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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27
AFRICA.
Liberia An Open Gate to the Des-
cendants of Africa, In America,
To Carry Modern Civilization
to That Continent.
By Rucker Smith.

Oy HuChGl OullLu.
You might not wish to believe it.
but it is true, however, IF you have
Negro blood coursing through your
veins, you are the lineal descendants
Of a people who were. for a long
period, victims of a brutalizing slave
traffic. Every white Nation in Europe
INDUCED in this inhuman traffic un-
til they became conscience stricken,
and finally, putting an end to it af-
ter much opposition. In 1907, an act
of Parliament abolished the British
slave trade, and later the other Euro
pean powers united to put an end to
this iniquitous Institution in all parts
Of the civilized world. It has reuuir-
ed time for man to become civilized.
An act that is considered right at one
time becomes a great crime later on.
So far as history reveals the past to
us, man has done the best he could,
every age has made him wiser, more
humane, and in time the ancient law,
might is right" which causes the
strong to subdue the weak, disappears.
While the American Negro is fighting
a loosing game here for social and
industrial rights, the civilized world
is watching him. Has education
and association with another race
made us forget our people in Africa
II so then $50 years of slavery of our
ancestors, was borne in vain How
Liberia came into existence and the
chief purpose OF the noble men who
encouraged it, was to let the black
man civilize his own country. In
1911, President Jefferson received
letter containing the proposition of
Ann Miffin (afriend) that people of
color might be colonized on. He re-
piled: Il have ever thought that the
most desirable measure which could
be adopted" In 1916, philanthropists,
desirous that Africans should come to
their own, founded the American
colonization society and requested
Congress to secure territory for a
colony An Act was passed authoriz-
ing an agency to provide an asylum
in Africa for refugees from slave
ships. The society acquired a section
of land on the grain Coast, named it
Liberia and the American flag was
rained in 1922. The first emigration
had taken place in 1915 and consisted
of a body of black freemen conducted
by Paul Coffee of Massachusetts, a
remarkable man, whose father was
African and his mother Indian. A
Mr.. Tubman of Georgia, freed his
thirty slaves and put them in charge
of the society with a gift of $4,000.
Thomas Hunt, young Virginian sent
his inherited slaves to Liberia and
paid the cost, Liberia became a Re-
public in 1s47, No one can be a citi-
zen who does not acknowledge Negro
blood in his veins.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27
HALF CENTURY IN KANSAS CITY
BY ]. Dallas Bowser.

Fifty-two years ago, came March
25 next, a cousin and myself, attract
ed by the glowing accounts of the
chances of a fortune by a wealthy
farmer who was on visit back home
from the West, we left Ohio for In
dependence as our destined point,
near which place our farmer friend
lived.
Two miles out of jefferson City
the train struck a landslide, the en-
gine overturned into the Missouri
carrying to a watery grave both the
fireman and the engineer
Being asleep when independence
was reached we awoke to find our
selves at the Grand Avenue depot at
Kansas City, near midnight. Setting
out to go up town we discovered that
most of the would-be streets climbed
some hill and led to nowhere in par
ticular. Feeling lost in a strange
city we walked back to independence
that night, arriving at Aunt Emily
Fishers Boarding House about three
o'clock A. M.
The next day while on a country
road in quest of our farmer friend
a young white fellow carrying a gun
threatened to shoot us because his
horse SHE'D at us a bit while pass.
ing us. AT once we began to feel
that we were in the enemy's coun.
try; 80 much so that my cousin re,
turned to Ohio In two days after
we were back in Kansas City.
chose to stick 1t out. There was one
excuse for hotel, the Gillis House
at the foot of Main street. The
Coates House was unfinished and
roofless, having been occupied as a
fort during Prices raid and was
known as Fort Union. A war time
trench circled the slope near the
Auditorium Theatre Main street
was the only paved thoroughfare
Delaware street was a winding ra
vine; at the bottom of it, Just north
of the Junction, stood an old flour
mill. The book store was on Third
street There were less than ten
thousand people in the city. But two
thousand five hundred houses were
built that year so great was the rush
of immigrants to the town.
This was a time of elemental
things,-before telephones, electric
light, horse cars, footpads, holdups
strikes or dynamiters; the Negro had
no vote but he was reasonably happy
Gas was $500 a thousand A cart
a mule and Uncle Billy Lewis were
the waterworks that supplied build
ers and washerwomen at twenty
cents and up per barrel according as
the water came from a spring or from
one of the many ponds. The rickety
fire engine was pulled by hand. Shelly
Park was a cemetery
The West Bottoms was a forest OF
giant sycamores, a winding wagon.
road along the river leading to old
Wyandotte. Indians were frequently
on the market square. The white
tented wagons of the argonauts OF
the plains were busy loading their
wares for their journey to the great
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

