Richmond planet. [volume], December 29, 1923, Page 3, Image 3

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Ring Out the Old Year, Ring in the New
three young babies are
POISONED THE SAME WEEK
(PrMton Mrwi Serriw)
Norfolk; Va.. Dec. 20— Little Mabe.
Ward, 18 months old baby died Iasi
Monday afternoon after she had drunk
a Quantity of gasoline. She was todu
ling about the floor In a “baby walk
er” and picked up the bottle, drinking
almost the entire contents. She is the
third child to die within a week from
eating or drinking poisonous sub ran
ees.
On Tuesday of last week, Henry
Smith drank the contents of a half
pint bottle of corn whiskey which re
suited in his death the next day. On
Wednesday William Wilklna aged 2
years met death after he had fou>.(. u
box of lye and{ had eaten a quantity
of it.
The special deputy from the coic
ner’s office Issued a warning to parents
of tbls city urging them to see that
such products are kept in a place that
cannot be reached by baby hands.
THREE INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE
ACCIDENTS IN WASHINGTON.
(Proton Newi Service)
Washington D. C., Dec. 21.—Little
Elsie Butler, aged five years, was
knocked down by a motor-cycle in
front of her home in 13th sueet, north
west Wednesday afternoon and h^r
right leg fractured.
Philip Gordon, aged 24 years suffer
ed severe injuries cn bis body Thurs
day afternoon as the result of a coll.s
ion between his bicyc.e and. au autom->
bile at Massachusetts avenue ana
Capitol street. The driver of the aui'i
mobile was a wait'' woman who failed
to stop, according to eyewitnesses and
the police.
Miss Margaret Ball, aged 12 years
suffered slight injuries when she wan
knocked down by a speeding automo
bile Wednesday afternoon at 16 and S
streets northwest. She was taken to
Emergency hospital where her wound*
were dressed and sent home.
POLICE THINK THEY HAFE
CAUGHT AX-MURDERER.
(Proton N*w« 8orrloo)
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 20.—Follow
ing the capture an<l arrest of Friu
Glover the police officials here think
they have taken into custody the man
of mystery that has spread so much
terror in Birmingham and vicinity
Every effort to connect Glover witu
the 24 ax murder* that have occurred
liere during the past wto years is be
ing made. Several victims who fortu
nately survived the ax-man’s attach
have been called upon to observe Glov
er In an effort to Identify him. Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Sparks have identified
him as the man who hit Mr?w Sparks
over tb>e head as tlrhy were croes'ng »
vacant lot Sunday afternoon. She lt»
recovering from her wounds.
The finding of a bloody hatchet ann
a pistol In Glover’s room and his crlml
nal record add weight to the belief ot
the police officials that they have ar
rested the right man this time. It is
also pointed out that while Glover va«
In prison on another charge a short
time ago there wer_e no ax murders In
Birmingham.
The police declare that so many
fruitless arrests of Negroes have been
made In the past that there are many
who are skeptical of Glover’s connec
tion with the crimes which besides
the 24 killed, have included 23 other*
who have been injured. "If we have the
right man now we think we are going
to he able to place the responsibility •
for the other attacks!” declared Solid i
tor James Davis.
PENNSYfiVANIA CONFERENCE ON
NEGRO WELFARE TO BE
HELD IN JANUARY.
(Preston Wrwa S*rrfoe)
Harrisburg. Pa . Dec. 21.—A confer
ence of representatives of institutions
agencies and persons interested In the
welfare of Negroes of the State is to
meet in th>l8 city January 3 1924 D.*.
Ellen Cf. Porter, Secretary 0f Welfare,
announced. The conference was called
as the result of Inquiries made by Dr.
Potter regarding the necessity of *
survey and general study of the facili
ties available to Negroes for the.r
physical and social care and impro/e
ment.
"It Is imperative that the State and
local communities should realize th'-j I
menace which is created by the neglect)
and hardships imposed upon our color
©d people/' Dr. Potter said In a recent
statement; commenting upon the bid
bousing condition* and lack of social
tafeguards which surround the young
colored girl.
ATLANTA OROUP BUYS MIS
SIPIT COMPANY FOB f120,000.
(Freaton Nava Servtoa)
»
Memphis, Tonn., Dec. 20.—One of
I lie largest business deals ever consutn
mated by Negroes In tills sectlpn wa3
closed Wednesday when the Serivc©
< ompany of Atlanta, Qa., composed of
Negroes, acquired a controlling inter
«st in the Mississippi Life Insurance
Co. Approximately $120,000 was paid
to W. C. Howard. M. M. Cox and M. B
Burnett.
