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THE RICHMOND PLANET VIRGINIA OCT 11 1930 LIBRARY JOHN ALLEN MURDERS WIFE Takes POISON Direct Fight Vs Approve Record Of Sen. Capper Gets Facts On Ga. Lynchings State Elks Talk Back'To Wilson Fires Four Shots Into Her Body Miss H. Hayes Injured By Auto Willam Pickens To Speak Here Pro-Parker Sen VOLUME XLVII. No. 43 JOHN Direct Fight Vs Pro-Parker Sen OHIO BRANCHES OF N. A. A. C. P. LAUNCH ANTI-MCCULLOCH DRIVE New York, Oct. 3.—Political revolt against the Senators who voted to confirm Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina as a member of the Supreme Court is assuming formable dimensions in Ohio. In that state, on Sunday, Oct. 5, a statewide conference of branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to launch a campaign among colored voters and among liberal whites against the candidacy of Senator Roscoe O. McCulloch, who seeks reelection. Walter A. White, Acting Secretary of the N. A. A. C. is to address the meeting, which is being held in Col will be C. E. Dickinson, president of the Ohio State Conference of N. A. A. C. P. Branches. In amplification of the unanimous resolutions opposing Senator McCulloch's reelection, already passed by the executive committees of the Cleveland and Cincinnati branches, Mr. White is taking with hif to Columbus a statement for submission to the conference setting forth the grounds for the position the N. A. A. C. P. is taking. The statement reads as follows: Readfirming the traditional position of the National Association for the Advancement for the Advant-partisan movement and safeguarding the civil rights of the American Negro, the Ohio branches of the Association in State Conference assembled, Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, October5, urge all eloquent voters of the state to oppose and vote against Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch, who seeks reelection in November. On May 7th, 1930, United States Senator McCullough voted to seat on the United States Supreme Court bench Judge John J. Parker of North Carolina. Judge Parker, as the RePublican candidate for Governor of North Carolina, declared on April 19, 1920, that: The participation of the Negro in politics is a source of evil and danger to both races and is not desired by the wise men in either race or by the Republican party of North Carolina. party Senator McCullough was bessounge by personal appeal, telegrams, letters, petitions and resolutions by the Negro voters of Ohio and did not deny having advocated flagrant violation of the Negro's constitutional right to vote as guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution. He pleas to Senator McCullough by his constituents were made because of sealization of the obvious fact that a voteless people is a defenseless people who can with impunity be lynched, jim-crowed, segregated, denied industrial and educational opportunity or given inferior facilities. Despite these pleas Senator McCulloch voted for confirmation of John J. Parker. He now seeks the support of those whose wishes he honored until flouted. The Ohio Conference of Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, in cooperation with the National Office of the N. A. A. C. P., calls upon all Negro voters of Ohio resolutely to oppose and vote against reelection of Senator McCulloch. "In urging this the N. A. A. C. P. reaffirms its traditional position of non-partisan political activity. In urging opposition to Senator McCulloch it is taking no position with regard to Senator McCulloch's party affiliation. It does urge his defeat upon the sole basis of his vote in the Parker case. In taking this action the N. A. A. C. P. is not affiliating or cooperating with any political party. Its action is wholly an independent one. Planned, financed and carried to consummation solely by the organization itself. The issue is clearly drawn. Senator McCulloch chose to override the protests of his colored constituents and of liberal Americans throughout the country who were against placing upon the Supreme Court a man who had urged, through motives of political selfishness, that parts of the Federal Constitution and the rights of Negro Americans be disregarded. "The Ohio Branches of the N. A. A. C. P. call upon Negro ministers, editors, fraternal leaders, heads of women's clubs and of civic organizations to join in this vital issue. It urges colored voters to put aside party labels, to vote for men and measures and to put the high principle of obtaining and safeguarding the civil rights of the American Negro above New York, Oct. 3.—The record of Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas, who voted against the confirmation of Judge Parker's nomination to the Supreme Court, and who has been a loyal member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is being endorsed to N. A. A. C. P. branches in Kansas, in a letter sent out from the National Office, it was announced today. The letter reads as follows: "To Our Kansas Branches: "Will you permit me to urge upon your Branch that I take especial interest in the candidate of our friend, Senator Arthur Canner." "As you, of course, know, Senator Capper has been a member of our National Board of Directors for ten years. He has also served as President of our Topeka Branch for eighteen years. It has been the experience of the National Office that w have never failed to get an immediate and favorable response from Senator Capper whenever we request any service of him at Washington. Perhaps the most notable instance of his willingness to do all he could in behalf of the Association and the best interests of the Negro was seen in our efforts against the confirmation of Judge John J. Parker as Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. We happen to know that terrific pressure was brought to bear upon Senator Capper to effort to get him to fulfill confirmation. Despite this pressure, Senator Capper stood firm and as you know, voted against confirmation. Senator Capper time and again has proved himself as in this instance to be a tried and true friend of all people regardless of color. "May I express the hope that in the majority which he undoubtedly will receive for reelection there will be included the solid support of the Negro voters of Kansas. "Sincerely yours, (Signed) Walter White "Acting Secretary." Segregation Protest Before Board Segregation Protest Before Board New York, Oct. 3—The Board of Education of the town of New Rochelle, N. Y., at its October 7 meeting, will consider a protest made by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People against location of school district boundaries in such a way as to segregate colored children from white. The National Office of the N. A. A. C. P. has received from P. J. O'Brien, secretary of the New Rochelle Board of Education an acknowledgment of its protest and an assurance that it would be considered at the coming meeting. The N. A. A. C. P. letter in support of the position taken by the New Rochelle branch and states concerning the new districting: "Whatever the purpose of the new arrangement, it seems from the facts clearly evident that the result is to include all colored people in the Lincoln school district and whites in the Webster district, no matter how near the Lincoln school the latter may live. The result is thus segregation and the establishment of Jim-Crow schools in New Rochelle. It is our understanding that following a conference held with the Board of Education by a committee representing our New Rochelle branch, on September 15th, this matter is to be reconsidered by your Board." party affiliation. It calls also upon white Ohioans, who believe that the Federal Constitution should not be flouted with impunity, to register at the polls in November their disapproval of Senator McCulloch's vote for John J. Parker." Contests in Other States Contests in Other In other states besides Ohio the N A. A. C. P. is leading vigorous campaigns against the Senators who voted to confirm Judy Parker, Dr. W. E. Bois, editor of The Crisis, a addressing mass meeting in Wilmington, Del, on Sunday, Oct. 5, urging opposition to Senator Daniel O. Hastings, who not only voted for the Parker confirmation but spoke in its behalf in the Senate. In Providence, Rhode Island, Robert W. Bagnall, N. A. A. C. P. Director of Branches conferred with the officers of the Providence branch at a meeting which voted 10 to 1 to oppose the reelection of Senator Jesse H. Metcalf. RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1930 New York, Oct. 3—An investigation of recent Georgia lynchings made for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, discloses that the victims were entirely innocent of the alleged crimes which occasioned the murders. One lynching, at Hawkinsville, near Rhyne, Ga., was of a Negro whom the sheriff feels sure was innocent of the attack upon a white woman with which he was charged. The Negro was shot six times, one bullet penetrating his lungs, as he ran from a mob which had intercepted the sheriff who was taking him to Eastman, Ga., for safekeeping. The report of the killink of three Negroes at Darien is made as follows by the N. A. A. C. P. investigator: "Two Negroes were seen late at night on the streets of Darien near a bank. The policeman thought they intended to rob the bank and started to arrest them. It seems that there was a running gun battle and the policeman was killed. The Negroes escaped in a nearby swamp; one was captured and placed in jail. In the meantime, troops had been ordered out and had reached Darien and put their machine gun in place, but in spite of the presence of the soldiers and machine gun, the mob went into the jail and killed this man. Later, another man was killed in the woods and it seems to be pretty well established that this man was not in any way connected with the affair." Pushes Case Against Camden Police Pushes Case Against Camden Police New York, Oct. 8—Irving T. Nutt, of Camden, N. J., informs the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that the local N. A. A. C. P. is pushing its fight against brutal police officers who last June 15 assaulted and beat with a rubber hose, three colored men who were riding in a car which collided with that of a police officer. The three colored men were kept in jail overnight without medical attention and discharged in court next day. The Camden N. A. A. C. P. through its attorney, D. Trueman Stackhouse, after vainly appealing to the city commission for dismissal and punishment of the police officers, has now asked to present evidence to the Grand Jury. One of the police officers in question has been suspended because of another brutal beating he administered to a white citizen, and the question of police beatings and police brutality in Camden is receiving front page attention from the local newspapers. The N. A. A. C. P. witnesses were to appear before the Grand Jury on Wednesday, Oct. 1, to testify against the blackjacking police officers and because of the notoriety of the more recent police beatings Mr. Nutt writes that the chances for indictment of the police officers are greatly enhanced. CHINESE PAPER TELLS OF PARKER CASE VICTORY PARKER CASE New York, Oct. 3—Even to farther China does the news of the American Negro's victories penetrate. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has received a clipping from the North China Star, published in Pekin, which tells of the N. A. A. C. P. leadership in the successful fight to defeat Judge John J. Parker's nomination to the U. S. Supreme Court. The Chinese newspaper's story bears the following two-column headline: "National Association for Advancement of Colored People Plays Big Part in Defeat of Judge Parker's Nomination." The story says of the Parker nomination's defeat that it is one of two events that "cast a political shadow." DU BOIS WRITES "BLUE BOOK" ON AFRICAN New York, Oct. 3—Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, editor of the Crisis Magazine and member of the Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has written a "blue book" in the Haldeman-Julius series published at Girard, Kansas, on "Africa, Its Geography, People and Products." graphy, recipe. The pamphlet is sixty-four pages long, and like the other booklets in the series sells for five cents. In view of the many erroneous and misleading statements which have appeared in the Ngro Press of the Country in regard to the attitude of the Virginia Elks to the Grand Lodge Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the World as represented and controlled by Messrs. J. Finley Wilson, Perry W. Howard, Wm. C. Houston and their associated high salaried office holders and in order to allay any apprehension or suspicion that may exist that Virginia's Defense against the aggression, coercion and oppression of this office holding Clan is inspired by any personal grievance or ulterior motive a conference of Virginia Elks was held at the home of Greater Lodge Follage, No. 206 in Suffolk, Virginia, Sunday, October 5, 1930. This conference was issued by W. F. Shivers, President of the Virginia State Association of Elks, the recognized leader of Virginia Elks. The call was extended to all Elks in Virginia regardless of their political persuasion or stray paths. The conference was largely attended among those present being many persons prominent and influential among Elks in Virginia. Particular reference was made to an alleged statement of Atty. Walter H. Land of Norfolk, Va., appearing in the Negro Press of recent date to the effect that the revolt against the Wilson regime was not representative o the spirit and sympathies of a majority of the members of the Order in Virginia, but was being inspired and led by Jas. T. Carter, former Grand Treasurer of the Order for selfish and personal purposes. The greatest latitude was allowed every person present to express his views and to register his opinion by his vote. The Conference authorized by an unanimous vote the following statement to be given the press: Virginia Elks disclaim the authority of any individual to speak for the Elks of Virginia, unless empowered so to do by representative members of the Order assembled in conference for that purpose. Atty. Walter H. Land does not represent the Elks of Virginia, and any statement coming from him voices the wishes of the people for whom he is working in the role of a member of the Civil Liberties Commission. He cannot even speak for the Elk lodge of which he is a member. He has never taken any part nor made any contribution to the upbuilding of Eureka Lodge No. 5 of the upfolk Va. in the past fifteen years, having only been recently recently reinstated in the lodge presumably to reserve the Wilson Administration. He is not a Past Exalted Ruler and has never been elected a delegate to represent Eureka Lodge in any Grand Lodge meeting. The last election in which