Kansas City Advocate from Kansas City, Kansas • 1

VOLUME FIVE. TWELVE MONTHS, $1.50. KANSAS CITY, KANSAS, FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919. THOS. KENNEDY, PUBLISHER.

NUMBER 40. FREE MATINEE at The Milor Saturday; KANSAS -LL I I -LL. OOOOOOO 0000000 JV1IDNIGHT IS WITH BOSTON AND THE BOSTON B. BEANS KNIGHTS HAVE A MAMMOTH CROWD ANNUAL SERMON thought you were in the land of the lonesome. That does not compare, to being in a place which shows evidence of at once upon a time being thickly populated cultivated fields, but which is now torn and me as as he would a bishop.

I was soon up stairs and met Bishop I. N. Ross, who' has charge of West Africa," the Rev. Mr. Sydes, presiding elder of the district, and another little yellow man whose name I do not recall.

Bishop Ross was up to 0 I LUSTRATED ERMON 0 'With Moving Pictures 0 DAVID AND JONOTHAN 0 SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 11TH 0 at 0 FIRST A. M. E. CHURCH 0 By Rev. J.

F. Griffin, Pastor 0 FREE FREE I i Boston. Mass, Evftr sWp have' Ibeen in the world I have heard them alk about Boston and Boston baked beans, but I have had my full of them, and then I have looked' and looked until the people up here thought I was 'crazy or was about to look my fool brains out, and I don't blame them, for I have been SOing some and seeing' some. When it comes to this seeing business then you will attract attention. I Of course no one mistook me for a' German spy, for I am not made right, I remained' in the run too long and got sun scorched, hence I am fVi ii jujii ciii Preacn oumuty mvmmS.

ui, oyuo -i- o. tv i jt propped in and I was there to be wlth the other gentlemen Soon dinner was seW and I went ut m.the street wfMr. Allen, showvf me arounf Bst(m to say he went to do the shopping or his wife, and I went along. They have. some.

matrk.et Bostor11' anJ Juf bf thef'. Yo eJ llke shoutmg right out in church; and 1 blame 3' Tnei AVC went over to the home of Mr. Allen and met his wife, and from there over to Mr. and Mrs. Payne aT1i 1 keP UP so much noise in and around on the streets until Mr.

Al 1 a. en got asnameu 01 me aim wuuw have turned me over to a policeman, but I get still. You see so much in Boston, and when you get full of beans you are cerainly active. I went to several bean stations and got my full. Ihey nave a Dig open iieia there thgy call Boston Commons, and ycu can sit around there as long as you like, and even take a little nap if you are not sleepy, and they do not bother you there.

They tell me this was established away back in revolutionary imse. I 123456 1234 revolutionary times. I don't know what that means, but they say that at one time British soldiers occupied thaK place in order to make the Americans good" children. Whether this is true or not you will have to ask some one else. 4 I saw a great big high monument and they said it was erected to Crispus Attacks.

They tell me that Attucks said to a lot of white men and black men, "Let us whip the -levii out; oi tnem soioiers, ana wmie he did not have a gun, he got clubs! ana sxartea to peiiorni wie uk when they shot him down, hence he was the first to give his life, for the mrnhcod rights of all Americans. I didn't know that. Is it in the his- pry books? They, carried me down and showed me the spot where Attacks fell, and I got down on my knres and began to pray aloud. I had my eyes closed and when I It tnankmg uod tnat my people naa given somemmg x0 civnizauoxi that Boston recognized it I think i "i i viecii.cu auuusx oeyona recognnion. The cities are only a mass of ruins; whole towns of what seemed to be some five thousand inhabitants and up destroyed and wrecked until there is not a wall standing much over the height of a man.

The city of Verdun has not a single house that did not receive some kind of a token of German marksmanship, most of them are torn and rent until there are very few places which one finds dry enough to sleep. Another thing which I think is of most interest is the underground citadel of Verdun. Tis fortress is all underground as near as I can describe The fort is a large hill tunneled, in from all direction until it is like a honeycomb. The entrances are guarded by a moat which surrounded the citadel. Also at each gate there is a drawbridge which can be drawn up and just behino) the first gate is a heavy porticullis which can dropped by slight effort.

