Richmond Planet

This may be our last battle. We believe that it is the beginning of our final triumph. MAY 17, 1923 JOHN MITCHELL, JR THE RICHMOND PLANET ..A Happy and Prosperous Year to All.. VOLUME XLI, NO. 6 ..A H Y. M. C. A. SHOOTING AFFAIR IS DROPPED. Washington. Dec. 27.—District Attorney Poyton Gordon has nolle proxessed charges of assault with a dangerous weapon against Vantile C. Harris Aaron Bankett, Charles H. Smith Chester E. Lee, William Hope, Leroy Hamilton and Joseph Curtis, basketball players who are alleged to have attacked Joseph Hairston colored watch man, of the Twelfth Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A. This action of the District Attorney closes one of the most disgraceful affairs ever staged in this city. THE RAYO THEATRE TO OPEN. Second Street Playhouse to Open on January 3rd, Under New Management. It will no doubt be very welcome news to the large host of Theatre Lovers to learn that after being in darkness for a year the Rayo Theatre will no-open on Thursday, January the 3rd and entire new management. The new manager, Mr. B. H. Droste has taken on a lease on the Rayo for a term of years and states that he will make extensive alterations and improvements as quickly as possible one of the first improvements will be a wood and glass Storm Front across the entire Lobby which will assure a warm comfortable Lobby and a Cosy entrance to the Theatre proper. Mr. Droste, the new manager is a former Richmonder, having been born and raised in this city. For the past seventeen years he has been engaged in the Theatrical business in various parts of the United States and Canada and was just recently induced to return to Richmond and operate the Rayo Theatre. His thorough experience in the Theatre line assures the proper management of the Rayo under his personal direction, and he has personally pledged himself to offer the very best attractions that money can buy at the Rayo. When seen at his temporary office on Broad street yesterday Mr. Droste said: "For years I have wanted to return to Richmond and engage in the theatrical business here when the op-portunity came to me to take over the Rayo I came down from New York and looked over the ground I talked to some of the leading citizens, both colored and white, and they assured me that the Colored Race would welcome a Theatre catering to Ladies Gentlemen and Children, offering good clean amusement and run on a high class basis if that be true then the future success of the Rayo is already assured! Because it is my intention to give this house my personal attention I shall be on the ground at all times myself and I shall present the best that money can buy in Photo Plays, Vaudeville, Musical Comedy, Drama and Minstrels. I shall make frequent personal trips to Washington, Philadelphia, New York and other cities and endeavor to bring to Richmond and the Rayo Theatre a class of shows that you have never had here before If the Folks want - nice clean Theatre good shows for the Old and Young, a place of amusement run on a high class basis, for fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, husbands, wives and sweet-hearts, then I am here to give it to them! The prices of admission will be with in the reach of all, one price all the time, no matter how big the show is the price will be the same. Our policy will be two shows nightly at 7 and at 9 with Matinees on Monday. Thursday and Saturday at 3 P. M. I am leaving for Philadelphia and New York on Wednesday the 26th and when I get back I'll tell you all about my Surprise Show for the Grand Opening on Monday January 7th." As a Special preliminary engagement "Restitution" the Master Photo Play has been booked at The Rayo for three days January 3. 4 and 5th. Rev Roht. Downing will appear in person with this picture, which is aptly called "The Mystery of the Ages." Prof. Henry Watterson has been en 1924 HAPPY NEW YEAR. Godter gaged as Musical Director at the Rayo and will be on hand with his DeLuce Orchestra to furnish the musical programs, which assures a treat in this department. Mr John Poindexter has been engaged by Mr. Droste to act as his personal assistant in advertising and publicity work. GOING FROM HOME The following report appeared in the Boston, Mass., Guardian; WALKS. NO JIM-CROW. For An Indian- Gets Off Train and Walks 20 Miles in Virginia When Ordered Out of Car "For Whites"—Our Own Race Starting From D. of RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1923. C. Could Get in So-Called "White Coach" Refuse to Move Out When Train Goes Into Virginia. Richmond, Ma. Dec. 11.—A mass acre almost occurred on a late R. F. and P. train between Washington and Doswell when a conductor insisted that Joseph E. Oldshields a full-blooded Sioux Indian and grandson of the late famous Chief Red Cloud of North Dakota, should ride in the "Jim Crow" car or walk. Joe preferred the latter method and indigently stepped off the train at Doswell and walked the 20 odd miles into Richmond. SERVED IN WORLD WAR. The Indian, who had served through the World War with the United States marines re-enlisted recently in Chicago and was on his way to Quantum for training. He failed to recognize Quantum as the train passed through the city from Washington and the conduct or did not find him until the train neared Doswell. The conductor offered to carry him to Richmond, but refused to allow him to remain in the "white" section of the train, and Joe refused to ride in the "other" section. Joe walked into the marine recruiting station here and reported to Captain Strong. After his papers were examined and his story told the captain furnished him with transportation to Quantico and a letter "to whom a might concern," saying that Joseph E. Oldshields was not 'Colored,' but a descendant of one of the oldest and at one time most prominent families of America. Joe is a little more than six feet tall and weighs about 135 pounds. He is dark but his features are finely shaped and his hair is long, straight and black. He said he would be glad to get back in the marine uniform so there would be no chance of having his nationality confused. Funeral Director C. P. Hayes is in the business to give you satisfaction and to build up a great business by catering to your patronage. He will also serve you in moments of joy or in your haste to get to a railroad train. Matrimonial parties may call on him at any time they want him and when death comes, he will be found over the same telephone. Funeral Director Robert C. Scott, is at your call and he never heitates to give the most up-to-date service when you are in need. Anything in the funeral director's or livery business can be furnished by him promptly. His pleasing manner has been the subject of much comment. —Miss Alice C. Chiles of Washington D. C., is in the city for the holidays visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Chiles. —Mr. William Bradford of Baltimore, Md. spent the holidays here with relatives and friends. He left last Wednesday for home. —Mr. William E. Hope of Washington D. C., called on us. EMPORIA LUNCH ROOM QUICK SERVICE. GOOD THINGS TO EAT. MAD.5250-504 N. FIRST ST. All.. THE AMERICAN NEGRO ACADEMY CONVENES. Washington, Dec. 28.—On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, December 27 and 28, the American Negro Academy which has for its object the promotion of literature, science and art, the fostering of higher education, the culture of a form of intellectual taste, the publication of scholarly works, and the defense of the Negro against vicious assault, will hold its annual meeting in this city. The evening program begins at 7:30, at the Cleveland Community Center; while business sessions will be held each day in the library of the Musco-lit Club, 1327 R. St. northwest. Letter of Thanks. I wish to take this opportunity of thanking each and every one of you for all interest shown, deeds of kindness and words of sympathy expressed by you during the illness and subsequent death of my dear wife Hattie Harris Jefferson. Your kindness shown us during our hours of sadness and distress will always be remembered and most deeply appreciated. With sincere gratitude to you all. Her husband. In *memoriam*. FOSTER—In sad but loving remembrance of my devoted wife, Sadie Elizabeth Foster, who departed this life one year ago. December 24th, 1922. Today recalls sad memories Of one who has gone to rest. For those who think of her today. Are the ones who loved her best. HUSBAND, SON AND MOTHkg DEPOSITORS CAN SIGN Depositors and their organization can sign the petitions at Mrs. Adelaine G. Thompson's residence. 20 W. Leigh street; Mrs. Lucie C. E. Scutt. 1015 S. James St., Dr. Albert A. Tennant 4th and Cay Sts. Leonard D. Cephas. 803 N. Second St. The Planet Office. 