Wichita Searchlight

THE WICHITA SEARCHLIGHT TWELTH YEAR E. M. LEACH One of the successful aspirants for nomination as City Commissioner at the primary last month was Mr. E. M. Leach, member of the Leach Real Estate firm. For several years Mr. Leach has been engaged in the real estate business and in that capacity he has done much to help build up our city. He is a gentleman of approved ability, wide business experience and has always taken a deep interest in men and affairs. If elected as one of the City Commissioners, he will fill that office with entire credit and the highest honor. The vote which he received primary day is a high compliment to him and speaks well of the confidence which the people repose in his ability to make a splendid public official. He is impartial in his dealings between man and man and would begin his duty with a clear record of justice and equality to all men. As City Commissioner he will devote his whoie time to the city's business and will use his best endeavors to keep Wichita growing and prospering. He is not hampered with any political combine and will be free to perform his duties without fear or favor. The voters of Wichita will make no mistake by electing Mr. E. M. Leach as City Commissioner. Election Tuesday, April 4th. FOR COMMISSIONERS. Vote for R. B. Campbell, H. J. Roetzell, E. T. Battin, E. M. Leach. They are good men. Attorney W. N. Miller, editor of the Searchlight, was called to Topeka, Wednesday night on some important legal business. He home today (Saturday.) BATTIN, TH MAN. Vote For Him For Commissioner. The voters of Wichita demonstrated their ability to choose a good, capable and competent man as a candidate for City Commissioner when they selected Mr. E. T. Battin at the primary. Mr. Battin has long been identified with the various interests of this city which are doing so much to make Wichita a good place to live in and no man has done more to boost for Wichita or Wichita interests than has he. To be nominated from among his fellows for the office of Commissioner is a distinction which Mr. Battin appreciates. If elected Tuesday—which he beyond all doubt will be—he will assume his duty as Commissioner free to spend his whole time, his energy and wide experience, in the interest of this city. Mr. Battin represents the solid, sane, conservative and substantial business interests of Wichita and will be a valuable member of the City Commission Board. Of sterling, manly qualities, unswerving loyalty to Wichita, absolutely fair in his dealing with all men, a friend to labor and a friend to the laboring men, he will make a Commissioner for all the people. Every citizen of Wichita, regardless to race or color, can freely and with pleasure vote for E. T. Battin for City Commissioner with the knowledge that he will perform every duty honestly, faithfully and conservatively. Mr. Battin will appreciate your vote on Tuesday, April 4th. You make no mistaek by voting for him for Commissioner CAMPBELL WON Got a Big Vote at the Primary. Mr. Robert B. Campbell, that sterling Wichitan, has been nominated by his fellow towns-people as a candidate for City Commissioner. The vote which Mr. Campbell received at the primary was a compliment of confidence and high esteem at the hands of the people of this city, of which any man, for any office within the gift of the people might well feel proud, and certain it is that no man is more keen in appreciation of this fact than is Robt. B. Campbell. Robt. B. Campbell was nominated because the people have confidence in his ability, his integrity, his honesty and his competency to fill the office to which he aspires. Having lived in this city all his life, grown up with the town, educated in her schools and nursed in her institutions, he has so conducted himself and his dealing with his fellow citizens, that he has won a warm place of esteem in their midst. "Bob" Campbell, as he is familiarly known, is the embodiment of all that goes to make up the trusty, the good, the faithful citizen, and this is the basis of the tremendous vote cast for him for the nomination for City Commissioner last Monday. He is now nominated and on next Tuesday, April 4, the people will be given an opportunity to elect him as one of their City Commissioners. Absolutely unbiased, fair in treatment to all men, a believer in a square deal, a poor man's friend, and a laboring man's friend, a booster for Wichita, a town-builder and keenly interested in every movement for the betterment of this city—no man or no woman—can make a mistake who casts a vote for Robert B. Campbell for City Commissioner. Having been reared in this city and watched this city grow from an Indian trading post to the present splendid metropolis of over 61,000 happy, prosperous people, no man within our city limits knows better the needs of this city or the manner to pursue to get them, than does Robert B. Campbell. He is one of Wichita's heaviest property holders and believes that the city taxes should be such as are only needed for a consistent conduction of the affairs of a growing, prosperous city, such as Wichita. He is abreast with all the issues now confronting the people and believe that each of them should be met, considered and disposed of in that way and manner which will bring the greatest good results to the greatest number of the people. Mr. Campbell firmly believes that the laboring men of Wichita should be given a chance to do the work of the city for which the tax payers must pay. In his dealing with his fellow man he is never blinded by race or color, but believes that every man should have a square and fair deal. His name will be on the ballot Tuesday, April 4th, and he will appreciate your vote. FOR COMMISSIONERS. Robt. B. Campbell H. J. Roetzell. E. T. Battin. E. M. Leach. They are alright. H. J. ROETZELL Received a Magnificent Endorsement The splendid endorsement given City Commissioner H. J. Roetzell by the people at the polls on primary day is evidence of the fact that the people are appreciative of faithful and honest public service. Mr. Roetzell received more votes than any other one of the forty-two candidates for the mayoralty and commissioner and has now the distinction of being the only one of the present board of City Commissioners to be nominated. Mr. Roetzell has been commissioner for two years, during which time he has at all times taken a decided and positive stand in the interest of the people. He has been and is now at the head of the Public Improvement Department and SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1911. during his two years the records will show that there has been more substantial, needed and important public improvements than there had been in any two years for more than twenty-five years of the past. Mr. Roetzell has given his undivided time and interest in this work and there has been more streets opened, more streets graded, more streets filled, more miles of paving, more miles of paving, more miles of sewer, and more work for the laboring men of this city than ever before. Mr. Roetzell gives the same attention to this work for the city that he would to his own private affairs. Every citizen has found in him a willing listener and a man ready to lend his friendly offices in every part of our city to make the city's public improvements lasting, beneficial and beautiful. The splendid vote which he received at the polls Monday at the primary is a testimonial of the approval of a grateful public for the great amount of service which Mr. Roetzell has rendered the people during the past two years. Having been nominated Mr. Roetzell will be a candidate for reelection next Tuesday, April 4th. He submits himself upon his splendid record, promising that if re-elected he will continue to use every honorable means to secure for the people one hundred cents' worth of value and service for every dollar spent by his department. One of the public prides of Wichita is the systematic and business-like manner in which Mr. Roetzell has placed the affairs of his department. From a most shiftless, haphazard mass of unconnected records he has made one of system and correctness, a system of records and bookkeeping of which any citizen might well feel proud. Every citizen of this city can take a special pride in going to the polls Tuesday, April 4th, and voting for H. J. Roetzell for City Commissioner. Negro Defends Whites. Oklahoma City- In Justice Hawkin's courts the unique scene of a negro lawyer defending two white bersons and winning the case took place: The action was that of the state against Elmer C. Courtney and wife. They were charge with disturding the religious services at the Walnut Grove church. Following their arrest they employed William Harrison, negro lawyer and Harrison won. Race Leaders With Moral Courage. In these days one hears much about race leaders, and learing men and women of the race. Between the two trsre is a visit difference. Ont may be a leading member as the term is commonly used with possessing the faintest traces of the elements or real leadership, the distinction thrust upon him because of some achievement which raises him above his fellowman in the same line. The real leader is one who lays aside selfish agrandizment, and labors diligently in season and out of season for the cause espoused or the race to which he belongs and for whose glory and advancement his life and being is redicated. The world has witnessed many examples of such heroic leadership. Men, who refusing the certain honors of the enemies, would rather have the spears into their breast rather than sacri fce their people. The real leader not only wathes the enemies of the race, but like the true friend studies carefully and every action and fearlessly tells us of our faults. He knows the evils of the race, points thum out and suggests a remedy. On the whole, he is one who loves the race more than self. True there have been many who have in a mort humble way have helped to lay the foundation of a great futurt, any these will continue. But what the race needs today is men of more courage as leaders- This class of men must be found in our pupils, in our professional class, among business men. Men who know the evils of the race and dare tell us of our faults. The average Negro political leader owes his elevation to the white man. Filled with a know ledgt of the slums of the race, he is selected, because it is supposed he can control the habitutes of the crap games and gambling districts. He is paid in an office or cheap notoriety. The great mass of Negro voters spurn and repuaiate this class of leaders. They are ready and willing to follow leaders whose interests in political affairs rise above mere office sesking. Many of the evils of the race can be traced to the politically protected dives, gambling houses, and other place of dis epute. These places are corruping our young men and destroying our young womenhood Someone must have the moral courage to henounce these evils and demand their destruction. Speaking of these evils to a prominent devine of our race, he srid: "I dare not attack them from my pulpit, because it would affect the financial income of my church." Lord have mercy on the preacher and congregation. A big politiran close up to the throne of grace says that he can not afford to touch these matter since to do so would mean political death Here is a leader with out a following of any value to himself or the party. Yet the evils of the race continue to follow and increases in each generation.