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THE RICHMOND PLANET VOLUME XXVIII, NO. 27. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1911. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. TRUE REFORMERS FIGHTING FOR LIFE. Withering Effect of Report of Bank Receivers. Hon. R. Evelyn Byrd and Hon. A. J. Montague Ask for Injunction Judge John H. Ingram Hears Argument. He Declines to Grant Request. Receivers Declare Order Insolvent. Grand Worthy Master Holmes Rallies Members. Can Win If All Will Stand Together. Long Litigation Ahead. The report of the receivers of the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers, has created a profound sensation. It is now recognized as a fact that if the facts set forth in this report are correct of the True Reformer organization is at hand. The Bureau of Insurance makes no secret of the fact that its approval by Judge Daniel Grinnan will make it impossible for the Order to continue business. To this end a desperate effort is now being made to prevent its approval and to refute many of its statements. Reformer Savings Bank case is the amount of overdraft by the First Baptist Church, R. T. Hill, Treasurer. He left an indebtedness against the First Baptist Church of $2,557.09. As a matter of fact, the First Baptist Church did not owe the True Reformer Bank any money what ever. The present aspect of the case makes it all a very embarrassing proposition, especially in view of the following emphatic statement of the receivers: THAT OFFICIAL ADMISSION. In connection with the real estate. They were headed by the Rose of Sharon Band. The First Regiment assembled at Pythian Castle and was under the direct command of Colonel Thomas M. Crump. Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr., and his staff led the command. The Municipal Band, which now is an adjunct of the First Brigade, never appeared to butter effect, under the leadership of Capt. Moses Johnson. Milton Threats, the tall, erect soldierly drum major, always elicits favorable comment. The band had its full quota of men out. With Gen. Mitchell were Col. John R. Chiles, chief of staff. Col. Roscoe C. Mitchell, for cost and wood for the City School Board meets—Encouraging Conditions—Superintendent Chaguiser's Report. Superintendent J. A. C. Chandler reported to the City School Board last night a total enrolment in the public school on May 1 of 17,877, a gallerie over the same date in 1910 of 545 pupils 376 north of the river and 372 in South Richmond. A COLORED MAN IN TROUBLE. Claimed to be a Pythian—Defrauded Hotel Keepers—Gets Six Months In Jail. On Wednesday, May 24th, a color man came to the Mechanics' Bank looking for President John Mitchell, Jr. Mr Mitchell came up at the time and the man, introduced himself as Arthur Thompson of Baton Rouge. He was accompanied by Mr. White of the White Front Anction House and White Land Co. (Inc.), Mr. White to hear the conversation. A D. Price Elected President Capitol Shoe & Supply Co. At a meeting of the directors of the Capitol Shoe & Supply Company held on the 25th instant, A. D. Price was elected president of the corporation. A. D. Price is a man of considerable financial strength, being the owner of one of the largest livery and undertaking business enterprises conducted in the South. He is president of the leading Negro Insurance Company, the Southern Aid Society of Virginia (Inc.), director of the leading bank, the Mechanics' Savings Bank, and many other Negro enterprises. This organization has held its sessions at the Virginia Normal and Agricultural Institute for the past 23 years, but in order to make its influence more widely felt it has been SMILE BLANDLY. no receivers, when questioned until blandly and intimate that the worst has not as yet been told. Hon. R. Evolyn Byrd and ex-Governor A. J. Montague, representing the Grand Fountain in an associate capacity, appeared before Judge John H. Ingram of the law and Equity Court, and asked for an injunction to prevent the receivers, Messara, Wm. A. Moncure and Edwin M. Plicer, from selling the True Reformer Hall at Lynchburg, which property was sold before, and was bought in by the Order, but which was again to be put at Auction at Lynchburg. PREPARED THE ANSWER. Both of the receivers were in court and arguments on the motion were heard. At the conclusion, Judge Ingram promptly refused to grant the request, and the receivers were given until 11 o'clock to prepare their answer, which papers were duly attested and taken on an appeal to the Supremo Court at Wytheville, Va. Judge Ingram declared that he did not intend to have the True Reformer case brought in his court. The proceedings are now in the Chancery Court, which is a tribunal of co-ordinate jurisdiction, and he was of the opinion that Judge Grimley did the work that he did. Mr. Moncure stated to the court that when the facts were known it would be found that the Order of True Reformers, known as the Grand Fountain, was just as insolvent as the True Reformers' Bank. GENERAL COUNSEL - NEWSOME READY. TOO. General Counsel J. Thomas Newsome, was at Newport News this week preparing to sue out an injunction at this point in order to check the sale of all of the property of the Grand Fountain. The admissions of the officers of the Grand Fountain seems to have heavily handicapped him in his efforts to save the Order. At every point he is confronted with something which they have said or done which bars him from proceeding along a given line of argument. He assures that if he has the report of the receivers with agreement to the omission of Order and their responsibility for the deplorable condition of affairs is correct, he will sue every one of them, even if he has to relishish his office to do it. LAWYER JACKSON'S ENTERPRISES The connecting of Lawyer Giles B. Jackson with the R. T. Hill defalication caused much comment and necessitated a statement by that attorney. It will be interesting to note that the overdraft by the Colored State Fay was $2.80, and the notes of the Negro Development and Exposition Company were $3,305.53 in one instance and $3,208.53 in the other, which together with the $6,757.52 including the attorney's fee, total the amount gotten out of the True Reformers' Bank $18,757.04. THAT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OVERDRAFT. An interesting phase of this True Reformor Savings Bank case is the amount of over-draft by the First Baptist Church, R. T. Hill, Treasurer. He left an indebtedness against the First Baptist Church of $2,557.99. As a matter of fact, the First Baptist Church did not owe the True Reformer. Bank any money whatever. The present case of the case makes it all a very embarrassing proposition, especially in view of the following emphatic statement of the receivers: THAT OFFICIAL ADMISSION. "In connection with the real estate inventory returned with this report, it is proper here to say that the officers of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of Talmud Reformers (who as Beretofeo shown were officers of the bank) voluntarily told the receivers that all of the real estate shown in the above inventory was the property of the bank, whether the legal title thereof showed on the bank or in the name of the bank or in the name of the Reformer Mercantile and Industrial Association or in the trustees of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers as the same had been paid for with the money of the Grand Fountain." NOT AMONG THE ASSETS NOW. Still these same officials or some of them gave out a statement to the public and Grand Worthy Master A. W. Holmes signed again, denying that the Order owed the bank and declaring that it was impossible for it to do. In this instance Mr. W. P. Burrell proceeds to sign. This then removes all of this property from the assets of the Grand Fountain. It is the sale of this property which the officers of the (Continued on Page Number) FOUR Mechanica' Savings Bank Roof Gar den. The roof garden of the Mechanical Savings Brink will be opened to the public on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights. The Municipal Band and Friday concerts there. The floor capacity has been doubled. The public is invited. Shepherds of Bothelem to Have An nual Sermon. The Improved Order Shaplehorn and Daughters of Bethlehem will hold their anniversary exercises on Sunday, June 4th, in the afternoon at 3 o'clock at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Rev. W. H. Stokes, Ph.D., will presach the annual sermon. The male members will meet at Navy Headquarters, and the body to the church. The ladies will meet in the basement of the church. The public is cordially invited to attend this meeting. MEMORIAL DAY. Grand Army Men Visit National Cemetery.—Knights of Pythias Parade, Spanish-American War Veterans There, Too. Memorial Day was observed here last Tuesday by both the white and colored people. The committee of the Corps of A. Custer For No. Grand Army of the Republic, arranged to observe the day at the National Cemetery near this city and to that end they assembled at Third and Leigh streets, accompanied by the Wm. A. Hankins' Camp, Spanish-American War Veterans, under the command of Captain J. C. Smith. The First Regiment assembled at Python Castle and was under the direct command of Colonel Thomas M. Crump. Brigadier General John Mitchell, Jr., and his staff led the command. The Municipal Band, which now is an adjunct of the First Brigade, never appeared to butter effect, under the leadership of Capt. Moses Johnson. Milton Threats, the tall, erect soldierly drum major, always elicits favorable comment. The band had its full quota of men out. With Gen. Mitchell were Col. John R. Chiles, chief of staff; Col. Roscos C. Mitchell, assistant adjutant general; Col. Thomas Smith, assistant commissary general; Major J. J. Carter, chaplain. There were also Colonel Thomas W. Wytt, Willis Wytt, Capt. W. Henry Johns, Lieutenant J. A. Capon, Capt. Allen. Adjutant H. Hepen Major W. A. Robinson (retreat), Lt. R. H. Faunleyer, Lieutenant Fred Gardner, Lieut. Robt Kenney, Bureka Co No 1, under Capt W F Weaver, Plan Co No 6, under Major Adol phus Jackson, Blooming, Lilly Co No 1, under Capt V M Gwathney (Python Cadet Company, in two companies, so to speak, with the following officers) Capt. James Ammons, Commander, Adjutant James Coleman, Sengt Maj. Minor Bolling, Captain Jerome Davis, Robert Green, Lieut Jesse Tompkins. Then followed the carringles containing the officers. Commander Cosby Washington had charged of the Grand Army men Chief Marshal, James Sheppard and his Assistant Marshal, Edward Wyatt headed the parade. What threatened to be a serious affair was narrowly averted. The Chief Marshal rode up and his horse knocked down a small boy The crowd was horror-striken for a few moments, as the animal lifted up its feet, and it was thought it had trampled the little fellow Men rush forward for the dog him from the animal's back. The was found to be unhurt. The incident occurred on Third street opposite the Mechanics' Savings Bank building. The parade was a fine affair. Reaching the cemetery both bends played a funeral rank and then the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias broke ranks. Rev. R. Beecher Taylor was master of ceremonies, and after making an address introduced Mrs. Ora B. Slokes, who read Abraham Lincoln's famous address at Gettysburg. Commander Cosby Washington spoke in an enthusiastic strain, after which Rev. W. T. Johnnao, D. D., delivered the oration in a manner that pleased all. He was frequently interrupted by applause. His remarks were brief. But appropriate. Briefly, Mr. Bell, Jr. was leaving the stand, Rev. Taylor introduced him to the audience and insisted that he should speak. He did so in short order, and then work of decorating the graves was concluded and the line took up its return march to the city. There was no halting on the way back. When Sixth and Broad streets was reached, however, the Richmond Light Infantry Blues passed going towards Marshall street, and the command was given to mark time. The sight was inspiring as the white troops passed in perfect formation and the colored ones marked time, while the Municipal Band played and the Blues Band played, one rivalling the other. As the last one passed the command to go forward-was given and the parade was continued up to Brook Avenue, thence to Leigh street, to Third street; to the Pythian Castle. Wanted—A position as Matron in a School or Asylum. Address "Hill's cars Planet Office, Richmond, Va. City Select Board Selects—Encouraging Conditions Superintendent Chappler's Report Superintendent J. A. C. Chandler reported to the City School Board last night a total enrollment in the public schools on May 1 of 17,877, a gain over the same date in 1910 of 648 pupils—776 north of the river and 172 in South Richmond. Bids for coal and wood for the city schools were opened and awarded made for anthracite coal to E. P. Murphy & Sons at $49; for steam coal to the White Oak Coal Company, and for coal, wood, to E. P. Murphy & Sons or $5.8. The following assistant superintendent and principals for city schools were elected: Assistant Superintendent--A H Hill, K J Hoke, South Richmond Ada Van Stone Harris, primary and kindergarten Principals--Wm M. Adams, W C Blakey, W Asn Crenshaw, H F Cox W H. Cooke, H G Carlton, C H Dunaway, S P Duke, Helen Dickson, A James C. Harwood, William G Jones E Morrisette, D H Rucker, Joseph H Saunders Charles A Taylor Jr, S D Turner, Algar Woolf The following colored teachers were elected for the session of 1911 and 1912. Miss Annie L. Augustus and Miss Peachy J. Allen Miss Willie L. Brock, Mrs. Rose D Misserole, Miss Gertrude V Bochus, Carrie L Barrett, Ella F Bolling, Corn L. L bright, Lucy V Bolling, Mr J Andrew Bowler, Misses Sarah E Brown, Marla B Beverley, Ethel G Bowler, Florence B Brown, Mamie E Brown, Coca L Brown, Mr J H. Blackwell and Miss Florence E Baker Misses Ida M Crump, Mollie R Cephas Martin R Crump, Kate J Coke, Emily P Cooke, Elsie B Carter, Marletta L Chiles, Susie B Crump Miss Lucy M. Deane, Mr D Webster Davide and Miss M Susie Dahney Miss Elizabeth C Evans and Mr Wallace E Pppa Misses Jeanette L. Forrester and Alma R M. Farrar, Misses Mabel Harris, Mary B Holmes, Alberta E. Hughes and Maude S. Hilton Misses Susie A Jordann, Mary L. Jasper and R Lavinia Johnson Miss Annie B. Knight. H G. Lewis and Miss Gertrude D Lawrence. Misses May E Mayo, Muado E Bendall and J Mundin, Mr. Abram L. Moorin; Muado Tillian Moore, Mary E Morris, Susie A, Monroe and Rubble D Moon. Mr. Albert V Norrell, Miss Coralase V. Norrell. Misses Deborah A. Patterson, Octavia L. Patterson, Lucy A. Peters, Margaret B. Phillips and Rosa O Parker. Misses Kate G Robinson, Victoria D. Ross, Mosele C. Robinson, Hallie B. Robinson, Kate G. Randolph and Lillie B. Riley. Misses Bertha L. Sweete, Jellia L. Stephens, Maria L. Smith, Willinette C. Smith, Rosa B. Butlin, Albuna Steward and Alice E. Smith. Misses Cornelia W. Taylor, Armenia H. Tilghman, Nannie B. Taylor, Margaret L. Tinsor, Frederick Tyler, Mary E. Tyler. Misses Kate C. Watkins, Lucy J. Woodson C. M. Willett, Bessie L. Fannie M. Willett, Williams, Maria E. White, Lula A. Willis, Annie L. Wilson, Mr. Nelson Williams, Jr. J. Jesse Jessie Williams: A. Elizabeth Williams, Estelle D. Ward, Mary E. Washington, Mary L. Walker and Mr. Clifford E. Wintree. Mika. Lizslo. G. Yancey and Misa Rosh B. Yancey. A COLORED MAN IN TROUBLE. Claimed to Be a Pythian—Defrauded Hotel Keepers—Gets Six Months in Jail. On Wednesday, May 24th, a colored man came to the Mechanics' Bank looking for President John Mitchell, Jr. Mr Mitchell came up at the time and the man, introduced himself as Arthur Thompson of Baton Rouge, La. He was accompanied by Mr. White, of the White Front Auction House and White Land Co. (Inc.), of Hampton, Va. He did not wish Mr White to hear the conversation. He gave the Pythian grip and password. He said that he had got into trouble with a white man in Baton Rouge about his sister, who was now in Pittsburgh, Pa. As a result he had shot the white man and escaped. HAD SHOT WHITE MAN He owned, in conjunction with his sister, 1,300 acres of land valued at about $25 per acre. He wanted President Mitchell to write to J. Madison Vance of New Orleans and arrange to sell it for what he could get. He would send the needs as soon as he received them from his sister. He wanted to know if Mr. Mitchell desired any money. He told him he did not. He would have to find out what it would cost. He would have to see the land $250 in Brown's Savings Bank at Norfolk, Va. He knew S. W. Green and had worked for him in his business. He expected to see him in Washington, when he came there to set up the Grand Lodge. WAITING FOR A DEED Later he came to know if Mr. Mitchell had written. He told him that he was waiting for the deed. Thompson said that he was stopping at Miller's Hotel, but as the rates were high he intended to stop with Paul L. Donaldson. He drew a check on L. Savings' Savings Bank for $150 00. He showed a receipt for $100, which he had paid for stock in the White Front Auction House and White Land Co. (Inc). He stated that he had been assured that he could get his money back when he wanted it. In the meantime he had gotten $10 00 from Mr Wm Miller and $13 50 from Mr Wm L. Donaldson. Cashier Wyatt telegraphed to him that he had received a check that he was borrowing money President Mitchell, at the suggestion of Mr Miller, decided to telephone to Norfolk. The answer came that he had deposited a draft for $250 00 in the National Bank of Helena, Arkansas, and that it had been returned, with the information that no such person was known to the bank there. BEAT NORFOLK FOLK8. TOO. Mr. M. Isbell sent a letter to Mr. Mitchell, stating that he had hunched several persons there. Chief Detective McMahon was notified and Mr. Miller 'phoned the Second Police Station. Thompson was arrested and after a hearing he was given three months in jail in each case and six months in all. Any mail sent to him in care of the City Jail will reach him during that length of time. Whether or not his name is Arthur Thompson is a question. A man answering his description has been operating in Alabama, Georgia and Pennsylvania. Press Feeders Wanted. Man or woman with experience in feeding cylinder and platen presses can get permanent employment at good wages by applying to the Guide Publishing Co., 612 Church Street, Nortok, Va. A. D. Price Elected President Capital Shoe & Supply Co. At a meeting of the directors of the Capitol Shoe & Supply Company held on the 25th instant, A. D. Price was elected president of the corporation. A. D. Price is a man of considerable financial strength, being the owner of one of the largest livery and undertaking business enterprises conducted in the South. He is president of the leading Negro Insurance Company, the Southern Aid Society of Virginia (Inc.), director of the leading bank, the Mechanics' Savings Bank, and many other Negro enterprises. The store will continue its business at No. 210 East Broad street, where it has been located for five years, and is prepared to sell the best shoes, foot-wear for each member of the family, at the lowest cost. Shoes for men and women from 75c. to $5.00, for children, from 25c. to $3.50. CAPITOL SHOE & SUPPLY CO. (INC) WINES—HAYNIE Mrs Emily Haynie announces the marriage of her daughter, C Blanche to Mr James A Wines Wednesday evening, June 14, 1911 at S P M at 20 West Leigh street Friends are invited No cards MEADE-MARTIN. The wedding reception of Miss Virginia A Martin and Mr Leroy J Meade will take place on Wednesday evening, June 7th, at 6:30 P.M. at the residence of Mrs R F Martin 1235 W Lelgh street. No cards All friends are invited. The marriage will be announced at the reception Mr and Mrs Meade will leave for Atlantic City directly after the reception where they expect to remain for an indefinite length of time. Baptist Sunday School Union. The Baptist Sunday School Union will meet at the First Baptist Church Sunday, June 4, 1911, at 3:30 P M. Instead of Fifth Baptist Sydney) the union contest will be held, and each school will be expected to take part. PERSONALS AND BRIEF Lawyer John H Kinchle, of Saganah, Ga. was in the city this week, and called on us —Miss Florence Clarke and Miss Sue Willa of Washington, D. C. have been visiting the Misses Yancey, 213 East Clay Street Rev. R C Woods, pastor of the Mt Zion Baptist Church of Staunton, Va., called on us. He was enroute some from Franklin, Va. B. A Cephas, Real Estate Agent, reports the sale of a piece of property at the corner of St. John and Charity stores. The purchaser is Mrs. Bottle Martin of Glendridge, N. J. Mr. Irwin East selected the property for her. Mrs. Adline Banks, of 1219 North Twenty-fifth street, has returned to the city, after spending a few weeks in the North visiting her friends and relatives, in Harrisonburg, Pa., Philadelphia, Pa., New Jersey. On her return she stopped in Baltimore, visiting her brother, the Rev. George West. Teachers' Association to Meet At Christingsburg. The Virginia Colored Teachers Association which has recently changed its name to the Virginia Teachers and School Improvement League, will Hold its 24th annual session at the Christiansburg Industrial Institute, Christiansburg, Va. July 14th and 15th, during the session of the Summer School that is to be held During the month of July at that institution. This organization has held its sessions at the Virginia Normal and Agricultural Institute for the past 23 years, in order to make its influence more widely felt it has been decided to move it around to the various sections of the State, and upon the invitation of Principal E. A. Long, the Christiansburg Industrial Institute was chosen as the next place of meeting. The president of the Lenga, Prof. James T. Phillips, of Petersburg, and Major R. R. Moton, of the Hampton Institute, are arranging to bring up a special car with the delegates from the State. Those wishing to accommodate in this special car will write to either of the above named gentlemen for particulars. The meeting promises to be a most interesting one, as an excellent program is out containing some of the most prominent educators and noted men in other walks of life, and a representative of the Department of Public Instruction in the person of Prof E. W. Morrell, examiner of the Fourth Circuit. Teachers from every section of the State will be in attendance. The Capitol Shoe & Supply (o. Inc.) Employm Mr. Jos, M. Jackson. This is to certify that Mr Joseph M Jackson, the former teller of the Reformers' Bank, who is a man with a family and who bears a splendid reputation in this community, having in his possession a testimonial of merit and honesty from the expert accountant and the receivers of the Reformers' Bank, has been engaged to solitary orders for the Capitol Shoe & Supply Co. No 210 East Broad street, Richmond, Va. This is the only colored shoe store in Richmond, and earnestly solicits your patronage through this medium. Mr. Jackson will be in the store after 3 P. daily, and all day Saturday. CAPITOL SHOE & SUPPLY CO. (INC) Referring to the above statement, I wish to say to my friends and the public generally that I am now em- ployed by the Capitol Shoe & Supply Co. (Inc.) No 210 East Broad street Richmond, Va. the only colored shoe store in the city: that I will take orders