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This may be our last battle.
MAY 17,1923
We believe that it is the beginning
flf Aiir final triumph.
' OHN MITCHELL. tR
VOLUME XL11, NO. 41
RICHMOND VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1925
PRICE, FIVE CENTS
RICHMOND READY FOR BIG ELKS’ FROLIC
Grand Lodge of Elks Will be Welcomed Here—Streets Decorated—2nd St.
Electrified—Fourth St, Closed to Traffic—Great Carnival Staged Here.
Capital City Lodge and Williams’
Lodge of Elks are prepared to re
ceive visitors next week. The sess
ions will be held at the Rayo Theater
where Grand Exalted Ruler J . Fin,
ley Wilson, of Washington will rap
the eavel indicative of the opening
session The females will meet in
Armstrong High School Auditorium.
The Grand Parade will take place
Tuesday Monarch Band, the fam
ous mus'cal organization of New
York will arrive on time and will
stage a serenade in front of The
Planet Office. 311 N. Fourth Street
as one of its attractions.
THE GREAT WHITE WAY.
Fourth Street Ijrora Clay Street
north to Bates Street will be closed
to traffic and booths and carnival
displays will be featured night and
day durilng next week. Second. Street ^
the main artery of travel to High- j
land Park and Barton Heights will |
he brilliantly Illuminated. An arch j
has been erected at Fourth and Clay j
Streets. Any number of residences
have been repaired and painted. The
Richmond City Council vofed $1,000
for* advertising mirnoses. while the (
wh'te and colored citizens have made j
’ibera' donations to the Committee of
n-nneemecits.
MTTH MONEY CONTRIBUTED.
This has bee,, supplemented by
donations from various organizations.
The number of visitors has been ,
highly est mated, so high in fact tha- j
there cannot be any lack of accom J
modaMons here. It may be that num- j
hers of citizens have overtprepared. |
but this could, not be helped. Matny
of the visitors will be former resi
dents of the city.
In Memorial*!.
A tribute of love and devotion to
* the memory, of my dear Dorothy who
entered in*o eternal rest four years
ago August 21, 1921: j
i
The’ iltt’e she thought when leaving
hom9
That she never would return.
That she soon would in death sleep j
s’eep
And leave me here to moan.
I
No matter how heaw our loss is.
No mnt‘er how great our desnair;
Doesn’t Heaven seem near and
hr'ghter.
To know that our loving child is
there?
Just when her light was brigh\
Just when her hopes were best.
She was taken from this world of
nain
To a home of eternal rest.
I miss thee when hours seem dark.
I mites thee, ves 1 do:
1 miss thee w’hen sick n bed.
Mv thoughts go back to you.
*
T miss thv bright and cheerful face. |
Thy kind and gentle cere.
1 mis0 thv willing hands to do.
Yes. I miss thee every where.
Devoted Mother.
JANNIE NEAL. ,
In Momor'am.
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Ellerson. Va.. August 3 5. 1925 •
In sari hut loving memory of my
son VcdeUa.> Dahnev, who denart
e*i this Rfe five vears ago. August
1 5th 1929. in Wni‘er Reed Hospital.
Washhigton. D. C.:
n
T am vet th'nldng of ■vou. dear Son.,
A"d hooiner to coo v6u a^nin
Altho von are lying in your solemn
grave.
And can never return.
t never will forget the smile you j
made d^^r Son.
And said *T want to go’:
And sinco then I hnv« been made to
heMeve
That wi are resting beyond the
shinme- shore
T-JJo tlornlpd TVfother.
VIRGINIA E. DABNEY
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Welcome Elks!
Hello Bill!
/
Watch For Special Edition Monday, 24th. Elks* News.
NOTICE.
'• — •• *• * uMP11*.;
We d^ro-^to thank the churches,
societies, clubs for the donations you
gave for the decoration of the graves
>f our soldiers on the 30th of May,
1925, which "was a great success.
May God’s richest blessings rest up
>nyou all.
Respectfully, The Memorial Asso
fliation. George A. Custer Post, No.
11. Will am A Hankins Camp, No.
6; Richard Davis, Commander; Chas.
