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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-01-09
Y. W. 9. a. NOTES.
NoTICE.

All members OF all committees are
urgently requested to meet next Thurs
day at 1880 p. m. at the center, 1872
Tenth street.
In behalf Of the national Y. w. @. a..
and Y. M. G.. A. student secretaries and
the local ~. Nv. @. "A. and Y. M. G. A..
centers we wish to. thank the citizens
of Des Moines for the splendid spirit
manifested in the way they SO royalty
entertained the student volunteer con-
vention guests. We are sure from the
expressions coming from guests as they
were departing many happy hours were
spent and friendships begun. Virginia
Robinson, exec. secretary, Tenth street
center, Y. w. G. A; Ernest Robinson,
exec. secretary, Crocker street branch,
y. M. G. IA.
Girl reserve leaders take notice: The
Tenth street Y. w. G. A. center is now
ready for you and3you groups. It is the
desire of the girl g work committee and
the secretary that all leaders will call
their groups together for regular meet
ings.
& The Glad Girls will meet Saturday
afternoon, also the Sunset Girls. Their
slogan is To face life squarely;"
their purnose is ssTo find and give the
best. - Misses Helen Hudson and Marie
James, leaders.
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speed. More than fifty persons were
present. Supt. q. @. Thornburg spoke
more than thirty minutes on g The Pos
sibilities of a Religious Institute.n His
talk was instructive and helpful from
beginning to end. Facts we seldom
dream of, dormant powers within us
which we are unconscious of, and mis-
directed energies were all so definitely
and concisely put before US that we
were stirred to vaulting ambitions for
our great tasks. When he had finished
his.talk twenty-five or more new mem
bers enrolled.
The departmental study period was
omitted and instead the leaders Of each
department. was allowed to give his or
her outline Of study. When this was
over we again settled ourselves in our
seats and for the next thirty minutes
listened to very constructive lecture
given by DR.. n. E. king on THE Life
of Christ. = A general analysis Of the
life Of Christ as given in the four gos-
pels was given, showing how they
varied somewhat in version yet giving
out precisely the same facts concerning
the Christ.
Schedule. for next Monday as fol
lows: 80 to 8 lecture. ssThe Teach
er, His Training, His Teacing.' Judge
Hubert Utterback. s to $40 depart
mental study. $40 to 9:2O lecture,
s. The History of the Jewish People, =
by DR.. +. j. Jones.
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PARIS, MO. NEWS.
(By Tom House.

Mrs. Britton, Mr.. Frank Shoats, Mr..
jim Shoats and Mr.. Will Shoats all
from Galesburg, Ill.,, made their sister,
Mrs. Maggie Coleman a visit.
Mrs. Julia Moore came down from
Moberly, Mo-, visiting Mrs. Maggie
Coleman. NJ s$
Prof. T. B. Bussis has returned home
from Macon. City, Mo-, saying he had
a grand time in Macon City and
Browville, Mo-, visiting his sister.
IS The Baptist ladies had leap year
supper, the ladies taking the nen..EAd-
mission was IS cents couple.
4 Mr.. Elliott Ripper and wife Lucinda
Ripper have a newc omer in the fam
ily. He arrived Dec. 20. Grandma
Watts thinks he is bag Of gold.3
5s Miss Bertha Jackson Of Detroit,
Mich, was in Paris on busine ess She
took the two little girls back with her,
She says Detroit is booming. 81 4
Charley Moore and wife are doing
well there.
Mr.. Alfred Jackson was real poorly
two days ago and is q little better ter
now
MI. Lloyd Beachchamp IS thinking
lof moving to Kansas City, Mo-, in the
Prof. T. b. Burris is thinking of
near future. 3. a
starting a laundry in the near future.
He sold over $500 worth OF, water
me, IONS last summer.
2 The Syndicate club held it's regular
business meeting last Wednesday eve
ming at the club rooms. Every mem men
- .f=.xlF l-saS y f1N
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Chaplain Robb and Negro Student Dele
gates Speak ct Exercises,

Four Of the most distinguished Negro
delegates at the Student Volunteer con-
vention were honor guests and speakers
at the celebration at the fifty seventh
anniversary Of the. emancipation procla-
matien by Des Moines colored people at
the Corinthian Baptist church last night.
They were w. G. Craver, international
secretary Of the student board Of for
eign missions; g. II. Tobias, senior sec
'retary Of the board Max Yergan, mis-
sionary worker in India, and the Rev.
DR.. Graham.
Chaplain Winfred E. Robb Of the One
Hundred Sixty y-eighth infantry, who
gave the principal addresses, spoke on
the war and illustrated his lecture with
stereopticon views Of battle, scenes.
Musical numbers were given by Ethey
Bowler, Carroll Curtley and Mildred
Griffith. The program was presented
under the auspices Of the Des Moines
branch Of the National Association. for
the Advancement Of Colored People.
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CouNcIL BLUFFs NEWS.

