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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26
WATSON FUNERAL
TODAY AT WOODLAND
Body Passes. Through Richmond
This Morning ON Way ia, Old
Homo and Last Resting Palce


Funeral services tor Congressman
Walter A Watsop will be held TINS
afternoon at woodland. his old
home near Crewe Va, and internent
will be in the family hur%ing grounds.
where the bodies az his father moth
er and many hear relatives are a I
rest 1t was at FIRST Thought that the
burial wouli be in HOLLYWOOD, but
the late Judge requested that his re-
mains be placed in the private GEM
etery ir, a letter written Just before
he entered the hospital for the mai
operation for uastoiditis,
The body will reach Richmond this
morning at o'clock and will be
! transferred to the s:25 Norfolk and
w estern train for Petersburg. IL
Vii reach Crawe about noon and VIII
he taken immediately TO Woodland. Z"
In difference 10 the Judges request,
no counaietee will be appointed by
Speaker Jiillett TO attend the funeral,
as is the custom. A. relcsa ton from
both houses, headed by Senator
Claude A. Swanson. will come down
from Washington for the csremo ny.
Mrs. watson received the following
MESA &c OF sympathy from President
! Woodrow Wilson last night.
| Mrs. Wilson and ] beg to extend
to you our sincere sympathy In the
! loss of your husb band. He was de-
voted public servant"
Mr. Watson had been member OF
! the house OF representatives for seven
! year. during which time he achieved
! widespread reputation as clear.
thinking. conscientious law-mAkel
and courteous Gentleman Eesides
his widow. who was Miss Constance
Tinsley he Is survived by two broth.
ers and four sisters
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26

No saackAnaas % sdo<t viii - uaAas
surine the Christmas holidays q ths
biz canpAign a. .th9 Ana-GAiooA
League at America 70 secure fuuds Tor
assisting in law enforosnent And -
needing the cry from forsf1n nalds =
help clear the %&y tor moro effective
missionary work
with thu Yulatide sAaaon ovsr, svsry
"A and woman on The lob VIII redou-
BILE thsir Af1orts to make the drive =
ccnsplets succe&s. Two new district Or"
ganizArs have just taken the nnid tn
re IND into shape the organisations In
,hsir respective territorial
Campaign managers Al. ovAr tbs
state have been urged 70 make al pos.
sjhie haste from nor On. sancs hs
actual collection Of funds VIII 6eo1n On
ynnuary is. 3ust three weeks Of. II
they have not THAR ORGANIZATIONS N
cnmplete shape for the drive. tAsy thays
bean asked 10 get to work ON than I'M
rueatately
The campaign IN Richmond, n pro
crossing by leaps and teunds. Assur-
aaees have eornssto Dr. Jamea Dur
ham, the city organize. from all sides
Of the support In this drivetof The lead
ing men and women o. Richmond MAJ
who never profAs8Ad ballet 10 tho pol
Icy OF prohibition haze told him they
are behind tho movensent bAcauSa thay
balieve in respect for the conetstutinH
and laws at the count1y.
a condensed svnohsia OF the cam
pa.gn. given by Nattoaal Director W
Sfcponald lee, follows:
Al Tweuty-f1 ave rnillton doflart or thirty
rn.iiicn dollars IL needsd,tc make Amer
les safe. FOR herself and clean up thu
trash that blows from car, HaiEhhcr''
yard
Three Alma. 800 .Ass.
ffo Asd horne iaw eafoFus1eeoA
tao America nise the fore&gner.
t3) A. dry world hy 1850.
| A fourth of the money 70 Be !Aft II
the. state FOR object III Law enforce
mAnt means creating public santtraen
for Observance Of law and dAmAnd To-
J officers who Will Anforoe the law. Fed
leral and state .ofticsrs nAarfy every
where invite such cc.opaSstAnn BY on
ORA utsas,on and a,mliar enAs. Liauo
| interests. have organissd--it idss sti'
with 5000. 600, 600 funA--twerty- ten
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26
MAKE WAR-SUFFERERS
SELF SUPPORTING