311 N. 4th St. Mrs. D. J. Bradford 1018 St. John St. All are advised to act promptly. Many have been signing this week and the outlook is most encouraging. DR. C. McCONNEY, CHIROPRACTOR OF WASHINGTON. Dr. C. McConney, well-known Chiropractor of Washington. D. C., has come to Richmond to be located in order to render services to his race. He is the first colored chiropractor to come to our city to practice the wonderful science and healing art of chiropractic which has been a long-felt need among our people. There are only six chiropractors in the city of Richmond and all white, hense we feel proud to receive a man of our own race in the person of Dr. McConney to bring this new science to us which are the avenues of health. Dr. McConney is a graduate of the Bronx Chiropractic College of N. Y. and the Central Chiropractic College of Washington, also a graduate of the (Palmer System) Central Scientific College of Indianapolis, Indiana as Master of Science also the Columbus Institute of Physiotherapy. We welcome such a man as Dr. McConney and earnestly and sincerely hope that he may obtain the co-operation of our citizens of Richmond. Dr. McConney is located in the Mechanics Bank Building. Third and Clay Streets and has done extensive practice ni Washington D. C., for the restoration of health to those who never expected to be well again. —H. B. PHILLIPS For a few hours celebrants of the advent of the Christ-child will commemorate His Birthday. Some will revere the Christmas Day in a religious way. Some will exhaust mirth and music, with various adjuncts. in order to display their happiness. Some will receive presents and give none; others will give presents and receive none. And a few hours after the yuletide season has passed by, avaricious people will be at each others' throats again, and the "Sur- COLORFUL NEWS "MOVIES" 1. Congressional Hopes. "I have the honor of being urge the election of members, lature and to the Board of Ather and urge that the time is bers should represent this dis of State, John J. Lyons, of N the Appomattox Republican the Empire State. And HOPES sprang in the who would fain TROD the broadcast remedial oratory the FINE ONE, and Mr. Lyons to be congratulated in fostering motivation. But, sailor, what of fancies, all because the co to have marched themselves Hall and the Democratic Party knows. A few jobs have be big gift—the freedom from the ocratic platform—is as far from as ever. They have eyes, y The answer, then, is plain who forsook the Republican should, by now, rub their eye slumber. They know the motion in Congress, especially w builded upon the rocks of Resands of Tammany Hall and thing can be done if though with a common object in m will safely hold everybody. WHY JIM CROW I Colliers Weekly Give Causes Which Under "I have the honor of being the first Republican leader to urge the election of members of your race to the State Legislature and to the Board of Aldermen. I now wish to go further and urge that the time is at hand when one of your members should represent this district in Congress," said Secretary of State, John J. Lyons, of New York, in a recent address to the Appomattox Republican Club, a Negro organization of the Empire State. And HOPES sprang in the breasts of men, brave and bold, who would fain TROD the HALLS OF CONGRESS and broadcast remedial oratory far and near. The IDEA is a FINE ONE, and Mr. Lyons and the Appomattox Club are to be congratulated in fostering the parentage of such a splendid motivation. But, sailor, what of the night—the Arabian night of fancies, all because the colored voters of New York seem to have marched themselves into the barracks of Tammany Hall and the Democratic Party. Why they did it, no one knows. A few jobs have been handed out, 'tis true; but the big gift—the freedom from the alliance with the complete Democratic platform—is as far from the grasp of the BRETHREN as ever. They have eyes, yet they see not. The answer, then, is plain. The departed BROTHERS who forsook the Republican camp for the Democratic desert, should, by now, rub their eyes and wake up from their long slumber. They know the moral worth to them of representation in Congress, especially when that representation could be built upon the rocks of Republicanism rather than upon the sands of Tammany Hall and its guardian, Democracy. The thing can be done if thoughtful voters will assemble together with a common object in mind, built upon a platform which will safely hold everybody. WHY JIM CROW IS FLYING NORTH. Colliers Weekly Gives Graphic Review of Causes Which Underlie the Great Exodus (B. W. O. Saunders.) I am a Southern white man, born and raised in an old-fashioned Southern country town, where the population was about half black and na-white. I have lived nearly all my life in the South and close to colored people. When I was a child I loved my "ole black mammy" and played with Negro children without prejudice. But I grew up to dislike Negroes generally, just as almost everybody in the South does, for no particular reason at all except that "a nigger is a nigger." I came to manhood with a Southper's dislike and contempt for black folks: Once, or twice I searched my heart and mind for some basis for this dislike. At such times I satisfied myself by contemplating only vicious, indolent, shiftless improvident, dirty, rasg, id, ignorant, offensive type of Negro. I did not give much thought to any other kind or recognize that a new type of Negro was growing up. And then, a few years ago, a song sweoke me. It was more of a chant that was it, it was a new and strange song, the like of which I had never heard before: Boll weevil here boll weevil there; boll weevil everywhere; Oh, Lordy, ain't I glad! It was a Negro singing. He was a Georgia Negro, who with a score or more of his kind was employed on road construction in North Carolina. This was one of the songs that he he brought from the farther Southland That song haunted me. There was a note of genuine gladness, almost of exultation, in the voice singing it, not unfake the note one hears between lines in the Old Testament songs of Jews triumphing over the downfall of their enemies. It seemed a song of emancipation. I tucked the words and the music away in my memory because I pretty well knew that there was a story there somewhere. Negro songs have meaning. One who lives among the Negroes and studies them comes to know what is in their hearts and on their minds by the songs they sing. If a Negro hasn't an old song to fit his moods or thoughts of the moment, he improvises a new song as he works. He sits his hopes his fears his loves, and his hunger. A Negro dissatisfied with his job and planning to quit the works on the morrow may --- fWQ ing the first Republican leader to of your race to the State Legis-ldermen. I now wish to go fur- at hand when one of your mem-rict in Congress," said Secretary New York, in a recent address to Club, a Negro organization of the breasts of men, brave and bold, HALLS OF CONGRESS and ear and near. The IDEA is a is and the Appomattox Club are the parentage of such a splendid set of the night—the Arabian night colored voters of New York seem into the barracks of Tammany party. Why they did it, no one been handed out, 'tis true; but the alliance with the complete Demon the grasp of the BRETHREN set they see not. The departed BROTHERS camp for the Democratic desert, lives and wake up from their long oral worth to them of representa- when that representation could be publicanism rather than upon the its guardian, Democracy. The ful voters will assemble together and, built upon a platform which IS FLYING NORTH. s Graphic Review of lie the Great Exodus suddenly start from a fit of sullen silence and sing as he swings his ax or his shovel: 'Use a gwine to trabel, trabel trabel, in de mornin.' And in the morning he will have traveled, and the overseer will have cohunt another laborer. And so, when I heard that black boy from Georgia singing his gladness that the boll weevil was everywhere, I suspected that nothing less than a romance or a tragedy in Negro life had in spired those words. I have never heard them since, and Mr. Monroe N. Work that wonderful Negro statistician at Tuskegee who has tucked away a million facts about the colored people, can find no song like it in all his files. But I have found out for myself just when it meant. I have looked into the exodus of orgoses from the South for Colliers. I have traveled through Georgia, Alabama Mississippi and parts of Louisiana and Tennessee in recent months. I have talked with Negroes in Atlanta Montgomery, New Orleans, Vicksburg Memphis, and elsewhere. I went to Tuskegee Institute. I went into the only town in the United States that is peopled solely by colored folks—the only town that has a Negro mayor, a Negro policeman, and a Negro postmaster. I talked with Negro farmhands, lawyers, preachers editors, and business men in several Southern States. I rode in a railroad coach with Negro migrants leaving the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley via Memphis for Cincinnati and other points north. I know now why a black boy from Georgia gluing hot asphalt in the broiling sun on a North Carolina highway back in 1917 was singing lofely; Boll weevil here, boll weevil there boll weevil everywhere; Oh Lordy, ain't I glad! To millions of hungry and oppressed blacks laboring for a mere subsistence on the cotton plantations of the South, the invasion of the Mexican holl weevil, laying waste the acres of the plantation owners, was nothing less than an act of Providence. To these blacks who read the Bible and believe every word of it the plague of the holl weevil was put the hand of God laid heav By "THE CAMERAMAN." 