—Richmond Reformer. Investments of the Colored Race. Three hundred and seventy five thousands own their homes; Forty millions dollars invested in church property. One hundred and sixty high schools and colleges. Forty-two banks. Ninety-thousand farms. Twenty thousand learning trades. Two million children in school Five hundred newspapers. Five monthly magiznes. Three thousand two hundred teachers. Eighty million dollars in groceries and general merchandise. Ex-Slave Dead at 105. Seattle Wash.—(Special) Mary Wray who was born a slave in Virgina in Beburary, 1805 died here in her 105th year. In her childhood she was sold to Lovel of Nashville Tenn., on whose plantation she lived until the close of the war. She helped to cut and haul ties for the firstrail road built into Nashville. No Color Line Drawn at Cornell. Mre. Gertrude Marton, matron in charge at Cornell university and head of Sage college denies the allegations of James B. Clark that colored girls are discriminated against by the other student at the university. "It is not true that we have placed a ban on colored girls at Sage college, and there is no color line drawn at Cornell university." she says. Where We Stand. Since the primary last Monday the Searchlight has been asked by many "where we stand" on the question of Mayor. In order to answer all such inquires we set forth our stand briefly. If the Searchlight has ever tak en a stand politically from which we backed down—we do not know of the time or place. So far as candidates for the Mayoralty is concerned—these is no candidate nominated of our choice. Four years ago the Searchlight was not for Mr. J H Graham, two years ago we were not for him and this year we know of no reason why we --- should change our former attitude. In opposing Mr Graham for the Mayoralty it is because we do not belive him the man for the place, and we have no apologies to offer, for our opinion—neither hove we any criticisms to make of any one who may entertain a different view to our own. Although Mr Graham was elected Mayor four years ago this fact did not change our opinion—but mauy of his acts during those two years more firmly convinced us and made us more positive. We can consistently and with a clear conscience say to any colored man or woman in Wichita to vote for Mr J. H. Graham—there are two candidates—Mr. Al. H. Blase—Socialist candidate who was reared in Wichita and Mr. J. H. Graham who just "happened" in Wichita—these men are asking the vote of our people for Mayor. We can not say to the colored people of this city that it is to their interest to vote for Mr. Graham—because we sincerely believe it is not—but these are the two nominees. The issues and the men have time and again been rehearsed and a futher recital is not necessary here. While having no choice for the Mayoralty—we are still firM in our belief that the colored people of Wichita can hope for no good result to them should Mr. John H. Graham be elected Mayor. Choose whom you wish and vote accord ingly. Primary Results. As a result of the primary held Monday March 27th, the people have chosen as candidate for City Commissioners four of Wichita's very capable citizens and business men in the person of Messers H.J. Roetzell, Robt B. Campbell, E. T. Battin and E. M Leach. These gentleman each possess the necessary qualifications to make splendid public officials and they merit being elected next Tuesday at the spring election. Vote your choice for mayor. To Elect Officers. Mount Olive Court No. 9H of J will hold their annual election of officers on Tuesday April 4th. All members are requested to be present by order of the Most Ancient Matron., At 3 p. m. sharp. Ella R. Ewing, M. A. M. THE APACHES OF NEW YORK By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS H HE was born somewhere on the banks of the Danube and and came steerage-wise to this country about ten years ago. In what circles he affected he was called "The Bottler." He may have had another name in Austria; but since he is now dead and down under the grass roots, "The Bottler," as a phrase of identification, should serve well enough. The Bottler was round, inoffensive, well-dressed, affable. He was also generous, as the East side employs the term. For be it known that The Bottler was a money maker and had Suffolk street position as among its richest capitalists. What bridge whist is to Fifth avenue so is stuss to the East side. No one save the dealer wins at stuss, and yet the device possesses an alluring feature. When the victim gets up from the table the "bank" under the descriptive of "viggresh" returns his one-tenth of his losings. No one ever leaves a stuss game broke and that final ray of sure sunshine forms indubitably the strong attraction. Stuss licks up as with a tongue of fire a round full fifth of all the East side earns, and to "viggresh" should be given the black glory thereof. The Bottler owned talents to make money. Morally careless, liking the easy way, with over-all that bent for speculation which sets some folk to dealing in stocks and others to dealing cards, those money-making talents found expression in stuss. Not that the Bottler was so weak minded as to "buck" the game. Wise, prudent, solvent, he went the other way about and dealt it, his theater of operations being 135 Suffolk street. There are two great gangs on the East side. These are the "Five Points" and the "Monk Eastmans." There are smaller gangs, but each owes allegiance to either the one or the other of the two great gangs, and fights round its standard in event of general gang war. There is danger in belonging to either of these gangs. But there is still greater danger in not belonging to one of them. I speak of folk of The Bottler's ways and walks. The Five Points and Monk Eastmans are at feud with one another and the fires of their warfare are never permitted to die out. Membership in one gang means that, to the extent of its power, it will buckle you against the other while you live and avenge you should you fall. Membership in neither, however, means that you will be raided and robbed by both. The Bottler's stus house was—like every other of its kind—a Castle Dangerous. To the end that the peril of his days and nights be reduced to a minimum, he united himself with the Five Points. True, he could not be counted upon as a "shooter" or strong arm; but he had money and would part with it, and gang war like all war demands treasure. Bonds must be given, fines paid, and The Bottler would have his uses. Wherefore the Five Points opened their ranks to receive him. The Monk Eastmans had suffered a disorganizing setback when the chief who gave the sept his name went up the river for ten years. On the heels of that sorrowful retirement it became a case of York and Lancaster; two rival claimants for the throne stood forth. These were Ritchie Fitzpatrick and Kid Twist, both valorous, both with reputations of having killed, both with clouds of followers at their backs. Twist, in whom abode the rudiments of a savage diplomacy, proposed a conference. Fitzpatrick at that conference was shot to death and Kid Dahl, a near friend of Twist, "stood for the collar." THE BOMBER'S BACK AS THE CLOCK STRUCK THE HOUR, HE FIRED TWICE The police, the gangs and the politicians are not without a sinister wisdom. When life has been taken and to punish the slayer would be an inconvenience, some one who didn't do the killing submits to arrest. This covers the retreat of the guilty. Also, the public is appeased. Later, when the public's memory sleeps, the arrested one—for lack of evidence—is set at liberty. Thus when Fitzpatrick was killed, to make clear the path to gang leadership to the aspiring feet of Twist, the police took Dahl, who all but volunteered for the sacrifice. Dahl went smiling to jail, while the real murderer of Fitzpatrick attended that dead gentleman's wake and later appeared at the funeral. This last, however, by the nicer tastes of the East side, was complained of as trenching upon vulgarity. Fitzpatrick was buried with a lily in his hand and Twist hailed chief of the Eastmans. Dahl remained in the Tombs a reasonable number of weeks and then resumed his position in East side society. It was but natural and to the glory of stumbling human nature that Dahl should dwell warmly in the grateful regards of Twist. Twist, now chief of the Eastmans, cast about to establish Dahl. There was The Bottler, with his stuss Golconda in Suffolk street. Were not his affiliations with the Five Points? Was he not therefore the enemy? The Bottler was an Egyptian and Twist resolved to spoil him in the interest of Dahl. Twist, with Dahl, waited upon The Bottler. Argument was short and to the point. Said Twist: "Bottler, the Kid"—indicating the expectant Dahl—"is in wit' your stuss graft from now on. It's to be an even break." The news almost checked the beating of The Bottler's heart. Not that he was astonished. What the pulissant Twist proposed was a commonest step in East side commerce—the East side, where the Scotch proverb of "Take what you may, keep what you can," retains a former Highland force. The Bottler bowed to the inevitable and accepted Dahl. For six weeks The Bottler and Dahl settled up, fifty-and-fifty, with the close of each stuss day. Then came a fresh surprise. Dahl presented his friend, the "Nailer," to The Bottler with this terse remark: "Bottler, you can beat it. The Nailer is goin' to be me partner now. Which lets you out, see?" The Bottler was at bay. He owned no stomach for battle, but the sentiment of desperation which the announcement of Dahl