he ran or a delegate resulted in his receiving four votes out of more than two hundred votes cast in the election. There has never been in the mind of a single person connected with the Virginia State Association of Elks and intention or desire to cause a split in the Order. The sole motive for procuring a Virginia Charter to protect Elk Lodges in Virginia which opposed the payment of an illegal and unnecessary tax. These lodges were threatened with suspension and disruption by Mr. Wilson. This conference avers that it is its fixed conviction that the only excuse for the levying of this illegal tax by Mr. Wilson and his associates was the necessity to replenish the Grand Lodge Treasury delpted and almost destroyed by the extravagance and mismanagement of the Wilson administration in order to meet the $40,000,000 annual payroll. Virginia Elks are simply defending themselves and defying the rights of Messrs. Wilson, Howard and Heuston to destroy them and the results of years of loyal service and labor. Mr Wilson carried Virginia Elks into the courts and must assume full responsibility for whatever happens as a result of that precipitate action on his part. This conference solemnly affirms that the Virginia Defense against Wilson and Wilsonism is not the fight of Carter or any other individual. Carter like all other loyal Virginians has been called to serve a righteous cause and that is, the restoration and salvation of the Order Manie Hill, 31 of 9081-2 North Thirtieth Street was shot and instantly killed at her home Thursday night around 8:30 o'clock by her husband, Lonie Allen. After killing his wife Allen emptied the remains of a Lysol bottle that he had thrown in his wife's face before killing her. There were four wounds in the woman's body. The man was taken to St. Phillips Hospital where his condition was reported fair and he is expected to recover. Lonie refused to make a statement to the police. He made known to a Planet reporter that he couldn't talk because his throat was sore from the burns of the Lysol he had taken: The couple had three children, a girl fourteen and two boys, eleven and eight. The youngest child, John Allen age 8 was an eye witness to the murder. He stated that his mother and father were quarrelling. She was dressing to go out with his father, to face a man he was accusing her of running with. He asked her if she were ready and went out to the wood box. When Lonie came back he found his wife dressed. He had a pistol in his hand. She begged him not to kill her and tried to hold the gun. The woman was successful in procuring the gun, and her husband began to beat her. He then threw the Lysol in her face, leveled the gun and fired at her five times, four bullets taking effect. He framed the bottle and threw the floor. Neighbors stood that the two officers said that that he attempted to kill her two weeks before, when she was badly cut. The children are staying with their grandmother, Mrs. Maud Robinson 2722 N St. Mrs. Robinson had to take to her bed on hearing of her daughter's death. She said her daughter had carried Lonie to Court last Saturday but dropped the case and the two seemed to have started life anew. That was why her daughter wanted to face the man her husband accused her of so that there would be no barrier in their new found happiness. Sergeant A. G. Miller and poiceman C. A. Nunally arrested Lonie Allen on a charge of murder. FIFTH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH CELEBRATING 50TH ANNIVERSARY Fifth Street Baptist Church is in the midst of their Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration, the exercises having started last Sunday, continuing each night and will conclude on the third Sunday. Last Sunday Rev. H. H. Mitchell, the first pastor of the Church was present from Columbus, Ohio and gave many interesting lights on the Church's pastor, Dr. C. C. Scott, pastor is leading the celebration, supported by a committee of officers and members. PUBLISH BALLAD ABOUT NEGRO VESTRI DISASTER HERO New York, Oct. 3—Lionel Licorish Negro quartermaster of the ill-fated Lamport & Holt steamship Vestris, who saved sixteen people after the steamer sank, is the subject of a poem, "Ballad of the Golden Hands of Lionel Licorish," by Sarah N. Cleghorn, in the October Survey Graphic. Licorish's deeds of heroism were published by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People when the steamship company and the ship's officers tried to blame the disaster on colored members of the crew. Quartermaster Licorish was tendered a reception by the Mayor of New York, at which a brief address was made by James Weldon Johnson, N. A. A. C. P. Secretary, and Licorish and the other colored members of the Vestris crew were triumphantly vindicated of the charges made against them. of Elks from the hands of its despoilers. Signed: W. F. Shivers, State President; J. E. Hartwell, Chair, Executive Committee; Geo. W. Millner, Eureka Lodge No. 5; Harrison Dean, Capitol City Lodge No. 11; J. E. Fulford, Berkley Lodge No. 12; R. H. Bland, Greater Suffolk, No. 206; G. W. C. Brown, Greater Norfolk No. 138; Jas W. Porter, Smithfield So. 65; Leon A. Reid, Williams Lodge No. 11. Final arrangements were made for the conference in Trenton, N. J. which will be held October 12, 1930 in the home of Sunlight Lodge of that city. $2.00 PER YEAR; 5 CENTS PER COPY Takes PO Miss H. Hayes Injured By Auto POISON Hayes Willam Pickens Auto To Speak Here Little Miss Harriett Hayes, the daughter of Undertaker C. P. Hayes, 727 N. Second St., was injured when struck by an automobile at First and Leigh Streets. Her foot was badly mangled. She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Janie Hayes, who was also slightly injured by the automobile. Harriett was carried to the Richmond Hospital, where she is under the treatment of Dr. George White. Twelve stitches had to be taken in her foot. Mrs. Hayes was suffering from nervousness and slight bruises. The automobile was traveling West on Leigh Street when it was struck by a North brud street car on First Street. The automobile was thrown on the pavement in front of Sharon Baptist Church where it struck the young gril and her mother. Mrs. Hayes was on her way to visit her mother, Mrs. Martha P. Royal of 105 W. Leigh Street just two blocks from the scene when the accident occurred. Miss Hayes is improving rapidly and is expected to leave the hospital soon. Mitchell Case Set For October 17th The case of Willie Mitchell, who is charged with the murder of Willie Faison was set by Judge Gunn for October the 17. Mitchell was charged with killin in Faison and wounding Smith at Market Inon Labor day following a quarrel. Smith was accidently shot in the arm. Shepherds Held Enthusiastic Meet The Improved Order Shepherds and Daughters of Bethlehem held a very enthusiastic Session on Tuesday and Wednesday Sept. 9th and 10th, at the Morning Star Baptist Church, Baltimore, Md. This being the first Session since 1928 the Delegates seemed very happy to meet again to hear the reports and suggestions coming from The Grand Shepherd, Ora Brown Stokes and her Official Staff which will cause them to create a deeper interest in their respective Communities and Folds. A very inspiring program was rendered on the night of Sept 9th by the Local Committee. The Annual Sermon was preached by Rev. C. A. Cobbs, Pastor of the First Baptist Church Centralia, Richmond, Virginia. The Rev. Cobbs was at his best in selecting such subject which thrilled the audience. On Wed. Sept. 10th, the Phila. Marching Club met with the Marching Club of Richmond at the above named Church, there they formed the line of march and paraded on some of the Popular Streets of Baltimore. The Streets were crowded on lookers and at six P. M. Fayette St. was loomed with the beautiful Uniforms worn by both Companies. The Judges C. A. McKenzie, John A. Hines, John M. Hewlett of Richmond, Allen Taylor of Philadelphia and Thomas Fench of Ardmore, Penn. were on the job and it was readily decided that it was a tie for both Companies were at their best both in Uniforms and Movements. The Grand Shepherd, Mrs. Ora BBrown Stokes heads the official staff. Prof. W. W. Sanders of Charleston, W. Va., was elected Vice Grand Shepherd; Miss Kulah N. Cunniugham, Grand Sect y, Treasurer; Mrs. Mariah H. Jackson, Grand Recording Sect y. The Officers were Installed by Rev. Garnett, Pastor of the Morning Star Baptist Church of Baltimore, Md. Presentations were made to all Secretaries who kept their Folds 100 per cent. Presentations were many. Philadelphia was generous in their presentations to the Grand Shepherd, Ora Brown Stokes. Too much cannot be said of the Junior Choir of the Morning Star Baptist Church who so beautifully served this Convention at their Public Services. The Convention adjourned to meet Sept. 1981 at Bealton, Virginia. On Thursday evening, October 16, the eminent Williams Pickens, Field Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will deliver an address at the Leigh St. Memorial M. E. Church, Fifth and Leigh Streets. Rev. R. M. Williams, D. D., pastor. Mr. Pickens comes to Richmond under the auspices of the N. A. A. C. P. and his address marks new WILLIAM PICKENS efforts on the part of the association to become permanently established here. The N. A. A. C. P. is not a Political organization, nor does it affiliate itself with a political party, but it serves in an advisory capacity and centers its activities upon fighting the wrongs heaped upon colored people. Notable among its achievements was its instrumentality in bringing about the defeat of Judge Parker as an Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. A digest of the principal accomplishments follow: **Lynching—Conducted the first organized, persistent, financed campaign against the Shame of America, getting the facts, publishing them, dramatizing the tale sue before the civilized world, using the of Congress as a form to trumpet its demand for decency and justice. Decline in lynching from 100 per year to 12 in 1929 is largely due to its pioneering.** Legal—Five victories won before U. S. Supreme Court establishing principles vital to all citizens. Has won innumerable cases before state and federal courts, saving colored people from death sentences, long imprisonment, where color prejudice had denied fair trial. Presents extraditions to southern states where lynching or unfairness is likely. Laws—Its attorneys drafted N. Y. Civil Rights Law used as model in other states and it has prevented enactment of anti-intermarriage laws in many states. It is vigilant to prevent passage of laws in Congress and state legislatures that would harm Negro. Creative Achievement—Annual award of Spingarn Medal for 15 years has called world's attention to creative work of Negro in many fields, including art, literature, business, science, military, music, diplomacy, public service. Public Education—Its staff have written more than 20 books. Articles in leading magazines, press service that reaches to the ends of the earth, public addresses and meetings, hundreds of thousands of pamphlet publications, radio programs, have helped to bring women enlightened and sympathetic attitude among public on race relations. N.A.A.C. P. pioneering has fostered the work of other inter-racial bodies. The Association adopts as its program, the Constitution of the United States, and in accordance with that basic law, it further plans to make the Negro. Physically free from tynching and mob violence. Society free from misdirection Politically free from disfranchise- ment. Economically free from discrimination on the job. It asks equality of opportunity in education, equality of treatment in public places and on common carriers, the vote equally with all other citizens of the United States, and justice in the courts irrespective of race or color. The program of the N.A.A.C.P. is the Constitution of the United States of America. Poy Peace ee eo ‘ | | EDITO EDITORIALS BLAME IT ON HOOVER} 0% ect Ss Pin ict (a Me armel “ee RN Ue Ga Sok BN. (er N~ cyte (os, EE La way" oe oa\ We! Br an gg w SAY By eS . EEF 1 aN Ail, Mey Ip’ is Ti JG7 WW aeend 4 big, lol Cee ee Be) iy Pe Ma tf agit, CEN x wh Rei? Nae rg Ny, voll Besse :. Quel INS seo eS a ee ae | Don’t Blame It All On Hoover By WILLIAM CONKLIN BROWN “Don’t Blame it on Broadway”, would have been charged wit ues to be a street slang of New business depression and hard York City, when one had succumbed But could the Republicans tr to the bright lights and their attrac- ly have said the President wa tions and to their sorrow found them ly responsible for such a con selves sadder but wiser. And now the The job of being President i ills of the country have fallen on at its best and it seems the the President. This should not be. President of the United The Presidential job is a nerve- could be spared of uncalled-fc wrecking position at its best, so why cule. blame everything, on the President? Jt is, however, true that Pr To our group will come the cry that Hoover has not taken bold sta he has stood silently by and seen US some of the more important read out of the party in the South, tions coming up during his tw but he has not kept his promise of jn office, but remember C Equal Opportunity.” must past the bills. The Pr From the laboring man will come has at least offered a const the cry that his management has plan for Congress to follow. | caused a country wide depression in titude toward the Negro ha work, From the business man comes been all that we should wish the cry of the business depression. too, we must remember that From the Farmer Will shrmefw Negroes have gone over to t of an unsatisfactory Farm Relief mocati party. ‘The plan tha Plan, From the Ex-Soldier will come President has seemingly take the cry of an unsatisfactory compen ward the Negro has been to sation plan. But after all is the Pres nize in the districts where hi ident solely responsible for all counts. This is borne out by t these ills? pointments he made. So if yo It is a certain fact that had the not paid your taxes and preps Democratic Party been in power it VOTE don’t blame it on HOO Certainly Needed In Richmond! Richmond should welcome the N. is still in the memory of some livir A. A. C. P, official group, which is when the achievements of Richmor scheduled to visit Richmond next Negroes were “writ” high on ¢ week for the purpose of organizing escutcheon of Negro progress at a branch here. Fresh from recent achitvement in the nation. We b victories on battle fronts of pre- jieve that day will come again, ar juidice and race hatred their eT the vitalizing influence of a bran recruits for this army styled as the operating under the National Ass National Association, for_ the Ad- ciation for the Advancement of Co vancement of Colored People. "eG We know that an organization of OTC! Peoplt would go far towa this type is nteded here and we hope atcomplishing this end. that the movement will be success- William Pickens, Field Secretar fal because of this Knowledge, The will head this drive and his popula jocal ch wo aliz- | - ing the Negro’s drive for improve. ‘ty and personality should assure tl ment in his social, political and eco- Successful organization of this Ricl omic life and stabilize the forces mond Branch of the National Ass necessary to be used in such efforts. ciation for the Advancement of Co Richmond has been a puzzle to the ored, People. ‘The energetic Rey. Negroes of other States because they M. Williams is to be commended f¢ expect so much of us and see so his efforts in arranging the meetin Title, In fact, sometimes it seems and making it, possible to organi that Richmond Ntgroes live in Afri- The meeting takes place at Leig ca or “some other seaport” when a Street Memorial M. E. Church ar movement of national import gets on The Planet urges every. citizen to | the swing. ’Twas not always so. It there next Thursday night. STE EEL an IE a ny a PT on Ni San he ies aie Reeth Fete imesh set trae fh q MOORE ST. BAPTIST | CHURCH | West Leigh Street, between Kinney and Bowe Streets Dr. Gordon B. Hancock PASTOR Published every Saterday by Reswee C| Mitebell, at 11 N. 4th St, Rishmond Va. ee ere Ome Year ....