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THE RICHMOND PLANET KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS HERE Fine Session of the Grand Lodge of Virginia. Uniform Rank Makes Spectacular Display Here. Twenty-one Companies in Line. Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr., in Command. He is Unanimously Elected G. C. WILL BE A CANDIDATE FOR SUPREME CHANCELLOR AT KANSAS CITY IN AUGUST. VOLUME XXVI, NO. 29. KNIGH PYT Fine Ses Lodge Uniform Rank M Twenty-one General Job He is U WILL BE A CANDID The parade of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., A. and A. last Wednesday afternoon was the grandest in the history of the Order. The companies marched from camp, headed by Brigadier Geeral, John Mitchell, at 2 o'clock and marched down Leigh St. to Baker St., to Third St., to Leigh to Brook Ave., to Broad St., to 12th St., to Main St., to 5th St., to Franklin St., to Monroe St., to Grace St., to Ryland St., to Franklin St., to Lombardy St., to the Broad street park. The grandeur and magnificence of this parade can hardly be described. Brigadier General, John Mitchell, Jr. rode at the head of the procession on a white charger, attired in the full dress uniform of his rank. On his left robe ex-Brigadier, W. R. Green, wearing the fatigue uniform. Following him were the members of his staff, wearing the full dress uniforms, t he g old fittings glistening under the light of day. Among these were Col. John R. Chiles, Col. D. A. Ferguson, Col. Jesse Scruggs, Col. U. S. G. Patterson, Col. Thomas Smith, Col. E. W. R. Gleen, Col. R. S. Nelson, Major John J. Bly, Major Roscoe C. Mitchell, being on detached service in command of the battalion of Pythian Cadets. Col. Thomas M. Crump in command of the First Regiment rode with his staff, among whom were Capt. Thomas H. Wyatt, Capt. Willis Wyatt, Capt. W. Henry Jones, Capt. John G. Smith, then came Major William A. Robinson with Adjutant B. H. Peyton, Sergeant Majors, R. H. Fauntleroy, Elam L. Banks. Eureka Co., No. 1, under command or Capt. W. F. Weaver, wore the new regulation khaki. The parade carried hundreds off their feet with enthusiasm. Pythian Cadet Co. Company, No. 1, was in line as a battalion, having two companies. They had nearly one hundred boys fully uniformed and also had a drum corp. They were attired in the tress parade suits, consisting of blue coats, white braid and brass buttons and white pants. They wore white shacoes or bushys with crimson flaps and gold tassels. While the companies were the recipients of many compliments, the cadets were the centre o f the attraction. Major Roscoe C. Mitchell, rode with two aides, and these companies went through the maneuvers as they marched along the route. They were loudly applauded. There were 22 companies in line. Then came the members of the subordinate lodges. Mr. Chas. N. Young, was Chief Marshal. He had a large number of aides. Mr. W. Isaac Johnson, placed his new ambulance at the disposal of the parade committee, and it was in line and it performed valuable service. THE COMPETITIVE DRILL. Companies 8, Capt. Jackson, Richmond, 27, Capt. Wilkerson, Norfolk, 21, Capt. W. T. Bell, 16, Capt. Stewart, Newport News, entered the field in the order named after the Inspection of each Company, they entered into the mey and difficult movements of the New Regulations. The Judges, Captain Cowan, Graves and Anderson, awarded the following prizes: First Prize—Company 16, Uniform Rank, Capt. Stewart, Newport News. Second Prize—Company 27, Capt. Wilkerson, Norfolk. Third Prize—Company 8, Capt. Jackskon, Richmond. The following Companies in here on day of Parade, June 16, 1909. on day of Parade, June 16, 1909. Mitchell Reserve, No. 21, Capt. W. T. Bell, First Regiment, First Lieutenant, C. E. Anderson. ```markdown ``` --- St. Pythias, No. 7, Capt. H. S. Keen, First Regiment. Damon, No. 29, Capt. W. A. Miller, acting, Capt. Edward Carter, First Regiment, First Lieutenant R. F. Dickerson, Second Lieutenant, Samuel Moore. Blooming Lily, No. 11, Capt. V. M. Gwathmey, First Regiment, First Lieutenant M. Willis, Second Lieutenant, Jas. V. Butler. McKinley, No. 25, Capt. Madison Lowry, First Lieutenant, F. A. Green, Second Lieutenant, C. W. Washington. Eureka, No. 1, Capt. W. F. Weaver, First Lieutenant, Edmond Smith, Second Lieutenant, Mark C. Jones. Planet, No. 8, Capt. A. Jackson, First Lieutenant, Leroy Brown, Second Lieutenant, R. W. Kenny. Jackson Brown Kenny FIRST REGIMENT. Peerless, No. 15, Capt. T. W. Merchant, First Regiment, First Lieutenant, Wm. Jones. Invincible, No. 20, Capt. C. H. Higginbotham, First Regiment, First Lieutenant, P. H. Spraggons, Second Lieutenant, George Walker. Major Gen. Ward, Commanding Second Battalion, First Regiment, Lieutenant Stephen Davis, Quartermaster, Second Batallion. Brigadier staff, First Regiment Staff, First Batallion Staff, First SIR KNIGHT E. Elected Grand M Regiment. Major Wm. A. Robinson Adj. B. H. Peyton. Lieut. R. H Fauntleroy. Lieut. F. A. Gardener Lieut. Dr. J. Alex. Lewis. SECOND REGIMENT Norfolk Co., No. 9, Capt. Henry Hill, 2 Regiment, First Lieut. C. T. Perry, Second Lieut. E. Tillard. Benevolence, No. 27, Capt. H. Wilkerson, First Lieut. R. C. Archer, Second Lieut. George R. Duke. National, No. 6, Capt. V. H. Harris, First Lieut. J. H. Bauer, Second Lieut. F. Shelton. Conway, No. 18, Capt. Frank Pool, First Lieut: Luke Merchant, Second Lieut. Sydney Jones. Suffolk, No. 24, Capt. B. B. Elliott, Second Lieut. Thos. Black. Maceo Guards, No. 16, Capt. Steward. Roanoke, Capt. Walter Haskins. Manning Co., No. 10, Capt. Frank Proctor. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1909. The Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Virginia, convened at the Fifth Street Baptist Church last Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock. Grand Cancellor John Mitchell, Jr., presided. Prayer was offered by Grand Prelate R. L. Jackson, of Pocahontas. The following officers filled the stations: GRAND LODGE OFFICERS:... Grand Chancellor, John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Vice Chancellor, H. L. Jackson, Prelate, R. L. Jackson, G. M. of Ex. H. F. Jonathan, G. K. of R. and S., Thos. M. Crump, G. M. at Arms, Dr. J. Alex, Lewis, G. M. of W. Col. Jesse Scruggs, Grand Lecturer, Wm. M. Reld, G. I. G. J. H. Page, G. O. G. J. H. Allen GRAND COURT OFFICERS Grand Worthy Counselor, Mr. John Mitchell, Jr.: Grand Worthy Inspectrix, Mrs. Julia A. Wattz; Grand Worthy Inspector, Mrs. M. E. Washington; Grand Worthy Orator; Mrs. M. C. Adams; G. W. Register of Deeds, Mrs. M. L. Chiles; G. W. Receiver of Deposits, Mrs. Josie A Graham; Grand Worthy Escort, Mrs. Lizzie Green; G. W. Senior Direct- ress, Mrs. Nannie C. Johnson; Grand Worthy Conductress, Mrs. Lucy Cross; G. W. Assistant Conductress, Mrs. Emma Cherry; Grand Worthy Herald, Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson; Grand Worthy Protector, Mrs. P. M R. JEFFERSON. Medical Register. B. Hodge; Grand Worthy Lecturer, Mrs. Sarah J. Holbrook; Grand Keeper of Records and Seal Thomas M. Crump, read the following list of committees: Wm. A. Merchant, D. J. Chavers, Dr. D. A. Ferguson. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. B. H. Peyton, D. C. Johnson, Thos. H. Wyatt. RETURNS AND CREDENTIALS. A. C. Mabrey, W. H. Jones, R. H. Fauntleroy. APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. Lee Woolridge, W. T. Bell, R. J. (Continued on Eighth Page.) SIR KNIGHT JOHN MITCHELL, JR., Re-elected Grand Chancellor of the State of Virginia. SIR KNIGHT. H. F. JONATHAN, Grand Master of Exchequer. ... SIR KNIGHT THOMAS M. CRUMP. Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. The Umpire Speaks The game was played to the largest colored crowd that has ever witnessed a colored game in this city in the last 25 years. The game was one of the best nine inning games I ever saw, white or colored. The pitching exceptionally good, neither pitcher striking a batsman, nor giving a base on ball, which is fine. The game abandoned in sharp fielding, sensational catches, and the display of good and heady judgment. My regret is that I was not the scoreer, because the game played as it was should have a place among the best that I ever saw, or played in. In my 25 years on base-ball on both white and colored teams, throughout the country. Nat. Allen and Mayo Stephens, managers of the Manchester and Richmond teams deserve great credit for their management, as do also the teams for their gentlemanly and sportmanlike demeanor on the ball field. These are just some extracts which you may use. Good order was paramount. THE GAME Independents of Richmond. A) B. R. H. O. A. E. Hundley, 1f. 4 0 1 0 0 Britton, 2b. 4 0 0 4 1 Griffin, 1b. 4 1 11 0 1 Funn, ss. 4 1 0 2 3 1 Harrison, cf. 4 0 2 0 2 Stephens, rf. 4 0 1 0 0 White, 3b. 4 0 0 2 0 Ellis, c. 4 0 8 2 1 Thomas, p. 3 0 1 1 1 0 *Fuller, rf. 1 0 1 1 1 0 Total 36 2 3 27 13 4 *Took Stephen's place in eighth inning. Athletics of Manchester. A. B. B. R. H. O. A. E. Love, 2b. 4 1 1 0 3 1 Burford, 2b. 4 0 0 0 2 0 H. Johnson, 1b. 4 0 0 16 0 Waddell, s. 4 0 1 1 5 1 Fultz, c. 4 0 1 6 2 0 A. Patterson, p. 4 0 0 0 1 0 J. Johnson, cf. 4 0 0 0 0 0 S. Patterson, rf. 4 0 0 0 0 0 R. Lewis, lf. 3 0 1 1 0 0 Manchester. .0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0-1 Richmond. .0 0 0 0 0 2 0 x-2 Time of game 1:25 minutes—Umpire, J. M. Dabney. SIR KNIGHT H Grand Vice Moving Picture Exhibition. Here's what you're looking for! Moving Picture Exhibition! An up-to-date High-Class Entertainment given by Prof. John Thomas, of Philadelphia, Penn. Admission, single person, 15 cents, Lady and Gent. 25 cents, Children, 10 cents, 812 Buchanan Street. RAMSEY—MILLER The marriage of Miss Essie G. Miller to Dr. J. Mercer G. Ramsey, will be solemnized in the First Presbyterian Church, Thursday, June 24th, 1909, at 8 o'clock A. M. Reception Thursday, July 1st, at 104 E. Leigh Street, from 8:30 to 11 P. M. Friends invited. No cards. A Credit to the Race. The meeting of the colored Pythians of Virginia now in progress in this city has served to illustrate that the better class of our colored population reflect credit on their race and conduct themselves with decorum and dignity. Yesterday afternoon they had a great parade through the streets, and not an instance of the slightest behavior or disturbance was recorded, though it was the most numerous parade of colored people held in Richmond in recent years. More significant still, the procession, wvwhich ended at the ball park, attracted to that great enclosure a crowd of such proportions as to completely fill all available seating space and yet, notwithstanding the excitement incident to a competitive drill and a ball game, there was no disorder, albeit excitement reached a altitude from time to time. And it is further recorded that not a police officer was on the grounds. There have been times in the baseball park when our own white people, despite the restraining influence of numerous blue-coats, have behaved in the ugliest manner, imaginable, as every baseball patron will admit. The orderly conduct and behavior of the colored Pythians serves to emphasize a fact that it is important to bear in mind namely, that the race as a whole cannot, in fairness be judged by the misconduct of individuals. The better class of the race is exerting a good influence in uniting with all good people in denouncing the unworthy members of their race. Instances of this are becoming much more common.—Richmond Evening Journal, June 17, 1909. Colored Skin Made Lighter If you send 10 cents to M. B. Burger & Co. 2. Rector St, New York, they will send you a sample of their Complexion Wonder, and one sample will be enough to prove what it can do. They also wish agents in every locality and will help them to get started and guarantee them against loss. If you would like to make money, write to them. A New Lodge In Hanover County. Grand Chancellor John Mitchell Jr., went up to Ellerson's Thursday night, 10th inst, and set up Ellerson Lodge, No. 169. He was accompanied by Dr. E. R. Jefferson, Dr. J. Alexander Lewis, Sir S. S. Baker, Capt, John G. Smith, and Sir Albert Smith. The initiation took place in H. L. JACKSON -Chancellor. St. Luke Hall. The candidates were well pleased. The following officers were installed: Chancellor Commander, Enoch Roane, Master of Work, William Randolph, Vice Chancellor, James White, Prelate, Patrick Smith; Master of Finance, Roger Roane; Keeper of Records and Seal, Ernest Roane; Master of Exchequer, George Gaines; Master at Arms, Conway Trimmell; inner Guard, Philip Roane, Outer Guard, Cogleman Moody; Trustees, A. J. Bagby, William Brown and German Smith. Luncheon was served and all enjoyed themselves. This lodge is credited to Capt. John G. Smith, District Deputy Grand Chancellor, of Hanover county. For a good, live, up-to-date newspaper, subscribe to the Richmond Planet. HEY PLANET Saturday, June 19, 1909. his solicitor arrives." Pike shook his head sadly. "No, I wouldn't do that, because I won't take up any settlements with him or any one else." "Have you after this any objection to my alliance with Mr. St. Aubyn?" she inquired, her anger at white heat. "It isn't an alliance with Mr. St. Aubyn you're after," he replied calmly. "You're after something there aln't anything to. If I'd let you buy what you want you'd find it as empty as the judgment day the morning after. You think because I'm a jay country lawyer I don't understand. Why, we've got the same thing at home. There was little Annie Hoffmeyer. Her pa was a carpenter and doing well, but Annie could not get into the Kokomo Ladies' Literary society, and her name didn't show up in the society column four or five times every Saturday morning, so she gets her pa to give her the money to marry Artie Seymour, the minister's son, and a regular minister's son he was! Almost broke Annie's heart and her pa's too, but he let her have her way and went in debt and bought them a house on Main street. That was two years ago." Pike paused momentarily. "Annie's working at the deepo candy stand now," he resumed, "and Article's working at the hotel bar—in front—drinking up what's left of old man Hoffmeyer's—settlement!" She flung away from him in a temper and then wheeled on him in a flash. "And you say you understand—you, who couple the name of a tippling yokel with that of a St. Aubyn, whose ancestors have fought on every field of battle from Crecy and Agincourt to the Crimea." "But you won't see much of his ancestors!" complained Pike. "He bears their name," she answered. "That's it, and it's the name you want. Nobody could look at you and not know it wasn't blim! It's the name. And I'd let you buy it if it would make you happy—if you didn't have to take the people with it. Don't you see they're counting on it? The earl—he's counting on living on you." The Indianian became excited. "Why, a Terre Haute pickpocket could see that! And this old Lady Creech—she's counting on it, and this Frenchwoman that's with them—isn't she trying to hand your brother? The whole kit and booie of them are on the track of John Simpson's money!" "I gave Almeric my promise. It was forever, and I shall keep it," she an swered slowly, as if she had been impressed with his earnestness. He looked at her quietly. "I'm not going to let you," he replied. "Then I'll throw your interference to the winds. I shall marry without your consent." "Do you think they'd let you?" Pike asked quickly. For a moment she stood still, and then came the sound of the guitars from over the wall. Pike went on after a time. "Sounds kind of foreign and lonesome," he said. "I'd rather hear something that sounded more like home—'Sweet Genevieve,' for instance. You know it, don't you? "I used to," she answered, hanging her head. "It's old fashioned and common, isn't it? "That's why I like it, I guess," he answered. "I couldn't get you to sing it for me before I go home, could I? She looked at him thoughtfully for a moment. "I'm afraid not," she answered and went quickly into the hotel, leaving him looking after her curiously. CHAPTER XIV PIKE was still standing with the letter in his hand, looking after Ethel, when he awoke to the realization of what her words meant to him. She had given her promise, and she did not mean that anything in the world should make her revoke it. That promise was sacred to her, just as if it had been spoken before a clergyman. In his heart Pike knew he would have to give in if he was to make her happy, and yet he knew that in making her temporarily happy he would be making her eternally miserable. If he could have the strength to hold out against her and refuse to sanction the marriage he knew the crew of aristocrats would never accept her without the cash, and that by the terms of John Simpson's will could never be therbs without his consent. Of his own hopes he could see but the faintest glimmering. He had retrievably offended the girl, and she would hate him all her life for it, he feared. His entrance into her new phase of life had been unfortunate. His continuation in it was little else than an insult, according to her way of thinking. And Jim Cooley, whom he had trusted to find the flaw in the