New York, Dec-s 25.-More than
81. 900. 900 was appropriated for jew
ish relief work in Europe and Asia,
according TO an announcement today
by the joint distribution committee
tor American funds for Jewish war
sufferers The money. II was said,
viii provide food, clothing, fuel. shell
ter and aedicine.for nearly 5, 000, geo
people and part will BE- usad for re-
constructions relief This latter has az
sand hear John Philip Sousa and hi
OF destitute war sufferers sslf-sup.
porting again IS =
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26
TENTATIVE CANDIDATE
IS GENERAL WOOD

Chicago. Dec. 25.--Major General
Leonard Wood Is only a tentative can.
diaate fnr the Republican presidential
nomination. II was declared here to-
day nv General Woods friends This
statement was made as an unofncfal
answer to reports from Republican
that General Wood.will, file before jan
etats headquarters. at Mitchell. S. D..
-uary 1, his acceptance OF the endorse
merts given him i'm the recent state
primaries by South Dakota Republt-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26
RnnERT ANDERSON 10
SfoT BY JACKSON

Nobsrs L. Anderson. coiored. E3l
Kinney street, was shot ~ Rotert
Jackson. also colorNd. At Second and
aDowrran streets last night 1t
Hcse1nck The men had . quarrel. and
Jackson shot the other man In the
hack. He was taken to the Vtrsania
hospital, where his condition II serious
and physicians say that the result Will
kpyobably be fatal.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26
KAUFMAN BUYS
McCLURE-s MAGAzIN1

New York, Dec. 3S.---Herbert Fauf-
1t was announced today by Frederick
T. Collins. president tof McClure's
Magazine that all the stock OF Nc
Guide publications. increase. had
been sold to Mr.. Kaufman and tina,
Mr.. kaufman will hereafter be editor
OF the magazine.
Associated with Mr.. Kaufman viii
be a group OF men prominent in the
financial. and publishing world. Among
them are George l.. Storm. chairman
of the board of directors OF the
American Safety Razor Corporation
and the Sweets company OF Ar4erics
and Leon Sehinasi. the tohacco manu-
fActuref. la
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-26

.tcenttnued or s'ats TNol
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
COLUMBIA,

Mrs. Perry Brown of Rockford, H.,
Payne. .Sergt. Amos S. Bartlett of
Columbus, n. NJ, is spending a 30
day furlough with Mrs. Bartlett.
The Ladies' Art Club was very pleas
antly entertained January Goth by Mrs.
V. l.. Walden and Mrs. Bessie Wash
ington. The next meeting will be Feb
ruary 10Th with Mrs. Alice Williams
and Miss Alma Williams. go. Mrs. DR..
Moore and Miss Louise Briscoe are
on the sick list. 10. Mrs. Maggie Scott
has returned from jefferson City,
where she went to see her brother,
who has been i'll -. The Ladies' Mite
Society of st. Paul Church were en-
tertained by Mrs. Lucy Douglass.
Subscribe for the Sun. $50. The B. w. /.
H. Club will hold a business meeting
at the home of Mrs. J. u. Moseley, Feb.
ruary 18th. Sc. Mrs. Alice E. Williams
was hostess to a ~6-course dinner, com
plimentary to Sergeant and Mrs. A. S.
Bartlett, February 4th. Those who
attended we're: Prof. and Mrs. j. E.
Jones, Prof. and Mrs. J. u. Moseley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Foster. Mr.. and
Mrs. Logan Williams, Mrs. ]. H. Bris-
coe, Mrs. Fannie White, Misses p.
NJ. Sales, Alma Williams and Lucille
Smith. -. Sergeant ilton G. Crockett is
taking extended trips to Jefferson City,
st. Louis, Mo, and Chicago, Ill .....
Don't forget to attend the Clearance
] NNvls.- III. -
Hall February 18TH. The Second
Christian Church was very successful
in their Pew Rally last Sunday. The
Second Baptist Church will hold one
Sunday, February 9th.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
Minister at Allen Chape.

