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‘'Tyv; PH E MONITOR I A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS ~ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor $2.00 a Year—5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1924 Whole Number 484 Vol. X—No. 16 MEDICAL OFFICER AT VET’S HOSPITAL GETS DISMISSAL National Advancement Association Makes Investigation of Grievances of Patients REPORT SUUSTAINS CHARGES As a Result of the Investigation the Offending Official Is Removed From His Position. New York, October 17.—Investiga tion by James Weldon Johnson, sec retary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, of charges made by colored war vet erans in the government hospital at Oteen, North Carolina, has resulted in summary dismissal of Dr. Archie Mc Allister, (white) associate medical of ficer of the hospital. The N. A. A. C. P. investigation followed complaints received from the colored war veterans last spring, and Mr. Johnson found the following abuses at Oteen: 1. That Ku Klux Klan agitation has produced a threat against one of the colored war veterans and a peti tion asking for the removal of 2!) of them to the government hospital at Tuskegee. 2. That 26 colored patients were segregated in one ward where there was bad overcrowding. 3. That Dr. McAllister’s attitude towanl colored patients had been in tolerable and that he had let it be known he wanted to get rid of all colored patients. 4. That Dr. McAllister had forced patients to pay for signing insurance blanks, which is contrary to govern ment regulations, and that Dr. Mc Allister had accepted pay from col ored patients in the governments hos pital, threatening them to make them silent. 5. That Dr. McAllister charged a patient for the signing of sick blanks and threatened the patient for re porting the matter. Upon completion of the N. A. A. C. P. investigation at Oteen hospital, Mr. Johnson forwarded his report, supporteil by affidavits and other doc uments, to General Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans’ Bureau, in Washington. Mr. Johnson’s report was acknowledged by E. A. Shepherd, chief of the Inspection Division of the Veterans’ Bureau, in a letter aaced May 28, 1924, in which Mr. Shepherd said: “It is believed that the information contained in your letter and in the affidavits submitted will be of much assistance in correcting any irregular ities which may exist.” The outcome of the N. A. A. C. P. report and of the investigation con ducted by the Veterans’ Bureau, is reported as follows in the Asheville Citizen in a special dispatch from Washington: “A letter from Dr. James Miller, medical officer in charge at Oteen, advised Dr. McAllister that the cen tral office at Washington hacl di rected a discontinuance of his services after giving careful consideration to a report of an investigation made of his case”. The Asheville Citizen’s dispatch further reports that Senators Sim mons and Overman of North Carolina have been asked by southern whites to intercede for the dismissed officer. BREAK GROUND FOR SI,000,000 BUILDING (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago, 111., Oct. 17.—Ground was broken Saturday by the Knights of Pythias of North America, South Am erica, Europe, Asia, Africa and Aus tralia, for their new one million dollar temple to be erected at 37th Place and State Street,, this city. DRAMA COMPETITION SHARP (By the Associated Negro Press) New York, N. Y., Oct. 17.—The struggle for supremacy in the field of Negro drama seems to have become very sharp. Ida Anderson has a com pany in the middle west, and Andrew Bishop has two companies on tour. All three are billed as Lafayette play ers, each claiming that right due to starring service in the original La fayette stock company in New York. FISK UNIVERSITY IS OPEN FOR NEW TERM (By the Associated Negro Press) Nashville, Tenn.. Oct. 17.—The new school year at Fisk University began Tuesday with flag raising exercises at the McMurdy flagpole. Signs point to a year with an increased en rollment and progressive program. The address of the students was made by William H. McAndrews, superin Btendent of schols in Chicago. A num ber o fnew teachers has been added to the force this year. POLITICAL ACTIVITY OF COLORED WOMEN WILLIAMSON, W. VA.