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THE RICHMOND PLANET VIRGINIA OCT10 1926 STATE LIBRARY Virginia State Library. 3 LYNCHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA Court Defied--Two Men and One Woman Victims VOLUME XLIII. NO. 49 31 Court The Su HARRY W Disqualifie Aiken, S. C., Oct. 8—(By Associated Press.)—Clarence and Demmond Lowman, colored men, and Bertha Lowman, colored, all three of whom were being tried for the murder in connection with the death of Sheriff H. H Howard, of Alken County, were lynched early today on the outskirts of Alken. A mob broke into the Aiken jail at 3 p'clock this morning and after overpowering Jailer Rupert Taylor and Sheriff Nollie Robinson, seized the party and carried them in automobiles to a point on the Aiken-Columbia road about one-fourth of a mile beyond the Aiken limits, where, in a little pine tricket, the three were shot to death. Granted New Trial The three people, having once been convicted, but granted a new trial by the supreme court, were placed on trial a second time early this week. Yesterday Special Judge S. T. Lanham, presiding, directed a verdict of "not guilty" for Demmond Lowman on the charge of conspiracy to murder. It is believed that this verdict precipitated the lynching. Taylor, the jailer, said all electric light wires to the jail were severed and he was called to the door by the mob. A demand was made for the prisoners, but he refused, and had Sheriff Robinson called by telephone. The sheriff arrived while the mob surrounded the jail, and was promptly overpowered, according to the officer's version of the affair. Sheriff Follows Distanced Meantime, some members of the mob gained access to the jail through a window in a portion of the building used as a residence for the jailer, and secured the three parties. The three victims were shot several times each but were not riddled with bullets. Their bodies remained in the little pine thicket for several hours after they were killed. Although Demon Lowman was acquitted of the conspiracy charge, he was rearrested yesterday on a warrant charging assault and battery with intent to kill, and was in jail on that warrant. Estimates of Mob Vary The two men were sentenced to death at their first trial, while the woman was given a life sentence. No reliable estimate of the number of men in the mob was available early today. One woman at the jail declared there were a thousand in the crowd of lynchers, while others said there were not more than thirty. The cutting of the electric light wires left the jail and town in darkness, making it impossible, according to officers to identify those who composed the mob. Sheriff Robinson was one of the officers who as a deputy, accompanied Sheriff Howard on the fatal raid on the Lowman home in April. 1925. One of the contentions of the defendants at the first trial was that the defendants were not aware that the raiders were officers when they descended upon their homes in a search for liquor. Annie Lowman, the mother of Demon and Bertha, was shot and killed by one of the officers. Clarence was alleged to have fired the shot that killed Sheriff Howard. Bertha was shot through the body in the melee that followed the raid. Sheriff Fires on Mob When the mob gathered the jailer (Continued on page 4. K. OF P, HEAR CHIEF OFFICER AT STAUNTON Staunton, Va., Oct. 1.—W. B. F. Crowell of Roanoke, came to the city last Wednesday to "pour oil on the troubled waters here." A special meeting was held for this purpose, in which all the members of the Order of Knights of Pythias here were invited to participate. The affair was held behind closed doors. Grand Chancellor Crowell did all he could in the way of talk to infuse new life in the lodges here as the work of Pythianism is and has been at a standstill ever since the session of the Grand Lodge here in June and the subsequent disclosures concerning the money and the handling of the business of the Grand Lodge. To outsiders, Crowell stated the publications were uncalled for and the work of the Order all right. Just what he will do about the Grand Attorney and the Grand Master of Exchequer have not been given to the public. The outstanding question is about the money that never reached the treasury of the Grand Lodge. It is reported that Supreme Chancellor S. W. Green has decided to take a personal interest in the affairs of the Grand Lodge and to insist upon a reduction of expenses and an account of the money, which did not reach the Grand Lodge and Grand Court. You know you like it, especially in a colored singer, baritone and basso. You will get both when you hear that remarkable voice of S. L. McCaskill who will sing Friday night Oct. 22, at the City Auditorium. Card of Thanks. Mrs. Harriet Blunt of 716 N. 4th St., wishes to thank the Sharon Baptist Church, neighbors, friends, and societies for the beautiful trays, flowers, and money sent her during her recent illness. May God's blessing rest upon each one. DEATH OF HENRY EDWARDS Mr. Henry Edwards died at 11:30 P. M., Friday, Sept. 24, 1926. The funeral was held at Holy Trinity Church, the following Tuesday, September 28th, Rev. Brookins, Pastor. Shawmut Ave. and Ruggles St. at 2:30, Boston, Mass. The deceased resided at 16 Kendall St., Roxbury, Mass. MAIL US YOUR KODAK FILMS For developing and printing by expert Finishers. Trial roll and 6 prints developed for 25c. Film packs and 12 prints, 50c; 6 re-prints from negatives, 20 cents. You will be delighted with our prompt service. G. F. DOVE COMPANY, 419 Williams St., Norfolk, Virginia. You can get into the City Auditorium Friday night, Oct. 22, for 35c and if you want a reserved seat in order for you to take your own time to get there, it will be only 15c more, 50c. RICHMOND VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1926 REV. DR. W. T. JOHNSON Will Celebrate His 25th Anniversary as Pastor of the First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., Sunday, Oct. 17th. TWENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of Rev Dr. W. T. Johnson as pastor of the First Baptist Church, corner 14th and Broad Streets, this city will be celebrated with appropriate services in the church all next week. Sunday, October 17, at 11:15 A.M., Dr. D. N. Vassar, of Philadelphia Pa. will preach. The choir under the leadership of Mrs. N. O. Cobb will sing special numbers. At 3:30 P.M., Sermon by Dr. A. W. Brown, pastor Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The Sixth Mt. Zion choir will sing. At 8 P.M., sermon by Dr. J. H. Randolph of Washington, D. C. Music by local choir. Monday, October 18, at 8 P.M., address by Mrs. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, President Palmer Memorial Institute, Sedalia, N. C. Tuesday, October 19, at 8 P.M., sermon Dr. W. H Stokes, pastor Ebenezer Baptist Church. The choir of Ebenezer will sing. Wednesday, October 20, at 8 P.M., sermon by Dr. W. L. Ransome, pastor First Baptist Church, South Richmond. The choir of First Baptist will sing. Thursday, October 21, at 8 P.M., sermon, Rev J. A Brinkley, A. B. B., pastor Clay Street Baptist Church. The choir of Clay Street Baptist will sing. On Friday, October 22, at 8 P.M. program by the Ministers' Conference. Rev. John Fountain presiding. Short addresses by visiting friends. Responses by pastor and wife. The committee takes this means to extend to the public a most cordial invitation to attend these services. Watch for the coming of S. L. McCaskill, a colored singer at the City Auditorium, October 22. Rev. W. B. Ball, chairman. SUBWAY SMOKER ABUSES GIRLS WHO PROTEST; GETS 30 DAYS (Preston News Service.) New York, Oct. 11.