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VOLUME XXIV. NO. 19.
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA, SATURDAY. APRIL I3TH. 1907.
PRICE. FIVE CENTS.
Shall We Go To Africa?
2.)
WUence and how came we here?
is th? question for discussion in this
paper.
So far as the generation which
saw the conclusion of hostilities be?
tween the two great sections of this
country in 13 65 are concerned, it
were needless to discuss this phase
of the subject. But for the benefit
of ?lose born simo that time an?!
many whom possibly aerar beard of
the "middle passage," we shall nave
some what to say.
That the present rn? ^ roes
now living In th? Halted States are
Of natives of Africa who
kidnapped and otherwise got?
ten possession of. brought to this
country ;in<l sold Into slavery la a
fact too patent to I Meet ?
all Ni '?rs of age ,
now living h<
? and BOma of th??;:
sona! ? ice of th? ! mid
dii> passage.
As late as IST?9. tl
fori- klag out of the war be?
tween th? two slav?> s^ii]?.*
with nal I cap?
tured tiy rin?
collila
and brought lato I ?:i harbor,
arhara
? ? h?
of an excursion on a atei
or sail boat The writ ?t saw them
I ?sin?: on th?
plying between Charleston and Ml
xvrr?? finally aent
back to th?> snores of Africa and
turn???! 1?
tured ami i? to the slave
ata in tbe Southern states of
ibis ooaatry or Smith Amerha.
The manner of disposing of ?
;
ship for ; to America was too
horrible for
tory Is history and there is no use
in mincing matter?.
m the bare floors of tho
and apper decks of th??
ships, nrltboa! to sex anil in
e row?
ed alone wit ::i enough
between for the passage of o
: a sip of W.i
of bread. In this era 1 un
oomfo ?.sition without regard
h? calls of nan.
? lied to remain from tli?
barkatlon to the dlaembark
iltant stench and di
filini; fear fai and hut.
died and w era bailed at ?
it is remembered that In those days
it took months for the ci
it may be ima:
must have been the suffer.ng of
these poor unfortunate halaga
This la what was known h
middle passage. After the arrival in
this country came the separatloa ot
near and dear relattoaa the b
ing of human flesh and blood for the
filthy gain of gold. And i?
fail to not.? here, that not only was
the southern white man engaged in
this nefarious traffic but northern
whit?- trtScalartj gaged
in it. together with white p??
almost every nationality upon the
earth.
It was a ruthless, brutal bm
and hardened and brutalized to the
last extreme all who engaged In it.
It is said that the great majority of
Africans brought to this country
came from the Guinea coast and ter?
ritory adjacent thereto.
Be that aa it may, it is reasonable
to suppose that as the bulk of the
people brought here were those cap?
tured in the various and constant
tribal wars and sold by their cap?
tors to the white slave ships whicj
were always hovering about the
coasts, that the supply was drawn
from every part of tbe continent,
and that the present race In Ameri?
ca represent not only the warlike
Abyssinians and Zulus but even A
rablans. Egyptians. Trlpolttans, Al?
gerians and Moroccoans. Of course
these latter in greatly lesa degree,
but they are there all the same.
Prof. J. C. Hazeley. a native Af?
rican Negro who travelled in the U
nlted States in 1878-79 in the inter?
est of the American Colonization So?
ciety told the writer that it waa a
matter of amusement and pastime
for him while walking through the
streets of Richmond to pick out per?
sons descended from the different
tribes of tho African races.
?. M. STEWARD.
?Picnics and suppers! That's
the talk. Mr. N. Winston takes
'phone orders Just as promptly as
he does written ones. Call and a
him.
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WANTED??Young colored woman
In automobile works in surburb of
Chicago to act aa assistant to ladies
who operate their own cars; to learn
to operate cars, to take charge of
cara on shopping tours* etc. Ex?
perience unnecessary but must be
Intelligent, neat, of good address, etc
Transportation furnished. Addrei
WILLIAM HOLLIDAY,
128 William St., Oak Park
Chicago, 111.
