Richmond Planet

NET CHRISTMAS 1916 A ```markdown ``` CHRISTMAS IS A-COMIN'. You kin talk erbout Thanksgibin Ob its tu'kies on its pie. 'Twel you ketch yo' sef a-singin' En da anthema 'gin ter rise. You kin sing in chunos meloj'us Ob de great en glor'us fort. En yo' thisk o' fun moe' glor'ns Had dis day ob fun en sport. But wid all yo' rapt'ous singin' Ob da fort, er ob Thanksgibia' It don' dro'n da soun' a-ringin', Nelder 'race da thoughts a-spinin' 'Cause da chill'en is a-singin'; En in fancy I kin hear Distent slay-bells ga'ly ringin', Chris'mus comin.; pretty near. Th'ow orway all keers on sor'ows; Put yer trubbles on da shef; Ain't no use ter try en bor'ow Sor'ows f'om som' body else. 'Cause da time is swifly 'pro'cin'; You kin feel it in da air; Tu'kies, oben 'spicious roastin', Chris'mus comin'; almost here. MINNIE E. COLEMAN. Richmond, Va. FOOTBALL AFTERMATH. (Henry C. Conway.) Hampton is the champion of this section, and beyond a doubt the most capable team representing any institution for Negro students. Throughout the year Hampton did good work. They won every game, and in the last game of the season outclassed the strong Howard team in every particular, except kicking. They had a strong, fast and hard charging line with Dabney at center and Dorsey at end of exceptional caliber. An evenly balanced set of backs, with weight, strength and speed. Harvey at quarter was a wonder at making the forward pass from any angle, and when going at top speed. Morehouse College of Atlanta, Ga., would have ranked second if they had run up a larger score against Fisk-Howard, who won from Fisk by two points more is given second place. With Morehouse third. Biddle, University of Charlotte, N. C., is given fourth place because of the very fine work during the entire season. Biddle won every game on their schedule and was never in real danger of being scored upon. These are followed closely by Union University of Richmond, Va.; Atlanta University of Atlanta, Ga.; Agricultural and Technical College of Greensboro, N. C.; South Carolina State College, West Virginia Collegiate Institute and Fisk, in order named. Virginia Normal and Industrial Institute of Petersburg, Va., leads all the minor institutions in this sec- RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916. tion. They were not defeated once during the season. Virginia Theological Seminary and College, and Shaw, follow in order. Manassas Industrial School of Manaasas, Va., is first among secondary schools, followed by Howard Prepa. Storer College, Armstrong Tech., Dunbar High and Morgan College. BALTIMORE NEWS AND NOTES Baltimore, Md., Dec. 21.—The Goldfield Hotel has been granted full hotel privileges. It was built by the late Joe Gans out of his winnings when he won the lightweight pugilistic championship at Goldfield, New. The hostelry is widely known, prominent men of both races from all parts of the country having visited it during the lifetime of the dead pugilistic marvel. Edward Myers and Lawson N. Duffn are the present proprietors. Mr. Myers was associated with Gans when the hotel was first opened. The Y. M. C. A. has a number of teams out collecting unpaid pledges and now one toward the $100,000 building fund. The lot at the northwest corner of McCulloh and Dolphin Streets has been secured, and building operations will begin next spring. The annual session of the Maryland Colored State Teachers' Association will be held at Salisbury, Md. on Thursday and Friday of next week. A varied and interesting program has been arranged. Dr. D. S. S. Goodloe, principal of the Maryland Colored State Normal School, is president of the association. John H. Murphy, the voter editor of the Afro-American, has been confined to his home, 1320 Drulid Hill Avenue, by a severe cold. Miss Elsanda V. Johnson and Rev. Julius C. Johnson, Jr., wore the principals in a fashionable wedding recently. The bride is a daughter of Rev. I. L. Thomas, field secretary of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the M. E. Church, and the groom is a son of Julius C. Johnson, national deputy grand master of the Odd Fellows. Sharon Baptist Church, Rev. W. M. Alexander, pastor, has just succeeded in reducing its debt by $2,000. Metropolitan M. E. Church has just raised $3,400 in a rally. Bishop I. N. Ross filled the pulpit at St. John's A. M. E. Church Sunday. Dr. J. S. Cooper, of Roanoke, Va., was a visitor here this week. FRANKLIN L. J. JOHNSON. Baltimore Afro-American, 628 N. Eutaw Street Husband Wanted! Lady, between the age of 40 years, wishes to correspond with a gentleman, aged 40 or 45 years of age. Object, matrimony; exchange photos. M. D. ROGS. 18 6th Street, Lakewood, N. J. The Season's Greetings to Our Readers and Friends In Respect to the Death of I. President, Brother William E. Evans. It is no exaggeration to say that not since its organization has Good Prospect Beneficial Club sustained a loss which it more than keeps feel, or which it will be more difficult to repair than that occasioned by the death of Brother William E. Evans, who was found dead at one of his posts of duty on Monday morning, December 11, 1916. Elected as its head at the time of its institution, and continuing in that position until his death, he displayed an interest in, and devotion to, the welfare and Season's to Our and F always subjects of the higher priests. His deep concern for the sick and afflicted members made him quick to go to their relief, and his sympathy for the bereaved also made him a frequent and welcomed visitor in such homes where he will ever be remembered for his bountiful ministrations to their temporal needs and his comforting messages to the stricken hearts. The influence of his Christian and wise leadership was seen in the absolute harmony and good will which at all times prevailed among the members and in the remarkable financial and numerical growth which has attended the Club's entire existence. THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED First. That by the death of Brother Evans, this Club is deprived of the services and association of one whose fidelity to duty and successful leadership will never cease to arouse the deepest gratitude and appreciation, nor shall it afford an inspiring example of noble deeds for every member of the Club. Second. That we offer to the bereaved family our heartfelt sympathy in their great loss, and commend them to the tender mercies of Him who can afford a "consolation which ```markdown ``` the world can neither give nor take away." Third. That this preamble and these resolutions be spread on our minutes and published, and a copy sent to the widow of the deceased. Done by order of Good Prospect Beneficial Club at a called meeting held on December 13, 1916. Joseph Charity, vice-president; Wm. R. Minor, secretary; Committee—A. Washington, T. M. Crump, Jas T. Carter. Rev. T. H. White, D. D., of Clifton Forge, Va. was in the city this week. Rev. W. H. Skipwith, the international preacher and singer is in the city. BAILEY—CROSS. Mr. Eddie Bailey and Miss Mamie E. Cross were married Wednesday night, December 20th, eight o'clock, at the home of the Rev. Dr. R. V. Poyton, who affiliated. Miss Francis Bailey, of Houston, Va., nicle of the groom, was maid of honor. Mr. Romie Powell, of Richmond, Va., formerly of North Carolina, was best man. LEESBURG ITEMS On the next Lord's Day, at Providence Baptist Church, Rev. Frederick Hall, of Washington, will be with us all day. At the evening service, the Lord's Supper will be observed. All Baptists of good, standing with their own churches are invited. Mrs. William H. V. Roberts and sona loft for Washington Saturday, shopping. Mr. W. L. Jones, Jr. left for Washington Sunday to visit his brother and sister. The Stork brought a fine baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. John Berry. Children's Xmas Exercises Monday night (Xmas) at the Baptist Church. William H. Roberts, superintendent. Mrs. Ella Calloway died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Anna E. Carter, in Clifton Forge, Va., Saturday, December 15. Her death was quite a shock to her family and the community. She became ill while on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Carter, in Clifton Forge. Her remains reached Richmond Sunday afternoon, and funeral services were conducted on Wednesday December 20, at 2 P. M., from the Ebenezer Baptist Church, of which she had been a member for more than forty years. Rev. W. H. Stokes, pastor, officiated, assisted by Rev. Dr. T. J. King, pastor of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, and Rev. Dr. Thomas H. White, of Clifton Forge, who was with her frequently during her last illness. Mrs. Calloway was a well-known and beloved citizen. She is survived by the following children, who bemoan the loss of a tenderly devoted mother: Means, Wm. A., of Boston, Mana.; Jno. B., of New York City; Beverly, of Louisville, Ky.; Richard W., of Charlotteville, Va., and Dr. Samuel D., of this city; Mrs. Carrie Moses, of Danville, Va.; Mrs. Anna Carter, of Clifton Forge, and Mrs. Florida Cobb and Mrs. Lolia Davis, of Richmond. Memorial Exercises Memorial services will be held at Rocky Mount, N. C., at the Zion Baptist Church in memory of the heroes of the Tenth United States Calvary who fell in the battle of Carrizal. Chairman James A. Clark will preside. Mr. Clark will also deliver the oration. Other noted persons will participate in the exercises. SAMUELS—BROWN Mr. and Mrs. John F. Brown announces the marriage of their daughter, Katie L. Montana, to Rev. E. D. Samuels, D. D., of East Orange, N. J., to take place Wednesday, December 27, 1916, at five o'clock P. M., at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Reception from six to eight o'clock, 19 East Duval street. Friends invited. No cards. WANTED-Colored boy to serve table in restaurant. Apply at once to 323 Market Space. 11. Dr. J. Heyward Blackwell, Jr. of the Southside, called on us this week and was highly elated over the output of machinery and the splendid equipment. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. AS BRANCH CHRISTMAS CARD HEADQUARTERS I take this means of expressing my sincere thanks and appreciation to the citizens of Fulton and vicinity, for their liberal patronage in the Xman Savings Club of the Mechanics Savings Bank, for the past year and earnestly solicit a continuance of the same for 1917. For the convenience of the people, the Mechanics Savings Bank has opened Branch Savings Club Headquarters at Mr. A. D. Daniels No. 824 Denny street, Fulton, Director R. W. Whiting in charge. Beginning Saturday, December 23, 1916, the office will be open every Saturday from 4:00 o'clock P. M. to 7:00 o'clock P. M. If you wish to join see R. W. Whiting, 824 Denny street, Residence, 1230 Denny street, Phone, Madison 2692-J. The Club is now open. 1000 members already enrolled. Very truly yours. DIRECTOR R. W. WHITING. STOCKHOLDERS NOTICE! The Stockholders of the Mechanics Savings Bank will hold their annual meeting. Tuesday, January 2, 1917, at 727 N. Third street, Richmond, Virginia, at 8:00 P. M. All stockholders are notified to be present in person or by proxy. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President Wilson Fleet Gone. The funeral of Mr. Wilson Fleet, who died December 18, 1916 took place from his residence, 12 West Federal street, on the 21st inst. at 2 P. M. Funeral sermon by Rev. Dr. Z. D. Lowis. He leaves a wife, six children, five grandchildren to mourn their loss. Those present were Mrs. Estelle Pinckney, Pittsburgh, Mrs. Lillian Taylor, New York and Mrs. Burlene Pleasants and Miss Jeannette Fleet, James Fleet, of this city, Devine Lowis Fleet, of New York. Rev S. A. Moson, D. D., pastor of High Street Baptist Church of Danville, was in the city this week. Mrs. Chas. Robinson, at the Memorial Hospital, is gradually improving. Sir J. B. Evans, D. D., G. C., Lynchburg, Va., was in the city last week. He was attending the annual session of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Petersburg, Va. Rev. Dr. J. C. Brown, pastor of Eton Baptist Church, passed away quietly at his home in Philadelphia. Dr. Brown for many years had been coming South, and had assisted Rev. Dr. W. T. Anthony, pastor of Zion Baptist Church, South Richmond, in his revival services. ```markdown ``` SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1916 The Christmas Girl by MINNA IRVING Copyright, 1816, by American Press Association. SHE took a scrap of filmy lace, A bow of ribbon blue, A bit of gay brocaded stuff, A silken tassel, too, A yard of gold and silver cord And sewed and shirred and tied The dainty fragments each to each And viewed her work with pride. SHE put it in a snowy box And made a package trim And sent it off by parcel post On Christmas eve to "him." It had no name nor any use To serve or to uplift. She could not class the thing herself. Twas just a Christmas gift. Correcting Santa's Records By GOODLOE H. THOMAS Copyright, 1914, by American Press Association DEAR SANTA, I've heard that you keep a big book In your house 'way up north near the pole. And all you need do is to go take a look In its pages to name kids you know'll Deserve something nice, and I'm writin' ahead Bo you'll make a correction or two Regardin' a boy name of Jones him called Ted— Which is him that's a-writin' to you. PARTIC'LAR I'd like H you please would erase Where it says I belong to the gang Of boys that hooked' melons and old Higgins chased From his patch, with his gun goin' bang! For I have resigned from that bunch, 'cause they're tough, And I'm reg'larest one in our class At Sunday school now. Don't you think that's enough For a mark in your book that I'll pass? NOTHER thing's troublin' me —course you would know What it is when it's wrote with your pen— I went in a swimmin' when told not to go. To the river last summer, but then These things don't attract me the least, so therefore I hope everything's fixed. Your, TED. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY, passing a winter in Florida, sent the following Christmas message to the people of Indiana: "Christmas means love. We cannot picture it without seeing the spanned Christmas tree girl with the faces of glorious winter, glad parents and happy bodies returned home from town or far metropolis. "It sounds like bells and creeching bogs and sheets of children, and over and over, round gingerbread, marrying rid." Old piled, with his eyes knotted on his cheek, pauses to smile from one to another, and love is everywhere rejuvenated." Yule Log and Boar's Head. As far as any one can see backward into the history of the English, or indeed, in any of the northern nations, the Yule log and the boar's head can very important figures in the Christmas celebrations. The singing of carols of songs essentially fitted for the season also dates back for its origin to the old days. The bringing in and lighting of the Yule log was the important ceremony which marked the opening of the revels. This event took place on Christmas eve. MUCH GOOD IN CHRISTMAS DINNER BEFORE sitting down to your Christmas dinner you should read this through. Then you will be able to eat the roast beef or turkey and plum pudding without any misgivings as to the consequences. The Christmas dinner, according to a well known medical authority, is, after all, a simple affair, and its ingredients are in general of the most wholesome kind. Roast beef or turkey and plum pudding represent in plain terms the constituents of what is from a physiological point of view a complete diet, presenting all classes of reparative material demanded by the great processes of nutrition. It contains a balance of proteins, fats, carbohydrates and mineral salts which go to make up healthy tissue. The plum pudding in particular is a complete food in itself, and the only risk of the Christmas meal is taking an excess of the good things which it provides. Fortunately, people nowadays do not need to be told to guard against excess. The gospel of temperance in regard to both eating and drinking has been preached most effectively by the medical profession and hymen are numerous enough who possess a possible no-qualification with simple physiological facts to guide them. This knowledge however, is not a letter to their illiteracy, nor does it diminish their titer. Indigestible dishes are not, as a rule, the feature of the Christmas dinner table. It is difficult to select anything more digestible than turkey, roast beef or Christmas pudding eaten in balanced quantities. There are plenty of other meats and sweets which are far more trying to the digestive apparatus than these. During the Christmas festivity, having regard to the finest requirements of the functions, it is possible to be merry and wise together, a line of conduct which is in complete adherence to phrasological orders. --- After Santa's Visit THE SINGING of CAROLS MOLOS were sung every year in England from time immemorial until in 1525 the people were prohibited from singing on account of the serious illness of the king. For this reason the Christmas of 1525 is remembered as the "still Christmas." In 1522 Christmas carols of a more solemn nature were introduced. By the Puritan parishament-Christmas was abolished altogether, as much for political reasons as for the hatred for the Roman Catholic church, but after the restoration, when the Stuartis again gained the throne, the Christmas carols exhibited a hearty, cheerful and even jovial character. A writer in the Gentleman's Magazine, an English publication, in 1811 tells of the following experience on the North Riding of Yorkshire: "About 6 o'clock (on Christmas more long) I was awakened by sweet singles under my window. Burpied at a wink, so early and unexpected, I greeted, looking out of my window, I be- hold four singing men and six yeah- men welcoming with sweet music This practice of greeting the weigher on Christmas morning with songs is still maintained in several parts of England, and the singers are called "walters." The word, probably meaning "watbern," at first was applied to court pages, then to town musicians and has now become restricted to the singers of the carols on Christmas morning. Coatesville Without Mayer. On Monday the city of Coatesville, Pa., ceased to have a mayor and Walter L. W. Jones, who had occupied the position for two years, retired to civil life. The Chester county court, after considering fully the report of George W. Dewes, examiner, who made a report that Jones had been illegally elected and furnished instances of crooked work in almost all of the nine prescents of the new city, sustained the report and declared the office vacant. The decision was handed down by Judge J. P. E. Hause, and was concurred in by Judge William Butler, who is ill. It is unpleasant Jones will contest the decision, but declares that he will be a candidate when a new election is held. In the meantime Counselman L. B. Kirk, vice mayor will conduct the affairs of the office. Every contention made by the examiner was sustained by the court and considerable comment was made on the conduct of the election. It had been shown that scores of men voted on illegal tax orders and that a larger number of votes had been accepted in a number of prescents after the hour for the legal closing of the ballot boxes, most of these votes having been cast for Jones. Several of the polling places were also shown to have been illegally equipped. Must Wed in Faith or Lose $10,000. Should the children of the late David Benjamin, millionaire contractor of Harleston, marry outside of the Jewish faith they will lose $10,000 set aside for each child at the time of marriage. The will be payable to $10,000 outright to his widow and allow her $500 per month for support of herself and child. His parents are to receive forty dollars monthly. After the death of the widow, the children of the widow should include his children until they are to be treated of his widow, and the remaining two children should share to his daughter, and the widow marry the result, and for her not to remain for her. Pleasant Christmas Custom. A pleasant old time custom was that of presenting to the mother or ladies of the household at Christmas a silver spoon. The custom was introduced in the seventeenth century and was much in fashion in England, and it came to be of considerable significance and importance, inasmuch as the donors vied with each other in securing for their wives and other friends such specimens of silver as were not only of considerable intrinsic value, but of rare and unusual pattern and of exquisite finish. And so each spoon naturally came to be in a certain sense historic; at least it would always be a souvenir of the particular Christmas festival when it was presented. The matron of middle life would have suggested much of her family history and experience by looking over her spoons. --- Christmas Occupation For Children. One of the earliest Christmas "occupations" was published by a magazine a few years ago. It was a sheet containing a fir tree and about 100 tree toys and ornaments on and under the tree. This may be imitated at home. Let the children out and paint a fir tree in commercial Christmas tree shape. The toys may be cut from the advertisements of magazines and catalogues and may be painted or crayoned. Let Christmas Stand For Pleasure Let Christmas stand for pleasure and for the reason that it is especially the Christmas day. Then Christianity drops her weeds and smiles. Then the whole world stakes up the缔训: Religion never was designed. To use our pleasure less. And the goal for Doddridge comes singing in: I live in pleasure when I live to the The doctor must not fly his own wings. Not to live in pleasure is not, to live to thee. Pure pleasure it must be, no doubt, but that is the pleasure embodied in Christmas. If we were to fancy a wholly Christianized world it would be a world inspired by the spirit of Christmas—a bright, friendly, benevolent, generous, sympathetic, mutually helpful world. A man who is habitually mean, selfish, narrow, is a man without Christmas in his soul. Let us cling to Christmas all the more as a day of the spirit which in every age some souls have believed to be the possible spirit of human society. The earnest faith and untiring endeavor which see in Christmas a forecast are more truly Christian, surely, than the pleasant cynicism of atheism, etc, which smiles upon it as the festiva) of a little hope. Meanwhile we may respect hopelessness to a Christmas world may not be farther than from star 607 to a solar system.—George W. Curtin. Sharp Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church, Dolphin and Rutting streets, was beautifully decorated with forms and palms and filled to its utmost capacity on Wednesday evening, December 6, 1918 by the representative citizens of Baltimore and Washington, Philadelphia, Washington and Annapolis and various other places to witness the marriage ceremony of Rev. Julius C. Johnson, Jr., son of Mr. Julius C. Johnson, Sr., Deputy Grand Master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows of America and one of the leading caterers of the city, to Miss Elander V. Thomas, daughter of Dr. L. Thomas, distinguished minister of the Mott Episcopal Church and Secretary of the Board of Home Missions and Church Extension. After the wedding march by Prof. B. M. Peck, Dr. M. J. Naylor, pastor of the church, road the ceremony including the presentation of the ring by the groom to the bride, Dr. Thomas, the bride's father, united the couple in matrimony; the bride and groom kissed upon a large satin pillow as the prayer of blessings upon them was offered. The following is a description of the bridal party approaching the altar. Miss A. Noel Johnson, sister of the groom, the first bridesmaid, led the procession in an unusually graceful manner. She was attired in blue taffeta draped over cream shadow lace and bodice trimmed in velvet bands the shade of the dress. The second bridesmaid, Miss Eulig Wadding, wore yellow taffeta draped over cream shadow lace and bodice trimmed in velvet bands the shade of the dress. Miss Mary Bragg wore pink taffeta draped over cream shadow lace and bodice trimmed in velvet bands the shade of the dress. Miss Kate Taylor wore green taffeta draped over cream shadow lace, and bodice trimmed in velvet bands the shade of the dress. Each maid carried a white staff with brass crook and large-bows corresponding to the shade of the dress. The maid of honor, Miss Marie Oram, of Washington, was attired in silver lace draped over white satin, and carried a bouquet of pink carnations tied with 'jink tulle. The flower girls were little