—Her second attempt to make a women's smoking room out of a subway car will cost Mrs. Sarah Hawkins, of 253 West 135th St., thirty days of freedom. She was sentenced to that term in the workhouse Thursday afternoon by Magistrate Gordon in Tombs Court. She was arrested on a Lexington Avenue subway train Thursday morning at Brooklyn Bridge station. Previously she had produced a pack of cigarettes. It one and abused several girls when they protested. She was charged with disorderly conduct and pleaded guilty. Mr. and Mrs. George Oliver, Mr. and Mrs. David Ransome, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Fowkes, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Daniel of Crewe, Va., and Miss Rachael Ferguson of Frederickburg, Va., were the guests of Rev. Dr. W. L. Ransome last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Webster Dean of 1706 Stockton St. have returned to the city after a pleasant trip in southwestern Virginia. While, away they attended the Grand Lodge of Masons at Roanoke, Va. A POPULAR MEMORIAL The Baptist Ministers' Conference of Richmond and vicinity will hold a Memorial Service for Rev. Dr. E Payne their lamented president, at the Eheenezer Baptist Church, Monday, Oct. 18th, 1926, 12 noon An impressive programme has been arranged. The public is invited. SHARKEY BEATS WILLS Mr. McCaskill at City Auditorium NEW YORK, October 13--Jack Sharkey, of Boston, tonight sat on the doorstep of fistic fame, as Harry Wills passed into the background of the heavyweight picture with ring earnings estimated by boxing men at nearly half a million dollars. "I guess I'm through, the big steve dore said, blaming his unexpected defeat last night by Sharkey on a strained back, coupled with his long absence from the ring. His friend, however, pointed to the fact that he would be able to retire as the second richest man in American pugilism, yielding only to Jack Dempsey in the matter of accumulated wealth. RECEIVES $50,000 For what was probably his last big bout, the Brown Panther received $50,000, slightly more than twice the purse of his conqueror, Sharkov. Total receipts of the fight were announced today as $133,514.70. Wills' biggest prize came from his match with Luis Firpo, of Argentina. He was estimated to have received more than $150,000 for his bout with the 'Wild Bull of the Pamas'. He also fattened his purse generously by outstanding battles with Charles Weinert last year and with Bartley Madden two years ago. The removal of Wills' threat by Sharkeys sensational victory takes the last of what was probably the greatest group of Negro heavyweights in the history of American pugilism. Coming to the froft in the dark wave, which swept Jack Johnson to the vey, Joe Jeanette Sam McVey, Sam Langford, Kild Norfolk and Wills for years almost completely dominated the heavyweight field. A FORMIDABLE ONE Even with the triumph of Jess Willard over Johnson as the outcome of a long 'white hope' campaign, the dusky skinned band loomed as the most formidable group in the class. The defeat of Wills elevated Sharkey to a place alongside Jack Dempsey, the dethroned champion, who says he still entertains hopes of regaining the sceptre, and Jack Delaney, of Bridgeport, Conn. the new light-heavyweight titleholder. At least Hubart Fugazy, promoter, today so viewed the situation, announcing he would bend efforts toward bringing Delaney and Sharkey in his next big fistic venture. Sharkey, weaver, will go gunning for Tunney immediately. As the Bos ton fighter left for today, he announced that he would go fore the New York State Athletic Commission next Tuesday and seek to be elevated to the chair of 'logical contender' vacated by Wills. Rev. W. B Ball may have worked harder in his ministerial work but people hereabouts do not believe it. He has done practically everything humanly possible in order to awaken interest in S. L. McCaskill, the remarkable baritone and basso singer. DR. HARRIS OPENS OFFICE HERE Dr. Vernon J. Harris announces the opening of his office at 2900 Q Street for the general practice of medicine and surgery. Office hours. 8-9 A. M. 1-3 P. M. 6-8 P. M. Telephone Randolph 1939 A GREAT SINGER COMING. The Goodwill Community Center, 410 N. Monroe St., fostered by Rev. W. B. Ball and the Sisterhood of Churches, present Mr. S. L. McCaskill a noted Negro baritone basso of Boston Conservatory in recital at the city Auditorium, Friday, Oct. 22 8:30 P. M. Mr. McCaskill is in a class by himself in producing the original Negro melodies, spirituals and classics. All pastors churches, fraternal organizations and clubs are asked to assist by purchasing tickets and attending. Church club leaders are asked to assist in disposing of tickets on liberal commission. For further information call Rev. W. B. Ball, general chairman, Boulevard 3738, or Mr. J. H. Peters, Jr., local manager, at Commercial Bank and Trust Co. ETHEL WATERS MAKES BIG HIT IN RICHMOND "Ethel Waters, the "Jazz Queen" came to Richmond this week under the management of her husband, Earl Dancer and was seen here as she was never seen before. She was supported by a strong company of comedians, dancers and a remarkable jazz orchestra. Abbie Mitchell, one of the most noted stars in the country, was on the program, and with her flexible soprano voice, charmed both white and colored listeners with the excellence of her renditions, which marked her as a queen of song. LED THE WAY. Still throughout it all Ethel Waters led the way, demonstrating that there was no part of the play for which she was not fitted. She danced kicked, sang and recited. She proved herself to be a veritable acrobat and displayed none of the modest traits, which appeared in her when she was here before a Richmond audience before this. The play is admirably staged and will rank among the greatest jazz productions of the sea. MISS CALICO The play is called "Miss Calico" but save for the stage settings the name nowhere figures in the entertainment. Newton Brown is a "Continues." In Memoriam DANDRIDGE—In sad but loving remembrance of our dear husband and father Philip L Dandridge, who depicted this life three years ago. October 14, 1923: No one knows the silent heartache. Only those who've lost can tell Of the grief that is borne in silence For the one we loved so well No one knows how we miss you. father. No one knows the tears we've shed. But in Heaven we hope to meet you Where no farewell words are said His devoted Wife and Children PRICE, FIVE CENTS SOUTH COLINA Victims inclusion. ROUNDS ship Hopes t City Auditorium . Ten days revival services will be held at Second Baptist Church, E. Byrd St., beginning Sunday night. Oct. 17, 1926. Rev. E. C Smith, pastor Second Baptist Church, So. Robertson, will conduct the services. E F Johnson, Chairman Deacon Board. W S Banks, Clerk. Don't sit there grumbling. Get busy and make the 50e in order to hear S. L. McCaskill, the noted colored baritone and basso. He is a veritable "cracker-jack" in music. White folks in the churches here-abouts have heard him and they know it. AGENTS WANTED Agents $10 to $15 daily selling Negro Dolls Big Christmas demand. Sample Outfit $5.00. Free Catalog. Write STANDARD COMPANY. 2305 Seventh Avenue, New York ADOLPHUS HUMBLES BURIED AT LYNCHBURG Lynchburg, Va., Oct. 15.—(A N. P.)