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FROM OVERSEASLuther S Atttlngon writ**# that he desire* his friend* to look lor him .ihju, the sooner the Twit lor for him.The following boys of the swtk Pioneer Infantry writ** that the coim I try ia fine oyer there hut they nre ail I homesick nod want to eOQto hack home and wish to bo remembered by all rjrnndf: Sergt Shirley Meek. Kdw.* Ptcey Wesley Monroe, Geo. Lee, Ben K. Harr la. Mitchell Hall,Clarence B, William® write* that the fiflfith Pioneer Infantry ha* been decorated for having participated In the Meuse Argonnc offensive. Many relative* and friends of the aotdfor* of this orgo Filiation will he glad to know' tkui they expect to sail shortly and urgently request that a stop over he Inhl In Kuntms City to allow the populace an opportunity of hearing a ■I real Jtt** Bund with Band leader Ash* •1 ford Hardee, well known musician of the west »e leader and director It may he well known that of the mush • clans of this band, Koftva* CUy affords the majority.The K0Sv.lt In algo getting a repnta |* tloii for haring n good stable, Sevcrul of the fighters are reporting daily to. the A tie tic Officer, ftiitl are knocking ..the spots off nil tlieir opponent*.Sunday night at the Navy Hut, Pri vat* l#awream Miller, fentrtrit weight from Company K, knocked lt;iuf Tlt;f»Itox it French fig bier. In two round** i It In probable that Miller is the bc*=i colored high weight in the A B, P. Her® aro some of his rerunt mums. m* eluding hi* buttles at Xeumehmeau11. Won from Ramin, reputed the h best French featherweight iFlnmln1 had previously defeated Steve Fevers. t a notable French fighter e? b, Draw with Dnlney, 501st Enpln eer»,* *: Won from Juliiurd. Frenchto Idt/eri* and Informed kin vgro lei-1 low countrymen that they coutd hm their own dlftCTvikolt u, HUppotlU'g Ltin tor a locoiid term.Now m the J*»t ffiur years, if not before the Negro ha*- uumlsutKatdy demonstrated that when It comen to national danger or weal he unhcillat tngiy subordinates hla own mutest to j wn.it seems the public* goodEven the amended constitution of the League of utiotis as the e#tro care fully studies it. duo- not sooui sails factory, but since It has awakened attrii violent and unrelenting opposition and fierce attacks of the senior noun tor from Missouri, it must he that some hidden good in this conveuant hju* os wiped the vigilant scrutiny of the No gro and that it posaewes, because of this un ex fie i t**d opposition f rom a source not too friendly to the Negro some merit that roust enlist the favor and support of the Negro,Wf|her fence, Ohio, J une 12.- With the First Educational District of the A. M. K. Church over which Mir hup Joshua H. Jones presides, nubm nhint; 125,twin for WiJberforee, with the re election of l»r. W. S Scarborough a president, the able add ref* of Dr. Emmett J. SOQtt, and the graduation of 100 idudt rits. Hit* Ji-tb annual com ( moueemont uf Wilbarfnr* «■ pqsmb Into history an one of the greatest since it* fnunduimtt by Bishop Bayne The exorcises were attended by u ihon* itud people from alt over the State of Oltlo and throughout the eouuiry, On commencement day them was a rhttu^c from the riding In buggies and wagons*, they came in automobiles nttd taxi’s to hoar Mr. Scott w ho acted i u* Special XsHifltnnf to the Secretary of ’War tinker. Dr. Scarborough Intro j du o ml hhn u one of Americas meat| dintSuguhhvd cduratmn uttd on* whohad b»*en ft Inn* and irivd ifiend tj Wllberfom* especially during the Igte w-iip when Wilberfatce wn- sending t-youun: bloofled “Over the £taaH Dr. Scott's Speech.Dr. Scott who ruesdml it degree from,BEHIND TME GUNS.By Chai B Wife. n,Jeflerenn f ill Mo.Matilda don* her lot* -1 irock nttd kHprlhkle* powder on her H***.She twin*** a roguish curl in place and ItJtcftitta on her fancy rkdhcs,Then off with suitor to the dame to two-fitcp in the hour* so late. While mother wanhm up the things ami father— father pays tin? Lfreight. ^nThe driver brings a lend of coal, a man J(1* hired to put it in ^While William In an ascot tie Is off h to see which team will win, fi| He shouts with glee when muscles ^ strain and give* a muting cheer Jt elate. jkWhile mother chops the kindtfnc wood ( and father—father pay® the,t|freight. wtlOh Y outh, You II wander Inin .,*;** -the pi way in all too bright trm brief. You'll learn the worth of * ,ry laughyetTt! know the rmiM- of every “ grief. ^One day win come when you the sage * Khali witness all tbii youthful 11 prate;And mother will do *11 tiie chores v while you a» father pay the freight.EIGHTH ILLINOIS. tiJirsl the other day AdJufuiiT General t Dickson of Illinois appointed company I cniiittiandera for the Eighth Uegiutent, I known dhritnr the recen* ;*r as Up u Bhfck Devils Thl« is t» unljr r* cl* ( meat with all colored olfh * ?* from the t Colonel and down. They an ColanM r Oils I • Duncan. Springflcb' l.iju* Col. j John If Batten. Chicago. Maur«j lltiftta t M StOlPi, Chit it go. Steward A. Butt * ■ Jiic.ign, Reht. A Byrd, ^pHrtpfluid. * Medical Corps MaJ, Jnm- R Whit * lt;hlca^fi, Capt. Spencer K, DSt union i ’hlcugo, Sh*-nard A. Ware. Spring- *, j field: Ctvjunnny Capt; Jog. ;.h E Mur- c an ti, Spring fleid, Win. It IPk-r. Dun t vlltc. Wilbert W. Field. Quine;. Stuart ]
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Kansas City Sun
Kansas City, Missouri, US
Sat, Jun 14, 1919
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