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VOLUME XL.IV. NO. NO. 46 RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1927_ PRICE. FIVE CENTS.
Child Wife Here Found Mortally Injured.
Two Babes Left—William Epps
. * Sought as Murderer. I
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Octavia Elliott Epps, wife of Wil
liam Epps, residing at 2109 East
Franklin Street, was found murdered
Monday morning, 12th instant, in
her room. Her husband had disap
peared. She had three gashes, made
by an axe, in her head. Neighbors
say they heard the couple quarreling
Sunday'night. The unfortunate wo
man was the mother of two children,
one being about thirteen months old
and the other only about three weeks
old. The body lay upon the “cool
ing board” in Funeral Director Rob
ert C. Scott’s morgue since Septem
ber 15th. She did not die until that
time, being removed to St. Philip’s|
Hospital. She did not regain con
sciousness. The sudden disappear
ance of her husband left the impres
sion that he was responsible for her
death.
The murdered woman was born
June 12, 1911, being only about 16
years of age. Her father’s name is
John Elliott and her mother’s name
is Ella Johnson Elliott. They reside
at Natural Bridge, Va., from which
place the unfortunate woman came.
A peculiar story is told about the
affair. Her people say she was led
away from home two years ago by
this' man William Epps, who is sup
posed to have married her._ She has
a sister here living at 2405 Carring
ton Street. The body was shipped
by the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
road to Natural Bridge Wednesday
night at 11:30 o’clock. The author
ities are on a lookout for W illiam
Epps and should he be apprehended
must stand trial for murder.
The axe is in the possession of the
police and is a mute witness to the
horrible crime, the exact nature of
which is forever sealed on the lips
of the dead child-wife. The children
could not have known what it was all
about, as this man made three death
dealing wounds in the head of his
unfortunate victim.
BIG BAPTIZING AT FOUNTAIN
BAPTIST CHURCH.
There will be baptizing at Foun
tain Baptist Church. Thirty-second
and P Streets, Sunday. September
25th, at 11:30 A. M. All candidates
and the public are asked to be pres
ent.
Rev. A. R. Vanlandingham, pastor.
Mrs. Mabel Johnson, clerk.
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTH
RICHMOND.
Rev. J. W. Dudley, pastor, has just
returned from his vacation. Sunday,
11:30 A. M., Dr. C. C. Boone, the
returned missionary, will deliver a
special message. At 3:30 P. M-, C.
S. Morris, Jr., the great orator, will
' deliver a special addi'ess to the usher
board. At 8 P. M., a sacred concert,
entitled “The Shepherd and Lost,
Sheep.”
\vhen you purchase any of Dr.!
Hayden’s remedies, you are assured
in advance of satisfactory results. It
is not a case of “hit and miss.” If
he cannot do you any good, Dr. L.
J. Hayden will tell you so. All com
munications will be regarded as con
fidential. You pay your money and
you get the service. We have been
advertising his remedies nearly twen
ty years and not one complaint has j
ever reached this office. See adver- j
tisement.
Mrs. A. W. Holmes has returned |
to the city after spending the sum- ■
mer at “Rosedell,” her beautiful sum
mer home, on the historic James. I
Mrs. Holmes is convalescing from!
a serious operation performed in a
private hospital in Washington, D. C.
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The First Baptrist Church is being
thorough1}- renovated and painted. •
A blower is being installed to the
pipe organ and a modern rubberized
floor covering laid in the main audi
toiium. Dr and Mrs. W. T. John
son and the cougrega,flion are hapy/
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The True Reformers
at Washington, D. C.
Grand Worthy Master Trent Re*
elected***Dr. W. H. Smith Now
Vice Grand Worthy Master***
An Harmonious Session.
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[office of Grand Treasurer Abolished.
Dr. W. H. Smith Elected Vice
Grand Master; Mrs. L. L. Stanard,
Secretary-Treasurer.
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I The forty-seventh annual session
I of the Grand Fountain, U. 0. T. R.,
I was held at Metropolitan Baptist
Church, Washington, D. C., Septem
ber 12,15, 1927. Mr. Lee Trent,
Grand Worthy Master, presided. The
'delegation was large and the pro
ceedings freighted with harmony.
Much was accomplished for the fu
ture security and progress of the
Order. The night moorings were!
opened to the public. The welcome
address was. delivered Tuesday night
! by Mr. Samuel E. Ray, chief of
.'Washington Division and member of
the board of directors. The re
sponse was by the Rev. E. P. Tunie,
of Rochester, Pa., also a member of
the board of directors.
