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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 Virginia State Library. 381 COLORED EXCURSIONISTS TAKEN IN CUSTODY ON ILLEGAL WARRANTIES. THE COMMONWEALTH'S ATTORNEY AT HOPEWELL DISAVOWS RESPONSIBILITY OF WHOLESALE ARREST. News-Leader and Times-Dispatch Outspoken in Condemnation--Hauled to First Police Station in Police Patrol--Innocent Colored Citizens Out raged--White and Colored People Astounded. VOLUME XLI. NO. 40 381 C CUS THE COM News-Lea First P In All Quite a sensation was caused in this city Sunday night, when a boat load of excursionists were arrested upon a blanket warrant, sworn out by Town Sergeant J. C. Rebman, of Hopewell. The warrant charged 381 colored people, the majority of whom had never been in opewell, with being "fugitives from justice." As a result, the police patrol of this city was used to convey all of these people to the First Police Station, where most of the 381 people were bailed at $1.00 per head for their appearance on Wednesday, the 20th inst., at Hopewell, Va., to answer the charge of disorderly conduct. Attorney Wise Retained Attorney George E. Wise was retained as counsel and he went to Hopewell last Tuesday to investigate the situation. The case was postponed until the 30th. In conversation with him, he stated that he was well received by the Commonwealth Attorney, who stated that he had directed that the persons, who could be identified as taking a part in the disturbance be arrested. Instead, 381 persons were arrested, although not more than twenty persons were alleged to have taken a part in the disturbance. No Landing Intended It seems that a club, calling itself the "Southside Strutters", had given an excursion down the river for the benefit of the library fund. It was not intended to make a landing anywhere. It was one of the most orderly excursions that has ever left the city. The number on board the steamer was so much larger than expected, that Coke Pickrell, who had charge of the refreshments sold out and he induced the captain to make a landing at Hopewell with the idea of replenishing his stock. The Greek's Shop When Hopewell was reached and the boat docked many went ashore and they visited a Greek's shop to get bread, etc. He was unable to supply the demand and as the excursionists were buying from him, the steamer's whistle blew. Some of them threw the money down on the counter, while a few others having some of his goods hurried to the boat to avoid the police. He was also in affair to the town sergeant and he hurried to Richmond by the automobile route and was at the dock with a blanket warrant. Small Loss Mr. Wise interviewed Joe Smith, a colored man, who has a shoe shop next door and he stated that the Greek history was his passion. (Continued on Page.) PERSONALS AND BRIEFs: Mr. Robert Alexander of Washington, D. C., was in the city this week. He was on his vacation. Mrs. Sarah Mitchell of Pittsburgh, Pa., was in the city spending her vacation. She was accompanied by her husband John M. Mitchell and her granddaughter, Miss Willinette Brooks. The party will visit Chas City and upon her return to the city will leave for Mrs. Mary Ransome and her little daughter, Calpernia, left the city last Tuesday for Crewe, Va., to spend several days visiting their many friends. —Mrs. Roberta Miller will leave Sunday to attend the Elks Convention at Pittsburgh, Pa. —Deacon John S. Powell remembered us this week by sending four years' subscription to The Planet. —Mrs. Josephine Taylor, 1238 Denny Street left last Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Lucy A. Williams of New York City, formerly of Richmond. —Rev. Joseph Arrington will deliver two sermons at the First Baptist Church tomorrow morning and night Church Sunday morning and night. Mr. J. W. Johnson, familiarly known here as "Millianaire" Johnson, was in the city last week to attend the funeral of Col. Giles B. Jackson. He now resides in Washington. Dr. R. E. Jones, looking the "picture of health" was in the city last week to attend the funeral of Col. Giles B. Jackson. He is doing well in Philadelphia. Mr. Henry Neal, employed at Price's Undertaking establishment has been home sick. Mr. John A. Hines has discontinued his lunch room in Clay street and is now engaged there in the grocery business. You need 100 in 1 and you make a great mistake, when you fail to keep a bottle on hand. Read Dr. A. H. Robin's guarantee. The sizes of the bottles fit your pocket allowances. Send for a bottle today. IN MEMORIAM In sad but loving memory of my little daughter, Dorothy D. Neal, who departed this life three years ago, August 21, 1921. My thoughts are always wandering To the grave not far away; Where they laid my dear little Dor- Can I help but feel so lonely, When her voice I do not hear; For no words were ever sweeter, Than the words she spoke so dear. Cheery ways, her smiling face, Are pleasures to recall; She had a friendly word for each, And died beloved by all. Her busy hands are folded, Her work on earth is done; Her troubles are all ended, Her heavenly crown is won. Never shall we cease to love her, Never shall her memory fade; Sweetest thoughts forever linger, Around the grave where she is laid. Each hour comes to me anew, With bitter sense of loss; Oh, God, in mercy pity us, And help us to bear our cross. Her devoted mother, JANNIE NEAL. The American Woodmen Here Successful Meeting----A Grand Parade----Females in Military Department----Opening Exercises Staged----A Great Financial Showing. CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA ARTICLE I, SECTION 10—That general warrants, whereby an officer or messenger may be commanded to search suspected places without evidence of a fact committed, or TO SEIZE ANY PERSON OR PERSONS NOT NAMED, or whose offense is not particularly described and supported by evidence, are grievous and oppressive, and ought not to be granted. "Probable cause" (or good cause) is a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in his belief that the person accused is guilty of the offense with which he is charged.—Spengler v. Davy, 15 Grat. 388. See Scott and Boyd v. Shelor, 28 Grat. 891. For the first time in the history of this city the District Convention of the American Woodmen staged a most creditable parade here during its deliberations at the Hood Memorial Temple A. M. E. Z. Church. The occasion was last Tuesday and the Uniform Rank, composed of both male and female, participated. Both of the local Elks' Bands were in the parade, which was headed by the American Woodmen Band of Philadelphia. A line of floats followed the procession. For the first time, two female officers appeared astride of horses with their male companions while other females marched in line in military formation. SEC. 3914—WHEN TO ISSUE WARRANT OF ARREST: If it appear proper, such conservator shall issue a warrant, reciting the complaint, and requiring the person complained of forthwith to be apprehended and brought before him or some other conservator.—1877,-8 p. 317. A warrant directing the "associates" of the person named to be arrested, without mentioning the names of such associates, is illegal and void as to them.—Wells v. Jackson, 3 Munf. 458—CODE OF VIRGINIA. "HA! HA!" G.O.P. HEY, DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME BLOW MY HORN? DAVIS WHY DIDN'T YOU GET A REGLAR CAR, JAWN? MY SPEECH OR ACCEPTANCE SATTERFIELD AUTOCASTER. FINE PARADE. The parade extended about three blocks. Major General John L. Jones was in charge. At the Fifth Street (Continued on page 5) MR. PERKINS' CHILD KILLED A sensation was caused in the neighborhood of Fifth and Baker Streets when one of the heavy Highland Park cars struck and killed Walter R. Percins last Sunday morning between 11 and 12 o'clock. The boy was only 6 years of age and a few moments before had left his parents' residence at 408 E. Baker Street, going towards Fifth Street. The child was on the crossing, going towards the drug store when struck by the heavy car. A large crowd quickly gathered and the mutilated remains turned over to Funeral Director Clarence P. Hayes. The unfortunate child was the son of Mr. W. R. and Mrs. Ida B. Perkins. Mrs. Perkins is daughter of Deacon E. T. Coleman, sexton of the Fifth St. Baptist Church. Attorney James T. Carter was busy at the spot measuring distances and getting information concerning the accident, he having been retained by the unfortunate child's parents to protect their interests. The motorman, W. M. Parker was placed under arrest and taken into custody by Detective Sergeant Frank I. Gentry upon the charge of involuntary manslaughter. The motorman admitted that he had no time to apply brakes successfully, claiming that the boy ran in front of the car. Coroner Whitfield did not deem inquest necessary. One of the boy's legs was severed, and the other one broken. The head was crushed the PRICE, FIVE CENTS KEN IN ITS. DISAVOWS --Hauled to ns Out- refunded. American men Here eting----A Grand males in Military ----Opening Ex- ged----A Great l Showing. DR. E. W. D. ABNER Supreme Commander, A. W. brains being observable between the tracks. Despite all of this Funeral Director C. P. Hayes gathered up the remains, practically remade the face, put the feet in place and had the child's body ready for the inspection of the public by Monday. The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon. CARD OF THANKS. The family of the late Giles B. 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THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA COLORFUL NEWS "MOVIES" By "THE CAMERAMAN." 1—SEGREGATION PERSONIFIED. 2—THE VETERAN TELEGRAPHER. 3—NEGRO MIGRATION CLOSES SILK MILL—(From: The Journal of Commerce.) 4—PEACEFUL POLITICS—NO. IV. 5—FALSE PROPHETS. (Preston News Service) have been operating in Fayetteville for thirty-five years, are not to be reopened by the present company. The mills closed down March 15, 1924, because of market conditions. They will stay closed because of the migration of the Negro labor to the North. Running full force, the mills employed 600 Negro operatives. They were not running full force when closed. The payroll had dwindled down to $1,000 a week. From their establishment only Negro labor has been used. The company owns seventy houses, most of which are occupied by former helpers now making a living as best they may in Fayetteville and Fort Brayg. PRESIDENT J. W. GREGORY OF THE GEOgraphical Section of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, in his recent address at Toronto, Canada, has stepped right squarely upon the gas accelerator of imagination by saying that a colored free state in America is what is needed to solve the so-called racial problem. The learned scientist, after stating that the betterment of the human race could be made possible by fusion, but that modern students of eugenics are emphatic in their beliefs that a weak, inferior offspring of undesirable tendencies would accrue from such a practice, pointed out that a "southeastern state" of Negroes might be formed, with a special measure of home rule under some department of federal jurisdiction. In such a state, so the discourse of the scientist asserts, the Negro race might dwell in peace and harmony, in agriculture and industry, quarantined, as it were, from the other races of the good old U. S. A. The company is solvent. It owns the mills free and clear, with seven and a half acres of land, and a pond, with inexhaustible springs, which feed the sprinkler system in the three buildings. There are two three-story buildings, 50x250 feet and one building one-story high, 100x45 feet. There are also 3,000 acres of land in Cumberland county, the property of the Hawthorne Company. Had the learned sociologist not previously sounded the warning that the 520,000,000 Negro people of the globe are engaging in reproduction more rapidly than the whites, we might have been moved by his discourse; but his allusions to the rising tide of color were apparently veneered by a thin layer of fear. This may have been due to the fact that upon reflection it is recalled that of the world population of one billion, seven hundred million persons, one billion three hundred million of them, or about 77 per cent. constitute the dark races. To imagine the remainder, or 23 per cent. of white peoples, attempting to segregate the 77 per cent. is almost a dream proposition. Trouble about procuring sufficient labor