to 3 P M daily for shoes and sundries to be delivered, after which time, and all day Saturday. I will be at the store, where I shall be pleased to come in and to serve you in any thing in our line of shoes and wear for the whole family—shoes for ladies and gentlemen from 756. to $6.00, for children from 256. to $3.50. Respectfully, JOEPHEM M. JACKSON Third Street A. M. E. Church Notes. The annual sermon to the I. O. St. Luke, will be preached at the Third-Street A. M. E. Church Sunday afternoon at 3 P. M. by Rev. S. S. Morris. A series of sermons from the Lord's Prayer will be introduced Sunday morning at the Third-Street A. M. E. Church by the pastor and continued during the month. Strangers and visitors, are cordially welcomed. The SYNOPSIS Evan Blount, son of "Boss" David Blount ("Senator Sagebrush"), has been rejected by Patricia Anners Dick Gentry offers him a position with the Transcontinental Railroad, lighting his father McVicker, head of the railroad, and "Boss" Blount quarrel. The boss demands that the railroad stop the use of crooked methods. Going west to meet his father Evan meets a man who takes him for a forestry employee. Evan is kidnapped by a band of men, evidently land corporation agents, and is the victim of an invasion seemingly premeditated over a woman. The house is Wartrace Hall, Senator Blount's home and the woman is Evan's stepmother whom he had never met. The senator purposes running Evan for attorney general despite the young man's recent arrival in the state. Evan owes he bears his father called a political trial. McVicker denies Senator Blount to nominate Evan Patricia and her geologist arrive at the Pagebrush capital. At McVicker's request, Evan joins the railroad's forces as division counsel and political worker. He favors clean politics, but finds that his office is made a malicious point by small political hangeries of the county. Evan has a disagreement with Gantry about the road's mixing in politics. His father pulls wires unknown to him to have him invited to speak in a distant mining town. Lathaway who has been trying to do business with the road and with Senator Blount, is to have a talk with him. Lathaway wants a辙 from the road in consideration of political favors. He is referred to Evan and is advised by Mrs. Blount to put Professor Anners name on his list of stockholders. Evan a interview with Hathaway reveals the road's misdings. In a rage he Gantry holds up the resignation. Evan insists that it go through to McVicker. Patricia refuses Evan again. She advises him to stick to the road and work for clean politics. He withdraws his resignation and is sent into the field on a speaking tour. The railroad is threatened by Evan to Gantry unless rebating and other unlawful practices are stopped. Evan suspects his secretary, Collins, of tampering with his desk. The desk is blown up by a burglar evidently after Evan's papers. Gantry tells him that Evan hasn't getting to be too much for him to handle. Gantry has hard work to keep Evan from publicly pledging the railroad to the suppression of rebates. Sunday before election Evan takes Patricia for an auto ride. On Monday Gryson ward boss, brings to Evan what he calls proof of crooked dealings by the senator. Luttr Brookinskip is to print evidence of the machine a crooked negra. WING the sacrificial thing to do. Exan Blount was not of those who make a painful task more painful, by necissarily HAVING the sarcificial thing to do, Eran Blount was not of those who make a painful task more painful by no needlessly postponing it. Judge Hemingway was sitting in chambers. This Blount had learned when he was returning from his call upon Blenkinsop. With the way open before him there was nothing to do but to walk in it. The courthouse was only two squares east and one south from his offices in the Temple court building and on one of the intervening corners stood the towerlike building of the Daily Capital It was on the Capital corner that Blount halted, asking himself how far he would be justified in withholding Gryson's statement from the editor until after the senal had been public property through its appearance on the court records. Open publicity had been his watchword from the beginning, and was he to hesitate now because the ties of kinsman were holding him back? While he was hesitating before the door of the newspaper office a small red touring car dropped out of the stream of vehicles in the street and stopped at the curb. A moment later he became conscious that the single occupant of the car was calling to him. It was Intriein, and her mood was reproachful. "I like the way you treat your friends," she said when he had crossed quickly to her. "What have I done that you should send word to me that you couldn't or wouldn't see me?" "You have done nothing—nothing at all," he made haste to say. "I have been overrun all day with callers—people who had much to ask and nothing to give in return. I had no idea that you would come so early when I told Collins to deny me to everybody. And there was another thing. If you could know—" "I am very willing to know," she interrupted. The newspaper corner was one of the busiest in the city, and its curb was no place for confidence. Blount stepped quickly around the front end of the red car and swung himself into the seat beside its driver. "Drive into one of the quieter streets," he said, "and I share the miserable burden with you, as I have shared all the others." And when the little car was creeping on the low gear out one of the brand Honorable Senator Sagebrush By FRANCIS LYNDE Copyright, 1910, by Street @ Smith Indifference avenues he told her all, exaggerating nothing and palpating nothing. "I can't reason against the facts, Evan. You know what you are saying and why you are warranted in saying it," she began. "But I still believe absolutely in your father. What are you going to do? "The only thing there is to do," he returned, with a note of hardiness in his voice which was only a measure of his suffering. "When you picked me up on the Capital corner I was on my way to Judge Hemingway's chambers with the allidavits. I have taken a solemn oath, Patricia, and the law which I have sworn to uphold is greater than"— He was going to say "is greater than any man's immunity," but she finished the sentence otherwise for him "Is greater than your love for your father I suppose I ought to be able to understand that, but I am not Evan, you must not do it. Every drop of that father's blood in your veins ought to cry out against it." "Ah," he said, with a quick indrawing of his breath, "you don't know what it is costing me" "Truly, I don't 'Evan, your father is a great and good man. If he had a daughter instead of a son she would know it. I wish I were his daughter I should try to show him that blood is thicker than water" "You wish you were his daughter? Do you realize what you are saying?" Then, brokenly "Don't, Patricia! Don't make me do evil that good may come. Can't you understand how I am driven to do this thing, how every fiber of me is rebelling against the savage necessity? God knows I give my life and all my hopes of happiness if the necessity could be wiped out" Instantly she changed her attack "If I can't brute you I must and will continue you" she persisted "You are a brave man, Evan I know, because I have seen you tried. You mustn't turn cowardly now" "Nor shall I," he countered quickly "But I don't understand" "Don't you? Isn't it cowardly to strike this cruel blow in the dark?" You know your father isn't here to defend himself. You can't do such a thing without at least giving blim the warning that you would give your bitter enemies "His absence is merely an added twist of the thumbscrews." he said in fresh wrathfulness "He is not here, and the time is too short to get him here. What is done must be done today - this afternoon. Otherwise it will be too late to stop this last and most shameless attack upon the liberties of every honest voter in this commonwealth. Don't make it harder for me, Patricia. Surely you can see how hard it is as it stands." "I can see that you are about to do something for which in all the years to come you will never be able to get your own forgiveness Dan" <she said> Then with a sudden skitful fill of the speed he hered she sent the little car ahead with a burch steering it in the sharpest of nerves into the nearest cross street affording an outlet to the northern road. "Stop, Patricia" he cried "What are you doing? I must go back to the courthouse." "I'll take you back to the court house," she promised, deeply slipping in the third step, "and you shall be there before Judge Heming way goes home. But, in common justice, you must and shall first tell your father what you are going to do! Don't try to stop me! If you do I'll run into something and smash the car." WILL JOKE With the switch plug on the dash within easy reach. It would have been a simple matter "DON'T TAY TO STOP would have been ME, a simple matter for him to stop the car. But her single hearted devotion was not to be so easily thwarted. It had not occurred to him that he might drive to Wartrace Hall and return in time to set the legal machinery in motion to stop the frudges. So when he leaned forward it was not to throw the electric switch, as she feared; it was merely to adjust the wind shield so that the blast of the speed rush would not blow them both breathless. For fifteen miles north of the capital the Quarriero road is a straight away race track, and Miss Anners proved herself a fearless driver. Almost before Blount realized it the red car was among the hills and climbing to the mean levels. At Sibonho canyon they passed a horseman coming down the canyon road. The man's horse shied at sight of the car and threatened to holt, but Patricia was looking straight ahead and made no movement to slacken speed. In the passing glimpse Blount thought be recognized the rider. It was the man Barto or his double. By the time the little car was grown up the cottonwood sentinel avenue as Wartrace Hall Patricia had broken a record. The thirty miles from the capital had been covered in forty-two minutes. When she brought the car to a stand at the carriage entrance the young woman spoke for the first time since she had given David Blount's son her ultimatum. "Find your father quickly and say what it is right to say. When you are ready to go back I will keep my promise and drive you." It was old Barnabas who admitted the bearer of evil titlings. "Yas, sah; Mar仕瑪 Majah's in de library," was the answer to Blount's question. And, throwing cont and hat aside, the bearer of burdens not his own walked quickly across the hall and let himself into the room of trial. "Well, son, you made out to get here, didn't you?" said the father quietly, pushing a book aside. "Draw up a chair. Where is the little girl?" Blount saw instantly that he must be brief and pitiless. "Miss Anners is at the carriage entrance in the car, waiting to take me back to town," he said, constraining himself to speak calmly. "I have an appointment with Judge Hemingway which must be kept, and he leaves his chambers at 4 o'clock. Do you know why I have made that appointment? The senator shook his head slowly "How should I know, son?" "It's not a pleasant thing to have to tell you," the younger man went on, ignoring the chair to which the long stemmed pipe was pointing. "But Patricia says I must. A little pager an hour ago evidence—legal evidence—of corruption and false registration, in four of the city wards was put into my hands. You know what I've got to do with it father." The older man nodded. "Yes, I know what you think you've got to do with it. But I wouldn't do it if I were you, son. Haven't you learned that one of the first rules in the book of politics is not to hang the dirty clothes out where everybody can see them?" Evans heart sank within him. It was evident that his father was still unusualing still unconscious of the impending blow. Only utter frankness could await new "I can't discuss expediency with you," he said hastily. "This evidence I speak of invites you personally. There is trouble ahead, serious trouble and you don't seem to realize it. The city papers will be out in the morning publishing a evidence of other crooked political work evidence which I have been gathering here and there all over the state and which was stolen when my safe was blown up last week. I did not intend to publish it. If I could help it, I was holding it over my own people as a club to make them decent and to keep them decent. But I have reason to believe that it has been edited so that it will accuse only you and the machine, and by tomorrow morning the entire state will know. I don't have to tell you what the effect of this added exposure of wholesale corruption in the capital is going to be." The senator had told the pipe aside and was starting solderly at the fire. "You're a man unqong a thousand, son," he said quietly. "When it comes to a pure question of right and wrong you don't hesitate a minute, do you? You haven't said it in so many words so I'll say it for you. You've got me right where you can send me to the postmortem? That's about what you're trying to tell me, isn't it?" "Don't put it that way father," protested the son. I gave you fair warning. "I've got to light for the right as I see it. If I don't I shall be less than a man less than your son. Can't you see that it is breaking my heart?" A silence electrically surcharged with possibilities settled down over the quiet room for a little while. At the end of the pause the senator rose and put his hand on his son's shoulder. I have a word to say, 'he said slowly. As you told me that first day out here was, It is your job to hew to the line and let the clips fall where they may. Go ahead and do what seems right and law abiding to you. I'd rather go to jail twice over than have 'you do anything else. Is that what you wanted me to say?' Blount dropped into a chair as if the hand on his shoulder had crushed him and covered his face with his hands. It was hard–harder than even his own preurgings and forecast it. It was a long minute before he staggered to his feet and groped his way to the door, leaving his father standing before the fire, still with the hand outstretched which had been laid in fatherly affection upon his shoulder. When old Barbarians had helped him into his coat and had given him his hat he sought Patricia. "Must you go back?" she queried when he had descended the steps to climb stillly into the seat beside her. He nodded. "Your duty is clear?" He nodded again "And the consequences?" she asked. "I don't know," he muttered. "It ruin and disgrace for all of us. I suppose. Of course I shall resign from the railroad service and stand with my father when—when the thing is done." "Don't do it. Evan; don't do it!" I have no more than a woman's reason to give you, but I am sure you are opening the door to a lifelong sorrow for yourself—and—for me." It was the last two words that steeled him to his purpose. Not even for her dear ake would he turn aside from the plain path of the oath bound obligation. It struck him like a blow that the turning aside would make him forever unworthy of her love. "Take me back to the city as quickly as you can, Patricia," he said, "or, better still, stay here and let me have the car. That is my last word." For answer she threw the speed lever into the high gear and snapped home the clutch. Like a projectile hurled from a catapult the little touring car shot away down the cottonwood avenue, and the second race against time was begun. For the first few miles Patricia Amor single passenger had all he could do to keep his seat. More than once THUNK. Found himself mechanically reaching for the steering wheel, but as often he caught himself. In time. As on the outward race, Patricia was looking straight ahead and giving the little car every throb of speed there was in it. None the less, he could see that she had it under perfect control. What happened came with the suddenness of the thunderclap following the bolt that strikes near at band. CIL JORN "DON'T DO IT, EVAN; DON'T DO IT!" The approach to the mouth of Shonoho canyon was down a long incline with a gentle curve near the bottom to blade the canyon entrance until they were within a hundred yards of it. Blount had a momentary glimpse of some barrier—a tree, he took it to be bypassing across the main road. Seeing it, he realized in the same instant that Patricia was neither releasing the clutch nor applying the brakes. After that there was barely time to snap the switch and to throw the heavy glass wind shield down before the devastating crash came. CHAPTER XIX. It was only the car that was dis- abled. Beyond a severe shaking up neither Patricia nor Blount was seriously hurt. Recovering from the shock and being assured of Patricia's wholeness and his own. Blount sprung out to see what the collision had done to the car. The inspection was brief. With the front axle bent, the radiator crushed and one cylinder of the engine broken, the little car was safely out of commission "We're done for," he said shortly, helping his companion down from the driving seat Patricia was still trembling and pale, and he thought that the accident was accountable. "Do you mean that we can't-go on to the city?" she quivered. "Not unless we walk, and it is ex- actly fifteen miles. I happened to notice the stopometer record on the roadster when we turned around here last Sunday. "What shall we do?" she asked when the improbability of any timely rescue made just apparent. Point looked at his watch. It was already a few minutes past 3 o'clock. "We'll sit down and wait for somebody to come along and rescue us, he said striving to say it lightly. "I'm sure we ought to be glad and thankful that he is no worse. We stood a good chance of being killed both of us." She shuddered and said "I might have stopped sooner. There there was time, don't you think?" Egan had thought so, and he was regarding her curiously. There had been many motoring experiences in their acquaintance of a year and not a few hazards and he had more than once rejoiced in her cool presence of mind in the face of sudden danger. "I wondered a little that you didn't," he ventured to say. "I never saw you hesitate before." The took that she gave him was pa-thetically pleading. "I stopped just one little instant to think of your father—and those terrible papers in your pocket and what was going to happen if you should reach Judge Hemingway in time Evan," she confessed brokenly "Can you ever forgive me?" It was a moment for the brushing aside of obstacle once and for all and he took her in his arms—Would have done it if the lonely Quarretroad had been the busiest street in the capital. "You are my brave, loyal darling," he said. And he nausee she let him say it, and hid the face, from which the cold pallor had suddenly fled, on his shoulder the political struggle and everything pertaining to it became as things of nought and the lonely road the way to paradise The silence of the immensities hold them for a moment—a golden silence for the lover, but a moment of keen self reproachings for the maiden sobbing on his shoulder "Oh. I don't know how I could have done it—but I did." she wept. "I—I was not actually glad when I saw the tree. I didn't have the courage to—to upset the car in the ditch." Again he comforted her, and the political renallities withdrew into a still remote region. "It was to be," he said. "That is what the tree was put here for—to stop us." She looked up at that. "Why, that is so, isn't it? There are no trees growing around here—none at all. Who did it, Even?" Blount shook his head sadly. "There is only one person in the world who could have any strong reason for stopping us," he asserted. "I can't imagine how my father managed it in the short time at his despot. That tree has been dragged down out of the little canyon slice we passed going north. You can see the trail of it in the road." "Please, Evan," she pleaded, "don't eak me to believe that your father planned it. Why, we might have been killed outright, both of us" "I know," he returned gloomily, "but -hello, harge comes our raucier!" It was rather a figure of speech then an assurance: Around a turn in the basket. JOIN THE Solid Rock Union (20th Century Secret System) THAT BENEFITS IN LIFE, HEALTH & DEATH Salary and Commission to Deputies Write Right Now for Full Partioulars to the SOLID ROCK UNION, 1920 Dickinson St.. PHILADELPHIA, PA. JOHN OLINTON, JR., President. 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"I don't believe we care to go and look for your shack hotel," he said to the road blocker Barto swung straight in his saddle and fell into the attitude of one listening. Then the grin became a menace, and he spoke sharply. "Gimme them papers you gbt in your pocket and do it sudden" he com-manded. "Then you can stay here till the cows come home if you want to. Quick, I say" "No," Blunt said crisply. ```markdown ``` Instantly Harto's pistol was out. "Give 'em upr" he shouted. "Shell 'em out or"— The diversion came stormily. Around the curve from the north—the curve that had so late- ly been Patricia's undoing—came a huge touring car, with a big man at the wheel, a velled woman in the mechanician's seat and the tonneau crammed with armed men. WILL JOES Horto snapped his pistol at the oncoming car, and when the weapon missed fire he wheeled his horse to the canyon road, up which his two companions were all ready urging their mounts. 