provoked drove him to make a stand. To lose one-half had been bad. To lose all—to be wholly wiped out in the annals of Suffolk street stuss—was more than even his meekness might bear. No, The Bottler did not dream of going to the police. That would have been to "squeal;" and even his friends of the Five Points had only faces of flint for such tactics of disgrace. The harassed Bottler barred his doors against Dahl. He would defend his castle and TWIST MADE PIOGGI JUMP OUT OF THE WINDOW get word to the Five Points. The Bottler's doors having been barred, Dahl for his side at once instituted a siege, despatching the Nailer meanwhile to the nearest knot of Eastmans to bring reinforcements. At this crisis a central office detective strolled into the equation. He himself was hunting a "loft worker" of more than customary industry and had no thought of either The Bottler or Dahl. Happening, however, upon a situation whereof the striking features were Dahl outside with a gun and The Bottler inside with a gun, he so far recalled his oath of office as to interfere. With the sure instinct of his Mulberry street caste, he of the central office opened negotiations with Dahl. He knew the latter to be the dangerous angle and began by placing the muzzle of his own pistol against that marauder's back. "Make a move," observed the central office man, "and I'll shoot you in two." The sophisticated Dahl, realizing fate, moved not, and with that the central office man collected his armament. Next The Bottler was ordered to come forth. The Bottler obeyed in a sweat and a tremble. He surrendered his pistol at word of the law and the central office man led both captives off to jail. The two were charged with "disturbance." in the station house, as on the way, Dahl ceased not to threaten The Bottler's life. "This pinch'll cost a fine of $5," said Dahl, glaring round the central office man at the shaking Bottler. "I'll pay it, an' then I'll get square wit' youse. Once we're footloose you won't last as long as a drink of whiskey!" The judge yawningly listened, while the central office man told his tale of that "disturbance." "Flive an' costs!" quoth the judge, and called the next case. The Bottler returned to Suffolk street, Dahl sought Twist, while the central office man again took the trail of the loft worker. Dahl talked things over with Twist. There was but one way: The Bottler must die. Anything short of blood would unsettle popular respect for Twist and without that his leadership of the Eastmans was a farce. The Bottler's killing, however, must be managed with a decent care for the conventionalities. For either Twist or Dahl to walk in upon that offender and shoot him to death, while feasible, would be foolish. Twist sent to Williamsburg for his friend and ally, Cyclone Louis. The latter was a bull-necked, highly muscled personage, who was a professional strong man—so far as he was professionally anything—and earned occasionally side-show money at Coney Island by bending iron bars about his neck and twisting pokers into corkscrews about his brawny arms. Louis, Twist and Dahl went into council over mutual beer and Twist explained the imperative call for The Bottler's extermination. Also, he laid bare the delicate position of both himself and Dahl. Louis did not hesitate, but placed himself at the disposal of Twist and Dahl. The Bottler should die; he, Louis, would see to that. "But when?" Twist, replying, felt that the thing should be done at once, and mentioned the following evening, nine o'clock. The place would be The Bottler's establishment in Suffolk street. Louis, of whom The Bottler was unafraid and ignorant, would experience no difficulty in approaching his man. There would be others present; but practiced in gang moralities, slaves to gang etiquette, no one would open his mouth. Or, if he did, it would be only to pour forth perjuries and say that he saw nothing, heard nothing. 1 THEKE WAS A FLASH AND A ROAR Having adjusted details, Louis, Twist and Dahl compared watches. Watches? Certainly. Louis, Twist and Dahl were all most fashionably attired and—as became members of a gang nobility—singularly full and accurate in the important element of a "front," violetet, that list of personal adornments which includes scarf pin, ring and watch. Louis, Dahl and Twist saw to it that their time-pieces agreed. This was so that Dahl and Twist might successfully arrange their alibis. It was the next evening. At 8:55 o'clock Twist was obtrusively in the Delancey street police station, wrangling with the desk sergeant over the release of a follower who had carefully brought about his own arrest. "Come," quoth Twist to the sergeant, "it's next to nine o'clock now. Fix up the bond; I've got a date over in East Broadway at nine-thirty." While Twist stood thus enforcing his whereabouts upon the attention of the desk sergeant Dahl was eating a beefsteak in a Houston desk restaurant. "What time have you got?" demanded Dahl of the German who kept the place. "Five minutes to nine," returned the German, glancing up at the clock. "Oh, 'tain' no such time as that," retorted Dahl peevishly. "That clock's drunk! Call up the telephone people and find out for sure." "The 'phone people say it's nine o'clock," reported the German, hanging up the receiver. "Hully Gee! I didn't think it was more'n half past eight!" and Dahl looked virtuously corrected. While these fragments of talk were taking place The Bottler was attending to his stuus interests. He looked pale and frightened and his hunted eyes roved here and there. Five minutes went by. The clock pointed to nine. A slouche-hat stranger entered. As the clock struck the hour he placed the muzzle of a pistol against The Bot Both he placed the muzzle of a pistol against The Bottler's breast and fired twice. Both bullets pierced the heart and The Bottler fell forward on his face—dead without a word. There were twenty people in the room. When the police arrived they found only the dead Bottler. The police recalled those trade differences which had culminated in the charge of "disturbance" and arrested Dahl. "You ain't got me right," scuffed Dahl to the police. There came the inquest and Dahl was set free. The Bottler was buried and Twist and Dahl sent flowers and rode to the grave. The law slept, a bat-eyed constabulary went its way, but the gangs knew. Distinguished among the chivalry of the Five Points was an individual known as Kid Pioggi. Only a paucity of years—he was under eighteen—withheld Pioggi from topmost honors. The winter's snow melted into spring, spring lapsed into early summer. It was a brilliant evening and Pioggi was disporting himself at Coney island. Also Twist and Louis, following some plan of relaxation, were themselves at Coney island. Pioggi had seated himself at a beer table in the house of call of one "Ding Dong." Twist and Louis came in. Pioggi, being of the Five Points, was recognized as a foe by Twist, who lost no time in mentioning the fact. Being in a facetious mood, and by way of expressing his contempt for that gentleman, Twist made Pioggi jump out of the window. Louis and Twist sat down at the table in Ding Dong's from which Pioggi had been driven and demanded refreshment in the guise of wine. Pioggi, rage-swollen as to heart, busied himself at a nearby telephone. Calling up a resort on the Bowery affected by the Five Points, Pioggi got the ear of a Higher Influence of the clan. He told of his abrupt dismissal from Ding Dong's and the then presence of Louis and Twist. The Higher Influence instructed Pioggi to keep the two in sight. The very flower of the Five Points should be at Coney island as fast as cable cars could carry them. Pioggi pitched upon one whose name and face were unknown to Twist and Louis. The unknown would be the bearer of a blind message—it purported to come from a dancer in one of the cheap theaters of the place—calculated to bring forth Twist and Louis. "Stall 'em up this way," said Pioggi, indicating a spot within touching distance of that coupe. "It's here we'll put 'em over the jump." Ploggl's messenger did well his work and Twist and Louis moved magnificently albeit unsteadily into the open. They were sweeping the walk clear of lesser mortals, when the voice of Ploggl arrested their attention. "Oh, there, Twist; look here!" The voice came from the rear and to the right; Ploggi's position was one calculated to place the enemy at a double disadvantage. Twist turned his head. There was a flash and a roar; a bullet struck Twist above the eye. He staggered. The lead now came in a storm. Twist went down; Louis fell across him. There were twelve bullets in Twist and eight in Louis. While the crackling roar of that cannonading still alarmed the ears of men every gangster vanished. Only the dead Twist and the dead Louis remained. Ploggi went into hiding in Greenwich, where the Five Points had a "hold-out." There were pullings and haulings and whisperings in dark political corners. When conditions had been whispered and hauled and pulled into satisfactory condition Ploggi sent word to a favorite officer to come and arrest him. Ploggi explained to the court that his life had been threatened; he had shot only that he himself might live. His age was seventeen. Likewise there had been no public loss; the going of Twist and Louis had but raised the average of all respectability. The court pondered the business and decided that justice would be fulfilled by sentencing Ploggi to the Elmira reformatory. ELISHA HEALS NAAMAN Sunday School Lesson for Apr. 2, 1911 Specially Arranged for This Paper LESSON TEXT-II Kings 5. Memory verses, 18, 14 GOLDEN TEXT "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else."