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THE TWO COURSES OPEN ONE TO be: chosen. the depositors are acting. 1 had a personal talk with one ot the Keceivers and it was a straight talk with him. I asked him the pointed question: If they could pay fifty cents on the dollar, if they retained charge of The Mechanics Savings Bank. He replied to my question, ‘No.’ ”—Extract from Col. C. R. Keiley’s remarkable address at Fifth Street Baptist Church, Tuesday night, September 25, 1923. ‘‘I want to impress upon you the difference between a live Bank and a dc%d something. It i* up to you to say whether it shall be a scare-crow or a monument. If you don’t sign the waiver, you will be a fool. You will be giving up an opportunity to do one of the greatest things to help your own people.”—Extract from the great analytical address of Banker James D. Lecky at the Fifth Street Baptist Church, September 25, 1923. THE WAIVER GUARANTEES THE DEPOSITORS FIFTY PER CENT., OR HALF OF THEIR MONEY AND AS MUCH MORE AS SHALL BE REALIZED UPON THE EfANK'S PRES ENT ASSETS AS A "GOING INSTITUTION.” THERE IS NO ROOM FOR DISCUSSION. AS MR. LECKY WELL SAYS. ONE'S OWN SELFISHNESS WOULD DEMAND THE SIGNING OF THE WAIVER. WHILE ONE'S OWN PATRIOTISM WOULD COUNTERSIGN THE ACTION. I OFFICE OF THE MAYOR. M Richmond. Virginia, September 25. 1923. “Advisory Committee, Col. C. R. Keiley, Chairman, “Baptist Ministers’ Conference Committee, Rev. T. J. J. Mosby, D. D., Chm. “Gentlemen:—I am writing to express the hope that some plan may be worked out by which the depositors of the Mechanics Savings Bank may be § saved from any considerable loss. I wish to commend you for your efforts in endeavoring to protect the depositors and the good name and financial standing of the institution. I sincerely hope that it will be possible to reopen the doors of this institution, and that it may again enjoy the confidence and patronage formerly bestowed upon it. “Very truly yours, "GEORGE AINSLIE, Mayor.” ADDITIONAL SPORTS (Concluded from Page (5) DEMI’SEY AND KEAKXS WISE. PROVIDING AGAINST RAINY DAY (l’rcston News Service) Los Angelee, California. Nov. 2S — - Jack Dempsey and liis mnnagi r, J<u k Kearns are playing the game n°t only for the present but they arc providing against a rainy day. Unlike most prize fighters those men expect to be able tc turn this easy money to good ac count . According to latest reports they are investing in real estate and if the judgment of realtors are to be accredit ed. are making some very profitable investments. head—“present day football demoraliz es educational institutions’’ dr patton. (Pr»*t«-«n New* Service) Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 27.—'“College football if loft unchecked, will oitl»-r reach the point in the next few >ea.s where it. will have to be greatly modi fied or it will bo completely abolished. The College sport with practically everything in the hands of the proies eional coach, and with the problem of providing seating accommodations fer the immense crowds attracted to tb< games, is becoming less and less an un dergrnduate activity, and is now largo 1y a form of amusement for the alumni ” says Dr. Patton. Some of the oldj timers are inclined to think that many of the Negro schools in various parts of the country ore placing too much stress on foot ball. They seem to think that the c‘ 1 ieges have run mad with the idea of keeping tbeir schools in the limelight by athletic activities, so much so. that • he essential thing—scholarship is slightly neglected. Nations that spent most of their ”.ime and energy developing strong men physically lasted but a short time in the world history and accooi pushed very little of lasting benefit to future generations. The commercialism tbat has a'.so crept into the formerly purely amateur college sports has also a very decidedly bad tendency and cannot but greatly j hurt the future standing of the games. J The big thing to be considered in college sports is the development of strong bodies and minds among the students^ The development of the mind is primarily the function of the , college, although development of body | Is essential. More attention should be given to developing every student ir.to^ strong men and women instead of a few for the varsity team. Let school j heads consider this fact, also. '“NEGRO TENOR ARTIST OF j FINEST CALIBRE.’ Singing of Roland Hayes Compares Favorably With Any in Country. 1 (Richmond Va., Timos-Dispaleh Nov ember 20,1923. ) Those who were fortunate enough or farsighted enough, to go to the City Auditorium last night were warded by hearing one or the fine.-’ concert tenors Richmond has listen'd to within the memory of this column, wnich extends throughout a period or a good many years. Few of those gen erally known as patrons or lovers of music were there; they could not have known what manner of recital it prom Ised to bo; they could not have heard of the singer. Why? Was he a French. German Russian English or Italian | linger of great gift hut of little repo , tation'.' No. He was an American Ne-. gro, about whom our people in this see | ti<>n have known nothing, or at most very little. He is r.n American Negro born in Georgia and “raised” there- j what an Ironical commentary!