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THE RICHMOND PLANET Virginia State Library The Resolutions Adopted at the City Auditorium ABSOLUTE HARMONY PREVAILS--WANT THE BANK OPENED. Will Ask For Immediate Relief----Judge Moncure Asked to Hear Petitioners. --- VOLUME XXXIX, NO. 41 The Re ABSOL Will Ask Fo A largely attended meeting of the depositors of the Mechanics Savings Bank was held last Thursday night at the City Auditorium, Rev. W. T. Johnson, D. D., pastor of the First Baptist Church presided. Music was furnished by the Municipal Band. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. O. Cook. Chairman Johnson then announced the purpose of the meeting. He called for a report of the committee previously appointed, of which Attorney J. Thomas Hewin was Chairman. He made the following report: We, your committee appointed at your meeting held Friday night July 21st, 1922, in the City Auditorium, beg leave to make the following report: We find that while we expected otherwise the receivers who were appointed by the judge of the Chancery Court, His Honor, William A. Moncure, have been unable to complete a report within a brief period of time as was expected, due to the construing of the order of the court to mean that all the pass-hooks must be turned in to the receivers at the bank and a report made thereon to the court, and that there are hundreds of depositors unwilling to part with the pass-hook, which is the evidence of the liability of the bank to them, and that this would mean months of delay. We are of the opinion that the bank should be opened and the president of the Mechanics Savings Bank be permitted to comply with the requirement of the Banking Division of the Corporation Commission in the delivery of the required securities of ($$3,500.000). Eighty-three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars in the meantime after, the bank is opened, the pass-books could be turned in from time to time and balanced. We learn that the probable liability on any pass-book can be secured by a bond to be given in such an amount as the honorable court may see fit to require. As many of us are in need of money to pay our expenses and many organizations are held up on account of the inability to pay sick and death claims and many others have money to be deposited for safe-keeping and cannot utilize the facilities provided by the institution with which they have been doing business for so many years, it was deemed advisable to file a partition and a plea with the judge of the honorable court, asking that the others and stockholders of the aforesaid Mechanics Savings Bank be permitted to open for business along the lines in dicated. We further pledge ourselves to use our best efforts to prevent anything even resembling a "run" on the aforesaid institution as we realize that such a step would tend to destroy one of the leading institutions in the country, which institution is a monument to the far-sightedness of the better class of white people who have shown us the way to practice economy and thrift in this life's battle. We ask that our course in this matter be approved by you, and that all depositors beurged to join in this petition for the relief prayed to the end that the unfortunate conditions now existing shall cease. We further commend the steady devotion of the colored people to the Mechanics Savings Bank and the unanimous support and encouragement accorded it by all other financial institutions in this city and State. We again emphasize our appreciation of the hearty expression of good-will and support accorded to us by practically all of the white people of this community and assure all parties that it has done more to cement the friendship previously existing between the races than any other thing could have done. Respectfully submitted, J. W. THOMPSON, J. O. COOK, J. H. BINFORD. A. W. HOLMES. --- MAGGIE L. WALKER, J. THOMAS HEWIN, Chairman. The chairman then read the following petition, which was filed in the Chancery Court, His Honor, William A. Mencure, presiding. It is as follows: THE PETITION VIRGINIA: In the Chancery Court of the City of Richmond. MECHANICS SAVINGS BANK, Defendant. To the Honorable Your petitioners, J. W. Thompson Holland Powell, W. H. Hughes, A. W. Holmes, Maggie L. Walker, J. Thomas Hewin and J. H. Binfond, Committee, acting on behalf of the Depositors of the Mechanics Savings Bank of the City of Richmond, appointed at a Mass Meeting of said Depositors at the City Auditorium in the City of Richmond, July 21st, 1922, as will be seen by circular, horowith filed, marked "Exhibit A," and prayed to be read as a part of this petition, and John B. Price, Janie W. Elam, George W. Brown, R. S. Nelson, Little Dove Club, C. P. Hayes, A. D. Price, K. S. Thomas, on behalf of themselves and such others who may desire to join them in this petition. all of whom are depositors in the said Mechanies Savings Bank of the City of Richmond, respectfully represent that they are large depositors and creditors of the said Mechanies Savings Bank and that they have been depositors in the said Bank for a number of years and that others, on whose behalf the Committee asked to be allowed to intercede, are also large depositors. Some of them have carried large accounts in the said Bank from its organization to the date of its closing: that some of them have all of their money on deposit in said Bank; that, by reason of the closing of the same, they are deprived of the use of their money; that they have suffered great inconvenience and have been unable to carry out contracts made by them upon the strength of the money they had on deposit in the Bank at the time of its close; that they have suffered imparable injury in divers ways; that they have been unable to meet their obligations that have fallen due; that, many of their obligations have been protested and they have been made to appear as defaulters, because of their inability to have the use of their money which is in said Bank. Many of them have notes falling due upon the purchase of their homes and they are being subjected to threats and foreclosure because of their inability to have the use of their money on deposit in the said Mechanics Savings Bank; that a large number of secret organizations represented by your petitioners, are put to great inconvenience on account of their inability to check on the funds in the said Mechanics Savings Bank for the funeral expense and other indebtedness of their members; that they have been put to inconvenience by reason of their inability to draw on the said Bank for sick dues, due the members of the said organizations for weekly sick dues; that, the members of the various organizations and beneficial corporations are handicapped, because of their inability to draw on the Bank for the necessary funds to meet their obligations. That your petitioners further re- RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY AUGUST 18, 1922 present that they saw an item in the local columns of one of the daily papers in the City of Richmond that the receivers desired the depositors to turn in their books to said receivers but the depositors did not understand why they should be required to give up the only evidence of the indebtedness of the Bank to them and that they now and always have entertained the utmost confidence in the President and Directors of the said Mechanics Savings Bank and that they do not question their honesty and integrity, for this reason a large majority of the depositors have refused and doth refuse to turn over their books to the receivers. While it is true the receivers are strangers to them but, through the Court, they have the utmost confidence and respect for the receivers because, they are informed, the said receivers are officers of the Court and that their books could not be lost or misplaced by them yet they feel that they would prefer keeping the evidence of the indebtedness of the Bank to them in their own possession, especially, since they have no reason to believe or suspect that there is anything wrong with their accounts with the said Bank. Your petitioners further represent that the depositors of the said Bank are anxious that the Bank and its affairs be returned to its officers, that the same may be opened at the earliest practicable moment to relieve the condition hereinbefore referred to; that a large number of the depositors are with-holding their books from the receivers for the reason that, they verily believe, should the more than three thousand depositors give their books to the receivers to be audited by them, the Bank will be closed indefinite; that they believe it will take several months for the receivers to audit these three thousand and more of passbooks. In order that the receivers may expedite their work and make their partial or full report to the Court, to the end that the Bank may be re-opened, they have declined and doth decline to deliver their books to said receivers; that they have not been informed of any law compelling them to give up their books, which is the only receipt they have against the said Bank; that they have no means of knowing how long it would take to audit and state the three thousand, and more accounts between the said Band and the said depositors; that some of the said depositors were depositors in the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers and that they had been required to deliver their books and the receivers or those in charge of the matter were unable to close these accounts and make a final report to the Court for nearly ten years, during which time a large number of the depositors departed this life, and that this is the further reason why the depositors -of the Mechanics Savings Bank are unwilling to turn in their books unless they are forced to do so by law; that it is not their intention to complain of those who had charge of the Savings Bank of the Grand Fountain United Order of True Reformers but simply refer to the matter to show some of the reasons why the said depositors in the Mechanics Savings Bank have refused to deliver their books to the receivers of the said Mechanics Savings Bank. That your petitioners are informed, had the President of the Mechanics Savings Bank, after agreeing to give securities for $83,000.00, not refused to pay interest upon said securities at the rate of Six (6) Percent, the Bank would not have been closed and that his refusal to sign the obligation carrying the interest at the rate of Six (6) Percent, affordsaid, was the prime cause (Continued on the Eighth Page). DEPOSITORS HAVE GREAT MEETING THEY WANT REV. DR. R. V. PEYTON OFFER AN INCREASE OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS IN SALARY. At the regular meeting of the Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church, Monday night, August 7, 1922, a motion was made to increase the salary of the pastor one hundred dollars. After some discussion, the motion was adopted by a vote of 136 to 109. Rev. Dr. R. V. Peyton's salary is at present $150.00. He is allowed $25.00 extra. This will mean that the Church is willing to pay him $275.00 per month, if he will return to his flock. When here, he could not be induced to say just what he would do. He seems to be well satisfied with his present charge at Montclair, New Jersey, although at the time he was here, he had not been installed into the pastorate of the St. Paul Baptist Church. It is stated that no assurances have been given by him as to just what he will do and the motion to increase his salary was taken with an idea of approaching him with something tangible. Should he still persist in his refusal, an effort will be made to call another pastor. CORNELIA F. DREW GONE. A telegram was received by John Mitchell, Jr., from Col. Archer Drew of Portsmouth, Va., Friday, August 11th, announcing the death of his wife and stating that the funeral would take place Sunday following at 2 P. M. Accordingly, he left via N. and W., R. R., Sunday morning. Arriving there, he was informed that Mrs. Cornelia H. Drew was playing with the children, Thursday night up until 10:30 o'clock. She suddenly exclaimed that her breath was leaving her. She gasped and Col. Drew sent for Dr. Francis. When he came, he found her unconscious. He felt her pulse and found that she was dead. She had vomited and she stated that she had eaten some candy with the children. It was believed that her death was due to acute indigestion. The funeral took place from the North St. A. M. E. church, Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, Rev. Dr. L. L. Berry officiating. Funeral Director John H. Corpew officiated. The couch casket was one of the finest ever seen in the locality. Interment was in Mt. Olive Cemetery. She left a husband, one son, three daughters, a husband, a mother and eight grandchildren to mourn their loss. She had been a member of North St. A. M. E. church for many years. She was a member of Ruth Court No. 191, Order of Calanthe Naomi Lodge, Daughters of the Prairie, No. 1, Order of Buffaloes, M'nuebha, Auxiliary Order of Reindeers, Old Folks' Home Forum and was Day Nursery Missionary. GUARDS PROTECT ACCUSED MEN Carthage, N. C., Aug. 11. —A battalion of national guardsmen, with machine guns, will be on guard duty at Moore County courthouse and jail here next week during the trial of three Ne gross charged with criminally assaulting a woman and shooting her husband at their one-night camp near Southern Pines last week as they were traveling from Florida, northward William H. Thorogood A Candidate. The well-known Mr. William H. Thorogood of Norfolk is a candidate as a delegate to the General Conference of the A. M. E. Church, which meets next year in Louisville, Va., and the indications are that he will be overwhimmingly nominated by the electoral college for this State, when meets September 5 1922 at Suffolk. He is being supported by the popular Rev. Dr. J. A. Young, pastor of the St. Joan A. M. E. Church, of which church Mr. Thorogood has been an officer for many years. The well-known Mr. W. H. C. Brown is his "running mate." A Thoroughly Reliable Concern. We acknowledge receipt of the congratulations of the Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., on our receipt acknowledgment. This firm is one of the most reliable in the country and its products have proven their efficiency for more than ten years. Read their advertisements and correspond with them. REV. DR. MOSBY SPEAKS. Richmond, Va., July 28, 1922. Mr. John Mitchell, Jr. My dear Sir,—As I am thinking of you and your success along several lines and the crisis through which you are now passing, I pause to express to you a word of sympathy. This expression, however comes from a very humble citizen, but nevertheless sincere. I regret so much the condition of affairs as they now exist and as I have done, and am still doing, I stand ready to render you any assistance which is mine to give, in word or deed, tangible or otherwise. I am praying with others that this suspense will soon be broken, and the Mechanies Savings Bank return to her former glory. Believe me to be, Humbly yours, T. J. J. MOSBY. FALLS 40 FEET; NOT HURT. (Preston News Service.) BELIEVE IT OR NOT Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 18—Little Theon White, aged two years, is said to have fallen from the third floor of a building in Chestnut street to the ground, forty feet below, last Sunday afternoon and according to physicians who attended him after the fall, he was not injured in any way except that he was "skaken-up," which he not urally would be after falling forty feet. According to the parents of the lad he was playing near a window on the third floor of his home when he stumbled and fell against the blinds. They gave way and out the window he tumbled, landing on his shoulder and head on the ground forty feet below. When picked up by his relatives, he was unconscious, but regained consciousness and appeared to be normal in a few hours. J. W. HAIL IS EXONERATED ON ROBBERY CHARGE. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 18.—James W. Hall aged 27 years who was arrested in Undercliff, a small village near here, as a suspicious person, last Wednesday, was discharge in Penn Avenue Police Court on Friday. It was alleged that Hall had stolen $500 worth of jewelry from the home of Mrs. Josephine Hammond, but no evidence was introduced to connect him with this robbery. THE BEE CONTEST. The judges for the settling of the "Bee" Contest are Dr. Albert A. Tennant, Cashier Emmet C. Burke and Mr. William A. Jordan. As soon as they complete the canvass of the roturns, the prizes will be announced and if possible to secure the photographs of the winners, they will appear in The Planet. SPECIAL SERVICE AT EBENEZER A special service will be held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, on the third Sunday, August 20, 1922, at 8:30 P. M. The service is under the auspices of Over-Seas and Layman's Missionary Societies, benefit of missions. The following program will be rendered: Music, Over-Seas Chorus; devotions, Rev. William H. Stokes, Ph.D. Pastor; music, Gloria from Mozart's Twelfth Mass, by Over-Seas Chorus; music, Glorious is Thy Name Almighty God, (by Haydn) by the Over-Seas Chorus; offerty, Messrs. C. M. Kemp and W. H. Walton; music, Over-Seas Chorus; duet, Mrs. Ida Horsley and Miss J. E. Clanton; Special Sermon, Rev. J. S. Johnson; music, Over-Seas Chorus; benediction, Rev. William H. Stokes, Ph.D. Pastor, Mr. B. L. Jordan, master of ceremonies. Mrs. Bettie G. Cousins, president Over-Seas Missionary Society; Mr. C. M. Kemp, president Layman's Missionary Movement; Mrs. Ida Hosely, chairman Program Committee, Over-Seas Society; Mr. George W. Howell director of Over-Seas Chorus. Rev. William H. Stokes, Ph.D. pastor; Mr. Wallace Epps, church clerk. VISITORS TO OUR OFFICE. Mrs. N. E. Littlejohn, Spartanburg S. C.; Mrs. M. B. Robinson, Charleston, S. C.; Mrs. Leah Thompson, Anderson, S. C.; Mrs. Marion B. Wilkinson and Mrs. E. B. Rowe, Orangeburg, S. C.; Mrs. Millie B. Paxton, Roanoke, Va.; G. H. Cain, Emporia, Va.; Mrs. Josephine Clark, Petersburg, Va.; Mrs. W. C. Gordon and Miss Edwina Nickens, St. Louis Mo.; N. D. Brasher, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Alice Handy, New York, N. Y.; Mrs. S. P. Wagoner, Mrs. S. P. Cotton and Mrs. Julia A. Gibson, Pooria Ill.; Mrs. Margret Wyche, Bloomington, H.; H. A. Hunt, Principal Fort Valley High and Industrial School, Fort Valley, Georgia; John S. Allen, Secretary-Treasurer, The Great South ern Fire Insurance Company, Atlanta, Ga. --- Mrs. P. M. B. Hodge, of Danville, Va. was in attendance at the State and National Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. She returned home Thursday after a few days spent visiting old acquaintances and friends, who were sorry to part with her. Spending Several Days in the East (Preston News Service.) Pittsburgh Pa., Aug. 18.—Miss Jennie M. Proctor, president of the Strait Tex Chemical Company is spending several days visiting relatives and friends in New York City and Boston. Miss Proctor will return home about September 1st after which she will devote her time to developing a new process for dyeing women's hair. PRICE, FIVE CENTS HAVE TING itorium PENED. Petitioners. KNIGHTS CALL KU KLUX KLAN'S BLUFF (Preston News Service.) Chattanooga, Tenn., Aug. 17—The Ku Klux Klan, which has been responsible for the secret circulation of a spurious document purporting to be the genuine official oath of the Knights of Columbus got a set-back here last Tuesday when the Reverend Father 1. T. Sullivan publicly announced in the local daily papers that "Five Thousand Dollars was on deposit in the First National Bank of Chattanooga, Tenn., and would be donated to any person who would show that the alleged bloody oath of the Knights of Columbus is not a cruel, cowardly and fake oath." It is said that klansmen are using the fake oath to plant the seeds of religious hatred in the minds of the more illiterate of the people in this vicinity and have even been able in some instances to really convince some of the better informed citizens that the oath is genuine. It is claimed that Catholics are not as easily terrorized as Negroes and the nefarious Ku Klux organization is trying to engender religious hatred against the catholics through the secret circulation of this fake oath. Mr. Helps Visits South. Mr. John W. Helps, of Brooklyn, N. Y. arrived in the city last Saturday afternoon, after having spent the week in Washington, D. C. attending the Masonic Convention. It was the first visit Mr. Helps had ever made south of the Mason and Dixie line. He is a native of the West Indies and a very fluent and interesting conversationalist. He was much pleased with his surroundings and the many friends he met and regretted that he was called home Tuesday. While here he was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cogbill and Mr. John H. Jones, of 114 E. 18th Street. Southside. MRS. GEORGIA HANDY HERE. Mrs. Georgia Handy, of Johnstown, Pa., Editor of The Bulletin, State Or- gan of Pennsylvania Federation of Negro Women's Clubs, was the guest of Mrs. Lena Munford of Leigh street, while attending the National Federation. Mrs. Handy is also on Publicity Committee of the same. BOWSER—WILKINS Rev. and Mrs. P. N. Wilkins announces the marriage of their daughter, Degorah, to Mr. Charles Bower, Sunday, August 13, 1922 in the city of Baltimore, Maryland. At home, Washington, D. C. SECOND BAPTIST—SOUTHSIDE. Rev. D. E. Smith, Pastor will preach a special sermon Sunday, August 20, 11:30 A. M. from the following subject, "And they buried his body and went and told Jesus." Communion 3:30 P. M. and the right hand of fellowship to 20 new members also. MARCUS GARVEY DEFENDS HIS POSITION IN THE FAMOUS KU KLUX KLAN INTERVIEW TWO George Harris of New York Writer Article to Prejudiced New York World Miscontruing Motivus of the Interview—Is Scath- ingly Denounced by Mr. Garvey—Editor's Name Vory Unpopular Among Thinking Negroes. --- Garvey Denies Allocation That He Has Formed an Alliance With Ku Klux Klan—Says Race Problem Cannot Be Solved by Vaporings of Men Like Harris and Dubois or by What Agrees in the Past Have Done—Can Only Be Solved by Ability to Cope With Present Day Situation. Harris Ridiculed for Making Capita of Fact That Garvey is an Alien —No Negroes in Western World Are Alien, Says Garvey, as They Were Brought Hero Against Their Will. Liberty Hall, Sunday night, July 10, 1922—As a sequent to the recent interview had between Hon. Marcus Garey, President-General of the Universal Negro Improvement Association, and the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, details of which Mr. Garey gave out in his address in Liberty Hall last Sunday night, there appeared in the New York "World" of this morning's issue an article written by George Harris a Negro member of the Board of Aldermen of this city, and editor of a little paper known as the New York News, a colored newspaper weekly published in Harlem. The article, to say the least, is a dastardly and malicious attempt to misconstrue the motives of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and its leader, and shown to what extent the enemies of the movement who are incidentally enemies to themselves and to their fellow villains to foster their minister designs. In the article Harris charges that Mr. Garey's interviews with the Ku Klux Klan was an effort to form an alliance with that organization, and alleges that he (Mr. Garey) misrepresents not only the attitude of the native-born colored Americans but 75 per cent, of the foreign born when he surrenders to the Imperial Wizard of this bloody and bigoted band of outlaws. In defense of his position and that of the Universal Negro Improvement Association the Hon. Marcus Garvey tonight before a vast assemblage of followers and friends of the association, who boiled with indignation as the article was read, launched a broad side attack upon Alderman Harri which literally knocked to smithereen his abortive attempt to misconstruc the motives of the interview with the Ku Klur Klan and to discredit the leadership of the Universal Improvement Association in the eyes of the world. Mr. Garvey's denunciation of the alderman was a most withering one and will no doubt make the alderman and erstwhile editor seek cover and gloot over the consequences of his crass ignorance and indiscretion and think several times before again rushing madly into print to denounce a man whom he does not understand, and his organization which because of his rank denies he understands but little. The article in its entirely exhibits a narrowness of mind, shortness of vision and incapacity of sound reasoning on the part of Harri which is rather unbecoming to a man of his action in life who poses as a representative of his community's interests and a political leader's race and over, does not reflect a medium of credit upon the noble traditions of Harvard University, of which seat of learning he claims to be a graduate. Judging from the frequent appeahes which Hon. Marcus Garvey received as he made his onslaught upon Mr. Harris it was evident that the audience indorsed and gave their approval to every sentiment which he expresses, and that the alderman's name wilt hereafter be very unpopular among the thinking class of Negroes who are striving to better the condition of their race. To quote extracts from the masterful address delivered by Mr. Garvey would not do justice to it, hence the address in full is given below, and must be read to be appreciated. The other speakers of the evening were Hon. R. L. Poston, Second Assistant Secretary General, and Hon. R. Smith, Leader of the Eastern Province of the West Indies. A large number of the executive officers were on the platform, and the Minister or Legions, Capt. C. E. Gailes, who arrived while the meeting was in progress, having just returned from extended tour in the interests of the of the association, received a tremen dous ovation. Following are the speeches: HON. MARCUS GARVEY'S SPEECH Hon. Marcus Garvey spoke as follows: I hold in my hand a clipping from this mornings New York World. The clipping is an article by George Harris editor of a little colored paper by the name of The New York News, published in Harlem. I am going to read the article, so that you can better follow the comments I will make. Nevertheless this will remind you of what I said last Sunday night when I spoke on the Ku Klux Klan. When I said that some of the Negro newspapermen of this country were practically less and illiterate, to the extent that they fail to understand public measures and public issues. That when great questions are to be discussed instead of discussing them on their merits they delve into personalities and thereby the measures or issues are lost in personal wrangles. I therefore feel justified tonight in maintaining the stand I took last Sunday relative to the newspapermen from this platform Mr. Harris writes as follows: head—Garvey ignorant of Negro history, declares barris, Prominent New York Leader of his Race Says "Allen" Misrepresents Them Damnably. (George W. Harris is Alderman for the 21st District (Harlem). He was graduated from Harvard in 1900, studied for two years in his law school and on the advice of Booker T. Washington took up journalism. After an apprenticeship with the Boston Transcript he became editor of the New York News, a leading Negro newspaper.) By George W. Harris. There has been nothing done by one of their race since their emancipation, that has angered and alarmed Negro citizens more deeply than the recent effort of Marcus Garvey an alien and a native of Jamaica, B. W. L., to form an alliance with the Ku Klux Klan. Garvey misrepresents not only the attitude of native-born cofeder Americans, but 75 per cent, of the foreignborn when he surrenders to the imperial wizard of this bloody and bigotband of outlaws. There is no objection to Garvey and his followers choosing Africa as their adopted home, but there is objection to his pandering to the prejudices of bigots and traitors opposed to the principles of the republic. He would sell the birthright of 