Election Laws Under Scrutiny
One of the contraversial matters
that was discussed in the last state
campaign was—the simplification of
the ballot in Virginia. That, this
matter which at times grew bitter
between the Democrats and Republi
cans, has not gone altogether unno
ticed. is shown by the fact the Gov.
Pollard in his mesage to the General
Assembly, now in session, proposed
a change in our voting laws. The
general assembly acting on this ad
vice has already under consideration
relative to simplifying the ballot in
our state.
It has always been the contention
of the Republican party that the bal
lot has been too confusing. This
has been borne out to some extent,
perhaps, by the fact that thousands
of ballots are thrown out at each
election. It would now seem that
the Democratic party is determined,
through their leader, Governor Pol
lard, to investigate this charge., and
remedy the situation. Several bills
are under consideration, relative to
this situation. One would have a
voting machine, another would have
a method to use a cross mark oppo
site the party, the voter intended to
vote for, signifying his intentions
for that party in full. There is also
under consideration a bill to require
the Republican party to hold a pri
mary the same as the Democratic
candidates are required to do. From
all of this it would seem that it is
a foregone conclusion, that Virginia
is to have two parties in the future.
Fortunately our group in the
Valley have little trouble in getting
on the books. And, they hold fair
elections here too. Seemingly, our
greatest hold-back is to get our peo
ple to pay their taxes and register.
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Unles the Negro can learn to co
operate on a large basis the RACE
will meet serious obstacles in the
very near future.—Dr. Vernor L.
Johns, President, Virginia Seminary
and College.
IIY I.AMD
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la r.v ■: ; . ;v.n : u. £ let uic marry
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Mother: Why didn’t you cat! me,'
Dors, when that your.;.: iv.au tried
to k:you?
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♦ kissed, mother.
in the restaurant In one
'.he .'.taller towns of iirtylaru!.
‘ lave you any oysters?" asked
diner.
“ \To, sir,” said the waiter.
“Any lobsters?”
“ io, sir.”
My p-awns?” / ,
Mr. The only shellfish we
is hc0'gs, sir.”
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COHNSTALKS
Just as the invasion of the Europ
rvi -ornborer has put up to every
I firmer in the corn-gr wing regions
i the rblem of how to get r;d of his
i c : mcl hold the pert in check,
i rew i nventions for the utilization of
this farm waste for making paper
! and also a substitute for lumber have
j le.ii perfected.
; Niow capital in large amount has
' l .1 subscribed to finance industries
v,' -h \ ill contract with farmers for
j t ir stalks, after harvest, send their
* ‘ov n machines into the fields to gather
1 th : a d haul them to central points'
w! rc th y will be mnnuf ctuped into
iv-efid prci'lucts. This will help con
serve the forests and will also add,
to .he profits of the corn growers.
| GAS
, The International Red Cross is
preparing for the next war. One of
the certainties about the next war on
any large scale is that poison gas will
be used on a larger scale than ever
! before. War is no longer an afTai?
of kings and hired armies; it is whole
nations against whole nations. The
aggressor in the next great war will
A
no* v.—’t f r the enemy to assemble
an ant;y it w.d '. y to v. .pc o'- t a
wh lc city by. di < pping poison g: •
f; : t'ae i leads.
. ' Red Cross i.; looking for
is some i. .ns of (kU’ci'.ng the most
minute tra.e of poison ■:.> in the air
A prize cf £2,(Yd is oLcred to ilia
siicce ft:! invent* r. And \vc call this
a civilized world!
EMOTIONS
. fea . worry, especially the
latter, kill more people titan “real ’
diseases, r:cc>rdh:g to a report rcce: t
ly ma le t the New York Ac.id :*..;*
of. Medicine. There is no such thing
as overwork, either of body or nt nd.
The body, given sufficient nourish
ment, will quit < f its own acco-d
when fatigue becomes too great, a
a night’s sleep will put it b . k into
trim again, Probably n■■ i :n...n 1
has ever usgd his brain to it
capacity. Men who hdve sm .i.d
that subject say that most of us use
less than a quarter of our.power of
thought.