—Adolphus Humbles, who for a number of years has been a trustee and the treasurer of the Virginia Theo. Seminary and College here is dead at the age of eighty years. He had ill for a year. Mr. Humbles began life as a steward on a packet boat on the old James River Canal. Some one broke into the Fourth Street Cleaning Company's place on Marshall Street, between 4th and 5th Beneficial Club held interesting streets, Saturday night, October 9th and three suits, three overcoats and pants. The pot out by the rear door. No one has been arrested. Mr. Bullock is manager. He will not sing all by himself, but when you have heard him once, you will wish that he did so, but a local chorus will aid him in the entertainment. Prices, 35c and 50c. Take your choice. The Purdys' by Paul Robinson • PUBLISHERS • AUTOCASTER SERVICE REG. U.S. PAL OFFICE WHAT'S THE MATTER? JUST LOOK AT THIS HAND EMBROIDERED TOWEL AUNT EFFIE GAVE ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY! IT'S RUINED! RUINED! WARREN! COME IN HERE THIS MINUTE! GEE - NOW WHAT DIDJA DO? IVE A MIND TO GIVE YOU A GOOD TANNIN'! — I THOUGHT I TOLD YOU NEVER TO DRY YOUR DIRTY HANDS ON THE GOOD TOWELS? THAT'S A GOOD JOKE ON YOU MAMA! THAT AINT DIRT— —IT'S ONLY WALNUT STAINS! ```markdown ``` NOTHING COULD BE SLICKER By A. B. 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He has followed closely in the footsteps of Jack Dempsey and there may be many who still believe that in a fair fight to the finish Jack Sharkey cannot beat him. There are two persons in these United States who read with satisfaction the result of the fistic battle,—one was Jack Dempsey and the other was Gene Tunney. Selah. AN ASTOUNDING OPINION. The N. A. A. C. P charges that Judge Leonard D. Verlierd of the Superior Court of Grand Rapids, Michigan, delivered an opinion in the case of Dr. Emmett N. Bolden, colored, who was denied a seat in the orchestra of a local theatre operated by the Grand Rapids Operating Corporation, in which he held that this theatre was not a public enterprise, but is private property and has a right to conduct its business privately, the same as any other private citizen transacts his own affairs. What we would like to know is just when and where a corporation was vested with the rights and privileges of a citizen. Can a corporation as such vote in a State or Federal election? To ask this question is to answer it. The very fact that this body was given its corporate rights by the citizens as represented by the State vested in it certain rights, powers and limitations and barred it from discriminating against any of the citizens, who gave to that corporation the right to earn money by furnishing amusement to the public. A person who owns a theatre for private purposes and who does not obtain a license to do business and earn money as a result of the entertainment, could justly claim the privacy which is outlined in this opinion. If a charge is made and a license issued, then it becomes a public business and is well within the law as defined in the civil rights statue of the State of Michigan. But it is astounding that such a ruling should be had in the northern State that has for more than half a century boasted about its liberality in dealing with colored people. 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By persistency and the recognition of the efforts of the editor in advancing the welfare of colored folks a clientele has been built up that will send support to the publication as long as the money is available to pay the price of a subscription. THREE LYNCHINGS sent a messenger for Sheriff Robinson, who was seized by three men when he arrived and held to the floor while the mob entered windows in the rear of the jail. When the mob left, the sheriff and the jailer were released, and the former operated fire on the mob in the darkness. He said he did not know whether he hit anyone. He followed the mob a short distance, but lost them near the outskirts of the city, he said. "It was one of the best organized things pulled off here in a long time," Assistant Chief of Police Woodward said. "The mob knew what it wanted, planned how to get it, and the three dead bodies beside the road tell the rest of the story." "We are going to do everything we can to apprehend the members of the mob, but I doubt whether we can do much," he added. "From all reports it was pitch dark, and while the mob did not wear masks, no one could possibly identify anyone. "The people around here felt that justice was slow, I guess, and thought they would hurry it up. The verdict of not guilty, in the case of Demmond Lowman yesterday set the community on fire as Sheriff Howard was a very popular man and everyone felt that his murder was a fearful thing." Investigation Started A coroner's jury was called this morning and began taking evidence. It adjourned at 9:30 o'clock to assemble again at 3 o'clock this afternoon. When Judge Lanham called court to order this morning the coroner informed him of the death of the three defendants and court was adjourned by the judge who said it was "a sad and deplorable end." Judge Lanham today called the jury in session to investigate the incestings and a gird inquiry was promised. The grand jury will meet this afternoon. An inquest was to be held late today. Judge Lanham said that during the progress of the trial yesterday there was no evidence of undue exertion. "The crowd was the most orderly I have ever seen in a room," he said. "Quiet prevailed throughout the session and there was no evidence whatsoever of fending violence." GOVERNOR NOTIFIED Columbia, S. C., Oct. 8.—Governor McLood was notified early today of the lynching of the three Lowman Negroes near Alken. He immediately called upon State Constable Hart, who is in Alken, for a full report of the affair. (By Associated Press:) Aiken, S. C. Oct. 9.—The coroner's jury investigating the lynching of three Negroes here early yesterday returned a verdict today that the trio of mob victims came to their THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND' VIRGINIA LADIES A COMPLETE $25.00 COURSE IN HAIR CULTURE, including one of my $3.00 COMBS and LADIES TUCE. 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If they believe in good government they should help to make and protect it in the land of their birth. Your own work will fing you out. FULTON NOTES. The services at Calvary last Sunday were very helpful. Our Pastor, Rev. C. A. Cobbs, delivered a powerful sermon in the morning; also in the evening services. Fine music was had by the choir. We thank the many members present for their support, numerically and financially. Tomorrow we expect to have a great time in praising the Lord. The pastor will preach morning and evening. He will preach on The Three Worthies during the evening services. We were very sorry to hear of the death of little Miss RosaBell Harris of Bermuda Hundred, Va., who departed this life on the 7th inst. Her funeral was held at the First Baptist Church, Bermuda, on the 11th inst, at 2 P. M., by her pastor, Rev. W. T. Tuck. A great number of her friends were present, both white and colored. 