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-i 7 i1 THE ONLY flARY PICKFORD AT LOVE'S THEATRE THIS WEEK it you want a real live up-to.tha-mlnute Nearo Newapaper that gtvea ALL the Newt In which colored peo ple are Interested, aubicrlbs for The SUN. Dell Phone East 999. We have many callt each week for houe and room of all description. Why not advertise what you have to rent or sell In this paper which reaches all the colored people In great er Kansas City? VOLUME XI. NUMBER 11. Entered as second-class matter, August , 1908, at the postofflce at Kansas City, Mo., under the act of March S, 1879. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 191.1. Nelson C. Crews Wllla Glenn Peebles. .Editor and Owner ..General Manager PRICE, 5c. STAR WRITES STRONG EDITORIAL ON MOBERLY LYNCHING GET YOUR ADS, READY NOW FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS A SHAMEFUL CASE OF NEGLECT Probation Officers Mattjoy and Graves Find Colored Babe That Had Been Left Alone Locked in a Room For Three Days and Nights Without Food or Attention One ol tho most flagrant cases ot neglect and cruelty that has happen ed in recent years was brought to light last Tuesday when Officer J. J. Mattjoy, the stalwart and most effi cient Probation officer of tho race was called to 520 Glllis (rear) where he was informed by the neighbors that a child had been crying at that number day and nighf for the past threo days and that a heavy padlock was on both front and rear door with a curtain across the only window nnd it was impossible to determine who was in the room or what the condi tion of the child was. Officer Matt joy jumped into his automobile and in company with Mr. W. W. Graves, a white Probation officer and a repre sentative of the Sun drove hurriedly to tho locality and with a chisel and hatchet, broke the lock from the door and upon entering one of the most Wretched and dirty rooms that the reporter had ever seen," found a small baby boy four months old lying upon cause he said ho was hungry, had no where to go and that his home was locked up and he couldn't get in, and he was taken to the Detention Home. They were taken to the Orphan Homo for Colored children at 244G Michigan Avenue, and placed in the tender care of Mrs. Alice Grady, the painstaking Matron of this worthy institution The little boy said his name was Rob ort and that the baby was named Ralph and that their parents were Bert and Jessie Partee. The officers along with Officer Johnson, the Bplen- dld Colored officer who walks this beat are making a vigorous search to apprehend the parents who so cruelly neglected these little ones and the at' taches of the Court persist that Judge Porterfield will show no mercy to them if the facts are as the officers nnd neighbors state. Much credit is due to Officer J. J. Mattjoy who not enly proved his efficiency in devotion to duty but also his intense Interest in his race and the Sun is proud that MR. J. J. MATTJOY Kansas City's capable and fearless Probation Officer, who Is doing com mendable work In this very difficult position and who has a heart for children as big as his body. a repulsive bed uncovered and with a, milk boitle in which the contents had curdled, indicating that it had been there for a day or two and cry ing in woak, pitiful voice and its li.t tho body as cold as ice. As big and brawny as o'fficer Mattjoy is and ab solutely fearless as ho is known -to be, it brought tears to his eye3 as well as those accompanying him to witness the suffering of this helpless babe; and it would have been a dan gerous thing for the parents who had so wilfully neglected this Innocent baba to have appeared upon the Scone just at that time. As It was, Officer Mattjoy called one of the neighbor women who gave him a small blanket in which ha tenderly wrapped, tha little one and gave it in to tho arms of the representative of the Sun and in his auto rapidly drove to the Detention Homo where first aid was administered and aftor a warm'bottlo ot prepared milk had been given tha little one who ate ravenously, it was taken in company with his little brother, 8 years ot age who had been picked up on tho street the day before by a police officer be- we .have In office public servants of the caliber of this splendid officer. Only last week Officer Mattjoy se cured tho conviction of two Mexicans and a Negro woman who had brought some young girls from Kansas for the purposes of prostitution, and has un der arrest now a Negro in this city who is guilty of debauching a young pirl less than 14 years of age. Keep up the good work "of fleer Mattjoy and tha sentiment of the best people, white nnd black in this