began to be felt at the opening of the World War, says the manager. Negroes have been brought here from as far away as South Carolina, but they did not stay. They were tempted away, many of them to jobs in Fayetteville itself. Every possible effort has been made to get more, but the supply doesn't ekual demand. Talk of the return of any considerable number from the North is piffle, says the manager, and the mill cannot be operated as now organized by white labor. However, the echoes of the doctor's sociological voice had scarcely ended before Dr. Hubert Harrison, a Negro educator and lecturer, rose and seconded Dr. Gregory's motion, through a press release ascribed to Dr. Harrison, in support of a Negro free state; and this, rather than what the Britisher said, has caused us to unscrew the cap of our trusty fountain pen and record our objections. ```markdown ``` THE TRIANGULAR ROUTES OF POLITICAL progress now open to the BRETHREN seem to be causing a series of mental gyrations to the various camp-leaders; and, on the whole, it cannot be said that immediate relief is in sight. In Indiana, for instance, the latest news is to the effect that there has been a serious break between local leaders and a group of publicists who journeyed to the Hoosier Capitol on an admitted errand of mercy and good will. If this be true, it is unfortunate that misunderstandings have arisen; for Indiana is in need of firm coalition among all the BRETHREN, both far and near. A free colored state in the U. S. A., or anywhere else, for that matter, upon a segregation basis, would place in mourning all the elements of democracy which we have ever been wont to revere. A cage may be all right for ferae naturae (animals wild by nature) but a geographical cage for American people and American institutions would be a literal burial ground for the hopes of a nation. What is there in our political history which prescribes such personified segregation? Are the Constitution and the laws of both God and of man to be entirely scrapped by science and an aborted civilization? What need is there for geographical walls? In fact, what need is there to segregate the interests of the people of free America? If the theory of freedom is becoming an impracticable one, then it is for America's populace to examine their hearts and be born again. A review of world history of the segregation type might open the eyes of all proponents of the separate free state idea. In New York, the probability of the diversion of Hon. Martin C. Ansorge, white, who was unsuccessful in his last Congressional run, to a vacancy on the General Sessions Bench, has led to the possibility of running ex-alderman, Dr. Charles H. Roberts, for Congress. This movement has gained such weight that some brave New York gentleman wrote to President Coolidge, protesting the mere thought of a Negro coming to Congress. President Coolidge, however, replied by saying that he had sworn to uphold the Constitution, and that there was nothing in it which barred colored men from seeking Congressional seats. The baneful effects of the segregated school, the segregated railway coach, the segregated city areas, the segregated grave yards, and the dream, perhaps, of a segregated Heaven, are far more eloquent than the advocacies of these two scientists. With additional proofs that Jesus Christ may have been of the dark races, if segregation were put in practice the hereafter might be as lonesome for the whites as a ship which the rats have deserted Dr. Charlie Roberts is a fine fellow, and if the Harlemites will agree to run the political boat with an even stroke, the good-natured dentist may find himself in Washington. There are, of course, other factors, too. For instance, Alderman John Smith and Assemblyman Henri W. Shields of Tammany Hall—(Well, perhaps we'd better save that until next time.) From Chicago comes the rumor that the Dickerson-For-Congress boom was a hoax. Who knows, though? The Windy City is noted for disquietude, and even though this boom may be dormant now, it's likely to reassert itself at any time. We opine, however, that it'll be a hard job to shake down the First Illinois District, whose voting habits are well defined. Therefore, much interest is being manifested in the activities of G. Victor Cools, National Director of the La Follette campaign among colored people. It is said that Cools who is a youngster of only 34 summers, and who has an expert knowledge of politics and economics, as well as a full understanding of the ways of the BRETHREN, may cause a greater defection than any one else in the rank and file of Negro voters. Away with such fanciful dreams, and on with Joseph's coat of many colors, beautiful to behold and worn by the one beijing the one nation, the children of God, Himself, whom we all worship here below; and whose mysteries of races and color and habitat, which we cannot, yea, which we need not understand, are insignificant when compared with Christian devotjon and brotherly love. --- OUT IN CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS, ON THE main line of the Illinois Central Railroad, in a telegraph booth, there sits a veteran telegraph operator, who has been tapping out the Morse alphabet for nearly fifty years. To be more accurate, on December 24, 1874, J. H. Kelley was given his chance to master the mysteries of the Morse code and the telegraph key. Since that time he has been a telegrapher for the Illinois Central. We met him last week. He was taking his first vacation. n Hale and hearty, with every white glistening tooth that God had given him, and with an everlasting smile. Kelley, who is now 73 years of age—and he looked like 37 instead of 73—gr. sped our hands in a grip that was without a tremble, and said "Howdy" in true Illinois style. At any rate, we think you'll agree that the variated routes of political trend are having a far more marked effect upon the BRETHREN than you ever dreamed of. And each day, it grows more and more complex. ```markdown ``` DOWN IN SWELTERING WASHINGTON, D. C., beautiful, but hot, oh, so hot, some public-spirited citizens, after many attempts, were able to induce the city government to open the Howard Swimming Pools at night, for the benefit of those who toiled the livelong day and who had no 10x15 porcelain bathtubs for cooling as well as cleansing purposes. On the Illinois Central Kelley handles about 31 trains a day, which he has dispatched through his block for years and years, without a single mishap. Little do travelers know, as they journey this route from the heart of the Mississippi Valley to Chicago, when the semaphores at Carbondale swing up and down, and the red signals change to green and yellow, that a colored telegrapher has given their train the O. K. on its thundering way. Whereupon, it is reported that a group of Baptist ministers went en masse to the supervisor of municipal playgrounds, and amid sighs and sobs, prayed that the pools be not opened—that immorality and indecency would follow in the wake of its opening—that our people were not to be trusted at a night swimming pool. They ride on in ignorance at what they would consider an impossibility if they knew; and the Illinois Central officials, who have been wise to the situation for the full fifty years of Kelley's telegraphic existence, know that Kelley is merely an efficient, tried and true telegrapher. They've forgotten that he is a Negro. No graver indictment was ever drawn against an innocent people. No meaner type of suspicion was ever unloosed by the minds of men. We always thought that if there was any one thing in which Baptist preachers believed there was virtue, it was water—WATER. But we were mistaken. How sad for us; and how sad for the Baptist preachers, who fear water in the night-time. How sad it is that sweltering Washington's colored people can find no relief from the heat, at night. Immoral! Bosh! Bunk, one hundred and ten proof! Kelley has economic brains as well as telegraphic speed and ability, and out of his $200 per month salary, he's managed to become the owner of a $22,000 home at 456 East 46th St., Chicago, where you can find him yourself on rest days, if you want to verify what we've just told you about him. Here's truly an example in ability, thrift and persistent effort. 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Palmer's PARATIONS Published Every Saturday by John Mitchell, Jr. at 811 North Fourth Street, Richmond, Va. Published Every Saturday by John Mitchell, Jr. at 811 North Fourth Street, Richmond, Va. All communications intended for publication should be sent to reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the Post Office at Richmond, Virginia as second class matter. c m One Year ..... $ 2.00 six Months ..... 1.10 Three Months ..... .60 Foreign Subscriptions ..... 2.50 Foreign Advertising Representative, W. B. Eld Company, 608 S. Dearborn Street, Chicago; 801 Victoria Building, St. Louis, Mo.; 420 Long age Building, New York. The tide is turning in our favor. Let us be careful not to do anything to cause it to flow the other way. It is comforting to think that God rules in the affairs of men and that all of our wrongs will be righted after a while. Liberal minded white people are endeavoring to help us and they will succeed. Let us do nothing to embarrass them in their efforts. Let us be unusually polite to all classes of white people right through here now; those, who are in favor of us and those, who may be against us. These outrages practiced upon a helpless people cannot fall to bring more white people on our side of the contention and to cause the hesitating elements amongst them to speak openly in our favor. It was an amusing and a serious situation, when an irresponsible Town Sergeant of Hopewell could come to Richmond where colored American citizens obey the laws and pay taxes and cause Richmond's fine police force to obey his orders and to lock up some of the best kind of American citizens in a lock-up upon the demand of a citizen of Greece. No wonder the white folks sat up and took notice. What other race of people, but the humble, law-abiding Negroes would have submitted willingly to such an outrage? SOMEBODY BLUNDERED. "O. but man! proud man! Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured. His glassy essence like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep." —Shakespeare. No happening in a decade has done more to disturb the friendly relationship between the races of this section and to nullify the beneficent effects of the inter-racial movement here, which has been fostered and nurtured by the leaders of the white and colored races than that which culminated in the wholesale arrest of 381 of our best citizens last Sunday night, and their incarceration in a station-house of this city. The case is all the more flagrant and heinous when it is understood that the warrant upon which they were committed was an illegal warrant and that the parties who made out to the same are liable to prosecution for perjury. The darkness is illumined to a great extent by the prompt condemnation of the whole proceedings by the better class of white citizens, who found in the Richmond, Va, NewsLeader and the Richmond, Va. Times Dispatch willing mouthpieces for the voicing of their condemnation. Still, several hundred dollars were unlawfully collected and if both classes of our citizens will unite in bringing about the return of this amount to these people, a real act of genuine assistance will be rendered. We have never been able to understand how the authorities of this city could have been duped into executing a "blanket warrant." There is no authority for such a warrant unless all the parties to the affair committed a misdemeanor in the presence of an officer of the law. The way the matter now looks, a Greek, not a resident of this country brings about, through a Town Sergeant, the arrest of 381 American citizens, causes their incarceration in a lock-up in this city, subjects them to numerous indignities, including the payment of a bail-bond fee of $1,000 each, the employment of counsel and divers other annoyances and the only redress is the announcement that they will not be required to return to Hopewell and the matter will be dropped. Is this fair? Is it just? Some of our white friends have lost sight of another fact and that is that had a boat load of white excursionists been similarly treated, it would have led to bloodshed. It is a ringing