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The verdict of the coroner's jury came after Sheriff Nollio Robinson and Jailer Rupert Taylor had testified late yesterday that they were unable to recognize any members of the masked mob that overpowered them in the jail and seized the Negroes, rushed them out of town in automobiles and shot them to death. The Negroes were being tried for murder in connection with the killing of Sheriff H. H. Howard in a liquor raid on the Lowman home in April, 1925. While continuing its investigation of the lynching the grand jury today made arrangements for the burial of the mob victims. Their bullet-riddled bodies were taken in a truck this afternoon to a Negro church near Monetta for burial at the expense of the county. SOCIOLOGY IN THE U. S. A. Bahia, Brazil. August 1 1926. Sociology has degraded itself when it resorts to race and color as a standard. It has proven uneconomic and painfully extravagant to the nation, as well as to society in general, to hold any part of its population back from progress, on account of race or color; or even that of religious creed! This had been understood by the founders of the independent government of the United States of America. Their example was so strikingly logical that France and several countries have followed suit at considerable cost to their internal affairs, some times. Stiff, the world is quite convinced that democracy is much better than any form of monarchy or imperial government. Because, just as an intelligent person is of greater use to society than an ignorant one, intelligence can not do its best when dominated by other brains or willpower than its own. Hence as education has proved a benefit to society it can only do its best with such liberties as general safety can permit. Those who are enemies to education are not friends to economy and social progress. To resort to the question of race and color is a very poor excuse indeed. The white race in the U. S. A, openly admits its recognition of its inferiority when it acknowledges its fear of all the other races, and especially the black and yellow races. When the reins of the government are in their hands and they refuse to deal with equity they thus declare their unfairness for greater authority. Just as the head of a family who refuses to deal justly with the members thereof debases his position, so have the white Americans debased their honored place as a progressive and courageous peer who refuses to be just in their dealings with other citizens of their own country. Their iniquities will protest against their international influence when they least expect or wish to have it. Equity is based on righteousness! Now a word about those Negro leaders of their people, in the U. S. A. 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INCORPORATED, 1235 West Broad Street EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTORS KELLY TIRES HENRY SCHWARZSCHILD, President ```markdown ``` ```markdown ``` KNIGHTS OF TABOR SELLS TO WHITES; MEMBERSHIP UP IN ARMS (Preston News Service) Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 11.—The race lost another business enterprise when the Knights and Daughters of Tabor was taken over lock, stock and barrel by the Standard Life Insurance Company of Eureka Springs, Ark. This deal was kept secret by the Officials of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor from the public and it was not until recently, when the information concerning the deal became known, although the papers in the matter had been approved by the Insurance Department of Arkansas on September 7th. Owed Many Death Claims The consideration was not made public but nevertheless as far as is able to determine by the delegates who attended the Grand Session at Pine Bluff, the matter had never been authorized by the Grand Session. When the Grand Session met in regular convention in Pine Bluff on July 20th, no mention was made of the fact that the order was in such a "rocky" condition and that it would be necessary to sell the order's insurance department and buildings to some other concern the following week. Although there was current rumor about the state that the order was insolvent and owed more than $55,000, worth of death claims, the officers denied this, stating that a real estate loan on the building at Ninth and State Sts., known as Taborian Hall for $25,000, would put the order in a "very good shape." Negotiations have been under way, for several weeks between the officials of the Standard Life Insurance Company and the Knights and Daughters of Tabor. The following is in part, the resolution which the officers certified to the insurance department and is the basis of the deal: "That the Grand Board of Curators, with the Endowment Secretary Treasurer and Grand Attorney are hereby authorized and empowered TOBEY AND TYKE Is a New Idea--Divided Payment Plan to enter into any and all contracts necessary in their judgment to safeguard the welfare of said order. Be it further resolved that said special committee named in first paragraph herein, is authorized and empowered to underwrite the entire membership certificates of the order, to sell, transfer or hypothecate any and all property both personal and real, belonging to said order and to do whatever may be necessary to fully comply with the future requirements of the Insurance Department of Arkansas. Be it further resolved, that all powers herein vested and conferred upon this special committee may be done and performed by a majority of said special committee and any action of said committee shall be legal and binding upon all Temples and Tabernacles and all members of the order." Not Mentioned at Grand Session However, from interviews with prominent members of the order, it is claimed that no such resolution was even offered to the Grand Session but that a resolution was adopted by the Grand Session authorizing the officers to borrow money and give as security for the money borrowed, the real estate owned by the order. The special committee named in the purported resolution met in the offices of Bullion and Harrison Attorneys, in the A. O. U. W. Building, consisting of Scipio A. Jordan, Chief Grand Monitor, G. H. Evand, Endowment Secretary, J. H. Hammonds, Grand Secretary, S. A. Jones, Grand Attorney and Mrs. Lula Ba West, Grand Recorder, on July 26th and put over the proposition. Papers filed with the State Insurance Department show that the Standard Life Insurance Company has undertaken to underwrite the insurance business of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor. The agreement was signed by W. E. Patterson, President and W. G. Ingalls, Secretary of the Standard Life Insurance Company and Scipio A. Jordan Chief Grand Mentor, and J. H. Hammonds. Grand Secretary of the Knights of Tabor. The standard Life Insurance THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND. VIRGINIA Company is an Arkansas company organized by white men. The Knights and Daughters of Tabor until about five years ago was considered one of the strongest colored fraternal societies in Arkansas. It has been operating its insurance department for about twenty-eight years and has a membership of 14,250. The department records at the statehouse show that the Tabors was the first colored society to begin the insurance business in Arkansas. Clause four of the written agreement transfers the Taborian Hall at Ninth and State and 118 acres of country property owned by the Knights of Tabor to the Standard Life. The property listed has about an estimated value of $125,000. with an encumbrance of $25,000. Clause eight of the agreement specifies that the Knights and Daughters of Tabor will not issue any additional or further membership certificates after July 31, 1926, but these certificates will be written by the Standard Life Insurance Co. and that it is understood that the Knights and Daughters of Tabor goes out of the insurance business and will continue purely as a fraternal society without insurance. The real estate of the order was acquired by a temple assessment on each member of 31 annually for a period of six years. 