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"No," he interrupted, still in the same gentle tone: "don't let's jump at any more conclusions, Evan. Watt just a little while. There's more to come—and I shouldn't be surprised if it came before dinner time." It did come before dinner time—came when a dust covered car driven atreckless speed tore in over the northern road and was pushed up with a jerk at the Inter-Mountain entrance to let Mr. Hardwick McVickar debark and hurry to the clerk's desk. "Senator Blount? Yes, he's in his podnik; he said you were to come right continued on 3rd Page. --- 15 The Honorable Senator Sagebrush By FRANCIS LYNDE Copyright, 1910, by Street & Smith Continued from 2nd Paseo. up," said the clerk, and, without stopping to strip off his dust coat, the vice president hastened to an elevator. What took place behind the closed door of the sitting room, in the Blount suit is not a matter of record, and Evan Blount, sitting beside Patricia in Mrs. Blount's private sitting room and concluding a lasting peace with his father's wife, was too happy to care very much. But after a time the summons for which he had been waiting came, and he went—almost reluctantly—to join his father in the room of conference. "Has Mr. McVickar gone?" he asked, finding his father sitting alone. "Yes; he's gone—gone to order out his car and go back to Chicago," was the slow spoken reply. Then, with the quizzical smile wrinkling at the eye corners, "How does the political wrestle strike you by this time, son?" "It strikes me that I haven't been in it—not even in the outer edges of it, dad. Isn't that about the size of it?" "Oh, no; you're been doing good work—mighty good work, for your company. McVickar recognizes it. You've helped out in the only way that help could come in this campaign. You've worked up a good, healthy public sentiment in favor of a square deal for everybody. McVickar was fixing to lose it all; cooking the registration lists and buying votes and making deals right and left, the same as usual. But it's all off now, and he's gone, and we're going to have one clean, straight up and down election, son. The 'machine' says so." "The machine?" queried the younger man. "Tee; you didn't know that a machine organization could be put to any really righteous use, did you, boy? But this is one time when it has gone in to knock out the crookedness, big and little. Listen, son. When you wired me that you were coming out here I lay awake nights thinking how I'd put you in training and then when the time came I'd help you up into the saddle and make you the boss of the roundup, as I'd been. Want to hear the rest of it?" Blount.modded. "Then it came over me all of a and den that I'd been as crooked as a dog's hind leg; that we'd all been crooked. Not that I'd ever taken a dollar for my personal pocket, for I haven't, but I've bought and sold and dickered and schemed with the best of 'em and the worst of 'em, just as McVickar's been doing for the past two months. Then I asked myself if I'd like to see you wallowing in the same mudhole, and—well, Evan, you may have a son of your own some day, and then you'll know. I thought I'd try you a little at first, and I did—that first day out at Wartrace. When you ripped out at me that day I made up my mind right then and there that I'd put the whole power of the 'machina' as you call it, into one campaign for a clean election and a square deal!" "My heaven!" ejaculated the son. "And I've been fighting you and your organization at every turn!" "No, you haven't," was, the quick reponder. "You've been fighting graft, and that was what you thought you were bired to do. McVickar wasn't playing just fair with you. He gave you your job in the first place to take you away from me, but you've been in the hands of your friends right from the start, Evan. It was the organization that gave you all these chances to preach the new gospel of the square deal. It was the organization that pushed Hathway up against you, so that you'd know that the railroad people were running around in the same old circles, hollowing for justice and doing everything they could to defeat the ends of justice—muddying the spring because, they say, they don't know what else to do. "Lastly, it's the organization that's going to see do it that your word to the people of this state is made good, son. Maybe we'll never be able to do it again, but this one time we shall do it. Gordon is going in by the biggest majority ever given to a governor of old Sagebrush, and the legislature will be give to one in favor of the square deal." The younger man left his chair and walked to one of the windows to stand, looking down upon the lights of the busy street. When he turned again it was to say, "I don't see where I am to break in, dad." "You have already broken in. White the legislature is going to be anti-corporation, it is also going to be fair when it finds out that all the railroad deals have been called off and canceled. You're the man to show the lawmakers that this has actually been done. McFickar made a hard and fast point of that when he consented to wipe the state clean and go away and let us run our, politics to suit ourselves. He made me promise to put it up to you fair and square, with a hand-some increase in salary and an pronunciation agreement to back up every claim you should make when you assert that the railroad company will fire the first man that is caught evading the laws. That's what I've been fighting for in this campaign, Evan, and it's what you must fight for." The son took the two steps necessary to reach the father's chair and bold out his hand. "I'm with you, dad," he said heartily. "I'll stay, and I'll make Mr. McVickar respect me and my principles before I'm through with it. But I'm still a little bit afraid that you and your kind are a menace to civilization and a free government. You won't mind my saving that will you." "Lawese gracious, nal, say anything you like, son, or, rather, let me say something also first. How about this 'career' business of Patricia's? Have you fixed that up yet?" Evan shook his head despondently. "She's going home with her father in October," he said, then: "Do you know what she did today, dad? She ran the little car into that tree intentionally so I couldn't get back here in time to use those affidavits which she and I both supposed would incriminate you." "God bleas her loyal little soul!" said the senator. "I hadn't told her what I was trying to do; but, Lord love you, she they—you trust a woman for knowing, every time, son. And now one more thing. Have you come to know Honoria any better in these last few days?" "Yes; much better within the last hour, dad." "Good. That does my old heart a heap of good, son. Let's go and get those two good women and take 'em down to dinner, then we'll drive back to Wartrace and get ready to touch off the fireworks when the returns come in. I tell you, son, tomorrow's election is going to be a regular old fashioned, heave 'em up and keep 'em a-going landside!" Evan Blount was turning to go-back to the inner sitting rooft, where Patricia was—when he suddenly remembered little Blenklansp. "Don't let that worry you for a minute, son," said the man who seemed to be at the heart of everything what was happening. "Half an hour after you left Blenklansp this morning that stuff that they had stolen from your safe and then garbled up to suit them selves was all killed. When I told Blenklansp over the phone that there wouldn't be any crooked lists used tomorrow—that he was merely fixing to put himself on record as the biggest on two continents—he came down CHAPTER XX THE LANDBLADE CONTRARY to all expectation, the election proved to be one of the quietest ever known in the Sagebrush State. A few editors there were, like Blenkopsof the Daily Capital, who later on maintained that it was merely another trumpf for the machine, but there was no gallagging the result. The reform ticket, with or without the help of the machine, was elected by sweeping majorities everywhere, and Gantry, sitting in his office and reading the wire returns as they came in, gasped for breath and sword desperately over each fresh batch of messages. At Wartrace Hall the Hon. David turned to his son "Well, Evan, are the tangles all straightened out for you now?" he asked gently "Just about all of them," laughed Blount. He had spent a very happy evening, chiefly because Patricia had been occupying the other half of the small divan he had dragged out to face the fire. "But I'm still unalterably opposed to the machine in politics," he added. 4 The senator laughed silently "Call it 'organization' instead of 'machine', son, and you've got the power that moves the civilized world today. You've heard me called the 'boss' from the time Gantry had his first talk with you back yonder in Massachusetts. Call me a man with friends enough to make me a sort of leader in the old home state and you've got it about right. I don't say that I've always used the 'power justly'. The Lord knows I'm no more infallible than other people. But, as I said to you yesterday, son, no matter what you've heard or who said it, I've never used the power to fatten my own pocketbook. I've bought and trafficked and bargained—I don't deny it—but only when it seemed as though the end justified the means." "But the end never justifies evil means, dad," was the son's steadfast rejoinder. Then he looked up quickly from his place beside Patricia. "Is that the secret of all the invitations I've been getting?" The humorous crow's feet were wrilling at the corners of David Bloum's eyes. "I reckon so, son," he admitted. "You have been in the hands of your friends—and they're my friends—right from the start. Mighty near everything you have done has been scheduled for you." It was just here that the professor excused himself and stumped off to bed. Mrs. Honoria signaled to her husband and vanished in her turn. A few minutes after abe had gone the senator rose and threw a fresh attack on the fire. Then he came to stand before the two on the little divan. "Son," he said gravely, "you've got your work cut out for you, and it's a good sized job. When the legislature meets you've got to go in single handed and alone and get a handful of reasonable laws passed for your railroad. You're going to have a hard fight, and there'll be times when you'll, long with all your soul for some good, clean hearied little woman to go to for com fort and counsel. Of course I know that Patricia here has got another job, but. The senator had been out of sight and hearing for five full minutes when the young man watched over and took the hand that was lying nearest him. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. The Heroine of a Detective Story JOHN Death stalks in the dead of night, suspicion dogs the footsteps of the innocent, and love, crime and mystery mingle in The House of the Whispering Pines By ANNA KATHARINE GREEN, Author of "The Leavenworth Case" Read One of America's Greatest Detective Stories Patrons of this paper are given an opportunity to enjoy a serial that has won the unstinted approval of the public and the leading critics Yesterday afternoon, Patricia, when I had right and reason and logic on my side, your woman's intuition found the truer path. I know I am only one and your poor people are many, but I am still selfish enough to'- ```markdown ``` She looked up quickly, and the beautiful eyes were shining. "We can't learn everything all at once, Evan." she said, breaking in upon his plead. "WE MUST LIVE OR LING "There was DIE FOR EACH OTHER- one moment yee- ll." tenny when I learned the greatest thing of all. It was the moment when I saw the tree lying across the road. I knew then that I—that I— "I know," he said gently. "You knew that we must live or die for each other. You have heard what my father has said. I can't walk in the way he has marked out for me without you, Patricia." With a swift little love impulse she lifted his hand and pressed it to her cheek. "You needn't, Evan, dear," she said simply. THE END. FOUR MEN LYNCHED Pearl Hunters, Robbed and Stripped, Found Hanging to a Tree. Swinging in the branches of a big tree in the deserted portion of Letch- er county, near Compton, Ky., the nude bodies of four pearl hunters who, it is said, have found many valuable pearls within the last week, were found by a passby. It is believed that the men were lynched by thieves and their bodies awing from the tree. One of the bodies was identified by Dr. F. H. Lewis as that of J. W. King, a pearl hunter, who found a pearl a few days ago valued at $1000. The other three were not identified. The motive for the hanging has not been fathomed and feeling is at a high pitch. The other three men are said to be from Oregon, who attracted by The large finds along the Kentucky river at this point came to seek pearls. The bodies had been hanging in the open air for probably a day or two. No clothing or anything about the four men was to be found which would lead to their identification. There has been no trace of the guilty parties found. There has been no robberies in Dutcher county in many months, and as there were no strangers in the neighborhood the crime is shrouded in mystery. KIDNAPPERS SENTENCED Sent Up For Burglary Because There Was No Law Against Child Stealing. Judge J. C Roberts, of the district court in Las Vegas, N M pronounced sentence on Will Rogers and Joe Wiggins, the confessed kidnappers of little Waldo Rogers, on March 29 last. 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Arrive Richmond +7.50 A.M. Byrd St. Stn. +11.25 A.M. Bye St. Stn. +1.19 P.M. Mta St. Stn. +2.15 P.M. Bye St. Stn. +7.15 P.M. Bye St. Stn. +8.10 P.M. Bye St. Stn. +9.40 P.M. Bye St. Stn. +11.05 P.M. Mta St. Stn. +15.50 night Byrd St. Stn. ACCOMMODATION TRAINES - WEEKDAYS. Lovey Bay St. Bk. 8.14. M.P. F. Murforkershaw. Lovey Bay St. Bk. 8.14. M.P. F. Murforkershaw. Arrive Bryd St. Bk. 8.28. A.M. F. Murforkershaw. Arrive Kista St. Bk. 8.28. A.M. F. Murforkershaw. Arrive Kista St. Bk. 8.28. A.M. F. Murforkershaw. *Dally.* *Weeksday.* *Sundays only.* All trains to and from *Birmingham Street Bishops* is go'night at *Kilbride*. Time of arrival and departures are guaranteed. Read the sign. N. & W. NORFOLK & WESTERN. ONLY ALL-NAIL LINE TO NORPOLK Nobleby to EXEC January 10, 1891. Nobleby to EXEC January 10, 1891. FOR NORPOLK: "9:00 A. M. "; "3:00 P. M. "; "4:10 P. M. FOR LYNCHBURG AND THE WEST: "4:10 P. A. M. "; "9:00 A. M. "; "3:00 P. M. "; "5:00 P. M. 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Jacksonville, Atlanta, Birmingham and train schedules to arrive Richmond daily 10 9 A.M. M—except Monday, 10 6 P.M. M—54 P.M. M —The PLANET is read all over this country and in foreign lands. Always Losing His Boat. A colored man calling himself, "Captain John E. Simpson" and at times sailing under other names has been persistently swindling both white and colored people in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Newport News and Phoebus. His plan has been to represent that he has money in a col- ored bank in this city. He gets his victim to write to John Mitchell, Jr. President and tell him to send him six hundred and fifty dollars or some like amount at once, to the person who is writing the letter or advancing him a small sum of money until he has gotten his money from Rich- mond. He alleges that he is captain of a sailing vessel, which according to his letters has been lost near Thimble Light of Buckroe Beach and as he has been carrying on this kind of swindling for about two years, that boat is presumably wrecked every two or three weeks. He asks that the letter be sent to him in care of the person who advances the money. He never comes back to see if the money comes as he directs. We have written continuously to the people, who send these letters, but we have had quite a time to keep up with him. Keep clear of Captain John R. Simpson or anybody who looks like him. Subscribe to The PLANET. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIROINIA. $T_{x}$ $T_{y}$ POLICE Published every Saturday by JOHN MITCHELL, JR., at 211 N. Fourth Street, Richmond, Va. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., ... EDITOR All communications intended for publication should be sent as to reach us by mailday. 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Clearly do not order their paper discontinued at the expiration of time for which it has been paid, hold liable for the payment of the subscription up to date when they order the paper discontinued COMMUNICATIONS—When writing to us to renew your subscription you must write your name and address in full, otherwise we cannot find your name on our books. CHANGE OF ADDRESS—In order to change the address of a subscriber we must be sent the form as well as the present address. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Va. as second class matter SATURDAY., JUNE 3, 1911. OUR REASONS GIVEN. We have received the following communication which explains itself. May 23, 1911. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr., 311 North Richmond, Va. Fourth Street Richmond, VA. Dear Sir., As a reader and a well wisher of your paper, I would like to call your attention to the cops dated May 20th on page four, in regard to discrediting of the colored people. In the eyes of the nation, as I am a colored man myself and a well wisher of my race, I will agree with you that Senator B. R. Tillman has done more to discredit the colored people in the eyes of the nation than any other individual. In public Iff, but as one remembers the past and thinking of the future, I would like to ask why should Col. Theodore Roosvelt and President Wm. H. Taft be placed before the eyes of the colored people of the United States or elsewhere as being in a class with Senator B. R. Tillman. I sincerely hope that you may see the mistake and correct the same in your next issue. I remain a reader and a well wisher of your paper R L SCOTT We made the statement that Senator B. R. Tillman, Col Theodore Roosevelt and President William H Taft had done more to discredit the colored people in the eyes of the nation than any other individuals in public life. Let us see. No one will hardly question the statement with reference to Senator Tillman. He would in all probability regard our statement more as a compliment than he would as a criticism. With ex-President Roosevelt and President Taft, it would be a different matter however in view of the friendly attitude assumed by both in speaking to the colored people and in fostering projects which are presumed to better their condition. We do not mean to infer that both of them do not mean well, but they have pursued a policy which has tended to lower the race in the scale of American manhood and which has placed an entire race in the category of wards of the nation, to be treated not as citizens, but as aliens, not as equals, but as inferiorors. To go back to Col. Roosevelt, he "booted" out of the United States Army a whole battalion of colored soldiers, the innocent with the guilty and thereby gave the impression to the country that colored men were not capable of wearing the service stripes of the United States Army. In this he placed these colored men on a par with the traitors of the nation and enabled the Negro-haters to make capital of this condition of affairs to the extent of intensifying race prejudice against us from one section of the country to the other. President Taft as Secretary of War supported Mr. Roosevelt in this, and when he became President emphasized it by approving the findings of a court which forever disgrazed colored men, confessedly innocent and which barred them from any consideration at the hands of the government, although some of them, noticeably Mingo Sanders, wore medals of honor obtained as a result of bravery upon many battalions. In addition to this, President Roosevelt announced to the Negrohating Southern oligarchy that he had appointed fewer Negroes, better known as colored men, to office than any of his predecessors, and he proceeded to reduce the number to a skeleton brigade. As President Roosevelt had removed the flesh, when President Taft succeeded him, he proceeded to remove the hones, one by one, until at the present time presidential appointments south of the Mason and Dixon line is becoming about as source as hen teeth The lines of demarcation have been drawn so fine that race prejudice and racial discrimination is in evidence at the National Capital recognized by the President of the United States who openly enquires as to the race of an appointee to offices in the national government, although he sworn to recognize no man according to his race, color or previous condition of servitude. The innumerable number of white lackies, observing this, have taken the cure, and they are making colored folks' lives miserable not only in Washington, but in every public building in the United States where the race lines are as rigidly drawn in the Post offices and Custom Houses and other government buildings as they are in the State capital. All of these actions have tended to discredit the colored people in the eyes of the nation. As a result where race prejudice was unknown, it has become in evidence. The underlings at Washington have taken the cue from their chief. Where we had a manifestation of the despised color line only in one party, we find it now in both great political parties. Colored men are as uncomfortable in a Republican meeting as they have been in a Democratic meeting. The only radical difference is that Southern white men have recognized the color line from time immemorial, and while it is no less galling, a colored man knows just what to expect. In the case of a Republican white man, though, where he expects equality of recognition, he is elbowed and snubbed out into the hallways. President Roosevelt started out with manhood recognition, regardless of race, color or creed, at luncheon with a colored man in the White House and then ended the whole business, by practicing the same kind of injustices upon colored men as had been practiced by the Southerners upon the same kind of people There is no record, though, where any Southern State has ever adopted a policy so drastic as the one which he adopted in dealing with the colored soldiers, who were alleged to have shot up Brownville, Texas. He permitted his subordinates to go to the extent of using the entire machinery of the government against the accused men, when this machinery should have been used in their favor. It was for this reason that we made the remark, and any one who will travel over the United States now and come in contact with the people will note the wilting effect upon the race of the attitude of these two great statesmen, who nestled with Senator Bon Tillman in his attitude and who corroborated much that he was unkind enough to say in his lectures. It may be said in Ben Tillman's favor that he did not wholly approve of President Roosevelt's policy in this matter, and there were rumors that if he had it in his power he would have endorsed an application for the restoration of Mingo Sanders of South Carolina, if he had believed such action would have ensured his reinstitution to the army. Senator Tillman is now within the shadow of the grave, and in a few more months or years, the Devil will kiss him heartily. In the internal regions below; but it is nevertheless right and proper that we should give the devil his due and accord to him that credit to wifch he is justly entitled. These Republicans who process love for us as wards of the nation and contempt for us as citizens must be made to understand that we insist upon all of our rights and privileges as Republicans and decline to be satisfied with that discrimination which keeps us from occupying the position of honor and profit to which our abilities entitle us. True Reformers Fighting For Life True Reformers Fighting For Life (Continued From Page Number) ONE. Grand Fountain declared to belong to the True Reformers' Bank that the able lawyers are trying to stop the sale. MAY LAST FIVE YEARS. The indications are that the long illitization has jug begun, and that the funds of the Order will be sapposed by expensive law suite, which would weaken a solvent Order, much less a financially weak one. It may be two years, and it may be five years before the end will be in sight. Grand Worthy Master Holmes, before he is through, will find himself testifying as A W. Holmes, president, against A. W. Holmes, Grand Worthy Master, and Wm. P. Burrell, secretary, will be found testifying against Wm. P. Burrell, True Reformer Bank director. MR HOLMES' PREDICAMENT As the matter now stands, Grand Worthy Master Holmes is in the predicament of having made a sword statement that the True Reformers' Bank, of which A. W. Holmes was president, owed the Grand Fountain, of which A. W. Holmes is Grand Worthy Master, $150,000, or there abouts, and he secured a receiver to take charge to wind up the affairs of the True Reformers' Savings Bank, of which A. W. Holmes was president, and pay over the assets or the proper proportion thereof, to A W. Holmes, Grand Worthy Master of the Grand Fountain. ESTOPPED BY RECEIVER Upon this amount allotted to