Rev. j. p. Jackson, pastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist church, reporting
good services all day Sunday. Morning 6
and evening. All meetings well at
tended. Rev. NJ. D. Johnson, pastor
Of the Buelah Baptist church. had meet
ing all day Sunday. Rev. Griffith Of
Omaha preached at IL o'clock Sunday
morning. The Mission circle had pray
er meeting Thursday night at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bush, it was well at
tended
Sunday was great day at Bethel,
pastor preached morning and evening.
Morning text, Exodus first chapter and
part Of the tenth verse: Come on,
let; us deal wisely with them. Subject,
A new Pharoah arising. Text at night
from Acts 8 chapter and a part OF the
80 verse, Understandest, thou what
thou readest. Subject, a black man. A
spiritual meeting enjoyed by all.
Mrs. E. III. Madison, superintendent
Of the Sunday school is doing a great
work with her young people. Mrs. W.
G. Garter, president Of the Christian en-
deavor is doing work as never before
with the young people. They all love
her. Mrs. Alice Davis is president OF
the choir. The choir will meet over Fri.
day night. Mrs. Davis is bringing the
choir out as never before. They are
getting all new songs, and are making
wonderful progress in their singing
Mrs II. v. Besse is still the pianist ana
is loved by all.
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The Student Volunteers have gone.
All night Sunday special trains were
pulling out Of the downtown railroad
stations, carrying back to their homes
and their colleges nearly 5000 young
men and women who, in their conven-
tion here, dedicated their lives to the
work Of evangelizing the world, and
heard religious leaedrs and returned ms
sionaries from all parts of, the earth re-
new the call that comes from the dark
continents for educators, healers and
preachers.
It was q feeling farewell the stu
dents caves Des Moines, and it was a
heartfelt Godspesd the city gave to its
departing guests. The stations were
|overcrowded with delegates looking for
Of the churches and homes were not pre-
cnowd-to tell them good-by.
Recalls War Days.
And when the long trains crawled
from the light Of the stations into the
night the first thought was Of the de-
parture Of America g soldier men in war
time. For each car side was hidden by
the crowds saying last words to the stu
dents, and the putting of the engines
was lost in the calling ofsfarewells.
By noon Monday probably every dele
gate will have left the city. The execu-
tive heads will remain for several days
winding up the affairs of the conven-
tion.
1t was solemn gathering that filed
the Coliseum for the meeting Sunday
night. At DR.. Mott called the quiet
assembly to order, and after the opening
services and prayer, read kilograms
from missionaries in other countries. He
called on the volunteers to carry witls
them from Des Moines the promise Of
world redeemed by service.
Three native Africans in Des Moines
to attend the Student Volunteer con-
vention, were speakers at an African
conference in st. Paul 8 African Metho-
dist church Sunday afternoon.
The Rev. Isaac Steady. Jr., student in
the theological school of Yale university,
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VolSateers for missionary work were
called for at the meeting of colored dele
gstea to the student Volunteer conven-
tioA held Thursday afternoon at st.
Paal,s African Methodist Episcopal
chnech. students responded to the call
sat the special meeting held at st. Paul g
church Tuesday 1t 1880 p. m.
Special problems of the colored mis-
sionary workers were discussed at the
meeting and prominent colored leaders
present for the convention spoke.
Possibilities in Africa as mission
sAead wero esaphasized and announce
meDt was made that Max Yergen will
De AeAt TO Africa as. special represen-
tatiye Of the British Y. M. G. IA.
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Prof. Carver's 5 Peanut
Milk Superior to Cows