There are some- of" these things which remain of the ancients, but now along at the sides of the gate one with sharp eyes can see slits through, which, if you were able to penetrate darknes you would see barrel after barrel, which belongs to the latest rapid irers, which along with the disapearing guns are what helped keep the Germans out bf the city. This citadel is said to be capable of holding many thousands of people and food enough to ration them for a year or more, Most of tne maie popuianon oi veruun spem, many months this fortress at the, begmning of the war. It was here, that the French soldiers used to come from the outer defenses: to rest and sleep. It is more like a little city. You can find most anything you inside; all kinds of shops, bakeries and markets, churches, libraries and recreation halls.

-r 1 The streets have electric lights and what seems to be a street car line vat first sight, but on further notice turns cut to be a small rail line on which food and ammunition is transported from different parts of the citadel. These same little, tracks run here, there and everywhere on the surface for miles around the city. They were used fto carry shells to the ar- all that goes to make up my race -and I have no apology for being Whose' business is it God made me and gave the coloring amd it is my color. I am proud of it Ijecause it will neither run nor rub, hut iust the same thine all the time.i Getting around in this big town is wonderful thing to start with, because you geft on a street car, and it darts under the ground and runs like it is crazy for a while, then it darts up, and shoots way up, in the sur- on stilts and runs up there for a while, and so many -changes made unitil I just had to cry out on the street, "Where in the devil is I anyway?" Some of the streets are so narrow until I just had to ask people to stand aside and let my stomach get by and then they woul look at me like they thought I was some Tdnd of a circus. You see I had been in Washington and met the Executive Committee of, rihe National Race Conference, and when I got -through with them, ,1 for this place.

I got in a l)ed car riding in -it from Washington to New York, I had what they called "Lower three." What that means I do not know, but I do knowj vfMiTYiino- and mirnnedr 1 out of bed in mv night shirt nd-be a fc a hieve my soul I would have jlimped fT the train, had not it been that the cicors were fastened and I could not Set them open. I dreamed that Old 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ENDOWMENT BOARD. MEETS WORTHY G. C. The Endowment Board of the Grand body of the Sunflower Court of Calanthe held an executive session last Saturday at the home of the Worth Grand Councejlor, Mrs.

No-rene Davis, 1116 Washington Boulevard It was found this department was in splendid condition and the Worthy Councellor was greatly pleased with board's report. Those who attended were Mrs. L. J. Bor- don, secretary Mrs.

E. M. Roberts treasurer; and Attorney James who attended were Mrs. L. J.

Gor- don remained over Sunday to the Annual, Thanksgiving sermon. K. OF P. DRILL AND PROGRAM Company U. R.

eave an exhibition drill and musical-literary program with the clubs of Eighth Street Baptist church at M. O. hall and took in over $147 at- the door. Xhe following rendered selections: i Reading, Flossy Cotten, Vocal solo, Miss Stewart; deserbed an encore. By special request Mrs.

M. C. Matthews read a poem. Vocal solo, Dr Radford; very good. Remarks, Mr.

Walter Meeks. i Vocal solo, "Dreaming," Mrs. JN. Davis; good I Miss O. Scott was the pianist.

The drill received much applause on s)me of their maneuvers. Te hall was packed to its ac and it is thought over $200 was cleared. Jackson sold tickets and received do- nations of $64 and received $5, the first prize, The originator of the exchange of programs between the Lawrence Sunday Forum and Citizens Forum, Kansas City, Kansas was elated over Nick was after me, and I was run- reicned amen 1 was wen to get out of his way. The "re- ed with people. I told them I was 0 0000000 A.

M. E. FOREIGN MISSION BOARD IS IN IT FOR CHRIST New York. "The African Metho dist Episcopal church must do its part in taking this world for declared Dr. J.

