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THE RICHMOND PLANET Virginia State Library. FROM A PAINTING BY MULLEK THE HOLY NIGHT THE PLANET SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22/1917 PRIVATES LOVE AND PEACOCK GIVE DAMAGING TESTIMONY AND IDENTIFY FORTY AS RIOTERS. San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 21—With a promise of immunity from punishment, Private Love and Alexander Peacock clinched the case of the prose cution by their testimony and identification of more than forty of the sixty-three men of the Twenty-fourth Infantry, as actual participants in the Massacre at Houston last August. Love's testimony was most damaging to his accused comrades. He identified a total of forty as having participated in the riot and in each case he specified when and where he had seen a particular individual and what part he played in the affair, and though subjected to the withering cross examination of Major Grier counsel for the defense, he steadfastly stood by his statements and refused to be shaken. Private Peace cock continued his testimony yesterday, after which the prosecution rested its case. During his examination it developed that he was the man who broke the rifle over the, head of Policeman Richardson on the night of the riot. This point was brought out in Richard son's testimony. DEFENDANTS MAY TAKE STAND IN OWN DEFENSE. Major Grier, counsel for the defense, has requested suponas for a number or witnesses for his side both from Houston, and from Columbus, New Mexico, where other members of the Twenty-fourth infantry are stationed. He stated that he would most likely put some of the defendants on the stand to make statements. In a court-martial, the rule regarding a statement from a defendant differs materially from the rule in civil proceeding. In a civil trial if a defendant elects to be heard he must testify under oath and thereby be subject to cross examination. He may also take that course in a court martial, but in addition he is privileged to make a statement not under oath and not subject to cross-examination. His failure to do either may not be commented upon by counsel in their arguments. It is expected alibis will be offered for a number of the men. VERDICTS LIKELY TO BE SUBMITTED TO PRESIDENT Not like an action in a civil court there can be no long drawn out series of appeals from the decision here. The findings of the court will be submitted to the Department Commander and must receive approval before the judgement is carried out. Ordarily the death penalty could not be carried out without the matter be submitted also to the President for ap proval, but in the time of war this is not required. The Department Commander will almost certainly submit the verdict to President Wilson. The defense by Major Grifer will indeed, prove interesting, inasmuch as he will be required to know just what has been testified against each one of the sixty-three individual defendants. From the evidence submitted so far it seems clear that the continued and vexing treatment accorded the men on leave by the Houston Police their disrespect for the uniform worn by the soldiers; the continued brow beating and drought treatment by these same police officers preyed up on the minds of the men of the Twenty-fourth until their only redress seemed to be to take the law into their own hands for which some will have $t_0$ answer with their lives. The statement of Private Peacock follows: When court convened this morning Colonel John A. Hull, J. A., anounced to court that the promises of immunity to which the witnesses had testified were all made by authority of the department commander and that he desired to have that made a matter of record, as he did not wish it understood he had taken any steps of his own accord along that line. He also stated that immunity was given with the full knowledge and approval and consent of the authorities of the State of Texas. Private Henry H. Peacock, who nonchided this direct examination, when adjournment was taken yester day afternoon, was taken under cross examination by Major Grier. He tes tilded that no charges had been pre ferred against him for his connection with the matter and that he had been offered immunity by Colonel Hull since coming to Fort Sam Hous ton from Fort Bliss last Sunday. Grier—When you heard the first report about Corporal Baltimore did you think he had been killed? Peacock—Yes, sir. Grier—Was that the general impression around I company? Peacock—Yes, sir. Grier—It was after this report that the men started gathering in groups? Peacock—Yes, sir. Grier—When you heard the cry "hero comes the mob," what did you think? Peacock—I thought a mob was coming to shoot up the camp. Grier—Did you hear Sergeant Henry order the men to go and get their canteens? Peacock—No, sir. Grier—Did you hear Sergeant Henry make any threats to kill any man who fell out of line? Peacock—No, sir. The witness said he did not hear any commands given and that the men did not leave the camp in military formation. He did not know anything about shooting at the Wink ler house. After the men left camp Sergeant Henry gave instructions to Coporal Wheatley and Moore to keep the men up. Peacock was a little over half way down the column. On San Felipe street a halt was made and some of the men said that a lot of men were falling out. After that time there appeared to be 60 men in the column. After the halt he did not see Corporal Wheatley and Moore. They had been ordered to take charge of the rear column. Grier—What was the object of those men who went out of camp? Who were they after? Peacock—I think they were most lily after the policemen. Grier—Where were you in the column when the auto with the police men in it was fired on? Peacock—Near the head column. Grier—Was their any conversation there? Peacock—Some one said, "You don't want to throw up your hands," and one policeman was knocked down. He was hit with a gun. After that the firing began. Grier—Did you see any soldiers using their bayonets? Peacock—No, sir. Grier—Did the soldiers recognize the identity of the army officer who was killed? Peacock—No, sir. Grier—How long had you known Sergent Henry? Peacock—Twelve or thirteen years. Grier—Do you know whether Sergent Henry was interested in the East St. Louis riot? Peacock—Yes, Sir, I heard him speak of it. Grier—Was anybody in the battalion in charge of getting up a relief fund in that connection? Peacock—Yes, sir Private Singleton ton, Sergent Henry was helping him. Grier—Wherein does your testimony differ from what you told the board of officers? Peacock—I didn't tell about the man who was knocked down with a rifle. Grier—Are you sure you saw all the men you have named this court? Peacock—Yes, sir. Grier—Did you say that you saw Grover Burns? Peacock—Yes, sir. Grier—Did you state that you saw Private Walls? Peacock—No, sir. Colonel Gaston—Did you come into this court willingly? Peacock—Yes, sir. Colonel MacComb—Did you bring your rifle back to camp? Peacock—Yes, sir. The witness was then invited to pick out from among the accused any of those recognized as having taken part, but whose names he did not know. He identified the following: Walter Johnson, M. company; McWhorter, M. Company; T. Jackson, M. company; Douglas Lumpkins, K company; R. W. Baxter, bugler, M company; James Coker, M company; Oliver Flecher, M company; Wash Adams, K company; Allie C. Butler, M company. Colonel Hull announced that the prosecution rested. THE INCOME TAX Richmond, Va., Dec. 14, 1917 You won't have to figure out your own income tax all by yourself here after. The government is goly; to send out men to help you, it will be up to you to hunt up these men, who will be sent into every county seat town, and some other towns besides to meet the people. Postmasters, bankers, and newspapers will be able to tell you when the government's income tax man will be around, and where to find him. He will answer your questions, swear you to the return, take your money, and remove the wrinkles from your brow. Returns of income for 1917 must be made between January 1 and March 1, 1918. "The Government recognizes," Collector of Internal Revenue Moneure said today, that many persons experience a good deal of difficulty in filling out income tax forms. It recognizes too, that taxpayers resident at points where collector's offices are not easily accessible find it hard to get proper instruction in the law. Next year, when every married person living with wife or husband and having a net income of $2,000, and every unmarried person not the head of a family and having a net income of $1,000 for the year 1917 must make return of income on the form prescribed, there will be hundreds in every community seeking light on the law, and help in executing their returns. My own and every other collection district in the nation will be divided into districts, with the county as the unit, and a government officer informed in the income tax assigned to each district. He will spend hardly less than a week in each county, and in some counties a longer time, very likely in the courthouse at the county seat town. In cities where there are collector's branch offices, he will be there, and in other cities possibly at the city hall. My office will in due time advise postmasters and send out notices to the newspapers stating when the officer will be in each county. The officer who visits the county will have a supply of forms on which to make returns with him. "It may be stated as a matter of general information that 'net income' is the remainder after subtracting expenses from gross income. Personal, family, or living expense is not expense in the meaning of the law, the exemption being allowed to cover such expenses. The new exemptions of $1,000 and $2,000 will add tens of thousands to the number of income taxpayers in this district, inasmuch as practically every farmer, merchant, tradesman, professional man and salary worker and a great many wage workers will be required to make return and pay tax. The law makes it the duty of the taxpayer to seek out the collector. Many people assume that if an in come tax form is not sent, v: a government officer does not call, they are relieved from making report. This is decidedly in error. It is the other way round. The taxpayer has to go to the government and if he doesn't within the time prescribed, he is a violator of the law, and the government will go to him with its penalties." --- THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Jeffries No. 1 COUGH MIXTURE NO.1 TRADE MARK Guaranteed Pure and Reliable Guaranteed Pure and Reliable COUGHS, COLDS, HOARSENESS LEAD TO BRONCHITIS PNEUOMIA AND WEAK LUNGS. Protect Yourself By Taking JEFFRIES NO. 1 COUGH MIXTURE ALL DRUGGISTS, 25c—50c—$1.00 Especially recommended to Speakers and Singers. It relieves the Throat and Strengthens the Voice. If your Druggist hasn't it, write to THOMAS TABB JEFFRIES Manufacturing Pharmacist 214 E. BROAD ST., RICHMOND, VA. Enclosing Stamps or Money Order and the goods will be sent to you by parcel post or express The Negro Agricultural @ Technical College of North Carolina (Formerly the Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race) GREENSBORO, N. CAROLINA SUMMER SCHOOL For Progressive Teachers SEVENTEENTH Annual Session JUNE 26-JULY 29, 1910 Easy terms, practical course, pleasant surroundings. For terms or catalog, address Dr. S. B. Jones, Director. Send #1 and secure lodging in advance. JAS. B. DUDLEY, President Greensboro, N. C. SEVEN Our National Government ```markdown ``` HAS RECOGNIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE Insurance for the National Army to protect dependent widows, children, mothers and fathers, and for the future protection of the living against the heavy toll of Pensions, and will insist on every soldier carrying the protection. NO CIVILIAN WILL BE INSURED BY THE GOVERNMENT under these policies, but The North Carolina Mutual and Provident Association is prepared TO ISSUE POLICIES ON ALL CIVILIANS AT ages from 6 Months to 50 Years. IF LIFE INSURANCE IS RECOGNIZED BY OUR government as necessary for America's future financial protection, now much more important is it that you protect yourself and your own household under a policy issued by --- ```markdown ``` There are few people, who save, but what believe in putting their money in a bank to save it. Money kept around home, on the person or in the pocket, not only worries the person, but furnishes a constant inducement to spend it. People will come for money, who cannot save money themselves. Moreover, a bank keeps the fact that its patron has money on deposit, a secret. People do not like for other people to know their business. CARICATURE A wif $ _{0} $ oft-times does not wish even her husband to know that she has money. To meet this need, safety-deposit boxes have been provided. In the $ _{0} $ receptacles in the vault, a depositor may keep not only money, insurance papers, deeds, wills, etc., but private letters. This space belongs absolutely to the person who rents the box for one year. Old folks tell us of instances of how some people formerly hid money in the ground and then forgot where they had hidden it. Burglars, sneak-thieves and the light-fingered gentry can get money outside of a bank. They have a hard time getting that on the inside of a bank and if they should succeed, the bank deposits being insured in a burglary insurance company, neither the bank nor the depositor is the loser. Start the New Year saving money for at the end of the year, your savings will be like finding money. Bees and ants save for the rainy day. Persons can profit by their example. Eight Thousand Members OF THE CHRISTMAS SAVINGS CLUB FOR 1917 GET READY FOR 1918 WE INVITE YOU TO JOIN NOW--DEC 17TH If you have only ONE CENT, you can join. If you have more than that amount, you can do the same thing. Here are a list of the classes. Join either one, two, three, or all of them. 3 per cent interest allowed on all cards that are kept paid up promptly according to the Rules and Regulations printed on each card. SHOULD YOU CHANGE YOUR RESIDENCE, CALL AND BRING YOUR CARD WITH YOU AND WE WILL CHANGE THE ADDRESS. IF YOU LEAVE THE CITY, THE CHECK WILL BE MAILED TO YOU. YOU CAN OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR AS SMALL AN AMOUNT AS TEN CENTS. YOU CAN SECURE A TEN CENT BANK TO HELP YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY. IT WILL NOT COST YOU A PENNY AS WE WILL LOAN IT TO YOU. WE WILL LOAN YOU A METAL ONE DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK, IF YOU DEPOSIT AS MUCH AS ONE DOLLAR. WE LOAN MONEY ON GOOD COLLATERAL. WE LOAN ON MORTGAGE SECURITIES. WE WILL CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISE YOU ON FINANCIAL MATTERS. CALL AND SEE THE PRESIDENT. OUT OF TOWN ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK, Richmond, Va. NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THIRD AND CLAY STS. BOARD OF DIRECTORS—John Mitchell, Jr., President; Thomas M. Crump, Vice-1-resident; John T. Taylor, E.R. Jefferson, M. D., R. W. Whiting, J. J. Carter A. D. Price, A. A. Tennant, M. D., W. E. Graham, D. D. SATURDAY Dec. --22 ONE CENT CLUB You pay One Cent the first week and increase the amount paid on the previous week by just One Cent. The last amount to be paid in next November amounts to just Fifty Cents. If you keep it up, next December, you will receive $12.75 plus the interest allowed you. If you do not keep it up, you will get all that you put into the Bank, even if the amount is only one payment or One Cent. You can join this Club too, so that you can pay the largest amount first and each week the amount of payment will be just One Cent less, until the last payment in November will be One Cent instead of Fifty Cents. TWO CENT CLUB You pay Two Cents in this Club the first week and increase the amount just Two Cents on the amount paid the week before. For example, if you start with Two Cents, the next week you pay Four Cents and the next week you pay Six Cents, the next week you pay Eight Cents and so on until the last week in November, when the last payment will amount to just One Dollar. If you keep up the payments, you will receive a check for $25.50, plus the interest. If you do not keep up the payments, you will receive a check for the exact THE RICHMOND PLANET NG CHECKS TO housand Mem AS SAVINGS CLU EADY FOR U TO JOIN NOW... T, you can join. If you have mo Here are a list of the classes. r cent interest allowed on all g to the Rules and Regulations amount that you have paid into the Bank. You can join this Club too, by paying the large amount first and your load will lighten all through the year. For example, you pay One Dollar the first week, Ninety-eight Cents the next week and Ninety-six Cents the next week and so on until the last week in November, when the amount paid will be only Two Cents. FIVE CENT CLUB You pay Five Cents the first week and you pay Ten Cents the second week and Fifteen Cents the third week and so on, increasing the amount paid by Five Cents each week. If you keep this up, you will receive just $63.75 about December 10,1918, in time to make your Christmas shopping. In addition to this amount you will receive three percent interest on what you have saved. You can start on the large amount first. The last amount paid when you start with Five Cents is $2.50 and if you wish to tackle the big end first and feel the burden grow lighter instead of heavier, you can pay $2.50 the first week, $2.45 the second week, $2.40 the third week and so on until the last week in November, when your last payment will be Five Cents, just as by the other method your first payment was Five ARD WITH YOU AND WE WILL CHANGE THE ADDRESS. IF YOU LEAVE THE CLIENT AS TEN CENTS. YOU CAN SECURE A TEN CENT BANK TO HELP YOU SAVE DOLLAR SAVINGS BANK, IF YOU DEPOSIT AS MUCH AS ONE DOLLAR. IMAGE SECURITIES. WE WILL CONFIDENTIALLY ADVISE YOU ON FINANCIAL MOLICITED. SAVINGS BANK, R NORTH-WEST CORNER OF THIRD AND CLAY STS. Vice-1 resident; John T. Taylor, E.R. Jefferson, M. D., R. W. Whiting, J. J. Carter A. D. RICHMOND Virginia Cents. TEN CENT CLUB We have a flat Ten Cents a week Club. You will receive a check next December for $5.00, plus the interest on that amount. Should you fail to keep up the payments you are no worse off, so to speak, for you will receive a check for just the amount that you may have paid in, even if that amount is only Ten