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THE RICHMOND PLANET 1906 GLAD TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY FROM PAINTING BY PLOCKHORST VOL. XXIV, NO. 3. ```markdown ``` A Merry Christmas to All. ```markdown ``` PRICE, FIVE CENTS ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` HLGGGOPBEVSHASOSIS SITS Ie gggggogeggeggoegegaggaq#@¢yZoosooosessoessengeasaaanenoososoessodeeaseneses: KCGKIMEGKHAPA RGSS HRSA Hs ogAgeAoogegoagegeoaagges MIMAKI SHGIOMGOHHTISH GS GHHatogGagecaaaaegeoaae ‘ ‘ bee epee Buy That Christ Pi lo-day u a ristmas ano 10-day. WG We have closed one of our temporary Branch Houses and the stock is being sold at our Annual Christmas sale. We are slashing prices to close out our stock by Xmas. Dy f Pi Organs, Phonographs and Musical Instruments $200,000.00 Ww orth oO 1anos, must be closed out by December 24th. All prices quoted below will positively not be considered after Monday, December 24th. If you want a Piano, there is no time like now to bay. The Annual Christmas Sale is strictly a Cable institution, and this year, owing to the closing of a branch store, we intend to dispose of the entire stock in our ware-rooms here, MAKING IT THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY THAT HAS EVER EXISTED TO BUY A PIANO, ORGAN OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENT. The stock is something tremendous, and we have cut prices from 10 to 30 per cent. of the original cost on pianos that are good as new. Stool and Scarf free with every Piano, and The Cable Company’s guarantee governs z “ll ORDER IT TO-DAY; WE’LL DELIVER 1T CHRISTMAS EVE IF YOU DESIRE. B= | ss = ee = aes Note the Bargains Below and Remember that the Prices expire Dec. 24: i. “J o~ , oom rs: 7 iHe CABLE COMPANY, Rich d, V A , Richmond, Va. i EEE SEER EERE EERE Rr EERE EERE eet ey Jorlechechechententeatientoneaten’ j heafeatenententeatenteaheatententiehentenheatentenhinheaheatentnatant (cheaheateateateatea eS Se PERATTETEEs eee erE tr tener AEG IEG OSG GHGS RSG Goo o eee Serer decbe becdecder be Sender derk tered Ser bee eee eee deeded eed endorser | ee pereecenderdecdeiecech Seeded Sede cde de debe Becerra detected sbecpecerder Sener fectecdecdecdecdetentecdiesd p Seetetectenteatet JssscaegnegoesgeseguEngegEgauaonanavanoegeeaases SASASHEIESSILOVSHIMAG HAGA Gsogganggadaegoaegas | Great Piano Bargains. | | +1 used-$1,500 Knabe Grandnow. . . . . . . $400 | | 1 used $1,500 Knabe Grand now, . . . . . . $500 | 1 used Booth Bros. $300 Upright now. . « . $148 | | 1 used $300 Booth Bros Upright now. . . . . $200 | | 1 used $300 Waters Uprightnow. . . . . $125 | 1 used $325 Halleck & Davis Upright now . . . $125 1 used $600 Knabe Upright now. . . . . . . $275 1 used $400 imperial Uprightnow. . . . . . . $135 | 1 used $400 Fischer Uprightnow. . . . . . . $125 | 24 used $600 Conover Uprights. . . . $200 to $400 | 18 used $400 Kingsbury Uprights now. . . . $255 22 used $375 Kingsbury Uprights now. . . . . $248 16 used $350 Kingsbury Uprights now. . . . . $224 1) used $450 Cable Uprightsnow. . . . . . . $298 9 used $450 Cable Uprights now. . . . . . . $269 12 used $250 Dekoven Uprights now. . . . . . $168 23 used $300 Wellington Uprights now. . . . . $238 18 used $275 Wellington Uprights now. . . . . $212 9 used $275 Wellington Uprights now - . - $190 | Most of these Pianos are from our branch house stock, but many of them | are slightly used instruments, that have been out ou rental. In every ease, whether new or slightly used, they are in perfect order, newly polished, tuned and regulated. "They are absolutely the biggest’ value for the dollar ever offered by use | A Noble Death. ROSS—Mrs. Ada Ross, Natural Bridge, Va., died Dec. 6th, 1906 at the ripe age of 58 years, while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Lucy Brooks, Great Neck, N.Y. Her re- mains were accompanied home by her Waughter, Mrs. Issie White and granddaugater, Miss Emma Bell. At the station the body was met by the family and conducted to her home. Funeral took place Sunday, 9th inst. from Natural Bridge Baptist Chureh of whieh she had been a member for 42 years or more. Ser: vices were conducted by the Rev. Q S. Watts, Pastor and the remains interred in the Natural Bridge Cem: etery. She leaves a husband and eleven children. five sons and six daughters and a large family of gram children and relstives to mourn their loss. Signed: Mrs. Wiliam Saunders Pittsburg, Pa.; Mrs. Charles Burton Pittsburg, Pa. Mrs. Issie White, N. Y¥. City; Mrs. Edward Brooks, Great Neck, N. Y.; Miss Etta Ross, Nat- ural Bridge, Va.. Miss Hattie Ross, Natural Bridge, Va.; Fields Ross, Pittsburg, Pa.; Charles Ross, Pitts. burg, Pa.; Harry Ross. Pittsburg Pa.;' Mr. Jackson Ross, Natural ‘Bridge, Va.; Walter Ross, New Yor} At Rest. COTTON—Mrs. Amy Cotton died at the residence of her brother, Mr. Jobn Cousins, 418 W. 52nd St., New York City. ‘She leaves one little girl in care of her aunt Mrs. Helen Johnson. The deceased was _ of Richmond but recently made her home in New York. She was sick only a short time and died in the full triumph of faith. Her aunt, HELEN JOHNSON PERSONALS AND BRIEFS. —When in need of furniture, re member that Messrs. Sydnor "and Hundley are ready to serve you. They have all of the latest styles and their terms are made to suit the pocket of the purchaser Cal and see them, —Now, it has been raining, if 1 is not now and Straus Special will protect you from the next attack All of the best brands. Messrs. I aac Straus and Company are read, to serve you. Nothing's better for a frient than a good first-class photograp’ with artistic finisa. Mr. George 0. Brown is an artist in this line. Call and see him. —The United Aid Insurance Com- pany holds its own amd it is stead: Hy gaining. If you wish to test its merits and be satisfied of its abilits to carry ont its promises, call at 31! E. Broad Street. ~_—The Peoples Real Estate and Investment Company is a hustling enterprise that is doing much bust- ness. You can Ca your x manage WANTED—A good Alto and So- prano and Tenor Singer to travel with a company of reliable backing. Your money sure. Will pay sula- ty by the week and pay all expen- ses. A good position to tae right party. Must be ladies and gentle- man. Good voice readers preferred For particulars address 8. R. OVERSTREET, care Duncan Litho. Co., Hamilton, Ontario. at ———107;- —__ ARCHBISHOP JUSTUS J. BVAYS. D. G. SPEAKS. He Has Something Great For the Negro Race.—Let Us All See. What is It? Te May be ‘What We Need Most. wnat We Need most. Special to The PLANET. Mr. Editor WI you kindly give me space in your paper to inform my friends and all of them who are interested that Tam going to put something in your paper next week tant is very- very great which T would like to have a million of the best thinking people of our race to see within one week from the day the paper comes out. 1 would like for every friend and well-wisher to send to your office and buy a few copies of that special issue of your paper and send a com- plimentary copy of it to some special dear friends of theirs in some dis- tant part of America; also I would Mike some kind friends to go to all the churches amt society meetings and to all the gatherings of colore! people they possibly can and get up and inform the people that there is something very great to appear in the Richmond PLANET next week that every good thinking member of the Negro race would be glad to see and know about at once, which when they have seen it they will never regret that they hat made themselves busy trying to get it on time.as copies of the paper contain- ing it will be very precious in the sight of them who happen to get one of them for the next forty years to come, as they will profit by it great: ly, as the contents of it will bring hefore the Negro race the most won- derful intelligence of its kind ever seen by any feople of this axe. T make this statement in advance of its coming In order to give a lot ‘of people a chance to tell their friends of the coming of it, s0 as they may not Tet that issue of the Paper containing it get by them without seeing it, for if they do they will surely regret it bitterly, for they cannot afford to miss know: ing what T am prepared to reveal to them through. your paper next week, Signed: JUSTUS J, EVANS, D. G. Philadelphia, Pa. Do You Know Them? _ [would like to know the wherea- bouts of Emma Wilson, Miles Wil son, Enoch Wilson and Edward Wil- son’ of Portsmouth, Va. The sister Emma Wilson left Portsmouth, Va. and went to Deen Creek, Va. “Moth er’s name was Margaret Wilson also of Portsmouth, Va. I, the sister Annie Wilson left Portsmouth, Va. in the year A. D. 1871. If any of these relatives de living or anybody knows of tho THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Department. : We are distributors for Victor Talking Machines. A car | load of Victors—10,000 Victor Records—the latest | out—on sale for Xmas. | ‘The latest Marches, Band Concerts, Operas, Grand Operas in full, Vaudeville Music, Church Music, everything that you could’ desire, from the humble street tune to the great voices an mnisic of the masters GET A VICTOR—It makes an ideal Christmas present Phonograph Cylinder Records, 25c. each to fit any machine. SS LO SOT. A A SEVERAL CAR-LOADS BRAND NEW UPRIGHT PIAYCS. Full Sized, Sever Octave Pianos, guaranteed in every respect for ten years. Sweet toned, handsome cases in mahogany, oak and wallnut. Stool and scarf free, $150.00 whereabouts of them or can furnish any Information of them, please write, MRS, ANNIE HENRY, 6 W. 6th St., Mt. Vernon, N. ¥. st ——— 10; —___ JOHNSON—PEMBERTON, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pemberton beg to announce the marriage of their daughter, Miss Mamie E. to Mr. Frank I. Johnson at taeir resi: dence, 506 N. 12th St., Christmas morning, December 26th, 1906 al 10 o'clock. Friends are invited. No cards. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson will make their future ‘home in Phila., Pa, Soares Bee Dead, Bat Liveth, Richmond, Va., Dec. 22, "06. One year ago to-day the cold hand of death touched the frame of our E. A. Washington. We miss him not to the chambers of forgetful ness and death. What we admired and prized, and venerated in them, can never be forgotten. I had alnrost said that they are now beginning to live, to live that Nfe of unimpared influence, of un- clouded fame, of unmingled happ!- ness, for which their talents and services were destined, Such men do not: cannot die. To be cold and breathless; to feel not and speak not; this is not the end of existence to the men who haye breathed their spirits Into the institutions of their country, who have stamped their characters on the pillars of tae age, who have poured their heart's blood into the channels of the public pros- perity. ‘Tell me, ye who tread the sod of yon sacred height, is Warren dead? Can you not still see aim, not pale and prostrate, the blood of his gallant heart pouring out of his ghastly wound, but moving resplen- dant over the fleld of honor, with the rose of heaven upon his cheek, and the fire of liberty in his eye? ‘Tell me, ye who make your pious iwilgrimage to the shades of Vernon, is Washington indeed shut up in that sold aml narrow house? That which made these men, and men like these cannot die. ‘The hand that traced the charac- ter of indepentience is, indeed mo- tionless. ‘The eloquent’ lips that sustained it are hushed, but the lof- ed, but the lofty spirits M ,.:hrdlu ty spirits that conceived, resolved and maintained it and which alone to such meant, “make a life to live.” ‘These men cannot exrire. God be blessed. ‘His wife, ISABELL WASHINGTON FOR SALE OR RENT—A large ho- tel. 20 rooms, electnic lights. steam beat and’ bath, doing good business, Guarantee $150 month- ly. Centrally located in Philadel vhia, Pa, Must soll at once on ac count of other business, Write at once for particulars. ‘A. SMITH, 901 Kaighns Ave. Camden, N. 3. —For real estate, Mr. Jonn H. Braxton's name. {s\ presenied. He will collect’ rents and hegotiate loans. Call and see him. —Smith’s Business College at Lynchburg will enable you to se cure profitable employment Write to him to day. See advertisement The Peoples Restaurant offers you meals either by day, week or ihe price of a meal plan.” Read ad- vertisement and call at 750 North Third Street For sadness and gloom, the funeral director is there, and Mr. A Hayes supplies the latest style car: rlages and caskets at the most. reas- onable prices. Call and se him —When in need of groceries, fresh meats, in fact anything in that line, call on Mr. John Forel. He will’ serve you promptly, See ad- vertisement. —Mr. Chitman M. White wi serve you at 303-305 Nora Third Street. Call and see him. Your clothes need cleaning and repairing and he is the man to do it. —When in need of a first-class, private boarding house, call on Mrs Booker Leftwich, 816 North Second Street. Her service is first-class and ‘her prices are reasonable. —When in need of fish, oysters or game send for Mr. H. F. Jona- than. He sells either by the whole- sale or by retail amd he fills orders promptly. Sce advertisement. | —Fine furniture ts his specialty. ‘Mr. Charles G. Jurgeh’s Son has ‘made a reputation that is known throughout this city and state. Call and see him. | _ __For pure drugs &e and prompt filling of orders, Leonard's Reliable Prescription Drag Store offers you the best advantages. Call there and be convinced. | —Reliability is the bed-rock prin- ciple of Custalo’s Emporium. It cures that tired feeling and aids in- digestion. Call and get the Xmas supply. ¢ | ; Aves, Mr. W. Isaac Johnson {s here to do business and he's doing it. Satisfaction is given and first class service rendered Ball parties and marriages a speelalty too. | —For pure fee eream and confec- tioneries, ‘phone Mr. N. Winston. He is polite, obliging and his ser- vice ie strictly first-class. A call will convince you. Go there and buy. SESE Ribieetea —Speaking of Insurance, you have but to read the announcements of ‘the Southern Ald Soclety. It is a ive, progressive institution and) its | ‘will first class service. See s Hair ew Process ts an jart and a AL ‘has ‘desire up-to- ee “tn ie te eet ee Sere eRe | They will appreciate this gift. | : j ¢ The Imperial Piano PLAYER: $150.00 $100 CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER HIGH-GRADE PLAYER... .. | Plays the Piano with the technique and expression of the best musicians without previous study. Any kind of | music can be played by anybody. Call and see it Sold | on easy terms, if desired. EE ee eee ape Small Instruments, Sheet Music ac. Small instruments of every devcription. Guitars, Banjos, Mandolins, price from five dollars into the hundreds Credit if desired. See list of prices: Ranjos from $1.50 up. Violins from $5.00 47 Misia Kelle, 795 $1 $2.00; $5-00. } Largest assortment in the city to select from. —You needn't shed any tears if Mr. A. D. Price has the funeral. He'll lay away the corpse in such a manner as to sooth the feelings ant enhance the satisfaction and if you are after a marriage, Joy will be unconfined. —wWhen it comes to The J. V. Hawkins Hair Grower and Restorer you have secured what you want. All of the ladies who admire a good complexion ami an improved growth of hair are trying it. Send and test its merits. —All stomach remedies can be obtained at Mr. 8. W. Robinson's cafe. He sells the grades to snit and you get what you pay for. Send in your orders. He has a full sup- ply of bottles, jugs, and the “med- icine” with which to fll them. Ci. gars and tobacco too. | —The Southern Ald Society talks much and does more. The combina tion of the two makes it all the more powerful and its membership fs steadily increasing under conser: vative management. Its real estate buildings is one of the most attrac- tive features. Join to-day. | WANTED—Edueated colored men to travel and distribute — samples and circulars of our goods amons their own people. Salary $80 per month amd expenses. Saunders Co., Desk 10, Jackson Boulevard, Chica- go. THREE MESSAGES SENT 10 CONGRESS PUBLIOLANDSHAVY PRROONNEL Washington, Dec. 18.