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jstm JL ALL V'HE NEWS fearless defender of the race ALL THE TIME VOLUME VI. NUMBER 25. KANSAS CITX, MISSOURI, SATUUUY, FEBRUARY 14, 1914. PRICE. 5c. Have You Tried Dr. Theo. Smith's Famous Tango Sundae? NEGRO WOMAN ON SEATTLE'S FORCE. Mrs. Corlnno Carter, Wife of Baptist Pastor, First Policewoman of Her Race on Pacific Coast, a t Missouri Girl. Seattle, Wash. The only negro po licewoman engaged In rescue and ju venile work on the Pacific coast In fact, west of lsyew Orleans was ap pointed last night by Chief of Police Claude J. Bannlck and made possessor of star No. 430. The new pollceinan ette is Mrs. Corlnno Carter, 2401 East Howell street, a striking appearing woman, 34 years old, whose husband, Rev. W, D. Carter, Is pastor of Mount Zion Baptist - church. 'Her .appoint ment makes, her a1 full-fledged police officer In every detail except salary, as she has consented to forego this ltemxuntll 'she has demonstrated her necessity to the force. New Orleans has ri'negro pollcowoman, and It Is believed Airs. Carter Is the second to be appointed In the United States. "Ihave been engaged In this work for nearly a year," said Mrs. Carter to The Times thIs,morn!ng, "and during that time have handled more than a scoro of casesV. paying my own ex penses. Some' of these were mere truant cases turned over to me by Judge Frater. 'Others were more serious sociolog ical problems, and one, at least, was practically a case of slavery In which a colored girl, 17 years old, had been working since she was a little child for a -white family and had been kept out of school. She could not write her own namo. I took her away at once and found her a home where she can attend schodl after private instruc tion has carried her along to the point where she can foe in classes with chil dren near her own age. "There are other serious cases In Seattle of a more or les3 vital nature, all of which Involve considerable de tective -work to prove. Many colored Klrls are working In surroundings cannot characterize other than as vicious. My first work will be to get them into getter surrounumgs. Works With Judge Frater. "1 will work with the juvenile dl vision of the police department and .with the juvenile court In keeping col ored children In order., I also will Ve glad to assist In charitable work among deserving negro families.. My home already has become a central -xee&itSQX&m- lor many- - paroiea ' '"juveniles, -anu";i; in turn, make a com ' blne'd report to Judge Frater." I Mrs. Carter, in addition to her po lice duties, is president of the Cul . ture Club Auxiliary to the Y. W. C. . A., and was Indorsed for her police 'position by the NaUional Assembly for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple. "Did they Issue you a pistol also?" she was asked. "No, sir," the policewoman replied, "the work I have undertaken Is hard enough -without carrying several pounds of useless hardware in my purse." "But suppose you run across a tough some time, and he declines to submit peaceably," was suggested. "Anybody that can sing as loud as I can In church can holler loud enough to wake up a -whole neighborhood," -was (Mrs. Carter's confident reply. "Then, too, I'm pretty husky, and I might be lucky enough to land a 'dis courager.' " And If It lands It will be a "dis courager," for Mrs. Carter Is nearly six feet tall and should weigh in at about 160 pounds. There Is a reason why the larger per cent of Cabinet Stationary used by Kansas City's "400" Is turned from the Arthur tV. Harris Printing Establishment. First their work manship In this class of service is unexcelled by any of the larger ana best" equipped, printing establish ments In this city, since they all but make a specialty of this class of work. Second, .while their prices are not always the lowest, they are al ways the fairest. They have "de livered" with accuracy and despatch to over 90 per cent of the classy weddings and receptions during the past year and now when a function of class Is announced Its a ten-to-one shot that Harris will handle the 'Job. A Beautiful Design, Sprays ; 4..,$1.00 and upward Designs ....,.