Misses Ruby Pickens, daughter of Dean William Pickens, of Morgan College, and Lotta Howard, daughter of the late Mr J. R. Howard. They were white silk batiste trimmed in lace and ribbon and carried backkits of white roses which were strawn along the bottom. Next followed the bride who was attired in white chudleys satin and georgette crop. Her long train and dress were decorated with seed pearls. Her veil of tulle was caught in orange blossoms and seed pearls. The page, Master Mortosa Sprague of Washington, D. C., wore white channel and carried a silver tray with a white satin pillow containing the ring. Mr. John M. Johnson, brother of the groom, was boat man. The groommen were Measers, Charles Brooks, of Philadelphia, Orvine Minor, and Charles Mayo of Washington, D. C., and Marcus Whalke of Baltimore. The ushers were Measers, Walter Wobb, Clarence Ebey, Oscar Dorsey, of Baltimore, and Grafton Moore, of Lincoln, Delaware. The bridal party entered the church in single file, with the exception of the bride, who entered on the arm of her father. On recording from the church, bride and groom led the procession, followed by the remainder of the party in two. The bride's mother Mrs. Josephine Thomas, an aunt in lieu of black clothing, sat over black taffeta. Mrs. Lillie Johnson, mother of the groom, was attired in black satin and georgette crope, trimmed in fur. Mr. Samuel T. Hemley furnished the carriages for the occasion. Numerous carriages and automobiles were used. After the reception at the home of the bride, the couple left on their honeymoon trip for several days, embracing New York, Philadelphia, Atlantic City and other points. Various manifestations of good wishes were given the party on leaving the house and also at Union Station where a host of friends gathered. Rev. and Mrs. Julius C. Johnson, Jr. will be at home at Falls Church. Va., after December 26th. The presents were handsome and numerous, including silver, cut glass, linens, china, briac-brac and gold coin. Explosion Kills Flight An explosion and fire destroyed the buildings of the Quaker Outplant, at Peterboro, Ont, with an estimated loss of eight lives and injured to ten other persons, all employees, and with properly damage amounting to about $1,000,000. A strong wind fanned the flames, and within ninety minutes every wall had tumbled in ruins, and several train elevators were wrecked. Eighteen elevators were saved. The persons injured include some of the 200 girls and women in the packing department. Among the missing is William Meley, the engineer. Cardinal Mercier Confined. Cardinal Mercier, primate of Belgium, is confluent to his palace by the German authorities, according to the frontier correspondent to the Amsterdam Telegraf, who says he hears this on good authority. The reason given is the action taken by the cardinal against the deportation of Belgians. Vote to Keep Aslatsie Out. By a vote of forty two to four in the senate adopting the con- tent amendment to the immigrat- tion bill, which would not or alter it without mention in by name and which elimina- m in the bill all reference to pass- ing measures. Only two members of the Board have remembered the appeal sent out from our Savannah Board meeting to the effect that each member solicit or contribute $12.00 each during the first quarter. Ten dollars to be used in office expense and equipment, and two dollars to aid in promoting a scholarship in Howe Institute on behalf of Rev. B. G. Riley, of Panama Zone. The two members responding so far, are Rev. Felix Jones, of Texas, and Rev. R. N. Hall, of Alabama. Some of the states did not understand our retrenchment plans, at first, having failed to read the circular letter sent out from Atlanta directly and from our office indirectly, showing that a general cut would have to be made all along the line. Since the Atlanta Board made retrenchment on our Board, it is very logical that our Board would have to make retrenchments on the missionaries in the various states till our people would come forward with the offer. Now the time for the churches and Sunday schools, B. Y. P. locals and Women's organizations to make home mission contributions, sending the same to our office. Our Board will need seventy-five dollars by the fifteenth of January for the following missionaries not on the cooperative list: missionary in Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, Seattle, Washington, St. Paul, Minn., Denver, Colorado, Philadelphia, Pa. There is no money on hand for those missionaries, because there is no cooperative, plan now in vogue for other than those named after retrenchment was made. But our Board has unanswered questions to answer in these various states. Will the churches, in harmony with the National Baptist Convention, give their moral and financial support by backing up the Board with a good collection as a new year's gift? Our Board is greatly concerned about the local progress of the denomination as seen in leading churches at various centers of population, as well as the success of great state conventions. The last named organizations have given the denomination enough to think about for a long time to come; for the state of Georgia hold its great convention in Augusta, the first week of the convention, and for sitting under the united convention, not allowing any side issue to give them two conventions any longer. President Roddick speaks in glowing terms of the work, and says old Georgia is "ready for the fray." Alabama has practically reorganized her forces by putting Rev. D. V. Jimmerson of Solmna, in the chair, with the other regulars at his back. Their relation at Montgomery was one of the best they have ever held. Arkansas has once "come back" by re-electing Dr. E. C. Morris the thirty-fifth year, and raising more than seven thousand dollars. The third state he served the second year of the denomination, and there is "something doing" in that state that is already remarkable, and they have merely begun their forward work. President E. C. Morris is pastoring one of the largest churches in the South. His ardent task of attending to the entire business of the denomination has caused his local church business to run behind for the past two years. On the first Sunday in November he asked his church for one thousand dollars to catch up with the dragging obligations. Arrangements had been made to that effect just thirty days prior. The one thousand dollars asked for was forthcoming, in clean cash, and the President is once more about his Father's business." Rev. J. Franklin Walker, of Cincinnati, has just had a great church rain. "In the event of his church obligation. A special program with considerable local talent was the order of the day, and they had a great success in their undertakings. Brother Walker is not a strange face at our National Baptist Conventions. We expect to see him in Muskogee next September. Doubtless many of the churches will go to revival efforts this winter, and will let their secretary hear from them, so that the world may learn the great results of many large churches on the firing lines and in the trenches at those most populous conters. WHITE RENTEIRS UNITED AGAINST NEGRO INFLUX Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 15.—Night riders have appeared in western Texas, warning landlords to dismise their Negro tenants and Negro cotton pickers. A printed warning to this effect was left under the door of every business house in Haskell Tuesday night, according to advice received here. The warning was signed "The White Renters League." Many Negroes were taken into western Texas, this fall to gather the large cotton crop, and the printed warning states it is feared these Negroes will be allowed to remain. THE STAR HAIR GROWER- A WONDERFUL HAIR DRESSING & GROWING One Thousand Agents Wanted. Good Money needs. We want Agents in every city and villages to sell The Star Hair Grower This is a wonderful preparation. Can be used with or without straightening irons. Sells for $2 per bar—one $26 box will prove its value. Any person that will use a $26 box will be convinced. 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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA I CAN TURN YOUR DOLLARS INTO REAL ESTATE OR YOUR REAL ESTATE INTO DOLLARS Call to See Me and Get Particular B. A. CEPHAS Susan For the Christmas Table. The swan as a Ginger dish has been seen on English tables within comparatively recent times. "Of all the century or so ago," according to P. W. Hackwood, "swans were prepared for the table in and around Norwich. The young birds were put up to fall in August, given as much barley as they would eat, and by November they were in prime condition. If kept longer they began to fall, losing flesh and fat and the meat becoming darker in color." Women as Teamsters. Women have been employed as teamsters in Warren county, Pa., this year and have been earning $2 a day, says a bulletin of the state department o agricultural. The information came in a report on general conditions in that county which sets forth that the women did satisfactory work and were kind and considerate of the animals. 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Dunbar suspects the butler, Sessonne, who suddenly disappeared. Helen recognizes a woman as an acquaintance, Mrs. Verson. Dunbar visits Mrs. Vernon's solicitor and learns that Vernon, recently dead, had quarreled with his wife on account of her occasional disappearances. Sobermann had said to a go-between and a spy upon Mr. Leroux, delivering mail for her when absent in Gianapolis. Sobermann, after escaping from Leroux's flat, is regularly employed by Mr. King through Gianapolis as attendant in the opium joint. HE curious Sanger had read right through the telephone directory from A to Z in quest of East ISG2, only to learn, that no such number was published. His ingenuity not being great, he could think of no means to learn the address of the mysterious Mr. King. So keenly had he been impressed with the omniscience of that shady being who knew all his past that he feared to inquire of the eastern exchange. His banking account was growing handsomely, and, above all things, he dreaded to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs. Then came the night which shattered all. Having rung up East 16512 and made an appointment with Glanapolis in regard to some letters for Mrs. Leoux. he had been surprised on reaching the corner of Victoria street to and that Glanapolis was not there. He glanced up at the face of Big Ben. Yes, for the first time during their business acquaintance Mr. Glanapolis was late. For close upon twenty minutes Soames waited, walking slowly up and down, when at last, coming from the direction of Westminster, he saw the familiar service figure. Eagerly he hurried forward to meet the Greek, but Glanapolis, to the horrow and amazement of Soames, affect- "Go home!" whispered Gianapolis. "Be cautious!" ed not to know him! He stepped aside to avoid the stupefied butler and passed. But in passing he hissed these words at Soamps: "Follow to Victoria street postoffice! Posted to post letters at next box to me and put them in my hand!" Soames, dazed at this new state of affairs, followed him at a discreet distance. Gianapolis ran up the postoffice steps briskly, and Soames immediately afterward ascended also, furiously. Gianapolis was taking out a number of letters from his pocket. Soames walked across to the "Country" box on the right and affected to scrutinize the addresses on the envelope of Mrs. Leroux's correspondence. Gianapolis, on the pretense of posting a country letter, reached out and matched the correspondence from Soames' hand. The gaze of his left eye creakedly sought the face of the builder. "The home!" whispered Gianapolis. "The emotions!" In a pittable state of mind Soames walked away from the postoffice. Gianapolis had hurried off in the direction of the station. Something was wrong! some part of the machine, of the dimly divided machine whereor he formed a dog was out of gear. Since the very nature of this machine—its construction and purpose, alike—was unknown to himself, he had no basis upon which to give premises for good or ill. He had been away from the flat for eight in hour, and he doubted if even the last some of discipline possessed by his Lawyer would enable that gentleman