tribute to the law-abiding instinct of the colored people in that they obeyed the officers of the law here implicitly, just as they had been taught to do by their leaders. They were fairly "boiling" with indignation, but at no time did they take any violent action. To our mind, this case should be heard in this city before a Judge of record upon a writ of habeas corpus and the matter decided. Some of these innocent excursionists were put in jail. We learn that the bail bond has been vitiated. This Greek admitted that his loss will not exceed $25.00 and yet a Town Sergeant drove an automobile thirty miles to arrest 381 colored people, less than twenty of whom actually participated in the affair and even what they did was not committed with any unlawful intent. We hope that our people will continue to be patient and law-abiding, seeking redress in the courts of the commonwealth and taking no hasty action in the premises. Our view of the matter is that counsel should be retained, not to protect any colored person from punishment, but to establish a precedent that highstanding, humble, law-abiding citizens cannot be arrested and punished with impunity upon an illegal presentment, when they have committed no offense against the laws of the commonwealth. A FOREIGN MISSION SERVICE. A special missionary service will be held at Sharon Baptist Church, Sunday, August 31, 3:30 P.M. The meeting is held to foster foreign missions and the proceeds are for the Lott Carey Foreign Missionary Convention, which meets next month in Washington. Mys. R. H. Johnson is mistress of ceremonies and the principal speaker will be Dr. Wm. H. Stokes, editor of the Lott Carey Herald. Prof. B. L. Allen will also speak. Music will be furnished by the Ebenezer Baptist Church Choir, and the orchestra of the Sharon Sunday School. Rev. R. H. Johnson, pastor, is working up a great meeting. 381 Colored Excursionists Taken in Custody. 381 Colored Excursionists Taken in Custody. ists took some 15 or 20 small water-melons, some of which were specked and were worth about ten cents a piece, a half a box of cheap cigars, a half of a bunch of bananas and a box of cakes. The total loss at the highest valuation was about $13.00. Town Sergeant Rebman and the Commonwealth's attorney admitted that the Greek claimed his loss to be about $25.00. Rev. Dr. Ransome Speaker Rev. W. L. Ransome, pastor of the First Baptist Church, wrote a communication to the News-Leader testifying to the fact that many of the excursionists were members of his church. The whole affair seems to have been a case of "much ad about nothing." A movement is under way to effect an amicable settlement of the whole affair. QUESTION ARREST OF EXCURSIONISTS Commonwealth's Attorney Amorose Regrets Whealease Steps in SOUGHT GUILTY ONES Richmond Police Acted Only at Request of Hopewell Officer. (Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch, August 19.) The legal aspect of arresting 248 Negro excursionists here Sunday night at the request of Hopewell police was questioned yesterday. Commonwealth's Attorney William Amoroso, of Hopewell, told a group of the excursionists who went to that city to inquire into the arre- sts yesterday that he had instructed Sergeant Redman, of the Hope- well police department, not to arrest the entire group of 381 persons, but to have the proprietor of a store whose stock was looted by a party of the excursionists identify the murly ones. REGETS WHOLESALE ARREST. Sergeant Redman, according to Mr. Amoroso, took Nick Lukrispo, the storekeeper, came to Richmond, and, with Sergeant Gentry, of the Richmond Police Department, went aboard the boat and arrested practically every adult male person. "I greatly regret that this wholesale arrest was made," he said. "It is not right that a great many people be arrested in order to find several guilty ones. Roe v. Wade should not unlscriso the men actually wanted." Mr. Amoroso announced that the arrested Negroes, provided they told what they knew of the affair, would be treated "more than fairly." Sergeant Gentry disclaimed all responsibility for the arrests. "Sergeant Redman was taken on board the boat and he asked that all the Negroes be arrested after the Greek had failed to identify any one," he said. "We accordingly arrested 248 of them on warrants charging them with being fugitives from justice. They were bailed for appearance in THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Hopewell police court Wednesday morning." RESPONSIBILITY IS SHIFTED. The police department of Richmond, Sergeant Gentry said, did what was requested of them, thereby shifting all responsibility to the Hopewell authorities. The excursion was conducted on the Richmond steamship Islander. It was chartered by "The South Side Strutters," a social and literary society. According to Puprisco, a party of the Negroes, when they reached Hopewell, came into his store on the wharf, threatened him, looted the store and fled. Hopewell police, he said, were powerless. Mrs. Anna Howell Passes Away. The funeral of Mrs. Anna Howell, the beloved wife of wf. Mr. Thomas Howell, of 1619 Decatur Street took place Sunday g1 12:30 from the First Baptist Church. A large gathering of sympathizing friends were present to pay the last tribute of respect to one they had known for a long number of years. Mrs. Howell had been sick for many months, but she bore her illness with patience and Christian fortitude. Rev. Dr. W. L Ransome officiated and spoke in glowing terms of the deceased. Mrs. Mary V. Binga sang very touchingly. "Sleep On Beloved." Resolutions were read from the various organizations of which the deceased was a member. The beautiful grey silver casket with velour gates ajar, Pueblo silver trimmings, was ornate by Messrs. Junius Cobgill Willie Wintree, Samuel Johnson, Alfred Britton, A. Q. Powell and John Fleming. Honorary pallbearers were: Mesdames; Mattie Cunningham, Ophelia Cogbill, Laura King, Elizabeth Harris, Mary Threat and Elvira Jenkins. The floral designs were many and costly. The interment was made in Maury's Cemetery. "Peace to her ashes, rest for her soul." Undertaker C. S. Cunningham conducted the funerals in his usual dignified manner. — A FRIEND. Mr. Othella Howell, formerly of this city, but now of New York, was called to the city last week on account of the death of his mother, Mrs. Anna Howell. Mr. Howell has been absent from the city for several years. While away he studied embalming and has passed a creditable examination. He contemplates returning here and opening up business. Mr. Willie Howell, of Donora, Pa., was called here on account of the death of his mother. FULTON NOTES. Services were held at the Mt. Calvary Baptist Church last Sunday. Sunday School at 10 A. M., with the superintendent, Mr. Wm. Jones presiding. Miss E. A. Logan played the musical instrument. 11:30 A. M. our pastor, Rev. C. A. Cobbs, preached a powerful sermon. Music by the choir. After the services a good many of our friends and members accompanied our pastor to the 2nd Bethel Baptist Church, where we all enjoyed ourselves in the beginning of the big meeting. Great sermons were preached by Revs. C. A. Cobbs and P. W. Calvin. 3:30—Mt. Calvary. A great sermon was preached by Revs. M. M. Rainey, during a sacred concert given by the friends of the Afro-American Old, Folks Home. A unique programme was had in connection. 8:30 P. M.—Sermon by Rev. C. B Jefferson, he used for his text, John, 14th chapter, and part of the 9th verse. "Have I been so long a time with you, yet thou hast not known me?" Mr. Gus Riley, who professed religion a few months ago, through the efforts of Revs. Cobb and G. W. Coleman. He was received for a candidate for baptism. Sickness prevented his presence sooner. Benediction was hald by Rev. Bro. Robinson, of the 6th Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The first two weeks in this month our pastor, Rev. Cobbs, conducted the revival services in Louisa at the Bright Hope Baptist Church, Mechanicsville and the Free Union Baptist Church. Our pastor will begin his vacation on the second Sunday in September. On the 14th and 15th instant, the Revs. A. D. Clarke and C. B. Jefferson preached at the Fairfield Baptist Church. Rev. P. Philips, pastor. The people of Rising Mt. Zion Baptist Church, had a great time last week during the third anniversary of their pastor, Rev. O. B. Sims. SHARON CHURCH SERVICES. Sunday, August 24, 1924. Location: First and Leigh Streets. 7 A. M.—Sunrise prayer and praise service. 10 A. M.—Sunday school and man's Bible class. 11:25 A. M.—Sermon by pastor subject, "The Folloy of Sin." 3:30 P. M.—Knights of Damon. 6 P. M.—Young people's meeting. 8:15 P. M.—Sermon by pastor; subject, "Nebuchadnezzar." Regular prayer meeting Wednesday at 8:15 P. M. day at 8:16 P. M. You are welcome. Come and w ship with us. R. H. Johnson, B. D., M. A., pas tor. W. L. Johnson, clerk. WANTED—A CHAUFFEUR. Apply to Dr. C. A. Bryce, 516 N. 10th St. Richmond, Va. DELL GRAVES Stand, Adams and Marshall Streets Phone Mad. 6936J. 712 Catherine St. Moonshing Sent To Pen. (President New) ARKADELPHIA, ARK, Aug. 14—Louis Holemack made with ituation he given a jury trial in Clark Circuit Court here Tuesday morning, found guilty and sentenced to one year in the state renunciary. N. A. A. C. P. ANTI-LYNCHING PLACARCS CREATE STIR IN ENGLAND'S CAPITAL CITY. New York, August 15.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, has received a letter from Percy E. Hurst, of the Law Reform Association in London, England, telling of the stir created during the recent visit there of the American Bar Association by the N. A. A. C. P. Anti-Lynching placars displayed by sandwichmen who paraded up and down the main streets. So marked was the effect of the posters that an "unseen hand" had the sandwichmen relegated to side streets, writes Mr. Hurst, saying: "I think it has been a very successful display, as it has attracted widespread attention from our own public and from your lawyers, but there has undoubtedly been an unseen hand at work to nullify if possible the efforts that have been made. This has been noticeable from the fact that after the sandwichmen had paraded for several days past the hotels where the lawyers merely put up, the police made the men stand by in side streets, for which act there was no possible excuse. Furthermore, practically all comment has been kept out of the British has to be the demonstration made. This is no doubt due to almost all the editors of the London papers being lawyers, and it is therefore easy to understand the desire to suppress all agitation for strengthening the law and ending its abuses." The N. A. A. C. P. is still receiving letters as a result of these placards, asking for the facts about lynching. The lat ex-Judge George L. Christian remembered James T. Carter, who for many years served him in the capacity of stenographer and who is now one of the leading colored attorneys of this city. He left him a taken of ($100). He left some of his relatives $500 each. GARVEY BUYS SHIP TO TAKE NEGROES TO AFRICA; 3,000 PAY 50 CENTE EACH TO VIEW IT AT PIER. New York, August 10.—Three thousand members of the Universal Negro Improvement Association now holding its annual convention at Liberty Hall on 1838 Street between Seventh and Lenox Avenues, paid 50 cents each yesterday to inspect the steeamship General George W. Goethals at the foot of West Twenty-fourth Street following an announcement by their President, Marcus Garvey, that he had purchased the vessel to carry them back to Africa. About 1,000 Negroes were standing in line waiting their turn to go aboard when the downpour of rain came and caused a stampede for shelter. Most of them were drenched. A number of young Negroes managed to get on board without paving. The General Goethals is a single screw steamship, built in 1911 at Bremen as the Grunewald and interned during the war. She was operated by the Shipping Board and afterward by the Panama Canal and Steamship Company, which is owned by the United States Govern-ment. She is a 4,418 gross tonnage, 355 feet 1 inch long, and 48 feet 7 inches beam. She has accommodation for seventy first class and one hundred second class passengers. Garvey said the General Goethals would start on her first trip to Jamaica about October 15th and leave for Liberia in November. The vessel will lie manned, he added, by white officers and a Negro crew. Garvey refused to say how much he had paid for the steamship or from whom he had bought it. In a statement to the Universal Negro Improvement Association Garvey said: 'A's fast as we can acquire capital we will invest in more ships until we have established a regular route between America and Africa for carrying the Negroes who are desirous of repatriating themselves." The company which will operate the steamship after the name has been changed to Booker T. Washington, Garvey said, is the Black Cross Navigation and Trading Company, whose 500,000 stock is held by the Improvement Association. Garvey is out on bail pending an appeal from a conviction for using the mails to defraud in stock sales of the Black Star Line. WEST VIRGINIA TO BUILD HOME FOR ORPHAN GIRLS (Preston News Service.) Huntington, W. Va., Aug. 22.