--...-.....—-------$8.00 ‘Siz Meaths _.-- 110 Three Momthe All communications intended for publi- eation should reach us by Wednesday. Entered at the Post-oifice at Rlekmond Virginia, as second class matter. RIALS | ies eI Ee would have been charged with the business depression and hard times. But could the Republicans truthful- ly have said the President was sole- ly responsible for such a condition? The job of being President is hard ‘at its best and it seems that the President of the United States could be spared of uncalled-for ridi- cule. It is, however, true that President Hoover has not taken bold stands some of the more important ques- tions coming up during his two years in office, but remember Congress must past the bills. The President has at least offered a constructive plan for Congress to follow. His at- titude toward the Negro has not been all that we should wish, but too, we must remember that many Negroes have gone over to the De- mocati party. ‘The plan that the President has seemingly taken to- ward the Negro has been to recog- nize in the districts where his vote counts. This is borne out by the ap- pointments he made. So if you have not paid your taxes and prepared to VOTE don’t blame it on HOOVER. d In Richmond! is still in the memory of some living when the achievements of Richmond Negroes were “writ” high on the escutcheon of Negro progress and achitvement in the nation. We be- lieve that day will come again, and the vitalizing influence of a branch operating under the National Asso- ciation for the Advancement ‘of Col- ored Peoplt would go far toward atcomplishing this end. William Pickens, Field Secretary, will head this drive and his popular- ity and personality should assure the successful organization of this Rich- mond Branch of the National Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Col- ored People. The energetic Rev. R. M. Williams is to be commended for his efforts in arranging the meeting and making it possible to organize. The meeting takes place at Leigh Street Memorial M. E. Church and The Planet urges every citizen to be there next Thursday night. The Church At The Bar A GENERAL UNREST In several of the churches in Richmond, if not in the State and county there seems to be a general unrest. A pastor recently resigned a large church in Richmond, an effort was made to have another resign but it was defeated, and friction is brewing in still another while nearly all of them are running behind in current expenses, There seems to be no special charge—certainly no charge of immorality against any of the pastors of these restless and delinquent churches. THE CAUSE ‘The cause of the situation in manifold. Among them may be placed the following: 1, Indiscretion on the part of some pastors. 2. Lack of executive ability and training on the part of oth- ers, 3. Weak and small churches which should combine with larger or other smaller ones. 4. Financial depression, 5. Lack of loyalty on the part of the church members. BEGGING It is an annoyance to the public and a reflection on the church to be constantly begging the public and outsiders for money to run the church. If a mission or a church among non- Christians is to be established, then this ought to be supported by other and stronger churches and missionary organizations. But it is more than unwise for a little band of Christiaris to es- tablish and build a new church, in proximity to another church of same faith, and expect the public to pay for the church which these few people persist in maintaining. Many of the churches in Richmond and_ in most cities throughout the State and country would do Christianity a service if they would combine. This lesson seems hard to be learned especially by colored churches. The writer knows instances in which churches have gone down rather than unite, leaving the Surviving members to be picked up by “experience of grace” method for membership in some other church. GIVING If most church members’ religion is to be measured by the amount of money they give the church, they have very little re- ligion. Negro Christians crowd the theaters, wear first class clothings, ride in automobiles, which they own, live in good hous- es equipped with radios and at the same time contribute little or nothing to the support of their Church. Some of these same people even have the heart to ask the church to exempt them from paying “dues.” Every Negro church in the city has a long “delinquent list” Many church members have no sense of obli- gation whatsoever to their church. CHURCH ENTERTAINMENTS Church entertainments have their place. There are still some people who do not care to frequent pleasure resorts or to sit in the “jim crow” gallery of even the best theater. There ought to be some wholesome, helpful church entertainments for these. people and for any others who care to go. The church should be a righteous community center but most entertainments are not given from this view point. ‘The primary aim is to make money for the building fund and even to raise the salary of the church officers. Some people who will not put more than ten cents on the table as a real gift to God will pay twenty-five cents for a con- cert ticket and will eat ice cream and “hot dogs” after the enter- tainment is over. The average church member has not arisen to the dignity of righteous giving unto the Lord. The writer has in mind a certain entertainment which was given in a church in which about fifty characters took part. These people rented their costumes. The cost of the costumes was two dollars and fifty cents each—One hundre and twenty-five dollars. The entertain- ment netted one hundred dollars. ‘The players paid for their own uniform. What was made? If the players alone had given the cost of their uniforms to the church, more money would have been realized and greater dignity fould have surrounded the church. Laws of Ethies Often Broken in Church Entertainments Many people know that in buying from church. entertain- ments they often pay ten cents for the same amount of ice cream ments tn ungodly restaurant keeper would charge only five cents; This is justified by the sellers because “it is for the church. Churches sometimes feel forced to permit entertainments to en- ter their sacred walls that are not in harmony with their ideals. They need the money. ‘These kinds of entertainments “draw the crowd” and the church condones them and suffers in silence. All this is necessitated because the average chuch member pays for his pleasures first and his church last, if at all. THE PASTOR IS A FACTOR ‘The minister is sometimes accused of splitting churches to have his way or to have a job. This may be true in too many i- stances but it is not a universal law. The writer was once pas- tor in a town in which he and many others knew that there were too many churches. 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Few people think of paying a little less for their clothings, of missing a theater or moving picture amuse- ment, or smoking one cigar less or giving up their chewing gum in order that they may contribute a little more money to their church. Few of them take out God’s money first on pay day. From most of them God gets what is left. Many still think of ministers as a set of parasites, dressing fine, eating the best and living easy on high salaries with dona- tions on the side. Few if any prepared ministers, and many who are not well prepared, get what they ought to have. This holds true the country over, especially in Richmond. Richmond has been blest so long with so fine a grade of ministers that she takes merit and talent and service for granted in most instances. Among the best prepared ministers are the most industrious— working to supplement their income rather than beg for increas- ed salaries. Richmond is not a city of high salaried Negro preachers. THE CURE ‘The cure of the situation lies in the removal of the cause. Pastors must be more discreet where discretion is needed. They must become better prepared where preparation is needed. Small and non-supporting unnecessary churches should have the cour- age to unite or consolidate with other small or larger churches. ‘A greater spirit of giving must be manifested on the part of church members and more loyalty must be manifested in general. How to get these things done constitutes the problem. ASHBURN BROTHERS, NOTED LECTURERS AND PREACHERS They raise money for Churches, Lodges, Clubs, ete. Terms Reasonable. Have sorved in all parts of the country in large and small churches, Raised more than $100.00 in one lecture. ‘W. R. ASHBURN, D.D., Pastor Second Baptist Church, South Richmond, Va, JACOB ASHBURN, Jr., Pastor Oakley Avenue Baptist Church, Columbus, ‘Ohio. A Prize to any one who can produce more serious, earnest, practical, laughable, and funny sayings than these two men, Set each lecture is the embodiment of truth and common sense, such as is needed in this modern day and should be heard in every church and community in this land. Both Speakers open for Engagements, Write or Call W. R. ASHBURN, 1704 Stockton St. Richmond, Va. Phone: Randolph 5330 SAYS JOE SIMPSON The Barber Bill Last week the NOT nal and Guide carried an edito- rial in its editorial columns en- titled “North Carolina Barbers Caught Napping,” in which the Norfolk editor had the following to say: “The barbers of North Carolina are awakening to the realization that when the last legislature enacted a measure reglating barbers and barber shops something was put over on them. That the barbers were not more alert, as were those of Virginia, is something not eas- ily understood by the Journal and Guide, especially in view of the high average intelligence of many of the men in the business in Tarheelia. The “health” as- pects of the measure were S0 much stressed by its propo- nents that the barbers _ lost sight apparently of the features that require: (1) A registration fee of $8 per man for the first year and a tax of $3 per man thereafter; (2) That all apprentices shall have six month in practical ex- perience under a master barber before he can obtain a license. The upshot of the fee pro- vision is that during the first year’s operation of the law the barbers paid to the bar- ber board $37,000.00 in fees, $6,000 of which was paid over to the state health department which furnishes a man to do the inspecting. The board and the inspector are all white men who are interested in eliminating the colored proprie- tors of shops which cater to white trade and thereby elimin- ating colored barbers from working on white trade.” Virginia barbers should get an object lesson from the sad plight of the North Carolina barbers as pictured by Mr. Young in this editorial and should bend their every egort and bring into play every device known to them in a strenuous effort to defeat this vicious piece of class legislation when it comes up in the next Virginia legis- lature. The Virginia barbers must not wait until a few months before the next legislature convenes to begin to work on this important matter, they should be whip- ping their organization into shape and strengthening their financial backbone, bolstering up morale of the men and doing what they can to influence as many of the members of the leg- islature as they can in their fa- vor by impressing them with the justice and righteousness of their cause. This all impor- tant work must not be delayed, it must be done now. The Virginia barbers put a gallant fight in the last legisla- ture, one which was commend- ed by all those who were in po- VIEWS OF THE PUBLIC At The Basis Of Lynch Law Lynching is not some “‘evil” sepa- rate and apart from the whole evil of the capitalist system. It is part and parcel of the whole system of capita- list exploitation. Any ruling class, which exploits the masses in the manner in which 12,000,000 Negroes are being ex- ploited in this country, must have re- sor: to all manner of terrorism to “Keep the nigger in his place.” In the most extreme and brutal form of terroriem used against the Negroes. Actual iyuching by rope, stake and ‘hin, by-some mob of wnive hoodlums usually led by white business men, is not, however, the only form that lynching takes. There are many more subtle and deceptive methods, cover- ed with the cloak of democracy, in which lynch law takes its toll. Under the guise of “fighting that horrible lynching evil” the courts are being made to function more effectively against the Negroes. A Governor Gardner can make himself seem more “humane” by offering a reward for the arrest of a lynch-mob leader and ordering an investigation which he knows will bring no results, but at the same time make lynch law serve its function by giving it a legal flavor Thus, in one week, the state of North Carolina executes 15 Negroes. Lyn- chings are becoming too uncomfort- able for the ruling class for they a- rouse too much revolt among the workers, both white and Negroes. Therefore, Let’s do it legally, by put- ting the mark of approval of the state on every lynching. Continually, every minute of the day, the whole system of segregation, and jim-crowism functions as a lynch law process in a thousand and one ways, making the Negro suffer all forms of humiliation and persecu- tions. Making the Negro seem like lower form of humanity, who for some reason or another have not yet attained that degree of higher white civilization which finds such keen de- sition to know anything of the work of their organization, they therefore must not sleep at the switely /and let ‘the excellent work that they have done in the not distant past be swept into the abyss of forgotten things during the sessions of the next legislature. A