Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1918 — John Plans Return With One of Kaiser’s Buttons [ARTICLE]

John Plans Return With One of Kaiser’s Buttons

Kingman, Kan. —When John Barfield, colored, comes home from France, if he ever does, and brings a button off the coat or trousers of Kaiser Bill he will have paid a fine assessed against him by Police Judge Harlow. John recently “hung a shovel” around the neck of a fellow worker. He'was fined a few dollars. Before he paid the fine he was called to the colors. The judge told him what he could do, and the negro replied: “That’s sho’ fair ’nough, boss. I’ll do mah best to bring back dat button.”