Dr. Kelly Miller Speaks.
The Wednesday night meeting was
presided over by Prof. John A. Lank
ford, the well-known architect and
member of the Order. The address
of the evening was delivered by
Prof. Kelly Miller, of Howard Uni
versity. It was masterful and again
gave to the late Rev. .William W.
Browne, founder of the Order, his(
rightful place among the galaxy of
l fraternal loaders. He also paid a
! remarkable tribute to the Order for
(its achievements during its forty-;
| seven years of existence.
Change in Offices.
The reports of the Grand Master,
Grand Secretary and Grand Treas
urer were very encouraging. The
office of Grand Treasurer was abol
ished.
! Dr. W. H. Smith, who was the
treasurer of the Grand Fountain, was
elevated to the office of Vice-Grand
Master. He will also be the organ
izing field deputy with jurisdiction
I throughout the United States. The
) office of Grand Treasurer was
merged with the office of Secretary.
! Mrs. L. L. Stanard was elected to
the office of Secretary-Treasurer. .
Other Officers Elected.
All of the other Grand officers
were re-elected. The new members
elected to the board of directors
were Mr. James East, of Richmond, ■
Va.; Mr. P. A. Dade, of Montclair,)
N. J.; Lawyer A. D. Washington, of
Washington, D. C., and Mr. Eudell
Williams, of Pittsburg, Pa.
The members of the Executive I
Committee of the Board of Directors j
will consist of the Grand Master,
Secretary-Treasurer, Rev. A. W.
Brown, Lawyer W. F. Denny and
Mr. James East. s
The law of the Order requires the
' members of this committee to reside j
in the city of Richmond.
Rev. S. S. Morris There.
A most pleasing and beneficial fea
ture of the session was the presence
of the Rev. S. S. Morris, delegate
from Richard Allen Fountain of
Portsmouth, Va., and Past Grand
Master of the Order, and Mrs. L. D.
Hodge, of Montgomery, W. Va., and
Past Grand Worthy Mistress of the J
Order.
The session was royally entertain-i
ed by the Chief S. E. Ray and as
sociates. After the adjournment the
delegation was tendered a reception '
by the Washington Division which
will never be forgotten. All left for
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their respective homes with nothing
byt the highest praise for Chief Ray
am’ Washington Division.
; The next annual session will be
j held, in Pittsburg, Pa.
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FLORENCE, S. C.
' Baptism was administered at Trin
ity Baptist Church on last Sunday
at 8 o’clock P. M.
i The Wilson Hieh School opened
'on Monday, September 12th, with a
bright outlook.
! Mrs. R. C. Wilson and Mrs. Jplia
Stevenson, after a pleasure* trip
NortV have -returned home much
benefited thereby.
The morning schedule of all trains
south, northwest and west of the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad will be
changed, running later in the day,
after September 26th, we are told.
Rev. Daniel Robinson, pastor of
Mt. Pisgah and Snow Hill Baptist
churches, after visiting the National
Baptist Convention at its recent ses
sion at Detroit, Mich., is home again
at his post. He said he is at a loss
to know hdw our leaders manage to
be satisfied remaining away from our
annual meetings. ,
Mrs. Roxey Rhone, after finding
such hot weather here at home, has
decided to sip more mountain breeze
the next outing she has. ,
Mrs. Ivory Scott, of Mars B1 uff,
S. C., died September 17th last.
Mr. .James Jones and Mr. James
Horn are kept quite busy nowadays
trying to meet the demand for con-'
genial company.
Mr. E. Rogers- finds great pleasure
relating events of his recent pleas
ure trip North.
E. B. WEBSTER. !
ROANOKE ITEMS.
Mr. Thomas Griggs, a Norfolk and
Western Railroad brakeman, was
killed while on duty Monday, Sep
tember 19th, preparatory to leaving
on his run. He resides on Wells
Avenue. N. W., Roanoke. Mr. Griggs
has been many years in the service.
Mrs. W. A. Powell, of Third Ave
nue, N. W., died here Monday, after
a short serious illness. Funeral took ,
place Tuesday afternoon at 2:30;
o’clock from Mt. Zion A. M. E. I
Church, of which she was a faithful
member.
Mr. Eugene Willis and Miss Clau
dine White were instantly killed in
an automobile accident here, while
returning from Yellow Sulphur
Springs closing exercises. The car
collided with a truck parked by the
roadside without lights.