—Mrs. Nina L. Brown of Cleveland, national organ izer assigned to West Virginia, ad dressed a citizens ?nass meeting in Williamson. At the close, the wo men were organized into a Coolidge Dawes Club which will immediately handle the situation in Williamson. McDowell county is calling for Mrs. Brown. West Virginia needs vigor ous workers to organize and inform its voters in mining camps and rural districts. OHIO—Mrs. Eva N. Wright, na tional organizer working in Ohio, made an inspiring address in Xenia. Coolidge-Dawes clubs in Ohio are pressing forward in spirited cam paign. KANSAS—Mrs. Charles Chiles, state chairman of Kansas, reports twenty-four clubs organized in nine cities: 5,000 letters sent out to voters. Mrs. Chiles is touring the state. MINNESOTA—The colored people of Minnesota are located in its three largest cities, Duluth, Minneapolis and St. Paul. Mrs. Susan E. Evans, state chairman of colored women, has or ganized Duluth under chairman Mrs. Mayme Merry. The check-up of col ored voters found fifty per cent of men registered and twenty-five of women. Mrs. Rebeque D. Foree, working in Minneapolis, lias thirteen precinct clubs functioning under competent chairmen. WISCONSIN — A Coolidge-Dawes club was formed in Madison by na tional organizer, Mrs. Clara C. Mont gomery. Mrs. Hattie G. Lewis is chairman. Milwaukee women organ ized with Mrs. Mabel Bailor, chair man. Racine has organized. All of these clubs are having group meetings semi-weekly to educate the voters on the use of the ballot. ST. LOUIS—St. Louis has four col ored women in the city central com mittece who are co-operating splend idly with state chairman, Mrs. Pearl Ruby Perdeau who has planned an active state-wide campaign. TENNESSEE—A strong appeal to Tennessee women for loyal and active inpport of the republican party has been issued by Mrs. Clemmie White, Nashville, state chairman of Colored Women’s Activities. This Bulletin re ntes the past record of the party for simple justice and fair play. It. enu merates twenty-five or more federal ppointments under this administra tion together with the personnel of the U. S. Veterans’ Hospital at Tus kegee, and appeals to the colored wo men to work as well as vote. VIRGINIA—Mrs. Ora B. Stokes, state chairman of colored women, is sued a vigorous appeal to the women ■>f Virginia, especially the new-com ars from the South, to throw off their indifference to their suffrage rights, and to >take their places squarely in the ranks of the repub lican party. KANSAS CITY, MO.—'The coun ty and congressional women’s organ ization of Kansas City, Mo., is put ting on a spirited campaign. The listrict is thoroughly organized un der fourteen energetic chairmen. On the sixth, Hon. I^onidas C. Dyer ad Iresed a monster women’s meeting, Mrs. Dora Harris, chairman; Mrs. Josephine Abernathy, secretary. Con gressman Dyer stirred our women to the depths of race interest and par ty loyalty and they are resolved to carry the Grand Old Party banner to victory in democratic Jackson county. Mr. Dyer also addressed four enthusiastic mixed audiences. WEST VIRGINIA — Mrs. Irene Moats, chairman of colored women In WeBt Virginia, has .perfected eJ fine organization of six districts un der competent chairmen, assisted by two special organizer*. Their Job Is a big one, to carry Democratic Candidate Davis’ own state for his opponent, Calvin Coolidge. Every county and town 'is organized, for group meetings of instruction and inspiration. OLD OMAHA RESIDENT DIES IN CHICAGO Mrs. Josephine Watkins, who for many years was a resident of Omaha, but who for the last few years has been living with her daughteV, Mrs. Etta Norrington, in Chicago, died there Tuesday morning after a pro tracted illness. The body was brought to Omaha this morning for burial. Mrs. Watkins is survived by three daughters, two sons and several grandchildren. The daughters are Mrs. Etta Norrington of Chicago; Mrs. Ethel Preston of New York; and Mrs. Alma Jones of Omaha. The sons are Wilbur and Victor Watkins, both of Chicago. WOMEN ORGANIZE WILLI AMS-BARNETT BOOSTER CLUB Pledge Themselves To W'ork for the Election of Member of School Board and State Legislature. Wednesday night a number of wo men met in the headquarters of the Coolidge-Dawes club in the Jewell building at Twenty-fourth and Grafft streets, and organized a booster club to further the candidacy of the Rev. John Albert Williams for a member of the school board and of F. L. Bar nett for the state legislature. The meeting was called to order by M. F. Singleton, who stated its object. A stirring address was de livered by Dr. L. E. Britt, president of the Colored Coolidge and Dawes club, in which he stated that the time had come *for contending for repre sentation on the school board and in the legislature and pledged himself to use all his influence towards this re sult. He was heartily applauded. The meeting was then turned over to the women, who organized “The Women’s Williams-Barnett Booster Club.” Mrs. J. Alice Stewart was elected president by acclamation; Mrs. Jennie Sellers vice-president and Mrs. Grace M. Hutten, secretary. Father Williams and Mr. Barnett were called upon and each spoke