-Isa. 45:22. TIME-Most scholars place this event in the reign of Jehovah, the son of Abah, king of Israel, who reigned B. C. 904-84. Others argue that it occurred in the reign of Abahs, B. C. 904-84. PLACE-Damascus, the capital of Syria, the oldest city in the world, famed for its swords, "Damascus blades," and for its silks, "damask." Samaria, the capital of Israel, about 110 miles distant. The miracles of Elisha were nearly all miracles of kindly helpfulness. What were some of these? Those immediately preceding and following our lesson: healing the unhealthful waters of a spring; bringing water into a dry valley for the aid of the three kings; paying a poor widow's debts by increasing her oil supply; restoring to life the son of the Shunammitte woman; making helpful some potage into which a poisonous plant had been put; feeding a hundred men with 20 barley cakes and a few ears of corn—this and the preceding being in time of famine; healing Naaman; making a lost ax head return to the surface of the water. Who was Naaman? He was commander-in-chief under the king of Syria, Benhadad II. Benhadad, who had been wont in his youth and middle age to lead his armies into the field in person, seems now in his old age to have found it necessary to entrust the command to a general. Naaman had galned renown by freeing his country from a powerful foe, probably Assyria, for the black obelisk mentions wars of the Assyrians under Shalmanezer II. again Israel and Benhadad. Honored and powerful, what was the flaw in Naaman's fortune? He was a leper. Leprosy is of slow development, and as Naaman retained his military command his malady cannot have reached a very advanced stage. It is not likely, in any case, that the Syrians observed the same strict rules regarding it as the Jews. Leprosy, however, is a terrible disease, fity used throughout the Bible as the symbol of sin and death. The disease is contagious. It is most loathsome. It is incurable, at least in the present state of our knowledge. Sin is curable, but not by man. Naaman was a great man, with a great need; and God prepared a great deliverance for him, as he has a great deliverance for all the great needs of his children. But it was brought about by four very simple agencies, Only inferior artists make a parade of complicated processes; the most skillful workers use few tools and unpretentious methods, and God is the most skillful of all artists. Why did Elisha bid Naaman to wash seven times in the river Jordan? To test and strengthen his faith. The journey would give him time for meditation, for the nearest point of the Jordan was 25 miles in a straight line, but much farther in distance to be traveled, from the winding of the ravines down which it must be reached. Moreover, the simplicity* of the act would turn Naaman's thoughts away from outward forms to the true God. He would be sure that the water itself did not accomplish the cure, else there would be no Jepers in Israel. And he would not, at the distance of 25 miles, be likely to ascribe the cure to the prophet. Why was Naaman angry at this message? How was he to tell that his man of God did not design to mock him by sending him on a fool's errand, so that he would come back as a laughing-stock both to the Israelites and to his own people? Naaman had expected the prophet himself to come forth respectfully and "wave his hand over the place" and go through some mystic ceremony. The sting lay in the fact that the prophet himself took no part in the cure; that, instead of being proud to have so august a patient, he had calmly handed him over to one of his assistant physicians—to the medical skill of the waters of Jordan. As Naaman went away in a rage how was he put in a more sensible frame of mind? By one of his servants; Naaman seems to have had great fortune in his servants. My father, said the servant with respectful affection, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldst thou not have done it? Yes! Of course he would, and the greater the better. What was the result of Naaman's obedience? The result that always comes when men obey God's commands, he was instantly and completely cleansed from his leprosy. It is a shame that this beautiful story must close with a recital of Naaman's perfidy. We may be sure that it would never have been inserted if the tale were not a true one. Gehazi is the Old Testament Judas. Gehazi misrepresented the true religion to Naaman and the Syrian nation. The story of Naaman has been said to be the best illustration in the Old Testament of salvation from sin. How is this? It indicates the hideousness of sin. Sin is like a leprosy, eating, insidious, defiling, mutilating, disfiguring. It is the disease most to be dreaded. It indicates the universality of sin. No rank is exempt from the curse and no condition of life. It pictures false views regarding salvation from sin. Men seek the wrong means of salvation, as Naaman was sent to Jehoram instead of Elisha. Men entertain their own ideas of salvation and want it accomplished in their way. --- King's Orders "Da-da!" gurgled Philip, suddenly prized with an idea. He was tired of looking out of the window, and the man in the next seat seemed so nice. The man, being a bachelor, natural- ly did not consider himself addressed. The girl holding Philip dismissed the explanation as a newly discovered pastime. Not so Philip! Leaning over the back of his seat, he slapped Everett Martin's newspaper out of his hand. "Da-da!" he repeated, smiling into that astonished gentleman's face. Catherine, without a backward glance, hid her head in the depths of the youngster's coat, as she quickly pulled him back. Philip screamed. sponse to his pres- smiled, biding his a "Farmington!" sh suddenly. Catherine started held out her arms a way down the aisle "Da-da!" he shriek Martin, in a l seized his grip a them. "I was getting o tion anyway—for announced, half do assuming the blam Catherine refuse from the steps. " " she accused. The train for Farmington was barely crawling, owing to delay ahead. Two old ladies across the aisle hailed the slight diversion with delight. Martin stared, Philip struggled and Catherine exerted all her strength to keep hold of him. The old ladies shrugged their shoulders. "Why doesn't he take the little chap?" said one. The people in front heard and turned. "Da-da!" screamed Philip. "My Da-da!" "Why doesn't he take him?" murraured the whole car audibly. "This is perfectly ridiculous of you!" cried Catherine sternly, shaking him roughly in her embarrassment. "You know very well he isn't your Da-da!" "I too!" insisted Philip loudly. Martin rose to the emergency and leaned forward. "I haven't the slightest idea on what grounds," he stammered, "but, perhaps, if I took him for a while—" Catherine turned sharply, recognizing the voice. "You!" cried Martin, amazed. At the same time he held out his arms to the child. But Catherine refused stiffly, holding Philip tight, at which the latter's protests leaped forth anew. "Good heavens!" groaned a crotchety old bachelor far down the aneil. Why don't they give him what he wants—anything to stop the infernal racket! Some people never remember there's anybody else around." "You'd better—" urged Martin gently, as he watched the girl's burning face. "You know, they think we're—" "But we're not!" she retorted quicker. "I know," sighed Martin. "We'll just have to pretend." "1—" Philip, unnoticed for a moment, had toppled over into Martin's seat. His last sob melted into a gurgle. "Dadal!" he chuckled, removing Martin's hat with more speed than skill. "All right." conceded the girl weakly. Then she immediately turned her attention to the passing landscape. The other passengers gradually settled back to their respective magazines, with occasional expressive grunts in Martin's direction. But Philip, once victorious, decided to test his cunning further. Having exhausted the novelty of Martin's watch fob and scarfpin he twisted around toward Catherine again. Snatching at the feather that dropped from her hat, he jerked her head violently backwards. "Oh, too!" he demanded, and pointed to the other half of Martin's seat, where his grip reposed. "Guess you'd better!" grinned Martin, sheepishly. "Here take the window seat, and I'll put the grip in your place." Catherline obeyed with resignation. "Him! Very strange they didn't think of that in the beginning! Just like a man, though, when he finds a newspaper, even if there's nothing in it!" "Perhaps—a quarrel!" suggested the other old lady, with just a tinge of regret in her voice. "How did she guess?" whispered Martin in the girl's ear. "Please," said Catherine, coldly, "I prefer not to talk. I am very distressed, of course, that Philip's unaccountable notion should have made it necessary—" "Wise little chap!" murmured Martin, with a tiny smile about the eyes, as he patted Phillip's head. Philip, thinking it was a game, shook him off. Then he made a grab for Martin's hair. The man bent down to his reach and submitted gracefully to the remarkably vicious pulls. Catherine stared straight ahead. Finally attracted by an unusual quiet, she turned. Martin jailed a finger to his lips and then pointed to Philip, who was taking the well-earned rest of a conquerer, curled up on Martin's lap. The eyes of the girl and the man held; and Catherine stared—at his rumpled hair, at the smile in his eyes, at the curve of his arm supporting Philip's head—and something, rising straight from her to her throat, almost choked her. In a jumble she reviewed their bitter quarrel, their parting, presumably forever, a few weeks back. In her confusion she could not recall the details, but—one thing she remembered distinctly—she had been in the right, of course. Of course? Martin, reading her face, slipped his hand over hers. For an instant she yielded to him; then in a last flash of mistaken pride, she edged away to the extreme end of the seat. But Martin had sensed the slight re- ```markdown ``` sponse to his pressure, and merely smiled, biding his time. "Farmington!" shouted the conductor, suddenly. Catherine started to her feet and held out her arms for the child. Half way down the aisle Philip awoke. "Da-da!" he shrieked. Martin, in a happy inspiration, seized his grip and dashed after them. "I was getting off at the next station anyway—for the week-end," he announced, half deprecatingly, as if assuming the blame for the incident. Catherine refused his assistance from the steps. "You followed me!" she accused. "Not at all!" he denied, airily, avoiding her gaze. "I'm staying with the Torringtons at Beechwood." "Oh!" said Catherine. Edith Torrington, she remembered, was exceedingly pretty. "Was anyone going to meet you, or shall I call a hack?" "A hack—if you please," with dignity. He helped her in. "I owe you many thanks and apologies," she began. Martin ignored both the words and her outstretched hand. "By the way," he said to Philip, "don't you think I'd better come along?" "Da-da!" cried Philip, clapping his hands. "That settles it!" agreed Martin, and jumped in beside them. "Tell me, do I look like his father?" he asked. Catherine laughed in spite of herself. "Not in the least," she confessed. "I don't see why—" "I do," said Martin, quickly, and this time seized her hand boldly, on the strength of her mirth. It was the first time she had smiled on him since that fateful night. "Whose is he, anyway?" he pursued. "Not mine!" challenged Catherine, affected by his mood. "Oh, Everett!