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THE RICHMOND PLANET VIRGINIA JUN14 1930 STATE LIBRARY Virginia State Library REV. TOWNSEND Preparations Complete For 21st. Annual Conference Of The N.A.A.C.P. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR YOUNGMAN OF MASSCHUSETTS TO WELCOME N. A. A. C. P. in SPRINGFIELD Springfield, Mass., June 6.— Lieutenant governor williams S. Youngman of Mash- pects, will deliver an address of come to the National Association for Advancement of Colored People at opening mass meeting of its 21st A- nual Conference to be held in Spring- field from June 25 through July 1, it is announced today. Other welcome messages will be delivered in behaf- city of City of Springfield by Mayor R. Winter; in behalf of the springfield Chamger of Commerce by taylor Frederick J. Hillman; and in be- foil of the Springfield branch of the N. C. P. and citizens by Rev. William Berry. alter White, Acting Secretary and portral J Seligman, Director of Publici- cation of the N. A. A. C. P. journeyed to tungfield on Wednesday to confer with each officers and with Committee. Both officers of the association delivered short addresses the assembled committee of citizens the Director's book of the Scaled Chapin National Bank and were given a cordial reception. On their return to New York they issued the following statement: "The Annual Conference in the history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has been prepared for with greater care and intelligent than the coming 21st Annual Conference in Springfield. The leading citizens in all phases of the City's leaders, clergyfem, men, and women, are on the committee, and it is being made a matter of civic pride in Springfield to help make the Conference a stirring success. Springfield is a relatively small, but exceeding active and progressive place. Its spirit of tolerance and cordial interest is a living thing, and the N. A. A. C. P. Conference will be not merely one event among many, but the outstanding event, during its sessions." The N. A. A. C. P. also reports the following list of organizations which have been invited and have accepted the invitation to send fraternal delegates to the Springfield Conference: National Urban League, National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools, to be represented by Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, President of Howard University; American Interracial Peace Committee, by Mrs. Alice Dunbun-Nelson; Young Women's Christian Association, by Miss Clara Reed; American Missionary Association, and the National Council of Congregational Churches, both by Dr. Fred L. Brownlee, with W. A. Daniel alternate; Commission on Interracial Cooperation, by Robert B. Eleazer; National Medical Association, National b. Business League, A. M. E. C. G. federal Council of Church of Christ ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, MORE TOUSE AND SPELMAN TO HAVE NEW LIBRARY Word has just been received from New York of a grant of $450,000 from the General Board for the cost of a site and for the erection of a library for Atlanta University and affiliated colleges. After more than sixty years Atlanta has been an important center of education for Negroes. No other city has had five colleges for Negroes, each with its own constituentep but maintaining friendly relationship and mutual respect. A year ago three of these institutions entered into an affiliation which provided that Atlanta University should be developed as a center for graduate and professional courses and that undergraduate work should be conducted by Spelman College and fourhouse College. The affiliation itself was a notable on in the advancement of education or degrees. In the three institutions enrolled more than seven-hundred accounts of collegiate rank exclusive school. All three colleges came into the affiliation with a hortage of honest achievement behind them. They have a total initial plant of eighty-seven acres of land twenty-eight buildings, and are located in the strategic center states. SOLDIER ACQUITTED OF CAPITAL CRIME Fayetteville, N. C.—(CNS)—Thomas Scott, 19 year old soldier, was acquired here last Tuesday by a charge of criminal attack on a young colored girl The jury was out twenty minutes. New Miniature Course For the West End the beautiful Miniature Golf Course known as the West End Golf Course, located at 1427-29 W. Cary Street, is one of the greatest outdoor attractions that Richmond people of the city of Richmond have had as well as its easy accessibility adds to its conduciveness. Besides being on a smooth-paved Street, it is within one square of the Main Street Car, and the Church Hill-Byrd Park Bus line is only two blocks away. The brilliant light, equal to any that may be found elsewhere in the city, is a feature which adds splendor. A competent instructor is on hand at all times to render assistance to those who do not know the game. Prof. Rayford W.Logan Forum Speaker The Forum of the I. O. of St. Luke held their regular monthly meeting in the assembly room of the Home Office Building, 900 St. James Street. A very interesting program was rendered after the roll call. The Forum was honored with the presence of the R. W. G. Secretary-Treasurer, Mrs. Maggie L. Walker, who after a few remarks presented Mr. C. V. Kelley who in turn introduced Prof. R. W. Logan in a most eloquent manner. Prof. Logan, using as his subject, "Citizenship", pointed out the many advantages that we might enjoy, but fail because of the non co-operative spirit that exists among our race. He also pointed in a most eloquent and enthusiastic manner the benefits and privileges accorded to our group in the fourteenth amendment that we are satisfied to see others enjoy. Cities Subdue Typhoid Commissioner Says Richmond, June—Why hastyphoid fever virtually disappeared from our large cities Dr. Ennion G. Williams, State question in a radio talk which he just gave. "The cities," he said, "protect their people by giving safe water and safe sewage disposal. This the municipalities can do through public effort; but in rural sections protections must be secured almost wholly from individual action." Dr. Williams made it clear that there must be sofe reason for the great increase in typhoid during the summer months. He said that, if polluted water was the principal agent for spreading the disease, there would be just as much typhoid in winter as in summer. Evidently, therefore, the other method of transmission must be to blame. If human wastes are accessible to flies there will always be the danger of typhoid fever spreading. Unfortunately there are many people who give no signs of having typhoid but are menaces to their neighbors. These people are called carriers. They may have had typhoid long ago or they may have such a slight case that it was never reconized, nevertheless, they carry the gems; and, if germs for a carrier get to a person they may infect the carrier, that person will have typhoid fever. So, the health commissioner, urged his hearers to sanitize their homes so they would not imperil their families and their neighbors, and as a futher and necessary precaution he urged them to get rid of flies or screen their houses against flies or trap those dangerous insects. He pointed out that the decline of more than ninety per cent in the typhoid annual total of Virginia since 1908 shoy what can be done; and he promised that the state could confidently look forward to a time when there would be no typhoid, if our people would generally sanitize their premises, would see to it that all human wastes are sa disposed that flies can not reach the filth and water supplies can not be polluted by it. Dr. Williams made a big point about flies because this is the season when those insects are most numerous and most dangerous. He expressed his gratification at the interest which is now being displayed in the fight against flies and urged an unremitting war against the pests. See Negro's Gain, More Than Loss That the Negro in America has gained more than he has lost in the changing structure was the consensus of opinion of those experts, social workers and economists who assembled here to attend the Annual Conference of the National Urban League. The theme of the Conference Vocational Opportunity for Negro Workers-served as the magnet which attracted a large number of the leaders of both races to what is considered to have been the most successful conference in the history of the Urban League movement. In addition to the representatives of the Urban League, which included over fifty cities affiliated with the Urban League movement, there were many laymen of both races who came to participate in the discussion of this important question. For the first time in America the industrial status of the Negro was critically analyzed and a graphic of his future place in industry projected. At the same time, a stirring plea was made for larger industrial opportunities for Negro men and women. The general excellency of the sessions which were addressed by many outstanding figures in the field of sociology and economics can be readily seen by the following names which grace the program; Merdith B. Givens, Research Secretary of the Social Science Research Council; T. Arnold Hill, National Urban League; Willifah Hodson, Director of the Welfare Council, New Yory; Niches Carpenter, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Settlement; Miss Marp Van Kleeck of the Russel Sage Foundation; Eugene Kinkle Jones, Executive Director of the National Urban League; Franklin Hopper of the New York Public Library; H. Lollingsworth Wood, Chairman of the Executive Board of the National Urban League; Dr. Sadie Alexander, Philadelphia; whose remarkable paper on the Negro woman in industry held the attention of three hundred dinner guests at the Hotel Statler. Other speakers were Ira DeA. Reid, Director of Research of the National Urban League and E. A. Carter, Editor of OPPORTUNITY. It was generally conceded that the success of the conference in Buffalo was due to the smooth working machinery which was created and developed by William L. Evans, Executive Secretary of Memorial Center and Urban League Inc. and his Executive Board. Among the others in attendance at the conference were George Arthur of the Rosenwald Foundation. Chicago. ILL. Jameg Jackson, U. S. Department of Commerce, Gertrude Brown, Phyllis Wheatley House, Minneapolis; Forrester Washington, Atlanta School of Social Work, Dr. Monroe Work of Tuskegee Institute, GILPIN REBURRED FOLLOWING HARLEM FUNERAL SERVICES New York—(CNS)—Harlem did honor last Sunday to Charles Gilpin, betteran actor who was buried May 12, at interred for a funeral which his friends considered more seemly for the creator of the "Emperor Jones" role. The funeral rooms of Duncan Brothers at 2303 Seventh Avenue were packed with stage celebrities and out in the street hundreds of pevle gathered. Oldroupers who had toured the country with Gilvin and starring in player who had brought distinction to the race. Gilpin's favorite hymn "Abide With Me" was sung and its echo was taken up by the throng gathered in the street. The last song he had bought but had not been able to sing because his fine barytone voice was gone was sung by the flowers were from the Colored Vadueville Benevolent Association, the Rhythm Club, the Clef Club and the Dressing Room Club. Gilpin's sister, Mrs. A'Lelia Brown, and his son, Paul, was present, along with a number of relatives and friends of the family. Burial was in Woodlawn Cemetary. The earlier funeral services held for Mr. Gilpin was in the Shiloh Baptist Church, in Trenton, and burial was beside his mother, Mrs. Caroline Gilpin, in Riverbiew Cemetary, Lambertville. The actor died on May 6 in the four-room cottage in Eldridge, Park, to which he retired a year ago when he lost voice. SCHOOL BOY PATROL AWARDS AWARDS PRESENTED Washington (CNS) Seven colored youngster of the american Automobile Association's schoolboy patrol in its annual rally last week were awarded medals of valor for saving lives of schoolmates during the scholastic year. The boy sare: Lafayette Artis Monroe, of myrtilla Miner Normal School, John Simms, Cleveland; Jno Walker and Eugene Collins, Douglas; John Henderson, Wilson Morgan; Richard Lane, Birney and Jas Frye, Stevens. RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1930 