+Three mes- sages from the president were received by congress and their reading took practically all of the t'me of the sen- ate. The messages were in relation to the public land laws and the navy per- sonnel bill and a recounting of the president's visit to inspect the Panama ma canal. ‘The latter message at- tracted great interest because it was elaborately {ilustrated showing the work on the great waterway ta its various stages. It was in the form of @ very entertaining story of the presi- dent's visit. ~ There is no doubt in the mind of President Roosevelt of the ultimate success of the Panama canal enter- prise. While recognizing the magni- tude of the task the president says he ‘is convinced that the work will re- dound to this country’s credit and that it will be of vast benefit to the world. ‘The president expresses himseit in unmistakeable terms concerning the “unjust and slanderous criticism” which has from time to time been Voiced against the canal commission, When the libellers are Americans Mr, Roosevelt says he feels for them the heartiest contempt, because they “are secking to bring to naught the efforts of thelr countrymen to put to the credit of America one of the giant feats of the ages.” ‘The president does not favor the “seven-headed commission.” He terms it “a clumsy executive instrament,” and suggests a single commissioner with necessary departments and offl- cers under his charge. He has only words of commendation for the com- mission, however, the atinosphere of which he says, breathes honesty, ef clency and energy The plan decided upon by the gov ernment to let ont most of the work by contract, Mr. Roosevelt regards as especially desirable. The plan as re- cently promulgated by Secretary Taft 4s tentative and the president recog- nizes the possibility of failure to come to an agreement with a contractor. Should the plaw fail the government Will proceed with the work to com- pletion. ‘The president's message shows the satisfaction and pleasure he experi- ences with the work so far accom- plished. ‘There are still several diff- cult problems to be solved, notably the Gatun dam and the Culebra cut. ‘The GaGtun dam, President Roosevelt says, offers the most serious problem, but this is regarded as certain of so- lution. Worle is progressing diligently on the Culebra cut and this portion of the great undertaking requires intelli- gence, perseverance and executive ca- pacity. ‘There are some 6000 white employs and 19,000 colored employes on the isthmns. About 5000 of the whites are from the United States, Among these the president found the com- plaint general that wages are insuffi clent. The president appends a list of wages paid in order that congress may fudge if the complaint is justified. He intends to confer with labor leaders here on the subject. Because of the scarcity of common laborers the government has arrang- ed to employ Chinese. In his message on the condition of the public lands, President Roosevelt Urges many reforms in the laws. Al- Most all of them were designed to Prevent frauds by the land-grabbing corporations, who acquire from indi- vidual entrymen patents to land. The message also touched upon Indian lands and forests, and urged that the Power to create national forests by Proclamation be granted. Mr. Roosevelt, In his message on the avy personnel, urges legislation changing the system of promotion in the navy. The president says the ex- isting system is without parallel in the navy of any other first-class pow- er, The result of it is more than ample service in subordinate positions ‘and inadequate experience in the high- er positions. A bill formulated by the secretary of the navy accompanied the message. By its provisions captains and rear ‘admirals are commissioned at an ear- ier age, and the grade of vice admi- ral is established. THREE Beee.. By Paying Their Expenses. "Washington, Dec. 19.—An important decision has been rendered by Secre- tary Straus, of the department of com- merce and labor, as to the right of a state to induce immigration to that state. The decision holds, in brief, that In Cie circumstances there Is no violation of the immigration laws or of the law to prohibit the importation of alien contract laborers in the action of the state of South Carolina, in tris ‘particular case, in encouraging immi- fration to that state or in paying the necessary expenses of the immigrants in coming to the state. ‘The question of the right of a state, under the national immigration laws, to encourage immigration was raised by the officiais of another southern state. It was referred to the depart- ment of commerce and labor. Realizing its importance, Secretary Metcalf re- ferred the legal question involved to Solicitor Earl of the department for an opinion. Mr. Earl considered very carefully the facts of the case in con- nection with the statutes bearing upon it and arrived finally at the conclusion that there had been no violation of the national Iaw by the authorities of South Carolina. The opinion of Solict- tor Earl goes fully into a discussion of the law respecting immigration. He finds that “so far as the prohibition against assisting the importation or migration of foreign laborers by prom- tse of employment through advertise- ments abroad is concerned, states and territories are expressly excepted from the operation of the law.” He says further: “By the terms of the proviso, states and territories may offer in- ducements or make promises to foreign laborers, by advertisement printed and published in foreign lands, and they are not forbidden to ‘assist’ in the migration of the foreign Inborers to whom such offers are addressed.” | SUNDAY MASS IN FRANCE Day Was Quiet In Paris, But Great Excitement at Other Places. Paris, Dec. 17.—The serious disturb- ances that it was believed would ensue on the first Sunday under the law sepa- rating church and state were not real- ized. The services in this city in par- ticular passed off quietly. There was [a noticeable Increase in the size of the congregations, and in them were large bodies of men who were determined to forcibly prevent the interruption of masses by rowdies. There were only a few cases wheer rowdies entered the churches wearing their hats, and they were protuptly ejected and arrested. Reports from the provinces show that there was great excitement at many places. Large processions. charting psalms, accompanied the clergy to and from the caurches. Counter demonstrations took place in Several cities, notably Perpignan and Amiens, where the Catholics and Free ‘Thinkers came into collision, necessi- tating interference by the police, who: quickly dispersed the crowds. 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When, if the letter te fost or stolen tt san be traced. You can send money in chia Shred eee rege oa sergeant be, Soemaietor mene cet n Sy cistern ere ree Tas Renesas sdigenram gras a in erate ea ad coe ot Hermann Moe} ron to not want x aes oe joey dter pencen tmeaye em mony Pei farate teermeoeain ne cone earn eee aemreta eres matinee cementite ce Paatceeee rene ton p dae when they ordar the pepor ‘lis- Sows, Sun sewed’ give pour sume nad atidnees ian wanotncn wane Panera atthe Rest SATURDAY. DEC. 22ND, 1906. Yes, we'd like to see Secretary Taft president—of some Negro-hat- ing society. A colored man whose eyes are not as yet open might as well keep them closed forever, Secretary Taft should state wheth er he approved the Garlington report that declared the dismissal to be a penalty. Well, we hope that Brother Taft will continue to decline jobs on the bench of the United States Supreme Court. We must save our money and buy land. It will not do for us to re- main paupers all of our days. President Roosevelt may be all right on the race question, but he had a mighty crooked way of show- ing it. y A colored man who now emiorses Secretary Taft for the presidency, may next be expected to endorse Senator Tillman for the same posi- tion. One thing is certain, since the Wismissal of innocent colored troops by order from Weashington, colored people have ceased looking in that direction for relief. Secretary of War Taft saould keep that report on the colored sol- Gers, just as some of the peopie of this country are doing. It will date the time of his undoing and mark the spot where he struck the down- ward grade. Colored people, continue to teach your chiliren politeness, and im- press them with the necessity of be- ing obliging to both white and col- ored people. We are now on trial and it is very essential that we make friends with everybody, who will permit us so to do. Secretary Taft’ says that a dis- charge without honor, with words thnes, lars and murderers is not a) @ishonorable discharge. This aad jus to ask the question, Is a dishon- erable discharge a discharge with- out honor? If it is, why is a dis- charge without honor not a dishon- orable discharge? The new expounding of law at Washington as enunciated by Gen. Garlington, endorsed by President invoreveit, and approved by Judge Taft is that an innocent man nus be declared to be guilty, and ther required to prove himself innocent It ts bad enough for civilians to en- dorse such a policy, but ft is much worse for an ex-judge to place him self in the same preiticament. A colored soldier has been sen- tenced to the penitentiary for ten years for using disrespectful and profane language to his superior of- ficers at Fort Reno, Ox!ahoma, The fling of this court-martial has been approved by the Brigadier Gen eral commandin,. What will Pres- ident Roosevelt do? The presump- tion is that had this colored man struck one of his white officers, he would have been hanged. And they call this justice! SECRETARY TAFT AND THE COL- ORED SOLDIERS. The remarkable outbursts of con- femnation of Hon. William H. Taft Secretary of War as set forth in his, nnual report to the Congress of | the United States would seem to in- dicate that he and his departmeat ave been “hard hit” and thorough- ly exasperated by the just criticism by the people of the United States. He indulges in language that -ts hardly in keeping with the dignified position which he occupies. In af! of this most remarkable Argument which can hardiy be pro- s It relates to the dismissal of Com nies B, C, and D of the Twenty- {th Infantry, he has a proposition hich has not been eliminated or d protestations and allegations has ned to clarify the situation. What ustification: can there be for the punishment, within the confines of a epublie, of one hundred and fifty, oldiers confessedly imnocent? Here: is what Secretary Taft says | Might not any community into| which the War Department should ena battalion, in which it is known that there are from nine to wenty murderers justly a it the battalion Is not a proper nstrument for maintaining the su-| eniacy of the law? Could we pro erly sand such a battalloa to the Philippincs. or Cuba, to maintain eace or furnish an example of or. Jorly conduct? If a similar out break were there to occur, could e relieve ourselves from responst { not detect the particular ter twenty who were guilty of the The above Is a question easily and ean be easily answered. 