community will bo behind you. LOST. Pair gold nose ,glasses on either Vino or Troost cars last Sunday. Lib eral reward will be paid for their re turn to 2G22 Woodland or Bell Phone East 2570. The strong Liberty, Mo., football eleven will play the mighty Columbia, Mo., Aggregation at Liberty, Mo., on William Jewell College field Wednes day November 26th. This game will bo for the championship of the state and a largo crowd Is expected from Kansas City to.seo the game. , A. J. WILLIS, Coach, K. C. MAN ELECTED. The Building and General Laborers International Protective Union of America, held their 32nd annual con vention in tho city of Denver, Colo., on November 3-11, 1919, with a largo number of delegates attending. Said congregation extending throughout tho United States and Canada. There was a very successful Ees- sion the oxecutivo officers are as fol lows: President E. C. Haltheren , Koko- mo, Mo. Second Vice-president C. H. Har ris, Kansas City, Mo. Third Vice-president R. L. Phillips, St. Louis, Mo. Fourth Vice-president J. O. Vough, Tulsa, Okla. Fifth Vice-president Edward Jones Denver, Colo. v Sixth Vice-president Henry N. Hausford, Swenborn, Ky. General Treasurer I. H. Gorman, Urbana, 111. General Secretary S. P. Johnson, Los Angeles, Calif. General Organizer R. M. Greasly, Denver, Colo. The delegates of both Races enjoy ed a very pleasant stay in Denver. The next session will be held at Champagne, 111. IIII1IIBI1I1III1IIII1III1II'II1BIMIII I MISTAH WHITE MAR, LIS'N! TO CORRESPONDENTS AND ADVERTISERS. On account of next Thursday being Thanksgiving Day, our paper will go to press on Wednesday. All news must reach us by Tues day evening to insure publication. (Philadelphia, Pa., Saturday Evening Post.) Mistah White Man, Lis'n; Wheffo' an' why You gimme dat black look out'n yo eye An' say. "Dis country hit ain't no place Fo' to bawned an' raise up de cullud race?" Mistah White Man, lis'n: Right am right, Mek no dlff'ence ef hit's cullud er white. , Dey ain't no races but has dey trash, An' dem's de ones whut am boun' fo' to clash. Is you fo'got de ol'-time days When you waz glnerous wld yo' praise? When ol' Unc Bob and Aunt Sue Ann Jes' waited on you foot an' han'? Who wuz hit toted you aroun' When you wa'n't knee high fum de groun'? Who tol' you about Tar-Uaby fust. An' how Brer Rabbit kicked up dust? Who teached you to cut do pigeon's wing An'- to buzzard-lope, an' how to sing De ol' plantation chunes? An' who Helped you fetch up yo' chillen too? Who picked de cotton fum yo' fiel's? Who give you fried spring chicken meals When fowls waz skeerce an' ol' Mis' sick ' An' Sherman had lef de place clean pick'? "Sen' us to Af'ky whar we b'long"? . W'y, honey, you'd miss ouah laugh an' song! ' Dls country'd be a darker place Wldout den wid de cullud race! I know us ain't so pojv'ful smaht; But hbi ain't de head, hit's whut's In do haht; An' wtie'n Gab'el's trumpet blow at las' I reckon he'll let ouah cullah pass. So, Mistah White Man, you an' me Us needs each othah le's speak free. We's gwine to sift dls trouble thoo An' live in peace bofo of us two! Blanche Goodman. liiiiiir THE ROAD TO SUCCESS t STAY OFF THIS DATE! Mrs. Mary Ross Dorsey of Boston reciting the Drama, "EVERY WOMAN" FRIDAY 'EVEOTNG, DECEMBER 19, At Lincoln High School Auditorium, A GREAT COMMUNITY CONCERT Community Center, 18th and Vine Streets. , FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 8:30 P. M. , Admission 25 Cents. Watch for Further Notice. VINE ST. BAPTIST CHURCH. All services were well attended. There were no additions . . . .We were indeed glad to meet our old friend, Henry Cox at Sunday School,.,. We are going to serve dinner Thanksgiv ing. You are invited. .. .We adminis tere baptism at night and quite a Spiritual feast was enjoyed.... Don't fail to visit the B. Y. P. V, It meets every Sunday evening at 5:30 p. m. and you are invited to attend. Thos. Pollard, President.... Mrs., Wilburn of Fort Worth, Texas, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. W. E. Hill for a few days. She returned home last week. She reports a good time. We hope sha will visit our city again. NEGRO ENTERS DRAMA GOES FROM CLOGS TO DRAMA (New York Tribune.) Gone are the days of Negro min strelsy! End men and interlocutors who once shuffled their way 'round the country are turning into Romeos and Caesars, not to mention your true Othellos. The Lafayette players herald the new day. This versatile troupe of Negroes, starting from Harlem, will tour tho leading cities of the north and south, playing "Faust." "Madame X." "Trilby," "The Fortune Hunter," "Resurrection," "Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," "The