Sensible Pastor The Moore Street Baptist Church, is to be commended for its wise choice in selecting a pastor in the person of Dr. Gor- don B, Hancock. While no two persors in the world agree on all subjects the eminent pastor of Moore Street Church comes nearer to the writer’s ideal of a live minister than any that we have heard in the city of Richmond, He not only teaches his communicants in spiritual things, but gives them his views on the vital questions of the day, instructs them in the duties of citizenship and gives pointers on how to live a full and useful life on this terrestial globe. We believe that his teachings bear out our contention that if we can once learn how to live, dy- ing will become one of the least of our worries. light in all the delicacies of lynching, makes it that much easier to give him lower wages, the dirtiest work, take his crops away from him, fire him. And if the Negro revolts there is lynch law to deal with him. ‘The increased wave of lynchings this year over las: year—there have been more than tvice as many lynch- ings thus far this year than during the whole of 1929—is a reflection of the increased misery of the masses due to the crisis and their revolt a- gainst these conditions, As the bosses lamp down the iron fist of exploit tion harder, so must they weild the lyneh rope more often. ‘The growing realization of the white workers, under the pressure of the stark reality of unemployment and wage-cuts, that any attack upon the Negro masses is an attack direct ly upon them also, has already hewed a great hole in the wall of segrega- tion. The Communist Party, since its entry into the South, has played no little part in breeking thru the boss- es’ lynch law system, by exposing it and organizing Negro and white workers together. The fight against lynching is a part of our whole struggle against capita- lism. Only by defeating capitalism, by smashingthe whole lynch law sys- tem, can we do away with lynching. No worker must be fooled by the commission of “White Supremacy” professors and editors such as recent ly formed in Atlanta, to survey the lynching system, and utter a few words about the “horrors of lyneh- ing.” The full energies of the white and Negro workers of the South must be devoted to making a success of the ‘Anti-Lynching Conference in Chat- tanooga, called by the Provisional Committee for the South of the Anverican Negro Labor Congress, for November 1, to make it representa tive of the wide and militant masses of Southern toilers. IDEAL SOCIETY NEWS ‘The Reds and Blues crossed their swords in the first stage of the great battle that is on in. the big fall Membership Drive. This inter- esting scene hee at Queen St. Baptist Church. The Red Army un- der Captain Elizabeth Clark, _oc- cupied one side of the church’ while the Blues under Captain Jahn Pur- bis oceupied the opposite side, Devotional exercises were conduct- ed by Rev. E, M. Morris an ardent Red. Opening remarks were made by State Deputy Amos C. Clark. He gave five reasons why one should join the National Ideal Benefit Soc- iety. District Depuy, John Purvis intro- duced the speaker of the occasion who was none other than the dis- tinguished Rev. P, P. Eaton, pastor of Queen St. Baptist Church. His subjest was Unity. He handled his subject in a very scholarly ealight- ing manner. He closed this, wonder- ful address in the midst of compli- mentary applause, A brief spicy inspirational ad- dress was delivered by Bro, Chris- tain for the Blues. He served notice on the Reds that he was inlisted under the Blue color and that this color was coming out victorious in this contest, He was ably answered by Bro, A. G. Alston a Red enthus- jast who said that there was no possibile way for the Blues to win with the Reds lined up under the indomniable Captain Elizabeth Clark supportd by some of the finese workers in Norfolk. Captain John Purbis gave Captain Elizabeth Clark to understand taht the Red Division was hopelessly involved, in the contest and stat that they were losing time if they were work- ing to be victorious in this member- ship drive. General Secretary L. P. James made his report for both the Reds and the Blues, which showed theat the Blues had been out generaled in te tirst stage of the drive by the Reds and had been placed in a _de- fensive position. The Reds and Blue forces will clash arms again next Sunday at Garretts Independent ‘CAn|mutity \Church “onCumbertaris Street near Charlotte St. Rev. R, R. D. Garrett, pastor will be the Speaker. The public is invited to at- tend and witness this battle at 3:00 pm Please keep in mind that on the first Sunday night in November at Second Calvary Baptist Church the Founder and Supreme Master A.W. folmes will appear as the trin speaker in the closing of this Ta rally, Mr. Holmes is a speaker of very rare ability and Norfolk will do well to come out and hear him. In Chesterfield Circuit Court Clerk’s Office, September 27th, 1930 Marie Harris Patram ——Plaintift Against Charles Paul Patram —Defendant In Chancery The object of this suit is to obtain for the plaintiff a divoree a vineulo matrimonii from the defendant on the ground of desertion for more than three years. An affidavit having been filed that the defendant is not a resident of the State of Virginia, it is ordered that he shall appear here within ten days after publication of this order, once a week for four successive weeks in The Planet, a newspaper published in the City of Richmond, Virginia. 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UNION The plans are about perfected for a great conference to be held at Va. Union University, Nov. 3-14. This Institute will be far more than the ordinary conference where "high powered" speeches are delivered. It will be scholastic both in its location and requirements. The courses will be definitely outlined with credit toward a diploma. The two sections of the Institute have some of the outstanding men in the nation as leaders. On the church, rural and city are such men as Dr. A. C. Powell of Abysssinian, New York; Dr. C. A. Ward of Pittsburg, Dr. G. B. Hancock of our own faculty, and another speaker to be announced later. On the Bible, is Dr. W. L. Ransome; on the Life of Jesus, is Dr. J. A. Brinkley; on the Preparation and Delivery of Religious Addresses and sermons, is Dr. Wm. H. Stokes. The Sunday School training department will be headed by Prof. H. S. Hill of New York City Mission Society and Prof. C. H. Pearson, and others to be announced later. Every church worker should enroll for these sessions. The speakers will be thorough, the association will be congenial, and the information will be helpful. Don't forget the dates, November 3-14. Attention Read the Amplifier next week in the Planet. He will discuss the situations as he views it at the Second Baptist Church. Follow his detailed report. --- IF these two houses, absolutely alike in construction, were to be sold . . . which would bring the higher figure? Exactly—the new-looking one. paint manufactures incl cluding Dutch Boy white lead. R. L. WEST & SON Painting and Decorating General House Repairing 4 EAST HILL STREET Richmond Virginia BAR. 2004-5 LYNDHURST, VA. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Brown of Germantown, Penn., were the guest of Mr. Brown's mother, Mrs. Polly Brown also visited lots of friends and relatives. They left for Yavny Mills to visit Mrs. Brown's relatives. Mr. Larance Massie of Pittsburg, Pa., who has been hte guest of his parents returned recently. Mrs. Polly Brown and Mrs. Nannie Massie were the dinneguest of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Massie. Mrs. Sunie Henderson and her grand-daughter, Miss Mary Nois, who spent the summer in Va., left for Elizabeth, N. J., Thursday. Many friends were sorry to see Mrs. Henderson leave. We hope her a pleasant winter. Mr. and Mrs. James Ried of Avon were the Sunday afternoon guest of their parents. Quite a few attended the Woman's Day Program at Oak Grove. Among them were Mrs. M. A. Burden, Mr. and Mrs. Waver Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell, Mr. and Mrs. James Nappier, Miss Kate and Levi Nappier, and Mr. Lyn Jones A delightful program was rendered Mr. W. R. Burden and Mrs. Frank Carter, Mrs. Helen Howard motored to University Hospital, Sunday to see Mr. Frank Carter. They found him much improved. Those among the sick are Mr. John Williams, Mrs. Bessie Brooks. Miss Blanch Brooks left Sept 22, for University Hospital. We are glad to learn that Mrs. Virginia Brooks Jones is better. Warm Springs Men's Day was observed at Mt. Pisjah Baptist Church, Sunday. The pastor, Rev. E. L. Shifflet, preached morning and evening. At 2:30 P. M. a program was rendered by the men, after which a real Gospel message was well delivered by the Rev. J. H. Camp, pastor of Mt. Oliver Baptist Church, Healing Springs. Those taking part on the program from Hot. Springs were Messiah Henry Hickman, Spencer and Charles Henry Fred and Harry Stewart, Prof. J. L. Halliburton and Rev. Luke Jones, Rev. R. L. Harrison of Gordonsville, Va., preached at Mt. Pisjah four nites last week. Rev. Luke Jones was the Sunday dinner guest at La Morrise. Mr. J. T. Morris is moving on nicely with the erection of a new house. Miss Alyce Bolden called on Mrs. Roselia Temples Sunday afternoon. Our school opened on the 25th, with a good enrollment. Mrs. Annie Nelson King of Barber, Va., is our teacher. She has made a commendable beginning and it is hoped that the parents will co-operate with her that much good will be accomplished in our school. I is the dutp of parents to visit the school and each parents should be interested enough in the welfare of their children to visit sometime during the term and see for themselves what is going on. Rev. and Mrs. Isaac Willis of Staunton, Va. were the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pettus last week. Anyone finding a lady's black and white check hand bag at Mt. Pisjah last Thursday night please return to Mr. Thomas Jenkins and receive reward. Mr. William Wright is some what indisposed at this writing. HOT SPRINGS The attendance at the Piney Grove Baptist Church was very good Sunday. Rev. S. Roberson of Covinton and Rev. J. H. Camp, pastor of the Mt. Oliver Baptist Church, Ashwood. Mrs. Jaura Flood accompanied by Mrs. Lucy Jones, Mrs. Kathren Wilson and Mr. Thomas Ellett were the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Virginia Perkins of Covington, Sunday. The Union Hurst School doors opened Thursday morning and a large number of children accompanied by their parents to welcome tech teachers at the beginning of the school term. With Prof. Jackson, Principal of Ashland, Va., and Miss Nelson of Barber, Va. Mrs. Mary Windman of Philadelphia was the guest of Mrs. Charlie Jones. Gladys May of Shufflin' Sam Co. Follow the lead of Glady May, vivacious actress in Shufflin' Sam from Alabama' who says she finds Exelento the most delightful hair dressing she has ever used. EXELENTO QUININE POMADE is the originall It reaches the roots of the hair and gives natural lustre that stays! Stops itching scalp and makes harshest hair soft and pliable. STAUNTON SOCIETY The Girl Reserve Club met Sunday afternoon about 8 P. M. to reorganize the club. After the new members had been voter into the club a delicious repast was served Remarke made by Prof. Crocock and the Sponsor, Miss Hudson. Messrs. Calanthus Jones, Howard Jones, Waldron Jones, Harold Washington, Miss Juanita Miles were visitors in Covington and Clifton Forge Sunday. The "Pony Express" of B. T. W. journeyed to Waynesboro on Friday, Sept. 26, and was defeated by Dupone by the score of 25-0. "Capt." Dunnings and his boys played very good football considering the experience of the line. Some stars of the fray were Caves, Norman, Jones, Dunnings and Williams. Crawford Burns the bounding tackle played well for his first game. Misses Lerna Ellis, Marie Bell, Pauline Bell, Estelle Bolen and Mary Lizzie Jackson spent Sunday in Harrisonburg, Va. IRON GATE NEWS Our Sunday School was well attended, also our preaching services Rev. C. J. Jones preached two women derful sermons, and the Choir selections were good. Miss Rucker visited us sings a very touching song and an interesting address was given by our teacher, Miss Fairfax. Mrs. Nanie Leftwich and daughter left for Johnstown, Pa. on a visit. Mrs. Matlent Hughes left for Lakewood, N. J. to spend the winter. Mrs. Rebecca White left for Washington, D. C., to visit her brother. Mrs. Cora Nollin left for Hot Springs, Va., to spend a while with her husband. The ball game by the Irongate Wild Cats and Spring Wood Nine was well attended. Teh Wild Cats winning the game by a score of six to three over the Spring Wood. Mrs. Harriett Carter is back from Rev. G. A. Boykins returned to Union University after spending the week-end with Prof. and Mrs. J. H. Becks of Park Addition. While in the city he preached at Mt. Zion Baptist. Church and spoke at A. M. E. Church of this city, Zion Baptist Church of Harrisonburg and Booker Washington High School, Staunton. Mrs. Nellie Golden left for Pittsburg, Pa., to visit her son, Mr. Wardron Golden, Miss Lois Golden left for New York last Wednesday evening. She will spend the winter in that city. Misses Jenola and Louise Miles left for Baltimore, Md., last Saturday. The latter to receive treatments at John Hopkins Hospital. Misses Irene and Goldie Brown, graduates of Booker T. Washington High School and Sophomores of Storer College have received positions in the Louisa Schools. The Young Ladies Domestic Art Club will hold their monthly meeting with Mrs. Bessie Crawford on Spring Hill Road, Oct. 13, 1930. The For Get Me Nots met at the residence of Mrs. Alice Taylor, Friday evening on North August St. The Daughters of Ethiopia will meet the 3rd Monday in Oct. Addition, the 3rd Monday in Oct. Miss Ollie Burkes left this week for McHarry to resume her course in Dentistry. She was accompanied by her brother, Mr. William Burkes and Miss Mary Lizzie Jackson. Revival services will begin at the Ebenezer Baptist Church Sunday night, Oct. 5. Rev. C. H. Harris of Waynesboro will have charge. All are asked to attend. The Quartette Anniversary held at the Ebenezer Baptist Church on Friday night, Sept. 26, was well attended and all had an enjoyable time. Mrs. Bessie Brooks of Lyndhurst, Va. is undergoing an operation at the University Hospital. It was state by Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Johnson who visited her Wednesday that she was doing fine. Joseph Roy Wells, age two and a half years old died at his home Sunday 28th, 1409 Stuart St. The funeral was conducted at the S. M. Wilks and Co. Chapel by the Rev. A. H. Whitfield, pastor of the Augusta St. Methodist Church. He is survived by his parents, Mr. Roy and Irene Wells. Burial in Fairview Cemetary. The Farmers Fair of Bototourt Co. will be held at Fincastle, Va., Friday Oct. 3rd. It promise to be very good. Gleanings From Here and There Alex Roberson, song writer and play writer of Brooklyn, N. Y. died in his home in Brooklyn. He has written more than 2000 songs and many plays. He was one of our group that played well his part and passed quietly of the stage. Who will fill his place, And Roland Hayes once Americas greatest tenor, is now a citizen of France. Paul Roberson, once Americas greatest actor is now a citizen of England. These two eminent Americans have renounced their American citizenship, because of its awful prejudice. DO YOU KNOW THEM? AT-TENTION ALL THE JONES Editor, of The Richmond Planet, Oear Sir; Will you please locate for me a family by the name of Jones? I will appreciate it if you have them write to Ida Koodruff, 3803 Hastings Street, Detroit, Mich. EDW. STEWART 203 S SECOND STREET DEALER IN SANCY GROCERIES, FRESH MEATS. VEGETABLES FISH AND OYSTERS. Bishmond Va. PHONE MAD. 1897 SPECIALS MON. & TUES UNITED CLEANERS 500 W. Marshall Street Mad. 4811-W The following articles Cleaned and Pressed 2 Ladies Dresses -- $ 1.25 (Plain) 2 Coat Suits ..... 