1 the first place, it is not legally) known that there are from nine to twenty murderers in this battalion. This fact must be established by a legal (rial or by a legal court-mar- tial and this has not been done. On the other hand the Investiga- tion has resulted in tae statement by white Texans that some of the colored soldiers fired the shots and om the other hand the records at Fort Brown and the sworn state ments of the troops show that col- ored soldiers did not fire the shots. The Warned Secretary of War, who fs an able jurist knows what every cross-road criminal lawyer is. acquainted with; namely, that this’ leaves the burden of proof in favor of the accused, who must be pre- sumed Innocent until they are legal- ly proven guilty. Secretary Taft ias reversed this rule by boldly an- nouncing that these soldiers shall be presumed guilty until they prove themselves innocent. At the same time ‘he admits that even the Tex- ans concede that one hundred and fifty colored soldiers, whom ae nas unceremoniously punished are inno cent. - Secretary Taft asks if the govern- ment could properly send these troops to the Philippines or to Cu- bw to maintain peace or to furnish an example of orderly conduct? This question is superfluous. In the ordinary affairs of life the best evidence that a man can do a thing js for the man to do it. These raops have done this very thing chat Secretary Taft alleges that they tre not qualified to do. If he wish- ss an answerer, let him ask the Spanish generals, who met them at EI Caney, San Juan Hill and at San- Jago. Let him ask the Spanish residents of Cuba, whose homes they protected when peace came. Let him ask the Rough Riders Let him read the records made with reference to these men by Gen. Shafter, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, Gen. Chaffee and Gen. Nelson A. Miles und then his own record as to their ronduet and with this welght of preponderating evidence decide for himself whether or not these brave olored sojdiers are the proper in- struments to send to Cuba or to the Philippines. ‘They have conducted themselves with signal bravery and uniform ourtesy. Their abject humility nd good conduct are testified to by: THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. ae. ba ee ee nen eet sald t” : 5 eee As to the Philippines, it is well known that the colored fe have made a remarkable record there for bravery, endurance and good behavior and yet “Secretary ‘Taft ‘has the temerity to declare that this battalion which has proven Iteelf the proper instrument to be sent to both of these places is not the proper instrument to be sent to either Cuba or to the Philippines. We confess that the vehement de- clarations of this statesman and Jvriet read Nke extracts from the speeches of Senator B. R. Tillman or excerpts from the messages of Gov. James K. Vardaman. After these outbursts, he sioult take his place upon the pedestal in the art gallery of these latter-day Negro-laters. Although he knows ‘that Negro troops have never been false to the nation or traitors to the government, he insidiously leaves the impression that they are so disposed. What else could the following language infer? Here it is: 7 “Suppose a dozen men of the bat alion stationed at Fort Brown in ime of a war with Mexico carried plans and ammunition to the enemy on the other side of the Rio Grande river, and then returned under cir- umstances which mate it clear that a large number of men in the battalion must have known who they were. but that every man in| the battalion denied all knowledge’ of it, and thus all means of detect- ng the guilty were lacking. Would & competent general for one mo- ment hesitate in the interest of the public to disband the entire battai- jon and discharge it from the ser- viee in order to avoid a repetition, of the danger?” But, Secretary Taft, this is no) time of war with either Mextco or Texas and there are no indieations that there will be. The conditions| which you presume and the premis- es that you lay down are not simi- lar and the comparison therefore necessarily ends before it has a be- ginning. There is nothing to com-| pare. But let us grant that the War Department had the right to disband this battalion “for the good of the service,” what right did it fave to visit punishment upon the individ- ual members thereof without a trial na criminal court or before a mili- tary tribunal? The question answers itself and so true Is it that the War Depart ment and the President of the! United States had no legal right to do what it has done that Secretary Taft “side-steps” and suavely an- nounces that dismissal from the service without honor 1s not a pun- ishment, that the debarring of a soldier from re-enlisting in the army or navy of the United States ts not & puntsment, that debarring a sol- dier from holding any elvil office tn the government Is not a punish- ment, that preventing him from re- tiring from the service is not a pun- shment, and that marring over twenty years of service {s not a punishment. ‘This is the declaration of a states man, a jurist and a prospective ean- didate for the position of Chief Justice of the United States if not an aspirant for the presidency it- self. “O, the pity of it!" What must the diplomatic service of the world as represented at Washington think of such an exhibition. In this Secretary Taft “fouls his} own nest” for he is attacking a unit of the very department of which he is the oficial head. He may not be’ a Negro-hater himself but he has be- come the official mouth-piece of that contingent in our form of gov- ernment. He then asks this quea- tion: “Can a real and logical distine- tion be made between the crime of treason, under the circumstances supposed, and the crime of murder in this case? Both are capital of-| fenses, one perhaps more ‘heinous) than the other, and more dangerous) to the goveryment itself, but in both cases it seems to me clear that) the government must protect Itself and the community to which it fs) responsible, from a recurrence of such offenses, not by punishing guilty and innocent alike, but by separating both the guilty and in- nocent from the service, so as to deprive the guilty of a second op-' Can a real and logical distinc- tion be made between the crime of treason, under the circumstances supposed, and the crime of murder in this case? Both are capital of- fenses, one perhaps more ‘heinous than the other, and more dangerous to the goverment itself, but in both cases it seems to me clear tha: the government must protect Itself and the community to which it ts responsible, from a recurrence of such offenses, not by punishing guilty and imnocent alike, but by separating both the guilty and in- nocent from the service, so as to deprive the guilty of a second op- portunity for such a crime, even though this may result in Ificon- venience and perhaps hardship to the innocent.” In all ages, treason has been re- garded as being more heinous than murder. Senator Tillman accord- ing to his ‘Weoufessions has been guilty of both. The government has made no effort to rid the nation of South Carolina on account of his citizenship therein, and yet this “red shirt” from “South Carolina is more Hberal and logical in his con- clusions than is this “Unionist” from Ohio. During the entire history of this government, the Negro as a soldier as a sailor, or as a citizen has never been guilty of treason and there are men in Washington, holding offices under the government who, accord- ing to the northern view of the situation have been guilty of both treason and murder. But President Roosevelt does not disturb these kind of people. It is popular now to go “gunning” for other kinds of game and the Negro’s skin has been tanned amd is now tacked upon the walls of the War Department, with dently unmindful of the fact that iis 1s just what he and is Calef a8 representatives of the govern- ment have done amd are now doing. Js there ® man this side of Heaven or the other place who could ve de celved by such language as the following used by Secretary Taft? “It is a mistake to suppose that this order is In itee!f a punishment either of the innocent or of the guil- ty. A discharge would be an witer- ly Inadequate punisament for those who are guilty whether of commit- ting te murder or of withholding or ay ‘idence which would disclore the petrators of such 2 crime.” a: It is inconceivable for one to be. Neve that a man of Secretary Taft's widom and influence would declare that this order of dismissal is not { punishment of either the innocent and the guilty unless without tae starement being at the time before aim. Here is an order of dismissal, supplemented by humiliating and infamous conditions and yet Secre- tary Taft in one breath declares that fe is not a punishment and then in the very next sentence declares it to be an inadequate punishment thereby admitting that it is what a moment before he bad asserted that it 4s not. To Be piain, he “trips himself” within a half-dozen lines. He con- tinues: “The use of the word penalty in the proceeding is a mere misnomer and is unfortunate. The dismissal from the service of the members of this battalion under the circumstan- ces is not a punishment, however great the hardship. There is a dis- missal technically known as a dis- honorable discharge, which ts oniy imposed by sentence by a court. This is a punishment But the mem bers of this battalion were not dis- honorably discharged. They could not have been so discharged except ae sia They were matinee Nes service, as the technical Drae fs "without honor.” ‘The more we read of the labored efforts of this distincuished gentle- man, the more we become disgusted He reiterates that this order of dis- missal fis not a punishment and thereby says that a punishment is not a punishment, that a discharse without ‘honor Is not a dishonorable discharge although the men discharg ed without honor are designated in the same order as thugs and mur derers and declared unsafe guard- fans of the peace and were “put out of business” for the good of the ser- vice. ‘ The pudtie wih fitiy understamt Judge William ML. Taft's apprehen- sion along this line. He knows that his Chief and the War Department have exceeded their authority in meting punishment to these men, the Innocent and the guilty without a civil or a military trial. He knows that this punishment ix a weapon| exclusively placed -by the Constitu- tion of the United States and the rules governing the army and navy in the hands of a court-martial or a civil trial court. It is his strenuous aid to get a- way then from part of the order which carries wie it a penalty. But can he do it? Here is the order: “! recommend that orders be is- sued as soon as practicable discharg- ing without honor every man in Companies B, C, and D of the Twen- ty-fifth Infantry serving at Fort Brown, Texas om®the night of Au- gust 13th, 1906 and forever debarr- ing them from re-enlisting in the army or navy of the United aoe as well as from employment in any civil capacity under the govern- ment.” Secretary Taft tells us that the above orders with all of its drastic provisions, following the colored soldier eyen inter ipiraie slife ts not a punishment. jut Inspector Gen- eral Garlington said it was a yanish- ment, and President Roosevelt sald it was a punishment; for a penalty is a punishment and a punishment is a penalty. ‘Here is another ex- tract from that now famous order and recommendation: In making this recommendation, I recognize the fact that a number of men, who have no direct knowl- edge as to the identity of the men of the Twenty-ffth Infantry, who actually fired the shots on the night of the 13th of August, 1906 will in making this recommendation, I recognize the fact that a number B men, who have no direct knowl- edge as to the identity of the men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who actually fired the shots on the night of the 13th of August, 1906 will incur this extrem® penalty.” But Secretary Taft side-steps on thie question an? admits error in the recommendation by saying that the use of the word “penalty” was a misnomer. He forgets the Latin axiom “Falsus uno; falsus omnibus.” [False in one; false in all.] His allegation that the Negro soldiers have not been dishonorably discharged although they have been discharged without honor reminJs us of a story told by the colored folks of other days. It seems that Pomp spent he night hunting ‘possum. After a strenuous hunt We succeeded In reaching ais cabin with a fat opos- um. He did not go to bed but skinned and cooked the ‘possum with the thought that he would take ‘a nap and in the morning would en- Joy ‘possum and potatoes for break- fast. He had been worn out by the night's tramp and the sun was high In the heavens while he still slept and snored. A neighbor passing ‘Self, while Pomp snored. , After cleaning up that ‘possum, ‘he conceived the idea of playing a trick on Pomp, so he greased his ips and fingers and spread the bones around. When Pomp awoke, in eyes rested on the empty skillet and he became highly indignant over ‘the fact that some one had robbed him of his breakfast. | But upon looking at his hands, he found them greasy and upon wipiug his mouth, he found it in the same condition. With his eyes starting with amazement, he sald: “Did 1 eat that ‘possum? Did I eat that ‘possum? He was in a reverle for a moment. ‘Then be said, “Well, if I did eat that ‘possum, it s®ts pow- erfully light on my stomach.” 9 The innocent colored soldier who looks at his discharge without hon or disfigured as it is with the words, “Debarred from service in the army and navy of the United States and from any employment in any civil capacity under the government, liar. thug, unsafe guardian of the peace murderer,” finds himself in the same puzzling predicament accredited to Pomp. He 4s remarking, “You say thie is not a dishonorable discaarge. then tell us pray when did the U- nited States government find a way to dishonorably discharge a man without dishonorably discharging him?" But enough of this species of reasoning by Secretary Taft. It is so palpably absurd and so abjectly ridiculous that it Is unfortunate that it should Have been permitted in his report For our part, we believe that this untoward exhibition of race preja- dice, hatched up in Texas amd cor dially approved by the War Depart ment and the President of the Unit- ed States will serve a useful purpose calling the attention of the lberal minded people of this country to the abuses which have grown in this de- partment of the government ‘The Negro soldier is barred from promotion as a commissioned oM- cer in the army and yet the meas ure of responsibility Js vested In him exelusively to the end that those who “reign” over him are held to be not responsible for any of the alleged infractions of the service The colored people of the nation are shocked and a practical demon stration ‘has been made that whew they are seeking friends they should go everywhere else but at the War Department and the Executive Man- sion of the nation to find them. PYTHIANS ENTER NATURAL BRIDGE. Grand Chancellor Mitchell There Heavy Rains—Much Success. Natural Bridge, Dee. 18th, "06 The people of this resort. awoke esterday morning to find the Fait falling in torrents. It did not bin ter the arrival however of Mr, John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of ¢ Grand Lodge of Knights of Pyth las and Dr. E R.. Jefferson, Grand Medical Register, who reached here hortly before 8’ o'clock this morn. ing. They were met at the train by Mr. Jackson Ross and others. \A gen- ileman from across the river came over With his shot gun lo lake the visitors on a hunt. The rain in- terfered with the plans. Sir W. J. Wells, District Deputy Grand Chan- cellor of Lynchburg was with them. The party were conducted to the res idence of Mr. Jackson Ross, wnere his sisters, Mrs. Rebecca Saunders, Misses Etta and Hattie Ross witded much to the comfort of the visitors It was well on to 2 o'clock when a six-seat vebicle, drawn by two horses conveyed the visitors to the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Newman Roach, where dinner was served by Miss ‘Lillian Roach. Mrs. Bertha Wingfield was there also. ‘The din- ner was enjoyed. A visit to the res- idence of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J Watts followed. The madame was formerly Miss Caroline Standard amd is well known in Richmond. ‘The initiation took place at True Reformers’ Hall. The knights from Glasgow arrived at about o'clock. The following assisted: Lee R. Wool dridge, Jr., W. J. Strowbridge, C. J. Norris, Isaac Bibbs, Sr.. Henry Bibbs, Augustus D. Bibbs, Whitney Frank- lin, and L. L. Day. ‘The initiation was a success. The officers of the new body, which will be known as Natural Bridge Lodge, No. 124 are Chancel- lor Commander, John M. Carter, Master of Work, Jackson Ross; Vice Chancellor, Edward Newman; Pre- late, Samuel Turner; Keeper of Re- cords and Seal, D. Epps; Master of Finance, William Carter; Master of Exchequer, Andrew J. Watts; Master at Arms, ' Steward Moore; Inner Guard, Newman Roach. Outer Guard R. N. Steward. Trustees: George Lewis, Nelson Scott, Wilson Hunt. Attendants: Charles Carter, Cole- man Chandler, Lawrence Eubank, Milton Diamond. ‘A bounteous repast was served by the ladies who had been addressed by Sir Mitchell in the interest of the Courts and the Mechanics’ Sav- ings Bank. Work on the club has already begun. | Sir Mitchell and Dr. Jefferson left this morning for Clifton Forge, Low moor and Covington. Sir Wells left later for Lynchburg. The new- ly made Pythians are jubilant. Rev. J. Anderson Taylor Loses, Rev. J. Anderson Taylor was “un- able to muster a majority of the members of Shiloh Baptist Church, Friday nigat, December 14th, 1906, when a meeting was held ia pur- suance to the court's order. He has organized another church with about 150 dissatisfied members and he proposes to build one of the most modern churches in that city. ANOTHER COURT AT CLIFTON FORGE. Much Interest There—Much Enthus- 4asm.