Police Think Baptist Auditor Killed By Gunman For Baptist Official INDIANAPOLIS. June 18—The slaying two months ago of E. D. Pierson, 54, Chicago, auditor of the National Baptist Convention, killed, police said, because he "knew too much" about the jugging of a $62,000 fund in the Nashville, Tenn., office of the negro organization, was solved today. Under arrest here were the Rev. B. J. F. Westbrook, pastor of the largest Negro church in Indianapolis, and George Washington, 41, described by police as a hired Negro gunman. At Nashville, police arrested A. M. T. Moore, and deputied by the wealthiest Negro in the country, secretary of the Baptist Sunday-school publishing board and auditor of a Negro bank in Nashville. He was released on $10,000 bond. The arrests, detectives believed, complete the investigation into the slaying of Pierson, who was found, tied hand and foot and his body riddled with bullets, where he had been tossed into the Muscatatuck river near Snottsburg, Ind., April 16. Pierson was slain as he was returning to Chicago from Nashville, where he had uncovered the discrepancy in the Negro Baptist convention loan fund. Townsend would have been "ruined" by the exposure, detectives said, and plotted the killing to cover it up. Police said that Washington, who was arrested here Wednesday, had confessed to the slaying and said he received a phone call from uncommunicado at city prison under $10,000 bond on a vagrancy charge until the arrest early today of Westbrook. Westbrook, who was acquainted with Pierson, but denied implication in his death, was alleged by detectives to have written a letter introducing Washington to the Chicago man. At Pierson's Chicago home, Washington presented himself to Edward D. Pierson, Jr., the auditor's son, who is known as a singer. Information supplied by the son, detives said, led to the solution of the slaying. Young Pierson told the detectives Washington represented himself as a farmr and owner of a chain of Negro drug sores, saying he wanted the auditor to work out a system of bookkeeping for him. Washington then is believed by police to have met Pierson at Louisville, Ky., and driven north towards Indianapolis with him. Near Scottsburg, police believe Pierson was fatally shot and tossed into the river. He was still alive when found the next day, but died before he could be pulled from the water. Washington, detectives declared, is a gunman of wide reputation, and is said to be wanted at Fort Wayne, Ind., for "shooing up" a crowded courtroom and escaping. MADLY JEALOUS MAN SLAYS HIS AFFINITY Lexington, N.C. (CNS) A prominent law firm here has been retained to conduct the defense of Lee Hargrave, young colored youth, who is in jail here awaiting trial in connection with the murder of Lillie Belle Gilmore, a married woman with whom he accused is reported to have become enamoured. Hargrave slew the woman by almost severing her head with a razor after successive strokes had cut off three fingers and inflicted other heavy cuts here Decoration Day. The two had been to a dance and were returning home in an automobile with two other persons. Capt. M. M. Barnard, superintendent of penal institutions for the District of Columbia, who was witnessing his twenty-sixth execution, said he had never seen a man go to his death in such an inspired way. Hawkins arose at 5 o'clock and ate a hearty breakfast. He amused himself in the cell until about 7 o'clock, when Rev. Mr. Pinn arrived and took his final statement. Then he was read the death warrant by Col. Peake. Immediately afterward, at about 9:30 o'clock, with the electrocution schedules for 10 o'clock, he called for the colored quartet of the jail to sing to him. They stood outside his cell and sang "Throw Out the Lifeline" and "My Mother's Prayer Will Follow Me." Hawkins thanked the quartet and borrowed one of their song books and began singing lowly, "When Morning Comes." Four minutes after the first flow of current was thrown into the electric chair, Hawkins was pronounced dead by Dr. A. J. Connellly, jail physician. CRIME PREVENTION GROUP OMITS NEGRO New York City—(CNS)—No colored religious leader appears among the list announced as the personnel of the Commission on Crime Prevention Thru Moral and Religious Education which will suplant the work of the two commissions on crime prevention appointed by President Hoover. So far it could not be determined if any colored leader has been asked to join or cooperate with the Commission which held its initial meeting at the headquarters of the Playground and Recreation Association of America here, last week. The main objective of the organization, according to Dr. J. C. White, the general secretary of the Church League which is fostering the organization, is to "extend moral and religious education though every possible agency to all neglected youth in America now growing up without such training." Since neither of the Hoover commissions, one on child welfare and the other on law observance andonforement, can deal directly with the religious side of crime prevention, there is a great need for such an organization, Dr. White said. Of colored religious leaders in the light of the large percentage of crime blamed upon Negroes, is beibled to be the result of President Hoover's failure to include Negroes on the original commission on Law Enforcement. HOWARD IN JERSEY, AIDS MORROW Washington—(CNS)—The Republican party in New Jersey, making a strong bid for the Negro vote in the coming ongressional election in which Dwight W. Morrow faces the electors as a candidate for the United States Senate, has selected Perry W. Howard, Republican National Committeeman from Mississippi, to the colored voters in the state for Morrow. Mr. Howard left Washington several weeks ago and has been extremely active in all of the campaign conferences, on several occasions presenting Morrow to the voters of New Jersey. Morrow, running on a "wet" platform, opposes former Senator Joseph Frolinghuysson and Representative Franklin Fort who are alos aspirants for the nomination. The primary will be held June 17. OKLAHOMA MOB KILLS YOUNG NE GRO BOY Chickasha, Okla. —(CNS) —For the third time within the last month, a mob of nearly 1000 men and boys shot and stabbed to death a 19 year old colored youth last week. Similar rioting took place on Sherman and Honey Grove, Texas, while at the former place the county jail was burned. Henry Argo, the lynched man was charged with attacking a white woman. A bullet fired by an unidentified member of the mob, pierced the brain of the boy as he was sitting caged in his cell. As the boy was being removed to a hospital in a nearby city, the husband of the alleged attacked woman, stabbed him through the heart. National guardmen were on the scene but could do little with the mob which cut the light and telephone wires and fired at the guards several times. No harm was done to other colored people of the town. Virginia Union's Commencement On Wednesday June 3, 1930, large enthusiastic crowds wended their way to the Chapel of the Va. Union / University at 4 P. M. to witness the commencement exercises, the program of which may appear elsewhere in this journal. The exercises above referred to, reached the high water mark in many respects and those present expressed their entire satisfaction with the program. The address delivered by Dr. Benjamin Brawley of Shaw University, Raleigh, N. C., was full of sound advice. The graduates in the several departments of the University made a splendid showing as they presented themselves to President, Dr. W. J. Clark, who conferred upon them their degrees which they had won by their diligent application to study. Honorary degrees were conferred upon four persons who had won distinction in their chosen fields of activity. At the close of the program, President, Dr. W. J. Clark, announced two very important things. 1. That the Va. Union University had been given Class A rating by the American Medical Association. 2. That the American Baptist Home Mission Society had voted $50,000 to Va. Union University to enable her to close the $600,000 campaign. When these announcements were made, much enthusiasm was engendered. $2.00 PER YEAR; COPY, FIVE CENTS Indian Masses In Revolt Against British Rule INDIANS Are Giving the Lion's -- —TAIL a Real Twist.---- Chicago, June 6.—(By The Associated Negro Press)—That there may be something to Lothrop Stoddard's eminent terror of the "Rising Tide of Color" is becoming increasingly apparent as the spiritual revolution in India, set in motion by the bronzed asletic, Mahatma Gandhi, resting easily now in a British jail, while his cause goes moving on, grows and grows to confound, confuse and defeat the skillful tactics of British officialdom. A real spectacle of terror, so far as the British are concerned, is presented by the developments of the last two months. As Lothrop Stoddard points out in the current issue of Liberty Magazine, India does count—in the world of affairs. Almost one-fifth of the world's total population, or 320 millions of people, are in India. Many billion dollars of English and American capital are tied up in that great country. If India should throw off the yoke of British domination and repudiate its foreign debt and obligations, the financial marts in London, Paris, and New York would be thrown into utter chaos. This makes India important. This makes any great wave of sentiment, wether for independence or just a boycott, a matter of concern to commercial concerns throughout the world. India is where they sell their goods. For years, Great Britain has trusted to internal conditions in India to maintain her control over the vast empire There are will-known rligious, racial, and political cleavages in the empire, which so far have been unwilling to trust one another, that have prevented any unified action on the part of the natives. If Great Britain fell out with one set, she and her few soldiers were able to line up with another group and maintain the status one. The two most important groups in India that have forgect other are the Hindus, of which Ghandi is one, and te Moslems, or Mohammedans. There are about 200,000,000 Hindus, and about 70,000,000 Moslems. For many years after the Mohammedans pressed down from the North and conquered India to establish the dynasty of the Great Mogul, the Hindus were held in subjection by he proud, ruling class of the Mohammedans. The Moslems always think of themselves in terms of being the ruling olass, but the Hindus know that India is their lountry, and they resent the colonization of them. England has kept these two groups from coming to blows. Within the ranks of the Hindus themselves there has operated the pernicious and iniquitous influence of the caste system, making horizontal social divisions of the people. These classes of the Hindus hate one another viciously, and the lower classes and the so-called "depressed class," composed of out-castes, fight any movement that would tend to give the highest class, the Brahmins, any more power. It is the Brahmins who do toe casting out, or ostracising. In addition to this racial difference between the Moslems and the Hindus, and the religious hates ai between the Hindu casts, there are political obstacles within the empire which keep the people apart. Thus there are quite a fw so-called principalities, ruled by immensely wealthy Indian princes, who exercise 'almost complete sovereignty, under the watchful eye of Great Britain. They feel that they are held in power by this dominance of a foreign power, and would be disposed to hold out against any pro-Indian movement in order to maintain the political autonomy they now exercise. As long as Great Britain has been able to keep the Hindus and Moslems suspicious of each other, the casts at one another's throats, and these princes as their selfish allies, the British representatives have just sat by constituted different independence movements to wear themselves out against the suffocating effect of internal dissension. But there is now evidence that the Ghandi cause of "non-violence" is definitely bringing these opposing groups together and welding the great peoples of India behind a movement for the removal of Great Britain's sway that will not be stopped. This conclusion is borne out by recent dispatches to the Chicago Tribune from its far eastern correspondent, Charles