be he due laid claim to assets to the Bureau of Insurance, in order to secure a renewal of the Order's license now the receiver, in conjunction with Edwin M Pilcher, Esq, report that instead of the bank owing the Grand Fountain $150,000, the Order of True Reformers, known as the Grand Fountain, owes the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers over $200,000. It is not to be wondered then that the officials are active. This report, if approved, will force a revocation of the license again, the retirement of Grand Worthy Master A W Holmes and the appointment of a receiver to take charge of the Order of True Reformers. MUCH MONEY EXPENDED. Money that should be paid to the creditors is now being expended in expensive litigation, and the end is not yet. The following is a copy of the report of the receivers and the rule issued against the First National Bank THE RECEIVER'S COMPLAINT. In the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond The Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers, which uses, etc. The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers of Virginia To Hon Daniel Grinnan, Judge The understressed receivers of the court in this cause respectfully report to the court that, upon entry of the Order, in the above cause on October 26, 1910, appointing Wm. A Moncree receiver, he immediately gave bond as required by the said certificate after obtaining a certified copy of the decree appointing him receiver that he received once to the banking rooms of the defendant bank and reached said banking rooms at 15 minutes past 1 P.M. October 26, 1910, and took possession and charge of the books and property of the bank at that hour. NO OFFICER PRESENT At the time of the arrival of the receiver and his taking charge of the assets and property of the insolvent defendant bank, no bank officer was present, the affairs of the bank being in charge of the teller and other bank clerks. Your receiver. Wm. A Moncure, heard in the afternoon of a receiver for the defendant bank, that R T Hill, its cashier, and two other officers of the defendant bank had in their possession the sum of six thousand, two hundred and four dollars and seventy-three cents, all rightfully the moneye of the said bank, and then in the possession of its cashier, or the other two officers present with the cashier, and which sum the said R T Hill, cashier, was endowing to deposit in the Broad Street Bank, Richmond, Va., as a special fund, but nonetheless the property of the insolvent defendant bank CASHIER INTERCEPTED The undersigned are informed and therefore report that the said R. T. Hill, cashier of the defended bank, was intercepted by the First National Bank, Richmond, Va. through its officers, or officer, and prevented from making deposit of the said sum of money, as he was endeavoring so to that that not earlier than 2 o'clock P. M., Oct. 26, 1916, the said First National Bank of Richmond, Va., its officers, agents and attorneys without lawful authority of any kind whatever, received of from the said R. T. Hill, cashier of the defendant bank, out of and from the said sum of six thousand, two hundred and four dollars and seventy-three cents, moneyes properly belonging to the insolvent bank, the sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents, and that the First National Bank of Richmond, Va., now, and at all times since the receipt of the said sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents as aforesaid, withholds the same, and has refused, and still refuses, to turn the same over to the receivers of this court in this cause, although the First National Bank, Richmond, Va., has been requested by one of your receivers go to do. MR. MONCURINGAVE NOTICE. The undergird further, report that, at least one half an hour before the receipt aforreid of the sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents by the First National Bank of Richmond, Va., from R. T. Hill, cashier, to-wit, at 1:30 P. M., on October 28, 1910, the First National Bank of Richmond, Va., had been informed by Wm. A. Moncure, receiver, that the insolvent defendant bank was in the hands of him as receiver by order of Your Honor's court. The undersigned report to the court the above facts, and ask that a rule be issued against the First National Bank, Richmond, Va., to show cause why it should not now turn over to the receivers of this court the sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents, with interest thereon since October 26, 1910, and to that and the undersigned asks that this report be treated as a petition and asks that it is not proper to issue a rule against the First National Bank as herein ford: it is asked that the said receivers be authorized and instructed to bring suit at law against the First National Bank of Richmond, Va., for the recovery of the sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents, with interest thereon from October 26, 1910. Respectfully submitted. Addendum Your receivers deem it proper to add that on October 27, 1910, the said First National Bank of Richmond, Va, upon being approached by Receiver Wm. A Monure, gave to him all the information regarding the said transaction for which he asked but declined to pay over to him the said sum of $1.631 46 EDWIN M PILCHER. WILLIAM A MONCURE. Receivers. THE COURT'S ORDER Virginia R. In the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond The Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers which sues etc. vs. The Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers of Virginia This day came Edwin M. Pitcher and Wm. A. Monroe, receivers in this cause, and by leave of the court filed their two reports dated May 23, 1911, and numbered respectively Report No 8" and Report No 9, and along with 'Report No. 8" is returned the inventory of the assets of the defendant bank, and then this cause came on to be further heard in the papers formerly heard, together with the said reports and inventory this day filed and was argued by counsel. On consideration whereof it appear in passing said Report No 97 that the First National Bank of Richmond, Va., received of the cashier and other officers of the insolvent defendant bank the sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-nine dollars and forty-six cents on the 26th day of October, 1910, after the appointment and qualification of a receiver for the said defendant bank and it further appearing from said report that the said sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents so received by the first National Bank of Richmond, Va., was the said defendant bank and should have been delivered over to the receiver of this Court, along with all monies of the insolvent defendant bank in possession of its officers, and it further appearing that the said First National Bank of Richmond, Va., has refused, and still refuses, to turn over or deliver to the receivers of the court in this cause the said sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents, so reported to have been received by it if it is ordered that a rule be issued against the First National Bank of Richmond, Va., directing it to appear at the bar of this court at 10 o'clock A.M on the 5th day of June, 1911, to show the case, can they should not pay to the receivers of this case in this cause the said sum of one thousand, six hundred and thirty-one dollars and forty-six cents, with interest thereon from October 26, 1910. It is further ordered that a copy of the last paragraph of this order be served upon the said bank by the sheriff of the city of Richmond SOCIETY LEPGER, NO. 3 OVER DRAFTS Metropolitan Steam Laundry, Edward Ellis, Jr. proprietor, $607.39, W. W. Willison, treasurer, 19 centa Jonesboro Academy, $140.02, Jonesboro Academy, 13 centa First Baptist Sunday-School, R T Hill, treasurer, $129.80. SundaySchool Publishing Company, Nelson Williams, Jr., secret- rant, treasurer, $3.02. R. T. Hill, executor of John Blunt, $490.28. Amanda Bunk $1,264.00. R. Kolser, secretary Negro, Devel opment and Exposition Company $3,804.69. Virginia Baptist State Sunday School Convention R. T. Hill, presi deut, $117.83. Equipment and Exposition Company, W. I. Johnson, presi dents Giles B. Jackson, director general $3,206.00. Agnes B. Rocco $200.53. R. T. Hill. $1,002.16. The amount of the notes held to tailed $26,717.84. PROPERTY AND ITS VALUE. The property standing in the name of the Savings Bank of the Grand Pountain, United Order of True Re- formers, is located as follows: Davantville, Va., cost $12,500. There is a deed of trust on it to secure a debt on which there is a balance due of about $3,000. The property in Richmond, Va. 17 and 1-2 feet on Thirtieth Street, between O and P streets. It cost $425.00, and is valued at $1,600. The property standing in the name of the Reformers' Mercantile and Industrial Association, and which belongs to the Savings Bank, is in Staunton, in Augusta Street, with a frontage of $1,600. It cost $1,600. The property Cincinnati O., being on Sixth Street—the cost of the property does not appear in the face of the deed. It is valued at $18,000. The property at Claremont, Surry county, Va. It cost $378.00. The property in Washington, D. C. on U Street. The cost was $10,000. The valuation placed upon it by the True Reformer officials is $80,000. There is a first mortgage, on it of $25,000, and a second mortgage on it of $44,484.00. The property at Louisville, Kentucky, 60 feet on Walnut Street. The price paid for it is not stated in the deed. The value placed on it by the True Reformer officials is $7. 8T. LOUIS VALUES The property in St. Louis, Mo., on Pine Street, the price of which is not stated. The value placed upon it by the True Reformer officials is $38,000. There is a deed of trust on this property for $10,200.00. The property in St. Louis, Mo., on Eastern Avenue, the purchase price of which is not stated, but which is valued by the True Reformer officials at $6,000. The property in Hampton, Va., on Wine Street, the purchase price of which is not stated in the deed, but which is valued by the True Reformer officials at $1,500. The following property stands in the name of the trustees of the Grand Fountain of the United Order of True Reformers: True Reformers' Hall, 100 ft. street, between Jackson and Polk Streets. It is valued at $14,500. There is a deed of trust on it for $9,000. The property in Portsmouth Va., on High Street, fronting 60 feet, the value of it is not stated. 1. The property in Alexandrin, Va. on Prince Street, fronting 40 feet, the land cost $2,500 VIRGINIA REAL ESTATE The property in Norfolk, Va. on Queen Street. It cost $2,850 The property on Jackson Street. 60 feet, in Richmond, Va. and also the property at Sixth and Clay streets. The value is not definitely known The property in Ashland, which cost $7,500. It is valued by the True Reformer officials at $2,500. The property on the northwest corner of Graham and Gilliam streets which cost $360 00 It is valued at $2,500 The property in Manchester, on the southeast corner of Hull and Fourteenth streets, with a frontage of 30 feet The purchase price was $2,800 The property in Petersburg, Vau. on Oak and Halifax streets The purchase price was $750.00 It is valued by the True Reformer officials at $1,700 The property in Portsmouth Vau. on Glasgow Street, between Green and Washington streets The purchase price was $2,500 The property in Henrico county, which cost $350 00 It is valued at $1,200 BALTIMORE PROPERTY, TOO. The property in Baltimore, Maryland on St Paul Street, the value of which is $15,000. There are two mortgages on it, agreeing $10,000. The property at Roanoke Va., on Lee Street it cost $2,000. The True Reformers value it at $6,000. There was no building on it at the time it was purchased. The property in Bermuda District, in Chesterfield county, Va. It is valued at $1,200. The property at Newport News, Va. The purchase price was $13,175.00 There is a deed of trust on it of $1,000.00. The Savings Bank owns all of the stock of the Reformers' Mercantile and Industrial Association, as follows: Certificate No. 1, 50 shares of stock, issued April 12, 1900, par value $5,000. Certificate No. 2, 30 shares, issued August 1, 1901, $3,000. Certificate No. 3, 20 shares of stock issued November 1, 1901, $2,000. Total $10,000. The above mentioned certificates were issued to the Grand Pountain Unit Order of True Reworkers and were won by the Saving Bank in January, 1905. --- The report of the receivers for the True Reformers' bank is, of course, an on-sided statement and made by the representatives of the defunct bank. It is not judicial in any sense and the real relation of the Grand Fountain to the bank must be ascertained by the court. "We claim that instead of the Grand Fountain being indebted to the bank, the bank is indebted to the Grand Fountain. In October, 1910 the Grand Fountain, acting under the advice of counsel, filed a bill in the chancery court of Richmond, setting up that the bank was insolvent and owed the Grand Fountain upwards of $150,000. The bank answered and admitted an indebtedness to the Grand Fountain. Wherefore, the court, upon the claim of the Grand Fountain and the admission of the bank, appointed receivers for the bank. This was done on October 28, 1910. When some months afterwards, the receivers of the bank indicated that they, would claim an indebtedness from the Grand Fountain to the bank, which was the first intimation we had that the receivers would make any such claim, thus reversing the situation upon which the receivership was granted, the Grand Fountain, employing Hon. R. E. Bryd, and the firm of Montague & Montague to look after its interests. "We have not yet been able to get the report from the clerk's office to make an examination of it. Nevertheless, we claim that it is impossible that the Grand Fountain can owe the bank anything. The bank made no money. Its only source of revenue was its individual depositors, its auxiliary depositors and the Grand Fountain. The Grand Fountain deposited constantly large sums of money in the bank. The bank admitted the liability to the Grand Fountain. The stock of the Reformers' Industrial Association was owned by the bank and not by the Grand Fountain. The Industrial Association is indebted to the bank, but not the Grand Fountain. "The stock of the bank was owned by a number of individuals. The officials of the Grand Fountain, with one exception, are different from those under whom the mismanagement is allied to have occurred. "The Grand Fountain is now getting on its feet, doing a strictly insurance business, and will fight to the bitter end any attempt to bring it in debt to the bank. "We sincerely hope that the friends of the Order and the public generally will suspend judgment until the side of the Grand Fountain can be set forth. GRAND WORTHY MASTER HOLMES PLEA. Richmond, Va. May 29, 1911. Office of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers. To the Officers and Members of the Grand Fountain and Friends in General. Generally, in view of the fact that the receivers of the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain, U. O. T. R., made their report to the Chancery Court Wednesday, May 24, 1911, a state man of which you have doublell real in the "Reformer" and other newspapers, which report has no doubt caused much comment, both throughout the Brotherhood as well as with the public, we feel at this particular time that a word from us is due the Brotherhood and the public at large, especially so when we are reminded of the splendid loyalty of the Brotherhood and the great help we have received at the hubs of the generous public in the restoration of the license of the organization. CAUSED UNFAVDRABLE COM MENT We would say that while the report of the receivers has caused much unfavorable comment, it nevertheless holds out considerable hope to the depositors, on the other hand, it places the Order in an unfavorable light, in that it states that the organization is largely indebted to the bank. This we cannot conceive to be true, and we believe when the accounting that is asked for by the receivers themselves is had, that the Grand Fountain will appear in an entirely different light. We would, therefore, ask that the members of the Order stand firm (for together we stand and divided we fall) and the public suspend judgment until the Grand Fountain has a chance to have her side of the question heard, at which time we believe that conditions will warrant your continued loyalty and confidence. A PERSONAL REFERENCE In view of the fact that the Richmond Planet saw fit in its last issue to use my name as one responsible for the condition of the organization, a word of personal reference here will be pardoned. I desire to state (as most of the members of the 'organization know) that I have been connected with the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers for twenty-four years—twenty-one years of which time have been given to spreading the work of the organization throughout the various parts of the field. In which it has been my privilege to work. First, as State deputy, with head quarters at Charlotteville, Va., which place I remained about eighteen months, after which I was called by the late Rev W W. Browne, founder of the Order, to take charge of the work at headquarters as chief of Richmond Division, consisting of Richmond city and the following counties: THE FIELD COVERED Henrie, Hanover, Charles City, New Kent, King William, King and Queen, Caroline, Easex, Lousin, Fluvanna, Orange, Goochland, Powhatan and Cumberland, as well as other sections in this State and other States This position it was my pleasure to fill to the best of my ability for fourteen years. During this time it was my privilege as well as a tenure to hold from time to time trained in which a great number of chilfs and deputies were trained, some of whom are the following: Penn, chief of Durham, (N. C.) Division; W. G. L. Wyatt, chief of Wil- mington, N. C. Division, W. B. Woodson, former chief of Washington, D. C.; B. E. Williams, chief of Bayan- nah, Ga. Division, st. Jones, chief of Bittanum Division, and many others, whose names are too numerous to mention. Five years ago I was appointed deputy general of the, Southern Grand Division, taking in the States from West Virginia to Florida, which position I held until September 15, 1910, at which time I was elected as Grand Worthy Master to succeed Rev. W. L. Taylor, who had held that position from the time of the disability of the founder, Rev. W. W. Browne, until the last annual session At the time of the closing of the bank and the subsequent suspension of the license of the Grand Fountain, October 25, 1910, I had been in charge of the organization as its executive head, one month and ten days. In these twenty-one years and the various positions that it has been my privilege to fill; the thousands of places I have visited in the interest of the Order; the thousands of members that I have had the pleasure of initiating into the Order and more than $200,000 that has been sent into the general office by me—and in fact that my entire connection with the Order, I invite the most thorough investigation as to my record. DISCLAIMS ALL RESPONSIBILITY So far as the failure of the bank is concerned, and the consequent troubles of the Order, I disclaim any responsibility for the condition of affairs. I regret more than Lam able to express the great calamity that befall our beloved organization, and our effort has been for its restoration. It fell to my lot in September 1910 to champion the cause of the Grand Fountain. I told the Brotherhood then and there that I would live or die on board the ship. I was anxious to expose the wrong, and did do so. I had started investigations to find out the real conditions, when lo, the crash came, and while I was then, and am now, ready to give my life for the cause. I think I would have hesitated before taking hold of the reins of government had I known that conditions were as deplorable as I found them to be; however, for eight months I have struggled zeenously to push forward the cause of reformism. HAS DONE HIS BEST. I may not have been able to please all, but I have striven to do my beat. I have not had, nor will I in the future have, the time to enter into newspaper-controversies, and trust that I have written sufficiently full to let you know my whole position in the matter. I would, however, leave this one thought with you—that it will be my greatest aim to look out for the best interest of the Grand Fountain; to protect all who are worthy and to shield none who are unworthy. Yours for the onward progress of the Grand Fountain in U. T. and C., LAWYER GILES B JACKSON DISSENTS. Referring to my business relations with R. T. Hill, former cashier of the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers, I will say that on the 13th day of August, 1903, the Nogro Development and Exposition Company of the United States of America was incorporated with an authorized capital stock of $800,000, divided into shares of $100 each. John H. Smyth was elected president, Robert Kelser secretary, R. T. Hill treasurer, and Giles B. Jackson Director general. This company was chartered for the purpose of promoting the Negro department of the Jamestown Exposition, with the aid and support of the Jamestown Exposition Company, of which General Fitzhugh Lee was president. I was named for director general by the promoters at the request of General Fitzhugh Lee, and took charge of the executive management of the Negro department. Thousands of dollars worth of stock was sold during the four years of the promoting of this department. ENORMOUS COST. It cost an enormous amount of money to pay the field agents operating under me in nearly all of the States, together with their traveling expenses, which necessitated me drawing on the treasurer, R. T. Hill for various amounts. It was indeed a gigantic undertaking, but it was a success as will be testified to by the tens of thousands of people, white and colored, who visited the Negro end of the Jamestown Exposition. It was soon found out that this success could not be attained without the aid of the national government, and I went to Congress single handed and asked for an anpresentation of $100,000 which was made to aid the said Negro Development and Exposition Company to make this exhibit in 1906. This money was handled by a commission created by the Tor-Centennial Commission, consisting of President Taft, Secretary Shaw, and Secretary Metcalf of the Treasury and Navy departments. TREASURER HILL GOT THE MONEY. All the money that was repaid to the Negro Development and Exposition Company for reimbursement for money expended prior to the appointment of the commission was paid over to R. T. Hill, our treasurer, by the authority of the commission of the Negro Development and Exposition Company. The Jamestown Exposition Company allowed 25 per cent of the gate receipts derived from the colored attendance, which was also collected by our treasurer, R. T. Hill. I had general supervision over the construction of all the buildings and other work done in promoting the Negro department, and would make out (Continued on Page Number.) RIGHT. history—look on the debit and credit side of the ledger of the colored man's history, search it, read it and interpret. History itself is impartial, and ultimately succeeds in establishing the truth, the many of its scribes have failed or refused its blinding. History is proud of her archives, her researches, and records—records that would do justice to men everywhere, adding their follies and errors, as well as their development in wisdom, truth and uprightness. THE CREDIT SIDE. emancipation will be complete when we shall have chosen a competent leader. This same truth has proven to us the all necessity of an establishment of a Bureau of Justice. It has laid bare the fact that the law's action is often slow and tiresome, as well as upjust, in many matters wherein our colored people are especially concerned. This slow action toward righting our people's wrongs—all the people's wrongs; our present, inadequate facilities for placing the blame for investigation of complaints and for providing the proper system, whereby each case could be given its merited attention, calls for the citizen. You complain that our constitutional rights are being now trampled on; that our reward for our faithfulness is being withheld through the indiscreteness of the law-making bodies; you assert they hate betrayed our trust. If these things be true and fair-minded men wish to stand by us, then let them join in our move for universal peace, happiness and protection of our rights and for the establishment of a Bureau of Justice at the Nation's Capital. LASTING CONFIDENCE ESTABLISHED. SIX BLACKS VICTIMS OF MOFS CLEVER RUSE. Lake, City, Fla., May 21.