The funeral services of Brakeman
Thomas Griggs, whose legs were cut
off yesterday morning, were held
September 21st from the church of
which he was a member.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret
Powell took place Thursday, Septem
ber 22nd.
Mr. Jackson Sales, of Columbus,
O., has been in the city '{since last
week visiting Mr. S. W. Howard and
family.
Rev. J. S. Hatcher, B. D., deliv
ered two matchless sermons last
Sunday.
Mrs. Alice Gilbert is stopping with
Miss Maggie Dehaven, of Seventh
Avenue, N. W., Roanoke.
SHEPHERDS HOLD GREAT
MEETING IN NEWP’T NEWS
A Grand Parade***Mrs. Ora B. Stokes
Presides**'Secretary A. (2. <2Iark
Makes Fine Report.
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(By Roger J. Kyies)
Newport News, Va.,
September 13, 1927.
! The seventeenth annual session of
the Improved Order Shepherds and
Daughters of Bethlehem convened at
the First Baptist Church, Newport
News, Va.
Called to order by the Grand Pre
siding Shepherd, Mrs. Ora Brown
Stokes.
After some preliminary remarks,
the Grand Presiding Shepherd ap
pointed the following Committee on
Credentials: Amos C. Clark, Kulah
Cunningham, James Kyle and Fan
nie B. Taulton.
Devotional exercises were con
ducted by the Grand Chaplain, assist
ed by Revs. Daly and Payne.
While the Committee on Creden
tials were out, the time was spent
by the delegation in song and ex
pressions.
Prof. Lee Explains.
Prof. J. S. Lee told of the work
of the Grand Presiding Shepherd in
defending the cause of the organi
zation before- the Insurance Depart
ment of the State of Pennsylvania.
He told how she ably represented the
cause, which gave the Order the
right to continue business in Penn
sylvania.
The Committee on Credentials re
ported as follows:
Folds represented by delegates.... 82
Folds represented by letter..;. 21
Total. 103
Number of delegates.119
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v Dr. S. A. Thomas, general chair
man, and Mi*. R. J. Kyles, chairman
of the Housing Committee, were pre-J
[sented to the body and made some
| remark?.
Sang “Blest Be the Tie That
Binds”) and adjourned until 3 P. M.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Called to order by the Grand Pre
siding Shepherd.
Devotional exercises conducted by
the Grand Chaplain, assisted by
Revs. Allen and Garfield.
The Grand Vice-Presiding Officer
took the chair and spoke of the great
worth of the Grand Presiding Shep
herd to the Order, stating that he
did not believ'e she had an equal in
the State, being earnest in her pur
pose and determined in her will. He j
then presented her to the delega-1
tion far the purpose of delivering '
her report.
The Grand Presiding Shepherd (
thanked the Grand Vice for his com
plimentary remarks.
Many, Difficulties.
In her report she called attention
to the difficulties that this organi
zation had to contend with, stating
that immediately after the last grand
session trouble arose in Pennsyl
vania, and the continuance of the
work in that State was threatened.
She told of the steps taken which
resulted in the organization being
permitted to continue business in
Pennsylvania. She spoke of campaign
for new members in various portions
of its territory w’hich resulted in
large additions to the membership.
She paid a special tribute to her
deputies, whom she said had on a
whole done very good work during
the year.
She spoke of the Uniform Depart
ment and told of the excellent show
ing it made the first Sunday in June
when it had its first annual sermon
preached at the Sixth Mt. Zion Bap-1
tist Church, Richmond, Va.
She also told of the pi-estige that i
the band had made for the Order
and the impression it makes
wherever it goes, and felt that a
substantial donation ought tc be
ma<ie to help pay for the instruments
purchased, which is the property of
the Order and not of any individual.
The Juvenile Department.
In speaking of the Juvenile De
partment, she stated that some of
the lodges had not attached the
proper degree of importance to that
department, and that for a Fold to
be alive, it should have connected
with it a Juvenile Fold.
Her report also dealt with the
needs for headquarters and stated
that before many months' we will be
able to notify the organization of
the purchase of suitable headquar
ters.
The Grand Presiding Shepherd
dwelt at length on the subject of
lapsation and urged that the secre
taries do all within their power to
prevent lapses. Said she, “Remem
ber that the expiration of two
months in the payment of dues that
lapsation does not occur until after
the meeting in the third month, and
if a memb£r pays anything at all,
even if it is only one month, he re
tains his membership until the next
meeting. She urged that the secre
taries of local Folds should try to
keep their members on the inside by
collecting their dues from them and
bringing them to the meetings, where'
it is inconvenient for the members I
to attend and bring it, and compen
sation should be allowed a collector
for this work.