Dailey. Mr. Dailey has just concluded a tour of the interior provices of In- (Continued on Page 6) 193 STUDENTS GRADUATE FROM ATLANTA COLLEGE Atlanta, Ga., June 5—Five Negro colleges and a theological seminary. located in this city, this week graduated 193 students with bachelors' degrees, and turned out in addition a large number of normal and high school graduates. The total number enrolled in hundred more in the preparatory he college grades of the several institutions was 1,258 and with several grades and normal training. The six institutions which gave Atlanta preeminence as a center of Negro education are Atlanta University, Morehouse Spelman Colleges, Morris Brown, Clark Universities, and Gammon Theological Seminary. The three first named were recently affiliated to form a single university system, under the name of Atlanta University. TWO WHO SLEW PRISONER AT SING. SING CONVICTED White Plains, N. Y. (CNS) James Steele and John Harris, former vaudeville actors and convicts at Sing Sing prison we were convicted of second degree murder and first degree manslaughter, respectively by a jury here last Tuesday in connection with the fatal stabbing of Reuben Kaminsky, a fellow prisoner in the prison yard last December I. Date for sentence has not been determined, the minimum Harris could get would be twenty years. Ife imprisonment would be mandatory in Steele's case. KILLER OF SWEETHEART DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR Washington (CNS) Andrew Jack- his sweetheart, Ruth Watkins, here on December 22, 1829, died in the electric chair at the district jail Thursday morning at 10 o'clock for the crime. With a show of bravery the like of which never has been witnessed before by jail attaches who have seen a score or more of executions, the slayer took the final penalty before a small group of witnessed composed of jail guards and officials and four newspaper men. Hawkins literally went to his death with a smile on his face, leaving a statement twitch the jail officials telling them he "forgives all" and asks "to be forgiven." He walked steadily from his cell, the first in "death row." While he was being strapped in the chair, the Rev. James L. Pinn of the First Baptist Church, 1634 S Street sang the same song Hawkins had been singing in the cell a few minutes before. When The Morning Star stanced the same song, Hawkins kept time with his left hand on the arm of the chair and patted the rubber carpeted floor with his bare feet. HAITIAN COMMISSION ON EDUCA- TION SAILS Washington—(CNS)—Dr. /Robert R. Moton, chairman of the Haitian Commission on education recently appointed by President Hoover, to make a study of the educational situation in Haiti, sails on the steamship Ancon of the Panama Railway steamship line June 10. Dr. Moton called at the White House on June 6 and announced that he had received final instructions from President Hoover as to the scope of the work which he commission is to undertake. The other members of the commission selected by Dr. Moton to assist him in his work are Dr. Mordecal Johnson, president of Howard Unibury; Leo M. Favrot, white, field secretary of the General Education Board, Benjamin F. Hubert, president of Georgia State Industrial College at Savannah, and Dr. W. T. B. Williams, of Tuskegee, Alabama. Accompanng the commissioners are Dr. G. Lake Imes, who has been appointed secretary to the commission; Prof. Alphonso Hennengingb. interpter; W. A. Shields, stenographer; and Percival B. Prattis of the Associated Press and Carl Murphy of Baltimore Afro-American who will represent the press. The commission appointed [ several months ago, found it advisable to wait until the close of school to sail for the little Republic. CHILDREN'S DAY Rev. James C. Scott, son of Rev. C. C. Scott of the Fifth Street Baptist Church, will deliver the Children's Day address and crown the queen at Mosby Memorial Baptist Church on Sunday, June 15, 1980. ```markdown ``` The Negro And The Negro And The Nude Art By Professor Kelley Miller The refusal of the art alliance of Philadelphia to place the nude statue of Paul Robeson on exhibition discloses a curious angle of race prejudice. The statue n question is extolled as a piece of art. There is no stated object to nudity as such, but to negro nudity. The objection is frankly not based on prudery, but on race prejudice. Paul Robeson is one of the remarkable men of his generation. His fame as a musician and actor covers two continents. He is gifted with many talents. An athlete, a musician, a superlative actor of both comic and tragic roles—he is withal a scholar an da gentleman. That last word—ah, there's the erub. Had the bit of sculpture been merely an identified specimen of physical manhoo d ebony, after the patter of Peter Jackson or Jack Johnson, no such objection would probably have been lodged. But Negro gentleman or lady now defends placement in American art. Bert Williams, the inimicable music in cork and costume, relates that a certain society celebrity, even thought well of him, once suggested that he attend his function evening clothes and perform his part as a gentleman. Betr tried it, and was frozen stiff. The Negro must never be encouraged to fee lthat he is as one of us. There have been literally hundreds of novels, plays and short stories recently written centering about the Negro theme. But in no single instance is the Negro character allowed to get by with the finished qualities of the cultivated lady or gentleman. If high character and genteel qualities are imputed to the colored hero or heroine, he or she must break down at some vital point before the story ends. The method of handling such a situation has become stereotyped. The supposedly colored character of high talent and genteel culture must either break down or prove to be unadultured white blood before the finis. There is a deep-seated and sinister motive in this method. As there is no place for the cultured and refined colored person in high social life, he cannot be reflected in art. No refined cultivated lady or gentleman under cover of Negro face or features hangs on the walls of our elite parors nor in our saloons and art galleries. The fact must be accepted in life before it can be reflected in art. The Negro is depicted in art only according to the roll he is permitted to play in the prevalent social regime. The PHILOSOPHY OF CIRCUMSTANCE By R. A. Adams ---- "Circumstances alter cases," is admittedly true, if we include ethical responsibility as well as resultant effects. In every process of adjuction, in every appraisement or determination of value, in every award for mirt or assessment for crime, justice and equity unquestionably involve consideration of circumstances. The genesis if circumstances would be difficult to determine, fir, as results are concerned with the ultimate and the ultimate, so circumstances involve both the present and the past, and they unquestionably antedate the life of the individual thus involved. Justice would require thtn, that in every such case circumstances should be considered and weighed in the effort to determine either ferit or culpability. As a general thing, we are not charitable in our judgements against our fellows. We hear such expressions as "Who would thought it?" "I never would have believed it!" "I have no sympathyl" "Such acts deserve the severest condemnation." I never would do a thing like that! A woman who has had the maximum of advantages an the minimum of temptations, often is harsh in her judgement on an unfortunate sister who has strayed from the path of rectitude. But the most upright woman would have been a harlot had her circumstances been identical with those of her unfortunate sister whom she so unsparingly and uncharitably condemns. Few criminals are wilfully so; the major portion are circumstantially so. Many an honest man would have been a theft if his circumstances had been the same as the one whom he scorns. Many a minister of the Gospel would have been a voluntary and a libertine had he been subjected to the same circumstances which influenced the lives of thousands of unfortunate in this matter. Yes, who ever the individual might be, what ever the principle involved, the circumstances alter cases and circumstances mitigate moral responsibility. Under the same circumstances every one would do the same thing. If you dissent, then study the question more. Published every Saturday by Roscoe C. Mitchell, at 311 N. 4th St., Richmond Va. One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.10 Three Months ..... .60 All communications intended for publication should reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the Post-office at Richmond Virginia, as second class matter. The Nude Art pullman porter may be depicted with artistic perfection in a railway scene, but never a colored lady or gentleman in the parlor car. The colored servant may be assigned his servile place in the picture. The bare foot Negro news boy may hang on the art gallery. The old fashioned Negro parson with dilapidated high hat and baglike umbrella easily finds artistic portrayal, but not your Negro bishop or ecclesiastical dignitary. No, not on your life. The negro clown and buffoon who furnish amusement for white folks to laugh at are serving to fix the Negro's place in art. The customary and accepted soon form a type pattern for art to portray. One might ask why does not the Negro set forth his own claims in art. The poet, novelist, story teller, painter or sculptor, we may say, should address himself to this task. But alas, alas, the Negro must needs adapt his art to the white man's taste. If he sets forth a perfect Negro character, outside of his ordained place, the white publisher will not print it, the white reader will not peruse it, it cannot be shown on the screen, the picture will find no place in the art gallery, and the stature will not be put on exhibition. The only Negro qualities that the white public will accept in art are those of the servant, the clown, the mimic or the Uncle Tom. The Negro can hardly create his own standards of taste. Everything worthwhile must be depicted in the white man's image and in his likeness. It was ever so, and ever will be. When God creates man, He makes him in his own image. Man returns the compliment, and fashions his gods in his own likeness. The white man's art will be white, in outward semblance. No other pattern will be allowed to compete. The Egyptian civilization has passed away. The Snhynx, of Negro face and features remain to tell a pathetic story. When MacGauley's lonely fisherman shall sit on the arch of Potomac's bridge to sketch the dome of our proud Capitol, he may find the Goddess of Liberty sitting under the similitude of the red India to symbolize the departed glory of the proud empire of the West. But in the one case as in the other these images were but symbolic of the conquerors whose armouristic artistic portrayals in their own image and in their own likeness. The deeper meaning and significance to the Negro of the artistic disdain of his race and color must be reserved for another release. THE PLEA OF CHARLOTTE MILLS J By Maxie Miller A most pathetic plea against intolerance and injustice was published in the Coopalmagazine some time age. It will be remembered that this girl was the daughter of Eleanor Mills, the woman, with her clerical lover, Dr. Edward Wheeler Hall was murdered in Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1922. Charlotte Mills contends that at the trial for the murder she, as innocent of girl of sixteen, was humiliated and abused. According to her statement she was questioned concerning tre clothes she wore, and there were insinuations that she was not good; that she was dishonest and dishonorable; and that she knew of her mother's sins, approved and abetted. She relates how she was taken from her hoe at midnight and carried to the vace where her mother had been murdered; how efforts were made to induce her father to send her away from home to some institution for incorrigibles; and how persistent were the efforts to hurl into scandal, and destroy her. She makes the statement that because of circumstances men seemed to think they had the right to approach her with indecent proposals and thus constantly to annoy and insult her. Perhaps the most inexcusable and inhuman part of thesecution was the action of enemy in