W. Rankin, Mission ary Secretary 0f the African Metho dist church, in making his report to the Board of Missions, April 30, as sembly room in Bible House. The following members of the Board were present. Bishop Albert Johnson, Philadelphia, chairman; "RisVrTVa cxk i CC, CLOU llLKZf Charles S. Smith, Detroit.

Mich, presidents; Edward H. Hunter recording secretary; Revs. R. Wil liams, Philadelphia; E. H.

Hunter, Portsmouth, R. Downs, Springfiled, Ohio; J. P. Wallace, Richmond, C. Buren, St.

Joseph, W. O. P. Sherman, D. H.

Johnson, Fitzgerald, C' E. Bi-ooks, Hamond, H. N. New some. Selima.

Ala C. W. Abinonn Dallas. Texas: S. A.

Harris. Cnr-on. Fla; C. R. Tucker, E.

Allen Detroit, Mrs, Mary Handy, Baltimore, and Mrs Simmons, Charleston, S. C. Bishop John Hurst conducted the opening, and following the introduc- tion of visitors, Dr. J. W.

Rankin made his annual report, touching every- phase of missionary. the African E. church, at home and abroad. He siad that" it 'had been a arduous task to keen the for- eign mission field alive. "More significant that actual achi- evements is the daring' character of movements launched during the year for uture frealization.

It is as if the war had stirred the imagination and nas auopteu program which nims nt. $80,000,000 rt hft secured in connection with its centennial move ment during the next five years for its missionary work at home and abroad. The Methodist Episcopal church, south, ratified the plans for raising $35,000,000 for the centenary offering of the church. The South- this point he appealed to his own ehurch end race to increase their contribution to missions. He spoke of the Home Mission, and the For- eign mission fields their needs and expressed thanks to the various dis- tricts, conferences, and other sionary agencies that had contributed so largely to the missionary work already.

He reported that tne re ceipts of his department had been: brought forward, total, $62.520 70; expenditures, balance $3,016,57. CORP'L WORTEN Kansas City, U.S.A. Dear Sir: know you will be sur prised to' hear from me at this place, We have been here four months the 15th of this month. It is less than ten miles from Dead Man's Hill and about eight miles from the Valley of Death Metz is just a little farther JofS, somewhere around" thirty miles We were within 36 hours of going to the front line trenches when the armistice was signed. This country is the most desolate place in the.

world. You have been out on the desert and probably The Knights of Pythias and Courts of Calanthe turned out' in large num-' bers.last Sunay at, their Twenty- -sixth Annual Sermon, which was held in Pleasant Green Baptist church, corner of Oakland avenue and Fourth street. Rev. Moses Wil liams delivered the sermon and this young divine and Pythian was equal to the occasion, his theme beTng "Love and Friendship," and to say the least, it was handled in an eloquent and masterly way. Dr.

S. Thompson, Grand Chancellor, made a short Pythian address, of which is always interesting to a gethering of this kind and in return introduced an honored guest, A. W. Lloyd, Grand Chancellor of the state of Missouri, whose home is in St-Louis, Mr. Lloyd has ben at the head of this order in his state for nineteen years without a break.

He said he was one who voted to give Kansas her charter, when she was in the Missouri jurisdiction. His talk was greatly enjoyed by the Pythian fam- ily. Sir Nathan W- was mas- ter, o'f ceremonies and his handling of the program and the large audi-, ience was nicely done C. C. of -the day, Alonzo Morgan, did honor to the occasion, while all the other officers took care of their, parts equally as well.

y- The ladies of the Courts looked fine as usual with black skirts, white waists, carrying a wrhite carnation. Mrs. Norp-nA Davis is tliA Wnrt.h Grad Councelior -of this jurisdiction, r(J has made ihlngs boom in the gtate is loved by every The Pleasant Green choir, under its directress, Miss Sarah Hammet, rendered classic music' Uniform Department. The Uniform Department, "The Bouquet" of this great -order, startled and thrilled the thousands who lined the streets along the liner of 'march Brigadier General Thomas Kennedy, commanding Kansas, with his staff, led the parade, with the First Regiment K. of P.

band and Mid-west Company, Captain Forte commanding. Next came Col. Don H. Rife and staff with their fa-mous Second Regiment band, with four companies, Troop of Kansas City, Mo Following were more than five hundred Knights, with sas, Grand Chancellor Lloyd, Col. L.