Hawcastle escutcheon that he had existed, had failed him miserably. The lawyer felt that he was a long way from home. He sighed and turned to where the sun was sinking in a haze of red across the bay. Then he heard the voice of Horace and chiming with it the cultured accents of Lord Hawcastle. Apparently they were coming to seek him. She had reiterated his refusal. Wearily he turned again to the automobile and leaned against it. As he did so he heard Horace say: "But Ethel says Mr. Pike positively refuses." In return he heard Hawcastle reply: "Leave him to me. In ten minutes he will be as meek as a lamb." Dumbly Pike wondered what fresh argument the earl had to offer and mentally steeled himself against it. As he looked up he encountered the steady glare of the earl. "My dear Pike," began the latter, "there is a certain question"— "I said I would not discuss that with you. I meant what I said," observed Daniel quietly. "This is another question," went on the other, heedless of the warning or at least unaffected by it. "Late this afternoon I developed a great anxiety concerning the penalty prescribed by Italian law for those fortunate and impulsive individuals who connive at the escape or concealment of certain unfortunates who are wanted by the police." Daniel looked at him, with a smile. "So you're all worked up about that, are you?" Hawcastle glared at him, but went on. "So deeply that I ascertained the penalty for it. For the person whose kind heart has so betrayed him the penalty is two years in prison, and Italian prisons, I am credibly informed, are—unpleasant." Pike ruminated and folded his letter. "Being in jail ain't much like an Elks' carnival," he observed. "Even a citizen of your admirable country could not escape if his complicity were proved—if he were caught in the act. I will be plain with you." These last words had an ominous note. "Let us imagine that a badly wanted man appeared upon the pergola here and made an appeal to one of your countrymen who, for the purposes of argument, is at work upon this car. Say that the too amuble American conceals the fugitive under the automobile and afterward, with the connivance of a friend, deceives the officers of the law and shelters the criminal, say, in a room of that lower suit there." He looked about in the growing twilight and pointed dramatically to the window. Pike, now thoroughly interested and with his pulse beating a rapted tattoo, followed his finger. The earl went on: "Iimagine, for instance, that the shadow which appears upon that curtain were that of the wanted man. Would you not agree then to a reasonable request?" Daniel swallowed painfully, for he saw in some manner that that swaying window curtain which had caught his eye an hour ago had held a distent menace. It seemed too bad that this should be the end of it all—all the defenses he had raised for the girl of his dead friend should be swept away in an instant by a bit of folly. "What would be the nature of that request?" he asked. "It would concern a certain alliance—might concern a certain settlement," the earl replied softly. "If the request were refused, what would the consequences be?" Pike went on, with lowered eyes, for he would not trust himself to meet those of the nobleman. "Two years at least in prison for the American." "Looks bad for—that American, eh?" Pike inquired whimsically. Lord Hawcastle stepped close to him. "If this fellow countryman of yours were assured that the law would be permitted to take its course if a favorable answer to a certain question were not received in an hour within that hotel, what, in your opinion, would the answer be?" Pike looked up from the letter he was twisting in his hands, and his thin shoulders took on a squarer attitude. He looked his antagonist squarely in the eye, but he did not raise the tone of his voice. "It would depend a good deal on which of my countrymen you caught. If it depended on the one I know best he'd tell you he'd see you in hades first." For an instant the earl looked fixedly at Daniel, and his face went red and white by turns. There was a dangerous flash in his eyes, and he stepped a trifle closer and half raised his walking stick. Then, with a muttered oath, he dropped it, picked up his hat from the bench where he had thrown it and walked to the hotel steps. "You have an hour," he said, menacingly turning. "At the end of that time—we will know what to do." Daniel must have stood there ten minutes after Hawcastle had gone, and the twilight came down and enveloped him with its softness. As the lights came out here and there he turned and looked over at the windows of Von Grohlerhagen's suit and noted the shadow still on the window blind. "Looks to me like doc's in this thing and ought to be told," he murmured. He found his way slowly across the grass and up the steps and in another moment tapped upon the door of the German's rooms. The door was opened by Ribiere, who informed him that Von Grollerhagen was dressing. He found his friend adjusting his white cravat before a mirror. Within five minutes he had acquainted the other with all that had passed and had received a smile in return. Von Grollerhagen refused to take the matter seriously. "Pouff!" he said. "Surely you can trust this Lord Hawcastle not to mention it. He must know that the consequences for you as well as for me would be, to say the least, disastrous. Surely you made that clear to htm." Daniel smiled gently. "No," he answered grimly. "He made it clear to me. Two years in jail, and if I don't make up my mind in fifty minutes from now to do what he wants me to do"— "What is it that he wants you to do?" asked the German. "The young lady's father trusted me to look after her, and if I won't promise to let her pay £150,000 for that—well, you've seen it around here, haven't you?" "I have observed it, if you refer to the son of Lord Hawcastle," answered Von Grolerhagen gravely. "Well, if I don't agree to that Ivanoff goes to Siberia and you and I to jail." Von Grolerhagen looked at him quickly. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. "He threatens that! What do you intend to do?" "I can't agree. There wouldn't be any trouble to it if it was only me. They could land me for two years or twenty. But I can't do what they want, even to let you and Ivanoff out. It ain't my money. All I can do is to hint that you get out right away. Ivanoff can't go. They've got a ring around this place." "You could get away, too, my friend," said the German, watching him softly. "You had not thought of that?" "No, sir, and I'm not going to think of it. But you"— "As for me, I shall go," said Von Grollerhagen, standing up. "Well, that's part of the load off my mind. I haven't had the nerve to tell that poor fellow in there, though." "Appellez le monsieur la!" he commanded and pointed to the other door of the chamber. The man opened it at once and beckoned to Ivanoff. "Ivanoff, some unexpected difficulties have arisen," said the German. "The police have discovered your presence here, and persons who wish evil to my friend have threatened to make trouble. He can do nothing further to save you unless he betrays a sacred trust." "It's the truth, old man," said Daniel feelingly. "I can't do it." For a moment the Russian refugee staggered and supported himself with his hand on the table. Then he looked up. "I thank you for what you have tried to do." Von Grolerhagen went on: "In the meantime my friend believes Naples a safe place for me. And so auf wiederseen." Pike extended his hand, which the German took. "Goodbye, doc, and God bless you!" he said. And Von Grollerhagen squeezed Pike's fingers. "To our next meeting," he said and in a moment was gone. CHAPTER XV "HE'S A RUSSIAN NOBLE" THE instant he had disappeared Ivanoff crossed rapidly to the small table near the bedroom and picked up a cigarette from a box that lay there with a bottle. a box that lay there with a bottle. "I thought so. Russian!" he said, and in answer to Pike's look of inquiry went on. "That man, your friend, who calls himself Von Grollerhagen, is not a German—he is a Russian—not only that—he is a Russian noble. I see it in a hundred ways that you cannot." "He helped us this afternoon," said Daniel, but Ivanoff did not seem to hear him. "I have felt it inevitable that I should go back to Siberla ever since I came here"— "Perhaps"—began Daniel, but the other interrupted. "There is no 'perhaps' for me. There has never been a 'perhaps' since I met Helene, my wife—she who sent me to the mines, she and my dear English friend." For a moment Daniel was thoughtful; then he looked up quickly. "What was his name?" he asked. "Glenwood—I shall never forget it," the Russian replied. "He had contracts with the ministry of finance. He supplied hydraulic machinery to the government. The name Glenwood means nothing to you, and there are a million Helenes in France. I prayed God to let me meet them before I was taken, but"— He paused as a knock came upon the door. "It is the carabinerl" he said hoarsely and shrank back. "Not yet," answered Pike quietly. "Go back to your room. We won't throw our hands into the discard until we're called, and I guess we'll keep on raising." He waited a moment until Ivanoff had retired and then opened the door. Mariano stood without bowing. "Miladi Creech—she ask you would speak with her a few minutes," he said. "Where is she?" asked Pike. "Here, sir." replied the man. "Tell her to come right in. Ah, come in, ma'am," he went on as Lady Creech appeared in the doorway. When he had closed the door behind her she said coldly: "My brother-in-law feels that some one well acquainted with Miss Granger-Simpson's ambitions and her inner nature should put the case finally to you before we proceed to extremities," she said. "Yes, ma'am," answered Daniel. "Yes, ma'am," answered Daniel. "My brother-in-law has made us aware of the state of affairs, and we are all quite in sympathy as to what should be done to you, but in the kindness of our hearts we condone your offense—if you accede to our reasonable demands." Daniel looked at his watch. "In twenty minutes?" he asked. "In twenty minutes," she replied frigidly. "You say he told all of you. Did he tell Miss Ethel?" Daniel asked. "It has not been thought proper. Young girls should be shielded from everything disagreeable," she answered pompously, and Daniel grinned. "Yes, ma'am," he said. "That was the idea that got me into this trouble. You see, I know your interest in her. I've handled all her accounts"— "If you don't mind we'll omit all tradesmanlike references," remarked the old lady acially. "It has been suggested that you make this opposition because you have a sentimental interest in the young lady yourself. We can comprehend no other grounds." "Me!" echoed Daniel in surprise. "You can't 'comprehend.' But you can comprehend I could have no hope, can't you?" "One never knows," replied Lady Creech loftily. "We had thought to offer her an alliance with a family that for 700 years"— "Yes, ma'am, I know—Crecy and Aginocre, interjected Pike, but she paid no attention." — "has never been suilied by the low ideals of trade and barter"— "Wait a minute, Mrs. Creech," said Daniel quickly, tugging at his coat pocket. "I've got a letter right here that tells me your brother-in-law was 1 in business—and I respect him for it-only a few years ago." "A letter from whom?" demanded the lady angrily, rising. "Jim Cooley, our vice consul at London. He says Mr. Hawcaste" "Well, I can call a person cap or do or colonel, but I don't just know how to use the words you have over here for those things. I don't mean any disrespect. Just let me run on in my own way. Jim says your brother-in-law was in business in Russia!" he stopped suddenly, for an idea had occurred to him—"in business in Russia!" he repeated dazedly. "Why didn't I think of that?"— "Since some of your officials have been spying"—Lady Creech began, but he interrupted. "Never mind. He was in business in Russia. I don't say he was peddling shoesrestrings or wienerwurst"—she screamed. "He was probably"—he stopped a moment and looked at her. 23 "Have you ever heard of the name of—Glenwood?" he asked quickly. "He did not have contracts with the government for hydraulic machinery, I suppose?" he asked tensely. The old woman tossed her head. "Even if he did, he protected the historic name," she replied proudly. "I believe you!" said Daniel fervently. "Have you ever heard the name of—Glenwood?" he asked quickly. "Is your mind wandering?" asked Lady Creech. "Glenwood Priory is the name of the property Hawcaste inherited from his mother. Can you state its connection with the subject?" Daniel almost staggered with the thought—the knowledge that came to him. He looked up. "That's how he protected it," he said. "He took the name of—Glenwood. God moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform! Lady Creech, tell your brother-in-law he can have his answer here—in ten minutes." As she swept from the room in dignified amazement Pike sank into a chair for a moment and fairly glowed with eagerness. [TO BE CONTINUED.] SAYS CHEAP FOOD IS GONE Educator Declares Population Is Over-taking Supply. Kingston, R. L, June 16.—"We have seen the last of cheap bread in this country," said Eugene Davenport, the dean of the University of Illinois, at the graduation exercises of Rhode Island State college. Dean Davenport estimated that in another 100 years the population of the United States would be 1,400,000,000, or more than 400 to the square mile of territory, and said: "Any way you can figure it, we are near the end of cheap food in this country, which means that population is beginning to overtake the food supply." Gets Thirty Months For 1 Cent Theft. Brooklyn, N. Y., June 16.—John Curran, twenty-four years old, was given two years and six months in Sing Sing by Judge Dike for robbing Thomas Quayle of one penny. Quayle testified that Curran knocked him down in the doorway of a cheap lodging house to get the cent, which he was jingling in his hand with an old key. Two Men Drowned; Dog Saved. Newark, N. J., June 16.—Two men and a dog went out in a round-bottomed boat in a small lake in a park here. The dog returned to shore alive, but the men are dead. Charles Peterson and William Rover, both laborers aged about thirty years, are the victims. The boat upset and neither of the men could swim. Chicago, June 16. — Peter Zualno, whose duty it was to walk ahead of a steam roller and warn pedestrians, fell in front of the machine and was crushed to death. OVERSTAYED HER VISIT So Brother-in-Law Made Girl Pay Her Board. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., June 16. — Miss Ellen McCloskey, of New York city, was arraigned before Alderman Donohue here for non-payment of a board bill, the action being commenced by her brother-in-law, Edward Miano, of this city. Three weeks ago Miss McCloskey came here on a visit for two weeks. Then she remained a third week and told the alderman that she aided her sister with the house work to pay for her lodging and board for the third week. Brother-in-law Miano would not have it that way, however, and demanded $8 board. When she refused to pay he had her arreated. To avoid further unpleasantness, she paid the amount. THIEVES RETURN MONEY Used $5000 to Furnish Their Homes and Sent Back $15,000 Seattle, Wash., June 16.—Mrs. George Shea, of Duluth, who notified the police on May 30 that $20,000 which she had concealed under the mattress of her bed had been stolen, has received $15,000 in a letter signed "Two Thieves." The writers say they used $5000 to furnish their home, and having no further use for the money returned it to the owner. MRS. CLEVELAND DENIES SIGNATURE Says False Name Was Signed to Brandenburg's Article. New York, June 16.—Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland testified for the prosecution in the case of Broughton Brandenburg, a magazine writer, who is charged with selling to the New York Times a political article purporting to have been written by former President Grover Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland was dressed in deep mourning, but was self-possessed, though pale, while on the stand. She M. declared empennially that the signature to the article in question was not that of her husband. Also, she pointed out the differences between the signature and the genuine Cleveland signature as it appeared on several checks which were handed to her. The former president wrote with a very unsteady hand during the later years of his life, the witness said, whereas the name signed to the Brandonburg article was written in a comparatively bold, legible hand, move like that of Mr. Cleveland during his younger days in the White House. ACCUSE NEW CULT OF HUMAN SACRIFICES Russian Fanatics Worship a Blood-Red Idol. St. Petersburg, June 16.—Dispatches from Perm, European Russia, say the police have begun an investigation into the "Sect of the Crimson God," the members of which are accused of human sacrifices and other horrible practices. Repeated disappearances of persons in the region where the sect is active drew suspicion to the organization, which worships a red wooden idol, colored with human blood. 