$1.50 and upward We please the people both In price and quality. Flowers for all. occasions. . WEAVER FLORAL Co. , I5IO E. ISth St. H&me phone Main 7566. Ball phone East f793. NAPOLEON AT SAINT HELENA. By Chas. A. Stark. It Is not generally known that Toussalnt L'Ouverturo, the great Ne gro general and statesman, was slow ly starved to death by Napoleon, who was steeped In atrocities but climax ed the whole by this most cruel one to a man who -was every whit as brave and as skillful In the art of war as himself. It is sometimes necessary to recall these Incidents of history, especially where our people are con cerned, since they often throw a dlf- ferent light on characters which we have received admiringly Into our oosoms. Napoleon starved Luuver turo to death and he himself practi cally met a like fate with possibly an added remorse. Truly "the mills of God grind slowly" and so on! On the Isle of Saint Helena quite re- mote ' From scenes which stirred one Unl- verso Pining away In bitterness which he himself had wrote. Lingered the Great Napoleon,, slaugh terer for the hearse. There was the look of hatred on his brow, Stern was his countenance, livid the eye; The great scope of his tragedy seemed now To engulf his being and reveal the flattering lie. Yes, a slight tinge of sorrow and hate Was visiting and encroaching on his mind, Yet unfathomed by him was the just Fate That blasted his designs and seemed so unkind. He was thinking, not of Hell nor of Waterloo, No such mild forms weighed op his life! But outraged Conscience caused him to rue . - ' A few helpless things from that world of strife. Just one deed he thought was'-alto- gether impure And even unworthy of his dark re pute; It was his slaying, of Noble L'Ouver ture ' , Who suffered and died uncomplaining mute. ' '- v His mind ran back i o'er -heinous act, And he sawthe ;Black Prince nobler :'that He: - - - "His wafllltUbXT08?Trravory was Acknowledged the Arch-Murderer In uis reverie, "irue the willing peasant's blood drank, And sacrificed a woman's undying love. But these must have been to'gain that rank Of unquestioned power over all and above! But how this murder can I reconcile To one of a loftier and more heroic wlir, Who -outgeneraled my men until the vile Captured thru treachery, what they could not by skill? "And I the author of his miserable death, i Sit a victim to my own great schemes, Though with fitting wrath at every breath Beholding the bold opposite of all my dreams! Fatal ambition! How hast thou lured on to Fate My lesser mind with your subtle smiles, You portrayed with cunning an Image of the Great, And won my better self with pleasing wiles," Thus reasoned Napoleon, and every slnela crime Backed on 'his Conscience and rent his soul: He was conquered, circumstance and time Finally wrote his end with eternal scroll. L'Ouverturo fought for Liberty his noble-' stand Has' been an 'inspiration to a coming race; - , Napoleon sought to-rule and 'tyrranize the land, And sacrificed all, trying to. reach that place! MY VALENTINE. Call ,lt what thou wilt, but there Is a feeling here, Here, right in my bosom doth softly dwell. It is my love for thee, ,a thing most dear, - And I love to sit under its spell! My Valentino. When I think of Theo, I feel my'heart swell; Fondly I hold thee in loving embrace, I say: I lovo you; you say; 'tis well, Then I Imprint a kiss on your smiling face l My only mine. The only Colored shoe store west of the Mississippi , River is anxious to fit you out In .a pair of shoes In the nexK thirty days. Try that placo once and ease both your eet and con science, 1 rv von want stock In the Kaw Val ley TrticK Gardening Co., Incorporated 1 I -J r 1 1 IT A nAk.fMMnn' president Ben, tasi at. I See and Am Satisfied By KELLY MILLER. . Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Howard Unirslty, Washington. Tlio vision of a scion of a despised and rejected race, the span of whose life Is measured by the years of its Golden Jubilee, and,, whoso fancy, like the vine that girdles the tree trunk, runneth both forward and back. I see the African sawago as he drinks his palmy wine, and basks In the sunshine of Jils native bliss, and Is hafepyv , I see the man-catcher. Impelled by thirst of gold, as he entraps his slmple-souled victim in the snares of bondage and of death, by use of force or guile. I see the ocean basin whitened with his bones, and, the ocean current run ning red with his blood, aldst the hellish horrorsot "tlie, middle passage. I see him laboring for two centuries and a halt in unrequletedoll, mak lng the hillside of our southland to glow with -the snow.