To the Editor of the Kansas City Sun,
Kansas City, Mo.
My Dear Mr.. Crews:
I desire to join with those who have
already commended you for the splen-
did victory you have achieved in hav-
ing Doctor Burris Jenkins capitalize
the IN" whenever the word Negro is
used in the Kansas City Post. In
deed, it is n of the victories growing
out of the war for Democracy; for it
is the outward and visible sign of the
eternal fact that Negroes are men and
women, and I mean free men and equal
citizens in every sense of the word.
He has proved his Christianity in the
sight of all men. And now, let every
loyal Negro see that the head of his
house subscribe both to the Post and
to the Sun.
With best wishes, Yours faithfully,
HARRY ELLSWORTH RHAMING,
Rector.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

Mrs. Carey and Campbell were din
ner guests of Sergt. Douglass at Camp
Funston Sunday. Mrs. Carey enter
tanned in honor of Miss Jackson
Thursday evening, who was formerly
assistant hostess at Fort Riley, who
left for her home at Kansas City, Mo.
Born to Nj. and Mrs. Hickman
Sunday evening a fine baby boy,
Mother and baby are doing nicely. 80.
Mrs. Wilburn left last week for Kan
sas City to be with her husband, who
has a position there IS. Mr.. r. Keele
has returned from Detroit on a bust
ness trip. Rev. Polston occupied
the pulpit Sunday night. Mr.. Ro,
nell Buckner and daughter, from Kan
sas City, are guests of his grandpar.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. billiard.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
FROM OVERSEAS.


Hon. N. C. Crews.
Dear Sir: AS an opportunity pre-
sents itself / find myself writing
again. l hope these few lines will
find you and your staff well and do
ing big business as usual. | am very
thankful to say hat | am feeling fine
and dandy and all the boys from Kan
sas City in my detachment are well
and send their love to you.
l CHANGED 20 glance over your pa
per last week ever here in France
and as noticed along lines l thought
| was in the U. S. A. We are now
located in a very pretty village which
reminds me of school days. l have
now become Il member Of the band
but l am put in the Medical Infantry.
The practice is fine.
l really can't say when we will be
on our way home, but l believe soon.
l would be very glad to have the old
reliable Sun if you will send n
this way. l am sure the boys of Kan
a City will be glad to hear some of
the news Of Kansas City.
Hoping to hear from you soon, 1
remain
Respectfully yours,
HOUSTON SHELTON,
S05th Inf, Medical Detachment,
A. E. F., via N. Y.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
MACON, MISSOURI.
(By Mrs. A. r. Fox

lBy MIS-. A. II. rOX.)
The Allen Christian Endeavor OF
Bethel A. NJ. e. Church will observe
young peoples day Sunday, February
18th, at which time a very interesting
program will be rendered at the even
ing service. DIR. A. w. For of Hanni-
bal was a'Macon visitor two days last
week, the guest of his brother and wife,
Rev. and Mrs. A. r. Fox. Mr.. Dover
Brooks, who was taken suddenly Ill
on Saturday evening, passed away at
his home on Sunday afternoon. The
funeral was conducted by Rev. I'm
derwood. Mr.. viii Allen is quite i'll
at his home with Influenza -. Miss
Claudine and Mr.. Homer Reynolds
were weekend visitors, the guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. T. Ancell. The Vine
and Broadway Baptist Church had bap-
tismal services last Sunday morning,
at which time there was one candidate
baptized REV. p. c. Crews has re-
turned home after a Today tour
throughout his district.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08