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Colored people should continue to improve their condition. We shall win always if we work faithfully, deal honestly and pray to God at all times. President Taft continues to express his admiration for the colored people out of office, and his disapprobation for the colored office seekers who hold representative offices in the South land. ---O--- Colored people of this country are thoroughly aroused as to their political status, so far as it relates to the Republican leaders of the nation. We are having our troubles, but they all help in preparing us for the responsibilities that lie beyond. WEALTH AND ITS HANDICAPS The disclosure now being made in the divorce proceedings of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould, of New York, are a disgrace to the white society of that city, and a reflection upon the character of the "smart set" which has so long held away. When one remembers that it was only recently that Harry K. Thaw, the young millionaire was found to be guilty of the grossest immoralities himself and his wife described by his counsel as the "angel child" had been nothing but a harlot, and that Mrs. Anna Gould, had been flirting in compromising situations with French libertines of titles, the wondering public, looked on, asking the question, "How can all of these things be?" It is now being generally admitted that these cares are but eruptions upon the surface of wealthy society, and that chronic moral diseases more or less serious, are yet to be disclosed. Whiskey and other intoxicants come in to do their part, and to demonstrate that man or woman, white or black, without the proper restraining power displays many of the characters of the brute and demonstrates that the same evils, declared to exist among the scribes and Pharisees during the brief career of the Saviour, are now in evidence during the rapid advancements of the Twentieth Century. The public can do much to check this growing evil, and if publicity of the heinous acts fail then some steps should be taken to strip and divest these moral monstrosities of --- the great wealth which they now enjoy, but which seems to degrade and degenerate the possessors instead of lifting them into that high moral atmosphere, where the humble citizen lives in serenity and exists in composure and unalloyed happiness. TRE DISPLAY HERE The parade upon the streets of the city by the colored Knights of Pythias, last Wednesday, is admitted to be one of the best of its kind and character ever seen here. Praise has been bestowed by the liberal minded white men any many have been outspoken in their commendations and lavish in their praise of the effort made by these representative citizens or color. It shows too that there is a friendly feeling existing between the better class of white people and the better class of colored people. the better class of colored people. We must live here in peace and prosperity, or we must exist here in the midst of discord and failure. The daily newspapers have been very friendly disposed towards us, and the Police Department, by way of its officers, has been as kind, and as courteous as it is possible, for officials to be. They have openly commended the organization for its admirable order and for its exemplification, and practice of those principles that make the Order of the Knights or Pythias, an enlightening blessing to all people who are connected therewith. Life is too short for discord and disunion, where it can be avoided. We feel grateful to all who have thrown to us bouquets of complimentary flowers and we recognize it our white fellow citizens the laudable determination to be just. This is the legitimate reward for good citizenship, and in the words of General Grant, "Let us have peace." THE PARADE The cadets were organized by Roscoe C. Mitchell, and drilled by him up to the present degree of efficiency. The amusing part about it is that some of the cadets are only seven years of age and they presented such a cute appearance as they marched the streets of the city that they pleased everybody who looked at them, and they all looked. People are outspoken in declaring that it was the most magnificent and spectacular display ever made upon the streets of this city by a state organization. Camp John Mitchell Richmond, Va., June 15—Camp Mitchell, under command of Major William A. Robinson, was placed in readiness Monday, June 14, 1909, as near as possible for the reception of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, of Virginia, but was somewhat handicapped by the rain-storm at 6 P. M. Capt. H. S. Keen, arrived at 5:20 with 14 men, St. Pythias Co., No. 7, Danville, Va., under escort of Capt. A. Jackson, or Planet Co., No. 8. Capt. W. A. Milliner, with 16 men of Damon Co., No. 29, Staunton, Va., arrived at 9:50 P. M., under escort of Capt. Isaac Moore, of Eureka Co., No. 1. Regardless of the inconvenience every man accepted conditions good caused by the inclement weather naturally, and with a determination to stick to Camp life which, of course was new to most of them. Capt. Milliner wanted to know if his wife had sent his blankets and upon being informed that she had not, Capt. Keen replied, "Capt. Milliner, I will share half of mine with you." Upon arrival with his Company from Staunton, Capt. Milliner received quite an ovation from Pythias Co., No. 7. Capt. W. F. Weaver, with 24 men of Eureka Co., No. 1, Richmond, Va., arrived in Camp at 12:05 1, M., Tuesday, June 14, 1909. Capt. A. Jackson, with 16 men of Planet Co., No. 8, entered at 1:30 P. M., Tuesday, June 14, 1909. The Camp is situated at the Union University grounds and with all privileges extended that will add to the comfort of the regiments. Pure water and fresh air in abundance, nice elevation and convenient to car lines. Bright and early Tuesday, A. M. Adjutant B. H. Heypton, arrived mounted on a snorting and prancing steed, to see that everythin was alright. Owing to the fact that he would be occupied with the arduous duties of the Grand Lodge, Sergeant-Major, D. R. Hill, was detailed to look after the duties of the Adjutant. Col. Ferguson, left camp at 11 P. M., Monday as the Officers in charge failed to send for his trunk containing his lodging outfit, but reported early Tuesday A. M., and found all of the men comfortable and in good humor ready for what may come. With appetites as sharp as steel, the fellows get on the outside of the wholesome breakfast prepared by Quartermaster-Sergeant Griffin, of Planet Co., No. 8. Capt. Milliner, asked one of his men how he felt and he replied, "I feel like an ice-wagon." Everything looks encouraging and everybody happy. At this writing, Maceo Guards, No. 16, under the Command or Capt. Jno. Steward, Roanoke Co., No. 4, of Newport News, under the command of Capt. Walter Haskins and Mitchell Reserves, No. 21, under the command of Capt. W. T. Bell, arrived in Camp and1 report to Major Robinson, Camp Commander. They are already enthused with their surroundings and the courtesies shown them in Richmond. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COLORED PYTHIANS ELECT MITCHELL Have Splendid and Orderly Parade Through Through and Drill in Baseball Park With an estimated number or 600 delegates and 1,500 members altogether, the colored order of the Knights of Pythias is holding in Richmond now one of the largest and best attended meetings in its history, and its parade through the principal streets of this city Wednesday afternoon was the chief among its notable features. There were several bands in the line, which, from front to rear, extended several blocks. Lodges from all over the State took part in the procession, the uniformed ranks showing up particularly well. After coming up Main Street the parade turned into Franklin, thence into Broad, and so out to the Broad Street Park, where a competitive drill was held, a baseball game following. Grandstand and bleachers were filled with local and visiting members of the order, while the competitive drill was held and the baseball game was played. Though at times there was intense excitement there was never a sign of disorder conduct, and there was no policeman on the field. After the day's exercises the delegates adjourned to the Fifth Street Baptist Church, where in regular meeting John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Planet was elected grand chancellor of the State by acclamation, and indorsed for the supreme grand chancellorship of the United States. The national convention meets in Kansas City in August, and the Virginia delegation hopes to see its favorite elected to the highest position in the order. Thomas M. Crump, was elected colonel of the First Uniformed Regiment, and Thomas H. Wyatt, was elected lieutenant-colonel. Archer Drew was elected colonel of the Second Regiment. The other officers will be elected in the session to-night. The business session was followed by a musical program, in which all the leading colored musicians of the city took part. To-night there will be a grand banquet on the grounds of the Church of St. John the Baptist. The convention will adjourn Friday.—Times-Dispatch, June 17, 1909 Officers Elected for Ensuing Term. Bands of Calanthe Anniversary Children's Day of the Juvenile Bands of Calanthe, will be observed at the Fourth Baptist church, the fourth Sunday in June. All matrons with their bands, are requested to meet in the basement of the church at 2:30 o'clock. All parents and the public in general are invited to be present. Mrs. Anna E. Taylor, G. W. G. M., Mrs. Alice K. Burrell, Chairman. PYTHIANS TO OUST NEGROES Grand Lodge of North Carolina to Go to Legislature and Then to Court. Asheville, N. C., June 14.—An important step, which at the time was understood only by Pythians, was the decided stand taken against negro branches of the organization at the meeting of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina at Hendersonville last week. A committee composed of W. W. Bell, of Murphy; J. C. Clifford, of Dunn, and P. S. Calton, of Salisbury, was appointed to take the matter up, and though no instructions were given, it is understood the legal proceedings will be instituted shortly to restrain negro organization from using the name or emblem of the salute. Action may be taken in either State or Federal courts, but it is likely that the committee will first go before the Legislature and ask that charters of negro Pythian organizations be annulled. The matter was barely mentioned on the floor of the convention at Hendersonville, but was generally members. Richmond, Yao, Time-Disp. Grand Rally at Fifth Street Baptist Church Pastor W. F. Graham and his church have arranged their rally commencing June 20th, ending June 27th. Able pastors and their choirs will assist in the services. Sunday June 20th, 11:00 A. M. Rev. Dr. T. H. Lee, of the First Presbyterian church accompanied by his choir will preach and conduct the services. 3:30 P. M. Pastor W. F. Graham will preach the Anniversary sermon or both the International order of Twelve, Knights of Tabor and Porter's Auxiliary Beneficial Club, Number 8. 1:15 P. M. Rev. Dr. Droghes, of the Leigh Street A. M. E. Church, accompanied by his choir will preach and conduct the services. Fourth Sunday services. 11:30 A. M. Rev. W. H. White, D. D., accompanied by the Mt. Carmel choir will preach and conduct the services. 3:36 P. M. Communlon services. 3:36 dev. W. T. W. Anthony, of the Zion Church, Manchester accompanied by his preach and conduct the services. The members of the church are called upon to rally to the support of this special effort. SHORT HEALTH TALKS No. 6. Good Health in Hot Weather Most people in the towns and cities of Virginia view the arrival of the hot summer months with dread and apprehension. Hot streets, hot days, oppressive nights, headaches, stomach complaints, lasitude and ennui are pictured in the mind as the usual concomitants of the summer months in this climate. As a matter of fact, there is no reason why anyone in the cities and towns should fear the summer. To be sure, if all the rules of health are disregarded, and if a person dies to live in the summer as he would to the winter, there is grave danger of darkness and physical discomfort. But, on the other hand, a few common stress principles, rigorously followed, will insure the city man a comfortable and healthy summer, no matter how hot the weather may be. The first essential for good health in summer is precautions against overexertion. No man should walk during the hot hours of a summer's day any more than is necessary. He should not indulge in strenuous sports or games when the sun is hot, and he should avoid the sun as much as possible. Walking in the broiling sun without one's hat is as dangerous as it is senseless and useless. Careful diet is also very necessary for summer comfort. Vegetables and fruits are healthy and nourishing, if taken in moderation, but meats should not be eaten in large quantities. The prudent man will avoid overeating in the summer, and will take care to prevent diarrhea, while keeping his bowels open. Cooling non-alcoholic drinks are sometimes helpful, but they should always be used most moderately. Next in importance comes the question of rest. While the climate of Virginia is not so torrid as to demand the complete suspension of all work during the midday hours, it is so warm that none should attempt the hardest work of the day during that time. The best plan is to regulate your work so that routine matters, involving little physical exertion, should be performed in the middle of the day, leaving important and exerting business to the morning and late afternoon hours. Watch changes in the weather and change your clothing accordingly. If a cool spell comes on, put on more clothes; if an unusually warm spell occurs, reduce unnecessary clothing to a minimum. Never forget that good health is good common sense consistently practiced. R. H. Bell Speaks. Lawrenceville, Maise., June 10, 1909 Mr. J. Mitchell Jr., My Dear Sir: Permit me if you please to speak to me on reasons, but first let me thank you for your kindness in publishing my articles. But most of all I wish to talk to you on reasons. Mr Mitchell, feeling as I do, that your leadership for the race is not to be found better among the millions, yet after all you have fail to hear reasons, and I hope I do not intrude by out living these true facts. First you will agree that with people of all other races, who use the name of Negro knows well that it is like a dagger in the hearts of the colored people. You will agree, I hope that the sound of a Negro is all that is wanted to turn the best of the colored people down, from even having, or getting a chance by the side of others to work for their bread and butter, ask you in good faith, that if the name of Negro have not done all the wrong to the colored people. Please tell me what other act has done so. Mr. T. T. Fortune, a few years ago came out with me against the slurring slangs, but toward the last he was found back with the millions willing to keep up selling the race out to those who would rather treat a dog with kindness, before allowing us in public of high respect. And some few years ago when I wrote to the New York Age about the name of Negro, a gentleman of another race who it was said a Southerner wrote back to the New York Age saying that as long as a black face was to be found upon the globe, he or she shall bear the name of Negro, mark you, not African, but Negro. Now Watkins, Odella Taylor, Beatrice use the above words? The answer is this that we wanted to be respected like other people, and they are not going to allow it, and it now appears that some one is putting out their money to keep the name or Negro, more before the public, now and ever before. And if this is true, the fight of thousands of years is a failure, and for ever will be so, for there is no money or education no refinement, or society will ever bring us up to the estimation of others like the other races, so long as we must bear the name of the under dog by the name of Negro, yet in the face of the true facts, there are publications by the colored people who believes they would be out of 95 per cent of their readers. I for one week left out the name of Negro. I have for over 20 years beg the leading editors to stop the name or Negro. I hope you will oblige me with reasons upon these facts. You must feel the insult as I do. I note that one fighter of another race said he would kill the Negro, Jack Johnson. Why is this answer? Because he in turn is what they call Negro. Now Mr. Mitchell, can it be that you will still crowd your valuable paper, with all head line Negro. I hope I have told you the whole truth, and that you will lend a helping hand to kill the name that has killed thousands of our people. Once more may I say that we as a race have tried every other means to bring respect to our worthy people, and have failed. Is it too much to ask to try the name of colored people in speaking of us in your paper? I hope Mr. Mitchell, that you will consider carefully and tell what you think