A. Knox of with other grand officers and officers of the local lodges. Notes. A finer display and clean cut lookr ing set of men neyer walked behind one another than was seen in line Sunday That Second Regiment band of Kansas City, just makes you walk, whether you want to or not It is one more band. The following was the church program: Selection P.

G. B. Choir Invocation Rev. N. B.

Robinson Pythian Ode i Reading of Messley and Mrs. Maude Jones G. B. Choir Paper. Bettie Lee.

Vocal Solo-Mrs, Norene Pytrian Address S. H. Thompson, G. C. Choir Sermon -Rev, Moses Williams Selection.

-P. G. B. Choir Offfrtory Benediction Col. Chas.

Carroll, First Lieutenant Williams and Sergeant Cone of Attucks company No. 8 of Leavenworth, and several Sir Knights attended the K. of P. annual sermon Sunday: First regiment band of the Sun-flower, state does not take a back seat for any of them, when it comes 'putting snap into a parade. Col.

Don Rife, his staff, hand and Second Regiment, certainly done the Damon and Pythias act in coming over Sunday. It showed a fine spirit and: Kansas will only have to have the word to show the same spirit. Mrs. J. Clayborne, Mr.

Dicker- son and the reception committee of the Forum, wish to tnanic all who gave cakes or helped in any way at their' reception given to the Lawrence people. Mr. J. H. Clayborne gave $50 cash to Mrs.

Matthews team in the Victory Loan. i jusx to Mr and Mrs. S. T. Washington challenged the courage of the Christ-time The, police decided that I was, Captain J.

-McCurry: were the ian church. The Methodist Episcopal harmless and did not molest me. mixrors Mw j.j.j im js a a 1 Grand Chancellor Thompson of Kan-The citv of Verdun is surrounded -11 porter" got me back in be, but I not do any more sleeping from -that time until I reachde New York, I go up, went in a little room and washed bv face and hands, dressed myself, snd soon a fellow was there Avith a red cap on and, toted me out to a taxi, where the fellow extracted 50 cents from my coin pocket to tote Tne over to the Grand Central. 1 was1 surprised to get off so cheap. I told the man over to the "Grand Central that I wanted to be toted to "Boston, and he said I would have to wait -until 8:51.

If I had to wait I would not object to it, so I waited until the time was up, and then load-red on the car. I rode like a man tot -whites to the front of me, whites to the left of mer whites before and behind and by them I was surrounded. I was just a little black island surrounded by white folks. We said nothing to each other. Boston as reached and .1 found a colored man with a hack.

While hacks were out of style, yeli it was the cheapest thing I couJd get to tote out to Dr. Thorriton's. I failed to tell you that I was invited by Dr. Thornton, pastor of the Charles s. ii.

'I 3 1 '1 i it the interest manfiested and the ern Baptrst convention is aiming at splendid program rendered this a $2,500,000 goal by 1920, and the year. It was last spring that she sue- Board of Foreign "Missions of the ceeded in having the event made an Presbyterian church. North, includ-aimual affair. 4 ed the following additions to their current obligations; $250,000 for In- Mrs. E.

M. Roberts of Welling- dia; $100,000 for Guatemala; Kansas, and Grand Treasurer of QOO f0r Syria and an increase in the the Endowment department of Sun- regular budget of 10 per cent; also flower Grand Court of Calanthe is $1,000,000 of annuities and ope hun spending the week as guest of Mrs. red twenty-five new missionaries." heard some one say, "He is a religious crank," but I was just rejoicing. Sunday mornnig I went over to St. Paul A.