1.25 2 Spring Coats ..... 1.25 2 Men's Suits ..... 1.00 2 Overcoats ..... 1.50 Men's Suits (Pressed) 35 IRON GATE NEWS Our Sunday School was well attended, also our preaching services. Rev. C. J. Jones preached two wonderful sermons, and the Choir selections were good. Miss Rucker visiting us sang a very eouching solo and an interesting address was given by our teacher, Mrs Fairax. Mrs. Nanie Leftwich and daughter left for Johnstown, Pa. on a visit. Mrs. Matlent Hughes left for Lakewood, N. J. to spend the winter. Mrs. Rebecca White left for Washington, D. C., to visit her brother. Mrs. Cora Nollin left for Hot Springs, Va., to spend a while with her husband. The ball game by the Irongate Wild Cats and Spring Wood Nine was well attended. Teh Wild Cats winning the game by a score of six to three over the Spring Wood. Mrs. Harriett Carter is back from the hospital where she had an operation; she are pleased to say that she received nicely and on the road to recovery. WAYNESBORO, VA. Mr. James Vest and Miss Sallie Mae Lewis were joined in matrimony on Sept. 11th. Mr. William K. Bolton of Braddock, Pa., and Miss Marie Mickens of this city were quietly united in marriage on the 27th. Dr. C. H. Harris officiated. They will reside in Pittsburg. Dr. H. H. Harris has been granted the month of October for vacation On October 5th, he will answer to the Rev. G. H. Johnson's mission at the Shilo Baptist Church in Elizabeth, N. J. He will return immediately to conduct a '0 day revival at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Staunton, Dr. R. J. Pannell, pastor He said. My vacation does not materialize but labor for the saving of the souls of men." The Pleasant View M. E. Church will have a Grand Sea Rally on the 19th of October, Rev. J. H. Holland pastor. The Valley Virginia Iodge, No. 95, held the Reed's Memorial service on the 28th, at 3 P. M. at the Shilo Baptist Church. A number of the members of the I. G. U. O. of Abraham went to Greenwood on the 23rd to assist the Lilly of the Valley Council in a degree meeting. Mr. W. P. Hobson, S. G. P., presided. Dr. L. B. Goodall preached for the Rose of Sharon Club at Shilo on the 25th. Dr. Shilo at 7:30 on Wednesday evening of each week, and you will certainly be spiritually entertained. HARRISANBURG, VA, There will be a Musical chicken dinner and glove social, given at the Baptist Church hall, Oct. the 16th, by the Aid Society to the Hospital Auxiliary. This entertainment is for the purpose of raising money for the Xmas funds. Messrs. Gilbert Rice and Lee Roy Hawkins of Washington, D. C. spent a few hours in this city yesterday, Mrs. Gilbert Rice and Children returned with them afterspending the summer her wih retatives and friends. Mrs. John Morris of Washington is the guest of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry Washington. Misses Marie and Mable Wright, and Mr. Godon Wright were among the Stauntonions who attended the fancy dress ball, given at the Masonic Temple last Friday evening. The Musical Program given at the Baptist Church last Sunday evening by the Sept. Club was well attended, and enjoyed by all. Listen out for the Oct. Club MINTSPRING NEWS Mrs. Samuel Johnson and son, Omie visited Mr. Collins Wormsley West Staunton recently. Mesdames A. L. Crawford and William Lewis returned home Monday evening after attending yearly meeting at Wainwright F. B. Church, Charleston, W. Va. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Steele returned to McKeesport, Pa. Wednesday night after spending several weeks here visiting relatives. They were accompanied home by the latter's niece, Miss Mildred Hunter. Mr. Silas Wright of Cedar Green was here on business Thursday evening. A number of the patrons were in Staunton, Monday in interest of the school. Mr. Thomas Williams and daughter, Miss Rosie of Snyder were visitors here yesterday. Mrs. Ella Lee is having her house remodeled. Unnatural and mucous discharges can be avoided by edestroying the germs of infectious diseases. *@* At all drugstores adies' and Man's Garments Cleaned, Dyed and Repaired in a Superior Manner. Send us your Garments and have -- them Cleaned Clean. Work called for and devised. FULTON CLEANING WORKS 507 Louisiana St., Richmond, Va G. A. Brower, Mgr. Va. Union Topples Va. Seminary Eleven 20 To 0 Dearest Dot. The fires which we sat by last week, convinced us that summer with its enjoyable automobile trips and one-day excursions to Buckroe and other beach-like places had become history. The week-end which just passed brought several social events, which were significant, because of their promises of future occasions. I might begin with the very enjoyable affair which the Alphas staged on Friday night at the home of B. Addison Cephas, II. John Hester remained at the piano and we saw dancing Marjorie Cirus, Thelma Cephas, Anne Ellis, Dorothy Hopkins, Zemoria Wood, Leola Cephas, Adelaide King, Dorcas Campbell, Mayme Sillis, Ethel Harris, Marion Cephas, Laura Westray, Alice Jackson, Elizabeth Clarke, Jeanette Booker, Daphine Lee, Arela Ballou, Wilhemina Bailey, Edith Goode; Novelle Coots, Walker Quaries, Paul D. Morton, Augustus Bundy, Charles Dial, John Cotton, Emerson Fairfax, Fred Ellis, Robert Cooper, Leo Walker, Everett White, Allen Robinson, Profs. Jones and Brown, Eugene Jones, Harold Jordan, George Peterson, William Daniels and others. The new students at Union received the benefit of another stag, last Saturday night, when he Kappa greeted them at "00" A very unique feature of the affair, was the candy which was especially prepared for the occasion. Candy made after the shape of a Kappa pin, and carrying the fraternity colors, Maroon and Cream. The fraternity colors were also carried out effectively in the decorations and menu. The address of welcome was given by Percy Jackson,Dr. J. M. Tinsley is Polemarch. "Dot", I am very dissappointed, in the progress which the card parties are making this year. They seem to be rather slow in re-opening. Usually, they represented, a large number of the social activities. However, the "Just Us" Britz-Club, resumed its activities last Wednesday. Its members are the Mesdames O. B. H. Bowser, D. A. Ferguson, J. E. Edward Harris, Samuel Calloway, Alfred A. Tennant, Edward Lewis and Walter Peyton. Saturday, evening, after the game, Virginia Union versus Virginia Seminary, at the home of Misses Mayne and Mayne members of the social set, again So Declares Richmond Barber Age 73 After New Medicine Relieved Him Williams-Robinson Star In Opener Williams-Robinson Star In Opener Sensational Runs Net Marker in Richmond, Va.—With "Little Gut" William and the seintillating Maxey Robinson in the van, Union Panthers romped rough shoal over the Seminary Parsons to the tune of a 20-0 drubbing Saturday, Oct. 4th, in their initial grid fraacs at Hovey field. Launching a whirlwind downfield attack, after holding the Parsons on the 30-yard stripe, the Maroon and Steel fauntured over the goal posts for the first marker of the game. Ellis Scores Touchdown. While rabid fans shouted an encouraging Fight, Team, Fight, Lloyd Williams, playing his first game in Maroon and Steel grid togs, kicked off to Armstrong, who returned the pigskin to the 30-yard line. Seminary, getting nothing from three successive plunges at an impregnable Panther line, kicked out of danger. Both lines began an exhibition of holding which kept Williams and Armstrong in a kicking duel. Armstrong booting out of danger, kicked to Union's flying ace and Maxey Robinson reeled on flee cleats the first eight yards of a touchdown tornado. Washington hit off tackle for the first down, and Robinson wrangled through opposition for a 28-yard gain. Williams added eight around end. Washington carried it to the fouryard line, and "Neegi" Ellis plunged through for Union's first touchdown. On the second kick-off, Seminary tried Capt. Williams' end, but the Panther leader converted would-be skitters. Two fifteen-yard penalties carried Seminary to Union's 28-yard line as the quarter ended. Launching a second quarter aerial attack, to Union, on Washington's pass to Williams, soared from the 28-yard marked to her own 48-yard line. Robinson added four and Washington started a scoring rampage with a 35-yard ride. A line buck by Williams placed Union on Seminary's 1-yard line. As Williams romped over for the touchdown, the ump's whistle sounded a fifteen-yard penalty and Seminary kicked from the shadow of her goal posts to end the half. Union Scores Two in Last Half. Displaying a new type of charge the Panthers kicked off to Seminary, and Smith, Robinson, Peters, and Capt. Williams nailed Raven before he could budge. Maxey Robinson capped a Parson pass on their 38 chalked strip, and Washington trucked for a first down. Williams brought down the grand stands with a reeling 24-yard run, and Robinson plunged for the second touchdown of the second stanza. Williams carried the extra point. Seminary, receiving Williams' kickoff, punted out of danger, after Union's line stopped their advancer in his tracks. In a series of first downs, in which Williams, Robinson and Washington figured, the shadow of the Maroon and Steel lay athwart the Parson goal post, but the Parsons fought back the charge of the Panther brigade and booted out of danger to end activities in the third quarter. Union failed to complete a forward pass in two efforts, and surrendered the ball to Seminary on her own 22-yard line. Seminary immediately kicked to Robinson on the 50-yard marker. Washington issued a "Forward March" from mid-field, with a first down. Williams took command with six more. Robinson halted with the oval nestling on the Parson 9-yard stripe. Williams hit off eight, but failed to make the yard touchdown distance, and Seminary trier to kick, but Bruce Williams blocked and recovered Seminary's fumble just beyond the goal to score. Williams trucked through for the extra point. With four minutes to go, Seminary tried a hurry-up charge, but the Panther line snarled thrice to end her hostilities. The Timer's whistle found Maxey Robinson eight yards from the goal after an end skirt, to end the fray with Union on the upper end of a 20-0 score. First downs—Union, 15; Seminary, 2. Incompleted forward pass—Union, 2; completed, 2. Seminary, incompleted, 1. The Line-up Va. Union Va. Seminary Peters, L. E. Hutchins T. Robinson, L. G. King Rainey, L. T. Johnson C. W. Horton J. Williams, R. E. Martin Smith, R. G. Taylor B. Williams, R. T. Walker M. Robinson, Q. B. Raven Ellis, R. H. Armstrong Washington, L. H. Wright L. Williams, F. B. Taylor Subs: Union: for Peters; Thurston for Rainey; Kersey; Jeffries. Referee: Trigg (Howard); Umpire, Washington; Lineman, Walker. SOCIETY ...actually 32 medicines in one all work at once After all is said and done, the real test of any medicine is this: Does it make good; does it do what it is intended to do? Konjola the new and different medicine of 32 ingredients—22 of which are the juices of roots and herbs—has answered these questions countless times by bringing astounding relief from ills of the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels, and rheumatism, neuritis and nervousness. See what Konjola did for Mr. Edward Parker, barber, age 73, who lives at 801 North Second Street, after all else tried had failed. Then visit the Konjola Man at the Peoples Service drug store and get all the facts about this entirely different medicine. Be guided in your search for health by the experiences like that of Mr. Parker, who said to the Konjola Man: "I am again in good health, thanks to Konjola. I had lot of trouble with my stomach. Noth- --- FREE SAMPLES GIVEN --- ing I ate agreed with me. Gas formed in my stomach causing shortness of breath and severe thumping of my heart. I suffered with neuritis in my legs and arms until I could scarcely work at my trade as a barber. Friends told me about Konjola. I started using this medicine and was soon on the road to health. Six bottles ended my ailments, built me up in general, and for a man, 73, I surely feel fine. I found the right medicine when I took Konjola, and believe it will do wonders for other sufferers." Remember Konjola contains the juices of 22 different roots and herbs. It is just the kind of medicine your grandmother and great grandmother used. The Konjola Man is at the Peoples Service drug store, 101 East Broad street, Richmond, where daily he is meeting the public and telling the story of Konjola. gathered. I am very sorry, that I can not give you a complete list of the guests, but there were several there whom I did not know, especially members of the team and 'students of Lincoln and Howard. John Hester entertained Dorothy Hopkins, Zemoria Wood, Charlotte Thompson, Jeanette Booker, Adelaide King, Evelyn King, Elizabeth Clark, Irma Harris, Lavinia Cogbill, Thelma Woolfolk, Ruby Jackson, Mildred Lee, Ethel Harris, Daphne Lee, Naomi Hucles, Ollie, Freeland, Shirley Duiguid Ruby JJordan, Wilimena Bailey, Mary Johnson, Edith Goode, Julia Conley. Norvell Coots, Augustus Bendy, Charles Vial, "Red" Parker, "Slim" Peters, Fred Ellis, John Cotton, Robert Cooper, Everett White, Leo Walker, Percy Jackson, J. R. Jicott, Eugene Jones, Harold Jordan, "Bus" Jones, Bernard Scott, Reginald Harris, William Daniels, Wesley Carter Dr. Alphonzo Smith of Lynchburg, and a large group of Lincoln and Howard Students, as well as other Richno nders. The vacation days of October, have not caused people to abonon the idea of travel. "Boy" James for instance is vacationing in New York. Mrs. Kate D. Jackson is visiting her son, Baxter in New York. J. E. Harris and daughter, Ethel with Mrs. Gregory Galvin made a rather quick trip to Durham on Snudy to see the C. H. Shepards. Paul D. Morton, who completed the party was the guest of Mrs. Sarah McCoy. Hardy Brothers Orchestra filled an engagement over W. R. V. A on Saturday. You know that Coleridge Davis