—and I be is one of the most finished recital artists before the public today. GIVEN CLOSE ATTENTION. As a matter of ‘■'♦might reporting Roland Hayes is a young Negro with tbe features, color and hair of out darker colored people nnd with none' of the marks that denote an admix Oiro. Apparently he fs modest though he has perfect poise, and he Is as fotf.b ly devoid of affectation as any oth’f artist who I«i quietly certain of him folf. Again reporting, last nights: audience gave h'm the closest atten tion at all times; when It was neces sary* sat almost breathless and nt the! end of each number cordially applaud ed him. Speaking editorially and from j many years of intimate knowledge ofj our own colored people In the nudl Successive Stages in the Effort to Vacate the Receivership and to RE-OPEN The Mechanics Savings Bank of Richmond: DEPOSITORS meet in City Auditorium, with Rev. W. T. Johnson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, chairman and pledge support to the Move N°T to DISTURB their DEPOSITS, but to ADD to the MONEY they have THERE. BAPTIST MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE Endorses Plan for VACATING the Receivership and appoints a Committee to assist in the Movement. Pres ldent Evans Payne, D. D., presiding officer with Rev. T. J. J. Mosby, D. D., chairman of committee. HON. OLIVER J. SANDS, President American National BanK. the Only Creditor Outside of Depositors, agrees to GRANT A REASONABLE TIME for the BanK to PAY $26,000.oo. WHITE CITIZENS Accept Appointment on an ADVISORY COMMITTEE, with Col. C. R. Keiley, chairman. MEETING OF DEPOSITORS held at the Fifth Street Baptist Church under the direct supervision of the Committee of the Baptist Ministers’ Con ference of Richmond and Vicinity, with Rev. T. J. J. Mosby presiding. Hon. C. IL Keiley and BanKer James D. LecKy deliver addresses. The Meeting ENDORSES PLAN submitted. ®end| Letter Expressing His APAOVAL of the Ec FORT to SAVE the Colored Depositors’ Money. ■ GOVERNOR E. LEE TRINKLE sends Letter to Chairman C R. Keiley, Ex pressing the HOPE that the Depositors and the Stockholders of the Mechanics BanK shall be PROTECTED. RECEIVER JOHN RANDOLPH TUCKER and RECEIVER JAMES W. GOR DON Express PERSONAL APPROVAL of the FIFTY PER CENT. WAIVER an,».?eS?iest Hiat the Plans he Submitted in writing to be Transmitted to HIS HONOR, WILLIAM A. MONCURE, Judge of the Chancery Court of Richmond. DEPOSITORS NOW RALLYING to Comply with the Terms of the WAIVER under which they will receive 20 PerCent. in CASH of the Amount Not Waived, said Amount to be PAID AT ONCE when the number who sign, together with the Assets on Hand will WIPE OUT the Alleged Shortage of about Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. ARRANGEMENTS NOW BEING MADE to Handle the STRAND THEATRE Proposition and to BRING REVENUE into the VAULT of the BANK. fence, it is fairly certain that only mod festy and polite restraint on their pari prevented the applause from being en thusiastie rather than merely coruiui. For Roland Hayeh unquestionably <*e served all the entlrusiasm tbut an Auditorium full of white people to* tainly would have displayed. Last Sun day, this column said in part: "Most of us old-timers hare long clung to the idea that the Negro voice does not lend itsolf happily to schooling that its an : peal lies in its natural and untaught quality, just as we used to believe that only such men as Blind Tom. who played by ear, could become famous as instrumentalists. In the matter of composition Coleridge-Tnylor and Bur leigb taught us hotter Ions ago; n the matter of composition and dire: t ion and piano-playing. Dr. Dett >1 Hampton Institute, opened our c:'c; and ears la-t year. Now it may well he that Roland Hayes will give n ■ further instruction in the matter of nc highly schooled Negro singer.” rURE LYRffC TENOR. That is precisely what he gave ns last night, in addition to file sheer dr light of hearing a beautiful voice used by an artist skllleil in interpretation, i Hi- voice is pure lyric tenor, hut 'n ! the lower reg'-.t• r heavier more sol'd than that of most lyric tenors am? throughout its range which is abund ant for the demands he made upo^ ,t Inst night, it is warm and rich, smooth and of fincst t-xture. Suppose he ho ( that to begin with, though he hadn’t all of it to begin wltli.% He has been so schooled by sonv body, or many somebodies that lie is able to forgot the mere voire, its plao ment its production and the l'k« arid use it as an accustomed instrument I for the conveyance of thought, for the expression of emotion. To brace the voice and the schooling, hie ha- the in telligcnce that must' finally, make the completed artist. SPIRITUALS UNEXCELLED His program Ir.st night ran from o’d songs of Paradis! and Uurc-11 through an air of Ifrmlel—and his Handel sing ing is marked by as lovely and Jimp .1 a legato as John McCormack's through Sehuman and Sfratms fin x ccllent German.) through the Dream aria from Massenet’s “Manon" which was a veritable masterpiece of soft singing to a group of "spirituals”— which ho sang as I believe, no other singer in America can sing them. Am. with tiio exception o ftwo or three in stances of flatting m one spot in his voice the entire pregram was some thing, very like a le^eon in the art oT singing especially of half-voice singing and of interpretation. One of his ofur ‘spirituals,* which was one of two ar ranged hy himself, is more nearly like the “spontaneous outbursts of intense religious fervor”—which few of us nowadays have ever heard jn meeting houses in the country—than any otn. cr these ears have heard,. And when ho sang that and "Steal Awmy t > Jesus ” the man seemed lifted out oi him .elf—schooled singer and highly trained musician though he is. That is incidental, however, x<u relatively, but positively speaking there is a lyric tenor capable of giving r more admirable recital in America today, I do not recall him. —DOUGLAS GORDON MEN SELL SCARE PINS AND CUFF LINKS set wfcth Genuine Diamond Chip worth easily $9.00. Send $2 25 for Pin or Links and Getj1 Ptisy. ESSEX SALES CO., 421 W. 52nd Street, New York. Old Mammies Hair Dressing. For Making STUBBORN and KINKY HAIR SOFT. PRICE 25 Cents j Send for Sam pie! SINCLAIR DRUG CO.. 1S‘>0 Darlv Ave.. Baltimore Md I LUTHER WILLIAMS GO TO I RIAL AT DKCFMRFIl TERM Norfolk. Va. 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