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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. J. r. Richardson, Pastor.

Rev. J. r. Richardson, Pastor.
Services began with the Bible
School at 1890 a. m. There was a
splendid attendance. The subject,
1.-THE Church Twenty Years After the
Ascension. The pastor was at his
best for his Easter exortation and at
II a. m he preached a soul stirring ser
mon. Many hearts were made to re-
joice and said one to another, did
not our hearts burn within us as he
told us of the Faith. The subject was,
Faith by Hearing" The service was
blessed with a crowded house. The
offering was S110.S5. On account of
there being two funerals the Easter
program was o rendered until the
evening service.
At 2:30 p. m. the funeral Of Mary
Schaffer, one of the Sunday School
pupils, was preached. The Sunday
School Choir rendered some very
sweet music.
At A p. m. the funeral of Mr.. Sam
Doss was conducted. The church and
Sunday School extend their sympathy
to the bereaved of both.
At s p. m. teh Easter program was
rendered by the scholars of the Pri-
mary Department. There were more
than fifty numbers on the program,
and due to the efforts Of the Superin-
tendent, Mrs. Pague, and Sister Ter
rill. there was not a failure. Each of
the little tots We'd with the other to
do their best. The musical numbers
were grand. The offering for Mis-
sions was 1851. The Mission Circle
will meet at the residence Of Mrs.
Georgia Wilson, 25O5 Sherman avenue,
Thursday, 2:3O p. m.
The Sewing Circle at Mrs. Price Nc
Ewings, 1881 Walnut boulevard, Fri
day, 2:30 p. m. There are several Of
the members sick, and we wish them a
speedy recovery. The work on the
new church is progressing rapidly and
it won't be many months before the
grand march will be made from the
old church, headed by the Sunday
School, who contributed the most
money in our recent rally. Collection
for the day, $125.45. All are welcome
to u services.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. w. A. Bowren, Pastor.

~N
Gus Easter services began with the
Sunday School meeting at 9:45. The
meeting was we'll attended and a splen-
did program was rendered by the Pri-
mary Department. The children rails
ed their usual Easter offering for For
eign Missions, which was twenty dol
lars.
At IL a. m. there was preaching by
the pastor. His subject was, "The
Resurrection of Christ" The sermon
was powerful and well enjoyed by the
congregation. Prof. Reynolds had
special musical numbers for the ser
vice, which were we'll rendered by the
Choir, of which he is director.
The B. Y. p. L. met at $50 ?. m.
and rendered an interesting program
to a large and appreciative audience.
Mrs. Julia Smith gave special instruc-
tons on the lesson topic.
AT s p. IN the service was conducted
by Brother Edward Harris, who
preached his trial sermon for his IL
cense to preach. The sermon did
fairly well.
There are several on the sick list,
Brother Samuel jenkins, Brother Alex
Lacy, Sister Charity Alexander, Mrs.
Ida Smith and Mrs. Alice Roam. Mrs.
w. A. Bowren, the pastors wife, is
still on the sick list, but is somewhat
convalescent.
The attendance for the day was eX-
cellent. Additions to the church was
one by Christian experience and one
for baptism. The days offering was
$57.
On April the 27th, Sunday, we have
our big rally. We are endeavoring to
raise $4,000 to apply on the work of
our new church building now being
erected at 5th and Nebraska. We are
asking every church, pastor, every or
g%anization, society and friends to help
us. The church has been organized
in two divisions to raise this amount
and they declare they will go over the
top. The rally will continue all day
and you need not bring any dinner, as
dinner will be served at Sister Minors,
315 Nebraska, just across the street
from the Rally; 25 cents the plate.
The pastors of the two Kansas Citys
will conduct the services at 8 p. m,
The sermon will be preached by Rev.
G. H. Daniel, eloquent preacher and
pastor of Morning Star Baptist church,
Kansas City, Mo. We cordially invite
everybody to the Fraternity Hall, 31i
Nebraska avenue, Sunday, April 9th,
1919. PROF. J.. ]. EWIS
Financial Clerk.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

opinions. We would be pleased to
have you come to the 3. Y. p. L..
The Choir, under the efficient lead
ership of Mrs. Sarah Bartel, gave us
a musical treat at the s p. m. service.
The program was all that one could
hope for in its brilliancy.
This being our day for Foreign Mis-
sion effort, we raised in our auxiliary
S16.43, which will be sent to help tire
work in some other less fortunate
land.
Mrs. Mary Gray, 315 State avenue
is i'll at this writing, but we hope she
will soon be convalescent. We ale
still adding new members to our
church at every meeting. Come and
journey with us and help us carry on
the work we have started. We hove
copies of The Sun for sale at u Sun
day services. Buy one!
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
By ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS.