—Six negroes were lynched here early this morning after a party of more than a dozen men, masquerading as officers, appeared at the county jail and sacked possession of the men by presenting a bogus telegram to the sixteen-year-old son of the sheriff, ordering the release of the blacks to the alleged posse of officers. The negroes were being held for safekeeping on the charge of murdering D. B. Smith, a sawmill man of Wadashorough, Leon county, and Hodricks, W. Va., May 1, 1931, Mr. R. C. Ball, Lawrence, MaaS. Dear, Sir,—Your urgent request that I state my views as to why a leader should be had and how one could be obtained for our millions of colored people, calls forth these suggestions, recommendations and this discourse. RIGHT TO A LEADER Since the enactment of certain laws, declaring all men free and equal, the colored man has been slow to realize that that same law applied to his case would mean that he has the right to select some one from among his people to act as leader, because intelligent men, everywhere have long since been aware that the colored race has been striving, tolling, suffering and praying—all without a real or visible leader. Now, in this we do not forget those who stood by the colored people in times—at all times—but in these none have been recognized as a true leader of the colored race of men. MOVE SANCTIONED You have asked me to express myself, particularly in regard to the colored leadership; to acquiesce slightly confines me as to limit, for in treating this subject one cannot hold onto race leadership—it must be a leadership of men; men of both races, of all races, must be interested, and particularly here in the United States. You being urged by the exigency of the situation to make the earliest possible effort to answer the call of the colored citizens, who have now acknowledged their need and necessity for a capable and willing leader, and as you are seeking and devising plans for the bringing about of such selection, I, being of and with this race, in its struggles, now as ever, I feel at liberty in directing my argument and making pleas in his boa REMEDY MUST BE FORTH COMING. So long as there is no motive but fairness allowed to enter into the administration of justice as concerns the welfare of all men, without partiality, race hatred or prejudice, the office of leader to us does not appear to be one of so much importance; but, since you complain and have pinted out many acts of unfairness, and are praying with us for a way to be opened through which our prayers may be answered, then we had best here and now lay bare our intentions, so all may see and know of them, so all who desires to do so may have an opportunity to act with us. To stop short the continuance of the colored race being left, as horsefores, to drift helplessly on without a leader, now is the time to make earnest preparation—call a convention—our present predicament demands that we do so—we are more ready now than ever. Invite any man of any race of men who would manifest a friendly interest in our welfare, and who we could depend upon to aid in our worthy object. THIS PLAN SIMPLE The calling together of these intelligent, interesting men and the meeting of them would demonstrate our purpose to the effect that each State and county could send delegates; each State, through its delegates, could name candidates for nomination. This nomination and election of a leader for the colored race of men could be pulled off on the floor of the convention, thus doing away with much needless wrangling—of which too much has been already done, when it comes to that which interests us as a race. --- SHOULD ACT QUICKLY. Let us act—act quickly and forcibly. We desire the cooperation of all our boulder helpers and sympathizers of every race and color, for this contemplated move is a move for good—for peace and for the persuasion of all men to respect the laws of our land, regard the rights and privileges of others, both of our citizens as of those far or near. We cannot afford to put this matter off longer. This project must go forward. We have awakened to the stern fact that we must now—right now—begin to work out our own wolffare. Perhaps we have been too trusting. We have now discovered that gradually, yet firmly, laws have been, and are being enacted and uphold that have curtailed our rights and privileges. We have too long and too faithfully planned our trust to certain political parties, and have been much content with the "crumbs from the rich man's table." DEBTS OF GRATITUDE. We are often reminded of the debts of gratitude we owe to certain factions, by reason of what has been done and what is being done for us—not to us. We don't need pity. We need, desiré and demensh a fair and honest chance; that's it. Now, if any sect, creed, class or clan feels that the American Colbred Man is not now grateful, and has not been grateful, or could not be grateful, let them look through history—look on the debit and credit side of the ledger of the colored man's history, search it, read it and interpret. History itself is impartial, and ultimately succeeds in establishing the truth, the many of its scribes have failed or refused its blinding. History is proud of her archives, her researches, and records—records that would do justice to men everywhere, allowing their follies and errors, as well as their development in wisdom, truth and uprightness. THE CREDIT SIDE. Scrutinize our credit side! We have emerged from supersalition, moral and physical thraldom—the forward movement of time finds us laboring in what is called the enlightened age, under encumbered conditions; yet advancing, improving and gathering knowledge and what power we can to enable us to survive; and, despite human weakness, error intolerance; despite oppression, selfishness and cruelty, caste and prejudice, unjust laws and discrimination, we are found to be peaceably moving onward and upward, though covered with the dust which marked the wayside, that we have left behind, which is strenued with abandoned weapons, broken shackles, discarded martyr-stained creeds of bigotry, dismantled inquisitions, shattered swords, stranded and scuttled slave ships, closed slave marts and burned auction blocks, which then made fuel for the fires of freedom and for the liberty which we desire to peaceably enjoy. OUR HEART'S DESIRE. Liberty! Freedom! Pence and Independence! These are what we claim for: From the summits of freedom and liberty comes that exemplary influence which develops nobilty of human respect, of God's approval and qualifies him to be a hero in the uplifting of humanity, when called to meet difficulties and danger, and if need be—death. MANY FAILED. Since many who have been entrusted with the enactment of laws and with their administration and execution, to give proper and just attention to pleas, protests or complainte, wherein the welfare of colored citizens might have been justly protected, have often been responsible for much dissatisfaction, resulting frequently in serious compilations, envolving both races, entailing much expense to the State; always leaving matters in a worse condition and widening the breach of friendship, whores an avoidance of the same can be brought about through a deeper and sincere respect for the rights and privileges of all men and citizens thereby setting in motion a remedial agent, for the prevention of a like disregard for the laws of our land. To this procedure, a fair procedure, no man, colored or white, could object. RANK INJUSTICE. Many unscrupulous persons have endeavored to set in motion two sets of laws—or a one-edged law—the one to protect the white man and the other to punish the colored man—neither affording ample protection or punishment in either case, when unjustly applied; therefore, comes the need of a leader—a champion of right. Accordingly, I suggest and recommend that whomsoever that person may be that is selected to act as leader, sponsor, counselor and mediator for the American colored people, and who will be; likewise a champion of the rights of every man colored and white, on the face of the globe, that this person be established in suitable quarters in Washington, D. C.—these quarters to be known as the "Bureau of Justice." A CABINET FOR GUIDANCE. The leader selected should be surrounded by a council or cabinet—the Colored Nation's Cabinet—of twelve men, selected or appointed. This cabinet should consist of at least eight (8) colored men and four (4) white men, this being in accordance with our desire and intention to embrace every man with the arm of justice as far as in our power to do so. RACE LINES DECARDED Such a Bureau here situated would properly be in touch, and could operate in harmony with the necessary departments of our United States government, in matters pertaining to the interest and welfare of men of each race; here matters that involved the color question, color line or the race question could be through pence and harmony adjusted. Men of both races—of all nations, could file their complaints, suggestions, aggrievances and recommendations at this Bureau. A carefully selected, trusty and well trained net-work of agents, scattered throughout the entire country, working for this movements good will be peaceably keeping in touch with this Bureau of Justice. The best brain in the world—in every country—should be invited to contribute suggestions and offer recommendations. PEACE MUST BE PARAMOUNT. This Bureau should not be founded on any religious creed or affiliated with any political organization. A love for God and our fellow-man, a desire to have every man enjoy freedom and liberty as God intended be should; the establishment and maintenance of peace and harmony between races and nations; the appeal of many laws that we doom unjust and discriminating, should be demanded; obedience to and respect for all fair and just laws; a protest against all unfair and unjust laws, wherein the vital principle of our rights are concerned, should make a foundation solid enough. THE TRUTH WANTED. It is now plain that we should have the world know the truth, the reason for our unrest, the reason why we are writting about helplessly—almost despised, the reason why we have come so suddenly in the conclusion and awakened to the truth, that truth that imprints us that our emancipation will be complete when we shall have chosen a competent leader. This same truth has proven to us the all necessity of an establishment of a Bureau of Justice. It has laid bare the fact that the law's action is often slow and tiresome, as well as unjust, in many matters wherein our colored people are especially concerned. This slow action toward righting our people's wrongs—all the people's wrongs; our present, inadequate facilities for placing the blame for investigation of complaints and for providing the proper system, whereby each case could be given its merited attention, calls for the speedy putting into action my previous suggestions. and citizen. You complain that our constitutional rights are being now trampled on; that our reward for our faithfulness is being withheld through the indiscretion of the law-making bodies; you assert that they hate betrayed our trust. If these things be true, and fair-minded men wish to stand by us, then let them join in our move for universal peace, happiness and protection of our rights and for the establishment of a Bureau of Justice at the Nation's Capital. LASTING CONFIDENCE ESTABLISHED. A lasting confidence must be established and maintained between Lake, City, Fla., Mgores were lynched morning after a part of a dozen men, masque, appeared at it and secured possessess by presenting a bog the sixteen-year-old a life, ordering the release to the alleged posse of negroes were being keeping on the charge D. B. Smith, a saw Wadeaborough, Leoon wounding another master on May 12. THE EFFECT OF THE MOVEMENT Our condition as a race and our country as a people would naturally be benefited by the workings of an institution, such as I am endeavoring to describe and set in motion. Men would be attracted to us, they would come to know us—the representatives sent out from this Bureau would be stationed in every quarter looking to our interest and every interest that vitally affected or pertained to the workings of our important organization, thereby making a way smooth for an immediate and satisfactory adjustment of all matters that would be proper to come under this Bureau's supervision. TO AID THE LAWS. Would these adjustments of which I speak be forthcoming? Certainly. We seek to aid the laws, not retard them, Sir, it is not the constitutional laws, justly and properly enforced, that harm the equality of our country today, but it is the constitutional laws that are warped to suit a particular case, cause, sect, people or place—those laws that are misconstrued, overridden, desecrated and unlawful. This Bureau of Justice must be established to aid mankind! Every man desires in the hour of need, of distress or trouble to have a country of character, makes man worthy soldier—some one to whom he can appeal; somewhere to lay in his complaints; some one with whom he can rejoice, therefore, many of our poor people, whose cases should be heard and who are suffering on account of the lack of a place to file their complaints, and a Bureau through which they could seek redress for any wrongs that might be inflicted on them, must welcome my suggestion, which if carried into effect will afford an avenue through which they can be heard in defense of their rights. 4. NISTAKEN NOTION. Many men have come to speak of rights as the rights were a heavenly inheritance, a Divine gift, willed by the Almighty to be possessed by some human beings and not by others, who are men of the same Creator. Men have become so deep-set in this beef that they have interpreted some laws and enacted others, for the control of the human family, wherein they have undertook to extend to one certain race or color rights and privileges that are denied other equally intelligent and deserving people of this same country. Oh Justice! Let fall from your eyes for a moment the hoodwink and behold, look, observe to your satisfaction—see which side of your balance contains, and what portion of justice is being meted out to the colored people of America! A PATIENT PEOPLE We have been a patient and peaceful full people. We would to enjoy the God-given right of freedom in peace. We would extend our services and make overtures to all, and at all times for peace; but we will not be content to longer stand tidy by and see and feel the tentacles of the octopus of oppression choke off the circulation of our freedom. Many white men and colored men contend that one race of people is destined to domineer us another. Now, these empty arguments and contentions of that sort are often responsible for the seeking of unfair privileges. As we have, created more history than law, and have been a source of worry and deemed a "puzzle" to the law-makers—lost we thrive too successfully—let us assure our white friends that we are content for the present at making history and give very little thought to "colored domination" and less credence to "white supremacy." We take no steps to recognize either further than feasible and necessary to our ultimate welfare and protection. Dominoering of one race over the other should not enter the minds of fair-minded men. MUST NOT LOWER STANDARD. The standard of no race can possibly be lowered by its uplifting of any other race, living in its borders no more than its standard could be raised by the oppression, keeping in ignorance or the curtailment of the rights and privileges, or attempts to domineer over, disfranchise, intimidate or keep in bondage that race living in its borders. It is not our intention to ignore the fact that there should be exceptions allowed where our laws provide for the just punishment of crime. All men should be subject to the law and be dealt with fairly; this being one of the fundamental reasons why we desire to establish and maintain a Bureau of Justice the better to protect our colored citizens and see to it that every citizen share the benefits of our establishment or such as would avail themselves of the opportunity: MUST HAVE A LEADER. Just who should lead has never been heretofore a question for bur race to settle, but just now who shall load the colored people and why has become an all important question with us, and that question we are about to settle. The feature of a leader must become a fact, or we petish. We have all these years been lead in some manner by bur brother, expecting nothing but a fait deal at his hands, patiently waiting and faithfully performing the many duties that devolved on us as friend, companion, slave, soldier, servant and citizen. You complain that our constitutional rights are being now trampled on; that our reward for our faithfulness is being withheld through the indiscreteness of the law-making bodies; you assert they hate, betrayed our trust. If these things, be true, and fair-minded men wish to stand by us, then let them join in our move for universal peace, happiness and protection of our rights and for the establishment of a Bureau of Justice at the Nation's Capital. LASTING CONFIDENCE ES TABLISHED. A lasting confidence must be established and maintained between the races; all political combinations or tribunals who seek to obstruct the proper execution or enforcement of the law under the constitutional law must be brought to account. We seek to adjust through our proposed Bureau any intrusion of man's rights that might hinder him in the exercise of any of his just and legal rights. We are aware that for what we are asking at the hands of the people is nothing more than what we are justly entitled to. In peace we ask, in peace we demand; and in peace we hope to be accorded that for which we will ask, "Free and equal rights to all"—all we who do now protest that we will not be longer misgoverned by those who would desire to do so. GRATITUDE TO WHITE FRIENDS. To those of our white friends who have stood by us and intend standing by us, we extend our gratitude and thanks for their loyalty and fidelity to our interests; to them we extend an invitation to get closer, keep in touch with us, for we are going to advance. To our own race we must drive home the truth; we can never rise higher or aspire to a higher and nobler purpose than the seeking out and supporting the one who will consent to act as our leader—our modern emancipator. Arlise ye fifteen millions of colored people and choose well and wisely and receive that blessing which God stands ready to bestow. I am aware of, and appologize for the literary defects connected with the composition of this letter, but I refrain from letting an opportunity to give my views on so important a subject slip by, or be lost, even for the sake of literary excellence I beg, sir, to remain. Yours sincerely, LEWIS B. DORCAS. Hendricks,*W Va. Mr. Ball's Comment To all who sympathize with us, does the above letter appeal to you in our behalf? Mr. L. B. Dorcas has favored us with his views for the good of the race. Are we all ready to assist the above movement? He has outlined the points for our consideration; and to all his letter points out our duty. Mr. Dorcas realizes that the prestige of the colored people has almost disappeared from the public view: so he asks the people of all races to join in the movement for peace. And he asks that the convention be called at Washington, D.C., to attend to our cause. And every friend in and out of the race are asked to render what help possible to place the movement on foot. Will the editors, men and women of affairs do all in their power for the cause? And now Mr. L. B Dorcas has honored the millions of colored people with his views, shall we ask and show our appreciation by entreatening him to be our national leader? The object of this cause, started in 1882, believing that under a leadership more good would be done for the race in 18 months than what has been done in 40 years. We ask you to join with us for peace, and get your friends also. Don't fall to read this paper every week to note the progress. The committee does not anticipate discord, and you are free to make any suggestions deemed wise. Now your time to show the world your love for the colored people in the highest respect. Address Interviewing Committee, 28 Franklin Street, Lawrence, Mass. PENSION AND CLAIM ATTY. NOTARY PUBLIC. Pension Vouchers Executed. 009 F St., N. W.—First Floor. Washington, D. C. 100 Pounds of Ice on His Back 100 Pounds of Ice on His Back AND TEN POUNDS ON HIS READ. He said the weather was so hot he was trying to keep cool. After talking with the gentleman, we said to him, if you go to 314 E. Broad Street and buy one of those cool Alapaca or Sorge Coats you will throw away your ice burden, as these goods will keep you cool while the weather is hot. You will find there an up-to-date line of underwear in Baibriggan, B. V. D., and Poroskuit, short or long sleeves, ranging in price from 50c. to 75c. and $1.00 per suit; and also the Popperell Jean Drawers, elastic steams, 35c. and 50c. per pair. We have single summer coats in Sorges, Alapaces and Worstods, from 50c. up to $6.50. Our Straw Hat Department for boys and men is up to date in all shapes and styles, from 50c. to $2.00 per hat. Give us a call; we will treat you right, and do you good. I. J. MILLER, Prop. 314 E. Broad Street. Near Corner Third Street. (Wrong Side) SIX BLACKS VICTIMS OF MOF'S OLEVER RUSE. Lake, City, Fla., May 21.