Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1917 — NO REGISTRATION CARD, TWO NEGROES BEATEN [ARTICLE]

NO REGISTRATION CARD, TWO NEGROES BEATEN

Kansas City, Mo.—Uncle Samuel has a misguided but willing conscription aid in William Macdel lan, twenty-two, a structural steel worker. Shortly before midnight" MacClellan halted a pair of negroes. “See this,” he queried, shoving one of the little blue registration certificates under their noses. “Got one?” “No,” one of the negroes replied, “and what’s more, we ain’t goin’ to wear one of them things.” Whereupon the structural steel worker proceeded to demonstrate the superiority of trained muscle and shortly afterwards marched the negroes up in front of the sergeant’s desk at the police headquarters. It was a fateful match for the trio. All three were charged with disturbing the peace. $ . “Thht’s all right, sergeant.” said Uncle Sam’s co-worker, "just put ’em in a cell with me.” MacClellan’s request was not granted. »