15,000,000 native-born loyal Americans. Garvey being a foreigner, does not know that the Ku Klux Klan is the same organization that outraged the mothers of the present generation of colored Americans, murdered its fathers, desecrated the black dead and their graves, and coming into power in America, and justified emancipation, established Jim Crow, and riveted political disfranchisement up on the black race in the South. RESENTS GARVEY'S SLUR. When Garvey says this is not the colored citizens' country in the same sense that it is the country of every other loyal American, black or white, he knows nothing of the history of the race in this country. He does not know that black men played a vital part in the explorations and settlement of this continent, that there were forty black men with Balboa when he discovered the Pacific Ocean and that Balboa found a tribe of black men then living on the shores of South America. He does not know that black men were with all the Spanish discoverers and explorers, with Cortez when he went into Mexico with Cotera do when he went to Kansas in 1641. He does not know that colored men bebed establish the first settlement in Jamestown in 1507 and that Africans were with Ponce de Leon at St. Augustine in 1565; that Elevationan, the black explorer, with three Spaniards, explored the present State of Texas. He does not know that black men were with George Washington in the French and Indian Wars; that a black man one of that expedition; that a black was with Daniel Boone in Kentucky in 1774 and gave up his life as the first man, Crispus Attucks, was the first to shed his blood for American Independence in the Boston Massacre in 1774 that Peter Salem, a black man, was the first to die in the Battle of Bunker Hill at the hands of the Britton Major Pitcairn; that a black man by the name of York was a vital part of the Lewis and Clark expedition to the great Northwest in 1807 and that York's dry river was named after him. He does not know that black solitars were paid tributes by George Washington and his generals in 1776 and 201 General Jackson for their defense of New Orleans in the War of 1812, and that black sailors were with Commodore Perry in the Battle of Lake Erie in 1812; that black men were with Fremont when he discovered gold in California in 1849; that black men to the number of 178,000, taken from the trenches and the farms of the Rebels in coats of blue turned the tide for the Union and destruction of slavery. CITES HISTORY OF BLACKS He does not know that the black Americans have played this vital part in American history from its prehistoric beginnings down to the planting of the Stars and Stripes at the North Pole by Commander Peary with his black companion, Mat Henson, by his side in 1909. He surely cannot know of the 10th Calvary in the Indian Wars with General Custer nor of their black companions at San Juan Hill in 1898 with Theodore Roosevelt nor he remember the service of the "Hell Fighters," the "Buffaloos" and their 400,000 black American companions in the World War. When he says that "America is a white man's country" he does not take into account that black men to the number of unnumbered millions gave 250 years of unrequited toll and martyrdom as shaves to the settlement, the industry and present wealth of the South and the nation. We say again that this interloper among colored Americans damnably misrepresents them. By all rules of right and reason of history and of justice this is their country. By all the things that men hold dear they are going to preserve this as their common country and they are going to live, and if need to die, to preserve this as their common country. HARRIS'S ARTICLE CRITICIZED. I have very little time to go into the history of Mr. George Harris because part of it is wrong, and when he goes back to school he will be able to correct himself. But I want to say that a Negro was with the experiment that went to California to discover THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA gold. Where is the Negro's portion of the gold that was discovered? (Laughter and applause.) The learned scholar tells us that the Negro was with everybody, but he does not tell us who was with the Negro. Do you know what it means to be with a man? It is quite a different thing being with a man or having that man to be with you. If I employ you to do some work for me, after you have performed that work I discharge or dismiss you and I am no longer obligated to you. The great graduate of Harvard—the great alderman (as he calls himself) tells us in nearly every instance that the Negro was with Columbus and Balboa; the Negro was with this or that person, but he feels to prove to us where the Negro established his claim equal with the other fellow when he established his claim Now, if two individuals go out in conquest on equal terms, whatsoever is conquered is divided equally at that time by the conquerors. If Negroes came with Columbus then it was the Negro's right at the time when Columbus bus planted his flag for the monarch, of Spain, to have planted his flag for the monarchy that he represented. (Applause.) If this great Harvard graduate will go back to history we will find that no auxiliary of war ever shared equal rights with those for whom he served except by the generosity of those whom they served. If I employ you as an auxiliary of war to fight my war, if there was no understanding that the spoils of war should be divided equally among us, I would pay you for your services as an auxiliary of war and there is no more obligation. And this man who claims to be so educated and claims to be a leader of the race cannot see the difference between a man being with another as a servant—as a heckey as an auxiliary of war or what not, and the individual by whose initiative the conquest is made or the expedition is carried out. He tells us about a Negro being with Peary at the North Pole. We all know a Negro was with Peary at the North Pole and that that Negro was paid by Peary as an employee or labor to work for him. When Peary discovered the North Pole he was not obiated to that Negro because that Negro had no hand in fitting out the expedition, nor did not stand half the expenses of Peary's voyage to explore the North Pole. If that Negro had shared in the expenses and shared in everything for the discovery of the North Pole then he would have had an equal right in the discovery of the North Pole. And similarly in the discovery of America. If the Negro who with Columbus, as Harris makes his helpline, had part of the expenses of the expedition, if he had shared equally with Columbus the cost of the expedition; if they had entered into partnership for the discovery of the New World, when the New World was discovered then the Negro would have laid as much claim to the discovery of America as Christopher Columbus did. I am not saying these things of my own opinion; I am saying these things, because they are facts, and the white man looks at facts and nothing else. You cannot run this world by sentiment. It is all well for you to say a Negro discovered America; it is all very well for you and I to say a Negro fired the first shot at Bunker Hill; that Negro blood was first shed at Bunker Hill, but was it the Negro on his own volition who instigated the War of Independence? Was it on the Negro account that the War for independence was initiated? The Negro was only a secondary consideration in the great ideal of white men to free themselves from Great Britain. PROBLEM MUST BE SOLVED BY PRESENT CONDITIONS. That is what the Universal Negro Improvement Association is endeavoring to do. But let me tell you this: It pays some men to keep an attitude like that. So long as Negroes are being lynched in the United States of America certain organizations will always find reasons to exist and reasons to pay a few fellows salaries; so that it is to their interest to do everything to perpetuate lynchings if they want to have those salaries continue ously. It served certain people to encourage the existence of the Ku Klux Klan and to encourage the harbability of the Ku Klux Klan by aggravating the Klan, because it gives them something to write about every day so that they can sell their papers for 5 cents. The Universal Negro improvement Association does not adopt that attitude. Our attitude is this. That Lynching must be stopped. Our attitude is this: That unfairness and injustice to Negroes must stop. Our attitude is this: That Negroes should be free and independent. When those things happen we are ready to go out of business. If that attitude can be adopted tomorrow, if Africa can be freed tomorrow and segregation and Jim Crowism can cause tomorrow, then the Uni. Negro Improvement Association would absolutely no cause for continuing existence. But there are certain organizations and individuals who pretend that they would like to see Lynching stop, yet they are praying that an other Lynching will take place so that they can beg for more money to carry on th good work of the organization. Do you know that if Lynching should stop tomorrow morning certain organizations would feel very uncomfortable because they would not know what to do or by what means to raise public subscription or arouse public sentiment to insure philanthropic contributions to pay their salaries? As for the Dyer Anti-Lynching bill that is worth a million dollars to certain folks. Why, it is a gold mine on which you can, collect at this time for certain folks, and they will do everything out of pretense to keep up the fight. They say they want to pass the Dyer Bill, but underneath they do not want the Dyer Bill passed, because it is passed it will cut off the revenue they are depending on to carry them on for another few years. Let us analyze these things. Any man, any movement, any government that has great public issues or great public measures that affect vitally an individual, race or nation—do not go about it in a way of advertising. They adopt an attitude of diplomacy; they try to put over that which they desire by diplomacy and not by public advertisement or public notoriety. That is to say, if Englance wants to get the better of France, the premier of England is not going to advertise in all the papers of England or all the papers of France what he is going to do to France. He adopts a method of diplomacy and tries to put over that which he deire to put over France, and when he has put it over he advertises it to the world and the world is welcome to the information. That is the way intelligent individuals—intelligent states men go about matters that affect the nation or the race. But what do our friends on the other side of this Negro movement do? The first thing they do is to advertise to the world what they are going to do, and thus get the other people better informed then they themselves are, which means that they will never be able to do what they will never be able to do what they is either. He comes to this: that it is either Homer on the page, those who had such movements—open hypocrisy—hypocrisy in saying that they want to better conditions, when in their hearts they know they do not desire it. Now what can George Harris, a puny significant Negro who, I believe can hardly support himself, do with a big organization like the Ku Klux Klan, that he himself admits was so powerful at one time in the history of this country as to be able to distrushise the Negro; was so powerful as to bring into existence Jim Crow laws; was so powerful as to bring into existence laws for segregation; was so powerful as to be able to deprive a whole race of its political rights. What can a lonely Negro do with such an organization that is bent on such plan of devilment? Common sense would suggest to him that the thing to do is not to antagonize the organization but to adopt a method of diplomacy to get around the thing, so as to prevent the thing from doing the harm that it intends, rather than to aggravate and provoke the thing to do you a worse harm than it intended. Now, as I said said here last Sunday night, I do not care about the Kuk Klux Klan; for that matter I don't care about any folks in the world but the 400,000,000 Negroes in the world, but I realize this: that at the time we have our hand in the lion's mouth, and if you have any sense it is your business to gradually case that hand out, and then when you are out and far away from the lion you can make up your mind to go with the lion, but while you are in the lion's reach, if you have one grain of sense, you will adopt those methods that will preserve your life and let the lion go. MOVEMENT MUST BE LED BY INTELLIGENCE. A movement like the Universal Negro Improvement Association must be led by intelligence; must be led by diplomacy; and say this it; does not pay us in America to offend any or organized group of which men because we are still a dependent race. Let me tell you this: that every second white man you are employed, by in New York city or in the United States of America, is a Ku Klux man, who is either actively, physically or spiritually a member of the Klan, and if follows like George Harris continues aggrigate well-organized white organizations like the Ku Klux Klan that have a fobley and a program, milions of us are going to pay the cost of it. The Ku Klux Klan has a program. White people when they get together fifty or a hundred million strong always have a program, and if we aggrate them to the point where they say These Negroes are getting too fresh, too fortress, too ambitious and, therefore, too going to mute out to them what they deserve* do you know what will happen* throughout the Southland—and throughout Southland—millions of our men, women and children will suffer day in and day out because of the senses; propagate of follows like George Harris up North, whose words really mean absolutely nothing because they have not even the manhood to go one mile below the Mason-Dixon line and give "111" cigarettes 10¢ They are GOOD! utterances to their Northern bluff. COUNT THE COST It is the duty of the Universal Negro