briefly pledging themselves, in the event of their election, to give their best services to the duties of their respective offices. All of the women present pledged themselves to work earnestly for the election of their candidates. Several brief, pointed and excellent addresses were made by the women, one of the wittiest and most earnest being that of “Mother” Washington, who de clared that the women were going to show “our timid men” what can be done. Meeting adjourned to meet next Wednesday night. All women are urged to attend. NORTON DECLARES AGAINST KLAN Democratic Candidate for Governor Unequivocally Opposes Hooded Order. (Declaration) J. N. Norton, democratic candidate for governor of Nebraska, at the La bor Temple in Omaha Monday night set his audience wildly enthusiastic when he declared his attitude on re ligious liberty was the same as that of John W. Davis, democratic candi date for president. At the beginning of his speech he picked up a statement he had pre pared and read it. It was: “I do not intend to permit the op position to divert my discussion away from the real issue in this campaign. But, so that there may be no mis understanding regarding my attitude and position on religious liberty, I here state that my position and at titude on this question is the same as that of John W. Davis, the democratic candidate for president. “I am in favor of the constitutional guarantees of religious liberty. I am opposed to religious bigotry and in tolerance in every form and by whom soever practiced. “I am not a member of the Ku Klux Klan and have only such information regarding it as is a matter of general knowledge. “If any organizaion, no matter what it chooses to be called, whether lyu Klux Klan, or by any other name, raises the standard of racial or relig ious prejudice, or attempts to make racial origins or religious beliefs the test of fitness for public office, it does violence to the spirit of the American constitution, and must be condemned by all those who believe, as I do, in American ideals.” PLEASANT GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH MARKS MILESTONE Pleasant Green Baptist church, Twenty-second and Paul streets, ob served with appropriate services and exercises the seventh anniversary of its organization and the third of its pastor, the Rev. Z. E. McGee, last Sunday. Large congregations were present at all services. At 11 a. m. the anniversary sermon, which was preached by the Rev. E. H. McDonald, D. D. pastor of St. John’s Baptist church. In the afternoon a mass meeting was held with several excel lent addresses and reports. An in spiring service was held at night. The Young People’s organizations, and other societies had their part in the anniversary exercises. In the three years pastorate of the Rev. Z. E. McGee there have been 900 added to the membership of the church and the sum of $42,000 has been raised, the receipts for this year thus far being $7,000. The church has purchased three houses and lots at Twenty-fifth and Decatur streets, the income from which is used to wards the support of the church ser vires and activities. I I $ THE NEGRO’S CONTRIBUTION NOT NEGLIGIBLE Y i — A moment’s thought will easily convince open-minded * persons that the contribution of the Negro to American $ nationality as slave, freedman and citizen was far from negligible. No element of American life has so subtly and •{♦ yet clearly woven itself into warp and woof of our thinking $ •{• and acting as the American Negro. He came with the first •}• explorers and helped in exploration. His labor was from -*• •j* the first the foundation of the American prosperity and ;{• the cause of the rapid growth of the new world in social and economic importance. Modern democracy rests not simply £ on the striving white men in Europe and America but also on the persistent struggle of the black men in America for •s* two centuries. The military defense of this land has de £ pended upon Negro soldiers from the time of the Colonial wars down to the struggle of the World War. Not only does j the Negro appear, reappear and persist in American litera X ture but a Negro American literature has arisen of deep X •{; significance, and Negro folk lore and music are among the * choicest heritages of this land. Finally the Negro has played £ X a peculiar spiritual role in America as a sort of living, X X breathing test of our ideals and. an example of the faith, X v hope and tolerance of our religion.