—An industrial home for orphaned Negro girls, costing $100,000, is to be built here, according to plans of the State Board of Control made known here Thursday. The building will be erected near the new coloreu orphan boys' home and will be similar to the institution as the one at Salem for white girls, it was stated. Funds for the crection of the building was appropriated by the legislature at the 1921 session. MRS. DOLLY R. BROWN AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS Widow of Late Phil H. Brown Answers Party's Call. (Preston News Service.) Chicago, Ill., Aug. 21.—When the Illinois Central flyer pulled into Chicago last Monday it brought in Mrs. Dolly R. Brown, of Hopkinsville, KY, widow of the late Phil H. Brown, journalist, government official and assistant director of publicity during the Taft, Hughes and Harding campaigs. The response to a request of the Religious National Committee for intensive work in the Coolidge campaign. 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Out-of-town Orders Promptly Executed. Workmanship and Quality Materials Guaranteed. The Richmond Planet, 311 North 4th St. Richmond, Va. and experience. Singularly Mrs. Brown's appointment was made by another widow, Mrs. Alvin T. Hert, vice-chairman of the Republican National Committee, and wife of the late Alvin T. Hert, formerly national committeeman from Kentucky, who died suddenly at the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D. C., some time after President Harding took office. RUMORED THAT EDITOR VANN WILL HAVE CHARGE OF CAM- PAIGN PUBLICITY. (Preston News Service), Washington, D. C., Aug. 21.—According to reports coming from Republican National Headquarters here, Attorney Robert L. Vann, editor of the Pittsburgh Courier, will be placed in charge of the division of newspaper publicity during the campaign. It is pointed out that Mr. Vann served in connection with this work during the Harding campaign and distinguished himself as the most potent political writer of the staff. For the past year his pungent editorials in the Pittsburgh Courier have been quoted widely by white Republicans dailles throughout the country. PEACEMAKER SLAIN IN FIGHT OVER ONE DOLLAR (Preston News Service) Wheeling, W. Va., Aug. 22—Attempting to put on the friendly act of peacemaker in a dispute between a man and woman over a dollar at Richland, north of here, Sunny ended with death for the peacemaker, placed the woman in the hospital with three bullet wounds in her body and sent a large posse scouring Ohio county hills in search of the murderer and assailant. According to the report of the officers, Joseph Blair, aged 25, claimed that Mrs. Mary McDowell, conducted a boarding house, owed him $1. Carney Montgomery, aged 35, a neighbor, stepped into the boarding house when he heard the violent argument between the man and woman and attempted to dissuade the parties from continuing their heated dispute. Blair immediately pulled a pistol and shot Montgomery through the heart, killing him instantly, and then turned the gun on Mrs. McDowell and fired three shots into her body and escaped. FEAR OF VIOLENCE CAUSES REMOVAL OF PRISONER (Preston News Service.) Sedalia, Mo., Aug. 22.—Fearing violence to James Williams and William Collins, who were taken to the Henry county jail after their capture in a cornfield Tuesday afternoon by a posse, the men were removed to Kansas City for safekeeping. The men that morning shot and severely wounded City Marshal Richardson, of Windsor, when the officer questioned their motive in purchasing ammunition for revolvers. Feeling over the shooting was quite bitter after the capture of the men and they were hurried away from the crowd of more than a thousand armed men and boys who had aided in the rounding up of the men. VERNE FORD SHOT TO DEATH BY WIFE AFTER QARREI (Preston News Service.) St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21.—Verne Ford, aged 26 years, was shot and killed early Thursday evening by his wife, America Ford, at their home in Pine Street. According to the woman, who was arrested soon after the shooting, it followed an argument. She told the police her husband pulled a razor from his pocket and started for her. She said she succeeded in preventing him from cutting her by grapping with him and causing him to drop the razor. After a terrific struggle both started for a trunk at the side of the room where a pistol was hidden. She said Ford grabbed the pistol and she grabbed him and during the scuffle she got control of the pistol and succeeded in twisting his wrist until the muzzle of the gun pointed toward her husband. One shot was fired and Ford fell dead, the bullet passing through his heart. HOMESTEAD MAN SEEKING RELIEF FROM HEAT DROWNED (Preston News Service.) Homestead, Pa., Aug. 20—Lynnwood Butler, aged 39 years, was drowned in the Monongahela river here while in swimming Sunday afternoon. Butler was drowned with cramps and had been in the water a few minutes. He shouted for help and sank from view before life savers could reach him. The body was recovered an hour later several hundred yards down the river from where he sank. $50,000 DAMAGE SUIT AGAINST EDITOR WITHDRAWN (Preston News Service.) Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 20.—The $50,000 damage suit instituted in Knox county circuit court by the Standard Life Insurance Company of Atlanta, Ga., against Webster L. Porter, editor and publisher of the East Tennessee News, was dismissed Saturday morning when the attorney for the complainant appeared in court and asked that the suit be terminated with a non-suit proceedings. The suit grew out of an article published in the East Tennessee News in which Herman E. Perry, president of the Standard Life Insurance Company, was charged with underhand machinations in connection with the purchase and sale of the Mississippi Life Insurance Company deal. Editor Porter says: "The action of Mr. Perry in dropping his suit was just as we expected, at the time it was filed. It was plain to many who know the tactics of the Atlanta promoter that the hurried filing of the $50,000 damage suit was merely his 'grasping at a straw' and was designed to divert the attention of the public from the real facts as had been given to the public through the columns of the Knoxville publication. We believe that our action in giving the public this information not only saved the insurance company in question, but has served to greatly arouse the promoters of other concerns to the need of exercising the greatest amount of care in handling their affairs." PASTOR AND OTHERS ON BAIL IN ALLEGED ATTACK ON MAN (Preston News Service.) Fairmont, W. Va., Aug. 21—Rev. E. O. Jones, white, pastor of a Methodist church at Shinnston, near here, and seven white men were released from jail here last Saturday under $10,000 bail each in connection with the alleged attack upon Daniel Washington, Negro. District Attorney Frank Amon said the men would be charged with conspiracy to murder when they go before the September grand jury. The alleged attack is said to have followed alleged attempted advances to a white woman. According to the police, the woman is said to have made a date with Washington and then lured him to a spot where she had agreed with the men who were hooded. When the woman and Washington arrived the men are said to have beaten him severely and shot him several times. ```markdown ``` ROANOKE NEWS ROANOKE NEWS Mt. Zion Baptist Church had their picnic Tuesday, August 19, at Concord, Va. Rev. W. E. Lee preached a wonderful sermon Sunday morning at 11 o'clock on the subject of Friendship. These are the kind of sermons that help men by showing them their faults. The funeral services of Principal James Frank McKoy, of Gregory Ave Public School, took place Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Fifth Ave Presbyterian Church. Many of Roanoke's most talented citizens were present to pay their respects. Mr. Macquitt, the president of the school board of the city, in his remarks spoke in the most prominent terms of the life of the deceased. He is gone but not forgotten. He will long live in the hearts of the teachers and pupils and citizens of Roanoke. Rev. L. L. Downing paid a glorious tribute to his memory as a friend and co-worker in church and civic work. Services at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church Sunday, August 17: Sunday School at 9:20 A. M. Rev. Geo. Jhillips, superintendent. At 11 A. M. Rev. W. R. Howerton, D. D., delivered a very helpful sermon from Paul's second letter to Timothy, 1st chapter 8th verse: "Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to power of God." Subject: "False Shame." He referred to customs and habits of 30 years ago, which would have been a shame, but nowadays would not cause the most cultured or refined to even blush in any circle of society. These are the very things that St. Paul warned Timothy against in that remote page of the Christian era. If it were dangerous then they must be just as injurious nowadays. Miss Eva Taylor, of No. 707 81 Ave., N. W., left the city Monday, August 18th, for an extended trip north. Miss Julia Freeman, of Philadelphia, Pa. has been in the city since Wednesday morning, visiting relatives in Salem and Roanoke. She left Monday, August 18, for Philadelphia. The services at Mt. Zion A. M. E. Church at 8:30 were helpful to all who were present. The pastor spared no pains in presenting his discourse. The offering for the day was $107.10, for which we are thankful to the givers. Mrs. Nettie E. Watkins, of No. 319 Centre Ave., N. W., sprained her ankle August 4th. Mr. T. R. Barlow, the grocerman near the City Market on Campbell Ave, will motor to Richmond, his old home town, the host of this week. He is in at the M. Staineddrop in at the Planet office and see his old friend and mine. He is one of the best patrons of The Planet in Roanoke. Mrs. Clara Smith, of Vinton, took a trip with her aunt, Mrs. Roxana Anderson, from Welch, W. Va. They arrived at Farmville, Va., Saturday afternoon, August 9th, and left for Richmond, Atlantic City and Washington, D. C. Mrs. Blanche Martin, of Elkhorn, W. Va, who has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Maggie Meade, of No. 414 9th Ave, N. E. Roanoke is taking treatment from Dr. Willis, eye specialist. The specialist expects to use the needle on her eye about September 1st. She has spent several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Meade, who seems so deeply interested in the restoration of her sight. Miss Robbie Woodliff and Miss Inez Turner of No. 122 and 120 7th Ave, N. W., left the city August 16th, to visit relatives in East St. Louis. They will spend two weeks away from the city. Mr. Joe Bell, the Gainsboro grocerman and market man, of Roanoke, who has been in bed for 19 days, was seen by The Planet agent at his home. No. 314 7th Ave., N. W. Mrs. Sallie Casey who has been sick with a lame ankle, is rapidly improving. Rev. P. D. Smith, of Cave Spring, preached August 12th at The Star of Bethlehem for the benefit of Mrs. Casey's rally. Mrs. W. H. Bullock and children, Master Willie, Jr., and little Miss Lizzie Louise, of Durham, N. C., are visiting their sister-in-law and aunt, Mrs. Louise Bullock Wright, of No. 352 7th Ave., N. W. Mrs. Susie Early, of No. 518 9th Ave., N. E., left the city August 19th, for Washington and Pittsburgh. She will attend the Elks convention and will also visit friends in Braddock, Pa. Mr. Bentley Franklin, of South Radford, motored to Roanoke Sunday morning. There were six in the party, Mr. Franklin and wife, Mr. Vaughan, wife and sister and daughter spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. Alice