Cents. TWENTY-FIVE CENT CLUB You can join the flat Twenty-five Cent Club. You pay Twenty-five Cents each week and if you keep it up, you will receive a check for $12.50. If you find that you cannot keep up the payments, you will receive a check for all that you have paid in. We do not deduct from the amount for the trouble and time we expend in saving it for you. FIFTY CENT CLUB You pay Fifty Cents per week in this Club. You do this every week until the last week in November. About December 10,1918, we will send you a check for $25.00, if you have kept up your payments and in addition will pay you three per cent. interest on the amount. If you fail to keep up the payments, we will send you check for all that you may have paid. THE RICHMOND PANET VOLUME XXXV, NO. 6 RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917. PRICE, FIVE CENTS MERRY XMAS FROM A PAINTING BY MULLER THE HOLY NIGHT a z | fecal)? AT THE NATION'S METROPOLIS Prof. Jesse O. Thomas, Building Up Great School in Denmark, 8, C, Formerly Agent at Tuskegeo—Na- tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People Starts Movement to Save Bundy—Prot, Pickens Delivers Address Here— 4,000 Negroes at Camp Dix—Com: minded by. Negro Officers, (Allen's National News Bureau.) Prof, Jesse 0. ‘Thomas, who was, formorly financial agont of Tuskegee Institute, and who was pronounced by | the late Booker ‘T. Washington as one of the most successtul graduates that school hag ever turned out, and now the prineipal of tie Voorhees Normal find Industrial Sehool, at Denmark, S.C, was In this elty last week in the interest of the school, He was one of {te ablest of the young Ne-, Broeg engaged in educational work, | and the rise that he has had in this field furnished a fine story of iuspira- Uion for the youth of the race, At the age of thirty-three he is the head of one of the Jargest and most sue- cessful schools in the South, and when he was 21 years of age he could not read or write his name, He left Tuskegee in 1911, one of the most brilliant graduates of the school, and for five years he represented’ the school in the North as one of its Northern representatives, He was elected to the principalship of the Voorhee's School In Mareh, 1916, and has already instituted several | new features that will enlarge (le work of the school. He feels that the school should extend its work along, community interest and one of the features of the school will be the con- dueting of community classes that will serve to educate ‘the men and women of the rural disttlets. He is taking a close interes, in the folk musle of the Negro and will make the work of the school noteworthy in that direction, ‘The large experi- ence he has had In educational work Wilk stand him in good stead, at. Mis Post, and it is safe that under Prof, ‘Thomas the school will boconlo one of tho most Miterosting educattonal CMY CORAM ALE SOD ,-« yer ‘The school to which he has been galled ts one of the largest avd best known in tho South, It wr 3) found ed by Blizabeth Wright, a graduate of Taladega College, and thp school was named in honor of Mr, Voorhees, a wealthy Northern man who gave tho first donation to the school, It. starced with 14 pupils, ana’2 teachers. Today it owns property valued at 210,002, owns 18 buildings, has a facutly of 36 teachers, and tho pres ent enroliment is $22. ‘The teachers ‘aro graduates of the leading schools throughout the South. It will be the aim of Prof. ‘Thomas to enlarge the scope of the work and make it the ‘Tuskegee of South Curolina, He told your correspondent that he has in mind several splendid features to in- troduce that will carry out his ideas along this line, He is now making a study of the educational status of the Nogro in the State with a viow of in- creasing {ts work. He has long beon one of the foremost men of the race in educational work and is x noted figure in all of the gatherings look- ing to the study of the educational life of the Negro, He tg the Vice-President of ‘The National Colored ‘Teachers’ Associn- tion, and has conducted summer nor mal schoof for tgachers of the South- ern States. ‘The olection of Prof, ‘Thomas to this post will meat the general satisfaction of — edueators: throughout the country, ‘The new prineipal is a young man with a fine presonce and is capable of inspiring confidence. ‘The late Dr. Washington, in speak ing of his work, said: “He was the most successful’ represe.iat've that Tuskegee has over sont out.” Ho is well known here and throughout the North. ‘The success that. has come to this young educator speaks volume for his thrift ang ambition, He was born In Summit, Miss, and received all of his education at Tuskegee. ‘THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION STARTS DRIVE TO SAVE BUNDY ‘The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People opens its drive to save Dr. Leroy Bundy, with a large public meeting to be heig at the Salem M. E, Church, Sunday afternoon. ‘The mecting will bo wn- der the auspices of tho Now York branch of the association, and is to be one of the most important of the big series of mootings scheduled for the association. Rev, F, A, Cullen, the pastor of tho church, concolved the idea of holding the Negro Pro- test parade last summer, and the president of the organization will preside. ‘The. principal speaker will be Hon. James W. Johnson, the na- tfonal organizer of tho association, who will tell what the organization ig doing in its fight to save Dr. Bun- dy, ang the progress that has already been in this direction ° ver since the Fast St, Louis riot, the associa- tion has kept an oye on conditions with special referonce to Dr. Bundy, as the result of close investigation they havo been able to get to the bot- tom of the affair. Dr. W. DB, B, Du- bots, editor of tho Crisis, and ono of the fow brave, courageous men of tho Yaco, has written pointedly on the ‘Week Gb Pata twandaal” WK canabice will doubtless be largely attonded, NROF, PICKENS SPPAKS HERP, A large gathering heard Prof, Wil- lia Pickens of Morgan College, last Sunday ufternoon at the Salom M. BE. Church, It was one of the — most thrilling ever heard in this section, and was a message to the race to take now courage in the midst of the trying time under which the nation is passing. He spoke on “Tho Proper Race Pride.” He told the big aud ence that the Negro must have pride in itself and to be proud of Its record, He sald that New York gave tho Ne: gto the finest opportunity of any city to show the genius of the race and the ability along all” ines. He pratsog the work that was i-1ng done for tho dovelopnient of Negro talent along the drama and sald that it was paving the way for the time when some one would write a stirring race drama that would depict the life of the race in its advancement, One of the most gripping parts of his ad- dress was his brilliant review of the record of the Negro soldier He de- scribed in a vivid manner the dash and heroism displayed by the Negro soldiers. He said had the famous Fifty-fourth regiment faltered in its fight at Port Wagner a different story would have been told by the world, He said that the rise of the race un der its most trying odds was one of tho most remarkable accomplish: ments of the world history. Me re: colved a fine ovation. Hon, Charles W. Anderson presided, ‘The meeting was calleg to order by the President George W. Allen. Special music was furnished by the choral union, Prof, Pickens put in his best mo: ments while here. He spoke at the annual meeting of the Urban leaguc and filled other important — engage ments. He will be here again at the anual meeting of the National As sociation which holds three days eon. ference here, 4000 NEGROES AT CAMP DIX One of the largest of the Negro cantonments in (his section is Camp Dix, located at Wrightsville, N. J. At this cantonment are 4,000 young colored men, making up a’ portion of the Negro draftees, and who come from various sections of the State, Pennsylvania, and other nearby places, ‘They “are kmong the finest set of young men called to the service, and all Indleations point that they will be rounded into good soldiers. ‘There are 75 young colored officers ay the camp, most of them graduates _ of Fort Deg Moines, and who are being able to get fine discipline out of the men. These Negro line officers aro an earnest and fine body of young men who displayed | remarkable knowledge of military training, ‘This information was furnished (0 | your correspondent satisfaction over the Rankin, who is looking after — the spiritual welfare of the men. Chap- lain Rankin was seen by your. cor- respondent ast week following a few days furlough, and expressed to your correspondent’ satisfaction over | the work that Is being done for the wei- fare of the mon, He resigned a splendid pastorate in Missouri to bo- come chaplain and Is fine of manhood. He extended to your correspondent an _frauatlon._sevleit) the Came, Whigh Mvitalion will be Adceptod, Ho 4s w graduate. of the Lincoln Univer- sity and the Auburn Theological Seminary, Further referenco willbe made to this work I anothor issue. . CLEVELAND G@. ALLEN. SEGREGATION 18 _DUAD LETPER IN RICHMOND NOW. All Pending Cases Will Be Dismissed City Attorney's Office Having Rul- ed ‘That U.S. Supreme Court's Decision in Case of ix Warley Knocks Out Richmond's Law. ‘The raco segregation law is a dead letter in Richmond. In Justice Cratehfield’s court today what probably will be the last case ever brought under the ordinance was dismissed, and numerous eases which have been appealed to the hustings court will be dismissed. Negroes, as woll as whites, are now at liberty to sot up their residence wherever they vhoose to do so. From the office of the city attor: ney, Justice Crutchfield today receiv ed the following: Decomber 13, 1917. “Hon. J. J. Crutchfield, “Police Justice, Richmond, Va., “Dear Sir: “Referring to the various segrega- tion cases Which I am informed aro Deing from time to time brought in your court, I beg to call your atten- tion to the decision of the supreme court of the United States in the caso of Buchanan vs, Warley, October term, 1917, in which the courc—mr, Justice Day delivering the gpinion —held that the segregation ordinance of Louisville, Ky., was unconstitu- tional and void. “Mis ordinance, in all essential re spects, was identical with the ordl- nace of the city of Richmond, which therefore, is necessarily within the scope of the decision and in tho opin fon of this office, is uncontitutional and votd. _AS a consequence, all cases now vending on appeal in the hustings court of the city either have been or will be dismissed and such casea as aro brought before you should also be dismissed . “Yours very wuty, “GEORGE WAYNE ANDERSON, (Signed. ) Y “Assistant City Attorney.” | DOZESS OF CASES IN COURT. Briefly, the ordinance was dosign- ed to keop the whites and the blacks from interminging for residential pur poses. A white family was not per- mitted to occupy a houso in a block that contained a majority of Negroes and a Negro family could not roside where the majority of families in the block were whito. Dozens of cases wero brought to court during tho last three years, So far as known a fine of $100 was m- posed on all of the defendants found guilty of violating the ordinance THE RIOHMOND PLANE, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Most of the offenders wero Negroes, All of thoso convicted promptly not- dan appeal and thelr cases have beon awaiting a qecision in tho hus tings court ponding a decision by the United States supreme court. COLORED CHURCH 'THST CASE. ‘The cago in Justice Crutchfiotd’s court today was tho most widely- known of all the cases brought under the segregation ordinance. ‘The do- fondant was Joseph Eggleston, color- ed a trusteo of the Immanuol Baptist church, Fifth and Leigh streets, Ac- cording to Attorney Isaac Diggs, who appeared for Mggleston, the caso has beon bofore every court in Richmond with the exception of ono, during the last three years. With the passage of tho segregation ordinance, the Ne- groes closed the entrance to the ehurch on Loigh street, as the Leigh greet entrance was on tho “white” side of the building. At an oxpense of $600 an entrance was consfructed on the Fifth street side, and this has been the door useq over since by mem bers of the congregation. plo were let tone.” sald Attorney “I think it is about Ume theso pes Diggs in asking the court to dismiss the complaint. Justico Maurice, sitting for Justice Crutchfield, dismissed the charge and at the sanie time took occasion to say that when the ordinanco was first passed he ventured the opinion in his Southside court that it would eventually bp declared unconsiituy tional, “Fam sorry that this {s so," he sald, “for I believe segresation was Detter for both races. (Richmong Va. News Leader, Dee, 18, 1917.) ANOTHER COURT OF CALANTING IN NORFOLK, VA. Norfolk, Va., November 28, 1917— Dr, A. A. ‘Tennant, Grand Medical Di- rector of the Grand Lodge o. Virgin- ia and Miss M. L. Chiles, G. W. R. of Deeds of Virginia arrived on the 4 P. M. train and assisted in organtz- ing Bioom of Youth Court No. — at Giddings Hall, ‘Thanksgiving ‘night. ‘The members were jubilant over the initiation and a bounteous repest was served. Mrs. M. G. Adams, G. W. 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ORGANIZED LABOR TAKES FIRM STAND. Gompers Throws Down Gauntlet to Burleson on Matter of Postal Organizations. FEDERATION TO MAKE FIGHT. Will Resist Any Effort to Prevent Right to Unite and Affiliate With Labor. Washington, Dec. 9.—Organized Ribor throw down the gauntlet to PostmasterGeneral Burleson. In a statement issued from the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor, in this city, Samuel Gompers president of the federation, served notice that any attempt on the part of Mr. Burleson to force through Congress this proposal $t_0$ deny postal employees the right to organize will be bitterly fought. Mr. Gompers said: "The American Federation of Labor will resist any effort made by Postmaster- General Burleson to put into effect his recommendation to Congress that the postal employees be denied the right to Congress and the right to organize and affiliate with labor. "More than ten years ago, in 1906 the American Federation of Labor presented its historic bill of grievances to Pres. Roosevelt and mentioned as one of the particulars the restoration of the right of direct petition to Congress by government employees—a right that was denied them by executive orders issued by Presidents Roosevelt and Taft. `\G LAW GUARDED EMPLOYEES` ORGANIZATIONS "We kept this issue prominently before the public, and on August 24, 1912, the Sixty-second Congress enacted what was the commonly called the antigag law, a law granting postal and other government workers the right to maintain their own organizations in the interest of the men and free from the domination of the department heads, and also restoring to them the constitutional right of direct petition to Congress. It is this which Mr. Burleson is seeking to have repealed. We fought for its enactment; we believe it a wise just necessary law, and we are prepared to fight against its repeat. "Mr. Burleson cannot point to a single instance where affiliated organization of postal employees has threatened to strike. He cannot name a single officer of these organizations who has remotely suggested such a course. Personally, I have addressed postal employees many times in all parts of the country. I have explained to them that legislation, and not the strike, was their weapon of last resort. "I can see no danger of a strike of postal employees if they have free access to Congress and public opinion to secure the correction of their grievances. But I can conceive of serious trouble arising if the Burleson idea or repressing men and not giving them the opportunity to organize and to come in contact with their fellow workers in a sincere desire to make better the lot of all groups of workers is put into operation. Affiliation with the labor movement is a safety balve for the postal workers, which Mr. Burleson, in a mistaken view of the yearnings of his employees, would close. ASSOCIATION WITH EMPLOYEES PURELY A VOLUNTARY ONE "The association of the postal employees with the American Federation of Labor is surely a voluntary one. These men have come forward voluntarily in recent years in large numbers to become identified with the labor movement. This indicates only too well that working conditions for them are not as ideal as the postmaster would have the public be lieve. These workers have the right—yes, it is a public duty—to organize and make known their grievances to their employers, the American people, so that an aroused public opinion can speedily correct any administrative effects that may be harmful to the workers and the service. "To deny the right to workers in our largest governmental agency to organize is to make a mockery of our faith in democracy. If autocracy is harmful to $t_0$ the morals of our alien enemies abroad, then let us not intro duce a species of it into our largest Federal institution by attempting to disfranchise industrially the army of postal workers. "At a time when governmental activities are being extended into every industry connected with the successful prosecution of the war and thousands of workers are either already in the government service or potentially government employees, it is apparent that their right to organize and petition Congress be not inferior MONEY LOANED ON REAL ESTATE ed with. I can conceive or nothing more harmful to the necessary extension of government control and regulation at this time than the adoption of the Burleson idea by our government in its capacity of an employer. "The American Federation of Labor stands prepared today to back up its position of 1906, when it fought for the rights of the government employee. We differ from Mr. Burleson in his view that the antigap law has operated to build up organizations of employees that are a menace. We fear that the menace lies, not in the employees' organizations, but in the denial to citizens of fundamental rights." THE FOOD ADMINISTRATION WELCOMES NEW IDEAS. All sorts of interesting suggestions on the subject of food conservation are coming in from all parts of the state and are gladly welcomed by Food Administrator White. The editor of the Southwest Virginia Enterprise contributes this: "So far as I know there is one important campaign not mentioned in food conservation publicity, and it is a campaign that should be made not only through the state of Virginia, but through the whole country—a campaign against rats. It is estimated that rats destroy about $200,000,000 worth of property in America every year. If we started a campaign to rid Virginia of these pests we could contribute our part of the food needed from this one source alone." The food administrator in Washington has already taken up this matter of the rat pest and reports through its statistical bureau that "One rat, having access to grain, will consume an average of two ounces a day, or 45 pounds a year. When wheat is worth $2 a bushel this amounts to $1.50. But the grain carried away and rendered unfit for use is far more than that actually eaten and the average cost of keeping a rat on the farm or in a warehouse is from $3 to $5 a year. "Besides being an unparalleled waster of food the rat is a menace to this life and health of human beings. It is known to carry and dissonfate the germs of tuberculosis, septic pneumonia, measles, typhoid, scat fever the bubonic plague and other diseases." THIRTEEN NEGRO SOLDIERS ARE HANGED FOR TEXAS RIOT. Executed This Morning at Fort Sam Houston in Obedience to Verdict of United States Army Court—Martial Convicting Them of Complicity in Terrible Traged; at Houston—Life Imprisonment for Some. San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 11.