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EWISH MAIDEN DECLARES HER LOVE FOR DONNAIR RACE MAN (Preston News Service) Duquesne, Pa., Oct. 14. What is said to be a genuine romance had its beginning back in school days, came to light in the elopement of pretty Bertha Soffer, a clever Jewish maiden, aged 19, and John Rankin, aged 21. According to police reports Miss Soffer went to New York City September 4 to visit with an aunt, her father's sister. A few days later she is said to have written to Rankin, who then went to New York. It is claimed that when Rankin made his third visit to Miss Soffer at the home of her aunt she was chastised for permitting him to call daily. Finally the aunt remonstrated with the girl, but with no avail. The girl then left her aunt's home. This was about the middle of September. The aunt then telephoned to her brother, the girl's father, and told him of the circumstances. The father, Sam Soffer, took up the matter with the District Attorney's office of Allegheny County. 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There is a lesson, of course. Aim at some result that cannot be taken from you, a champion- ship in the things worth while. No one will take away Edison's championship. One hundred and fifty years Nathan Hale was standing a British firing squad and his famous last remark, Coolidge says every should know by heart: "I regret that I have but one to give for my country." Young gentlemen will note that Hale's championship is that no Tunney could take him. Many young men, un- unately, are not interested in that pays no dividends. Bruce Barton, student of char- rery, adds one to his "men that only knows." He spent an hour taking with President Coolidge, and this: "As I now recall it, and always rather hoped that I keep store when I grew up." Little Calvin on the Vermont Miller will be a police- canner on open, private, or content. Nobody even predicted that he WOULD be President. He wanted to "keep store." And, "attractions being proportionate to destines." as Fourier says, President Coolidge is actually keeping the biggest store in the world. He is general manager for Uncle Sam, champion wholesaler and retailer, in every line except flying machines. President Green, of the American Federation of Labor, says that "firm labor," or labor organizations built up within great employing corporations, and controlled by the corporations, are a menace to harmony between employers and employees. They are certainly a threat against the whole labor union movement. But, if employers are intelligent enough to realize that good wages pay good dividends, what can organized labor do? Florida fruit growers lose $5,000,000 in the tornado. 1,200,000 boxes of grapefruit, 500,000 boxes of oranges are included in official estimates of the loss. Public relief contributions are praiseworthy, but insignificant in a loss that runs into hundreds of millions. Could not the Government establish an insurance fund to meet such emergencies and make that fund responsible, under careful management, for such miscalled "acts of God?" When Judge Gary took charge of United States Steel, he established a fund to do his own insuring, instead of paying out the money to insurance companies. He put into that fund what insurance would have cost and soon had $30,000,000 saved up for stockholders after meeting fire losses. The Government might ask Judge Gary to establish a "calamity insurance fund" to take care of great disasters, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes. 1 California voters will pass upon a plan to exempt from taxation during the growing period all lands newly planted with trees in a campaign of reforestation. The plan should be approved in California and copied in other states. Vigilance would be necessary to prevent fraud and prevent carrying prospective oil and mineral lands free of taxes, but honest administration would take care of that. THE RICHMOND PLANET. RICHMOND' VIRGINIA Magazine Page About Your Health Things You Should Know by John Joseph Gaines, M. D. When the physician enters the sick-room, the first thing his trained eye counters is the patient; the second observation invalid in both physicians from experience, that the sick man who persistently lies on his back is, nine times out of ten, in a serious condition; the patient who lies on his side comfortably is the more favorable case. If you have a child who sleeps on his back—the dorsal position—continually, you had better take him to your family physician for a painstaking examination. If one can and does lie on either side by preference, instead of on the back, the chances are that he has no organic disease of at least four of his principal, vital organs. It has been a pleasing sight to me many hundreds of times when, at the morning visit, I found my double-pneumonia case, or acute fever-case of any kind, snugly on his right side with his knees drawn up coily. The position told me almost as much as the thermometer and the stethoscope. The position of choice, for healthful sleep is, the right side; a posture that permits drainage from the stomach, and, allows free heart-movement. The adult female should sleep on either side, with the upper limb flexed toward the abdomen—the lower straightened to its full length, the body inlined as though to sleep on the face; this is the pose that insures healthy circulation in the important pelvic organs. To sleep in the erect position, as Grandpa does, in a chair, is not good practice. I am an earnest advocate of the "twin bed" for couples. Sleep is much more beneficial when undisturbed by restless bedfellow. Next Week:— "WALKING." Too Much Efficiency By E.J. W.J. Walt and Co. Rath A resume The hunters are taking home two fine deer that were stalked at Inverclyde Forest, Scotland, recently, during the height of the deer season. BEGIN HERE TODAY JOHN W. BROOKE, widower and hardworking business startling on a two months business arranges with a firm of efficiency engineers to manage his household during that time. His wife, ever, are left without knowledge of this unusual arrangement. They are Constance, 20, the leader of the trio; her brother, 22, and Alice, of high school evening they are shocked into the knowledge that one H. HEDGE, efficiency engineer, has taken control of the household, made himself at home himself, and suited and turned the library into an office. Only a few days has he made by since Hedge introduced the bug of activating management to the Brooke house, but in that time he has obtained a declaration of war from him, the children, and all the servants from the furnace man to Horace, the butler. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY AND Christmas came with such silent and swift approach that the three Brookes were not aware until it was fairly upon them. Then they gasped at their own unpreparedness. Christmas was always a ceremony in the Brookes mansion, albeit an expensive one. But the Brookes were in poverty, even though they were admirably filled with the spirit. "Well, what are we going to give each other?" demanded Alice, whose mind was normally of practical purpose. "Greetings," said Billy, turning his pockets inside out. Constance frowned. "At least we will have the usual tree." she remarked with finality. "We have a few traditions left." "Yes. We are strong on tradition," affirmed Billy. "But we are awfully weak on the other stuff. You can't buy anything with a tradition." "Except happiness." "You can't buy ten cents' worth of that," from Alice. "We can't even buy a tree." "E. E. can," said Constance. "He can buy anything—but he won't." "Except a hat," Billy observed savagely. Constance smiled reminiscently. She could not deny that the hat had been an achievement. "Tut," she counseled. "Let's keep in the spirit, anyhow." So, always in the spirit, they ap- proached H. Hedge on the subject of Christmas. "I do not approve of Christmas gifts," announced the efficiency man. "There won't be many gifts," said Constance sadly. "But there is al- ways the Christmas spirit." "Yes? What is the Christmas spirit, Miss Brooke?" Constance stared. "What is it? Why—" "The efficiency man waited patiently for the remainder of the answer, but Constance had lost her voice in wonderment at the question. Alice answered. "A tree," she said. "So you regard a tree as the Christmas spirit?" "Symbolical," remarked Billy off handedly, who was so pleased with the way the word rolled out that he said it again. "Symbolical." Alice nodded. "It may symbolize something," ad- mitted Hedge, "but I do not approve of a tree." I looked at the cookies drew slightly away from him. ("We always have a tree." "We always have a tree" leads Constance. "And it is always decorated with candies and we always hang up our stockings," supplemented Alice. "I have no objection to your hanging up your stockings," observed the efficiency man judicially. "I cannot see that it does any harm, except to lend encouragement to a foolish myth and possibly to breathe the fallacy of expecting something for nothing. But as to a tree and candies—no." "What's the reason we can't have a tree?" demanded Billy. "They're unsafe, for one thing. There is a liability to fire." "We use electric candles." "A waste of current. A tree also entails an unnecessary amount of cleaning in the house. Furthermore, it is wicked, because it represents an attack upon the natural resources of the earth and the decorations that are placed on it and without artistic merit. Such gifts as are hung upon it or placed under it are almost invariably foolish and un necessary. The entire custom and practice relating to Christmas trees is wasteful and extravagant and serves no useful purpose. No tree." The Brooke children studied the creature who had thus developed a newly, horrid aspect. Alice, still secure in her daily pittance, railed. "Very well," she said haughtily R. I. SCOTT "You don't mean to say you've invited people here at seven-thirty?" "If you will not get us a tree, I will buy one." "You may buy it." H. Hedge informed her, "but it will not enter the house." "I cannot bring my own tree into the house!" "No." "Why, we have always had a tree—right in this very room! You can't have Christmas without one." "You can have the $5th of December without it, at any rate," answered the efficiency man. "That is what we will have—the $5th of December." "Why—even the poor have trees!" "Sure, we're entitled to one," added Billy with fine irony. "No tron." "Just a little one!" pleaded Alice. "No." "Why, even the servants have a tree!" "Do they? I'm glad you mentioned it," said Hedge, making a memorandum, the sinister character of which the Brookes understood. "This is the very last straw!" cried Constance. "Well, it shows which way the wind blows," returned the efficiency man brutally. as had become their habit under such circumstances, retired for conference. As an interchange of counsel and advice it did not amount to much; but as an indignation meeting it was a superb success. Everybody made a speech and some of them were delivered in unison. As a Christmas morning resolution, H. Hedge decided to square himself—and when he decided anything, it was equivalent to doing it. He summoned the three Brookes from the gymnasium. Constance was flushed from a vigorous session with the punching-bag, although she was breathing easily. "Fine condition," the efficiency man to himself as he looked upon her with frank approval. "Sound wind—and a remarkably good short arm punch. Choppy little book, too. If she would only extend her efficiency." "Well, what's the particular crime now?" demanded Billy "We are giving a party," said H. Hedge, coming out of his reverie The Brooke children flopped into chairs. "A party December 31." added the efficiency man. "Oo-h!" exclaimed Alice. "New Year's Eve." "I believe so—yes. "What sort of a party?" asked Alice "Is there more than one kind?" "Several," affirmed Constance, finding her voice. "There are bridge parties, dancing parties—" "This will be a dancing party, then. Remember, December 31. Party, O. K." He made a memorandum on a pad. "That's all," he added. "You may go." The Brookes arose from their chairs and the efficiency man dismissed them with a wave of his hand. The Brooke children filed out of the library and went back to the gymnasium. Billy tapped his forehead knowingly. "Balmy," he said. The three Brookes waited for H. Hedge to say something more about the party, and in vain. They were afraid to bring up the matter themselves, for fear of an argument and a clash that would lead to cancellation. They simply knew that invitations had gone out, for Horace manded them. Who had been asked and who omitted they did not know; the efficient man had possession of the social list and had used his own judgment. "I hope he didn't forget to invite us," observed Alice, "so long as it's going to be in our house." "He said it was our party." Constance observed, "although we don't seem to have anything to do with it. Still, I don't want anything to do with it, because he'll do what he please, anyhow. This is his last chance, so far as I am concerned. He stands or falls on this party." "He's been falling for so long that it doesn't seem to make any difference whether he hits bottom or not," complained Alice. "If he fell a million miles he'd still be here, I guess." The Brooke children went, for a long walk on the day of the party, returning half an hour before dinner. They found the efficiency man in evening dinner." "You'd better hurry up," he said, glancing at his watch. "You'll have to dress before dinner." "Before dinner," school Billy, "isn't there lots of time afterward?" "Dinner at seven, party at seven thirty, Hurry." Constance felt that she was going down in a run away express elevator. "You don't mean to say you've invited people here at seven thirty she demanded." "Certainly." "Why, no party begins before nine thirty at the very end!" "This one does." an hour for my hair! "Takes eight seconds two minutes, remarked H. Hedge. "Four minutes and forty seconds to shave. Go to dress. And you don't have the reason why you can't be ready." Constance. Get delicately and near brother and sister. PEN POINTERS A race of whispering pygmies has been found in Java. Maybe you could go to a picture show there without ear muffs. A sure sign of fall: friend wife on the back porch removing the moth balls from the overcastage of 1924. A cynic is a man who never looks into the envelope after he has taken out the letter. The largest farm in the world is one of 95,000 acres in Montana. If you hoe a row of corn on that farm you've done a day's work. Henry Ford established the five-day week. We didn't think it took that