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.P-iiilmlinl Rt«ry Saturday by John Mitchell, Jr.
*V North fourth Street, Kicliiiioml. V».
EDITOR. - JOHN MITCHELL, JR.
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SATURDAY.AUGU8T 4, 192^
•’eopie. who amount to anything can
net live on “Easy Street.”
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Vou may abuse the preachers a'l
you warn, but they stUl retain a pow
er'al influence upon the masses.
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Somct meb, the outlook is dark and
gloomy, but th;s should cause no halt
ing in the onward march. God is over
us all.
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''Vhen you lose one friend if you
arc trying to do right, God will raise
up another to the place of the ore
lost
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"lie political outlook is mixed.
Thi se, who are winning local victories
have not enough, following to win nat
io. al ones.
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Some people are so sensitive that
they do not know how to get along in
this world and they are all the time
mirerablt.
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t olorod folks, do not lose heart. God
is not dead, despite the many aggra
vations and persecutions, to which we
are being subjected.
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iie polite and obliging. Our white
friends are on the increase*, even
though somp of our white enemies arc
most active
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We are of the opinion that those,
who have had the moat dealing with
out people will agree that tlie great
est enemy of the Negro is the Negro.
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People, who climb high must expect
to he targets for tL(ese, who have been
outstripped rn the race of life. Never
give up. Press onward to the goal of
success and all will be well
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Many people grumble. Just to h.o
grumbling. In many Instances!, they
them selves ore the most miserable.
There aj-e enough aggravations in
this life t» keep one grumbling all the
time
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We thank our friends for respond
ing to our call for money. That sent in
n'w is reaching us when our expenses
are heavies*. "We had hoped to gen<I
personal letters of thanks* hut we are
ft r behind in this task. May God bles3
the senders.
*>oe of our contemporaries com
n'°nt* upon live fact that the last vo
port of the National Association for
th? Advancement of Colored People
8.10W9 a marked reduction in the cir
dilation of the New York Crisis. Thu.
shows thtat the officials of that great
organization will te’l the truth and!
will not doctor the reports. If tli*1
great work accomplished by that or
ganlzaMpn r ill not tend to show to
ocr people that its work and its puh'l
Cc-tions should be liberally supported
then it Is a reflection upon the oolor
©■• people them 'H'es and no.' upon
tlie organization. Secretary Jcnies
Weldon Johnson has proven himself
to he tire right man In the right place.
H1* tireless, energetic watchful fr
ferre in behalf of the fundament,il
rights of the rat*- has drawn the a<<
miration of every right thinking citi
zen in this country. We do not always
agree with ttV positions of some o'
our gnoups. but it is a self-evident
fact that the New York Crisis should
be liberally uppor»ed and that th :
subscription price should be ;n reas
ed. It caunid h' successfully operated
ai as low a ? r>e as tlie management,
is now charging. It Is one of the best
poiiodlcals ' vrr placed before our
people.
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The following report was unanimously adopted
by the Baptist Ministers* Conference of Richmond
and Vicinity, Dr. Evans Rhyne, Presidents
w ^ . July 23, 1923
We your committee submit the following report
In keeping with your appointment last Monday we have made a careful investi
gation of the matter brought to us by the Hon John Mitchell, Jr. with reference to the
fifty per cent waiver so as to make the Mechanics Savings Bank solvent We there
fore report to you that we deem it advisable to encourage the members of this Confer
ence to advise the depositors, as far as practical and possible, to comply with the
requirements of the plan, to the end that the Receivers be removed from the Mechan
ics Savings Bank.
.. .i Respectfully submitted,
E. Payne
P. J, Bradford
T, J. J, Mosby
J.S. Johnson
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W. E Stokes
. S. P. Robinson
W. T. Johnson
Committee.
GENERAL WOOD’S TROUBLES.
Gov. General Leonard Wood is hav
ing some trouble in the Philippines
on account of ba attitude towards
the independence of the islands over
wliich hie has charge. The administra
tiv( department of the government*
lias resigned as a protest lo hi* alleg
e ' disregard of Philippine .sent'meiii
and the leadeia of the movement have
dodded to make an appeal to Presi
dent Warren G. Harding1, whose poli
cies, Dr. Wood is carrying out. They
mVbt as well make an appeal aga'n
to General Wood himself, so far
any hope of relief is concerned.
