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VIRGINIA AUG 2 1930 STATE LIBRARY THE RICHMOND PLANET Virginia State Library. Community Hospital Looms Here Vass Defends Townsend Held In Pierson Murder VOLUME XLVIL N.. 38 Com Vass Defe Held SAYS ACCUSED INNOCENT In the first place, I desire to express my deepest sympathy for Mr. Pierson's family. I promptly wired my sympathies to Mrs. Pierson but regret I could not get to the funeral. I gentleman present informed me that the obtinary stated that some one whose accounts Mr. Pierson had audited was responsible for his death. This brother told me he called Dr. William's attention to this, but he said the family had a right to say what they thought. I wish to say that I have especially deeply sympatized with Mrs. Pierson in her attraction, or she was entitled to better advice than was given her by trusted friends. She would on doubt, have been thankful for the right advice. But instead of bread, she was given a stone. I hold her pastor and his assistant responsible for the course she pursued. Her pastor had already expressed the belief, I am renally informed that the crime was chargeable to Nashville, and the evil genus at the Nashville end will be you the same, if you press him more The conspirators against the life of Dr. Townsend left nothing undone to tasten the crime upon a man who is too gentle and kind to conspire against him and attempt was made to assassinate him last year. In fact, Dr. Townsend is so guileless and conding that he can hardly believe men have conspired to kill him and somebody else must come to his defense. Firth, the charge was for "jugling" $62,000. They knew that could not begin to be sustained for never once in all his years of service, did Mr. Pierson ever charge Dr. Townsend with dishonesty or graft. His reports are published in the annual minutes of our Convention, both the regular and the supplementary reports, and the reader can search the reports for himself. Mr. Pierson only charge ever lodged against Dr. Townsend was inefficiency and lack of ability to manage the Board's business to the best advantage. For instance, his report on the matter of "62,000' simply voiced his conviction that the money could have been borrowed by paying less bonus, but he approved the loan at the beginning. However, Mr. Pierson had no experience at all in borrowing money for our Board in Nashville, and wise men did not worry over the charge. In fact, Dr. Townsend co-operated beautifully with Mr. Pierson. They were in conference frequently and Dr. Townsend even shared with him his executive duties in his effort to co-operate with him. Dr. Townsend arranged that Mr. Pierson should deliver lectures in the chapel each Wednesday on efficiency and allied subjects, and upon more than one occasion, Dr. Townsend has told the employees to heed the instruction and direction of Mr. Pierson for they were both agreed. But we must not misinterpret our late auditor, for we do him an injustice to represent him as reporting Dr. Townsend as being dishonest in any respect or grafting the funds of the Board. Of course, I do not know what he may have reported to Dr. Williams unofficially, but his recommendations only became effective upon being approved by the Convention. I do not think he would make a public report and then back behind that, submit another report stultifying himself. Thus the "jugging could not be depended upon to depose Dr. Townsend. Then | the Nashville evil genius had the affronty to start the rumor that Dr. Townsend was grafting worse than Dr. Boyd ever did, while this same man is a worse man in that respect than Dr. Boyd ever was, and the Convention owed it to our constituency to thoroughly investigate Dr. Isaac. The murder charge based upon the "jugging" charge has failed, and now the charge is rebellion and conspiracy on the part f the Sunday School Publishing Board, something new and different from the murder and "jugging." Does not this show conclusively a purpose to destroy Dr. Townsend one way if not another? I, myself, and not a member of this Board now, though I was a charter member. When I entered the service of the Board, I thought it proper to give up membership in the Bard, and I supported Conven- (Continued on Page 4) Kansas Voters Hear Addresses By Wm Pickens LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT New York, July 25—William Pickens Field Secretary of the N. A. A. C P. left New York City today, it was announced by the Advancement of Colored People, for Kansas where he will speak to audiences of both colored and white voters to urge that they vote against Henry J. Allen in the primaries to be held on August 5th. Senator Simeon D. Fess of Ohio, it will be remembered, led the fight in the United States Senate for confirmation of John J. Parker of North Carolina as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, which nomination was vigorously and successfully opposed by the N. A. A. C. P. Mr. Pickens will speak at mass meeting in Coffeville, Wichita, Topeka Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth and Atchison, with possible engagements in other towns where the Negro population is large enough. Branches of the N. A. A. C. P. throughout Kansas are active and all ones and are doing everything possible to arouse the Negro voters of the state to a realization of the importance at work to make these meetings success of showing their disapproval of Senator Allen's action in supporting Parker against their protests. The Kansas City Call, brilliant Negro weekly, with wide influence in Kansas is actively cooperating with the N. A. A. C. P. in the movement to bring about Allen's defeat Roy Wilkios, Managing Editor of the Call is playing a large part in arranging for Mr. Pickens' meetings and in stirring the Negro voters of the state. In making public the plans of the N. A. A. C. P. to oppose Senator Allen Walter White, Acting Secretary, made the following statement: "The issue in kansas is of most vital importance and the Negroes of that State have an opportunity to strike a law of lasting benefit not only for the themselves but for the citizenship rights of colored people of the whole country Allen was implored by the Negroes of his state to vote against confirmation of Parker who had brazenly advocated disfranchisement of the Negro. To those appeals Allen turned a deaf ear He did everything in his power to put on the Supreme Court bench a man who was willing to flout shamelessly the 14th and 15th Amendments so far as the Negro is concerned. "Now Allen is desperately trying to fool Negroes into believing that he is still their friend. His henchmen are flooding the state with a puerile leaflet citing certain minor things which Allen as governor has done for Negroes. This leaflet blandly ignores Allen's work to get Parker confirmed. What if everything in the leaflet is true and more? On the biggest single issue that Negroes could appeal to him, Allen betrayed the colored citizens of Kansas and betrayed them shamelessly. It will be to the lasting credit of the colored people of Kansas if they unitely repudiate the attempt to hoodwink them and buy the back into Allen's camp through a petty Allen's supporters. Rebuke of this atjob at Washington for David Henderson, a Negro lawyer of Kansas and one of temp to buy Negro support by a job given after Parker's demean will create enormous respect for the Negroes of Kansan and of the entirt country. The N. A. A. C. P. is confident that these voters will stand firm for the high moral principal involved and will refuse to let themselves be mised." Would Deprive Negro of Voting Right Macon, -Ga. (CNS)—Repeal of the fourteenth amendments to the constitution is advocated by E. D. Rivers former Senator and candidate for Governor of Georgia. In speaking before members of the Georgia Rural Letter Carriers Association in convention here he said; "Give the Negro citizenship he is qualified to hold and nothing more." "You can't make a government controlling citizens out of a Negro anymore than you can make a race horse out of a mule. Rather than violating the law in refusing the Negro a vote, we had better repeal the law that gave him right to vote. Repeal the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments and give him the citizenship he is qualified to hold." RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1930 A. I. P. C.'s Efforts Stay Youth's Hang Philadelphia Pa., July— The American Interacial Peace Committee, with headquarters at 20 South 12th street Philadelphia, announces through the Executive Secretary*ary* Dunbarg Nelson, that its efforts to save the youth, Theodore Russ, of Woodside, Deleware, from what was palpably a legal lynching last week, were successful. Theodore Russ, a youth of twenty-two years, one night last February, drove with some other young men to the home of a white couple by the name of Reed, for the purpose of buying some liquor. The Reeds were well-known boot-leggers, and were in the habit of si'l selling liquor to every one. Russ descended from his car leaving the other men, went to the house alone, and obtained the liquor. A dispute about the price ensued, and in the scuffle to get the jug from he he and the woman engaged in a tug of war. Her husband and brother came in, and a free for all brawl ensued, in which knives were used, and Russ cut the woman's brother slightly on the neck. Russ fled, work home, and to bed. When he was found and arrested later, he thought it was for cutting the man. In fact the question of assault upon the woman was not injected into the case for fully-twenty-four hours. Then the woman claimed criminal assault. Russ was tried and convicted, chiefly upon evidence so palpably false as to stagger everyone. He was condemned to be hanged, as rape is a capital offence in Deleware. Efforts to have the case re-tried were unavailing, and the Board of Pardons refused a recommendation to the governor for commutation or lightening of the sentence. Two weeks before the time set for the execution, July 25th, an appeal was made to the Executive Secretary of the American Interacial Committee for help on the case, and a whirlwind campaign is ensued: Letters, telegrams, appeals, petitions, were 'sent to the Governor, C. Douglas Buck, asking for a reprieve or stay of execution. In view of the fact that the Board of Pardons [had not made a favorable recommendation, though the vote was three to two, the Governor was dishonored to grant the request. A mass meeting of the citizens of Wilmington was held on the night of July 23, and upon hearing that the Governor was planning to leave the state next morning to be gone over the week-end, the entire meeting arose, and a line of over fifty cars, containing over two hundred people drove down the state to the Governor's Mansion, arriving about eleven O'clock. A plea was made for a reprieve until further evidence could be found to prove the lad's innocence. The carnessness of the plea, and the evident mass solidarity of the Negro Deleware was impressive. The Governor granted a two-hour twenty-eight days stay until August 22nd. The American "Intercial Peace Committee is cooperating with other organizations now in an effort to find evidence which will establish the innocence of the youth. Furds are being raised throughout the state, as the boy's family has gone bankrupt in attempting to save him. The interest of the American Interacial Peace Committee in the case comes from its efforts to prevent racial frictions and to foster peace between tribes wherever possible. N. C. Leads In Negro Education Raleigh, N. C. — (CNS)— The Julius Rosewald fund cooperation with the State government has established over 5,000 Negro rural schools in the South. These schools cost $23,000,000; employ a teaching force of 12,594; and have an enrollment of nearly 600,000 pupils. Of the $23,000,000, $2,660,302 came from the Rosewald fund. White contributors gave $1,004,306; colored contributors gave $4,220,726, and provided from public funds. In this as in other progressive movements in the South, North Carolina leads. In that State 762 Julius Rosewald schools for Negroes have been built since aid from the Rosewald fund has been made available. Total cost of these schools together with 17 homes and five schools used in connection with school work was $4,635,264. Of this amount, $654,751 was received from the Rosewald fund; $650,624 from Negro contributors; $75,140 from white persons and $3,254,749 from public funds. To Construct First Unit At Once Among the many worthy things done in life by some for the benefit of others, is the operation of a Community Hospital with its many departments of service for the alleviation of the sufferings of humanity. A community with such an institution is a splendid place to live in. Thousands do not know and, therefore, cannot appreciate the value of such an institution to a community. Many, however, are learning, as necessity brings them into realization. Man is in his highest and noblest sphere