Improvement Association to count the cost. There are some Negroes who like to follow white folks—anthropes, white folks do I all right. If white folks say let us march up the street, they are ready to organize a group of Negroes to march up the street. If white folks say let us turn to this side of the street, they will organize the group to turn on this side of the street. If white folks say let us attack the Ku Klux Klan, you will find some Negroes follow suit. And this one of attacking the Ku Klux Klan never came into vogue among Negroes until the New York World, for its own good reason—for the reason of increasing its circulation, for the reason of getting even with somebody it hated for the reason of advertising the Ku Klux Klan—started the attack. Who can tell that is not the motive? Who can tell but what that is the diplomacy of the other man to get the activities of the Ku Klux Klan before the country, because there are millions of people today who never knew of the Ku Klux Klan and who never had an opinion of the other man until the New York World, for the reason of the other man to get what the program of the Ku Klux Klan was? And since that time hundreds of those, and of white Americans, who never bad in their minds joining the Ku Klux Klan are now members of the Klan. I say and I believe that the publication of the World in its so-called expose of the Ku Klux Klan was a means of advertising the activities of the klan, and since that day, do you know what has happened? Protestants to fight the Catholics. Since the expose of the Ku Klux Klan, which was said to be organized for the purpose of being anti-Negro, anti-Jew, and anti-Catholic, the Protestant Alliance of America has organized a new organization to fight the Catholics and the Holy See. That is the strategy of the white man that poor, weak-minded, water-brained, senseless fellows like George Harris cannot understand. The Ku Klux Klan represents, if not in actual membership, the spirit of nearly well-thinking white American. After the Ku Klux Klan program was exposed, became so popular that the protestant who were probably members of klan realized their work of fighting Catholics might be hampered by the activities of the klan, and they simply stopped out and organized other organization to continue the same thing the klan was organized to do. And later on you will find different organizations probably springing out of the klan to carry out the designs that the klan may have upon any one race, upon any one group, on any one set of people in any community. This thing calls for deep thought—the thought of a statesman and not that of a ward politician. George Harris is a ward politician, and therefore cannot measure up to the highest intelligence of statesman. A man who is going to look out for a thousand votes to get him into office, irrespectively of the measure that confronts the people, is the follow that you cannot entrust with the destiny of a race. If follows like George Harris are to be my leader, then may God Almighty take me now, because I will have absolutely no use for life. LIVING IN A SERIOUS AGE I want you to realize that you are living in a serious age. You are living in a serious time. You are surrounded by a serious race of people—a people who are thinking all the time, who are doing all the time. George Harris talks about his intention to live here and die here and to what he wants to be, do not gain say he is going to die here, but all of you know the kind of death we do get here. So that I quite agree with him that he is going to die. He is welcome to that kind of death. When I die I going to die for something noble, for someone I love, while I am going to die fighting for me and glorious ideal (applause) and that ideal is a country of our own, a government of our own. (Applause.) George Harris calls me an alien and George Harris is supposed to be a graduate of Harvard. An alien is one who enters a country on his own account without any invitation, and who domiciles himself in that portion of the country because of his own desire. That cannot be said of Marcus Carver. I never desired to be born in the west enn world, my desire was to be born in the land of my fathers, but all against my will, against my stub born protest, somebody seized me, shocked me and made me helpless and away from my own native land and made me into his own country. How did you say, therefore that I am an alien? German-American is an alien because he came uninvited. 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(Applause). If Marcus Garvey is an alien because he teaches the doctrine of human liberty, then Martin Luther was an alien because he taught the doctrine of the Protestant religion and therefore Americans had no right to profess Protestantism; Englishmen had no right to profess Protestantism; the French had no right to profess Protestantism because Martin Luther was a German. (Applause.) KNOW NO NATIONALITY Again I say, great ideals, great principles, know no nationality, and if George Harris had any sense, if his mind was big enough for a leader. If his heart was big enough for a leader, he never would have written the things he wrote here. I will not waste any more time on George Harris, because he is not worth it. Outside of Republican support in Harlem George Harris could not get a hundred Negroes to support him because they know him so well. Yet George Harris makes a big noise about his being an Alderman, because through our loyalty to our race we elected him simply because we wanted a Negro there, not be because he was thought to be the proper one. We were so loyal to our race that, because we saw the position go vacant for the want of the presence of a Negro we will put him there. I want to realize this, he is Alderman in the Aldermatic Chamber, not because we thought so highly of George Harris, George Harris thinks me an alien while other folks do not think me an alien. While George Harris and Du Bois try, at advertisement, that I am not given 5,000,000 American Negroes to give one row of pins where Marcus Garvey came from and I feel as comfortable in New Orleans addressing 5,000 native-born Negro Americans as I feel addressing any crowd in Liberty Hall of 3,000 Americans and 3,000 West Indians. I feel as much at home addressing 15,000 American Negroes in Los Angeles, as I would addressing 15,000 Negroes in my own native city of Kington, Jamaica. Du Bois and George Harris have harped on the fact that I am a Jamaica and a West Indian and a foreigner because they are endeavoring to play on the prejudices of people. Every other effort to down the movement has failed, and they are trying to see if they can appeal to the native loyalty of their own folks to see if they think of shrimp pikeeo etcainably they will not think better of them than they think of Marcus Garvey. It is not Marcus Garvey's fault that they think better of him than they do of George Harris. He had long time proving his worth and if he failed $e$ A. fore Marcus Garvey came it was not Marcus Garvey's fault. I know no nationality; I know no national boundary where the Negro is concerned. The whole world is my province until Africa is free. (Applause.) Wherever Negroes are enslaved politicians, industrially, socially or educationally there is my home for the time being. Until they become politically enamelled, whether it is America or the West Indies or Africa, I have a work to perform, and I can do it anywhere with as much pleasure as I am doing it now. Soil does not matter one but that soil is Africa. All soil looks alike, and I want my good friend George Harris to realize that his chance a to make to himself Universal Negro Improvement Association affords him the opportunity if he will become a convert of the right doctrine. (Loud and prolonged applause.) --- THE ASSASSINS OF SIR WILSON SMILE BEFORE DEATH. Friends at Prison Gates Sing and Play For Two Murderers London, Aug. 10.—Joseph O'Sullivan and Reginald Dunn were dugged this morning in Wandersworth Prison for the assassination of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson on June 22. A crowd of about fifty Irish men and women, assembled outside the jail at 7 o'clock an hour before the execution. They sang hymns and prayed for the souls of the condemned men. Both men submitted quietly to be pinioned. They were escorted simultaneously from their cells to the scaffold, where; as they met, they smiled encouragingly at each other, their deaths unflinching. The monuments outside included the sisters and brothers of Dunn and O'Sullivan. The layman who led the prey announced that masses for the repose of the two men's souls were being said in various churches throughout London. O'Sullivan and Dunn were captured by the police after shooting Down Field Marshal Wilson as he was alighting from an automobile at the door of his home in London. The field marshal was in full uniform having just returned from a war memorial unveiling at which he delivered an address. 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Rene Maran, a French citizen of color has been awarded the prix Gonc court, one of the highest honors that can be bestowed for the authorship of a most remarkable novel known as Batouah. It is being distributed in this country by Messrs. Minor and Patterson, 232 West 135th street, New York, N. Y. The price is $1.75. In the preface, the author announces that he has taken six years to complete the work. The author describes in language, which is engaging and reflective the motives for writing this truly remarkable contribution to literature and he uses the following language: As a matter of fact the. Negroes of equatorial Africa are an unrefecting race. They have no critical faculties; and they never have had, nor ever will have, any intelligence. At least, so it is said. Wrongly, no doubt For if unintelligence characterized the Negroes, there would be few Europeans in their country. So my novel is altogether objective. It makes no attempt to explain: it states: It voices no indignation it records. No other method would have worked. On Monday night nights, us, I sat reclining on the floor, the verandah, I listened to the talk of those poor people. Their light mockery proved their resignation. They suffered, and—laughed at, suffering. Ah, Mr. Bruel, in your clever, ill-digested compilation you stated, correctly enough, that the province of Ubuangi-Shari counted as many as 1,350,000 inhabitants. But you did not say—why didn't you?—that in a certain village of Ouahm there were, in 1915, only 1080 souls to the 10,000 that had been the census seven years before. You spoke of the wealth of that immense region. How is it you failed to remark that famine is queen there? And again: I know. Yes. What difference does it make to Sirius that in their last extremity ten, twenty, or even a hundred natives went to the dung of the horses, owned by the vultures who dub themselves their benefactors, and hunted for undigested grains of maize or millet to feed upon. Montesquieu was right when he wrote on a page vibrating with restrained indignation veiled under a surface of cool irony: "They are black from head to foot; their noses are manshadow down so flat that it is almost impossible to pick them." After all if they fail like files by the thousand and rot in saturation it is because their country is being "developed." Let them disappear, those who do not adapt themselves to civilization. And still again: You have built your kingdom on corpses. Whatever you wish, whatever you do, you move in lies. At sight of you, gushing tears, shrieks of agony. You are might prevailing over right. You are not a torch, you are a conflagration. You devour whatever you touche. O my brothers in France; writers of all parties; honor of the country that has given me everything; who often squabble over a nothing and wontly rip each other up, then sue THE KU KLUX KLAN AND GARVEY. We are publishing at length the criticism of Alderman George W. Harris relative to the alleged action of Hon. Marcus Garvey in forming an alliance with the Ku Klux Klan. As this anti-Negro organization is specifically detested by enery colored citizen, who lives in the southern section of the country and by those of us who have removed from the Southland to the northern and western section of this country, we deemed it advisable to make the sacrifice and give to our readers in full the statements of these two prominent leaders, just as these statements appeared in the New York Negro World. We have attempted to occupy an impartial attitude in dealing with this discussion and we see or think we see that both of the leaders have "leaned too far backward in the discussion and have taken a position too radical for the acceptance of the average citizen, who desires "the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Alderman Harris magnified the achievements of the Negroes and Hon. Marcus Garvey's retort that what was accomplished by the Negroes cited by Alderman Harris was while acting in a servile capacity carries much force with it. He emphasizes the fact that he was not acting upon his own initiative. This does not necessarily detract from the glory of the achievement as an individual, but it does take from the accomplishment that historical value in the matter of racial leadership that we might otherwise enjoy. Toussaint L'Ouverture meets all of Marcus Garvey's objections and Gendessalines and others measure up in full to the standard that he has set. Where colored men achieve fame and greatness under their own leadership, then they stand in the—and occupy a position that no historian can gainay or deny. Still, Alderman George W. Harris makes citations from historical events that will be unnatural, pleasing to the corored folks of this day and time. Much of the information given has been and is unknown to the average colored person. The logical conclusion is that if the Negroes in this country had been given the opportunity that had been recorded to the Negroes of denly become reconciled when a just and noble cause is to be championed, I call upon