B. Brandon, of No. 311 7th Ave, N. E., Roanoke City, Va. Mr. Thomas Barnette died here Sunday evening, August 17th, after a severe case of fever. The Stanfield brothers unite in hearty thanks to the friends of our nephews for their assistance—Mr. William Dickson, Mr. Ruth Casey, Mr. W. M. Farmer, Mr. Robt. Simmons. Mrs. Millie Branch, of Baltimore, Md., Irene John Branch and Bessie Branch are visiting their sister and aunt, Mrs. Bessie Curtis, of No. 218 7th Ave, N. W. Roanoke Mr. W. O. Stanfield and brother, Joseph Stanfield, of Columbus, O., extend thanks for the automobiles and assistance rendered at the funeral service of their sister, Mrs. Gladis Stanfield Dixon, of Columbus, Ohio, whose funeral took place at Mt. Zion Baptist church. The uncle and aunt, FOLKS IN OUR TOWN Why, Of Course By Edward McCullough AUTOCASTER I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME OVER LINDY - WE CAN HAVE A NICE CHAT CAN'T STAY WELL LONG BUE CAN'T STAY VERY LONG DAD - THAT MEANS ALL AFTERNOON - NOW IF OL' MAID MAGGIE YOUNG - WAS HERE TH' GOSUPP CIRCLE WOULD BE COMPLETE THINK I'LL LISTEN AN' SEE WHAT THEY' CHATTER ABOUT Mr. and Mrs. Lizzie Stanfield, with the husband, Mr. A. D. Dixon also extend thanks to Pastor Rev. W. W. Hicks for any and all services rendered. Funeral Director W. F. Hughes had charge. Don't forget M. Stanfield, the Salvasena man with a little red grip in hand. He is the man who will furnish you with something to toothe your pains. Call on him at house or on the streets of Roanoke. He is a walking drug store. Indian Herbs, Canabis Aspirin tablets and the world's best colognes. No. 153. Just see me and be satisfied. Mrs. Alberta Johnson and Mrs. Azelia Butler, of Hollins, Va., entertained in compliment of Rev. and Mrs. Wayman Barber, Mrs. Willie Walker, of Homestead, Pa., Mrs. Willow Belt and Mrs. Minnie Blake Dickerson, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thompson of this city. Mrs. Belt and Mrs. Dickerson are the house guests of Mrs. Thompson. Rev. and Mrs. John Pate, of Salem, Va., presided at a dinner party at their lovely country home on Thursday afternoon in compliment of Rev. and Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Willie Walker, Mrs. Minnie Blake Dickerson and Mrs. Belt, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thompson, and Mrs. Lillian Poindexter, of Roanoke, Va. Rev. and Mrs. Pate are former Pittsburghers A reception was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Thompson, in compliment of Rev. and Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Willie Walker, of Homestead, Pa., and their house guest, Mrs. Willow Belt and Mrs. Minnie Blake Dickerson, of Pittsburgh, Pa. The reception hall, living room, music room and dining room were beautifully decorated with ferns and cut flowers. The guests were received in the reception hall by Mrs. Eliza Hairston and Mrs. Edith Childs. Presiding over the punch bowl were Mrs. Richard Morris and Mrs. Charles Pendleton, presiding in the dining room were Mrs. J. H. Robinson and Mrs. W. H. Burwell. Madame Dickerson, one of Pittsburgh's most popular singers, rendered several selections in English and Italian. Mrs. John Locklayer presided at the piano. WYTHEVILLE NEWS. Dr. W. A. Brown, of Bluefield, W. Va., was in Wytheville Saturday, August 9th, to visit his sister, Mrs. Ella Brown, who is ill. Mrs. Brown's brother is doing all he can to lighten the financial burden of his sister. Mr. C. H. Brown, of Bristol, Tenn., was in Wytheville July 31st. He did all that was needed for winter comfort and paid off some outstanding bills for his sister. The Schafer Memorial Association convened with the Bethlehem Baptist Church last Thursday. The attendance was good and much business of importance was transacted. Rev. R. P. Ponder delivered the annual semen, which delivered good and large advances. The gathering was a success and a credit to the Baptists of Southwest Virginia. Rev. C. H. Johnson, the moderator, delighted stirred and enthused his audience Sunday morning; Rev. T. J. Chick preached in the afternoon to a large and appreciative audience and at night Rev. A. J. Brown was at his best. Rev. G. W. Gale, of Christiansburg, Va., preached at Bethel A. M. E. Church Sunday at 11 o'clock. Come again, Bro. Gale. Rev. Arthur King was at his best Sunday night at Bethel A. M. E. Church. Rev. G. W. Gale moved the Franklin Street M. E. Church congregation to tears Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gibson, of Cleveland, O., left for home yesterday after a few days visit to his mother, Mrs. Phoebe Gibson. Mr. Dave Coffee, of Rural Retreat, was a visitor in town last week. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Teel, of Richmond, Va., left yesterday after a limited visit to her mother, Lou Preston. Mrs. C. J. Williams, of Hampton, Va., is visiting her mother, Mrs. Lizzie Johnson. Mrs. R. V. Perry entertained for dinner last Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Gibson, of Cleveland, O, Madam Lizzie T. Johnson, Carrie J. Williams, Hattie Songer and Rev. J. O. Wing. Misses Leola, Louise Collier and Virginia Murphy, of Rural Retreat, were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Rev. T. C. Watkins, of Northfork, W. Va., was a visitor in town last week. Mrs. Fannie Robinson, of Clarksburg, W. Va., gave an interesting address Sunday night at Franklin St. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA Athletic Page M. E. Church. She could only remember Prof. R. C. Scott, Mrs. Martha Songer and Mrs. Kate Turner after thirty years absence. A surprise party was given to Miss Willie C. Monroe and Mrs. Cecil Manning, at the home of their mother, by Mrs. Gladys airston. Those accompanying Mrs. Hairston were Misses Margarite Cafee, of Pulaski, Va; Eula Scott, Gladys Galloway, Ida Clark, and Miss Kiffwood, of Hampton, Va. Refreshments were served. Mrs. Jennie Monroe had for dinner Sunday Mr. P. M. Calfee and sister, of Pulaski, Va., and Misses Lillian Holly, of Bramwell, W. Va., and Miss Eula Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Henry, Mrs. Tena Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Spicer, and Mr. Broddy, of Pulaski, Va., were visiting in Wytheville, Va., Sunday. Miss Willie C. Monroe had a crowd of Bluefield motorists visiting her Sunday afternoon. In the party were Messrs. G. Waldron Trigg, W. Dobins, H. Harmon and the Misses Jenkins, Wood and Houndshell, of Pulaski, Va. Dr. W. M. Brown, of Bluefield, W. Va., who has been here visiting his sister, returned last week. Mrs. Ella Brown seemed to be much improved after her brother's visit. Mr. R. A. Stephean continues to improve. Mr. John O. Stephean is making some improvements to his home in Wytheville. Miss Eddie Stow, of Bristol, Va., is the guest of Mrs. Caroline Carter. Mrs. Katie Sayars entertained for dinner Sunday Revs. G. W. Gale, G. O. Wing and Miss Fannie L. Breckenridge. Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Collier, of Rural Retreat, Va., were Sunday visitors in town. Mrs. A. M. Bowles and her daughter, Miss Eloise, have been visiting relatives at Warrenton, N. C. The highest estimate of the contracting bidders on the plans for modelling the Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Rev. A. W. Brown, pastor, approximated $75,000. Architect Chas. T. Russell drew the plans under the direction of the church officials. The Third Street Bthel A. M. E. Church has made a remarkable record in raising money under the leadership of Rev. S. Hatcher, the recently installed pastor. The able divine came to this field from Roanoke, Va. The Fifth St. Baptist Church, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. T. J King, is preparing to build a handsome new structure on the present site. The Fountain Baptist Church Sunday School had its annual picnic Monday, August 18th, at Beal Park or the Richmond-Petersburg turnpike. This is a most beautiful place and a real nice time was had, with Rev. H. R. Williams, pastor, and Deacon U. H. Nichols in charge of the little folks, who had the time of their lives. We were pleased to meet the Madam Beal, whose husband, just before his death in April, had planned this place as a midway resort for people of color. She in carrying out his wish is making this a most excellent place for our people meeting and being entertained by so many of the citizens was a real pleasure to our Sunday school and church officers, especially Deacon and Sister Briggs, of the 1st Captist Church of Centralia, they have a beautifully fitted up funeral parlor in charge of Capt. Thos. H. Brown I'n fact going down t'othis park, not only give you an excellent outing, but an opportunity to meet some of the most progressive citizens of Chesterfield county, Va. MRS. MATILDA HOLMES. Church Hill. The Funeral of Col. Jackson. The funeral of Giles B. Jackson, attorney at law, took place Saturday afternoon, 3 P. M., at the Ebenezer Baptist Church. Rev. William H. Stokes, Ph. D., the pastor, officiated and delivered a most impressive sermon. He was assisted by Rev. Dr. S. C. Burrell, Rev. W. T. Johnson and Rev. W. B. Ball. The church was filled and the following were the pall-bearers: Active, from Richmond Lodge, No. 65, Masons—Japheth Page, W. M.; James Harris, S. W.; Clarence Smith, J. W.; Robert H. Anderson, Seyd; Fred A. Jackson, Treas. Honorary—J. Thos. Hewin, Esq. J. W. Johnson, of Washington, D. C., Samuel S. Baker, H. H. Price, William Miller, Dr. R. E. Jones, Philadelphia, Pa., A. W. Holmes, Edward Baker, Washington, D. C., and D. S. S. Goodloe, Maryland. The casket was mahogany state. MARIE COL. LENA G. BROWN, Uniform Rank Department The American Woodmen. A. E. GROVER C. GRANT Supervisor, American Woodmen Funeral Director A. D. Price, officiated. The entire affair was handled with clock-work precision. The floral designs were handsome and costly. The absence of white persons was especially noted, none being observable from a point of vantage, although they had done so much to do the deceased honor. Lawyer J. Thomas Newsome, who was invited on the last evening of the Tidewater Peninsula Baptist Educational Convention in session in Newport News to speak in eulogy of the late Giles B. Jackson, who died on Wednesday, August 13th, had this to say: "Giles B. Jackson, ripe in years and rich in honors, has fallen asleep. Seventy-six years of age, he lived to see wonders wrought in this old world of ours and contributed heartily of the best that was in him to the sum total of Negro progress in America. To do this, he often was the butt of bitter ridicule and unthinking criticism; but, undaunted, he kept the even tenor of his, happy that his own people had so far advanced in civilization as to adopt the age-old habit of throwing stones at the man ahead. "He loved his own people, and mayhaps at times, leaned too far in the direction of our brothers of the other race; but no man is perfect. Giles B. Jackson knew, and realized, perhaps, better than any public man of our race in the South, that there is no good reason why all men, of whatever color or religion, should not love the one the other. Black, he certainly was a Negro, and for whatever of worth he attained in his long, busy life, no race but ours can claim the honor. None but ours gave to him those qualities of love, patience, faith and vision that made him known, in all our states wherever unusual merit is recognized. God rest his soul." ALABAMA "AXE SLAYER" BELIEVED CAUGHT Decatur, Ala., Aug. 21.