is the trouble, also I hope upon some issue of your paper the name of Negro may be left out. Fours Truly, R. H. BALL, 28 Franklin St. Lawrence, Mass. Commencement Exercises. MONROE SCHOOL. Commencement Exercises. MONROE SCHOOL. Programme. Twenty-third Psalm, School, Invocation, Rev. Thomas, Welcome Address, Cassie Cousins, Hall and Farewell, School, Recitation, Ethel Knight, Recitation, Mary Carter, Recitation, Elenora Roy, Quartette, Eliza Williams, Eva Dickerson, Lilly Racks, Williana Williams, Memory Gems, One A's Recitation, Hattie Davis, Vacation, Seven Little Girls, Recitation, Gracie Braxton, Recitation, Shirley Herudon, Pantomime Eight Girls, Solo, Marion Dixon, Recitation, Bernetta Deane, Recitation, Eldridge Ford, Recitation, Vivian Watkins, Select Reading, Elnra Epps, Recitation, Lucille Watkins, Song, God Will Take Care of You, School, Dialogue, Six Pupils, Recitation, Louise Dandridge, Recitation, Lucille, Watkins, Quartette, Prayer, Gertrude Burton, Jasper Burton, Williana Williams, Louise Dandridge, Recitation, Annie Holmes, Song, Bye, Baby Bye, School, Recitation, Chas Gibbs, Recitation, Daisy Grey, Recitation, Irvin Johnson, Violin Solo, Oscar Hicks, Recitation, Sadie Taylor, Song, Never Hastening, School, Piano Solo, Miss Allen, Recitation, Dano Solo, Miss Allen, Recitation, Miss Robinson, Valedictory, George Epps, Song, America, School. Must Pay as Well as Pray "Many understand missions to be merely prayer and preaching. There is another side—money-getting for building churches in small places. This is essential. The Church Extension Society has had temporary success. But this will fail unless the great mass of the American people is stirred to giving for missions. The millionaires will soon run out. The day will come." Dr. Kelly predicted that we will have an official missionary society established by plenary where the bishops will see that this money is raised. Ten thousand dollars a year would save Mexico to the credit. If the missionaries cannot now be united in organic union, Dr. Kelly pleaded that they should at least be united in their congresses. He outlined the plan for the congress next year in Boston, to be divided into sections of Indian and negro missions. Italian, immigrants, church extension, and church missionary union. He promised to make the Boston congress exceed the Chicago congress of last year, with immense gatherings and abundant finances. He moved that all the Catholic missionary organizations unite in the Boston congress. This motion resulted in the appointment of Father Boyle to draw up a memorial to Catholic America testifying the union of all mission agencies in spirit and arranging for co-operation in the Boston Resolutions of thanks were voted to the university and the apostolic mission house for their hospitality, to the press for excellent reports, and to Father Doyle for presiding The congress adjourned to meet in Boston next year—Washington, D.C., Post, June 12, 1909. $150.00 Endowment Paid Richmond, Va., June 10, 1909. This is to certify that we have received from John Mitchell, Jr. Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A., ($150.90) One Hundred and Fifty Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Brother Lewis Dabbs, who was a member of Crispus Attucks Lodge, No. 117, of Richmond, Va. Signed MATILDA DABBS. GEORGE DABBS. LEWIS DABBS, JR. Beneficiaries. J. THOMAS HEWIN, Atty. for Matilda Dabbs. ORDWAY PULLER, Atty. for Lewis Dabbs, Jr., and George Dabbs. Witness: S. S. BAKER, $100.00 Endowment Paid. Richmond, Va., June 14, 1909. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court of Virginia, Order of Calanthe ($100.00) One Hundred Dollars in payment of the death- claim of Sister Lacy A. Turner, who was a member of Shiloh Court, No. 110, of Newman, Va. No Color Line In Money. Dr. Booker T. Washington, in his last address in New York, said that 'dollars draw no color line'. The writer of this paragraph thinks the very first step in the onward march of the negro race is for colored men and colored women to make themselves as presentable as possible and to render themselves physically acceptable in social and business circles. Then they will receive more money for the services they render to the country. More money rightly used is what the race most needs. The Chemical Wonder Co., of New York, makes specialties which help colored men and colored women to improve their appearance. Some colored people both men and women are acting as agents for that Company and making good income. The address is 2 Rector St., New York. SPECIAL SALE OF HATS! CLEANING OUT SALE OF ALL Trimmed Hats to make room for changes of goods. Just at your own price. Friday and Saturday a lot of Children's Trimmed Hats for 50 cents. M. D. CHAMLEE, 316 E. Broad Street. SPECIAL SALE OF HATS! CLEANING OUT SALE OF ALL Trimmed Hats to make room for changes of goods. Just at your own price. Friday and Saturday at the children's trimmed Hats for 50 cents. M. D. CHALLEE, 316 E. Broad Street. PRIZES AWARDED More About Grand Lodge—Election of Officers. Col. Archer Drew, Commanding Second Regiment Staff. First Battalion, Second Reg. Staff. Major W. H. Tyler, Second Battalion. Second Reg. Staff, Maj. B. F. Jackson, Third Battalion, Second Regiment Staff, Adj. C. H. Robinson First prize, won by Maco Guard. No. 16; Second prize, won by Benevolence. No. 27; Third prize, won by Planet. No. 8. Col. First Reg. Col. T. M. Crump, Lt. Co., First Reg., Capt. T. H. Wyatt, Major First Batallion, First Regiment, Major Wm. A. Robinson, Major Second Batallion, First Regiment, Major George Ward. Col. Second Reg., Col. Archer Drew, Lieutenant Col., Second Regiment, Col. W. F. Harris, Major First Batallion, Second Reg., Major W. H. Tyler, Major First Rank, Second Regiment, Major W. H. Tyler, Major Second Rank, Second Regiment, Maj. Lee N. 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Over these Wondera from us direct, both varieties for sale at: Lord & Street Store, Bloomingdale, Paul John, Kinsman, 125th Street, Inoeser & Co. ```markdown ``` SIX Koen 2 My = NA Saturday, Jue 19, 1909, eh QUARTERLY REVIEW fave the aposties witness of the resur- Tection of the Lord Jewus."—Acts 4:33 A variety of forms of review ts given here, in order that teachers may select the method best sulted to the age end ability of their classes. Sometimes it will be best to unite two or more plans, or to take parts of Several, or to make other adaptations of these suggestions. A Progressive Review.—To carry Out this review, request the scholars ‘& week in advance to go over all the lessons of the quarter and note for each of them what step in advance was taken by the church. The schol ars will make lists of these “forward steps” and these lists will be com Pared in the class, taking one lesson at a time, aud thus reviewing its chief points, A Geographical Review—For this review each scholar may make an out. line map showing the various countries and places that were the scenes of the quarter's lessous, Let each lesson be located with a figure. When a lesson involves more than one place, repeat the figure at each locality. Then let the scholar make a lat of the places, by names and number, and write op. posite each a brief statement of the principal lesron to be learned from the event that occurred there. For example: “Jerusalem; the first chureh council, teaching the value of frank and brotherly discussion cf differences.” A Characterizations Review.—This review will take up the various per- Sons that have entered into our quar. ter's lessons. Each scholar will be asked to write brief characterizations of all these persons. These will be read and compared in the class, one character at a time. They should be quite brief, often hardly more than a sentence. For example; “John Mark, a man of good impulses but weak determination; he made one @reat failure, but he also made @ great recovery.” A Central-Texts Review.—Ask the scholars to go over the lessons at home and select for each of them the Verse that they think best embodies the spirit and thought of the lesson. Tell them in every case to use the entire lesson, and not merely the Yerses that are printed in the quarter Mes and lessonleaves. The discus sion of these different choices in the class, and the fixing on a final choice, will constitute a thoughtful review A Christian Life Review.—Each les. son of the quarter has some strong teaching on the conduct of life. It will make an inspiring review if you set the scholars to framing lists, at home, of there teachings, at least one for every lesson, and then compare ‘the results in the class. For example, the Christian-life teaching of Lesson ‘%.. Paul in Cyprus, would be consid: ered by some to be the duty of mis- rvonary activity; by others, the folly of opposing Christian work; by others, the blindness of the soul, like Elymas’ physical blindness, which comes upon all that set themselves in opposition: «© the truths of the Gospel. A Problems Review.—This would be & good iorm for the review to take in. adult classes. Let the teacher draw up a list of problems connected with the various lessons, perhaps one for each lesson, and preferably the prob- Jems that arose in the class discus- sions and were not satisfactorily set- ted at the time. Read the list to the class slowly, calling for volunteers to assume the responsibility of leading the class, on the next Sunday, in the. discussion of these problems. Here is & Suggested list: Lesson I. Should a Christian ever associate with non- Christians? Lesson II. Why are not all God's saints delivered from thelr prisons? Lesson IIT. What really converted Saul? Lesson IV. Why are ‘not all our modern churches as vigor- ous as that at Antioch? Lesson V._ ‘Why was the Gospel confirmed by miracles in Paul's day, and why ts tt Rot confirmed in the same way to- day? Lesson Vi. What was the secret of the effectiveness of Paul's Preaching? Lesson VII. Would Paul 4nd Barnabas have been justified in using the homage of the people for the greater influence of the Gospel? Lesson Vill. The decision of the counct! was a compromise. A Peter-Paul Review.—This form of review would be excellent for the primary department. Let all the les- sons be grouped about Peter and Paul, the two leading characters. Make it a review of Peter's life, as far back as his call to be a disciple. ‘The ‘Dest way, perhays, is to draw on the| blackboard (or on large sheets of pa- Ber) a series of frames, each to hold “a “picture” of one scene in Ufe or Paul's. This “picture” will be indicated by a few words written ax ‘the children recall the scene, such as Peter walking on the waves,” “Peter by the fire in the courtyard,” “Paul facing Elymas,” “James writing his Our Resources. ‘With the resources of & bank ac. count, no man need starve. Is it not more sublimely true that the Christian has the rezources of the Eternal at his command? He can bave at will the: with Which to procure peace, joy and rest. With the noise and atrife of the earthly battle waging around bim, the Christian can stop, if he will, and hear instead thereof “the deep and musical sound of the ocean of eternity and see the lights of heaven shining on its waters etill and fair in their radiant rest. HEAD LETTUCE FROM HOTBEDS. Now Is the Time to Begin to Pian for Early Vegetables. Plants were started about March 1 ia an ordinary hotbed and were wel alred to get hardy plants. The hot bed into which they were transplante¢ was made the last week in March making a bed of bot manure eight feet ‘wide and 18 Inches deep on top of the ground. Frames were made as fo1 ordinary cold frames, except that thes were deeper, 18 inches back and ten inches front. ‘These frames were set on the ma Bure. After it had settled well and had been trampled events, five inches of rich soll was put in, which wan cov- ered with about one inch of rotted sheep manure and thoroughly mixed with the soll, The bed was then marked so plants would stand elght inches apart esch way, putting in about 40 plants to the sash. Our sashes are made three by six feet, using two by twolnch stuff, with ‘@ crossbar of the same in the middle. Common sheeting, costing eight cents per yard, was tacked onto this frame with large-headed tacks. Plants were fet the last day of March, and it Seemed as {f to test the value of the plan a cold snap came; on the mom- ing of April 2 the thermometer stood at 16 degrees above sero. Cabbage and cauliflower plants set in a well- protected cold frame wore frozen bad- Jy, while this bed, with only a slight Protection of wild hay, came through without a bit of frost. | The sashes were removed every day, unless it snowed or the thermometer Stood below 40 degrees, but were cov-| ered every night when there was dan- ker of frost, writes the corresponient in Orange Judd Farmer. A row of. Scarlet Globo radishes was sown be- tween ench row and were sold at a sood profit ten days before we could Pull from outdoors. A few sashes Were planted to Grand Raplds lettuce, which was ready to cut May 20, while | plants set outdoors were not ready un- Ul two weeks later. \ We began setting head lettuce June 1, which was 12 days earlier than from outdoors, where fine, large heads were set. The lettuce from the Sashes brought us 60 cents per dozen Wholesale and from seven to ten cents per head from the wagon. On our re- tail route it brought about two dollars per sash, beside the radishes, which brought one dollar per sush on an average. April and May were cold and wet here, so that with an average season and by using large, strong planta, I think we could have had heads by May 20. Nearly every plant made a Rood, hard, well-developed head. ‘The varieties were May King. Big Boston and Naumberger, a new variety which proved better than May King, both in the sashes and outside. It made & larger, more solid head that stood longer after it was ready to cut than May King, and just as early, SPLIT TREES. How They May Be Treated and Pre ‘carved A kind friend contrtbutes «method te apitt at crotches, “The dremge show the idea clearly, says Farm Jour el. Any Slachemith cam take a brace of this Kind, the desired length at small expense." Bore a small hole Y/) AN Y AN Y/ 78 a Way V, / WD By Wi 4, ff My WG 4 yi Wy ec eae B Tr io re as indicated by the dotted line, insert the rod, tighten and adjust the attach- ments—and there you are! — Surely valuable trees are worth this little at- tention when it ts needed Castor Beans. Castor beans are remarkably strik- ing plants for the annual garden. They give a rugged tropical effect when planted in clumps or with rank grow- ing annuals and perennials, such as cannas and elephants ear. They should occupy the center or back of the bed unless they are dwarf varieties. In a single season they often grow more than ten feet tall. For extra large plants the seeds should be sown in pots in a greenhouse, hotbed or win- dow when tomato plants are started. But large plants will grow from seed ‘sown in the open ground when the weather has become settled. A dry ‘situation in deep and rich soll is best. Among the most striking varieties are Ricinus Zanzibartensis and R. Borbon- fensis, which reach a height of 12 to 15 feet, and R. Cambodgensis, which grows only about six feet tall but has beautiful, bronzy follage. Low-Headed Trees. Keep your trees headed down #0 that they will not reach up to the moon, We have seen old apple trees ‘that were certainly $0 feet tall. It is as much as a man's life is worth to pick fruit on such trees, —Gubseribe to The PLANET THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. PLANNING A FAMILY ORCHARS What One F>-ser Planted for Hi Que Neate. + = aes eta To arranging an orchard for the ws ‘of the family, there are ) things to ions getty! ‘Must be loc: con Yenient to the dwelling house, to save time end labor in gathering small quantities of fruit, It should, if pos sible, be located on-land that will af ford tbe best natural advantages, in the way of type of soil, aud exposure to the sun, ete, and the orchard should be so arranged that the fruit Rearest the house will commence to fruit frst in the season. A variety of fruits should be select- ed to furnish a supply of fresh fruit ‘throughout the entire season, and at the same time furnish enough of late fruit to store for the winter; therefore, it is necessary to plant trees from the earliest to the Intest fruiting. Following I give a sample of my own fruit orehard for family use which I think after several years of use to be convenient and profitable, writes R. B. Rushing, in Farmers’ Voice. I have a piece of land containing 1% acres, Iying south of my dwelling house, with a southeastern gradual ex- posure, of soll specially adapted to the growing of fruits, This plat ts 20 rods long, by 12 rods wide. I have 91 cherry trees one rod apart each way. In the center of the orchard, south of the cherry trees, I have 36 grape vines, rows running east and west four hills long. They are grown by the row method, as I think I grow more that way than by the hill method. Just east of the grape vines I have 20 peach trees, which consist of both early and late peaches. ‘West and south of the grape vines | and peach