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VOLUMEXLVI.NO. 13 RICHMOND .VIRGINIA, SATURDAY. _ ____
THE RICHMOND LIBERAL-MINDED WHITE
FOLK OPPOSE kACE HATRED
Stage Great Fight in Council— Friction Here.
Colored Folk Not Seeking Encroachment—Racial Integrity an Issue.
Certain That Citizens Will Appeal to the Courts to; yust-ye.
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Common Council Approves Ordi-1
nance. Then Argues Matter for j
Over Hour—Pr.ce anJ iori- on Ask ,
Delay of Month. j
Common Council pa - ' .e segvo- :
Ration
and a ) .■
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ness and civic clubs to make a sur
vey of conditions surrounding the j
Negro, stating their belief that from
the information gathered by the sui
vey an ordinance might be framed ;
that would be more apt to stand the
test cf constitutionality and le*s apt
to strain the relations between the
races. Both favored some form of
segregation, opposed action that
seemed hasty and based on inade
quate information.
Fears Race Animosity i
“We are flaunting a red flag in
the face of the Negroes by this ordi
nance. It marks the beginning ot a
difference between the races that
Richmond will live to regret. I am
in favor of segregation of some kind,
but not in the form provided here.
I do not want to be a member ot
any body that passes hastily legis
lation of such vast importance.
..tl. qvo nrkfr rusnnnsihle
me -nck*vJ“5 llvJl
for the white people moving out of
Marshall Street and other sections.
We should divorce racial integrity
from segregation; one pertains to
blood and the other to property.
There is no connection between the.
two in this instance,” said Dr. Price. [
Councilman Britton classed the
measure as the most important and
far-reaching that had ever come upj
in the council chambers and doubted
its constitutionality. He urged fui-j
ther consideration and the gathering
of all data on Negro conditions that
might be available in the hope that
a better solution would be found. J
Would Ignore ‘‘Paper Criticism”
Councilman Sullivan said that he
would have voted for delay had he
not been informed that in the face
of the pending legislation a Negro
family had moved into property at
Twenty-second and Broad Streets
yesterday, in the heart of a white
residential section rnd within two
blocks of St. John’s Church. Segre
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Baptist Ministers*
Remarkable Scenes in Hustings and Po*\
lice Courts**Judge T. Gray Haddon
Enters Upt Duties.
tsonterence install
New Officers
Judge John L. iugram Sworn in fry
President Beveriy T. J£rump\/'*T
Rev. Dr. W. L. Rat some Heads Great Body Here.
' Rev. J. E. Founiaiu e*tgnatiy Recognized.
(Special by John Mitchell. Jr.)
The Police Court Chamber was a
scene of the last legal appearance of ;
Judge John L.; Ingram as senior
Justice Thursday January 31. 1929
and his friends staged a fitting testi ,
mou’al of li.s sterling worth by luiy i
ing Judge Beverly T. Crump Chief ,
Justice of the Special Court of
Appeals present to him a fine silver
loving cup appropriately engraved. 1
It was on Friday morning February .
X, 1929 that his successor Judge T. f
Gray Haddon entered upon the ;
duties of his office. Both events
were quietly staged and the inform
ation concerning the ceremonies was
(Continued on page 8)
DR. WILLIAMS WILL PREACH
SPECIAL SERMON
A great crowd heard Dr. Williams, ;
pastor of Fourth Baptist Church, last ,
Sunday evening. A capacity con- '
negation is expected Sunday, Janu- j
ary 10th, at 8 P. M. to hear him i
preach on “Handwriting On the
Wall.” The public is invited to hear
this great sermon. The choir is pre
paring special music.
Don’t fail to hear Dr.. Ashburn
?ach evening of the week January
10th in his series of sermons and
lectures on the Church and Its De
partments.
Have you registered with Fourth
Baptist for the year 1929? Have
cou signed your “pledge” card for
1929? If you have not, see the clerk
jr his assistant immediately. Join
iiands with progress—then
‘Without faltering, without rest,
Strive to lift better up to best!”
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Judge John L. Ingram being sworn in by President Beverly T. Crump of the Special Supreme Court
of Appeals, as Judge of the Hustings Corut. —Couitesy Richmond, Va , Times-Dispatch
LAUNDRY INCORPORATED.