—Six negroes were lynched here early this morning after a party of more than a dozen men, masquerading as officers, appeared at the county jail and secured possession of the men by preaching a bogy telegram to the sixteen-year-old son of the sheriff, ordering the release of the blacks to the alleged posse of officers. The negroes were being held for safekeeping on the charge of murdering B. B. Smith, a sawmill man of Wadesborough, Leon county, and wounding another man named Register on May 12. The men, who had come from Tallahassee to Lake City in automobiles, took the negroes about a mile outside of Lake City, compelled them to stand abreast, and about ten mon commenced firing with Winchester and pistols until every one of the six had been riddled with bullets. The firing lasted about half an hour, and a few straggling citizens at daybreak found the negroes butchered beyond recognition, just after the automobiles left the scene of the lynching. The plans of the lynchers were most daring, and but for a curious combination of circumstances, would never have been accomplished. The sheriff of Columbia county was out of the city and left the jail in charge of the boy, who, aroused in the early hours of the morning, allowed the six negroes to be taken from the jail without knowing the sinister purpose of the mob. The telegram, which the leader of the mob showed the boy, was supposed to be from the sheriff of Leon county and stated that the sheriff had received intimations that a mob was being formed in Tallahassee to take the negroes from the Lake City jail. The message ordered that the men be carried further south to frustrate the suspected mob. The telegram appeared authentic, as the six negroes have been moved frequently. Residents of Lake City knew nothing of the lynching until a fusillade of distant shots was heard. A few citizens went in the direction of the firing and found the negroes, but the lynchors had disappeared. By some it is believed that the negroes were to be hung, but resisted and were instantly killed to prevent escape. Some indications of a struggle substantiate this belief. The crime for which the negroes were held for safe keeping had created strong feeling in Leoon county, as the men shot were prominent, and a general race war was intimated at the preliminary hearing given the prisoners. It was proven that the negroes had established a variable arsenal and were prepared for trouble. The negroes were first taken to Tallahassee, then sent to Live Oak for safe keeping and brought to Lake City six days ago. School, Durham, N. C. The National Religious Training School opens the Summer School and Chaufauneau July 6th and closes August 13th Teachers and lecturers who are specialists in their particular lines will be in charge of the instruction and lectures. Rare advantages offered in theology, teachers' courses, Literary, domestic science, business and industry. 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W. SO. EMPORIA, VA. W. H. Weaver, Box 86. Special Correspondents and Agents F. Z. B. Peragrino, 121 Loop Street, Cape Town, S. A. J.-B. Moore 26 uma dos Capitaes, Bahia, Brazil. The Convict Lease System Deplorable Conditions---A White Lady's Plea--Mrs. Clarissa O. Keeler Makes Startling Disclosures. (Continued From Last Wook) "The Georgian has determined to rid the State of the vilest disregrace that ever cursed the people." In his appeal to gospel ministers he says "If you love mankind, if you have boys of your own, picture the degradation that is being perpetrated under the great Satan. God is see if you can rest until you have demanded that your people write your representatives in the legislature and you preach it on Sunday." fractions of the law constant under the muzzle of a repeating arm in the hands of some guard whose heart is as hard as the steel of which the barrel of his gun is made "WOMEN IN MEN'S CLOTHING" "At the main entrance to the men's quarters I was met by a woman attired in men's clothing. She is my blacksmith," said the warden. "It is the lash which brings the convict under subjection." In his issue of August 2012 says, "This flight was taken up with the determination to go only so far as was absolutely necessary to bring about the needed reform. We have tried to save Georgia the odum of telling the world of the interest some of the lawmakers have in this momentous disgrace. The people do not know there are memoirs of our legislature sitting in the Capitol to make this law - paid by the State for their services - who are convict lessees in their own name. They do not know that many more of the men who are sitting on this matter are directly or indirectly interested in the convict leasing business." The committee appointed by the Georgia legislature to investigate into the charges made by the Georgia (one of Atlanta's leading papers) of the cruelty and inhumanity in the State convict system made its report to that body August 25, 1908 and upheld every charge made by that prior. The prison commission in which he had been vested by law the exclusive management of the prison system was consured in the strongest language for negligence in the discharge of its duty." The commission had one employee whose title was State Warlord and who used his position for private gain in the illegal and Inhuman traffic of helpless convicts. For many years he had received a salary of $140 per month. While long paid the State received from convict lessees for his dishest deeds during his ten years' service fees which aggregated $2,700. Deputy wardens, and in some in stances, physicians and guards received compensation from lessees. These State officials, whose duty was to the State only, were entrusted with the care of the State's convicts whose labor alone had been red by lessees. These watchmen for the State who were hired by the State and paid for seeing that convicts were humanely treated, worked with in fixed hours, fed, clothed, housed and cared for in sickness were false to the trust reposed in them, and they too, received from lessees compensation CONVICT FARM AT MILEGE VILLE The 2,000 or more convicts confined in State camps at the State prison farm at Milligeville did not comprise the great number of misdeanor convicts confined in county camps scattered through the State and whose condition many of them has been described by prison inspectors as deplorable in the extreme. The prison farm at Milligeville came in for a share of attention during the inspection of 1908, but not the county camps. Broken down men and convict women compose the class confined at the farm. The Atlanta Georgian of July 15 says. While the various convict camps of the State will be furnishing tales of horror * * * the State farm at Milligeville will show a condition of affairs * * equally as sensational. There are at the farm an average of 135 men and between 80 and 100 women. "Guards at the farm receive $25 a month and a house to live in. The Georgian tells of the wife of one guard who had to take her children and move away "She could not allow her children to be reared "where the sound of the cruel lash on the backs of convicts and the screams could be heard The children would run into the house and tell mother how many licks they counted "On one occasion it is recounted that she heard the screams of a convict being beaten, and during the beating she counted seventy two licks of the lash, and there were some before and after she counted She begged her husband to go and see if the sudden stopping of the screams meant the death of the convict, but the husband knew that inquiry meant the possible loss of his job" Some of the most revolting accounts of cruelty toward convicts, such as whipping a sick convict to death because he was unable to work, giving the convicts rotten food, wormy meat, etc., etc., were told by the witnesses from the prison farm. Convict women had borne children who were flung unmercifully again and again. I have given but a little of the committee's report of the investigation in the summer of 1908. Some of the stories are too revolting to repeat—too nauseating, too horrible. GEORGIA'S STATE PRISON FARM IN 1903. The investigation of the inhuman whipping of a young white woman by the warden at the prison farm in 1903 revealed cruelties of a most shocking character. A representative, of the Atlanta Constitution gained admittance to the farm, and after investigating, told the story of what some termed "Georgia's Heil Upon Earth." The following are extracts from the Constitution: "Today anything about Georgia's convicts is an absorbing theme, whereas M. month ago few, knew, and fewer cared, about the wearers of the zabra stripes who stone for in- fractions of the law constantly under the muzzle of a repeating rifle in the hands of some guard whose heart is as hard as the steel of which the barrel of his gun is mude "WOMEN IN MEN'S CLOTHING" "At the main entrance to the women's quarters I was met by a woman attired in mon's clothing. She is my blacksmith," said the warden. "It is the lash which brings the convict under subjection. " " The rules are hard and inflexible, and are carried out with a severity so harsh that it drives that little spark of hope a felon carries into the camp away within an incredible short period. There is not an hour of sunshine the convict can call his own. From the dawn he is under the constant watchfulness of a guard armed with a repeatng rifle and ready to shoot him down like some wild animal should he make the slightest attempt to leave the camp. "These guards have dealt with convicts so long that the last semblance of pity has long ago died out and by them the convict is thought even less of than the male the convict is driving." It is from dawn to dark the con- tact tools and during that work there is never a minute of rest ex- cept the two hours at noon . . . After dark only can the convall call himself free from the watchful eye of the guard KLEFS ARE CRUEL Here is one. An even dozen plows are sunk into a hard side by side * * * Before each plow is the mute and behind is the conflict to hold the point well in the ground. Two guards are assigned to its squad of twelve, on one either side with repeating rifles, and both ready if not anxious to draw a head upon a convict who may take a chance to get away. At the word the plows move forward * * * It matters not if the last man be the weakest one of the lot no mercy is shown him * * * And many is the hard lot some luckless convict has received from the butt end of a rifle in order to make him close up * * * They are convicts and saint mercy is shown them This face across the cotton field or the corn field is a task few can keep up. So hard is it that when a strong convict has an enemy in his squad who happens to be weaker than himself he resorts to fast work to be stronger, and one will follow until he drops over exhausted and may be dead. "A rule prevents convicts speaking to any one without permission of the guards." Convicts are taught to speak to no one until they are spoken to and that rule has been responsible for a great deal of suffering. A case in point. Some years ago a strong healthy young negro was given a long term in the penitentiary . . . He was finally sent a triple to the State farm. He . . . appeared to be walking with executing pals. He finally asked the doctor if he might have a word with him . . . The doctor examined his left and discovered that the bones of the limb were broken two just below the hips and the other every time the convict stepped up upon that foot the bone was pushed against the flesh with a force equal to the weight of the convict's body." And the convict had been compelled to work. The limb had been broken in a mine while working for the convict lessee and never received any surgical attention." The convicts at the State farm are not worked by lessees, but by the State. Nevertheless the worst possible cruel treatment has been recorded the convicts, as was shown in the investigation in 1965. It was shown that even dying men were not free from the lash What some of Atlanta's clergymen any Dr Len G Broughton, of the Baptist Tabernacle, in a sermon in which he discussed the convict lens system, said "I have never felt our State so disgraced as at the present moment. Any man who reads the harrowing stories that are being brought out in the investigation is bound to feel the disgrace to our State "If I were in the position of a prison commissioner in Georgia at the present time I should feel so disgraced as not to be able to lift up my head in the presence of decent people "Think of it" * * * Here we have been going on in this thing for years and bragging about our democracy "It has been perpetually in power in this State since the days of reconstruction, and see what it has done! It has heaped a digrace upon us in this prison business, that will signitate us for twenty-five years. Read the stories of the 'whipping boss', one feels almost like awake when he thinks of one of them—a 'whipping boss', a man who does nothing but walk around the camps and beat convicts for any little trifling thing that may displace the follow that's got him leased. I cannot conceive of a job lower down; I had rather be the keeper of a dog kennel. I would feel such a job an honor beside that of the 'whipping boss'. But what about the State that allows it when men are even beaten to death? "Then think of the infamous graft that has been brought to light. * . . . God only knows where this thing will und. * . . . we have plunged the State, through this infernal system, into slime and filth. "But what will be done with the prison commission? The last one of them ought to be impeached. They have disgraced the State. They have besmeared us with innocent blood. * . . . The Governor found this condition the result of carelessness, and he will do himself and his State honor if he will wipe it out." Dr. James W. Lee, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, when prescribing a sermon of the convent victory system referred to an editorial in a late issue of the Atlanta Constitution, and said: "It was enough to make the rocks cry out. It was enough to make the hills weep. Christ never raised His voice in denunciation and scathing before against those who oppressed the poor, who neglected the inmate of the prison. And now He is saying through all our sorrowing souls this: "Floyd Pritchard, a negro, was operated on at the hospital last week for gangrene in the leg. His leg was cut off and he is now in the hospital suffering from general blood poison. According to the statement of one of the physicians of the hospital, the negro informed the surgeons that the infection was caused by abrasions made on his leg by shackles placed on him at the stockade." A few days later death ended his suffering. CONDITIONS OF UNSPREAKABLE FILTH SEEN AT STOCKADE BY COMMITTEE. cause he did not tilt to any more tiler said to him while another whom he was no key. He happens "As soon as tipped to an where a guard r their angles, over operation sealed them until their Let A man be tested these well dressed a derclothing. No in this crowd. "Those business Ye time servers, ye hardened, palpitating human specimens of delusions and deceit, ye lovers of the woman that damns more than of the God who saves, ye shackle-binders, and ball and chain riveters on human flesh, how shall ye escape disgrace and with which by your voice and vote, ye are seeking for three more years to blacken the character of a great State * * * * The State is too poor, it is said, to get along with out the money the poor convicts bring to the treasury, just now. It is true that a terrible state of things has been unearthed by the investigation—death by the lash, and other forms of treatment as mean as murder, but still we must not get excited Think of it. On the side of automobiles bank accounts, good houses and fine clothes and every other sort of plenty Georgia is rich, but on the side next to the convicts, the imprisoned, we are too poor to stand alone. * * * As Georgians we have been up to hate the devil. * * * No metaphysical death ever was so black and malignant and souldevouring as the one boarded and lodged on the industry of Georgia. * * One might shell a million years and never find a meaner, freeborn beholder. We have the heart in our State concerning the heart's blood of poor criminals into fortunes for a few, and into money to educate the children of the many. It is enough to make the heart stop beating and the hair to turn white. Now, what is Christ doing today? He is trying to find as many persons as will lend themselves to Him in order that He may lay down His life to receive it again in the utter obliteration of this hurdle, wicked, blood smoking devil that has fastened itself on the body of our State. There were very many heartrending accounts of cruelty toward convicts, victims sometimes of drunkenness brought to light during the investigation too, and many dying directly under the lash, spikes riveted on a convict a shackles, convict nailed up in a coffin, etc., but the stories are too harrowing to present here. Hon Mr Alexander said in a speech before the House. "These lessees have gone along with the accumulation of massive fortunes made from the very blood of Georgia's convicts. The work all along has been steeped in blood * * * Even yesterday in a corner of this capital building, stories were told by men under oath of helpless criminals being beaten, by heartless whipping bosses, unto death." Since the investigation the 1,200 felony convicts have been transferred from the private stokades throughout the State to the counties in which their crimes were committed and with the 3,000 misdemeanor convicts throughout the State * * * the men are to be worked on the public roads. But the unfortunates are at the mercy of guards, and as one has truly said, the reform should begin also with them. The following few extracts are taken from the Atlanta Georgian giving the report of the official investigation of Atlanta's city prison stockade the latter part of December 1909 COMMITTEE VISITED STOCKADE "Accordingly a special committee of the jury, consisting of L. H. Bless, Joseph T. Orme Darwin G. Jones W. S. Byek W. Dibro and F. L. Seely made a visit of inspection to the stockade. It was the report of this committee that was adopted by the grand jury and read by Mr. Seely before Judge Ellis. "The committee prefaced their report by saying that they were surpried disgusted and mortified by the conditions as they found them. "The prisoners are compelled to live a beast like existence, it is charged and their quarters are much worse than the mule stable which the city maintains adjoining the stockade. Fifth and brutal cruelty are in evidence everywhere, it is alleged. Here are some of the specific charges against the Institution: "An unspeakably flithy eating room, where 160 men are crowded together in a room sixty feet square, the entire place is a breeder of disf "No sleeping clothes are supplied and some of the prisoners never leave the prison, while there one man having no change of clothing for forty four days. NO BATHING FACILITIES "There are practically no bathing facilities, no ventilation at all and no discipline, the prisoners doing pretty much as they please white in quarters. The stonch in the entire space is unobtainable, some of the committee having to hold their noses as they passed through. "The food is inadequate and nifty, and the sick lie about, spreading their diseases, until they got so sick that they have to be taken to Grady Hospital. "The buckling machine," in which prisoners are whipped, is barbarously cruel. Photographs of the machine accompanied the report as an exhibit. "Prisoners were sometimes chained, face forward, to the wall, and their hands fastened to rings in the wall, where they were kept for thirty or forty minutes. "It was also charged that Officer Cornett confessed to drinking, and that the records of the police commission showed that he had resigned from the city police force when charges of drunkenness were pending against him in 1806. "Floyd Pritchard, a negro, was operated on at the hospital last week for gangrene in the leg. His leg was cut off and he is now in the hospital suffering from general blood poison. According to the statement of one of the physicians of the hospital, the negro informed the surgeons that the infection was caused by abrasions made on his leg by shackles placed on him at the stockade." A few days later death ended his sufferings. CONDITIONS OF UNSPEAKABLE FILTH SEEN AT STOCKADE BY COMMITTEE. "While the members of the committee were in the midst of their inspection the miserable horde inhabiting the stockade returned from the days' work to the clanking of chains filthy and in an atmosphere rodentous of indescribable stenches, these prisoners ate their evening pittance. COMMITTEE NAUSEATED "The negro prisoners—about 150 men—ate in a room with a dirt floor and in the corner of which was an alleged closet which nauseated the members of the committee. The white men ate under conditions but little better. They had a concrete floor, but they also had a closet in an adjoining pen with an open door. "And the meal these men sat down to after a day in chains with pick and shovel on the streets." "You who read in cosy quarters after a good meal and with thoughts of the Christmas on its way, think if you can the plight of these white men out at the stockade' These men are not cut throats or murderers or rapists. They are men sent to remain amid such conditions for petty offenses, and if they had only had money most of them would not have been there. That's it. 