From the Lawrence Daily Journal-World for Mar. 27, 1911:

• “‘The next time they come dodging ’round begging me for whiskey, your honor, I’m going to my old desk and take my forty-four and ask ’em if they want a drink out of that,’ said Phil. Rich, an old ex-slave from Baldwin, who was facing sentence in the district court for selling liquor. ‘No, don’t do that,’ cautioned Judge Smart, smiling, ‘take a horse whip.’ Rich had pleaded guilty to maintaining a nuisance, and the county attorney has told the court that the prisoner’s greatest offense was ‘accommodating’ his friends. Being a southerner he always kept liquor about his little home and when the other fellows would get out Phil would accommodate them by selling them a little. Rich told the judge that he was a former slave, that he could not read or write, and that he had raised a law abiding family. They were all dead now, and old Phil worked on the lawns of Baldwin people.”
• “The third annual convention of laundrymen was called to order this morning by J. E. Martin, of Emporia, president of the association. There was a much larger attendance than was expected and the interest was very gratifying. The visitors came in last night and on the early morning trains. In addition to the program the visitors will be shown over town in automobiles.”