—Deputy Ranks’ Work. | Clifton Forge, Va., Dec. 19, "06. Grand Chancellor John Mitchel’, Jr. and Grand Medical Register E ‘R. Jeperson passed through here yesterday morning on their way to Covington. ‘They returned _‘aere yesterday evening and organized a Court at Scott's Hall. It was 35 strong and was the work of Mrs. Annie Banks, District Deputy Grand Worthy Counsellor. It was 8:30 o'clock last night be- fore the work was begun. Those who assisted were Mrs. Emma B. Srown, District Deputy G. W. C., Mrs. Newsome and Miss Bertha Har- ris of Covington and Mrs. Josephine Mitchell, Mrs. Nannie Patterson, Miss Jennie ‘Calendar aml Mrs. Lizzie Goodwin. The officers of the new Court, which will be known as Corner Stone Court, No. 114 are Worthy “ounsellor, Mrs. Rachel Carter: Worthy Inspectrix, Mrs. M. E. Bowles: Worthy Inspector, Miss An- nie Thomas: Senior Directress, Miss onetta Leftwich; Junior Directress, Mrs. Lillie Pendleton; Orator, Mrs. Smma Johnson; Register of Deeds, Miss Lillian Cash; Register of Ac- ‘ounts, Miss Oteria Payne; Receiver of Deposits, Mrs. Bettle Leftwich: Escort, Miss Carrie Clemons; Con- luctress, Mrs. Lillie Black: Assis- tant Conductress, Mrs. Josephine Chambers: Herald, Miss Mary Field- ing: Protector; Mrs. Dovie Hatcaer; Trustees: Rev. V. 8. Smith, Mrs. Lizzie Gilliam, Mrs. Lucy Price. Grand Worthy Counsellor Mitchell ‘omplimented Mrs. Annie Banks, D. D. Grand Worthy Counsellor highly ipon the excellence of her work She is making a fine record. PYTHIANS ENTER LOWMOOR. Grand Times There.—A Royal Ban- ‘equct. Lowmoor, Va., Dee. 19, "06. Mr. Jo&n Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chan cellor of Virginia and Dr. E. R. Jef- ferson, Grand Medical Register ar- rived here last night after 11 o'clock They came by wagon road from Clifton Porge in charge of District Deputy Grand Chancellor E. F. Scott With them was Mr. C. B. Brown of Covington, Va. The occasion was the instituting of 1 lodge of Knights of Pythias. ‘The jadies had arrang- od a magnificent display at the True Reformers’ Hall, ‘ Wreathes ere stretched from one end of the room to the other The tables were decorated with flowers, silver knives and forks and beautiful china was used and al! were as gay as a marriage bell. ‘The following are the officers: Chancellor Commander, Thomas Cos by; Master of Work, M. B. Ross: Vice Chancellor, Claytor Brown. Pre late, Rev. O. G. Butler; Master of Exehequer, Massie Jackson; Mas- ter of Finance. John Lewis Sampson Keeper of Records and Seal, W. H. Smith; Master at Arms, James Giles: Inner Guard, Winston Robinson; Outer Guard, Rufus Penn. Trus- tees: M. B. Ross, Henry Broady, Charley Rose. Attendants: D. W. Rodinson, Polk Bauldock, Charley Hughes, Barney Wood. The body will be known as Sons of Lowmoor Lodge, No. 125. The members were much pleased while the Grand Chancellor was delighted with the reception tendered him by the members of the Court. He left at 4 o'clock for Clifton Forge by the wagon route. ‘Those who assisted In the initia- tion were Sirs W. T. Branch, Geo- Barber, S. N. Moore, Ira Brown, C. H. Fountain, Peter Ciark, A. Har- vey, W. T. Smith, John Gillam, M. B. Ross, E. T. Connor, M. D., W. 8. Thomas. PYTHIANS ENTER CENTRALIA. Grand Chancellor Mitchell There. A Fine Lodge. Centralia, Va., Dec. 20, "06 It rained and hailed here’ last night and sleet was with it all, but Grand Chancellor John Miteaell, Jr., Grand Medical Register E, R. Jeffer- son and Sir 8. S. Baker came here from Richmond, while Major D. B. Cornish and Lieutenant C, W. Wash ington came from Petersburg. For many months Sit William White iaas been laboring to get up & lodge of Knights of Pythias. He succeeded and the work was done at the old church building here last night. Kingdom Lodge, No. 126 was instituted and the following are the officers installed: Chancellor Com- mander, John Bromely; Master of Work, Joseph Booker; Vice Chan- cellor, Richard West; Prelate, Rich- ard Preston; Master of Work, Jo- seph Booker; Keeper of Records and Seal,’ Colly Burton; Master of Fi- nance, R. A. White; Master of Ex- chequer, Robert Friend; Master at Arms, Walter Cheatham. Inner Guard, Junius Branch; Outer Guard, Charley Gant. Trustees: Richard Howlett, Allen Jefferson, Linwood Brooks. Attendants: Spencer Pres- ton, James T. Harris, Mason Wiley, James W. Clark. ‘The initiation was a success ané the candidates were much pleased. The ladies had prepared a fine repast at the hall and the table was deco- rated with holly. The throng was joyous and happy and Sir Mitchell and his associates were royally en tertained. They \left this morniny for Richmond. ‘ ——Mrs. W. A. Hunton of Atlante ational Organizer N. A, of Colorer Yomen is the guest of Mrs. Booke eftwich. Soldiers Fired On Train? Pensacola, Fla., Dec. 19.—Fort Bar- Fancas soldiers are charged with fring on a train. Army officers are investl. gating the charge. Insurance Official Cete Twn Yeare New York, Doc. 18.—George Burn ham, Jr. genera! counsel for the Mu tual Reserve Life Insurance company recently convicted of Inrcony, was 892 tenced to serve a term of two years A Btste pricen. 4 WEEK’S NEWS CONDENSED Tieteedend:< eaten: ae Gead of heart disease at Pitt when about to board a train, “Whitelaw Rela, Amariean dor to Great Britain, in country to spend the holidays, = Both branehes of congress will ad- journ for the Christmas holidays on ‘December 20 and reconvene January 3. The vegetable canning factory of J. P. Polk & Co, at Greenwood, Ind., the largest in the world, was destroyed by fire. Loss, $200,000. Maitland Foon, at one time mayor of Quincy, IIL, and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, died at Water- town, N. Y., aged 72 years. Friday, December 14. Dr. James D. Eggleston was sea- tenced to 10 years’ imprisonment at Denver, Col, for counterfeiting $10 bilts. The plant of the New York Cement company at Rondout, N. Y., was de- stroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $250,000. Mrs. Martha Smith, 72 years old, was burned to death in her home at Brooklyn, N.Y, by her clothing tak ing fire from a lamp. Colonel William L. Brown, former publisher of the New York Daily News, died at his home in Great Barrington, Mass.. aged 64 years. Saturday, December 15. Robbers wrecked the safe of the In- terstate Bank at Drexel, Mo. and es- caped with $5000. Miles Woodruff and wife were struck and killed by an Erie railroad train near Hornell, N. Y. Ira Godfrey, of Washington, a promt. nent mining promoter, was struck and killed by a trolley car in New York. James A. Kratz, private secretary to Attorney General Moody, has been appointed a special assistant attorney general. President Roosevelt has declined to attend the reunion of the Blue and the Gray at Wilmington, N. C., on January 15, as he could not spare the time. Monday, December 17. Burglars got $2000 cash and $6000 in checks from E. D. G. Mathers’ pri- vate bank at Shortsville, N. Y. ‘The late United States Senator Gor- man left property in New York worth $82,412, of this $43,502 being in cash in bank. Thomas Flannery, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., went to sleep on the tracks of the Jersey Central railroad and was run over by a train and killed Jefferson Morgan, who recently died near Portersville, Beaver county, Pa. had $2000 concealed in holes in the ground and other obscure places, Cholera has broken out among the hogs in Blair township, Blair county, Pa., and 11 belonging to Oliver Shay were killed and their carcasses cre: mated. Tuesday, December 18. The senate confirmed the nomina tion of Alford W. Cooley, of New York, to be assistant attorney generat. Louis Dabner pleaded guilty in court in San Francisco to the murder of M Munakata, manager of the Japanese bank. The Pennsylvania Limited ran into a freight train at Canton, O., and the engineer and fireman of the freight were fatally injuted. President Roosevelt will deliver am address before the New York Board ot Trade at a convention to be held in Washington, January 16. Mrs. Sarah Albright, of Lancaster, Pa., was horribly burned while pour ing fat into a pan on the stove, which caught fire and communicated with her clothing. Wednesday, December 19. Thomas Plater, aged 77 years, one of the best known bankers in Ten: nessee, died at his home in Nashville, A motor car in a mine near Wheel ing, W. Va., ran away, knocked down several supports and caused a cave-in, which killed one man and injured sev eral others James Thomas, president of the Da vies & Thomas company. and the Wahnetah Silk company, died of can- cer at his home in Catasauqua, Pa., aged 75 years : Jewels valued at over $4000 ° were stolen from the residence of Joseph Veiga in New York and $500 reward has been offered for the arrest of two servants who disappeared PRODUCE QUOTATIONS The Latest Closing Prices In the Principal Markets, PHILADELPHIA — FLOUR firm; winter extras, $2.80@3; Penna, roller. clear, $2.05@3.20; city mills, fancy, $4.40@4.65. RYE FLOUR firm; per barrel, $3.75. WHEAT firm: No. 2 Penna. red, 74%@ Tic. CORN steady: No. 2 yellow. local, 55%c. OATS ftendy; No. 2) white, clipped, $9340: lower grades, 38igc. HAY steady; No. 1 timothy, $17@ 17.50 for large bales. PORK was stoady: family. $19.50. per barrel. REEF was steady; beet hams, $19.00 per barrel. POULTRY: Live ‘steady; hens, 14 @ 14%¢.; old roosters. 1c. Dressed steady; choice fowls, 15e.; ‘old roosters, 10c. BUT: TER! steady; extra creamery, 36c. EGGS steady! selected, 32@34c.; near: by, 29¢.; western, 29¢.; southern, 26 @isc. POTATOES steady; 70@76c. per bushel BALTIMORE—WHEAT quiet; No. 2 spot, 78@i8%c.; steamer No. £ spot §8% @bse; southern, gree. CO firm; mixéd spot, 51% @51%c.; mixed steainer, (A7e.: wouthern, | 47@49Ke. OATS firm: White, No. 2, 40%e., No. % 29% @40e.; No, 4, 37 iG 38c.; witxed, R@dime. BUTTER fem: creamery pS6%C. rm: creamery separator/extraa, 32c.; held, 22@ 28. ; ints, 22@33c-7" Maryland and Penna. dairy prints. isgite, Bagg, firms ancy Maryland, Penna. and Virgin! Sic.; West Virginia, 30c. Live Stock Markets, PITTSBURG (Union Stock Fards)— CATTLE frm; cl $5.85@6.25; prime. $5.50g5.15. HOGS lower: Rime eavics, $6.800635;, mediums: York. ers and 5 26G 6.90; rourhs, § fesoas te: culls ty chmmon Gs: 5.60@5.75;_ cul 5 fete Saeiro0: veal calves, sho. Was Member of General Grant's Staff. Huntington, Ind., Dec. 12.—Colonel John J. Pride, who is said to be the only surviving aide and member of General Grant's personal staff, and vol- unteer aide and chief engineer for Gen- eral Grant in the Shiloh, Fort Donel- son and Vicksburg campaigns, died here of old age. ```markdown ``` MONEY!! To Save Money is to Make Money. Now is the Time to Begin. The New Year is Right here. The Mechanics Savings Bank IS HERE TOO. --- JOHN R. CHILES, E. R. JEFFE THOS. M. CRUMP. Secretry THOS. H. WYATT, J. J. CARTER. JOHN T. TAYLOR, J. C. FARLEY, THOS. SMITH. B. P. VANDERVALL, E. A. WASHINGTON (deceased)1 W. F. GRAHAM, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Pres.; H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-Pres.; D. J. CHAVERS, WM. CUSTALO, R. W. WHITING. It Receives Amounts from 10cts and Upwards. THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK owns improved Real Estate in Richmond to the value of $76,000.00 It has arranged to issue Letters of Credit to Foreign Countries. It issues New York Drafts direct and it does a strictly "upto-date" banking business. As to its reliability and standing, one has only to refer to its correspondents. THE NATIONAL PARK BANK of New York with a capital of Three Million Dollars, and THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK of Richmond with a capital of Half Million Dollars. THOMAS H. WYATT, Cashier, --- It offers every advantage to the laborer. It has every faci- ility for the business man and it affords every accommodation for the person who works for a stipulated salary. You need not be embarrassed in depositing 25 cents for it is the habit of saving that you are cultivating. Money de- posited by you is yours again for the asking. Interest paid on all amounts aggregating $1.00 and over. It is needless to walk all over the city to find a Money Order. We sell Bankers Money Orders, good anywhere and the payment of which is guaranteed by a million dollar cor- 1902.....$ 122,915.04 1903.....186,796.61 1904.....262,537.86 1905.....319,052.88 1906 to Dec. 1st, 1906.....368,535.54 Grand Total.....