—not here!" "Well, then, as soon as we get to where we're going?" he demanded, pressing his advantage. "You're going to the Torringtons," she reminded him, "and I'm going to my brother's—" "I must correct you. 'Where you go'—" he half quoted. "But—Edith?" she faltered, with unconscious revelation. "Bless your heart!" he laughed, trilunphantly, "haven't you heard of Edith's engagement to Bob Reynolds? She's merely keeping an eye on me until you resume your duties—" "Here we are!" interrupted Catherine hurriedly. "Good! Come on then, Master—?" "Philip, Philip King. He's my brother Charlie's youngest." "Well named!" cried Martin. "It is only a king can do no wrong. And now—" he added significantly, stopping under a friendly tree on the path. "Everett Martin of all people!" exclaimed Mrs. King, unexpectedly from the porch. "But—I thought—you two had quarreled?" she demanded suspiciously, looking from one teiltale face to the other. "Hush! please," pleaded Martin. "Why, so we had!" laughed Catherine, "but—can you remember—what it was all about?" "Philip be praised," murmured Everett, as he shook his head. Snatching the boy, he tossed him high into air. "Da-da!" cried Philip, with a wicked little laugh. "Next door to it, sonny!" answered the man in glee, "that is, your uncle-to-be!" The Heroine. When Representative J. Hampton Moore was a reporter on the Philadelphia Ledger he was assigned one night to go out and get a human interest story about a woman who had died at the age of 88, leaving a twin sister, with whom she had lived for 50 years, as a sole survivor of an old family. The house stood opposite a cemetery at the outskirts of town, and Moore wished, as he pulled aside the crape to ring the bell, that his city editor wouldn't be so fertile with his ideas for human interest stories. A woman friend of the aged sisters opened the door and ushered J. Hampton into the parlor, over in one corner of which rested the dead sister in her coffin. The neighbor seemed to feel that it was up to her to entertain the reporter while he was waiting for the other sister to drag herself in for the interview. By way of small talk, the woman motioned with her thumb in the direction of the coffin and remarked: "That's the lady that died." "I suspected as much," replied Moore. A Surprising Thought. The solemnity of the meeting was somewhat disturbed when the eloquent young theologian pictured in glowing words the selfishness of men who spent their evenings at the club, leaving their wives in loneliness at home. "Think, my hearers," said he, "of a poor, neglected wife, all alone in the great, dreary house, rocking the cradle of her sleeping babe with one foot and wiping away her tears with the other." The KITCHEN CABINET THE first day of spring is due to arrive if the calendar does not break down, about the twenty-first of March, when the earth turns the corner of Sun Valley and starts for Summer street. But the first spring day is not on the time table at all. It comes when it is ready. Henry Van Dyke. Early Spring Vegetables Vegetables are the best of blood purifiers and tonics, and at this season of the year spinach and cress are plentiful and should be eaten freely. Spinach has been called the broom of the blood. It contains iron, which is needed to keep the blood in good condition. Lettuce, the cheap and always-obtainable green vegetable, is a crisp and dainty salad green, which may be raised two weeks earlier than is commonly grown if a bed is made and a frame about six feet long and three feet wide pressed down into the mellow earth. Bank the soil well up around the sides and sow the lettuce. Cover the top with thin cheese cloth, held in place by tacks on one side and end, the other by shingle nails over which the cloth may be fastened and removed to pick the lettuce. The sun and air has free access to the plants. If there is a frosty night, the frame may be protected by a rug or carpet. Such a bed will well repay one for the trouble of planting and care. Lettuce With Peanuts.—Sprinkle well-washed and drained lettuce with chopped peanuts and serve with French dressing. Three tablespoonfuls of olive oil, a tablespoon of vinegar, a half teaspoonful of salt and a few dashes of cayenne pepper. Lettuce served with orange juice and sugar makes a very nice salad for those who cannot eat anything containing an acid. Another delicious salad for the spring time is lettuce and a few carefully broken sections of grape fruit sprinkled with nuts and served with mayonnaise dressing. Celery is another vegetable which is especially adapted to combinations with other vegetables and fruits as salads. Served as a simple relish it is perhaps the best enjoyed. Water cress with a French dressing is a most desirable salad to use in the spring, as cress is a blood purifier as well as spinach. EYOND all wealth, honor, or even health, is the attachment we form to noble souls, because to become one with the good, generous and true, is to become in a measure good, generous and true ourselves. Serving the Easter Egg. At a formal breakfast, all precautions should be taken to insure the freshness of the eggs. A conscientious hostess would be much mortified if she served chicken out of its proper course. Easter Table Decoration.—When using eggs for cooking, break them at the small end and save the shells after removing the contents. Use these dainty receptacles set in moss holding spring beauties or violets. They may be weighted with a little sand in each to keep them in an upright position. During the meatless days of Lent the egg is a favorite food and the following recipes may be suggestive to the busy housewife: Grandmother's Favorite Egg Dish.—Put a tablespoonful of butter in an omelet pan, cover with fine bread crumbs. Over this lay thin slices of cheese. Season a few well beaten eggs, the number depending on the size of the family to be served, and pour over this, cover closely and heat slowly. When the white of the egg is opaque serve at once. Poached Eggs a la Reine.—Cover circular pieces of toasted bread with sliced fresh mushrooms sautéed in butter and moistened with cream. Poach eggs and arrange on the mushrooms. Pour over a white sauce to which is added a sprinkling of cheese, and brown in the oven. Garnish with parsley. Eggs and Potatoes.—Parboll three potatoes, drain and put a layer in a baking dish, then a layer of hard-cooked eggs. Season well, add a bit of onion juice and a layer of white sauce sprinkled with cheese. Repeat and finish with buttered crumbs. Brown in a hot oven. When frying eggs, sprinkle a little flour over the pan before adding the eggs. Allow it to brown before dropping in the eggs. EN imagine that they com- EN imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment." Some New Ways of Serving Beef. Beef, the old standby of the cook, may be given variety by the resourceful cook. Sour meat is a dish which is a favorite among the Germans, and is well liked by many others of the American nationality. Sour Beef.-Cut two pounds of beef into pieces about one-inch square. Put one-quarter of a pound of sliced bacon in a frying pan, and try out the fat. Dust the meat thickly with flour and brown in this hot fat. When brown, remove with a skimmer into the stew pan. Add two tablespoonfuls of flour to the fat in the pan. When brown add a pint of water. When bolling, pour over the meat; cover and simmer gently for an hour, then add one small onion sliced, one bay leaf, a tablespoon of chopped parsley, a small piece of lemon peel, a teaspoonful of Worcestershire sauce, and one tablespoonful of vinegar. Cover and simmer until tender. Hungarian Goulash.—Take two pounds of beef from the round, wipe and cut in finger lengths. Put one tablespoonful of olive oil in a stew pan. Add an onion chopped fine and cook slowly until a golden brown. Add two tablespoonfuls of flour and brown. Stir into this one teaspoonful of salt, a dash of paprika and a pint of beef stock. When thickened and smooth add the meat, cover closely and simmer for two hours. Serve with potato balls. Breslau of Beef.—Beat the yolks of three eggs until light; add to them one pound of cold chopped beef, one cup of beef stock, two tablespoonfuls of butter, one-half cup of stale bread-crumbs, one-half pint of cream, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, one teaspoonful of salt and a few dashes of cayenne pepper. Bake in custard cups well greased and standing in water. When done, turn out on pieces of toast and pour around them a tomato sauce. When the family is small and one can buy only a three-pound piece of beef, have it as chunky as possible. A long thin piece is not nearly so satisfactory. HEN the dwelling is cramped. HEN the dwelling is cramped, modest, a woman who has the gift finds a way to make order, fitness and convenience reign in her house. She puts care and attention to everything she undertakes. To to wield that power to do, is not in her eyes the privilege of the rich, but the right of all. That is her aim and she knows how to give her home a dignity and an attractiveness that the dwellings of princes if everything is left to mercenaries cannot possess. Left-over Possibilities. In the minds of most people there is a prejudice against anything warmed over or served the second time. To the economical housekeeper the leftovers are a great problem and in these days of high prices great care should be used that nothing is wasted. Meats being our most expensive foods, should be purchased with care. The most expensive meats are not any more nutritive than the cheaper cuts. Corn Beef Hash.—Chop corn beef that has been cooked with vegetables in a boiled dinner. Take equal parts of cold cooked cabbage, turnip, carrot, and potato. Season with salt and pepper and put into a frying pan, moisten with hot water. Brown well and fold over on a platter like an omelet. Garnish with parsley. Victoria Chicken.—Make a sauce of a fourth of a cup each of flour and butter and a cup of chicken stock. To this add a cup of mushrooms, a cup of drained peas, one-half cup of tomato pulp and a cup and a half of minced chicken. Add the seasoning necessary, and serve on toast. Cook the bones left from the chicken, allowing them to simmer slowly several hours; add to this stock any gravity or stock that is left. When ready to serve add the peas left from the can in making Victoria chicken and half a cup of grated cheese. When you have a little cold roast or steak left over, cut it in fine pieces, sprinkle it over a layer of cold cooked potatoes in a baking pan, add a little minced onion and a cupful of tomatoes. Season with salt, pepper and a teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce and bake until well heated through. Fruit juice may be used with a little gelatine to make a nice salad or dessert. Pour the juice, thickened with a little gelatine, over any fresh cut fruit. Nellie Maxwell. 