—A man, believed to be John Milton, escaped convict who is accused of having attacked Mrs. Blaney Collins, of Morris, Ala. Friday night with a double-bladed axe, killed her daughter and severely wounded Mrs. Collins, was captured at Flint Creek Wednesday. The American Woodmen The American Woodmen (Continued from page 1) Baptist Church last Monday night, the brilliant pastor of the Third St. Bethel A. M. E. Church was master of ceremonies and had charge. The Fifth St. Baptist Church Choir redesigned addresses. Addresses were delivered by Rev. J. H. Chappel, Attorney C. A. McKenzie, Mr. J. H. Peters, Jr., Dr. E. W. D. Abner, Supreme Commander, American Wood- MILITARY OFFICER GEN. JOHN L. GONES, Uniform Rank Department. men, Rev, Dr. T. J. King, Mr. A. C. Clark, Mr. L. H. Lightner, Supreme Clerk, American Woodmen, and Mr. Grover C. Grant, Supervisor, and who is directly responsible for the success of the meeting. GREAT PROGRESS. . . Neighbor Markton Cooper rendered a solo. The encampment was held at the University Grounds. This organization has made rapid progress A. E. MRS, M. I. SMITH, National Worthy Guardian. recently and the indications are that it will soon become one of the most powerful orders in this State. Its financial record has attracted much attention. Mr. G. C. Grant has been tireless in promoting the success of the work here and has won the entire confidence of this community. The headquarters of the Woodmen is in Denver, Colorado and modern methods are in vogue in the handling of the work. UNHAPPY, undecided, in doubt worried, not well? Business, do mestic, social, love affairs wrong? Write freely, frankly, and confidently—retest information and advice pertaining to this beloved woman's work and methods. You can win. Do it now. GRACE GRAY DE LONG, Miami, Fla. AN' I SEE NEIGHBOR SMITH LEFT HIS WIFE A FORTUNE OF OVER A MILLION DOLLARS = WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO BE HIS WIDOW? FTVB 1 亦 W. H. M. H. L. BILLUPS, Supreme Vice Commander, A. W. H. L. H. LIGHTNER, Supreme Clerk, American Woodmen. H. L. BILLUPS, Supreme Vice Commander, A. W. BE INFORMED--READ THE PLANET Mme. L. K. BULLOCK TRY THE YOUTH AND BEAUTY PREPARATIONS. A Cure for all Scalp Trouble. Stops Falling Hair, Itching Scalp, Dandruff. 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Money order promptly attended to. Send stamps. 432 W. GARFIELD AVE., WILDWOOD, N. J. Funeral Parlor Rest-Rooms Display Rooms Lodge Rooms Phones—Office Ran. 2073. Residence, Ran. 2703. Asst., Ran. 2052-w ROBERT C. SCOTT, Funeral Director 2223 EAST MAIN STREET RICHMOND, VA. Youth and Beauty Straightener 500—$1.00 Youth and Beauty Jet Black Hair Grower for Gray and Faded Hair, to Strengthen the Coloring Matter. Continued use will make the hair black. Money order promptly attended to. Send stamps. 432 W. GARFIELD AVE.. WILDWOOD. N. J. Funeral/ Parlor Rest-Rooms Display Rooms Lodge Rooms Phones—Office Ran. 2073. Residence, Ran. 2703. Asst., Ran. 2052-w ROBERT C. SCOTT, Funeral Director 2223 EAST MAIN STREET RICHMOND, VA. YOUNG WOMEN!! YOUNG MEN!! TRAIN YOURSELF We have a Few Vacancies in the TRAINING SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE, at Southern Pines, N. C. for a Smart Young Woman, also a place for a Young Man who are not afraid to work. Students in Training Department are cared for and Good Positions Secured in All Parts of the Country. If You Want A Job that is Worth-while, come and let us train you? Write to We have a Few Vacancies in the TRAINING SCHOOL AND ORPHANAGE, at Southern Pines, N. C. for a Smart Young Woman, also a place for a Young Man who are not afraid to work. Students in Training Department are cared for and Good Positions Secured in All Parts of the Country. If You Want A Job that is Worth-while, come and let us train you? Write to INDUSTRIAI. UNION SCHOOL. P. O. Box 704. (Send stamp for reply) Southern Pines, N. C. DOWNINGTOWN INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL—DOWNINGTOWN, PA. (Under supervision Dept. of Public Instruction of State of Pennsylvania) A TRADE SCHOOL OFFERING COURSES IN— Agriculture, Dairying, Sewing, Stenography, Poultry Raising, Dressmaking, Bookkeeping, Carpentry, Millinery, Typewriting, Woodworking, Black- smithing, Cooking, Auto-mechanics Welding, Canning, Academic Department consisting of Junior and Senior High Schools, giving College Preparatory Training. RATESM $17 per month for residents, $19 per month for non-residents of State. No students under 14 years of age accepted. For particulars write J. H. N. WARING, JR., Principal P. O. Box 704. (Send stamp for reply) Southern Pines, N. C. DOWNINGTOWN INDUSTRIAL & AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL—DOWNINGTOWN, PA. (Under supervision Dept. of Public Instruction of State of Pennsylvania) A TRADE SCHOOL OFFERING COURSES IN— Agriculture, Dairying, Sewing, Stenography, Poultry Raising, Dressmaking, Bookkeeping, Carpentry, Millinery, Typewriting, Woodworking, Cooking, Auto-mechanics, Smithing, Welding, Canning, Academic Department consisting of Junior and Senior High Schools, giving College Preparatory Training. RATESM $17 per month for residents, $19 per month for non-residents of State. No students under 14 years of age accepted. For particulars write J. H. N. WARING, JR., Principal VIRGINIA—In Hustings Court Part 11 City of Richmond, July 16, 1924. FLORENCE BRAXTON, 1924. .Plaintiff FELLOW MEN OF THE NEGRO RACE GREETINGS. JOSEPH H. BRAXTON, ...Defendant The object of this suit is to obtain for the plaintiff an absolute divorce from the defendant upon the grounds of wilful and continuous desertion and abandonment for more than three years prior to the commencement of this suit. The Universal Negro Improvement associations all over the world are preparing to put over the greatest program in the history of man; and we the men and women of Richmond, can not afford to let this, the greatest opportunity pass unnoticed. We must d. our bit. The Richmond division of the Universal Negro Improvement Association has just opened its doors of our new home. No. 2714 O Street. And an addidavit having been made and filed that the defendant is not a resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that he do appear here within ten days after the due publication of this order, once a week for four successive weeks in the Richmond Planet and do what may be necessary to protect his interest in this suit. Our meeting hours are on Sundays from 4 to 6 P. M.; Tuesdays from 8:30 to 10:30 P. M. All men, women and children are welcome. Fraternally yours. Universal Negro Improvement Association Richmond, 193rd Division. W. E. DUVAL, Clerk. By A. F. DUVAL D. C. C. MIMMS, p. q. Fraternally yours. Universal Negro Improvement Association Richmond, 193rd Division. OH MERCY NO! I'D MUCH RATHER BE MY HUSBAND'S OH MERCY NO! I'D MUCH RATHER BE MY HUSBAND'S EDWARD M. CALVENN Tabloid Magazine Mr. Wright Becomes Acquainted. 81X ```markdown ``` Although he had meant to be perfectly proper about delivering the message, Father and Mr. Wright both heard Johnson's words. There must be a complex in every woman for occupying the center of the stage, for, even though I knew the message was bad form it thrilled me to have some one clamoring for my presence. I apologized and left the table. It was Ted. "Come on, Sallie, the gang's outside," he said enthusiastically. "We're going on a party out at Yates and give Alma's dance the art. Make it snappy, we've got thermos bottles and gin—even a victrola. Its moonlight and we'll have a swim later on." "Sorry, Ted, but I can't make it this time." I began. "I'm having dinner with Dad and one of his friends," making a grimace. "Never mind that home-body stuff, ditch 'em, Sallie. You're the life of the party. We couldn't think of leaving you behind." He dragged me by the hand. I shook my head, remembering Marjorie's dare. "Aw, come on Sallie. I'll call up your date and fix it with Paul. You aren't going to break up a party, are you? Be a good sport, Sallie," he urged. "You always are." Ped was on the right track now. I adored being called a good sport. Why not go? I argued. Dad would probably get on business or politics and then I wouldn't have a chance to see Mr. Wright alone. I could hear the rest of the crowd laughing and calling me to come on down. I made up my mind. Running back into the dining room I exclaimed. "I hate to be rude, but they've come for me to go to the Beach and I'll have to leave." "But Sallie, what about the dance?" asked Father, pushing back his chair. Mr. Davis and I are closely associated in business and he will certainly expect you to be there." "There's no use talking like that, Father, and what do I care, if the Davises do get mad. Thej dances always are sticky affairs and no one goes if there's anything else on." "Sallie, I hate to oppose you, but this time I must insist that you do not offend the Davises." "Oh, very well then, Father, let's not have a scene," I concluded and flounced out of the room—if one could flounce in a slim beaded robe. "I'll have to stay, I suppose and go on over to Alma's with Paul." I told Ted who was still standing by the door in the hall. "Shucks, I know you'll all have a much jazzier time." They began toooting the horn vigorously out in the car. "If I don't hurry there'll be two of us out of luck"—announced Ted, "Well, so long, Sallie, better luck next time." I returned to the dining room. I was glad dinner was almost over. There was a foolish lump in my throat: Everything had turned out so differently from the way I had planned. As we were going into the living room the 'phone rang. I hurried to answer it. Paul's voice, apologetic from the start, came over the line: 'I am terribly sorry, Sallie, but it will be impossible for me to take you to the dance. Dad has just wired for me to come up and help him take testimony in the Wells case and I'm leaving on the 9:45 for New York. "Oh, that's perfectly all right Paul, I didn't want to go anyway." I replied: I was overjoyed. Now I might have a chance at Curtis Wright. I would have to work fast though, because it was plain that I had not made the slightest impression on him so far. "I was just going to say, Sallie," continued Paul, "I can get one of the other boys to stop by for you. There are droves of them who would be indebted to me for life, if I'd ask them. "Save that choice line for the girls at the Winter Garden. Paul." I interrupted. "As a matter of fact I Frank Manning was one of the "boys with no chance." He was born a hunchback in a poor section of Charlestown, Mass. His father, was a freight handler, on the docks; his mother took in washing. He was the ninth child. Slow to develop and weak of physique, his only schooling was three terms in a public school. When he was thirteen he was earning $1.00 a day as a dishwasher in an ankle wagon in Boston. He walked to work—a distance of over four miles—daily. In the summer of 1901, when he was 17 years old, he conceived the idea of offering tempting and wholesome lunches to Harvard students in Cambridge. The students were "specials" attending the summer ARITIES HAPPENINGS e's ions by GLADY'S BAKER omes Acquainted. Po Uncle The to our met wi it ain't greet t the Jedge's Josh Definite by FLO. Tourist does this Tourist: "Hi, neighbor: Where does this road go to? Native: "Oh, first one place and then another." balance amounted to $16,500. During the four years student friends who patronized his place took enough interest in him to tutor him and at the end of the four years his education was equivalent to that of a high school graduate. Incidentally he learned shorthand and became a law reporter. He sold out, moved to Chicago and opened a large law reporting office where he made a small fortune. Selling this business he moved to Southern Italy, where he and his wife now live in comfort ```markdown ``` could kiss you for getting me out of it." "Fine, I'll be right over," Paul responded, with his usual pep. "Oh, go along with you Paul, have a good time and I hope you get a kick out of your trip. Goodbye." I ended the conversation. My spirits soured. Father and Mr. Wright were seated on the side porch. I went over and stretched out on the long low swing with its mylar cushions, "squashy" and soft. "Why so quiet, Lamby?" Father finally asked. "Nothing except I've missed out all around. That was Paul at the phone, saying he couldn't take me to the dance and the other crowd's gone. You see Father, if you hadn't interfered," I added in an injured tone. The end of the porch was bathed in dancing moonbeams that played hide-and-seek through the swaying vines. The fragrance of star-jasmine was intoxicating. I turned my head and looked up at the sky. "Did you ever see such a love of a moon?" and I put as much pathos in my voice as I could command. Then I glanced in the direction of Mr. Wright. I caught him looking at me. I believed in mental telepathy and I used some high-powered concentration on Dad. He tumbled. "That's too bad, kiddie, that I spoiled all your fun. Tell you what, Wright. I've had a busy day of it, suppose you and I discuss those matters to-morrow and you and Sallie go on to the dance." "But Father," I broke in, "maybe Mr. Wright has some other plans." "On the contrary," he was quick to answer, "I shall be delighted to be made use of, and since I have just accepted your father's very kind invitation to be his guest while in town, this is an ideal opportunity for