The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-05
j. j. King Organizing Society
to Benefit Negro Boys.
Room viii Be Fitted Up With
Reading Tables and Books.
WILL HOLD MEETING.
Agree Upon a Name and the
Details.
Rev. Mr.. Barrett breaches His
10th Anniversary Sermon.

j. ]. King is organizing a society
for the mental and physical education
of the young colored men of North
Topeka. Any colored man of good
character may join. The object of the
organization is to provide a place
where the colored youths may meet
for reading and recreation. The ar
ticles of agreement have been drawn
up. These state, among other things,
that the purpose of the society is for
closer union with one another. The
name of the organization will be chos-
en- at a meeting which will be called
as soon as several names have been
attached to the articles of agreement.
The meeting room has not been Sc
lected but when this is done it will be
fitted up with reading tables, books
and magazines, billiards and other
games. Athletic apparatus will also
probably be provided. A small matri-
culation fee and a nominal monthly
due will be required for current ex-
penses.
ST have been thinking about the
matter for some time" said Mr.. King.
1.-The young colored men here have
no place to go for amusement and
consequently hang around the streets
and drift into bad company and worse
ing craps and worse.
"Such an organization as 1 propose
will keep them in better associations.
AS soon as enough persons have sign
ed the articles of an agreement
meeting will be called and name
chosen for the society and officers
elected. Then a meeting room will
| be selected. This will be fitted up
with games and books and in time
with gymnasium apparatus. At pres
L a 90 Iir1oif haC 6y
A small black fish known as tel
escope fish" which was recently plac-
| ed in globe with eight other gold
| fish in the office of the Shawnee State
bank, is attracting considerable at
tention an account of its pugna cious
qualities.
When the fish was first introduced
| to his fellow fins he was given a
| rude reception. The old timers showed
him around and tried to take his food
away from him for several days.
However, even a fish will turn. All at
once when one of the gold fish brush
| ed up against the TELESCOPE the lat
ter made a lunge and knocked his
Itormentor to the other side of the
bowl. Then he swan under him and
| proceeded to saw on his opponents
| scales with a sharp fin on his spine.
The old timer retreated before the
| telescope" and since that the new
able respect by the denizens of the
fish bowl. However, the Telescopes
| thirst for fight has been awakened
and he now lords it over the others,
pushing them around with his snout
| and jabbing them with his upper fin
| upon the least provocation. The "te1-
escope" is noticeable on account of its
protruding eyes. 1t is about three
inches long.
/ ~, I,4
| tween the Acme team of the Central
| avenue Christian church and the team
from the Potwin Presbyterian at
| Skeene's park the score was
sixteen to six, in favor of the Pot
win. The team will meet again at the
Grant school diamond tomorrow even
ing for practice. The Acmes will play
| the first game of the regular church
league schedule with the team from
the Third Presbyterian church at
Garfield park, Saturday April "a.
| In his sermon at the North Topeka
Baptist church concentrating the
fortieth anniversary of the organization
of the church Sunday morning. Rev. ]
A. Barrett, the founder. told of it's his
tory as outlined in Saturdays State
Journal. Among other things he also
said:
when I came here in 1868 there
were go families in the First ward
of any kind, but six saloons which rar
day and night.
Zone evening 1 happened to wall
down near where this church nov
islands. Here I saw about 400 Potta
lwatomie Indians camped. They were
igiving the fire dance in honor of tn,
Great Spirit. I called some of then
together and to those who would lister
I told the story of Christianity. To my
satisfaction I observed that there wer,
Inn Ind ior
lcamped there that season.
''Soon after this I determined to Sc,
If something could not be done to bet
ter religious conditions. visited in tn,
vicinity of North Topeka and foun(
eleven Baptists north of the city. The,
agreed to organize with the under
lstanding that a church building wa
to be erected as soon as possible
April 4, 1869. we organized in the franz
school house where 927 Kansas avenu,
lis now.
when we started to build ou
lchurch, I was surprised at the grea,
lamount of help we received. I remem
her one Catholic had his son do abou
I$50 worth of hauling rock for the foun
dation and afterwards donated $40 il
leash, but asked US to say nothing tt
1.-THE priest of the matter. Both he ant
the priest are dead now.
'Since the church has been built i
has grown and prospered. We get in
spring letters from all over the coun
try from people who have been mem
bers of our congregation. During tn,
40 years of its existence the Sunday
school and church societies have con
tributed about 100000 to home anC
foreign missions and charitable work
Speaking of ghosts" said J. J
King. while talking to a State Jour
nal reporter the other day, when
was in Edgerton about II years ago
the little town was much excited abou
a report of spirits which were playing
about in an upper story of an old ston,
house on a hill southeast of town. TIL,
house was occupied as a residenc
with the exception of a room on tn
east side. The discovery was made, b.
mischievous girl who had been shu