seeking her out, exposing her identity and hindering her earnest effort to make an honest living. The plea of Charlotte Mills is that the world has no right to make her pay for the mistakes, or even for the sins of her mother. But the world is cold, unsyspathetic, hard hearted, and exacting; therefore it gives little heed to her pathetic plea, "Why make me pay." In the case of Charlotte Mills there is a lesson for girls, to appreciate home protection and opportunity; for fathers, who should be more just, more courageous, in the protection of their daughters for mothers, reminding them that their innocent children cannot escape the consequences of such misdoings. The sad plight of Charlotte Mills, and the circumstances of others who face similar conditions are a challenge to the spirit of justice, tolerance, and charity which should characterize relations and actions between man and man, and especially does it emphasize what should be the attitude of the more fortunate toward the unfortunate of all classes. By auth Lacile Munson, Sweden, Pa. (this paper was awarded prize if $1.00 in national high school contest conducted by the Commission on interracial Cooperation, or Atlanta, Ga. It was one of several thousand papers written by students in this subject—Editor). The human ingredients of this huge meeting pot of ours have always been a source of keen interest to the student of humanity. To carefully analyze personalities, finally labeling and placing them on shelves as representatives of their countrymen, has ever been the delight of psychologist. Of ten Americans, we find nine who fit into their assigned places on the shelf; and the "tenth man" is a Negro—and a problem. Should this tenth man be placed on a lower shelf because his skin is darker than his neighbor's? Is his intelligence inferior to that of others, or is it merely a social aversion for close association with a "black man" that limits his progress? Let us see what we can find out. To learn that the first Negroes came to our shores not as slaves in 1619, but as explorers fully a century before is somewhat of a surprise. Ancient records show that one of Columbus' three ships, the Nina, was piloted by a Negro, whose name, Alonzo Pietro, suggests all sorts of thrilling explorations and swash-buckling exploits. I like to think of the dusky Alonzo, also changing some weird melody of his native Africa as his brawny arms guide the tiny ship through fearsome darkness to a new world. I would have his arrival in the new land symbolic of his people-sharing responsibility, danger, hardship, glory with their "brothers under the skin". Not as slaves, servile, ignorant, would I have them pictured in your mind, but as a simple, God-fearing, superstitious people whose loyalty and patriotism are shown equal to the white man's in the records of our country's wars. These people have given us the only claim we have to folk songs - the hauntingly beautiful Negro spirituals whose minor refrinsals sing of love and joy and sorrow, of bondage and freedom We have profited by their inventions in the field of science, shared their discoveries, benefited by their literature. Why should not all these things unite white and black brothers in a closer unio Back in Colonial days, Phillis Wheatle's poetry was read in Europe as we as in the colonies; our affection for irresponsible Topsy has "grew" with the years; the heroic yet pathetic Uncle Tom will never lose his influence over our hearts; the simple Brer Rabbit stories delight every generation of children and the Negro's contribution to music will never be forgotten. And what have we given the Negro return? Merely a grudging place in our affairs. To one who has played an important part in the growth and development of our great nation owe a chance to better himself, and the offer of ahelning band? We banished racial prejudice when we placed nine different nationalities on the shelf together. Let us place the Negro there equally, and make them Americans all, united in the common cause of Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality. When you would judge your fellow man, And justic sternly mete, Stop and consider if you can Sit on the judgment-seat; When you’re inclined severe to be Fixing another’s blame, Just think if you were he, or she, You’d have done just the same. When you would mock another’s fate His sorrows laugh to scorn, Remember causes antedate The day when one was born; He’s not of your own lineage, And bears another name, But, if yours were his ancestry, You’d have done just the same. So, when you are inclined to be Would You See The Dawn Of A New Day Of Health? Ask questions----see how Konjola's 32 ingredients----22 of the m the juices of roots and herbs----go to the very fount and source of ills of the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, and of rheumatism, neuritis and nervousness. There is a reason why KONJOLA is the most celebrated medicine in America; why Konjola is a household word in tens of thousands of homes. That reason is just this-- KONJOLA MAKES GOOD, even though all else tried has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. Konjola is also sold at all Peoples Service Drug Stores, in Richmond. I-N-V-E-R-S-I-O-N KONJOLA Text: And he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt—Gen. 41:43 Mucun has benn said and written concerning Joseph, Jacob's favorite son, who was into Egyptian slavery, by his own brothers, and who afterward became ruler over all of Egypt, and second only to the king. But the secret of Joseph's victory was in his rulership over himself. All men cannot be rulers over others, as many aspire to be, but every man has a domain in which he may be ruler, and in which he must be either slave or ruler the dominion of his own soul. Failing here he disqualifies himself for rulership elsewhere. Succeeding, he becomes a mighty conqueror; for verily it is true that 'He that ruleth his own spirit is greater than he that taketh a city." Many men are slaves to avarice and greed. We have many cases of defalcation, emblezlement, betrayal of sacred trusts, banditry, burglary, and other forms of dishonesty, bringing direful results; and all are traceable to avarice and greed. Others are slaves to unrighteous and inordinate ambition, Caesar was ambitions" Brutus claimed, and it was true, Alexander the Great, Caesar, Napoleon, and the German Kaiser are sad examples of such slaves. The insatiable epicure and the unbridled voluptuary are slaves to appetite and to carnal lust which end in destruction. "Eat, drink, and be merry," urges the epicure, as he gluts his appetite and drains his cup! "To hell with tre law and with restraint," is the language of the voluptuary. But surrender to thebaser passions fessures destruction, destruction of mind, body, and soul; and this in time and in eternity. Let every man rise up and assert his rulership and save him self from destruction. SOME PROBLEMS OF THE MINISTER By Bishop R. S. Williams Art. 111 Must Be Called and Sent In a general and most comprehensive sense, all men have a right to preach and teach Christianity, just as they have a right to teach letters or nufers, so far as their ability extends; but it is the right of Heaven to select fen for the special work of preaching the Gospel of Christ. In the old dispensation God separated the tribe of Levi to bear the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah, to stand before and administer unto Him. God said of Aron: "I know he can speak well, and he shall be my spokesman." On turning to the prophetical office, a still nearer type of the Christian ministry, God said: "I have made the watchman unto Israel, therefore hear the words of My mouth and give them warning." Again: "I will give you passors according to mine own heart, not according to human tastes and human fancies, mark you, and they shall feed the people with knowledge and understanding. I have set watchmen upon thy wall, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace." In that celebrated pyter which closer his ministry on earth, Christ said. 'Aa Thou hast sent me, so have I sent them into the world.' Notice the specification 'sent'. I send you out as lambs among wolves, he that receiveth you receiveth Me and Him that sent me, I submit, therefore, that the true minister must be divinely called and set avart for the one special business of preaching the Gospel, and it is around such, and only, that the arms of Heaven are thron and honors immortal cluster. Man from personal motives may call, train, and drill; may set up, sterotype, and send out ministers, that is, men in the name of ministers, as is the custom of all the branches of the church and schools, some more and some less, but without the concurrence and sanction of Him whose Gospel is to be preached, all will be in vain. oarrister, bar-ris-ter (not bar-rist- galliwick, ba-li-wil (not ball'-er-wik), n. Jurisdiction or territory—Hisac Actually 32 Medicines In One You See The Dawn New Day Of Health? Then Meet THE NJOLA M at the SERVICE DR 101 EAST BROAD ST. see how Konjola's 32 ingredients-herbs----go to the very fount and keys and bowels, and of rheumatism why KONJOLA is the most celebola is a household word in ten this-- KONJOLA MAKES GOOD food in the balance and found was THE KONJOLA MAKE at all Peoples Service Drug Stores Use of Words By Sraran H. Freessans June is here and schools are closing. On May 31 in the Frist Baptist Church, nineteen pupils were promoted from the grammar school to the high school and nine pupils in the high school were given certificates for two years work. Those in the grammar school as follow- joycey Moore Alexander, Purcell Alexander, Charles Edward Banks, Ed- ward Carter, Ezekiel Curry, James Coleman, Ewen Lloyd Jones, Charles Woodridge, Carl Edmond Wiesebee Antonie Carter, Fanny Elizabeth Craney, Francis Lena Evans Lucy Elizabeth Franklin, Virginia Evelyn Gimore, Elen Jackson Hughes, Bessie Beatrice Lewis, Daisy Elizabeth Lilly, Alberta Lois Merchant, Nora Marie Thompson. The High School graduates were: Alma Harris, Mae Caspar Cisco, Mary Huen, Johnson, Margaret Franklin, Corn Claire, Malinda Claxton, Ruby Franklin, Eloise Cauthern, John Jones, the class standing was not announced. A large and appreciative audience was out to rejoice with these boys and girls. The students that have been away are also returning. Miss Francis Price graduated from West Virginia Inst., Wednesday and reached home Thursday. Miss Martha Price attended the commencement to see her sister receive her degree. Schools and classes for next year: Miss Florence Howard, West Va. Institute—senior college, John Gilmore, Howard University—sophomore college; Alfred Pleasants, Va. State College—sophomore; Miss Gretchen Eastman, graduated from High School department of Va. State. Others returning from High School are William and Thomas Osborne and Edward Logan from Va. State. Thomas Dock from St. Paul, Miss Virginia Mac Gilliam from Hartshorn. Others will be reported next week. Two Lexington women received the Bachelor Degree at Union University last Wednesday. They were Mrs. Cynthia Edmondson West and Mrs. Virginia Alexander Shields. Miss Arimel Alexander spent the week in Richmond attending the commencement at Union. Mr. and Mrs.W. L. Price of Washington, D. C. spent the week end at home. Miss Jamima reached home Thursday night from North Carolina. Mr. Samuel Allen, traveling supt. of the Southern Aid Society spent two weeks in Lexington in the interest of the company. Mrs. Mayme St. Jones went to Christi-ntburg a few days ago to interview the president concerning entering two of her boys in in that institution. The agent representing the Club Aluminum Company cooking utensils gave a demonstration at Mrs. Julia Washington's on Tucker St., Friday afternoon. Fifteen ladies were invited to see the dinner cooked and served. Beets, white potatoes, carrots and onions were cooked on the top of a coal range without water. Mr. and Mrs. Otho Miller and their two children of Wasrington, D. C., were in Lexington last week to attend the funeral of Mr. Miller's sister, Mrs. Pearl Watson. WARM SPRINGS VA Childrens Day was observed at Mt. Pisgah Sunday afternoon. Dispise the down pour of rain it was a success in attendance and finance as well. Each participant played their part well. The HarmonizingFour Quartette of Hot Springs rendered several selections