me to make the acquaintance of my charming hostess." (Continued Next Week.) ETIQUETTE by FLO. Dear Miss Flo: When giving a private dance, should programs be furnished? (2) At the end of a meal, where should the knife and fork be placed? Thank you. Dance programs are seldom used now except at large college dances or Army and Navy dances. However, if it is a special occasion, and the hostess wishes, she may furnish them. They also serve as appropriate mements of the occasion. (2) The knife and fork should be placed near the center of the plate—side by side with the handles placed a little toward the right side of the plate. Dear Miss Flo: Upon being presented to a lady, should a gentleman extend his hand or wait for the lady to do so? (2) If not, should she accept his hand if he offers it. K. A. The lady is given the privilege of offering her hand first in acknowledgement an introduction. However, to disregard anybody's outstretched hand is very bad taste. Dear Miss Flo: When arranging a dinner table, on what side of the plate should the napkin be placed? (2) Is it good form to place the napkin on the plate? M. S. The napkin should be placed to the left of the plate. (2) In some cases it is placed on the plate, but it is considered better form to place it to the left of the plate. courses. He had saved $115 from his meagre pay and with this he rented a "hole in the wall" which faced Harvard University on Massachusetts avenue, Cambridge. An attractive sign over his tiny door read, "Eat Well—Think Better." His specialties, consisted of home-cooked meats, pies, ice coffees, teas and lemonade. A widow living across the street did the cooking. He bought the food of her ten per cent growth of his earnings, teas and ice coffees, of that year he had luted away $1,100 and all his bills were paid. Before the winter was over he had enlarged his place to accommodate 150 persons, employed nine waiters—girls—and a French chef did the cooking. Four years later his bank THE RICHMOND PLANET, RIGHMOND, VIRGINIA Poem Uncle John The joy of renderin' service to our patient feller men has met with God's approval sence—it ain't no tellin' when! So, I greet the August mornin' with rejuvenated pluck, an' devote my artist-energy to raisin' garden truck. I reckon there is millions in the hole that reaches Oil—but, a feller sleeps lots sunder as a tiller of the soil—there's too blame my debts to a "pool" hadn't been struck—I'd rather handle credits as I hoe my garden truck. With everything around me fairly leapin' to my taste, and with appetite so capable that nothin' goes to waste—if that ain't life's completeness, then I reckon I am stuck—but, I can't take time to argy, when I'm raisin' garden truck! If we foller out our ruthers—then our life is like a song—the cabbage plant and onion set don't treat a feller wrong—then the crispy, crinkly lettuce—an the sweet corn in the shuck—we can't ignore the dividends from raisin' garden truck! THERE MAY BE "MANY SLIPS" TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP" BUT DERM FEW UNDER SUMMER FROGS Ed Purdy's Philos "Every man should have a dog—it fills a place in his life. Of course I mean a 'hot dog.'" ..... Vegetarian Courtship Benjamin Burdick, a dealer in garden produce, finally fell in love, and this was what he wrote to his lady love. "My Sweet Pootie: "Can you learn to carrot all for me? My heart beets for you, the apple of my eye. Lettuce marry and be a happy pear. I have bean waiting long for you." 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That evening at 1:30 o'clock (Day Light Saving Time) the Knight Templars will hold memorial services at John Wesley A. M. E. Zion Church. Arthur Street near Wyle Avenue. At 9 P. M. at Central Baptist Church the Chanters Symphony Orchestra and soloists will give a sacred concert and at 12:30 A. M. Monday morning the same aggregation with some additions will give a midnight show at the Elmore theatre on Center Avenue. Monday morning at 9 o'clock the local Temple will form at Anaheim Street where the Imperial Divan will be quartered and with Patrol, Nobles and bands will escort them to Central Baptist church where the opening session will be held. The public reception of delegates will be held at Central Baptist Church Monday evening at 8 o'clock. That same evening the first Mardi Gras parade will be held and will terminate at Watt Street in which will be located Sahara Light Way. At 8:30 Monday evening the St. Louis aggregation will put on a vaudville and musical show at Watt Street school and at 11:30 P. M. the Persian Temple per formers will show what Indianapolis can do in a mknight show at the Elmore theatre. Tuesday at 9 A. M. the Knight Templars will form at Anaheim Street and escort the President of the Internation al Conference to their opening session at Central Baptist Church. Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock is the time set for the visit to the H. Heintz plant where admission will be by ticket only. Tuesday evening at 6 o'clock the massed chanters from all parts of the country will assemble at the Stephen G. Foster Memorial home and on that lawn with band accompaniment will sing those melodies which have made Kentricky and the entire South known the world. At 8:30 the famous Deacon dick which will have more than 40 professional actors, will entertain at Watt Street School and 11:30 P. M. 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HUNDRE Atlantic C men who o TO HAVE AND TO HOLD—ED. LEWIS HOLDS. San Francisco—Introducing Ed "Strangler" Lewis, heavy weight wrestler champ of the world, demonstrating his famous and deadly headlock to his bride, the former Bessie McNear. Half Nelsons and headlocks mean nothing to Mrs. Lewis now. They're all loving caresses with new names. ```markdown ``` M. B. MEXICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT. New York—Gen. P. Elias Calles, next President of Mexico, who is here for short visit before sailing for Eu- rope to study economic conditions. THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA A WILL CIRCLE THE GLOBE. .. Washington—Joseph Frank Mikule of New York who called at White House at start of his hike around the world gathering the signatures of kings, queens and royalty. President Coolidge was the first to sign his book. He sails for England shortly. KLANSMEN IN ROBES AT KLEAGLE'S FUNERAL OF interment of Col. A. A. Andridge, former Kleagle of the city. Hundreds of Klansmen in their white robes attended the THE KNIGHTS' CEREMONY 1148 ENGINEER JOHN W. DAVIS IN THE LAB. New York-John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for the presidency, hopped into the locomotive cab and piloted the special train to Hyde Park, N. Y., where he was honor guest clambake arranged by Franklin D. Roosevelt. ENGINEER JOHN W. DAVIS IN THE LAB. New York-John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for the Presidency, hopped into the locomotive cab and piloted the special train to Hyde Park, N. Y., where he was honor guest at clambake arranged by Franklin D. Roosevelt. ENGINEER JOHN W. DAVIS IN THE LAB. New York-John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for the Presidency, hopped into the locomotive cab and piloted the special train to Hyde Park, N. Y., where he was honor guest at clambake arranged by Franklin D. Roosevelt. SEVEN --- THE FILM OF "THE MISSING MAN" BY JOHN M. HARRIS, WITH A MISSING MAN, AND A MAN IN A WOODEN CASE. New York—I don't remember," is what Florine Louise Adams of Philadelphia exclaimed when found by her father, Harry L. Adams, prosperous leather merchant of the Quaker City. Her disappearance is said to be due to Asphasia, resulting from an accident in a train. SOCIETY GIRL MISSING 4 MONTHS IS FOUND. New York—I don't remember," is what Florine Louise Adams of Philadelphia exclaimed when found by her father, Harry L. Adams, prosperous leather merchant of the Quaker City. Her disappearance is said to be due to Asphasia, resulting from an accident in a train ```markdown ``` ALEXANDRA NEW GIRL SWIMMING CHAMP. San Francisco - Eleanor Garratti 15 year old Italian girl who gjlded to victory in the 50-yard Pacific Coast Girls' Championship. In this unexperienced girl swimmer California may have the next world champion. NEW GIRL SWIMMING CHAMP. San Francisco—Eleanor Garratti 15 year old Italian girl who gilded to victory in the 50-yard Pacific Coast Girls' Championship. In this unex- perienced girl swimmer California may habe the next world champion. EIGHT Never 'Something for Nothing' Nearer Perfect Bigger Returns A Surprise for Elijah. No Population Scare. Charles Fox offers to the United States Government an engine that "consumes no gas or other fuel and runs forever." The inventor says, "You just start her up and let her flicker, and he thinks it will bring millions. It won't bring a cent." Power wiser than Charles Fox, wiser even than Calvin Coolidge, won't allow us to get 'something for nothing.' That would be bad for us. Therefore there is no per- petual motion, nothing worth having, for which we don't give effort and value in return. It pays to develop a perfect thing, from cows to radio. Mrs. H. McK. Twomby, of New Jersey, owns a Guernsey named Langwater Fairy, No. 97979. She looks like any other cow, but gives three times as much milk, four and a half times as much butter fat as the average cow. Her amazing record just announced is 13,605 pounds of butter fat in one year. In that kind of prosperity there is no speculation, no manipulating, just plain, simple production of wealth through intelligent attention to breeding. Daily the radio offers something new. This time it is "broadcasting church music for rural weddings." The bride, trembling, will give the last poke at her hair, the last tug at her veil. The sexton will "tune in," and up she will march, in Farmingdale, N. J., to the tune of "Faithful and True," played in Chicago, III. Florida says, "Come." The rich will answer, "I'm hurrying." Have you an income? Florida offers you attractions over and above the fine climate. Florida intends to put into her constitution a provision that will exempt incomes and inheritances from all taxation. This is intended as "a courtesy to prosperous people from the North." They'll "appreciate it. No death tax on inheritance, no State tax on income! Oh, joy! Oh, rapture! Florida says, "Come to Florida. Here your income is all your to spend. We chop off nothing and your heirs get all you leave them when you die. We won't tax dead men." A long time ago Elisha "took a hot of his clothes and rent them in two pieces," when he saw Elijah go up in "a chariot of fire and horses of fire." What are Elisha and Elijah, now in heaven, saying to each other as they see the Right Reverend Harold Roberts Carson, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Haiti, calmly riding from one parish to another in a flying machine? The navy lends him the flying machine and he visits places otherwise inaccessible. All that men can IMAGINE they can DO. Dr. Pearl, professor of biometry and vital statistics at Johns Hopkins, says our population will be 197,000,000 in the year 2100. That will be our maximum and then will come a decline. With all due respect to the learned professor, any child could make as good a guess. Dr. William Allen Pussey recently told the American Medical Association that population would reach 195,000,000 and "with that density of population, the pressure of existence will become so strong that the death rate, particularly infant mortality, will overtake the birth rate." That is another poor guess. Under intensive cultivation, as it is now understood, the State of Texas alone could feed the earth's entire population, and that is at least sixteen hundred millions. There will be a thousand million human beings in THIS country, infinitely happier, richer, better off in every way, than any population that ever has lived. In 124 years, since 1800, our population has risen from 5,000,000 to 112,000,000. What is the use of guessing what will happen in the next 120 years? It would have been impossible to guess how many people this country could feed before harvesting machinery was invented. Impossible before the arrival of the tractor. Lack of food won't limit population. Men's brains will always provide for their stomachs. But a higher race will gradually prosper, fewer children. Please breeding cities will be broken up by the flying machine taking us to live on mountain tiers, where there is fresh air. These mountains are not to be ever uninhabited. CAPTAIN OF THE SEVERN DESCRIBES RIOTOUS SCENES Boat Commander Tells of Desperate Battles Between Negro Excursionists —Made Pilot House arget When Vessel Turned Back. 