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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
INDEPENDENCE, MO.

Hiawatha Art Club met April 81
with Miss Edna Rhodes. Fruit and
flowers were sent to the sick Of the
town as an Easter greeting from the
club. The next meeting was May .
at the residence of Mrs. Arthur Car.
ter. q. .Avondale club met the evening
of April 26 with Miss A. H. Pollard
....P. c. Turner of Jacksonville, Mo-.
spent the weekend with his parents
last week. -. Joseph B. Brown, jr., OF
st. Louis is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Brown. Edison Jackson departed this
life April 26 at the age of p years. The
funeral was held from the st. Paul
A. NJ. E. church April 2S, the Rev.
Sage officiating. Miss Anna Laurie
Hicox of California, Mo. is the guest
of her grandmother, Mrs. Anne Var.
nell. 80. Mrs. Malinda holland is quite
ill at her home on East Pacific street,
| suffering from a broken wrist and sew.
eral ribs, caused from a fall. Young
school will hold its annual bazar in
connection with patrons day May -.
Both teacher and pupils have worked
earnestly to make the exhibit a SUI
cess. The members of the Phyllis
Wheatly Art club surprised Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Worten last Monday ever
ing. Many useful and valueble pres
ents were received. About IA mem,
bers were present. Mr.. and Mrs. Wor
ten were recently married. Mrs. Wor
ten was Mrs. Minnie Wilson.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
HELENA, MONT.
BY Mrs. Matte MeeInnIs.

Sunday was quarterly meeting and
Rev. Roseman of Great Falls held the
meeting for Rev. c. N. Douglass, the
presiding e'der, who left for the gen.
eral conference in Philadelphia. The
Tuskegee quartet are in the city and
are singing at all the leading white
churches, also a concert at the A. NJ.
Z. church, the capitol building and
auditorium 4. Rev. and Mrs. l. G. vii.
son, Mrs. George Lee, Mrs. Lucas,
Lena Dorsey and Mrs. c. c. Matthias
attended the S. S. district conference
in Butte last week. Word m from
Mrs. NJ. e. Green that she has arrived
in Honolulu and is having a delightful
time 80. Mrs. Ella Simmons, who un.
derwent an operation, is doing nicely
Mr.. John Gaines is quite sick. .
Mrs. Ella White is Ill. . Mrs. Johnson,
who recently came from Oklahoma, is
i'll at the residence of Mrs. Powers
on State and Ewing streets. e. Tom
Ashby, an old pioneer of Montana.
died at the county hospital. We are
glad to have Miss Fannie Fitzgerald,
the elocutionist, back with us after
four years absence in the East. She
recited Easter Sunday. The colored
Giants ball team gave a swell goth
century cabarette dance Wednesday
evening. A large crowd attended. e.
May Z the Giants play at Butte, Mont
flames Dorsey of Livingston is ex-
pected in the city soon on a visit.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

Tuesday afternoon Rev. Thomas OF
Highland, AXIS, was in the city Tues.
day the guest of Rev. c. A. Woods.
He was enroute to Blwood, Kas., to
assist Rev. e. A. Malone in a series
of meetings -. The mems social Sat.
urday night was well attended and
they served a nice luncheon. Every.
thing was attended to by them, such
as cooking, table waiting, dish wash.
ing, etc, and all the had to
do was buy and eat. Our Troy men
of the A. NJ. E. church are waking up
and coming to the front.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
OUR GREAT ASSEMBLIES.
BY B. V. LoNGDoN.

We know some things to our credit
or advantage, some things we wish
We didn't know. Again there are
many things we would like to know
that we don't know. But we do know
that our great assemblies, religious
and secular, held in the cosmopolitan
cities of the country, have been too
often overlooked by the masses Of our
people. And with the race-old tend
ency to generalize from exceptional
instances. many estimable people of
the opposite ace have comfortably
convinced themselves that the Negro
has no reason for trying his strength
in respect to self-government, assert.
iveness and progress. To these
great assemblies are revelations.
By a happy accident the meeting
of a state or national convention of
any organization confers a benefit not
only upon the members that attend,
but also upon the community that
acts as host. Like mercy, it seems
that hospitality "bleddeth him that
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