Filjpino independence is the prod
uct of an hk*a and a platform advaur
ed by President Woodrow Wilson
who saw in the adoption of this policy
a thance to avoid a war with Japan
and embarrassing entanglements with
the rest of the world. He would not
have been able to put into operation
this just proposition had he remain
ed. President, any more than presi
de? t Grover Cleveland wao able to
make good b s promise to the late
queen for reimbursement on account
of the rape of the Hawaiian Islands of
wntch she was at one time the recog
nised head, or President Harding was
able to keep his promise with refer
ence to the Liberian Loan, which I?
now “sleeping the sleep, that knows no
waking’’ in the United States Senate
They can continue to agitate an !
appeal to the Conirots. W’hen they sue
cord in eonvbrt’ng or ohanging the
porn hi r branch of the Government,
the rest is easy. There is no doubt :n
the world but what w»' should get out
of the Philippines, but to get the peo
ple of this country to realize that it is
in the nature of a powder magazine* a
spark which may engage us fn an
other war-like conflagration is artotn
*r question. The people of this coun
try want peace. The politicians want
more exploitations and more offices.
The I*li lippine representatives have
a jab, on their hand<s and so have the
ruhvd States of America.
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PitESIOKNT HAKDI«G DEAD.
The death of President Warren (*■.
Harding at San Francijseo, Thursda/,
August 2, 1923 at 7:30 P. M.. caused a
sue ok which has revteroerated around
t!»e world. It is one of the mysteries
of the centuries just how the hand ' f
death should have touched hfm upon
the culmination of a most successful
administration. His trip to Alaska
was evidently too much for him and
the reminder of the axiom, “Man pro
poses as God disposes” is self-evident
ii. tnis case. He had' many problems
confronting him and it is apparent
his outward demeanor did not
sim v the disappointments that raged
within his breast.
A trip, to have been the culmination
of his administration has turned out
t.r. he a funeral procession. There is
undoubtedly a super-power that con
trols the destiny of mon as v/ell as of
nations. When Warren G. Harding
pr.sfed away, a new chapter was end
ed in the history of the nation. V r<
President Calvin Coolidge of Massn
obiivetts is now Prosfdi nt of the Unit
ed States. Tim Old Hay State has com>
unto Its own The rule s to speed tU>
parting and vvelcomi; the coming
guest. Certainly friend and foe alike
wd! lay wreaths of honor upon the
tomb of one of the modt popular and
lovable Chief Executives this ntvtion
lias ever known.
Durant. Ok la~ Aug~2~Xh Blanton
and E. II 8‘cvenson, alleged local off*
c.-rs in the ku klux klan, were sen
hu ced to 30 days In jail and fined by
I) strict Judge P. Newman last Tues
df y on a chaige of contempt of cooler
f ,r refusal to produce klan records as
oidered by the district court grand
J‘*rv.
World-Famous
Colored Band and
Phonograph Star to
Appear in Richmond J
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ON FRIDAY NIGHT, AUG 10, local
music lovers and all whose liking for
syncopated music is such as to appro
date the originator of this style of
entertainment will bo afforded an op
portunity of hearing what is styled
the greatest popular orchestra of ajl
times—-HANDY’S ORIGINAL BAND,
with W. C. HANDY himself.'
With Handy’s Band will come
SARA MARTIN
the Sensational Colored Phonogj-aph
Singer, whose blues records hare at-!
tamed such a widespread popularity)
that it has been necessary to quad
ruple -the output of her disks the past
six months.
Ever since her firs* smashing hit,
"Sugar Bi'ues,’’ the name of SARA
MARfTIN has -been known from
Coaqt to Coast. She has recorded
hit aflter hit since her first release,
and has been qalled the "WIORLD’S
GREATEST BLUES SINGER.’’
! Certainly no colored singer in
modern times has scored such an
amazing «uecess as SARA MARTIN.