to overlook this irregularity. Sirius had a bay of the outer door, and he built him upon the possibility that Leroux had not noticed his absence and would not hear his return. He opened the door very quietly, but had apparently not his foot, in the lobby, in the beautiful unforgettable scene with his friend. Sirius went more than he could remember, he had lived in a room of the law, and in Luke Sorensen' philosophy the Words Safain and detective were interchangeable. Now before his eyes was a palpable, unmistakable police officer, and on the floor— Just one glimpse he permitted himself, and in a voice that seemed to reach him from a vast distance the detective was addressing him: Blinking to his room with his craven heart missing every fourth beat and his mind in chaos, Soames sank down upon the bed, locked his hands together and hurged them convulsively between his knees. It was come! He had overstepped that almost invisible boundary line which divides indiscretion from crime. He knew now that the voice within him, the voice which had warned him against Giannopoulos and against becoming involved in what dimly he had perceived to be an elaborate scheme, had been not the slightest of chance he had supposed, but that of prudence And it was too late. The dead woman, he told himself—he had been unable to see her very clearly—undoubtedly was Mrs. Leopus. What in heaven's name had happened? Probably her husband had killed her. * * * which meant? It must that proofs-proofs were come into his possession, and who should be invaded, entangled in the meshes of the other conspiracy, but himself, Lake Soames. As must be abundantly evident. Soames was just a criminal of the dating type. He did not believe in seeing out for anything that he was well assured that he could, if necessary, draw back his hand. This last venture, this regrettable venture, this ruinous venture had been a mistake. He had entered date at under the glamour of Glanpols' personality. (Of what use now, to him was his sweeping bank balance.) But in justice to the mental capacity of Seamus it must be admitted that he had not entirely overlooked such a possibility as this: he had simply refrained, for the cost of his health, from contemplating it. Long before he had observed with interest that should an emergency arise (such as a fire a means of egress had been placed by the kindly architect adjacent to his bedroom window. Thus, his departure on the night of the murder was not the fault of a sad den scheme, but of one well matured Closing and looking his bedroom door Soames throw out upon the led the entire contents of his trunk, selected those things which he considered indispensable and those which might constitute cleav. He laftly packed his grip, and with a first glance about the room and some seconds of breathless listening at the door he attached to the handle a long piece of cord, which at some time had been tied about his trunk, and gently opening the window lowered the grip into the courtyard be neath. The fight he had already extinguished, and with the conviction dwelling in his bosom that in some way he was become necessary to a murder—that he was a man shortly to be pursued by the police of the civilized world—he descended the skeleton lift shaft, picked up his grip and passed out under the archway into the lane at the back of Palace mansions and St. Andrew's mansions. He did not proceed in the direction which would have brought him out into the square, but elected to emerge through the other end. At exactly the moment that Inspector Dunbar rushed into his vacated room Mr. Soames, grip in hand, was mounting to the top of a southward bound bus at the corner of Parliament street. He was conscious of a need for reflection. He longed to sit in some excluded spot in order to think. At present his brain was a mere whirligig, and all things about him seemingly danced to the same tune. Stationary objects were become unstable in the eyes of Soames, and the solid earth, burst free of its moorings, no longer afforded him a safe foothold. There was a humming in his ears, and a mist floated before his eyes. By the time that the motor bus was come to the south aide of the bridge Soames had succeeded in slowing down his mental roundabout in some degree, and now he began grasping at the flying ideas which the diminishing violence of his brainstorm enabled him vaguely to perceive. At Kennington gate the bus made a halt. Soames glanced at the clock on the corner. It was close upon 1 a.m. Where in heaven's name should he go? What a fool he had been to come to this district where he was known! Stay! There was one man in London surely who must be almost as keenly interested in the fate of Luke Soames as Luke Soames himself - Gianapolfi! Soames sprang up and hurried off the bus. No public telephone box would be available at that hour, but dure need spurred his slow mind and also lent him assurance. He entered the office of the taxiab depot on the next corner and from the man whom he found in charge solicited and obtained the favor of using the telephone. Lifting the receiver, he asked for Kent 1902. The procedure that elapsed new words as hours of deathly response to the man of the telephone. If the answer "Hullo!" said a nasal voice. "Who is it?" "It is Boames, and I want to speak to Mr. King." He lowered his tone as much as possible, almost whispering his own name. He knew the voice which had answered him; it was the same that he always heard when ringing up East 18642. But would Glaunpolls come to the telephone? Suddenly- "Is that Sonnes?" spoke the sing song voice of the Greek. "Yes, yes!" "Where are you?" "At Kennington." "Are they following you?" "No, I don't think so. At least, what am I to do? Where am I to go?" "Get to Globe road, near Stratford bridge, east, without delay. But what ever you do, see that you are not followed. Globe road is the turning immediately beyond the railway station. It is not too late, perhaps, to get a bus or tram for some part of the way, at any rate. But even if the last is gone don't take a cab—walk. When you get to Globe road pass down on the left hand side and, if necessary, right to the end. Make sure you are not followed, then walk back again. You will receive a signal from an open door. Come right in. Goodby." Soames replaced the receiver on the book, uttering a long drawn sigh of relief. The arbiter of his fortunes had not failed him. He hastened out of the gate and across the road. An electric tramcar which would bear him as far as the Elephant and Castle was on the point of starting from the corner. Grip in hand, Soames boarded the car and mounted to the top deck. He was in some doubt respecting his mode of travel from the next point onward, but the night was fine, even if he had to walk, and his reviving spirits would cheer him with visions of a golden future. His money! That, indeed, was a bitter draft; the loss of his hardly earned savings! But he was now established—linked by a common secret—in partnership with Glanapolis. He was one of that mysterious, obviously wealthy group which arranged drifts on Paris—which could afford to pay him some hundreds of pounds per annum for such a trilling service as jugging the mail! Mr. King* If Ginnapolis were only the servant what a magnificent man of business must be hidden beneath the eignomen. Mr King* And he was about to meet that lord of mystery. Fear and urgency were oddly blended in the介助仆際* By great good fortune Soames arrived at the Elephant and Castle in time to catch an eastward bound motorbus, a bus which would actually carry him to the end of Globe road. He took his seat on top and, with greater composure than he had known since his dramatic meeting with Ginnapolis in Victoria street, lighted one of Mr. Leoux's cabins, with which he in variably kept his case filled, and set down to think about the future A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. X. Y. Z. "You are laboring under a strange de- lusion." His reflections arrived apparently to shorten the journey, and Soames found himself proceeding along Globe road, a dark and uninviting highway, almost before he realized that London bridge had been traversed. It was now long past 1 o'clock, and that part of the east end showed dreary and deserted. Public houses had long since ejected their late guests, and even those argumentative groups which after closing time linger on the pavements within the odor Bacchanalian were dispersed. The jauntiness was gone now from Soames' manner, and, aware of a marked internal depression, he passed furiously along the pavement with its long, shadowy reaches between the islands of light formed by the street lamps. From patch to patch he passed, and each successive lamp that looked down upon him found him more furtive, more bent in his carriage. Not a shop nor a house exhibited any light. Sleeping Globe road, east, served to extinguish the last poor spark of courage within Names' bosom. He came to the extreme end of the road without having perceived a beckoning hand, without having detected a sound to reveal that his advent was observed. In the shadow of a wall he stopped, testing his grip upon the pavement and looking back upon his tracks. No living thing moved from end to end of Globe road. Shivering slightly, Soames picked up the bag and began to walk back. Less than halfway along an ice chill entered into his vexus, and his nerves quirred like plane wire; for a soft crying of his name came, cries, through the silence and terrified the hearer. "Soames! Soames!" Bonnie stopped dead, breathing very rapidly and looking about him right and back. He could hear the sound pulse of sleeping London. Then, in the dark, midway of the brown breeze which he stood, he perceived slowly a motionless figure. His first encounter L. J. 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Some conscious that his course was set so that he must navigate it accordingly, opened the trun gate, passed up a path and entered the house to who he thus had been summoned. He found himself surrounded by an solute darkness, and the door was closed behind him. "Straight ahead. Sonnes!" said the familiar voice of Glanapolis out of the darkness. Soames, with a grasp of relief, staggered on. A hand rested upon his shoulder; and he was guided into a room on the light of the porch. Then an electric lamp was lighted in the found himself confronting the Greek. But Glanapolis was no longer rallant; all the innate cell of the man shone out through the smirking mask. "Sit down. Sorcerer it be." Soames, placing his bag upon the floor, seated himself in a cane arm chair. The room was cheaply furnished as an office with a roll top desk, a revolving chair and a filing cabinet. On a side table stood a typewriter, and about the room were several other chairs, while the floor was covered with cheap linoleum. Glanapolis sat in the revolving chair, starting at the lowered blinds of the window and brushing up the points of his black mustache. With a fine white silk handkerchief Soames gently wiped the perspiration from his forehead and from the lining of his batband. Glanapolis began abruptly: "There has been an accident" (he continued to brush his mustache with increasing rapidity). "Tell me all that took place after you left the post-office." ```markdown ``` Bamie nervously related his painful experiences of the evening, while Glanapolis drilled his mustache to a Satanic angle. The story being concluded, "Whatever has happened!" groaned Somes. "And what am I to do?" "What you are to do," replied Glanapolis, "will be arranged, my dear Somes, by Mr. King. Here you are to go is a problem shortly settled. You are to go nowhere, you are to stay here." TO BE CONTINUED KILLED IN ROLLS Son of Minneapolis Banker Crushed to Bustout in Philadelphia Death at Bothelehem Works. Caught on a stretcher block on a spindle which drives the heavy rolls of the eighteen-inch mill in the new merchant mills of the Bothelehem Steel company, at South Bothelehem, Pa. Byron L. Pierce, aged twenty-six, was crushed to death. He was employed as a guide settter. How the accident happened is unknown, as no one was a witness to it. It is presumed, however, that young Pierce's clothing became caught as he was passing the rolls, which drew him into the machinery. His body was found by Donald Sinclair, foreman in the mill. Pierce had been employed but one week in his position of guide settter. On December 23 he was to have been married to Miss Margaret Groman, daughter of Contractor Thomas Groman. 