gives and him that takes" In the
provision which it makes for stran.
gers, Kansas City, Mo-, is unsurpassed
by any city of it's size in the country,
and the meeting of the National Ne
gro Business League in that city will
ment of Negro progress that has ever
been conceived. 1t is a noteworthy
fact that everything that is of inter.
est to the Negro is included in the
program of activity that is being
worked out, not by the Business
League alone but by the keen minds
of the members of the National Asso-
citation of Colored Women who meet
biennially and discuss ways of carry
ing into practice the idea of relating
provement of life in the home, the
school, the church and the community.
Nor must we overlook such assem-
blies as the annual meetings of fra
ternal organizations, the Educational
Congress, the Young Peoples Con
gress, the National Baptist Conven,
ton and the quadrennial general con.
ferences of the different branches OF
our Methodist churches. These as.
semblies are great in respect to mum.
Der, great in their personnel, great
in the problems considered and the
issues involved. And right here is a
good place to say that the greatest
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
MoBERLY,

MoBERLY, MISSOURI.
Owing to the rain a very small
crowd was in attendance at all the
churches last Sunday. The Charlton
County Church Union which e
at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, closed
a very successful session Sunday
night. Many interesting papers
were read and the days collection was
$2S.47.. Rev. Pettigrew, pastor of A.
NJ. E. church, Glasgow, Mo, held quar-
terly services in the absence of Rev.
p. c. Crews, p. E.. Rev. L. c. Curtis
filled the pulpit Sunday at Second Bap-
fist Church. The banquet given by
Queen Esther Temple was largely at
tended. Mrs. Rachael Mcclure won
the beautiful art square. Miss Ruth
White has returned from Kansas City
REV. l.. c. Curtis was presented
with a handsome Bible by the mem
bers of his church. Rev. Downey
will take charge of Second Baptist
Church, Sunday DIR. and Mrs. Cat
lin of C%arrollton, Mo-, were the guests
of Rev. and Mrs. w. H. Davis, Easter
Mrs. G. Woods of Brunswick, Mo.
spent a few days in our city the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. B.. Prather. 800. Mr..
and Mrs. L. B. Swanigan spent Satur-
day in Higbee, the guests of Mrs. Mag
gle Gaines and Mrs. Jane Turner.
Mrs. Maggie White and Mamie Vaughn
remain On the sick list. Collections
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

for the day at Grant Chapel were s39.
Rev. G. W. Reeves held his first quar-
terly meeting Sunday at Gillian Chap
ell M. e. Church. Mrs. Celie Carter
of Rock Island, ILL.,, is in the city the
guest of her parents -. Rev. J. Robin
son spent a few days in our city last
week and preached at Pilgrim Rest
Baptist church Tuesday night.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
sure of His Salary,

OuTC OF tbs odIaTys
Yes, I'm press agent for a popular
star"
Better get into something where
you will be sure of a salary. The
pubic doesn't believe a word W that
stuff you write about the talents Of
your star"
Don't worry about my salary. She
believes IT,"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
WANTED.

A widow lady wants a middle aged
gentleman. Was married twenty
years, husband has been dead two
years. Write or call Kansas City Sun.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
FOR SALE

Two acres, 4-room cottage, fruit and
berries. 81, 10000 {. 10000 down and $1,000
per month.
Two acres, 6-room house; plenty fruit,
all level-$2,lO 100. $4,000 down and
$1,000 per month.
Truck farm, / mile from city limits, 2
blocks from car line; l acre, 3-room
house, 2 barns and cave; fine place TO
$1,000 per month.
2sth and Norton, 5-room cottage, $1,000.
We have several vacant lots on which
we will build to suit customers for $4,000
down, balance on easy terms.
Ills Vine, Ar. part modern cottage,
81. 7oOi $500 down and S12 per month.
bungalow. Price 81, 200; $500 down, $40
per month.
Persons renting or buying from us win
be given preference on all employment In
cur employment department.
1905 Park-7r. modern. 2-story resi-
dence, large lot. Price, $2,650.O0; $500. 90
down balance to suit.
1918 Park-5r, modern cottage, SZ,OOUi
5000 down SEQ per month including all
interest until paid.
1923 Agnes-7r,s strictly modern, almost
new. Price, $500; $500 down balance to
suit.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Overland, win
trade for equity in real estate or secured
note.
A~FR0-AMERICAN
INVESTMENT & EMPLOYMENTC Co
sl1 MCGEE st.
PHoNEs-HoME, East so2, Bell 1872
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
TESTIMONIAL