The Community Service and the
Elk Hand Laundry merged recently
tfnd operated as the C. S. and E.
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; Laundry. It lias been incorporated
I under the name of the Elite Laun
dry Inc. with capital stock of
$25,000. About two-thirds of the
stock has been taken up. Dr. J. E.
Fowlkes, Charles W. Robinson,
; William Grand son and Rev. W. 13.
Ball are the officers. ..
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Mr. A. C. Clark, who has been
ill is much improved under the
skillful treatment of Dr. Albert A.
Tennant. .
1 \\ U A \ rial Elia
The Phyll.s Wheatley Branch Y. i
W. C. A. will reopen its Vesper j
Services on Sunday afternoon Febru i
ary tenth at 5 P. M. At this t.me j
the Religious Education Committee ]
wfll present as the speaker. Miss
Harr.et M. Smith formerly General t
Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. at )
Onengtu China..
..Miss Smith is now connected with j
the National Y. W. C. A. and is '
spending some time in Richmond
her native home.
M ss Smith will speak on the ,fL.fe
of Mable Cratty” who was the Gen
eral Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. J
from its organization until last Feb
ruary. During this time Miss Cratty
did much towards building up the
Branch work*, among the colored
women. Since Sunday is Interracial j
Sunday, it is very fitting that the J
life of one who fostered Interracial
understanding among all women
and girls should be reviewed.
Special musical numbers will be
rendered. The public is invited to
attend. , a
Mrs. Mary L. Harris, the sister
of Mrs. S. B. Cogbill, who was
^operated upon at the Retreat Jan
uary 18, is convalescing nicely. She
will be glad to see her friends at
her home Elmont, Va.
Mrs. Harriet Johnson. Seventh
and Baker Streets died last Tuesday
night after a brief illness.
Dr. Q. W. Mooue died at his
residence last Wednesday morning.
He had been ailing for a long time. ;
The Baptist Ministers’ Conference
of Richmond and vicinity recently
held its annual election. All the
old officers were re-elected with the
exception of the president, Rev. J.
E. Fountain, who was retired after
1 wo years of service. Rev. W. L.
Ransome, D. D., was chosen to fill
the president’s chair. In him the
conference feels that it has at its
head a man of proven ability.
Dr. Ransome is president of the
Baptist General Association of Vir
ginia, pastor of First Baptist Church,
South Richmond, and a member of
the faculty of Virginia Union Uni
versity. His splendid training and
wide experience eminently fit him to
represent and guide the destiny of
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CARD OF THANKS
I thank the grand old Southern
Aid Society for helping me, the
Planet office that never forgets me,
the Second Baptist Church Sunday
School white Christmas and home
department, also Deacon John Tay
lor and family for extreme kindness
during the year. The Fifth Street
Baptist Missionary Circle, led by
Mrs. L. Blackwell, for much aid dur
ing many years. Last, but not least,
the Invincible Lodge of Odd Fellows,
and a host of friends who gave me
a pleasant Christmas and helped to
keep me from the City Home.
Hoping soon to meet my loved ones.
Where the “many mansions” be,
Listening for the happy welcome
Of my Savior calling me.
The Lord bless you all for many
happy years.
MRS. THOMAS M. CRUMP.
j\ ,7s john L. Ingram on the bench of the Hustings C. -^curtesy, Richmond, Va., News-Lead
MR. SCOTT’S RESIDENCE.
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scott
have dompleted the renovation of
their residence at 711 N. 29th' St.
It is a place ot superb taste and
I transcendent beauty. The specially
'designed furniture wall coloring
'effects, electric 1 ghting arrange*
' ‘ ments and the parlor, dining room
kitchen and bed-rooms practically
stagger the uninitiated as one goes
from one part of thin magnificent
structure to the other. ....
A detailed description is out of
/the question. It must have taken
months Of planning to produce the
effect. Architect Charles T. Russell
had the job of carrying out Mr. R.
C. Scott’s ideas and right well did
he perform the task. Contrac:or
jlsham did the work.
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Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes, who
was injured at Waynesboro, Va. in
ian automobile coll sion ;s out again
zr and has resumed her duties. u
6gc T. Gray Hadoon, ... ...0 as Justice of Police Court. —Courteiy Richmond, Va., News-leader