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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
cURFEW MUST NOT RING ON
JOSEPHINE BERRY
October is, 1920!

Do You Know that Josephine Berry
twenty-year-old colored girl, is to be
hanged at the District Jail of the
United States, on October Is, 1920?
Do You Know that a colored woman
has never been hanged in the Nation
al Capital?
Do You Know that this girl is moth.
erless, fatherless, friendless and penni.
less?
Do You Know that she weighs only
seventy pounds, and should the Presi.
dent not changed his mind, iron
weights will have to be hung to her
feet in order to break her neck when
the trap is sprung?
Do You Know that the Hon. John E.
Laskey, United States Attorney, has
recommended that the girls sentence
be commuted?
Do You Know that the trial Justice,
the Hon. Wendell Phillips Stafford,
has also Joined in a petition to save
this girl?
Do You Know that this girl, although
born almost in the shadow of the Capt.
tol can neither read nor write?
Do You Know that she has lived
among the slums all her days, that she
has never had the advantages of any
moral training, and that the only re-
ligious training that she has received
has been given her since she has been
confined in the District Jail?
Do You Know that petitions ought to
this girl?
Do You Know that you ought to join
in sending petition or telegram to
the President?
HARRY L. TIGNOR, Attorney,
494 Louisiana Avenue, N. w.
Washington, D. c.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

BAPTISTS TO MOVE WESTERN COL LEGE TO KANSAS CITY
UNLESS YOU REGISTER YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR PRESIDENT
JEFFs EXTEND THANKS.

] wish to thank the people of the
Greater Kansas Cities for their aid
and assistance. From my humble be.
ginning the people have been wonder.
fully nice and kind. l wish that it
was so that | could personally shake
the hands of every man, woman, and
child in this great commonwealth of
ours. My ambition from childhood
was to become a successful, popular
price lunch man. You have recognized
me for the last year as a leader IN
my line
l have the honor of being invited to
accompany party of white restaurant
men to their convention, listen to
their talks, see their wonderful ex-
hibits and visit the great restaurants
of that wonderful city, Cleveland.
1 leave Kansas City, but leave this
announcement to the general public.
My plan is to help the young Negro
who has had better chance in school
than |. AS fast as | can train boys
and girls l expect to open and equip
lunch rooms placing in charge those
who make good in the home plant
In other words this place at 18th and
Vine shall always be Jeff's Lunch No.
Il, and shall continue to be a school
of instruction.
As soon as Miss Ruth Tandy gets
little more experience and works out
few more of our plans of cost, pro-
duction upkeep and shrinkage of food,
we will open place No. placing some
one who is employed here now in
4 charge.
| We are not saying that we want to
do these things, but we are going to
open two restaurants in the first year
and not less than one a year in the
following years to come. Matt (Worm)
Clark will have charge of the home
place when other changes are made.
This great business is made up of
the following, William (Snow) Haw-
kins, Nicholas Joiner, Matt Clark and
Ruth Tandy. This we consider the
backbone of this organization.
The average man or woman has
never had it brought to their atten-
ton the advantages and opportunities
of what can be accomplished in one
of the oldest lines of business in the
world, feeding the people. Mother
Eve herself started it, Jeff's Lunch
shall hold up and carry on this great
work.
This is an advertisement to encour-
age the young boy and girl with ambi-
tion who is not too proud to start at
the bottom and work up.
If you don't like out line, come to
us and talk to us. There may be some
thing said in our talks that will help
you in your undertaking whatever it
may be.
We wish to thank you again for the
kindness which you have shown US.
We invite you to see us at any time
We have made success and that is
why we invite you.
JEFF'S LUNCH,
1900 Vine.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
Monument to Booker T.

(By the Associated Negro Press)
Tuskegee, Ala, Oct. 1.-The S25, 600
contributed by the Colored people all
over the country following the death
of the late Booker T. Washington.
was raised under the general direction
of DR.. Emmett j. Scott, then serving
as Secretary of the Tuskegee Normal
and Industrial Institute The bronze
figure of the late leader of the Col
ored people, is being made by Charles
keck, student of st Gaudens. who
fashioned the Shaw Monument facing
the State House in Boston, Massachu-
sets, and the famous Lincoln Statue
in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Ill, DR..
Scott's campaign to raise this money
to commemorate his great Chieftain
reached into every section of the
country. 1t will be recalled that a
certificate was issued to each and
every person who contributed toward
the fund.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
ENDORSEMENTS AND TESTl-
MONIALS.
Missourians Demand to Be Shown.
BY ]. Dallas Bowser.

