Kansas City Advocate from Kansas City, Kansas • 1

Vr lSnistoVicai Soceity VOL. V. TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50. KANSAS CITY, FRIDAY, 4, 1918. THOS.

KENNEDY, tUB. NO. 9. ABOC ATM WTT.SiTFyRM TTNWTTO. Mis.

W. M. IWrler. Missouri Side Police Mrs. Claude Browne is making an SITY BOARD HOLDS extended visit in Kansas City, mrmn where she was called by the serious N.W.

MISSOURI CONFERENCE CLOSES BIG REPORTS At 8 o'clock p. Rev 0. Bur-bridge preached the missionary sermon, which was of great power and Friday was a day of lectures and educational mass meeting. Dr. Bullock, the city's noted health officer, and Dr.

Thompkins, a rm i i 'W lUrjiLXllVJ illness of her aunt. Practice Hunism Mr. Hammond Gray visited in Winfield last week. TTiA statA smd church boards held neaq oi me uid jity nospitai, aeiiv- Richmond. Smf meetings Tuesday with Bishop H.

Rev. J. R. Ramsey and wife of "Blanton Parks presiding. Those Salisbury, are visiting Mr.

and for Rewards! present: The president, Bishou Mrs. Creighton, izid weorasKa ave-Parks, Revs. R. Ransom, W. H.

nue. Rev. Ramsey is a member of Thomas, H. W. King and J.

C. C. North Missouri Conference and they Owtm. TT. S.

Guver. E. L. are visitors to the Southwest Confer- it "ft Bell, Revs. Bryant, Brooks and Till- ence now in session at Ward Chapel.

DRAFTEE ARRESTED BY MISSOURI SIDE man, J. B. Coleman and Thos. Ken ered lectures which were received H. B.

Parks of the Fifth Episcopal with much good and appreciation, district of the A. M. E. church. In the evening a great educational ciosed his fifth conference Sundav mass meeting was held at Ebenezer night the church being packed to the church, when this conference went doors to hear the appointments read over wne top.

and as usual there were some disap- Sunday night will close with as- pointments. The reports showed a signments, of charges, at Allen great year for the Northwest Con-Chapel, Tenth and Charlotte. ference, excelling in many instances There are many prominent much larger conferences in this dis- churchmen, women, and men, trict. visiting the conference, and Dr. Sunday was a big day, when many Sage and his good people aretaking visitors from Kansas, Nebraska and care of everybody in fine style.

The throughout the state were present, church choir is rendering excellent and remained until the last appoint- music every day, and everybody is ment was read. CITIZENS' FORUM. nedy. The university is full to its present -capacity, but the church board made Dr. Soanes will be the principal POLICE IN HOPES OF SECURING DESERTER REWARD RELEASE EFFECTED BY KANSAS SIDE POLICE OFFICERS whereby speaker Sunday.

His subject, or talk complete arrangements accommodations for a large number will be on the dreaded disease, who have applied to President Peck "Spanish Influenza." to enter this month. This year Mrs. Effie Grant-Hardy will sing riromisp to be the banner year for a solo, and also Miss Orpheus Scott. this great western seat of educa- -You should be. You are Unless Politics Prevents the Action, Government havins a fine The entertainment of the minis ters and visitors was excellent and lion for the race.

welcome. Time, 4p. m. Place, at Metropolitan Baptist Temple. many commendatory words were N.A.A.C.P.

expressed throughout the session. May Be Asked to Missouri Police for Obstructing Operation of the Se SUMNER'S The annual meeting of the N. A. OUR PART IN THE LIBERTY LOAN DRAFTEES A. C.

P. will held next Friday PQUINDARO, lective Draft Law. 14 BOYS OF LAST YEAR'S CLASS ENROLL AT KANSAS UNVERSITY evening. All members are. urged to be present.

Our membership is now seven hundred and three. The oportunities for service are great. The national association has a HAPPENINGS Mrs. Celia A. Gregg, wife of President John A.