Southwest.
The next year witnessed the or
ganization of fire company and the
completion of the first bridge across
the Missouri river, on which occasion
there was balloon ascension and
a big barbecue in Dundee place, near
Troost and Thirteenth streets, when
a large OK was roasted whole, and
the boys played ball with the hun
dreds of loaves of bread that were
left over. Buffalo, deer and ante
lope steaks were plentiful and
cheaper than beef is in Kansas City
at present. The high school consist
ed of three teachers, the principal
serving as superintendent of schools,
which were held in churches or in
the Easements Of churches. The Ne
gro school had been located near
McGee and Eleventh streets by the
Freedmen's Bureau, Prof. Copeland,
a white minister in charge.
When Hon. j. Milton Turner sue
ceeded him, the school was removed
to the small wooden church at Tenth
oAI0 Shui lOOh
the following year of 1875 pupils, of
all grades from A B C to Algebra
and of ages from five to forty years
or more. Few people could write
so much of my spare time was en-
gagged in writing letters for nearby
settlers. The small A. M. E. organi-
cation held services across the way
in the three-room dwelling of Thorn
as Logan, Sr. Picnics were held
among the big trees behind the Bap-
tist Church. All dances were pay af-
fairs and public, at which the best
people were not expected and Church
members not at all. There were no
card parties or daytime functions of
any sort except picnics. Amuse-
ments were usually in churches, the
program consisting of marching
around the room or singing songs
that ended in choosing partners to
be kissed. Where the men outnum-
bered the women, they not unfre-
quently kissed one another Fire
arms and raZors, shootings and slash
ings were frequent unwelcome ac-
compartments. In retrospect / see
again men and women diving under
tables or jumping through windows
for safety Often a woman would
find her shawl or cloak cut in pieces
by a jealous rival. What a trans
formation has taken place in these
fifty odd years! People alive now
live as it were in new world Many
changes in the naming of streets
have been noted. We knew Twelfth
street as Ottawa, Holmes as Hack
berry, Charlotte as Gay, Troost as
Kane, Forest as Elizabeth and so on.
Nearly all the old timers l learned
to love and cherish have crossed the
dark river, and l, no ooubt, soon
shall follow ON. l am only waiting
till the shadows are a little longer
grown" But as President of the Old
Settlers Association long to see a
reunion of the old timers of fifty
years or more in some hall or church
at which gathering shall be invited
the less ancient settlers of the past
century some two hundred and up
ward of whom are already ON the
roll Of the society. More anon.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27
ARE THE NEGRO SCHOOLS OF
KANSAS CITY KEEPING PACE
WITH THE WHITES?
BY William H. Dawley, Jr.

A glance at. rather perusal of, the
report issued by the Efficiency Bureau
of our school system last year will
compel one, however reluctantly, to
answer in the negative. Yet 25 par
ents Of the Negrochildren of our City,
one can safely say, not only have not
seen but not even heard of the report.
Now it must not be overlooked that
the whites had a. good start and in
our dual system of distinctly separate
schools, have all the advantages. How
many patrons of Negro schools know
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27
4 MERRY CHRISTMAS

that within Is years no school build
ing has been erected for Negroes and
that during that time school architec-
ture has been revolutionized. 1t is,
however fair to state that two aban-
doned buildings have been partially
renovated for them. Therefore, no
modern building houses Negro pupils.
Then they must be very superior be-
ings to keep pace with those who
have the last word in educational ad.
vantages.
Despite these handlcaps the Negro
Schools are gaining;S the units con-
structed around Lincoln High School,
erected by our own students shed a
bright ray of light as does also the
product of our schools who have gone
to higher Institutions of learning and
won distinguished honor with their
more favored fellow students. But
handicaps are not for the majority;
they are for the exceptional, for Lin
coin, for Douglass and for the sage of
Tuskegee. We recognize them only
after they are produced. 1t is the aim
of public school education to remove
handlcaps The limits of this article.
does not allow the going into detail
as to the causes sof the situation. But
may I conclude with this comparison.
In our sister City one or the other of
the Negro schools, subjected to the
same examination as the whites car
ries off the prize or ranks high. The
teachers are from the same schools as
ours and are no harder worked. But
THEY ARE MORE THOROUGHLY
SUPERVISED.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