Dear Editor:
In the opinion of a very large num-
Der of our people, there is an organ
ICED propaganda of prejudice, race
hatred, discrimination and intimida.
ton. So thoroughly and effective is
the effort that the public press of this
country is indeed slow to recognize our
merits, commend our virtues, or even
cheer us in our most lofty aims for
racial betterment and uplift.
Apparently for the last several
months there has been a change of
front of a large number of our dailies
and weeklies in their attitude toward
us-especially is this true since the re-
markable showing of loyalty and patri.
otism as evidenced by us in the recent
national crisis. Things in print are
only visible expressions of what exists
in a mans mind. What we see in pa.
pers usually has endorsement of the
editors.
With an imaginary view we cannot
see the Kansas City Post and appre.
ciate its attitude without viewing that
stalwart and most excellent citizen,
Dr.. Burris A. jenkins. He has the
courage of his convictions and It all
times you may only expect from him
those expressions that are fair, honest
and just and those calculated to bring
all the good men of both races in closer
relation for the common good.
Respectfully, j.. f. PERRY.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
To the Kansas City Sun :

10 the Kansas lily sun
Kansas Citians are willing to accept
the dictum that The index of a City's
greatness is the kind of a man she
PRODUCES, who has recently become
editor and publisher of the Kansas City
Post. If the New World Order is to
bring to saved communities, We must
first of all have saved newspapers
with saved editors and publishers be-
hind them. We think we are gov.
erued by legislatures and congresses,
by courts and by laws, but we are more
really governed by our newspapers,
WHO make public opinion. In the New
World Order Democracy will be the
rule and justice. There will be no SUI
perior and inferior nations or races;
and all peoples will be recognized as
having certain rights and common OBJ
legations.
DR.. Jenkins has declared, IF it is
right to capitalize the word Anglo.
Saxon, it is also right to capitalize the
word Negro. 1t is a big step towards
that Democracy for which our boys
fought and died, and the Negroes OF
this city should show their apprecia-
ton of this courageous leader of all
the people, by making the Kansas City
Post a daily visitor to our homes.
WIN. THOMAS,
Minister at Allen Chapel.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
A RING.

Just a merely wondering,
AS one often will,
OF loved ones, of sweethearts, Of friends,
Just a wondering still.
AS / gaze into the eyes of brave boys,
And they gaze into these eyes of mine,
l find, as they find,
We both are wondering lots of the time.
And as we are wondering,
Sometimes l think / see
In some home, or somewhere wondering,
Away across the sea,
A wife, a sweetheart, or a dear mother,
A wondering about you or me.
But ahl All this wondering sure will cease,
When we meet with our loved ones, face to face.
And tell them of how everyone did fight
For what they knew in his heart, surely was right.
ON GUARD.
Somewhere in France through the still watch of night,
Our men are pacing where once they did fight;
All through the night our Sentinels call
Halt! who is there?" and then a pause.
How 1t could be a friend or it may be foes,
But who is really is God only knows.
On these mems shoulders responsibility rests,
OF those other brave boys who are taking their rest.
If these men should fail their duty to do,
Then something may happen to me or to you.
SO when you're on guard all your manhood invest,
For when guards are chosen they choose the best.
AS good soldiers have done in the past,
Stick to your post till the very last.
-Sergt. B. II. Nicely,
Co. L, S96th Pioneer Infantry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
THE POST AND THE NEGRO.
CONTINUED from Page ~

(|COntlnued from rage ~
American Negro willingly responded to
the call and with his brethren from
historic Africa and from the coral isles
of the sea achieved renown on the bat
tie fields of Europe and compelled the
placing of his ace in the honor class,
also.
No man is noble and superior who
denies to his fellowmen merited jus.
tice. and so all honor to the nobility
of the mind of DR.. Burris A. jenkins,
the eminent editor of the Kansas City
Post, who has the courage to acknowl-
edge and do the right by capitalizine
the Negro as a race with other races
Character is not qualified by color,
but by quality.
j. A. WILSON, Jeweler.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
Mr.. n. c. Crews,
Editor of the Kansas City Sun.