Gregg of Edward Waters College, visited a few days "Blank" was under arrest there. He We very properly condemn the We had three special places for selling the bonds, vizz: Mr. Charles Slaughter's ice cream parlor, whers Ivlajor Holmes assigned Mrs. M. C.

Matthews and Mrs. H. Dwiggins Mrs. Matthews assisted on Saturday, "but was called to Lincoln, Neb. The Students of Draft Age Get Special barbarous practices of the Huns in was promptly informed that no man of that name was there or had been very fine outline of work for the with Prof.

G. A. Gregg and family. Course at Sumner High France and elsewhere, but we must School. cfno.

a litflft snft.lv on that, suhiect. there. The Kansas officer rerutned I nr "i i i a. .1 coming yeaiT iurs- spoxe cnapei at and reported that Blank was not I wocf ow iii ii TT. I 'c ij pieasea io see every i vx v.wi,,.

first day Mr. Slaughter and his com tuexe. nis wiierepuHeu me Illtt1 mOMW T3 Miss MabAl Nolsnn. nec nf Mrs. TT-n trt Vio TrP3Pnt.

timA fourteen -r-k i tt -i ,1 i i i uigscuu asa me wura mittee sold 300 worth, not all cash. ffi who CTaduated from right here at our own door Kansas along. tan Baptist church. He took the matter up and conferred with the po Yours for service, G. A.

GREGG, President. He was the chairman. Sumner High school last May have City, Missouri, has won the reputa- Mr. Willis Allen was chairman at been enroUed at Kansag University, tion of being the champion city in the Home Drug Company, and Mr. at Lawrence in the A.

c. As the country for rough-neqk govern- S. Disres was chairman at his place ment. lice her and informed the officer, he says, that if he was given a police Gregg, also visited Western University. She was pleased with ths school.

Mesdames Vaughan, Hayes and Gregg gave an interesting reception to the soldiers of the contingent on the beautiful lawn at the home of Mrs. Hayes. star and a gun he would get Blank. METROPOLITAN t)f business. Our State Guards j.

E.i mis a recent illustration ua nuuwm A star and gun was given the pas- tor and in company with a police- TEMPLE NOTES UUt OX 1 LULcll OX UU III IHC Xi7XO uaao this speaks well for the courage and ambition of the boys. The boys were oil in fifv tVA first. rtaT. of here is a case which was brought out last week. A colored man, whom we wil call "Blank," had- been regis- drilled and looked as well as any guards in the big parade.

The Star said: "our Home Guard I man he went over. The preacher Musical numbers, addresses and was delegated to do the talking. On this beautiful Sabbath a laree rnd -band received about as much praise VVek and i(J Sumner a visit. tered, had all the required documents tis the regular soldiers' troop fnm wp tTlpir in his pocket and was to. leave for were well pleased with their pros pects and have datermined to reach Camp Funston on Thursday.

Now, be it known that there is a reward "Fort Leavenworth did on their line drill in Huron Park back of the Li- the highest place their preparation Tirary." They had the honor of play- and attaniments can lift them. They paid by the federal government for for these fine soldiers. Abdallan ft aa to An ll.in deserters. Blank went over on the Mystic Shrineers' band looked well their power to ke" up the good other side on Tuesday of last week, in their pretty satin costumes. Sat- being careful to have all his regis- They arrived at the holdover, and number attended-this church.

At 11 Appetizing refreshments in plenty Holmes asked if they had a man by the pastor preached a fervent were served. The soldiers departed the name of. Blank there. sermon. thanking these good women and oth- "No," he was told, "no such man At 4 p.

the Citizens' Forum ers for the delightful times that were here." reconvened for its fall and winter theirs. "Now look here: You have Blank session. A detachment of the State Rev. Alexander Jcnes, son, of here and he is due in Camp Fatiston Guards were present at the opening, Bishop Jones, is the new pastor of tomorrow and wef willgiveT you just and Rev. (Major) IX A Holmes- Allen Chapel.

fifteen minutes to produce him, and made the principal address. It was Mr. J. A. Brown is building a fine you know the consequences if you an appropriate patriotic opening, house.

don't do it," the preacher said he told and he emphasized the necessity of Mr. H. -A. Bunch returned from them. all -who could purchase bonds in the the bedside of his sick brother in The fighting parson won.