The Tuskegee Negro Conference
will hold its twenty-ninth annual ses-
sion January 81 and %, 1920. Dele
gates and visitors will be the guests
of the Institute and an old-fashioned
barbecue will be served.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27
TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

On account Of New Years coming on
Thursday, we will be compelled to is
sue our paper one day earlier.
All matter for publication must be
in this office not later than Tuesday
morning at 1000 o'clock
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

Mrs. L. ]. Mason and Miss Ernestine
Mason of Sutherland, Neb., are visit
ing their mother, Mrs Alice Yancy,
1907 Vine Street, for the holidays and
will go East from here.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

Mrs. Henrietta Mercer Wilson
and Mrs. Stella May Williams
formerly of this city but now
residents of Riverside, Calf,
wish their many friends in Kan
sas City a Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. Their ad-
dress is 2s7 East 10th street.
Riverside, Calf.
p q 4
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27
At the Closed Gate of Justice.
MRS. GEO. w. LITTLE

To be Negro in day like this
Demands forgiveness. Bruised with blow on blow
Betrayed, like Him whose oedimmed eyes gave bliss,
Still must one suCCor those who brought one low,
To be Negro in a day like this
To be Negro in day like this
Demands patienCe-paienCe that can wait
In utter darkness. 'Tis the path to miss,
And knock unheeded, at the iron gate,
To be Negro in a day like this.
To be Negro in day like this
Demands strange loyalty. We serve flag
Which is to us white freedoms emphasis
All! one must love when truth and Justice lag
To be Negro in a day like this.
To be Negro in a day like this
Alas! Lord God what evil have we done?
Still shines the gate, all gold and amethyst
But pass by, the glorious goal unwon,
Merely Negro"-in day like this!
James D. Corothers
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-12-27

The Sun S1.25 for 1920.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
EDITOR STEVENS
ASSUMES DUTIES
At ADVANCE OFFICE

Mr.. E. NJ. Stevens of Crossett
arrived in this city last week t.
take up his duties as editor Of
The Advance.
Mr.. Stevens comes to Mon
ticello with a high reputation as
a business man and citizen. A
Crossett he was known as one o.
the most progressive and public
spirited men in the town.
In the newspaper world, MI.
Stevens has mace quite q reputa-
ton as editor and manager Of
the Crossett Observer.
Monticello is fortunate and
fhe Advance is to be congrat
ulated upon having secured the
services Of Mr.. Stevens.
On account of illness his wife
and children will not join him
until later.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
MOTION PICTURE
OPERATING HAS Be
COME A RECOGNIZ-
ED PROFESSION

Practically every town in the
State of Texas, Louisiana, Ark
ansas and Oklahoma, has a pic
ture show, where the services Of
q skilled operator is required.
There are over fifteen hundred
shows in the states mentioned.
1t would require the entire en-
rollmant Of the Tyler CONNER
eial College, Tyler, Texas, for
one year if it prepared nothing
but moving picture operators to
take care of the number Of
shows because each Of the fifteen
hundred shows would require at
least 5yo operators. Therefore,
you can readily see the oppont1-
mites awaiting the person who
can see IL and grasp it. With
the field as above mentioned
offering such a demand, the Ty-
Ter Commercial College has in
augurated a course in the operat
ing and handling OF the moving
picture machine as we'll as the
best methods of securing films,
keeping the necessary records,
in fact, everything that pertains
not only to the caring for and
manipulating Of the machine t.
self, but the entire management
of a moving picture SHOW. W.
have found from experience that
it requires from four to six
weeks time to thoroughly
qualify a person for this work.
We find from investigation that
the salaries paid professional
moving picture operators are
from twenty-five to thirty-ave
dollars per week We are giving
this course at q cost of $4,000,
which includes all material nee.
essary for the completion Of the
course. We have in charge Of
this department an instructor Of
four Years experience in pic
ture show business who will
thoroughly prepare the student
in all branches above outlined.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
WHO All?