But let worry, jealousy, fear of
losing’s one’s job, one’s money or
one’s sweetheart, creep in, and the
whole picture is changed. The
emotional tension tires both mind and
body, which cannot go on without
violent stimulation, and the prt .crs
of decay is hastened. Most of the
deaths front heart disease and kidney
trouble arc the result of emotional
tension rather than any real def t
in the physical organs.
LIFE
With all the talk about the in
creased average length of human
life, the age of seventy still remains
the normal limit for the human being.
So Dr. Louis Dublin, medical head
of one of the great insurance com
1
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pnnics, rejiorts. Only exceptional
indivi Inals live beyond 7U, and in
America the proportion; who die be
tween 05 and 70 is increasing, Y t
the average American lives lonp-r
than these of his father’s genera • i
did, ranch longer than in his p.a.
father’s time. That is because t i
iiliu. s v..licli it: 1 to bid ‘ It b •
b s, . ...drea and y ang pcoj ie pi i>. •
sexes are not so prevalent as former
ly.
Every American 1 by l orn today
has a :e-.;. a: e <.bat.ee of living to
55, which is the average k.ict.ii * i
life in this v ; ilry. in ; rail, t 41 i
most of Europe. But the man v..:)
.reaches 5 ■ • t • *u:.t ■ m >rc ill a
1 •.:c a years ".ore of Ipo v. :th a- ;/
d e of err: n;y, an; the A me i
r.;e that 1'- will juss on in Un y a;a.
COAL
C. h ”i,'*s af the T’y*d Sm* k ’ ’a
E.\; dii:. - ha * l coal i: Ant
a tica. Great Britai . i
to remin ' die United States that
siderable p..rts < : ' t le i.u. I ther- . -
under the protection of the Erin h
flag. Trouble-maters, especially the
h pt
war to peace because war is in.-re
“newscy’ a: already tr-ng t" i. y
the four, lation for international
strife.
I f we ever do po to war against
Great Pritr.’ti it will be over some
thing . ar more important than a
< j -bed 1
• ure is always below f:< ring and
• 1 w zero.
Even i f t! coal v •• - ■ • • 1 le ft
would not be word ' i nv \
Coal is losing its in. in •
economic sriic-sne • I . m ’ :
oil lias become th» j.r . tkvi l .*
tlic world’s navies .... .
merchant mai ine.
Hear an Interesting Story of an adventurous Life—
‘The SVian Who Would Be King* •
The story of the life of John Mitchell, jr.
by Roscoe C. Mitchell.
Watch for Date.
COVINGTON, VA. 1
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The Bridget Club met at the home .
! of it:* president, Miss Bessie Carter.
, Quite a few were present.
Bridget Lucy Norris came home :
i niter attending the Davis-Burks i
! wedding. She reported a line time. >
V;-. II. -I. Adann/was called to
. [’.'vinohe, Va., to see her brother,
who was so ill.
i
gi::ia Harris spent the week-end in
, Iron Gate, Va., visiting Mi/s Left
wicn.
' The first Baptist Church is plan
nine. a men’s day and women’s day,
so let us women stick together again
in peace and harmony.
: { . . Wi ram preach
!. f his ine sermons Sjinday morning.
The B. f. P. U. was fine.
| Mr. and Mrs. Hilliard Noi vis are
visiting their daughter in Glen Fer
ry, W. Va.
} Mrs. Eva Warwick is on the sick
.
) Mrs. Maud Harvey is feeling line
these days.
LYNDHURST, VA.
Messrs. Irvin and Maurice Awk
ward were * the Sunday afternoon
guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Reid.
I Mr. Paxton Waler, of Waynes
boro, was the Sunday guest of Mrs.