long to make one. 1 Black satin is one of the popular fall materials. This gown, trimmed in white, with hat to match, is in the best of style. Smart Frock A This smart, practical frock for everyday wear is two-piece, of black, cream, or white the white turnover collar fastened at the throat by a pearl button. STRIKING. AUTOCASTER. The diamond-shaped pocket is particularly smart on thin sports coat of black and gray wool plaid. Patricia Avery explains that she didn't lose the other pocket—it is supposed to be that way. The very newest! The grey fox collar is very flattering. --- H.N. RODENBAUGH V.P. & GEN MGR FLORIDA EAST COAST (R.R.CO.) ARRIVAL OF RELIEF TRAIN, MIAMI STATION Flappers Flapped and Bobbed 3000 Years Ago, Ancient Relics Reve Hook Big Fish Near Florida THE FISHING FESTIVAL NEA, New York Bureau Florida had a hurricane, but it was mild compared to the sensation Jerry Robinson (left) and Richard Hill had when they hooked these 185-pound tarp on Daytona Beach Traffic Interrupted Only During Storm. Miami, working feverishly to restore the damage caused by the great storm which swept south Florida, and with relief agencies laboring, with the backing of the entire nation, to aid the destitute universal in its praise of the man in which the Florida East Coast Railway to the relief of the stricken areas to the generous treatment which the refugees have been accorded at the hands of the railroad officials. The great work done by the railroad started Friday night and early Saturday morning, September 18th during the first blast of the great storm. C. L. Beals, assistant general manager of the Florida East Coast Railway and Mrs. Beals, commanded Miami at the time, commanded a car in which they administered real-fireuges as best they could during whole storm. Nearly one hundred people dragged in out of the water and wind were fed and nursed throughout the entire night. Then came Saturday, the real day of stress, when the first train struggled along the stretch between Miami and Palm Beach with the extent of the outside world of the extent of the great storm. That train, removing package and debris from the tracks, came was ten hours late and since that time no other trains have been delayed to any great extent. There were no washouts. Sheed- tions were naturally upset on Sept- ember 18th, and began beginning September 20th, and since the road has had practically FLAPPERS have flapped for ages. Even as far back as 700 B. C. incorrigible ladies, flaunting at their parents, bobbed their wives and wore curled hangs. This is the finding of Dr. William Frederick Bade, dean of the Pacific School of Religion, graduate college of the University of California at Berkeley, who has just returned from Palestine, where since last January he has been engaged in archaeological research of ancient ruins. Dr. Bade brought back six large cases of Egyptian, Arabian and Hebrew relics, skulls, pottery and sculptures of the ancient bobbed-haired flappers. 3000-Year-Old Story The relies, Dr. Bade said, "a story more than 3000 years. Dean Bade's excavations were at Tell-en-Nasbhe, seven miles north of Jerusalem, scene of the Biblical murder of Gereliah by plotter for the hand of the ancient king's daughter. The cistern into which the murdered man was thrown was uncovered by Dr. Bade's workers, many of whom also were employed in the excavation of King Tut's tomb. "Flappers are no new thing," Dr. Bade said. "Every generation has had them. Maybe they didn't wear Charleton skirts, but they flapped nevertheless." The Bag of relies was shipped to the United States by special permission of the Palestine mu- on-time performance. Trains went right through to Key West. The great viaduct across the gulf was undamaged. When the word finally reached St. Augustine and Jacksonville, relief parties were mobilized and transportation of doctors, nurses, food stuffs and Red Cross supplies was effected in an incredibly short time. A unit from the East Coast hospital went south with the relief carrying emergency supplies of all kinds. There were hundreds of tragic cases, pleas for help, destitute women and children, and the railroad company, under an order of vice-president and general H. N. Rocenbaugh, immediately provided free transportation for refugees, to their homes in the north or out of the storm section. Mr. Roderbaugh also wired other railroad officials throughout the country asking that a like service be granted. The Florida East Coast Railway left no stone unturned in its efforts to do everything in its power to serve the multitudes of injured and destitute in the storm area. A special car was despatched to Miami bringing Mr. Rodenbaugh, Dr. J. N. Fogarty, chief surgeon for the railroad and its East Coast hospital, and Henry M. Baker, Red Cross director from Washington, into the devastated sections. All three officials immediately went into conference with the Miami city commission, headed at that time by James H. Gilman, acting chairman. On Wednesday morning, after the storm, special cars on all trains and extra sections of trains provid- PETER H. BURTON Dr. William F. Brade seum commission, for two years study at the University of California. Grotesque Vases It includes bronze and copper vases, some painted, some hammered into, some molded. It says these vases tell a tale of the events of the races. At different levels in THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA THRESHING ed free transportation for the num- breds of women and children who were sent out by the Red Cross. The railroad announced itself as the service of the Red Cross and willing to do anything necessary. Its engineers were right on the job and got busy to restore the light- ing system of Miami. Later in the day Director Hakey of the Red Cross, stated that not enough credit could be given the Florida East Coast Railway and that the city of Miami may well be thankful for the fact that a double line of solidly built tracks that could withstand the rigors of wind and wave, was at its disposal al- most with the cessation of the storm itself. "I think that the people of Miami realize in part only the ter- rific task undertaken and carried through in their behalf by the Florida East Coast Railway from the lowest porter to the vice-pres- ident himself," said the Red Cross chief. Since all other lines were cut, the Florida East Coast Railway furnished the only means of communication between Miami and the outside world. Fortunately its track remained intact. Car-loads of supplies were moved into the stricken cities by the railway company; doctors, nurses, medical assistants, and troops were being handled by special and regular train service. Following the storm and relief work trains, the railroad began carrying in large volumes of supplies for reconstruction which has proceeded like magic. The Miami Chamber of Commerce has announced that Miami will be ready for her winter guests. the excavation, Dr. Bade says, a found relief which may reveal hitherto unknown history of the peo ples of Istanbul. Solid gold beads, probably stol from the "happers" of Jerusalem by the workmen who built the great wall around that city, are among the collection. Carnellian stones, film masonry and various types of stone, indicate different civilizations of that country during the cen- turies past, in Dr. Bade said. His collection, Dr. Bade said, is the largest group of the country ever found in this section of the country. More than 150 pieces from two tombs of the Mizpan of Benjumin date back 2500 B. C. Wh! Write History Next winter, reinforced by $50,000 worth of donations and endowments from the University of California, Dr Bade will return to the Holy Land to continue his excavations and explorations. The archaeologist will write a history based on his findings during three years of research into the sequence of pottery, which he claims is the only true means of tracing history. Dr Bade last year finished his book, "The Life and Letters of John Muir, Nauticalist," which was adjudged one of the 40 best books of the year in Jerusalem he was herary lecturer at the American School of Oriental Research. THRESHING REGINA. Sask.