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The saving habit is being cultivated by the colored folks of Richmond and they saw its full benefit this week when the snow was on the ground and the necessities of life were needed. --- The liquor question was the all absorbing thought of hundreds of teamsters, who did without their morning dram during the frosty mornings of this week. They saved money in pocket, but they felt mournful over the departure of their old friend, John Barleycorn. --- We learn with genuine regret of the death of John E. Bush, founder of the Order of Monastic Templars of America. He was one of the ablest colored men in this country. He was respected by, both the white and colored citizens of Arkansas and upon the occasion of his death, the public schools of Little Rock. Arkansas were closed half-day in his honor. Peace to his ashes. --- We have received "In Spite of the Handicap," an interesting biographical recital by Rev. James D. Corrothers. The author has been "a stormy petrel" in the past and is an yet quite a character in the history of the present. Ray Stannard Baker, M.E., the noted scholar and writer, has written an introduction for the work. A most surprising and interesting feature of the work is that Rev. Corrothers claims to be of Scotch-Irish, Indian and Negro stock and then proceeds to denominate himself a Negro. He frankly admits that he had never associated with colored people and that he was under the necessity of learning their ways and customs later in life. His combativeness is explained by the fact that he at one time trained to be a prize fighter. The book is decidedly interesting and instructive and will richly repay a perusal. It is finished by George H. Doran Company, 38 W. 32nd St. New York. The net price is $1.25. The death of Dr. George Ben Johnston, who passed away suddenly at his residence in this city last Wednesday, will be deeply regretted and genuinely mourned by every colored person, who had the opportunity and occasion to know him or to learn of his great service to humanity. In his practice, he know no race, no color, no creed. He was nature's gentleman, being as accommodating as a diplomat and as kind-hearted as a woman. He readily connected with the colored medical authority and gave to any member of it any service for the alleviation and improvement for the condition of their patients that it was in his power to give. When he died, relieved over the car --- rider of this life and lifted him into estherity, a veritable army of colored bolds turned their heads and be- meaned their loses while a feeling of silent satisfaction that to such a good man as he was, such a transition must necessarily be his gain. We are losing some powerful friends these days, citizens that this com- munity can ill afford to spare. RECRUITS FOR THE ARMY. We are always interested in noting the present predicament of the War Department in the effort to bar colored men from full participation in the service. Colored militiamen in the southern States are at present not known, and this branch of the service has been assigned exclusively to white men, who are, in the matter of enlistment, a failure. The following remarks from a recent address delivered by the very able Governor of Virginia will illustrate this point. At a governor's conference in Washington last Saturday night he said: Some features of the Hay army bill have practically killed the military spirit in Virginia for peace times, asserted Governor Henry C. Stuart in his address before the governors' conference in Washington Saturday afternoon. He referred especially to the long term of enlistment, which requires men to serve away from home and business for as long as three years when called upon, and then places them in residence for three years more. The mark of the governor of Virginia was often with closest attention by the governor present, and at once received communal and approval from Governors Manning, of South Carolina; Dunne, of Illinois, and Stewart, of Montana, and from Governor-elect Goodrich of Indiana, and former Governor Walsh, of Massachusetts. No governor took issue or expressed a contrary opinion. What would be said of colored militiamen who assumed a similar attitude? They would be called disloyal and unit for the service. The unwillingness of the white men to enlist in the service for long periods has brought home to the War Department the necessity for drastic action. Can the military arm of the service be maintained at a point of genuine efficiency without the wholesale mustering in of citizens of color? Let the following telegraphic report from Washington answer the question: Washington. December 13. The mobilization of the National Guard for border service was described as a military failure, emphasizing the urgent necessity of abandoning the volunteer system as the nation's reliance for defense in statements today by Major-General Scott, chief of staff of the army, and Major-General Leonard Wood, commanding the Eastern Department, before the Senate subcommittee considering the Chamberlain universal military training bill. Both of the generals advocated universal training. General Wood declared that the country now was utterly defenseless against a well-organized force, that the mobilization was a tragedy, and that if the guardmen had met good troops they "would never have known what hit them". General Scott told the committee that lessons drawn from the present war proved that in case of war with a first-class power the United States would need immediately a trained force of 1,500,000 men, with another 1,500,000 available within ninety days. This was plain talk in the meeting, and was intended to arouse the nation from its present state of lethery to an active state of preparedness for any emergency. There was another view, differing only in the number of men to be mastered into servicer. Here it is. Walter L. Fisher, of Chicago, former Secretary of the Interior, opposed universal service, and suggested a regular army of half a million. He thought if the pay of private were raised to $30 a month the service would be more attractive to recruits. These statements present a problem. Will the industrious people of the nation be willing to support from half million to a million and a half men in idleness? Will the tax-paying elements be willing to pay the expenses of war, when there is no war? General Wood is confident that they should be willing so to do. The statement as given out is as follows: General Wood, from whose department went 85,000 of the guardsmen sent to the border, said of the men enrolled when the call came, an average of 30 per cent. of each company had to be dropped for physical defects, and the organizations went to the border filled up with green men. It's been a tragedy," he said, "but all the cost was paid by it. It was the fault of the officers or men, but of a defective system. If we had been compelled to meet good troops down there, it would have been a scene of carriage. The guardsmen would never have known what hit them." With two or three exceptions, all of the troops sent to the Mexican border were white men. The cause of the failure was the mixing of politics with the army service. This policy has been going on for years. Many of the officers holding commissions in the military army were variable jokes, being named upon the reemployment and insurrection of many prominent members of the Observer. Any sensible person knows, or should know, that the militia cannot equal the regular service. As a matter of fact, the tactics and discipline in the regular army have so deteriorated as to seriously hamper and impair the usefulness of the service. The maneuvers and discipline that for many years distinguished the troops in the regular army are hardly discernible now. The few battalions, knowing, efficiency regard the "now soldiers" as "rookies," serviceable only among the awkward squads. A pointed question was asked General Wood by Senator Brady and he made a diplomatic suggestion as to the method and manner in which these home-made troops should be kicked out of the service. Here is the question and the answer: "What should we do with the National Guard, general?" Senator Brady asked. "If should be replaced as rapidly as possible with men trained under a universal service system," General Wood replied. "When the system has been well started I would drop the National Guard entirely from any scheme of national defense, although we want every officer and man of them in the new plan. But it must be a straightout Federal force." "Of the States must maintain the National Guard or some other force." Senator Bipartisan said. "I believe a constitutional should be maintained by each State, not military force," explained the general. "The police are trained to control, while troops are trained to kill. There is less resentment when men are handled by police than when troops are called out. The people feel it is the policeman's business." General Woods statement that troops are trained to kill, while police are trained to control, is absolutely correct although the experience of us who have lived in this section of the country is that many of the police seem to be of the opinion that the troops are trained to control and the police are trained to kill. Troops should be called upon only as a last resort and when all hope of averting bloodshed has passed. But what is the use of discussing the subject further? The allies found it necessary to hold their own against the German combine, while the Germans endeavored for a long time not to do so. The Germans found it necessary to enlist the support of black troops against the British comrade, and today the great sweep through Roumania, which swept home to be the turning point in the war, is now accomplished by hundreds of thousands of black troops, who believe in Allah and who are fighting the fight of death with a valor unassassinated during this or any other period of warfare. The American people and their reacquaintance will ultimately come to a realization of the fact that the black population in this republic is the cornerstone in the building of its future success and they will join in a loud acclaim, declaring, "Lo, the stone that the building selection has become the head of the corner." In this connection, it may not be our place to reproduce a selection published in the New York Herald in 1863 and accredited by Private Miles O'Reilly, and taken now from Joseph T. Wilson's Black Phantom. Some say it is a burmin' shamem To make the mauryas fight. An' this, the thrade of being kill Belongs but to the white; But as for me, upon me sow, So liberal are we here. I'll let Sambo be northern in place o' myself On every day in the year. On every day in the year, boye An' every hour in the day. The right to be kill. I'll divide aid blim. An' dillt a word I'll say In battle's with commotion. I shouldn't at all object. If Sambo's body should stop a ball That was comin' for my direct: An' the prod of a Southern bargas; So liberal are we, we here. I'll resign and let Sambo take it. On every day in the year. On every day in the year, boys. An' wnd none of' your-nasty pride. All right in a Southern bagnet prod. Wid Sambo. I will divide. The men who object to Sambo Should take his place and fight: An' it better to have a naygur'a hue. That River that's wake, and white; Though Sambo's black as the ace of spades. His finger a thringer can pull. An' his eye runs straight on the barrel sight. An' give him the largest half: CHRISTMAS CARDS Send twelve coins in stamps and receive the most elegant assortment of Xmas Cards on the market. Packet contains Postals, Booklets, Seals and Tags. 1201 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE PLANET Umbrella Company COLOR FOR DIVE VOICES ROANOKE, VA., Dec. 19 — Miss Nottie Burton, of 326 Fourth Avenue, age, eighteen years, passed to the Creek Beyond. She had been sick for a long period, but she bore her sickness with the patience of a Christ lamb hero, knowing that relief would come. She was a member of Queen Street Baptist Church, of Norfolk, Va. The funeral service took place Saturday, December 16th at the High Street Baptist Church. She was a faithful and good girl. She leaves a loving mother, grandmother, one aunt and many friends to mourn their loss. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Burton wish to use this method of thanking their many friends for the numerous acts of kindness shown during the illness and death of their daughter She was a student of Lott Carey School of Norfolk, Va. and made preparation for the change of worlds in early youth. The first thing all should do is to first seek the Kings dom of God and His righteousness. The floral designs were beautiful. Honorey pall-bearers were Mission Elizabeth Curtis, Ruth A. Curtis, Mayo Harlow, Mario Hurt, Susie Reynolds, Active, Messrs. Isiah Moore, Harvey Mason, Charles Spencer, Grower Johnsin, Walter Rhodes, Arthur Foley. Roy J. H Burkka of the High St. Baptist Church officiated very befittingly. He delivered a fine eulogy, commenting on the beautiful things about the life and character of the deceased. Mr. C. C. Williams, the very polite funeral director had the funeral in charge. Interment in Fairview The Emancipation Proclamation Coelibration will be held at M. Zior A. M. E. January 1, 1917, at three o'clock, under the auspices of the St. Paul M. E. Church and the A. M. E. Church. Revs. S. M. Beane and George C. Taylor, pastors of the churches, have agreed to make this affair a success. The race has made remarkable progress since 1865, under the guidance of the Great Head of individuals, families, nations and empires and the heavens. We should look with joy to the time of our liberation, when we were given the privileges to be men and not cattle, or chatted for the disposal of other men. Mr. R. R. Stanfield, of Ninth avenue N. W., who spent the Summer in Wilmington, Del., as carpenter, left Wilmington last Saturday to visit our brother, Mr. William H. Stanfield, of Montclair, N. J. and spend a few days, after which he will return to Roanoke and spend the Xmas Holidays. He expects to leave here then for a job in Alabama. Sunday, December 17th, Dear M. Beano, of St. Paul, M. E. will fill the pulpit at Mr. Zion A. M. E. Church in the morning. He preached a fine sermon from the Revolutions. The congregation was deeply touched by his courage. Mrs J. H. Turner, 605 Eighth ave. n. N. W. left of Columbus, Ohio visiting her brother Mr. Wade She spent a pleasant Thanksgiving thought about the capital of Ohio and returned home a few days ago very justistant. Mr. Crockett Smith had the pleasure of a visit from his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Benny Horton, of 204 Tenth avenue, N. E., during his sickness at Abingdon, Va. The Rev. George C. Taylor, D. D. preached for the congregation of the St. Paul's Memorial M. E. Church Sunday morning. He pleased the people with his discourse from the Revolutions. Collection $18.00 Ag. four o'clock the Rev. Taylor spoke at the Ebbnerer A. M. E. Church on Tenth street. He spoke of the Apocalyptic vision of John, during his banishment on the Isle of Kinnosn. He preached to his congregation at Mt. Zion at night. Rev. Taylor certainly put in a real day's service. He is just out from under the fence, physically dead. There was a hoary snow-fall here all day. Monday. Madison Stanfield and J. C. Duggar are pushing The Planet in Roanoke, so you see the sign The Men Minute Club of the High Street Baptist Church gave an interesting literary program at the church last Friday evening. Address, President: Mr. J. W. Bwell; vocal solo, Mr. Arnette Holland; recital from Shakespeare, Mr. W. E. Wiley; whistling solo, Mr. Alix Taylor; debate, Resolved: That the Method is by the Teuton and Their Allies are Unjust. Contestants, the Southern Aid Society Insurance Agents affirmative, James T. Traynham; and Charles G. Valentine; American Beneficial Agents, negative J. E. Brown and Luke H. Holloman, which was enjoyed by all. The negative won over the affirmative in polite, 7 to 3, which brought victory to American Beneficial Agents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Gregory entertained in honor of Miss Emma Hale, a former Roanoker, but now-of Washington, D. C., at their residence, 507 Fairfax avenue, N. W., Wednesday night. The evening was most pleasantly spent and at 10:30, all were led into the beautiful dining room, where a fine menu was served, consisting of fried Lynhaven oysters, ham-sandwiches, potato salad, olives, peanuts, cocoa, ice cream and cake. Those presenrs Mrs K. K. L. Carpenter, Emma E. O. Hale, Mrs Booth, Mr. and Mrs, Joseph C. D. Curgor, Mr. Ennoch Willigms, Mr. James D. Lee. Prof. Dean, of Chester, Pa., gave a Shakespeare recital at High Street Baptist Church for the benefit of the Easy Bee Club. A good crowd was present Miss Emma Hale, of Washington, D. C., who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gregory, of Wells avenue, N. W. for three weeks, returned Friday. Mrs. Kate L. Carpenter entertained in honor of Miss Emma Hale Thursday night. SAVE COUPONS WORK AND BED IN PLANET BURNS, OR A PLANET BURNS, OR A PLANET BURNS, OR A PLANET BURNS, IN THE BED AND STAND TO HEAR THE BURNS AND STAND TO ```markdown ``` Florence, & C. Dec. X—My dear Brother Santa Claus: After unceasing efforts, accompanied by positive doves, a wireless message has been received that you are located at Your beautiful summer home at Lookout Inn, near Baffa Bay, North America, and that you had just returned from a pleasant buggy ride through the country over the snow, and that you were heard to say that there is no pleasure so great as that given to one who enjoys the privileges of gathering wild flowers from underneath the snow and lee at tikes like these. It afforded us no little degree of pleasure to be implicitly informed that your Majesty's health regulators 100. In my mind are many things that I have cherished for many a day, with the idea in view that some day I would let you pass your opinion on to their merit. But it is hardly of any use for nid to talk to you about the European war, with its spider web like peace proposals, because you are just about high enough up there to see what the powers are doing, and then I guess you are too busy of fool with those unsettled questions in Europe at any rate. Yes, but seems like fighting would stop so us to bring about peace. If Jim and Joe were fighting over who should have the largest half of a Georgia Mountain Spring melon, then as soon as it would appear who had the biggest piece, they then should stop tussling and go and get it. Now, away down in my mind I just imagine that you have lots of good things plucked up around you, some from Australia, Africa, Europe, Germany, South America, North America, and the islands of the Sea. Up to this time we have not as yet received any notice of your having suffered in any submarine sea wreck. That would have been too bad. Just think of fruit, candies and toys floating in that sea water! It would be too early for those fishes to have Christmas. In our section of the country the money crop cotton is extremely short, but prices are fine. Nevertheless, we are going to do our level best for Christmas supplies. There are many things that it seems like was booked to be; but hasn't been viz. the big railroad strike and the election of Judge Hughes for President of the United States. Shall I inform the little reader of The Planet that there will that big drive in toys this year knocked the hand of poverty shall—that all down in the trays is good boys and who have sujet a good time "On horseback." Dear Sir, -How shall we expect you to come? Via ocean liner, railway train, automobile, motorcycle, or aeroplane? Please write us a nice little letter so that our hearts may continue to jump for joy. With love to all. Sincerely yours. THE REPLY In the early morning, just before day, look out for him near Baffin Bay North America. Tuesday A. M. December 12, 1916 Mr. E. B. Webster. Agent, Richmond Planet. North Florence, S. C. My dear Sir.—The early morning boat brought much mail to me and all day long I have been reading, reading, reading. I am so glad to hear from my friends, the world over. I have been so busy of late that I have not and the time to notice any happening in connection with the Eurocar War. I am prepared to satisfy the children with all kinds of Christmas goods, such as dolls, toy stoves, room furniture. Ford cars, pictures and good books, fruits, candles, playful games, baseball outfits, crochet needles, etc. I will leave here by the light of the moon, about the first of the fourth week in December, in my alrship and make a raid along the Atlantic Coast of America. In time to sail for foreign countries, immediately after. Yours truly. SANTA CLAUS. Mrs. Viola Moses attended the funeral of her mother, Mrs. Roseana Williams recently. Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Nelson and children, Solomon and Almena, have gone to Charleston, S. C. Mrs. Frances Bacers and children, Rogers and Elizabeth, are stopping with Mrs. W. H. Smith, 401 Wright street, Wilmington, N. C. Mrs. Fannie Grogg, with children, Lucille and Lugenia are in Mayesville, S. C. Dr. T. Gallant and Madame think The Planet a neway paper. Rev. W. R. Reese is still on the go, with Rev. J. M. Lewis in close pursuit. Miss. Bertha M. Taylor, of Perry, S. C. has returned from her school at Cowards, S. C. Prof. N. H. Alford, of Register, Ga., a teacher of 16 years standing is now in Dillon, S. C. Mr. Peter Molnnis, a first class farmer of Hoopes, Ga. passed thru recently enroute to Dillon, on a pleasure trip. Mr. W. D, Antrum, of Ansohia, Conn. is visiting his home, Society Hill. Mrs. Julia Payton, a first class dreammaker, is visiting friends at Marlon, S. C. Mr. Ned Washington and sister. Miss Corene, attended the funeral of their mother, Mrs. Laura Washington. She died on Friday, December 16th at nine o'clock, she leaves two sons, two daughters and a host of friends to mourn their loss. Miss Corene lives in Washington and her brother at 412 W. Third Marion. Mr. King Taylor, of Tummanville, S. C. is visiting in Baltimore. Mr. James P. Duster was married to Mimi Cheese Cyrus, Gusley P. M. December 17th, at Thomsonville. S. C. Rev. J. M. Lewis attending. Mr. O. Gerald visited Gusley Corp. 181 AT THE BIJOU XMAS WEEK Next week's attraction at the Bloh Theater is one of the best which is playing on the International Circuit. It is the allegorical drama, "Which One Shall I Marry." The engagement is for one week, with matinee opening with an afternoon performance on Christmas Day at 3 P. M. and on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 2:30 P. M. "Which One Shall I Marry." is a new drama. The author and managers have good and original given to the star. It is in allegorical idea. The everywhere been comfort, preferably with such plays as bare Woman. "Experience" and like. The story of the play for low tails is the one that the author directed at "The encounters of life." She is sought in marriage by two men, one her rich employer, to whom she is indifferent, and the other a poor workman, whom she loves. Her struggle is between the temptations of wealth and love. She compounds to herself the question, "Which One Shall I Marry?" and a mysterious character "Good Advice" is immediately at her side, who tells her he can point a successful future if she be guided by him. The scene then changes to her home and the real story begins. In her perplexity she at last prays for divine guidance, and begs that she may see what her life would have been with both men. No sooner said than she is transported to "the Grey Forest of Doubt" and there she is lost. The Rich Man finds her and takes her to his home. As the wife of the Rich Man she suffers from neglect and discontent. Her soul is transported to the "Land of Sham," from which Purgatory she prays to be delivered. She then finds herself in "The Land of Reality" where the waters are blue, grass is green, and sunshine everywhere. Here the poor man comes to her as a leader, his cottage there but has none of the things that money can买. She wonders if she has made another mistake, and is sent back to the Forest of Doubt. After many trials she is, by the help of her old friend, "Good Advice," brought to a proper frame of mind, and reaching a decision she is brought back to home and mother and all ends happily. The company is under the management of Ed. W. Rowland and Lordin J. Howard. Mr. Rowland is well known as the producer of "The Rosary" and the bright musical play, "September Morn." Mr. Howard is favorably known as a talented stage director, who has put on a great many plays with much artistic effect. The scenery is very elaborate, eleven scenes being played by the unusually good. 