which we wriet an asset to the program. Mr. George Stewart ofMarlinton W. Va. was in attendance as also was Mrs. Agnes Prody of Winter Grove, Florida Mrs. Fannie Howard of Deep Water, W. Va. is spendin a few dava visiting A. H. She attended services at Mt. Pisgah church Sunday. Mrs. Rosa Penn and Mrs. Myrtle Dodson of Hot Springs were the Sunday dinner guests Miss Shamrock Morris at La-Morrise. Mr. T. E. Lindsay who has been disabled on account of some foot trouble is able to be out again, although not entirely well. Miss Allandra Morris left Friday night to spend two weeks in Marlinton, W. Va. She will also spend a short while in Irvinton, Ohio. M.S. Morris, reporter Our school closed Friday night, June 6. The pupils rendered a splendid program. Our teachers, Miss Ellis and Mrs. Mary E. Clayton has returned to their homes. May God bless them until they return to our next session. Our Sunday School opened at the regular hour 9:45 and was largely attended. Miss Madlyn Minor has returned home from Harpers Ferry where she has been attending school. Mrs. Marriah Thomas was the Sunday evening guest of Mrs. Minnie Rucker. Mr. and Mrs. John Dickerson and Mrs. Sadie Jordan was visiting in Goshen, Va., Sunday. Miss Bessie Kenny spent Saturday evening with Lula and Dorothy Jordan. Our Children's Day program will be conducted Sunday, June 15, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Estelle Toles was the Sunday evening guest of her father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Jordan. Little Alberta Toles of Craigaville spent a couple of days with her grandfather, Mr. Samuel Jordan. The Ladies Aid Society will meet Thursday, June 12, at the home of Mrs. E. E. Johnson. Miss Georgie Wallace who has been teaching at Bedford City left for Pittsburgh, Pa., last week to join her father. The Lord belssed us with rain on our gardens and the rain was worth millions of dollars to the farmers. Mr. Paul Cabel is improving slowly. Mrs. Lizzie Wright of Augusta Spring entertained a few of the youngsters Wednesday night, June 4. They reported a fine time. S. A. J. War Warning. Warning. Don't take the wrong package When you ask for Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Preparations—be sure you get them. clerk hand you the wrong package. people have been deceived—just because to say Dr. FRED Palmer's. The origin Palmer's Skin Whitener Preparations their merit and when you buy them, y are getting the best. Insist on Dr. FF Skin Whitener Preparations—AND SUBSTITUTE. In you ask for Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener preparations—be sure you get them. Don't let the hand you the wrong package. Hundreds of people have been deceived—just because they failed by Dr. Fred Palmer's. The original Dr. FREDer's Skin Whitener Preparations have proven merit and when you buy them, you know you setting the best. Insist on Dr. Fred Palmer's Whitener Preparations—AND TAKE NO STITUTE. When you ask for Dr. Fred Palmer's Skin Whitener Preparations—be sure you get them. Don't let the clerk hand you the wrong package. Hundreds of people have been deceived—just because they failed to say Dr. FRED Palmer's. The original Dr. FRED Palmer's Skin Whitener Preparations have proven their merit and when you buy them, you know you are getting the best. Insist on Dr. FRED Palmer's Skin Whitener Preparations—AND TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. Ask for and get Dr. FRED Palmer's SKIN WHITENER PREPARATIONS from your druggist A generous trial sample of the Skin Whitener, Soap and Face Powder sent for 4c in stamps. Asda, Dr. FRED Palmer's Laboratories, Dept. 21, Atlanta, Ga. SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH RYD ST. BETWEEN FIRST and SECOND STS. REV. JOSEPH T. HILL, D. D., PA STOR SERVICES. SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 19 30. "Obnoxious Diet" 8:30 P. M.—Anniversary Ex- cuse of Sheperds and Daughters of Bethlehem, the pastor delivering the address. "Literature of the Dust." and Baptist welcome to all. GOORE ST. BAPTIST CHURCH Leigh Street, between Kinney and Bowe Streets Gordon B. Hancock PASTOR SUNDAY, JUNE 15, 1930 M.—Subject: "GETTING THE BREAKS" M.—"PLAYING TO THE GRANDSTAND" Dr. Hancock will preach at both services Come in time for the morning prayer. SECOND BAPTIST BYRD ST. BETWEEN FRI REV. JOSEPH T. H SERVICES. SUN 11 A. M.—"Obnoxious Diet" 3:30 ercises of Sheperds and De with the pastor delivering the 8 P. M.—"Literature of the Du A Second Baptist welcome to a MOORE ST. CHUR West Leigh Street, between Dr. Gordon PAST SUNDAY, JUN 11:30 A.M.—Subject: "GETT 8:30 P.M.—"PLAYING TO Dr. Hancock will pres Come in time for the SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH BYRD ST. BETWEEN FIRST and SECOND STS.. REV. JOSEPH T. HILL, D. D., PA STOR SERVICES. SUNDAY, JUNE 1, 19 30. 11 A. M.—"Obnoxious Diet" 3:30 P. 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Holmes Sponsor, “Spirit of Armstrong” = | | ie, | 1 ae eee a | A d Mr. Clarence ae a Armstrong High School In Pictures We a sa a oi eae j oe ey ' ee a 9, Oe a {* oe 2 Mee is A ae Pe Porte we fg oe ae aa | a) [ge hy ee care OS oa Ces iy Sa a \ Yee ee Ee ae Th, ad PES as ai i oen ee thee f : ee, ite, cet Do meet tee cme oe Coe Bk tee Te Fe 2 eg Ninian” Pe 7 a ie ae SS ae : id eee eee Oe aa: ak i i Wig OP Pa a ree a he. Late SES S07 hletic Group—Mr. Harry S: Crawford, Mr. Joseph Bright,Mr. Harry Williams, Coaches Pi . at een NY i) BY s eee OUR INSPIRATION MR. WILEY A. HALL Executive Secretary, Urban League SRE SORE he see | PA ff Fa A he: MR, ALLIE LAURY Editor of Spirit of Armstrong EDITORIAL STAFF aT. as i er ae ar Te 2\ ey A Co os aie & Soa ae hs PS BS i f orm ae | i Pe a tis |! ES) Lp AB? Reading from left to right: John Barco, Edward Williams, Leola Cephas, Christopher Jones, John Smith, Lemuel Langhorne, William Lewis, Allie Laury, Junius Taylor. i | es ee . Miss La Countess Blaney Salutatorian Watch For Your Photo Rete, Pee Ay eS ge Bs 4A" a BN % Ae, i} Mr. David Gilpin Pres, Older Boys Conf. tae Miss Elsie Graves Sponsor, “Spirit of Armstrong” es Hi 3 Mr. H. S. Crawford Director of Atheletics Miss Ana May Rankins “4 i : ; Sei 29 oe He ‘ { teh 3” Miss alee eras CELL EGE RES RICHMOND SOCIETY FROM PORTSMOUTH John Picott of Portsmouth visited here on Wednesday after a trip to Portland Maine. RETURNS Allen Gaskins is the guest of his father on West Duval Street. FROM WEST VIRGINIA Miss Lillie Rivers, a former student of Virginia Union but now of West Virginia State College was the guest of Miss Hallie Edmonds of North Fifth Street. Joseph Goode and Anthony Binga have returned from West Virginia State College where they were students. MOTORS Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Hartley and Mrs. Margaret Hill in company with Miss Virginia Edmonds motored to Fredricksburg Sunday. PLAYGROUND On Monday the Colored Playgrounds will open. FROM WASHINGTON Rev. and Mrs. Taylor of West Leigh Street have as their guests their two daughters, Mrs. Marvin Hill and Miss Frances Taylor of Washington. VISITING HERE Herbert Davidson of Washington, is visiting here. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Dance Nu Chapter of the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority gave their last dance for this season at the Elks Home on Monday evening. The ball room was decorated with palms, cut flowers and ballons, the color scheme was blue and white. During intermission the sorority song was sung by the members of the sorority. About 250 invitations were issued. SENIOR CLASS HOP The annual senior class hop of the Armstrong High School was given on Tuesday evening after the class night exercises. This affair was given at Johnson's Auditorium. The ball room was decorated with pink and green colors. Invitations were issued to members of the younger set. About 400 guests attended. VENETIANS BOAT RIDE One of the most unique affairs of this season was the boat ride down the James River which was given by the Venetian Literary Club on Friday evening. The boat sailed from the city wharf at ten o'clock P. M. Their invitations included about 250 guests. Miss Mabel Scott Entertains Miss Mabel Scott of West Coutts Miss Mabel Scott of West Coutts Street was hostess at a bridge party on May 27, in honor of the La Finesse Bridge Club. This very pretty was attended by Mrs. Henry Peters, Mrs. Wilhelmenia Davis, Mrs. Robert Daniel, Mrs. Alyce Charity, Mrs. Clarence Clay Mrs. Horace Scott, Mrs. Wallace Van Jackson, Miss Elsie Graves, Miss Lili lian Peters, Mrs. W. A. Jordan, 11, who was awarded the club prize. Mrs. Hannibal Holmes received the guest prize. Mrs. Henry Peters was conso- lated. Miss Cora Wyche and Mrs. Betty Dungee. Officers for next season were elec- tated according to the scores which they made this season. They are Mrs. Jordan, president; Miss Peters, secretary; Miss Mabel Scott, treasurer. TUESDAY EVENING In the home of Mrs. James Point- dexter of North Seventh Street, the Tuesday Evening Whist Club gave their last affair of this social season. The living rooms were deco- rated with ferns and cut flowers. Those attending were Mrs. Juanna Peterson, Mrs. Mattie Paige, Mrs. Carrie Mitchell, Mrs. Madoline Moss, Mrs. Fannie Fradford, Mrs. Wilhelmina Anderson, Mrs. Elena C. Jones, Mrs. Frances Roane, Mrs. Ollie Lewis, Mrs. Mercer Ramsey, Mrs. Inez Clarke, Mrs. Robert Coles, Mrs. Unis Foster, Mrs. Ione Edgar, Mrs. Annie Coleman, Mrs. O. H. B. Bowser, Mrs. J. C. Eason, Mrs. Pansy James, Mrs. Olden Sharp, Mrs. Samuel Jefferson, Mrs. Pearl V. Robinson, Mrs. Edythe Hairston, Mrs. Lemuel Eggleston, Mrs. Cora Love, Mrs. Olivia Smith, Mrs. E. Warren Jackson, Mrs. Florence, Mrs. E. Warren Jackson, Mrs. B. Eary, E. Estie Ward, Miss Susie Jenkins, Mrs. Minka Miss Deborah Patterson, Miss Goldbug Norrell, Mrs. O. Graves, Miss Cornelia Ward, Miss Roy Howard and Miss Marie Harris. The usual monthly meeting of and Embalmers was held on Tuesday evening at Slaughter's Cafe in the private dining room. After the regular meetings, they were over an Their requests included representa- laborate supper was served. Their guests included representa- laborate supper was served. tives of various insurance companies. J. O. West of the Southern Aid So- ciety; C. B. Gilpin, J. J. Carter, J. Edward Harris, represented the Richmond Beneficial Insurance Company; B. T. Bradshaw, the National Benefit Insurance Company; J. B. Neblej, the Victory Life Insurance Company; J. B. Deas, the North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company and J. A. Jones from the Elks Att. J. R. Pollard was also present. The members are: H. G. Randolph, L. A. Randolph, A. D. Price, J. A. C. Johnson, W. I. Johnson, C. P. Hayes, F. H. Hayes, C. C. Cunningham, E. F. Mimms, H. R. Minor, J. R. Meekins, L. B. Henry, Moses Forcey, A. D. Price, pres. H. L. Minor, sect. L. A. Randolph, treasurer. C. P. Hayes, chair, executive board. GRAND TIME The Ononame Whist Club closed the season Tuesday evening at the home of Mr. James Banks of Washington Park, with music, refreshments, dancing, and the awarding of the Grand prize, a silver loving cup, won by Mr. Joseph T. Jones. All friends and members should look forward to the fall opening which promises Le LINDL 500 CLUB On June 4, The Le Lundi 500 club closed with a card party at The Odd Fellows auditorium on North Third Street. Cut flowers and potted plants were used to decorate the auditorium. Miss Ruby Ransome acted as score keeper. Mrs. Edith Hairston received the club prize, Mrs. Mattie Paige was the recipient of the guest prize. Miss Anette Hucles won the yearly club prize. The consolation prizes were awarded to Mrs. Daisy Hardley and Miss Elmer Jackson. Misses Constance and Olga Smith, Geraldine Wilson, Maxine Miles and Emma Scott acted as hostesses for the club. The guests and members present were: Mrs. Lavinia Banks, Miss Blanche Coles Mrs. Alice H. Harris, Mrs. Erma Hill, Mrs. Miss Ruth Deane, Miss Goldie Norrell, Mrs. Julia Mallory, Miss Grace Threat, Mrs. Rosa Galvin, Mrs. Lucy Hayes, Mrs. Lucie Jordan Mrs. Viola Cogbill, Miss Florence Smith, Mrs. Lelia Jackson, Mrs. Lucille Reed, Mrs. Edwina Harp, Miss Sydney Mayo, Miss Inez Cogbill, Miss Elizabeth Gray, Miss Bessie Fields, Miss Rosa Meade, Mrs. Edith Hairston, Mrs. Ora Winfield, Mrs. Daisy Hardley, Mrs. Matie Paige, Mrs. Maria Booker, Mrs. Erma Burley, Mrs. Regina Taylor, Misses Beatrice, Hallie and Virginia