you for help: I have faith in your highheartedness. My book is not a palemite. It comes by chance, when its hour strikes. The Negro question is of the present. Who made it that? Why, the Americans, Why, the press campaigns on the other side of the Rhine. Why, Romulus Concuon by Paul Roubonx, Le Visage in Brouses by Pierre Bonavard, and I'solement by that poor fellow Combette. And wasn't it you, Eve, you curious little one, who, at the beginning of the year while you were still a daily, carried on an investigation to find out whether a white woman might properly marry a Negro? He describes his future intentions in the following language: My brothers in spirit writers of France, that is only too true. And that is why it behoves you to come forward and declare that from now on, under no pretext, will you have your compatriots who are established. In Africa cast discredit upon the nation of which you are the upholders. Let your voices be heard! It is right and necessary that you come to the aid of those who tell things as they are and not as we should like them to be. And, later, when the colonist sumas shall have been cleansed, I will describe some of these types. I have sketched a few, but am keeping them a while in my notebooks, I will tell you how, in certain parts, unfortunate Negroes have been obliged to sell their women for as high as seventy-five frances and as low as twenty francs. I will tell you... But I shall speak then in my own name, not in the name of another. It will be my ideas that I shall set forth, not somebody else's ideas. And I know beforehand that the Europeans at whom I shall take aim are so cowardly that not one of them will dare—I know it positively not one of them will dare to give me the lie in so much as the faintest whisper. If we knew of what vileness the great colonial life is composed, of what vileness, we should talk of it less, we should not talk of it at all. It degrades a man bit by bit. Even it degrades a man who man who cultivates his mind is the man who colonialists haven't got the strength to stand up against the influences of their sun roundings. They take to drink. Before the war there were any number of Europeans who could make away with fifteen quarts of Penrod* in a month. Since the war, alack-a-day. If he could one man who beat all records—eighty—whiskey in a month tbt was what he could consume drinking steadily. These and other ignoble excesses reduce those who indulge in them to the last degree of flacidity. A condition so object must be a matter of prime concern to those who are charged with representing France, the men who assume responsibility for the evils from which certain parts of the Negro com-munity at present suffering. But, if they are not promoted to higher positions, they must have no tales to tell, and so, a prey to criticism, they have renounced pride, they have tempered, concocted the truth, cov on a tissue of Iles. They have not wanted to see, they have not wanted to hear. They are too cowardly to speak out. And so, intellectual anemia joining hands with moral debility they the West Indian Islands, their valor would have compared with that of which the Jamaican boasts. We take it that Alderman Harris maximizes the achievements of the Negroes in this country and Hén. Marcus Garvey minimizes the accomplishments of the same class of people. The latter does this though apparently to cause the Negroes to go about their achievements and accomplishments on their own initiative, rather than by being actuated by that valor of the white man. But these two leaders occupy positions as diametrically opposite as that of the North and the South Poles. One is building or attempting to build a Negro Republic in Africa, the other claims to have his own Republic right here along with the white man. One is a Negro first, last, and all the time. The other is a citizen of the United States first, last, and all the time. If it came to this government and Africa the latter would side with this government. He would do this upon the ground that his blood has minged with that of the white man, his sweat and toil with that of this same class of people in making this government one of the greatest and grandest on the face of the globe. Why then should there be any open disagreement between George W. Harris, the American and Marcus Garvey the African? Both are identified with the Negro race and primarily both favor the success of that class of people, but they are under different banners and they should agree to bury their differences and do what they can in their respective fields of action for the best interest of the class of people, whom they represent. The Baptists might as well start out on a crusade against the Methodists and the Episcopalians or the Methodists and Episcopalians might as well start a row with the Baptists and other denominations as for these two classes of leaders to engage in a contest over this creed, which Marcus Garvey has espoused and the propaganda, which he is conducting. The denominations are bound for the same heavens and the two classes of political leaders are aiming for the elevation and the success of the Negroes. Let us have peace. have deceived their country and felt no remorse. What I urge upon you to set right is everything embraced in the administration's euphimism of "mistakes." It will be a sharp struggle. You will attack the slave-drivers. Fighting them will be harder than tilting at windmills. Your task is a splendid one. Put your shoulders to the wheel then. Waste no time! It is the will of France. The author then describes the scene of history and proceeds to tell of conditions that make the southern outrages in this country on a par with those which he describes. He says Seven years have been enough to work complete ruin. Villages have grown fewer and farther between, the plantations have disappeared, the goats and poultry have been extirminated. As for the natives, they were broken down by incessant toll, for which they were not paid, and were wohlfühlig the time to sow their crops. They saw come and take up its abode with them, saw famine stalk their land, saw their numbers grow less and less. And yet they are descended from a hardy, warlike tribe, injured to illness and fatigue. Neither raids by the Snoussi nor perpetual internal dissections could destroy them. Their family name was a guarantee of their vitality. Were they not Bandas? And does not Bandas mean nets? For it is with nets that the tribe hunts in the season when the whole horizon is ablaze with the brush on fire. This then describes the preface. We shall deal further in our next issue with the story proper. B. & O. SHOPMAN KILLED Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 17. - Wallace Jewell, who came here from Washington, D. C. to take the place of a striking shopman in the Baltimore and O. Railroad shops at Glennwood, was killed in a fight here last Tuesday at erronion. Jewell and another shop worker quarreled over some technical matter regarding the handling of a miffing machine and who was boss and during the argument, according to the police. Jewell is said to have swung to slap Williams with his hand in the tace. Williams possessed an iron bar and struck Jewell on the shoulder, killing him almost instantly. Williams was atresed and turned over to the Coroner of Allegheny County. Following a hearing before the coroner's jury Vernie Williams was held for court on a charge of manslaughter. At the hearing Williams testified that he swung the iron bar when Jewell attempted to strike him. THE PLANET Umbrella Coupon GOOD FOR FIVE VOTES. THE PLANET Umbrella Coupon GOOD FOR FIVE VOTES. ```markdown ``` THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BLKS OFF TO NEWARK, N. J. TO ATTEND ANNUAL CONVENTION The delegation from Capital City Lodge of Elks, headed by 32 pieces of their excellent brass band under the leadership of Director Walker Benjamin will leave here Monday morning from the Broad Street Station at 9 A. M., via R. F. and P. to Washington, then by B. O. and O. to Newark, arriving about 6 P. M. Petersburg Elks will also go on this train. Many friends will accompany the Elks on this trip. Be sure and get your certificate so that you can get the half fare on the return trip. On this trip will go four of the members of the Old Sixth Battalion Band that took part 25 years ago in Grant's Memorial parade in New York. You will be on the Elks Band—Mosers, Walker Benjamin, Albert Minnis, James Taylor and Cornelius Freeman. Mr. B. P. Vanderwall wrote up an account of that parade for this paper, and will also write up this trip. This band was in great evidence last year at their meeting in Boston with the song, "Mammay" as its feature, "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia." Let all former Virginians give the boys a hearty welcome when them disembark at Newark, on August 21, at 6 P. M. If you have not met them, meet them with the Elks to Newark, N. J. The fare in $18.05 for the round trip—and root, root for Richmond, Va. for the next annual meeting place. Some of those who will go are A. J. Brown, Robert Brown, William Travers, William Smith, John H. Walker, Captain W. S. Cowan, John P. White, Harrison Deane, William B. Smith, Jr., Cicero Lomax, Isaiah Hill, Goodie Payne, Lucian Taylor, Reuben Waller, Edward Black are a few of the old boys who are going. Many of the Daughter Elks, with their friends will accompany the declaration. NATIONAL BAPTIST CONVENTION BATES ARE GRANTED. Sessions to be Held at Nashville, Tenn. September 6, 1422, 1922. One and One-Half Fare For The Round Trip Authorized by the Railroads Cleveland, Ohio. (Special.) One and half fare for the round trip to the National Baptist Convention to be held at Nashville, Tennessee, September 6-13, 1922 has been granted by all the railroads companies in the United States. This rate is on the Certificate Plan. This statement was made by Rev. Boston J. Prince, D. D., the president of the Railroad Commission of the National Baptist Convention, with headquarters at 2218 E. 37th street, then city. Dr. Prince has just been recently called to and has accepted the pastorate of the Shiloh Baptist Church, the largest congregation in the city. The recent statement issued to the Baptist of the country is as follows: The President, Officers and Concertium: Dear Brettron:—This communication comes to announce the rate of one and one-half fare to the National Baptist Convention which will convene at Nashville, Tennessee, September 6-12, 1922 on the Certificate Plan. The saving date will be September 2-28th, the validating date September 8th, honoring date September 14, 1922. All persons whom this may concern I desire that when you arrive on the grounds or special trains, turn over all Certificates to your state leader, and if on the grounds, to the secretary, Harry W. Knight who will cater for same and turn over to you after period of validation. I desire further that as far as it is possible that all messengers will try this year to assist us by staying mature and period of validation. I believe that all persons will see to it that you come prepared to stay during the Convention period. I here appeal to the fire constituency to do as far as possible what is required by the roads. Hoping you will co-operate with us in making this one of the most pleasant sessions, I am Yours respectfully, BOSTON J. PRINCE, D. D. Pres. Nat. Baptist R. B. Com VA. DRY AGENTS ARREST REV. GEORGE LUCAS. Leading Citizens of Both Races Very Indignant Over The Matter. (Preston News Service.) Gladstone, Va., Aug. 18.—During the vigorous drive of the Virginia dry forces here last week the Rev. George Lucas, a leading respectable minister of the Gospel here was arrested, charged with having one gallon of corn whiskey and twelve gallons of blackberry wine stored in his home, Rev. Lucas' case was held over until the next term of the Nelson county grand jury, being released on bond of $500 for an appearance at that time. The leading white and colored city zone was theignant because the officers arrested him. He bears a splendid reputation in this town. It is claimed by them that the intoxicants were for the administration of the Holy Communion. CROWD KILLS MAIL CARRIER. Newborn, N. C., Aug. 16.—The colored people of Swannsboro, a small village near here, are up in arms over the report that a crowd of colored men is alleged to have killed Cy Jones a rural mail carrier. The report has attracted considerable attention and excitement runs high throughout the entire length and breadth of Onslow county. It is said that the colored people in Swannsboro claim that some white men had blackened their faces and attacked the mail carrier and to escape consequences of the crime started a response. Negroes committed the crime. Feeling afraid to be intense in the village, and between the races is expected at any time. County officials are taking every precaution to suppress the slightest evidence of violence. THE FEDERAL CONFERENCE ON THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC Representatives of Labor in the great rail strike called on Harding for a conference lasting a long while. Left to right the men are, J. A. Franklin (Bollermakers) J. M. Burns (Sheet Metal) T. Healy (Fire Workers) Bert M. Jowell (Chairman) James Kline (Blacksmiths) Martin Ryan (Carmen) W. H. Johnstone (Machinists) and Ed. J. Evans (Electrician). JUDGE MATTHEWS ASKS FOR AN INVESTIGATION OF LEXING (STATE NEWS Service) Macon, Ga., Aug. 18— in charging the July 11 grand jury specially enunciated to investigate the lynching of John Glover, alleged shyer of a deputy sheriff, and two other Negroes, that the law is a thoultt told a stronger than the mob and that lawless violence must be sup pressed at all harbors, Judge Matthews of the Bibb county Superior Court, has set in motion machinery for a thorough investigation of all lawlessness prior to and subsequent to the lynching of John Glover. THOUGHT FIRE ALARM BOX A PLACE TO DEPOSIT MAIL. (Preston News Service). Augusta, Ga., Aug. 17.