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This contest will close Tuesday, July 4th a 6 p.m. and the prize will be a awarded at the next Grand Session to be held in Coffyville Kan. in July. IMPORTANT NOTICE! To the Pastor and Members of the A. M. E. Church throughout the Kansas Conference: In some way I mislaid the resolution which had fixed the time and place of holding the Electoral College which in turn shall elect its lay delegates and alternates to the General Conference which will meet in Kansas City, Mo., during the month of May, 1912. Rev. J. R. Ransom, who offered the Resolution fixing the time and place, retained a copy of the same and I here with as Secretary of the Kansas Conference do notify all concerned that the Electoral College will convene in St. James A. M. E. church, North Lawrence, the first Wednesday in May which is May 3rd, 1911. Each pastor will therefore per Discipline elect and send on the above date to this place one delegate or alternate representing each Quarterly Conference to this said Electoral College. Please notify me by April 28th who your delegate be that I may arrange for his accommodation. Your humble servant, March 18th, 1911. Announcement of E. D. Squire. To my friends and patrons I wish to announce that I have sold out my new and second-hand furniture store at 245-247 North Main street, and have opened up with a new furniture stock up-to-date furniture at 313 North Main street, within a few days, and I would be very glad to see all of my old friends including yourself, at above number. I always figure that it is best, once in a while to sell off the old stock and get in a new and up-to-date line, so as to give my customers the benefits of all the new ideas which are all of the time developing in the furniture business, and I cordially invite you to call on me at my new stand where you will always find the latch-string hanging out. Thanking you for your past patronage, and soliciting a continuance of the same, I am very truly yours. From now on I will be found at 312 North Main Street. E. D. SQUIRE TRADE WITH OUR ADVERTISERS They'll Treat You Right Visited Weir. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. & Mrs. Emma Ganies, C. G. P. arrived in Weir on Monday, March 20th and met with Covenant Tabernacle No. 38 and on Tuesday 21st met with America Dav is Tabernacle No. 15. At 7 30 Rev. Frank Wilson met with A. H. Richardson Temple No. 1. At the close of this session a splendid reception was spread in their honor at which the public was invited. Rev. Sir. Chas. Anderson and wife of Kansas City, Kansas. Miss Mabel A. Jones of Bucklin Mo., and Prof. W. F. King of Kansas City, Mo. weae special guests of the evening. A mo-t enjoyable time was had by all. The Searchlight is still doing busi ness at the same old stand, 630 N. Main St. Come up. TABOR CASH PRIZES $15. Given Away $1.00 ABSOLUTELY FREE To Temples, Tabernacles, or Events. Kans.=Neb. Jurisdiction Begins Saturday, April 1st.ends Tuesday, July 4th. 6 pm Read Our Prize Contest Offer WE WANT 1000 New Subscribers To The SEARCHLIGHT Will You Help Us Get Them? Beginning Saturday, April 1st, 1911, and p.early ending Tuesday, July 4th., 1911, at 6 p. m., offer three [ 3 ] CASH PRIZES to the Templesnacle or Tent that sends us the greatest num- paid subscribers to The Wichita Searchlight. $15. To Be $15 Given Away ABSOLUTELY FREE To Temples, Tabernacles, or Tents. Kans.-Neb. Jurisdiction Begins Saturday, April 1st. Ends Tuesday, July 4th. 6 pm. Read Our Prize Contest Offer WE WANT 1000 New Subscribers To The SEARCHLIGHT Will You Help Us Get Them? Beginning Saturday, April 1st, 1911, and positively ending Tuesday, July 4th., 1911, at 6 p. m., we will offer three [3] CASH PRIZES to the Temple, Tabernacle or Tent that sends us the greatest number of paid subscribers to The Wichita Searchlight. THREE CASH PRIZES 0.00 — First Prize — To the Temple, Tabernacle Tent that sends us the greatest number paid subscriptions for one year each, [not than ten ] we will pay Ten Dollars in GO 0.00 — Second Prize — To the Temple, Tabernacle Tent that sends us the next greatest num- of paid subscribers for one year each, [not than five ] we pay Three Dollars in SILV 0.00 — Third Prize — To the Temple, Tabernacle Tent that sends us the third greatest num- of paid subscribers for one year each [not than three ] we will pay a Two Dollar B All Subscriptions Are Strictly 1. = Per Year in Advance = $ $10.00 — First Prize — To the Temple, Tabernacle or Tent that sends us the greatest number of paid subscriptions for one year each, [ not less than ten ] we will pay Ten Dollars in GOLD $3.00 — Second Prize — To the Temple, Tabernacle or Tent that sends us the next greatest number of paid subscribers for one year each, [ not less than five ] we pay Three Dollars in SILVER $2.00 — Third Prize — To the Temple, Tabernacle or Tent that sends us the third greatest number of paid subscribers for one year each [ not less than three ] we will pay a Two Dollar Bill. All Subscriptions Are Strictly $1. = Per Year in Advance = $1. WHO WILL BE THE WINNERS? Read Carefully Our Conditions This Contest will be conducted under the following Rules and Conditions. Read!!! First — This Contest is open to any Temple, Tabernacle or Tent in the Kansas-Nebraska Jurisdiction Second — Any member of any Temple, Tabernacle or Tent can send in subscriptions with the name, number of your Temple, Tabernacle or Tent and it will be duly credited. Third — Solicitations of subscribers is not to be confined to members of the order alone, but may accept the subscription of any person, whether they are members of the Order or not and your Temple, Tabernacle or Tent will receive due credit tor said name. Fourth — In sending in subscription please write a plain, legible hand and give the name, address and town or city of the new subscriber; together with with your name and the address and the name and number of your Temple, Tabernacle or Tent, Fifth — In this contest absolutely no name will be credited unless the money accompanies the name. Sixth — A true and accurate account will be kept of each subscription and upon receipt of the same we will forward you a receipt bearing the name of subscriber, amount paid and the Temple, Tabernacle or Tent to be credited. Keep this receipt Seventh — This list will be submitted to a disinterested committee of three persons to be chosen later. Every Temple, Tabernacle and Tent should get interested in this contest. The prizes of this contest will be awarded to the winners at the next session of the Grand Temple and Tabernacle to be held in Coffeyville, Kansas in July. Address all communications to -W. N. MILLER, Editor 630 N. 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Cananea, Mexico.—Official government reports have reached Cananea of an overwhelming defeat of the rebels near Ures, a few miles northwest of Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora, yesterday morning. The rebels are said to have lost 70 killed and more than 100 wounded. The federal loss is given as 16 and 20 wounded. The fight lasted from 9 a. m. until 7 p. m. The official dispatch states that 200 rebels are now surrounded at Hacienda San Rafael. General Juan Cabral, the rebel leader, commanded 900 men at Ures. The federals in three columns under Generals Ogeda, Darren and Chiapa, attacked Cabral from three sides. No account of the battle, other than the official dispatches, have been received. PEACE NEAR, THEY ASSERT. Elder Madero and Son Say Diaz Is Paving Way With Concessions. San Antonio, Tex.—Explanation of the recent governmental change at Mexico City, the recall of Senor Liamantour from Paris, the arrival of Francisco I. Madero, Sr., and his son Gustavo, at this city, the departure of Senor De La Bara from Washington for his new position, all were explained today in an interview with Francisco Madero, Sr., and Gustavo Madero. Tentative peace propositions have been made and on the administration side have been acted upon. In view of Don Francisco Madero peace is assured—if not within ten days, then at the furtherest within a month. Diaz, it is reported in a message to the main congress, will insist that peace be concluded. On the one point, and the vital one, of why they are so certain that the tentative arrangement would within a set time result in a sealed compact of peace, father and son were silent. They answered freely every other question. When the elder Madero and Limontour met recently the very meeting was denied, let alone a discussion of terms for possible peace. Today it was admitted the interview concerned peace alone. Senor Limantour, the great main financier, familiar alike with the bourse of Paris, with Threadneedle street, with Wall street and moneyed Vienna and Berlin, responded to the presidential summons to come to the United States from Paris and carried out the orders of his superior Porfirio Diaz. Mann May Be Leader. Washington, D. C.-With the arrival of many new and old members of the house, with the Democratic members of the new rules committee in daily session, with Chairman Underwood of the new ways and means committee, preparing data on the wool and cotton tariff schedules for submission to the committee tomorrow, and the party caucus almost at hand, there is much activity in the house wing of the capitol. Representative Mann of Illinois has returned, and his arrival enlivened discussion regarding the minority leadership. Mr. Mann began a search of the capitol to find an extra room for a minority and many of his colleagues greeted him as the minority leader. Big Decisions Monday? 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Caldwell, 201 Caldwell building, Montclair, Ill. ney Ills months of colds, chills, ills, chills, or grip strain lame, weak and tired ery passages, sediment, by helping to pass off aw winter and spring ent colds from settling ? 