Fourth Liberty Loan. A large num- Galena, Kans. He reports him im- Blank was forthwith surrendered ber were present and the Forum moved wday, Sept: 28, was certainly a gala tration papers with him. Whne day of patriotism. At Sumner High "school this year sauntering along the street, window Major D.

A. Holmes led the col- there are about ten boys of draft shopping, an officer came along and ored State Guards, and the largest nwo nro fll llh. arrested Blank and took him to the crowd seen in Kansas City, Kansas, that be of the greatest holdover, after taking his papers ior many a aay, tnrougn tne streecs. fv nf t.q. mm.

tie was promuiteu num ing taken out of school. Principal communicatnig with anyone and in aim 11c yMao iciruiiicu iw ma xoiniij music was appropriate. At YCoU o. WINFIELD. KANSAS tllt courses at Sumner.

For the frist ieu "uu UVC1 "1S v' ucw and went on to Camp Funston as per the) pastor preached on, TThe TT'TPWTTT CT PAPTTCT program. Thorn in the FIasV" t.a eormnn rilvixllxl OA. DArllM program. Thorn in the Flesh." The sermno Blank is a married man. When time, a modern language, French, he failed to show up at home Tues TABERNACLE Blank was not drunk when arrest- was good and the choir and congre- ed.

He was simply taken to be gation sang (well, turned over and to get the $50 re- Many heard and heeded the Word, ward paid by the government. Can and the ordinary collection was day night his wife instituted a search for him. A police officer from Miss Gertrude Nichols was hostess has been offered, and a course in auto a 6 o'clock dinner honoring Mr. tomobile repairing is being given. Archie Lewis Brown, who left for Besides these, the boys are in a Camp Funston for service.

Covers class withJVIr. Hodge, in which they the Kansas side went over to the oth In the rally on Woman's Day, the -receipts of the evening were $112.53. you beat it in all Hundom for brig- large. This church has raised over er side and made inquiry at the po- andage Mr. Archie Lewis Brown, Mrs.

Ar- tricity. The physical laboratory of llce statlon a man the name of $12,000 in a year: and has paid most or. t-i- furnace. The women of the Eighth of ltS cost of $45,000. It a brand street Baptist Tabernacle are very new nucLure.

imminent workers. Of course the brothers gave them $40 of the money raised. Dr. D. B.

Jackson preached an able THEY SAY- SOUTHWEST MISSOURI CONFERENCE IN SESSION AT WARD CHAPEL ihur Nichols, Mrs. Wilbur Nichols, Sumner is well equipped for this Miss Lillian White of Arkansas City purpose, and the boys will be given and Miss Gertrude Nichols. a thorough course which will be the Mr. and Mrs. Wm.

Fowler enter- basis of electric wiring, telegraphy tained with a dinner honoring her wire and wireless, and the manage- sister, Mrs. A. I. Grant of Coffey- ment of electrical appliances in gen- ville Kans. erd All these subjects count to- The C.

T. T. entertained with a ward graduation. picnic supper at the home of Mr. and The commercial courses this year, TVTVc -Rr-nwr, nr, Manning a patronized.

These corn- They knew the Fourth Liberty sermon on the good that wmen can Loan would be sure to draft Mrs. and said without them) things M. C. Matthews to assist; and she would move very slowly, has done more patriotic work than We have a very excellent Sunday any one of her race in the city, and school, of which Mr. Hayden is su- and inspiration, not confined to the raised more cash in one day." perintendent.