She has Just received an offer to ap
pear in London, but! has abandoned
her foreign appearances in order to
fill her American tour. Her appear
ance here with Handy will mark one
of the few stops being made on a
special itour which has been booked
for her by the National Music
League, Inc. ,
HANDY himself will lead his own
band, whldh is sufffcient notice that
the KINlGi OF JAZZ wil\ again de
light local theatre-goers as no o*her
hand, leader of the present day can
do. He retains his original band,
wi'h n few new faces among the per
sonnel and he 1s authority for the
statement that this is the greatest
organization he has ever taken on
tour.
THE HANDY-MARTIN CONCERT
WILL BE GIVEN AT THE CITY
AUDITORIUM.
Tickets n-n saJe at SPORT SHOP,
; *-16 East Broad Street.
OX/-; KILLED. SEVEN INJURED IN
PRISON RIOT.
(Preston i\ewg Service.)
lillenville, N. Y.. Aug. 3.—One prise'
ner is dead and a guard is said to bo
dying and sevten other guards are
more or less seriously injured as the
rrsult. of a riot last Tuesday night a*
for supper hour in the mess h ill o'
Mi'* home for mental delinquents in
Nnpanoch near here. It is said ttrat
the trouble started when Phillip Snss(,
a Porto Rican*. started a fight with
snottflr inmate. Sasso was knocked
dev.n and died from a fractured skud
when he fell to the concrete floor
SENDS PROTEST TO HARDING.
Washington. P. C.. Aug 2.—A tele
gram as received last, wjeek by Pi rec
tor General Hnes of the War Voter
an’s Bureau from the National Ashorl
. ntion fofr the Advancement of Colored
,rvopl*> asking the removal of Col.
Robert H Stanley, commanding the
Veterans* Hospital at Tuskegee. Ala..
Lilly Land Go. Selling
Colored People Lots in
the Lincoln Court to
Roanoke, Virginia,
on Easy Terms.
reoently placed 0,1 the market about 400 lots on the LINCOLN
COURT to the City of Roanoke. VUglnia, to be sold to Colored Peop’e
at a very reasonable price and en terms of approximately 5 j>e; cent
down and 2 1-2 per cent, each month without interest or tuxes, witc :*n
clau8e 1,1 caae ot your death. The lots on the ulNCOLN
COURT are located only about five blocks from the N. and W. Depot
at Roanoke*, the most of these lots lay practically level and. in ->u.
opinion are absolutely the best propositions that have ever been offer
ed the Colored People in the City of Roanoke. v . r
: If interested, call at once at our Roanoke Office 634 MacBain Builu
ing and ask for a free automobile ride ‘e look; -s* the lota»on the LIN
COLN COURT. If interested act qu ckly as wr believe al*%f these lota, .
will be sold in the near future. ,
We also have a number of choice lots and' truck farms located in
the cities of Bluefield, Princeton. Hockley and Moi*t«qlm Wv Vfu. that
we are -selling Colored People on the same above mon|.bn64$t^ms.. *
We w.ll pay your railroad fare both ways to look at any of our
property by giving you a receipt on your first monthly Instalment;
fare not to fexceed $7.00, but if you oan’t go not^ be sure and write u¥» 1
• at Princeton. W. Vq., stating what you qre interested in and we wilt
have one of.our salesmen see you and explain oty proposition fully
LILLY LAND CONTpANY
HOME OFFICE, PRINCETON. W. VA 4
and a, letter was received at the White
House asking President Harding for
his support of such action. It is charg
ed that Col. Stanley had "tolerated ’
recent Ku KIux Klan Anti-Negro dem
onstrations at Tuekegee.
The communications charged that
Negro nursers had bebn discharged
ffrem* the hospital “without cause" and
asked the President to institute an in
| vcst'gaition of fhe conditions which
■Were termed a "national scandal." Col.
Stunley was accused of connivance in
! tt o recent klan invasion of the hospi
tal.
MOTHER ACCUSED OF SETTING
HKD AFIRE TO AWAKEN GIRL.
Washington, D. C. Aug. 2.—Miss Ruth
Washington. 17 years old, who resVes
w th her mother, Mrs. Rejse Catherine
McPherson, was said to he sleepins
tt o sl°ep of the just last Thursday und
ai1 the crdls and shakings of her motfe
er to arouse her were without avail.
