Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1896-11-14
FROM DANVILLB
A Campaign Song-A Disastrous Fire
Personal and Briefs.
League Man.

Just tell them he's elected now,
And Bryan will do the rest,
Just tell them Mark Hanna's clear
out of sight,
Just whisper If you get a chance,
To chairman Jones and say,
We love him as we did before the
fray.
The campaign has closed with Nc
Kinley as president though a few Dem
ocrats have not as yet realized it. The
battle was fast and furious; yet the
victory is calm and final. The PLANET
has heralded the news from the North
TO the South from the Atlantic to e
Pacific that Mckinley is king.
We wish to say to our prosperous
colored people that our attention has
been attracted TO the city almshouse,
where lay destitute and forsaken, in
hunger and misery, the less fortunate
element OF our people Shall the strong
not bear the burden Of the weak2 ] am
afraid, dear friends that we as race
pay too little attention to our unfor-
Inmates. Why is it that our ministers
let this matter pass them unnoticed?
Why don't the ministers conference
adopt some measures with regard TO
this matter? What is the Christian
Endeavor doing? Anything TO help
our fallen brother or sister? How can
you say that you ere christian, il
you refuse to stoop down and raise
some poor soul from shame and degra-
dation. How can you be follower of
Christ unless you lend helping hand
in raising fallen humanity?
A poor wretched sinner woman died
there last week and before she passed
from this world, she brought terrible
oath. Poor doomed soul, where will
you spend eternity? The blood of this
wretched woman has stained the gar
ments of whom? What do you insti-
tute societies for? Have you realized
that you have a great responsibility
upon you, and that you should strive
with all your might to gain some souls
from perdiuon? This matter should no
longer go unnoticed, but the ministers
of the various churches should sound
the trumpet What is the duty of the
church ; if not to consolidate its means
and forces in order to rear such branch
es of labor as will give our downtrod-
den race employment and gain souls
for Christi
Mr. Junius Carter was in the city
Monday.
The city has been enjoying great
revival of business, but the flow Of
gold is not above par.
Sunday evening at about z 80 or p
m the light from a fire which origi.
mated an Mr.. l. w. Holbrook's house
on poor house hill shOne brightly
through the city. The hungry flames
soon licked up the house and left the
chimneys standing desolate and lonely
The houses referred to caught on fire
while the occupants were all out Al
church. We learn that his loss is Gov
cred by Insurance. The colored PEG
pie make mistake by not having theil
property protected from loss by fir,
by not petitioning the council to ruI
water in the localities where their pre-
perry is situated.
THE V. N. AND CT TRIUMPHs.
Miss Missouri Paige, a graduate o
the V. n. and CT class OF '96, was ap
pointed to q position in the public
school last week We hope that sh,
may fill the position with much credi
and honor not only to herself, but ais,
to her Alma Mater. And as histor,
makes haste to record great deeds; w
hope that future historians may recort
some good deeds for her. May she
learn to bear we'll her great prosperity
Miss NJ. w. Davis, of Danville, lef
Saturday, Nov. 9th, for the A. and M
college at Greensboro, N. @. We hop
that she may be attended with mucl
success in her studies.
We visited the public schools of AL
magro recently and we're impressed
very favorably with the building witt
the additional rooms, which have jus
been completed. The able corp O
teachers will have an attractive ant
comfortable school Mr.. George w
Woody, is principal,
r. H. JOHNSON.