Ruth Morris. _
j Misses Clara and Mabel Awkward
gave a birthday party on the 15th
in honor of their brother, Mr. Mau
rice Awkward, of Elizabeth, N. J.
Games and music were enjoyed by
: all until a late hour, when refresh
ments were cervecl. Those present
j were Misses Rheba and Ora Pryor,
I Eunice Reid, Blanche and Mary
| Broks, Messrs. Theodore Briscoe and
John Johnston, also Miss Nellie
Johnston.
Lexington, Va.,
J anuary_JP7;_1930^M
nas. The Elite Art Circle has. had
wo meetings. Mr .'Geneva William
intertained the circle on January
,5th and Mrs. Mayme S. Jones, on
fanuary 29th.
Mrs. Eliza Walker has returned
rom Burkeville, Virginia, where she
as .<ee . .king a treatin', it for sev
ral months.
Mrs. Lilly Fields Carter has
tv> Pittsburgh to take a position
in that city. She plans to spend
i: p_ ;.
Mrs. Ilona Alexander spent the
, c. k c * in Roanoke, Virginia.
Mrs. < ■ , N.
C., is vj iting her sister, Mrs. Henry
• atl.. v.,, on Diamond lji-k
Mrs. Rosa Hale, who has been
away I w some time, is at homg for
the winter.
Rev. Cook and family, spent Sat
urday in Lynchburg on business.
Mrs. Edlow Morrison, of Washing
ton, D. C., is with her mother-in-law,
Mrs. Louise Morrison, on Ruffs Lane.
Dr. A. W. Pleasants was called to
Roanoke a few days ago to see Mr.
W. II. Preston, who at this writing is
very ill. Mr. Preston is a Lexing
ton* me.a, he is now superintendent
of the Roanoke Division for the
Southern Aid Insurance Company.
Litle Dorothy Fielding, the daugh
ter of Mrs. Gertrude Russell Field
ings. was fatally burned at her home,
on Diamond Hill, Sunday morning,
January 2Gth, and died at Jackson
Hospital Sunday night.
Dorothy was about five years old,
an attractive and promising looking
child. She seems to have caught tire
while trying to get warm, and her
clothes became ignited. She ran for
help and her mother made every ef
fort possible to extinguish the .flame,
but not until the child was burned
all over did she get the furious fire
KING DAVIDS SHOW
MARKABLE
our arm
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THE 1 MF r.RiAL ORT ' ? O? KNG
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DAVID’S AMT.CAL ST ATE
MENT
At the close of 1929 :*.l! claim.3
v:erc pai; except the claim of dame.;
Pettu.', whoso mother, Mrs. Mamie
Pettu-; Craft, moil two years ago, in
February. ••he was a member of
Star Hope Lodr ■ No. 112, IMn e Ed
ward County, Virginia. We nave ad
vertised for him four times, but he
has not been found.. Anyone know
ing the whereabouts of Mr. dames
Pettu' wil pica e notify him that the
Imperial Order of King David is stil!
holding $100.00 for him, the death
claim of his mother.
Every death claim was paid
promptly, some within 21 hours after
notification. .
The Imperial Order of King David
lost during the past year 93 mem
bers. Total amount paid $8,825.00.
We have added to the Order 1,278
new members.
We have a balance to our credit
in the various banks of Richmond
over $19,000.00.
We take this opportunity to thank
all of our members, co-workers, and
deputies, whose names are too num
erous to mention, for their faithful
work and loyal support, and pray
that God’s riches blessings will rest
upon them.
Mrs. A. G. Thompson Taylor,
Grand Worthy Ruler,
Miss Mary M. Scott,
Grand Worthy Scribe,
Mrs. L. P. Southall,_^
IN MEM03IAM
VAT1*:. -In :nm..>ry o - s i *
wife arid our *n’t. 1 n*‘‘ •’
Yates, who departs.1 Uni' KA' one
yearNrgo today, Jauunvy 2?'. 192t).
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?.fay God wish y >u : 1 :
Our nib) 4 v i'dleri \v• . i< :vrrrets
As on the day you died.