—J. G. Mitchell of Dahina, Sask., announced that he will attempt to regain the wheat championship of the world captured last year from Canada by L. P. Yates of Fishtail. Mont., at the International Grain and Hay show in Chicago this winter. Mitchell, who has won the wheat championship three times, has a plot seeded to Marquis wheat on his farm which he says will sweep the boards at the international show. He took first honors at Chicago in 1919, 1920, and 1924. He did not exhibit at the show in 1925. Next to Seager Wheeler of Rosorth, Sask., who won the championship five times, Mitchell is Canada's most successful wheat grower. Mitchell came to Canada as a green immigrant twenty years ago from Manchester, England. He steadied on a quarter section at Dahina forty miles from a railroad. Now he farms 800 acres. The railroad runs across a part of the --- Hero Honored TOMMY NEXA, Washington Bureau Thomas Rogers, a full-blooded Indian, rendered such meritorious service during the World War that President Coolidge has issued an executive order appointing him to the mail service without a civil service examination. He is one of the Arkikar tribe. N.E.A. Washington Bureau Thomas Rogers, a full-blooded Indian, rendered such meritorious service during the World War that President Coolidge has issued an executive order appointing him to the mail service without a civil service examination. He is one of the Arikari tribe. Leper Healed A. NEA, San Francisco Bureau Nung Won, 10, Los Angeles Chinese boy, is one of few persons to be cured of leprosy in America by the use of Chaulmoegra oil. He was under treatment two years. PEN POINTERS You can't make a pumpkin pie with apples. The less hair that women have the more fuss they seem to make over it. For sheer candor how about that tailor in Denver who advertises: "If your clothes don't fit we make them." Gene Tunne was in France. It rains nine months out of the year there. It rained the night he fought Dempsey. No wonder he won! The only step that remains to be taken by automobile advertisers is to gather testimonials from people who have enjoyed being run over by cars with balloon tires. ```markdown ``` HARVEST HOME and on which he first settled. His farm is now one of the show places of Saskatchewan. In fifteen years of international competition, it is pointed out. Canada has won the world's wheat championship thirteen times. The honor has gone to Montana twice on Marquis wheat grown from seed originally obtained from the Dominion. World Waited Four Hundred Years for Panama Canal AT GAMBOA ENTERING GATUN LAKE EUROPE AT GAMBOA The history of the Panama Canal is possibly even more interesting than that of the ancient city itself, founded in 1516, or the discovery of many of the islands in this Hispaniolan region. When Columbus crossed the Atlantic he had in view the finding of a Western passage from Europe to Cathay, and he, like other explorers, after much toll became convinced that the American continent was continuous and formed a barrier of enormous extent to the passage of vessels. Today, one of the most interesting episodes of a trip around the world, on the "Empress of Scotland," for example, is the passage through the Isthmian Canal of the big steamer with her decks lined with tourists from all over the HERMAN W. NELSON MOLINE. Ill.—Three school children out of five in the United States are stunted in their growth and rendered susceptible to pulmonary disease by bad air in their classrooms," declared Herman Nelson, ventilation expert, in an address here. "The United States might be the greatest nation of athletes the world has ever seen if we would use all we know about right living conditions for the young," said Mr. Nelson. "First and most important necessity for a growing child is an abundant supply of fresh, live, moving vitalized air. One of the worst effects of population congestion is the crowding of children into the dead air of stuffy schoolrooms. "Experiments on adults have shown that physical efficiency is reduced 9 per cent and appetite from 5 to 13.5 per cent by exposure to vitiated atmosphere. A test on a group of adult workers showed HEALTHY CHILDREN Tiny People Call on President CEDAR NEA. Washington Bureau Jean De Lacruz, 49, and his sister, Martín De Lacruz, 51, are believed the smallest people in the world. They are Filipinos, and called on Pres- dent Coolidge recently. EMPRESS OF SCOTLAND IN MIRAFORES LOCK banana United States and Canada. This inter- international passenger vessel thus city it has sent through the canal and its disc inns in many locks, will leave New York again world cruise Dec. 2, and when will once more pass through this of the great time-saving carway on her way to Havana, Cuba, and port of departure. New York, which after will reach April 12, 1927. The that theinnous Panama Canal has been a real financial success. Its tolls during the fiscal year ending June 30 amounted to $22,931,762.23, and some idea of the toll charges may be gained when it is stated that the "Empress of Scotland" paid $17,500 for her passage. It was as early as 1550 that a canal was thought of, and for almost four hundred years the pro- In Stunted By Bad Air that changing the air condition without their knowledge reduced them to lassitude and inefficiency in less than ten minutes. Adults can survive such conditions because their resistance has been built up, but they have a permanently bad effect on children. "These are the conditions to which children are exposed daily in city schoolrooms. The only safeguard for them is controlled ventilation. Opening windows can not BEV s for Panama Canal GATUN LAKE ES LOCK ject was borne in mind, not by one country, but many. It was not, however, till 1903 when Panama revolted from Colombia and declared itself independent that the undertaking had some semblance of reality. This new republic granted the United States, in this year, the use, occupation and control of a strip of land ten miles, wide for the purposes of the canal. The French company's concession upon which some work had been done, was purchased and within a month a commission was appointed and work started without delay. Although titanic engineering difficulties have been faced and overcome, nations that have waited hundreds of years for the Panama Canal are now benefiting by it week by week. ir, Declares Expert HEALTHY CHILDREN be depended on because weather conditions can not be controlled. Mechanical intake of fresh outdoor air and its equal distribution, the right temperature to every part, the room is the only right condition for a child. Every parent should study this subject. Mechanical control of air conditions is not only possible but economical not only in saving life and increasing efficiency, but in actual cost of fuel and operation." on President