The Lines of Progress. '
* 'She stated further that in oi’der
for an organization to be listed'
among the forwai’d thinking organi
zations, it must do something other
than taking care of the sick and
burying the dead. She told of the
possibilities of the organization meet
'ing the issue with no expense to the
Order, but would give them greater
prestige.
The Grand Presiding Shepherd
told of her travels, and stated that
her recent visit to Now York and
New Jersey had convinced her that
they are splendid fields in which to
push our work.
| The report showed that more than
3,000 new members had been added
I to the ranks, 465 being secured by
herself.
She spoke of the Welfare Depart
ment as being necessary to protect
our ^ged members and orphan chil
dren. Said she, "The orphan and
neglected child must be cared for.
Not only our children, but the chil
dren of other races, must be kept
from the jails and penitentiaries. She
plainly showed the possibilities of
the Welfare Department.
Rev. Daly, Mrs. Wynn and Mrs.
Susie Robinson spoke on the report,
and on motion of Mr. Hines, the re
port of the Grand Shepherd was re
ceived and adopted and placed in the
hand of the proper committee.
, Rules Suspended. ,
Rev. Cobbs at this point moved
that the rules be suspended and the
Grand Shepherd be elected for a
term of four years today instead of
the last day.
The Grand Presiding Shepherd
thanked the members for their vote
of confidence.
Mrs. Yancey spoke of her friend
ship and good will towards the Pre
siding Shepherd and urged those who
have professed friendship for her to
stick by her, Mrs. Morgan also spoke
along the same lines.
Adjourned to meet at 8 o’clock.
NIGHT SESSION. ,
Public meeting presided over by
Dr. S. A. Thomas, chairman.
' Devotional exercises conducted by
the Grand Chaplain, assisted by Rev.
Kemp and Rev. Lewis. 1
The following addresses of wel
come were delivered:
Mrs. Lizzie Green, on behalf of
the church. |
Mr. Charles Robinson, on behalf
; of the city.
I Rev. C. E. Jones, on behalf of the
churches. i
Prof. J. S. Lee, on behalf of the
fraternal organizations. I
Mr. R. J. Kyles, on behalf of Liz- i
zie McPherson’s Fold. I
Song by the choir.
Responses by Mrs. Susie J. .Wil
liams and Rev. A. D. Daly.
On motion a vote of thanks was ’
tendered Dr. S. A. Thomas, gen- j
eral chaijrman, and all who partici-;
pated in the program. *
Adjourned to meet at 9:30 Wed
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ROT YET DECIDED
A “shower” of votes came in last
Monday and literally swampod the
tabulating clerks. The complete re
port was .not ready when we went
to press ana the names of the
winners will appear next week. The
Hudson Car Agency annodnces that
a consignment was received Thurs
day and will be ready for delivery.
UNION LEVEL NOTES.
At 11:30 we had a grand time.
The pastor was present and preached
a wonderful sermon. He preached
from Acts 26:5. The usher and
deacon boards took pleasui'e in beau
tifying the church. The usher board
gave the church a lovely nulpit set,
which the church appreciated so
much. Sunday night at 8:30 there
was a grand concert given by Sister
Sisretta Washington for the benefit
of one of the church clubs. Sunday
at 3:30 the pastor and choir ai‘e in
vited to Rev. Crump’s church. The
pastor is asking the members to be
on time Sunday morning.
Mrs. Mary R. Logan, of New
York City, is visiting her sister and
brother-in-law, Dr. and Mrs. J. L.
Peters, at 707% North Third Street.
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OPENING OP THE VIRGINIA
SEMINARY.
Editor, The Richmond Planet,
Richmond, Va.
The President and Trustee Board
of the Virginia Theological Seminary
and College take pleasure in an
nouncing the formal opening of the
Fortieth Annual Session on Septem
ber 19, 1927. Courses of instruction
offered are: Preparatory, Academic,
College of Arts and Sciences and
Theological. These courses are under
the supervision of experienced teach
ers which insures thoroughness of in
struction and satisfactory progress of
the student. •
Foi information address either the
President’s office or the Registrar s
Prof. S. H. Clark, Virginia Theo
logical Seminary and College, Lynch
burg, Virginia.
W. H. R. POWELL,
President.
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