$1,259,837.93 FOR FURT THOMAS H. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., PRESIDENT. H. F. JONATHAN, VCE-PRESIDENT. THOMAS M. CRUMP, SECRETARY. --- ```markdown ``` --- THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA NE oney is to Ma to Begin. The New hanics Savi IS HERE TOO BOARD OF DIRECTORS RUMP. Secretrv. THOS. H. WYATT. J. J. CARTER. JOHN F. GRAHAM, JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Pres.; H. F. JONATHAN, Vice- THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK owns in It has arranged to issue Letters of Credit to Foreign Countries to-date" banking business. As to its reliability and standing AL PARK BANK of New York with a capital of Three BANK of Richmond with a capital of Half Million Dollars S H. WYATT, 511 Nor ```markdown ``` poration. They cost no more than those purchased at the Post Office or Express Office. If you do not live in Richmond, you can put your money in the MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK. Send us a Money Order, a Registered Letter or even a Bank Check and the amount will be placed to your credit and a pass-book will be sent to you. Here is the way we have grown by square dealing along conservative banking lines. Our aggregate deposits have been as follows: 511 North 3rd Street, Richmond, Va. A FIVE ```markdown ``` --- [Picture of a man in a robe, seated in a chair, with a crown on his head.] ```markdown ``` THE PLANET SOLDIERS HAVE CHANCE. After a conference with President Roosevelt yesterday, the Secretary of War sent the following memorandum to the Military Secretary, in which he outlined the procedure to be followed by enlisted men of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, discharged from the service for complicity in the Brownsville affair, who desire to re-enter the army. "The form of procedure in respect to an application for enlistment by a former member of Companies B, C, and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, who were discharged for the good of the service under the order of this department, dated November 9th, 1906, will be as follows. The applicant will present to the recruiting officer such evidence in writing as he desires, to show that notwithstanding such order of discharge, he was neither implicated in the murderous raid upon Brownsville, nor withheld any evidence which might lead to the discovery of the perpetrators thereof." This evidence together with the application, should be forwarded by the recruiting officers to you for the consideration and investigation of this department. Please advise the recruiting officers under your control of this. The form of procedure I am now indicating relates to evidence having special reference to particular applicants. It is understood that Mr. Gilchrist Stewart, representing all the men who were discharged, is about to present evidence upon the main issue to the President, which the President will refer to this department for investigation and report. W. H. Taft, W. H. Taft, SERGT. SAUNDER'S CASE WITH PRESIDENT. The case of Sergt. Mingo Saunders is now before the President and the latter's action upon it will govern the officials of the War Department and the recruiting officers in all enlistment applications of the discharged men already filed or those that may arise in the future. Sergt. Saunders was one of the 170 men dishonorably discharged by the President's order because of participation in the riots at Brownsville on August 13 of this year. Saunders asserts that at the time of the riots he was asleep in his bunk at the barracks, and knew absolutely nothing of the riot or of the identity of the guilty men. His testimony is verified by his officers and fellow-soldiers. At the time of his discharge Saunders was in his twenty-sixth year of honorable service, and within four years of being retired on three-fourth pay. He has seen hard service in both Cuba and the Philippines. Convinced of the strength of his own case, he applied for advice to Secretary Taft, who referred him to the Military Secretary, Gen Almsworth, the latter, in turn, referring him to the local recruiting officer. The application for re-equipment was received and filed for the President's action, together with similar applications from two other men of the dismissed battalion. CONSTITUTIONAL LEAGUE AC TIVE A mass of new evidence has been filled with the President by Gilchris Stewart, representing the Constitutional League. The documents include an exhaustive report on Mr. Stewart's trip to Brownville and the result of a personal examination of the witnesses, able to throw additional light on the affair. The President has referred the Gilchris evidence to the War Department where it will be thoroughly examined and a report on it forwarded to the President. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, of 326 T street, northwest, a local member of the Constitutional League, recently received a visit from Sergt. Saunders and Private Brown, another discharged soldier. The mer talked of the circumstances relating to their dismissal. In speaking of the call, Mrs. Terrell said yesterday that she was greatly impressed at the absence of any ill-feeling on the part of the ex-soldiers toward the Chief Executive or the officers who recommended their discharge. They reasserted their innocence and believed that the President will take a favorable view of their applications to re-enter the service. [Washington Post, Dec. 12th, '06.] NEGROES ASK TO RE-ENLIST [Washington Post, Dec. 13th, '06.] As a result of the Secretary of War's announcement that dismissed soldiers of the Twenty-fifth Infantry involved in the Brownsville riot might apply for re-enlistment, five men who arrived in the city yesterday filed applications at the War Department. The men are J. Harden, M. A. Nelson, Thomas Lea, B. F. Mayhew and Charles Gardner. They asserted their willingness to submit to any test which might prove their innocence to the satisfaction of their superiors. The applications of the men will be examined by the recruiting officers, and later submitted to Secretary Taft, who said yesterday that no announcements would be made in reference to the several cases until the President and himself had forwarded their responses to the resolutions of inquiry adopted by the Senate. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, of 326 T street northwest, local representative of the Constitutional League which has energetically taken up the cases of the dismissed soldiers, asserts her belief in the ultimate reinstatement of the majority of the men. The activity of herself and other officers of the Constitutional League will continue until a favorable decision is rendered. Christmas at Yum ON the Island of Yum, where the weather to fair And the children are always at play. They never have neat little stockings to wear, So they run about barefoot all day. And when it is Christmas and Santa Claus comes When there aren't any stockings to find. On the Island of Yum, by the tropical sea, Where people live right out of doors, They sleep in the shade of the cocoanut tree. And cook on the sand covered shores. But when it is Christmas and Santa appears He's sorry he made them a call. for how can he slide down the chimneys, my dears, When there aren't any chimneys at all? A boy looks up at a tree with hanging ornaments. POPCORN AND CANDLES HUNG TO A PALM. On the Island of Tum there are thousands of trees. The mango and banana and date. So the children of Tum eat the fruit that they please. And enjoy it, it's needless to state. But when poor old Ganda comes every year He struggles in vain to keep calm. For popcorn and candles lech awfully queer When hung to a coconut palm. If I on the Island of Tum were to live, The children I'd merrily teach; I'd build 'em all chinneys, and then I would give A nice pair of stockings to each. And I'd send out a obipiad of Christmas trees, too. Addressed to the children by name. And then you would see what a time there would be When Christmas and Santa Claus came. - Wallace Irwin in New York Globe. The Christmaside Lesson. The Christmaside celebrates the birth festival of our Lord. The incarnation of Christ is the central thought in the history of the world. His birth has exalted the poetry, the music and the art of the centuries. It has changed all social customs and religious rituals. It has given a new glory to human life and a new trend to eternity. This is the time when all bitterness should be forgotten, all family fends reconciled and all life glorified. God grant that the day may speedily come when the song of the angels celebrating the birth of the Christ may find its fulfillment throughout the whole world. "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will toward men."—Dr. Robert Stunt Macarthur, Pastor Calvary Baptist Church, New York City. Caught Santa on the Street Caught Santa on the Street. A Santa Claus from the Salvation Army was ringing his bell beside his iron pot in Fourteenth street, says the New York Mall and Express, when suddenly a little girl broke away from her mother in the passing throng and, rushing up to the pseudo Santa, grabbed him by his gown and began rapidly to tell her wants. First she gave him her full name and address, with many injunctions not to forget. Then she rattled off a list of things she wanted, regardless of the attempts of her mother to induce her to come away and not bother Santa. The little girl was persistent, the crowd gathered around to hear her little invocation, and for awhile she blocked traffic on that side of the street. A Santa Claus Party. As the once popular "donkey party" no longer holds forth for novelty, here is something new—c Santa Claus party. Take an old sheet and paint or draw on it a Santa Claus. Have a number of red caps cut from medium weight water color paper and distributed among the guests. Taking turns, let each one be blindfolded and, walking toward the sheet, try to place the cap on Santa's head. The person succeeding is the winner and receives the prize of a toy Santa Claus. The two who also come the nearest might be given prizes of reindeers—Bee Hive. Christmas In the South. In the south Christmas is celebrated as we observe Fourth of July. The presents may be of the most inexpensive character, but there will be a bountiful supply of firecrackers, torpedoes and roman candles, not forgetting the tin horn, which begins to toot on Christmas eve and continues till midnight of Dec. 25. The cry of "Christmas gift!" resounds, and never once does one hear "Merry Christmas."—Chicago Record Herald. TAWNEY'S TORTURED FEET. The Minnesota Representative's Early Recollections of Christmas. "Early Christmas recollections are associated in my mind always," says Representative James A. Tawney of Minnesota, "with the picture of a great and beautiful church lighted in every part with wax candles-thousands of wax tapers—a surplied choir and the strains of a wonderful organ: this THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA picture against the background of a cold, black morning before snup, of frozen rutty roads, of a bleak north wind, a breakfast of ginger cookies and a pair of stiff crumpled boots, which made every step of a three mile trudge through the darkness a twinge of exquisite pain. "I was nine years old. My brother was twelve, and with superior strength and determination he overruled my desire, due to the boots, to turn back for home. The trouble arose from the fact that we had tallowed the boots the night before, and the tallow had hardened. It was necessary to suffer until the warmth of the foot melted the tallow and made the boots less torture-some. So we ploled on. "It was our first Christmas festivity. We lived on a farm two miles from Bonneville, in Adams county, Pa., and brother had conceived the idea of going to mass at the Catholic church three miles distant. For this purpose we had risen before 3 o'clock in the morning, had quietly abstracted some cakes from the jar in the cellar, and, as I have described, painfully I trudged to the town and the big church. "It seemed big to the nine-year-old boy, and it seemed gorgeous in its illumination. Wax candles I never had heard of, and so many I never dreamed existed. We edged in with the crowd and stood at the rear of the church, and my boy eyes drank in a scene which never has been nor probably will be forgotten. It was wonderful, spectacular, dramatic to me, and that picture punctulates the vista of past Christmas days like a striking work of art in a gallery of vaguely remembered pictures."-Pittsburgh Press. THE ART OF GIVING. Christmas Presents a Subject Demanding Serious Study. Giving Christmas gifts is almost a science. It is certainly a study for one who really wishes to give and not distress and embitterress. No one is more helpless than the woman who receives an utterly useless and undesirable gift. She is fairly forced into falsehood and is obliged to express gratitude which she does not feel. The woman who has a green parlor and receives a blue rug, or the woman who has a blue dining room and receives a set of dolies embroidered with purple violets, or the woman with a sallow complexion who is given a delicate pink shawl, is actually made to sin against truth. She feels, if she is of a naturally grateful and tender disposition, that she must express thanks which she does not feel. Then, ten chances to one, if it is not a struggle for her not to pass along those useless gifts next Christmas and fairly involve herself in a mesh of deceit, she goes about terrified lest by any unforeseen chance the first giver should discover the gift in the hands of the second recipient. Often people are so deluged by useless gifts that memory fails them concerning the givers. Such mistakes are likely to occur, and petty and absurd, but no less lasting, feuds are the consequence—Philadelphia Press. The Romance of Winstleton The Romance of Mistletoe. By the Teutons mistletoe was held sacred to Baldur, the sun god, the son of Freya, the Scandinavian Venus. In Baldur all that was beautiful, eloquent, wise and good was honored, and he was the spirit of activity, of joy and of light. Predating his own approaching death, his mother, Freya, exacted an oath from animals, plants and minerals not to injure blim. The mistletoe among the plants had been forgotten. When this was discovered by the treacherous Hosier, the blind god of brute strength, he took a wand of it, and, being directed how to aim it, the mistletoe pierced Baldur through the heart, and he fell dead to the ground.