65 years old. I can do in Centralia, and enjoy New York, New York, Hudson River Ave., near SSNB 52nd, West A Country School for Girls IN NEW YORK CITY. Best features of school park of 16 acres near the Hudson River. Munroe and Alpine. MISS LISA AND MISS WILLIAM y Old Z, $1.00, retail. DOANS KIDNEY PILLS IF THE PARK IS THERE SUSPECT YOUR KIDNEYS Knights & Daughters ANSAS—NEBRASKA JURISDICTION 1910—GRAND OFFICERS—1911 REV. FRANK WILSON, C. G. M. Taborian Home, Route 8, Topeka, Kan SIR D. L. TAYLOR, V. G. M. 329 E. Center, Salina, Kan. MRS. EMMA GAINES, C. G. P. 1170 Filmore, Topeka, Kansas. MRS. LAURA LEE, V. G. P. Box 394, Weir, Kansas. SIR A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota, Leavenworth, Kan. MRS. SARAH W. FORBES, C. G. R. 717 "C" St., Lincoln, Neb. SIR WILLIAM CORE, C. G. T. 1120 Lane, Topeka, Kan. MRS. BESSIE HALL, G. Q. M. 460 Horton, Ft. Scott, Kan. SIR C. M. JOHNSON, G. P. P. 3330 Maple, Omaha, Neb. REV. M. WOOTEN, C. G. O. 210 E. West, Hutchinson, Kan. MRS. PAULINE WOODFORK, C.G.Pr. 823 Freeman, Kansas City, Kan. SIR W. N. MILLER, General Attorney, 630 N. Main St., Wichita, Kansas. TEMPLES. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. 1—A. H. Richardson, Weir, Kan., Sir W. M. Watkins; 1-3 Fri. 3—R. H. Cane, Atchison, Kan., Sir Jno. N. Davis, 521 "L,"; 1-3 Fri. 4—Evening Star, Omaha, Neb., Sir S. R. Jackson, care Frye Shoe Store; 1-3 Mon. 5—St. Luke, N. Topeka, Kan., Sir Joe Walker, 1220 West (north); 1-3 Thurs. 6—Humphrey, Omaha, Neb., Sir W. H. Jackson, 2515 N. 17th. 7--Mt. Nebo, Wichita, Kan., Sir. Rev. S. S. Washington, 1524 N. Washington; 1-3 Fri. 8—St. Peters, Ft. Scott, Kan., Sir A. J. Bean, 309 Lowman; 1-3 Tues. 10—Mt. Horeb, Leavenworth, Kan, Sir Geo. Walker, 417 Kickapoo. 11—Taborian, Wichita, Kan, Sir W 12—Moses Dickson, Parsons, Kan., Sir W. N. Williams, 220 Corning; 1-3 Thurs. 15—Silver Leaf, Salina, Kan., Sir J. C. Brown, 246 S. Phillips; 1-3 Thurs. 17—Golden Gate, Coffeyville, Kan. Sir G. W. Roberts. 19—Mt. Tabor, Lawrence, Kan., Sir J. E. Hughes, 1313 N. J. 22—Barak, Oswego, Kan., Sir L. R. Wilson; 2-4 Mon. 24—Jas. H. Bedford, Cherryvale, Kan., Sir Rev. J. W. Warren, 218 E. 7th. 25—Washington, Kansas City, Kan., Sir J. H. Downs, 422 Haskell; every Friday. 59—Sunnyside, Topeka, Kan., Sir Peter Davis, 1008 Washburn; 1-3 Thurs. 60—Jeffersonian, Topeka, Kan., Sir U. S. Grant, 120 Kansas; 1-3 Mon. 72—Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb., Sir E. D. Weaver, 1125 Saratoga. TABERNACLES Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Mrs. Emma Gaines, C. G. P. 1—Queen of the West, Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Marit Wilson, 945 Everett, 1-2 Wed. 2—Golden, Iola, Kan., Mrs. Sarah Crisp, 615 S. Chestnut; 2-4 Sat. 3—Mt. Hope, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. 4—Helping Hand, Cherryvale, Kan., Mrs. Sadie Campbell, 616 W. 1st; 1-3 Thurs. 5—Crescent, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Hattie Mqntgomery, 115 N. 5th; 2-4 Fri. 6—Rebecca Ann, Ottawa, Kan., Mrs. Catherine Glasple, 128 N. Wabash; 1-3 Thurs. 7—Sunbeam, Saline, Kan., Mrs. Lillian Shobe, 437 S. 12th; 1-4 Fri. 8—Rebecca May, Coffeyville, Kan. Mrs. Laura Donnell, 410 E. 5th; 2-4 Fri. 9—Western Sun, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Lulu Deliey, 120 Kansas Ave; 1-3 Fri. 10—St. Marilid, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. P. Henderson, 820 N. Y.; 1-3 Wed. 11—Saba Meroe, Kansas City, Kan, Mrs. P. Woodlork, 823 Freeman; 1-3 Mon. 12—Gollen Rule, Kansas City, Kansas, Mrs. B. Johnson, 211 Stewar; 1-3 Thurs. 15—America Davis, Weir, Kan., Mrs. Maggie Stewart, Box 14; 2-4 Mon. 16—Silver Leaf, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. Lizzie Morton, 1308 Washington; 1-3 Wed. 17—Western Queen, Ft. Scott, Kan. Mrs. A. Master, 817 E. Wall; second Tuesday in July, 1911. 18—St. Marie, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. E. W. Graham, 2112 Nicholas; 2-4 Thurs. 19—Amelia Levels, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Ella Golden, 2302 N. 25th. 20—Maria, Ft. Scott, Kan., Mrs. P Johnson, 501 Hyman; 1-? Fri. 24—Charity Rose, Coffeyville, Kan.; Mrs. A. Garner, 704 E. 12th; 1-3 Wed. 28—Modern, Parsons, Kan., Mrs. D. Dorsey. 29—Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. H. La Tand, 407 Kickapoo; 1-3 Tue. 30—Victoria, Leavenworth, Kan., Mrs. R. Rivers, 607 Second; 1-3 Fri. 34—Wichita, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Sal 31 Wickens, K. A., Kendall, M. A. in Ile Hall, 1024 Ohio; 1-3 Thurs 35—Golden Rule, So. Omaha, Neb. Mrs. Sadie Jones, 819 N. 27th; 1-3 Thurs. 37—Eutevator, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Mary Grosby, 119 Commercial; 1-3 Fri. 38—Covenant, Weir, Kan., Mrs. L. F. Taylor, Box 394; 2-4 Wed. 63—Fair West, Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. Rosa Saunders, 610 N. J.; 1-3 Fri. 77—Pearly Rose, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Susie O'Brien, 1180 Buchanan; 1-3 Wed. 85—Magdalene, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. F. Hardiman, 1801 Kansas; 2-4 Wed. 93—Macedonia, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. S. A. Brown, 715 E. 11th; 1-3 Thurs. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Mrs. Bessie Hall, G. Q. M. 1—Golden Leaf, Leavenworth, Kan. Mrs. Jennie Nichols, 418 Third; 4th Sat. 2—Frank Wilson, Ft. Scott, Kan. Miss Emma Maxie, 411 Ransom. 3—Moses Dickson, Wichita, Kan. Mrs. B. Davis, 1135 N. Washington, 1-3 Sat. 7—Lone Star, Yale, Kan., Mrs. Calie Lewis. 11—Alice Tucker, So. Omaha, Neb. Mrs. I. M. Faulkner, 169 N. 31st; 1-3 Sat. 11—Viola, Lawrence, Kan., Mrs. Mary Brown, 325 Miss; 2-4 Sat. 14—Busy Bee, Atchison, Kan., Mrs Aria Stone, 823 Main; 1-3 Sat. Aria Stone, 823 Main; 1-3 Sat. 15—Louisa Mae, Cherryvale, Kan. Mrs. M. E. Holt, 517 West Main. 16—Pearl, Wichita, Kan., Mrs. Anna Jones, 625 N. Wichita; 2-4 Sat. 17—Castle Rock, Weir, Kan., Mrs. H. H. Askins, Box 25. 18—Star of West, Salina, Kan., O. A. Murrell. 20—John Wilson, K. C., Kan., Mr. C. D. Dalton, 1228 Barnett; 2-4 Sat. 21—Crystal, Leavenworth, Kan.; Mrs. 23—Clinging Rose, Lawrence, Kan, Mrs. Ada King, 722 N. Y., 3 sat. 36—Pride of Topeka, N. Topeka, Kan. 36—Pride of Topeka, N. Topeka, Kan., Mrs. Nannia Shaw, 905 N. Taylor. 37—Pansy Blossom, Topeka, aKn., Mrs. Jennie McAdoo, 1501 N. Logan; 1-3 Sat. 45—Orange Rose, Kansas City, Kan., Mrs. P. Henderson, 312 Washington; 1-3 Sat. 46—Mayflower, Omaha, Neb., Mrs. L. Herrold, 2205 N. 25th ;1-3 Sat. 44—Rising Sun, Atchison, Kan., Mrs. Mary Delley, 120 Kansas. 8—Golden Eagle, Iola, Kan., Mrs. Sarah Mayes, 20 Campbell. PALATIUMS. Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. Sir C. M. Johnson, G. P. P. 1—Light of the West, Omaha, Neb. Fred D. Early; 2-4 Fri. 2—Evening Star, Topeka, Kan., Ransom Taylor, 4th Thrus. 3—Moses Dickson, Achlson, Kan. W. H. Barnes, 4th Mon. 4—Queen City, Parsons, Kan., Loe Haliday. 5—Jewell Wilson, Lawrence, aK. Chas. H. Kuntz. 6—Queen of Kansas, K. C., Kan. Milton Washington; 1-4 Thurs. OFFICIAL ORGAN. OFFICIAL ORGAN. The Wichita Searchlight, 630 N. Main St., Wichita, Kan. Only $1.00 per year. NEXT PLACE MEETING. The Grand Temple and Tabernacle, ansas-Nebraska jurisdiction, will meet next in Coffeyville, Kansas on the ```markdown ``` TENTS. DIRECTORY OF COLORED WOM AN'S CLUBS OF WICHITA, KAS. FOR RENT—Nice three room cottage on West 23rd St. Only $6.00 per month. Apply to W. N. Miller, 630 N. Main St. Phone Market 1641. WAS NOT A BEAUTY LECTURE Timld Little Woman Found Herself Seeking Dress Hints at Federation of Club Women. "The conservation of the natural resources of this country is one of the paramount issues before the American people today and—" The speaker adjusted her nose glasses, raised her eyes confidently from her manuscript to meet the expressions of approval from the thirty or more clubwomen of Iowa, says the Des Moines Register and Leader. It was a stupendous statement and well worth readjustment of one's pose for the dramatic effect. The speaker, who stopped now and then to look up from the script, was neatly but severely tailored, her hear was brushed carefully and not unbecomingly from her high brow. There was not a curl nor a ripple of a marcel wave. Higher education was writt large. A little woman on the back seat in common clothes, seamed face and hard hands fidgeted and looked startled at such an intellectual outburst. "Excuse me, mum," she ventured timidly, as she nudged her neighbor, "is this Mme. Xo's beauty lecture?" "It is not," was the grim rejoinder. "It is the annual meeting of the official board and chairmen of standing committees of the Iowa Federation of Club Women." "Mercy!" ejaculated the woman out of place. Then she "scooted." RARE FORMS OF MARINE LIFE Beaked Whales and West Indian Echinoids Are Described in the Bulletins of the National Museum. The United States National museum has issued two bulletins in the quarto series. Of these the first, Bulletin 73 is "An account of the beaked whales of the family Ziphidae in the collection of the United States National museum, with remarks on some specimens in other American museums," by Dr. Frederick W. True, head curator of the department of biology in the United States National museum. The beaked whales are among the rarest cetaceans and of the three genera only specimens representing about 100 individuals are known. The three genera in the family Ziphidae are Mesoplodon, Ziphius and Beradius, and to the discussions of these with their individual species Doctor True has devoted his attention. The second of these bulletins, No. 74, is "On Some West Indian Echinoids," by the well known authority, Theodore Mortenson of the Zoological museum of Copenhagen, Denmark. Of special interest in this bulletin is the list of North American and West Indian Echinoids, which he has carefully compiled from the specimens obtained by the Blake and the Albatross. The bulletin is beautifully illustrated by 16 full-page plates of these interesting forms of marine life. Roughing It James J. Hill, at one of the Conservation congress banquets in St. Paul, told a railway story. "When sleeping cars first came in," he said, "the bedclothes in the berths were very scanty. On one of these early cars one night after everybody had turned in and the lights were low a loud voice called from an upper berth: "Porter, got a corkscrew?" "The porter came hurrying down the aisle. "Boss," he said, in a scandalized tone, 'we don't allow no drinkin' in the berths. It's against the rules." "Oh, it ain't that, porter," the voice answered. "I just want to dig out a pillow that's sort of worked its way into my ear." The Worm. "I insist upon an allowance of $500 a month—not a penny less!" he cried. "Absurd! That's more than I pay my cook," she retorted with curling lip. "Then get your cook to dance attendance at all manner of