is pianist and they are playing at Lincoln Colonnade this season. Little Harriett Hayes suffered a painful accident on Friday night at First and Leigh Streets. She is registered at Richmond Hospital. Annemae Hutchins and Ruby "Stew" Jordan, both of Norfolk spent the week-end with Anne and Mayme Ellis. Annemae is teaching at Irvine and "Stew" is a senior at Union. At the very colorful and elaborate card party given by Mrs. J. B. Darden of Petersburg, Richmond had seven guests in the person of Mesdames Grgory Galvin, Willis Pettus E. Warren Jackson, Joseph Hayes Harry Greene, Beecher Taylor and Robert Scott. It seems pathetic that we have to mention the death of Leslie Derritt, former student of Virginia Union University, who had entered the Howard Medical School, and forced by illness to leave. His funeral in Staunton was attended by Mrs. W. H. Hughes and daughter, Helen, Professor Gordon B. Hancock and Robert P. Daniels and a committee form Zeta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi. The Thomas Barretts are living at 109 East Leigh Street. The "Bill" Furgusons, recent additions to matrimony, have opened the doors of their bzungalow, 1209 Idlewood Avenue to their many friends. Mrs. Carrie Daniels will be glad to see her friends at the home of her son, Professor Robert P. Daniel, Porter Cottage, Virginia Union University. Everett White was in the city over the week-end. Jonathan Harris of N. First Street si visiting in New York MARRIED Andrew Taylor, 22, Nessie Jackson 18, 1328 North 30th St. Replying to your Western Union telegram of October 2nd, requesting me to advise Lawyer Coleman that his mother was at the point of death and to come at once. Our Investigating Officers report that this man's name does not appear in either our City or Telephone Directory and that they were unable to obtain any information whatever concerning him. However, a copy of this letter has been sent to the Richmond Planet, a colored newspaper of this city, who, in all probability, may be able to get in touch with him. The Booer T. Washington High School opened its night classes Oct. 6. The attendance exceeds annually the last year number by a large margin and with a highly new spirit. Msr. Annie Hurdle, a prominent leader in social and religious affairs of this city is recuperating from an illness which has confined her to bed for several weeks. The Queen St. Baptist and the Jerusalem Baptist Churches will hold a joint revival meeting this week at the Queen St. Baptist Church. Rev. P. E. Eaton, pastor of Queen St. and Rev. A. Hobbs, pastor of Jerusalem Baptist Church will conduct the services. MR. EDWARD PARKER 801 North Second St. Barber Age 73 elieved Him with me. Gas formed in my stom- tness of breath and severe thump- ert. I suffered with neuritis in my until I could scarcely work at my barber. Friends told me about Kon- City, Mary Johnson and Julia Conley found Richmond rather pleasant over the week-end. Dr. Alphonzo Smith of Lynchburg wsa here in interest of the game on Saturday. He was in attendance at the Alpha Dance on Saturday night. I hope I have given you an idea of the social features for this week. If I have made any omissions I will be delighted to include them in my letter to you next week. LOCAL DEATHS Willie Johnson, Columbia, Va., age 12, died September 25. Francis Wilson, 2721 Sildon St., age 61, died September 28. Ragland Lee, Route No. 1 Box 60, city, age 24, died September 28. Cora D. Tyson, 21' E. Duval St., age 41, ided September 28. Lavinia Ceherry, 319 S. Harrison St., age 50, died September 30. Laura Williams Davis, 2901 M St., age 59, died September 30. Robert Roads, 916 St. John St., age 74, died October 2. Elsie Logan, 209 S. Randolph St., age 42, ided October 2. Sarah Rhoden, 916 1-2 N. 30th St., age 60, died October 2. Jonh Roger Jackson, 1320 N. 27th St., age 24, ided October 2. MARRIED Richard Dabney 32. Louise Anderson 22. Church. Va. Robert L. Hayden 60, Bettie Hackney 58, 31 Midlothian Pike. Frank Bingham 56, Mary Sheu pard 49, 100, E. Hill, St. paID 4b, 16, 7b paID 4b, 16, 7b Grade 32, Enlinee Gilchrist 17, 1105 Grayland Ave. William Greene 21, Ivy Anderson 21, 2028 Luninburg Ave. BLAKES NEWS Sunday was a lovely day. Services were held at Ebenezer Baptist Church and was largely attended. Mr. Charlie Peterson motored to Zion Baptist Church Sunday afternoon and was accompanied by Miss Marjorie Cooke and Miss Ida Smith. They report a very pleasant trip. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Robinson and children William and Hannah, Mr. A. F. Brooks, Mr. Bretty Jones and Miss Nettie M. Smith was the guest of Mrs. Earl Hudgins Sunday afternoon. Mr. Earl Hudgins was the guest of his father, Mr. John R. Hudgins of Bohann Sunday. He found him quite feeble. Mrs. John W. Cooke is very much indisposed. Quite a number of people called to see her Sunday. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. O. Ferguson and son Leon, Mrs. Mary A. Brooks, Mr. J. R. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Burrell, Mrs. W. E. Cooke and children, James, William and Ruth. Mr. and Mrs. Vandorn C. Cooke are the proud parents of a little daughter, "Boydie Alice" Mrs. Andrew F. Brooks spent Monday with her daughter, Mrs. Earl Hudgins. It still continues dry, but we are in hopes of having rain soon. 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The meeting will be followed by a sight-seeing tour which will include a visit to Oberlin and other historic places in the Western Reserve. Prominent persons of both races are very much interested in this meeting. Upon the request of Miss Jane E. Hunter of the Phillis Wheatley Association, and Mr. Alonzo G. Grace, of the Adult Education Association of Cleveland, the Association decided to meet in Cleveland this year. These persons have, therefore, fore the thinking elements of the city that a warm welcome and a profitable stay may be assured. Working to this end, the citizens thus interested have organized a Committee of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History with the Honorable Harry E. Davis as chairman. Other persons on this committee are Dr. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard, Mr. Henry M. Busch, Dr. Charles H. Garvin, Honorable John D. Marshall, Dr. Arthur S. Scott, Mr. Russell W. Jelliffe Miss Jane E. Hunter, Miss Mildred Chadsey, Mr. Harold T. Clark, Mr. J. E. 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ROGERS North Pole Was A Negron” neced autor “LMIS IS TMC SLOLY UL @ ANLELY who accomplished a task at which the human race had been striving in vain for more than 2,000 years. ‘The first ever to attempt that feat ‘was Pytheas, a Gree™, in 325 B.C. but he perished in the ice with L his companions. Since then the roll of brave men wh) tried it has been a long one. Frobisher, Perry, Rose, Rae, Ingefield, Kane, Greely, Nan- sen, Amundsen. Among those to lose his life with all his companions was the gallant Sir John Franklin. Of course, the greater part of the credit for the discovery of the North Pole belongs to Admiral Peary, but had there been no Henson, there might also have been no Peary, and the voyage to the Pole might have ended as scores of others had done. On Henson developed the duty of attending to details. These were so difficult, unusual, and intricate that neglect of the slightest one might have meant disaster, and perhaps death for all. As it was, the goal was reached only after twenty years of the most gruelling labor. Peary and Henson! The names are inseparably linked. Peary was the right ee the left. Matthew mder Henson was born in Charles County, Md., August 8, 1866, of poor parents, and belcngs to that hardy race of adventurers who have made civilization what it is today. While others stayed ease- fully at home, they went out across uncharted seas and deserts, or into primeval forests and unknown lands, risking their lives among wild and savage people and undergoing a thousand dangers more often than not for the sheer love of it, thereby increasing the sum of human know- ledge. An Early Adventurer From the first, Henson showed the stuff of which he is made. At 17 he shipped as a cabin-boy on a ship bound for China. The next voyage he sailed as an able seaman, a grade usually reached only after several years of apprenticeship. At 21 he attracted the attention of Peary, then only a lieutenant in the United States Naval Service. Peary himself, one of the greatest men of all time, at once recognized his worth, and took him on as his body- servant. It was in this capacity that he went with Peary on the expedi- tion to Nicaragua, but Henson rose until he was second in command of the expedition When it left America for the North Pole in 1908. In 1891 he started with Peary for his first taste of the ice. The Pole was not reached until 1909. In the intervening years, Henson lived for the greater part of the time, a life of hardship of which the average human being can have but the faint- est comprehension. ‘Think of the discomfort of an un- heated apartment when it is but 20 degrees above, and then try to imagine, if you can, what it must be like traveling for months and months with the thermometer at from 20 to 65 below, sometimes in raging bliz- vards and sleeping in ice-huts, the floors of which are eternally cold. For food, no nice juicy steaks but pressed beef, hard as plug tobacco, stale biscuits, and the steak of tough dogs or the sickening fat of seals. No arctic clothing that as ever been devised can keep out the cold and there is the ever-present danger of frozen extremities. Freezing of the nose and the whole of the face is an ordinary occurrence, for there are cer- tain parts of the face that cannot be covered. Try to do this and your breath, congealing on the covering, will freeze the covering on to your face, taking the skin off when you attempt to remove it. Lost Eye and Toes Sometimes you put your hand to your face and find it covered with Fighting the frozen terrors of the North where toes freeze and snap off like icicles, clothing cannot be removed for months and where the wind cuts the face in- to a frozen mass of blood, Matt Henson, second- in-command of the Peary expedition con- quers the forbidding North Pole. . . | — BX ee Me ke See . e cere ce a a . i be - — a ek | . ee &, gz oes as 4 a. lc oe ae ey ee bo ae [oe a ey i. oS 2 oe ee Pea ca EE hee ee 3 ie oe hog . 0 ae 1 saad ee one Ps Eats Se gee oe : oa i : . : ie i : ee é : ee es er ~ ep nee { Ss xe eS. BL. eget e eS me Rye a OE 3 ad ee : Vie Fr “eee... i ess! Tg “ee - Ngni? — | Fe Shas oe fe, ey nied pe ‘ es . ee ps gt; ee : Be RS ee ee ee a! a 3 : S Ye THA ee oe oh = aA oe a. Va ce : = fF Ba, iy Pt || Benes ae i : Sa dl Ae wes a) 8 eT | = ae © hl RC ee cng fae) fee & a ee 2 2 ae . ue a 4 i oe P og Pe “ bi - u ES | ie : be os. i se . el 2 eo ge 3 ‘e (aes Pe WS : D a ee Ne ee. a Keo Bo lem a ag ag MATT HENSON, shown above, of the Bronx in New York, is the only man living to set foot on the North Pole. He still treasures some of his Arctic mementos, including a pair of snowshoes pictured above, that carried him over the frozen wastes of the north and the map by which the pole was reached being included in the lot. Mr. Henson is now living quietly with his wife and grandchild, finding that his reminiscences provide ample enjoy- ment to his declining years. {A picture of Henson and the treasured map will be found on page 5). : driving the particles of granulated zation, but the black darkness of the Or if it does not come together, a ice through the skin. You'll discover sky; no sound but the snapping of sudden wind comir u_ might take that no razor in the hand of an un- ice-mountains, making new moun- away the part on which you are skilled barber can ever be as bad as tains, or the crash of huge bowlders standing, and you will be separated the wind. Henson lost an eye in this of ie ae up By wid ane a from your companions forever. manne:. hurtling throug] e air. On and On iy this vast frozen dé ‘Again, you might stump your toes @ far as the eye can see nothing but roiance is your eee at they mle against a block of ice. You forget it the white pitiless desolation of the jable to attack by a mysterious oat later when you pull off your boots Arctic eager to make your body one aiease, which wipes them off; or you'll take out your foot minus your With itself, forever. your food gone .:u may be forced toes. They had been frozen and had There are other dangers. They be- to eat them. S snapped off like icicles. Peary lost»set you at every step. The ice is all of his toes except one in this liable to crack in spite of the cold Must Not Remove Clothes manner and woe to the man or boat caught For weeks, perhaps months, you No radios, no cinemas, no street im that crack. The ice might come cannot take off your clothes. Bathing ears, none of the comforts of civili- together again and grind you to bits. is impossible} and the vermin breed- zation, but the black darkness of the sky; no sound but the snapping of ice-mountains, making new moun- tains, or the crash of huge bowlders of ice picked up by wind and sent hurtling through the air. On and on as far as the eye can see nothing but the white pitiless desolation of the Arctic eager to make your body one with itself, forever. There are other dangers. They be- set you at every step. The ice is liable to crack in spite of the cold and woe to the man or boat caught in that crack. The ice might come together again and grind you to bits. UUW Ges NOL Come Weelicr, & sudden wind comir u_ might take away the part on which you are standing, and you will be separated from your companions forever. In this vast frozen desert your sole reliance is your dogs. But they are liable to attack by a mysterious disease, which wipes them off; or your food gone .;u may be forced to eat them. Must Not Remove Clothes For weeks, perhaps months, you eannot take off your clothes. Bathing is impossible; and the vermin breed- bones ts tetera rotten dat Back at home the folks after a week’s cold snap are impatient for the spring. For you there is always ice and after the day's work with every nerve in ; our body aching with fatigue, you have yet your ice-hut to build. Yield to that compelling de- sire to sleep but for an instant and you'd lie down never to wake again. Under these and often worse condi- tions you plod on with the accumu- lated weariness of the days in con- stant peril and anxiety with no sure knowledge of reaching anything else but death. For what is your goal? A question mark. Yes, Arctic exploration is perhaps the most difficult task man can at- tempt. It calls for the utmost in physical endurance, courage, and de- termination. It is at least as danger- ous as war, and more uncomfort- able. On that first voyage to the polar regions, Henson tasted of every hard- ship and danger that had fallen to the lot of the explorer, save death. But in 1893 he was back with Peary, and again in 1895, '97, '99, and