Mr.. n. c. Crews,
Editor of the Kansas City Sun.
Dear Sir:
At the last meeting of the Kansas
City, Mo, branch y. a. A. C. p, it was
rightly moved, seconded and passed
that the grateful appreciation of this
organization be rendered you, for the
suggesting to the editor of the Kansas
City Post, the capitalization of the
word Negro"
Your most timely and excellent sug-
gestiOn having been adopted, this or
ganization commends your thoughtful
ness and extends to you its heartfelt
thanks for the same, with very great
pleasure.
For the Kansas City, Mo-, Branch,
N. A. A. C. P.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
TO DEAR OLD MOTHERS.

Goodby, dear old mother, goodby,
Don't cry, dear old mother, goodby.
Don't cry, dear old mother, don't
cry.
For your sons are away, and they
will pray each and every day. May
you be with us through thick and
thin; and we will see dear old mother
when we get back home again. Don't
hang your head and cry; cheer up
and look gay and pray for your son
that is away, each and every day;
for the world knows that mother and
son have to part; but just think that
my dear old mother isn't the only
part for the Red, White and Blue that
We love 50 true. We have brought
freedom just for you, and when Uncle
sam made old Kaiser Bill lay down
his arms and march off the bloody
battle field, how happy at home it
made mother and others feel. A
strange knock rapping at the door;
you a hear your only mother tip
ping across the floor. These are the
words she will say: who's there?'
and this is what YOU will say: Moth
er, it is your only son, he is home
today LEON PETTIS.
Lonesome soldiers who spent the
holidays in Argonne Forest.-Pvt.
Isaac Jackson, Pvt. c. McCline, Pvt.
Fred Madison, Pvt. Will Hamilton,
Pvt. Jesse Green, Sergt. Jess Brown,
Pvt. Cliff NJ. Lee.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
NO jim CROW TRENCHES IN
FRANCE.
(Philadelphia Public Ledger.l

philadelphia Public Ledger.)
To the Editor: Most of the
states compel by law the colored peo-
pie to ride in what are called Jim
Crow cars. The name itself is an
insult; the law is an outrage upon
the rights of American citizens. Some
thoughtless white people see nothing
wrong in this segregation of those
people on railroads and trolley cars;
but this is what a number of the
prescribed race have to say of it:
Jim Crowism is worse than mob
violence. 1t kills the soul as well as
the body. 1t works, not for one mad
hour, but for twenty-four hours in
every day. Its years toll of victims
is not t~hree-score, but millions. 1t is
not sudden death-it is worse; it is
perpetual torture. Jim Crowism' with
public dishonor is the real monster.
Mob violence is only one of its mani
festations. Inequality of citizenship is
the real monster"
a fine old colored man OF Amber,
whom l knew well, was Daniel Dow
ling of Butler avenue, commissioner
OF highways of the borough. One of
his boys, an educated young man, was
conscripted and taken to France to
help make the world safe for democ-
racy. He did his part bravely and
without f%linching. There were nc Jim
Crow trenches over there; they were
all alike, all equally uncomfortable
and unsafe.
The boys name is Charles Ralph
Bowling. He writes his experience in
the Battle of Verdun and in the Ar
COME sector. He says: 81 was in a
seventy-two-hour drive, starting on
September q and lasting until Octo-
Der l. 1t was here we had our first
Whit of poisonous gas. In the
trenches we had to stand in water to
us knees, and it rained most of the
time we were there. We went
through wire entangIements and
across No Mans Land to the great
struggle of the war. The Huns had
themselves we'll entrenched with ma
chine guns and snipers, and they put
up strong resistance. We had an OBJ
jective to reach and we pushed on,
and after going through wire, woods
and brush and the hardest kind of
fighting W. not only reached our
point, but went a couple of miles fur.
Their, After this We certainly had the
boche on the run, and from then on
he got no rest. | had my gun shot out
of my hand and | received a flesh
wound and another bullet went
through my gas mask, cutting the
hose"
Charles Ralph Bowling will not be
subject to the indignity of the Jim
Crom in Amber nor in Philadelphia,
but 100, 900 members of his race,
whose homes are in the South, who
went through similar experience on
the Western front, will, when they
return, even before being mustered
out, have to endure such humiliating
experience.
l wish our white people everywhere
would think, and think straight, il
the terms of Justice of race discrim
nation.
While trying to make the world saft
for democracy, we should insist tina
democracy De made safe for thu
world.
Justice, sir, is the greatest inter
est of men on earth Daniel Web
ster. WILMER ATKINSON.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
MAYENNE, FRANCE.