| am the Fountain of all Bus
mess.
am the Fount Of all Pro
sperity.
| ara the Parent, most time, o.
Genius.
am the Salt that gives Lie
its Savor.
have started every Fortune
in America from Rockefeller 5
down.
must be loved before I can
bestow my Blessings and achieve
my greatest Ends. Loved. | make
Life fruitful and sweet.
! can 90 more to Advance a
Youth. than eTen his own Par
ents, be they e1ee 50 rich.
Fools hale me. Wise men
Love me.
an represented in everv
Loaf Of Bread that comee from
the Oven; il every Train thar
crosses the Continent; in ever
ship that crosses the Ocean; in
every Newspaper that comes
from the Press.
an the Mother Of Dem
ocracy.
All Progress Springs from me.
The man who IS a bad Friend
to me.can never Get very far
and Stay there.
The man VINO is a good Friend
to me can go-#ho can tell how
far?
Who am I? What am I?
| am WORK.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
$1,000 WILL BE PAID
FOR A SINGLE WORD

San Francisco, August IL
Can you create the one word
which will best denote the Unit
ed States and all parts of Britain
MAJ If so, you will be paid at
the rate Of $1,000 word. The
World Trade Club of San Fran
cisco has offered $1,000 to the
person who suggests the word
which, in the judgment of the
clubs Metric Campaign Com
mittee, is best adapted to world
wide use.
The competition is open to all
humankind. The money will be
paid to the winner at noon on Is
May, 18th 1920, by COM
mittee appointed by President
". H. Hammer of the World
Trade Club.
"Rrit-Am,' "Ambria," cam
brittica, BRAN" 'Sam-Bull"
are some words thus far sug-
gcsted. New names are con-
stantly coming. The World
Trade Club is offering this award
because in carrying on its pres
ent campaign for the adoption of
metric units by all English
people-the United
States, the British Isles, Can
ada, Australia, New Zealand,
Tasmania, United South Africa
and so Ont was hampered by
the lack of single short word
which would express all these.
The metric units of weight
and measure are now used by all
the world except Brit Am" or
" Ambrittica" or "Sam-Bull."
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15

One feature that should appeal
to the young man who has been
unfortunate by not getting q
good literary education is thai
no literary experience or know
ledge is required to take this
course, in fact, no literary work
is given in connection with it,
and ones time will be devoted
to the moving picture work.
IF you are interested in this
work wife US and state about
when you can eatoll.-TYLER
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
TYLER TEXAS.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
NO MORE FREE
TOMATO SEED.

Little Rock, August 18th
Tomato seed which have hereto
fore been furnished to members
of the boys and girls agricul.
tural clubs by the Department Of
Agricultural, will rot be sent to
the members for next year, acz
eording TO Miss Connie Bonslagel
of the Extension Division, Uni
versity of Arkansas. who says:
Those who have tomatoes
should save their seed. In order
to get the best result it is neceS-
sary to choose sturdy vigorous
plants which have smooth me-
dunn size well ripened tomatoes
only. When the fruit is thro-
ughly ripe, the seeds are remoy-
ed and placed in water. After
day or two the pulp will pull
away from the seed and rise to
the top of the water. The seed
can then be washed and spread
on wire tray or a paper and al
lowed to dry in the shade.
Frequent stirring will prevent
them from sticking. Let them
thoroughly dry before putting
axay."
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15

Miss Cora 3. Wilson J. B. Wilson
Editors, Publishers and Proprietors
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
SUNRISE BREAKFAST.

Mrs. Carroll d. Wood enter
tanned with a sunrise breakfast
Tuesday morning in honor of
Miss Joe Howell of Pine Bluff
and Miss Jennie Nae Harreli Of
Tillar. Those present besides
the guest of honor we're: Miss
Virginia Slemons, Miss Corinne
Caster, Miss Pauline Causey,
Miss Estha Scott, Mr.. George
White, Mr.. Virgil Jolley, Mr..
Clifford McCloy. Mr.. Crawford
Whaley, Mr.. Shelton Bland, and
Mr.. William Slemons.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
The Mantieclloniah

Published Weekly at Monticello, Ark.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
Az EXTRACT FR0N
I LETTER, FROM
DOUGLASS; POPE.