From the headquarters of the COM
mittee in charge, 20 Fifth Avenue,
New York, announcement is made of
the call for a National Conference on
Lynching ito take concerted action
against lynching and ~lawlessness
wherever found" to be held in New
York City May 5 and 6, by a group
Of 120 leading men and women of the
country. The call for the conference
which is being sent out extensively, is
widely representative of the country,
tw~enty-eight states and the District Of
Columbia being represented by sign
ers. Twenty signers are from eight
Southern states. Among the signers
are Attorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer, former Attorney Generals Chas.
j. Bonaparte and Judson Harmon: five
governors: Hugh NJ. Dorsey of Geor.
gia, d. W. Davis of Idaho, James P.
Goodrich of Indiana, Henry J. Allen
of Kansas, Emerson c. Harrington of
Maryland; four ~eX-governors, Emmett
O'Neal of Alabama, Simeon E. Bald.
win of Connecticut, Edward F. Dunno
Of Illinois, L. F. C. Garvin of Rhode
Island; Elihu Root, Charles Evans
Hughes, Cardinal Gibbons, Senators
Arthur Capper of Kansas and J. Medill
Mccormick of Illinois; Representa-
tives L. c. Dyer of Missouri and Mar.
tin B. Madden of Illinois; former Min.
lister to the Netherlands, Henry van
DYKE prominent judges of the higher
courts, including Chief Justice Orrin
n. Carter of the Supreme Court Of I'LL
nois, Judge Julian W. Mack; nine uni.
versity presidents; George IT. Page,
president of the American Bar Asso-
citation; John G.. Milburn, president of
the Association Of the Bar of the City
Of New York, and Anna Howard Shaw.
The Southern signers are eX-Gov-
ernor Emmett O'Neal of Alabama; Gov
ernor Hugh NJ. Dorsey of Georgia, ex-
Congressman William H. Fleming,
Rev. John d. Hammond, Mrs. John D.
Hammond, Rt. Rev. Frederick F.
Reese, Episcopal Bishop Of Georgia;
Desha Breckenridge of the Lexington
Herald, Lexington, KY; Rev. Quincy
1'-AS ~ ANNAoAulAo ~ l. SlONdllf y.
R. Bingham, ]. B. Hutton, JaJck C.
Wilson of Mississippi, w. d. Weather
ford of North Carolina, Bishop Thos.
F. Gailor, JaJmes H. kirkland, Fayette
A, Mckenzie, Bolton Smith of Tennes-
see; James H. billiard, William H.
Hunley, Henry st. George Tucker, Of
Virginia.
In announcing the call, the commit.
tee representing the signers, of which
Moorfield Storey of Boston is chair,
man and John r. Shillady of New
York, secretary, says that 3,216 lynch,
ings, exclusive of the East ST. Louis
and other mob riots, have occurred in
the United States in the last thirty
years, 702 of which have been lynch,
ings of white people and 2,514 lynch.
ings Of Negroes; that So Negroes and
/ white persons were lynched in 1918:
that some of the recent lynchings have
been particularly atrocious, involving
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST
CHURCH
Rev. George McNeaI, Pastor.

If you would hear some interesting
topics discussed, you should attend
our Mission Circle, which meets each
Sunday at $3.50 a. m. The Easter SER
vice was excellent and the attendance
was good.
At IL a. m. u pastor preached an
enjoyable sermon and we feel lhat it
was well that w had come unto the
House of the Lord.
Our Sunday School convened at
1880 p. m. with all the officials at their
posts. The lesson was we'll rendered
and a neat sum raised for Foreign
Missions.
The B. Y. P. U. met at $3.50 p. m.
and engaged in a lively discussion
over the question. What is the bust
ness of the Church and what part
onght our young people to have in itf'
There were many and many
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

mandress Anna b.. Graves of st. Louis,
Mo: Louise James, Ill. Com; Noble
J. A. Williams, adviser; Dahlia Thomp-
son, First Lieut.. Com; Rosetta White,
Second Lieut.. Com; Matte Taylor,
High Priestess; Mamie Harris, First c.
DIT. Amanda Bruce, Second c. DIT. /;
Louise V. White, Treas; AIDA B.
Pleasant, Recorder; Rachel Roberts,
Outside Spy; Julia Hall, Inside Spy;
Alice NJ. cambridge, Oriental Guide.
The Court meets the third Tuesday,
each month at Fraternity Hall, 314
Nebraska Ave.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