—Du Bois, “The Gift of * X Black Folk.” X v ❖ ELOQUENT ORATOR TO SPEAK THURSDAY AT DREAMLAND HALL Attorney George L. Vaughn, Member of Speakers’ Bureau National Republican Committee, Coming to City Attorney George L. Vaughn of St. Louis, who is a prominent leader in the civic, religious and political life of the great Missouri metropolis, and is reputed to be one of the best ora tors in the speakers’ bureau of the national republican committee, will deliver an address next Thursday night in Dreamland hall, in the Jew ell building, Twenty-fourth and Grant streets, at a mass meeting held under the auspices of the Colored Coolidge and Dawes club. This will be Mr. Vaughn’s first ap pearance in Omaha and those who fail to hear him will be depriving themselves of a rare treat. Dr. L. E. Britt, president of the club, will preside. Preceding Mr. Vaughn’s address musical numbers, both instrumental and vocal, will be furnished by some of the best talent of the city. The program will start at 8:30. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 25th and R Sts. Phone Mar. 3475 O. J. Burchardt, Pastor The conference year’s work has started off very nicely. The preacher will preach Sunday at 11 a. m. on the subject: “Hinder Me Not.” At 8 p. m. he will preach on: “What Will Pay In This Life.” EASTERN STAR CHOOSES BUFFALO FOR NEXT MEETING (By the Associated Negro Press) New Orleans, La., Oct. 17.—The eleventh annual session of the su preme grand chapter, Order of East ern Star, was held here last week. A new set of officers was named with Mrs. Hattie Scott, Supreme Worthy Matron, heading this list. Buffalo, New York, was selected as the place for next year’s meeting. RUNS FOR CONGRESS IN CAROLINA (By the Associated Negro Press) Charleston, S. C., Oct. 17.—The Rev. Jesse E. Beard, pastor of the Morris Brown A. M. E. church, has been nom inated on the republican ticket as a candidate for congress from the First Congressional district of the state. There are more colored persons of voting age in the district than white, and, if they are permitted to register and vote, the Rev. Mr. Beard should win. Rev. Beard was born in 1870 and is a graduate of the Gammon Theological Seminary. INDICT MURDERERS OF CHICAGO NEGRO (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago, 111., Oct. 17.—Otto Ep stein, watchman in a sacramental wineshop, was accused of wielding the bat which brought death to Wil liam Bell in a mob outburst Wednes day night, and Irving Roekowitz, were held on a charge of murder fol lowing the inquest into the slaying Friday. They were identified by Al bert Harper. INSURANCE COMPANY FOR NEW ORLEANS New Orleans, La., Oct. 16.—(By the Associated Negro Press).—The Dou glass Life Insurance Company has commenced business in this city with H. E. Braden. Sr., president. The capital stock and surplus is announced at $26,000, more than half of which has been paid in. j ,m ■' -•» JTiT»r rr-mr • -LTI ■«- • -n-rw FIELD AGENT OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE TAKES OVER CATTERS Arrangements Are Made For Great Mass Meeting Here October 23—Vaughn Mill Be Speaker. Homer P. Phillips of St. Louis, field agent of the National Republican committee, held two conferences in Nebraska Saturday—at Lincoln in forenoon and at Omaha at night. Mr. Phillip’s work is not to make ad dresses, but to confer with a few local leaders to ascertain local conditions and to receive suggestions as to how the National committee can help by supplying speakers and furnishing literature. About twenty-five men and women were personally invited to this conference, but only about half this number attended. Among these were Dr. L. E. Britt, president of the Colored Coolidge and Dawes club; M. F. Singleton, president of the Douglas Republican League; Mrs. J. Alice Stewart and Mrs. James G.Jewell, active in women’s work; Sergt. Isaac Bailey; Rev. Fred Divers; S. L. Bush, and Rev. John Albert Williams. It was decided to arrange for a mass meeting in Jewell Hall, Thurs day evening, October 23, at which time the Hon. George L. Vaughn of St. Louis, a member of the National speakers’ bureau, will deliver the ad dress. Mr. Phillips while here was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Britt, he and Dr. Britt having been class-mates and friends of many years’ standing. He left Sunday night for Denver. M il A T TilE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE FOR US (1) They have disfranchised the colored people—taken away our right to vote—in every state where they had strength enough to do so. (2) They have 'passed segrega tion laws, and enforced them rigidly against us. (3) They have practiced peonage systems wherever the best citizens would tolerate it (4) They have tolerated the lynch ing and burning of our people, when they could have passed laws prevent ing it • (B) They have sustained an in equitable division of taxes for educa tional purposes. (6) They have passed Jim-Crow car laws and forced us to submit to them. (7) They are now bringing