-Thirteen Negroes were hanged at Fort Sam Houston at 7:17 A. M., today for complicity in the riot at Houston August 23. The men hanged, all enlisted men of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry, were: Sergeant William C. Nesbit, Corporals Larnon J. Brown, James Whateley, Jesse Moore and Charles W. Baltimore; Privates William Brakenridge, Thomas C. Hawkins, Carlos Snodgrass; Ira B. Davls, James Divins, Frank Johnson, Risley W. Young and Pat Mac Whorter. The announcement of action on the court-martial's verdict was made at southern department headquarters at 9 o'clock by the chief of staff, who also gave out a form's statement in which the names of the men sentenced to life imprisonment were given. were sentenced to life imprisonment. One man was sentenced to dishonorable discharge from the army, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, to be confined at hard labor for two and a half years. Three were sentenced to be dishonorably discharged from the army, forfeit all pay and allowances and be confined at hard labor for two years. Five were acquitted. Only army officers and Sheriff John Tobin, of Bexar county, were present when the sentence was executed by soldiers from the post. No newspaper men or civilian spectators were allowed, the time and place of execution having been kept a secret. Following the hanging of the thirteen the chief staff of the Southern department gave out a written statement, at the same time refusing to answer any questions. NEAR SCAFFOLD WAS BUILT NEAR CAMP TRAVIS IN NIGHT San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 11. "Good bye, boys of Company C," were the last words uttered by the condemned men of the Twenty-fourth United States infantry as the traps were sprung and they dropped to their death on the scaffold. 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Prayers were said by a Negro minister and by two army chaplains and then the men were ordered to stand on the traps. Resuming their song, they stood erect and displayed fortitude while the ropes were adjusted. At 7:17 a major gave the order to spring the traps. The triggers had been arranged, one for each drop, and six men were assigned to each. At the word of command they pulled on the triggers and the thirteen dropped to their deaths. WASHINGTON IN THE DARK CONCERNING THE HANGINGS. Washington, Dec. 11.—The hanging of thirteen Negro troopers for complicity in the Houston riot was unknown to practically all officials of the war department until it was announced at Fort Sam Houston. 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My Medicines cure the Blood, Kidney, Bladder, Striature, Piles in Throat, Dyspepsia, Malaria, Constipation, Constipa- pals and Aches of any kind, Colds, Bronze Itching Sensations, Female Complaints, L buncles, Bolls, Cancer in its worst form wi- ment, Wecma, Pimples on face and body, Disease of Kidneys. My Medicines cure ture, or your money refunded. Medicines ticulars, send or call on L. J. HAYDEN, Day Phone, Ran. 4903 NIGH VALLEY BURIAL FUNERAL DIRECTORS A Spacious Rooms for Meetings Office and War 700 N. 17TH STREET, RI Thos. D. Rodgers, Pres.; W. A. Price, Tr AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CRACK COLORED MUSICIA THE FAMOUS 15TH INFANY YORK. WIRE OR WRITE, EUROPE, 15TH INFANTRY AVENUE, NEW Y A. D. PRICE, 212 EA FUNERAL DIRECTOR, LIVERYM All orders promptly filled at short ephone. Halls rented for meeting Plenty of room with all necessary co- or Band Wagons for hire at reason first-class Carriages, Buggies, etc. fine funeral sur Open All Day and Night— 'PHONE, MAD. 577 cines. They have cured thousands that the most skillful and best hospital physicians in America and Europe have given up to die and said there was no cure for them. My Medicines cure the following diseases: Heart Disease Blood, Kidney, Bladder, Stricture, Piles in any form, Vertigo, Quinny, Sore Throat, Dyspepsia, Higestion, Constipation, Rheumatism in any form, Pains and Aches of any kind, Colds, Bronchial Troubles, Skin Diseases, all Itching Sensations, Female Complaints, LaGripe, Pneumonia, Ulcer, Carbuncles, Bolls, Cancer in its worst form without the use of knife or instrument, Eczema, Pimples on face and body, Diabetes of Kidneys, Bright's Disease of Kidneys. My Medicines cure any disease, no matter what nature, or your money refunded. Medicines sent anywhere. For full particulars, send or call on L. J HAYDEN, 220 West Broad Street --- FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS Spacious Rooms for Meetings and Entertainments. Office and Warerooms 700 N. 17TH STREET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Thos. D. Rodgers, Pres.; W. A. Price, Treas.; Nathaniel Roy, Manager AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MUSICIANS CRACK COLORED MUSICIANS WANTED FOR THE FAMOUS 15TH INFANTRY BAND, OF NEW YORK. WIRE OR WRITE, LIEUT. JAS. REESE EUROPE, 15TH INFANTRY ARMORY, 2217-7TH AVENUE, NEW YORK, N. Y. A. D. PRICE. 212 EAST LEIGH STREET. FUNERAL DIRECTOR, EMBALMER AND LIVERYMAN All orders promptly filled at short notice by telegraph or telephone. Halls rented for meetings and nice entertainments. Plenty of room with all necessary conveniences. Large Picnic or Band Wagons for hire at reasonable rates and nothing but first-class Carriages, Buggies, etc. Keep constantly on hand fine funeral supplies. Open All Day and Night—Man on Duty All Night. 'PHONE, MAD. 577 RICHMOND, Va. (Residence next door) PHOTOS—We Offer you the Latest and Most More Moderate Figure than you can obtain B Attention Paid to Children. We will A to Quote You Prices on Interior and View Work. BNLARGING AND COPYING FROM OLD PHOTOS GEORGE O. BROWN, P. 606 NORTH SECOND STREET You the Latest and Most more than you can Certainly to Children. We will A you Prices on Interior and View Work. COPYING FROM OLD PRINT E. BROWN, PRESS PHOTOS—We Offer you the Latest and Most Artistic Photos at a More Moderate Figure than you can obtain elsewhere. Special Attention Paid to Children. We will Also be Priced to Quote You Prices on Interior and Interior View Work. BNLARGING AND COPYING FROM OLD PHOTOS A SPECIAL/TY GEORGE O. BROWN, Photographer 606 NORTH SECOND STREET RICHMOND, VIRGINIA P. Mme. Johnson, President JOHNSON WIDDIE Industrial School Brie, Virginia On October 3, 1917 Seminar School, Normal and Industrial Enco, Sewing, Poultry Raising, Fig and Knitting, Agriculture To Teach Without Further Examination Table Rooms, Healthy Section Bed, Thorough Training, and Room for Girls $8; Boys For Month Information. Address Hollyard, A. B., Dinwiddie, Va. L. J. HAYDEN Manufacturer of Pure Herb Medicines RED ALL DISEASES OR NO CHARGE W. Broad, Richmond PHONE RANDOLPH 3627 DO YOU LOVE HEALTH? Call and see L. J. HAYDEN, Manufacturer Herb Medicines, 220 W. Broad Street. Medicines will cure you, or no charge, what your disease, sickness or affliction, and restore you to perfect health. He people, the best and leading ones in the world. I use nothing but herbs, roses, berries, flowers and plants in my mind that the most skillful and best hospice have given up to die and said there were the following diseases: Heart Disease in any form, Vertigo, Quinny, Constipation, Rheumatism in any form, Bronchial Troubles, Skin Diseases, Infections, LaGrippie, Pneumonia, Ulcer, Cancers, without the use of knife or orate and body, Diabetes of Kidneys, Bright cure any disease, no matter what medicines sent anywhere. For full, HAYDEN, 220 West Broad Street NIGHT PHONE, MADISON, 515-WRIAL COMPANY MORS AND EMBALMERS Meetings and Entertainments. And Warerooms RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Service, Treas.; Nathaniel Roy, Manager MY FOR MUSICIANS MUSICIANS WANTED FOR FANTRY BAND, OF NEW WRITE, LIEUT. JAS. REESE FANTRY ARMORY, 2217-7TH NEW YORK, N. Y. 12 EAST LEIGH STREET FOR, EMBALMER AND MUSICIAN short notice by telegraph or telephone and nice entertainments. Library conveniences. Large Picnic reasonable rates and nothing but, etc. Keep constantly on hand,eral supplies. Night—Man on Duty All Night. RICHMOND, Va. Latest and Most Artistic Photos at a You can Obtain Hereware. Special Exam. We will Also be Pleased on Interior and Interior Work. BOM OLD PHOTOS A SPECIALTY OWN, Photographer RICHMOND, VENNIA Mr Dollar Ready Cash Always Finds a Listening Ear THE man with a goodly balance in the bank has confidence. When he talks his words have weight. If you have just started in business, be sure you are prepared at the bank for a temporary setback. If your business is established and on a sound basis, make it doubly so. 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SECOND ST. Residence, 725 N. 2nd St. FIRST-CLASS AUTOMOBILI AND HACKS. CASKETS OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Chapel Service Free to All of Our Patrons. ALL COUNTRY ORDERS ARE GIVEN OUR SPECIAL ATTENTION PHONE, MADISON 9728 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. ```markdown ``` YOU BY YOUR FURNITURE NOW! When you can get Furniture and Rugs from an Old Established house like JURGENH—that's known to sell the best quality goods, just as reasonable as elsewhere—why not give your friends a good impression. It will give us the greatest pleasure to show you our wonderful stock of home making comfort giving Furniture and Rugs and—don't fail to ask our salesmen about our banking plan which gives you 5, 10 or 15 months in which to pay for any purchase. CHAS. G. JURGENS SON ADAMS AND BROAD ```markdown ``` Your subscription to The Richmond Planner is due. Have you paid it? If not, why not? ```markdown ``` SAVINGS BANK WRITE OR VISIT US A NORTHWEST CORNER. WALTER T. DAVIS, CA RAILROADS Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R. R. To and from Washington and beyond—Daily. Leave Richmond ▲ 6.15 AM 8.40 AM + 7.50 AM 8.50 PM * 6.97 AM 10.01 PM + 7.50 AM 9.35 PM * 7.50 AM 10.01 PM + 9.50 PM 10.85 PM * 7.52 AM 6.40 PM + 6.25 PM 12.85 NL * 8.20 AM 8.20 PM + 6.30 PM 12.40 NL Richmond-Washington Local, Lv. $1.60 PM Richmond-Washington Local, Sundays; Ar. $1.25 AM daily, Frederick Local, Lv. $1.25 AM $1.15 PM; Ar. $1.10 AM. Ashland Accom, week days; Lv. $7.50 AM. 6.30 PM; Ar. $3.50 AM. 6.49 PM object and baggage not open for this Byrd St. Ta, (stopping at Elba). $2.50 Elba St. NORFOLK & WESTERN ONLY ALL-RAIL LIN. TO NOROLK leave Byrd Street Station, Richmond FOR *0:15 A. M. *0:90 A. M. *0:98 P. *M. 0:90 P. FOR LYNCHURGH AND THE WEST—*0:1F A. M. *0:90 A. M. *0:90 P. M. *0:25 P. Local to Curew, *0:38 P. M. M. Curew from Norfolk—*11:40 A. M. *0:35 P. M. M. Curew from Norfolk—*11:30 P. From the West—*0:15 A. M. *0:87 A. M. *0:140 P. M. *0:17 P. M. *0:00 P. M. except Sunday *Sunday only W. R. BEVIL, W. G. SAUNDERS, P. T. M. Roanoke C. H. BOLLEY, D. P. Richmond, R. C. Richmond ATLANTIC COAST LINE. THE STANDARD RAILROAD ON THE SUNRISE TRAIN路, Richmond, VA. January 8, 1916 For Florida and South: 8188 A. M. and 8000 A. M. and 12568 A. M. For Norfolk: 8188 A. M. and 8000 A. M. and 8000 P. P. M. For N. M. and 8410 P. M. For N. M. and 8188 A. M. and 8000 A. M. and 8000 P. M. Petersburg: 19:50 A. M. 6:15 A. M. 8:15 A. M. 9:00 A. M. 9:56 A. M. 3:00 P. M. *4:00 P. M. 8:56 P. M. 6:55 P. M. *6:55 P. M. M. 9:26 P. M. 11:58 P. M. For Goldbaldor and Fayetteville: *4:00 P. M. For Hopewell: 5:15 A. M., *1:12 P. M. P. M., *1:51 P. M. IRL Trains arrive Richmond daily: 4:30 A. M. 7:00 A. M., 8:18 A. M., 8:18 A. M., 8:17 A. M. 11:40 A. M., M., *11:10 P. M., *11:60 P. M., 8:19 V. M., 8:35 P. M., 7:46 P. M., 8:84 C. M., 12:32 P. M. Excels Sunday sunday only. Time of arrival and departure and transactions not guaranteed. THE SOUTHERN SR SERVES THE SOUTH TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND-MAIN ST. STATION (N. B.—Following schedule figures published information and net guaranteed). 5:80 A. M.—Daily—Local for Danville, 10:30 A. M.—Daily—Limited—For all points South. Pullman buffet parlor car. 9:00 A. M.—Daily—Local for Chester City, Buffalo, New York. 6:00 P. M.—Daily—For Danville, Albany andingham with Pullman observation sleeping. 11:15 P. M.—Daily—Limited—For all points South. Pullman ready 8:00 P. M. YORK RIVER LINE 6125 P. M.-Daily-Local to West Point. 6125 P. M.-Stormer train, daily except Sunday for West Point and Baltimore. No stop. 7.85 A. M.-Daily-Local to West Point. 007 East Main Street Phone Madison 876 007 North Seward Street CHESAPEAKE & OHIO. Gunnatman, Louvie & West, *22 p.*, *7 p.*, *11 p.* Gunnatman, Louvie & West, *12 p.*, *118 p.* James River Lake, *118 p.*, *118 p.* Newport News, Norfolk and Old Pelts, *8 n.*, *12 m.*, *14 p.* Newport News Local, *12 m.*, *14 p.* Trains arrive from Norfolk, *11 a.*, *114 p.* Trains arrive from Newport, *90.64 n.*, *8.58 p.* From Newport News, *90.64 n.*, *8.58 p.* From Westport, *90.64 n.*, *8.58 p.* *11:5 p.*, *7:10 p.* daily from Charlotteville, except Sunday from Trumburrow. Mates River, "8:10 a.," 4:10 p. "Daily" "Except Sunday" SEABOARD AIR LINE THE PROGRESSIVE RAILWAY ON THE SOUTH Bouthound train schooled to Java's Rishaway daily; 9:35 A.M. M., local to Northam, 12:40 P.M. Bouthound train schooled to Bathurst, Albany, Bathurst; 10:30 A.M. M., local to Bathurst, and alongside to Sackmorilla; 12:30 P.M. Lambert; 12:30 A.M. M., local to Sackmorilla, Moo- tahao, Jacksonville, Tampa and across to Jacksonville. Northbound trains schooled to arrive Rieghound daily; 4:30 P.M. M., local; 9:35 A.M. M., local to M., M., and CHINA --- FOUR Published every aturday by John Mitchell, Jr., at 311 N. 4th Street, rctchmond, Virginia. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond Virginia, as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ONE YEAR ..... $1.50 SIX MONTHS ..... .80 THREE MONTHS ..... .40 FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS ..... $2.00 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OPINION Hon. H. R. Pollard, the very able City Attorney of Richmond, through the brilliant Assistant City Attorney George Wayne Anderson has officially notified Police Justice John J. Crutchfield, the tireless and brainy presiding genius of this city that there can be no further prosecutors in the segregation cases now before his court and that this piece of legislation, known as the segregation ordinance is a dead letter, so to speak. One of the note-worthy cases was that of the Leigh Street M. E. Church at Fifth and Leigh streets. The property purchased from a white congregation fronted on a "white block" with its side entrance on a "colored block." The congregation, at an expense of five hundred dollars made an opening on the side of the colored block and closed up the side fronting on the white block. Even after this, court proceedings were instituted and at the trial of the case some time ago, the jury of white men disagreed and the case was dropped. After the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Segregation Cases, the congregation opened the other doors and they were cited to appear for trial. The letter of City Attorney Pollard, with his colleague, wrote in the dismissal of the proceedings. We are glad that it is so. The decision in these cases simply restores the status of the colored people in this city, where it was originally,—among the real-estate agents here who have the interest of both classes of people at heart and who by their rent lists can easily locate the people of other race without undue friction on the part of anybody. Because we have the right, is no reason why we should exercise it in a manner to cause undue trouble. White folks hereabout and colored folks too, for that matter, respect the feeling and sensibilities of each other without necessarily infringing upon the constitutional rights and privileges of each other. The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States has not brought to bear the state of unrest and friction that some people presumed that it would bring about. Colored folks are not making efforts to locate in white communities, but are conservatively adjusting themselves to existing conditions and only from natural and necessary causes are they moving into residences long since vacated by white tenants who have gone into the new additions for white people to live. We may not exercise our constitutional rights, but we are happy in the knowledge that we can exercise them when we so desire. Colored folks in the Southland think they understand a large proportion of the white folks, certainly those of the better class and they do not need any special legislation to force them to do what they have no idea of doing—inconveniencing and embarrassing the white friends among whom they have lived so long. "CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED." The Richmond Times-Dispatch, in its issue of the 18th inst. says: Congress is holding up its hands and gasping in utter surprise at the Country's unpreparedness for war, and is instituting investigations here, there and everywhere, no matter what joy the results may bring to the heart of the Kaiser. Had Congress stuck less closely around the pork barrel