trees, I have 41 early and late apple tree with the early nearest the house. As to my reason for this arrange: ment, the first frult ripe in the apring are the cherries. I have them so that wife will not have to go to the back of the fleld to get her supplies for the table and canning. And for the bene- fit of the reader, as I go along I will sive a partial account of what this lit- tle plat of ground is bringing in dol- lars and cents beside supplying my family with plenty of good, fresh, wholesome fruits the year round. My orchard is 12 years old, and not doing Its best yet. For the last five years I have shipped, or sold, an ay- erage of 50 cases of cherries beside what we have used for canning, etc. The 50 cases eact year have netted me $1.25 per case, which ts $75 per year from the cherriex alone, above what we used. Having few early peaches I have sold none except to neighbors, of which I kept no record. But we have had an abundance of very excellent fruit ourselves. I should say that for the past five years I have sold as much as $10 per year, We have had for six years all the grapes we wanted to use, and for the last four years I have sold an aver age of 1,000 pounds at two cents per pound, which is $20 per year, above family use. The apples are just now beginning to do something good. 1 have been keting a small quantity for the last four years, but since they were seven years old they have supplied the table, plenty for winter, and an oceastonal treat for the neighbors. In the last three years I have sold above what We used, an average of one bushel to the tree, at from 50 cents to one dollar per bushel or about $25 per year, for the last three years. From now on they will do much bet- ter. As to profits, the total orchard has furnished plenty of fruit for our faml- ly, and an average of $130 for the last four years. Of course I laid out the use of the land practically for the first six or seven years, and was out some little expense of handling, but I think I received pay for all that from keeping poultry on this land. PRUNING PEAR TREES. Experiments to Prove the Value of Different Methods. The following experiment in prun- ing Kieffer pear trees was made last season and will be repeated to deter. mine the relative value of time when to prune, writes an Indiana farmer in Farmers’ Review: Experiment No. 1—One-half all new wood was cut hack before any sign of the bud expanding in the spring. | Experiment No. 2—Same was done to other trees when buds were ready to open. Experiment No 3—When in full bloom and ready to drop the bloom other trees were cut back one-half, Nothing further was done, the trees needing no pruning otherwise. | Now for results: they were just in the order as was the pruning. ‘Those trees pruned early gave the best frult this year and the wood growth was good. Those pruned second did not do Ag well as the preceding, neither in fruit nor wood. The third lot gaye Poor fruit and but Iittle wood growth, ‘This is only one trial. There may ave been other causes for this Te sult, but we expect to continue the same Process another season to de termine the matter more fully. We will also try the same process on other varieties than Kieffer, > ; Oe Rn a ae eee, ee After cleaning ivory expose it to the sun. This assists in bleaching it. Combing Jackets. Many careful women lke to wear “combing jackets,” light lttle dressing sacks, which cover the clothes or the Ungerie while the hair ts being ar ranged for the day. 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L. MEAD CYCLE COMPARY, CHICAGO, John Vaughan, 315-317 N, 18th St. Richmond, Va. First Class Lumch Room. Meals at All Hoars. Furnished Rooms, Day or by the Week. Low- eet Rates. |Good Car Service to all Points of City, sec lent A. Ha yes eee NG samara 727 North Second Street ' RESIDENCE, 725N.andSt. Fess Mbeptiddbon on Cones ot all descriptions. 1 have « spare room for bodies when the faurlly try orders are given special atten: | tion. Your special attention is call Call and see me and you ehall be | "Phone, 2778. | JOHN M. Higsins Higgins, Dealer in CHOICE GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS and CIGARS. vURE GOODS, FULL VALUE FOR ‘THE MONEY. 4610 East Franklin Street. (Near Old Market.) Richmond, Virginia. ‘ BEFITS THE GRACE OF YOUTH Useful Dress Designed for Girl Be tween the Ages of Fourteen and Sixteen. A useful dress like this might be made in cashniere, serge or fine cloth. The skirt has a wide box-plait down center of froat, stitched down about half way and trimmed at the top by buttons. A strap of striped silk is ‘sewn round the foot; it also forms the waistband, revers and cuffs; the ma- ah | 4g ty S|! ANS; Milks 1a Pe, \\ If At =a ae terial yoke is scalloped at the edge, with @ button sewn in the middle. A plain silk scarf {s loosely knotted be low the revers. Piece lace is used for — Rnigbts of Pytbias, 4 > A z | N. A.,S. A. E. A., A. AND A, € SSS Ss 5) This organization is one of the most powerful in the count and its | S—~Dy progress has been phenominal. The Grand Lodge of Virgins hes juris- [ - G\ diction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males <) ¥" are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one | cj 5a of its strongest features, but the principles are Sreater than anything ) (oe ‘ = else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Be- Lee nevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order \\ ence > worthy of their heartiest support. \Sneee’ It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all a, s. It VRE Pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is tht otfly absolutely necessary regalla. For information concerning the orpenzaition of lodges apply at the main office: The Courts of Calanthe wy |ts the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of a persous to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It Pa 'S $3.00 per week sick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, so cents and arosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. THE BANDS OF CALANTHE or Children’s Department also con- stitutes a feature and persons cannot do better than to enter the little ones into this mystte circle. The expense is nominal and the benefits all that could be expected. It pays hom $1.00 to $1.50 sick dues and death benefits of from $30.c9 to $40.00. If you have noPythian Lodge or Court or Band in your neighborhood, orgraiz one. For all information concerning the Children’s Depari.sent address, Mrs. ANNA Taytor, W. M., 120 W. Hill St, Richmond, Va, For all information concerning special ratesof | JOHN MITCHELL, JR., membership in the lodges and courts, address 3rr N. ath St, Richmond, Va. the little yoke and collar. Materials required: Six yards 48 inches wide, three yards striped silk, three-eighths yard piece lace. PRETTY TRIMMING FOR GOWN English Idea of Draped Scarfe Jan Be Made Extremely Effective. Among the essentially new ideas of the season are the scarf-trimmed gowns that take unto themselves all the splendor of the oriental, comljned with the grace of drapery which be- longs only to the very early and the Very late centuries. ‘The scarf idea provides a very good opportunity for & woman of moderate means to turn the plainest of gowns into the most elaborate. Assuming that she pos- sesses a gown of straight lines made of some clinging fabric, and that she knows how to trim it solely with an embroidered scarf of crepe de chine or chiffon cloth, ‘you will see at a glance what could be accomplished. If she had a plain black satin gown, for instance, and draped over its one [shoulder « biack seat’ embrotaeres with colored silks and glittering Sequins and edged with a heavy black ‘Silk fringe, would the gown not be charming? The scart could be ar- ranged to emphasize the best points ot the figure. This scarf-draping idea is primarily of English origin, although it has been adopted by some of the French de- signers, In any”case, and no matter to whom the credit may go, this bit of drapery carries with ft a host of advantages, ‘The Mousquetaire Sleeve. Against one mistake, women, who design their own clothes should be ‘warned, and that Is the wrinkled mousquetaire sleeve. Unless it ts made of very sheer material it is clumsy and uncomfortable. The path. ered sleeve, to be dainty, must be made of soft fabric and on a founda- tion as clinging and light as net of silk mousseline, It must not be too fall, the material must be stretched around the arm closely and the ful ness must be diminished toward the lower part of the arm until in many instances {t disappears altogether THE ECONOMY, —=S=S= 3035 North Thied St & PIE TAILORING CLEANING, Dane ANL REPAIRING CHITMAN M. WHITE, PROPRIETOR. BOARDING & LODGING Rates Reasonable, All the Comforts . *% ottiome 4 @ Orders received by letter or telegraph MRS. BOOKER LEPTWICH. $16 N. 2nd St, Richmond, Ys —_—_——_—_—_——_ BLACKWELL & BRO. ONE OF THE LEADING PAINTERS Practical House and Sign Painters Graining and General Comtrac tore. +ALL WORK GUARANTEED... Cards, Letters or Orders. Give us a trial, you will never regrot 1b... Address, 608 St. Peter Street, RICHMOND. VA. "Phone 6488. FT —Nelson,s Hair Dressing can be bought at Jennings and Brown Drug Store, Pittsburg, Pa. | whea reaching the wrist. That Is to ‘Say, the shirring stops, though the ‘Material even drawn snugly, wrinkles Just enough to give the desired effect. ‘In this manner a becoming taper is ‘given to the arm. The sleeve must be, of course, fastened with loops and buttons, buttons and button holes or hooks and eyes. Otherwise it cannot be fitted closely enough without mak- ing it impossible to siip the hand through. The Cotton Nets. Coarse cotton nets that showed signs of popularity last season are largely in evidence again. They will be made up with silk and quite a new note is promised in odd little coats, boleros or regulation wraps to be worn with them. As the nets come in all colors, and if not, are easily dyed any desired shade or tint, they bid fair to be interesting. Some of the nets have long-titch embroidery de- ‘signs, and others are printed in bold patterns, always in pastel shades. The silk wraps and coatees, {t must not be inferred, will be confiued to wear with these nets, for they are bound to play an important part with almost all of the better class of warm weather ma terials, and alread) are in the shops; semi-made and ready-to-war. Cold Dean Cheeni Here is a nice way of using cold beans in croquettes: IT get them ready at night, so It takes just 2 mo- ment to cook them for breakfast. Mash two cups baked beans, yolks of one or two eggs, one tablespoon melted but. ter, pinch of salt, Form into cones. Roll in cracker crumbs. I do not coat with egg, as they are rather moist, and I find the cracker crumbs stick on all right.—Boston Globe. Adds Flavor to Cherries. A delicious flavor is added to the maraschino cherries used in or as « decoration for a fruit or other salad by stuffing them with pecan meats chopped rather coarse, Blemishes from Wail Paper. A great many blemishes on wall paper may be removed with a rubber om & lead pencil. f STRAUS’ SPECIAL S=SRAUS" SPECIAL Old Yacht Cleb, No pr yer the co Grea righ Sit a asa ag es = ISAAC STRAUS & CO., | 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia. onesies eae oe H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. 120 N. 17TH S7T., RICHMOND, Va. ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance "Phone, 752. SCHOOL SHOES, ———— Capitol Shoe « Supply Company, No. 210 East Broad Street. A complete stock of Boys, Misses,’ Men's, Ladies,’ & Children's Shoes. ALL THE LATEST STYLES, I I a i oor gp.) cheng tenn” “act, OR. P. B, RAMSEY, DENTIST, 11S East Leigh St. "PHONE, 816. A SPREE RT RTS eee: TF : 60 YEARS’ : EXPERIENCE j has ‘Trace Manxs Desicns Copvnicxts &c. siarsinat rene eer Scientific American, HN 8.Co 2c: New York ees Let the PLANET do your Job-work $. W. ROBINSON, NO. 23 NORTH 18TH ST. isin FINE WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &c. Oa All Stock Sold as Guaranteed.-we PROMPT ATTENTION. Your patronrge is respeettully solicited. LEWIS JACKET Saturday, June 19, 1909. EDWARD E. HALE DIES AT AGE OF 87 COUNTRY MOURNS HIS LOSS His Wife, Son and Daughter at Bedside When Death Came — Short Stories Made Him Celebrated—Was Chaplain of United States Senate. The morning light was breaking as the venerable Rev. Edward Everett Hale, D. D., chaplain of the United States senate, Unitarian divine, philanthropist, author, journalist and lover of peace, breathed his last in his home in Roxbury, Mass. He was eight-seven years old. At the bedside were his wife, his daughter, Miss Ellen D. Hale, and his son, Philip L. Hale, the artist. Two other sons, Arthur Hale, of Washington, and Professor Edward Everett Hale, Jr., of Union college, returned home later. The funeral took place on Sunday in the South Congregational church, of which Dr. Hale was the pastor emeritus. It seemed as if the whole country joined in mourning the loss of Dr. Hale. Messages expressing sorrow and esteem poured into the Hale household, one of the first being from President and Mrs. Taft. Edward Everett Hale was born in Boston in 1822. As an author Dr. Hale's fame rests on his short stories, such as "The Man Without a Country;" as an instigator of the social uplift, the work of the two great organizations, the Lend-a-Hand clubs and the King's Daughters, will always add to his renown; as a minister and pastor his half century in the pulpit of the South Congregational church and his preaching in many other churches were profile of wise spiritual inspiration, while as a historian his writings have become authorities. It was Dr. Hale who, twenty years before its consummation, predicted a world wide peace tribunal; it was Dr. Hale who upheld Garrison and Phillips in their anti-slavery work; it was Dr. Hale whose benevolent counsel brought comfort to the sick and the wounded soldiers of the battlefields of the Civil War, as a member of the sanitary commission, and it was Dr. Hale who gave to the world the famous stanza: "Look forward and not down; Look forward and not back; Look out and not in; Lend a hand." Man of 86 Slays Man of 87 Mark Vandeusen, aged eighty-six years, shot and killed his brother-in-law, George E. Baker, aged eighty-seven years, at the latter's home about three miles from Honesdal. Pa Mrs. Baker, Vandeusen's sister, noticed that her brother was acting strangely when he left the house and started for the barn, and she decided to watch him. Soon after he had entered the stable where Baker was milking Mrs. Baker heard a shot. She summoned her niece from an adjoining farm, and just as the latter arrived at the house another shot was heard. The niece rushed from the house, intending to investigate the shooting, and stumbled over Vandeusen's body a few feet from the kitchen door. He held a revolver in his hand, and there was a bullet hole in his head. Mrs. Baker had been ill for several weeks, and her husband had told Vandeusen that he must find another home. It is believed that worry over this order unbalanced his mind and caused him to commit the horrible crime. Six Men Burned to a Crisis In a horrible accident at Martins Ferry, O., at least six men were burned to a crisp, four fatally injured and ten seriously hurt. Thirty others had narrow escapes. A "slip" occurred in the furnace of the Wheeling Steel and Iron company. A force of workmen, numbering fifty, were gathered about the furnace making ready to drill in for the cast. Without a moment's warning there was a terrific roar and great masses of molten iron spurred from the furnace, sweeping down the workmen. Filipinos Mutiny: One Killed A portion of the second company of native constabulary stationed at Davao, in the Island of Mindanao, mutinied on the night of June 6, and attacked the company quarters, which they captured after wounding one of the native officers. After a fight lasting two hours on the following day, in which one man named Libbie was killed, and four others wounded, the mutineers took to the mountains on the approach of a company of the constabulary stationed at Mapi, which was hurried to the relief of the besieged Americans and the loyal natives. Bryan to Run For Senate Next Year. William J. Bryan will be a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Elmer J. Burkett, whose term expires in March, 1911. This announcement was made by Richard L. Metcalf, editor of The Commoner, at Subscribe to The PLANET. Omaha, Neb., and is considered to be official. Bryan will make the race under the direct primary law modeled after that of Oregon. Nebraska will elect a legislature in November, 1910, and the primary will be held in September of that year. This is the first authoritative announcement of Bryan's candidacy, an local politicians predict a walkaway for him. Hail Destroys Crops The neighborhood of Collierstown, in Rockbridge county, Va., was visited by the most disastrous hall storm that has ever been known in that section. For a distance of over ten miles in length and more than a half mile wide all vegetation was totally destroyed. Wheat, corn and garden vegetables were driven to the