The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-06-13
TRADE WINNING CAMPAIGN.
GOOD MEETING AT THE METRO
PoLITAN BAPTIST CHURCH..
Hon. VIM. 3. Bruce, Hon. C. A. Frank
lin and the Secretary Speak
Many Additions to the League.

Kansas City, Kans., is responding
grandly to our plea for united peo-
pie. Day after day we are given
stronger reasons, better results and
better prospects for success. AS
leader, steam laundry and some 9th
er project may be encountered by the
good people some time in the near
future. Tangible things are very evil
dent at this time and we entertain
the very best hopes for the future.
Show your colors, stand erect. Ii you
wish 10 aid, get off the fence. Join
the League. You are either for the
race or against it. Rise above SELF
shun disloyalty and be not among
traitors. I'VE propose here after to
acquaint our people with the facts
and if you are helping to hinder Ne
gro uplift, Negro unity and organiza-
tion among us, you may feel your
own medicine. If you are so big you
need no part in an organipation de-
signed for the good of the race: you
may remain apart. But the race may
decide to stand apart from you. II
you can exist without the Negro, he
can live without you. The race IS
greater than any man or set of men.
Take a stand. Let the people know
that stand by joining the League
The League is known and hon
ored from sea to sea. Get busy.
Away with excuses. Do not make
excuses. Make good. Do your duty
and the Afro-American people shall
prove their moral, mental, civic, in
dustrial commercial and religious
worth TO the civilized world. Chas.
Slaughter Rev. c. j. Ferguson, Prof.
Woody e. Jacobs, Winston Holmes,
S. Matthews, Bob Robinson, Lena B.
Downs, Rev. Preston Kyles, w. c.
Carroll. ]. L. Williams, H. j.. Spig-
ener, Nellie Falls, Jno. Frazier, Flora
Johnson, ]. G. Ashcraft, Harry E. Tas.
we'll, c.. A. Young, c. e. Taylor and
c. ]. West joined the League. Mr..
VIM. Johnson and Mr.. G. NJ King
raised the collection for the church
after the speaking Sunday the final
meeting for this campaign will be
held. Every member should turn out
The meeting will be held at the A. M
r. Church located at the corner oi
Sth and Nebraska, Kansas City, Kan.
Rev. j. r. Ransom, Pastor. Speakers
Hon. w. G. Hueston, Hon. E. A
Shackleford, Prof ]. P. King and DR.
j. Edgar Dibble, Master of Ceremo
nies. Everywhere the people were
aroused. Negro business is picking
UP. Open one shoe store, one gro
Gerry and one restaurant in locality
Series of the same business in the
same locality is unethical in appear
ance, unwise and more destructive
than otherwise. Let a hint suffice
The fourth Tuesday of June, at 1906
East 18th street, Kansas City, Mo.
the Negro Business League will select
delegates to the National League con
yention which is to be held in Mus
kosee, Okla, during the month o.
August. Let every member be arous
ed st. Joe, Topeka, Leavenworth
Atchison and nearby towns should
charter coach and go down in class
properly designed and perfected IL
action, beftting the glory of our mem
bers, whose works are speaking lik,
peals OF thunder. "a man is man.
Thus shall we do our duty. No mar
can do more. No man should do less
Hon. c. A. Franklin, the printer
the secretary and volunteers will holc
after meetings for churches yet t,
be visited.
Yours for Negro enterprise.
u. A. ROBINSON.