He is a good worker street, honoring Mr. and Mrs. Ar- sinf Arithmetic, Typewrit- gop PaiS conference alone, but to the whole "Our State Guard band certainly always on time and ready to work. ld Grant of Coffeille, Kansas. ZT Patriotic ODemnST general office practice.

race. "We are going to win the plays, 'Over There' and 'Joan of Arc' 0ur Mission Band, composed with Address war," declared uisnop rarics, "am out of sight." little children, are preparing a hne i ij.fi-- post-graduates have reutrned for ad in nlavmff old-fashioned erames and 4, ditional training in these courses be in so doing we are going to make "Mr. Dickerson makes a fine drill program to raise money for the the whole world free." caDtain." church. Mrs. S.

T. Washington is cause of the great demand now for Kansas City, Oct. 4. The Southwest Missouri Annual session those trained for office work. "Every Negro in America must "There were seven or eight color- manager.

Besides the bovs at Lawrence, of the African Methodist Episcopal absolutely do his whole duty and in ed boys in the fine drill regiment Dr W. Bailey will preach for at a late hour supper was served. Those present were: Mesdames "Grant, Fowler, Nichols, Wright, "Keys, Brown, Banks, Charles Wal-. "ton, Hayden and Messrs. Grant, "Fowler, Brown, Nichols, Wright, TBanks, Hayden, and Charles.

doing so he will help to break the from Fort Leavenworth, and as our us Wednesday night at 8:00 p. backbone of Kaiserism." folks love drill work of course thev Dr. Bailey preached during our un- several of the class of 1918 are in Conference, presided over by Bishop other institutions: Louise Thomp- H. Blanton Parks, D.D., of Chicago, son is at K. Marian Scott and one of the most remarkable men of Mattie Jackson are at Manhattan, the race in opened Wed- The afternoon session was spent did fine side by side with their white ion revival.

in hearing reports of pastors, where comrades." Sister Elizabeth Jones, one of our Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brown enter- tr a rvn ht -npsdnv mornin? at 10 a. they showed a commendable in- Don't forget to prepare for the stalwart Christians, departed this life Friday, Sept.

27, at 12 p. m. The crease over last year. Allen Chapel winter, before it is too late." came forward with an increase in dollar money, $150, and other churches were in proportion. members with the pastor, extend heartfelt sympathy to the family.

Mrs. Elgeetha Alsbrooks, our organist paints music very angelic. CARD OF THANKS Wednesday evening was the recep We wish to express our sincere We are proud of her. jv. o.

vwiiegc, lYxavine uiies is xu tained with a 6 o'clock dinner Friday Emporia, in the State Normal Ward Chapel, 1120 Woodland ave--evening. Covers were laid for Mrs. school. Miss Mary Link, who made nue, Rev. J.

F. Sage, pastor. "And T. Fleming, Miss Nettie Walton, an enviable record last year at the Ar We Yet Alive," was the openers. Arthur Nichols, Mrs.

W. Nich- University of Chicago, having ob- ing. hymn. Bishop Parks read the -ols and son and Mr. and Mrs.

Wm. tained a scholarship from Sumner Scripture lesson. 3rown. High, will continue her work-there Conference roll was called, the Mrs. Arthur Nichols and Mrs.

A. this year. Miss Katherine Davis, ministers all being present. S. L.

-Charles entertained Sunday evening who was taking a special course in Brooks of Independence was elected with a 6 o'clock dinner honornig Mr. Commercial work in Chicago, has secretary; O. H. Burbridge, statis- tmd Mrs. A.

D. Grant of Coffeyville, been detained at home on account tical secreatry; H. Samuelton and "Kan. Those present were: Mr. and of the, illness of her mother, but Prof.

Moten, marshals. Ttfr: A. D. Grant. Mrs.

D. E. Dousr- will uerhans re-enter her school A number of transfers were, in tion to the ministers and visitors. I x. 3 i I rro -i a Rev.

J. F. Sage was master of cere- uclgT -f memuers ana Pasir iaYt. i i iur Liieir Kimiriess snown us nunnir viMLurs lo come ana lukb monies, welcome address in Denaii the illness and death of our dear food with them. of the schools was delivered by Prof.