-.?j
?Ton may fall down, but you'll
get up again to get a saucer of that
Dnrs r.r*am >nt.4 ??, a*- xf ?-._-?
Major Penrose Declares Soldiers
The Evidence Changed Him. Surprising Hap=
penings at the Brownsville Investigation.
TESTIMONY OF TEXANS IMPEACHED?COULD NOT HAVE IDENTIFIED MEN?MORE ABOUT THE BULLET HOLES.
WERE NOT MADE BY ARMY RIFLES.
WILL THE PRESIDENT REVOKE HIS ORDER?
hlngton I ; rii a. ??'pt ]
Te?' f unuaual Interest wss
given lay la the Hrownsvillo
?? the Benats Com?
?flairs. Che ehlef
?oinniai.
soldiers who aro dharged With
* up" ChB T?'\:is
ii <; ?. no ?raa a
pari nient of
to in\? ahootlag.
? nurse
. by bullets t! ated hous
es In Drownsvilli I > th??
eoaclaaloa that tho ballata eoaN aot
have been fired by soldiers in tho
barracks.
Maj Paaroaa has boon acquitted
jurt-martlal on charges of no
J. A. LANKFORD, M. S.
Architect.
gl?Bct of duty, while the same court
martial found that the men of the
Twenty-fifth Infantry were guilty.
Notwithstanding this finding Maj.
Penrose asserted his confidence now
in the innocence of the men. although
at first he thought them guilty. In
reply to a question by Senator For
aker he said the Negro soldiers had
not been represented by counsel at
the court. Neither Maj. Penrose nor
Lieut. Leckle have been cross-exam?
ined.
MAJ. PENROSE WAS AWAKE.
Maj. Penroae testified that he waa
awake when tbe firing began, on the
night of August 13, and immediate?
ly dressed upon hearing two pistol
shots from the road, he thought, in
the vicinity of the guard house. His
story aa to the shooting, tho call to
arms and for formation and dispo?
sition of the companies during the
succeeding hours tallied with that
told by other officers.
He testified to sending Capt. Lyon
with Company D to patrol the town
and of his return, accompanied by
Mayor Combe and his brother, Joe
Combe, and of their statement that
soldiers had done the shooting. Af?
ter a general discussion between the
Combes and officers of the Twenty
fifth Infantry. Maj. Penrose said
that the mayor naked to apeak to him
privately.
In tbia talk the wltneaa said that
Mayor Combe told him that none of
the men of the Twenty-fifth should
be permitted to enter the town, aa
he could not be responsible for the
actions of ?se citizens toward them
r s as well as
enlisted men. as Mayor Comb?
that I of a uniform might ln
I'le.
Maj Pen ' ?lied that
? uld allow none of his men to
toe ? and would ha
allow rteoa.
tion of 11
and L>< aring let
SHKU.s CHANOBD His mind.
rding to the testimony of Maj.
Penroaa, be did not bailer?
the shooting until the fol??
oralag, a fttaehila
found the clips and shells outside the
garrison wall, at the mouth of what
'is known as the Cowan Alley. His
faallag that the men were guilty was
strengthened by not finding any
marks of bullets in the barracks
walls on the sides next to the town.
The witness detailed his meeting
with a citizens' committee on the
morning of August 14, when a de?
mand was made for the surrender of
the perpetrators of the attack to civ?
il authorities. He told the commit
teo that as soon as the guilty men
could be discovered he would surren?
der them, and that in the meantime
?he was taking every precaution to
prevent a recurrence of the firing.
The latter statement was in response
to questions as to what steps had
boon taken to Insure against Negro
soldiers making another attack.
The direct examination of Maj.
Penrose had not been concluded when
the committee adjourned for the day.
Prior to the examination of Maj.