during the past quarter of a century and devoted more of its efforts to putting the country in a state of preparation, present conditions would have been impossible. Congress cannot plead ignorance, nor can it shift the burden of its own responsibility to other shoulders, for our military shortcomings have been dinned into its ears for many years. Nothing has happened except what was expected to happen, and what every one except Congress knew must happen. Nothing now remalus but to make the best of it. Wonderful things have been achieved already considering that we started almost from zero. The worst part of the whole business is the evident deception of the people by men, who are not really fitted for the positions that they occupy and who are noted by giving out for publication statements of their ability to do just what they know is impossible of accomplishment in the face of this country's unpreparedness. The Times-Dispatch says further: With Garfield fighting for coal and Hoover for food with the War and Navy Departments demanding that their supplies be given priority, and the Shipping Board equally insists that its requirements be met first, railroad traffic is in a seeming inexercible jam, and the country's crops grow more and more tangled. Need of a big boss to take over the job daily becomes more acute. While the varted interests pull and haul in different directions, the people are suffering for food and warmth. The present system is a dismal failure and a new one must be found. The confusion is equal to that recorded as existing at the Tower of Babel. It is a season for the weeding out of incompetent material. The French nation had its experiences along similar lines and it proceeded to use the pruning knife with admirable results. We may have a big boss somewhere in the country, but he has not as yet come cut of hiding. So far as the nation knows, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt is the only man, who even presumably measures up to the situation and where is there in the country, this country of politicians, a man who would trust him in the saddle again? The nation prefers to wobble and suffer and suffer and wobble. The end is not in sight, but sometimes we_c think that it is "just around the corner." At a conference of publishers of weekly journals, it was decided that in view of the present advanced cost of material no one could afford to publish a weekly journal for less than $2.00 per year. --- Rev. Dr. Harvey Johnson, one of the ablest divines in this country recently celebrated his fortleth anniversary as pastor of the Union Baptist Church. He is as halo, hearty, vigorous and as entertaining and brilliant as he was twenty years ago. One contemporary. The Tampa, Florida Bulletin remarks that Tampa is noted for its big funerals. That is no news for a city of Tampa's size. What we want to hear is the name of the city that is noted for "little" funerals—among colored folks. Rov. Dr. E. W. Moore, formerly of Philadelphia, but now of Columbus, Ohio has been honored with an appointment by Mayor Karb as one of the members of a Committee of One Hundred to assist in the "war work." Some of the leading white citizens of that municipality have been appointed on this committee and we note with pleasure that this brilliant energetic divine has been given a prominent place on this committee. The House of Representatives has by a margin of eight votes adopted the concurrent resolution submitting the question of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, barring intoxicating wines and liquors and malt beverages from use of importation in this country. The politicians, both for and against, will have a grand old time now for some time to come. The amendment must be ratified within seven years in order for it to become effective. ```markdown ``` The Lexington, Ky. Weekly News has an editor, a religious editor and a managing editor. The presumption is that the two extra editors are not religious. One we presume deals with subscribers who will not pay and this makes him not religious and the other one purchases stock and pays the weekly expenses of the journal which tends to make him anything but religious. The idea is unique and we may adopt the system ourselves. Certainly the religious editor is kept busy praying for the atonement of the sins of his over-worried associates. Hats off to the Lexington, Ky. Weekly News. The Baltimore, Md. Afro-American by the addition of a Gooss "Comet" to its equipment now takes the lead in a modern, up-to-date printing office. The press prints flat-bed type forms from a roll of paper and is a modern installation in every respect. We congratulate the Murphys upon their enterprising success and we hope for them much success. Any colored man, who will risk this kind of money on this kind of equipment in a city known as the journalistic grave-yard for colored publications. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA command not only our respect, but our admiration. We contemplated one time the advisability of installing a similar machine and may yet do so after noting the success or failure of our enterprising contemporary. Our hat 's off to the Afro-American of Baltimore, Maryland. --- The trial of fourteen more of the members of the Twenty-fourth Infantry began last Monday. Just why any of them should be executed before this tribunal got through with the job will always be a mystery. We do not see any need of a trial. All the colored men should do is to sit silent and let the military execution committee go ahead with the job. The same gallows is there that served for thirteen of their comrades and they might as well walk out upon it and satisfy the cravings of some of the people of Texas. They wanted blood and they have gotten it. The fourteenth man could wait his turn and he too could go "shouting home to glory." By the way, Sergeant Baltimore, one of the colored soldiers executed was beaten by a police-officer and at the time of the firing between the police-officers and the colored soldiers was in the station house at Houston, Texas, but the Court Martial hanged him too. WINCHESTER NOTES Winchester, Va., December 17. — Mr. Samuel Williams, who for many years was employed by the city here was buried from the Shilloh Baptist Church, Friday. Rev. Walker Carter preached a very good lecture. He preached a wife and one daughter. The pulchoirs were Messrs. H. W. Bartlett, George Norris, Robert Parker, Charles Jefferson, M. B. Cooke. Mrs. Mary Ellen Derrick gave a Taffy Party at her home on West Leicester street on Friday night and quite a crowd turned out and had an enjoyable time. Eugene Walker has been on the sick list but is able to be out again. Miss Gladys Myers will spend her Holidays in Pittsburgh. The Brotherhood was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. George W. McGruder on Friday night. Everybody had a nice time. John Mann Christmas exercises will hold on Christmas night and the children are practicing hard to make it a success. Mt. Carmel will hold theirs on Wednesday after Christmas and their children are also working hard. The Ladies Aid will be entertained at the parsonage by Mrs. J. A. Rold, on South Kent street, Friday night. Everybody is jailed to come out. We have plenty of snow for Christmas but not much coal and still less sugar, but we are thankful just the same and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Mrs. Evelina Epps wishes to extend many thanks to friends for kindness during her illness of two months. Mrs. Victoria Seay is visiting friends in Savannah, Tampa, and St. Petersburg, Florida. She is the wife of W. W. H. Seay, the blacksmith. Mr. and Mrs. Atlas E. Barbee and their little son, Atlas, Jr., of 1017 Hull street, South Richmond, Va. will leave the city to-day (saturday) for the Capital of the Old North State, Raleigh, N. C. to spend the Christmas holidays. —Mrs. J. A. Lawson, Jr., who underwent an operation at the Retreat for the Sick has returned to her residence, 1024 A. W. Catherine St. She is getting on nicely. —Miss Ella Hill of 302 E. Baker St., while returning from services at the Fifth St. Baptist Church last Sunday afternoon, slipped on the ice and fell breaking her arm, at the wrist. —Mrs. William Troy, widow of the late Rov. William Troy, who pastored in Richmond several years ago, is quite sick at the residence of her niece Annie Troy. N. 4th St. St. Troy,叫 a few a few weeks ago, breaking her brain. GRAHAM—LEE Mr. John Lee, of Suffolk, Va. wishes to announce the marriage of his daughter, Gertrude, to Mr. W. Graham Friday evening, December 7, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lottie Perkins, 1401 W. Leigh street. 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. 1867—1917 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hill request the pleasure of your presence at their Fifthth Anniversary, Wednesday, December the twenty-sixth, 1917, seven to eleven o'clock P. M., at 1006 1-2 North Seventh street. CLARK—HORSLEY Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Horsky request the pleasure of your presence at the marriage ceremony of their daughter, Avis Frances, to Prof. William W. L. Clark, on Wednesday evening, December twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, at four o'clock, 1411 West Cary street, Richmond, Virginia. All friends invited. No cards. OUR ADVERTISERS. "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" but a short way to the places where you can purchase goods. The holidays bring much joy to those who receive presents and some joy to those who give them. This lite at times is a hard road to travel, but at others, it is as smooth as glass to the cheerful liver. When in need of furniture and household supplies even if you are getting ready to marry or you are at ready married, you will find a coloce assortment at CHARLES G. J. GURGEN'S SON. This old established house is noted for its ability to please at prices that are satisfying. When you buy your goods there, you can rest assured that satisfaction is guaranteed. The trade that likes novels and old furnishings as well as those of the useful and comfortable kind find that it is needless to go forth further when this establishment is reached, either in price or quality. Call and see them now and during the coming year. THE E. C. MEYER JEWELRY CO. is too well known to require extended comment here. The meyers have always had a trade that retires to be captured by owners or to attempt to go elsewhere for better prices, when the quality of the articles is considered. They have a large stock of the latest silver diamonds, rings, trinkets and presents of all kinds. Your best girl will be pleased or the wife in whom you repose absolute confidence. As for the curaren, they will be delighted if you say you bought it at Meyers. Call and see them. THE GANS RADY COMPANY. has stood the test for years. These progressive and accommodating gentlemen will surely serve you in a manner that will induce you to call again. It is true that they serve the most oxclusive trade, but it is also true that the humbleest person receives special consideration in 60s leading cloth in the establishment. You may think that they may choose you, but if you will consider the quality of the fabrics and the reliability of the concern, you will find it the cheapest place for you to patronize. THE MECHANIS SAVINGS BANK has expended much money to provide a safe place for your funds and stands ready to give you all the facilities necessary to aid you along the paths of money-saving. *Polite officials wait service. It has been a busy corner this week, thousands of delighted depositors have received interest their savings and many others have opened accounts with them. Call and start the New Year right. THE NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL AND PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION, may be found at Miller's Hotel corner. This corporation has entered the Richmond field and the work at ready done here has been of a most satisfactory character. This concerne is one of the most substantial ones in the country in progressive colored labor in charge of this great southern city. The work done has given satisfaction to the army of patrons. Superintendent C. A. Wright may be found here at the Association's offices. PHARMACIST -THCMAS TABR has done good to suffer harm by the placing within the each of all that boon to humanity, Jeffries, No. 1 Cough Mixture. This has been a weather for coughs. You should watch your troubles in time and keep a bottle of this 'overeign remedy on you that you are so small that you really injury you itself by not taking advantage of the offer which or you are sick or not. THE CORLEY COMPANY THE CORLEY COMPANY. is a standard designation to Richmonders, Mr. J. G. Corley is so well known to the people of Richmond in residence of the State in general that the presence to him elicits smiles of commation. The palatial store back and front with its wealth of musical instruments and its storehouse of the best musical talent in the world now easily attracts the attention of everyone and induces a generous approval of this garden centre of attraction. Southland. If you have a HIT money, the part payment system enables you to just what you want and with plenty of time in which to pay the balance. You have a daughter, give her a mustal training upon the instruments sold by this enterprise music house. Dr. L. J. HAYDEN has been with us for many years and he is with us still. His claims appear to be expravagant, but a satisfied pub he will testify to his ability to do all that he says he will. If you are suffering from any altrent, call and see him. If he cannot cure y u, he will so. If he solls you a bot he of altrent will be able to note an improvement in his while. His success along lines specified by him has been wonderful. Call or write him. GEORGE W. BROWN doesn't talk much but when it comes to the photographic business his work speaks for him. He watches others come and go, but he and his accomplished sister have succeeded in pleasing the colored folks of Richmond and elsewhere. He has produced fine specimens of photographic art and he is constantly giving even more confidence to please the most festidious. Give your girl your photograph. Give your best young man your portrait. It will please both of them. MESSRS. BROWN AND ROBINSON. real-estate agents are progressive and will serve you. If you have property to rent, it would be well to consult them and place it in their hands. If you have money and you wish to pursue a home, see them about it. They do business in a most satisfactory location. In Robinson, Jr. needs no introduction. He's progressive and when he has a project under way, he "lots no grass grow under his feet." Call and see them. Editor Mitchell to Speak Editor John Mitchell, Jr., will speak on the World War at the Second Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon, December 30, 1917 at 3:30 under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association. The public is invited. Editor Mitchell to Speak at Fifth Street Baptist Church. President John Mitchell, Jr., will discuss the World War: How Nations Fight, the Fifth St. Baptist School Sun night, 8:30 o'clock December 30, 1917 $73,700.00 FOR CHRISTMAS. The Mechanic's Savings Bank Christmas Savings Club for 1917 had a membership of 7,976 or 24 less than 8,000 with total deposits of ($73,700). seventy three thousand, seven hundred dollars. Every check present od has been paid promptly and but buildup of the money and venence caused to the thousands who have thronged the banking house to get their money. Stockholders Meeting The meeting of the stockholders of the Mechanics Savings Bank will be held Tuesday, January 8, 1918. Owing to the fact that the first Tuesday is a holiday, it has been decided to hold it on the later date. John Mitchell, Jr., President. Walter T. Davis, Secretary. Mrs. Emma Taylor Passes Away. Departed this life Monday, December 10, 1917 at her residence 605 Catherine St., Mrs. Emma Taylor. She is survived by one son, Mr. George H. Taylor of New York City. The funeral services were conducted from the First Baptist Church, Thursday, December 13, 1917 at 3 o'clock P.M. Rev. W. T. Johnson officiating. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. GREETINGS. Let us make 1918 a more happy and prosperous year for you. We have pleased and satisfied a large list of patrons with our "Golden Rule Service," which means that we give prompt, fair, confidential attention to all business entrusted with us. Rents—Sales—Loans—Insurance. Let us provide for you in any of these departments. BROWN AND ROBINSON St. Luke Bank Building. WOMEN'S MOVEMENT Women's Movement, at the True Reformers' Hall Sunday December 24 1017, 3:30 P.M., for the benefit of Ebenezer Baptist Church Aid Society and Unity Fountain, No. 738. An excolent program has been arranged. The address will be delivered by Mr. S. B. Noble, of Danville, Va., Subject. "The Other Side of the Question. Usher will be furnished by the Spartan Literary and Athletic Association Literary, Mrs. Zomoria Wood Chairman, Mrs. Lacinda Smith, Mrs. Bettie G. McCraw, Mr. James Minerva Braxton, Mrs. Fannie Tinsley, Mrs. Queen V. Phillips. MORE SUGAR THIS MONTH. The International Sugar Committee announces that it has recently purchased 20,000 bags of Cuban old crop sugars at a price to equal 6.70 delivered in New York, duty paid. The first Porto Rico sugar, arrived December 10th and the Louisiana sugars are already on the Boston market. The Cuban sugars will have been received and put on the market by the 20th of December, when the basic price is expected to take a further drop. "It is needless to say that the "Various sizes that have proviled in different parts of the country since the first of October has been more or less disturbance in trade," says the International Sugar Committee, "and it is hoped that the whole country will be on the same basis be fore the end of December." "It must be remembered," adds the Food Administration, by way of a foot note, that "much of the sugar used in England, France and Italy be for the war came from Germany and Austria. That the sugar crop in these two enemy countries has decreased materially is of little import so far as the need of our allies is concerned." England, France and Italy need sugar and need it badly. Much of this year's world crop is not available because of remoteness from Europe and because shipping space is not available. The burden in this case falls heavily upon the United States and Cuba. To supply this urgent need and to supply it continuously necessitates rigid economy, on our parapathy economy not alone because of the need for sugar, but also because of the need of shipping space." STAR DAY. The Local Chapter of the Independent Order of Eastern Star cordially invite the Masonic Fraternity, its members and the public to attend Star Day exercises, Sunday evening, December 23, 1917, 8 o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church, corner Monroe and Catherine streets. An interesting program has been arranged, Rev. A. A. Hector will deliver the address of the evening. By order of I. I. O. E. S. S. Alice K. Burrell, Chair. Marlon Glibb, Seev. WOMEN'S MOVEMENT Women's Movement for the Butterment of Women held a meeting last Monday evening at Johnson's Auditorium which was largely attended. The ladies of this auxiliary are working to their utmost to send 500 baskets on Christmas morning to our worthy poor. Envelopes have been digitributed among our friends white and colored, so as to help along this worthy cause from which reports are expected on Friday night, December 21, 1917, at 3rd St. Bethel A. M. E. Church at 8 P. M. E. Church at 8 P. M. Envelopes will be given by Mrs. Maggie Walker and Mrs. Ora Bryan Stokes, Rev. M. E. Davis will have charge of devotional exercises and Capt. W. I. Johnson as master of ceremonies. Can leave names and address of those really in need at W. I. Johnson's office 10 W. Leigh St. Committee in charge; Mrs. Zemorla J. Wood, president, Mrs. Bettie Meredith, vice-president; Mrs. Clara Perval, Treasurer; Mrs. Haider F. Sld. Secretary; Capt. W. I. Johnson, Secretary; Capt. W. I. Johnson, Kemp, Mrs. Lennual V. Eggleston, Miss Lella B. Dabney, Mr. Jas. Frayer, er. Manager; Rev. M. E. Davis, pastor; Churchhill committee; Mrs. Walter Brown, Mrs. Jno. Wilson, Junie B. Scott, Mrs. Rosa Robinson, Mrs. Laura Jones; Mrs. Jenie Secut, Mrs. Roa Green, Fulton, West End and Richmond well represented. Fifth Street S. S. Christmas Tree The Christmas Exercises of the Fifth Street Baptist Sunday School will take place next Wednesday, evening at 8 o'clock at the Church, Free. COLORED SOLDIERS' COMFORT Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.—The National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee which has headquarriers in this city at 1105 You St., and of which Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University, is President, and J. C. Napler and Ralph W. Tyr treasurer. Secondary respectively, has issued a memorandum to its intention of providing relief for the families of the colored soldiers executed at Fort Sam Houston last week. "No calamity in many years has so depressed the Colored people of this country as the execution of the threeteen colored soldiers of the 24th, U. S., last week, and sequestering of forty-one others to life imprisonment. It was a tragedy that could not but help cut deep into our hearts. "While at this time we are not questioning the right of the government to inflict $o$ severe and summary punishment upon men who before had run while wearing the uniform of the country while wearing the uniform of the American soldier, and while we do not purpose to waver in our loyalty to the only country we know, we feel after all, that it is the innocent who must suffer most, that the families of the enemy and imprisoned soldiers will soon be suffering for the necessities of life. "Unfortunately, and tragically unfortunate, the government that took from these families a support has no provision for caring for the families left dependent, so it is up to the race to offer these bereaved families the comfort. Consolidated Soldiers' Comfort Committee out of the $20,000,000 being raised for the relief of dependents of colored soldiers, it will provide for the families of the men who were executed and imprisoned, under sentence at Fort Sam Houston last week and we call upon the colored people of the country to respond quickly to contributions, giving what they can, if they commit to it. Those thirteen colored soldiers met death stoically, as gloriously as John Brown at Harper's Ferry; those Party-one sentenced to imprisonment for life met their fate unflinchingly, now let us cheerfully, loyalty and quickly respond to the appeal for funds to their bereaved and needy men. We will his as a duty to the men who drank, to give the cup of bitterness. Let every colored man, woman and child show race loyalty by responding quickly." VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, the 11th day of December, 1917. PATTIE HARRIS,.....Plaintiff' against FRED HARRIS,.....Defendant. In Chancery. The object of this suit is to obtain an absolute divorce from the bonds of marriagem upon the ground of des- tention. And an affidavit having been filled that the defendant, Fred Harris, is not a resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that he, the said Fred Harris appear here with fifteen days after the pub- lication of this order and do what may be necessary to protect his interest herein. A Copy. Teste:—LUTHER LIBBY, Clerk J. HENRL CRUTCHFIELD, p. q. WANTED—POSITION AS ASSISTANT UND ENHARDER. AND EMBALMER Wanted by Young Man Graduate of Eckel's College Phll Pa. Holds Virginia license. Had two years' practical experience Can furnish necessary references. Address, CHARLES G. WAYLAND Irving-Way-Hill Co., Charlottesville, Va. For Sale. Drug store, best location in Richmond for colored trade and doing fine business, well stocked. Cash proposition. Address, DRUGGIST, care of The Planet. LESLIE'S ATTITUDE TO COLORED SOLDIERS 527 N. Second St., Richmond, Va., December 7, 1917 Now York City, N. Y. Dear Sir—In the issue of December 8th of Leslie's Weekly appear a number of pictures under the heading, "Making Negro Soldiers at Camp Pike" and photographed by Edwin Ralph Estep, Staff War Photographer. These pictures, while portraying some of the actual camp life of the soldiers, both white and colored, published with their descriptions under neo, do an injury to thousands of Negro men in training for national and various cantonments and lend unavoidable expressions to their millions of kindred war prisoners (brought out the country. Not all the Negro men at these camps are of the coarse, crap-shooting, "jig" sort and not all spend their rest periods in jig dancing and gaming; not a few of them enjoy phonographs, mag azines, wholesome recreation and the pleasure and the thoughts that the white man in the same khakti or olive drab enjoys. Numbers of them are grammar, high school and college graduates. Many of them are well trained professional men—lawyer doctors, school teachers and men of high standing of character and ingenuity, whom not alone so as Negroes would be able to send as a contribution to the defense of democracy among nations and the interest of a truer democracy at home, of whom millions of our white people who are in the same struggle for free dom, are justly proud. Similar pictures of white men might easily have been photographed in any cantonment in the South or North. Similar ludicrous sayings and actions might easily have been heard or seen in any cantonment where white men. I tell you, Mr. Hill is a bit unfair to over ten millions of American citizens, handicapped in the march up the hill of progress in this country by black skins, proscribed, "jim crowed" and discriminated against,—yet bearing without dissonon and unmutteringly their share of the burden in this excreable whirlpool of black blood, which has flowed and must flow out of civilized people of today in stemming of despotism and establishing a world democracy. I say it is a bit unfair to publish the uncouth, the coarse ludicrous and almost absurd of these people as typical. The colored soldier does want and needs the phonograph, the reading room and writing desk, so long have they been denied him the long harries, schools, theatres and places of art and pleasures that it is only natural that a few, decidedly the minority have neglected and do need only "themselves and a neighbor." third dental will not remedy the situation. These men in kaki along should train in military tactics should include the education and pleasures of a good intelligent soldier. Such a question as "What does the colored soldier want of reading rooms phonographs and writing materials?" and the answer given, aside from being un fair are identical to the work of the Company Division of the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross Society in their endeavors to provide wholesome amusements and pleasures for these Negro men. Leslie's Weekly has long been considered by our people as a standard magazine of right and fairness to all people and propositions. If the pictures were published to show the comparative ease of life and satisfaction that obtains among the colored men in the camps or at Camp Pike please in the name of fairness to us and the 9,600 Negro men. In that Camp Pike that explanation in one of your succeeding issues, or publish some picture of the work of the Y. M. C. A. At the among them, some of the men at drill something that portrays the men differently, not as an apology, but as the patriotic duty of a national magazine published in a nation at war. Respectfully yours, JASPER T. DUNCAN December 10, 1917. Mr. Jasper T. Duncan, 527 N. Second St., Richmond, Va. Dear Sir-Acknowledging your valued letter of December 7th, I regret that you have taken such an unfavorable view of the page of Camp Pike pictures. There is no desire on our part to hold the colored race up to ridicule or to withhold from them any fraction of the great credit due them for the way they have supported this nation in its many ambergenies. I am sending you under separate cover a copy of an issue of Loslois' containing an article on the "Officers Training Camp" for colored soldiers, which I think will modify your views of our attitude toward colored men. Also, if you will look in the issue of December 22nd when it comes out, you will find a half page there that will probably go farther toward changing public opinion in the United States on a certain subject than any other piece of publicity that has ever been put out. I cannot tell you what this is, but I think you will agree that we are anxious to assist in righting one of the great wrongs against the blacks. Very truly yours, John A. Sielcher, Editor WANTED—Bright, Active, Intelligent Men and Women of our race to represent us in every part of the country in a dignified, honorable business where the earnings will be from $75.00 to $150.00 per month. Oversee stamp in replying. Address Manager, Box 844, San Antonio, Texas. FOUR Published every ctrurday by John Mitchell, Jr., at 511 N. 4th Street richmond, Virginia. All communications intended for publication should be sent so as to reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond Virginia, as second-class matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ONE YEAR $1.50 SIX MONTHS .80 THREE MONTHS .40 FOREIGN SUBSCRIPTIONS $2.00 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917 THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OPINION Ihon. H. R. Pollard, the very able City Attorney of Richmond, through the brilliant Assistant City Attorney George Wayne Anderson has officially notified Police Justice John J. Crutchfield, the tireless and brainy presiding genius of this city that there can be no further prosecutions in the segregation cases now before his court and that this piece of legislation, known as the segregation ordinance is a dead letter, so to speak. One of the note-worthy cases was that of the Leigh Street M. E. Church at Fifth and Leigh streets. The property purchased from a white congregation fronted on a "white block" with its side entrance on a "colored block." The congregation, at an expense of five hundred dollars made an opening on the side of the colored block and closed up the side fronting on the white block. Even after this, court proceedings were instituted and at the trial of the case some time ago, the jury of white men disagreed and the case was dropped. After the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in the Segregation Cases, the congregation opened the other doors and they were cited to appear for trial. The letter of City Attorney Dellard, with his colleague, wrote in the dismissal of the proceedings. We are glad that it is so. The decision in these cases simply restores the status of the colored people in this city, where it was originally,—among the real-estate agents here who have the interest of both classes of people at heart and who by their rent lists can easily locate the people of either race without undue friction on the part of anybody. Because we have the right, is no reason why we should exercise it in a manner to cause undue trouble. White folks hereabout and colored folks too, for that matter, respect the feeling and sensibilities of each other without necessarily infringing upon the constitutional rights and privileges of each other. The decision by the Supreme Court of the United States has not brought to bear the state of unrest and friction that some people presumed that it would bring about. Colored folks are not making efforts to locate in white communities, but are conservatively adjusting themselves to existing conditions and only from natural and necessary causes are they moving into residences long since vacated by white tenants who have gone into the new additions for white people to live. We may not exercise our constitutional rights, but we are happy in the knowledge that we can exercise them when we so desire. Colored folks in the Southland think they understand a large proportion of the white folks, certainly those of the better class and they do not need any special legislation to force them to do what they have no idea of doing,—inconvenience and embarrassing the white friends among whom they have lived so long. "CONFUSION WORSE CONFOUNDED." The Richmond Times-Dispatch, in its issue of the 18th inst. says: Congress is holding up its hands and gasping in utter surprise at the Country's unpreparedness for war, and is instituting investigations; here, there and everywhere, no matter what joy the results may bring to the heart of the Kaiser. Had Congress stuck less closely around the pork barrel during the past quarter of a century and devoted more of its efforts to putting the country in a state of preparation, present conditions would have been impossible. Congress cannot plead ignorance, nor can it shift the burden of its own responsibility to other shoulders, for our military shortcomings have been dinned into its cars for many years. Nothing has happened except what was expected to happen, and what every one except Congress knew must happen. Nothing now remains but to make the best of it. Wonder ful things have been achieved already considering that we started almost from zero. The worst part of the whole business is the evident deception of the people by men, who are not really fitted for the positions that they occupy and who are noted by giving out for publication statements of their ability to do just what they know is impossible of accomplishment in the face of this country's unpreparedness. The Times-Dispatch says further: With Garfield fighting for coal and Hoover for food with the War and Navy Departments demanding that their supplies be given priority, and the Shipping Board equally insist that its requirements be met first, railroad traffic is in a seeming inexercable jam, and the country's affairs grow more and more tangled. Need of one big boss to take over the job daily becomes more acute. White the varied interests pull and haul in different directions, the people are suffering for food and warmth. The present system is a dismal failure and a new one must be found. The confusion is equal to that recorded as existing at the Tower of Babel. It is a season for the weeding out of incompetent material. The French nation had its experiences along similar lines and it proceeded to use the pruning knife with admirable results. We may have a big boss somewhere in the country, but he has not as yet come out of hiding. So far as the nation knows, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt is the only man, who even presumably measures up to the situation and where is there in the country, this country of politicians, a man who would trust him in the saddle again? The nation prefers to wobble and suffer and suffer and wobble. The end is not in sight, but sometimes we think that it is "just around the corner." --- At a conference of publishers of weekly journals, it was decided that in view of the present advanced cost of material no one could afford to publish a weekly journal for less than $2.00 per year. --- Rev. Dr. Harvey Johnson, one of the ablest divines in this country recently celebrated his fortieth anniversary as pastor of the Union Baptist Church. He is as hale, hearty, vigorous and as entertaining and brilliant as he was twenty years ago. ```markdown ``` One contemporary, The Tampa, Florida Bulletin reminds that Tampa is noted for its big funerals. That is no news for a city of Tampa's size. What we want to hear is the name of the city that is noted for "little" funerals among colored folks. ```markdown ``` Rev. Dr. E. W. Moore, formerly of Philadelphia, but now of Columbus, Ohio has been honored with an appointment by Mayor Karb as one of the members of a Committee of One Hundred to assist in the "war work." Some of the leading white citizens of that municipality have been appointed on this committee and we note with pleasure that this brilliant energetic divine has been given a prominent place on this committee. The House of Representatives has by a margin of eight votes adopted the concurrent resolution submitting the question of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, barring intoxicating wines and liquors and malt beverages from use of importation in this country. The politicians, both for and against, will have a grand old time now for some time to come. The amendment must be ratified within seven years in order for it to become effective. The Lexington, Ky. Weekly News has an editor, a religious editor and a managing editor. The presumption is that the two extra editors are not religious. One we