BY ]. Dallas Bowser.
No recent happening in Kansas
| City has meant so much to its Ne
gro population as the refusal of the
Park Board to permit all carnivals in
| future of the character that On sew.
eral occasions operated their various
gambling schemes and devices in the
neighborhood of 18th Street and the
| Paseo. Anyone of these misnamed
educationaP shows comprised all the
vicious influences of Coney Island,
Monte Carlo and Louisiana lottery
long run to beat the game. Besides
the thousands of dollars that were
carried out of the city during an en-
gagement, a carnival was the means
of gathering together from every
quarter of the city hundreds of un-
fessional gamblers to mingle with
the thousands of we'll meaning per-
sons of all ages and conditions who
were tempted to hazard dime or a
dollar for chance to bring home a
chicen, a ham or sack of flour.
The Park Board had been misin-
formed in the past. 1t had labored
under the opinion that the masses
of Colored people hungered for such
demoralizing forms of amusement
When confronted by a delegation of
citizens who Indignantly refused to
endorse these and all other schemes
of graft and luck, the Park Board
acted at once for all time during the
terms of the present membership.
Testimonials are often necessary
guarantee of honesty and sincerity.
A Church member from a distance
wishing to join nearby congrega-
tion brings his letter from his
Mother Church. Such is the proceed
ure also if a member from a secret
lodge desires to attach himself to
an order in another city. Testimon-
ials establish confidence, medicines.
toilet preparations, household con-
veniences are sold upon the same
basis
1t is source of qualification that
the government is looking into many
of the oil lotteries and mining fakes
with which the country is cursed.
The investigation will doubtless elm
mate many companies who have had
no other asset than mule cheek.
Kansas City has the unenviable
reputation of housing more grating
organizations than any City in the
land. If the oil companies in our
midst were required to publish, each,
the names of shareholders or pur-
chasers of stock who have received
dividends from the real flow of oil,
from any real we'll, confidence in
such explorations would be very
greatly strengthened On the other
hand it is a well known fact that the
10 per cent or more dividends that
Thomas or Brown receives, comes out
of the dollar or dollars that Williams
or Jones advanced for the respective
shares, while in turn their own divi-
dends will come out of the pockets |
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
EIGHTEENTH STREET CHICKEN
cooPS MUST BE MOVED.

AT yesterdays meeting of the hos.
pltal and health board at the Water
works building, DIR. William A. Thomp-
kins, superintendent of the Old City
hospital, requested the board to have
all chicken coops removed from Eight.
eenth street. Not that coops are a
temptation to the Negro residents in
the district, but that they give the
street an undesirable and defacing ap-
pearance. The board ordered Dr. E.
H. Bullock, health director, to see that
the chicken coops were removed. Ac-
cording to DR., Thompkins the coops
are owned by produce merchants, with
business houses on Eighteenth street
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

of Thomas, Brown or some other in
vestors. 1t is well that the govern
ment is demanding to be shown. So
are the Missourians of Kansas City:
Let the promoters come forward with
list of actual lucky shareholders.
Otherwise take delegation of reliable
liable citizens down into the oil dis
trict and show it a simon pure, bona
fide flowing well to the property of
the said exhibitors.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
Negro Millionaire Dead

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
West Columbia, Tex, Sept. 29.-
Charles Brown. who died rat his home
here a few days ago at the age of 90
years, was probably the wealthiest,
but one of the most unostentatious
Negroes in the world. He is believed
to have left fortune of considerable
more than a million, some estimates
placing the figure at S2,000,00O.
1t is known that Brown owned at
the time of his death about $500 acres
of land, a considerable part of which
is in the heart of the wonderfully
productive West Columbia oil field,
all under lease. He received an enor-
nous revenue from oil wells under
the one-eighth royalty clause which is
in all the lease contracts. He was
also a successful farmer during his
long life. He leaves family of seven
children and a number Of grandchil.
dren. Although he did not set store
by reckless display of expenditure
of money he was liberal in providing
for his children.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
HON. A. E. MALONE ON STATE
G. o. p. COMMITTEE.