—Considerable excitement was caused here last Wednesday night when John Scott absent-mindedly walked up to a fire alarm box, opened it and deposited a letter. In doing so he pulled the lever and sounded the fire alarm. When Scott saw the fire engine and heard the bystanders shouting to the fireman that he was the man who caused the damage, Scott took to his heels but was 'staken' and escorted to the police station. At the hearing the next morning Scott told the magistrate that he was terrified over some domestic troubles and was writing to his brother up north for tense and was really not thinking what he was doing when he dropped the letter, in the fire alarm box which caused all the excitement. After hearing Scott's story the judge imposed a small fine on Scott for turning in a false alarm and then told him to make it a point in the future to be sure he was depositing letters as the fire department and the post office department were two distinct agencies for public service. Be sure which one you want to serve you in the future. TEACHERS NAMED FOR ENSUING SCHOOL YEAR (Presston News Service). Rockville, Md., Aug. 18.—Prof. Eowin W. Bromine, Superintendent of Public Schools for Montgomery County, has announced the appointment on Miss Mattie D. Sanders as principal of the Old Union Colored School; and Miss Goldie T. Penkes as principal of the Brighton Colored School, for the ensuing school year here. VOLSTEAD ACT HAS REALLY DONE SOME GOOD. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 18.—In discussing the nation-wide campaign being conducted by the Literary Digest as to public sentiment in reference to public opinion on the Volstead act and the wet and dry measure in general a writer in one of the local dailies has the following to say, "Let it be written down to the glory of the Volstead law that it hailed fast the doors of the Ritz-Carlton cafe as it previously nailed fast the doors of the Entertainers cafe of equally fadorous memory. Judge Wilkerson of the United States District Court has ordered that the promises be shut up for one hour. Where Negroes and white of both sexes disported nightly at night long in naughty dresses, the manifold indecencies of the place have been brought to an end because bad liquor as well as bad morals were conspicuously present. "The efficient agents of the Committee of 15 who have been working for many weeks to shut up this place on abominations, find that the useful injunction and abatement law of Illinois is admirably supplemented by the Volstead act, since liquor is a boon companion of lowness. So the insolent parade of black-and-tan immorality which takes a weary while to pass a given point when that point is law enforcement, has been dispersed and the Ritz-Carlton is now an evit memory." JACK MILLS RETURNS FROM A TRIP THRU WEST. Jack Mills, of Jack Mills, Inc. 15a West 45th street returned Monday from a trip to the important Middle Western trade centers, and reported business there as lively short of phonemal. Numbers must in demand, Mills learned, were "Kitten on the Keys," "Deedle Deedle Dum," "Finale Hoppers," "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shoan" and "Dear Old Southland." RAIL STRIKERS CALL ON HARDING Drowned Man's Body Recovered. (Preston News Service.) Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 18.—The body of Arthur Brown aged 27 years; a dockhand on the excursion steamer, Homer Smith, who was drowned last Tuesday afternoon in the Monongabella river at the foot of Wood street, was recovered early last Thursday but several hundred feet below Wood street. It is reported that Brown jumped from the steamer into the river while bathing and as he plunged into the water his head must have struck something knocking him unconscious or killing him instantly for he never came to the surface again. Other men members of the steamer's crew began searching for him immediately and other proved futile. The dead man's head has a deep gash in which it is believed is the cause of Jib death. OFFICERS EVADE MOB WITH INTENDED VICTIM. Preston News Service. Claremont, Okla., Aug. 17—Sherwin Ridenor outwitted a mob at the Craig County jail in Vinita last Thursday night and possibly saved Oklahoma from being disgraced, with anousus southern pastime when he and his deputies calmly and coolly escort- Elias Ridge, the alleged murderer of Mrs. George Adair, to safe-keeping here in the Rogers county jail. According to the report Sheriff Ride nour invited the angry mob to mob the jail and see for themselves that the prisoner was not there. It is sas. that Ridge was standing behind the door opened to admit the mob. When the searchers had passed into the building, Ridge, with his hat pulled over his eyes, leisurely walked out the jail with two deputy sheriffs walking apparently unconcerned near him. About two blocks down the street the three men entered a parking automobile which whisked them to this city. It is said that Ridge has confessed that he murdered Mrs. Adair. REV. J. C. AUSTIN PRASSES THE GARVEY MOVEMENT (Preston News Service) [News Service] Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 16—Rev. J. C. Austin, pastor of Blenner Baptist church here, returned from New York City where he held an address last week at the N. I. A., consecrate, Dr. Austin said last Sunday. "The psychology of the Carvey movement is not a child's play. Mr. Carvey has the eye and ear of the government of the world and we owe it to ourselves the generations to come to use with this great movement while the world looks on. The interpretation of white men and narrow-minded, self-conceited black men have put upon the movement is unjust." LILY-WHITES IN CONTROL IN MONTGOMERY. Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 19.—One of the hottest republican cases ever witnessed in Montgomery county was held here last Tuesday afternoon. The Lily white wing of the republican party here took complete charge of the newly formed organization. The representation was divided, but the white section outvoted the Negro element on all issues and questions. If the organization perfected at the meeting is recognized, (and there is every reason to believe it will be) by the state republican convention, the local organization will be completely controlled by the lily whites. According to the report there were seven Negro women in the meeting and they contested bitterly every issue that came before the meeting. These are said to have declared that they are not through with the contest for they plan to carry their fight to the state convention. LEAGUE FORMED TO OPPOSE KU KLUX KLAN. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 17.—In an effort to form a concerted nation-wide action to curb the pernicious activities of the nefarious Kui Klux Klan it is announced that an organization to be known as the American Unity League has been formed by a church Samuel Fallowes of the Reformed Episcopal church as honorary chalman, and Patrick H. O'Connell, a prominent local attorney, as chalman. THE Y. M. C. A. NOTES The Y. M. C. A. building was visited by many of the delegates of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and they were at home. We are always glad to welcome strangers. A great time in Richmond. Last Sunday was stormy yet the boys and men were active for service. The workers' meeting 9:30 A. M. 10 a.m. 10 A. M. the meeting in the penitentiary was full of the spirit and at took part in the hour. The women were greatly helped. The work in the city jail and city home by the committee was not forgotten by the committee. Special prayer was offered for this work. 10 A. M. 4 P. M. Master David Curtis a member of the executive committee of the Boy's Department. Subject: Deceit. It was crowded with the best of thoughts take a little time with the boys and lend them into the right path and they will be blessing. Songs were full. Glad to have had Rev. Philips who gave the boys much encouragement. The meeting for the men 5:30 P. M. at the building was very helpful. Subject: Consecration. Men be on time Sunday ready for hard work and the other man. At the building 9:30 A. M. the workers will have a run before meeting. A good time for boys 4' P. M. at the building. Be one. 5:30 P. M. at the building the meeting for men will be conducted by the John Jasper Jesse Bible Class of the 6th Mt. Zion Bible Church, Sunday School. Come and help to make this one of the greatest. Mr. N. W. Bouldin president, Teacher, Darius Harris, Be a man. Do not forget to pray for the work of the Y. M. C. A. TEEDLE DEDLE DUMP POPULAR IN ATLANTIC CITY. That "Dedcle Decdele Dum," that funny little fox-trot published by Jack Mills, Inc. is the outstanding number in the foremost emporiums of entertainment at Atlantic City was the news brought back to New York headquarters of the House of Jace Mills this week by Irving Mills, who the week end in that famous resort. Bury the theatre, dance hall and restaurant. Mr. Mills reported was playing reported encres of this popular fox-trot, and it is easily the most requested tune in Atlantic City Y. W. C. A. NOTES. On last Wednesday morning at Main Street station when we were saving "Good-bye" to our Kittrell derogation, we realized that our hopes were fulfilled and that Richmond would be splendidly represented at the Kittrell Conference. A jolly, lively bunch, full of "peep," they entertained us with music and the songs. The trip was delighted to meet Miss Chayla Williams and to have her accompany them on their trip. Making up our delegation are: Miss Viola L. F. Chapham, Secretary, Advisors, Misses Beatrice Edmonds, Charissa Kyles, Alto Johnson, Louise Johnson, Sadie Daniels; Aim High Club; Misses Rosa Fletcher, Tabitha Aloxander, Elijah Johnson Eva Bogsweet, Crump, Girl Reserves: Misses Elsa Gaines, Almeria Edmonds, Grace Lewis, Henrietta Barrett, Catherine Barrett, Myrtle Griffin, Thelma Jonkins; Burnell Lee, Dr. Besslo B, Tharps is to join the group this week. We were pleased to welcome 128 visitors at our "Y" during Federation week. 98 of this number were delegates attending the N. A. C. W., every state delegation being represented in list of callers. The entire building was directed by our visitors who expressed their delight and pleasure in their visit. The following guests were registered at the "Y" last week: Miss Crystal Byrd and Dr. Sarah Brown of the National Staff, Miss A. Bowden, San Antonio, Tex.; Miss A. Dixon, Tuskegee Alabama; Mrs. C. R. Wood, Knoxville Tenn. Several good positions for domestic help have been listed with us. We would ask the women and girls who would like employment to file their names with us. We are unable to supply all the help requested and would like to assist our girls in getting good jobs. You are invited to call at our building, 515 North Seventh St. and see us. --- FALCON SENATORS INSPECT UNCLE SAM'S NEWEST SUBMARINE AT WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. Showing the three Senators of the Naval Committee, left right, Senators F. Hale, Maine; H. W. Keyes, New Hampshire and T. H. Newberry, Michigan, on the deck of the S-50, the latest addition to Uncle Sam's submarine fleet, photographed after their visit of inspection recently at the Washington Navy Yard. The new submarine is equipped with 2 Diesel engines that develop 15 H. P. The ship is 240 feet long; can travel 15 knots on the surface, submerges in 58 seconds, carries a 4 inch gun shot above, 3 periscopes, 5 torpedo tubes and a crew of 37, and can over two million dollars. Showing the three Senators of the Naval Committee, left to right, Senators F. Hale, Maine; H. W. Keyos, New Hampshire and T. H. Newberry, Michigan, on the deck of the S-50, the latest addition to Uncle Sam's submarine fleet, photographed after their tour of inspection recently at the Washington Navy Yard. The new submarine is equipped with 2 Diesel engines that develop 1800 H. P. The ship is 240 feet long; can travel 15 knots on the surface, submerges in 58 seconds, carries a 4 inch gun shown above, 3 periscope, 5 torpedo tubes and a crew of 37, and cost over two million dollars. THE VILLAGE OF MALTA NEW TRAIL, NEAR YELLOWSTONE DEDICATED. Looking thru one of the mountain rock formations on opening of a trail of romance—the Hiback Canyon highway the very heart of the West of old time tradition, between Springs and Kemmerer, Wyoming and the south entrance of lowstone National Park, thru the Jackson's Hole region. This was officially dedicated by Governor Robert D. Carey of WY recently. Looking thru one of the mountain rock formations onto the opening of a trail of romance—the Hhback Canyon highway thru the very heart of the West of old time tradition, between Rock Springs and Kemmerer, Wyoming and the south entrance of Yellowstone National Park, thru the Jackson's Hole region. The road was officially dedicated by Governor Robert D. Carey of Wyoming recently. THE BASEBALL PLAYER "SIZZLER" ONE OF THE LEADING SWAT SMITHS. Baseball experts are of the opinion that George Sisler, first baseman of the St. Louis American League team is valuable than ever this season. With his mighty bludgeon I the ball at a lively clip he has boosted the morale of his team is still clinging tenaciously to first place. Baseball experts are of the opinion that George Sisler, crack first baseman of the St. Louis American Loague team is more valuable than ever this season. With his mighty bludgeon hitting the ball at a lively clip he has boosted the morale of his team which is still clinging tenaciously to first place. WAR DEPARTMENT COMMISSIONS MORE HOWARD STUDENTS. Thirty-five (35) Howard Students Receive Training at Camp Mendo —Cadets Win Many Prizes at Shooting Range. Camp Meado, Maryland.