of usefulness when he resolves within himself to set out to accomplish something tangible for his fellow man; something that will reduce suffering and increase happiness, something that will add to the sum-total that comes to each one in life—that will make life grander and bring it nearer the ideal. For nearly thirty years there have been efforts after efforts put forth to have in Richmond a modern hospital for the colored people, with very poor results, until in June, 1927, the promoters of The Richmond Community Hospital conducted a campaign for $200,000, with which to construct and equip a modern hospital for colored people. This campaign was fairly well put over with the colored people, as there were plenty of workers who faithfully worked the colored section. There were, however, no well organized forces to work the white section of workers, and the very fine workers who volunteered and did some very effective work, both white and colored, and the value of their services can never be over estimated. This campaign was held to secure subscription of $100,000 from our white people and $100,000 from the colored people. When the campaign was over and the records were carefully checked and audited, the subscription cards showed that our white friends had subscribed $29,870.60 and the colored people had subscribed $76,636.20, making a total of $106,506.80. The period allowed for payment of thescriptions was four years, from 1927 to 1931. The subscribers were permitted to pay monthly, quarterly, semi-annually or annually, if the subscriptions were not paid at once. During the period of three years already expired, every effort has made to keep the proposition alive. Notices have been sent to each subscriber regularly and prompt acknowledgements have been made to each subscriber for each and every payment. Proper records have been kept and audited monthly, the auditors' reports accompanying each financial statement rendered to the Board. The funds have been deposited in approved banks daily, and no disbursements have been made from the se funds until reported to Board, and upon being found proper and approved by the Board checks were issued signed by the President, Secretary and Treasurer. All cancelled checks are attached to vouchers and filed with copy of monthly financial statements We have worked with our white friends to secure help from out of the state from certain Foundations. We believe this effort will some day prove successful. To June 30, 1930, our white subscribers have paid on their subscriptions $16,401.40; the colored people have paid on their subscriptions $10,498.30, leaving unpaid on white subscriptions, $13,469.20; on colored subscriptions, $66,137.90. Total unpaid subscriptions, $79,607.10. Balance sheet as of June 30, as rendered to the Board of Directors at their regular monthly meeting held Friday, July 11, 1930. Cash in bank to credit of Expense Account, $40.76; Fund on deposit in the American Bank and Trust Co., $4.598.95; First and Merchants National Bank, $2.103.17; Second Street Savings Bk., $4.425.71 (now consolidated); St. Luke Bank and Trust Co., $1.918.57 (now Consolidated); The Commercial Bank and Trust Co., $4.066.25. Total, Building Fund in banks. $18.471.79. Total in all banks. $18.512.55. Real estate owned free of encumbrances: Present hospital site, 406 E. Baker street, valued at $15.000; 2-1 acres on Howard Road, near (Continued on Page 4) State Elks Officially Deny Truce With National Body Denounce Crimes Against Negroes Tragic Hubert Case Brings Out Many Expressions of Good Will Raising Funds To Replace Home Atlanta, Ga., July 21—On the evee of trial of six men charged with the murder of Dennis Hubert, young Morehouse College student, many prominent white citizens of Atlanta yesterday issued a public statement declaring their confidence in Hubert's innocence of any offense, expressing execution of the crime, and urging that the public of Atlanta express sites good will by raising a fund to restore the house of young Hubert's father, Rev. G. J. Hubert, which was destroyed by fire shortly after the murder. The appeal was addressed especially to the religious leaders of the community and the matter was presented in a number of the churches yesterday and subscriptions were taken toward the desired fund. John A. Manget, long conspicuous for active and courageous interest in Negro justice and welfare, is acting as treasurer of the fund. On the same day the local interracial committee issueda statement setting out the several incidents in the series of crimes beginning with the death of young Hubert, and calling upon the citizens to repudiate these outrages and use their influence-to see that the perpetrators are brought to justice. These statements, together with a story of the whole series of events and the approaching trial, were featured on the first page of the Sunday Constitution. The Constitution carried also as its leading editorial, entitled "Shaming the City," one of the severest indictments of such injustice five written. There acts of lawlessness, a cording to the Constitution, "outrage the character and spirit of the citizenhip of Atlanta" and are the "vicious deeds of a few conscienceeless persons moved by racial tolerance. "The perpetrators of this outrage must be identified and made to pay the penalty in full," the Constitution continues. "The white and colored people eof Atlanta have established relations of peace and co-operation that must not be broken down by the bloody hands of irresponsible and law-defying hoodlums." At their weekly meetings the Methodist preachers of the ecity adopted resolutions expressing profound regret for the "recent outrages," and condemnation of such unlawful and villainous conduct," while the interdenominational Christian Council commended most highly the Constitution's vigorous demand for justice. The outcome of the trial is being awaited with great interest. WRITER SCORE SEGREGATION OF New Yrk, July 25—Protest against the sending of colored Gold Star Mothers to France in a segregated group, on a combined freight and passenger boat, has not ended with their departure on July 11, Mrs. Walter Ferguson, well known columnist whose articles appear in the twenty-six newspapers of the Scripps-Howard chain, has this to say of the descrimination, as a white person: "Just why it was thought necessary to discriminate against the Negro gold star mothers in the matter of cheaper passage, slower boats and less comfortable housing while in New York City it is indeed difficult to understand. Of the 450 Negro women who were to have visited the graves of their sons in France all but a few cancelled until they reached foreign shows. "It is unlikely that the French, who are a polite and thoughtful people, would have set up such caste lines in the matter of receiving them. Regardless of how deep one's prejudice may be on the race question, here is an instance it would seem, when color should have been entirely forgotten. The black man who fights and dies for America merits the same high praise, the same monument and the same hero worship that is given to his white brother. "What a travesty upon democracy is this! These black boys are entrained and told they must help save this magnificent thing called democracy. Today they sleep forever, far from their belovedleaves, their Harlem and their cotton fields. Few of them understood $2.00 PER YEAR; 5 CENTS PER COPY Life Sentence In Va. Murder Case Reduced to 25 Yrs. New York, July 18.—Thomas Nelson, of Charlottesville, Virginia, charged with the murder of a white woman in August 1927, was a second time found guilty on July 12th and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Previously, Nelson who is a colored man, had been found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. The previous conviction had been appealed by attorneys retained by the National Association for the Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Virginia State Supreme Court had reversed the first conviction on the ground that the evidence against Nelson had not justified the verdict of guilty. Allen, a white-man, was found dead with five bullet-holes in his chest in August 1927 and his business partner, a seventy-five-old woman, was found mortally wounded at her home on the same night. The woman died before regaining consciousness. A number of Negrees were arrested charged with the crime, and three of them indicted. Grant Thompson and his wife, Mrs. Alice Thompson, were never tried, the case being no-lone-proSEC in October, 1928. Nelson thereupon was tried and found guilty. Because of Nelson's high character and especially because of evidence which cast grave doubts upon his guilt, the N. A. A. C. P assisted Nelson both in getting reversed by the State Supreme Court and in the new trial, thus gained, assistance being rendered by the N. A. A. C. P, both in contributions to the fees of local attorneys and through the aid of its National Legal Committee. In making public the results of the new trial the N. A. A. C. P expressed the determination to continue its efforts in Nelson's behalf. To date the Advancement Association has contributed $300 towards attorneys fees and costs of the trials. SHILOH BAPSTEI ASSOCIATION IN ANNUAL SESSION The Sixty-fifth annual session of the Shiloh Baptist Association and the Women's Auxiliary will convene with the Emanuel Baptist Church, Orange, Virginia, of which Rev. G. E. Galloway is the pastor. All delegates and messengers are urged to be on time at nine o'clock Wednesday August 6, 1930. The members of the church are looking forward to our coming. Dr. W. T. Johnson is expecting a large attendance of men as well as women. I am your corresponding secretary, A. D. Daly. RECEIVRE APPOINTED FOR THE MOSAIC TEMPLARS Little Rock, Ark.—(CNS)—Following close on the closing of the National Grand Lodge meeting of the Mosaic Templars of America, developments were such as to cause the national officials of the order to voluntarily ask the court to apoint a receiver to administer the affairs of the order. The court granted prayer of the officials and promptly appointed Judge S. A. Jones, who has been serving as national grand master of the organization, as receiver for the order. Honor Slave Who Inspired Song Lancaster, Ohio—(CNS)—In a cemetery at Rushfield, Fairfield County, in Central Ohio, is the grave of Joe Selby, fugitive slave whose death at Rushville Ohio, near here, in Civil War Days was the inspiration for Benjamin Hanby's song, "Darling Nellie Grey." ---- For years this humble man's grave has been unmarked but recently Chaucey Black, Lancaster wood carver and sign painter, made a tablet with a white enamel background which he erected at the grave with the aid of Georgia Kalb, eighty-year-old Rushville historian who knew Hanby. Either a bronze tablet or stone marker is to be erected at the grave next fall. what the conflict was about. They were taken when the draft came, and, puzzled and bewildered, they donned the Khaki and set out upon their last departure, of adventure. BRANDRUMOR FRAUDULENT Special to the Richmond Planet. Our attention has been called to articles appearing in several colored papers of this week, and in particular, "The Norfolk Preamble and Guide" under the caption, "Elks Make Peace, Proposal", and further representing us as seeking terms of settlement of the litigation owing present in the District Court of the United States here between the Virginia Grand Lodge of Elks and the National Grand Lodge headed by J. Finley Wilson. We wish to denounce the article as being absolutely false in every particular, designed to deceive and mislead our supporters, who are numerous throughout the jurisdiction, and with the hope of strengthening the weak cause of the National Grand Lodge. We further say that if any suggestion for a settlement out of court had been made to us, it would not only have been sternly refused, but would not even have been entertained for a moment. We did not take the National Grand Lodge to court; they took us there, and we are perfectly content to abide the outcome of the Court's decision; and if it be against us, we will take our medicine like men. In the meantime, we shall not be guilty of such unethical conduct as the distorting of facts, as our opponents are guilty of doing, as appears from these articles. In John Collard, one of the counsels for the Virginia Elks (the only one who has had any conversation with any representative from the other side, and that was Mr. Perry W. Howard), has written the following letter to him which is self-explanatory: Richmond, Va., July24, 1930 Hon. Perry W. Howard, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Howard: I notice from the Journal and Guide of Norfolk this week the enclosed article. I also understand that this article in substance, appears in other colored papers. As you recall, you came into my room in the Whitelaw Hotel on Monday, July 14th, instant, and, as I understand, merely to call on me and not to use