A. E. Malone, 1900 st. Ferdinand
avenue, president Of Poro College, yes.
terday was appointed by State Chair
man J. G. Hughes as member of the
Executive Committee of the RepubIi-
can State Committee. Malone is a
Negro. He was recommended for ap-
pointment by members of the Repub-
hcan city organization Other mem
bers Of the Executive Committee were
announced by Hughes September IA at
the platform meeting at Jefferson City.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
MISSOURI BAPTlSTS PURCHASE
NEW COLLEGE SITE.

Western College, which has been
located at Macon, Mo-, is to have a
new home. The Baptists of the State
have selected and purchased the prop
erty at 21st and Woodland, comprising
six acres, for the new home. 1t is
safely predicted that with the removal
of the college to this splendid loca,
tion, it will grow by leaps and bounds.
The Sun congratulates the Baptists
upon having the foresight to select
such desirable location for their
splendid institution.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
New Insurance Co.

Atlanta, Ga, Sept. 29.-The Grea
Southern Fire Insurance Company {
Negro enterprise, which last June re
ceived its charter from the Secretary
of State of Georgia, and was perma
nently organized last month, will open
for business.
Those in charge of the new com
pany have placed more than 800. .OOC
to their credit with various banks
Following are the officers: W. c.
Thomas, president; J. o. Ross, first
vice-president; H. e. Perry. fourth
vice-president; L. A. Townsley, secre
tary-treasurer.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
AN ANNOUNCEMENT. A

With this issue of The Sun
we enter upon the Gath year of
the existance of this paper and
the 18th year of the present
management. We have had
many difficulties to overcome in
these years, but we have gone
forward step by step and have
never missed an issue.
With our increased facilities
and corps of trained writer's
and workers we hope to give
you a better, brighter and great
journal in the future than we
have in the past.
Gratefully yours,
NELSON c. CREWS.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
THE sun WANTS

good typist. Pleasant hours and rea
sonable salary.
The Sun wants good circulation Man
ager. Must be a hustler.
The Sun wants man to sell papers on
the street. $1,000 OF commission.
Apply in person, 1903 e. 18th st.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
SHOT HUBBY IN THE FOOT.
Chicago Woman Said He Insisted
On crowdIng Her Out Of
Bed.

Chicago, ILL.,. Sept. 20.-Mrs. Bessie
Woods, 1901 South State street, got
tired last week of being pushed out OF
bed every night by her husband, and
shot him in the foot.
Her husband John, she said was a
heavy sleeper and Will. his heavy
frame usually managed to crowd her
out of bed before morning.
Failure to wake him up oy shoot.
ing, she said, she fired off pistol but
the bullet went crooked and hit him
in the foot
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
Chicago Leads

Philadelphia has given way to Chi,
cago as the greatest Negro city in the
world.
Chicago's Afro-American population
is now 10000 of which a good deal
more than half has come in the past
six Years.
In 1910, the United States census
showed that Philadelphia had larg-
er Negro population than any other
city in the country, and that meant
anywhere on earth, but it was less
than 100000.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
AMERICAN WooDMEN's ATTEN.
TlON!

| am pleased to announce that |
was fortunate to win the contest in
collecting rs per cent of the members
assessment for the month of Septem-
ber; one of the largest reports in the
history of the Camp. The $4,000 600
mercantile project that is now being
advocated by the Order, it has be an
decided that members only will be
allowed to take out shares in the cor
poration, and in order to not be self
ish we have secured dispensation,
beginning October 1st, a membership
campaign drive will be launched for
the purpose of securing new members
into the Order, who will have an op,
portunity to buy shares into this great
commercial drive. Every member of
the Order is asked to be a committee
OF one and be responsible for bring
ing in one new member. The fee has
been reduced from $500 TO $500, plus
the medical examination fee When
you secure the applicant, just call me
over the telephone. Bell Clifton 464S, |
Residence, Clifton 1865. | will call inn
Please don't allow your.
self to become unfinancial, waiting for
the Clerk, or some collector to call |
and get your dues. If you don't at
tend meetings the second and fourth
Friday nights at 18th and Grove, Odd
Fellows Hall, you are expected to
call at the office, 1912 East 18th,
and pay your assessments. The office
clerk there will be glad to serve you.
With best wishes, l am
Fraternally,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