The Hon. T. M. Henry, insurant*
commissioner of Mississppl, and John
A. Copeland noted actuary of Atlanta
were In attendance at the meetings
and approved the absorption. Metcali
and Metcalf were the attorneys.
Herman E. Perry, president of the
bervlce Co., with J. A. Robinson and
Wt H. King nil of Atlanta, represent
mg the Service Co., in closing the
transaction. The Service Co., is a $3..
!>00i000 holding institution, owned and
operated by Negroes.
The Mississippi Life Insurance C>..
has a total insurance in force of $20
000.000. It employs R00 Negroes. Its
home office was formerly at Indianola.
The Memphis- or main office Is at 2«M
Hernando Street. Memphis.
The Service Co. owns and operates
a renl estate department building
homes and subdivisions among its m
surance Co., of which Perry is the pres
tdent. is also allied with the Serivce
Co. All of the concerns are composed
solely of Negroes.
RACIAL ANIMOSITY SUBSIDES AS
NEORO IS CONVICTED.
(fnrtw Rtwi IwtIm)
Waycross. Oa., Dec. 20.—Racial ani
mosity, which has run high over the
alleged attack by Andrew Moody on sn
aged couple near here a few weeks ag )
when a jury deliberating on the caso
brought in a verdict of guilty for as
sault with Intent ' to kHl. A sentence
of from three to five years was impos
ed upon Moody. The prisoner is still
under heavy guard In order to prevent
an attack by mob.
The attack is alleged to have taken
place at night in a farm bouse on a
white couple said to be over 76 yean*
old. It is claimed that when the aged
couple caught the man ramsackitig
their home, he attacked them striking
them on the heads with the but of the
gun which the aged man tried to fire
at him. but the pistol misfired.
MOTHERHOOD CLASH FOR
WASHINGTON COIiORED WOMEN
(Prerton ltew* Service)
Washington* D. C.. Dec. 21.—Color
ed women of Washington, ln consider
able numbers attended a meeting la*d
Thursday night at the Phyllis Wheat
ley Y. W. C. A. for the pnrpoce of or
ganizing a mothercraft class.
Mrs. Martha McAdoo. Executive
Secretary of the Association, who with
other officials, had Just finished an ex
baustlve study bf conditions among
local colored women found that there
was anurgent nets! for Instructions
tending to fit them for the administer
ing or mental, moral and spiritual de
velopment of children.
"I find.,’’ Mrs. McAdoo declared, "al
most total Ignorance on tbe part of
many of our young women in regara
to mothercraft, and yet sincere desire
on the part of nearly all to learn."
EDITOR MOORE'S "MU. Op
PARTICULARS.
(New York Age.)
Following this outspoken advocacy
of Federal intervention where it is
mostly needed, the Present'* reces
sion to a position less firm in the at
flrmation that "it is well to recognize
tihat these difficulties are to a large ex
tent local problems*" is hard to un
derstand .
The President by recommending
Federal legislation against lynching
has removed thai. offence from the
class of local problems. The other dif
ficulties encountered by Negroes in
fhe South are largely clue to disfran
chisement; lack of educational facili
ties. "Jim crow" car laws denial
, of Justice in tbe courts. Disfranchise
ment should not be relegated to the
I llatus of a local problem, when its re- I
suits figure in the election of Congros
men and even of Presidents.
Educational facilities are denied the
Negro not only by the unfair division
of the greater oart of the State taxes
which they help to pay. but by the U
version of tbg Federal grants in
pome States tike Georgia, no part of
this fund being allotted for the educa
lion of Negro children. This may look
like a local problem but It will re
quire Federal supervision to enforce
a fair distribution of sucb fund a.
The fact that the government can
tecognise the regulation of the rail
roads as a national problem, when it
comes to consolidation and rates
shows that the “Jim crow” car can no
longer he consistently regarded as a
’ocal problem. The policy of equal ac
commodation for an equal fare, re
gardless of the color or race of tne
passenger, should be a matter of nat
ional honor and good faith. No passing
er should be obliged to pay first class
fare for cattle car service.
The proposition that a commission
be created,, composed ot members or
both races*, to formnlate a better poli
cy for mutual understanding and confi
cence; has already been carried out
in some measure by the formation or
voluntary “Inter-Racial Commissions”
in various parts of thfe South. Compo3
ed as they are of outstanding and
thinking members of both groups
their Influence has t>een helpful In
the promotion of public sentiment of
the right sort. But tf* working of
such Instruments as these ccvamleelons
needs the stimulus of the “outside In
terference.” which Mr.. Coolldge depre
eates, If the South h to mend its ways.