-whlte lleece of cot ton, and the valleys to glisten with the golden sheaves'of grain. I see him enduring cruelty and torture Indescribable, with flesh flinch ing beneath the slzz of angry whip or quivering under the gnaw of the sharp toothed bloodhound. '" . '' I pee a chivalric civilization instinct with dignity, comity and grace rising upon piiiars supponeu oy nis I see the swarthy matron lavishing me orcspring oi ner alabaster mistress. I Bee the haughty sons of a haughty race pouringout their lustful pas sion upon black womanhood, filling our land with a' bronzed and tawny brood. I see also the patriotic solicitude in whose breast not even iniquitous Kindness. I hoar the groans, the sorrows, the sighings, the, isoul, striving of these benighted creatures of God, rising up from, the low grounds of sorrow .and reaching the ear of Him Who' regardeth man . of the' lowest estate. I strain my ear to supernal sound; and I hear .in-,,the secret chambers ot the Almighty the order to the Captain of the Hoststo break his bond and set him free. XVifr ' u j ABRAHAM BORN FEBRUARY 12, 1809. I see Abraham Lincoln, himself a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief, arise to execute the high degree, I see two hundred thousand black boys in blue bearing their breasts 'to the bayonets of the enemy, that their face might have some slight part fin its own deliverance. ' I see the great Proclamation delivered In the year of my birth, of which I became the first fruit and beneficiary, I see the assassin striking down the great emancipator; and the house of mirth is transformed into the Golgotha of the nation, I watch Congress as It adds to the Constitution new words, which make that document a charter of liberty, I see the new-made citizen running to and fro in the first fruits of his now-found freedom. I see him rioting In the flush of prlyilege which the. nation had vouch safed, but which I know Is not debtlned long to last. I see him thrust down from the hleh seat of nolltlcal nower. by fraud' and force, while the nation looks on in I' see the tide of public feeling run cold and chilly, as the vial ot racial wrath is wreaked upon his bowed and defenseless head. . ' I see his body writhing in the agony of death as his groans issue from the crackling llames, while the funeral pyre lights the midnight sky with its dismal glare, .My heart sinks with heaviness within me. , I see that the path of progress has never taken' a straight line, but has always been a zigzag course amid the conflicting courses of right and wrong, truth and error, justice atad Injustice, cruelty and mercy, I see that the great American Heart, despite the temporary flutter, will Anally beat true to the higher human impulse, and my soul.'abounds with re assurance and hope. I see his marvelous advance In the rapid acquisition of knowledge and acquirement of things material, and attainment in the higher pursuits of life. with his face fixed upon that light which shlnoth brighter and brighter unto me perieci uny. . , I see him who was once deemed now entering with universal welcome and I look upon the countries of Mood satisiiea. strong ana Drawny arm, her soul in altruistic devotion upon of the kindly hearted owners of men. system could sour the milk of human LINCOLN DIED APRIL 15, 1865. indeed, sinister silence and' acquiescent guilt,. stricken, smitton of. God and afflicted. into the glad fellowship of humanity, and tears- and travail ot soul, and am everybody is going Everybody is going to Smith's Drug Store to try the famous -Tango Sun dae on a Blazer. The following Is a list of distin guished guests and popular society people who have vlsltef and declared the Tango Sundae to be the most de licious they have ever oaten. Is Y"r Name In the List?1 Mrs. Dorsey, Mrs. Brown, Miss Stella Washington, Miss Coleman, Mr. Carter, Mrs. D. A. Willis, Mrs. Wells. Mrs. T. B. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin, Dr. 12. C. IJunch, Mrs. 13. U Fisher, Mrs. A. E. Osborne of Los Angt.es, Calif. Miss Ruth Bradley. Mrs. D. N. Crosth walte. Professor Work, Miss Vlctoila Newsome, Dr. Bruce, Miss Delia Newsom, l'rof. T. B. Stewart. Professor White, i Professor .Holder, Miss Grace White, Mr. N. a., Walker, Dr, Kane. Dr. Lowe, Mrs. Daisy McKnight, Miss Viola Robinson,' Miss Kthvllne Wilson, the Misses Mar tin. Miss Ambla Keene, Sir. T. Laws, Mr. Eugene Vadghan, Mr, Johnnie Banks, Miss Pauline Vaughn, Miss Ferlow, Mrs. E. Baldwin, Mr. Hugh Jones, Miss Joseph ine Yates, Mr. Phillip Johnson, Miss Susie Hutchlngs, Miss Mary Jones. Mr. Phil Tilford, Mr. Tim Cooper, Miss Over ton, Mr. Arthur Harris, Mrs. Sally C. Rodgers, Dr. Holly, Miss Bell, Miss Annie Bell Montgomery, Dr. Hopkins, Mr. Thurman. Miss Sadie Rodgers, Dr. and Mrs. A. D. Bradbury, Sir. Moore, Miss Jarrett, Mrs. Washington, Mr. Blue, Mlas Bessie Jacobs. The names of visitors will continue to be published until our formal open ing of the Soda Season, Easter Sun day. Yourself and friends are cor dially Invited to come and try the de licious Tango. Meet me at Smith's after the show after church or after the dance, where We can sit and talk the matter over and enjoy eating one of those Thrill ing Tangos. Eighteenth and Tracy Is the place. GRAND MUSICAL RECITAL at Convention Hall, June 19, 1914. Speakers of Note In and Out of the City Will Be Present. Music by the Best Talent Procured. Tickets will be on sale at the lead ing drug stores