Edmonds, Miss Mary Branch, Miss Gertrude Chambers, Miss Ernestine Harris, Mrs. Erma Gee, Miss Sadie Wilson, Mrs. Olivia Smith, Mrs. Rosa Knox, Mrs. Wilhelmina Davis, Mrs. Erma Harris, Miss Carrie Gaines, Miss Sadie White, Miss Ethel White, Miss Mattie Freeman, Mrs. Basile Naylor, Mrs. Prenelle Naylor, Miss Fannie Baker Mrs. Ruth Crawford, Miss Ethel Drummond, Miss Iva Thornton, Miss Susie Jenkins, Mrs. Alto Johnson, Misses Estelle and Cornelia Ward, Mrs. Pauline Banks, Mrs. Ida Booker, Mrs. Mary Williams, Mrs. Jenate Graves, Mrs. Emma Spencer, Mrs. Alma Chapman, Mrs. Thelma Scott, Miss氟 Flower Shelton, Mrs Naomi Thornton, Miss Ruby Ransom who is the president of this club. Richmond Colored Funeral Directors HARRISONBURG NEWS Last Thursday night the commencement exercises were held at the Effinger High School. Four senior high school graduates received their diplomas. They were, Mary Frances Wakard, Walter Kent Frances, Edward Leonard Harris, and Neta Ray. The Rev. E. D. McCreary, Pastor of the Mt. Zion Baptist Church of Staunton, delivered the commencemen taddress, while brief remarks were made by Mayor John W. Morrison, city councilman James O. Stickley, and Sut. of Schools W. H. Keister. After two musica numbers, Neta Ray and Leonard Harris read essays. It was announced by Principal W. N. P. Harris that Norris Atkins, son of late Isaac Atkins, and a graduate of Effinger school a few days ago, received his degree as doctor of dental surgery at Howard University, Washington. Mrs. Rachel Wilson entertained a number of her friends last Thursday night at a social given in honor of the graduates. Miss Golda Francis has returned home from North Carolina where she has been teaching Th students returning home from school were, Misses Maxine Harper, Eva Dickerson, Golda Mosby and Carlotta Newman, Messrs. Austin Harris, and Arristelle Ellis. Mrs. Emmaline Carter is visiting her nice, Mrs. J. R. Webb. DR. GANDY DELIVERS IMPRESSIVE ADDRESS TO GRADUATES The baccalaureate address of the Virginia State College was delivered to the graduates on Sunday, June 1 at 4' o'clock in the College Chapel to a packed throng of parents, friends and admirers. This occasion, as usual, was very impressive. The procession of officers, faculty and students marched in to the tune of Warren'i National Hymn. They presented a most attractive appearance. After the invocation and offertory, the Choral Society sang the Gloria in Excelcis from Mozart. Next in number was Dr. Gandy's baccalaureate message. His subject was the Pathway to and the Value of Truth. It was based upon the 31st and 32nd verses of the 8th chapter of John: "Then Jesus said to those Jews which believed on Him, 'If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free." Dr. Gandy pointed out tat these words were significant because they were spoken by Christ, one of the world's great personalities and accepted, despite the unpopularity of the teaching of Jews and publicly proclaimed by his disciples. "The first significant fact." Dr. Gandy said, "to be found in this utterance is that knowledge is the pricary condition and the first step toward freedom. Knowledge is the result of the process of knowing. It is the culmination of a striving and reaching after understanding things. Atlanta, Ga., June—The Board of Gammon Theological Seminary has accepted the resignation of Prof. Willis J. King, D. D., to become effective October 1. For the past twelve years Dr. King has been professor of Old Testament History in the seminary. He is now abroad on a Rosenwald Fellowship, studying at Oxford and in the Holy Land, whence he will return about July 1. Dr. King's plan for the future have not been announced. 5,000 REGISTERED NEGRO VOTERS IN RICHMOND Richmond, Va. (CNS) Out of a total of 52,723 registered voters In this city, 4,934 are colored. Classified according to wards—1,708 in Lee Ward; 287 in Clay Ward; 1871 in Madison ward; and 1068 in Jefferson ward. The Berean Valley Baptist Association and the Western District Sunday School Convention held their official board meetings in Staunton last Thursday June 5th. The Association board met at Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Sunday School board met at Mt. Zion Baptist Church. The pastors of these respective churches, the Rev. R. C. Pannell, the moderator of the convention welcomed them to Ebenezer and the Rev. E. D. McCreary, welcomed the Sunday School board to Mt. Zion. After brief ceremonies the board got together and made out the programs, for the annual meetings. The Berean goes to Yacey Mills this year and the Sunday School convention comes to Mt. Salem this city. From all reports the people of Mt. Salem are making preparations now for the entertainment of the delegates. The S. S. Convention met last year at Covington, at the church pastored by the Rev. C. C. Cabell. The Association met at Low Moor, at the church pastored by the Rev. C. C. Wilson. These attending the meeting here from out of the city were Deacon Egbert Carter, Waynesboro, Rev. C. C. Cabell. Covington. Rev. William Steward, Waynesboro; Mr. W. A. White, Covington; Mrs. Florence Williams, New Hope; Mrs. Rosa Johnson, Craigsville; Rev. Robert Steward, Pastor M. Salem, of this city, but of Waynesboro; Mr. Emmett J. Porter, Mt. Salem; Rev. R. C. Pannell, this city; Rev. E. D. McCreary, this city and the corresponding sec'y William Ellis. The president J. H. Hardy was not in attendance, he is now located at Hot Springs, Va. owing to this the sec'y was advised to go forward with the preliminary work of the Sunday School Convention, letters will be mailed shortly, besides the usual appeal will be made thru the church paper. The Staunton Tribune, to encourage the work. And, to organize the forces for a financial drive. The Sec'y declared to the boards that owing to need of the Seminary, and other expenses, that there was dire need for more funds for both the Convention and the Association. A visitor of the two board meetings here was M. L. Brown, a former President of the Sunday School Convention. Several other people of the city called in to pay their respects to the two boards while in session here. The other members of the Baptist are members of the Sunday School Convention, as well as Mt. Salem, where the convention will be entertained. George Williams Laid To Rest George H. Williams, 65 yrs. old, of Greenville, died Thursday morning. Mr. Williams, had been a long but patient sufferer. He was buried Saturday from the Methodist Church, the Rev. A. L. Watkins, officiating, being assisted by the Rev. Sylvester Brown. The services were held at 3 o'clock. The deceased professed the faith, some time ago, and thereby died in it. The deceased was not a native of Greenville, but had lived in the community for a number of years. He taught school once in the county and also worked at S. M. A. He married the Miss Gertrude Allen, of this place daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Allen. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Gertrude Allen, and two sons, George A., and Raymond T., all of Greenville. The funeral was largely attended, there were many floral tributes. One very beautiful one coming from a brother-in-law in Chicago. The burial was in the Greenville Cemetary. The pallbearers were: Messrs George Harper, June Perry, C. Smith, Moffett Porter, James Thompson, and William Hawpe. The honorary pallbearers were: Messrs Howard Harper, Otis Martin, William Banks, and Herbert Perry. Elks Place Fire Escape At Home STAUNTON, VA. A fire escape is being built this week on the Elks Home of the Lilly of the Valley Lodge No. 171, on N. Augusta St. Much favorable comment is being expressed by people who pass the building. As it recalls very vividly the disasterous fire and destruction of the former Palace Auditorium, which could have been many times worse had it occurred during the dance that was going on that night, which was filled with high scool children. At the present: time, the Elks hall is the only place that can be used for any public function, the floor space is limited. All of this only goes to show the need for a public place of meeting of a larger demension. WE KNOCK THE SPOTS OUT OF THINGS adies' and Men's Garments Cleaned Dyed and Repaired in a Superior Manner. Send us your Garments and have them Cleaned Clean. Work called for and delivered. FULTO! CLEANING WORKS 507 Louisiana St., Richmond, Va C. A. Brewer, Mgr. MINTSPRINGS, VA. Rev. W. P. Essex of Waynesboro filled his pulpit at Bright Hope Baptist Church Sunday morning. He preached a stirring sermon on "The soul." Mr. Shal Vaughn accompanied him. The Woman's Day program at Bright Hop eyedesterday afternoon was quite a success. The women played their parts well. A neat sume was realized. The choir of Free Will Baptist Church will give a recital the night of June 22nd at the above named church. Messrs. Baxter Johnson and Houston Perry of Middlebrook were visiting relatives and friends here Monday night. Mr. and Mrs. Withrow Johnson, Mesdames Emily Johnson and James Porter were in Greenville Wednesday evening on business. Misses Lizzie Mae and Nellie Johnston, Messrs. Briscoe and John Johnston attended the singing contest at Pleasant View Church, Wednesday night. Mr. Carl Pryor spent the day with his mother, Mrs. Marcella Pryor in Stuart's Draft, who is sick. The Missionary circle met with Mrs. Lee Johnston Thursday evening at the regular hour. After business of importance the hostess invited the guests into the edining room and a delicious two-course repast was served. She was assisted in serving by her daughters, Misses Lizzie Mae and Nellie. Visitors were: Mesdames mEmanuel Hunter, Baxter Johnson, Henry Thompson, Misses Allene Madison, Helen Fifer, and Mildred Hunter. The meeting adjourned to meet with Mrs. Lee Madison, July 3rd. Misses Allene Madison has returned from Booker T. Washington School in Staunton. Mrs. A. L. Crawford attended the funeral of Mr. George Williams in Greenville Saturday evening. Mintspring boys played baseball with Middlebrook boys Saturday evening. A large crowd witnessed the game. Among them were people from Raphine, Middlebrook, Saunton Stuart's Draft, Haddons Pond, and Greenville. Middlebrook won. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reese of Augusta Springs was a visitor there yesterday. Master Robert Hunter entertained a few of his friends at his birthday dinner yesterday. Mr. Lee Johnston and Master Earl i Henry were in Staunton on business this morning. BISHOP CANNON SUGGESTS INVESTIGATION OF COLORED DEMO CRATS' FUNDS Washington—(CNS)—Bishop James Cannon, Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, whose activities during the recent campaign are being probed by the Senate lobby committee, defiantly hurled the colored question into hearing of the committee last Tuesday when he demanded to know why the inquisitors had neglected to inquire how colored democrats spent their money. "Why is there no investigation of the Smith for President Colored League expenditures, to which the National Democratic Committee gave $150,000,000," he demanded. No one ventured any answer. 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Yet it is found that at great Moslem mass meetings they are crying for a Nationalist victory, through most Moslems prefer dominion status, which some of the Mohammedans believe Gandhi will accept as a compromise. “Twenty thousand Moslems met at Delhi at the time I was there, the meeting lasting until we o'clock in the morning. Resolutions were adopted urging all Moslems to join in the struggle for freedom. At Agra last Tuesday, both the Moslems and Hindus jointly attended a mammoth meeting at which Pundit Nehru, acting President of the national congress, spoke. Another striking feature of the campaign was the boarding at one station of eighty high caste girls between 15 and 20, all finely dressed. Their purpose is to carry out the campaign at the temples, where untouchables have been heretofore barred from worship. Th high caste girls planned to call such outcasts as wish to worship into the temples.” It has been reliably reported that Communists are working with the Indians in the present campaign, and it is known that they have given encouragement to some of the Indian campaigns in South Africa, where Gandhi was active some years ago. Independence for the Indians, a fighting people, with a proper conception among her leaders of the responsibilities of modern civilization, might attract the cooperation of the Japanese who so far have remained aloof and apparently unsympathetic to alien problems of color. An entente that would unite the interests and alms of Moscow, Tokio, and the leaders of the Indian nationalists would probably demand a rearrangement of world racial relations that would shake the present world system to its foundations. 