burning at the stake and torture Of
the victims.
The opening session of the Confer
ence will be held at Carnegie Hall on
the evening of May 5. Morning and
afternoon sessions will be held May 6
at the Association of the Bar Of the
City of New York and the closing ses-
sion at the Meeting House of the So
ciety for Eethical Culture on the even
ing of May 6.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

ly to crowded houses. The reason is
apparent. He shows only up-to-date
pictures.
Mrs. Bessie Cawthorne, on Nebraska
Ave, has been on the sick list, but
we are glad to report that she is again
on duty at the Union Station.
Mr.. Charley Crutcher, the uncle of
Mrs. E. B. Tillery, 219 Stewart Ave,
is in the city, enroute to st. Joseph,
Mo. He is a resident of Carrollton, Mo.
Mr.. Samuel Howard has opened an
~up-to-date shoe shining parlor and ex-
press office at 412 Minnesota Ave.
Watch for his advertisement soon.
Mr.. Whitfield, one of our substitute
letter carriers is on the sick list. We
hope he will soon be able to resume
his duties.
Mrs. Brown, on Greedy Ave, will
entertain the Inter-City 500 Club, Mon
day the 2Sth. A full membership or
their proxies are expected.
Mrs. E. ]. Patterson, president of
the Y. w. c. A, appointed Mrs. NJ. c..
Matthews chairman of the religious
commission to organize Vespers.
MI. Alex Lacy, on State Ave-, is re-
ported ill. Sister Charity Alexander
is also reported on the sick list. Mrs.
Ida Smith is reported as being ill.
Look out Business Men on Third
Street, we are coming after that ad-
vertisement, and we want it because
We know it pays to advertise.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Excelsior Court, No. IA A, Mrs. May
Woods, w. c.; Mrs. Mary p. Day, r.
D., will occupy a box at the Auditori-
UNI Theater, May 1915, and display
their beautiful, large SIS banner.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
FRANKLIN COUNTY REAL ESTATE
G. G. HOLMES
oFFICE-oPERA HOUSE BLOCK

oFFICE-oPERA HOUSE BLOCK
Come East to the beautiful Lake Champlain Valley, where
you can buy a farm for $50 to 800 an acre, with good buildings,
good water, stock and tools.
One can raise 40 bushels wheat, so bushels corn, % bushels
beans, 200 to 300 bushels potatoes to an acre; barley, peas and
oats; also three crops of alfalfa, In short, one is always sure
of a crop every year.
And l call your attention to the 800 acre farm, it is equip
ped so that one milks the cows, grnds the grain, does the wash
ing by electricity. Just let us give you a description of some
of the farms we have on our list.
ST. ALBINS, VERMONT
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
FORUM
April 20, 1919, at q p. m.

The Forum had a very fine audience
to hear their Easter program, which
was rendered splendidly.
We are to be entertained or Sun
day, April 81, by the Lawrence Forum,
and a rare treat is promised. Let us
all come out and try and make their
visit as pleasant, if not more so, than
they did for us. The following pro-
gram was rendered on the goth
Song-'America". ........ Forum
. ............ Chaplain
Quotations. ............. Forum
Current Events Miss F. Healing
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 400.
Mr.. Samuel Wilson
Sec. of Chamber of Commerce.
Instr. Solo. ........ Miss Dwiggins
Report of Critic .... Prof. J. p. King
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

We are sorry to report the death
of Hatton Williams, who was reported
very low in our last issue. He de-
parted this life April 18th, and vas
buried April 18th. He leaves a dear
mother, two loving sisters, four broth
ers and a host of friends who mourn
their loss. We wish to extend our
sympathy to the family in their be-
reavement. The floral offerings were
many and beautiful.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
BY c. P. Swancy.