school opened registering new stu
dents. Each day furnished it's quota
OF new arrivals and the records on the
first day of the school year showed
that some 1900 students had been en-
rolled. This is the largest opening day
enrolment in the history of the Insti-
tute. Notwithstanding this fact, the
stream of incoming students is yet
steady. Every iota of space will soon
be taken up. 1t is also noticeable thai
many of the new students are qualify:
ing for the advanced classes.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
Negro For Governor

(By the Associated Negro Press.) .
Little Rock, Ark, Sept. BOT. J.
Terral, secretary of state, announced
that the name of ]. H. Blount, Colored,
of Forest City, will appear on the bal.
lot in the November general election
as candidate for governor of Arkan.
sas.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

(By the Associated Negro Press.)
Tuskegee Institute, Oct. 1.-Septem.
Der IA, marked the beginning of the
fortieth session of the Tuskegee Nor.
nal and Industrial Institute. The
Registrar of the Institute and his co.
workers were busy five days before
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

priced by Prof. Steward:
Mr.. T, B. Steward,
Lincoln High School,
18th and Tracy, City.
Dear Mr.. Steward:
This acknowledges receipt of your
request for leave 1t will be present.
ed to our Board at its next meeting
and you can rely upon its accept
ance. l congratulate you on the OPP
portunity for service which the new
position affords. | wish also to con-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

graduate you on the quality of SER
vice which you have rendered in the
Kansas City Schools. We sincerely
regret to lose you but realize that
your duty lies with the larger posi-
tion. If, however, it becomes desir-
able for you to resume your work
here, we shall be glad to have you do
so.
Wishing you abundant success in
your new enterprise, | am
Very truly yours,
|. /. CAMMACK."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

Mrs. Nettie 2. Woods of Chicago is
visiting her uncles, Jas. H., and Mel
SON Crews and their families this
week.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02
Lincoln High School Extension
FREE MONTHLY MUSICALE
=. SUNDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 1920


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S5 9th Locust
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Piano furnished by the w. Sons Music Co
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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1920-10-02

FOR RENT-Two-chair barber shop.
Hot and cold water; $500 per week.
910 E. 18th, End floor.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for
men only. Bell Phone Maple lS57W.
91O E. 18th, End floor.
Cut the high cost of living by buy
ing your meats at National Packing
House Market, 55S Walnut Street.
The Washington times., 1920-11-14
GOLD RESERVES SHOW
INCREASE OF 100000

Net liquidation Of $50 600. 600 OF dis
counted and purchased bills accom-
panied by reductions of $50. 100 900 in
net deposits and S25. zoo, 900 in Fed
eral Reserve note circulation. are re-
ported in the weekly statement OF
the Federal Reserve Board. issued
last night
Gold reserves show a gain Of about
$4,000 total cash reserves, in
creased by 10000. 900. while the
banks reserve ratio shows rise
from Al to 43.6 per cent.
The Washington times., 1920-11-14
LOTS OF FLOOR OUTLETS
NEEDED IN HOMES NOW

Too many people when buying or
boiiding homes fail 20 remainder that
the use OF electricity 10 growing by
such leaps and bounds that one floor
plug in each room will not be suffi-
cisnt. Nov q great many are vistusl-
ly q necessity.
In the living room. for, instance,
where reading Tampa. and table lamps.
and piano lamps have q way OF find
ing shelter, there really should be
four. one In each corner. They are
quite inconspicuous. while they add
much 10 comfort. as well IS doing
away with the dissgrseabie possibility
OF having some time 20 draw wire
down from q light overhead TO use
new fixture. In the ordinary home.
at least two lamps are sure TO be
found. That makes two floor plugs.
II there is q piano. . third IL needed,
or will be needed eventually, for piano
lamps are quite q boon 20 the player.
In the dining room there should be
plugs for toaster, percolstor. and waf-
fIe iron, on grill. The kitchen needs
outlets for the iron. ironing machine
dishw asher, and so on. The bed
rooms need them for lamps, cleaners
and perhaps q curling iron or vibra-
tor. And so on, indefinitely through
out the house.
The Washington times., 1920-11-14
FIRST ELECTRIC TRADE
( SHIP SCORES IN TESTS