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When people saw her they stopped open-mouthed in their tracks and blinked unbelievingly. What an apparition! And what an environment! Tall, graceful, and shapely with an aristocratic coquettishness that drew all and everything to her, even as a magnet attracts a steel shaving. When she glanced through long curving lashes of unusual luxuriance and startling blackness, one became spellbound. Her satiny brown skin that had never as yet known the caress of paint, powder-puff or lovesick swain, was as flawless as the finest mahogany. But her crowning glory was her long, black curly hair that clustered around her shoulders and the large, black eyes that pierced you through and through, made you pause, made you want to linger. Such was Verna. Clean Fiction Human Interest Features W. B. Ziff Co., 608 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, Advertising Representatives By WALTER GLASTON CHAPTER ONE The prettiest flowers sometimes f glory from the unsightliest trash heaps. diamond is often found in the clutch or clay. A valuable pearl is frequently take cold, clammy shell of an oyster. And so sometimes are pleasurably surprised to of wondrous beauty amid the flotsam and civilization. Who has not walked through ghetto or hastened past foul shacks dering alley, and then suddenly espied to or window a face whose beauty halted It was so with Verna Nash. When people stopped open-nouthed in their tracks and blinked What an apparition! And what an environment! ful, and shapely with an aristocratic coquettish all and everything to her, even as a magnet attrac ing. When she glanced through long curving las luxuriance and startling blackness, one became spat satinny brown skin that had never as yet known gaint, powder-puff or lovesick swain, was as flawless mahogany. But her crowning glory was her long, b that clustered around her shoulders and the large, b piered you through and through, made you pause, n to linger. Such was Verna. An Amazing Beauty If ever there was a perfect specimen of femininity, it was that girl. All Norrisburg knew her. All the young men of Norrisburg worshipped her. Every man in Norrisburg gazed at her admirably and covetously. And yet Verna lived in positively the worst section of town a foul trash-strewn aley called Billy Goat Lane, where death and disease lurked on every side. where virtue walked hand in hand with vice where pleasure was nourished in the lap of pain where poverty thirsted hopelessly for pelt and The Richmond Planet ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—June 14. 1930 where indigence left effort only to its imagination. Here in a tumble-down three-room snack, un-painted and beaten by the elements until it was almost black in color, lived Verna and her family. And what a family. Old man Nash, black, lazy and snaggie-toothed, a great talker. a man with a touch of romance in his soul but a man who had surrendered to privation and indigence. (Continued on Page Two) True Stories Achievement Stories Pictures in the Illustrated Feature Section were posed, and do not depict principals unless so captioned. Then out of the darkness hurtled an athletic figure, and a fist swung against Dick's jaw. Then out of the darkness hurtled an athletic figure, and a fist swung against Dick's jaw. BEN DAVIS, Jr. Feature Editor THE most entertaining moments can be spent in following clever, well constructed detective stories with plenty of suspense. They make the blood tingle as well as furnish the mind with delightful action in following the unexpected maneuvers of arch criminals. Gruesome crimes and the most ingenious tricks provide the unusual thrills of "Baffling Murders." It will be genuine pleasure to read the clean-cut, non-chalant, true murder mysteries related by Hubert Holcomb, master detective. This is an exclusive Illustrated Feature Section feature provided for your entertainment. Look forward each week to "Baffling Murders." THE CARLISLE MURDER CASE By BROWNING STREAT PART ONE When members of my family suggested that we spend our annual vacation at a place called Eagle Rest, in the Virginia mountains, last summer, I put in a protest. The very name of Eagle Rest struck me as being a trifle dull. As a rule I like my vacations to be rather spicy—theaters, dancing, the popular shore resorts, and all that sort of thing. Consequently I could not imagine being able to enjoy these things in a little summer camp situated approximately twenty-five miles south of the Norfolk and Western railroad. So, as I say, I protested—although in vain! In other words, the end of June found us high up in the mountains, with the Shenandoah Valley literally spread at our feet like a vast green garret. my cigar. In a few minutes we were embarked on a gruesome tale of a Chicagoan who came upon death violently. Again, at the end of two weeks, my family prepared to return to the city—a course which I also objected to! In short, I protested going into the mountains, then, after two weeks. We had formed a sort of crime-analyst Trio. of it, refused to leave—all of which would indicate that my general makeup is akin somewhat to that of the stubborn ass. modest little woman, about forty-nine years old, quietly but well dressed, the wife of one of the wealthie Negroes in and about South Parkw Yet, seriously, I had a very good reason for wishing to remain at the mountain camp a little longer, for I had become acquainted with two very interesting men during the day; and tho g. I probably could have managed to pull myself away from Ralph Miles. I found myself drawn more and more to the personality of the other man; to such an extent, in fact, that I flatly refused to leave Eagle Rest under at least another week. The point is, that one does not become acquainted with Hubert Holcomb, former crack member of the Chicago Police Department, and easily forget the man; certainly not after listening to his version of the Carlisle Murder Case, the Mitchel Murder Case, the Simmons Murder Case, the Collins Murder Case, and the Griffin Murder Case—the first of which I shall reconstruct here for your entertainment, as accurately and as briefly as possible, just as Holcomb related them to us. The three of us, Holcomb, Miles and I, soon formed a sort of crime-analysts association, and when other vacationists congregated on the south veranda, or went trekking among the pines, or any of a hundred things, we would betake ourselves to a certain darkened corner, on the north veranda—a broad corner, away from the crowds, and equipped with three rather comfortable chairs—and analyze. We must have presented the appearance of three Negro politicians on those nights—Holcomb, powerfully built, with a strong dark-skinned face: Ralph, tall cocoa-brown, a handsome devil, and I. I recall that we were talking about detective story writers that first night, Miles putting in the complaint that they were becoming too standardized in style. And Holcomb. . . "Those chaps." Holcomb remarked, settling deeper into his chair, "are all right; but for myself, give me the raw stuff . . . cases that are on file in every police department in the country. Yes sir, gentlemen, truth is much more fascinatin' than fiction. For instance, you take the Carlisle murder case." Holcomb fumbled for his pipe. Miles fired a cigarette. I reached for WEYERS'S Sur-Cay Keeps Hair Combed Helps It Grow SUR- LAY, is a greaseless liquid hair dressing which millions use because a few drops will control stubborn hair and keep it combed all day—also helps hair grow. SUR- LAY gives appearance which helps bring success. Application At All Barber Shops --- 2 my cigar. In a few minutes we were embarked on a gruesome tale of a Chicagoan who came upon death violently. On the morning of January 18, 1918—so the yarn went—at around ten o'clock, a Mrs. Jasper Carlisle called at headquarters and sought out the Missing Persons Bureau. She was a ```markdown ``` modest little woman, about forty-nine years old, quietly but well dressed—the wife of one of the wealthiest Negroes in and about South Parkway at the time. 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ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—June 14. 1930 VERNA, The Irresistible (Continued from page one) Old lady Nash, a fat, foul-mouthed washerwoman who seemed perpetually to be standing over a tub of wet clothes or presiding over the rusty cookstove in the kitchen, a greasy-faced woman who never stopped laundering other people's clothes long enough to clean her own, a massive, dynamic woman with baleful gray eyes concealed in the fat of her yellow cheeks who, when she was not sighing with bitter self-pity over her lot, was denouncing her shiftless and neer-do-well brood with waterfront oaths. Like an avenging evil genie, she would swoop through the alley, armed with a clothes' stick and an evil-smelling clay pipe, seeking one of her numerous brats or like a grotesque character out of a Shakespearean play she would soliloquize in the gloom of her dingy kitchen. In all there were six Nash children and Verna was the oldest. As in most Southern towns, there were no truant officers rounding up the colored children, so none of the Nash offspring had troubled themselves about school. They scampered through the trash heaps, weeds and bypaths of the grotesque Billy Goat Lane, getting into all sorts of devilment, fighting, thieving and making themselves generally obnoxious. Mr. Nash could not and would not do anything with them. Mrs. Nash, with all of her aimless bluster, was equally helpless. The neighbors dared not say anything to them for fear of their mother's terrible tongue. So it was generally agreed in the environs of Billy Goat Lane that the Nash family was absolutely impossible and lost without redamption. Their lowest neighbors avoided them as a plague. By all standards known to society, the house of Nash was hopeless. Conscious of Her Charms Nor was Verna much different at first. With the rest she ran and romped, her rags flapping in the breeze, wallowing in the mire with the other children, contentedly eating the greasy fat pork and corn bread that was the family's almost daily fare, and imagining that heaven consisted of an eternity of such existence. But that was only until she was thirteen. Then a combination of circumstances radically changed her. First, her mother, weary of taking care of her, put her out to service with a rich, white family on the other side of town. Secondly, she began to change from a long-legged gangling boyish creature to the gentler, fuller curves of budding womanhood. Thirdly, everybody raved about her. Fourthly, she found a big section of mirror on the dump nearby, one day, and from thence onward she became more conscious of her charms. 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ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—June 14. 1930 And of the Negro songsters of the Suwanee territory, none can sing it with more genuine expression than William Jones, a Negro merchant of the Suwanee river country, and his two daughters; for William was born and reared on the languorous banks of the Suwanee, and once knew in its most acute form the nostalgia, or homesickness, for the home of his boyhood. Before we tell William Jones's story, it is well to learn a bit about this fascinating part of the South. Everyone knows the song and everyone has unconsciously formed pictures in his or her mind of the romantic stream. It has been pictured as a place where life is easy-going, the sun warm, the air soft and balmy; wild flowers and fruits on its banks, gorgeous birds in the wayside trees and the dark water moving lazily towards the sunny Gulf of Mexico. When pictured thus, it is a true picture In the song, the river is spelled "Swanee" because the composer wanted a word of two syllables; while on the maps it is spelled "Swanee," and in Suwannee County, Florida, which is bounded on all sides except the east, by the tortuous convolutions of the stream. it is spelled with two "ns." "Swanee" is an Indian word meaning, winding river. The Suwanee rises in the Okeefeenokee Swamp, a large swamp in the southeast part of Georgia, and adjoining Florida. On the old maps, the name "Suwanahoochie" is given that part of the river between the Florida line and Okeefeenokee swamp. It winds its crooked way in a south-westery direction through Florida to the Gulf of Mexico, near Cedar Keys, the great fishing ground of the Gulf. Much of the country through which the Suwanee flows is still primitive and unsettled, while some of it was in cultivation a hundred The image shows a large industrial building surrounded by tall trees. 