Mr.. Samuel jenkins, on Freeman
is very i'll at this writing but we hope
for him a speedy recovery.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Miss Marie Johnson, 1909 N. Sth ST.,
will entertain in honor of her club, at
Garrison Square, this week.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Easter was observed at all the
churches in our city and every one
was to be seen on their ways, dressed
in their Easter best, to some place of
worship.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26
ALL THE NEWS OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, THAT'S NEWS

MIR. and Mrs. James Perkins, 2S05
Stone Avenue, are visiting Mrs. j.
Perkins father at Little Rock, Ark.
While away they will visit Hot
Springs and Jacksonville.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Remember Friends! If you wish to
see a full page of the Kansas City,
Kansas news, you must purchase a
copy of the paper each week, as it is
an expense to print the news and if
its news you want, we will furnish it
on those conditions. Swancy & Sons
will have a supply on hand at each of
the churches every Sunday, and will
expect you to show your appreciation
by purchasing one.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

The Milo Theater is showing night
ly to crowded houses. The reason is
apparent. He shows only up-to-date
pictures.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Mrs. Foster of Wichita, Kas., is visit
ing Mrs. II. D. Jones, SIC Parallel Ave.
We know that her visit will be an en-
joyable one, since Mrs. Jones is such
a delightful hostess.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Emery & Jones, on Third and Par
alell, are doing nicely and are re-
ceiving the patronage that such an
enterprise deserves. 1t is a credit to
the race, and compares ~favorably with
that of any other place of its nature in
Greater Kansas City, Come out and
pay them a visit.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Mr.. Tilford Davis, Sr., the president
of the Local Musicians Union, has
been elected as the delegate to the
National Musicians Convention, which
convenes in Dayton, Ohio, May II,
1918.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Mrs. Easily, ia Greedy Ave, was
very unfortunate, in that she lost all
of her winters meat as well as that
of some of the ~neighbors'. The smoke
house caught fire in some manner
while the meat was being smoked.
Meat is mighty high to go up in
smoke.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Mrs. Eliza Montgomery, 215 Stew.
are Ave, was called out of the city
Saturday, on account of the death of
the brother of her husband, whose fu.
neral was held Sunday. Accept our
sympathy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-04-26

Private Roy Brown of the 500 Pion-
eer Infantry, A. E. F., the son OF Mrs.
Johnson, on Stewart Ave, arrived
home Sunday. Having sailed as a
casual. We are glad, however, to re-
port that he is in good health az pres
ent.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
Men Captured at Seicheprey Tell
of Harsh Treatment by
the Huns.
REFUSED TO Be BROTHERS
Attempt Later Made to Effect Recon-
ciliation Spurned by Americans
Corporal Who Refused to Work
Hurled Down Mine Shaft.

London.-"When they took US pris-
Oners they held revOlvers to our heads
and made us give them our shoes, but
when the armistice came and We were
set free a socialist leader made a
speech TO US, saying: We are now
brothers,
This was what American soldiers
who returned 10 London from Ger
many-the first to reach here after the
signing of the armistice-had to say
about the change in the attitude Of
their captors from the time they had
fallen into German hands In April un-
til they were released on Novem-
Der u
when we were captured at Seiche-
prey" ssaid Private James E. Pito-
chelli of Providence, ''the German sol
diers held pistols to the heads of some
of us and demanded our shoes. I
managed to hang on to mine. but 9TH
ers weren't so lucky. They had to
walk barefooted through No Mans
Land, cutting their feet badly on
barbed wire or pieces Of shell. All Of
us had TO walk 80 miles to the rear,
where wooden shoes were given US,
and no one was permitted to keep his
boots. They told us-one general did
that they had attacked to get prison
ers, but the next time they attacked
the One Hundred and Second they
would take no prisoners, because they
had fought too fiercely."
This was corroborated by Private
Frank Butler Of New Haven.
Prisoners Exhibited.
The Americans were eventually
taken to Friedrichsfeldt. and no op-
portunity was missed to show the
American prisoners TO the populace.
for they were among the earliest to
be taken.
These Americans were taken to a
camp where there were prisoners
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
YANK SOLDIERS
ROBBED BY FOE

from all the other allied countries. and
though there afterward seemed to
be an attempt TO single out Ameri-
cans fOr better treatment. according
10 the returned men low here, they
Jared much the same as the others
during the earlier part of their i'm
prisOnment. Until their own food
parcels began to arrive they got con-
siderable food from the generous Brit
ISL and other allied compatriots.
More than 80 were detailed to work
In coal and salt mines, and one man.
Corporal Lucien, who, it was said. re-
FUSED to work in mine when ordered
TO do 50, was marched of to the Dit
head and given another chance to de-
eide what he would do by the two
PrussiaE guards who had him in
charge. When he again stoutly re-
fused. saying he was not required, as
an urde- officer, to do so, he was
thrown down the shaft and killed.
The burial was witnessed, his COM
rades slid, by a British sailor, who
told about ii on the following day.
Eventually the Ahiericaps were
taken to the prison camp at Opladen.
For their work they got six cents
lay.
On November 9 they learned Of the
'rmistice. On that day riots were pre-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
Yankee Doctor Wins Commission
as Captain.
Highest-Ranked American Citizen in
French Army During
War.