of the city after February 15, 1914. For further information write R. F. Quinn, 6714 Main street, Kansas City, Mo. VINE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH. The officers of the Sunday School will be Installed February 15, as fol lows: H. J. Splgener, president; first asSl&tant superintendent, Henry Woods; Becond assistant superintend ent, G. W. Taylor; Lucille Gllham, secretary; Maude Hugins, assistant isecrgfejr; Pinkeye Glenn, treasurer. Amountf receipts for 1913, $203:0S; disbursements, $150.17. Brought for ward from 1912, 097.09. Amount in treasury, $149.98. MR. H. J. SP1GENER. For twenty years superintendent of .the Vine Street Baptist Sunday School and for a like period secretary of Prltchard Lodge, A. F. & A. M one of the most popular and successful colored men In Kansas City. The Lord has blessed the work un der the splendid direction of Brother H. J. Spigener, who has served twen ty years as superintendent of this organization.' He Is one of the oldest deacons of the church, serving as sec retary twenty-two years. Brother Spigener has worked at the Beard ot Trade twenty-five years, and has filled several important positions, He is at present electrician and general utility man. If the race had more men like Brother Spigener, the dawn of a brighter day -would break upon our horizon. MASONIC. WJIkerson Lodge. No. 26, St. Joseph, does not collect any dues Inside the lodge room. The Secre tary Is stationed outside the tiled door and settles with each member before he enters. No brother la al lowed to leavo before entering the lodge and obtaining an excuse. An assistant secretary Inside takes the proceedings which are thus uninter rupted and at the conclusion the secretary enters, reads his financial report, and turns the mone over to tho treasurer. This dpes away with the long, tiresome, sleepy, fussy roll call and allows time for all routine burlnesi unci much practice In the lectures. Jt Is a strictly up-to-date method In troduced by lr. M. O. Klcketts. W. M., and tho brethren are prcat ly pleased with its many advin tages. All .large lodges and other bodies should try It and be con vinced In the same manner, i Uerrltord, WARD CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH. Quarterly meeting services will be held at. Ward Chapel Sunday, Febru ary 15th, conducted by Presiding El der "W. H. Peck, At 3; 00 o'clock Dr. J. It. Ransom, pastor of the First A. M, B, church, -will preach the Sacra mental sermon. Ward Chapel is now in the midst ot a stirring revival AFRO AMERIGAH INYESTMEUT &EMPL0Y- MENT GO. PAYS At the Annual Stock Holders Meeting of the Afro-Amer-ican; Investment and Employment Co. $900.00 was Paid Out in Cash Dividends. This Company is Setting the Pace forNegro Corporations Through out the Country and Is Looked Upon by the Finincial World as the Clearing House for the Negrses of Kansas City and Vicinity. At, the annual stockholders meeting of the Afro-American Investment & employment (jompany, wnicn was held a'tfthe office of the Company, 911 McGeO' street, Tuesday night, Febru- ary 10, the following officers and direc tor were elected: F. J. Weaver, pres ident and general manager; W. B. Garrett, vice president; William Mc Knight, treasurer; W: E. Jacobs, audi tor, and Wm. Johnston, secretary. These men with the exception of one have had the management of this com pany for the past three years. Largest Real Estate and Employment Company In the State. They have won the reputation of having the largest and best managed real estate and employment office In tae state ot Missouri and the largest among negroes in the world. An Up-to-Date Office. In the past twelve months the com pany has furnished their offices with MR. F. J. WEAVER. The energetic and successful pres ident of the Afro-American Investment & Employment Co. new furniture and office fixtures of the very latest type, including the very latest model of Burroughs Add ling Machine, Smith Premier Type writer, Edison Rotary Mimeograph American Filing Cabinets and all oth er accessories to make a complete and up-to-date office for the transac tion of real estate and employment business. Loyal Support of Negroes. The negroes of Kansas City and vi cinity have supported this company In a way that has made the Board of Directors and Officers feel that they ore really and truly Interested in the success of our many undertakings, and in return the officers and direc tors ot this company are going to show their appreciation by extending the iirotectlon of the company to them in all matters pertaining to real estate Investments, loans and employ- K. P. iDECISION. The supreme court nf the District of Columbia, in session In the city of Washington, on Friday, January 30, 1914, after