-Boston Traveler. Holly Superstition. There are many traditions connected with holly—one, that it is unlucky to bring it into the house before Christmas eve. There are two kinds of holly, the prickly and nonprickly, and according as the holly which is brought in for the Christmas decoration is smooth or rough the wife or the husband will be master. A bunch of holly with berries must be broken from holly which has been used in church decoration and kept until the next Christmas to protect from lightning and insure a lucky year. Artificial Snow. White cotton slightly smeared with munchage and sprinkled with common salt or diamond dust will make the best wintry effect. For store window or table decoration mirrors make good water imitation with small sized ducks placed on them. The effect of new fallen snow can be produced by taking the branches and dipping in gum arable water and then sprinkling with flour. Snowball effect can be produced by taking toy balls and covering with cotton wool.-Bee Hive. Some Christmas Quotations The quotations given below may be of some value to those who like to accompany a Christmas gift with an appropriate sentiment: With a calendar, "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year;" with a book, "An old friend to trust;" with a pair of slippers, "We must go together;" with a pair of gloves, "We're a pair if ever there was one." Bill to Amend Child Labor Law. Washington, Dec. 19.—Senator Gallinger introduced an amendment to the pending bill to prohibit child labor. He would prevent the employment of children under 14 years from engaging in carrying messages, running errands, shining shoes or any of the so-called street employment, as well as working in stores and factories. He exempts pages in the senate and house between the ages of 12 and 16, or children between these ages who are practically learning trades. Longworths In Auto Accident: Washington, Dec. 17.—Representative and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth were occupants of an automobile that crashed into the station platform at Chevy Chase, a suburb. Beyond a severe shaking up the occupants were uninjured. The machine was slightly damaged. STILL PROBING PENNA. CAPITOL Attorney General-Carson Sends Another Letter to Architect. Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 17.—Attorney General Carson has written another letter to Joseph M. Huston, of Philadelphia, architect of the new state capitol, and architect and designer for the board of public buildings and grounds, by which the capitol was furnished and equipped. The attorney general is not satisfied with Huston's recent letter to him explaining the capitol contracts, and he says that the questions in his (Carson's) latest letter require full, candid, explicit and detailed answers, and that generalities must be disregarded and merely augmentative replies must be avoided. Mr. Carson wants to know how the maximum figures were fixed in the special capital schedule for 1994, upon which John H. Sanderson, of Philadelphia, was given a blanket contract by the board of public buildings and grounds to furnish and equip the capitol; why certain articles were placed in the "special" instead of the "general" schedule, and why the "per-foot" and "per-pound" rules of payment were adopted for the payment of furniture and electrical fixtures. Mr. Carson also asks Architect Huston to explain where the line was drawn between the work of the capitol building commission and the board of public grounds and buildings. Whether the Pennsylvania Construction Company made its own plans for the metallic furniture, or whether Huston made them, and what were the transactions and conversation between the architect and Sanderson. The attorney general quotes from a letter to Huston to the board written in 1903, in which the architect states that specially designed furniture would be needed only in the senate and house chambers, the supreme court room, the governor's apartments and the lieutenant governor's room and then asks why the offices of all the heads of departments were equipped with specially-designed furniture. Mr. Carson also asks who made the "per-foot" and "per-pound" measurements for the architect, on the strength of which the architect certified the correctness of Sanderson's bills, and why certain mahogany chairs were paid for by the foot, when oak chairs of similar design were paid for by the piece. Mr. Carson asks the architect to give this matter the attention its importance and gravity demand, and oblige him with as prompt a reply as is practicable. Sanderson was the contractor for all the new furniture and fixtures of the capitol, except the metallic cases, safes and vaults which were furnished by the Pennsylvania Construction Company. BERRY REFUSES TO PAY BILLS Money Due Penna. Capital Contractor and Architect. Hold Up. Harrisburg, Pa. Dec. 18. — State Treasurer Berry sent a letter to Attorney General Carson advising him that he would refuse to pay bills rendered by John H. Sanderson, of Philadelphia, to the amount of $108,739.75 for furnishing and decorating the new state capital and a bill of $50,000 of Joseph M. Huston, of Philadelphia, architect and designer for the board of public grounds and buildings. Sanderson's bills are certified as correct by Huston, but Berry will not pay them on the ground that the "black of proportion between prices and measurements" convinces me that the prices have been arbitrarily set without regard to measurement, confirming my previous conclusion as to the irregular, indefinite and possibly crooked character under which the contracts were let, and which rendered competitive bidding impossible." Berry refuses to pay the Huston bill because he believes the architect has already received about $50,000 more than he is entitled to for his services. The board owes Huston $104,000. Berry says in conclusion that the legislature will meet in a short time, and he will await-its instructions. Governor Pennypacker is president of the board. JAP FLEET FEARFUL Won't Visit San Francisco For Fear of Repetition of Maine, Disaster. Repetition of Maine Disaster. Honolulu, Dec. 19.—When the Japanese squadron visits Honolulu in February it will not continue and pay its respects to San Francisco. The Japanese consul here is authority for the statement. It was originally planned that the fleet should continue to the Golden Gate, but because of fear upon the part of the Japs of a repetition of the Maine disaster in Havana harbor the visit has been abandoned. The reason given by the consul is the wrought up condition of American feeling toward the mikado's subjects. Bryce to be British Ambassador. London, Dec. 18.—In spite of the fact that no official announcement has yet been made, it was declared in the lobby of the house of commons that James Bryce, chief secretary for Ireland, had accepted the post of British ambassador to Washington in succession to Sir Henry Mortimer Durand. No formal announcement is likely pending a rearrangement of the cabinet, but Mr. Bryce is now universally regarded as the next ambassador to the United States. Endorses Dr. Cransey's Belief Providence, R. L., Dec. 10.—Rev. Joseph Hutcheson, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church in Warren, in the course of a sermon condemned the decision of the high ecclesiastical court in the Crapssey case, endorsed Dr. Crapssey and his belief, and declared his readiness to stand trial on the issue in turg. PREFERRED DEATH TO ARREST New York, Dec. 19.—William Madison, also known as McPherson, whose photograph is in the rogues' gallery, shot himself in the breast three times to avoid capture for a robbery committed in Mount Vernon. He died while being removed to a hospital. Madison entered the jewelry store of Samuel Raymond at Mount Vernon ad pushing a revolver into the face of the proprietor demanded: "Give me everything you have." Then shifting the gun to the left hand Madison drove his right fist through the glass of a show case and gathering up a handful of jewelry valued at $500 fled. Raymond came here and accompanied by a police officer began a search for the robber, eventually meeting him on the street. The latter showed fight and while his right hand was bandaged he swung with his left, knocking the policeman down. Regaining his feet the officer struck Madison over the head with his club without felling him. Turning Madison fled and followed by half a dozen policemen threaded his way among hundreds of Christmas shoppers. Twice he stopped in an open space and fired toward the pavement. He had run several blocks when two policemen overtook him. Turning quickly, revolver in hand, he had both at his mercy when one of the policemen implored him not to shoot. For a moment the fugitive hesitated and then stepping back a pace fired upon himself. MURDER MYSTERY CLEARED UP Committed Twelve Years Ago. Bridgeport, Conn., Dec. 19.—On the authority of Superintendent of Police Eugene Birmingham, of this city, it is stated that the mystery which has surrounded the murder of James Walker Beardsley about 12 years ago, has been practically cleared up by a death bed confession signed by William Mahoney, alias William Henry, who says in the confession that he was one of the murderers, and at the same time implicates another person, one Thomas Kinsella, alias Joseph Collette, who is now serving a sentence for burglary in the state prison at Wethersfield. Beardsley, who lived in an old farm house on the Trumbull road, was seized by two men who entered the house late one night in December, 1893, and after endeavoring to make the aged man disclose the location of supposed hidden wealth, choked him into insensibility and left him for dead. Beardsley lingered along for three or four days and succumbed to his injuries on January 1, 1894. Beardsley was a well-known philanthropist of this city, and was the donor of Beardley Pary. BURGLAR KILLED BY OFFICER Accomplice Notified Police of Intended Rebellion Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 17—During a desperate battle with burglaries in the notion store of Mrs. Mary Neenon at New Kensington, Pa., 30 miles east of this city, Officer James J. Lemon shot and fatally wounded Elmer Kuhn and captured Albert Romig, young men well known in New Kensington. There are peculiar circumstances connected with the robbery. Romig sent word to the police and Mrs. Neenon that an attempt would be made to burglarize the store. Officer Lemon was detailed on the case and, secreting himself in the store, waited an hour, before Kuhn and Romig, both masked, rushed into the store. Romig pointed a revolver at Mrs. Neenon, while Kuhn held up the young lady clerk. Officer Lemon, who was hidden back of a counter, came forth and commanded both men to surrender. Kuhn rushed at the officer to strike him with a blackjack, and the officer fired three times, every bullet entering Kuhn's body. Romig stood at one side and did not resist arrest. Romig claims he notified the police because Kuhn threatened to kill him unless he assisted in the robbery. TAUGHT CHILDREN TO STEAL Two Little Girls Say Their Mother Made Showoffers of Them. Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 17. — Claiming that their mother had taught them to be shoplifters, Mary Katchur, aged 13 and his sister Annie, aged 11, tearfully confessed to the police authorities to stealing goods valued at $1000 from various department stores in this city. The children were arrested in a Fifth avenue store, and later the parents were taken into custody and all were locked up in the central station, charged with being suspicious persons. Annie, the youngest daughter, said her mother would read the newspapers to ascertain what was offered in the stores and would then command them to produce the goods according to her written order. More Trolley Car Regulations. Pittsburg, Pa. Dec. 18—Charles A. Bentley, of Monongahela, Pa. near here, recently elected to the general assembly, will introduce a bill at the next session of the legislative providing that where a trolley line is over 20 miles long the company shall provide a separate compartment for women and that all cars shall be equipped with toilet arrangements. It also provides that along lines where the cars run one-half hour apart the company shall erect waiting rooms, to be heated in the cold weather. TWO WOMEN KILLED BY TRAIN Their Carriage Struck at Grade Cross Niger Ngee Molly Ngee Mt. Holly, N. J. Dec. 19.