M. church, to hear Charles Stewart preach, and he was right at home in Boston, I can't understand how it is that job lots knows so many people in this, country. He was at home ni Boston. Sunday night went to Charles Street A. M.

'E. church, You will never be able to guess what I saw there, and I am not going to ask you't for you would guess your brains out and still be in the dark. Dr. Thornton is pastor of this church, but, he is to come off of the shelf in 1920 and ascend to. the highest peak in' the church, episcopacy; and he won it by his work fis a worker and a preacher, and believe me, he has been doing some things in this section of the world.

Now you want to know what else happened? Of course you do and you would just listen to me all day if I would) tell you. I had the pleasure of meeting Rev. M. F. Sydes, who is one- of the presiding -elders in this part, of the country.

They have two and he is one, but I don't know the other. Well, I have spent two days around faere in Boston and the more I see the more I want to see. I have had the pleasure of meeting several of the preachers, the Rev. C. Douglass, of the Baptist church, lie has just accepted a call here to the Union Baptist church and they seem to like him here, and I could name some others but will not ho Norene Davis, the Worthy Grand Coumcellor, at 116 Washington bou- levard.

Mr. A. L. Sykes gave $100 to the same team and the Home Drug com pany took out $100 in able to do this week. I am going to try my hand this week in New! York City and will tell you my experience ther next week.

I have just heard the news, that there is to be in New York City a bank soon. This matter has been discussed for a lomg time, and it was! 1 I I Street A. M. E. to visit his "home in Boston.

But I did not know enough to send him one of them ticking Tetters telling him I wss on the way. It was not long before I was in by hills. It is one of the strongest each of these hills, or rather "I shall say, in each of these hills there is a fortress. The French are great for getting in the ground. hills are hollowed out until everything is below fbp around.

The top is then camouflaged over urM it takes a sharp eye to detect it. I stumbled into one almost before I knew it; when ,1 found out I was being ordered away by a French soldier. At least I guess I was being ordered; I could not understand what he said, but he made a movement with the bayonet which was very plain, so I left. Personally I have been very well so far. I have been enabled travel in most every direction from here and all other places which we have stopped.

When I get home I think I will know just a little about this country, enough so that it won't be necessary for me to come back any more. 1 have been drilling most my time. Of course I have hiked very near all over France with my. pack. I have also a fine bunch of boys.

Of course my rank in the army permitted me to get along fine. Well, I am somnolent; give, my regards to all and best wishes, I remain, Yours respectfully, CORPORAL WM. WOOTEN. Headquarters Company, 805th Pioneer Infantry, A. E.

F. Former address, 703 Georgia Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas. Mrs. J. H.

Clayborne, Mrs. Dick-erson, Mrs. Dwiggins and their committee of refreshments and souvenirs deserve credit with the whole Forumi for- entertaining the Lawrence people so grandly. Miss Phynola'- Moore, who was stopping at the recently married a Mr. Cook, a rich; farmer of Pratt, and will reside there in the future.

"his palatial home, Believe me, honey he has some home. But on my way up there, I was halted by a voice, which turned out to be the voice of W. Allen, who used to live down in Georgia, but now in Boston, I declared that there was much- need -of a financial institution upvin WRITES EDITOR Harlem where our people are as thick as the fleas on a dog's back. Verdun, 'France, March 20. The exact location has not been de- Advocate, was riding up on top with the driver taking in the cold, but immediately got down and walked with him.

He walked with me too Dr. Thornton was glad see me and made termined, but it will be there. I am told that the capital stock of 000 has been arranged for. Charles H. Anderson, a banker from Jacksonville, will be interested in it.

1 shall have more to tell you about it when I write by next letter. I think I will have to bring this letter to a stop. Look for another one soon. J. O.

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Ave. LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL at CONVENTION HALL THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 29,1919 Military, Folk and Aesthetic Physical Exhibition Athletic Contests, Art and Fashion Display 500 Students in Action Admisiori 25 and 15c 35c i.