2. Mortality From Tuberculosis. (Preston News Service) His Birthday~Ours. vival of the Fittest" will again unfortunately become the dominant creed of thousands of our citizens--our brethren--His children. America's ten million Negroes, who could forget on His Birthday, will be reminded on the morrow, even in the smallest hamlet of this country, that "Peace and Goodwill" lose some of their sweetness when put to the acid test. This tenth of our population will be reminded of that truth in ten thousand convincing ways. It is announced by the U. S. Dept. that "compilations made by the Burden that 90,452 deaths were due to tuberculosis area of the United States in 1922, with 100,000 population. This is a drop which year the rate was 99.4 per 100 justed rates have been calculated separate colored population. In this group of highest adjusted rates for both white 121.8 and 299.8 per 100,000 popl justed rate from tuberculosis for the for Mississippi and this state and Flori rate for colored population (171.5 per The racial death rates in Mississippi dreaded malady, on account of being other localities, are encouraging; and were it not for the fact that there is states which is more dreaded by our gr and that malady is the lynching evil. the land of cotton and palm trees, to and Southern migration figures would Still, though, there is much of a p diseases among our people. It is safe lies in the one cruel word—POVER food, poor clothes and poor housing paramount in avoiding tubercular gen WEALTH and WELFARE to re It is announced by the U. S. Department of Commerce that "compilations made by the Bureau of the Census show that 90,452 deaths were due to tuberculosis in the registration area of the United States in 1922, with a death rate of 97 per 100,000 population. This is a drop of 2.4 since 1921, in which year the rate was 99.4 per 100,000 population. Adjusted rates have been calculated separately for the white and colored population. In this group of states Tennessee has the highest adjusted rates for both white and colored (respectively 121.8 and 299.8 per 100,000 population). The lowest adjusted rate from tuberculosis for the white population is 54.5 for Mississippi and this state and Florida each shows the lowest rate for colored population (171.5 per 100,000 population) The racial death rates in Mississippi and Florida, from the dreaded malady, on account of being somewhat lower than in other localities, are encouraging; and they would be more so were it not for the fact that there is another malady in those states which is more dreaded by our group than Tuberculosis—and that malady is the lynching evil. Take this away from the land of cotton and palm trees, together with its kin-evils, and Southern migration figures would take a big drop. Still, though, there is much of a problem in the tubercular diseases among our people. It is safe to say that the problem lies in the one cruel word—POVERTY—which means poor food, poor clothes and poor housing. These necessities are paramount in avoiding tubercular germs, and it will take both WEALTH and WELFARE to reduce their toll. ily upon their taskmasters. WHO WILL PICK THE COTTON? The Negro in the towns and cities was most exultant; he beckoned to his brothers and sisters on the farms to lay down the shovel and the hoe, now that actual starvation confronted them and come into the cities, where employment awaited them at certain wages. The Negro on the bankrupt plantation laughed at the boll weevil and made his way to the cities. And the penniless, indolent, care-free, ever-restless, change-seeking Negro of the towns fell in line with this movement and moved on too. Millions, of Negroes have left the South within the past ten years to seek economic freedom in the great industrial centers of the North and West. Millions more are leaving and will leave. They were pouring out of Jacksonville, Savannah, Atlanta, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans Vicksburg Birmingham, and Memphis, by the trainload this summer. Plantations of a thousand acres have been abandoned in a night. Negro labor plowed the fields of Southern planters last fall and put in the crop this spring. The cotton and the seldom corn was pushing its way through the earth and caring for intensive cultivation. And from millions of acres Negroes went away in groups, leaving no one to hoist grub and bring the crops to fruition. Plantation owners have appealed to the law to keen the Negroes on the farms where they are sorely needed. Labor agents have been thrown into jail. Negroes have been arrested on trumped-up charges or befor debts. But the exodus has not abut ed. One finds in some rural towns whole blocks of Negro cabins deserted. In many cases the migrants leave everything behind them to divert suspicion. Many of them possess little more than the wretched clothes on their backs; they have no ties of property to bind them. Others who have by thrift cultivated a small garden, kept a pig and a little poultry, leave the pig in the pen and the chickens roosting in a tree while they steal away in the night to catch a train that will take them to East St. Louis or Chicago. A labor agent furnishes them with transportation. Often the whole family goes. Most often the men go at first, but after a few weeks they send transportation back home to the women and children, who, in turn, go to the Northland where wages are high and "where a nigger has some rights." Riding through the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley, a Negro Pullman porter pointed out to me a group of Negro women and children hoeing the young cotton on a plantation of several thous and acres. "See those women and children," said the porter; "we hauled THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA ```markdown ``` They're not sorrowful, though, at the prospects of the coming days. They Know that as long as life lasts His Birthday will be commemorated. They Know that our birthdays will be commemorated in some, way which He permits. They Know, too, that the birthdays of Prejudice, Scorn Discrimination and their legion of associates, no matter how joyously they are celebrated now, must some day pass into a night to which there will be no dawn. These oppressed their menfolks out of here three weeks ago; another week or a fortnight we will be hauling the women and children too, and there will be no black folks left on that place." The exodus spells immediate heavy financial loss and in many cases, utter ruin for the owners of millions or acres of farm lands in Southern States. There never is enough labor to pick the South's cotton crop clean, even when conditions are normal. But it wasn't the boll weevil that sent the Negro on his wild flight north. The boll weevil was only one of many reasons. The four main ones are: (1) Discovery by Northern industrialists that the Negro is a dependable and enduring laborer. (2) The dearth of foreign labor, due to our new immigration restrictions, compelling the Northern emplover to seek a new labor supply. (3) The inability of the South, under its present antiquated, wasteful and inefficient method of agriculture, to pay the Negro a living wage. (4) The Negro desires more than anything else to find educational opportunities for his children. The Negro is flocking north to high wage, entering industries that pay him five dollars to ten dollars a day for his work—and pay Him in cash. To get north and get these wages and educate his children, he is forsaking a hard that too often gives him only a pitiful dole of corn meal and sorghum, declares him a debtor still to the landlord after his work of a year is done and as a rule provides only a three month school term for his children. We Southerners have tried to fool cursives into a belief that the Negro was foraking the South to flee into a field of industry in which he could not compete. This is not true. The Negro is proving himself a more satisfactory day laborer than the lower-class immigrants who have manned many of the more important industries. He is hard, enduring, and docile—and he can understand orders given in English. If the Negro had not proved his worth as a day laborer, the North would not be sending for him and paying his transportation. Again we have been fooling ourselves with a lot of talk about the hard conditions confronting the Negro in the North. Our newspapers are full of it. It is mostly twaddle. I have seen Negroes swarming in the most wretched enements in congested districts of Northern cities. A white man would shudder to to root in many of the places in which Negroes live in Northern cities. But they are not worse than the cabins in which so many of these Negroes lived in the South. THE WHITE MAN'S WORD Have you ever seen a typical Negro cabin on a plantation in the Mississippi p Valley? It is usually only a diminutive board structure of two rooms, in which a family of five, six eight, or more eat and sleep. The common type of these cabins is called a "shotgun house," because of its single-barrel construction, and the hot summer months sleep in one of these cabins is next to impossible. When it is rainy, the water often pours through the roof. have never seen one of these cabins screened, and only on small farms have I seen them with windows other than a near-tight wooden shutter. Compared to these, the squallid brick tenements of the North are very mansions in the skies. The roofs of the city tentements do not leak; snakes and lizards and insects do not crawl up through the crevices in the floors. It is not unusual for an illiterate black man and his family to work for a landowner for a year growing nothing but cotton. The landlord will permit him to grow no corn because he could steal the corn or appropriate a bit of it for his food. He can have no pigs and no poultry because pigs and poultry must have grain or the scrap from a kitchen. There are no scraps from the poor Negro's kitchen. In a year the Negro tenant may produce ten twenty, thirty, or more bales of cotton. He and his wife and children pick out this cotton in the fall and carry it to the gin, where it is pressed into bales. The Negro turns the baled product of his labor