一 (Richmond, Va., Times-Dispatch Aug. 19, 1924) ( A thrilling narrative of wild disorder and riotous scenes on board the excursion steamer Severn, when riotous Negro excursionists ran amuck Sunday night, is related by Captain R. W. Gatewood, of Norfolk, who was in command of the pleasure craft. Captain Gatewood is seeking to establish the identity of a Negro who shot one finger off the hand of another excursionist and to identify six or eight Battle for Presidency Like Struggle of 1824 Five Candidates Then Fought for Place and Choice Was Finally Thrown Into Congress-West Was Big Factor (Written fqr The Planet by Edward Peroy Howard. Autocaster Service) Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, John Quincy Adams and William H. Crawford, men whose names are on the tongue tip of every American schoolboy formed the quintette that one hundred years ago started in the race for the Presidency of the United States, a fight which ended in four of the five going to the people with the result that the election was thrown into the House of Representatives, the result many persons fear will ensue from the coming voting in November. It is a significant fact that the century has rounded out only to put the country face to face with a political situation analogous in many ways with that of 1824—just one hundred years ago. The only fundamental difference is that one hundred years ago all the candidates pretended at least to be of one political faith. The great battle was for the vote of the State of New York, then as now, and the territory about which nervousness was felt was that of the Middle West. Also one of the candidates was from New England. distinguished himself in foreign lands in the Senate and as Secretary of State—the man of courage, conviction and dominating personality. And Andrew Jackson, popular hero following his great victory at New Orleans. They were powerful contenders. Henry Clay, then Speaker of the House, magnetic, popular, dignified, broad-minded, a master at political manipulation with a host of youth behind him because of his effort to lead the nation to war with England. The record of John C. Calhoun made him also a dangerous contender. Secretary of War in the Cabinet with Adams and Crawford he had proved himself a statesman of outstanding ability. No Election Such was the calibre of those who entered the race. They were without party. Politics was reduced to personality. In the House, if Adams fought for an appropriation for the State Department, Crawford and Calhoun would lead their followers against the proposition. If Calhoun asked for an appropriation, Adams and Crawford would strangle it. When Crawford wanted to put his hand in the till, Calhoun and Adams were pitted against him to the death. The fight for the Presidency proceeded, filled with intrigue, slander and dramatic episode. The story of slander and political back-biting is too long to be told here. It requires another chapter. It shows the intervention of Providence and well worth re-telling. (The second chapter of this stirring political struggle will appear in The Planet next week.) of the undersigned committee made the suggestion and request of the captain, which the captain finally consented to. "We deny any disorderly conduct in the pilot house, as charged by the captain. The excursion was planned and intended to be carried out, in a perfectly proper and legal way by those in charge, and while it is true that there was some disorder and improper conduct on the part of some passengers, it is a matter of the grossest injustice to the excursionists, as a body, and to those who ran the excursion, to give out for publication such an article as appeared in the newspaper yesterday MEN AND WOMEN MAKE MONEY selling a real time tested CORN and CALLOUS REMEDY. Other Agents making Good Big Profit. Free Sample. R. KING, 2359 North 21 Street, Philadelphia, Pa. POLICE OFFICER IS CHARGED WITH MURDER Suffolk Policeman Arrested for Killing of Alleged Negro Trespasser SUFOLK VA., Aug. 14—W. W. Deans, Suffolk police officer was arrested here Monday afternoon upon his arrival from Gatesville N. C. on a warrant sworn out by Police Chief W. J. Morgan upon information charging Deans with the murder of William McOy, a colored man, who was shot while fleeing arrest at the Norfolk and Western station Friday night by Officer Deans. The coroner's jury which convened Sunday morning after McOy had died as a result of his wounds at Virginia Hospital, met Monday afternoon inadjourned session and brought in the verdict that McOy came to his death from bullet wounds inflicted by Police Officer W. W. Deans while McOy, an unlawful trespasser on the Norfolk and Western train was fleeing from the said officer. At the time of the shooting Deans declared that McOy shot at him. Later testimony brought out Monday at the coroner's inquest that McOy was unarmed, and that the only shots fired were the three fired by W. W. Deans Deans was suspended by City Manager or R. H. Brinkley Saturday afternoon and was permitted to visit his family in Gatesville, N. H. to lease his appearance at a preliminary hearing this afternoon upon $1,000 bolt bond. Each of the candidates had a remarkable record of public service, the life of each being filled with achievement which made the contest one of dramatic interest—perhaps the bitterest fight in the history of the nation. Crawford a Great Man The man whose name is least known today entered the list with the advantage over all the others—William H. Crawford. Maligned and brought down to the present generation as a political trickster, Crawford stood in life as a man of great integrity and of more than usual ability. Crucified on the cross of unscrupulous politics, the victim of outrageous sanders at the hands of Adams, Crawford is seen today in a light so false that it will take generations to place him where he properly belongs. He was one of the foremost constructive thinkers when he served in the United States Senate. He made a profound impression on the thinking interests of the country as Secretary of the Treasury in the Cabinet of Monroe. As a diplomat in France he displayed unusual acumen and tact. Indeed, he was so beloved in the country in 1816 that he could have been elected over Monroe had he cared to express even the thought of such a thing. Devoid of political intrigue, however, he set the suggestion firmly aside only to be blackened in character by his political enemies The Other Candidates Then there was Adams, who had Negro roughs, who he says, shot up the boat. The water buckets near the boat were corroded with bullets fired in the riot. Bullets are imbedded in the deck rails, the main deck and the sides of the pilot house. --- ARREST CAPTAIN OF 'SEVERN.' Tales of rioting aboard the steamer Severn last Sunday night, brought to Richmond by Captain R. W. Gatewood, will be aired in Police Court this morning (Thursday) when the captain must appear to answer to the charge of selling whisky aboard the vessel, Captain Gatewood was arrested yesterday by Detective Sergeants Smith and Gentry and Officer Crouch. The arrest was made on the complaint of Leon Booker, member of a committee appointed to get at the bottom of the affair. Statements of Captain Gatewood were denied last night by the committee. The captain had returned to Richmond and told how the Negroes threatened to cut his head off and send it back to Richmond unless he fulfilled what they said was part of their contract for the excursion. EXCURSIONISTS GIVE VERSION Since the return of the vessel to Richmond the affair has been discussed by the Negroes and captain, with both giving their version of the river trip. The Negroes maintain that Captain Gatewood was wrong in his statement of what happened aboard his boat, and issued the following statement: "Editor The Times-Dispatch: "Dear Sir,—An article in The Times-Dispatch of yesterday morning headed: "Captain of the Severn Describes Riotous Seene," has come to the notice of those under whose auspices the colored excursion referred to in the said article was run and conducted. Thereupon the undersigned committee was authorized and instructed to write a correction of certain statements in the said article stated to have been made by Captain gatewood, of the steamer Severn, which are not only incorrect, but which do us and our excursionists gross injustice. "We deny, first, the statement that a finger was shot off the hand of one of the excursionists. We deny the statement that the water buckets near the pilot house were perforated with bullets, or that bullets were imbedded in the deck rails, the main deck or the sides of the pilot house. We deny that there was any thringing of bottles. We deny the suggestion to turn the boat back to Richmond, but on the contrary, one THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA "EDW. LES. MARTIN. "LEON BOOKER." Baker Guns For fifty years known to the trade as the best for service BATAVIA LEADER, Price $40.00 Ask your Nearest Baker Agent. We can give you his name. Send for BAKER BOOKLET describing the entire line. Baker Gun Company 253 CHURCH ST., NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. A PROTEST MUST BE ENTERED (The News-Leader, August 18.) If it be true, as reported, that the Hopewell shopkeeper cannot identify any of the twenty Negroes who rushed his store yesterday and stole his stock, where was the sense in arresting 248 and in hailing them to appear for trial at Hopewell? There are only two answers: Either somebody lost his head, or else the move is designed to break up Negro excursions to Hopewell. If the latter be the object, anything that Hopewell can do within the law to prevent objectionable excursions most surely will have the backing of Richmonders. But it is not just to send 248 Negroes to the station house, when only two of them were involved, to require all these Negroes to pay $1 bail-fee and to put on them the expense of a trip to Hopewell for a hearing that can only result in acquittal. It was fine for the magistrates who collected the fees, but it was not fair to the Negroes. And the best evidence it was not fair is the fact that it never would have been attempted if the people on the returning boat had been white. WHEN MIGHT MAKES RIGHT (Times-Dispatch, August 19.) Either a woeful lack of judgment on an utter disregard for the rights of persons helpless to protect themselves, was responsible for the arrest in Richmond Sunday night of the 248 Negro excursionists returning from Hcpewell. It was an inexcusable action, viewed from any angle. It reflects credit upon nobody, but serves only to promote sneering allusions from those friends of ours in the North who are all too happy in the possession of facts which tend to prove injustice to the Negro on the part of the South. It is said that something like twenty of the 248 Negroes arrested participated in the rush on a Hopewell store. Yet the innocent and guilty alike were herded into patrol wagons and husted off to the station house, where they were detained on a serious charge. Doubtless, among them may be found the most high-minded Negroes of the community, who would no more think of looting a store than they would of cutting their own throats. Yet they are subjected to the humiliation of being locked up and to the inconvenience of going to Hopewell to clear themselves of the legal suspicion attached to them. There seems to be no good reason why the man whose store was looted should not have been brought to Richmond to identify the guilty parties as they left the boat. If he could not have identified them Sunday night, he cannot identify them in the Hopewell Police Court. Exoneration before arrest certainly would have been the just and the fair way. That would have been the course pursued if the suspected persons had been whites instead of Negroes. Such discrimination is not fair. It will not do the State of Virginia, or the South, any good. GOODWILL FROM RIGHTED WRONGS. The News-Leader, August 20. (Richmond Negroes must be gratified at the manner in which the whole city showed disapproval of the arrest of 248 excursionists returning from Hopewell Sunday night. 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