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ALL METAL PARTS NICKEL PLATED, AND HIGHLY POLISHED. THE RICHMOND PLANET 311 N. 4th St., Richmond, Va. THE NIGHT For CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTIES CHILD'S love for a Christmas party is very touching. One Christmas gone, he lives in happy anticipation of the one to come. No never allow the Yuletide season to pass without giving at least one party for the children. It need not be an elaborate affair. Just the simplest menu and entertainment will please, for children are not critical. This year let it be a "snowball party." On circular pieces of white bristle board touched with water color paints to simulate snowballs, write the invitations. Children adore "dressing up," so delight a costume party. 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Serve the sandwiches tied in bundles with red ribbon and ornament the cakes, icees, salad and candies in a Christmas manner. Entertain the children with games or dancing, or you might arrange for them to give a Christmas pantomime. It will take but little coaching. Just before they depart have Krias Kringle appease with a large bag filled with cotton or tissue paper snowballs, which is the signal for a snowball fight. This will prove a jolly ending to the children's Christmas party. CHRISTMAS PLAYS IN a few villages in England a Christmas play is still presented, and there is still performed, as regularly as boxing night comes around each year, a pantomime in nearly every English town, but these are only phantoms of the past, for Christmas revels are not now what they were, and Christmas plays are gradually being forgotten, along with many other old time Yuletidecus toma. Among the earliest plays in the modern drama will be found Christmas plays and dramas dealing with the Nativity of Christ. In the beginning of the religious drama, however, Christmas was not the only feast upon which the plays-written by the monks were performed. Other feast days were duly celebrated with appropriate dramas. The Greek and Roman drama having died a natural death, owing to the depths of wickedness to which it had descended, the theater ceased to exist until its revival in the middle ages in the shape of mystery and miracle plays. The possibilities of the drama as a means of religious instruction, which at the same time would also entertain and hold the attention of the multitude, was early, ap preciated by the ecclesiastics, and the suggestion followed with success. In this revival of the drama the early writers, who were principally monks, naturally turned to the ancient dramatic models, which they followed in form only, for their productions and now rather curriculion of literature, in certain itself. Thus we are therefore used in the construction of a drama in Christian tradition. --- $75 Worth of Umbrella Coupons $100 Worth of Umbrella Coupons DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS. To English Author We Owe the Famili lar Type of Yulidae Story. To the genius of Charles Dickens was due the familiar type of Christmas story. The pioneer of all Christmas numbers was "A Christmas Carol." Thackeray called that tale of Old Scrooge and Tiny Tim a "national benefit." More than that, "A Christmas Carol" was an international benefit, carrying its burden of happiness across the Atlantic and disseminating its cheerfulness in every community in the United States. Millions of readers have smiled through their tears in the seventy-three years that the world has been the richer and better for having "A Christmas Carol." Dickens wrote the story at the end of 1843 to relieve himself of the financial embarrassments produced by his rather lavish housekeeping. He was disappointed in the pecuniary returns. He received less than $4,000 from the sale in its original edition. This is attributed to the very expensive form in which it was published. Four other Christmas books which followed, beginning with "The Chimes," were much more profitable. Then in later years the Christmas numbers of Household Words, to which the "Christmas Stories" were contributed, sometimes reached a sale of $00,000 copies. In the end Dickens had little reason to complain of the rewards of his efforts in opening up the rich vein of Christmas fiction. He was acknowledged the supreme master in that field. Thackery published Christmas books, but wisely refrained from attempting anything similar to "A Christmas Carol" or "The Chimes." In their own way, however, "Rebecca and Rowena," an unapproached masterpiece of literary burlesque, and "The Rose and the Ring," a delightful story for children, which retains its charm for their elders, are no less matchless than the two principal Christmas books by Dickens. A Christmas Tree In Turkey In the far east ruins and restrictions may be made to yield to influence with a latent force behind it, as instanced by this serio-comic incident found in Captain A. B. Townsend's book, "A Military Consol in Turkey." A certain highly influential foreigner at Adrianople some years ago wanted a Christmas tree and ordered one from Sofia to come by train, but when the tree, an unpretentious or about ten feet high, arrived at Adrianople station some one discovered that it was illegal to receive "plants" from abroad. "Tanah" (it is forbidden), said the custom house. equivalent to "rubblah" and demanded the tree. Here was a nice quandary for the authorities. Evidently it was a most fearful thing to receive a tree from abroad, and yet the consignee was capable of getting some one into very serious trouble if he did not get his tree, and he said he must have it within forty-eight hours. Some one at the custom house soared above the difficulty. The tree was sent on to Stamford on the Orient express, an eight hours' journey. It came back to Adrian pleb by the next train, and the person for whom it was intended received a letter that 'a tree from Constantinopus" had arrived for him and would at once be handed over to his messenger. So the poor little Bulgarian tree had become a Turkish one, brought from Constantinople, and, by that means it satisfied officialdom and served its purpose in the end. We Give Clean Proofs of Every Job Our Printing Is Artistic There You Are! Says Santa! A Christmas Carol By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL WHAT means this glory round our feet," The Magi mused, "more bright than morn?" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "Today the Prince of Peace is born!" WHAT means that star," the shepherds said, "That brightens through the rocky glen?" And angels, answering overhead, Sang "Peace on earth, good will to men!" IS eighteen hundred years and more Since those sweet oracles were dumb. We wait for him, like them of yore. Alas, he seems so slow to come! BUT it was said in words of gold No time or sorrow o'er shall dim That little children might be bold In perfect trust to come to him. ALL round about our feet shall shine A light like, that the wise men saw If we our loving wills incline To that sweet Life which is the law. SO shall we learn to understand The simple faith of shepherds then And, clasping kindly hand in hand, Sing "Peace on earth, good will to men!" AND they who do their souls no wrong. But keep at eye the faith of morn, Shall daily hear the angel song, "Today the Prince of Peace is born!" THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA dish, but as a matter of fact the first time it made its appearance and its present form was in 1875, before that the Yuletide festival was celebrated with plum porridge, a dish that must have required the digestion of an ostrich. First beef or mutton was boiled in a thick broth, to which brown bread was added. When half cooked, ratkins, currants, prunes, cloves, nutmeg, mace, ginger and any other condiments that were to hand were put in and the whole was boiled and boiled to a pulp. The present day plum pudding had its origin in England, but in the reign of Louis XVIII, a French version known as "plumbuting," made its appearance. It was very like its English cousin, but was lightened by the addition of breadcrumbs, more eggs and a rice flour, which were used instead of the enormous quantity of sucrose that was required by the earlier recipes. A Better Scheme. A Better Scheme. She—What did you think of our scheme for Christmas decoration—bolly leaves over laurel? He—Well, I should have preferred mistletoe over yew. OUR CHRISTMAS TREE. Owes Origin Perhaps to Luther's Attempt to Illustrate Stars to Family. Our Christmas tree, which is a feature of most public Christmas eve celebrations and in many homes, is commonly new in Christendom, but it springs from some ancient customs. The Egyptians regarded the date palm as an emblem of immortality and of the starlit firmament and at the time of the winter solace decked their houses with its branches. It was held by them to be "a symbol of life," triumphant over death, and therefore of perennial life in the renewal of each bountiful year. Other trees have been endowed with the same significance in other countries. A Scandinavia, myth speaks of "service tree" sprung from the blood drenched soil where two lovers have been killed by violence. During the Christmas season mysterious light which no wind could extinguish were often seen flaming in its branches. A later explanation of the Christmas tree dates back to Martin Luther, and tells of him attempting to describe this family the beauties of a snow covered forest under a starry sky. Unable to make them comprehensively satisfactorily, he went into the garden cut a small fir tree and set it up in the nursery with its branches cover with lighted candles. PAOZ SEVEN 1 IT'S OUR LOSS! and YOUR GAIN WE ARE GIVING AWAY COUPONS FOR EVERY CENT PAID IN MONEY IN THE PLANET OFFICE, ON EITHER JOB WORK OR ON SUBSCRIPTIONS. THESE COUPONS WILL BRING A TALKING MACHINE, AN UMBRELLA OR A COPY OF PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR'S WORKS, JUST AS YOU SELECT. CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FOR $100 WORTH OF COUPONS. WE WILL SEND YOU A LARGE SIZE TALKING MACHINE FOR $75 WORTH. WE WILL SEND YOU A SMALLER SIZE TALKING MACHINE FOR 30 WORTH. WE WILL SEND YOU A DETACHABLE UMBRELLA. YOU CAN TAKE IT APART AND PUT IT INTO YOUR TRUNK OR SUIT CASE WHEN TRAVELING. FOR $30 WORTH, WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR'S WORKS WE WILL ALLOW YOU A CASH DISCOUNT ON ALL NEW SUBSCRIBERS THAT YOU MAY SEND US. THE PLANET SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOME. IT IS NEWSY AND READABLE. AN EXPERIENCE OF MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS ENABLES US TO CATER TO THE READING PUBLIC. YOU WILL LIKE THE PLANET IF YOU WILL READ IT We Do All Kinds of Job Work WE HAVE TWO LINOTYPES, ONE IS OF THE LATEST PATENT. THE COST PRICE OF THE FIRST ONE WAS $3,375, EXCLUSIVE OF THE EXTRA PARTS. THE COST OF THE LATEST WAS $3,700, EXCLUSIVE OF THE EXTRA PARTS. ADD TO THESE AMOUNTS $1,000 AND YOU HAVE THE EXPENSE OF BRINGING THEM FROM THE MERGENTHALER FACTORY AT BROOKLYN, N. Y. AND SETTING THEM UP IN OUR OFFICE AT RICHMOND. Our Press Room is also well equipped. The outlay for machinery alone exceeds $4000 Call and see our plant We make this statement in order that you may know and understand that we are well prepared to take care of your orders and deliver to you your work on time. Address JOHN MITCHELL JR., PUBLISHER AND PRINTER, 311-N. Fourth Street Long Distance Telephone, Randolph 2213 Richmond, Virginia ```markdown ``` AT THE NATION'S METROPOLIS Metropolis All Ready For Christmas —Glad Season To Be Unherded In With Many Notable Events —Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis In Big Recital—Dr. H. M. Griffin Is Fine Example of the Negro Modern Doctor —Maintains Fine Home In Negro District—Mme. Edith L. Piles Makes Notable Success As Hair- Dresser—Success of John H. Smith As Organizer and Civic Worker— Inter-State Bible Class Doing Good Work (Allen's National News Bureau.) New