Washington, d. G. Jan. 9.-The nutri.
.tion experts of the department of agri-
culture await with interest the publica-
tion Of the method whereby Prof G w.
Carver, colored Of Tuskegee institute,
claims to have produced from peanuts
a milk that is q good substitute for
COW 8 milk.
1 They say that this may very well be
true, inasmuch rs the peanut contains
all the requisite elements including
Z protein Of superior and highly di-
gestible kind. e
Milk is a perfect food, y one could
live on it for a long time. The same
is at least measurable true Of peanuts
Already we have peanut butter, the pro-
duction of which nowadays is enormous.
Why not peanut milkf
\ It is merely question of finding out
how to make il Prof. Carver claims to
have solved the problem. He says that
his peanut milk is exceedingly whole
some and can be made at cost much
less than that Of COW 3 milk, which it
closely resembles. AT present he is con-
tinuing his experiments to determine the
keeping and cooking qualities Of his
product.
Cow q milk is SO per cent water, A
per cent fat, Az per cent sugar and
3h per cent protein. Prof. Carver s task
has been not only to make milk from
peanuts but to reproduce as nearly as
possible these proportions Of the essen
tial ingredients.
Prof Carver. who is graduate Of the
University Of Iowa, was considered by
the secretary Of agriculture under the
Mckinley, Roosevelt and Taft admins
tration as one Of the greatest agricnl-
tural chemist in the country Free
man.
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Seek Colored Workors for Africa at
Convention.

Claiming II. Tobias, senior secretary
for colored missionary work, presided
at the meeting. The following speak
ers were called upon: Kenneth Saun-
ders Of Cambridge university, England; !;
IA. A. Graham Of Hampton institute;
Max Yergen, formerly 7. M. G.. A.. secre-
tary to British East Africa; William
ay Schiffellein of the international COM
mittee Of the, Y. M. G. a.; Miss Bertha
Conde, senior student secretary Of the
Y. M. C. A.; Miss Caroline BOND, stu
dent secretary in colored schools; W. H.
Tinker, international secretary Of the
middle Atlantic states, and Z. G. Steady
an African student from Stevedore
Leone, now attending Yale university.
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MRS. MARY B. TALBERT, BUFFALO,
NEW YORK RACE IS FOREMOST
CLUB WOMAN TO VISIT CITY.

All of Des MOines will be pleased to
learn that Mrs. Mary B. Talbert, pres
s.idsnt Of the National Association Of
fColored women and member Of the exc
scutive committee Of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of Colored
people, who just recently returned from
overseas where she served our men in
uniform undr the direction Of the Ma
;tional War Work Council OF the Young
Mems Christian association, will visit
our city on Tuesday Jan. 90 and in Or
der t,s.ss proper appreciation may be
shown to this great woman, who is
one Of the most pleasing orators on the
platform today, Mrs. s. Joe Brown,
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments requests that the president OF
every club or other race organi cation in
the city meet her at her husband 3 Office
over SIS Mulberry street on Saturday,
Jan. 10 at q p. m. to perfect plans for
the entertainment Of this our distin-
guished guest.
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colored press has become real pal

colored press has become real pal
ladiums.
( But even with the reliance now placed
in the colOred press by the race, for de-
.fense, justice and exploitation, as well
as for information, the press does NOT
today command the support it deserves
at the hands Of the race.
Far too many colored business man,
!. hiding their light under bushel, =
cling to the provincial methods Of doing
business fail to advertise, and in fail
ing to advertise withhold proper support
from newspapers that are, almost week
ly, contributing printers ink and news
paper space, gratuitously to them. If
the cloored newspaper followed Sis Hop
kins advice Ain t gOin to do nuth-
in for nobody what don t do nuthin
for me there would be many colored
organizations, fraternal and social,
many a colored business man, and many
"a colored professional man, and many
an aspiring man and woman whose name
would never appear in public print.
Now that we are in the new year Of
1920 it might be well for the race to
make an invoice to discover how very
much it is indebted to the 'colored press,
and resolve, that since for ffty-two
weeks in the year-regardless Of the
high cost Of paper and other requisites
entering into the publication of. news
paper-its colored newspapers had un-
compromisingly, .unself fishly, and deyot-
edly exploited, defended and championed
IT. caus2, and see to it that the colored
press shall never have reason to be in
cIined to do as Sis Hopkins suggested
do nut hin , tor nabOd y hat don Y do
fiit1lin for me. y, =, e q
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Der was urged to visit the two sick
members: Mr.. Jenkins Hunter, 952
Fourteenth street place and Mr.. Joe
Brown, Thirty-first and Grand avenue.
The club wishes to announce their
dance Of Saturday night, Jan. 10 at the
Army club. Everybody welcome e.s
The s. G. Basketball team is ready
and going. at top speed.
They challenge every amateur team.
For engagements call Mr.. "A. B. Blag-
burn, Drake IA. The s. G. team will
play the Roadside Settlement Friday,
Jan. 8 at the Army club.
Watch this paper for teams pictures.
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Nine Colored Soldiers
Lynched in 1919