January 10, 1919.
Hon. Nelson c.. Crews,
Editor Kansas City Sun,
18th and Woodland Avenue,
Kansas City, Mo.
Dear Sir:
This brief message is merely to
inform you that we as members of
the A. E. F. and also residents of
Kansas City, Mo-, wish you to know
that we are still among the living
and enjoying the good health of lib
.erty loving American soldiers.
We all can imagine the great re-
joicing there must have been in Kan
sas City on the day the armistice was
signed. We as Negro soldiers feel
proud hat our services here in
France were instrumental in helping
to bring about the c%apitulation of the
German Army. We have been on the
following fronts: Verdun, Cham
payne, Argonne Forest, Vosges and
Alsace-Lorraine, and what we saw
there is indeed too much to write,
but we will certainly tell you all the
entire story once we again get back
to Dear Old Kansas City.
Hoping to see you soon and wishing
you the best of everything the whole
year through, W. remain yours for
success.-Sgt. Johnnie c. Thomas
Sgt. Thomas H. Hogg, Sgt. Tapley
Berger, Sgt. Clifford Lair, Sgt. John
King, Sgt. Dexter Penn, Sgt. join
Lancer, Corp. William Knox, Corp
John Graves, Pvt. George Donel, Pvt,
Carl, Saunders, Pvt. Jack Bonner.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
To the Kansas City Sun,
Kansas City. Missouri.

Kansas City, Missouri.
1t is indeed a ource Of very great
pleasure to me to refer to the attitude
of Hon. Burris A. Jenkins, editor of
the Kansas City Post, in appealing to
the mind of men, to accept his position
on the use of the word Negro" when
referring to one class of citizens in this
great commonwealth, where the truest
and broadcast principles of Christianity
and the fairest principles Of democracy
are supposed to exist. If unfairness or
racial prejudice is encouraged or in
dulged in by a people to carry out a
small thing, no one knows to what eX-
tent it may augment itself. agree
with Mr.. Jenkins that in the sense
this word is used by some, it is in
tended to humiliate and degrade peo.
pie who happen to be of that race.
We therefore commend the brave
and courageous editor of the Post for
his manly stand.
DORSEY GREEN.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08
NOTICE.


1t is hoped that when the
workers for the National Negro
Constitutional ion
League of America call upon
you, you will give them the same
consideration that vas given the
workers for the Red Cross and
other such organizations. as this
is the first time the Negro has
had an opportunity to support a
great and much needed move
ment, organized. fostered and
managed by him exclusively
and one that he is to receive all
the benefits therefrom.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08

Rev. N. t. Walker, pastor Of smison Temple, C. NJ E. Church, and conare
cation choir will be at Bethel mex Sunday It 3 o'clock. Hear them. Prof.
pawIey will be in charge of the Endeavor at Bethel next Sunday. Rev. Daw.
son will preach a special sermon 10 men at Bethel Sunday night February i6
He invites all men to hear this message. Three persons Joined the church last
Sunday. Rev. N. 7. Lane, 3 S, choir and congregation worshipped at Bethel
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1919-02-08

Prof. E. j. Hawkins of the "Y" at
Camp Grant was a pleasant caller at
The Sun office Tuesday. He was. en-
route to his old home at Fort Scott
for a flying visit.