every other expedition until the Pole was reached. He says: “The memory of the win- ter and summer of 1894 and 1895 will never leave me . . . the recollec- tions of the long race with death across the 450 miles of the ice-cap of North Greenland in 1895 with Com- mander Peary and Hugh Lee, are still the most vivid,” On to the Pole On July 6, 1908, after 18 months of preparation, the expedition leaves Long Island Sound, N.Y., on the Roosevelt. % oe It is a body of fine, strong, up- standing men, all athletes and giants im the pink of condition. They have been specially picked and the white race has nothing finer to offer in the matter of physique. There is George Borup, breaker of athletic records; also Captain Bart- lett, himself a polar veteran; Prof. McMillan; Prof. Marvin; Henson, the only colored person, is a small man in comparison but he is as tough as rubber. He had led the simple life and has trained for the task. Above all, he has the practical experience. He is 42. He, as was said, is second in com- mand. The bulk of the most neces- sary work and all those finer details and trifles, which might make or mar the expedition, had been left to his care. Among these are the making of the sledges, which is very, very impor- tant. Henson has designed a sledge which is superior to that-.of the Es- kimos who have been making chem perhaps for centuries. It is now to be seen in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. All has been so well executed that the Commander is immediately pleased. Death, Ono by One At last the Arctic is reached and the weeding out process begins. Mem- bers of the party begin to yield un- der the strain. The first to go is Prof. McMillan, a good-natured giant, “the life of the funeral.” George Borup, the athlete, three Es- kimos, and 16 dogs follow. After them goes Dr. Goodsell, who is no longer fit to travel; Prof. Marvin dies and is buried. The pick of the pick go on cut- ting through the ice and snow aud climbing over mountains, advancing and retreating to advance, fighting their way against the terriffic forces of Nature over paths untrodden by human foot, and undergoing each day punishment such as no prize-fighter is called on to endure. At last the survivors reach 88 degrees north, the furthest point reached by man after more than 2000 years. It is 2 degrees to the Pole—132 WHITE LAUGHTER Carl Meets Toto who Makes Him Forget Chicago, and Perhaps Antoinette . . 2 INSTALLMENT SIX Although Bogo towered head and shoulders above him, Carl felt a sharp resentment at his order that he leave the plantation that night. In spite of the giant's hard words the youth answered boldly: "I'm not going anywhere!" With a quickness surprising in one of his bulk, Bozo seized Carl in his enormous grasp, shaking him fiercely. Carl felt his senses leaving him. "I show you you cain't fool with me," the drunken Bogo muttered as he lifted him slowly above his head. Suddenly his great body went rigid. A cool voice at his back spoke. "Let Carl down—and let him down easy, big boy, otherwise I blow your back out with his yere six shooter!" The giant felt the hard pressure in the small of his back but more than that he feared the lashing keenness in the other man's voice. Slowly he set Carl down, then elevated both of his hands. Hotshot's voice came again crisply. "Now hightall!" Without a backward look Bogo plunged into the woods, and for a brief moment they could hear his great bulk crashing through the heavy underbrush. "Whew!" Carl breathed in deep relief. "I thought I was a goner, sure!" "Boy, ain't you got no sense a-tall?" Carl's friend scolded. "What you want to buck up to that gorilla like that for? Why, he was gonna bust yo haid against a tree!" "Seems like I did act foolishly," Carl confessed sheepishly. "But that big guy got my goat telling me to leave this place. I'm going to leave soon, but I wouldn't let him run me away." They moved away toward the small cabin where they lived. "I didn't know you had a gun, Hotshot," Carl said as they made their way out of the woods. "But I'm sure glad you did." Hotshot gurgled joyously. "Boy, 'at warnt no sho' nuff gun," he chortled. "That was only a stick I poked into that big guy's back!" The sun poured down its fierce heat in a white brilliance that made Carl's eyes ache. As he watched the slow-moving, bent figures crawling between the snowy rows of cotton he wondered at their hardihood, their imperviousness to the heat. The great, snow-white field stretched in front of him, and had it not been so hot, he could easily have compared it to a winter snow scene in Chicago. The cotton, free of the dreaded boll weevil and favored by the weather, was almost shoulder high. It burst its confines and flooded out richly from the enclosing bolls with lavish opulence. Carl lounged in the doubtful shade of a huge slatted cotton wagon which was in the process of being filled. Before him sat the tripod under which hung the cotton scales. He was grateful that he was not one of those dark figures out under the intense sun, and during a period when none of the pickers came up to have their pickings weighed he fell to thinking of Chicago and his future. A "Fair Weather" Friend He had not yet heard from Anton Bigal the banker. He had written him several weeks previously, telling him of his plight and asking about the position which the latter had promised, but no word had come. "Fair weather friend," the youth told himself contemptuously. However, Bigal or no Bigal, he would return to Chicago and show them what he could do. He would find a position somewhere, and then he'd forget all about this experience which was holding him enchained on this lonely Louisiana plantation He laughed to himself at the thought of how he would tell of these things which had happened to him, seemingly so long ago, but in reality, just a few short weeks past. He would tell them how he came ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—October 11, 1930 In the field Hotshot is at once accepted because of his ready wit, and familiarity with the other pickers. Carl, however, holds aloof because he is unable to "speak their language." Hotshot becomes friendly with Big Sally after he has proved his ability to pick four hundred pounds of cotton. with Big Sally after he has proved his ability to pick four hundred pounds. That night Carl writes to Anton Bigal, the Chicago banker, telling him of his plight, and asking for a position in Bigal's bank. He also writes to Antoinette, his sweetheart in Chicago, whom he thinks he loves. He tells her he is eager to leave the Barre plantation and return to her, but he finds himself oppressed with the sense of some splendid thing about to happen to him. Hotshot lives with Big Sally, but Carl pressed with the sense of some splendid thing about to happen to him. Days pass and Carl finds himself enjoying life on the plantation. Hotshot lives with Big Sally, but Carl is not shocked by this as he is gaining a new understanding of the relative values of morality. However, he himself refrains from love adventures in spite of the fact that several of the women show liking for him. One night Carl and Hotshot sit in the shadows outside of the scronch circle listening to the singing and watching the dancing. Elmira dances, and when she is through, Bogo takes her in his arms. Peco resents this but when he argues with the giant, Bogo Knows it. Hotshot tells Carl that Bogo resents the fact that Carl has been made weigher, as Bogo wants to be foreman, and he is afraid Carl is hurting his chance. As they are about to leave Bogo appears and tells Carl that he must leave the plantation that night, threatening to break him into pieces if he refuses. A man and a woman stand under a tree, looking at each other. The man is facing the woman, who is slightly turned to the side. The woman is holding a book in her hands. The man is standing slightly behind her, with his hand on her shoulder. The background is a rough sketch of a tree with branches and leaves. He halted as though he had been shot, a frightened smile broke over his face. down seeking his parents, and after two narrow escapes from death or serious injury had ended up as a cotton weigher on a plantation. He would also tell his friends about the love making among the cotton pickers. They'd get a kick out of that. Folks didn't seem to worry about getting married. They just worked all day and laughed and sat and danced and made love all night. Increasingly he found himself wishing he could talk to them as one of them. "Lo, boy," a deep gruff voice spoke close by his side. Unheard, SYNOPSIS he accepted because of his ready wit, and because he is unable to "speak their language" with his ability to pick four hundred pounds. On Bigal, the Chicago banker, telling him also writes to Antoinette, his sweetheart, to leave the Barre plantation and return to elendid thing about to happen to him. He self enjoying life on the plantation. Holding a new understanding of the relations in spite of the fact that several it in the shadows outside of the scorpion dances, and when she is through, he with the giant, Bego knocks him down. Presents the fact that Carl has been man hurting his chance. As they are about station that night, threatening to break Carl rose to his feet, handing the cotton tally book to the tall, white haired man who sat his shining black horse so proudly. "Fine, Colonel," he answered. After a brief scrutiny of the book the vigorous looking old man returned it to Carl. "I'll say it's fine," he rumbled. "Best cotton crop I've had in years. No weevil or nothin' this year!" He squinted out over the vast white field, his eyes lighting with pride, and with something warmer Weli-Known Fiction Writer and Author of "THE DARK KNIGHT" Coolnel Barre was in appearance and action every inch the old Southern aristocrat. The last of a long line of Barres, he clung to his out-of-the-way estate stubbornly, even after his neighbors had given way to modern innovations and had sold their plantations to more progressive folk. With the workers on his farm, all of whom were dark, he was invariably kind and fair, and no one could come on his place and molest them. Now his eyes rested again on Carl. "Son," he said abruptly, "how would you like to keep my books for me? Take charge of the whole shebang, lock, stock and barrel?" The youth shifted uneasily. He knew that the blue eyed old aristocrat liked him, and he hated to tell him that within a week or two he would be leaving the place. "That'd be fine, Colonel," he stammered, "but—that is, I was thinking of going away." "Away!" the old man roared. Then he snorted. "Where in damnation would you find better treatment than you get here?" he inquired, his already florid visage growing deep red. Before Carl could answer, he spoke again, and this time his voice was softer, kinder. "I sure would like for you to stay here, Son," he said, a strange wistfulness tinging his words. "After all, I'm an old man, and," he added significantly, "I've neither kith nor kin." He paused to let that sink in, then added, "Of course there are a lot of things that you and I understand without putting them into words—things I couldn't say to anyone else on this whole confounded plantation!" Carl Reconsiders Carl nodded silently. Since he had come to the place he had conceived a queer affection for the old man, in spite of the fact that according to all the tales told up North he should hate the man, and all others born below the Mason-Dixon line. He found himself toying with the idea of remaining on this beautiful, alluring old plantation, then he brushed the idea aside ruthlessly. His mother had wanted him to be educated and to become somebody worth while in life, and here he was considering doing just what she had hoped he would escape. "Whyn't you get yourself one of these here wench—pardon, son,—women, and stay with me?" the Colonel asked again, a note of almost pleading creeping into his voice. "Maybe I will, at that, Colonel." Carl evaded. "I'll think it over." To his relief Elmira and another woman were dragging their plump cotton sacks up to be weighed. "Hi, there, Elmiry!" the Colonel shouted, as though he, too, had been conscious of the tension between himself and Carl. "And how you been, Susie? Still havin' a good time with that no 'count ole man of yours?" The women smiled up at him, and made flippant replies that seemed to tickle the Colonel mightily. Wheeling his big horse so that it pranced on its hind legs, he galloped away in high spirits. "He's a sight, ain't he, Susie?" asked Elmira. Although her words were addressed to her companion, her bold black eyes were on Carl. When he weighed her cotton she found a pretext in a broken shoe string to remain behind while her friend hurried back into the fields. "Mistuh Carl," she said softly when she had arisen, "Why you treat me so cold like?" "Do I treat you cold, Elmira?" "You treats me colder'n a snow storm, Mistuh Carl," she assured him, "an' I wants to treat you warm. I — " "Lo, Elmira," a new voice intruded. It was a deep, rich contralto with a thrilling quality about it that made Carl's heart leap before he even saw the speaker. A frown flitted over Elmira's face. "What cha say, Toto," she replied, a little ungraciously. "When you get here?" "Oh, I've been here three or four days. Restin' up," she added significantly. She was regarding Carl with obvious interest. "See you got a new weigher," she hinted. "This is Toto, Mistuh Carl," Elmira said, a shade of sullenness darkening her face. When Carl turned and faced the woman he knew at once his haunting sense of expectancy was fulfilled. What he had been waiting for had happened. "Glad to meet you," he said in a low voice. Tote's skin was the color and tex- Continued on Page Three Suppose There Were No Force of Gravity— ```markdown ``` The northern portion of the Moon. The crater-like formations are now believed to be the result of meteors striking the surface at terrific force. Because of the lack of gravity there is no atmosphere that would ordinarily burn them up as is the case on our own Earth IF IT WERE NOT FOR GRAVITY this would be a funny world. Stones thrown would hit us in the back, say the scientists who point to the moon by way of illustration. By ANTHONY WAYNE Remove the force of gr world. As, for example, the A man on the moon can and strike himself in the back around the globe to do it. Remove the force of gravity and you have a strange world. As, for example, the moon. A man on the moon can throw a stone, or shoot a gun, and strike himself in the back, the missle going all the way around the globe to do it. Scientists have figured out some strange results that might be obtained if the gravitational pull was lessened. On the lunar planet of the earth this strange force is about one-sixth of that on the earth, in fact say the astronomers it is too weak even to hold an atmosphere to its surface. out of the