—While driving in a carriage across the Pennsylvania railroad tracks near here Mrs. Edward Hultse and her daughter, Lavina, were struck by a passenger train and the mother was instantly killed. The daughter was so badly injured that she died in a hospital at Camden, where she was taken after the accident. Mrs. Hultse and her daughter were on their way home, which was a short distance from the railroad crossing where the accident occurred. GIRL'S BURNED BODY FOUND IN BARREL Murdered and Attempt Made to Cremate Her Remains. SLAV MINER UNDER ARREST Hazleton, Pa., Dec. 19. — Soberta Anaslak, a Slavonian living at Jeddo, Pa., was arrested in a coal mine at that place on the charge of being implicated in the Hazleton barrel mystery. It is alleged that the woman whose charred remains were found here was his wife, who disappeared from home several weeks ago. It is reported that the marriage of the couple, which took place a year ago, was opposed by their relatives, and that after their wedding they had frequent quarrels. The description of the victim tallies with that of the missing woman. Mrs. Veronica Nemchick, a cousin of the missing Jeddo woman, viewed the remains at the morgue, and said that the body was not that of the suspect's wife. The husband will be brought here to view the remains. Burgess Hartman, of Freeland, who looked at the remains, said he personally knew the missing woman, to whom he sold meat every week. He saw a slight resemblance in the nose and teeth, but would not say positively that the woman was Mrs. Anasack. The suspect will be held until it is absolutely proven that the body is not that of his wife. A barrel containing a woman's body was found along a lonely road by Patrick O'Donnell. Smoke arising from it attracted his attention. He found the ends burned cut and in it the charred remains of a woman. She had been apparently fully dressed when placed in the barrel; the clothes and body had then been saturated with oil and on fire. The limbs were burned to a crisp, the head was so charred that the features were unrecognizable and of the clothing there remained only the buttons, cornet steels and ashes. The spot where the body was found makes it evident that it was taken there in a wagon. There is no habitation within some distance, the road is little traveled and the brush in the field where the body was placed is thick. County Detective Jones took a record of all that he could find. He says the murdered woman was about 18 years old, about 5 feet 6 inches in height, weighed about 115 pounds, had light hair, perfect teeth and wore a low shoe, size No. 3, and of a stylish make. County Detective Jones further said that it is his opinion that the body found is not that of a Hazleton woman, but that the girl was murdered elsewhere, the body placed in a barrel, sent here and then burned. A post mortem examination revealed the fact that an axe or hatchet was used in chopping around the neck to enable the murderer to get the head into the barrel. The legs were also broken so that they could be forced in. Dry spots of blood were found in the bottom of the barrel, but the physicists who examined the remains say they cannot tell whether the murder was of recent date. FAMILY OF SIX SLAVES Were Held In Servitude For Two Years and Then Sold. Jackson, Miss., Dec. 19—An unusual peonage charge was filed in the federal court by a negro named Den January against James Patrick. A prominent Rankin county farmer. The affidavit alleges that January was held in involuntary servitude together with his wife and six children by L. D. Carter for about two years; that Carter then sold him to Patrick for the sum of $1090. Carter alleging that he owed Patrick that sum and that Patrick refused to release the complainant from custody until the debt was cancelled. January charges that he was whipped by Carter with a buggy trace until he was bloody from head to heels. BANK SHORT $950,000 Examiner Says Waynesburg, Pa., In institution Has Big Deficit. Pittsburg, Dec. 18.—In the information made by National Bank Examiner John B. Cunningham against Cashier J. B. F. Rinehart, of the Farmers and Drovers National Bank of Waynesburg, Pa., which was closed by order of the comptroller of currency last Wednesday, discrepancies amounting to $550,000 are alleged. The cashier is charged upon eight counts with "unlawfully and knowingly making false entries in a report of the financial condition of the bank made to the comptroller as required by law." Robbed of $10,000 In Jewels. Boston, Dec. 17.—Declaring that he had been robbed of a chamois bag containing $10,000 worth of jewels, among which is an $11½ carat sapphire ring, besides three diamond studs and 20 unset pearls, William Wallace, a prominent autoist, called upon the police and the detective bureau to institute a search for a plekpocket. The robbery occurred in the shopping district. BLAMED FOR LAWYERS WRECK Operator G. D. Maddox Repsponible For Fatal Crash on Southern R. R. Washington, Dec. 18.—The official investigation of the Southern railway into the rear end collision which occurred at Lawyers, Va., on Thanksgiving day and in which President Spencer, of the Southern, and six others, including a number of prominent people, lost their lives, has been concluded and the responsibility for the wreck placed on G. D. Maddox, block operator at Rangoon, Va. General Counsel A. P. 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Polly was tired, for she had been busy all that day. They were not rich, and so much of the running devolved upon Polly, and the three boys were home from school, and they had two visitors to remain till New Year's. One of them was Archie—it is enough to call him just "Archie." So, while Polly braided the heavy mass of rich brown hair into one long loose plait, she glanced at the mistletoe and then at the sphinxlike face of the Chinese doll as she said: "Now, Mrs. Li Hung Chang, what shall I do? Archie loves me. I know it from a dozen—yes, a thousand— B HE WRAPPED THE SHRINKING LITTLE FIGURE IN ITS FOLDS. things, but he is so shy and timid. Minnie Blake is engaged, and so would I be if only Archie had the courage of a—a chipmunk," she hastily added as she thought of her bare feet and possible mice. "Now, if I could hang this mistletoe to the chandelier tonight in the excitement of seeing our gifts I could manage—I know I could—to get him under it beside me, and the boys would do the rest, and then—well, the ice would be broken. I will if you say so. Why don't you speak?" Saying this, the dainty little beauty stamped her foot, now in its slipper, which jarred the room ever so slightly, and the doll did nod its head. Polly laughed, half startled, but with new courage. She took the night light in one hand and the bunch of mistletoe in the other, with its grappling wires, and stole downstairs to the library door and on into the parlor, not noticing that the library door had shut to with the spring lock. Polly did not wish to awaken any member of the family, so she did not switch on the lights. Her own tiny light but made the darkness visible. It was fearsome down here all alone in the dark, so she hurried and pushed the side table over into the middle of the room under the chandelier, with the mistletoe on it, and then brought a delicate, long legged, gold painted chair, on which she climbed timidly, listening all the while for a sound. The chandelier was high and Polly not tall, so do her best, standing on her tiptoes, she could not reach the fixture. "I must get up on the table," she said to herself, "and I hope I'll not fall and break my neck and rouse the house." Just as this very courageous little maiden stepped to the table with one foot, while the other was still resting on the insecure chair, there was the sound of a latchkey in the front door and then a blast of wintry wind and two voices in the hall. They were those of her oldest and most unbearable brother Fred, and the other voice belonged to Archie Steadman. It was too much for Polly. It would be awful if Fred discovered her. She tried to step down from her insecure perch, but the treacherous ornamental chair tilted, and Polly came down suddenly, striking her head against the table. She was too frightened to feel the hurt, for the noise was great enough to startle Fred into saying: "What's that?" Burglarls, I'll bet. Come on, Arch." Saying that, Fred bounded forward and switched on the light and, seizing a heavy cane from the hatrack, sprang into the parlor. But Polly had managed to get on her feet and scamper to the library door, dropping one of her slippers as she went and leaving the lamp behind her; but, try as she might, she could not open the library door, and stood there pulling with a strength born of desperation, while Fred said: *Burglar's! Here's the light. They're* *after the gifts on the tree. Come on!* With his cane swindling like an Indian club, Fred sprang into the library, while Archie, with his umbrella, followed, and both advanced upon the burglaries. They could hear the rattling of the doorknob, and Fred shouted: "You may as well give up. You're caught." And then the library was also flooded with light, which was reflected from a thousand gilded ornaments on the tree, and by the illumination Fred and Archie saw a miserable little figure in yellow pajamas, huddled up like a cold duckling, with one bare foot and with its head down, in the corner of the door frame as though trying to hide. From her baby days Polly had had a queer habit of hopping from one foot to the other without moving from her place when frightened or angry. Now one slippered little foot and one pink bare one kept up the familiar hopping movement. Fred looked at the culprit a moment and then sprang forward and, seizing one shoulder and the long braid of hair, turned her around to the light, while the miserable girl covered her face with her hands. Fred laughed loud and long, saying: "Well, I'll be jiggered if it isn't Polly!" Archie said nothing and was trying to pretend that he did not know anything at all until he saw the tears streaming through the fingers, and then he said hotly: "Fred, I am ashamed of you. You are not treating your sister right at all. Here, Pol-I mean Miss Adams," continued he, at the same time jerking the big maroon cover from the old fashioned square piano, to the instant destruction of two plaster ornaments. "Here, Miss Pol-Adams." Saying this with a lordly air, he wrapped the shrinking little figure in its beneficent folds, while her heartless brother lay on the carpet in convulsions of laughter. She sobbed out: "I-I-forgot—something—and that is why" "Ah, bosh! You just wanted to see if Archie had put a present on the tree for you." "Oh, Fred; don't!" she cried, while tears trickled down her hands. "Mr. Adams, I consider your treatment of your sister very harsh—very cruel." "Well, I suppose she can't help being a little fool," continued Fred, laughing still. "Sir, another such remark concerning this ang-ah, your sister—under the circumstances will sever our friendship. Pol-Miss Polly, I have your present here. I was going to give it to you tomorrow, but under the present circumstances I shall ask if you will accept it now and here, as with it you will have a protector." With a malevolent look at Fred, Archie fumbled in all his pockets until he found a small box. Then he reached for one of Polly's wet little hands. Archie looked very imposing to Polly, and little by little her sobs ceased, and by the time he had opened the box she could see through her dimmed eyes that he had a superb solitaire ring for her—one to make the heart of any girl proud, and one in keeping with his wealth. So she even smiled a little as Archie, with one last look of defiance at Fred, placed the sparkling ring on the proper finger and then folded her in his arms proudly and with a look of inefable happiness, though Polly did look something like a noble squaw. Christmas With the Mokls. The whole affair has the character of what we should call a mystery play, the dramatic action representing the fight of the sun god to return northward from his home in the mountains. Malevolent genii are trying to drag him back, while friendly divinities aid him in the struggle. He wins, of course, and comes back to Moki Land to warm the earth with his rays and to cause it to smile with fresh harvests. When those harvests are ripening in the following summer the snake god, which controls the water supply so urgently needed in that arid country, must be appeased by another ceremony specially devised for his glorification, the principal feature of which is the famous snake dance, concerning which so much has been written.—American Family Magazine. Christmas Post Cards. The favorite Christmas post cards have very little room for writing. The entire back of the card is covered with a "Madonna and Child" by Murillo, Raphael, or, to come to more modern times, Gabriel Max or Bougueran. The coloring is most artistic, and these cards are quite worth framing as little works of art. Some of these Madonnas—for instance, the Raphael "Madonna of the Chair"—are framed in a wreath of glowing holly, which contrasts vividly with the colors in the Roman scarf tung over the back of the chair. Other subjects are to be had in these truly artistic post cards, notably portraits of fair women by Romney and Lely, Reynolds and Galnsborough, Grenze and Le Brun—New York Globe. Turkey Which Ended Long Fast. An odd incident of the last Christmas celebration in St. Louis was the breaking of a month long fast by James Barrington, who had been in custody two and one-half years on a charge of murder. 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Daily limited: pulham read Point. Except Sunday, No. 74, Local to West Point. TRAINS AREIVE RICHMOND. 6 88 a. m. and 7 50 p. m. From all the South. 8 35 a. m. From Charlotte, Durham, Chase City Lehigh and local stations. 8 40 a. m. Keysville and local stations. 9 15 a. m. No E. Baltimore and West Point. 10 45 a. p., No. 9, 5:15 p. m. No. 73. From West I. point and local stations. 105 E Main St, Elkham Var. C. C., ACKRUT, S. H. HARDWICK, sth V. P. & Gen. Mer., Pass Traf. Mgr. W. H. TAYLOR, G. Washington, D. C. R. P. & P. Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Trains Leave Richmond—Northward. 8:40 a.m., daily Byrd st. Through 12:05 noon, week days, Byrd st. Through 4:30 p.m., week days. Byrd st. Frederick's large accommodation. 6:30 p.m., daily st. Through. 6:30 p.m., week days. Elba. Ashland scoon odation. 8:25 p.m. daily, Byrd st. Through Trains arrive Richmond — Southward. 6:40 a.m. week days, Elba Ashland accom- modation. 8:30 a.m. week days, Byrd st. Frederick- sburg accommodation. 8:35 a.m. daily, Byrd st. Through 1:30 a.m. week days, Byrd st. Through Lakefront. 2:15 p.m. daily Main st. Through 5:40 p.m. week days, Elba Ashland accom- modation. 7:55 p.m. daily, Byrd st. Through 5:40 p.m. daily, Byrd st. Through Loca stops Time of arrivals and departures and con nections not guaranteed. W. D. DUKE, C. W. CULP, W. F. TAYLOR Assist to Pres. Goal's Supt. Traf Mgr. SCENIC ROUTE TO THE WEST ROUTE CINCINNATI, INDIANA POLIS, ST. LOUIS CHICAGO, LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, MEMPHIS, 2:15 p. m. and 11:00 p. m. daily. WESTBOUND LOCAL TRAINS. 7:30 a. m. daily and 5:15 p. m. week days. NEWPORT NEWS, NORFOLK AND OLD POINT. 9 a. m. and 4 p. m. daily. Local For Newport News. and 15:30 p.m. daily. Arrive Main Lane, London W.1, Wed. 10:30 A.M. *8:30 A.M. *8:15 P.M. *8:15 A.M. From Each: *8:05 A.M. *11:45 A.M. *7:0 P.M. *8:15 P.M. *11:45 A.M. *8:40 A.M. *6:35 P.M. (*Daily; **Ex. Sunday*) LD DOMINION STREAMHUR DOMINION NIGHT LINE FOR NORFOLK Leave Richmond every evening (food Astro Street) at 7 P. M. stopping at Newport New York, $2.50 one way, $4.50 round trip, in lading statement room heels, meals $6. each. Street Cars to Wharf FOR NEW YORK in Night Line Steamers (except Saturday connection in Norfolk with Main Line ship, ship-limited to Norfolk and Western Ry. at 9 A. M, and 3 P. M, and Cheapea peace & Ohio Ry. at 9 A. M, except Sunday) at Norfolk with Main Line ship at 7 P. M. Tickets, 80 E. Main Street River Bay Line Steamer Fountain leaves Monday We nesday and Friday in Norfolk Portsmouth, old Fount, Newport, and com- mons and James River landings, and com- mons and Wa-lington, Baltion, or the North State reserves for t night at the odeater press, and cars dire to the wharf. Fare only $1.50 and receipt received for a odeen placed na- mals in the State of Virginia and North Ca olina. IVTW RAILGEN, Gen M1gr E. A. Barber, Jr. SEABOARD Schedule Effective, May 27, 1906 Short Line to the principal Cities the South and Southwest, Florida, Cuba and Mexico. 