earth. Hail drifted into ravines to the depth of two feet or more. Farms were absolutely ruined, all the soil being fashed from the uplands. An idea can be obtained as to the great damage done when out of entire fields of heading wheat not a single stalk was left standing. Cut Off by Rich Mother A dining room table "valued at $15" is the sole bequest which has been made to an only daughter in the will of Mrs. Frances HHartley, the widow of a millionaire gun manufacturer. More than $1,000,000 in cash is distributed among relatives and friends, and several bequests of from $1000 to $5000 are made to servants who attended her in her home at West Orange, N. J., where she died in April. No reason is given for the cutting off of the daughter, Mrs. Helen K. Jenkins, of New York city. Kills Father In Quarrel. William Gray, twenty-seven years of age, shot and killed his father, John Gray, at Kingwood station, near Phillipsburg, N. J. The men had not been on good terms for a long time and renewed an old quarrel at the home of the younger man. The son went after his gun and blew off a portion of his parent's head. Young Gray got away, but was captured two hours later and was taken to the Flemington jail. Lightning Struck Church; One Dead. Lightning struck the steeple of the Holy Cross Catholic church at Bay Settlement, near Green Bay, Wis. during mass and killed Edward Duchane and shocked and injured sixteen other persons, two of whom may not survive. Panic prevailed for several minutes, following the crash of the lightning. It was some time before Father Mickers could quiet the excited congregation of more than 200 persons. Mother Slays Children and Self. Cecelia Zwimmer, a widow, of Rochester, N. Y., took two of her three children into a bedroom, where she lay down after turning on the gas and was asphyxiated with them. A third child, a boy nine years of age, was playing outdoors and so escaped death. The woman was an Austrian and, it is said, had brooded over the recent death of her husband. Woman Murdered; Children Arrested With a gash in the top of her head, and with her throat cut from ear to ear, the body of Mrs. Victoria Griffin, of Columbia, S. C., was found in the well on the premises of her home. In the kitchen was found a bloody axe and razor, with which the murder evidently had been committed. Three sons and a daughter are under arrest. Made His Own Casket. Tilghman H. Reinsmith, who had been an undertaker at Emaus, Pa. for the past thirty-three years, died there at the age of seventy-four years. Reinsmith made his own casket and selected the text and hymns for his funeral. Reinsmith built a silk mill a year ago, which he operated. He was burgess of Emaus from 1902 to 1904. Woman Scalped by Washing Machine Her hair catching in the shaft of a power driven washing machine at her home, in Butler, Pa., Mrs. John L. Marshall was literally scaled. Physicians were called and the scalp, found in the cellar, was replaced. The woman's condition is considered to be serious. Tried to Lynch Umpire. Base ball fans took Umpire Wilson off the diamond after the ending of a game at Paris, Ky., and were carrying him to a tree to lynch him when the chief of police and deputies made a rush and saved him. Winchester had beaten Paris by 4 to 2, and the spectators blamed the umpire. 230 Killed by Earthquake. The town of Korinchi, 185 miles to the southeast of Padang, Sumatra, was devastated by an earthquake shock on the night of June 3-4. Two hundred and thirty people were killed and many others injured. The shock was accompanied by a tidal wave, which swept away the huts like cockle-shells. Boy Killed Father For Beating Mother. Frank Crawford, living near Selma, N. C., was struck on the head and his skull crushed by an axe in the hands of his thirteen-year-old son. Crawford was beating his wife, and the boy, not being able to induce him to quit, used the lxe. The boy has been placed in fall at Smithfield. Stephen D. Lee Statue Unveiled Stephen D. Lee Statue Unveiled. A statue of General Stephen D. Lee, of the Confederate army, was unveiled Friday in the National cemetery at Vickaburg, Miss. Henry Watterson presided at the ceremonies and the statue was received for the war department by General F. D. Grant. Stole Chickens; Gets Life Term. Charles Chaffee, of Syracuse, N. Y., who was convicted of stealing chickens, was sentenced to Auburn state prison for life. The judge had no discretion, as Chaffee had been convicted five times of burglary. —Subscribe to The PLANET THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA CITY GARDEN FARM ARTISTIC PLAN OF HOMESTEAD Keep the Place Beautiful by Setting Out Shrubs, Trees and Lawns. In the adornment of a farm home by the planting of shrubs and trees little expense need be incurred. The labor of preparing a lawn or grading a driveway can be done by the farmer KITCHEN GARDEN BARN CARRIAGE HOUSE FRUIT GARDEN Layout of Farmer's Home. himself, and $10 or $20 will buy all the ornamental trees required from the nursery. It is to be borne in mind that trees grow handsomer each year and will add hundreds of dollars to the value of the home. Notice the place the man of means picks out when he goes to look for a country home. He doesn't drive up to some tumble-down farmstead with the trees neglected and half dead. Of course not. He tries to buy a place with beautiful shrubs, trees and lawns. If our farms were more beautiful the boys and the girls wouldn't be so anxious to leave them. POULTRY AND DAIRY NEGLECT Two Branches of Agriculture Being Overlooked That Pay Good Profits to the Farmer. There are two branches of agriculture which pay larger than any others for the investments in them in the central western states that are the most neglected. We refer to the dairy and poultry industries, says the Indiana Farmer. It is true that in a way they are both pursued on the farm, but back in the years when butter sold for 6 and 7 cents a pound, chickens $1 a dozen and eggs at 5 and 6 cents per dozen the men on the farm tabooed them and thought these industries were too trifling, and they have never gotten over it. It is a good illustration of the force of early habits, for it sticks to most farmers yet, though dairying and poultry demands have quadrupled prices in many respects. The ancient cows which made but two or three pounds of butter a week and the dung-hill chicks that were in the same scant class probably had something to do with forming this habit; but now that we have passed these things by, isn't it time to take notice more generally and to give the most profitable industries of the farm greater and more methodical attention? It is also to be sold of the dairy industry that it is one of the greatest factors in keeping up soil fertility. Experience has shown that where dairying is followed as a leading feature of the farm the average yield of corn and other crops is decidedly increased. Corn and corn silage are leading features in the industry, as by this method the greater productions of the farm are returned to the soil to enrich it. Rotating corn and clover, both of which are required in dairying, insures the nitrogen and humus so essential in the soil. Clover or alfalfa, where it can be grown, along with corn and corn silage, make a good ration for cows and make good rotations. With these farm crops but little bran and cotton seed meal are needed in dairy feeding to make a balanced ration. Succession of Planting in Garden Succession of Planting in Garden. For the vegetable garden a supply of seed should be kept on hand through the summer for a succession of planting of the quick-maturing plants. Lettuce and radishes soon go, and their rows should immediately be filled either with some other quick-maturing plants or with some that mature late in the season. Tomatoes and peppers can easily follow lettuce and radishes, and late sweet corn can follow early beans. Late celery does well on early potato ground if it is fertile enough and moist enough. Garden soil is highly fertile and can stand constant cropping. There is no need of its resting and no excuse for its lying idle and growing up to weeds. Keeping every row and every square foot of the garden soil planted with some useful plants and under the highest cultivation will not only keep down weeds but will conserve soil moisture and liberate plant foods. The good gardener may be known by the large per cent. of useful plants. A GOOD TYPE OF HOGHOUSE Plan for the Construction of a Building Suitable for Sheltering Swine. Instructions for erecting a substantial, yet cheap and durable hoghouse is given by a writer in the Breeders' Gazette, as follows: Make them six feet square on the ground, both doors to be hinged so they will open and close readily; 12 foot boards make the side and roof. I use good soft pine flooring, as it is lighter and much easier to move when necessary than heavier lumber; four A Good Hoghouse. pieces 2 inches by 4 inches and 6 feet long are for sills; 2 pieces 2 inches by four inches and 6 feet long are for ridge and plate. If this plan is used it will be found much more satisfactory than a plain A-shaped house. The door in the roof can be opened when the sun shines. Sunshine is the best tonic known for little pigs in early spring, and the door is essential when the sow needs attention at pigging time as a means of entrance and as is sometimes the case a very hasty exit. We lose a very small per cent. of pigs farrowed in these houses. TO COMBAT HOG CHOLERA Discovery of a Serum That Will Protect Swine from the Dread Disease. The discovery of the bureau of animal industry of the department of agriculture of a serum that will protect hogs from cholera has been taken advantage of by several state agricultural departments and appropriations have been asked for from their legislatures for the purpose of providing farmers with the preventive. With but few exceptions no well-defined or organized plan of operation has been adopted by any of them to secure to the farmers within their borders the benefit of the government's discovery. If the greatest good is to be accomplished, the farmer should not be content simply to reduce the losses from hog cholera, but should undertake systematic efforts to eradicate the disease. Most farmers and stockmen are familiar with the course which hog cholera usually takes when it appears in a neighborhood. A herd develops the disease, which may not be recognized as hog cholera for several weeks after it has made its appearance. Following this the neighbor's hogs will become infected, and then rapid progress is made until finally the losses in a single county may be enormous. It is evident that in order to control the disease there must be some means of confining it to the original infestations. This has been attempted by the British government through the quarantine of farms where hog cholera existed and the slaughter of all infected animals, but these measures have not always been entirely effective. In this country such methods would not be suitable for, aside from the enormous expense involved, it would be impracticable to disinfect against such carriers of disease as dogs, crows, buzzards and the like. Spring Horse Buying. The spring horse-buying rush has struck us again this year. Everybody seems to want a new team of horses or mules at this time of the year. The man who has any to sell does not have to go out to make a sale. Horse buyers make a beaten path to his door. The man who is compelled to buy at this season of the year must pay the highest price in order to get what he wants. It is an undisputed fact that the growing of young horses and mules as a side line to general farming is profitable business. Colts have come to be as good as cash at any time after weaning. Every farmer ought to keep at least a team of mares and breed them every year. With careful handling they will make a full team and grow two good colts with very little extra care and cost. Young horses are not all profit. They cannot be grown for nothing; yet every pound of young horse or mule flesh represents probably more clear gain for the amount of food consumed than that of any other animal grown on the farm. Watering Hard-Working Relative to the watering of horses while doing hard work a Colorado veterinarian says: After long, continuous exertion the system is greatly depleted of fluid. Nature calls for its replacement, and this is the cause of a thirst which is so intense that if the animal is not restrained at this time he may drink much more than he needs. The general custom almost universally followed of giving the morning meal before water is not very objectionable, either theoretically or practically. At this time there is no depletion of fluid; consequently the horse is not very thirsty and does not drink rapidly or excessively, and apparently very little evil results from this method. However, it is preferable that the horse should have an opportunity to drink before the morning meal. Lamb or Mutton Sandwiches Mince cold roast lamb, or tender mutton, fine, and season with salt, pepper and tomato catsup. Add a few minced olives and make all into a paste with mayonnaise dressing. Spread between thin slices of bread. Cut these sandwiches into diamond shapes. Baked Onions Parboli six large onions, slice off the tops and remove the centers and chop fine with breadcrumbs and bits of cold meats. Add one egg, salt, pepper, and tomato juice. Fill onion shells and cover with breadcrumbs dotted with bits of butter and grated cheese, and bake. For Washing Tooth Brushes. Tooth brushes may be washed in a strong solution of salt and water. THE SHEEP-KILLING An Effective Method for the Prevention of Destruction of Sheep by Prowling Animals. One of the serious problems a farmer has to contend with is the sheep-killing dog. One good method is to procure some loud-sounding bells and attach them to the sheep, one bell to every twenty head. This will not keep away every dog, but it will scare out many of them. The average sheep-killer dreads publicity, and any noise that will attract attention to his movements will cause him to leave the farm. When the dog that is not afraid of sheep bells comes along, if any of the people are at home and awake the bells will be heard and the sheep rescued. To safeguard against the attacks at night and when all are away from home surround one permanent pasture with a woven w fence and make a gate of the same material or of high pickets, so that no dog can get into that field. Put the sheep in that lot at night and whenever there is no one to hear the bells and to protect the sheep. To find whether your pasture is dog-proof or not borrow some dogs of assorted sizes and breed and shut them into the field. If they cannot get out dogs cannot get in. Of course the fence must fit tight to the ground. If it is not high enough to prevent jumping over, stretch a wire or two above. But few dogs will cross a fence of ordinary height unless there is something on top to rest their feet upon while in the act. A fine wire will throw them back. Goats and horned dorsets may afford some protection against small dogs, but it would be impossible for them to protect a flock against an attack from two or more large, savage and swift sheep-killers. GOOD POTATO SEED CUTTER. Handy and Economical Farm Implement That Is Always Useful to Every Farmer. This drawing shows a seed potato cutter I have been using for five years. My neighbors borrow it every year, says a writer in an exchange. - 24" - Makes Four Pieces at Each Slice. We can cut from 20 to 30 bushels a day with it. It is made of a plank 2 feet long and 7 inches wide, with a hole 4½x6 inches in the center. Two knives cross each other at right angles in this opening. The cutter is placed over a potato crate, box or barrel, the potatoes lakup upon the knife one at a time, and the handle brought down. Maintain Fertility of the Soil As much as it has been talked about, the greatest problem that yet confronts the American farmer is the increasing and maintaining of soil fertility. Fertilizers outside of the home farm supply are a variable quantity, expensive and difficult to secure. The only source to be relied upon is the home stable. The foundation for the increasing of soil fertility is stable manure. To produce it the farmer must keep horses and cows. In keeping them he can man a profit from the animals themselves, and he is also able to increase the general profits of the farm through a judicious use of the manure they produce. In this way he is making a double present profit and at the same time maintaining the fertility of his farm for future profit and general satisfaction in growing things. If a farm, for want of sufficient fertilization, is gradually decreasing in fertility the owner is staring a grave proposition in the face, and he must be naturally of a very sunny disposition to see the right side of farm life under such conditions. With plenty of home-made fertilizer and his land gradually increasing in fertility, he has good grounds for always being optimistic. Keeping and breeding animals on the farm makes it possible. Ten Alfalfa Don'ts. Ten things which the grower of alfalfa is urged not to do are enumerated in farmer's bulletin 339, by J. M. Westgate, issued by the department of agriculture at Washington. Some points on which Mr. Westgate lays special stress are as follows: Don't fail to provide for ample inoculation; soil from an old alfalfa field is best. Don't pasture the first or second year. Don't lose the leaves; they constitute the best part of the hay. Don't seed a large acreage to begin with. Experiment on a small area first. Don't give up. Many prominent alfalfa growers finally succeed only after many failures. In Germany dealers are not allowed to mix so-called dessert wines with white wines of an entirely different character. Macaroni Cheese and Tom Macaroni, Cheese and Tomatoes. Take one-half box of macaroni and boil until tender and set aside to cool; also stew one can tomatoes half hour and set aside to cool. Butter baking dish and place layer of macaroni, pepper, salt and liberal amount of butter; then layer of cheese, layer of cracker crumbs and layer of tomatoes, and so on until dish is filled. Bake in moderate oven one hour. This is splendid. Everything Everything IN FURNITURE AND FURNITURE SPECIALTIES FLOOR COVERINGS SYDNOR & HUNDLEY, INC. Leaders. 