your visit for the purpose disclosed in these articles. "I wis to denounce this article as being entirely untrue, and call on you tooir in this denouncement if you are an ethical practitioner of law, for whatever transpired between you and me was a conversation respecting the delay in receiving the decision of the injunction as nowe pending in the United States Court here. Whatever transpired between you and me must have reached the press through you for I have not thought of it since; and the article is evidently denied to reach the attention of the Court, as well as the public, to influence them adversely to the litigation, the decision, of which is in the breast of Judge Groner. "I therefore, urgently demand that you give the public denial of anything in the article contained, for, as you know, you visited me in my room at the hotel, and not upon any invitation from me, for the room was not even my own. Anxiously awaiting your action in this matter, I remain. Very truly yours, Jos. R. Pollard." Climb A Sycamore Tree! Climb A Sycamore Tree! An account of the great Installation services, of the pastor, Rev. S. L. Parham, at Mosby Memorial Baptist Church, will appear in this paper next week. The renowned, Dr. J. H. Moore, of North Carolina, will deliver the Installation Sermon Sunday morning. "Go out and hear Dr. Moore." He is quite an able divine. If you can not get within a mile of Mosby Memorial, "Climb a Sycamore Tree," provided you can find one on the corner of Randolph Street and Idelwood Ave. Maybe, Rev. Dr. Moore, will not look out of the windows of Mosby, and bid you to come down. Go early in order to get a seat. Amplifier will tell you all about the services next week. Be sure to get this paper it is going to be a "gem." EDITORIALS AN OPEN LETTER TO DR. L. K. WILLIAMS MOORE ST. BAPTIST CHURCH West Leigh Street, between Kinney and Bowe Streets Dr. Gordon B. Hancock PASTOR Regular Services Morning 11:30 Evening 8:30 You are Welcome THE PLANET Reverend L. K. Williams, D. D. President, National Baptist Convention, Chicago, Ill. My dear Dr. Williams; I want to congratulate you on the approaching Golden Jubilee of the National Bastist Convention to be celebrated next August in the city of Chicago. Surely fifty years of consecutive organized Christian endeavor represents an accomplishment unsurpassed within the religious life of the Negro race. There have been gathered under the Baptist banner two thirds of the recorded church membership. Especially do I wish to congratulate you upon the growth and expansion of the organization under your administration. The rising tide of Northern migration has been coped with by an adequate religious statesmanship. Baptist churches have grown up and thriven like David's green bay tree. Without any disparagement of other denomination, it is only accurate to say that while they have remained comparatively stationary, the Northern cities have been baptised in the onswelling Baptist flood. One cannot help noting the comparison in Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, as well as in the great centers of the middle West and South Western sections. We must welcome the suggestion of the organic union of the several more numerous branches of the Methodist Church which would form a wholesome and healthy rivalry in these 2 great divisions of the Christian Army. The smaller and less numerous denominations would retain their useful function of holding out other types of worship for those who might not prefer the Baptist or Methodist theological tenets or ceremonial forms. Our age is crassly irreligious. In spite of the growing church membership godliness is rapidly on the gain. The better educated of our youth, especially in the cities, are turning away from the religion of their fathers and mothers. The pulpit and places of moral and spiritual authority not being recruited from the cultured and the colleges bred. Few also, too few, of the graduates of our schools and colleges are entering the sacred calling of the ministry. If this tendency is allowed to continue, the church is able future of the Negro church is easy to predict. As you stand at the largest body of Negro Christianity in the world, the responsibility of the correcting this unfortunate tendency rests heavily upon the shoulders of your denomination. But my dear Dr. Williams, I did not start out to indicate a homily upon the evil tendency of the times, nor to dim the glorification of your approaching jubilee with gloomy forebodings. My purpose in this communication is both simple and single. I want to urge that the great Baptist denomination at this Golden Jubilee put itself on record in healf of prohibition. A ringing resolution in this behalf issuing from your influential body at this critical time would reverate around the world. It would convince the Christian world that the Negra Baptists abound in their moral energy or spiritual courage. It is needless to point out that the liquor is working within the Negro race. The weaker vessel, with least power of inhibition, necessarily suffers most from any evil practice. Clever minded youth are selling their soul to the Devil for the ill gotten gain through bootlegging and violation of law. Let me forstall the argument of comparison. I know that the white man has his full quota of sin. But your concern and mine is mainly with the evil doers on our side of the color line. The weak race should never strive to rival the stronger in relative wrongdoing. I would be glad to concede to the white race a monoply of the vices. The minority group should never array itself against the law of the land unless such laws are enacted in curtailment of its moral Entered at the Post-office at Richmond Virginia, as second class matter. and constitutional rights. It is in vain that we invite comparison with other violated sections of the Constitution. The prohibition amendment is now in the moral focus. Strike the iron while it is hot. Public conscience is cold on the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. The observance of one of these amendments will lead to the strengthening of all. The violation of or indifference to the Eighteenth Amendment on the part of the Negro will lead to indifference of white people towards those in which he has peculiar and special concern. The church must adopt some principle of practical import that will appeal to the conscience and devotion of high minded youth. They are drifting away from its standards largely because of lack of such challenge. Shakespeare says in one breath that comparisons are odious; and in another that comparisons are odorous. While we should not aim to rival the white man in vice and crime, we should strive to equal or surpass him in virtue. The two great wings of the Methodist Church, North and South, have gone on record in favor of politition. They both have put both political parties on notice that they regain vibration as a moral prince which transcends partisan politics. I am sure that the Negro Baptist have equal moral conviction and courage. I believe that a ringing declaration in behalf of temperance on part of the National Convention would be quickly followed by the annual and general conferences of the several of the Methodist denominations, as well as by the smaller religious bodies, and that the whole religious life of the Negro race would be in alignment with the greatest moral reform of the age. Surely this is a consumption devoutly to be wished. Yours truly, Kelly Miller. Racial Wrongs Can Be Righted By Christianity Brooklyn, N. Y.-CNS-In celebration of the 57th anniversary of the Nazarene Congregational Church, of which the Rev. Henry Hugu Proctor, is pastor, the Rev. Dr. George Albert Simons, superintendent of American Methodist pioneer women in Russia and other countries on the Baltic coast, more than twenty-five years delivered the sermon Sun. July 20th. Dr. Simons spoke on "The Golden Rule in International and Racial Relations" terming the simple teachings of Christ the "only panacea that can ever cure the open sores of the world and heal the constantly increasing social ills of humanity." He quoted the utterance of Frances E. Willard that "The Golden Rule of Christ will bring the Golden Age of man." "When once Christian America gets ready to clean its house thoroughly, to right all social, industrial and above everything else, all racial wrongs." Dr. Dimons declared, "we shall no longer hang our heads in shame as we think of the hideous and bloodthirsty lynchings that bemirch the name of our country and as we read in the papers of the insult and heartache cruelly administered to that group of 'Black Gold Star mothers whose heroic sons willingly paid the supreme sacrifice. Perhaps, for all we know, the Unknown Soldier may have had a dark skin. Surely nothing is smaller than introducing the question of color in a matter where only admiration and reverence should find a place. "The un-Christian and un-American idea of discriminating against certain groups because of color or religion by permitting and indirectly encouraging ghettos and segregation conditions will finally pass away, because we are growing to realize that we are one great family, on whose mutual brotherly affection and love depend the future welfare of these United States. THE AMPLIFIER FIFTH BAPTIST CHURCH GOD'S RECRUITING STATION Rev. Anderson, Competent And Efficient Leader SUNDAY SCHOOL And B.Y.P.U. MARCHING UPWARD Held Services at Sixth Mount Zion In The Afternoon AGENTS OUTPPT—1 Hair Grower, 1 Temple Oil, 1 Shampoo 1 Preening Oil, 1 Face Cream and Direction for Selling $2.00. 26 cent extra for postage ```markdown ``` Miss Pilgrim, Much Upset About The Storm And Hot Weather MISS PILGRIM: "Operator, give me Boulevard 7525-w, please." AMPLIFIER: "Hello! Hello! Amplifier speaking. Who are you?" MISS PILGRIM: "This is Miss Esty Pilgrim. I guess you know me, I called you up some time ago. How are you these hot days? Gee! I mean these days are really against me. Everything is so DRY." AMPLIFIER: "Miss Pilgrim, I have no complaints to make at all. Let us bow in humble submission to the WILL of HIM who doth 'ALL THINGS WELL.'" MISS PILGRIM: "O'yes, U-R perfectly right, but still this weather is a bit against me. And too, I was reading in the paper the other day, about the STORM. The paper stated that more than three hundred telephones were put out of order, and quite a number of electric wires were damaged. It is reported also that buildings were struck by LIGHTNING. Have you heard about it?" AMPLIFIER: "Of course, I heard about it. But the architects, builders and electricians are blameless. No persons are to be blamed for misfortunes. You talk little funny. Lay the fault (if there be any) upon the earth's gravitation. Whom do we blame for damaging and destructive earthquakes, volcanic agitations—their convulsions and expulsions. There are natural causes whose effects are inevitable, unavoidable. I admit that this Drought was unspeakably terrible, but it could have been a hundred fold worse. This whole State could have been BURNT completely off the map. Remember the Supreme Ruler above, Alpha and Omega; thank Him, and take courage. Think of the biosed RAIN 'He sent, which was so helpful and COOLING to the earth. 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Tell me about their SUNDAY SCHOOL and B. Y. P. U.?" AMPLIFIER: "The Superintendent, Bro. John H. Pierce, is quite an energetic and zealous leader. His leadership, with that of the other faithful officers and members, accounts for them having a WIDE-A-WAKE Sunday School." MISS PILGRIM: "I have always been very interested in Sunday School and B. Y. P. U. work. I think these two departments are the life of the Church. What were you going to say about the B. Y. P. U. a few moments ago?" AMPLIFIER: "I say that their B. Y. P. U. is equally as WIDE-A-WAKE as the Sunday School. The young people in the B. Y. P. U. are eager and earnest in doing their bit to make their UNION second toon in the city. Yea, the are doing a great work at FIFTH BAPTIST CHURCH." MISS PILGRIM: "Who is the President of the B. Y. P. U. and what was the subject of the Sunday School Lesson?" AMPLIFIER: "You ask me much in one breath. 