New York, Jan. 9.The National As
sociation for the. Advancement of Col
ored People, 20 Fifth avenue, New York,
today published q statement showing
that nine colored ex-soldiers had been
lynched in the United States during
1919. OF the nine, two were burned to
death, two were hanged, four were shot
and one was beaten.
One Of the colored soldier was shot
to death because he did not turn out
of the road soon enough for passing
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Mrs. WIN Williams was sindisposed

~ -. -
s Mrs. Will Williams was indisposed
last week. ss 45
Mr.. Rupert Rice left Sunday night
for his home in Muscatine.
The King 3 Daug ghters kept open
doors New Year IS day at the church!
It was decided success.
Watch meeting was fttingly observed
at the Second Baptist church.
Mothers. Council met with Mrs. y.
Handy Wednesday. A very interesting
time was had.
Mr.. Ed Reescer left Sunday night
for Chicago to visit his brother, Will.
Miss Eta Seavy has returned from
her holiday vacation and entered q.
VIC.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Bramble left Tues
day evening for an indefinite stay in
Chicago.
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II. X. A "a. p. 16EETINa.

The regular monthly board meeting
of the N. A. "a. g. II. was held Tuesday
Tuesday night Jan. 6 at the home OF
Attorney 81. Joe Brown, 1858 fifth
stfeet. The meetings committee gave a
report on the emancipation meeting AMI
announced the Lincoln Douglas meeting
for Feb. Il at which time the Rev. J..
Rowland Hanson of the First Baptist
church will speak on Lincoln and Mr..
Ernest Robinson, secretary Of the Crock
er Street Branch - Y - will speak on
Douglass. Other features and the place
will be announced later.
Mrs. s. Joe Brown was put on the
educational committed in the place made
vacant by the removal from the city Of
Mrs r. a. Dobson. They are planning
to make report of the survey made
OF the schools and colleges Of the city
and state TO ascertain the number of
colOred students enrolled. 5
@ Resolutions were adopted urging each
member to attend the board meeting
ON Jan. 20 at which time plans will be
made for the coming Of Mrs. Mary B.
sTolbert
Tie membership committee Of which
Mrs f. r. Hall is chairman, reports
sixteen new IA members and renewals
among whom are George w. CLARK, for
mer governor; Hon y. b. Weaver, rep
resentative from Polk county; George
B. Hepburn, county attorney; w. z.
Harding, governor Of Iowa; Gertrude p.
Rush, attorney. ..s.
The next board meeting will be held
Feb. 3 at the new Y. M C.t "A. quar-
ters on Ninth street.
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est Indians Seize and
Hold { Capital 3 Day.


Tsiaidad, B. w. T., Jan. Following
4abos and other disturbances here, two
men were killed and several others were
Nounded when the police fred upon a
gTO1p of strikers According to adj
vices given out, the natives have been
inceused BY series of injustices per-
ptrated against them officially and semi
onlcS Ally. The steamship companies are
aald 10 have instituted q rule curtailing
emi&ration from the island. Returned
soldiers are said to be esexperiencing con-
sidesable difdculty in obtaining employ
ment They complain that vacancies in
ne government service eare filled by
4 men brought from England although
tntned soldiers who are competent to
fill the posi- The cost Of living
here - il al parts Of the world, has
beeA rapidly rising and the laborers
n /; have beea demanding increased pay for
i their seryiees In order to NEST the high
|, cost of living. Failing to have their de-
many1s let, strike OF the stevedores
y 49, declared. Rioting seusued. The DO
fstice were ordered To IRE upUn the afffk.
en-. It 10 ciaimed. AT tie same time
retufneds soldiers and laborers on the
y Island Of Tobago, twenty miles from
lllnSdad, were strongly voicing the pro-,
5 test against existing conditions there
slmllar II nature to the Trinidad dis.
turbances. Government buildings in
Port Of Spain, the capital .of the island,
were stormed by the soldiers and strik.5
ers and held for three days against the
attack Of the police and the constab-
ularp. Seamen from the British ship
Calcutta were landed and restored order.
he leader Of the strikers is said to be
= 'Anon & the killed Disturbances have
bsIded in Port-of- Spain, but the coun-
districts are still in turmoil, it is said.
". sreased wages have been granted the
= kers and settlement of the diff
W. gpes aces complained Of promised. "A num-
lSphA Of men have been arrested charged
BOO anaa.
Atns ln
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a. II. 9. ELECTION.