This is to certify that the writer
suffered for four years with danduff
and itching of the scalp until prac-
tically bald, trying many remedies
but of no avail. About six months
aeoI began to use Madam p. M.
Dabney's xXth Century Hair Grow
er. the results up to date T pleas
ing. Dandruff removed, itching
stopped. good growth of hair start
ed. The remedy is o. X. Yours for
success. Rev. L. w. Harris, Mod. Mt.
Zion Baptist Association. carrollton.
Mo-"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

acknowledgements Overland, win
note.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

Two acres, Groom house; plenty fruit
all level-S2,1 1000 {. $4,000 down anC
$500 per month
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06
AFRO
INVESTMENT & EMPL0YMENTC CO

s11 MCGEE st.
PHoNEs-HoME, East eo2, Bell 7s2
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

Two acres, 4-room cottage, fruit and
berries. Sl,600.00. $4,000 dow and $1,000
per month.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

Truck farm, / mile from city limits, 2
blocks from car line; l acre, 3-room
house., 2 barns and cave; fine place 10
raise chickens-S75O.OO. $4,000 down and
5000 per month.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

1923 Agnes-7r. strictly modern, almost
new. Price, s2,s00; $500 down balance to
suit.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

1918 Park-5r, modern cottage, 50, 900;
5000 down SEQ per month including all
interest until paid.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

Persons renting or buying from us will
be given preference OF all employment In
cur employment department.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

17O6 Park-7r. modern. 2-story resi-
dence, large lot. Price, S2,65O.OO; S3OO.O'
down balance to suit
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-05-06

We have several vacant lots on which
we will build to suit customers for $4,000
down, balance on easy terms,
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
AN OBJECT LESSON.

Vermont has shown a lesson to Connecticut in the manner of calling out a special session of the legislature to take care of the interests of soldier boys at the front. Incidentally, the legislature of the Green Mountain state was not called primarily to consider how a certain amount of votes were to be gathered. The legis- lators there met for the purpose of doing the boys @ real service. It took these men just two days to get to- gether and vote the sum of thirty five dollars a month to each absent soldier. This, added to the pay which Uncle Sam gives the men who are now in the federal service insures them against want and privation and also guarantees them that no depen- dents will be starving at home
 It is we'll to manifest interest in the boys who are doing yeomanry work on the Mexican border. Everything that the state can do to help them should be forthcoming. When the state stoops so low as to pass up every other consideration and merely go after paltry two or three thousand votes it works an injustice in more ways than one. It puts bad thoughts in the boys heads. It makes them wonder what sort of a government they are living under,-if it is one that thinks more of political parties than of private individuals. Because of all the extravagances that have been indulged in on the score of vote- collecting and the lack of action when a special session of the legislature was asked for to provide for de- pendent families of the guardsmen the soldiers down South have reason to expect something when the legis- Iature meets.-something more than a collector calling for their votes
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28

Washington, D. C., Aug. 28.-Illum- mating figures setting forth the extent, amount of business handled, the vast capital invested and the importance of the railway systems of the United States compared with those of other nations are given in today's bulletin issued by the National Geographic So- ciety from it's Washington headquar- ters:
 with it's more than a quarter of a million miles of railroads 7,569) on June 30, 1915, the United States not only leads every other nation ln the world but exceeds by 5O,OOO miles the total railway mileage of Europe In fact. it has tWO-thirds as much mileage as all the rest of the world combined. The length of tracks, in- cIuding switches and sidlngs, reaches the enormous total of 391, 1000 miles enough to reach from the earth to the moon and with a surplus sufficient to girdle the globe six times. Over these tracks 65, 900 locomotives are operated, drawing 2,327, ,OOO cars. If all these cars were converted into grain carriers and were placed at the disposal of the farmers of the coun-
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
Railroad Tracks M U. 7.
 Could Reach 70 ike Moon

trv the entire 1915 wheat crop of more than a billion bushels could have been moved at once and not employed more than one-third the total tonnage capacity.
 The average number of employees of all the railroad in the United States whose annual operating revenues amounted to $1O0,000 or more last year was 1,409, ,342, the number of miles of road coming under this clas- sification being about 225,000. The total comp pensation paid these en- plOyees was 1,165, 000,000, an amount exceeding the total revenues of the United States government for 1915 1914 by more than a hundred and twenty million dollars The average annual wage of railway employees is, therefore, $826.
 Among the railway employees in 1914 the largest average daily com- pensatiOn went to general officers, $16.06, with other officers ranking sec ond, $6.4S. Third in line of avera ge daily compensation were the engine men, $5.24, followed by conductors, $4.47. The lowest wage was to tho trackman. a daily average of $1.59.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28