709 711 713 EAST BROAD STREET. 'Phone, 577. Richmond, Va A. D. PRICE, Funeral Director, Embalmer and Liveryman. All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large picnic or band wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class, carriages, buggies, etc. Keep constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. No. 212 East Leigh Street. (Residence Next Door.) OPEN ALL DAY AND NIGHT.—Man on Duty All Night. --- --- W. I. JOHNSON, Funeral Director and Embalmer, Office & Warerooms, 207 N. Foushee St. Cor. Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE. Orders by Telephone or Telegraph filled. Weddings, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Telephone, 686. Residence in Building. TABLE DELICACIES ALL WELCOME ADDITIONS TO THE DAILY MENU. Cream Biscuits to Serve Hot with Honey and Preserves-For Hanover Rolls--Recipe for Rusk or Sweet Breads. To make cream biscuits mix one quart of flour five ounces of butter. biscuits mix one ounces of butter, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a little salt lightly together. Add one quart of sweet cream and work very well for several minutes. Roll out as two teaspoonfuls of baking powder and a little salt lightly together. Add one quart of sweet cream and work very well for several minutes. Roll out as thick as a silver dollar, cook in a hot oven and serve hot with honey or preserves. Johnnie Cake.—One quart of meal, one pint of warm water and one teaspoonful of salt. Sift meal in a pan and add water and salt. Stir it until it is light, then place on a new clean board and place nearly upright before the fire. When brown cut in squares, butter nicely and serve hot. Hanover Rolls.—Sift twice two quarts of flour. Add four tablespoonfuls of yeast, one tablespoonful of lard or butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, one dessertspoonful of salt and a pinch of soda. Use enoughukewarm water to make the mass soft enough to knead well and put where it will rise. When light, grease the hands and make into rolls. Let them rise again and bake in hot oven. Wheat Muffins.—Two cups of flour, twoteaspoonfuls of baking powder, one teaspoonful of salt, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one cup of milk, one well-beaten egg. Bake in muffin tins and serve hot. Allegheny Tea Cake.—One pound of butter, one pound of sugar, eight eggs and one and one-quarter pounds of flour. Rub butter and sugar together and add by degrees the well-beaten eggs and the flour. Flavor to taste. Drop with a spoon on well-greased tins and bake. Rusk or Sweet Bread.—One pint of flour, one pint of white sugar, one tea- SEVEN cupful of melted lard, one and one-half pints of water and two kitchen spoonrils of yeast. Make into a batter at night and set in a warm place to rise. The next morning work into this sponge two beaten eggs and three pints of flour. Set in a warm place to rise again. When light make into pretty shapes, let it rise again, and when light bake in a quick oven. Spread on the rolls when warm the white of an egg and sifted cinnamon. The dough should be as soft as you can make it to work well. Beef Cecils. Chop or grind fine meat remaining from a roast of beef and serve next day as "beef Cecilia" with horseradish sauce. To one cupful of chopped meat add yolk of one egg, two tablespoonfuls of bread crumbs, one tablespoonful of melted butter, salt, pepper and onion juice to taste. Shape as croquettes and roll in flour, egg, and bread crumbs and fry in deep fat. Horseradish sauce: Melt one tablespoonful of butter; add rounding tablespoonful of flour, 1/4 cups meat gravy, one-quarter cup of grated horseradish; boil five minutes, stirring all the time, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Frumenty A correspondent kindly sends the following recipe for frumery: Boll one-quarter of a pint of wheat in milk until tender, but not pulpy; drain and stir into it a quart of milk, three ounces of sifted castor sugar, and half a cupup of prepared currants. Add a dash of cinnamon and place over a gentle heat, allowing the mixture to boil for a quarter of an hour. Have ready the heated yolks of three eggs; mix these with the previous ingredients and turn all out into a bowl ready for serving. A Substitute for Broiling Occasionally in using gas stoves there is no broiler. Instead of falling back on the unhealthful frying for meat try heating a pan piping hot, put the steak in it without greasing, turn as soon as scared and keep turning until the meat is done. To season, remove from pan, put on a hot platter, press bits of butter, salt and pepper on both sides of steak, put in the oven a few minutes to draw a brown dressing. Bad Disposition "Why, Bobby! Didn't he give you a new gun, only this morning?" "Yes, but he won't let me point it at him!" EIGR. THE PLANET Saturday, June 19, 1909. PYTHIAN COLUMN. Supreme Heads Honored in Missouri Splendid ovation to Sir W. W. Green, Supreme Chancellor, to Sir Jno W. Strauther, S. L. C. and Supreme Worthy Counsellor and General Jackson of the Military Department. From the time that S. W. Green Jno. W. Strauther, Supreme Chancellor, Supreme Vice-Chancellor, respectively arrived in the City of St Louis the morning of June 1st, until they left Kansas City the third day night following: their visit was nothing short of a splendid ovation. Upon their arrival in the City of St Louis, these distinguished guests were met by a committee of prominent Pythians and Calantheans and after having driven over the city in a grand sight seeing tour, after having and dined in a most sumptuous manner, the visitors were placed aboard a Missouri Pacific train under the hospitable care of Grand Chancellor A. W. Lloyd, who landed them safely in Kansas City Tuesday morning. Here, at the Union station, the party was met by six carriages bearing the reception committee and a tally-ho of musicians under the escort of Major B. E. Watkins and staff of the 3rd Md. Million. They were driven through the Hotel streets of the City to the Hotel Woods where an excellent breakfast was served. C. K. Robinson of St. Louis, Supreme Keeper of Records and Seal also accompanied the delegation to Kansas City, while General R. R. Jackson had come on from Chicago. After breakfast a trip to the campgrounds; then luncheon followed by an extensive sight seeing tour in motor cars and tally-ho. The entire afternoon was spent in showing the city's attractive parks and boulevard system and other points of interest. Manufacturing districts, packing industries were visited, railroad facilities investigated Convention Hall viewed, in fact the Supreme Officers were given an opportunity to look into every phase and feature relative to Kansas City's, attractiveness as a drawing center as well as its ability to care for such a momentous gathering as the approaching Pythian Convocation promises to be. Notwithstanding that the elements broke out in an electric fire about 8:00 o'clock with fury when seemed as if the God of thunder moved to gather the aqueous vapor from the four corners of the earth and deluge Kansas City in a spitful effort to wipe this metropolis off the map, the motion at the Lyric Hall was a brilliant sees the Hall being crowded with a constant stream of humanity both members of the order, its friends and inquisitive citizens, all anxious to meet and grasp the hands of our Supreme Officers and bid them God speed in the great work they are doing for the moral uplift of the race. Later in the evening, Chairman Crews introduced Sir Green for a few remarks. He paid a high tribute to Pythian Knighthood of Missouri based as he stated upon the cordial greetings and most courteous treatment which had been showered upon him in the two leading metropolls of the State. To our Calanthean Sisters, he also gave high praise, stating that from what he had witnessed he adjudged them energetic, high minded, noble specimens of womanhood and true Calantheans. The Supreme Chancellor further said that this great Pythian Host was not coming here to be traveling, but that they were coming to legislate for the 180,000 members; that in his State they were building a $200,000 Pythian Temple; they were trying to emulate the virtues of the white race instead of practicing their vices and that it appeared that the chief reason why the white Knights of Pythians of the South objected to us using the name and emblems of the order was because the Negroes in that section seemed to be doing more with the work than were the whites. Again, that nearly every grand lodge owned a Temple of its own, the subordinate bodies were rapidly acquiring property, while the Supreme lodge owned the National Temple in Chicago and a Sanitarium in Hot Springs. Hon Jno. W. Strauthers, Supreme Vice Chancellor and Supreme Worthy Counsellor of the Court of Calanthe was next introduced with a most gracious salute from the ladies amid applause from the Knights. Sir Strauthers stated that the Court was never in better condition, never more prosperous of hope than now. R. R. Jackson followed. Our gallant little Commander was as full of fire, as full of vim and vigor as ever. As a rule, it takes him about two minutes to put his audience on tip toe and after he does just about as he pleases with the crowd. He sits them down, stands the thief, provokes mirth, compels attention, encourages he emotion and ends with a bird wind of patriotic eloquence in behalf of the Military Department, gracefully retiring amid deafening applause. Supreme Keeper of Records and Seals C. K. Robinson and Grand Chancellor A. W. Lloyd, also spoke briefly, excusing themselves from making any extensive remarks because of the lateness of the hour. Dr. J. E. Perry went to St. Louis to escort the delegation to Kansas City. SIR S. W. GREEN Supreme Chancellor Green is a man of small stature. The only way to compare him with Vice-Chancellor Strauth would be to ransack Webster for qualifying words expressive of diminutiveness; but when he begins to speak you are compelled to sit up and take notice. Notwithstanding the fact, he presents the appearance of one past the half century mark, his voice is of a ringing quality forceful and clear, his sentences clean cut, his paragraphs well rounded, his logic convincing, his reasoning inclusive and he is as full of grace and dignity as a Japanese diplomat. When asked if he had not held down a chair of pedagogy in one of our famous institutions of learning in the South, he replied in the negative. But, said he, I was for 28 years associated with my father in merchantile business. When asked if he was candidate to succeed himself with a seat said in 1890, I was candidate for Congress from the 5th Louisiana district. My opponent used to have a great deal of fun at my expense by referring to me in his speeches as crawling. I was elected but my ballot found lodgement in the wrong receptacle. I hope to have better luck in your city next August." Sir Green has been a Fytheian for 26 years, was six years Chairman of Committee on Finance, Supreme Worthy Counsellor, two and one-half years, and succeeded the late S. W. Starks as Supreme Chancellor. When asked what he thought of the outlook for the race generally, he the surroundings in my state they are and steady progress in cities and in the country they are acquiring property and that is the most hopeful sign." SIR JNO W. STRAUTHER Sir Strauther, as a boy was an off bearer of brick; as a youth, a porter in a store, a drayman as a man; then an undertaker and later he organized and established the Delta Savings Bank of Greenville, of which he is president. For eleven years, the mass of Exchequer of the Mississippi Grand lodge the receipts of which annually are more than $130,000. SIR C. K. ROBINSON Sir C. K. Robinson, of our own jurisdiction, is the Supreme Keeper of Records and Seals, a position which he has held with signal success under three administrations, covering a period of 15 years. He was always for advancement and was the originator of our present system of endowment which has been so eminently successful in this state that it has been copied by all of our subsidiaries. Sir Robinson has one of the most complete and up-to-date printing offices in the city of St. Louis and said to be the first Negro in the State to own an automobile. Knights of Pythias Here (Continued From First Page.) DISPENSATION AND CHARTER. R. W. Moss, J. F. Bentley, H. C. White. PRINTING AND SUPPLIES. Thos. M. Crump, C. H. Robinson G. H. Young. STATE OF THE ORDER. J. R. Griffin, F. H. McKinzie, Benj Evans. COMMITTTEE ON OBITUARY. Paul Ervin, Granville Marable, E. H. Williams. COMMITTTEE ON BUSINESS. John T. Taylor, George W. Rison Dr. I. D. Burrell, W. R. Smith, E. F Scott, Grand Marshall, J. J. Corprew Grand First attendant, S. S. Baker Grand Second Attendant, J. A. Moss Grand Third Attendant, W. A Thoroughgood, Grand Fourth, R. B Mosby. ENDOWMENT ADVISORY BOARD W. A. Millner, Frank Proctor Willis Wyatt, S. M. Wilson, Wm. A Myers, J. J. Carter, E. W. R. Glenn O. M. Steward, Edward Wood, W Isbell, L. L. Downing, John R. Chiles U. S. G. Patterson, Albert Smith John G. Smith, B. A. Graves, R. J. Jackson. ROLL OF COMMITTEES. COMMITTEE ON FINANCE. Miss Eva G. Davis, Mrs. R. D. Bowser, Mrs. L. S. Williams. COMMITTEE ON MILEAGE Mrs. Lucie Scott, Mrs. Bettie P. Dismond, Mrs. Lillie Hardy. COMMITTEE ON APPEALS AND GRIEVANCES. Mrs. Cornelia White, Mrs. T. J. Foster, Mrs. Mary E. Coleman. COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS. Mrs. D. M. Gilpin, Mrs. Kate S. Thomas, Mrs. Sarah A. Steward... COMMITTEE ON LAW AND SUPERVISION. Miss Inez K. Pollard, Miss Essie Williams, Rev. H. S. Thomas. COMMITTEE ON PRINTING. Miss M. L. Chiles, Miss, Suslie B. Wright. COMMITTEE ON DISPENSATION AND CHARTER. Mrs. Fannie Cooke, Mrs. Lillian Higginbotham, Mrs. Kate R. Jones. COMMITTEE ON OBITUARY. Mrs. P. M. Hodge Mrs. Annie Miller, Miss Lucy P. Williams. COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS. Mrs. A. H. Thompson, Mrs. M. H. Burrell., Mrs. Bettie P. Dismond. REGALIA COMMITTEE. Mrs. Kate S. Thomas, Laura Johnson, Lucy Scott, Irene Holmes, Harriet E. Thompson, Nnnie C. Johnson, John Mitchell, Jr., G. W. C., Miss M. L. Chiles, G. W. R. of D., Mrs. J. A. Graham, G. W. R. of Dep. The call of the roll disclosed a large delegation, one of the largest in the history of the Order. The committee on Returns and Credentials retired to prepare its report, and the Grand Lodge took a recess until 4 P. M. at the Pythian Castle where the Grand Lodge degree would be conferred. The candidacy of John Mitchell, Jr., for the position of Supreme Chancellor, is the all pervading issue of this meeting. At its session in Danville last year by a unanimous vote he was directed to announce his candidacy Grand representatives, members of the Order and those not members of the Order may be seen wearing the Mitchell Mutton, medallion and souvenir badge. The welcome address to the Grand Representatives of the Grand Lodge and the Grand Court was delivered by Rev W. F. Graham, pastor of the Fifth Street Baptist Church at 11 o'clock last Tuesday. The Fifth Street Baptist Church filled and right well did he deliver it. His language was chaste and sweet. Like metaphors with entertaining and his preoration grand. Still, he amused the audience and at the conclusion, he was encored. The response by Grand Vice Chancellor H. L. Jackson, was made in the same happy vein and was short, and appropriate. He performed his duty well. GRAND COURT MEETS Richmond, Va., June 15.