Brown. Vice; George L. Branch, Sec
retary; Win. P. L»og»n, Chairman.
SERVIFES AT FIRST BAPTIST.
The old historic First Baptist
Church, 14th and BroJul Streets in
vltes the strangers in our city Sun
lay. August 23, to worship. Preach
ing by our Pastor. Rev. W. T. John
son, D. D.
11:15 A. M., Subject, “Christian
Brotherhood”. 8:00 P. M-, Subject,
•The Three E's of the Elks”. Soul
stirring music led by the choir.
Meet your old friends here. All
visitors introduced.
B. P. VANDERVALL, Clerk...
LlEtfT. FRED W. SIMPSON
Leader of; the Famous Monarch Band.
The famous outfit will arrive fiert
late Monday afternoon and, that night
they play a free concert in front ol
i the News Leader office. Later in the
i week they will give a free concert
■ in front of The Planet Office.
The Great Monarch Band of New York.
Coming to the Elks’ Convention.
CHARGED WITH THREE MUR-'
DERS—CITY IS SHOCKED AT
DISGUSTING) TESTIMONY
D sse was found guilty of first
degree murder Thursday Au
gust 20th and sentenced, to1
death in the electric chair.
Counsel made the usual mo
tions
Rudolph E. Dtsse, who shot and
killed H. G. Carter’ a white man at
Hancock and Broad Streets, while he
was waiting on customers in his place
jof business has been o'n trial all this
! week in the Hustings Court with
:Judge Coleman presiding. Dlsse is
being prosecuted by Commonwealth's
Attorney Dave E. Satterfield Attor
ney H. M. Smith Jr., Attorney Leith
S. Bremner. He was defended by
Attorneys Willis D. Miller, James C.
Page and W-.lliam H. Justls.
A DIFFICULT PLEA.
The defense had to rely on a plea
of irresponsibility due to the use of
cocnine by the accused. One of the
witnesses testified, that at on© time
Diss© took Vivian Tomlin Peers, the
w fe of another man and forced her
to strip and get into the roadway
naked while he touched her with the
point of a knife blad,e. This was at
a point on the Broad Street Road
where he had carried her in an au
tomobile. It was testified that he
had beaten up another man.
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KILLED THREE. -
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D sse shot and, ' killed Detective
Sergeant Burk, Vivian Tomlin Peers,
H. G- Carter and .wounded Wfllis
Britt. It was impossible to secure a
jury in this city to try him, so a
vertire from Fredericksburg. Va. was
secured. It is the most shocking
tragedy that has ever been known to
take place in this city.
SUPREME LODGE, NATIONAL
IDEAL BENEFIT SOCIETY
TO HOLD CONVENTION HERE
f
The Thirteenth Annual Convention
of the National Ideal Society will
convene Tuesday, September 1 thru
the 3rd. 10 o’clock A. M. at Sharon
Baptist Church, corner First and,
Leigh Streets, A. W. Holmes, presid
ing. Much business will be transact
ed and a large delegation is expected
The public is Invited to attend the
opening session from 10:45 to 11:45
to hear the address of the Mayor, J.
Fulmer Bright. He will be intro
duced by Lawyer C. August MoKen
z'e. Response by Mr, W. A. Arvin of
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Tuesday night the public is invifed
to the'Welcome Meeting at 8:30
o'clock and Wednesday night to the
great Musical Contest between the
National Ideal Cho r of Richmond,,
the Ideal Chorus of Newport News*
and the Ideal Choirs of West Phil
adelphia. Pa. ,
MIIJyER NOT APPREHENDED.
Katie Miller, of 523 N. Fifth St.
was shot three times by Joseph Mil
W Saturday. August 8th at her resi
dence. She d’ed and he escaped,
: Officers Jiave been unable to locate
i him. Th£ affair created a commotion
Id the neighborhood.
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1 Mrs' .Alice Poindexter and daugh
ter spent a pleasant time in New
York as the guest of their eourtn,
l Mrs. Elizabeth Mack.
i Mrs. Annie Conway and Miss Ma •
rie White. Steelton, Pa. are visitng
! erfrndmother. Mrs. Eliza White, of