York City, Dec. 18 - The Metropolis is all ready for the celebration of Christmas, and Judging from all indications this great day will be celebrated with more than the usual events that make this season one of gladness and joy. Ample preparation has been made for the comfort of the poor, which is to take form in the distribution of Christmas to the little ones. The annual Christmas tree for the little ones on Columbus Hill, which for many years has been under the direction of Rev George E. Simmus and Miss Rosalie Jonas, will be held as usual, at the Union Baptist Church in West 63rd Street. A feature of this service is the exercises consisting of Christmas stories, and the distribution of presents by Santa Claus. One thousand Christmas baskets will be distributed by The New York News Charity Bureau, at the distributing station, 89 West 134th Street. There will be various Christmas socials, as well as the usual services in the churches. The Municipal Christmas tree which is held in Madison Square, a feature of the services, being the singing of Christmas carols will be held as usual this year. This movement was started by this city several years ago to democratize the Christmas spirit and has proved to be a notable feature. MISS HENRIETTA V. DAVIS IN NOTED RECITAL Miss Henrietta Vinton Davis, one of the most gifted dramatic readers before the public, appeared at the head of an all star, dramatic, song and violin recital last Tuesday evening at the Metropolitan Baptist Church. It was one of the most notable artistic triumphs of the year, and brought together some of the most brilliant musical folks of the race. The audience, which was a representative one, gave the artists a good warm reception. Miss Davis appeared to good advantage, and offered in her readings, Lacea, several selections from Dunbar, and clipped the recital by giving her famous travelogue lecture, entitled "My Trip to Panama." She appeared in the native Panamanian costume and made a striking appearance. She gave a vivid portrayal of the life and customs of South America. Miss Davis displayed five dramatic fervor, and brought to her work a good dramatic understanding. She sustained her reputation as an artist who has received good preparation for her work, and who is endeavoring to keep the work up to a high standard. She was supported by the following well-known people: I. David Martin, a well-known violinist; Miss Minnie Brown, a singer of unusual gifts and charms; Oscar Waters, a well-known tenor singer of this city; Mine. Marle Wayne Townsend, one of the leading violinists of the country; George H. Jones, Jr., the baritone singer; Miss Marie Woodby, a contralto singer of good voice, and Mime. Lulu Robinson Jones, doubtless one of the most gifted singers in the race today. H. Lawrence, Freeman, and Miss Leah Bate Walker gave fine support as accompanists. The recital was promoted by Dr. Charles Mayfield and was a fine success from a musical standpoint. Miss Davis has been before the public as a reader for upwards of twenty-five years, and still holds her grasp and attraction as an artist. Since coming to this city she has made new friends for herself, and has given inspiration to many of the aspiring young women of this city. DR H. M. GRIFFIN FINE TYPE OF NEGRO DOCTOR. Dr. H. M. Griffin, of this city, is one of the types of the Nogro physician that is reflecting credit to this field and bringing prestige to the Nogro; that is making him a factor in the medical world. Dr. Griffin enjoys a large practice among both races, and is adding to his reputation of being one of the most eminent men in this field. He has received a fine background for his profession, which enables him to keep in the forefront of this exacting profession. He is a product of the University of Cincinnati, where he made a fine record. He has been practicing in this city for several years, and has been active in all movements for the upfit of the race here, especially movements looking to the undergoing of the health of the race. Your correspondent called at his office last week and found one of the most attractive and best equipped offices in this city. His office history are indicative of the latest developments of the proceedings among them on X-ray instrument. The basis of Dr. Smith's signature of the culture, indicative of the man with the attainments. He also a beginner in all matters. Buy Your Christmas Gifts at MEYER'S OLD RELIABLE JEWELERS ESTABLISHED 1865 WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR FINE WATCHES, DIAMONDS, JEWELRY, SILVER TOILET WARE, AND NOVELTIES. OUR GUARANTEE GOES WITH EVERY ARTICLE. It will pay you to do your Xmas Shopping at Meyer's A FEW SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR LARGE STOCK Gent's Heavy Solid Gold Signet and Initial Rings... $ 5.00 Gent's Elgin Watch, Guaranteed 20 Years... $ 12.50 Ladies' Solid Gold Camo Rings... $ 4.00 Ladies' Elgin Watch, Guaranteed 20 Years... $ 12.50 Solid Gold Bracelets... $ 5.00 The Ideal Xmas Gift—A Big Ben Clock... $ 2.50 Guaranteed, Gold Watch Bracelets... $ 10.00 Gents' Silver Military Sets... $ 5.00 Diamond La Vallieres, Solid Gold... $ 5.00 26 Pc. Chest Gensine, Rogers Silver... $ 9.50 Silver Comb, Brush and Mirror Sets, Big Line... $ 5.00 Silver Tea Set, Specially Proved... $ 10.00 Solid Silver Ladies' Umbrellas, Heavy... $ 5.00 Silver Watch Bracelets, Guaranteed... $ 5.00 WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF ALL KINDS OF EMBLEM AND CLUB PINS AND CHARMS, CARRYING THE LARGEST LINE IN THE CITY IN STOCK. DESIGNS AND ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN WE CASH YOUR XMAS SAVINGS CHECKS E. C. MEYER JEWELRY CO., 21 W. BROAD ST. WRITE FOR OUR CATALOGUE OPEN EVENTS relating to educational advance of thrce. His home is at 109 West 132nd Street. MRS. PILE MAKES SUCCESS HAIRDRE, SER. Mrs. Edith L. Pile, who conducts a beauty culture parlor at 151 West 132nd Street, this city, has made a notable success in this field, and is proving her vocation to be one offering splendid economic possibilities for the women of the race. Together with her parlor, she conducts a school where branches of the work, such as hairdressing, manicuring, shampooing, and marcel waving is taught. She has made a specialty of hair treatment, as well as the scalp and facial massage. The success she is making in this unique field is seen in the number of customers that are coming to her for treatment. She is a graduate of the Wanamaker Institute of Hairdressing, being among the few women of the race to graduate from this school. Mrs. Pile is a woman of many accomplishments, among them being hand-painting, of which she is highly gifted. SUCCESS OF JOHN H. SMITH AS CIVIC WORKER One of the potent factors in the civic life of the Negro in Brooklyn is John H. Smith, who is the president of the King's County Forum, an organization that is doing much for the restoration of the Negro's civic rights in this section. At the Forum live matters pertaining to the civil and political welfare of the race are discussed, and as the result of this vigilance many of the bars have been broken down which tended towards discrimination against the race. A feature of the forum's work is the sending of letters, to Congressmen and Senators calling their attention to legislation as it affects the Negro and much results has been obtained from this feature of the work. Mr. Smith has been the guiding kevin of this forum for nearly a decade. He is also the organizer of the first Republican organization of colored men in this section, known as the Henry Garnet Republican club, which he founded in 1895. This organization was made up of some of the most stalwart men of the race, and wielded influence that is still apparent. In 1908 he organized the King's County Republican League, made up of the younger element of Brooklyn and King's Cony as well as some of the more older of the race's politicians. This organization has a membership of 350 who are loyal to the Republican cause and the interest of the race. A feature of its work is the supporting of a forum. Mr. Smith is well-known in political and fraternal circles. He has traveled extensively and is a native of South Carolina. THE INTER-STATE BIBLE CLASS DOING GOOD WORK. The Inter-State Bible Class of St Mark's M. E. Church is one of the strongest classes in this city for the religious instruction of young men and women who are members of St Mark's Church from the various Southern States who come to this city to live. Many of the pupils are graduates from such schools, Claflin University, Fisk University, Tuskegee, Hampton, Delaware State College, and Howard University. A systematic course in the Bible is given. The instructor of the class is D. E. Strother, who was educated at Claflin University. Mr. Strother is well prepared for this work and is serving his tenth year as instructor. The officers are: President, R. W. Capera; Vice-President, A. Jones and Secretary, Walter Willing. The class meets every Sunday afternoon and is doing good work. -Read "The Yellow Claw," now running on page three of this paper. Full of thrill from start to finish. Don't miss a chapter. THE 27TH ANNUAL HOLIDAY SALE OF THE CORLEY COMPANY WILL MAKE THIS A MUSICAL XMAS IN THOUSANDS OF RICHMOND HOMES! With its unusually liberal terms and amazing price reductions, it offers unparalleled opportunities for the music lover to secure a splendid instrument at a decided saving. You've got to grasp them NOW—however, for prices must be advanced after Christmas to meet the increased cost of manufacturing and materials! Make that family gift a Piano—choose it here NOW! One of the Finest Assemblages of Highest Grade Pianos and Player-Pianos Offered Now at Special HOLIDAY DISCOUNTS Here is the opportunity you have been waiting for - don't let it go by unheeded! Every instrument offered at this time is a most remarkable value at the special price you can owe it for today. The quality and musical merit of any piano or player-piano purchased here is vouchered for by the reputation for value-giving, enjoyed by this house for more than twenty-seven long years! Here are a few of the Special Offerings—others equally as alluring to the intending purchaser will be found at the store. Come and let us show them to you. A factory shipment of Henry and S. G. Lindoman | Closing out entire stock of Used Planos at little Player-Planos—improved player action, superb prices to move them quickly. Many well-known tone, an instrument all can play and enjoy! — makes included—all in excellent condition. In addition to the above lots, in our line of splendid instruments, you may choose from the latest designs in such favorably known instruments as Conover, Cable, Kingsbury, Vono & Son, Schubert, Hohning, Wellington, Elgin, DuKoven, Cambridge and Royal Planos and Player-Planos—and the Special Holiday Discounts and Terms will place any of them in your home at a saving that represents many dollars in your pocket. Call and see them—let us set aside the one you want—TODAY. The Corley Company, THE HOUSE THAT MADE RICHMOND MUSICAL AT $225 UP A splendid lot of Upright Planes of latest design—each good for a lifetime of satisfactory service. AT $425 A factory shipment of Henry and Player-Planos—improved play tone, an instrument all can play. In addition to the above lots, in designs in such favorably known Bohning, Wellington, Elgin, De Special Holiday Discounts and many dollars in your pocket. The L THE HOUSE Bonini's New Cafe AND DINING ROOM AT SAME OLD CORNER 7th & Marshall Sts. BEST DINING ROOM AND SERVICE FOR COLORED PEOPLE ANYWHERE. Good as the Best for Any People. Better than the Best Anywhere. A Corridal Invitation to Inspect Our Place. Come and Be Convinced That We Have the Best Place. Best Service and the Most Reasonable Prices. Private Dining Room Now Being Arranged Upstairs. EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT AND DRINK. THE RICHMOND PLANET Matinee, 10 and 20c. Night, 15 and 25c. SPECIAL MATINEE CHRISTMAS DAY AT 3 P. M. ED. W. ROWLAND AND LORIN J. HOWARD OPFER THE GREATEST QUESTION IN EVERY WOMAN'S LIFE NEW YEAR'S WEEK—KATE ELINORE in the Musical Comedy Success, "MY AUNT FROM UTAH." MERRY CHRISTMAS For the many business favor, for the splendid good will extend to us thru the passing year— we thank you. 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