Penrose. testimony was given by Maj
Joseph P. O'Neil. of the Thirtieth In?
fantry, concerning tests at Port Mc
Intosh, to determine whether It is
possible to distinguish between white
and Negro soldiers and Mexicans
wearing khaki uniforms at night, at
a distance of fifty feet or more. The
evidence was largely technical.
SHOTS NOT FROM BARRACKS.
Lieut. Leckte traced for the com?
mittee the course taken by bullets
which struck houses, and from the
examination he made said that the
CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.
Southern Aid Society's New Home Office Building,
Richmond, Virginia.
A. D. Price, Pr?s. Thos. M. Crump, Sec'y. B. L. Jordan, Assiatant Sec'y.
John A. Lankford. M. 8. and Bro. '
the Noted Negro Architects and
Builders of Washington. D. C. De?
sign Another Larp? Building for
Richmond, Va
Mr. John A. Lankford, the noted
architect was In the city thla week, j
He came to present to the Southern
Aid Insurance Company (Inc.) the,
plans and specificar:;>na for their |
new headquarter building, which will
be located on North Second Street
on the present site of their headquar- .
ters now. J
The plans and specifications were
unanimously accepted It la a beau
tlful building of classical design of
the Roman class, trimmed with
granite and marble, one hundred
feet long and three ?tories high
with basement. The basement will
be need for the eteam beating plant
and storage. Tbe building la en?
tered through a large Roman arch
colonade su ? nor ted with two large
Roman colutane, retting on and a-1
bove the doorway Is a large male
lion carved artistically out of a mas?
sive stone and to the right and left
of the door are two lion heads set in
the walls showing tbe emblem of
strength and beauty combined which
is very appropriate to the Company.
for it is the strongest Industrial In?
surance Comnany in the State of
Virginia.
On the first floor of the building
is the main lobby and borne office for
the company, on the second floor are
the office rooms for the public and a
large Board room and assembly room
for the agenta. The third floor is
completely set aside for office pur?
poses for the public. It will be the
most up-to-date Insurance and office
building in the state for Negroes.
It haa two fire-proof vaults and ev?
ery modern improvement, heated by
steam and lighted by gaa and elec?
tricity, fire escapes and lire gongs
and a complete system of electric
c-ill bella and lavatories are la each
office room and modern plumbing
t with tiled floors
ford and the
itlon.
i. mond
Dr. I>. U"?
lor's
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oui il?
io be
1
?. W.
trook?
line. '
? in this
munlty. Ha baa r his
old friends
Salaried Positions.
men and women
amali bibb na t<? represent us in all
rind pal ? a mi?
For information, enclose
stamp,
-?Olidated Order of Friendship,
Raaaoke, Viratala.
2 m os.
You'll want i? and con
nerles, that's why we an
minding you that Mr. \\ \v.
will fill your order. Seo annouiue
?Mrs. Anna Brooks who u?
weal a successful operation at the
Virginia Hospital has return
her home. No. 1 (? W. Baker ?
She is yet confined to her room.
?There will be a Spanish-Ameri?
can Contest Drill, at True Reform?
ers Hall, Tuesday. April If.. 1907,
for benefit of 3rd St. ?. ?. E and
St. Phillips P. E. Churches. Admis?
sion 2 ? cts.
?Mr. Jam* dervall of E.
Orange. N. J. called on us, no Is here
visiting relatives and friends and
looking over the scenes of his child?
hood.
GAINS?TAYLOR.
The marriage of Miss Sarah Tay?
lor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eze
kiol Taylor, Ellerson, Va. to Mr.
Richard Gaines - ok place April 4.
1907. The bride and groom left
for CoatsvlUe, Pa. their future home.
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Farmer's Conference.
A Farmer's Conference will be
held at the John A. Dix Industrial
School, Dlnwlddie, Va. Wednesday,
10:30 A. M. April 24th, the program
is as follows:
Economic Farming. Mr. A. E.