suit to prove the Fourteenth Amendment unconstitutional which would dis franchise every Negro in the United States. I STUDYING AT THE | UNIVERSITY OF OMAHA It is gratifying to note that sev eral of our young men are availing themselves of the privilege of study ing in the night classes at the Univer sity of Omaha. Among these are Dr. Craig Morris, who is taking a course in sociology and psychology; John G. Pegg, who is taking English, public speaking and business administration; and Dwight Dorsey, who is taking a course in science, literature and pub lic speaking. It is to be hoped that others will emulate the example set by these young men. GAS SALES BOOM IN 1923 AS FIELD OF USE WIDENS New methods of utilizing manufactured gas in Industry and In the home are re sponsible for the large increase in the sales of that product during 1923, accord ing to a statement made by the Amer ican Gas Association. It is estimated that there were about twenty billion more cubic feet of gas sold in 1923 than during the preceding year. Gas Is now used in more than 6,000 sep arate ways, according to the association and has Increased in consumption 1,000 per cent during the past ten years. In order to keep up with the present de mands for service the gas utilities fi nanced a $460,000,000 building and expan sion program during 1923. This sum will e materially Increased during 1924. OSWALD GARRISON i BILLARD DELIVERS ADDRESSES HERE _ Advises Colored Voters to Become Identified With the Progressive Party and Support La FoIIette. Oswald Garrison Villard, editor of The Nation and one of the founders of the National Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People, spent a busy day here last Saturday in the interest of Senator La FoIIette, can didate on the Progressive ticket for the presidency. He was the guest of the La FoIIette local campaign com mittee. He was busy with conferences and speeches throughout the day. He was guest at a luncheon in the Bur gess-Nash Tea Rooms at 12:3t) at which he made an address. Several colored people were invited and ac cepted the invitation, among them be ing C. C. Galloway, who is supporting La FoIIette and the Rev. Frederick Divers. At 8 o’clock he addressed a meet ing in the Swedish auditorium at which there was an audience of more than 500 people. He arraigned both major parties as belonging to the “Wall street bloc”; excoriated the re publican administration for the Tea Pot Dome scandals and defended the policies of La FoIIette. There was a good sprinkling of colored people in the audience. Following this meeting he spoke to an audience composed largely of col ored people at Columbia hall. The Rev. Russel Taylor was chairman of the meeting; C. C. Galloway intro duced the speaker. Mr. Villard urged the colored peo ple to show themselves the free men that Lincoln and Garrison would have them to be by supporting the Progres sive party and then by repudiating the charge that the Republican party owned the colored voter. He charged that since emancipation the Republi can party had done nothing for the colored man except to feed him on promises; it had made no honest at tempt to enforce the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendment, nor to reduce Southern representation. The time for a revolt had come. To support the Democratic party which stands for lynching, Jim Crow cars, peonage and like evils was impossible. The way out was to support the Progressive party, because it is the party of the working classes and with this class the colored people are and will be for years to come largely identified. His speech was loudly applauded. i i LINCOLN NEWS AND COMMENT 1 i - i Mr. Geo. L. Maston has been con- | fined at home the past two weeks with an infection in his eyes. - < c Mrs. Ada Holmes who underwent ( an operation some days ago, is at , home, and improving. , - < Mrs. Maud Gates has taken a turn ( for the worse. I - 1 Rev. M. C. Knight is attending an- 1 nual conference at Kansas City, Mo., 1 this week. * _ i Mr. Roland Young, wife and babe ’ from Omaha are visiting parents here. ‘ i Mrs. Anna Christman is just recov ering from a spell of sickness. Mr. Austin P. Curtis of Alliance was a visitor to the city last week. Mrs. Gertrude Haynes is reported quite ill. Homer P. Phillips of St. Louis, Mo., traveling committeeman of the Na tional Republican Campaign, was in the city last Saturday. Remember the Box Social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mosley, 1335 Rose street, next Thursday night, October 23rd, which is given by the Utopian Art Club of Mt. Zion Baptist church. Mrs. Jennie Johnson, general chairman. Rev. H. W. Botts very nicely enter tained the Utopian Art Club at the parsonage and church last