y| Scott, Kan. 2-4 Sat. (A) % Lizzie Weaver, 1122 Saratogs, uy) coin, Neb. 2 Fri. (A) 4 Laura Washington, 914 Way, Kansas City, Kan., 1-8 Sat. voq 5 Ada Gilbert, 405 N. Santa Fe, oy! feyville, Kan., 2-4 Wed. (A) 5 Lottle HI, 517 N. Main, Wiehiy Kan, 1-3 Thur. (A) 8 Ida Stovall, 706 So. Watnut, ta Kan., 2-4 Sat. (A) 9 Flora Patterson, $11 W. 27th, Oxy, ha, Neb. 1-8 Sat. (A) 10 Maggle Robinson, 911 Bveng Kansas City, Kan. 1-8 Set. (y 31 Mary Brown, 325 Miss. Lawn Kan. 2-4 Sat. (A) 1 Sadie Tyler. 125 B. Riley, Atchiog| Kan,, 2-4 Sat, (A) 14 Arle Stone, 823 Main, Atchiag| Kan,, 1-8 Sat. (A) 18 A. O. Murrell, 451 So, 4th, Say Kan., 1-3 Sat. (A? 19 Lizzie Herrold, Sherman Fiat, Omaha, Neb. 2-4 Sat. (A) 20 Suste Wills, 2103 Grand, Parong Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 21 Charlott Dalton, 1228 Barnett. Kan sas City, Kan, 2-4 Sat. (A) 21 Ella McKinnis, 217 Sherman Leavenworth, Kan, 3 Sat, 28 Louise Verder, 818 N. J., Lawrene rc) Kan, 1-8 Sat. (A) 30 Hester Cornish, $11 Western, } ‘Topeka. Kan., 1-8 Sat. (A) 87 Jannle McAdoo, 1318 N. Madten ‘Topeka, Kan. 1-8 Sat. (A) 45 Cynthia Henderson, 212 Waeshin ton, Kansas City, Kan. 1-2 5 NEXT PLACE OF MEETING, The Grand Temple and ‘Tabernae will next meet In Atchison, Kanses, the 2nd Tuesday in July, 1908, NOTICE TABORS. It your Tabernacle, Termnte or Test is not in this Directory, or tf «sel any error, please notify me at onc ‘W. N. MILLER, Eiitor. ee ee OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. Dstrict Grand Lodge, No. 1%, Kans G. U. 0. 0. F. GRAND OFFICERS 1907-8. Thos. Glover, District Grand Masta, 104 N. Market St, Wichita, Kas Chas, A. Finney, Deputy Grend Mas ter Cherokee, Kan, P. H. Bassett, District Grand Secre tary, Chetopa, Kan. W. W. Shobe, District Grand Treasury 836 N, Santa Fe, Salina, Kan. H. Kindell, District Grand Director, Scott, Kan. ; NEXT PLACE OF MEETING District Grand Lodge No. 17 wi meet in Kansas City, Kanans, in Jet, 1908. In The Grocery J.ine Your wante need careful tention and our store is th place to get it, We hande the best of Fancy and Staple Groceries and our prices # right. Ordera given prowl attention. Kernan & Co, 1102 E. Douglar Pone Johnston's Restaurant 839 North Main Street Meals 15¢ to 25cts. | Hot or Cold Lunch —At All Hours— ICE CREAM | SODA POP always on le SUNDAY DINNERS 20c¢ en! 256 Banner Mills ee oo.