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But right now . . . before you do anything else . . . read what Mrs. Williams, well known church worker, said to the Konjola Man: "Konjola is by far the best medicine I ever tried. I had a severe case of dizziness and a throbbing pain in the back of my head. These annoyed me constantly for two years. My bowels did not function properly; I was told my blood pressure was Sunday School, is their MOTTO." MISS PILGRIM: "I see that they are really united and working together for the Kingdom of God. Now Amplifier, tell me eabout the regular SERVICES Sunday morning." AMPLIFIER: "SERVICES were opened at the usual hour. Choir singing the opening song. I suppose about thirty minutes were spent in uplifting and inspiring devotions." MISS PILGRIM: "Did the pastor, Rev. R. S. Anderson preach; what was his text?" AMPLIFIER: "Oh. yes, the pastor, preach a soul reviving, powerful and convincing sermon. Text: 2 Corinthians 4:7-8. (Please search for it for more information). The serman was interesting, and commanded the attention of the entire audience. Those who heard this sermon are singing, I was glad when they said to me, let us go into the House of the Lord.' Rev. Mr. R. S. Anderson, is a very able learned and progressive young divine. When he speaks his audiences listen." MISS PILGRIM: "How did the CHOIR sing. Ah, go on and tell me. Don't be so stingy with your information." AMPLFIER: "Te-hee, 'U-R alright Miss Pilgrim. The choir always sings well. They have an excellent leader. They seem to put their souls in their singing." MISS PILGRIM: "What was the collection?" AMPLIFIER: "The morning's offering amounted to $31.62. The total amount raised for the day, I am unable to state. The missionary offering was gathered by the Usher's." MISS PILGRIM: "Did they have evening Services too; if so tell me about them—services I mean?" AMPLIFIER: "The pastor, Rev. Anderson, the Choir and his congregation (I mean a part), went over to SIXTH MOUNT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, in the afternoon. They conducted wonderful services at this great church. The eloquent, Dr. A. W. Brown, is the greatly beloved pastor of said church." MISS PILGRIM: I am sure that the Rev. Mr. R. S. Anderson delivered a TELLING SERMON to that congregation. Was the pastor, Dr. Brown present?" AMPLIFIER: Of course, he did. He preach with Authority, Power and Spirit. This sermon was much enjoyed. It was brimful of first-hand information. His text was: Gal. 6:7-8. (Search for it). Yes, Dr. Brown was present." MISS PILGRIM: "I certainly would have gone to Sixth Mount Zion, if I had know that Rev. Anderson was going to preach. Did he preach at his Church, Fifth Baptist, Sunday night?" AMPLIFIER: "No, he did not preach at his church Sunday night. One Rev. Mr. Howard, of Virginia Union University preach for his congregation. Rev. Howard delivered a creditable sermon." 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My friends are amazed at my improved condition. Dizzy spells re gone and the pain in my head has disappeared. I can never give Konjola enough praise, and I shall bless this medicine to my dying day." Thus Konjola works; swiftly yet thoroughly, but a treatment of from six to eight bottles is strongly recommended. Konjola is for the aged or the infant; for all the family. The Konjola Man is at the People's Service Drug Store, 101 East Broad street, where daily he is meeting the public and explaining the merits of this new and different medicine. go with Fifth Baptist Church to VALLEY GROVE Monday." AMPLIFIER: "It would be an enjoyable OUTING for you Miss Pilgrim, go and take it in. I don't know what the fare is, but it is very, very reasonable." MISS PILGRIM: "I heard that they went for a HAY, or PICNIC RIDE last Monday night?" AMPLIFIER: "Yes, they did. The B. Y. P. U. was very successful in carrying a LARGE CROWD to ZION TOWN, on a HAY Ride. All who went had a mighty joyful time." OPERATOR: "Your time is out, please hang up." MISS PILGRIM: "I am sorry we must stop. I wanted you to tell me something about Fifth Baptist at MOSBY MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH, Monday night, July 28th. You'll hear from me next WEEK." AMPLFIER: "Alright Miss Pilgrim, I'll be glad to get a call from you anytime. Go to FIFTH BAP-TIST CHURCH sometime and her the eminent, young pastor, Rev. R. S. Anderson. They welcome everybody. I'll see you at the reception at MOSBY MEMORIAL Monday night. Good-bye, Miss Esty Pilgrim, tell your mother and fatther that Ampie said 'howdy.' HOUSEOLD FEFRIGERATION NEWS During the summer season it is more than ordinarily necessary that the care of foods in the home be given close attention, according to Dr. Martha Manning, refrigeration expert. "Every home should have an ice box." Dr. Manning states, "Every housewife should see to it that her refrigerator is operated to give the greatest possible benefits to her family. "It has been estimated that 60 per cent of the families in the United States do not have proper refrigerating facilities in the homes. This means that they are utilizing a process of food preservation which results in a minimum of change or deterioration in foods kept in the household. While drying, smoking, salting and pickling have been used for centuries, and are still used for the preservation of certain articles of food, they do not campain in value with refrigeration as a means for preserving foods in their natural state. "At the temperature at which foods are kept in an ice box, the growth of bacteria is retarder. This prevents spoilage or the excessive development of harmful germs. The natural processes in the foods such as the ripening of fruits and the aging or softening of meats, continue so that their natural The most common way in which cold flavor is improved by refrigeration. may be utilized economically in the the preservation of foods is by the use of ice. The melting of the ice abstracts heat from the foods and thus refrigerates them. "There are certain essentials in household refrigeration which should be considered because of their economical or health-protective features. First, it is necessary that the cabinet or refrigerated space in which the ice is held be properly insulated from the surrounding atmosphere. For this purPose it it necessary that the cabinte be tight and that the walls be constructed of some material which is a poor conductor of heat BabyinYourHome I have an honest proven treatment for fertility due to functional weakness which he has with wonderful success in the treatment of cases. It is the result of 80 years of experience and has been praised in the hundreds of married women, children for years, because he happy mothers. If you will send me your email, I will gladly send you a treatment and not any books. In Your Home which tells how to use it and many other things married women should be free to write. Dr. H. Will Frith, 7th & 8th, Felk, St. Joseph, Mo. Helen L. Strange, 1802 Rosewood Ave., age 7 mosi, died July 28. Andrew L. Brown, 515 McCann St. age 5, died July 28. Wm. L. White 1 E. Orange St. age 66 died July 28. Rachel M. Williams, 1000 N. 7th St. age 64 died July 29. Lula Nelson 911 W. Marshall st. age 54 died July 30. Mary Latney, Stephen Va. age 44 died July 29. Maria Hall, City Home, age 70, died July 29. Elsie Clay, 106 W. Clay., age 18, died July 29. Zena Johnson, 1531 Brook Road, age 78, died July 23. Julie Shepperson, 609 E. Leigh st., age 58, died July 25. Louise Pleasens, 1413 W. Clay st., age 56, died July 25. Lee Burton Mc Laughlin, 28; Carrie Elizabeth Booling, 31, July 23. Horace Russel, 22; Daisy Durden, July 26. Edward Tyler, 27; Mary E. Erby 19, July 27. Ulysses Williams, 28; Mary Jackson, 30, July 27. Ollie Coleman, 31; Lillian Reid., 25, July 28. James Taylor Jr., 21; Ida Belle Bluford, 16, July 29. George W. Johnson, 29; Thelma L. Brockenbrough, 25, July 30. 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Callis, Veteran's Hospital, Tuskegee, will conduct demonstration clinics. Members of the City Hospital Staff will also have operative and demonstration clinics. In the Dental Section, clinics will be conducted by Dr. C. Jesse Davis, Chicago, Dr. D. H. Turpin and Dr. F. R. Sanford, Meharyr College of Dentistry, Dr. C. Thurston Ferebele, Howard University College of Dentistry, and Dr. James H. Plummer, Chicago. In addition to this there will be table clinics given by members of the Indianapolis Dental Society. A large number of interesting and scientific papers will be read in the Dental Section. Papers dealing with both scientific and economic phases of pharmacy will be read and there will be several demonstrations in pharmacy at the University of Indiana. A paper of exceptional importance, which will be read before the joint session on Friday, will be "Experimental Acute Morphine Intoxication and some Clinical Implications in Morphine Medication," by Dr. A. H. Maloney of Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Maloney has been doing research and experimental work in the Pharmacology of Morphine and this paper will present a new point of view regarding this well known drug. Arrangements have been made for special pullman service from the South. A special car will leave Atlanta Saturday, August 16th and arrive in Indianapolis Sunday, August 17th. Special accommodations will be arranged from Jacksonville and Birmingham. Those sections will unite with the car leaving Atlanta. Transportation on this special will be under the direction of Dr. C. Waymond Reeves, 212 Hernndon Bldg., Atlanta, Ga. Charlotte Prepares For Shriners Meet Charlotte, N. C., July —(By The Associated Negro Press)—Northern Shriners have been wondering what sort of a time they were going to have in Charlotte, N. C., the home of Caesar R. Blake, Jr., Imperial Potentate of the A. E. O. N. 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Blake, Jr., in the new City Auditorium, the same fine structure which together with the University has been placed at the disposal of the Shriners. The Woodmen left Charlotte greatly pleased with the spirit exhibited by the city authorities, the local daily press and citizens. The broader and compeltely national character of the Shriner organization will doubtless prompt Charlotte to try to be even more hospitable if possible than it was to the District group of woodmen, especially since one of its own citizens head the order. Shriners and Charlotte citizens are both liable to learn a lot between August 4 and 7 that will be helpful to race relations. Randolph School Playground Festival Randolph School Playground Festival More than a hundred children of Randolph School Playground will take part in a Festival of the seasons on the ground Saturday August 2. at 5:30 o'clock P. M. There will be clever representations of the seasons of the year with their holidays. Unique costumes have been designed by the director, Miss Ruth Evans. Many children will represent the Nations and present characteristic dances. Miss Evans and Mr. Joseph Williams, assistant directors, promises one of the most elaborate and entertaining playground programs of its kind. This is the first year the playground has been conducted on the school ground and hundreds of children have enjoyed the shade of the trees, the smooth yard and the new apparatus. Harvard Sophomore Wins An Essay Prize Boston, Mass., (ANP) William Edward Harrison, a local boy, and a sophomore at Harvard University, Cambridge, won first prize of $50.00 in the 1930 essay contest by school boys and girls sponsored by the American Interracial Peace Committee. Other prize winners were Estelle Smith, freshman at Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tenn. Second prize of $25.00. Her subject was "Interracial Relationships as a Basis for International Peace." Moses Belton, freshman at Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina, third prize of $15.00. Subject "Youth looks at World Peace." the fourth prize of $10.00 was divided between two contestants, as they received an award in the same place. George Cannady, senior at Grant High School, Portland, Oregon, subject: "Renunciation of War as an Instrument of National Policy," Ethel Payne, freshman at Crane Junior College, Ill., subject: "Interracial Relationships as a Basis for International Peace." Nat. Negro Business League To Meet Nat. Negro Business League To Meet AN IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THOSE WHO PLAN TO ATTEND THE FORTHCOMING CONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE Detroit, Michigan; August 20, 21 22, 1930. Elaborate plans for the entertainment of the National Negro Business League have been perfected according to an announcement by Fred Hart Williams, president of the Metropolitan Business Men's Club, which organization is host to the League this year. Official headquarters will be maintained at the Central Recreation Center, 637 Brewster Street, where the daily sessions will be held. The official entertainments include the following: Tuesday evening, August 19th, 8:00 P. M., Smoker and Banquet in honor of the national officers at St. Antoine Branch YMCA. Wednesday afternoon, August 20th, 3:30 to 5:30 P. M., Reception to visitors, St. Antoine Branch YMCA. Ladies of Citizens committee acting as hostess. Thursday afternoon, August 21st, 3:30 P. M., visit factory of Burroughs Adding Machine Company. Friday evening, August 22nd, 9:00 P. M., Reception and Ball, Auditorium of Central Recreation Center. Saturday noon, August 23rd, Boat Ride from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. Students Attention Special rates for room and board for students who plan next session to attend Virginia Union University or Van De Vymer College, can be obtained by writing to the address below. Home-like