It is claimed that at 10:30 the girl
was still asleep and Mrs. McPherson,
a- rding to the pcJlice got out the kero
‘V ne c.in and liberally spr nkled he
sleeping daughter and the bed upon
wVch slV? slept. A match was applied
it is said, and the flames leaped up
ward. The girl is said to have awaken
ed and got up quickly.
W'th1 a d of a few chemicals from a
nearby fire depiirtnv:-n*i. which rushed *
t( tlie scene of the conflagration, tht |
blaze was quickly put out. Mis-; Wash -
ington was s’ightly scorched. The girl
wr.s sent to the Galilnger Hospital for
treatment and her moth *r was arrested
and lodg.*d in Je.ll. A charge of arson .
| '.v s placed against her.
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NEGROES OF NORTH CAROLINA I
HAVE FINE GARDENS.
(Preston News Service.)
Kaieigh. N. C. Aug. 3.—Approx,
rrately 2.000 pledge cards have bee*!
ret”rned to the local Negro farm
ae.nts by Negro farmers of North Co"
oi’ea, shhw ng that they are now grow
:n_ s'x or tnor,i vegetables in tlieir
home gardens. According to Director
11 -1! th' Negroes of the State have
shown considerable enthusiasm in
ti’is work. Reports received from 13
Negro agents at work under Dr. Hall
ii. the thickly populated, Negro dis
tricts show that tlie campaign is meet
ing with marked suedes*.
WIFE WANTED!
W u'd like to correspond with a re
fined lady for the pleasure of life
Milchigan City, Ind. P O Box f>2
Correspondence. j
ROANOKE ITEMS. \
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Mr, Mrs. John Coleman an
nounces the marriage <>f their daugh-1
ter, Amelia to Rev. Jaihes L*>ckhart.
The marriage takes place Saturday,
August 4, 1913. They will leave Sun
day, the 6th for Indianapolis, Ind,. j
Mr. Clinton E. Smdtb, 901, corner]
N nth Avenue and Fourth Street, ^
East Roanoke carries fresh country
pr series, wtlth hams as a specialty. I
He sends out mail orddrs all over the
country. He has a splendid place,
kept in the neatest' sanitary style. '
See this young man of our race and
give him a trial. ;
Mrs. Luciile Glenn Wallace and
ll tle son of Detroit. Mich, vihited eer
mother, Mrs. Alice Gilbert, 111 Sixth
Avenue, N. W. After a three weeks
stay they left for home Tuesday. >
Rev. James S. Hatcher was at hlh
best at Mt. Zion A. M- E. Church
last Sabbath. His message at night 1
on Cain and Abel was a gem. »
Two visiting Presiding Elders at-'
tended t»h First District Conference
held ai*- Rocky Mount, Va. by P, E., •'
T. W. Cotton,. They were Dr.
Seaton and, P. E. I.saae Ewer. A
pleasant session was held. ,
Mrs. Magnolia Penn was the re
presentative from Mt. Zion Sunday
School and made a very conc:se and
detailed report Sunday morning *
Brother Calhoun H. Howard, the
pioneer of African Methodism in Vir
gin:a represented the Church in the
capacity of the steward. He made
a very fine report Sunday night.
Only one man applied for the min
ictry and he was past 50 years of
ago The absence of young appli
cants was sad indeed. Ebenezer
will entertain the Dlsitrict Confer
ence in 1974.
Mr M ses Pess nger died Sunday.’
5 A. M. after a short illness. The
funeral took p»ace from the ro-ddence
'o ^ir ^ ‘ "W • Thompson July 30, at
o’clock. Ht was one of Roanoke's
oldest citizens.
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Mrs. Josephine McOimpsey has
been removed home from Burrell
Memorial Hospital, where she is get
ting on nlco’y. ,
Miss A,lice Cooper who came home
from Memphis Tenn. to spend a
month wl*h her mother and sisters,
and was taken very sick, is much
improved. She Is wilh her sister,
Mrs. Nannie King on Fairfax Avenue
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