-
The King Solomon. guild of the Hero.
ines Of the Templar Crusades, the re.
Gently organized ladies auxiliary OF
King Solomon commandery Of Knights
Templar held their first annual election
at North Star Masonic temple, last Fri
day evening, at the conclusion Of which
Sir S. Joe Brown, assistant grand royal
advisor, assisted by Princess Jessye =:
McClain, grand second lieutenant OF
Illinois and Iowa, installed the follow
ing officers elected for the ensuing
year: }.,s,f ssfsllss ssS q; S3
Princess Anna F. Cousin, captain
Princess Henrietta Graves, frst lieuten-
ant; Princess Addie NJ. French, second
lieutenant, Princess Izelia Robinson,
commissary; Princess Emma Waller, W. l,
treasurer and Princess Villa Booker,
secretary, and Sir Gus Watkins, royal
advisor. .
The newly elected captain, appointed
the following: Princess Emma May
weather, chaplain; Princess Mary Carl,
cross bearer; Princess Marie Roach, as
sistant commissary; Princess Sarah
Wells, organist; Princess Matte Woods
musical director; Princess Roxanna
white, assistant secretary Princess
Mary J. jackson, inner sentinel and Sir
Cloud Carr, outer sentinel.
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PROTEST. AGAINST PROPOsED
SEPARATE SCHOOLS

Cincinnati, jan. 9P Protests against
the plan to build a new Harriet Beech
er Stowe school exclusively for colored
children at Seventh and Cutter streets
were lodged with board with the board
of education at its mesting by large
delegation Of colored citizens. They
contended that the segregation of the
races was in conflict with the state laws,
and urged that white and colored chill
dren be permitted to attend the schools
generally Member James g. Fisk of
the board, spoke in favor Of sustaining
their position. The board took the mat
ter under advisement. Associated Ne
gro Press.
q Charleston, w. W, Jan. Governor
Cornwall sent telegram to G. Cahpin,
prosecuting attorney Of Logan county,
requesting him to obtain a special term
of the Logan county court, and special
grand jury to investigate the eircum-
stances attending the lynching of E. D..
Whitefeld and Early Whitney, at Chap
mansville, w. v.
The Petit Partisan, Prominent French,
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Real tatebargaiins

Lot 5Ox15O. Specials all in and paid.
Level Lot. Shade trees. $50 down and
$40 per month. .
10 Room house. Modern except fur
mace. Corner lot. $4O0 down. Balance
like rent.
Seven room house, strictly modern.
5000 dowd, Terms.
James B rlOrris
Phone w 718 GOT Walnut ST,
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Two Million Colored
Americans to France


= 4 Z y.
Paris, France, Jan. 9.The Petit
Partisan, the foremost journal published
in France, recently said editorially:
- With 3,000,0 men lost in the war,
France is poor in man power. We need
2, 900 900 men to help in the reconstrne-
tion Of France. The only country that
can supply that man rower is the Amer
lean colored people. The colored Ameri-
cans are very much dissatisfied and
there is much unrest among them on ac-
count of the way they are treated by
white Americans. In some parts Of
America black men are lynched every
day. In France they are treated the
same as any other Frenchman. In our
hotels and all other places there is no
Let the French appeal
for 1900. 900 colored Americans to help
build up France. $ sa
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e. TR ENG SENDS $50 FOR
Resi- pLD NEaRoEs OF 1.AcLEDE
$rAsa D,ah. ~ Mayor to Distribute Money to
8 lem as Christmas Gift.

75ss 2s Mo-, Jan. 9.-Christmas
IN {ayor 3. B. Allen received a
sa#5$ ID ~ Gen. John j. Pershing in
DON0 inclosed the generals per-
a - n for $3.50, with the request
n ~ IS. 3, distributed as Christmas
NssetS g 04 nor old Negroes Of the town,
Ito those who worked for the
Specia1 family when they lived in
- 8 y ing paragraph Of the letter
OPEN AEannot tell you how much
. Id the day, nor how much
Eurnished S 8 for the cordial RECEIPT ion
/. 49, "A people Of Laclede have exs
he and other members Of the
JOHN BOYsis something we will always
hnd you may be sure that
Il Il llO4 "a visit Laclede at my first
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