'Money' "They are paying the price of being poor." "Superintendent Vhing had the committee in charge, but he didn't have a Georgian reporter. And so these miserable prisoners could tell their troubles without being overheard and without fear of the 'buckling chair' in the hallway outside. "Taste this, old man," said one prisoner. "Is it on the 'level' to give men such stuff as this after a day's work in the cold with a pick and shovel." "He pointed to a chunk of corn bread, another chunk of pork fat and to a pail of black stuff said to be molasses. A sage was enough." "Remember, too what these men were in for and why. One was a chauffeur who turned the corner the wrong way. Another was a man who got drunk and into a fight. Still another had escaped from this hole once, had voluntarily given himself up and said to himself, 'I must of having a chance to serve out the time he should have served and then having a chance to turn over a new leaf he got another sentence.' THE BUCKING CILAIR "The committee saw the 'buckling chair', too. Superintendent Vihng had the chair built, and oftenqualled explained its excellent features to the six busy business men. But they did not enthuse over it. He playfully ordered a trusty to get in this instrument of torture and show the gentlemen how victims are held while a brawny guard flashes them with a strap. "The negro women prisoners were seen as they trudged in from the fields and took from waiting attendants their pittance of food in vile-looking pans. The members of the committee heard the superintendent admit he had cut the sharkles from the women the day before and the lime explanation of why this had been done. "It was also noticed whitewash dripwashing were on the filthy mattresses and blankets, as if there had not been time to remove them. The white men said there had been a hurried attempt to clean up the day before." "They asked the superintendent to remain down statrs while they went to the sleeping quarters of the white men and talked with them. They wanted a heart-to-heart talk with these wretches who were paying the penalty of not having money with which to pay fines. "Don't come in here, gentlemen, said one man of education. You'll get lousy if you do. We are full of vermin." "They heard men tell of wearing the same clothing for a month and more at a time; of having been unable to properly bathe because they had no money, with which to buy soap or towels, of how they sometimes got a shave when there was a nickel to pay the night watchman for the use of his razor, and they saw underclothing and outer clothing - which backed up the assertion of the man. "Men there wore with horrible sores on their legs and Living in this filth. One man had a gunshot wound in his breast, and over this was underclothing which would infect a well man. Blankets and mattresses there were which bore evidence of never having been washed. Windows were fastened and the air reaked with stenches. A BICK MAN "Some are fortunate in not holding shackled, and even those could not protect themselves from the fith and vermin infecting the place. In with these white prisoners was one man sick. He couldn't eat the stuff provided. His comrades in merry had chipped in pennies and nickels and had bought him light bread so he could eat. "In strong contrast with those seemingly impossible conditions were the quarters where the mules were kept. "Everything was clean, the air was fresh and the only odor was that of baled hay. Quite frankly dm members of the committee tell the super-intendent that the mules had better quarters than the men. "Another contrast - was provided the committee just as the members were leaving. As these Atlanta business men went out the side door, the wagon from police headquarters arrived with three new victims. They were negroes, sent up for three different offences. One had separated from his wife; and was sent out be- cause he did not think she was entitled to any money from him. Another said he had shot-off a pistol, while another said 'the man for whom he was working had sold whiskey. He happened to be the goat. "As soon as they entered they stepped to an anvil-like contrivance, where a guard rived shackles on their ankles, over their trousers. This operation sealed their clothes upon them until their sentence expired. Yet an examination by the committee showed these negroes were fairly well dressed and wore clean underclothing. No white victims were in this crowd. "Those business men saw all those things and more. They smelled the awful stonches. They saw all the misery suffered because of a lack of money with which to pay fines; they saw the fifth; and some of them held handkerchiefs over their noses. And they exclaimed one to the other upon the existing conditions, and they didn't hesitate to express their opinions." THE UNMERCIFUL BEATING OF A CHILD. "A witness called by the city of Atlanta, in the investigation into the charges made by the Georgian in reference to cruelty and mismanagement at the city stockade, a graduate physician in fact, testified to and described the most horrible details of inhuman barbarism that the people of this community have, or ever will have, to listen to. He told of a little thirteen-year-old negro girl being placed in the whipping chair invented by Superintendent Vining. She was brought down stairs with only two thin undergarments on and placed in the chair. The front was fastened and it was turned over on its face. "A white man then whipped her with a 'strap', about which the Georgian has told, until when she was released from the chair she was hysterical. She said something in this hysterical condition, she knew not what, and the superintendent ordered her placed back in the chair and again whipped. "While being beaten she allipped her arms down through the $g$ box alongside her body, being so small that she did not fill the box of heavy plank which tightly incases the body of, an adult prisoner. She placed her hands over the joints her body to take some of the blows on his hands. They were soon bleeding from the blows, and the doctor testified that as she went away to work that morning the blood showed through her clothing where the cuts had been made with the whipping strap. "What will the citizens of a city like Atlanta, of a State like Georgia, do to bring justice to men who are so free from human instincts as to administer such cruelty, such disgrace, such shame?" "Are we men, or are we brutes and animals?" "The Georgian is making this fight in the name of humanity. In the name of civilization cursed by the men who are responsible for these atrocities. "Even the attorney who is defending these men in his very opening words ridiculed what we are doing, and stated to the committee that a mountain was being made out of a mole hill." "What do you say now Mr Attorney?" WOMAN GETS 110 LASHES IN GEORGIA PRISON CAMP A dispatch from Atlanta, Ga., dated September 14, 1810, gives the following "Anno Clare, a young white woman, is in a critical condition today as the result of 110 lashes administered to her at the Fulton county woman convict camp by orders of Superintendent Fanning, and the greatest indignation provals here. "Women's clubs and a number of civic organizations of Atlanta are preparing vigorously to prosecute Fanning, who today was summoned before the prison commission. Fanning admits he was administered 110 lashes in a heavy strap bc cause of wounds, that was the only way he could silence the woman. Later accounts show that Fanning was let off with a "reprimand" from the commission. In the Atlanta Georgian of December 30, 1909, the editor, Mr. Seely, who was one of the stockade inspectors, tells of a white woman at the stockade being suspended from the rings, as shown in the illustration until she fainted "The witness stated that the woman came to consciousness by having water thrown in her face" Witness also said "That on the same day he had chained up another white woman." Mr Seely considered that punishment, "cruel inhuman and barbarous", that the pain resulted from stretching of the muscles of the arms when suspended above the head. "As to filth," said Mr Seely, "I do not believe there is a prison in the world that can compare to the city stockade." "Four men were found in the stockade whose legs had great sorrows on them." One man told Mr. Boole he had been there forty-four days and had not taken his clothes off in that time. It was impossible to do so on account of the shackles. WEST VIRGINIA PENITENTIARY The Wheeling (W. Va.) 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Given under our hands and the seal of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, in the city of Richmond, May 16, 1911. Signed: JOHN MITCHELL, JR. Grand Chancellor, Thomas M. Crump. Grand Keeper of Records and Seal. P. S.—Grand Parado Wednesday, June 21, 1911. ATTENTION! COURTS OF CALANTHE. Richmond, Va., May 15, 1911. To the Subordinate Courts of the Grand Court of Virginia— Greeting: Pursuant to the provisions of Article II of the Constitution that the Grand Court shall meet at such time and place as the Grand Lodge. Knights of Pythias, and that body having decided to meet Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, June 20, 21, 22 and 23, 1911, in the city of Petersburg, Va., I therefore announce the conventing of that body at that time and place at 10 o'clock. Each subordinate court is entitled to one Grand Representative for each fifty members or part thereof. 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I asked them to consider what reasonable basis there was for such a demand at this time, and pointed out the fact that they had received from us as much as forty-six (46) per cent. increase in wages since nineteen hundred (1900), including a substantial increase a year ago, based last year upon the contention that there had been a substantial increase in the cost of living, whereas since then the cost of living has not increased, but has on the contrary declined; that the scale of wages in excess of, the scale of wages paid by our principal competitors; and, in view of existing business conditions and of the fact that the earnings of the company were showing a tendency to decline, and in view of the uncertainty as to earnings during the summer months, I could not now consent to any increase of wages. I explained to them that I did not desire to assume any arbitrary stand and would accordingly be willing to take the question up with them. 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THIS IS ONE AND CONVENIENT STRUCTURES IN VICE RENDERED IS FIRST-CLASS. RENTS, or to CS' SAVINGS BANK, Street, Richmond, Virginia. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. Mann Co. DECTOR, EMBALMER AND LIVERYMAN. Hacks and Hearses, First Class Service. MARKETS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. Only Attended—Either Day or Night. Settings and Entertainment. ST DUVAL STREET. CE—118 East Leigh Street. AIR-VIM TRADE MARK. CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. Chemical Company, of Newport News, Va.) IMM, HAIR-VIM SOAP, LIQUID HAIR- CREAM AND OWL CORN SALVE. Imposters Advertising the Goods from Old Home Office. Moral Commissions Paid. Write to-day. MAN, Phar. D., President-Manager. Que, N. W., Washington, D. C. Finance Phone, North 8250-m. A Fortune Ask for Particulars. B. A. CEPHAS, Richmond's Real Estate Agent, 602 N. 2d Street. Local and Long Distance Telephone, Monroe-588. I don't wish to follow the popular Installment Plan of Real Estate Development and therefore withdraw my property from sale to COLORED PEOPLE John Cussons, Glen Allen, Va. Panama Hatters PANAMA AND STRAW HATS CLEANED, BLEACHED, BLOCK RETRIMMED. AMERICAN HAT CO., HATTERS, FIFTH AND MARSHALL STS. WELL LIGHTED, WELL VENTILATED OFFICES FOR RENT IN THE NEW MECHANICS! SAVINGS BANK BUILDING. LIGHT, HEAT AND JANITOR SERVICE INCLUDED AT A RENTAL OF FROM $6.00 PER MONTH UPWARDS. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PALATIAL AND CONVENIENT STRUCTURES IN THE CITY AND THE SERVICE RENDERED IS FIRST-CLASS. Apply to the AGENTS, or to MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK, 214 East Clay Street, Richmond, Virginia. Fine Funeral Supplies, Fine Hacks and Hearses, First Class Service. HIGH GRADE CASKETS AT THE LOWEST PRICES. All Orders Promptly Attended—Either Day or Night. Hall for Meetings and Entertainments. NO. 9 EAST DUVAL STREET. RESIDENCE—118 East Leigh Street. HAIR-VIM TRADE MARK HAIR-VIM CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC. (Successor to Columbia Chemical Company, of Newport News, Va.) Manufacturer of HAIR-VIM, HAIR-VIM SOAP, LIQUID HAIR-VIM, BEAU-TE-VIM CREAM AND OWL CORN SALVE. Beware of Imitations and Imposters Advertising the Goods from Newport News, Va., the Old Home Office. Good Agents Wanted. Liberal Commissions Paid. Write to-day. MRS. J. P. H. COLEMAN, Phar. D., President-Manager. 643 Florida Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. Long Distance Phone, North 8250-m. Is' Your Hair Beautiful Soft, Silky and Long? Does it comb easily without breaking? Is it straight? Does it smooth out nicely? Can you do it up in any of the charming styles, so it will stay, and make you proud of it? Is it long and full of lice? If you cannot say YES to all of the above questions, then you need Nelson's Hair Dressing NELSON'S HAIR DRESSING is the finest hair pomade on the face of the earth for colored people. It makes your hair light and it makes wobbly, shiny and tangled hair as soft and soapy as silk. It makes healthy. It keeps it from splitting or breaking off. It makes it rich and gives it that charm so longed for by all true ladies. Funeral Director and Embalmer, Office & Warerooms, 207 N Foushee St. Cor. Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE. Orders by Telephone or Telegraph alled. Weddings, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Telephone, 686. Residence in Building. 7000 Agents Wanted. Nelson's Hair Dressing and you'll never will keep clean. The roots of your hair will have the necessary help disease. You will be delighted with its delicate perfume. Dressing is put up in handmade four-square tin boxes, like the lady holds in her hand. Dressings and box. If you can't get it, mind us 50 cents and we will mail it now, or right down and write us. Address ACTURING CO., Richmond, Va. Written Quick for Terms. IS! PENSIONS!! CAN MAKE FROM $5.00 TO $25.00 A DAY. IT HAS NO EQUAL OR RIVAL. IT IS THE MOST COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE NEGRO RACE EVER PUBLISHED. It Has the Endorsement of the Virginia State Board of Education. The Industrial History of the Negro Race, a recent publication has been so largely in demand that a second edition has just been published. It is not throughout the country to both white and colored. It has been adopted by the State Board of Education of Virginia, which cognits of the Governor, Attorney General, Superintendent of Public Instruction and Professors of the leading white colleges of Virginia, as a text book for the colored schools. Other states have strongly endorsed the book and are expected to adopt it. This is sufficient evidence to prove our claim that this is the greatest book now upon the market, and every colored person should have a copy in their library. Ants are wanted in every State, County and Town to sell the subscription edition. Write or apply to the INDUSTRIAL HISTORY BUBLISHING COMPANY, 511 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. Nelson's Hair Dressing like the lady holds in her hand, Druguese and agents everywhere sit at 25 cents a box. If you can't get it, give us 30 cents and we will mail a full size postal box. Buy it and set it up, write and write. Address PENSIONS! PENSIONS!! If you ever served in any of the Wars of the U. S. You are Entitled to a Pension. If You are now Drawing a Pension of less than $12.00 per month, if You are over 62 years of age, You are Entitled to an Increase. If You are the Widow or Dependent Sister of a Deceased Soldier, Sailor, or Marine You are Entitled to a Pension of $12.00 per month. If You Want a Pension, or an Increase, Write me the Facts, and I Will File Your Claim and Secure Your Pension or Increase. HERMAN W. GRANT, Att'y., Room 609, F 84., N. W., Wash., D. C. D. J. FARRAR, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. ALL KINDS OF CARPENTRY. OFFICE ROOM, NO. 463, MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK BUILDING 'Phone Monroe-2037. RESIDENCE, 610 N. FIRST STREET—SHOP IN REAR. 'Phone, Monroe-2160. Special Attention Paid to the Taking of Contracts for Building of Any Style of Architecture. Job Work a Specially. Wm. G. McCard, Cornelius C. Pit- gerald, Bollictor, 327 St. Paul Street and, 215 Courtland St., Baltimore, Md. RECEIVER'S SALE OF VALUABLE CHATTELS. The machinery, furniture, appliances and fixtures used in the Gallican Fisherman Printing Office: By virtue of a decree of the Circuit Court, No. 2, of Baltimore city, the undersigned receivers will sell at public auction on the premises, rear of No. ——, Hampton, Va. on SATURDAY, the 10th DAY OF JUNE, 1911, At 10 o'clock A. M., the following: 1 six-colour Babcock Standard Printing Press, No. 6; 1 two-horse-power motor (electric); 1 one-hat medium job press; 1 safe; 1 desk; 2 tables; 1 stove; 1 23 1-4 Rollance Cutter; 1 Chandler Job Press, x1:10, 1 imposing stand, 28x44; 1 imposing stand, 24x36; 5 sets shafts and pul- OFFICES FOR WELL LIGHTED, WELL VENUE FOR RENT IN THE NEVEN SAVINGS BANK LIGHT, HEAT AND JANITOR S RENTAL OF FROM $5.00 PER MONTH OF THE MOST PALATIAL AND CON THE CITY AND THE SERVICE REND Apply to the AGENTS, or MECHANICS' SAV 214 East Clay Street, 'Phone, Monroe-2400. Isham Ma FUNERAL DIRECTOR, H LIVERY M Fine Funeral Supplies, Fine Hacks and HIGH GRADE CASKETS AT T All Orders Promptly Attended- Hall for Meetings and B NO. 9 EAST DUV RESIDENCE—118 East HAIR-VIM CHEMICAL (Successor to Columbia Chemical Con- Manufacturers of HAIR-VIM, HAIR-V VIM, BEAU-TE-VIM CREAM AX) Beware of Imitations and Imposters Newport News, Va., the Old Home Off Good Agents Wanted. Liberal Comm MRS. J. P. H. 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CEPHAS, Richmond's Real Estate Agent, 602 N. 2d Street. Local and Long Distance Telephone, Monroe-588. TERMS OF SALE: Caph. WM. C. McCARD, CORNELIUS C. FITZGERALD. Recolvers. —Nelson's Hair Dressing can be secured from the Agent, Mr. Joseph Evans. 2602 Webster Avenue, Pittsburg, Pa. —We will send the PLANET to your friends for $150 per year. of Real Estate Development and therefore withdraw my property from sale to COLORED PEOPLE John Cussons, Glen Allen, Va. PANAMA AND STRAW HATS CLEANED, BLEACHED, BLOCK RETRUMMED. AMERICAN HAT CO., HATTERS, FIFTH AND MARSHALL STS. W. I. JOHNSON, Funeral Director and Embalmer, Office & Warerooms, 207 N Foushee St. Cor. Broad. HACKS FOR HIRE. Orders by Telephone or Telegraph allied. Weddings, Suppers and Entertainments promptly attended. Telephone, 686. Residence in Building. Does it come easily without breaking? Is it straight? Does it smooth out nicely? Can you do it up in any of the charming styles, so it will stay, and make you proud of it? 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Agents are wanted in every State, County and Town to sell the subscription edition. Write or apply to the INDUSTRIAL HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY, 511 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. for terms and information. THE MAGIC, TWO TIMES LARGER THAN NATURE IT IS LONG STEEL MEATING BAR THE MAGIC SHAMPOO DRIER AND HAIR-STRAIGHTENER MAILED ANYWHERE IN U.S. $1.00 POSTAGE PAID SEND MONEY BY POSTER FOYER HONEY ORDER. LADIES LOOK! Every lady can have a beautiful and hurried head of hair. The Magic Drier the hair, removing the dandruff and is will stain the curlest head of hair. The Magic will keep the hair in shape, put into the flame of the alcohol or gas heater. The Aluminum Coob is easily detached from the heating bar, then, after the bar is heated, the Magic Heater is also suitable for opening irons. a cover and can be carried in a hand bar. Magic Shampoo Drier $1.00. Magic Alcohol Heater $1.00. Liberal terms to argue. Write for Literature today. Magic Shampoo Drier Co. Minneapolis, Minnesota. EIGHT REPENED A BIG FIRE. FOUR BADLY HURT IN CHURCH BLAZE Four men were seriously hurt in a fire which destroyed the Zion Baptist Church (colored), on Twenty-second street between Hull and Rainbridge. South Richmond, which was struck by lightning last night about 7 o'clock. None is fatally injured. The loss is estimated at $12,000. The injured are: Lieutenant Walter Smith of Engine Company No.13, overcome by smoke and exhaustion. John Langham colored laborer of 1915 Decatur street head badly cut by falling state and back injured. Joseph Scott (colored), 301 West Twenty-second street, cut on head by falling state. Daniel Glen (colored), Bainbridge street, severely cut in neck by flying state and bruised by bricks. DELAY IS CAUSED The hull of lightning struck the top of the church tower and went downward. When the men of Engine Company No 13 arrived the flames had already gotten good headway and were burning fiercely among the branches and woodwork of the interior of the church. Trouble was experienced at the outset, when it was discovered that the water plunged was almost choked with mud, and many valuable minutes flew by before enough pressure could be gotten up to play on the flames. A hose wagon and a squail of men from Engine Company No 7 were dispatched by Fire Chief Joynes in response to the call for aid, which Captain Coaly, of Company No 13, issued. This squail, while late on the scene, rendered excellent service in fighting the fire. The firemen began their light on the interior of the building, but the heat and dense smoke soon drove them to the outside, and the streams were played from that time on through the windows. Those who were on the scene early say that the firemen might have gotten the blaze under control had the water pressure been strong enough. TRIED TO SAVE ORGAN Lleutenant Smith was overcome during the early part of the fight in the interior of the church, but after receiving restoratives from the hands of Dr Turman, of the city ambalance, he went back to the fire. The three negroes were caught on the porch as the roof fell in, and each was struck many times by the falling slate and brick. They were in a crowd that had dashed into the blazing building in an endeavor to save the organ and any other movable articles, but the cracking of the roof sent them flying for the exit before anything could be removed. All were carried into a neighboring house and treated by Dr Turman. The pastor of the church, Rev. W. T. Anthony, and his board of trustees met last night immediately after the confession to discuss plans for rebuilding. But a small group of the loss is covered by insurance, the amount which was carried by the church building was $3,000. Zlon Baptist Church was built in 1898 and the present has a membership of about 500 members. A movement for rebuilding on a larger scale will be set on font at once. Within a few minutes after the stroke the whole building was blazing fiercely and sending a hurdle glow up into the sky that attracted attention for miles around. Thousands of people in South Richmond hurried to the scene, and a squad of police was soon busy keeping the more reckless out of the danger zone. The fire was at its hottest at 8 o'clock, and for a time threatened to set fire to the frame buildings in the neighborhood. As soon as it became evident that no hope remained to save the church, the fire-fighters turned their attention to keeping the flames from spreading to the adjoining houses, and they succeeded marvelously well. A frame dwelling house next door on the west side escaped burning by the narrowest margin, and only the constant throwing of thousands of gallons of water on it presented its catching fire. The roof fell in with a loud crash shortly after 8 o'clock, and, thus warned, the firemen reached a safe distance before the walls followed. No one was injured when the walls caved in, but there were many hair-breadth escapes. Only the shell of the church was left standing, and nothing of value was taken out. The walls are loaming dangerously, and will probably be cut down hours after the facade of engine company No. 13 was kept at their posts until after 10 o'clock, and on this their first hard die did what was pronounced most creditable service. (Richmond Va., Times-Dispatch. DRAKE'S BRANCH NEWS. Rev. S. D. Lok filled his appointment Sunday at Wheeler Prebsterian Church, preaching from James 2:26. The Good Samaritans celebrated their annual sermon at St. Louis Church Sunday. Lodges Noa. 335 and 61, together with Organ Hill choir, drove 14 miles through the open country to the church. The fine livery stables here were not able to accommodate the crowds, and resort was made to Mossigford and other places. Rev. Berryman, pastor of St. Louis Church, proached the sermon, and $125 was collected. Mrs. Panthera Hubanks had the misfortune to fall and break her arm a few days ago. She is suffering very much in spite of all that can be done. Even if he had two legs, would it be right for Rev B. B. Bailey, pastor of St Andrew's Church, to kick the "everlasting stuffings" out of Rev J. P. Corey because it is said the latter has done some political wire-pulling in St Andrew's neighborhood — und Saturday is the time to elect a pastor. Miss Anna Mosley after spending two weeks