way of his own bullet. The Big Bertha had a muzzle velocity of 5,250 feet a second, or 1600 meters, only 255 feet less than the initial velocity required to encircle the moon. If the speed was increased to 7,785 feet a second, the projectile, on the other hand would send the shell out Such, in fact, is the diminished force of gravity on the moon that 75 millimeter guns, which have a range of from 5 to 8 miles on the earth, would shoot from 230 to 280, miles if there. The "Big Bertha" which threw shells into Paris from a distance of 72 miles, would have a range on the moon of 2,250 miles, over one-quarter of its circumference. Dr. F. E. Wright of the Geophysical Laboratory of Washington has figured out that the flight of a projectile fired on the moon at zero elevation, or perfectly level with its surface, would travel right around and hit the gunner in the back. If a shell were fired at a muzzle velocity of 5.505 feet a second, it would skim around fast and furious and the gunner would have to get vibration and you have a strange moon. throw a stone, or shoot a gun, the missile going all the way out of the way of his own bullet. The Big Bertha had a muzzle velocity of 5,250 feet a second, or 1600 meters, only 255 feet less than the initial velocity required to encircle the moon. If the speed was increased to 7,785 feet a second, the projectile, on the other hand would send the shell out into space never to return and outside of the range of gravitational control of the moon. Moon's Craters the Result of Lack of Gravity. It is this lack of gravational pull that has produced the craters that we see on the moon, Dr. Wright believes. Without gravity there is no atmosphere. For example, the materials hurled into space by volcanic action comparable to those on the earth, instead of falling back into the crater as with us, are flung far out. This is what gives the cleanly-chiselled appearance of the moon's volcanoes. Some astronomers believe that the appearance of volcanoes are caused not by great inner fires, but by the effect of meteors that penetrate the --- ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—October 11, 1930 Moon's crust to some distance, producing intense compression, which rebounds elastically, ejecting a quantity of material. If a meteor travelling at such speed were suddenly stopped as in collision, there would be great heat that would melt the meteor and the rocks all about, free the gasses shut up within them, and even volatilize some of the material. This would produce an explosion. Thus, looking at the moon, it can be believed that the large craters that the telescope shows, are largely, in one way or another, the result of the lessened force of gravity. Our earth encounters numerous meteors in its flight through space. Most of these heavenly bodies are burned up and consumed as they are pulled through our atmosphere and have but little effect upon the surface when they finally reach it. However, if the earth were like the moon, lacking an atmosphere, these meteors would come with terrific force, strike the surface and throw up great quantities of soil. It would be very similar to the effect produced by dropping a large stone into thick mud, which leaves a hole and piles up in a ridge the mud all about the edges. Thus after all, our moon may never have had any lively volcanoes on its surface. It probably isn't a dead sphere at all. It has only one lack—it needs some gravity. With this essential and very common force, it would have an atmosphere and probably be a delightful place upon which to live. WHITE LAUGHTER WILLIAM T. SMITH Continued from Page Two ture of rich brown velvet, and her softly oval face was framed by a mass of silky, deeply waved black hair. But the most startling thing about her were her cloudy grey eyes, long, and heavily lashed, and these, set in the dark beauty of her face gave the effect of a bit of clear sky unexpectedly seen through an opening in dark clouds. Her mouth was wide, generous, with a full, finely carved lower lip and a thinner, sterner upper lip, both the color of blooming poppies. Toto, a Beautiful Specimen Toto turned to Elmira. "You c'n run on back out to th' fiel's now, honey," she said, as though she were conferring a favor. Elmira seemed on the verge of making a sharp retort, but Toto's imperious eyes were upon her, and they were unsmiling. Elmira dragged back into the field without a backward glance. At once the grey eyes were smiling again. "How long you been here, Carl?" she asked easily. A soft hot breeze had arisen, and it whipped the woman's thin dress around her, outlining a body whose loveliness was breathtaking. Apparently slim, the exquisite mould of her belied her slightness and hinted at a supple completeness. "About four weeks or so," the youth managed to say between dry lips. "Kinda bashful, ain't you, honey?" Toto smiled into his eyes. Carl swayed a little drunkenly. "You—you're beautiful," he gulped. "You're kiddin'," Toto laughed, displaying twin rows of sparkling white teeth. She came close to Carl and laid her slim dark hand on his arm. "You mustn't kid Toto," she said in a tone so intimate it made shivers of pleasure race up and down the man's body. "Here! What's all this yere?" a guttural voice inquired roughly. Toto looked up calmly. "Why, Bogo!" she exclaimed. "What you mean 'what's all this yere'?" she mocked him cleverly. The giant scowled at Carl. 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Deliberately Carl weighed his cotton and marked in his book. "Come on out in the fiels with me a while, Toto," Bogo ordered. "Come out in what fiel's with who?" the woman asked with cool insolence. "How do you get that way?" "I'll show you!" Bogo snarled, stepping toward her. Carl started for him, but Toto needed no help. With a movement so fast as to be almost invisible, she whipped her hand into her bosom. There was an audible click, and a long, thin bladed "switch knife" protruded straight at the giant's heart. He halted as though he had been shot. A frightened smile broke over his face. "Aw, cantcha take a joke?" he muttered placatingly. "Not offa no jokers!" Toto retorted. Then she said sharply, "Now you get on back in the fiel' where you b'long, you big ape!" Bogo glared at Carl, then turned and stalked away into the fields, muttering savagely to himself. Hotshot had come up during the exchange of words between Bogo and the woman. "Ole boogie man's mad agin," he grinned. 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I do not mean that the lad was inclined to be a rowdy; but I want you to know and remember this: all red-blooded boys have fights and make enemies, and then have some more fights until they reach the age when they learn that discretion is the better part of valor and become cowards and law-abiding citizens—even as you and I—who take an insult rather than be brought before a court of justice for disorderly conduct. He had allowed sentiment to interfere with his fighting. He had insulted the fans by permitting a man to stay to the end. Later when asked why he had not finished his man when he could, the lad only replied: "I did not have to knock him out. He was beaten and was not even dangerous. Wasn't it better to let him last to the end than hurt is record by having a knock-out Or; perhaps it was Johnnie's own mistake to tell the world that he was a prize fighter when he had not even thoroughly acquired the rudiments of the art. Be that as it may, it was Johnnie who received the beatings and it was Johnnie who was a wiser and better boy for the receiving. The thrashings taught him that he could not whip everybody: there were some people who could give him just as good as he had hoped to give them. Improved by the results of his mistakes, Young Larkins blossomed forth in a preliminary under the direction of Al Hereford, the promoter. No, he did not fight under his own name but chose a pseudonym. It was a six-round affair—Hereford said, "Six rounds or less"—with the veteran Gans as third man. In this bout, Johnnie proved that he was of championshop caliber. His lightning-like left found a mark on his opponent whenever it left Johnnie's side. A terrific right hook shook his man from his head to his heels. In fact, there was little to it in that bout but Johnnie. And his opponent could not hit him with a bag of rice. He would step inside of swings; turn just enough for a jab to slide by; block uppercuts; and always be going away when what was intended for a jolt landed lightly on his brown body. For five rounds those who had the good fortune to be present saw a Gans in miniature. Then came that terrible sixth. Brown, the opponent, realizing that his only hope for victory lay in a knockout at the last minute, came from his corner like an enraged bull, and bore in upon his adversary with what would be called in legal circles murderous intent. Young Larkins was rushed into a corner and had much difficulty dodging hooks and jolts that were intended to put him to sleep. Then suddenly the sound of leather and flesh coming in violent contact sounded about the hall. Brown reeled and leaned on the ropes. He had been the recipient of Johnnie's most vicious blow of the evening, a hard right jolt to the body. Instantly Larkins was upon him and the crowd was yelling at the youth to finish him. 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He was beaten and was not even dangerous. Wasn't it better to let him last to the end than hurt is record by having a knock-out scored against him?" The man who asked him was a hardened old veteran of a hundred moons. "Say, kid, you can't mix that soft stuff with your mitts," the veteran came back. "If you expect to stay out in front you want to get as many kayces to your credit as you can. Any time a man gets a chance to put you to sleep with a glove he is going to do it and let your record go hang. Get that!" "Yessir," Johnnie replied politely and began to wonder why one must kill a man in order to satisfy the fans. In truth, he had a great horror of being knocked out himself; and he reasoned that if he did not knock out a man, no man would try to knock him out. This he reasoned in spite of that vain try of Brown's in the last round. "My boy," said Gans the next day, "You did well, very well, for your first fight. But you must learn to finish your man when you get him as you had Brown last night. Just clip 'em on the jaw and the quick money is yours." "Yessir. But I'm not after the quick money. I want to beat the man who beat you. That's all." "Umph," grunted Gans, "You'll learn some day." But once since then did Gans say anything so prophetic and that was when he stood at the side of the ring in which Jeffries was to give an exhibition and say that he believed that Johnson would whip the big champion. Truly enough, Johnnie did learn and it was a serious set-back to his way of thinking. He had travelled along nicely beating every person whom he met on points. Not once did he try to knock out a man, and for that matter, it was never observed that he even caused his opponent's head to rock or his body to cave under the impact of his blows. Just before Larkins was to learn the memorable lesson, that Gans had prophesied, he entered a boxing tournament. 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His steady eyes with their clear whites and his even breathing and spotless skin were the evidences which bespoke his fitness. There was the usual calling the principals to the center of the ring for instructions, the introductions of the men and the announcement that had become famous wherever it was heard—"This bout will go six rounds,—or less." His opponent on this occasion happened to be the only man who stood between him and the colored featherweight championship of the Southern States, Henry Dorsey, the fastest man in two states. At the tap of the gong the two men were after one another in the center of the ring. They clinched and there was heard a buzz-saw patterning of gloves. If one had been able to see, as the referee saw, one would have seen blows landing on the shoulders and elbows of Larkins, with lightning-like rapidity while the gloves of little Johnnie were beating a tattoo on the body of Dorsey. Continued on Page Eight STRAIGHT BLACK HAIR at ONCE! 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Still yelling, I tumbled over the side onto the metal floor, positively unable to stand on my feet. Mr. Turner, Mr. Heaton, Mr. Brown—all flattened out on the floor and crawling around. Suddenly there came the most eerie noises. Ten million monsters, seemingly. Mr. Turner crawled over to the larger of the tubes, peered through it then with shriek dropped to the floor and wiggled his way across the floor to his own iron "coffin," thrusting his hand within. Immediately the box-like room trembled violently. My eardrums boomed like the bass strings on ten thousand cellos. We flattened out on the floor and lay prone. Eternity after eternity. Time and Suddenly the gloves of Larkins changed their course and started to rip fast and accurate uppercuts on the chin of his opponent who immediately proceeded to tie him up and hold him helpless until the referee parted them. That was the fastest bit of milling the people thereabouts had ever seen. In fact, it was so fast that they could not see exactly what was taking place. All they knew was that there was some furious mixing going on but who was taking and who was giving was a question that none could give his honest opinion on for they simply saw gloves flying and two men causing them to fly. For instance, listen to some of the talk that the little mix-up caused. "They can't go like that for long. One of 'em will drop from exhaustion." This, by the way, came from a seasoned fight fan who had seen the best that the United States had produced. "No, maybe. But who got the worst of it?" asked his neighbor. "How in blazes am I gonna know who got the worst of it?" "Gee but that boy can travel! Just see him go!" blurted a youth. "What are you talking about? Both of them guys are going some," retorted his listener. "Umph," grunted Gans. "This is a hum dinger to look at. 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If they do not suffice, I will only add that as referee of that bout I had all the fear in my heart that I might miss some of the blows landed and be forced to give the unpopular draw—or worse still, give the decision to the wrong man. I did that once and am sorry until today for my head bears the evidence in the form of a scar of my error made because both fighters wore white trunks. Well, let's get back to the progress of the bout. The referee—I never meant to tell you that I refereed that bout but like many other things we say when we become enthusiastic, "the cat got out of the bag"—the referee parted them and then followed what I considered the most scientific boxing I have ever seen. See the outcome of this exciting bout Next Week!