over to the landlord and awaits a settlement. Sometimes the landlord says at the end of the year: "Well, John you did pretty good this year; you raised a good crop and you owe me only forty dollars." For a year that Negro and his whole family have tollled and sweated. During this time they have lived on HELP TO GAIN FREE GAIN FREEDOM F FREEDOM FOR THE HOUSE HELP TO GAIN FREEDOM FOR THE HOUSTON MARTYRS HELP TO GAIN FREEDOM FOR THE HOUSTON MARTYRS United States: citizens of the United States, do respectfully petition the guardian and restore to citizenship the members of the sentences in the Federal Prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, in August, 1917. of previous record for discipline, service and solidarity conduct of the 24th of local animosity against those because of their race and color of abuse against those colored soldiers wearing the uniform of the race to fight. element met out to members of the 24th Infantry, of whom ninety without right of appeal to the Secretary of War or to the President, in prison, having already served nearly six years. To the President of the United States: WE, the undersigned citizens of the United States, do respectfully petition that by exercise of the power of Executive Clemency you pardon and restore to citizenship the members of the 24th U. S. Infantry now serving life and long-term sentences in the Federal Prison at Leavenworth, Kansas, convicted in connection with the riots at Houston, Texas, in August, 1917. We so petition because of 1. The excellent previous record 2. The provocation of local anim threats and acts of violence a to be sent to France to fight 3. The heavy punishment meted summarily and without right four of them remain in prison 1. The excellent previous record for discipline, serve 2. The provocation of local animosity against these threats and acts of violence against these colors to be sent to France to fight 3. The heavy punishment meted out to members summarily and without right of appeal to the Seefour of them remain in prison, having already sent 1. The excellent previous record for discipline, service and soldierly conduct of the 24th Infantry. 2. The provocation of local animosity against these men because of their race and color which was manifested in insults, threats and acts of violence against those colored soldiers wearing the uniform of the United States Army and waiting to be sent to France to fight 3. The heavy punishment meted out to members of the 24th Infantry, of whom nineteen were hanged, thirteen of them summarily and without right of appeal to the Secretary of War or to the President, their Commander-in-Chief. Fifty-four of them remain in prison, having already served nearly six years. 4. The exemplary conduct of the men as prisoners. City and State NAME ADDRESS NAME ADDRESS City and ADDRESS INSTR City and State ADDRESS NAME INSTRUCTIONS NAME ADDRESS NAME ADDRESS Any church, lodge or other fraternal organization, woman's club, civic or other club which wishes to aid in gathering signatures to the petition has full permission to print copies of the form here given and have them signed by their members. That all petitions may be uniform we urge you take this form to your printer as a model and have them printed on sheets 8½ by 14 inches in size, leaving out, of course, these instructions. When filled by bona fide signatures mail to the N. A. A. C. P., 69 Fifth Avenue, New York City, where they will be arranged by states and in uniform lot, and all other necessary clerical work done that the pless for pardon may make the most impressive showing when presented to President Coolidge. This should be done promptly. Remember, every signature will be one more aid towards freeing those men who for six years have been unjustly imprisoned. Do your part towards restoring them to their loved ones and to freedom: --- ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` limited rations bought at the commissary owned by the plantation owner. The rations consist almost wholly of sorghum and corn meal. And at the end of the year the Negro is told he is in debt. He cannot challenge the white man's word. He has kept no accounts of his own because he does not know how. He dares not appeal to the law because the law is the white man's law. He suffers in silence and when opportunity comes he steals away in the night. In the North he finds a city that provides a year-round school term for his children, a community center for him self and his wife a city dispensary to give him drugs when he is sick and penniless, a public-health nurse and hospital care when he needs them and a dozen helpful agencies to which he can turn in emergency. I have before me a bill of complaint drawn up by Negroes in a mass meeting in Jackson, Miss. on May 1, 1923 giving the reasons why they are leaving the South. It starts with the statement that "the Negro feels that life is not safe in Mississippi, and his life may be taken with impunity at any time by a white man... The Negro has generally despaired of obtaining his rights as a citizen in this section." The document goes on to particularize laying emphasis upon the fact of his lack of educational and uplift opportunities. He complains of the fact that for every $20 spent for the education of white children in the State, only $1 is spent for the education of the Negroes; of the 800 consolidated schools in Mississippi, all are for whites; of fifty and odd agricultural schools for whites, there is not one for PETITION Individuals may help by clipping the above form, signing it with nineteen others and mailing it to the N. A. A. C. P. NOTE-When necessary use like underneath signature for address people know that, and so do their oppressors, though they flaunt the truth in the face of falsity, lest fear of the day of freedom might overwhelm them now. This tenth of our population, though oftimes ill at ease beneath its burdens, is just as oftimes gladsome at its visualized future. For at one time, was He not despised and rejected among men? And is He, Himself, not free now? And did He not say: "I will make all men free?" INSTRUCTIONS (Preston News Service) 2 TABLETS Every 3 Hours BREAKS THAT COLD Hill's Cascara Bromide Quinine will break your cold in one day. Taken promptly it prevents colds, la gripe and pneumonia. Demand red box bearing Mr. Hill's portrait. All druggists. Price 30c. HILL'S CASCARA QUININE W. H. HILL CO., BROMIDE DETROIT, MICH. (B-207) Negroes; and there is not a dollar for the tubercular, for the feeble-minded, for the blind, or for the derelict Negro youth, though millions are spent on whites. The complaints made by the Negroes of Mississippi are typical of the complaints made by Negroes in other Southern States. They are all too true. And yet one seldom hears mention of the Ku Klux Klan by the Negro. The Kluckers are the least of his troubles. The fact of organized mobs arrayed in night-shirts and pillowcases makes it the difference to him. He was lynched before the nightshirt and the pillowcase were thought of. Only the better class of Negroes are particularly alarmed over the Ku Klux. The better class of Negroes see in the organization a sinister agency further to estrange the whites and the blacks in the South and prevent racial adjustments. I may (Continued on Page 6.) ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` THREE YOUNG BABIES ARE POISONED THE SAME WEEK (Preston News Service) Norfolk, Va., Dec. 20.—Little Mabe, Ward, 18 months old baby died last Monday afternoon after she had drunk a quantity of gasoline. She was toddling about the floor in a "baby walker" and picked up the bottle drinking almost the entire contents. She is the third child to die within a week from eating or drinking poisonous substances. On Tuesday of last week, Henry Smith drank the contents of a half pint bottle of corn whiskey which resulted in his death the next day. On Wednesday Willism Wilkins aged 2 years met death after he had found a box of lye and had eaten a quantity of it. The special deputy from the corner's office issued a warning to parents of this city urging them to see that such products are kept in a place that cannot be reached by baby hands. THREE INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS IN WASHINGTON. (Preston News Service) Washington D. C., Dec. 21.—Little Elsie Butter, aged five, years was knocked down by a motor-cycle in front of her home in 13th street, north west. Wednesday afternoon and her right leg fractured. Philip Gordon, aged 24 years suffered severe injuries on his body Thursday afternoon as the result of a collision between his bicycle and an automobile at Massachusetts avenue and Capitol street. The driver of the automobile was a white woman who failed to stop, according to eyewitnesses and the police. Miss Margaret Ball, aged 12 years suffered slight injuries when she was knocked down by a speeding automobile Wednesday afternoon at 16 and Streeats northwest. She was taken to Emergency hospital where her wounds were dressed and sent home. POLICE THINK THEY HAVE CAUGHT AX-MURDERER. (Preston News Service) Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 20.—Following the capture and arrest of Freud Glover the police officials here think they have taken into custody the man of mystery that has spread so much terror in Birmingham and vicinity. Every effort to connect Glover with the 24 ax murders that have occurred here during the past two years is being made. Several victims who fortunately survived the ax-man's attacks have been called upon to observe Glover in an effort to identify him. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sparks have identified him as the man who hit Mrs. Sparks over the head as they were crossing a vacant lot Sunday afternoon. She is recovering from her wounds. The man of a bloody hatchet and a pistol in Glover's room and his criminal record add weight to the belief of the police officials that the man rested the right man this time. It is also pointed out that while Glover was in prison on another charge a short time ago there were no ax murders in Birmingham. The police declare that so many fruitless arrests of Negroes have been made in the past that there are many who are skeptical of Glover's connection with the crimes which besides the 24 killed, have included 23 others injured. "If we have the right man now, we are going to be able to place the responsibility for the other attacks" declared Solicitor James Davis. PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE ON NEGRO WELFARE TO BE HELD IN JANUARY (Preston News Service) Harrisburg, Pa., Dec. 21.—A conference of representatives of institutions agencies and persons interested in the welfare of Negroes of the State is to meet in this city January 3 1924. Dr. Ellen C. Porter, Secretary of Welfare, announced. The conference was called as the result of inquiries made by Dr. Potter regarding the necessity of a survey and general study of the facilities available to Negroes for their physical and social care and improvement. "It is imperative that the State and local communities should realize the menace which is created by the neglect and hardships imposed upon our colored people." Dr. Potter said in a recent statement, commenting upon the bad housing conditions and lack of social safeguards which surround the young colored girl. Ring Out the Old Year, Ring in the New FRANK PARKER (Preston News Service) Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 20.—One of the largest business deals ever consumed by Negroes in this section was closed Wednesday when the Service Company of Atlanta, Ga., composed of Negroes, acquired a controlling interest in the Mississippi Life Insurance Co. Approximately $120,000 was paid to W. C. Howard, M. M. Cox and M. B. Burnett. The Hon. T. M. Henry, insurance commissioner of Mississippi, and John A. Copeland noted actuary of Atlanta were in attendance at the meetings and approved the absorption. Meccald and Metcaf were the attorneys. Herman E. Perry, president of the Service Co., with J. A. Robinson and W. H. K. all of Atlanta, representing the Service Co., in closing the transaction. The Service Co., is a $3,500,000 holding institution, owned and operated by Negroes. The Mississippi Life Insurance Co. has a total insurance in force of $20,000,000. It employs 600 Negroes. Its home office was formerly at Indianaola. The Memphis or main office is at 234 Hernando Street Memphis. The Secretary Co. owns and operates a real estate department building homes and subdivisions among its Insurance Co. of which the president is also allied with the Service Co. All of the concerns are composed solely of Negroes. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA RACIAL ANIMOSITY SUBSIDES AS NEGRO IS CONVICTED. (Preston News Service) Waycross, Ga., Dec. 20—Racial animosity, which has run high over the alleged attack by Andrew Moody on an aged couple near here a few weeks ago, when a jury deliberating on the case brought in a verdict of guilty for assault with intent to kill. A sentence of from three to five years was imposed upon Moody. The prisoner is still under heavy guard in order to prevent an attack by mob. The attack is alleged to have taken place at night in a farm house on a white couple said to be over 76 years old. It is claimed that when the aged couple caught the man ransacking their home, he attacked them striking them on the heads with the but of the gun which the aged man tried to fire at him, but the pistol misfired. MOTHERHOOD CLASS FOR WASHINGTON COLORED WOMEN (Preston News Service) Washington, D. C., Dec. 21.—Colored women of Washington, in considerable numbers attended a meeting last Thursday night at the Phyllis Wheatley Y. W. C. A. for the purpose of organizing a mothercraft class. Mrs. Martha McAdoo, Executive Secretary of the Association, who with other officials, had just finished an exhaustive study of conditions among local colored women, found that there was an urgent need for instructions tending to fit them for the administering of mental, moral and spiritual development of children. "I find," Mrs. McAdoo declared, "almost total ignorance on the part of many of our young women in regard to mothercraft, and yet sincere desire on the part of nearly all to learn." EDITOR MOORES' "BILL OF PARTICULARS. (New York Age.) Following this outspoken advocacy of Federal intervention where it is mostly needed, the President's recession to a position less firm in the affirmation that "it is well to recognize that these difficulties are to a large extent local problems" is hard to understand. The President by recommending Federal legislation against lynching has removed that offence from the class of local problems. The other difficulties encountered by Negroes in the South are largely due to disfranchisement, lack of educational facilities, "jim crow" car laws, denial of justice in the courts. Disfranchisement should not be relegated to the status of a local problem, when its results figure in the election of Congress men and even of Presidents. Educational facilities are denied the Negro not only by the unfair division of the greater part of the State taxes which they help to pay, but by the diversion of the Federal grants. In some States like Georgia, no part of this fund being allotted for the education of Negro children. This may look like a local problem, but it will be quire Federal supervision to enforce a fair distribution of such funds. The fact that the government can recognize the regulation of the railroads as a national problem, when it comes to consolidation and rates shows that the "jim crow" car can no longer be consistently regarded as a 'local problem. The policy of equal accommodation for an equal fare, regardless of the color or race of the passenger, should be a matter of national honor and good faith. No passenger er should be obliged to pay first class fare for cattle car service. The proposition that a commission be created, composed of members of both races, to formulate a better policy for mutual understanding and confidence; has already been carried out in some measure by the formation of voluntary "Inter-Racial Commissions" in various parts of the South. Compos as they are of outstanding and thinking members of both groups their influence has been helpful in the promotion of public sentiment of the right sort. But it is waving such instruments as these communications needs the stimulus of the "outside interference," which Mr. Coolidge deprates, if the South is to mend its ways. The enforcement of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments to the Federal Constitution by appropriate legislation is just as much needed as the enforcement of the Eighteenth amendment. The passage of anti-lynching legislation should be coupled with the abolition of the "jim crow" car laws. Problems that affect the equality of American citizenship cannot be dismissed as local. They are national eyesores, infecting the whole nation. "WILL LOOK TO HIM FOR MORE" (Baltimore Herald and Commonwealth.) President Coolidge in his message to Congress refers to the Negro group and acknowledges that their rights are just as sacred as those of any other citizen. He does not declare that he will exercise all the power and authority tested in him by the government to enforce the Constitution and laws for the protection of the Negro in those rights. In the paragraph preceding the deliverance in regard to the rights of Negroes and lynching he discusses prohibition enforcement. He declares that the prohibition amendment requires "the Congress and the President to provide adequate laws to prevent its violation." And that, "it is my duty to enforce such laws." Also in discussing prohibition he declares "free government has no greater menace than disrespect for authority and continual violation of law." The violation of the 14th and 15th Amendments, refusing equal protection under the law to the Negro group, and disfranchising them, made no sufficient appeal to draw forth a declaration that "it is my duty to enforce such law" nor does the lynching "our tour thousand Negroes during a period of thirty years and the trampling under foot of the Constitution and laws in depriving Negroes of the right to vote invoke a repetition of the declaration that "free government has no greater menace than disrespect for authority and continual violation of law." The greatest menace to prohib THREE tion enforcement is the habit of lawlessness in the South rooted in the life of the dominant element in that section through the lynchings of Negroes destruction of their suffrage and the double standard of law enforcement as to whites and Negroes. The 18th Amendment and the 14th and 15th Amendments will go hand in hand. Obedience to the 18th will not be obtained until the 14th and 15th are respected and obeyed. And the million Negro voters whose votes are untramelled will look to President Coolidge and the Republican Congress for more than a mere acedic discussion of their rights and a benevolence to one Negro college. GOD PITY THEM! (Baltimore Afro-American.) We have no doubt Bascom Slempn had something to do with this seeming assurance given certain sections that there will be no material interference in their dealing with colored citizens. This is wefully disappointing. God pity those human beings of ebony hue whose fate as citizens "must be worked out by the mutual forbearance and human kindness" of the prejudice-ridden and mob-stained communities from which colored people have for sometime been fleeing out of sheer desperation. What we needed most to hear was that every inch of American gold North. South. 