with her mother Mrs Tom Mosley has returned to New York city. LOS ANGELES NEWS. Rev E W Kinchion, of Stubenville, O. has been transferred to Los Angeles to take charge of the Wesley Chapel M·E Church, and the executive board is making due preparation to receive their new pastor. The New York House Cleaning company has recently purchased one of the largest vacuum cleaners on the market, and is now classed as the largest and best house cleaning companies in this city. Mr. Bort A. Williams was entertained on Thursday evening. May 11th at the house of Mr. Robert Owens. A large number of his old friends and schoolmates were present and a pleasant evening was spent by all. On Friday morning he was accompanied on a automobile drive to Venice, Ocean Park and San Diego California. I happened to be visiting the criminal court department 11, on Friday May 15th just as the court was trying to secure the twelfth juryman and one John Smith was called After he was sworn in he was questioned as follows Are you as resident of Los Angeles? "Yes" "How long have you lived here?" "Three years" "Where were you born?" "Texas" "Is you acquainted with the doctrine of reasonable doubt?" "Oh yes," said Mr. Smith "How do you understand it?" "I meet him in Texas," said Smith On account of the great laughter at this reply the clerk was compelled to call for order The questioning continued The questioning continued "Explain to the court Mr Smith what you know about reasonable doubt?" The juryman anxiously to give the explanation, began thus "I met Dr Doubil about fifteen years ago, we lived in the same county. He attended a trial where a nigger was charged with stealing a horse and the doctor acting as judge at this time was so just in his decision that he won the favor of the entire county "Was the defendant found guilty in this case?" "No but the darkey was sent up for life" Smith was dismissed from the jury box WIFE GETS TIRED OF LAZY HUSBAND Mrs. Della Pane wife of Mr. Wm Pane, Jeff Monday, May 1, 8911, for her home in Kansas City Mr. and Mrs. Pane were married last February 6, 1911, and at the time of their marriage Mr Pane was employed in the service of one of the millionaire families of the city A few weeks later Mr Pane disappeared from the city appearing later in San Francisco co. There he remained until his mo- ther also an employee in the afore- mentioned family, straightened matter in order that her son could return to the city. Since this time Mr. Pane has spent the greater part of his time wheting in his knowledge from the various news contenting himself in a public library, while his bride put in eight long hours at the ironing board, where she was employed at the Up-to-Date Hand board. But one day when Mr Pane came home from a day at the library he found his wife gone and a note she left for him was all of her to be seen. This was May 6th—the day Mr Pane left home. Mr Pane received so great that he broke down in tears. But the bride was on her way home. LOS ANGELES NEWS Los Angeles, Cal, May 26, 1911. Mrs Loon Mason is conducting revival meetings at the A. M. E. Church of our city. She is filling the pulpit during the absence of Rev. Peck, who is in New York attending the meeting of the Foreign Mission Board. Mr H. H. Gordon, of our city, who was employed at one of our large department stores, has been dismissed from their service. Hamburger Brothers do believe in the Labrador because of the land Mr. Gordon took in favor of the union labor it is widely believed that is the cause of his dismissal. The Hamburger Brothers employ more colored people than any one store in Los Angeles. The members of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church feel much encouraged over the large attendance and increase of membership. They are blessed with one of the ablest pastors in the Baptist denomination, a man who is well equipped to fulfill all duties as a pastor. Dr. Hill is one of the late graduates of the University of California, and aside from his passage as a pastor, he bass sings on the Pacific coast. The pastor and members are always glad to welcome strangers at their little church, on East Third street and Stephison avenue. Mr. J. L. Means, one of the popular young men of our city, was returning home from calling on a lady a few evenings ago, when he found a new street. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. True Reformers Fighting For Life. True Reformers Fighting For Life. (continued From Page Number) FOUR vouchers and draw upon R. T. Hill for money to pay these expenses. I did not know how it. T. Hill kept his accounts in the bank—sufficient to say that he paid the expenses as they accrued by checks drawn on the True Reformers' Bank. The government examined my accounts and took charge of them through the committee appointed for that purpose and commended me for what I had done, and the honest and straightforward way in which I had kept the accounts EMPLOYED MANY PEOPLE. I had employed at the headquarters, 528 E Broad Street, this city, and 194 Cumberland Street, Norfolk Va. a large number of clerks and also had twenty five or thirty employees at the exposition grounds, which made the payroll run up to three, four and five hundred dollars a week. I would make up the payroll, send me it to Mr Hill, and he would send me a check on the True Reformers' Bank which I would deposit in Richmond in the Broad Street Bank and at Norfolk in the Bank of Commerce I cannot at this time state the exact amount but it was tens of thousands of dollars. I have vouchers covering more than $5,757 92, which is mentioned by the receivers in their report, showing that the money was paid to me for The $1,000 referred to by the receivers as being properly received is the money paid me by him to be used in his interest, out of which I received nothing, as Mr Alen G Collins an attorney of this city can testify. THE NEGRO DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION ORGANIZED At the close of the exposition it was the universal opinion of both white and colored that this splendid exhibit of the Negros of this country should not be allowed to go to pieces but should be permitted. Offers came to curry it to Roeschler, N. Y., and to other Northern cities, as a result of which the Negro Development Corporation was organized for the purpose of removing the exhibit to Richmond, a Southern city, since the best exhibit was of Southern product. Wm Isaac Johnson was elected president, R. T Hill treasurer and Giles B Jackson director general. Strenuous efforts were made to raise this money to remove this exhibit, but the panic of 1997 overtook us and we failed to raise the money. We appealed to the Legislature of Virginia for the $12,000 that was left from the $100,000 appropriated by Virginia to entertain the visitors at the exposition COLORED SCHOOL GOT THE MONEY. The bill passed the Senate and went to the Committee on Conference. There it failed an Governor Swanson thought it best for it to go to the Colored Virginia Normal Institute at Petersburg to aid in the farming department. Having thus seen our failure to raise sufficient money to remove the exhibit, it was decided that the company would manufacture some of the articles that were exhibited at the exhibition. Mr Hill was treasurer and paid all the bills, a number of which were paid through me. In 1909, the Colored State Fair Association was organized. Mr Hill was elected treasurer of this association, and I was the director general, and had charge of the promotion of the Colored State Fair. We sold about $5,000 worth of stock and a number of friends contributed about $1,000, all of which was paid over to the treasurer. The treasurer in like manner paid the expenses through me by checks made on the True Reformers' Bank. DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT. As I have said before, I do not know how Mr. Hill kept his accounts in the bank, and never made any inquiry, having utmost confidence in his business judgment, as all the other officers of this and the other companies also had. He never paid me any money during these periods for my personal benefit and I have never borrowed any money from him or his bank. At times when he would say that he needed money in the treasury to meet the demands he would draw his own note, which was endorsed by Wm Isaac Johnson and myself and discounted at other banks. The money would be turned over to him to replenish the treasury. I have a number of these notes in my possession which have been paid, and will speak for themselves. If Mr Hill used any money from the True Reformer' Bank for the payment of any checks, he gave me on these accounts, it is news to me, as I have never heard or dreamed of such a thing. (Times Dispatch, May 27, 1911) Earnestly claiming that it is impossible that the Grand Fountain of True Reformers can owe the defunct True Reformers' Bank anything, the officers of the Order yesterday issued a statement asking its members and the public to suspend judgment until the Grand Fountain's side of the matter can be presented to the Chancery Court. As stated in The Times Dispatch yesterday, should the contention of the receivers of the bank that the Grand Fountain and its officers be hold responsible for the sums due the bank from the auxiliary enterprises, is sustained, the True Reformers as such would be compelled to discontinue business. However, it will be contended by the Order that the receivers cannot hold it, for these amounts, and a fight will be waged before the court against the claims of the receivers. WHITE DAUGHT FIRST. Violated Segregation Ordinance— 'Case Blamhed—Must More Real done—May Continue to Do Busi- ness. The following extract from the Richmond (Va.) Journal of the 27th ult. will explain itself: The first violation of the Vonderlehr segregation ordinance has been reported by the police, and it is probable that a test case will be made. Justice Crutchfield will give the matter a preliminary hearing early next week in Police Court. B. H. Shrigel, whose name, incidentally, does not appear in the city directory, has moved into 1001 St John street. Most of the residents in that section of the city are colored. The Vonderlehr ordinance prohibits white people from moving into a block in which the majority of residents are colored, and colored people from moving into a block in which the majority of residents are white DOUBT ITS CONSTITUTIONALITY Iver since its passage it has been the subject of discussion among lawyers, many having expressed the opinion that it is not constitutional. Others, however, have heartily endorsed it, and have declared that it would be upheld by the highest courts. The case was called in the police court last Wednesday. It was evident that all parties were embarrassed. Finally B H Shear made the plea that he was a Jew, evidently being of the opinion that this fact exempted him from the provisions of the segregation ordinance. Finally his lawyer stated that B H Shear was willing to move out. "Why did you not say go before and save all of the trouble?" City Attorney Pollard arose and asked the court to dislames the case in view of this statement or to continue it. The accused stated that he wanted only a reasonable time of from a week to ten days to move DOUBLE EXPENSE This course was taken and a sign of relief went around. The amusing situation is now presented. This white man can do business in this colored locality, but he cannot reside there. He must pay rent elsewhere and the rooms above him will be vacant until he can set some colored family to live there. Then will he presented the spectacle of the mixing of the races in the same house whereas before they lived in separate houses. It seems that there is a debate on the part of the patrols of the measure that there shall be no test case at this time. Commends the Planet's Course. Graphic Description of Existing Conditions. Hon John Mitchell My Dear Mr Mitchell, Your ap preciated letter of May luth is at hand and I thank you for it. I make it a rule never to think mealy of a busy and useful man like yourself when my letters to him are not answered promptly, as I would wish. I am a busy man myself, and I allow a good many of my letters to answer themselves. This was an old trick of the first Consul of France. I have been following your course for years and reading your editorials in The Planet your progress in journalism and as a business man, commands my unqualified admiration You are demonstrating in a practical and sensible way, what is possible of accomplishment for a Negro in the South who is in earnest and who knows what he wants, when he wants it. We are nearing the dawn now, and I firmly believe. The white man has reached the apex of his vaulting ambition, and because he sees the handwriting on the wall he is determined to make Jordan as rocky a road for the Negro as he knows how. He realizes that he is going and that the Negro is coming—coming fast. Your wise counsel to the race to be modest and humble, to be out of obscurityness, to be thrifty and ambitious are "apples of gold in pictures of silver" The Northern "nigger" ain't worth a clam. He has too much leisure and of a certain kind of freedom which he mistakes for equality. Dress balls and a good time generally is the height of the average Negro's ambition here in the North. If they had the money and the culture to back their pretensions we could not criticize them. But a man with half an eye can see the finish of these fool Negroes whose glory move intensifies the prejudices against us and lessons the respect of white people who were once want to encourage and help the worthy and deserving among us. There is now really more prejudice again than before. I see there in the South. Civilization is ready for the Negro, but all Negroes are not ready for civilization. They are not as wise as serpents and harmless as doves. sent the pamphlet descriptive of your bank to the leading lawyer on the Gold Coast, a most excellent and scholarly African gentleman—Mr. Cassley Hayford. Mr. Hayford's address is Casalp Hayford, Anona Chambers, Tanqua, Gold Coast, Africa. It won't hurt The Planet if it can have a few subscribers and readers over there. Do you exchange with the West African paper? I would advise if you do not that you exchange with the Lagos Record and Lagos Standard, at Lagos, West Coast Africa. They keep abreast with American news and print some thoughtful editorials. I asked Parergina, of Cape Town, S. A., to write to you over a year ago. He is the agent of King Lewananka of the Boraburug tribe, one of the richest tribes in the interior of South Africa, and he can do you lots of good. I'll send the story in a day of two. You'll know, what to do with it if it is fit. You have a waste basket. NOTICE TO TEACHERS! State Summer Normal at Christi- burg, Virginia. The fourth annual session of the Christiansburg Summer Normal will open June 27th at the Christiansburg Industrial Institute. Teachers wishing to measure up the advanced standards of education will find no better place than Christiansburg at which one may pursue a definite course with a definite aim, under competent instructors. Our faculty contains the names of men high up in the educational circles of the State, there being among them Prof. J. M. Gandy, A. M., of Petersburg; Prof. J. T. Phillips, A. B., L.L. B., of Petersburg; Prof. W. B. Forguson, principal of Gregory School, Roanoke and Mrs. Ida V. Woodlyn, Miss Fugenia M. Taylor and others. The courses are arranged with a view of giving special assistance to those who are trying to get certificates or trying to make a higher grade than the one they now hold. For further information: address E. A LONG, Conductor, Cambria, Va DO YOU KNOW HIM? Consul General Crum's Letter. May 1, 1911 John Mitchell, Jr., Editor of Richmond Planet, Richmond, Va. My Dear John Mitchell,—I have been trying to locate John Richmond, brother of William Richmond, a colored-American who died here about three weeks after his arrival of malignant malaria, called the black water fever out here. William Richmond registered in this office as the nearest kln John Richmond, whose postoffice address in America was given at Pembroke Store Postoffice, Campbelt county, Ya. I addressed a dispatch to the State Department, reporting the death of William Richmond, requesting that they assist me in locating the brother of the deceased. The department acknowledged the receipt of the dispatch. I wrote John Richmond, sending the letter to the above address. The letter was returned marked uncalled for. The property of the deceased, consisting of traveling, bag, clothing, money and bank book, are in my possession. I am anxious that his effects reach his brother, or if he be dead, satisfactory proof of the same must be furnished in order that I can proceed in settling the estate. I know no one better qualified than yourself to whom I can turn for assistance. Will you help me to find the heir of Wm. Richmond? I take this opportunity to con- gratulate you upon the splendid showing of the Mechanics' Bank in its achievements in the field of finance. If industry, honest endow- er, perseverance, determination and intelligent management are essen- tials of success (and they are) then your future and the success of the great financial institution of which you are the honored head is assured Many Americans, white and col- ored, come out and lead care- lover们 disregarding advice as to the care of their health, and quickly pay the penalty in an early grave. **** I am, air Your obedient servant. WM. D. CRUM, American Consul General Horses Frightened. A double team belonging to W. Jeance Johnson got frightened last Monday afternoon about 2 o'clock and dashed down Main street from Sixth to Ninth, narrowly missing street cars vehicles and pedestrians. Reaching Ninth street the horses collided with an automobile and partly sld under it. The body of the wagen to which they were hitched top plied over on top of them, and for some time they could not be extricated. Both horses were cut and bruised, and one was thought to be internally injured. The motor car was not damaged. Important Notice. TO THE PUBLIC: We have just MOVED into Our NEW STORE. Just for Advertisement, and for the Public to Get Acquired with Our New Store, we are going to Offer a SPECIAL INDUCEMENT All Next Week, as follows: The choice of our $3.00 Hats for $2.00. The choice of our $4.00 Hats for $2.75. The choice of our $5.00 Hats for $3.75. The choice of our $6.00 Hats for $4.00. The choice of our $7.50 Hats for $5.00. The choice of our $10.00 Hats for $7.50. 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Broad Street, where you will find a nice long Alapace or Black Serge Coat, made up especially for the pulpit. With one of these coats on you can preach on the hottest day in July or August without feeling the heat. These coats range in price from $4.50 to $5.00, $6.00, $7.00 and $8.00. They are guaranteed not to turn red or fade after using them for several seasons. We also have pants to match, made with large legs, 19 to 20 inches at the bottom. Dear brethren, please give us a call before making your purchases elsewhere. I J. MILLER, Prop. 314 E. Broad Street. Near Corner Third Street. (Wrong Side) -WILLIAMSBURG (VA.) NEWS. The members of the First Baptist Church are very jubilant over the fact that Rev J J. Nickerson has accepted the charge of their church for the months during his vacation from school, and they are now looking forward to a great spiritual uplift through his efforts Rev. Nickerson will be with the congregation every Sunday time enough to take a part in the Sunday-school, leaving Richmond at 9 A.M. The revival meeting will begin on the second Sunday in June, and Rev. Nickerson will be assisted by Dr C. H. Phillips, the noted evangelist of Richmond. FROM STAUNTON Interesting Items—Ex Police Officer In Chains Gang. We have an expollicenom; also an ex-chain gang boss with a hall and chain on working on the chain gang under the chain gang boss, all on account of looking with whiskey in this dry town of ours. Three men were tried before the police justice and were given thirty days in jail. Two of them took an appeal to the Huntings Court, and to their sorrow the jury gave them sixty days, and one of them ran away and got as far as Fishersville, seven miles. In two days, and there waited for a female to accompany him on his journey. The sharp eye of our chief saw the lady going east and decided to follow, and behold the lost one was found and brought back, and received sixty more days. Staunton's undertaker, C C Williams, who came from Hampton here a little over three years ago and opened up a undertaking establishment and who seemed to be doing a nice business, and had bought property, sold out and decided to go to Springfield, Ill. with his bride of a few months He married a lady of your city Nearly all of our girls who have been away attending school have returned home. Staunton Lodge, No. 62, K of P., on last Thursday evening, the 25th instant, had a grand entertainment The Castle, decorated with the national colors, presented a beautiful accenture. From 8 30 until 1 b'clock A. M the half was thronged with guests listening to the strains of sweet music furnished by Harris and Bady The guests all acknowledged that it was the most fashionable social that has been given in Stunton for years. It has been announced to the citi zens of Staunton by St Jones, chief of Staunton Division, United Order of True Reformers, that on Sunday, June the 18th, that Attorney J. Thomas Newsome, general attorney for the Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers, will address the members of the Order' and the general public at Ebonezer Baptist Church, North Augusta street, at 8 P. M. J. H. A. A Great Man Told to Rest. Rev. Israel Cross, D. D., of Nansenmond county, Va., was laid to rest in the family cemetery last Tuesday, after forty-three years of faithful and honorable service rendered his people as a minister of the gospel, and of the trust type. For several years Dr. Cross has been orally affectionately affectionately singing his churches. During his affiliation he was patient and hopeful, he was a chaste Christian, an honorable citizen and a wonderful preacher. As a Christian he was conscientious; firm in faith and doctrine. 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I desire to know the whereabouts of my son, Nona Brown. He was last heard from in Newport News, Va., in 1900. He formerly lived at Epworth, King William county, Va. He was a laborer at the time heard from, and was thought to be employed by the C. & O. Company. He has the following brothers: Thomas, Malachi John Samuel, James Benjamin and Robert Andrew. His sisters are Marilam Parker and Marina Brown. Any information will be thankfully received by his parents. Specials For Saturday. Everything for everybody where to make your Saturday marketing—H G Carter, 029 North Third St. Where you can find a first-class stock of fine and fancy groceries. Look at these prices, for Saturday only. Large Jar Family Mustard 10c. Large Jar Sweet Pickle 10c. Cans Uncle Ned Tomatoes 25c. Cans Corn 25c. Dirt Cleaner 04c. 3 pounds Pure Hog's Lard 2 pounds Best Rib Pork 26c. Beets, a pound 26c. Gold Medal Flour 42c. Cerasas flour 42c. Obltek-Flour 36c. Dunlop Flour 36c. Pure Water Ground Meal, p'k 22c. 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