Tuesday night. Quite a crowd of the members were out. Miss Evelyn Johnson enter tained with musical selections. Rev. C. R. Ross and his members of the Newman M. E. Church are hav ing a ten nights meetings in celebra tion of all ex-pastors. Some layman will represent each pastor. Appro priate program will be rendered each night from October 13 to 21. Services were most elaborate at Quinn Chapel Sunday on the return of the pastor from conference. Rev. T. J. Porter conducted devotlonals, and sermon was preached by pastor. At night the pastor and laymen gave reports from the conference. SEGREGATION AT MISSOURI CAPITOL MEETS OPPOSITION blond Citizens Present at the Dedi cation of State Capitol Build ing Combat Separa tion Plan SPECIAL SIGNS ARE REMOVED Thousands of Citizens Assemble at Jefferson City to Witness the Dedicatory Cere monies Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 17.— “There is always something to take the joy out of life,” is the remark made by a colored lady, a visitor who was here Monday, September 29, to attend the dedication of the Capitol building. Several thousands, principally Mis souri citizens, were present, fired ^ith enthusiasm and patriotism. Aside from the picture of the “Capitol beau tiful” in their minds, the thought of the pageant offered the most pleas ing anticipations. On an occasion of this kind, all cit izens, regardless bf race, or creed or religion, are wont to feel welcome to the end that the full enjoyment of the day might be theirs. . A Ripple on the Waves Everything seemed to be getting along fine. All hearts were aglow as the hoards poured into Jefferson City from all parts of the state. A nice sprinkling of colored people mingled with the crowds. But cer tainly their hopes were blasted when it was noticed that signs were con spicuously displayed designating cer tain sections in the seating arena for colored patrons. These were the signs that troubled the calm waters, and the little somethings that always seek to “take the joy out of life”. Negroes Get Busy The matter was called to the at tention of J. E. Mitchell by Charlie Robinson and B. D. Abington. State officials were sought, and the matter was brought to their attention. The appeal was made to Governor Hyde, Attorney General Je6se W. Barrett and Hoi. A. A. Speer, a member of the Capi :ol commission. Blames Demoerats When Mr. Mitchell presented the natter to Attorney General Jesse W. Sarrett, the Iat‘er stated that the itate officials were powerless to act, is the matter of arrangements, and he entire affair was in the hands of l committee of citizens, headed by : democrat, John P. Gordon. Mr. Jordon is regarded as the leading Juxter in Cole county. But the At orney General was told that the 'apitol and grounds are in the hands if the Committee of Permanent Seat f Government, and that this power ould not be delegated to any one vbo would abuse that privilege. Vhereupon Mr. Barrett gave his onsent to Col. Speer to have the bnoxious signs removed. The mat er was called to the Governor’s at ention, personally, by Mr. Mitchell, vho told him it was an insult to the olored people of the state, and that he plea that the Democrats are re ponsible would not excuse him as :hief executive of the state. So, in l short while, the signs were taken [own, good feeling restored, and the lay passed into history as an epoch naking event in which all citizens >f the state were proud. Rev. J. S. Farley of Refuge Baptist :hurch conducted his services as isual Sunday. Much enthusiasm was lisplayed. Rev. H. W. Botts and Rev. Mr. Day mve been holding services at the Mt. Zion Baptist church this week. The •esult of the financial rally during ;he month was $358. At the close of :he services Sunday night the official board of the church presented Rev. H. W. Botts a nice hat in token of his irduous labor the past four years. The C. A. C.’s met in their first monthly meeting with Mrs. Lucy Allen and have accomplished much in their fine art work. They are planning to have a bazaar in the near future. The club is growing rapidly numerically, as well as socially. Two new mem bers were added to the roll. The club hopes to accomplish much in the way of helping the various churches and Old Folks Home. After adjourn ment a delightful three-course lun cheon was served by the hostess. The second monthly meeting was held with Mrs. Emma Clifton. Rev. and Mrs. J. S. Payne of Qulndars, Kan., were guests of the club. A splendid pro gram was rendered, and the club was favored with an instructive address by Mrs. Payne, who has had & wide experience as an organizer. The club planned to have a Hollowe’en party at the home of the president, Mrs. M. Copeland. After adjournment a dainty luncheon was served.