nearing argument In the application of the plaintiff for an In junction in the suit of the Grand Lodge ot Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia and Africa, of the Grand Juris, diction of Virginia against the Knights of PythlaS ot North America, Soouth America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia, better known as the Supreme Lsdge and against the offi cers, S, W. Green, Supreme Chancel lor; Joseph Li Jones, E. A. Williams, A. H. Newton, L. M. Mitchell, John H. Young, E. E. Underwood, George A, Watty, J. G, Lattle, J. H. Ward, S. A T, Watkins, Robert It. Jackson am Henry James, decided- and ordered that the Injunction be granted aiic that a restraining order be issuec against the Supreme Lodge, Jt there Is no occaslo nfor it, a woman likes to have hfr husband a little Jealous ot her, I 6 01 $15,000. ment. A cordial invitation is extend ed to the public to call upon us at any time for information and advice in matters pertaining to real estate. In vestments, loans and emnlovment. The Information and advice will be cheerfully given free of charge. A Clear Record. The Ajfro-Amerlcan Investment & Employment Co. has been doing busi ness In Kansas City for the past nine years, and in that time they have the proud record of having never sold a piece of property with a faulty title. Public Stenographer and Notary Public. We make a specialty of making out all classes of legal papers and con tracts. We have a competent sten ographer and notary public who is capable of drawing up legal docu ments, wills, deeds, mortgages," leases, bills of sale, contracts, etc. Our People Need Protection. F. J. Weaver, president and general manager, has the following to say: "Nine years of experience in this line of work has brought many cases to my observation where Negroes have been lll-ad,vised in entering into con tracts and mortgages, etc. In the past six months more than twenty people who had bought property through white agents and had been induced by them to enter into con tracts that were utterly impossible for them to carry out without the as sistance of an agent that was capa ble of manipulating loans and willing to go to the front for his clients and see that loans were renewed, have come to me for assistance, after the white agent who had sold them the property Informed 'tfiem that he did not care to handle loans on colored property and therefore could not re new the loans fr them. In most cases we have helped these people out of their difficulties, but we would sug gest that they come to us before they enter Into such contracts," Employment for Home Buyers. If a man buys a home or rents from the Afro-American Investment & Em ployment Co., he can rest assured that he will be kopt steadily employed at good wages. If a man buys a home from the Afro-Amercan Investment & Employ ment Co., he will be taken care ot when it comes times to have his mort gages renewed or If he wishes to bor row money. No White Agents can show you as complete a list of redl estate for sale to Negroes as the Afro-American Investment Co., neither will they give you the protection In buying or In keeping up your pay ments after you have bought, or re newing your mortgages when they come duo. If you should ask a Kansas Cltynn as to the most elegant and popular barber shop In tho city he would unhesitatingly say The Palace Barber Shop at 1510 East Nineteenth street (near Vine) own ed by that prince of good fellow Prof, J. C. Ilobbs who, also, has next door one ot the neatest and best kept Pool Halls in town. Prof, Hobbs employes only the BEST workmen, among whom are Messrs. C. J. Nelson, David- Itoblrison, W. T. Scott and H, A. Peace, while he himself is a barber of acknowledged ability, Ernest Turner, the best known porter In Kan sas City, looks after the comfort ot his patrons with Miss Mary A. Woodson, the neat and capable cashier. Prof. Hobbs is also Kansas City's most Popu lar dancing master, being manager ot the People's Dancing Academy, which dances every Thursday night at Lrrlo Hall, 1731 Lydla avenue, all thes latest dances, Telephone. Dell JS33 East. GET BUSY Win live dollars In gold, a ten nis racquet or one year's sub scription to the Kansas City Sun, Prizes to bo given for the best twenty-five word description of the Tango Sundae on a Blazer, Every .purchasa entitles you to a suggestion, File suggestions at Smith's Drug Store, qor. 18th and Tracy, a week before Easter Sunday. The winners names will be pub lished In the Kansas City Sun Easter Sunday. Five dollars In gold, first prize; first class tennis racquet, second prize; one year's subscription for 'the Kansas City Sun, the third prize. ,'-f , GET BUSY A great many'men who are too tired to beat u carpej, play golf, n