boresome affairs; to give you the face to do what an unmarried woman never dares do; to be always at hand yet out of the way; never to mind no matter how you choose to conduct yourself—in short, to be a husband to you in the modern sense of the term!" he flared out defiantly. She perceived that the worm had turned. "Hush!" she implored, and reached for her checkbook—Puck. Hard Life of Arctic Sealer. The Arctic sealer endures a hard life. Sealing does not consist only of hurried scrambling over ice, and fierce breathless battling afterwards. There are many hardships to endure. The most common type of Arctic weather is a dense, lung clogging fog, with a rasp of cold that is enough to freeze a glowing furnace. This fog may be diversified with cruel blizzards of petting snow, borne on the wings of the constant gales. Once the snow passes come sleet and rain—rain that is as cold as ice. Misery prevails greatly among the crews of Arctic sealers, for the dampness and the cold soon sag the stoutest constitutions. You have tried the rest Now try the best THE PEOPLE'S CLEA AND DYE W Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Ha Largest and Best Equipped Plant Market 175 Phones Dougl THE PEOPLE'S CLEANING AND DYE WORKS Dry Cleaners, Dyers and Hatters Largest and Best Equipped Plant in Kansas Market 175 Phones Douglas 178 21l South Lawrence Wichita, Kansas About the Taborian Home and The Taborian Home Fund About the Taborian Home and The Taborian Home Fund About the Taborian Home and The Taborian Home Fund Leavenworth, Kansas, Feb. 25th, 1911 WHEREAS. I have re- ters in the last month ma- Taborian Home and its re- borian Home Fund, it occu- m many of our Chief Mentor- Queen Mothers have not should have done. I wi.land under the one head. The Law creating the Taborian Home fund shall be s month of April of each year changed or altered. So the sent to the C. G. S. in the Tabernacles are to send $ For full information the Session Laws of 1909, BOARD OF GRAND CURATOR Taborian Home By-Laws pages 118—119 and 120 a ficers and members keep the not be so many question stand as everything is do- bers of our great order. Your DEAM ABSOLUTE NORTH-WEST COURT Bonded A FROM OFFICE OF CHIEF GRAND SCRIBE WHEREAS. I have received quite a number of letters in the last month making inquiries regarding the Taborian Home and its regulation and about the Taborian Home Fund, it occurs to my mind that a great many of our Chief Mentors, Chief Preceptresses and Queen Mothers have not read the Session Laws as they should have done. I will answer about fifteen(15)letters under the one head. The Law creating the Home says that the Taborian Home fund shall be sent to the C. G. S. in the month of April of each year. That law has never been changed or altered. So the Home Fund is due to be sent to the C. G. S. in the month of April. Temples and Tabernacles are to send $5.00 and Tents $3.00 each. For full information concerning the Home read the Session Laws of 1909, page 116 "METING OF THE BOARD OF GRAND CURATORS", then read on page 117 Taborian Home By-Laws and Constitution, and read pages 118-119 and 120 and I am sure that if the officers and members keep themselves posted there will not be so many questions of Law they don't understand as everything is done in reach of the least members of our great order. DEAM ABSTRACT CO. NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THE COURT HOUSE Bonded Abstractors FOOK UMBRAGE AT ASPERSION Citizens Resented Being Voted for as Town's "Meanest Man." Old Scrooge might be a philanthropic Carnegie alongside certain tight-wads in Mount Vernon, but William Friedberg has no license to determine publicly who are the men who would squeeze a dollar until the eagle yelled: "Help! I'm melting!" For conducting a voting contest to determine the meanest man in Mount Vernon Friedberg, who keeps a cigar store there, was fined five dollars by Judge Platt here. A warning went with the fine. Friedberg lives in Astoria, but does business in Mount Vernon. He placed in his window a placard: "Come in and vote for the meanest man in Mount Vernon!" This was followed by a list of names. Consplucous in the lot were the mayor and chief of police. Then came many solid and staid citizens. After every name was a number signifying the votes the owner of the name had received so far. Great was the wrath of the so-called "meanest men." Friedberg was ordered to take the sign out of the window, but he refused to do so. His indictment for libel followed. In court he pleaded guilty, but asserted he did not know he was violating any law. White Plains Cor. New York Sum. MAKES KNOTTY POINT IN LAW. Owners of Property Have Right to Forbid Flight of Airships. A law framed thousands of years ago by the ancient Romans, and the only one bearing on the subject, may have to be amended or wholly nullified before airships go shooting about through space at their own sweet will. This important fact was brought out at a meeting of aeronauts in London. At present nobody has the right to fly across occupied land. The world is governed by the ancient Roman law, "Usque ad Coelum." It means that every landowner has a right to the air above his head as far up as he chooses to go, and can get an injunction to restrain anyone from flying through it. So far nobody has attempted to put the law in force. It would be most uncomfortable, not to say disastrous, for a farmer suddenly to emerge from his barn or smokehouse and pepper one's airship with bullets. The fact that the aeronaut from his lofty perch could not be expected to see the "No Trespass" sign might not prove a mitigating circumstance with the rural magistrate. ```markdown ``` Wichita, Kansas Yours for success in life, A. W. HOPKINS, C. G. S. 321 Dakota St Leavenworth, Kansas Send for the S. P. C. C. A "Young Mother" asks our opinion of "the alleged injurious effects of rocking on babies." We must frankly say that we consider it a brutal practice. As the father of a great many babies, of all ages, we never rocked on any of them intentionally, and we would probably be arrested if we expressed our full opinion of any woman who would assume to do so.—Lippincott's Mae When Tower Loomed. It was while Charlemagne Tower was ambassador to Russia that a New York city newspaper "spread itself" upon a fete held at St. Petersburg. A green copy-reader produced this result: "As pleasing to the eye as was all this decoration there was additional pleasure in the sight, as one stood at the head of the Prospekt Newska, of Charlemagne Tower, brilliantly illuminated, looming grand and imposing against the winter sky."—Success Magazine. Pecullar African Race There is a peculiar sort of people living in northwest Rhodesia. These natives are small of stature, with large horns on their heads. The horn springs from the scalp, consists of the native's hair mixed with fat and filth, and is sometimes as much as 18 inches long. For the next part these Kaffirs live on the great green flats to be found on both sides of the Kaffir river. They build their huts on the great an heaps which appear like hills scattered over the flats. When the Kaffir is in flood and the flats are changed into great lakes these people are safe in their huts on the ant heaps. Their cattle also take refuge on the ant heaps on which corn and meailles are likewise grown. A Monster Loaf. Bakers in Germany are fond of making odd experiments, the following being reported from Duisburg, 'in Westphalia. At a children's party recently held in that town, there was exhibited and afterwards and afterwards and distributed among the young, present, a bread twist which for size at least has surely rarely been equaled. Weighing no less than 180 pounds, it had a breadth of six feet and a length of ten feet, and was thus found sufficient to supply a satisfactory afternoon collation to many as 500 boys and girls. Negro Schools In South. The work being done by the South for Negro schools is indicated in the fact that of $1,000, 000,000 spent upon common schools in the 16 former slave States and the District of Columbia since 1871 at least $185,000, 000 have been spent upon common schools for Negroes. In that territory the common schools enrolment increased from 2,013,684 whites and 685, 942 Negroes in 1870 71 to 4,692, 927 whites and 1,655,781 Negroes in 1907-08. In 1860 there was in the public schools of the South 781,199 pupils out of a totals of 4,955,894 in the United States, and the income of these public schools in the South was $4,474,370 out of a total of $22,548,519 in the United States. The popularity of the academy and other private schools at that time in the South was one of the influences against the spread of the common school idea there in that period. Has Made Good. "Back to the farm" appeals to some of our people quite effectively. Thirty years ago, John W. Thomas landed in Hutchinson, Kansas almost penniless. For a while he eked out a meagre existence by doing odd jobs here and there in the city. Being unwilling, however to rely altogether upon such a precarious chance for suport, he went to the country and engage in farming for a livehood. Today, Mr. Thomas by hard is the owner of two large farms and some valuable city property the total value of which is said to be about $50,000. He, also enjoys some of the luxuries of life together with the ownership of a large touring car. COFFEYVILLE KANSAS. On March 22nd Rev. Frank Wilson, C. G. M. and Mrs. Emma Gaines, C. G. P. made their annual visit to Coffeyville and visited with Charitp Rose Tabernacle No. 24 and on Wednesday night Rev. Frank Wilson met with Golden Gate Temple No. 17 and Thursday afternoon they met Rebecca May Tabernacle No. 8 and on Thursday night there was a joint session of both the Tabernacles and the Temples at which timg all listened to instruc tive and much appreciated lettures by both the ChiefGrand Mentor and Chief Grand Pseep tresse afterwhich all repaired to the banquet hall where a toothsome feast had been prepared. Every Knight and Daughter and the citizens were proud to meet our too chiefs again. Dtr. Priscilla Watson has gone to Hot Springs, Ark., for her health. The C. G. M. and the C. G. P. were the guests of Rev. and Mrs. Allen Garner 704 E. 12th during their stay in our city. The Knights and Daughters of Coffeyville are making extensive preparations for the Grand Session which will meet in this city on the 2nd Tuesday in July 1911 In the event of war, and it is sure to come too, where will the Negro stand? Time will prove that as usual he will be Uncle Sam's mainstay,