atmosphere, wholesome food. Only a limited number can be accommodated. Several applications already in. Write. (Mrs.) ORA BROWN STOKES 1607 Brook Road, Richmond, Virginia. National Colored Tailors Meet Here To Open With Public Meeting at Sharon Baptist Church on Monday Night. The local committee in charge of the plans for the eleventh annual meeting of the National Association of Negro Tailors, Designers, Dressmakers and Cleaners, Incorporated, announce that their plans are completed, and the stage is all set for the opening meeting at Sharon Baptist church at 8:15 P. M. Monday night. This meeting will be the official welcome of the citizens and tradesmen to the visitors and delegates. Wiley A. Hall, of the Urban League, will extend the welcome on behalf of the city C. B. Glipin will welcome on behalf of the business interests, and Carey Wheaton will welcome the visitors in behalf of the trades. The chief feature of this meeting will be an address on "Business" by the Hon. J. A. Jackson, Business Specialist of the U. S. Department of Commerce. Because of the wealth of material gathered by his office on business conditions among our group from all over the country, the speaker is ably prepared to present a graphic picture of these conditions. The general public is urgently requested to come out and help extend a cordial welcome. Tuesday morning and afternoon will be devoted to matters of interest to the members of the trade. In the morning there will be demonstrations in tailoring and dressmaking at the Loving School of Tailoring, 18 E. Leigh street; in the art of cleaning and dyeing at the plant of the Lincoln Dry Cleaning C., 603 W. Clay street; and in hat cleaning and blocking at the Brown Hat Works, 502 N. Third street. These demonstrations will be in charge of persons recognized as experts in their lines and will prove of great value to those who attend. One of the outstanding features of the annual conventions is the Fashion Show and Trade Exhibit. At these shows, the very latest decrees in both men's and women's wear are displayed by living and dressmaking schools exhibit work done by their students. Models for the Fashion Show have been entered by several of the leading cities including New York and Philadelphia, and the Trade Departments of Hampton, Petersburg, Lawrenceville, A. and T. College, Tuskegee Institute have been invited to participate in the exhibit. This years show promises to rival all former displays, and will be held in the autorium of Armstrong High School at 8:15 Tuesday night. The pub lic is invited to attend this affair. Wednesday morning and afternoon will be devoted to convention business and the meeting will close with a social affair on Wednesday at the Williams Lodge of Elks Home. Judging from the number of letters of inquiries being received by the secretary, interest in this convention is nationwide, and this meeting may prove the largest in the history of the organization. Community Hospital (Continued from Page One) Brook Bank, bought of Va. Union University—new site. Cost $12,000-$27,000; unpaid subscriptions, $79,607.10; total resources, $125,119.65. Liabilities. Note at The Commercial Bank and Trust Co., $1,300; note at St. Luke Bank and Trust Co., $275 (Consolidated); note at Second Street Savings Bank $275 (consolidated). Total liabilities, $1,850; net account worth, $129,695. Total, net account worth, $125,119.65. The total remainder of $6,000, borrowed November 1926, from these banks—to make final payment for the Howard Road site. All curtails and interest payments made on these loans have been made from expense account. At the last meeting of the board, the Building Committee was instructed to secure proposals from several contractors for building and equipping one unit of a three unit hospital, not to cost over $50,000 for the first unit. We have about $12,000 subscribed by mills, factories, insurance companies, newspapers and individuals to be paid on letting of contract for building, or when needed for the building. It is hoped that these and many others will honor their subscriptions promptly on receiving a letter from us advising of letting of the contract for the building. It is hoped that all subscribers will resume payments on their subscriptions and those who have never made any payments will begin paying on their subscriptions, so that the work on the construction of the building may begin at an early date. Richmond Community Hospital, Rev. Wm. H. Stokes, Ph. D. To Face Oklahoma Courts On Mob Violenc Charge Oklaima City- (CNS)—On complaints filed with the United States district attorney, by a committee of business men and citizens from Erick, 46 persons, among them M. V. Baker, Under sheriff of Beckham County, and C. T. Calvery Erick marshal, have become involved in national nations that "twenty-one citizens of Erick, Okla., were arraigned here on Federal charges of conspiracy to violate constitutional rights in connection with an alleged at- Vass Defends (Continued from Page 1) tion action on the matter. Because I am not a member of the Board. I feel myself free to express myself about this charge of rebellion and conspiracy lodged against it. It is not true that there is any evidence whatever of any rebellion on conspiracy on the part either of Dr. Townsend of the Board. When Dr. Williams appointed Atty. Chas. M. Roberson, to take up the work of the late Auditor, and also to act as business manager f the Voile, Attorney Roberson put in a corror Mr. Pierson's salary, although he was drawing a stipend as attorney. The Secretary of the Board wrote the president for instructions, being ready and willing to cmply. And when the Board was order to pay Mrs. Pierson Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) a month up to the Jubilee, our Board accepted the order and complied with the request. The only request made on the Board that has not yet been complied with is that the Secretary pay $202.50 to the deputy sheriff who was placed in Mr. Pierson's office, which order came through Attorney Roberson, who stated the order was from the president of the Convention. But our Board has always obeyed Convention orders. Our board is not in rebellion. When I severed my relations with the American Baptist t Publication Society against their desires, I offered my services to this Board which unanimously elected me as Field Secretary and requested be to name my salary. That was how I was appreciated then, and how I am still appreciated, for I brought something with me to the Board. No other Negro has equal experience in my chosen field and no one is more appreciated over this wide country. I can do something else beside interpret the Bible and direct in religious education for the Sunday School Publishing Board. I have had long years of experience in general leadership in our denomination and I am not willing to stand by and see a good man butchered without doing all in my power to see that justice is done him. If it should prove to the will of God and the people that I stop for daring to oppose the rejection of President Williams, I am perfectly willing. If we have grown so rapidly as to no longer need my services, I am willing to give my place to a molly-coddle who will shut his mouth for paltry monetary gain. But I am a different type of a man. I am doing what I know is pleasing to my Saviour who said: "Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved, but When they persecute you in this city, fle we into another; for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, tell the Son of man he come." May be I will do more good than ever among the more needy people. But there will be no change in my position in this crisis. Has it come to pass that I must sell my birthright for a mess of potage? Must I supinely shut my mouth simply to remain on the pay roll of the eConvention? Am I to be stigmatized as a hired servant if I talk out, while the Nashville evil genius has grown rich as one of the hired servants and is allowed to meddle with all other secretaries and to defy the Convention itself? The softer second thought of our position should not require this of me, for I am God's free. And yet, I am only the weak stripling of a lad who dares to go against the powerful Golath in the name of the Lord, cause he has defied the army of the living God. I am only doing my duty, and I leave the result with God and the people. When I agreed to enter the service of this Board, Dr. Isaac told me I had too much influence to give Dr. Townsend the benefit of it, although he gave no reasons, for he said that if I did so he would fight me to a finish. He will not fail to fight me. On the other hand, President Williams advised me to do real team work with Dr. Townsend, and I am dong as he suggested, for the people expect it of me. Of course, in those days, the evil genius had not put his spell upon our president, and he had not been poisoned against Dr. Townsend. The public has wondered why Dr. Townsend did not defend himself against all the outrageous charges in the papers. He is no fighter. He is a builder and is constructive in his nature. While these charges were being hurled at him, he was busy devising some way to meet the next pardon on the bonded indebtedness of the Board, and only a few days ago, he met the claim in full. If he had turned aside to make reply, the Board's work would have suffered, but as it is, our business has actually increased. Some make much of his fighting extradition, but those persons are not friends of our Boar, for he is needed at his desk every day. And think of the two leading officials of our Convention abetting those who are trying to take him from his desk and put him in prison upon a most foolish suspicion growing out of a murderous hatred. Will our Convention vindicate Baptist democracy before the world by doing the only thing we can do, viz., refuse to hold such persons in office by electing their successors? tempt to drive Negroes from their city following the slaying of a former Erick woman at Shamrock, Tex. All pleaded not guilty. Two others, alleged to have participated with the twenty-one, are being sought on the same charges. 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Apply with references as to ability, character and general disposition to Miss Octavia Clapton R. F. D. No. 1 Pulaski, Va. The Strange Love Story of a Modern Monte Cristo PETER A. Opal Thorpe, the heroine of this unusual romance. Bv DONN BRYAN Jim Anderson stole the love of an innocent girl and eight thousand dollars from his employer. He fled to an island cave and remained hidden for four years; returned, saw the girl who was still waiting; left her again when the police authorities learned of his presence in town; drifted to California, where he served twelve years in prison; came back once more to the girl who was still waiting, then brought death to both her and himself. The strangest part of this story, perhaps, lies submerged in the fact that the girl still waited for him to come back to her, despite the fact that she was one of the most popular girls in the social set of her town. Such is the account of the love affair of a modern Count of Monte Cristo, Jim Anderson and Opal Thorpe, his trusting and faithful swetheart whose patience was unlimited. They called Jim Anderson the modern Count of Monte Cristo because he hid in a cave which extended out into the water, because he spent twelve years in jail, and because he returned and freely spent the fortune stolen from his employer. Deliberately thieving eight thousand dollars from the man who has placed his confidence in one is considered a rascally crime today,—so it was then; but the tender love affair of this criminal, his desire to protect the woman of his heart at the cost of his own life, and the gentle way in which he treated her, perhaps serves to lighten this dark stain in the man's life. There was a fine side to Jim Anderson which he gallantly demonstrated before he died. Jim Anderson met Opal Thorpe when his employer, Brand Mathews, wealthy farmer, sent him to his neighbor's house to pay a debt of eight thousand in cash. This was not an uncommon custom in those days, nor was it strange that Mathews trusted Jim, his able colored assistant. However, Jim had planned the theft sometime before it actually occurred. It was in the midst of sweltering June weather, and he had made several trips to the water jug in the corner of the field. Hot beads of perspiration made him exceedingly uncomfortable, and his temples throbbed. He had a decent job. His wages were forty dollars a month and his board, and a fine horse to ride whenever he wished; moreover, he could draw upon his wages in advance if he found it necessary. But, just the same, he felt in need of travel, so he thought he ought to get away and see the world. The presence of $8,000 in a tan leather satchel was too great a temptation for him. Presently he decided not to wait until he had sufficient bank account, but to go at once. It was a moonlight night, with wild flowers growing alongside the road, and green shrubbery clinging to the rail fences. Rail fences are still common in Missouri, notwithstanding the fact that this incident happened sixteen years ago. Sauntering along slowly with the satchel in his hand, gave Jim plenty of time to complete his plan. He reached the white house, however, without having definitely contrived every step. ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—August 2, 1930 After fourteen years Jim Anderson came back to the girl he loved, but his stolen fortune brought a double tragedy The image shows a snowy landscape with a large, smooth, snow-covered bank. The bank is curved and appears to be part of a natural feature, possibly a stream or a river. The surrounding area is covered in snow, and there are trees visible in the background. The ground is also covered in snow, and there are patches of ice or snow on the bank. The overall scene is cold and serene, typical of a winter landscape. (Above) THE RUSTIC BRIDGE, where the romance began and ended when fate stepped in (On the Right) MARGURITE TURNER, the accomplished violinist who, inspired by the story of the two tragic lovers, composed "Death Love," which she plays at her recitals. There was a light burning in the kitchen door. He walked up to this, and held the satchel behind him. At this moment he met Opal Thorpe. She came to the door and cheerfully offered him a chair. He told her that he had just dropped in for a glass of water,—a logical excuse, certainly, inasmuch as they owned the best well at this house for forty miles around. Opal forthwith brought Jim a glass filled with refreshing cold well water. He drained the glass of its contents. Then they talked. Almost immediately—they fell in love. Neither one knew it then, of course, but in the dim and not distant tomorrow, they both were to learn of the sincerity and the gravity of that love. Two hours passed swiftly. Jim blissfully forgot the tan satchel he had hidden at the side of the house. He had found a new interest in life. "I'm coming back to see you, Opal, girl," he declared, as he made ready to depart. They were standing in a field knee deep in pretty clover blossoms. The rich, warm air was laden with a perfume of the night—a perfume of unrestrained wild beauty. "I'm coming back to see you, again. Don't forget, Opal." "I reckon you ain't lyin', are you, Jim?" Opal murmured, nestling closely in his embrace. "We've only known each other a couple of hours but I feel that I've known you all my life. But maybe you don't feel that way." He told her that he did, and when they parted it was with the understanding that he was to see her again, that they were to meet in that field, near a rustic footbridge, covered with honeysuckles. There was one thing that Jim did do, however, that was strictly honest—he made the appointment for an indefinite time, and said that he would signal her some night by calling like a whippoorwill. He said that it might be a week, and it might be longer. Anyhow, Opal said that she would be waiting. Opal waited. Jim forgot the satchel until he was ready to go. He had to return to the house for it. This absentmindedness indicates that he was really in love with his courteous hostess. His sub-conscious mind dictated to him during his few moments with her, and there beat against the back of his brain the stern realization that he had already committed a crime and wouldn't be able to see Opal again perhaps in many moons. It is, therefore, his honesty and gentleness all the way through with the girl who found his heart in such a brief fashion, that redeems his otherwise blameworthy life. Jim returned to town, entered a poker game and lost one thousand dollars of his stolen fortune. At three o'clock in the morning-word came to him that Mathews was looking for him, and he knew he was in a culde-sac, from which there was leading not a single avenue of escape. He had, he thought, been a fool for not escaping when he had a chance, the night before. There was a river lamplighter in the poker party. He took Jim to one side and told him about the old cave near the Devil's Backbone. Furthermore, he explained that, should Jim ever find himself in need of a friend, he would be that party. Not only would he row him out to the cave in the Mississippi River, but he would keep him well supplied with food also. Then when Jim was ready to make a dash for freedom, he would gladly row him back again, and see that he "received a decent break." All these services de-luxe, the riverman declared, would cost him only one thousand dollars. "And safety at even that price," he added bluntly, "was cheap." Jim nodded his head. To be sure it was. And he was aware that he was going to be greatly in need of the cave's shelter before the sun rose the following morning. So he made the deal. With the riverman he fled through an alley from the cardroom of the saloon, and they reached the river front without molestation. However, they passed two policemen walking down the middle of the street with rifles in their hands. "It'll be the dogs next," Jim's companion whispered. Jim spent four years in that cave, and the only face he saw was that of the riverman who kept his word good. 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THE MUSICIAN riverman take him back to the riverfront, got out of the row boat, and walked coolly through town. No one recognized him. He did not stop until he had reached the house where he had left Opal. He crawled through the deep clover on his stomach, then called into the night like a whippoor-will. While he waited there for her to come to him, knowing that she would, he heard night birds answering his call; heard mating calls; low, piping notes of hidden artists. There was, he vowed, nothing like love. "I have waited for you for four years," Opal said with tears in her eyes, "and now that you are here, I don't know what to say." They said nothing for a few minutes—just stood off and gazed at each other in the grip of love's enchantment. Then she suddenly grew sober. She told him that he mustn't tarry there long. They were searching for him. They had never ceased to look for him. They would never stop as long as he lived. "Good-bye," he told her an hour later. And with a final embrace, and a last warm kiss, he was away, stealing surreptitiously through the darkness, just as he had to her. They did not meet again for twelve years. Jim drifted to California, where he again got into serious trouble. Here he served a prison term. But just as soon as his time was up, he returned to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to see Opal. He reached her side without molestation. But he was not conscious of being followed. He was not aware Acid Stomach Excess acid is the common cause of indigestion. It results in pain and sourness about two hours after eating. The quick corrective is an alkali which neutralizes acid. The best corrective is Phillips' Milk of Magnesia. It has remained standard with physicians in the 50 years since its invention. One spoonful of Phillips' Milk of Magnesia neutralizes instantly many times its volume in acid. It is harmless and tasteless and its action is quick. You will never rely on crude methods, never continue to suffer. 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At Last, Verna Meets a Man who Does Not "Fall" for Her Charms, and Her Confidence is Shaken BEGIN READING HERE WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE— Verna Nash, beautiful, poor but a her mother, to marry Dick Colvin, to his forced attentions by Donald Baxthburg, a nearby city. Donald, irresistibly drawn to Verna out avail. She consents to go to his as a cabaret entertainer in his place. Dick Colvin unsuccessfully attempting adventures she escapes from their his true colors, and is befriendied by a erkegyman, who immediately falls uncle. She refuses to marry Rev. Godfrey being better. She goes to Welch, W. Va., where courted by Dr. Charlie Meyers, promotions she accepts work as maid in the hills. After seven months to Yancey, an artist, who raves over Vera her to come to New York, promising to sometime later, because of meeting for New York. Arriving, she is taken her as a model because of her perfect successful in getting employment from Soon she is making more money than Three months later comes the Best to go dressed as the Queen of Sheba she sings "The Ethiopian Love Song," Ferdinand de Raalbonne succumbs to training of her voice by a great majubilant over her triumph. Verna Nash, beautiful, poor but ambitious, refuses against the advice of her mother, to marry Dick Colvin, uncouth laborer. She is rescued from his forced attentions by Donald Baxter, unscrupulous gambler from Kalesburg, a nearby city. Donald, irresistibly drawn to Verna, lavishes attentions upon her without avail. She consents to go to his town with him and accepts a position as a cabaret entertainer in his place of business. Dick Colvin unsuccessfully attempts to prevent her going. After thrilling adventures she escapes from the unscrupulous Baxter when he shows his true colors, and is befriended by Rev. Hugh Godfrey, handsome young clergyman, who immediately falls under the spell of her mysterious charm. She refuses to marry Rev. Godfrey because she has ambitions for something better. She goes to Welch, W. Va., where as waitress in a Negro cafe, she is courted by Dr. Charlie Meyers, prominent local dentist. To escape his attentions she accepts work as maid in the home of a mine superintendent in the hills. After seven months there she meets his daughter, Margot Yancey, an artist, who raves over Verna's beauty and her voice, and urges her to come to New York, promising to help her if she does. Sometime later, because of meeting again with Dick Colvin, Verna leaves for New York. Arriving, she is taken in hand by Margot Yancey who uses her as a model because of her perfect body. Verna enjoys the work and is successful in getting employment from other artists in Greenwich Village. Soon she is making more money than she ever dreamed she'd earn. Three months later comes the Beaux Arts Ball. Margot persuades Verna to go dressed as the Queen of Sheba. She is a sensation, especially when she sings "The Ethiopian Love Song." The audience goes wild and Count Ferdinand de Raalbonne succumbs to her charm and offers to pay for the training of her voice by a great master. She accepts, and returns home unbilant over her triumph. NOW. GO ON WITH THE STORY THE JET-BLACK GOD Prof. Waldemar Komffort's studio of voice was the gathering place of all those who desired to have the advantages of his superlative instruction. Singers who had already made their mark on the concert stage and whose names appeared in large type in the metropolitan newspapers, came there for additional training. Prof. Komffort's studic was world famous, and in the course of the afternoon one might meet there any number of great celebrities of the musical world. It was exceedingly fortunate that Verna had been able to have Count Ferdinand de Raalbonne to have her enrolled as a pupil and pay for her tuition. Otherwise she would not have been able to get the training afforded because of the tremendous expense involved. Two afternoons a week she came for a single half hour which cost twenty dollars. Prof. Kornfort was unusually attentive to her. A short, bewhiskered little man who made numerous gesticulations, talked interminably, rolled his eyes and flew into a rage at the slightest mistake, he immediately succumbed to Verna's charm and was more polite to her than to many of the great concert singers who took his instruction. She had been attending the studio only three weeks when the fussy little man made the inevitable advances. Would she go to dinner with him? Would she permit him to take her to the opera? Would she accept a box of candy? Each day there was a new request put more earnestly than before. Verna Learns the Game "What shall I do?" she finally asked Margot. "I don't want to offend him, Margot, but I really don't want to be going about with him. In the first place, he's too old and, in the next place, he's not colored and that would make it extremely embarrassing." "I understand," said Margot, comfortingly. "Still I don't think there would be any harm in going to dinner with him at one of the restaurants here in the village or to the opera. After all, Verna, you must remember that Waldemar Komffort, ugly and funny as he is, is a great power in the musical world. By being nice so him you may attain success much quicker than you would otherwise. "We have to use our heads in this world, Verna, and sometimes we must do things that are distasteful. Get me right, now. I do not mean that you should be indiscreet; I merely mean that you should be courteous and tactful. Most women never get anywhere in life, Verna, because they do not use tact. You can keep men ambitious, refuses against the advice of uncouth laborer. She is rescued from her, unscrupulous gambler from Kales-na, lavishes