presume deals with subscribers who will not pay and this makes him not religious and the other one purchases stock and pays the weekly expenses of the journal which tends to make him anything but religious. The idea is unique and we may adopt the system ourselves. Certainly the religious editor is kept busy praying for the atonement of the sins of his over-worried associates. Hats off to the Lexington, Ky. Weekly News. The Baltimore, Md. Afro-American by the $_{\mathrm{C}}$ addition of a Goss "Comet" to its equipment now takes the lead in a modern, up-to-date printing office. The press prints flat-bed type forms from a roll of paper and is a modern installation in every respect. We congratulate the Murphys upon their enterprising success and we hope for them much success. Any colored man, who will risk this kind of money on this kind of equipment in a city known as the journalistic grave-yard for colored publications, THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA command not only our respect, but our admiration. We contemplated one time the advisability of installing a similar machine and may yet do so after noting the success or failure of our enterprising contemporary. Our hat is off to the Afro-American of Baltimore. --- The trial of fourteen more of the members of the Twenty-fourth Infantry began last Monday. Just why any of them should be executed before this tribunal got through with the job will always be a mystery. We do not see any need of a trial. All the colored men should do is to sit silent and let the military execution committee go ahead with the job. The same gallows is there that served for thirteen of their comrades and they might as well walk out upon it and satisfy the cravings of some of the people of Texas. They wanted blood and they have gotten it. "The fourteenth man could wait his turn and he too could go "shouting home to glory." By the way, Sergeant Baltimore one of the colored soldiers executed was beaten by a police-officer and at the time of the firing between the police-officers and the colored soldiers was in the station house at Houston, Texas, but the Court Martial hanged him too. WINCHESTER NOTES Winchester, Va., December 17. Mr. Samuel Williams, who for many years was employed by the city here was buried from the Shiloh Baptist Church, Fr'jay. Rev. Walker Carter preached a very nice funeral. He leaves a wife and one daughter. The pall-bearers were Messrs, H. W. Bartlett, George Norris, Robert Parker, Charles Jefferson, M. B. Cooke. Mrs. Mary Ellen Derrick gave a Taffy Party at her home on West Leicester street on Friday night and quite a crowd turned out and had an enjoyable time. Sir Eugene Walker has been on the sick list but is able to be out again. Miss Gladys Myers will spend her Holidays in Pittsburgh. The Brotherhood was entertained by Mr. and Mrs. George W. McGruder on Friday night. Everybody had a nice time. John Mann Christmas exercises will be held on Christmas night and the children are practicing hard to make it a success. Mt. Carmel will hold theirs on Wednesday after Christmas and their children are also working hard. The Ladies Aid will be entertained at the parsonage by Mrs. J. A. Reid, on South Kent Street, Plainfield, eight. Everybody is invited to come out. We have plenty of snow for Christmas but not much coal and still less sugar, but we are thankful just the same and wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. M. B. C Mrs. Evelina Epps wishes to extend many thanks to friends for kindness during her illness of two months. Mrs. Victoria Seay is visiting friends in Savannah, Tampa, and St. Petersburg, Florida. She is the wife of Mr. W. H, Seay, the blacksmith. Mr. and Mrs. Atlas E. Barbee and their little son, Atlas, Jr., of 1017 Hull street, South Richmond, Va. will leave the city to-day (Saturday) for the Capital of the Old North State, Raleigh, N. C. to spend the Christmas holidays. —Mrs. J. A. Lawson, Jr., who underwent an operation at the Retreat for the Sick has returned to her residence, 1024 A. W. Catherine St. She is getting on nicely. —Miss Ella Hill of 302 E. Baker St., while returning from services at the Fifth St. Baptist Church last Sunday afternoon, slipped on the ice and fell breaking her arm, at the wrist. —Mrs. William Troy, widow of the late Rev. William Troy, who was torced in Richmond several years ago, is quite sick at the residence of her daughter, Miss Annie Troy, N. 4th St. Mrs. Troy had a fall a few weeks ago, breaking her arm. GRAHAM—LEE Mr. John Leo, of Suffolk, Va. wishes to announce the marriage of his daughter, Gertrude, to Mr. W. Graham Friday evening, December 7, at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Lottie Perkins, 1401 W. Leigh street 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY 1807—1017 Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hill request the pleasure of your presence at their Fiftieth Anniversary, Wednesday, December the twenty-sixth, 1917, seven to eleven o'clock P. M., at 1006 1-2 North Seventh street. All friends are invited. No cards CLARK—HORSLEY Mr, and Mrs. Henry E. Horsby request the pleasure of your presence at the marriage ceremony of their daughter. Avis Francois, to Prof. William W. L. Clark, on Wednesday evening, December twenty-sixth, n'teen hundred and seventeen, at four o'clock, 1411 West Cary street, Richmond, Virginia. All friends invited. No cards. OUR ADVERTISERS. Advice to Purchasers—Progressive Richmonds "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" but a short way to the places where you can purchase goods. The holidays bring much joy to those who receive presents and some joy to those who give them. This life at times is a hard road to travel, but at others, it is as smooth as glass to the cheerful liver. When in need of furniture and household supplies even if you are getting ready to marry or you are at ready married, you will find a coice assortment at CHARLES G. JURGEN'S SON. This old established house is noted for its ability, please at prices that are satisfying. When you buy your goods there, you can rest assured that satisfaction is guaranteed. The trade that likes novelties and old furnishings as well as those of the useful and comfortable kind find that it is needless to go forth further when this establishment is reached, either in price or quality. Call and see them now and during the coming year. THE E. C. MEYER JEWELRY CO. is too well known to require extended comment here. The Aeyers have always had a trade that retires to be caped by others or to attempt to go elsewhere for better prices, when the quality of the articles is considered. They have a large stock of the latest silver ware diamonds, rings, trinkets and presents of all kinds. Your best girl will be pleased or the wife in whom you repose absolute confidence. As for the children, they will be delighted if you say you bought it at Aeyers, Catt and see them. THE GANS RADY COMPANY. has stood the test for years. These progressive and accommodating gentlemen will surely serve you in a manner that will induce you to call again. it is true that they serve the most expensive trade, but it is also true that the humbest person receives special consideration in this leading clothing establishment. You may think that you can buy cheaper elsewhere, but it you will consider the quality of the fabrics and the reliability of the concern, you will find it the cheapest place for you to patronize. THE MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK has expended much money to provide a safe place for your funds and stands ready to give you all the facilities necessary to aid you along the paths of money-saving. *Polite officials wait to serve you. It has been a busy corner this week, thousands of delighted depositors have received interest on their savings and many others have opened accounts with them. Call and start the New Year right. THE NORTH CAROLINA MUTUAL AND PROVIDENT ASSOCIATION. may be found at Miller's Hotel corner. This corporation has entered the Richmond field and the work all ready done here has been of a most satisfactory character. This concern is one of the most substantial ones in the company. Progressors and cohabit men are in charge of this great southern enterprise and the work done has given satisfaction to the army of patrons. Superintendent C. A. Wright may be found here at the Association's offices. PHARMACIST -THOMAS TABB has done good to suffer in humanity by the placing within the reach of all that boon to humanity, Jeffries, No. 1 Cough Mixture. This has been a weather for coughs. You should watch your troubles in time and keep a bottle of this sovereign remedy on hand. The price is so small that you really injure yourself by not taking advantage of the offer whether or you are sick or not. THE CORLEY COMPANY THE CORLEY COMPANY. is a standard designation to Richmonders, Mr. J. G. Corley is so well known to the people of Richmond in particular and to the residents of the State in general that even a reference to him elicits smiles of commotion. The palatial store back and front with its wealth of musical instruments and its storehouse of the best musical talent in the world now essarily attracts the attention of everyone and induces a generous approval of this garden centre of attraction in the South-land. If you have but a little money, the part payment system enables you to have just what you want and with plenty of time in which to pay the balance. You have a daughter, give her a must-cal training upon the instruments sold by this enterprising music house. Dr. L. J. HAYDEN has been with us for many years and he is with us still. His claims appear to be exravagant, but a satisfied puth he will testify to his ability to do all that he says he will. If you are suffering from any alrent, call and see him. If he cannot care you, he will tell you so. If he sells you a bot the of medicine, you will be able to note an improvement in a short while. His success along lines spec- ified by him has been wonderful. Call or write him. GEORGE W. BROWN doesn't talk much but when it comes to the photographic business his work speaks for him. He watches others come and go, but he and his acclaimed sister have succeeded in pleasing the colored folks of Richmond and elsewhere. He has produced fine specimens of photographic art and he is constantly giving oven dence of his ability to please the most fastidious. Give your girl your photograph. Give your best young man your portrait. It will please both of them. MESSRS. BROWN AND ROBINSON, real-estate agents are progressive and will serve you. If you have property to rent, it would be well to consult them and place it in their hands. If you have money and you wish to pur chase a home, see them about it. They do business in a most satisfactory manner. Mr. Spott W. Robinson, Jr., needs no introduction. He is progress sive and when he has a project under way, he "lets no grass grow under his feet." Call and see them. Editor Mitchell to Speak. Editor John Mitchell, Jr., will speak on the World War at the Second Baptist Church, Sunday afternoon, December 30, 1917 at 3:30 under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association. The public is invited. Editor Mitchell to Speak at Fifth Street Baptist Church. President John Mitchell, Jr., will discuss the World War: How Nations Fight." at the Fifth St. Baptist Church Sunday night, 8:30 o'clock December 30, 1917. $73,700.00 FOR CHRISTMAS. The Mechanics Savings Bank Christmas Savings Club for 1917 had a membership of 7,976 or 24 less than 8,000 with total deposits of ($73,700.) seventy three thousand, seven hundred dollars. Every check present has been paid promptly and but little delay and practically no inconvenience caused to the thousands who have thronged the banking house to get their money. Stockholders Meeting. The meeting of the stock-holders of the Mechanics Savings Bank will be held Tuesday, January S. 1918. Owing to the fact that the first Tuesday is a holiday, it has been decided to hold it on the later date. John Mitchell, Jr., President, Walter T. Davis, Secretary. Mrs. Emma Taylor Passes Away. Departed this life Monday, December 10, 1917 at her residence 605 Catherine St., Mrs. Emma Taylor. She is survived by one son, Mr. George H. Taylor of New York City. The funeral services were conducted from the First Baptist Church, Thursday, December 13, 1917 at 3 o'clock P. M. Rev. W. T. Johnson officiating Interment in Evergreen Cemetery. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR GREETINGS Let us make 1918 a more happy and prosperous year for you. We have pleased and satisfied a large list of patrons with our "Golden Rule Service," which means that we give prompt, fair, confidential attention to all business entrusted with us. Rents—Sales—Loans—Insurance. Let us provide for you in any of these departments. BROWN AND ROBINSON, St. Luke Bank Building. WOMEN'S MOVEMENT. Women's Movement, in the Free Reformers' Hall Sunday December 24 1017, 3:30 P. M., for the benefit of Ebenezer Baptist Church Aid Society and Unity Fountain, No. 738. An excellent program has been arranged. The address will be delivered by Mr. S. B. Noble, of Danville, Va., Subject, "The Other Side of the Question. Usher will be furnished by the Spartan Literary and Athletic Association Committee, Mrs. Zemoria Wood Chairman, Mrs. Clara G. Pervall, Miss Lucinda Smith, Mrs. Bettie G. Me Craw, Mr. James Minerva Braxton, Mrs. Fannie Tinsley, Mrs. Queen V. Philips. MORE SUGAR THIS MONTH. The International Su_ar Committee announces that it has recently purchased 20,000 bags of Cuban old crop sugars at a price to equal 6.70 delivered in New York, duty paid. The first Porto Rico sugars arrived December 10th and the Louisiana sugars are already on the Boston market. The Cuban sugars will have been received and put on the market by the 20th of December, when the basic price is expected to take a further drop. "It is needless to say that the "Vartous prices that have prevailed in different sections of the country since the first of October have caused more or less disturbance in trade circles," says the International Sugar Committee, "and it is hoped that the whole country will be on the same basis be fore the end of December." "It must be remembered," adds the Food Administration, by way of a foot note, "that much of the sugar used in England, France and Italy be for the war came from Germany and Austria. That the sugar crop in these two oneny countries has decreased materially is of little import so far as the need of our allies is concerned. "Mingland, France and Italy need sugar and need it badly. Much of this year's world crop is not available because of its remoteness from Europe and because shipping space is not available. The burden in this case falls heavily upon the United States and Cuba. To supply this urgent need and to supply it continuously necessitates rigid economy on our part, economy not alone because of the need for sugar, but also because of the need of shipping space." STAR DAY. The Local Chapter of the Independent Order of Eastern Star cordially invite the Masonic Fraternity, its members and the public to attend Star Day exercises, Sunday evening, December 23, 1917, 8 o'clock at the First Presbyterian Church, corner Monroe and Catherine streets. An interesting program has been arranged. Rev. A. A. Hector will deliver the address of the evening. By order of I. O. O. E. S. S. Alice K. Burrell, Chair, Marlon Gilpin, Scey. WOMEN'S MOVEMENT. Women's Movement for the Betterment of Women held a meeting last Monday evening at Johnson's Auditorium which was largely attended. The ladies of this auxiliary are working to their utmost to send 500 baskets on Christmas morning to our worthy poor. Envelopes have been distributed among our friends white and colored, so as to help along this worthy cause from which reports are expected on Friday night, December 21, 1917, at 3rd St. Bethel A. M. E. Church at $ P. M. Short addresses will be given by Mrs. Maggie L. Walker and Mrs. Ora Bryan Stokes, Rev. M. E. Davies will have charge of devotional exercises and Capt. W. I. Johnson as master of ceremonies. Can leave names and address of those really in need at W. I. Johnson's office 10 W. Leigh St. Committee in charge; Mrs. Zemoria J. Wood, president, Mrs. Bettie Meredith, vice-president; Mrs. Clara Pervall, Treasurer; Mrs. Hattie F. Sidney, Secretary; Capt. W. I. Johnson, Dr. Q. Wm. Moon, Mr. Wendell P. Kemp, Mrs. Lemalu V. Egleston, Miss Lola B. Dabney, Mr. Jas, Frayer, manager; Rev. M. E. Davis, pastor; Churchill committee; Mrs. Walter Brown, Mrs. Jno. Wilson, Mrs. Annie B. Scott, Mrs. Rosa Robinson, Mrs. Barbara Jones; Mrs. Jen Scoot, Mrs. Roa Green, Fulton, West End and South Richmond well represented. Fifth Street S. S. Christmas Tree The Christmas Exercises of the Fifth Street Baptist Sunday School will take place next Wednesday, evening at 8 o'clock at the Church, Free COLORED SOLDIERS' COMFORT Washington, D. C., Dec. 17.—The National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee which has headquarters in this city at 1105 You St., and of which Prof. Kelly Miller of Howard University, is President, and J. C. Napier and Ralph W. Tyler (treasurer and Secretary respectively, has issued the following statement relative to its intention of providing relief for the families of the colored soldiers executed at Fort Sam Houston last week. "No calamity in many years has so depressed the Colored people of this country as the execution of the thirteen colored soldiers of the 24th, U. S. Infantry at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, last week, and the sentencing of forty-one others to life imprisonment. It was a tragedy that could not help cut deep into our hearts. "While at this time we are not questioning the right of the government to inflict $s_0$ severe and summary punishment upon men who before had rendered valiant service to the country while wearing the uniform of an American soldier, and while we do not purpose to waver in our loyalty to the only country we know, we feel after all that it is the innocent who must suffer most, that the families of these executed and imprisoned soldiers will soon be suffering for the necessities of life. "Unfortunately, and tragically unfortunate, the government that took from these families a support has no provision for caring for the families left dependent, so it is up to the race to offer these bereaved families support. The National Colored Soldiers' Comfort Committee has decided that out of the $2,000,000 being raised for the relief of dependents of colored soldiers, it will provide for the families of the men who were executed and imprisoned, under sentence at Fort Sam Houston last week and we call upon the colored people of the country to respond quickly to our appeal for contributions, giving what they can, if but the widow's mite. Those thirteen colored soldiers met death stoically, as stoically as John Brown at Harper's Ferry; those forty-one sentenced to imprisonment for life met their fate unfinchingly, now let us cheerfully, loyally and quickly respond to the appeal for funds to aid their bereaved and needy families. We owe this as a duty to the men who drank to the dregs from the cup of bitterness. Let every colored man, woman and child show race loyalty by responding quickly." VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, the 11th day of December, 1917. PATTIE HARRIS,.....Plaintiff, against FRED HARRIS,.....Defendant. In Chancery. The object of this suit is to obtain an absolute divorce from the bonds of matrimony upon the ground of desertion. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant, Fred Harris is not a resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that he, the said Fred Harris appear here with fifteen days after the due pu- plication of this order and do what may be necessary to protect his interest herein. A Copy,— Tosie:—LUTHER LIBBY, Clerk J. HENRIIL CRUTCHIELD, p. 9. WANTED—POSITION AS ASSISTANT UNDERBAKER, AND EMBALMER Wanted by Young Man Graduate of Eckel's College Phil Pa. Holds Virginia license. Had two years' practical experience Can furnish necessary referees. Address, CHARLIES G. WAYLAND Care Irving-Way-Hill Co., Charlotteville, Va. For Sale. Drug store, best location in Richmond for colored trade and doing fine business, well stocked. Cash proposition. Address, DRUGGIST, care of The Planet. LESLIE'S ATTITUDE TO COLORED SOLDIERS 527 N. Second St., Richmond, Va., December 7, 1917. Mr. John A. Sleicher, Editor Leslie's Weekly, New York City, N. Y. Dear Sir—In the issue of December 8th of Leslie's Weekly appear a number of pictures under the heading, "Making Negro Soldiers at Camp Pike" and photographed by Edwin Ralph Estep, Staff War Photographer. These pictures, while portraying some of the actual camp life of the soldiers, both white and colored, published with their descriptions under neeth, do an injuice to thousands of Negro men in training for national service at various cantonments and lend unsavory impressions to their millions of kindred and well wishers throughout the country. Not all of the Negro men at these camps are of the coarse, crap-shooting, "jig" sort and not all spend their rest periods in jig dancing and gaming; not a few of them enjoy phonographs, magazines, wholesome recreation and the pleasure and the thoughts that the white man in the same khakil or olive drab enjoys. Numbers of them are grammar, high school and college graduates. Many of them are well trained professional men—lawyer doctors, school-teachers and men of high standing of character and integrity, whom not alone we as Negroes are proud to send as a contribution to the defense of democracy among nations and in the interest of a truer democracy at home, but of whom millions of our white people, who are in the same struggle for freedom, are justly proud. Similar pictures of white men might easily have been photographed in any cantonment in the South or North. Similar ludicrous sayings and actions might easily have been heard or seen in any cantonment where there are unlettered, backwoods white men. I tell you, Mr. Editor, it is a bit unfair to over ten millions of American citizens, handicapped in the march up the hill of progress in this country by black skins, proscribed, "jim crowed" and discriminated against,—yet bearing without dissension and unmutteringly their share of the burden in this exacerbate whirlpool of obbing blood, which has flowed and must flow from the civilized people of today in stemming the tide of despotism and establishing a world democracy. I say it is a bit unfair to publish the uncoach, the coarse the ludicrous and almost absurd of these people as typical. The colored soldier does want and needs the phonograph, the reading room and writing materials. So long have they been denied him in the libraries, schools, the剧院 and places of public benefits and pleasures that it is only natural that a few, decidedly the minority have neglected and do need only "these houses and a neighbor." other duties will not remedy the situation. These men in knick along with their training in military tactics should not be denied the education and pleasures essential to a good intelligent soldier. Such a question as "What does the colored soldier want of reading rooms phonographs and writing materials?" and the answer given, aside from being un fair are inimical to the work of the Colored Division of the Y. M. C. A. and Red Cross Society in their endeavors to provide wholesome amusements and pleasures for these Negro men. Leslie's Weekly has long been considered by our people as a standard magazine of right and fairness to all people and propositions. If the pictures were published to show the comparative ease of life and satisfaction that obtains among the colored men in the camps or at Camp Pike please in the name of fairness to us and the 9,600 Negro men in that Camp make that explanation in one of your succeeding issues, or publish some pictures of the work of the Y. M. C. A. there among them, some of the men at drill or something that portrays the men differently, not as an apology, but as the patriotic duty of a national magazine published in a nation at war. Respectfully yours, JASPER T. DUNCAN December 10, 1917 Mr. Jasper T. Duncan, 527 N. Second St., Richmond, Va. Dear Slr.—Acknowledging your valued letter of December 7th, I regret that you have taken such an unfavorable view of the page of Camp Pike pictures. There is no desire on our part to hold the colored race up to ridicule or to withhold from them any fraction of the great credit due them for the way they have supported this nation in its many emperors. I am sending you under separate cover a copy of an issue of Leslie's containing an article on the "Officers Training Camp" for colored soldiers, which I think will modify your views of our attitude toward colored men. Also, if you will look in the issue of December 22nd when it comes out, you will find a half page there that will probably go farther toward changing public opinion in the United States on a certain subject than any other piece of publicity that has ever been put out. I cannot tell you what this is, but I think you will agree that we are anxious to assist in righting one of the great wrongs against the blacks. Very truly yours, John A. Slocher, Editor WANTED—Bright, Active, Intelligent Men and Women of our race to represent us in every part of the country in a dignified, honorable business where the earnings will be from $75.00 to $150.00 per month. Enclose stamp in replying. Address Manager, Box 854, San Antonio, Texas. THE BULLET SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1917 ROANOKE NOTES ROANOKE NOTES ROANOKE, VA., December 17.—Mrs. Cynthia VA., of 202 Fifth avenue, N. W. left the city Saturday, December 15 for a two week visit to Columbus, Ohio, visiting her son, Mr. Edward Smith, Myrtle Smith, John Smith and Mrs. Rosa B. Bogora, 512 Soxton street, Columbus, Ohio. The final results from the bazaar hold in the basement of Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church were grand and highly appreciated by all who know the efficient ability of the ladies who constituted the powers under God that connected the connection. The mount realized was $118.71. The expense of the bazaar was $22.67, leaving a clear profit of $6.64. Emancipation Proclamation benefit boy at Camp Lee. The speaker will be Judge Robert H. Terrell, of D.C. Department of Justice, 1.1981 at 2 P. M., at the First Baptist Church. Admission, twenty-five cents. After an absence of eleven years, the Stork visited the home of Mrs. Effie Watkins and left a bouncing baby boy at 630 Eighth avenue, N.W. The babe and mother are getting along fine. The boy is named after the father, Master T. P. Watkins, He was born December 11, 1917. Mr. C. C. Clabourne returned from Martinsville, Va., Monday evening, December 17, where he visited his wife, Mrs. Mary C. Clabourne and his son, leaving them in 'good cheer and splendid health. He has resumed his work in the blacksmith department of Roanoke Machine Works. Mr. Fuqua and his wife, Mrs. Anna Fuqua, of 34 Fourth avenue, N.W. spent last Sunday at Rural Retreat, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Coffee, also spent a few hours in Marion, Va., visiting Mrs. Fuqua's uncle. They returned the same night at 10:30 o'clock, having spent a very pleasant day out of town. Mr. Logwood, of Marion, Va. is visiting Mrs. Anna Fuqua and will spend the Christmas with her sister. Mr. Edward Roche, of 603 Harrison avenue, N. W., who died Thursday last in Chicago was buried here today. The remains arrived here and lay in state at the home where he was born. The funeral took place from no home. Rev. B. E. Ricks officiating. He was a member of the First Baptist Church. Mr. C. C. Williams, of Fourth avenue, the polite funeral director, had the burial in charge. The remains were interred in the First Baptist Cemetery. He died in Chicago, who leaves. He was engaged to a wife, leaves to his friends mother-in-law and a host of friends to mourn their loss. The Magic City Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Society met in the Brooks Building, corner Henry and high streets on Monday, December 17, at 8:30 P. M. The meeting was called to order by Vlce-President, Dr. J. B. Claytor and after the regular routine of business an interesting paper was read by Dr. J. S. Coop Dr. J. B. Claytor and in Portion 10 of the U. S. Medical Reserve Corps." The paper was ably rendered. After a thorough discussion of the same society was sumptuously dined by Dr. Cooper. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, Dr. J. B Claytor; Vlce-President, Dr. J. S. Roberts; Recording Secretary, Dr. E. D. Downing; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. H. Moseley; Treasurer, Dr. E. B. Dulley. The society contemplates great work during the ensuing year and every effort and all energy will be spent in that direction. The Helping Hand Home Society held their first monthly meeting at the residence of Mrs. Nancy H. Rollings, 325 Gregory avenue, N. E. 32, Tuesday night, December 11, 1917. Although the snow was fast falling, yet there were several present and had a lovely meeting. We were served richly with jelly and cake. Lena Barnes, President; Mary Alice Robertson, Secretary. Three persons of the Southern Aid Society died the week of the tenth of December, Messrs. C. C. Curtis, James Watts, Samuel Hughes. The reporter met the Superintendent, Mr. A. L. B. Robinson, in the week of the seventeenth of December, on his way to the homes of these bereaved members, with checks in his hands, covering the amounts due. This is quite modern business. Mrs. Mary Alice Robertson and her little daughter, Mable, of 214 Gregory avenue, have the city for Columbus, Ohio, Thursday evening, December 20, to spend the Christmas holidays with her daughter, Mrs. Geneva E. Taylor. Mr. C. W. Fuller, of $30 Gregory avenue, N. E., who has been confined to his bed about five weeks is much improved at this writing. Mrs. Fuller wishes to thank her many friends for the illness she towards her during the illness of her school. Rev. Lee, of West Virginia/ has accepted the call to High Street Baptist Church and will take charge soon. We welcome Rev. Lee to Roanoke and pray God's blessing on him in his new field of labor. Mr. and Mrs. Pete Johnson returned to the city after a two weeks visit to relatives and friends in North Carolina. Rev. W. D. Woods, of Washington, D. C., for quite a number of years a resident of this city was in town on business. The Doctor looks fine. Ronkoon was visited by Old Man Winter Saturday and Tuesday night. Winter is the most hospet for quite a number of years. Mr. Boyd B. Barber, the popular headwaiter of Hotel Ronkoon left for Washington, where he will spend the Holidays. Mr. Holiday, who is of 128 High street will leave for Knoxville, Tenn., to spend the Holidays with his family. While Mr. and Mrs. Ben M. Langhorne, of $22 Glmer avenue, were out driving, a wheel came off the buggy and they had a bad spill. Other than a few bruises they were unhurt. The Harrison Avenue School gave a concert at the First Baptist Church Monday night for the benefit of their friends. Mrs. Carpenter, of Shonandoah, Va., returned after a ten days visit to her daughter, Mrs. Kate Carpenter, on Wells avenue, N. W. Mr. John Poole, of McKeesport, Pa. is the guest of Mrs. Carpenter, AT THE HAMPTON At the Hampton Theatre for the week of the 17th, Gilpin and Woods and Arthur Boykin in vaudeville. The pictures are good. Monday—Stingaree and The Girl from Frisco. Tuesday—Fighting Trail and the United Program. Wednesday—Pearl White and The Fatal Ring. Thursday—Seven Pearls and Who is Guilty? Friday—Big Feature, District Attorney. Saturday—Big Keystone Comedy. ROANOKE RELIGIOUS SUPPLY CO We are agents for all kinds of works. Here is a sketch of our works. Bibles - Pulpit Bibles, $13.65 and up to $28.75. Pulpit Bibles, $15. Pulpit Bible bound in Turkey morocco, padded slides, round corners on cover, red edges under gold, silk thread bands. This is a rich and beautiful Bible and is made especially for pulp fiction. Pulpit Bible, size 9 3-4 by 7 1-2 inches, price, $2.75. Smith's Bible Dictionary on Five Thousand Questions and Answers on the Old and New Testament, price, $1.25. Self Pronouncing Art Teacher's Bible, price $7. The Overseas Bible for Children, price $10 to $2.06. The International Red Letter Testaments, $1.10 to $2.45. The Life and Works of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, price $2 and up to $3.60. Gold Thoughts on Chastity and Procedive, price $1.50 to $2. The Life and Works of Booker T. Washington, price $1.40. Social Purity or the Home and Nation, price $1.75 to $3. The Girl Who Disappeared, a white slave horror, price $1.50. The Gem Speaker, containing the choice selections for recitation and reading, price $1.25. Modern Etiquette or Manners and Politics of Polite Society, price $1.25. For further information see or write H. H. GREEN, Manager, 712 First street, S. W., P., O. Box, 353. Agents Wanted Everywhere. Florence S. C. Notes Florence S. C. Notes Florence, S. C., Dec. 18.—Mrs. Ella McDonel, of Wilmington, N. C., has returned from Palatka, Fla. She is a member of the First Baptist Church at Wilmington, Rev. Rhoo pastor. Mr. E. C. Fork, of Sellers, S. C., passed through the city recently, on return from the Grand Lodge (Masonic) at Charleston, S. C. He is S. W. of Lodge, No. 496. Mr. Asa Crossland, W. M., of Masonic Lodge, No. 196, of Sellers, S. C., has gone to attend the Grand Lodge (Masonic) at Charleston, S. C. He enjoys reading Negro newspapers. Messrs. Gus McNair, Henry D. McNair, Reed McEachern and John Leach spent a few hours in our city recently: They were on route from Pennsylvania for home at Maxton, N. C., they were to stop at Fayetteville, came here through mistake of porter. Mr. S. M. Mailochil, of Ambros, Ga., after a stay of twenty-five years, returns to Cheraw, S. C., to visit relatives and friends. Mr. J. D. Davis, of Tifton, Ga., passed through the city recently en route from a visit to his relatives at Goldsboro, Rocky Mount, and Woldon, N. C. There are several brothers, Plumber, John and N. V. Davis, and father, Mr. George Davis. It has been many years since Mr. Davis has seen them all. His sister, Mrs. Rebecca, prepared a fine barbecue for Mrs. John Freeman passed through the city recently, coming from Waterbury, Conn., en route to Darlington, S. C., to visit her mother, Mrs. Clore Brown. Mr. Grover C. Flemming is home from Newport News, Va., where he is in government work at four dollars per day. He enjoys reading Negro newspapers. Misses Lillie Mae and Mary Williams passed through the city recently from Jacksonville, Fla., to New York. Mr. A. J. Roan, of Newark, N. J., has gone to Dothan, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Hammonds, of Kingstree, passed through the city recently en route for home. Mrs. Emma Davis is on a visit to relatives and friends at Bonnottleville, S. C. Mr. Jas, McBride, prosperous farmer of Oaks, S. C., spent a day in our city recently on business. Respectfully, E. B. WEBSTER. CLAY STREET HOMES BARGAINS IN VALUES. See us at once. No information over the Phone. BROWN AND ROBINSON, St. Luke Bank, Building. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA DR. FREEMAN SPEAKS An Appreciative Auditorio Listsen to the Brilliant Virgin'am. Despite the cold weather last Tuesday night, which was about the freezing point, and the rain, ice and snow, a "good-sized" audience was present at the Ebenezer Baptist Church to listen to an address by Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, the brilliant editor of the Richmond (Va.) News Leader, who had consented to attend the exercises of the Richmond Neighborhood Church. B. Stokes is the President. Nov. A. D. Daly, pastor of the Fifth Baptist Church, conducted the religious exercises. INTRODUCED THE SPEAKER A vocal selection, sung by Mr. Jackson, of Dallas, Texas, added much to the evening's entertainment. Mrs. Stokas presided and gave a resume of the work accomplished by the organization, which was countered. She then proceeded to introduce Editor John Mitchell, Jr., who in turn proceeded to introduce Dr. Douglas S. Freeman, Mr. Mitchell characterized Dr. Freeman as being one of the ablest editorial writers in the country. He commented upon his work, guidance and spoke of his thorough knowledge of the war conditions in Europe. A MAGNIFICENT TRIBUTE. He declared him to be of the highest type of citizenship, occupying a position alongside of the great luminaries, who have gone on before. The hour being late, Dr. Freeman produced a bottle of by-products spoke of subjecting a smoke from coke ovens to the clarifying products, and the securing the fromof of valuable dyes and other products of inestimable value to mankind. He then brought the subject to a point applied to the by-products of the human race, the formation of that part of the body politic which had been considered worthless. CONCLUDED AMIDST APPLAUSE His remarks were brief and pointed, but he won favor of the audience and concluded his remarks amidst aplause. Mrs. Frances E. Proston, of Detroit, Michigan, rendered selections from the works of Paul Laurence Dunbar to the infinito delight of all present. She is an elecclationist of marked ability. After the lifting of the collection by Col. R. C. Mitchell and Director R. W. Whiting, the benediction was announced, but in approprate John Mitchell, Jr., in approprate language, and sprung a surprise and proclamation of cleent and worthy President, Mrs. Orn B. Stokes, a china coffee set, which had been purchased with money contributed by admiring friends. COLORED BRANCH RICHMOND CROSS, ZND, AND LEIGH. The Colored Branch of the Red Cross of America, Richmond Chapter, is putting forth strenuous efforts to enroll a large number of members in the Red Cross membership campaign. Booths located at headquarters, Second and Lighthouses, Mechanics Savings Bank, St. Lukes Bank, and workers affiliated with St. Luke's building on North 26th Street, report the listing of a number of new members. General Chairman, W. T. Johnson, is anxious to have the colored people in large numbers to join the Red Cross. He has completed arrangements for a mass meeting at First Baptist Church corner 14th and St. Rose Street Sunday night, December 23, at 8 P. M. Prominent members of the Richmond chapter will co-operate with the workers of the Colored Branch to make this meeting a great success. Mrs. J. Stewart Bryan took the chairman of the Hospital Supply Committee to Camp Lee Monday morning to distribute about 150 morning colored men from Richmond and vicinity. These sweats were furnished by members of the Richmond Chapter and Colored Branch. Chairman of Committee on Civic Matters is sending out invitations to all colored literary and art circles to meet and arrange plans to send a supply of daily papers to colored soldiers. Church Hill Auxiliary had a formal opening of their work room at St. Luke's building on North 26th Street, Friday evening, December 14, 1917. This room was fitted up by members of the civic committee living on Church Hill. These members will arrange with assistance of seven organizations to pay all expense of the work room. Members of the auxiliary are enthusiastic workers for the Red Cross. Chairman W. T. Johnson desires to meet all members of the campaign committee at 7 P. M., Friday, December 16, in headquarters, Second and Leigh Streets. HARTFORD, CONN. NOTES Mrs. Louise Henderson Virgin gave a miscellaneous shower on Miss Bertha Harris at 18 Martin Street. Many beautiful gifts were received. A large number of young friends and members of the Q. A. Z. Club and church choir were in attendance. Refreshments were served. Miss Bertha Harris is to become the bride of Mr. Wailams Henderson in January, 1918. The Q. A. Z. Club gave a shirt waist dance at Conway's Dancing Academy Monday evening, December 15. Mrs. Stewart won the prize for having the prettiest shirt waist. The Camp Fire girls will give a reception and Yuletide dance at Soby's Dancing Academy Friday, December 30. The Union Chapel Sunday School will give its annual calendar December 26th at the church. The A. M. E. Zion Church Sunday School will give a cantata Christmas evening at the church on Pearl Street. A MORNING WEDDING. Dr. Leon A. Reid, son of Lawyer and Mrs. William M. Reid, of Portsmouth, Va, and Miss Minnie V. Ferguson, daughter of B. of William and sister of D. A. Ferguson of this city were married at the residence of Dr. Ferguson, 107 East Leigh street, Wednesday morning, December 12, 1917, at eleven o'clock. The rooms were prettyly decorated with palms and cut flowers, and a large group of friends were there assembled to witness the ceremony and give benedictions to the bride and groom. Upon the first notes of the wedding march played by Miss Irma Ferguson daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D. A. Forguson, the bride entered with her father, and joined the groom who stood at the altar with his brother, Mr. William Reid. The bride was at tired in a broadcloth taupe suit with panno velvet hat of like color. She wore a corsage bouquet of white roses and orchids and carried a white prayer book. The groom was neatly dressed in a grey suit. It was a very pretty and impressive picture. The English form of the Episcopal corpse painting by the Rector Robert A. Jackson of the St. Philips P. E. Church and blessings were asked upon the wedded ones by Rev. M. E. Davis of the Third Street A. M. E. Church. Dr. and Mrs. Roid left the city at 12:01 o'clock to visit friends and relatives in Boston, New York, Baltimore and Portsmouth. A WEDDING BREAKFAST. Dr. Leon A. Reid, Miss Minte V. Ferguson, and their families were guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. M. G. Mansoy at breakfast, 106 East Leigh St. Wednesday morning, December 21, at eight o'clock. POLICE CLASH WITH COLORED TROOPS IN NEWPORT NEWS. Clubs Used to Quell Near Blot in Proscribed Area of City. Newport News, Va., Dec. 11.—Military police last night broke up a near riot of Negro troops stationed here by arresting more than half a hundred at the point of loaded rifles when two Negro troopers found n the area prescribed to soldiers refused to be placed under arrest. The area prescribed to soldiers as a result of vice conditions here instructed to stop the inhabitated by Negroes. The men who were arrested objected to being disturbed while fraternizing with their race. Many of the Negroes, it is alleged were armed with revolvers and the military police are reported to have wielded their clubs with telling effect on several of the rowdest of the crowd. The $tw_{0}$ Negroes first accosted refused to be taken to the police station, saying they would go to the camp. The military police took them to the camp and reported the matter, in the meantime the report had gone about. The police also criticized the Negroes arrested, and there was talk on many sides of "get them." Reserves headed by the commanding officer of the military police, and several Negro officers rushed to the scene of the trouble, arresting every Negro trooper on the streets. The proscribed area was guarded through out the night by Company L, Forty-eight infantry. SECRETARY JORDAN'S NOTES. High above the roar of battle in which millions of men are slaying each other, can be heard the last command of our Lord, "Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature," and our Missionaries have responded. Misses DeLany and Davis, Rev. and Mrs. Horton, though, fighting at the front, will get no Christmas boxes as the Soldiers in France, all because the children of this world are wiser than we who profess to love Jesus. How I wish every Baptist could read the letters we have just received from each of our workers for the trenches, in South America, the Island and Africa. For 17 years a number of churches have remembered our Missionaries with an offering in foreign fields at the watch meeting services. Do keep it up brothel. As you bid adieu to 1917 and welcome 1918 with "What A Happy New Year," just think of His goodness to you and do take an offering for our workers at the front, and send it to yours in His service. L. G. JORDAN, 701 So: 19th St., Phil. Pa. The Fulton Branch of the Mechanics Savings Bank returns thanks to the patrons of Fulton Bank, 824 Danny street, A. D. Daniels' printing plant. Cards for 1918 are being issued. John Mitchell, Jr., President; R. W. Whiting, Manager. Appointed Associate Member Attorney J. E. Byrd, has been notified of his appointment as associate member of the Legal Advisory Board for District No. 1, of the City of Richmond, which has taken the cath as required by law and has entered upon his duties. Want to Hear From the Girls. We the boys of Company F. 25th Infantry, would like to hear from some of the girls who like to write to soldiers. We only receive letters from home and over here in this dreary place it would do us good to receive letters from our girls that like soldiers especially to those that are interested in us, as men, who are willing to cheer us up. Trusting that you will favor us we are: Privates—Harvey Perkins, Grover Diggs, Ira Haynes, Sam Harris, Corporal Alexander Morris of Co. F. 25th Infantry, Schofield Barracks, H. T. GANS-RADY COMPANY'S HOLIDAY LINE OF SUITS, OVERCOATS, FURNISHINGS AND HATS IS UNSURPASSED FOR EXCLUSIVENESS, QUALITIES AND MODERATE PRICES. AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME. COMPLETE LINE OF MILITARY SUITS, OVERCOATS AND ALL OTHER ESSENTIALS. CALL AND INSPECT STOCK AND SATISFY YOURSELF AS TO PRICES. ASK FUNBRAL SERVICES IN THE COLORED CHURCHES. Colored Churches Asked to Set December 23 for Funeral Services Also to Hide "In Monument" Siblings Partners on January 19, 1918, and to Wear Black Mourning Badges for 30 Days for Martyrs to Raco Prejudice. A PUBLIC STATEMENT AND APPEAL TO CURATED AMERICAN The Boston Branch of the National Equal Rights League has issued the following statement and appeal to the Colored Race on the hanging of the thirteen Colored Soldiers for the strike. "The deeper significance of the un fortunate shooting-up plot by Colored soldiers of the 24th U. S. Infantry at Houston, Texas, is an index of the intolerable Color prejudice and race persecution in the U. S. especially the South, was the public deo of the National Equal Rights Branch of the National Equal Rights League on September 4, 1917. Shocked by the hanging in especial disgrace of thirteen of these Colored soldiers, their "codes cast into unmarked graves, this League, speaking for the Colored millions thus wound in spirit who are permitted only racial regiments and but four in the army, this longer stands by that sentiment and this there unrewarded that public meeting to wit, "If the unbearable provocation by white Southern police and civilians and the splendid record of these soldiers in noble, brave, self sacrificing loyalty and service to this Republic do not mitigate the severity of their punishment, then we can only honor the sacrifice to mean American Colonel and the names as heroes in the fight of Colored Americans for life, liberty and justice." This unrestrained severity in penal accompaniment with degradation unnecessary and undeserved is but another instance of the utter indifference of this national administration of the militiae and solospect of the militias of Colored America even now that they are drafted to fight for the country in a war for "World Democracy." With no punishment for those who assaulted and terrorized those soldiers, with not only no punishment for lynchers of Colored citizens and sentences for confessed murderers in the South, women but not even a word from the President against the burning alive of our people, the treatment of the dead bodies of these brave Colored soldiers becomes an outrage upon the colored American people. We call upon President Wilson to re-educate them to their relatives if they can be found. This League urges upon Colored Americans; First. That there be held on Sunday, December 23, 1917, in every Colored Church funeral services for these soldiers of the 24th who went to Shrine of the dying hymns. For their Memorial Day, 1918, our annual "Trothy Day" the Colored Citizens in all large communities march in an "In Memoriam Silent Protest Parade." Third. That every adult in the fifteen millions of our people wear a black badge for thirty days in sorrow or the death of those martyrs to Color projudice in the land of their birth. DANVILLE NOTES The citizens of this city are looking forward to the mammoth Emancipation, January 1, 1918. A grand parade will be one of the features of the day. In this parade will be represented the many walks of life. Lawyer W. H. Randolph, of Lynchburg, Va., is the speaker of the day. Come and hear him, at the High Street Baptist Church. Mrs. C. Wilson, of Colemantown, was knocked down by an automobile Saturday evening and painfully hurt. Mrs. Wilson was not able to see the car. The driver made his escape. Mrs. W. E. Garr is in Newport News, Vn., visiting her daughter, Mrs. Pinkett. Mrs. Rosa Hereford, of Cleveland Street, returned last Friday from Newark, N. J., bringing with her her daughter, Carrie, who has been ill for some time. She is much better We hope her entire recovery. Y. W. C. A. NOTES Mrs. H. C. Mundin will give an address at the Sunday Vesper Service at five-thirty. The Bible Study Class meets every Thursday at four o'clock. The lesson for the following Sunday is taught. The crochet classes meet Thursday at four o'clock and Friday at five. It is not possible. Now is the time to register for the course in First. Aid to the Injured. GANS-RADY COMPANY Steet Oppon Buy Your Christmas Gift OLD RELIABLE JEWELERS WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR FASHION JEWELRY, SILVER TOILET WARMER GUARANTEE GOES WITH IT It will Pay Your Xmas Shopping A FEW SUGGESTIONS FROM OUR LIST Gent's Heavy Solid Gold Signet Gent's Elgin Watch, Guaranteed Ladies' Solid Gold Camco Rings. 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Building the boy entered and a special programme under the directions of Director B. L. Allon. This was a happy bunch. Mothers we thank you. Keep you boys this way. At the Sharon Baptist church 3:30 P. M., regardless of the cold a live meeting was held and much interest was manifested. The speaker Madame Ella Williams Johnson was at her best. Subject: Race Hindrances And Solve Them. The Scripture lesson was to be president of The Women's Auxiliary of Y. M. C. A., Mrs. Blackwell, Dr. W. T. Johnson offered prayer and made some very timely remarks. The choir of the First Baptist Church was out in full numbers and sang from the heart. This meeting will not be forgotten very soon. Watch for the next one. Come today 5 P. M., to hear the explanation on the Sunday School lesson by Dr. W. H. Stokes at the Y. M. C. A., Building. Women and men are invited. Men be on time Sunday ready for hard work and the other man. All workers are invited to the meeting for workers 9:30 A. M. at the Y. M. C. A. 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ESTIMATES GLADLY GIVEN. Jewelry Co., 21 W. Broad Settings Checks. Open Evenings. POSSIBLE that we can serve you from the largest and most complete line of groceries that we have had since entering the business, wit prices that will satisfy you. Some goods handled by us are bought directly from the manufacturer, which enables us to give you quality and the best prices. We also carry a Full Line of MEATS. POULTRY on hand at all times, and other things too numerous to mention. Why not let us have your Patronage? Your Own Grocer. 'PHONE RANDOLPH 3266 The Y. M. C. A. wished everybody a Joyous Christmas. Come to the early meeting Christmas morning 10, o'clock, at the building. Let no home fail to have special prayer for the Y. M. C. A. THE WORLD WAR. Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., Presdong of the Mechanics Savings Bank and Editor of the Richmond Planet, will deliver his now famous lecture on the "World War" at the Second Baptist Church, corner Second and Byrd Streets, Rev. Z. D. Lewis, pastor, Sunday, December 30, 1917, at 3:30 P.M. for the benefit of the Young Women's Christian Association. Do not miss the opportunity! A rare treat! Come early and get a seat. Bring a silver offering. Mrs. Adelaldo G. Thompson, chairman; Mrs. Matilda Minms, Mrs. Minno Wyatt, Committee. Galeda Class of Fifth Street S. S. Elects Officers. The Galeda class of the Fifth St. Baptist Church held its monthly meet- ing at the evidence of Miss Ruth Cooper, 211 Broadstreet S., Friday December 14, 1917. This being the last meeting of the year it was largely attended and much interest was manifested. After the rendition of a very spicy program the following officers were elected for the ensuing term: Pres. Mildred Johnson; Vice-Pres. Lilian Woolsey; Record Sec. Louise Johnson; Corres. Sec. Mattie Ward; Treas. Storeroe Jones; Llirarian Amy Gales. FRENCH SUGAR BEET CROP IS SHORT. Using the production of 1913 as a basis, the French sugar beet crop for 1917 is short 67.9 per cent., or 148,000 bushels. This heavy loss to the crop France explains her desperate need for sugar and her depend once on imports. You may go all around Richmond, or you may walk all through it, but you will not find a more beautiful spot for the purpose and in easy reach of all parts of it than WOODLAND CEMETERY. Our white friends have felt keenly the criticisms we have made over the loss of the Old Cometeries in Barton Heights and they have ungrudgingly approved of the site we have selected and called WOODLAND CEMETERY. You can purchase a lot for as low a price as $35.00 (15x15 feet) and a grave at $5.00. You can afford to be buried at that price. We have made it so that the humblest can enter this palatial "City of the Dead." On the other hand, you can pay as much more as you choose. Those interested in the Cemetery and who have lots therein are: John Mitchell, Jr., Rev. T. J. King, D.D., Jesse Williams, Dr. R. E. Jones, Miles C. Debbress, Mrs. Carrie Smithers, Willis Wyatt, Rev. J. J. Carter, Dr. William H. Smith, Dr. J. M. G. Ramsey, George Gaskings, Meredith R. Minor, Edward H. Smith, John W. Howard, Mrs. Boresenia Nash, Mrs. Luce Christian Scott, R. W. Whiting, Thomas M. Crump, John T. Taylor, S. J. Gilpin, D. P. Bragg, R. C. Mitchell, Mrs. Anna Taylor, John Bland, Miss Ella Hill, Mrs. Elnora Robinson, Henry Austin, James White, Mrs. Georgianna Patterson, John H. Smith, W. A. Price, Mrs. Mildred Cross, Mrs. Lucy Parker, Mrs. Henrietta Fry, Mrs. Ella Johnson, S. A. Cheatham and Brother, and many others. Buy now and get long time payment privileges. Wait until you lose a member of your family and the full amount becomes due. JOHN MITCHELL, JR., PRESIDENT D. P. BRAGG, SECRETARY THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA See the President or the Secretary. Car Always Ready to take prospective patrons to the Cemetery JOHN MITCHELL, JR., THOMAS M. CRUMP, R. W. WHITING, REV. T. J. KING, D. D., JOHN T. TAYLOR, J. J. CARTER, J. MERCER G. RAMSEY, R. C. MITCHELL, S. J. GILPIN, EDWARD F. JOHNSON, D. P. BRAGG, GEORGE W. BRAGG, WILLIIS WYATT. HENRICO COUNTY..VA. December 1916 Scale 1:50