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"My better judgment urged me to inform the police immediately," Mrs. Carlisle said, "but he always resents my intrusion into his affairs; yet when he did not return this morning, I was convinced that something was wrong." Mrs. Carlisle buried her face in her handkerchief again. The officer on duty regarded her appraisingly. "And the chaufeur?" he questioned, "did he return?" "Oh yes," she said hastily. "Bright has the car outside now." "Officer Mead!" "Yes, sir!" "Yes, sir." "This lady's chauffeur—bring him in—a man named Bright." "Yes, sir." In due time, the chauffeur was corted into the room—a tall young man, with a clean-cut, honest face. Hi. story added a bit of mystery to the case. He had driven Mr. Carlisle downtown and put him on the sidewalk in front of the old Transportation Building, where his employer's only unusual action was to say, "I'll drive back with friends. Bright," instead of the usual. "You needn't wait, Bright." For his employer's failure to return, he could offer no explanation whatsoever. After putting this into the records along with a minute description of the missing man, Mrs. Carlisle and her chauffeur were dismissed with a promise of quick action. Because he was known to have an uncanny way of getting quick results, Detective Hubert Holcomb was handed this case, though he arrived at headquarters nearly two hours after Mrs. Carlisle's departure. Chief of detectives Mason glanced at the report sheet on his desk and halted Holcomb as he was leaving the room. "Telephone reports from both city and Detroit hospitals say 'not here,'" he remarked. "Sounds like a funny case. Holcomb. Go to it!" "Yes, sir." As a first step, Holcomb drove the Department car across town toward the stately building that housed the Carlisle apartment. He liked to get at the bottom of things. He had learned not to accept surface indications at face value. In other words, he would not have been greatly surprised if Mrs. Carlisle herself turned out to be a heartless murderer; he would not have been surprised to find Mr. Carlisle's body dismembered and stuffed into a laundry basket. He would not have been surprised at anything — he thought! Yet, as Holcomb passed through the revolving door and approached the elevator operator, none of this Your crowning charm A Hair that can be dressed in any style-silky,soft smooth,brilliant you can have it by using Belishes May, leading lady in Shufflin' Sam from Alabam' attributes her beautiful hair to the use of Exelento. Its medication reaches the roots of the hair, imparting a natural lustre and softness. Stops itching scalp. At All Drug Stores. Write for FREE sample and book of Beauty Hints. EXELENTO MEDICINE CO. Atlanta, Ga. ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—June 14. 1930 VERNA, THE IRRESISTIBLE I got the best JELLY ROLL if you like it » » » here 'tis! Served by... 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Their stately 14-room house stood on a landscaped was reflected in his race. He was the congenial chap now, over-friendly at once, talkative—albeit shrewd beneath it all. "By the way," he said carelessly, as the lift moved upwards, "have you seen Mrs. Carlisle lately?" "No sir—that is," the operator added, "not since she went up about two hours ago." "And Mr. Carlisle—have you seen him?" The young man expertly brought the car to a stop at the fourth floor. "Haven't seen him for a week," he added, "but then, he uses the stairs most of the time." Holcomb chuckled lightly. "The lady prefers the lift, and the gentleman prefers the stairs, eh?" "Nine out of every ten times," the operator returned, and fell swiftly out of sight. Hubert Holcomb rang the doorbell of apartment sixteen, and studied the pattern in the carpet at his feet. He would have a little talk with Mrs. Carlisle. Already he was wondering what sort of a person she was—a good actor? — crafty? — or really harmless? Yet, even as these possibilities passed through Holcomb's mind, he became conscious of an awful silence; a different kind of a silence. No footfalls came from within; nor twist of the knob—just silence! It was suddenly as if some great tragedy lay behind that door; something that was already tugging at Holcomb's sense of adventure. He produced his pipe and stood there. By all reasonable deductions, Mrs. Carlisle should have been in her apartment; she should have, unless she used the stairs lately, responded to her doorbell. And if she had used the stairs within the last two hours—why? Holcomb turned and descended the four flights of stairs to the recep- Continued on Page Six eminence across town from the noxious Billy Goat Lane. From the upper windows of their house, Verna could pause in her dusting and scrubbing to straighten up and look down and across town at the mean little settlement she called home. The comparison of the way she and her family lived and the way the Richlands lived made her thoughtful. Why should there be such a difference? None of her employers seemed to raise their hands to do a bit of work of ...y kind, and yet they had everything they desired. She slept between blankets while they slumbered: mid perfumed linen. Her bedchamber, shared with her five brothers and sisters, was a junk shop of rags and trash of all kinds, while their boudoirs were emaculate, glistening, airy and tastefully decorated. "Miss Richland," she asked the oldest daughter one day. "do you think I'll ever be able to have pretty things like you all got here?" The young lady smiled indulgently and patted her maid on the shoulder. "Why, of course you can. Verna," she replied, "if you want to have the... You're so beautiful, Verna, that I should say you could have anything." "What do I have to do, Miss Richland?" "Develop yourself, child. 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He knocked loudly upon the door; he tried the knob—silence; silence tempered with the rawness of a cold January afternoon. Up to now, Holcomb's actions had been almost leisurely, but now he suddenly became as active as a cat, in spite of the huge overcoat that tended to hamper him. The one window now became a means to an end. His powerful arms tackled it and, with increased pressure, it slid up an inch two three. Finding himself in a small pantry, Holcomb stole cautiously into the kitchen, the dining room. Silence, deadly silence prevailed in these well-furnished rooms. Passing through a door into a long hall, he came upon three open doors grouped together in an alcove—two bed chambers, with a bath between them, the bedrooms, with the overturned chairs, the opened dresser drawers, the things strewn over the floors, giving the appearance of a recent typhoon! Holcomb clutched the automatic in his coat pocket, some instinct telling him that he was not alone. . . At this point in Hubert Holcomb's narration of the Carlisle Murder case we, Miles and I, were, as you probably are, thoroughly in the spirit of the thing. Certainly Holcomb himself must have guessed this, because he paused, chuckled in his own queer way, then leisurely fired his pipe again. "I'm telling you, gentlemen," he reflected, "it was one raw case!" "But my Lord, man!" came through the semi-darkness from Miles, "don't stop there! What in the name of Hanna did you find? Did Mr. Carlisle get a bullet—or a knife?—or did you eventually find his body stuffed into a laundry basket?" Holcomb's pipe began to draw nicely again. "Neither," he drawled. "Briefly, it all simmered down to this: Continuing along the hall toward the front door. I entered the living room—which was also in an awful mess—and came upon one of the most gruesome sights in my career. The body was lying on the floor in a pool of blood, an ugly gash open at the temple, and a heavy metal book end—obviously the instrument of death—on the floor near by, bloody—" "Knocked out, eh?" Miles cut in. "Who got him?" Holcomb suddenly leaned far forward. "It was not Mr. Carlisle," he countered slowly. "It was the body of his wife—the woman who only a few hours before had been a visitor at headquarters!" Miles suddenly leaned forward; I gasped: Holcomb just sat there. It might have been his sense of the dramatic; or perhaps he was taking those few moments to recall more clearly the events which followed that surprising discovery—anyway, it was several minutes before Hubert Holcomb continued to unravel the mystery of The Carlisle Murder Case. END OF PART ONE (To be continued next week) ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—June 14. 1930 On The Banks of The Languorous Suwanee Continued From Page Four leg was broken by the fall. 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Like Verna, he had wanted to be something, but he just hadn't had the energy and now he felt that it was to late. There was a sharp tap on the door and Dick Colvin entered. A striking youth there ever was one. Nearly six feet tall, smooth black, strong, wistful and always seemingly ill at ease. Tonight he was dressed in what he called his Sunday clothes, a shiny blue serge suit, an ancient fedora, tan shoes and a perfectly impossible shirt with a garish necktie to match. With all of his solemnity and rather pained dignity, he resembled tonight a cross between a cartoon and a low comedian. "Hello!" he greeted them, with a poor attempt at breeziness. "How is you all tonight?" "Kinda Proctedium," said old man Nash, using one of the numerous words of his own invention. "So-So," replied old lady Nash, smiling and at the same time cutting a reproving and urgent glance at Verna. "All right," said Verna indifferently. "I'll be ready in a minute." Dick Presses His Suit Dick seated himself uncomfortably on the edge of the only other chair in the room and waited. He looked around approvingly. As he had never seen anything better, the Nash kitchen with its dirty dishes, flies and boiling clothes looked homey to him. He thought of himself sitting by the stove like Mr. Nash while Verna prepared his evening meal, and he heaved a heavy sigh that made the imitation diamond stickpin he had bought of a traveling peddler, sparkle and flash. "Let's go." Verna commanded, coming from her room arrayed in her best, which was far from being good enough to clothe her queenliness. "It's gettin' late." Dick rose obediently and they went out, Mr. and Mrs. Nash gazing after them approvingly. At the moving picture show Dick Colvin decided to press his suit with Verna. He couldn't, he felt, go on this way any longer. The girl's indifference was making him insane. He was helpless in her hands and she gave not the slightest hint of encouragement. She wouldn't let him touch her, caress her or kiss her. It was awful. The picture reeled off and Verna luxuriated in thoughts of herself living in such surroundings as were depicted, and wearing gowns such as those that adorned the svelte forms of the pampered beauties of the cinema. There was the life she wanted. She paid no attention to attempts of Dick to be affectionate. On the long walk home. Dick steeled himself for the final ordeal. He could, he felt, no longer look at this glorious creature without calling her his own. Verna felt something of his intensity, silent but apparent. "Verna, I want you to marry me!" he almost shouted, as the new moon glided from behind a white tuft of cloud. "I love you so, Verna. I dunno how I kin live without you, gal. Won't you marry me?" "What for?" she asked, coldly, bawhtily "What for?" he echoed. "Why—why, what do you mean?" "Jest what I said. What I wanna marry you for, Dick Colvin? What kin you give me?" "I kin give yuh a home." 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