Bishop of the Agricultural Depart?
ment, Hampton Normal and Agri?
cultural Institute.
Hog Raising, Mr. F. D. Busbee in
charge of the Agricultural Depart?
ment John A. Dix Industrial School.
Progress and Needs of the Negro
Race. Dr. T. Jesse Jonea. Assistant
Chaplain, Hampton N. aad A. Insti?
tute.
The Students Ideal of A Man for th?
President of Virginia Theological
Seminary and G? ?I loge.
The following article appeared In
th.? Chrtetlan Organizer but it did
not appear in full.
record o I
we s? o that It has risen
i ? from
an insignificant school to a col
? f recognition and owinc to tho
racial conditions in the Southland,
Virginia Theological Seminary
he way, and
?? the door of hither education
tbe Negro youth.
Whereas, it I toa Almighty
?'oved
lent, a man of creat Intellect?
ual attainment: an honored son of
profound scholarship
and invincible oratory -tim
? ? the ra I !'? ? aident
and t at her he proved himself able
sat all emergency. As a I
Maat he was a!?:?? to settle all cilf
il 1. As m
>nd to none.
Ha?, ini; !
etude that to ? ' Ian by a man
won Iti b? a reibet ion
upon our dead chieftain, and a mark
work in r?
ai. \ ?lesirlng to
the prim I ? lea of the
. do h? ? known to
ptlon of the
man for the position We believe
that the man must be thoroughly
quelli
1 We d< absolutely n?
lould I??? of
iiii?i inorai standing, aa
pun sible to
? rowth nntl as the Immortal
I only
bo w as not guilty of
:
?
mary
tan who is be
2. We I I of
! be a pr?t f
< h a man In
at this
r the futur.? development of
pi al iti ed is
? curriculum of t.
??ment
in the If aro
for future nd
iry
ml
ri? ninni. We believe that
of a president should be
lids and that
Of friendship and per?
sonal Interest ahoald Mrely
elimini a are
Bra bunded to the
f the Institution.
The tin:?> is fast approaching when
I and
Of the Tr
Hoar?! to elect a ? we hope
that it will be In their Judgment to
a man not wanting in any of
these qualifies \\ .? stand rea ?
support a man having tho above
1 qualifications.
Toara for the perpetuation of the
work.
Tin: BTUDBNT RODV.
Done by the unanimous vote of
udent b<
-???
llalph W. Tyler Made Aaditor for
? \ > Depart ment.
Ralph W. Tyler, the Columbus.
Ohio Negro, whom the President
for a time had In mind to appoint to
Meral office In Ohio, yester?
day was appointed auditor for the
Navy Department at a salary of |4,
000 a year.
Tyler waa recommended for an
Ohio office by Booker T. Washington
the well-known Negro educator, and
the President originally intended to
make him surveyor of the port of
Cini innati. Serious objection waa
raised to this by the people of Cin?
cinnati and the politicians, and the
: t reconsidered his contem
1 action.
it is a matter of history that when
It was announced that the President
had Tyler In mind for the Clncin
offlce, to succeed Surveyor
Smith, prominent Republicans in
that city notified Congressman Long
worth, the President's son-in-law,
that the appointment would be a
mistake and would be received gen?
erally with disfavor. It was report?
ed at 1??? time that such an ap?
pointment might prove embarrass?
ing to the political interests of the
party.
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Springtlme calls for the most pro?
gressive men and women in every
family to look about for a place near
some good town on which to build
a home. This opportunity has been
offered to PLANET readers for the
past three years in Woodville, the
colored people's suburb. Just outside
the capital city of Richmond, and a
galn this year tbe chance is laid be?
fore you through the advertising col?
umns of this issue on another page.
The opportunity to secure choice
lota on reasonable terme doea not
come your way often and by laying
by a little money every month you
can soon pay for at leaat one of these
lots. Read every tine of this adver?
tiaement and then write at oaoa.