Dearest wife and mother, thou hast
left iv,
We cannot see thy f-; no move;
Nor hear thy gentle voice
Until-we reach the other si. ?. !
Farewell, Minnetta, how we '■ • ; a '
How ; a;
Fir God will keep you in ID o om
Until we meet you ow
ilu ban ..... Yj
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YATES—In memory of my dear
daughter and our sihter, Minnetta
Yates, who departed this life one
year ago today, January 28, 1929.
Deep in our hearts that aches v/ilh
the repression.
And strives with plentitude of bit
ter pain,
There lives many thoughts that clam
ors for expression,
And spends its undelivered force
in vain.
Bui after while our tears shall cease,
And sorow shall give way to peace;
The flowers shall bloom, the thoughts
shall die,
With faith in Christ, shall see
our loved ones by and by.
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! • It is a concensus of opinion here that something
is dogmatically wrong with the colored group in Rich
rnond; noted particularly when an attempt is made to
iget unanimity of action for proposed social, eco
i nomjc or community movements. It is also noted that
|there seems to be too much division in thought, as
i well as in action. We make this our concern for this
j week because we consider it of prims importance,
i Let us give some attention to the historical back
ground for this division or lack of cooperation. Sub
sequent to the War Between the States, the Negroes
|of Richmond developed more rapidly*in education and
business than Negroes in many parts of the South
and their rapid rise in the cultural and bvsiness world
was a wonder of that day: When there were only IQ
colored hanks in the United States, we had four in
• Richmond, and our cultural life was the mode! for
other sections. The pioneer work done in the-old
Richmond High and Normal School'was largely re
sponsible for this.
| Our large uneducated majority naturally alliedjt
.self to the few educated leaders and coon found it
self divided into several camps, with two main groups
| which grew in power. A natural antipathy developed
j between these groups and all cf our community ef
j forts became partisan. A) though the* original Rich
mond Negro is almost extinct here a good bit of this
jealousy has seeped through into this generation and
tin’s is primarily what we see today in our lack of co
operation.
i
Another unfortunate thing happened, We lost a
hrge number of the second and subsequent genera
tions that graduated from the old high school: They
(went to Mew York. Philade Iphia and other Northern
I cities and in their places we received thousands of
i Southerners* who had not had the advantages we
,enjoyed.' Richmond’s cultured group failed to encour
, age contact with these S outherners and denied
them a splendid opportunity to imbibe our spirit, and
.inis created a group host!lo to native Richmonders.
Those conditions are being gradually remedied.
The educational institution s here arc moulding this
heterogeneous group of ours into one in culture anr!
habits and points of view, in time this will give us a
citizenry which will know how to cooperate:
| ?n th? meantime, the greatest need of the present
j loud-speaker to amplify the voices of our leaders
| ff the populace could hear r?l°in!v the voice of our
; leadership, they could more readily respond. There is
enough profundity of thought and calibre of ability in
it’3 leadership here to accomplish the task of pja6iri*.
| nbhmond In th$ forefront or colored communities in
|America, If we only had a journal of sufficient power
(to command and rally th ro’k in Mg majorities.
0 t ailment of non-coo icraiion caused largoiy
the lack of c i The Planet is
com 'ot: :! to the task of g' ; Flick* one! a loud
[.speaker to be ?red by any ' o'’interests for the
. ’ n ire:: :V wo ' ww.: r the future
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Midnight st^rs are gl< ami' j,
Upon a lonely grave.
Where sleeping, bat : dr.*r.nin.~,
Lies the ono v/e lov J, hul c\ a'. 1
not save.
Peaceful be thy rest dear son,
It is sweet to call your name.
In life we loved you dearly,
In death we do the same.
The moon and stars are shining,
On a lone and silent grave.
Beneath lies one we dearly love,
i But one we could not save.
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r.ii.cbo 1 at ::il N. 4th R-climnd Va
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