The enforcement of the Fourteenth
and Fifteenth amendments to the Fed
eral Constitution by appropriate legis
lation la Just as much needed ns the
enforcement of the Eighteenth amend
ment The passage of nntl-lynching leg
Islation should be coupled with the
abolition of the **.lm crow” car laws.
Problems that afTeot the equality jT
American citlship cannot be dismiss
ed as local. They are national eye
sores, Infecting the whole nation.
"WILL. LOOK TO HIM FOR MORE” |
(Baltimore Herald and Common
wealth.)
President Coolldge In his message
to Congress refers to the Negro group
and acknowledges that their rights are
Ju?t as sacred as those of any other
citizen.’ He does not declare that he
will exercise all the power and autlioii
ty rested in him hy the government Co
enforce the Constitution and larwa for
the protection of the Negro in those
rights. In the paragraph preceding the
deliverance in regard to the rights of
Negroes and lynching he discusses pro
hibition enforcement. He declares th'U
the prohibition amendment requires
"the Congress and the President to
provide adequate laws to prevent its
violation.” And that, "It is my dutj*
to enforce such laws.”
Also in discussing prohibition he dc
'■lares “free government has no great
er menace than disrespect for author
'ty and continunl violation of law.”
The violation of the 14th and 15tn
Amendments, refusing equal protec
tion under the law to the Negro group,
nnd disfranchising them, made no su"
fiolent appeal to draw forth a declara
tion that -'it is my duty to enforce
such law«(” nor does thv> lynching
tour thousand Negroes during n per- j
iod of thirty years and the tramPlinK
under foot of the Constitution and laws
in depriving Negroes of the right to
vote invoke a repetition of the deelnrn
tion that, "free government has no
greater menace than disrespect for
authority and continual violation of j
law.” The greatest menace to pfohlbt- *
tion enforcement is the habit of law
lessness in the South rooted in the Me
of the dominant element in that bpc
iion through the lynchings of Negroes
destruction of their suffrage and UK
double standard of law enforcement as
to whites and Negroes.
The 18th Amendment and the 14tn
and 15th Amendments will go hand in
hand. Obedience to the 18th will not he
obtained until the 14th and 15th a?e
respected and obeyed. And the million
Negro voters whore votes are untram
melled will look to President Coolidg*
and the Republican Congress for raor**
than a mere acedmic discussion ot
their rights and a benevolence to one
Negro college.
GOD PITY THEM!
(Baltimore Afro-American.)
We have no doubt Bascom SleraP
had something to do with this seem
ing assurance given certain sections
that there will be no material interfer
ence in their dealing with colored clti
zens. This is woefully disappointing
Qod pity those human beings of
ebony hue whose fate as citizens
"must be worked' out by the mutual
forbearance and human kindness” ot
the prejudice-ridden and mob-stainea
communities from which colored peo
ple have for sometime been fleeing oui
of f-lieer desperation.
What we needed most to hear was
that every inch/ of American so'l
North. South East and West, was to
bocme a safe and equally law abiding
place of habitation for all American
citizens of all races and creeds ant
that the Constitution of these Unitea
States which guarantees unabridged
citizenship to all was to be enforce !
in both spirit and letter in every com
munity.
I
HAS ENJOYED SUCH UNEX
PECTED SUCCESS IN THfc
PAST YEAR THAT WE HAVE
DECIDED TO ADD A FEW
MORE BEAUTIFYING PREP
ARATIONS TO OUR LIMIT
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M«a hair, but makes It soft, pliable and
luxuriant. An exes Dent pressing oiL
Cloee-Tex Brllllantine
Makss the hair soft and glossy and
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Stralt-Tex Herbe
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««*ny straighten* and restore* tbs
origmsl color to gray or faded hair.
Color permanent—positively will not
« mb off. no matter bow often the hair
Is shampooed. Three shades; Black,
Brown and Chestnut-Brown.
Kokomo Shampoo
Me I* mads from pure cocoaout oil:
iahab cleans the scalp and roots of the bale
, In a natural, bealttg manner.
Bronze Beauty Vanishing Cream
Me Is a soothing, grease less manlalihni
par Jw faes cream that wUI not grow bahT
Bronze Beauty Lemon Cream
Me Is nourishing, softening and stkno>
pwjw fating to the skin; Isfllled with a
triple strength of oil of lemon—shak
ing it a mild, bleaching cream.
Bronze Beauty Face Powders
0Sc Are euited to all complexions. r*i>
gwlai be successfully used on dry or oily
skins. The shades: High, Bro+n
and Bronum Glow ar* favorites.
Mollyglosco
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the most stubborn hair in from 10 to
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irons. Will not injure the scalp or
turn the hair red.
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600 FIFTH AVENUE
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