Tararaa CITY. Aug, y. 1919.
We have goae through the
Csaal. ard INTO the Pacific
Ocean.
Tae Canal, is certainly a
wasa rful engineering feat. On
the entrance. to the Canal from
The Atlantic side, they raise the
saira85 feet above the sea level.
Go through 3 locks there
which, ara called Gatun Locks.
Fron7 these locks, we go through
a fic laks, named for the first
locks TAan we enter the Canal.
ard have to travel about 30
nils before getting to the nexS
lock. You have often read OF
the Cglebra slide, well, we pass
90 through it, and it certainly is
a dangerous place. The Canal
turns at this place, and is very
narrow. that is why its so dan
gerous. Then we passed through
where they had cut through q
mountain. On each side, it look
ed to Ice rs high as the Wool
worth building that you saw in
New York. can't express how
wonderful the Canal is in going
through these places.
After this, we came to the
Pedso Miguel locks. These locks
gradually lower the ship to the
Pacific. Still. there is another
lock called Mirafonras. this lock
puts YOU in the Pacific Ocean,
this side is lower than the
Atlantic side. The Canal cuts
off 5000 miles from coast to
coast. I'd like to have the money
it would cost to put the ships
through TIE Canal. It would
cost Us alone $4,000. But
the government does not have to
pay It. Don't believe I'd care
to go through it again, once, is
enough Gor me. Want to go "a
shore this afternoon, and see q
couple Of bull fights. and there is
to be a fight, between two tigers
and a bull, believe the latter, will
be better than the man and bull
fight.
We will leave here tomorrow
for San Diego. t will be 10 days
before we get there. It is further
from here to San Diego than it
is from here to New York. There
are not, but two ships to go to
Honolulu, the New Mexico nd
the New York. After we leave
San Francisco, will go to Brem-
erton for repairs. They say it
is winter time down here now,
but my, Il wonder what it is in
summer. It's scOrching now.
It got so hot on a ship yesterday
the boiler exploded, and killed -
men.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
CARD OF THANKS.

Mrs. John B. Wilson and
family express appreciation and
thanks to all acquaintance,
relatives. and friends who have
expressed so much interest and
shown so many kindnesses dur
ing her recent protracted illness.
The Monticellonian. [volume] (Monticello, Ark.) 1870-1920, 1919-08-15
FRIDAY, AUGUST Is, 1919
Subscription 81 per Year, in Advance.

Entered at the Post Office at Mont
ieello, Ark, as second class mar
matter.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-01-24
WILSON'S RUSSIAN POLICY
APPROVED.

An official bulletin issued by the
Press Bureau Of the peace confer
tncc Wednesday afternoon says:
The proposals CT President Will
son rs to Russia were approved. i'll
Guiding recognition by tie associated
powers OF the right Of the Russian
people to direct their own affairs
without help from the outside. The
powers do not wish to exploit Russia.
'"1a,c powers recognize the revoiu-
tion and iii no way countcnance a
counter revolution They wish tN
serve Russia unSelGshly and invite all
organized Sroups in Siberia or within
the boundaries OF Europe and Russia
as ii stood before the war to send
representatives to Pri lCess Islands to
meet representatives OF the associated
powers. provided there is y truce OF
arms meanwhile.
Such representatives will be ex-
pected at the place appointed by
February 18TH.
"A plcnary session OF the confer
ence Saturday will discuss Mr.. Lloyd
Georges proposals for League of
Nations.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1919-01-24
GREAT KRUPP PLANT WORKING
FOR UNCLE SAM

The krupp plant at Ee5Sen began
working for the United States gov
ernment Tues lay. y
TIE task undertaken by :hc Krdpps
ron"i t CT makirg Parts for i2 incDm-
Dl"te canr,'n. rejected 5y the Ameri-
can dit- tics as par; If the war ma
te rial offered by the Germans under
TN" terms OF the aImiStiCe
fhe German commission which
has been in Berlin considering the
question Gi the heavy guns turned
down by the American authorities
has arrived q, GGblcnZ AID reported.
tha' eighty cannon have bnen shiI,-
ped to the headquarters OF the Ameri-
can army Of occupation to replace
big guns which failed to meet re-
quiremcniS.
With the delivery of the parts for
the seventy two cannon and the ar
rival Of the other eighty. the deIiv-
cry Of heavy artillery to the .Ameri-
cans will have been completed. The
American allotment called for one
undred and iiIiy Two heavy guns.