attentions upon her with-town with him and accepts a position of business. It stops to prevent her going. After thrill-ous scrupulous Baxter when he shows Rev. Hugh Godfrey, handsome young under the spell of her mysterious charm, because she has ambitions for some-ble as waitress in a Negro cafe, she isiment local dentist. To escape his atm the home of a mine superintendent there she meets his daughter, Margoterna's beauty and her voice, and urges to help her if she does. Itag again with Dick Colvin, Verna leaves in hand by Margot Yancey who uses it body. Verna enjoys the work and is from other artists in Greenwich Village. In she ever dreamed she'd earn. Laux Arts Ball. Margot persuades Verna. She is a sensation, especially when The audience goes wild and Count to her charm and offers to pay for the master. She accepts, and returns home at their distance, my dear, without insulting them or making them feel cheap." "Oh, I thank you so much, Margot. You have been such a help to me," said Verna, placing her hand on the white girl's shoulder. "I don't know what I should have done without you all alone in this great city, knowing no one." "It was a delight and a pleasure to have you come and to help you, Verna dear," Margot replied. "You have proved yourself every inch a lady and a credit to my judgment of character. Now, tell me, how are you getting on with Count de Raalbonne?" "He's worrying me more than Prof. Komffort. You see he has more time at his disposal than Prof. Komffort and, consequently, it is harder to escape him. He is always asking me to go riding in the country with him, to come to his apartment, to go abroad, and a thousand and one other things. I always have to plead business but I can see he is getting tired of that. I don't know how I can keep on avoiding him, Margot. After all, you know, he is paying my tuition and so I am in his debt." Margot Yancey was thoughtful for several seconds. She had come to love Verna Nash, as had everybody els. in the artistic set of Greenwich Village. She didn't want to see the colored girl get into any difficulties from which it would be difficult to extricate her. And yet she realized that it would not be very easy to avoid both Prof. Komffort and Count de Raalbonne, whom she knew to be two persistent suitors of beautiful women. To them, Verna was an exotic creature, a rare flower to be plucked and then cast aside when withered. "You must meet Wendell Dalton, Verna," she blurted out suddenly. "He'll appreciate knowing you and I know you'll share the feeling. He is one of the finest and most accomplished young men I know, white or black, and certainly a credit to his race." "Do you mean the chap who wrote 'The Ethiopian Love Song'?" asked Verna, a little excitedly. "Yes, I'll call him up and see when he can come down. We'll 'throw' a party as an excuse." Margot reached for the telephone and called a number uptown. Three evenings later, the party was held. Among those present were Fred Watkins, Will Rondoski, Prof. Komiffort, Count de Raalbonne, Augustina de Silva, the great contralto, Myrtle von Bissen, the novelist, Claire Fancher, the beautiful blue-eyed little actress, and a number of others of equal prominence. A three-piece orchestra from Harlem played hot ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—August 21, 1930 The Party the IRRESISTIBLE by WALTER GLASTON Brilliant Negro Fiction Writer A man and a woman sit at a piano, the man playing the piano while the woman stands behind him, looking up at him with a contemplative expression. The background is a dark, textured wall with horizontal lines. Verna was all excited as his long black fingers scampered over the keyboard and brought from it weird exotic chords and strains that brought visions of great palms nodding over a crescent shaped beach carpeted with white sand. Verna was all excited as his long black fingers scampered over the keyboard and brought from it weird exotic chords and strains that brought visions of great palms nodding over a crescent shaped beach carpeted with white sand. music and Margot's maid was kept busy making cocktails from pre-war Scotch. Practically everyone had arrived and the party was beginning to get gay when the doorbell rang and Wendell Dalton was admitted and announced. Verna looked eagerly to see what he looked like, but at that time the orchestra bore down heavily Verna was all excited as his from it weird exotic chords a crescent s upon a "stomp" and several of the men surrounded her. Count de Raalbonne, tall, immaculately tailored, sardonic and courteous, reached her first. "Eet ees my dance, ees eet not?" he inquired with politely arched eyebro- beaming down upon her. "You promise heem to me, remembair?" With sweet reluctance Verna, resplendent in a long, clinging, green evening dress with slippers and jade bracelet, earrings and necklace to match, rose languidly and permitted him to lead her to the dance floor. As she went she tried to get a glimpse of the new arrival, and, falling, she It was ten minutes later before she could shake off the ardent French nobleman without insulting him. Then Margot took her to the corner of the room where the great Negro composer-pianist sat surrounded by a bevy of charming ladies, and introduced the two. long black fingers scampered on and strains that brought vision shaped beach carpeted with w Wendell Dalton was tall, slender, jet black, with pearly white teeth; with long slender feet and hands, and a certain graceful, courteous, indolent insolence about him that was intriguing. He was superior without in any way attempting to be. He was one of those men who unconsciously dominate any assemblage. His perfect command of English and his equally perfect enunciation were arresting. Verna Is Captivated "It is a pleasure to know you, Miss Nash," he said courteously, rising and bowing in a courtly Old World manner. "Will you not join us?" 5 Verna mumbled, with a little awe, that she would. She joined the circle of admiring women on whose outer circles stood a rather envious group of men. Dalton was the center of attraction. As he went on talking, describing his latest triumph in London, discussing the work of Anatole France, commenting on Epstein's sculpture, giving his views on the pro- over the keyboard and brought s of great palms nodding over nite sand. tective tariff with one breath, and on the race problem with another, the assemblage forgot the music and listened raptly; but none more raptly than Verna Nash. What a man! she murmured to herself. Compared with him, all the others she had known paled into insignificance. Komffort was a mere professor albeit a famous one; Count de Raalbonne was a mere wealthy, decadent French nobleman; Dick Colvin, Donald Baxter, Hugh Godfrey, and Dr. Charlie Meyers, all were so Continued on Page Five | THE niost entertaining moments can be spent in follow constructed detective stories with plenty of seeps blood tingle as well as furnish the mind with delightfu lowing the unexpected maneuvers of arch criminals. G and the most ingenious tricks provide the unusual thri Murders.” It will be genuine pleasure to read the cle: ticated, true murder mysteries related by Hubert He detective. This is an exclusive Hlustrated Feature Section fe for your entertainment. 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Verna was all excited as his long, black fingers scampered over the keyboard and brought from it weird, exotic chords and strains that brought visions of great palms nodding over a crescent-shaped beach carpeted with white sand. Then he struck the first bar of his "Ethiopian Love Song" and she lost all of her sensitiveness, her temporary stage fright, her nervousness, and from her throat poured such tones as fairly electrified the little assemblage. A Triumph They sat silent, transfixed until the last note had died and, then as a body, they rose and surrounded her, shouting their congratulations. "Eet ees a mos' remarkable performance; a mos' remarkable transformation," cried Count de Raalbonne, glowing down upon her. "Wonderful! You prove that you have profited from Professair Komffort's instruction." The others echoed his words, especially Prof. Komffort, who glowed and blustered with praise, taking advantage of the situation to press her arm very gently and look appealingly into her eyes. However, it was the praise of Wendell Dalton, for which she found herself waiting. She realized it and her cheeks burned. She fought down this sudden and strange emotion, but, despite her will-power, she caught herself looking in his direction, awaiting his commendation. She found herself wanting it more than anything else in the world. What was the matter with her? she asked herself. Why was she so interested in a man whom she had not seen before this evening? Finally, the composer, with difficulty, extricated himself from the group of women who had surrounded him, congratulating him on the beauty of the song, and came over to where Verna was the center of a worshipful bevy of men. "I think it is quite fitting," he said, edging his way to her side, "that Miss Nash and I should have the next dance together, since we seem to have sung and played to the satisfaction of all of you. What do you say, Miss Nash?" She nodded her assent and they swept off gracefully in each other's arms. It was a dreamy waltz, "The Beautiful Blue Danube," and for the occasion, the lights were lowered, which made the atmosphere eerily romantic. He was as light as a feather on his feet, and danced like a professional. She admitted to herself, with a feeling of shame and guilt, that she would like to waltz in this wonderful man's arms forever and ever. "I think your rendition of my song was wonderful, Miss Nash," he said finally, when she had almost despaired of hearing a word of praise from his lips. "You have the most wonderful control of your voice. You've certainly been well trained, and I must say that it would be a great pleasure to accompany you, if I might, at your first recital." 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He stood in his long black robe, thundering condemnation against the thrill-crazed crowd of young school boys and girls of the city. Instantly, my mind leaped back five years—back to the city in Ohio, where I had been a pleasure-mad high school girl. The bitter tragedy from which I barely escaped flashed into my mind. My one night of supreme madness was yet as clear and breath-taking as any fast moving-picture's climax. "Our sons and daughters are dance-mad, gin-mad, and immoral!" I was no longer able to listen to his condemning words. At last I summoned enough strength to move up the street to my apartment. I have taken up my pen, fully determined to give the world my story, with the hope that it will help some girl determine the difference between love and needless infatuation. dian, and was playing in a well-known colored show at one of the theatres in town. In her daring manner, Billie had somehow met him; he accepted her invitation to the party. He soon began to ignore the rest of the girls for me. We danced together again and again. Oh, how he When I was three years old, my parents migrated from Florida to Ohio, where my father established a successful real estate business. He and Mother had old-fashioned ideas about religion and morals. They even tried to make me understand that dancing was immoral, and a great sin. Under their severe rules of conduct. I was given scarcely any chance to go out and enjoy myself with the boys and girls of the neighborhood. My first year in high school opened my eyes. For the first time I felt the full force of their stern hand of repression. With all the courage of youth, I demanded freedom. The next year I was allowed to atten. a few parties. But I was past eighteen, and a senior in high school when I gave my first real party. I had become the most beautiful colored girl at our school. My long line of boy friends increased daily. With my vivacious, carefree manner, I was soon considered the life of our crowd, which consisted of most of the gay students of the city. ON THE ROAD TO RUIN Yet after all, we were only a bunch of inexperienced school children, trying to hide our ignorance of life in a mad show of excitement and freedom. We observed how a fast set of our white class-mates went out to have a good time. We imitated them, thinking we were becoming ultra-smart. It was not long before we found ourselves in all sorts of difficulties. And I came to realize that I had gone far down the road to ruin and despair. "Everybody knows what Harry Wilson did for Louise. And if you keep on running around with him—you're going to be sorry," Dave Lewis told me one day, coming from school. "What is it to you, if I do?" I snapped back. "I can take care of myself without asking for your ignoran advice." Dave had been crazy about me ever since our first week in school, and I liked him a great deal, too. Everyone called me "Dave's" girl. But finally, like the rest of the girls, I