—In addition to the seventeen (17) Howard University students commissioned from the Howard University R. O. T. C. Unit as Second Lieutenants in the Reserve Army of the United States by the Assistant Secretary of War, Hon. J. Mayhow Wainwright, at the Howard University Commencement exercises in June, six (6) other Howard students were awarded commissions as Second Lieutenants in the United States Reserve Army by Brigadier-General Martin at the close of the summer R. O. T. C. Infantry Camp. U. S. A., Camp Meado, Maryland J:y 24th. Brigadier General Martin's full staff was present with him at the exercises. The following named men received the commissions: Walter A. Adams, ors of the Naval Committee, left to me; H. W. Keyes, New Hampshire and the deck of the S-50, the latest addi- cio, fleet, photographed, after their tour to Washington Navy Yard. The new 2 Diesel engines that develop 1800 t long; can travel 15 knots on the seconds, carries a 4 inch gun shown to tubes and a crew of 37, and cost the mountain rock formations onto the e—the Hibback Canyon highway thru of old time tradition, between Rock ming and the south entrance of Yel- the Jackson's Hole region. The road governor Robert D. Carey of Wyoming opinion that George Sisler, crack American Loague team is more With his mighty bludgeon hitting osted the morale of his team which est place. Des Moines, Iowa; Robert L. Pollard, Houston, Texas; Robert J. Madison, Mobile, Alabama; Samuel R. Cheerser, Albany, Georgia; Julian J. Evans, Washington, D. C.; and Arthur W. Ferguson, Richmond, Virginia. The closing exercises of the Howard University Unit of the Reserve Officers Training Corps were held Mon day evening, July 24th, when the men entertained the officers with a Smoker. Cadet Arthur W. Ferguson acted as tastmaster and presented Colonel N. M. Cartmell, the Commander of the unit who spoke in very high terms of the men under his command. The other officers who spoke were Colonel Vansole and Helms, Major Burne, Captains Brett, Heraty and Lockhart. The medals won by the men and the camp certificates were given out per personally he each successful cadet by Colonel Cartmell, who then presented Brigadier General Martin, the Commander of the Camp Meade Training Center, who presented the commissions to the six cadets who were eligible to receive them. Brigadier General Martin expressed himself as highly pleased with the type of work done by the men, and said he considered it an honor to have the pleasure of present- --- THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA ing these men commissions signed by the President of the United States as Second Lieutenants in the National Reserves of the U. S. Army. Thirty-eight (38) Howard Students attended the summer Reserve Officers Training Camp at Camp Meade this year. Quite a number of the men made high ratings at the shooting range. Among the number were Albert J. Hdfmes of Baltimore who was the only cadet to qualify as an expert rifleman, receiving a prize of $12.50, having scored 293 out of a possible 350 points; Arthur W. Ferguson, of Richmond, Va. the only cadet to qualify as a sharpshooter, scoring 287 points. The cadets who qualified as marksmans were: Walter Adams, Linnear H. Bryant, Puris V. Chesson, Alonza L. Eaton, Julian J. Evans Clemens H. Fitzgerald, Menthorn E. Harrold, Edwin D. Johnson, Robert J. Madison, Grant M. Robinson, Horace C. Scott, William苏iller, Edward U. Taylor, Theodore O. Walker and James H. Young. Commissions will doubtless be awarded to fifty-five (55) Howard men next June, including those who attended camp this summer and those who will complete the course in the Howard University, R. O, T. C. Unit, with an additional year's military training. M. HEALTH OF LIVE STOCK IN THE HANDS OF THIS MAN. John R. Mohler, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Department of Agriculture, and in charge of investigation, control and eradication of diseases of animals, inspection and quarantine of live stock inspection of meat and meat products, supervision of viruses, sorums and toxins used on animals and also animal husbandry and dairying. Mary C. ONE OF UNCLE SAM'S ABLE YOUNG "PORTIAS." This shows Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrhan, Assistant Attorney General, who is in charge of enforcing all the Government taxation statutes other than the customs, in eighty-six Federal districts. THE WEEKLY PRESS .. FOR) THE SPORT GALLERY. 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The Management ask your Patronage—Thirty years experience in Professional and Export Service—We Supply Sunday Schools Literature and Portioideals—Send your renewal blanks to Richmond, American Bapt. Publication Society-National Bapt. Publishing Board BOX 648. FIVE THE LADY OF THE ROOM MMIE. IDA B. JEFFERSON, LONGVIEW, TEXAS W. T. GRAY WAINWRIGHT SAYS THAT THE CHASTITY OF OUR RACE WOMEN IS ALWAYS AT STAKE Read The Richmond Planet Present day conditions demand that you should read a reliable race journal. Read our Prize Offer. Bring us your Job Work. Prices are high, but so is everything else and we will do your work at the lowest possible price. All kind of Job Work done at this office. Our linotypes are busy, but we can still do job work. THE PLANET, 311 N. Fourth Street Long Distance Telephone, Randolph 2213. Richmond, Va. SIX (Preston News Service.) (By R. Leonard Wainwright.) Charleston, S. C., Aug. 18—Many a race man unknowingly sacrifices his life in southern cities attempting to defend the chastity of our women. Commenting on these unpleasant conditions Mr. Wainwright has the following to say: "The following actually happened up on the streets of a fair sized southern city and will serve as an illustration depicting the chances that the colored population of these cities have in receiving protection from the minions of the law. "A young man was in conversation upon the streets with a young woman of his race who could easily, and with out detection pose as an Anglo-Saxon. The conversation was brief, being merely a friendly greeting after a form at college. The young man was according to Andrew Y. Robinson's 'Negro Types' (which he recently published in Leslie's Weekly) a brown skin. After an exchange of greetings the couple went in opposite directions, a few feet away from where he and the young lady stood was a policeman. When the young man reached the spot where the 'copper' stood, he was stopped. 'Isn't that a white girl?' the copper asked 'Am I white?' the young man replied. 'D—n' roared the copper, 'she sure looks white, and such pretty features. Do you think I could meet her?' 'Do you think I could meet a white woman?' the young man queried, 'and if I did meet one you would be the first to suggest the rope' he declared. 'You can meet her if you care to, but the same fate that is meted out to a Negro man will be yours' continued the young man with emphasis. At this period of the conversation the sergeant appeared and the copper went to report. "Instances like the above is to the careful observer an every-day occurrence and in number of cases the coper usually has his way, which is due to the unprincipled ways of many of our men, who for a measley few dollars will willingly entrap our women for these dirty immoral brutes. This practice is not confined to the south, but is almost universal. Then to, too many of our women consider it an honor (?) to be a paramount of a white man. "Coming back to the main topic-- How can the Negro man feel safe in cities with only white policemen, most of whom are always on the lookout, for the good and refined women of our race and will stop short of nothing to carry out their feindish desires? "The future of the race depends largely upon the battery that the Ne- gro men place to protect their woman hood, and Negro men can only build such a battery when they are sure that their women are not unwrapped with the white solos. Many a Negro man has unknowingly sacrificed his life in as he thought protecting the honor and chastity of his race, only to have his survivors assail his unsought protection, for in many instances such action is not appropriated by the woman herself. "A higher standard of morality is our pressing need, with absolute ostracism for both men and women known or caught intermingling. The purity of the race must be preserved at all hazards." EIGHT REINDICTED IN LOUISA SHOOTING. Louisa, Va., Aug. 7—Eighth of the nine men who are charged with shooting up the home of Rev. J. R. Glenn, at Pendleton, Va., last June were rebounded by a special grand jury here to day, which had aroused such great interest in this community that the courthouse was packed with what is said to have been the largest crowd that ever attended a trial here. When the trial opened today Commonwealth's Attorney Bibb asked that a special grand jury be immediately impanued to reindict the men, as the original indictments did not specify whether the attempted murder was in the first or second degree. The motion was sustained, a special jury called and eight of the indictments turned true bills. Under the new indictments the men are charged with attempted murder in the first degree and if convicted, can be sentenced to from two to five years in the penitentiary. 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SO o Fo Soe SSO SESE Soe 35 <n fl Beg pvowlsed Techanics Savings Bank, Richmond, Virginia itchell, Jr., President A. A. Tennant, Vice-Pres --- EIGHT EVERY CONSIDERATION SHOWN INDIAN POLITICAL LEADER. Bombay, Aug. 5.—That Mahatma Gandhi has been receiving every possible consideration from the authorities of the Sabarmati jail, where he is confined is evident from the reports of the many friends who have visited him. Gandhi spends at least half an hour each day in spinning and is devoting his remaining energy to literary work. He is allowed to have his own food brought to him. Goat's milk toast, oranges and raisins constitute his usual diet. One who visited Gandhi in jail recently described his life there as follows: "Ever since his arrest the authorities have been very kind and considerate. They place no restrictions on interviews, but grant as many as it is possible to arrange for. At these interviews either the superintendent or the jailer is present." "Gandhi sits in the veranda in front of his cell with a quilt on the floor and with two pillows at his back, in the same style as in his own home. Visitors are taken inside the jail and Gandhi receives them in his veranda. They discuss all sorts of questions, no restrictions being made as to the subjects for conversation. "The Mabutma is allowed to receive all his letters and even to reply to them with the condition that the letters are countersigned and passed by the superintendent. "The prisoner's usual food consists of goat's milk, tast, oranges and raisins. These are brought to him three times a day. Several months ago Gandhi made a vow not to take his second meal without spinning for at least half an hour. He has been able to observe this even while in jail. "I was really surprised to see the progress he has made in spinning. Last year, when he was in Punjab, he was a mere novice, hardly turning out yarn of 5 counts but now he has not proved so much that he not only spins faster, but the yarn is of 25 to 30 counts. I do not think there will be any difficulty for the Government in providing him with the simple food he wants, as it will not cost the authorities any more than they are prepared to spend on an ordinary prisoner. "One noticeable fact was that at no time did he break any of the jail regulations. If he is treated differently it is not due to any request on his part but due rather to the initiative of the authorities themselves, who are very courteous and anxious to oblige. "He was always cheerful, and looked upon his arrest as a matter for great rejoicing to the country. To all questions as to what would happen in the future he gave the answer that non-cooperation, if carried on property was bound to succeed. Gandhi intends to devote much of his time to writing about his past experiences. He may even write an autobiography. His immediate task in this line is the writing of a pamphlet on the movement in South Africa." In Memoriam. Ellerson, Va.,—In loving memory of my son, McClallan Dabney who departed this life two years ago, August 15, 1920 in Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, D. C. Two years have passed dear son, Since I have seen you, But I love you just the same, And the time will come, That I shall see your face again. God knows I love you, But He loves you the best, And He has taken you home to rest. His loving mother, —VIRGINIA E DABNEY. In Memoriam. In sad but loving memory of my little daughter, Dorothy D. Neal, who died one year ago, August 21, 1921. In the grave yard safely sleeping, Where the flowers gently wave; Lies one I loved so dearly, In her silent grave. I often think of you darling, When I am all alone; For memory is the only friend, That grief can call its own. Days of sadness still come over me, Secret tears often flow, But memory keeps you near me, Though you died one year ago. Sleep on darling and take your rest, God called you home; He thought it best. He saw your suffering here was great And open wide the Golden gates. Darling how hard I tried to save you, Prayers and tears were all in vain; Happy angels came and took you From this world of care and pain. I often think of you dear Dorothy, When my heart is sad with pain; This world would be a heaven, Could I but hear your sweet voice Her devoted mother. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HERE. Mr. Nahum Daniel Brascher, editor-in-chief of the Associated Negro Press Inc., in company with Mr. H. H. Price called on us last week, Editor Blascher spoke at the Ebenezer Baptist Church Thursday night, 11th inst., before a large and enthusiastic audience. of the closing of the said Bank; that your petitioners are informed that the President, Hon. John Mitchell, Jr., has, since the closing of the said Bank, entered into an agreement, satisfactory of the Banking Department of Virginia, thereby removing all of the objections existing prior to the closing of the said Bank and that, if your petitioners are correctly informed on this point, they feel that all objections have been removed and that the Bank and its property should now be turned over to its owners; that, your petitioners have been informed, they are entitled to a hearing before your honorable Court in the suit known by the short style of "State Corporation Commission Against Mechanics Savings Bank;" and that they believe, should your Honor give them a hearing through their petitioners, that you will order the receivers to turn over the property of said Bank to owners. Your petitioners humbly pray that they, in their individual capacity and as a Committee representing the depositors assembled at the City Auditorium, as aforesaid and others who have requested that the said Committee make known their wishes to your Honor's Court, may be heard through said Committee and individually; and that they may be made party defendants in the suit of State Corporation, Commission against the Mechanics Savings Bank; that the property of the said Mechanics Savings Bank be turned over to the owners and officers of the said Mechanics Savings Bank and that the same may be re-opened by the directors of the said Mechanics Savings Bank at as early a date as practicable; that the relief sought may be obtained on behalf of the depositors of the said Bank; that all other, further and general relief may be granted your petitioners as if specifically prayed for in this bill. In duty bound, they will ever pray. Signed. Signed: J. W. THOMPSON. J. H. BINFORD. J. THOMAS HEWIN. MAGGIE L. WALKER A. W. HOLMES. JNO. B. PRICE. JANIE W. ELAM. GEO. W. BROWN. R. S. NELSON. LITTLE DOVE CLUB. C. P. HAYES. A. D. PRICE. K. S. THOMAS. Rev. J. Y. Harris moved that the report he received. Unanimously carried. He then moved that it be adopted. Unanimously carried. Mrs. Ethel Lewis rendered a solo with charming sweetness. John Mitchell, Jr., was introduced and explained the situation. He began his remarks by stating, "I am ready." He explained his position in the matter and announced that all the money needed to open the bank was now available. He was applauded. At the conclusion of his remarks that sweet-toned singer, Mrs. Mary E. Satterfield rendered a selection to the satisfaction of the audience. A vote of thanks was extended to all parties participating. The meeting adjourned, subject to call, with Mr. Joseph Matthews and his band rendering a most amusing selection. Benediction was announced by Rev. W. E. Brown. On the rostrum were: John Mittenger Jr., Dr. Albert A. Tonnant, Rev. Dr. W. T. Johnson, Dr. J. M. G. Ramsey, Attorney J. Thomas Hewin, Rev. J. O. Cook and Rev. W. E. Brown. The latest development in the closing of the Mechanics Savings Bank is a petition filed yesterday in the Chancery Court of Richmond, His Honor, William A. Monure, presiding, on behalf of the depositors asking that they be made a party to the case and that John Mitchell, Jr., President of the Mechanics Savings Bank be required to come into court and deposit the securities as required by the Banking Division of the State Corporation Commission. This John Mitchell, Jr. is ready and willing to do. A monster petition was prepared and signed up at the meeting of the depositors last Thursday night at the City Auditorium. NO GOOD REASON There is no good reason why the Bank should not reopen at once as Judge Moneuro provided in the decree for an early report and much inconvenience is caused, societies, lodges, business institutions and individuals by the tying up of their money for so long a period. Many others have money to deposit and have been prevented from so doing by this state of affairs. MOVE LOOKS TO REOPENING OF MECHANICS. News Leader, Richmond, Va., Aug. 17, 1922.) A petition will be presented to Judge Moncure, in the chancery court tomorrow by counsel for depositors of the Mechanics' Savings Bank, asking that John Mitchell, Jr., president of the institution, be required to come into court and show cause why he has not complied with the ruling of the banking division of the state corporation commission that he supply $33,500, with interest, as security for notes held to be not properly secured, in order that the bank may resume business without further day. It is said that President Mitchell is prepared to comply with this requirement and indeed, is anxious to do so. The technique of the procedure might mislead a casual lay reader into the misapprehension that it is antagonistic to President Mitchell, but such is not the fact, as it is undertaken by those concerned in order to facilitate the president's object which is to has ten resumption of business by the bank. In the meantime, the receivers, are THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA asking all individual depositors to turn in their books in order that final check may be made of assets and liabilities. Assuming the widely-scattered books is a slow process A meeting of depositors of the bank is announced for tonight at the city auditorium. At that time statements in relation to the affairs of the institution will be made and assurances given that the bank is, as contended all along by President Mitchell, solvent and ready to resume business as soon as it is allowed to do so. The Mechanics Savings was ordered closed by the banking division of the state corporation commission Saturday, July 15. On the following Monday, upon petition of the corporation commission, Judge Moncure appointed receivers to take charge; naming James W. Gordon of Smith and Gordon and John Rendolph Tucker. Judge Moncure's order sought to impress the desirability of a speedy report by the receivers, it being represented to the court in the petition for receivers that there was reasonable ground for the belief that the band might be in position to resume business upon discharge of the receivership. JIM CROW CARS CAUSE COMPANY'S DEFICIT (Preston News Service.) NASS SERVICE Danville, Va., Aug. 18.—Officials of the Danville Traction and Power Company are worried as to just how to conduct the local street car system in a way to make the business profitable. Some are inclined to blame the shortage in revenues on the presence of such a large number of fliver owners here, but a majority of them are of the opinion that the real cause of the falling off of revenues is tan white and colored people are allowed to use the same doors of the street car for entrance and exit. The company, announced its intention to put on one man cars to cut down operating expenses, but this plan is being bitter, by opposed by various citizens', clubs and organizations, and it is thought the railways company will abandon this idea. A prominent official of the company is alleged to have stated that he thought the only way out of this perplexing dilemma is to construct street cars with separate entrances and exits for white and colored people. "You just can't mix these white and colored people down south especially in public conveyances," he said. BILLY KING AND HMOO' HINE." Billy King's "Moonshine" and his forty boot-leggers have been entertaining the theatre-goers at the Rayo Theatre this week. This is the most ludicrous burlesque on the prohibition movement as yet staged in this neighborhood and may be well-designated as a "seream" from start to finish. The humor of the situations as presented is such as to keep one laughing almost continuously, except for the five minutes intermission for about two hours and a half. The play brings home though the dangers of this new-made liquor and when Billy King, who is a gorgeous sampler of all kinds of decoctions is assured by a boot-legger that the liquor he is vending is "bottled in bond" and six years old, he at once makes the reply that there is no liquor in the town that old for it is not allowed to get that old. The chorus girls and their male companions pleased the audience. The plenic scene and above all "Judge Booker's Court, with Billy King as the judge gave the audience another opportunity for unbounded mirth. Some one reported that the show was indecent and immoral and Chief Sherry designated Captain Shepherd the veteran official at the Second Police Station to go there last Wednesday night and give his opinion of the presentation. He went and gave his opinion unhesitatingly that there was nothing the matter with that show. He gave the management a clean bill much to the gratification of Billy King and to Manager Vaden, who had worked so hard to secure an attraction for the fun-loving people of Richmond. Blindfolded Typists. The Misses Verna Martin of Philadelphia and Marie Clarke of Wilmington, Del., students of the Stenographers' Institute, wrote on typewriters blindfolded at a high rate of speed for the benefit of the C. M. B. Church, Patton and Reed streets, last Thursday evening. Each lady earned 99 per cent for accuracy. Miss Claris his stenographer for Mr. Theodore Richardson, Real Estate; and Miss Martin is stenographer for G. T. Young, Inc., Migrs. They will graduate from Prof. Duncans school, Philadelphia, August 30th Wanted—A Printer WANTED—A Printer. One capable of getting out job work and a weekly paper. Big opening for a young man with a vision and a purpose. Address Editor The Voice, Rocky Mount, N. C. Juanita Sclinettco Features "Dear Old Southland." Juanita Stinnette, prima donna on Broadway's newest colored show, "The Plantation Revue," at the 48th St. Theatre is scoring nightly with her splendid rendition of the semi-classical, spiritual fox-trot, "Dear Old Southland" published by Jack Mills, Inc., and conceded by Creamer and Layton famed colored composers, to be their masterpiece. This makes the third Broadway production which has featured "Dear Old Southland," the other two being McIntyre and Heath's "Red Pepper" in which Laura Hoffman sang it, and "Strut Miss Lizzle," where it is featured by the composers FUI/TON NOTES. Although it was raining last Sabbath morning, we had a large number present in the Mt. Calvary Baptist Sunday School. Don't forget the 28th inst., we go to Alien's Park, with our annual picnic. Admission, Adults 75 Cents; Children 40 cents. Refreshments sold on the grounds. 11:30 A. M. Rev. Cobbs preached a powerful sermon from the book of Revelation. On the rostrum were: Revs. Fuller, Clarke and Jefferson, who took an active part in the services. The choir sank very sweetly under the leadership of Deacon Nathaniel Yates. 3:30 P. M. we witnessed the second anniversary of the Juvenile Department of the Sons and Daughters of Rescue Beneficial Club No. 2. Missress of Ceremonies was Miss Louise Bailey. A unique program was readened by the children. All of them played their part well. Miss Julia Sinus, one of their members and a scholar of our Sunday School was instrumental in bringing the society to Fulton. The sermon was preached by Rev. Cobbs, using for his subject, "Take this Child and Nurse it for Me." A large number of the adults of the Rescue accompanied the children, but the whole program was carried out by the children. Those who were absent missed a rare treat. Owing to the inclementy of the weather, the Biblical Discussion which was to be had by the Teacher's training class of the school was postponed. Because we had some people present and we requested Rev. Jefferson to preach which he did. Tomorrow at 9:30 A. M. we are expecting (you) to be present in the Sunday school. 11:30 A. M. our pastor will preach from the book of Revelations, using for his "subject: "John's Glorious Vision of the Church." Let us come and pack the building. He will preach a series of sermons from the book of Revelations all this month. 7:30 P. M. The Elder Iodge No. 55 of the Four and Twenty Elders will hold their second anniversary at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. Sermon by Rev. Cobbs. 8:30 P. M. A sacred concert for the benefit of Deacon James Jackson's club. A grand program will be rendered by some of the best talents of the city, solicited by Mrs. Lena Jackson, the wife of Deacon Jackson. The funeral services of Rev. Mrs. M. Fuller were held at the church last Thursday the 10th inst.. She was 63 years of age. Leaves a husband, three sons and one daughter to morun their loss. She had been married 40 years and true to her obligation. Rev. Cobbs preached. Solo's were rendered by Rev. Mrs. C. A. Cobbs and Mrs. Sissetta Washington. The services at the First Baptist church, Bermuda Hundreds last Sah bath were excellent. Rev. Spurlock preached two powerful sermons during the day. Rev. A. Spraylet a member of the church delivered a short ad dress after which the choir sang very low "Life is like a Mountain Railroad" during which time Rev. W. L. Tuck pulled the cord, which unvelled the picture of Rev. Miles Walker the first pastor of the church. The revival services begin tomorrow at the New Vine Baptist church, Charles City Co., Va. Rev. Tuck the pastor will preach in the morning and the rest of the week Rev. Cobbs, the pastor of Calvary Baptist church will conduct the services. Mrs. Nettie Sloan the wife of Mr. Thomas Sloan left on the 11th, of the month to spend 10 days vacation in Charlotte, N. C. We were graced with the presence of Mr. Berdie Logan last week. He is the brother of Miss Alma Logan, the acting Superintendent of the Mt. Calvary Baptist Sunday School. Remember that each Deacon of the Mt. Calvary Baptist church is leading a club for the fall rally. Let us enlist under one or the other clubs and do our bit. All of the members of the Fulton Council No. 117 Supreme I. O. S. Luke's are requested to be present at their meeting Monday evening at 8 P.M. A sacred concert will be given in honor of the Grand Board of Directors at the Union Level Baptist church. The public is invited. Admission free. After which the Board will be tendered a repast at the hall, opposite the church. G. W. Coleman, W. C.; C. B. Jefferson, W. F. S.; Rubie Watkins, W. R. S. RISING MOUNT ZION NOTES The Men's Bible Class of the Sunday School rendered an excellent program on last Sunday evening. A large crowd was in attendance and all present enjoyed this splendid and befitting program. The Men's Bible class has an average attendance of fifty members. It is their aim to reach the one hundred quota. They are asking each member to help them reach this mask The Sunday School will run its annual picnic to Allen's Park, Monday August 21st. We are asking each and every member to patronize our efforts. 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