work on the railroads, old General Public in the end would pay the bills If the brotherhoods were granted their eight hours day with time and a half for overtime and other incl dentals, the travelling public must dig down in it's pockets to make up for the s5O,OOO,OOO deficiency the rail roads declare will be caused. No matter which way the pendulum swings the public gets penalized. An increase in freight rates reflects all along the line until it eventually reaches the man who pays the bill, the ultimate consumer. And that is the thing tho brOtherhoOds and the rail- road presidents have forgotten in all u cir dckerings They have never oncc taken into consideration the rlight of the American public in the event of a nation wide strike. But President Wilson has championed this side, and he may be expected to use drastic methods if employers and em- ployes refuse to listen to reason. If there is no logic that can reach the brain cells of the railroad presidents and the brOtherhOOds perhaps there States army to do the work.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
D. MCnIIL.L.. ]. AN 199-2O1-2O3 MAIN STREET.
Another Example for MT. Hughes.

(From the Springfield Republican,
 As an example of "shameful' and "ignOble'' avoidance of the duty of a President of the United States to pro- tect American citizens from murder ous attacks by foreigners, the follow- ing message from president to the gov ernOr of Arizona should prove exceed ingly effective in the hands of Mr. Hughes while he is on the stump:
 The pressure for general interven- tiOn under such conditions 1t might not be practicable to resist. It is inn possible to foresee or reckon the con- sequences of such a course and we must use the greatest self-restraint to avoid 1t. Cannot, therefore, order the troops at Douglas to cross the bor- der, but l must ask you and the local authorities, in case the same danger recurs, to direct the people of Doug las to place themselves where bullets cannot reach them and thus avoid casualty.
 The President of the United States in that message, was not confronted with the question of protecting the lives of American citizens in Mexico: the only question was the protection of the lives of American citizens from Mexican bullets In the United States. instead of removing the cause of the Killing of our citizens in their own country, the president directed that Anlerlcan citizens resident in DOug1as Arlz., should hide in their cellars when MeXlcan bullets were flying about! HOW can Mr. Hughes contemplate such performance except with the deepest shamc?" Yet that was the performance not of Woodrow Wilson but Of the last republican president. William H. Taft. on April IS, 1911.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
The Way of a Boy.

This is the way a boy comes home, And the way it shall ever be; A scamper of feet through the leaf
 and loam
 And the chase of a vagrant bee; A coat cast off and quite forgot A whistle and ringing cheer, And a romp near every well known
 spot
 On the way from there to here. This is the way a boy makes haste, And the way it has ever been: A squirrel seen is a squirrel chased, And top is made to spin; trees to climb and a brooks to
 wade,
 And the shade is a place to lie After the zest of the game that's When the sun is hot and high. This is the path a boy calls straight: By every winding way Where berries are or wild birds wait Or squirrels dart at play: By banks that bid you sit and cool Two dusty feet and brown In the pebbly shadows of the pool
 That's on the way from town. This is the errand swiftly done,
 As doing shall ever be; An ounce of care to a pound Of And an hour that grows to threo; fence to climb and a rail to stride With berries to hunt and share, And a breathless quarter hour be-
 side
 A tirnid wOOdchuck's lair. And this is the thing that ar boy calls
 And the thing it shall ever be; An old straw hat that's lost some
 where
 Tn the shade of some far off tree; A shirt that's damp or trousers rent
 A bruse or a hornets sting, And lagging footsteps choreward
 Tn the soft twilights of spring. So these are the ways that boys all know, And so may they ever be; Fancies as fickle as winds that blow, And dreams as wide as the sea; Heaven above where the blue sky smiles, With no day overlong, And a whistle of merry tunes that while A whole world into song. James w. Foley, in the Youths Companion.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28