became bored with school boys. We began to spend most of our time with a number of young fellows who were worlring, and had money to spend for a good time. Some of them had cars. It was much more fun for us now, stealing away on long moonlight rides. Billie Burton, a slim little brown skin girl, was my best pal. She was not as beautiful as I was; but was almost as popular. She was the most daring girl of our crowd, and was willing to take liberties of which I was afraid. WANTED TO KNOW LIFE "I have to do it, Peggie," she would tell me, "because I'm not as nice looking as you. The fellows like me because they know I'm a fast stepper, kid." Th downward road is easy. I knew that the depths of midnight might come over my life. Yet I was unafraid in the deep joys of the beautiful, approaching twilight. I wanted to know life. and I thought that I had chosen the best way. * * * * Fate began to weave the silver threads into her net the night on which Billie gave her birthday party. Out of this warm night of late May, Jerry Lawson came into my life. When my eyes first fell upon him, I experienced a delicious sensation rushing through my body. I said, with all my heart, it was love. I was thrilled and madly happy because my dreams and longings had been realized. The man of my heart had come into my life suddenly, and swiftly overwhelmed me with his consuming love. just like the wonderful heroes st. rv books Jerry Lawson was a popular come- ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—August 2, 1930 "What a price we sometimes pay for knowledge! I have written this story with the hope that it will help some girl to determine the difference between love and heedless infatuation," says the author of this soul-stirring episode from her life. THE LADY IN THE LACE I wanted to know life, and I thought I had chosen the best way. dian, and was playing in a well-known colored show at one of the theaters in town. In her daring manner, Billie had somehow met him; he accepted her invitation to the party. He soon began to ignore the rest of the girls for me. We danced together again and again. Oh, how he could dance! He had brown skin and glossy black hair. A dashing, dapper figure he was in his neat fitting brown suit. We were the center of attraction. I “What a price we some ldge! I have written hope that it will help the difference between fatuation,” says the ring episode from her I wanted to know life, and I the knew that my beauty was brilliantly set off by the exquisite, rose pink frock, and my slick bobbed hair. Soon I was drunk with an unknown happiness and vanity. I forgot everything except the joy of nestling closely in the arms of my bronze hero. A BIG OPPORTUNITY WITH A SHOW "Peggie, you're the little golden flowe. I'm searching for," he whispered to me, holding me closely during the dance. "You would be a treat for the eyes of Broadway. Trust me—and this time next month you'll be dancing in the bright lights. No kidding. I mean it, baby." In his charming manner, he painted the glorious future which awaited me. I had beauty; I had a good voice, and I had the gracefulness of a born dancer. And he could see no reason in the world why I should not make good on the stage. It was only necessary for him to say a word to Mr. Thomas, the manager of the show. They needed three new girls for the New York opening; this was my great chance to win success and fame in the bright lights of New York. *** My head was swimming in a haze of glory, when he asked me to go for a ride in his new roadster. He had just bought it that morning. I felt honored in being the first girl to ride in it. And there were countless other girls in the city, pretty girls worrying themselves sick in an effort to win an admiring glance from him. Under a beautiful moon, we rode through the fragrant air of the country hills. In a lonely road we halted. He drew me into his arms. I thrilled to the knowledge of a man's kiss—the kiss of a man who knew what love we. I tried to forget that Dave still loved me; he was only a dull school boy. Jerry meant so much more. "I love you. Peg," he murmured. "I'm going to be good to my little butter-cup." Frightened at his ardent love-making. I drew away from him. sometimes pay for know- n this story with the to some girl to determine seen love and heedless in- author of this soul-stir- r life. ought I had chosen the best way. JERRY SEEMED THE GREATEST FORCE IN MY LIFE "Let's go back. They'll miss us." I said nervously. "All right sweet little girl," he replied, and turned the car back towards the city. I saw him every day after that first night. In the afternoons after school, he took me out on long rides into the country. I became obsessed with the desire to join the show. My school work meant little to me now. I wanted to see New York—and to be with Jerry. "Peg, you've nothing to be afraid of," he told me, the last afternoon he was in town. "I'm going to look out for you like a big brother. You'll never be sorry for taking this great chance." He had taken me to see Mr. Thomas. My appearance, and voice made a good impression. I was the type of girl he needed But I would have to do considerable hard practice on my singing and dancing. I thanked him, promising him that I would join the show in New York the following week. The show had a one-week's engagement in Pittsburgh. I wen' home to tell my parents of my good fortune. At my first word, their anger swept down upon me like a terrific hurricane. "You evil daughter of satan!" my father bellowed. "You've gone mad over this dirty, degrading stuff you see at the theatres. I'll tell you—you're not going to the devil and bring disgrace upon me and your mother." I DARINGLY PLAN TO REBEL AGAINST MY PARENTS Mother was as furious as he was. I knew that I could never be able to make them realize that the theatre was not the devil's play ground. I slammed my books down upon the table, and rushed to my room. The tears of bitterness came in a gushing stream. I felt that my great opportunity to win success and fame was lost. Uck, however, was with me. Billie dropped in to get me to write her English theme. I had learned to depend upon Billie; she was game for anything. "Good gracious, honey!" she exclaimed after I had told her everything "Haven't lost all your nerve, have you? Use your pretty little bean. Jerry — Jerry'll help you." In a short time she had persuaded me to take the daring step. She dictated the note which I wrote to Jerry, telling him of my difficulties. She hurried down town to the theatre with it. At hour later, she called me on the telephone and told me that everything had been arranged as we had planned. Jerry would be waiting for me down the street, at one o'clock. I was going to escape with him! That afternoon I had drawn from the bank my savings fund of one hundred dollars. When twelve o'clock came, my suitcase was packed, and I was in bed, waiting for my parents to fall asleep. Everything wasa s still as death when I crept down the stairs, and slipped out of the house. Jerry was waiting for me, and Billie was with him. Dear little Billie wanted to make sure that I was all right! I fell into her arms, both of us tirsting into tears. I had to kiss her hurriedly; I had but little time to lose. As the roadster dashed forward, I opened my fingers to see what it was she had slipped into them. A ten dollar bill! I felt that I had left behind the best friend in the world. UNDER THE SPELL OF INFATUATION I LEAVE WITH JERRY "You're lovelier than ever tonight, baby," Jerry said as we turned into the main street. "And tonight's all ours," he added. Perhaps if I had fully understood what those words meant, I could have escaped his evil intentions before the car had shot out beyond the city limits. But, as it was, I was concerned about noticing only his handsome face, more fascinating now, because it was veiled in the purple haze of my rosy future. * * * * I did not awake from my dreams until I noticed that we had taken the opposite direction from Pittsburgh. It was then that the terrible fear took possession of me. "No need to get excited, baby," Jerry replied, laughing, when I cried out that we were on the wrong road. "We may go to Chicago, honey. I'm skipping the show. What does a show mean to me now? I've got you, and you're mine tonight." I saw Jerry—the kind-hearted, gentle Jerry—as he really was. And I hated him—hated him with a mad frenzy of bitterness. He had shrewdly won my heart wholly and completely for a purpose. I knew then that I would do anything, nothing was too desperate, before I would surrender to his last dastardly adventure. "Jerry. I can't go to Chicago with you!" I screamed. "Take me back home to my mother—please—please—" M' words only had the effect of exciting his anger. The beast that lurked in his evil soul came to life. "What do you think I am?" he CLASSIFIED ADS DETECTIVES—Travel, make secret investigations. Experience unnecessary. Particulars free. American Detective System. 2190-D Broadway. New York. AGENTS WANTED $17.40 WORTH OF THE WORLD'S FINEST Toilet Preparations and Household Re dies for only $5.00. Protected territory allotted. Agents wanted. Write Link Laborat- ries. Dallas. Texas. asked furiously. "You're all right with me. And if I know little Jerry — he gets what he wants." "I HEARD JERRY'S TERRIFYING CRY OF AGONY" The low-slung roadster was now leaping through the air at a blinding rate of speed. It would be utter madness have attempted to reach safety by leaping from it. Yet I made up my mind to fling myself into the darkness of the night. Anything to escape the evil grasp of the man at my side. I broke away from the arm he had around me, and was about to leap—when Fate intervened! Jerry miscalculated a sharp bend in the road; the dashing roadster leape from the highway into the rocky embankment. A terrific smash of fiving splinters and glass! We were buried under the wreck. I heard Jerry's terrifying cry of agony. Then I was conscious of the piercing pains racking my body. Soon everything became black, and I sank into a deathly unconsciousness. * * * "Oh, my poor child! You've come back to life. You're going to live!" I had opened my eyes to look into the the careworn, hysterical face of my mother. Weeks later, she told me how I had lingered at death's door for three weeks. It seemed almost like a miracle that I lived, with my whole body covered with terrible gashes and bruises. The doctors thought I was already dead when the car of tourists brought me back to the city. What a price we must sometimes pay for our knowledge! But I was glad to know that Mother could sincerely forgive me; and Dave still cared for me, sending me many of the beautiful flowers from his mother's flower-garden. Yet there is still one sore in my heart which can never completely heal. It is the memory of Jerry's painful death beneath the car that night. I can't help from feeling creadfully sad about it. I am sorry that he was not what he might have been. It almost breaks my heart to thin that a man with such noble possibilities took the wrong road down the broad plane of life. But the passing of years have brought happiness to me. "Peggie, how can I wait until June? I love you so!" Dave told me it seems but yesterday. We are going to be married in June. Billie, who is a musical comedy star now, is going to be my maid of honor. Today, five years since my accident, Dave and I are seniors in a northern university. I have his promise that my musical studies shall continue after our marriage. With great expectations, I look forward to my career and the happiness of the most wonderful man in the world. Tonight, I see before me a future of service and happiness—a worthy life which was almost destroyed in th wild dreams of a silly high school girl. PROTECT YOURSELF When You Buy Aspirin look for the Name BAYER It pays to be careful when you buy Aspirin. Genuine Bayer Aspirin is safe as well as sure. These tablets are always reliable—they never depress the heart. Know what you are taking for that pain, cold, headache or sore throat. To identify genuine Bayer Aspirin look for the name BAYER on every package and the word GENUINE printed in red. Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin BAYER Genuine ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—August 2, 1930 THE FASHION SHOW The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a black-and-white photograph of two individuals, but no discernible text or images can be clearly identified. THE FASHION SHOW THE DANCE OF THE WEEK Out in Hollywood Carolyn Snowden (above) is making cameras click with her specialty dance numbers in Fox Productions. --- THE WEDDING Roberta Hyson and Leroy Bromfield in a close harmony scene. Both players have received remarkable opportunities at the Christie studios in California. Don't they make a charming couple? 8 ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ THE WOMEN'S HERITAGE The future Mrs. "Keed" Chocolate. Rosaria Mora, Cuban beauty, who has "flooring" America's smart little