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE steam
ship Cuba. the frst Enthusiastically
propelled merchant ship. completed
her trial trip yesterday to Sandy
Hook and return. IL averaged 1I.2
knots an hour and withstood all tests.
The ships machinery was reversed
from full speed ahead - a dead stop
In two and q half seconds. and from
full speed the vessel came TO a full
stop. In 40 seconds. while she went
from full speed ahead to full speed
astern In seven and a half seconds.
The time now required for bringing
ship to a full stop requires four
TO ten minutes seamen say.
The Washington times., 1920-11-14
DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
WITH THIS EGG COOKER

Z Most people have very dennite
ideas about how. they like their eggs
boiled. And most Of them get them
done sny old way. for the usuAi
method of boiling eggss makes ~
almost impossible TO get them right
every time. StiIl there, is q wey.
There Is q small egg boiler on the
market that 10 a wizard In the mat
ter OF always cooking the eggs the
way they are wanted. IL cooks Them
by steam, and when the eggs are
done. It turns the current on. The
process Is really very simple. A
small quantity of water 10 placed "
the bottom OF the cooker and tho
current turned on. The secret lies
In measuring the water. There is q
small tube for this purpose that
comes with the boiler. and when the
same amount Is always used. the eggs
are always cooked to the same degree
of 6rmness.
And the mystery lies simply in the
fact that the water, being very little
in quantity. cooks up and evaporates.
The instant that II IL all gone the
current turns off-for the connection Is
broken--and the eggs are done. II
they are too soft the nrst time,
little more water should be used when
they are wanted again. IL vice versa,
little less. Once the exact amount
of water Is determined to get the
eggs just right. they'll be right till
kingdom come. II the water Ii always
measured. Simple, isn't 1t?
The Washington times., 1920-11-14
Drudse,y n Kitche,, 4.
| Made Mere Memory. y.
/ By Electric Ranges

ranges on the market. and each one
can do all that NJ" promised for lit.
The big ranges,areithe most wonder
full. .hawever. for the way they, take
care OF things makes them seem al
most uncanny. One model that seems
to be especially efficient has three
places on top whore food can be
cooked in -the. usual way. except fpr,
the fact that II provides three differ
ent degrees of heat. II has q double
oven, with q broiler. equipped with
An automatic feature, so that the
dinner can be placed within a at any
time, and the oven turned on at the
proper hour. IShas also an arrange
ment In the front that takes care Of
the amount of heat, and sees that. the
oven gets neither too hot nor too
cold. .,.st..r.,s +. 5,
Under this. but not low. for the
whole stove IL hugh enough. TO be
and to cell for no stoop-
ing, except when something Is want
ed from the shelf underneath. Is a nre-
less cooker compartment.
. Everything can be regulated by the
mere turning of a switch, There Ii
no dirt. no high flame to discolor
pots, and pans. no chance of burning
food, no ashes. no hampers. no hot
oven pouring out half It's heat into
the kitchen. In short there Is no
annoyance Whatsoever. only absolute
efficiency in preparing food.
The Washington times., 1920-11-14
PASSPORTS ISSUED BY
U. S. SHOW Big INCREASE

More passports were issued In the
fArst ten months OF this year to Ameri-
cans travelling abroad than In any
full year heretofore In the history OF
the state. Department. IL was an
Lounced yesterday. From January I
to October 81, 142,7S0 passports were
issued. For the month Of October the
department approved 1862.
During the eight years from 1912
to 1919. inclusive. the average yearly
number OF passports was 34.242. The
year 1919 showed a tremendous in
crease in travel. 97.S52 passports be-
ing issued, an Increase OF 1913 per
cent over the yearly average OF the
previous seven yeffs.
The Washington times., 1920-11-14
STEVEDORES END STRIKE.

VERA CRUZ, Nov. 1.-THE strik-
ing stevedores yesterday afternoon
signed an agreement with the Mer
chants Association to return to work
Monday morning. There are twenty.
three foreign steamships in the har
Dor waiting to be unloaded.