Rosary," "Seven Keys to Baidpate," and a hundred dif ferent dramas, ranging from the clas sic to Broadway farce. Recently, night after night, they have been drawing record-breaking crowds to the Lafayette theatre. In the very heart of New York's populous Negro section. Tragedy in other sections of the town may play to empty houses. In Harlem, the home of musical shows, Hamlets are still rare enough to be popular. Three years ago every one who went to the Lafayette tired of its per uettial burlesque and Negro vaude ville. An unprecedented run of bad i business set in, and to tempt a very 'ndifferent Harlem back again the manager decided to form the first Negro stock company that should play for Negro actors in New York. As fast as that little factory turns out fresh Camilles and Svengalis tho players, who now number seventy five, will be Increased and then re grouped into several troupes, one in time for each theater along the new circuit. The-Kansas City Sun, Kansas City, Mo. Dear Editor Crews: Aside from enclosing my subscrip tion for another venr T wnnt tn ran. gratulate you upon your splendid pub lication. You are doing lots of good. I' salvation ever comes to this suffer ing race of ours, it must come through the awakened conscience by the Ne gro Press. So let the good work go on. I am, Sincerely yours, W. SAMPSON BROOKS, Pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, Baltimore, Md. MUSICAL CONCERT. Given by R. F. Qulnn, Novem ber 25 at Ward Chapel Church, 12th and Woodland Ave., Rev. G. E. Horsey pastor. Admission 15 cents 8:30 p. in. DR. C. LLOYD PEEBLES, One of Kansas City's younger physicians who is building up a splendid practice in this city and who Is in demand at nearly all surgical operations. Broadway attractions. Finding n o "Trilby" or "Fortune Hunter" ready made, he turned to the performers who were singing and clogging their way through variety. In two months' time he had gathered and trained an extremoly promising company of Negro heroes and vllllan and leading ladles and ingenues, with an Interesting and steadily expand ing repertory. The repertory at once proved irre sistible to Harlem, the very first week swelling tho Lafayette audience by 8,000. Now each night means a capacity house, and for a problem play like "Madame X" or "The Guilty Man," known in this neighborhood as a dramaclone," there Is no single un occupied inch of standing room. Tho players' phenomenal success led recently to the formation of a Negro theatrical syndicate, headed by B. P. Brown, a banker, who plans to send them as soon as possible be fore Negro audiences all over the i country. For this purposo a lengthy chain of theaters is being established. WTiile dramas nf the Latin quarter and London's west end are the lead ing attractions at the Lafayette, the Harlem center Itself makes interest-1 Ing material for plays and a crop of Negro 1 playwrights is expected soon to make its bow to the Negro public. Several ambitious manuscripts are now in tho possession of Lester Wal ton, the manager of tho new theatri cal syndicate. To keep up tho supply of leading men and ladles for this ambitious repertory, Walton will open a school KANSAS CITY ELKS TAKE OKLA HOMA BY STORM. The delegation of Elks from Mid West Lodge. No. 233, headed by their Exalted Ruler, Q. J. Gilmore, Dr. E. B. Ramsey, Milford Harriss, Louis Boxx, and Harry St. Clair, arrived home Wednesday afternoon, from Muskogee, where on Tuesday they set up the new lodgo of Elks, Indianhoma Lodge No. 245, is the name of tho new lodge of Elks of Muskogee, and Co of tho most influential men of that city were made members of this lodge. This lodge has at the present more men of wealth among their membership than any other lodge in the country, and they are now making arrangements to bring their wholo lodge to Kansas City next year, travel ing in their own automobiles to at tend the Elks Grand Convention next year. Monday night the Kansas City Elks held a meeting with most pf the lead ing men of Tulsa, and at their meet ing tho other night, 48 men signed their names to the new lodge list and they expect to have 100 men by the litn day of December, when this samo delegation of Kansas City Elks will journey to Tulsa for this great event of Elkdome. McAllister and Oklahoma City, will have their Elks club ready for lnitla tlon before the coming holidays. Atty. O. R. Jefferson, is tho new Exalted Ruler of tho Muskogee, Lodge and Dr. Smltherman, wa s elected the act ing head of tho coming new lodge ot Tulsa. The Kansas City Elks declare that the trip to Oklahoma was the greatest ever. Oklahoma will send 5000 vllstors to the Elks convention. 4' 'W 1 i s