In every class save one (employes- account floating equipment) the 3om- pensation for 1914 was more than in 1913, the largest daily increase going to the general officers (89 cents), with firemen ranking next @ cents), and conductors third (S cents).
 For the twelve months ending June 30, 1915, our railroads carried 976, 6,000,000 passengers 76,oOO,0OO fewer than during the previous twelve months. These travellers paid the roads $646, ,000,0 900, about 66 cents each, and the average receipts per pas senger mile were @ fraction under twlA cents. The number of tons of rev. enue-producing freight handled was 1902, 100000, for which shippers paid the roads $1,977, 100000. The aver age freight rate per ton per mile for these shipments was a little less than quarters of a cent.
 "The total railway operating rev. enues for the year amounted to s2.- 56,000, ,000, with operating expenseS of $2,O88,00O,00O
 "The railway capital of the United States actually outstanding on June 30, 1915, Cs17,719, O,00O) was -euual to A per cent of the total indebted-1 ness of all the nations of the earth computed prior to the outbreak of he European war. It is a sum represent ing more than 10 per cent of the to- tai wealth of the country, and eonaT' to the wealth of Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands combined."
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
"A Doll and Sachet-Poyder Candidate.

CNew York WorldD
 MT. Hughes reward for approving national Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is swift and generous. The women of the Hughes Alliance are preparing to open shops for the sale of dolls and Hughes sachet powder, than which there could be nothing more apprO- priate to the Hughes campaign.
 Dolls are usually stuffed with saw dust, and so is the Hughes candidacy.
 The purpose of sachet powder is to diffuse an agreed ble OdOr among ar ticlcs that might otherwise have an ancient and fish-ilze smell. A Hughes sachet powder compounded to conceal the stench of Old Guard politics from susceptible progressive nostrils has become imperative, and whatever the supply may be, it can never equal the demand.
 The republican national committee has not shown a very keen under standing of the situation, but the women of the Hughes Alliance know what is needed.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
COMMUNICATED.

New Paper $40 to S9O a Ton, With a Famine in the Ofing-OId Paper Should Command Good Price Commonest Variety Brings COG per 100 Pounds
 New Britain, Aug. 26, 1916. Editor of The Herald:
 In an editorial, not long ago, you spoke of the increasing shortage of paper, the consequent value of old pa pers and, finally, of the chance for boys wishing to make some money.
 Beirg not d boy-but a hOusekeoper, with heaps of old newspapers and magazines for sale-I decided to try my fortune, and hailed several passing junk dealers to inquire what they would pay for them. (The papers, by the way, are folded and tied in neat packages, and the magazines, being high grade, are of very good quality paper.) One dealer offered 15c,per hundred for the magazines. Another conde- scendingly offered the same amount for the magazines but only 10 per hundred pounds for the paper. 1 had expected about ? 15 cents per pound I won't blame your editorial for such extravagant hopes. At any rate t would rather carry the Whole lot Of papers and magazines into the back yard and burn them, than glVe them to niserly dealer for such prices. Consider how long 1t would take to save 100 pounds of The Herald. Maybe you or some reader can ad- wise through the columns of the val ued Herald, where one can dispose or old papers and magazines at oet'er rates. I'd be interested and appreclat- tive.
 Very truly yours
 A READER.
New Britain herald., 1916-08-28
1IEE MISSING PORTRAIT.

How many people realize that New #tain has one of the finest museums s natural history and art in New Agland? Doubtless the readers of Herald are aware of it's existence this newspaper has from time to be published articles concerning the Erk going on there. It is a wonder Ny instructive place and under the 4dance of the curator, MT. Schurr, fast becoming complete. But 1t never hope to aim at perfection bfI the art. gallery contains a por- Sft of Cornelius B. Erwin, to whom Nv Britain owes no little debt of Bs4tude
 Bn the gallery at present are DOT hts of New Br1tain's Grand Old h." D. N. Camp, and that great
 Ice advoo ooate, EIihu Burritt, fondly erred to as '"The Learned Black ith." Both will always enjoy the e and respect of every true citizen New Britain. But the good works MT. Erwin should not be forgotten his partra1t should take it's place
 the same walls from which beam
 noble and inspiring features of mp and Burritt, Philanthropy, LT1ty and kindness of heart were
 chief characteristics of MT. Erwin, New Britain has good evidence of owing. Is there a portrait of this nderful gentleman in existence? ? 3 is needed for the art gallery and
 donor will earn the thanks and d will of the New Britain public
 offering it so that posterity will ome familiar with the features of of the Hardware City's greatest