J. R. Lee principal of Lincoln "imx, au j. High schdol. In behalf of the tne Deautuui noiai ottenngs.

Mrs; scnooi at church, Mrs. Maude Jefferson. In Carrie McMillan, Mrs. Emma Irwin, behalf of the citizens at large, Hon. Mrs.

Lizzie Seymour, Daughters; Mr. Mrs Cora Evans North Eighth i ATr Nirhftls. Mr. and Mrs. lofor- i troduced.

Rev. Julian C. Caldwell Arthur Nichols and Mr. and Mrs. A.

C. Crews. The response was Joe Chinn, and Mr. Fletcher Chinn, sxreet, nas Deen on tne sick 11st ior a Sons. few days.

"Charles. Mrs. Nannie Jones made a pleas general secretary" of the Allen Christian Endeavor, with, headquarters at Nashville, was introduced and made a few remarks as made by Rev. T. J.

Sanford of Lex The many frienus of Mr. James Mr. Archie Lewis Browne, one of ant trip to Hot Springs. "Winfipld's most nrominent vounff The Misses Brvant and Miss Mrs. Austin and her daughter, Stafford wtre glad, to see him ule -men, is leaving this week for train- Tressie Saunders, of Frankfort, have the growth and good this depart nn? camt).

He is the onlv colored located at Mrs. E. Laslev's on State ment had Dr. Cald CT IT- I A loom fr rYYl WiTCpiftl ftfl I JlVPTinP. ington, Mo.

Thursday morning at 9 o'clock Dr. J. C. Caldwell, general secretary of the Allen Christian Endeavor League gave a 30-minute lecture to the ministers on how to study the Bible The morning sesion was takenj up in finishing annual reports. Mrs.

Merryweather, have returned get out to church Sunday, after, from Chicago, where they visited some months' confinement with a friends. broken limb. Mrs. Ed. Lyles, 810 Nebraska five- Mrs.

Dora Johnson, 925-A Nebras-nue, and he? niece, miss Viola Rich- ka avenue, attended the Kansas An- -the 25th of the month. He entrains Mr. S. E. Holliday, 919 Freeman, and brainiest young men and witn -4.

hppn nnitP sift for twn weeks' such a Christian life, is aue to go higher. Visiting ministers were Mrs. Garrett Dell, who has been but is some better. ards, attended the Northwest A. M.

nual Conference in Omaha, Neb. E. Conference last week in Rich- Miss Margaret Goins has returned Mrs. Gertrude Owens, 1616 Tau- next introduced of which there were The Missionary Society of this I.j nn lAond. Mo." from an extensive trip through tne romee boulevard, is confined to her many from Kansas nierence, im xcith ilW Northwest and Missouri conference.

Vonxerence operateu uy Mrs. H. Newman of 1926 North East. She visited Old Point Corn- women of the church, had their meet- Mrs. L.

Seymour of Minneapolis, Also many ministers from other de- has returned from a fort, Newport News, Baltimore, Sixth street, the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Verlett Hayden the past week, has returned to her home in Arkansas City, Kan. Mrs. Marion Fowler has been on the sick list the past week.

Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Grant of Coffeyville, Kansas, has visftted the past mti in nie uici uuuu.

"uvu i i and Mr. Joseph Chinn, of nominations. Omaha. witTi Tii two children, left One of the most, interesting feat good things were said with inspiring pieasam: visit ner uaugnx, iTni Iddresses and thdr reports showed Smith, in Omaha, Neb. She also at- the East.

Miss Coins is lookmg-much work had been done in this tended the Kansas Annual Confer- well and says her two or more cott raeneHiTTo. hnmtx. pnee was the address of Bishop T. -y- I fraftT9j.of their Parks. It was an enthusiastic pa- I ence.

"'i VA wo weeKs wun ner f.inf,v hrim fulr of loyalty i Mrs. D. E. Douglas fend Mr. and motner, ine late mrs.

amu..