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Colored folks do not lose confidence in yourselves or faith in those, who are doing their best to aid you. Mr. J. E. Kefford of Waterbury Conn. sends us a handsome calendar of his progressive work in New Engl. land. He has our best wishes. Rally to the Mechanics Savings When the colored folks and the white folks unite in their efforts, success is assured. The Advisory Committee of white citizens and the Baptist Ministers' Conference Committee have issued an address to the depositors of the Mechanics Savings Bank. With a long pull, a strong pull and a pull altogether success is assured. Some people are so sensitive that they trip themselves before they start in the race of life and of course, they lose the race before they are started upon their journey. The United States of America refused to participate in European affairs concerning Germany and then proceeded by indirection to "play the hypocrite" and participate unofficially in naming three members of the international committee of experts to determine Germany's ability to pay. The wave of sensationalism is at its height in this country. The Prohibition Department is advertising its prowess, while the American people are being woefully deceived. Barnum was right. The American people like to be humbugged. The National Baptist Convention made no mistake. when it selected D.L. K. Williams, the able and eloquent pulpit divine as its President. Under his administration, this great organization has taken on new life. Make friends with the white folks colored folks. Let this be your slogan all over the United States, but especially within the confines and limits of the South-land. This does not mean that you should sacrifice your manhood rights in so doing. but make friends with the white folks. You need their help right along through here now. CONDITIONS AT WASHINGTON. The anti-Negro atmosphere in the city of Washington seems to have changed the attitude of every President of the United States since the administration of Grover Cleveland, the Democratic President from New York. He was a positive character and be 'hewed to the line, let the chips fall where they may.' President Woodrow Wilson made promises that he seemed unable to keep and Bishop Alexander Walters, the colored leader from New --- PROF. HANCOCK'S POSITION. Professor Gordon B. Hancock, a memberginia Union University, seems to have thecussion now raging between the Fundamists, in view of the fact that the latter bestheory as to the origin of man by the prormer accept at its full face value the Genesis in the Old Testament. Hon.Wenough upon this subject to demand thatall instances, where the Darwinian theoryHe is equally as positive in his referelearning of the country. That man is thelution from monkeys is especially distastefulIn discussing this subject, Professor Ha Professor Gordon B. Hancock, a member of the faculty of Virginia Union University, seems to have taken a position in the discussion now raging between the Fundamentalists and the Modernists, in view of the fact that the latter believe in the Darwinian theory as to the origin of man by the process of evolution, and the former accept at its full face value the account as it appears in Genesis in the Old Testament. Hon. William J. Bryan is radical enough upon this subject to demand that the pulpit be vacated in all instances, where the Darwinian theory is accepted by the pastor. He is equally as positive in his references to the institutions of learning of the country. That man is the result of a period of evolution from monkeys is especially distasteful to him. In discussing this subject, Professor Hancock says: It makes but little difference with thinking men whether God created Adam a grown man or a microbe. The whence of mankind is not nearly as important as the whither. We know of a certainty that men are not born full grown today and we have reasons to believe that man is not the worse for his having to be first a babe and then To deny kinship with the lower animals seems to be a prepossession of those who deny the truth of evolution. They seem to forget that were a kinship definitely established—and it has been to the satisfaction of those most competent to pass judgment in the matter—it might serve to elevate the low orders rather than degrade man. After all it might be more credible to be kin to some animals than to some men. God is just as glorious in the creation of microbes, as in the creation of men. God is just as glorious in evolutionary processes as in some instantaneous creation. Whether God loves man more than microbes we have no way of knowing; for whereas He preserves man through immortality he preserves the microbe through the conservation of energy; hence microbes and men are preserved alike. We often forget that the microbe is larger in comparison to man than man is in comparison to other possible beings. Just as we look down and askance at the lower animals, there may be beings who look down on us with wonder and contempt and debate our right to lay claim to divine kinship. Whatever God creates is good whether through Prof. Hancock concludes as follows: If evolution as a scientific fact could be proven to the satisfaction of all men, religion would have just as large a place in the life of mankind even though it underwent some traditional change; if it could be proven that man was descended directly from the monkey there would still be left in our hearts and lives that aching void that only religion can fill. We might burn all of the Bibles and hymn books and drown all the preachers but man would be religious still. Man is religious not because he likes to be or wants to be, but because he needs to be and as long as man lives this instinctive religious need will guarantee the survival of religion and no amount of scientific research can long restrain man from his repose in higher powers that must sustain him in his journey to his "long home." Two hundred years of science has not eclipsed the "Sun of Righteousness" and although men may not appear as religious these seemingly irreligious generations are accomplishing things of which more religious generations Well, what are you going to do about lieves in the Darwinian theory of evolution in the religion of Jesus Christ and Mr. is antagonistic to the other. Does the Bryan or in Prof. Hancock? This is the Well, what are you going to do about it? Prof. Hancock believes in the Darwinian theory of evolution. He affirms his faith in the religion of Jesus Christ and Mr. Bryan claims that the one is antagonistic to the other. Does the inconsistency exist in Mr. Bryan or in Prof. Hancock? This is the question. York went to his grave a practically heart-broken man. He had a large following of Negro Democrats, to whom he was unable to make good the promises he had made to them upon the basis of the representations made to him by the distinguished ex-president of Princeton University. Col. Theodore Roosevelt was no exception. The incarceration of the innocent members of the Twenty-fourth Regiment of the United States Army is glowing evidence of his susceptibility to this same spirit. throw up his hat, and, yell and yet when he was subjected to the first test, he "bended the knee to Ball," so to speak. His message to the Congress has been severely criticised from one section of this country to the other by the colored press in so-far as it refers to the dark race in this country. It is true that he has nominated Walter L. Cohen of Louisiana and Charles W. Anderson of New York for prominent Federal positions, but will he see to it that their confirmations are forced through the United States Now comes that staid New England pioneer, Calvin Coolidge, with a record of non-race prejudice, which has caused even Editor William Monroe Trotter of the Boston Guardian to ```markdown ``` Scene from "Restitution" Wonder Photo Play at Rayo, January 3-4-5, 1924. And again: a member of the faculty of Vir- have taken a position in the dis- fundamentalists and the Modem- tter believe in the Darwinian by the process of evolution, and the the account as it appears in Hon. William J. Bryan is radical and that the pulpit be vacated in the theory is accepted by the pastor. His references to the institutions of man is the result of a period of evo- stasteful to him. Messor Hancock says: a man. The glory of God would be the same if man was created in a minute or a millenium. God may have moved instantly in those far-off ages but He does not move instantly now for gradualness is the order of nature. Evolution is nothing more than the explanation and simplification of these graduated processes of nature. evolution or divine flat, whether microbes, monkeys or men. What the recent religionist wants to do is not blindly to blot out evolution but to see in evolution the handwork or some divine creator; not to glorify God by the negation of science but to magnify God by incorporating scientific truth in religion thereby tending