Paris.-The highest-ranked Ameri-
can citizen in the French army dur
ing the present war is DR.. Henry Mi
chel of Augusta, Ga, who earned a
captains commission in the service
of our ally before transferring over
TO the United States army.
Doctor Michel came to France at
the beginning of the war and volun-
teered in the French army. Owing to
the crying need for surgeons, he was
at once commissioned as q second
lieutenant and assigned at a base hos
pital. His hard work and ability won
him promotion to a first lieutenancy
after the Verdun offensive In the first
half Of 1916 when he was stationed
at Troyes, the great evacuation CEN
ter for the French wounded.
Afterward Doctor Michel was trans
ferred to Lyons and was placed in
command of military hospital there
and promoted to captain. The For.
eign Legion has its base depot at
Lyons. and Doctor Michel knew al
most all of the Americans enlisted in
that unit.
A year ago Doctor Michel offered
his services to the A. E. F. and was
sent TO American Red Cross hospital
No. l at Neuilly, the former American
He is also surgeon In
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
GLAD COLONIES ARE FREED
Native Chiefs in Former German Pos
sessions Hope They Will Remain
Under British Rule.

LondOn.-German cruelty exercised
toward the natives of her former col
onies is outlined in the statements Of
native chiefs in the Samoan islands.
the Kameruns, Togoland, Southwest
Africa, and East Africa. in a white
book published by the colonial office
The statements show that the natives
everywhere hope to remain und.. Brit
ish rule.
The horrors Of the German rule In
Southwest Africa. the white book says.
are too well known to require
repetition, but the same system Of
tyranny was found in other German
colonies in greater or less degree.
The burden running through all the
statements Of the natives of Togoland
and the Kameruns is ''hOgging, fog
ging. fiOgging," especially in connec-
ton with forced labor on plantations.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
BOY STARTS A "SNEEZEFEST'
Box Of Pepper Placed on Hot Stove In
terrupts Church Services at
JerseyvilIc.

I Springfield. ni.-Services had just
reen started in small country church
Il Jerseyville. near here, one Sunday
recently, following the influenza epi-
demic restrictions. when somebody in
the congregation let go a vociferous
"kaehoo." He braced himself. shook
his mead and fired again. Then some
one else started and in less than a
minute a volley of sneezing rever-
berated through the room. With look
of CONSERVATION and fright the offici-
ating parson raised his hand TO d's-
miss the gathering. but before he could
do so he had to reach for his own
handkerchief TO stifle sOnorous "who-
is-she." Perplexed, he gazed about.
Suddenly his eyes rested on a hot stove
where he perceived small box Of pep
per peppering away from the heat.
Prankish BOYS had placed it there.
On Its removal services were resumed.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
AGED RECLUSE HAD
$4,000 INSHACK
Fortune Discovered Scattered
About Room of Lite Hut in
parkerSbup.

Parkersburg, Pa.-SghbOrs broke
into the miserable littlshack occupied
as a home by EdwinJ. Moore. and
found him lying uncSscious on the
hoor. Scattered aBut the small,
shabby room were gid coins, bank
notes and national crency long since
out Of general circulSOn. The money
amounted to S40,OOgand represented
10 years Of boarding
Moore lived the lie of hermit and.
while 1t was believdhe was well off"
tOwnSpeople had nsidea that the man
kept $4,000 hiddB in his miserly
home.
Edwin Moore as popularity sup
posed TO have giRn UP the girl with
whom he was in Fe on account of his
mother. Moore nd his mother lived
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-01-11
HONORED BY FRENCH

chief of the American hospital for
civilians in Neuilly.
Only n few other Americans have
ever received commissions in the
French army, and they were all Sec
ond lieutenants with the exception of
William Thaw of the Lafayo-te Es-
cadrille. and Sweeny of the rOreign
Legion and later Of the tank corps,
who were first lieutenants. The avia-
tor pilots of the Lafayette EscadriTe
were only sergeants, with the excep-
ton of Dudley Hill, an adjutant.