2 20 p. m. Fast train with through sleeper and courier to Kaleigh, Columbia, Jacksonville and points, through sleeper to 2 7 mi. Birmingham, fastest time to these points and the途中 stops at 10 0 p. m. Through Pullman en coaches to Covington, Jacksonville and Florida point, in Cincinnati, Birmingham and Memphis, in Charlotte, Pesco System, making immediate connexion to south-western poi ts. Northbound Train to Richmond Daily. 6 10 A. M., 6 15 P. M., 5 50 P. M. H S. LEARD, D Y. A. W. H S. LEARD, D Y. A. W. 800 East Main街 Norfolk and Western R. R. LEAVE RICHMOND (DAILY), BYRD STREET STATION. GROCOL LIMITED. Arrives at Norfolk II 12:45. Stops only at Petersburg. Waverly and Rufold. 9.00 A.M. CHICAGO EXPRESS Buffet Par Lynchburg to Lynchburg and Roanok Pulaski to Shoreline to Columbus and Bluefield to Cincinnati to Knoxville and Knoxville to Knottia to Chattanooga and Mem 12.12 P.M. Roanok Express for Fs-mville Lynchburg and Roanok Lynchburg and Booneake Lynchburg and Booneake Lynchburg and Booneake Norfolk 5 20 P. M. Stops only at Petal Norfolk 5 20 P. M. Stops only at Petal Norfolk 5 20 P. M. Connects with Steenb to Boston, rovineau, New York, Baltimore and Washington. 0.20 C. M., for Norfolk and all stations east of Petersburg. 9:30 P.M. M NEW ORLEANS SHORT LINE. Pull- milk to the Lighthouse. Lynchburg, Lynpers burg to Koanoke; Lynchburg, Lynpers Memphis and New Orleans. Cafe Dain, 330 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. m and 5 p.m. f. Fax New Norfolk, 212-755-4000. Officer Ng 888 East Main Street W. B. Browne LOS ANGELES Jen. Pass. Art DIV. Powell. Art ATLANTIC COAST LINE EFFECTIVE MAY 7TH. For Florida and outh, 9:35 A. M., 1:25 and For Norfolk, 9:00 A. M., 8:00 P. M. and 6:20 P. M. For N. & W. Ry. West, 12:10 and 9:20 * Ecspelt Sunday, *** Sunday only. C. S. CAMPBEF** 1 D. P. A The American's Christmas Greetings!! Home Office: 613 North Second Second Street, Richmond, Virginia. Home Office: 613 North Second Second Street, Richmond, Virginia. ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` --- EIGHT ```markdown ``` TO THE PUBLIC: IN the onward march of business success THE AMERICAN BENEFICIAL INSURANCE COMPANY takes special pleasure in issuing CHRISTMAS GREETINGS to its large membership and a generous public. This COMPANY has had the most remarkable success of any other Company upon the field: beginning four years and a half ago. (August 1902) it has done a work which has surprised the world. There were other Companies on the field doing grand work before the American began. At first many critics doubted the great undertaking led by Dr. W. F. Graham and his faithful co-workers. Nobody now doubts the wisdom and judgment of those who saw in their minds the opening for the great American. The Company now looks back over its short history with language inadequate to express thanks and appreciation for the loyalty and warm reception on the part of the public. From the very beginning in 1902 the people without the least hesitation took policies in both departments of the American. On every side thousands of people both in and out of Virginia gave their warmest and strongest support to this new enterprise. Men of means and reputation have stood ready at all times to back the American. In the short time that this Company has worked upon the field (58,000) fifty-eight thousand policy holders have joined it, over (5,000) five thousand have joined the Straight Life Department. This growth is phenomenal; no other Company has surpassed it or equaled it. It has paid out in sick claims, $102,189.18; in death claims, $29,961.00; making a total of death and sick claims, $132,150.18. This is a wonderful showing and is an important feature of history making in the Negro race. DR. W. F. GRAHAM, President; JOHN W. HOWARD, General Superintendent; M. M. MOSS, Cashier; Warning! To Property Owners. Christmas Holidays ARE NEARLY HERE, AND OWING TO FIRE-WORKS, THE Danger of Fires WILL BE GREATLY INCREASED. ALL MY FRIENDS AND PATRONS ARE URGED TO SEE THAT THEIR PROPERTY IS FULLY PROTECTED AGAINST LOSS, IF NOT, THEY SHOULD INSURE AT ONCE. 'Phone, 2574. GEORGE C. JEFFERSON, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, 6 North 10th St. Times Building. Fifth Baptist Church NEXT WEEK. Last Sunday was a great day with the Fifth Baptist Church in point of attendance, warm meeting and regular collections. Pastor W. F. Graham preached in the morning to a large congregation from the subject, "Hard-headed Church Members." It was an impressive discourse. At 1 o'clock the funeral of Mrs. Nannie Hamlet was preached. A great many friends, white and colored were in attendance. We shall publish the portraits of Companies B, C, and D of the Twenty-fifth Infantry, together with our opinion of President Roosevelt's special message on the Brownsville affair. The pictures were secured for our use by the courtesy of Collers' Weekly, that great illustrated publication which now has the attention of the civilized world. At four o'clock communion service was held and several visiting ministers including Revs. W. H. White, Green and Dandridge were present. Five members were received in the church. Rev. Mr. Shafers preached at night an eloquent and powerful sermon. Collection for the day, $74.41. Dr. Graham will preach to-morrow morning and night. —Rev. J. Strange, D. D., Alexandria, Va. conducted the services at the Third Street A. M. E. Church last Sunday morning. He preached at the Second Baptist Church last Sunday evening. Rev. Dr. Perkins Burnt Out. Rev. Caesar Perkins, D. D. had the misfortune to lose his residence at Buckingham C. H., Va., Saturday, Dec. 15th, at 12 o'clock in the day. The place was insured. He has not decided when he will rebuild. —Mr. O. W. Murray of Baltimore Md. was in the city this week representing the Metropolitan Mercantile and Realty Company of New York. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA ```markdown ``` American's Christmas THEY WERE BORN IN 1880 AND WERE THE SONS OF A MARRIED WOMAN AND A MARRIED MAN. THEY WERE THE SONS OF A MARRIED WOMAN AND A MARRIED MAN. THEY WERE BORN IN 1880 AND WERE THE SONS OF A MARRIED WOMAN AND A MARRIED MAN. THEY WERE BORN IN 1880 AND WERE THE SONS OF A MARRIED WOMAN AND A MARRIED MAN. HER OFFICERS ARE: E. T. COLEMAN, Vice President; R. W. ANDERSON, General Route Inspector; P. F. CLARKE, Assistant Cashier; 613 North Second Second Street Attention WHEN mak- ing your CHRISTMAS pur- chases, remember that the CAPITOL SHOE SUPPLY COMPANY, - 210 E. Broad Street Can suit you in the SHOE line. We have a swell line of holiday "Specials" for father, mother, brother, sister and the babies too. Give us a call you will find our prices surprisingly low. SPECIAL SAMSON LINE, KING GEORGE CONCERT and Misses Welt in 1/2 Heel are the best that the factor makes. A Merry Xmas. A Happy New Year. OUR NEWLY REMODELED STORE IS THE SCENE OF A BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF Christmas Goods EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE MENTIONED To add to the happiness of one's home during the HOLIDAYS CAN BE BOUGHT. Imported CAN GOODS stock can't be excelled. AMUSE YOURSELF BY ... DRAWING A PACKAGE OF TEA FOR A PRIZE. OUR LINE OF FIRE WORKS ARE THE BEST Sugar Cured Hams, per lb . . . 16ct Apple Clder, per quart . . . 10ct Mackerel, a piece . . . 5 and 10ct N. C. Rice, per lb . . . 18ct Meal, water ground, per peck . . 18ct Dunlop Flour, per bag . . . 32ct Best Lard, per lb . . . 12ct Compound Lard, per lb . . . 10ct Best Mixed Tea . . . 50ct English Breakfast Tea . . . 50ct Gun Powder Tea . . . 50ct Lexington Coffee . . . 18ct Best New Orlean Syrup, per qt 15ct Porto Rico, per qt . . . 10ct Imported Sardines, 1/2 doz... 50ct Mocha & Java Cogee, per lb... 25ct Octagon Sbap, 1/2 doz... 25ct Moon Soap, two bars... 5ct Mixed Nuts, 2 lbs... 25ct Mixed Candy, 3 lbs... 25ct Roe Herrings, per doz... 25ct Best line of Mixed Cakes, 10 & 15ct Tomatoes, 3 lb. canns... 12ct Early June Peas, 2 canns... 9ct Boston Baked Beans... 9ct Suco tash, per can... 12ct California Peaches, 3 canns... 50ct Maryland Peaches, per can... 15ct 11 SOUTH 4TH ST.. RICHMOND, VA JOHN FOXEL, The Branch Offices are conducted by men and women of superior ability and business tact. Under their energetic management, led by the Home Office, the American will not be long in becoming the leading Negro Company in the world. Her branches are found throughout the entire State of Virginia and Washington, D. C., managed by such eminent persons as W. G. Tate, W. A. Millner, W. E. Davis, B. F. Watson, W. D. Steptoe, S. Alexander, W. A. Stewart, W. H. Johnson, W. H. Smith, E. Alexander, J. P. Tate, J. E. Hubbard. M. E. Vandervall, Homer Mitchell, L. N. Robinson, P. B. Hairston, J. S. Garrison, M. L. Keen, J. R. White, J. T. Gay James E. Delap, N. F. Roberts, A. D. Mitchell, Maggie Poindexter, Benjamin Stokes, W. T. Ruffin, W. H. Hilman, James A. Payne, J. R. Johnson, M. L. Payne. These managers are assisted by a great army of agents and solicitors in every city and community upon whom depend in a large measure the life and success of the geat American. The American Beneficial Insurance Company was the FIRST COMPANY OF ITS KIND TO DEPOSIT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS WITH THE STATE TREASURER FOR THE PROTECTION OF ITS MEMBERSHIP. They are further secured by ($7,000) seven thousand dollars in real estate, currency and bonds, not to say anything about the wealth and worth of the strong men who back it up. Men like Adolphus Humbles of Lynchburg, Va.; Dr. Holland Powell of Springfield, Ohio; A. D. Price of Richmond, Va.; E. T. Coleman, B. H. Peyton, John W. Howard, R. W. Anderson, R. H. Fauntleroy, J. Thomas Hewin, James H. D. Wingfield, James Page, Lewis Cheatham, Joseph Loving, James H. Chiles, W. H. Watkins, and Dr. W. F. Graham. These men all represent something. The wealth of some of them running up as high as $150,000; $30,000; $10,000; $9,000 and so on. The American is here to stay, the future is bright. Before many years its branches will be established throughout the entire United States. B. H. PEYTON, General Manager; R. H. FAUNTLEROY, General Sick Inspector; J. THOMAS HEWIN, Attorney. 193. THE 1906 Southern Aid Society of Virginia Inc., TENDERS ITS THOUSANDS OF POLICY HOLD and friends its cordial thanks for all past favors, and sol- continuance of same, assuring you of our appreciation that we deem it our highest duty and purpose to serve most acceptable manner, that all who place their INSURA the SOUTHERN AID SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA INC. wi- ne in vain. WITH THE MOST EARNEST ENDEAVOR TO IMPRO- with the age, we have kept far ahead of all competitors with one object before us—how to best conserve the every in- of our policy-holders and friends. HAVE INSURANCE THAT REALLY INSURES AGAIN ALL THE EMERGENCIES OF LIFE FOR ONE PRE- MIUM, YOU MUST HAVE A Southern Aid Society Policy are you get a Southern Aid Society Policy. Besure you Southern Aid Calendar. Fires against Sickness, Accidents and Death, that' HOME OFFICE: 504 N. 2nd ST., RICHMOND, VA. Eastern District Office: 555—25th Street, Newport News, B. A. CEPHAS, Superintendent. 1907. and Society a Inc., S OF POLICY HOLDERS for all past favors, and solicits a you of our appreciation and purpose to serve you who place their INSURANCE OF VIRGINIA INC. will not ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE head of all competitors with but conserve the every interest REALLY INSURES AGAINST LIFE FOR ONE PRE- T HAVE A Society Policy. Society Policy. Besure you get a calendar. Events and Death, that's all! ST., RICHMOND, VA. Street, Newport News, Va. Interendent. 1893. THE 1907. Southern Aid Society of Virginia Inc., TENDERS ITS THOUSANDS OF POLICY HOLDERS and friends its cordial thanks for all past favors, and solicits a continuance of same, assuring you of our appreciation and that we deem it our highest duty and purpose to serve you in the most acceptable manner, that all who place their INSURANCE with the SOUTHERN AID SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA INC. will not insure in vain. WITH THE MOST EARNEST ENDEAVOR TO IMPROVE with the age, we have kept far ahead of all competitors with but one object before us—how to best conserve the every interest of our policy-holders and friends. TO HAVE INSURANCE THAT REALLY INSURES AGAINST ALL THE EMERGENCIES OF LIFE FOR ONE PREMIUM, YOU MUST HAVE A Southern Aid Society Policy. Besure you get a Southern Aid Society Policy. Besure you get a Southern Aid Calendar. Insures against Sickness, Accidents and Death, that's all! HOME OFFICE: 504 N. 2nd ST., RICHMOND, VA. Eastern District Office: 555-25th Street, Newport News, Va. B. A. CEPHAS, Superintendent. Branch offices in principle Cities of the State. BOARD of Directors: PRICE, President. BARD STEWART, 1st Vice Pres. T. CARTER, 2nd Vice Pres. CEPHAS, 3rd Vice Pres. HAS M. CRUMP, Secretary. JORDAN, Auditor. A. BAKER, Treasurer. WASHINGTON, W. A. JORDAN, A. N. JACKSON, E. C. BROWN. Resident Board, Danville, Va. S. D. MILLS, Chairman. PROF. THOS. A. LONG, Secretary. LEVI W. HOLBROOK. DR. A. L. WINSLOW. REV. ROBERT G. ADAMS. DANIEL P. LUCK. CHARLES W. WEST. C. E. X. BOISSEAU, Superintendent. AGENTS WANTED. --- 1893. The Southern of Virg TENDERS ITS THOROUGH and friends its cordial continuance of same, and that we deem it our high in the most acceptable manner, with the SOUTHERN AID SO insure in vain. WITH THE MOST EARLY with the age, we have kept one object before us—how of our policy-holders and TO HAVE INSURANCE THAT ALL THE EMERGENCY MIUM, YOU Southern Mid Besure you get a Southern A Southern Insures against Sickness, HOME OFFICE: 504 N Eastern District Office: 555 B. A. CEPH --- ```markdown ``` --- A. D. PRICE, President. EDWARD STEWART, 1st Vice Pres. JAS. T. CARTER, 2nd Vice Pres. B. A. CEPHAS, 3rd Vice Pres. THOMAS M. CRUMP, Secretary. B. L. JORDAN, Auditor. W. E. BAKER, Treasurer. A. WASHINGTON, W. A. JORDAN, CHAS. N. JACKSON, E. C. BROWN. ```markdown ```