to end the too long estrangement of the. The writer recently heard an eminent minister attempting to dispute the doctrine of evolution and he began by saying that Darwin's mother and father and grandparents were all infidels. The minister was thus attempting to prejudice his audience in favor of his argument before he deduced it. As a matter of fact whether the Darwin's were all infidels is irrelevant to the truth or untruth of evolution. Truth is the same whether it falls from the lips of infidels or angels. That two are four is just as true from the lips of Colonel Robert Ingersoll as from the lips of the immortal Spurgeon. Too often our zeal for our religion and our Bible obscures the truth that underlies both. never dreamed. A thousand years more of brilliant scientific achievement and there will be no sign of the waning of religion's light undimmed by the flight of time. That religion that must thrive in intellectual darkness can never be the solace and comfort which the souls of struggling men demand. The faith that is to timid to hear the other side of the argument can never be robust and its anchor will never hold fast and such faith is perilous to the Church of today and more perilous to the Church of tomorrow. Orthodoxy ceases to be a virtue when it is fearful of the truth that heterodoxy may contain. Heterodoxy men no less than orthodoxy have played a conspicuous part in the spiritual emancipation of mankind. The heterodoxy of today becomes the orthodoxy of tomorrow. Intellectual censorship such as is being attempted through the instrumentality of Mr. Bryan's engaging personality shows that the task of education in our own United States is far from complete. do about it? Prof. Hancock befof evolution. He affirms his faith and Mr. Bryan claims that the one Does the inconsistency exist in Mr. This is the question. throw up his hat, and yell and yet when he was subjected to the first test, he "bended the knee to Ball," to speak. His message to the Congress has been severely criticised from one section of this country to the other by the colored press in so-far as it refers to the dark race in this country. It is true that he has nominated Walter L. Cohen of Louisiana and Charles W. Anderson of New York for prominent Federal positions, but will he see to it that their confirmations are forced through the United, States Senate? 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Leaves the hair soft ONE GALLON MAKEST TWO With one gallon STAG PASTE PAINT and one gallon LEWIS PURE LINSEED OIL you get two gallons of the best paint that can be made— Costing You Only $2.50 per gallon. Ask for a Color Card ROANOKE ITEMS. [ROANOKE, VA., December 26.] A very beautiful display in a Christmas tree exercise was the scene at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Tuesday evening. A large attendance was present. A fine program was rendered, which was quite unique. The Christmas festivities at High Street Baptist Church were enjoyed. There was a "robbing of the beehive" and an entertainment following which were very interesting. Mr. R. R. Stanfield, of 519 Tenth Avenue, N. W., who for several months has been working at carpentry in West Raleigh, W. Va. arrived home last Sunday night to spend the Holidays with family and friends. Mr. Patrick Armstrong of Ninth Avenue is home with his family for the Christmas. Mr. Edward Hampton is also home for the Christmas. There was a very grand service at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church on Sunday morning. After Rev. James S. Hatcher had delivered a very soul-stirring sermon from the Book of Exodus, Mr. J. Monroe Burrell accepted the Lord as his Saviour and was received into the church. At Mount, Lebanon, Franklin Co., Rev. Hatcher delivered two of the most touching sermons of his pastorate here. The entire church was seized by the Holy Spirit and all seemed overflowing with the Holy Spirit. At night Rev. Hatcher preached on "The Meaning of the Incarnation." The offering was $174.17. Mr. Charley Shaffer donated from his sale $88.00. [Mr. Shaffer had been in the West for several months. Mrs. Malinda Hamlet of Halifax County and daughter, were the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Wilson last week end, visiting relatives and friends of many years ago. They attended services at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church Sunday morning and left on the midnight train after a very pleasant stay in the Magic City. The stork visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lillian Stanfield Davis at 519 Tenth Avenue, N. W. and left a bounding baby girl, December 22. Mother and baby are getting along nicely. Mr. George L. Fogel, 1113 Fourth Street N. E. was called to Columbia B. C., December 15 on account of the death of his sister, Mrs. Ella Patterson. There was a Christmas tree entertainment for the Sabbath School and Church held at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church Christmas Day. Prof. M. Traynham left Wednes day for Durham, N. C. M. Many of the students are home for Christmas holidays. Mrs. Bessie Mason and daughter, Georgele left for West Virginia Tues day. Sexional Tallets for men will be found at 153 Wells Alley N. W. Mrs. Gertrude Hatcher is conva- specting from her recent operation. Mrs. John Coleman 256 Talmadge Street, Columbus, Ohio, her two daughters, Misses Delliah and Mar- jorie and son, Hiawatha, are spruc- ing the Holidays in Indianapolis. Ind. with her daughter, Mrs. Lock- nast CHICAGO NEWS. Maple Leaf Council A. U. K. and D. O. of A., which had been worked up by D. Ettilian Holland, was organized and set to work on December 8th at Bailey's Hall by D. Elliza Jackson, state grand queen of Illinois who was assisted in the work by Dts. Ella f. J. Holmes, Elizabeth Rochon, Henrietta Dean Ida Simmons Ida Scott and Sir Knight M. T. Bailey. D. Holland was made most excellent queen. Jackson W. Tyler of 110th street. Morgan Park, is looking forward to spending the remainder of the winter in Alexandria. Va. his hme town as he is accustomed to doing each year. Mrs. Florence McCamey wife of Louis McCamey of Morgan Park has returned from Arkansas where she spent several months and is now living at 1102 W. 112th Place. The Virginia Society will meet in its regular monthly meeting on December 19th at Bailley's ball, 3638 State St. at which time a literary and musical program will be rendered. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Poindexter 3727 Elmwood avenue entertained a few friends at luncheon on December 2nd in honor of their long and close friends. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Johnson of Morgan Park. M. T. Bailley 3638 State St. known for his efficiency in the adjustment of matters throughout the country was successful in closing two important deals for clients in Texas and Alabama. Jackson Past and Present Princess Council No. 1. S. M. T. of Chicago held STAG BENI-PASTE-PAINT BENI-PASTE-PAINT BENI-PASTE-PAINT RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. the election of its officers on December 6th at which time the principal officers elected were: Dt. Serilda Jackson preident; Georgia E. Harding, state grand princess S. M. T. of Ill. secretary. A public installation will follow in January. Rev. D. P. Jones, well-known Baptist worker and actively connected with the work of the Baptist Union People Union, has just returned from an extended trip through Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee. R. W. Wells, head of the Wells Book Concern, 3710 Indiana avenue is home from Richmond, Va., where he attended the wedding ceremony and gave in marriage his daughter, Hazel, to Thomas Reid, prominent attorney of Portsmouth, Va. on November 26th in the hall of Hartshorn Memorial College he before a large attendance from many sections of the country. Miss Wells was a favorite in society and was a graduate both of Hartshorn and Oberlin College Oberlin Ohio; she had taught in Hartshorn and in the state of Pennsylvania. Among the guest from Chicago was Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, state grand princess S. M. T. of Illinois with whom Miss Wells always made her home when in the West. Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes of Richmond Va. well known for her activities in club and school work being closely connected with the work of the V. N. and I. I. Hartshorn College and the Union University of Richmond Va. is expected to come west in a short time to attend several! important business meetings of interest to the race. WYTHEVILLE NEWS Rev. T. W. Cotton the P. Elder of the Roanoke District preached at Beth el A. M. E. church Sunday morning. He delivered a most excellent sermon full of power and thought. Rev. Cotton left on the noon train for Abingdon to preach at that point at night. At 8 o'clock Rev. G. O. Wing the pastor preached from Acts, the 27th chapter and the 26-27 verses. Rev. J. H. Monroe preached at Franklin St. M. E. church morning and night; everyone who heard him enjoyed the service. Pay for the Planet and be ready for the new year. Miss Vivian Dyla left for Abingdon Monday to spend a two-weeks vacation with her grand-mother, Mrs. Emmia Austin. Mr. John Stepteau of Gilliam. W. Va., is home visiting his family in North Wytheville. Mr. Robert Williams of Bluetfield is spending a few days in the city. Mr. M. A. Hill of Graham is home for a few days, to visit his family. Mrs. M. JJ. Stopcau has been confined to her bed for the past week with La Grippe. Mrs. Cecil Monroe Manning of Oberlin Ohio and Mrs Willie Monroe of Excelsior, W. Va. are spending the noisy days with their mother Mrs. Jenule Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Songer of Bluc field, W. Va. arrived in the city Sunday the guest of the former's mother. Mrs. Hattie Songer. Mr. J. Hence Monroe of Abingdon is visiting his sister Mrs. Pocahontas Page at the Cosy Cafe. Madam Laura B. Hilton and Ruth E. England of Williamson. W. Va. passed thru the city last week en route for Cove Springs where they had been called to the bedside of their father, Mr. R. B. Monroe who is quite ill. Mrs. Susie Miller and son, Donald left Sunday for their home, Bristol, Tenn. Mr. George Shoffey of Indianapolis Ind. is spending a few days with his mother, Mrs. Julia Sheffey. Mr. R. Lane Rodgers of Pulaski is visiting his sister Miss Daily Rodgers. Mrs. Helen Young left for home, Norfolk. Saturday night after spending three weeks in the city. Madam Jennie Monroe Cecil Manning, Miss Willie Monroe, Rev. J. H. Monroe, Messrs. Charlie Monroe, Thomas Minafield and Mr. R. J. Thompson motored to Cove Springs Sunday to see Mr. R. B. Monroe who is quite ill. Mr. Henry Chaffin who has been gone for the past five years arrived in the city the guest of his sister Miss Maggie Chaffin. Mr. Garland Chapman of Ohio arrived in the city Sunday to spend Xmas with his children and father. Mr. Green Chapman. The Great Emancipation Day celebration will be at Pulsaski January 1st 1924 everybody to invited. Afternoon HAPPY HALLOWEEN THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA BACK TO NORMAL! on WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 ONE DAY ONLY! Ladies' Low Heel, one-strap PUMPS black or tan in sizes 4 to 8 $1.98 PAIR Wait On Yourself. "Y" SALES CO.. 121 North Fifth Street (Bet. Grace & Franklin Sts.) and night program will be rendered by Mr. C. L Lee and Miss C. M. Jenkins. The principal speakers for the day: Mayor E. W. Calfee, Lawyer A. J. Oliver of Roanoke and Rev. T. W. Hebron of Wytheville. Refreshments served all day. FULTON NOTES. The services at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church were very helpful to all who attended them last Sabba'h. 11:30 A. M. Rev. Cobbs preached, using for his text: "Be Sure Your Suns Will Find You Out." We all enjoyed the exegesis of the text. Special emphasis was laid on the Sins of Omnibus. 6:30 P. M. the B. Y. P. U. was very inspiring, under the leadership of Misses Rosely Hams and Edna Clarke. The lesson was discussed by Rev. C. B. Jefferson. 8:30 P. M. Rev. Johnson preached for us. We also had a number of white friends present from the Fort Lee Baptist Church. Let us be present tomorrow; great services will be had. 9:30 A. M.; 11:30 A. M. and 8:30 P. M. We all were very glad to greet Miss E.A. Logan who is spending her Xmuvacation at home. She addressed the Sunday School and also spoke at the morning services. The Richmond Baptist Sunday School Union will convene at the Union Baptist Church, South Richmond tomorrow at 3:30 P. M. NEGRO POETS AND THEIR POEMS An Epock-Making Book by Robert T. Kerlin, Ph. D., Author of the Voice of the Negro.—Beautifully II. ustrated.—$1.50 at All Booksellers. $1.65 By Mail. The Associated, Publishers, Inc., 1538 Ninth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. Dr. Kerlin is a former instructor at the Virginia Military Institute', where he was dismissed because he wrote the Governor of Arkansas a letter denouncing the decision to hang the victims of the Elaine Rlot merely on account of their rebellion against peonage. Undaunted by this injustice, he has never lost interest in the Negro. Finding in the mind of the race so many beautiful elements worthwhile, he has given us this valuable work on Negro poetry. The purpose of this book is so lofty, its style is so polished, and its interpretation is so philosophical that we can easily establish its claim as the first book of its kind bitherto published. The author has been wise enough to find an empire of letters developing in a sequestered sphere of the literary world. He appreciates the Negro heritage of song. He sees the present renaissance of the Negro. He sympathizes with the race in its struggles. He justifies their protest against the hypocrisy of a so-called democracy founded upon the caste of color. "Dr. Kerlin's book makes two contributions of real significance to the progress of inter-racial understanding. In the first place this book dealing with the higher things of the spirit, reveals to Negroes themselves a whole unexplored region of spiritual treasures of which we know altogether too little. Here are three score men and women who feel the stress and weight of that strange life all colored people mustive. They are pondering all the problems and all the deep meanings of that life. There is a certain rhythmic loftiness about this singing. These peo people are not made sour or dumb by sorrow. They have glorified the cross. They have burned off the dross of bitter experience and grasped eagerly the residue of gold. Here one finds faith deflanced, gentleness, love of country, vision warning and the sense of beauty all clothed in a remarkably moving rhythm of language. "In the second place, this book is both an interpretation to the white neighbor of his dark brother's heart and mind, and the strongest possible in diction of those deliberate barriers raised by sheer rare prejudice across the path of the black man's progress. Whatever limitations the Harp of Ethiopia may have in the matter or the method of the selections it does reveal to white America, that the Negro feels and thinks and dreams and aspires and achieves even as his white neighbor He refuses to despair or admit defeat. He will let no present bandeau cloud his view. He will overcome the world not by might nor power, nor by any of the instruments of hatred, but by the spirit. He will overcome evil with good. He will take the way of beauty." Well might the author say, then: "To the Black and unknown Bards who gave to the world the priceless treasure of those 'canticles of love and woe', the camp-meeting Spirituals; more particularly to those of the old plantations of the South, whose melodious lulables to the babes of boun faces entered with genius-quickening power into the souls of Poe and Lanier Dunbar and Cotter: to them, for whom our monument in stone or bronze were but mockery, I dedicate this monument of verse, builted by the children of their vision." THE FASHION OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Now in Full Swing Weisberger's MARKDOWN SALE These Dresses are fashioned of the better grade Postret Twilts, Canton Crepes and Chiffon Velvets, in regular and extra sizes. Reduced to..... $13.75 Sample Frocks and one-of-a kind models that are stunningly made of Charmouse, Satin Back, Cantons, Poirets and Shaker and Crepes in a full range of colors. 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THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A STATEMENT TO THE PUBLIC: We stake forty-five years' reputation for honesty, integrity and honorable action against ten months' aspersions of our enemies and those who desire to profit by the failure of the greatest financial institution of the colored people. Our primary object and desire is to reimburse any of our people who have invested in any enterprise fostered by us We solemnly swear now, as we swore upon the witness stand, that not one dollar of our forty-five years' accumulation has been the result of dishonorable actions or sharp practices. We insist that the money alleged to be missing cannot be traced to us either directly or indirectly and that of all the people involved we are the greatest sufferer, even as our honesty has been our greatest asset. The money belonging to us and to the organizations with which we are affiliated was taken by others or was accredited to other accounts, so that when checks were drawn upon the account there was no money to meet them. There was no other course for us to pursue, other than to assume complete responsibility Our ledger sheets at the Bank had been stolen, removed in order to cover up these peculations and to make us the victim. We had not transferred our property. It was all in our own name and while the liability chargeable to us from this source was approximately ($64,000) Sixty-four Thousand Dollars, we surrendered assets (real estate) which conservatively handled, will bring over ($100,000) One Hundred Thousand Dollars, which is ($36,000) Thirty six Thousand Dollars more than the alleged liability. We have never had charge of a record in the Mechanics Savings Bank in twenty years' service. We could not have made a false entry upon the books of that concern. We had no reason so to do when we had surrendered property with a gross rental of ($11,000) Eleven Thousand Dollars. We have defended colored people, secured their release from jails, penitentiaries and stopped executions upon the gallows. We are now called upon to defend ourselves. Certain it is, that the people whom we have defended will stand by us. As for the better class of Southerners, their testimony in our behalf is an outstanding feature of this crucial period of our existence. We are trusting in God. In the language of Shakespeare, we are saying to our traducers and slanderers- There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats For I am armed so strong in honesty that they pass me by Like the idle wind, that I respect not. A full, free and square vindication is demanded by us and we believe we shall obtain it. Richmond, Va., May 9, 1923.