—The Grand Court Order of Calanthe of Virginia, the Female Department of the Pythian Order opened in due form at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, Tuesday morning, June 15, 1909 at 10 A. M. with Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., the Grand Worthy Chancellor as the official head. Write the clouds that hung heavily in the sky early in the morning, the beautiful sun burst through and seemed to have added inspiration to the large delegation from all parts of the State, who were crowded near, awaiting entrance to the beautiful edifice. The roll of committees was called absentees noted vacancies filled as follows:Committee on Finance—Miss Eva G. Davis, Chairman, Mrs. Rosa B. Bowser, Mrs. Laura S. Williams. Committee on Milage—Mrs. Lucie Scott, Mrs. Bettie Dismond, Mrs. Lillie Hardy. Committee on Appeals and Grievances—Mrs. Cornellia White, Mrs. M. J. Foster, Mrs. Mary E. Coleman. Committee on Credentials—Mrs. L. M. Glipin, Mrs. Kate S. Thomas, Mrs. Sarah A. Steward. Committee on Law and Supervision—Miss Inez K. Pollard, Mrs. Esie Williams, Rev. A. S. Thomas. Committee on Printing—Miss M. L. Chiles, Mrs. Susie B. Wright, Mrs. Lillie Harris. Committee on Dispensation and Charter—Mrs. Fannie Cooke, Mrs. Lillian Higginbotham, Mrs. Kate R. Jones. Committee on State of the Order—Mrs. Rosa H. Banks, Mrs. Mattie Hewin, Mrs. Emma G. Smith. Committee on Obituary—Mrs. P. M. B. Hodge, Mrs. Annn Miller, Miss Lucy P. Williams. Committee on Business—Mrs. H. G. Thompson, Mrs. M. H. Burrell, Mrs. Bettie P. Dismond. The Committee on Credentials and Committee on Finance were called enrolled the delegates and seventy-five entitled to receive the Grand Court degree. The G. W. C. then convened the Grand Lodge K. or P. of Va., and the Grand Court in joint session for the opening exercises, and introduced Dr. W. F. Graham, pastor of Fifth Street Baptist church to deliver the welcome address. Dr. Graham made a magnificent welcome address in behalf of the Grand Lodge and Grand Court. He paid a glorious tribute to the noble women, and the gallant Sir Knights in the various departments and bade all welcome, thrice, welcome, to enter our city, our homes and enjoy the true hospitality for which the Richmond people are so well known. Sir H. L. Jackson, of Blackstone, Va. Vice Grand Chancellor of Virginia, accepted the welcome and responded in an able manner and cautioned the visitors to be careful in every way, and let no word or act of theirs cause a blush of shame. After the royal welcome and hearty reception prepared by the members in Richmond. He said, "He knew well that the Order is composed of the finest people in the state, and felt that all would so act to add new honors to the grand old Pythian Order with Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., at its head." The Grand Lodge and Court then adjourned till the public meeting at 8:30 P. M. The church was literally packed even the galleries and standing room was at a premium. Scripture Reading—Dr. W. T. Johnson, Pastor First Baptist church. Prayer—Rev. Powell, Berley, Va. Sir U. S. G. Patterson, the sweet-voiced singer of Lynchburg, Va., enchanted the audience with two beautiful solos, "The Sailois Prayer and As Long as the World Rolls On." Rev. D. W. Davis, kept the vast audience roaring with laughter as he recited, "De Nigger Got to Go." "Gib Him One Ub Mine," "Skeeting on De Ice." Madam Carrie Hawkins sweetly sang "Come Unto Me." Mr. Thomas M. Curran, fostered OND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA the audience with a solo and won Other places. new honors, as a soloist. Chicago The Polk Miller Quartette then entertained the large appreciative audience with several of their fine selections and the people were as enthusiastic that Mr. Mitchell had to adjourn to the First Street hall, where the exercises were continued to the delight of every one present. The Pythian Concert Wednesday night will be the feature. ASKS CLERGY FOR RACE Colored Priest Urges Negroes For Black Congregations. the congress of Catholic missionaries to non Catholics was in session at the Catholic University yesterday morning, afternoon, and evening the Very Rev. A. P. Doyle presiding The main feature of the morning was a paper on "Missions to Negroes," by Rev. J. Plantavlueg, of Baltimore, one of the two colored Catholic priests in America. He argued for the education of negro priests and the creation of negro parishes, giving the race freedom and self-government in the Catholic church. The negro congregations do not prefer white priests, he said, to Catholic negroes often refuse to become Catholics if they must be under white priests, because they have become accustomed in their own churches to good ministers. The subject never will be settled, he said, until the church treats the negro not as a problem, but as a man. The paper was greeted with aplause and cheers, and many grasped Father Plantavigue's hand in congratulation as he stepped down from the rostrum. The Rev. James Murphy, provincial of the order of the Holy Ghost, commented at length on the paper, indorsing it heartily. He insisted that the experience of this order which has worked among negroes throughout the world, demonstrates that the negro is canable of the highest intellectual and spiritual development. He quoted Archbishop Ryan, of Philadelphia, to the same effect, and from Charles Kingsley to the effect that the only hope of having the negro lies in the Catholic church. TELLS OF WORK IN CANADA The Rev. Martin Callahan, sulpician of Notre Dame, Montreal, read a paper on his work in Canada. Father Callahan has received into the church almost 5,000 converts, some 300 or which were Chinese. He related many amusing and pathetic stories of his experiences. The Rev. J. F. Busch, of Excelsior, Wis., emphasized the necessity of fortifying the cause of Catholic Christianity. The Rev. H. Rohman, of Dublin, Ireland, affectionate tribute to Father Callahan, and the Sulpican Grand Seminary from whence so many missionaries have come. In the afternoon Father Doyle gave statistics of converts made during the past year, a total of 28,709—an increase of 3,600 over 1906. Father Doyle hoped to report 40,000 converts at the next conference. These figures represent adult baptisms. Father Swint, of West Virginia, pointed out that the children or these converts should be counted in. Taking those received without baptisms, in hospitals and the like the totals for the past year, he said, should reach 35,000. The Rev. T. F. Price, of North Carolina, made the point that a strong disclaimer should be made of anything like social equality between negroes and whites. Otherwise mission work among non-Catholics in the South would be ruined. He cited instances where attempts to mix the races at missions had been followed by riot. OPPOSES COLORED PRIEST'S PAPER. The Rev. M. I. Boarman, S. J., of Chicago, said he was a Southerner, and objected to the publication of Father Plantavigne's paper under the auspices of the congress. It would give grave offense to the South, he declared. He criticised the academic presentation of the beauty or plausibility of Catholic doctrine. Nations, he said, had been converted by teaching that denial of the church would be punished by eternal damnation. The Rev. P. T. Costello, of Birmingham, Ala., made an earnest plen that Father Plantavigne's paper be printed with the authority of the congress. He said there was no desire for social equality, but for justice to the hitherto defrauded negro. Father Plantavigne's paper had been eminently Catholic. Opposition to the paper was not in the true Catholic spirit. Father Kelly said the paper of Father Plantavigne was just, but publication of it would involve the Southern missionaries in danger. A motion to keep from publication all comments made on papers was lost. The Rev. F. T. Price read a paper on the distribution of literature. He told of his own little magazine, "Truth", which has been made a success under adverse circumstances. The Rev. Charles Martin, of Cleveland, Ohio, read a paper at the evening session on the relation to each other of the diocesan bands and of the bands to the religious orders. He recommended adoption of uniform rules by which bands from one diocese would be prevented from incoaching on the territory of another. Father Elliott eulogized the late Bishop Horstman, of Cleveland, who first co-operated with him in founding a mission band. A committee was appointed to draft articles of mutual co-operation between bands. On the committee are Father Kress, Busch, and Blessing. After much discussion the congress appointed Fathers Costello, Doran, and Rohlman to take proper steps to obtain from Rome dispensation from the vestation of the brevicary for diocesan priests when giving missions. FINANCES AND MISSIONS. Dr. Francis C. Kelly, of the Church Extension Society of Chicago, delivered an address on stopping the financial leakages of mission work. He compared the church to the Chinese wall, built by the people of each locality through which it runs. Some places have found it impossible to build much of a wall. Other places, like New York and Chicago, have built a fine wall, and, having finished it, have set themselves to inlay the bricks with gold and jewels. The enemy, he said, had attacked where the wall was weak—the country porch. The church had failed there because the opportunity for cooperation had been neglected by the church. The speaker told of regions of the West and South where the hope of home mission work depends on money. The neglected Mexican, he said, is a terrible indictment of the Catholic people or the United States. The only remedy has money as an essential element. Mission forces in the church must be united. Literature by the carload must be distributed to the convert Catholics to the missionary idea. "You worry," the speaker said, "whether you are showing the Catholic spirit to the negro. Are you showing the Catholic spirit to white people, to the Italian Immigrant? Protestants have multiplied settlements in the great cities to draw Italians away from the Catholic Church. It makes no difference to you whether the Italian becomes a Protestant or an agnostic, you are losing his soul. "Not only settlements in cities, but also colonies in country places, must be developed by the church to take care of immigrants. Soon immigration will be restricted, and the city of the future must be recruited from the country districts of America. If the Catholic Church neglects them it will have no Catholic population for city churches. SPECIAL SALE OF HATS! CLEANING OUT SALE OF ALL Trimmed Hats to make room for changes of goods. Just at your own price. Friday and Saturday a lot of Children's Trimmed Hats for 50 cents. M. D. CHAMLEE, 316 E. Brood Street. BIG TIME HERE Many Pythianis Out—A Great Display And a Grand Carade—Resi- dering the Past Richmond has been decorated this week by the colored people in a manner never seen before in honor of a state organization. Among those places so ornamented are the Planet office, the residence of Grand Chancellor John Mitchell, Jr., the residence of Rev. Dr. W. F. Graham, the residence of Capt. Thomas H. Wyatt, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Jackson, the residence of District Deputy Grand Chancellor S. S. Baker, the residence of the Grand Master of Exchequer, H. F. Jonathan, the Southern Ald Society building, the American Beneficial Insurance Company's building, Miller's Hotel, the residence of Rev. W. L. Taylor, Grand Worthy Master of the True Reformers, the residence of Mr. R. T. Hill, cashier of the Savings Bank, Grand Fountain of the Reformers, the St. Luke Emporium true Reformers' Hotel, the residence of Grand Worthy Secretary, The Reformers, W. P. Burrell, the residence of Col. Jesse Scruggs, the Mechanies' Savings Bank, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Denny, the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel P. Brown, the Pythian Castle. Never in the history of the state has there been such a magnificent military camp pitched by a secret, fraternal organization as the one it is now in evidence on the grounds of the Virginia University, where Major William A. Robinson, commanding the First Battalion, First Regiment, Uniform Rank, Knights or Pythias, N. A., S. A., E. A., is in command. From Fifth Page.) First Honor, 1st Grade. Beatie Brown, Charlie Brown, Albert Ford, Willie Johnson, Air Lee henned, Henry Wade, Alex. White. Others Promoted—John Brown, Rosa Brown, Mabel Banks, Ethel Banks, Gertrude Carter, William Carter, Gertrude Cheatham, Vernom Ford, Melvin Dunn, John Hill, Elena Mingleton, Athenia Peterson, Lavester Peterson, Eddie Pleasants, Lea Martin, John Martin, Mary Rodgers, Janie Smith, Janet Smith, Estelle Shelton, Walter Scott, Caroliez Watkilins, Odella Taylor, Beatrice Stewart, Lena Smith, Edna Young. 108 E. Leigh St., - Richmond, Phone, 1034 Views and Correspondence. The largest and most up-to-date Hair Dressing Parslors in Richmond. The very best preparations that can be made for the hair, scalp, face and skin. Graham's Superior Scalp Food for groving hair on bald heads and bare temples 25cts, per jar. By mail, 35cts. Graham's Superior Orange Flowers Skin Fo. for developing and beautifying the skin, 25cts a jar. By mail 35cts. Graham's Superior Velvet Liqui-Powder for giving the face a beautiful fair color, 25 cents a bottle. By mail 35cts. Graham's Vegetable Hair Dye the best on market giving a rich nature color, $1.00 per bottle. By mail $1.25. Mrs. Graham makes a specialty of massaging and beautifying ladies faces for parties and public gatherings, 36 cents. Mrs. Graham skampoos the beak and puts it in a healthy condition. 25 cents. All ladies who attend parties and other social gatherings should have their finger nails manicured and made beautiful. 25 cents. Mrs. Graham's preparations sit at sight. Ladies living in other cities and towns can make good money by selling these preparations. Write for terme to Mrs. J. A. Grbam, No. 108 E. Leigh St., Riemond, Va. Colored Skin Made Lighter For centuries the scientific men have been trying to make dark skin lighter colored, not by artificial whitening, but in a natural way. At last the CHEMICAL WONDER CO. of New York has discovered "COM-PLEXION WONDER, which does bring a lighter natural color every time it is applied. The effect is not artificial. The lighter coloring is natural. The effect on the colored countenance is magical. THE CHEMICAL WONDER CO. is the best friend the dark race ever had. It has preparations for kinky hair which exactly suit colored people. The WONDER COMB magnetic, helps to straighten hair. It costs only fifty cents and will last a life-time. The pomade called WONDER UNCURL keeps hair straight and pliable. The WONDER COMB and WONDER UNCURL when used together, will make any kinky hair dress well. If the hair is too short, use WONDER HAIR-GROW. This is a liquid fertilizer for the scalp. Just as fertilizers in the corn field make the corn stalks grow, so this liquid fertilizes the scalp and makes the hair grow longer. M. B. BERGER & CO., 2 Rector St., New York will send any of these WONDERS for fifty cents or all of them for $2.00 delivery free. Send post-office order or money. Information book free. If you desire to improve your appearance we will cheerfully write you without charge and promise that our WONDERS will help to advance colored people socially and commercially. Agents Wanted. Bell Phone—Locust 1774:A HOTEL MACEO. 1418 Lombard St., Philadelphia. Finely Equipped. All Modern Improvements. Restaurant and Cafe. First-Class Meals Served. European Style. Strangers Can be Accommodated. Write for further information. L. A. HUGHES, Proprietor. The Pythians here this week have had a grand time. For all particulars read the Richmond Planet. W. R. ASHBURNE, D. D., A. ASHBURNE THE ASHBURNE Manufa SHIRTS. Splendid Opportunity for Agents. Three Sample Shirts. Be quick here represent a Negro Factory in your City The Only Real Negro Manufacturers Helping to Solve the Negro Problem Capacity, 50 to 100 Dozen Shirts Employed Under Ex Office and Factory, FRANKLIN, VA Splendid Opportunity for Agents. Large Profits Allowed. Send $2 for Three Sample Shirts. Be quick before some one else will be the first to represent a Negro Factory in your Community. The Only Real Negro Meyer. N. WINSTON, CONFECTIONER. Headquarters for Pure Ice-Cream Wholesale and Retail. Special Attention to Family Trade, Picnics, Excursions, Sunday Schools, Lawn Parties, Etc. Furnished on Short Notice. Choice Pound and Wedding Cakes furnished to Order. Foreign and Domestic FRUITS AND DELICACIES. N. WINSTON, 537 Brook Ave., Richmond, Va. 'Phone, 2253. THE MAGIC IS TWO TIMES LARGER THAN PICTURE IT IS 9 IN LONG STEEL HEATING BAR THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR: STRAIGHTENER ALUMINUM COMB MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $1.00 POSTAGE PAID SEND MONEY BY POST OFFICE MONEY ORDER. 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The faculty is made up of experts from the best schools and colleges, and the course of study embraces the studies required for a first grade certificate. The tuition fee is $1.50 and the charge for board is $10.00 for the session. Applications should be sent to LESLIE PINCKNEY HILL Conductor. BURNE, A. B., J. ASHBURN, JR., A. B. URN BROS., acturers of Large Profits Allowed. Send $2 for before some one else will be the first to Community. in Virginia. Shirts Made to Order. em. Workmanship Guaranteed. Per Day...25 to 30 Workmen experienced Managers. S. S. Phone 105—P. O. Box 102. Conductor