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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-28

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Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-28

RICHARD S. KER uuGu III UD,
commonwealth Attorney
Tor Augusta County.
KER & KERR.
Attorneys-at-Law-4 Law BUILDING
Staunton, Va.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1902-02-28

II b. KENNEDY.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
No. 10 Lawyers Row
Special ttant,o,, STANTON, Va.
chancery practice. eo'iohs and
Jan22-tf
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
THE NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN
COUNCIL.

The recent meeting of the National
Afro-American Council seems to have
been anything but success, il we are
20 judge by the unfavorable re-
ports of the meeting sent ont. IL is es-
pecially unfortunate at this time. We
are in the midst of anarch.stio eondi-
tions, Mobs are roaming over the land
and the laws are being fagrantly disre-
garded.
Bishop WALTERS had succeeded In es-
tablshing confidence in the organiza-
ton and understood thoroughly the diff
ticulties to be confronted. 1t now seems
that he either wearied of the task or pre-
sumed that the work could be carried
ON by shifting of positions. He is
now chairman Of the Executive Com
mittee and the former chairman Is now
President of the organization.
Mr.. T. THOMAS FORTUNE, the newly
elected official IS the most brilliant Afro
American journalist in this country and
his fidelity to the race admits of no
question. He thoroughly understands
the work and the machinery OF the or
ganization is not in untried OF inexpe-
rienced hands.
We wish him success. The most dis
tressing part of these national gather
ings of colored men and women is the
inordinate desire for Office and the con-
sequent unfavorable reports sent out by
those who are disappointed. Let us
hope that peace will prevail and harmo-
ny reign in the camps of our oppressed
and down-trodden people. Let us be
for ourselves and then others will be
for Us.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
Notice III

The East End Memorial Burial Asso-
citation of Richmond informs the pub
nc that having purchased six (6l acres
OF land, situated in Henrico County.
near the city of Richmond, adioinfnS
lakewood cemetery and that thew are
dlspoSlng OF the same, in sections, half
sections ana at the following terms.
Sections, $500 and Half Sections,
$500. -'''
The situation of this Cemetery ia
high, dry and rolling and accessible 10
the Richmond Traction Street Railway
and Seven Pines Railway lines, adioin-
ing lakewood cemetery.
This Association has at q considera.
BILE expense divided this tract of land
into sections, erected fence around its
boundaries, which with the additional
improvements contemplated, viii be an
lnoucement to those desiring or con.
templating purchasing resting places
Tor their deceased relatives and friends.
The attention of the general public is
senclted and advantageous Inducements
offered.
j. K. Griffin, President, No. 2412 f.
Broad street; e. a Washington. Score.
tary. Old Phone, 1888.
For information, apply TO .Tnhn cola
man, Keeper, No. 1920 p street; VIM.
Gustalo, 7O2 East Broad street; w. ii.
Jones, 1O37, st. Peter street; w. III.
Lewis, 500 Buchanan street; Samuel
Meredith, 1928 North 26th street: JOS
eph Robinson, No. 40 LIST Market or 2sI1
9-mlle Road; ID. J. Chavers, Supt., 1927
Darlington street.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
FIGS AND THISTLEs.
By Elijah p nn.mn

By Elijah p. Brown
The right thing 10 always the best
thing
The devil hVee IN the Same houss
With the man who doubts.
Love never works toF pay, and yea
Il is always paid for its work.
A Daniel Will always draw a Dan.
iel's Pay, no matter where yon put
him
The ma who Loves his neighber az
himself VIII have plenty OF chance to
prove r.
The s&omAOh hos bod nearly as
much TO do with making the world
what Il Is as tho head.
Count tho failures in life, and most
OF the wrecks will be found amono
those who never tried TO accomplis6
much.
Tia right kind OF q good man will
not begin TO dry UP and go To seed
as soon as he gets bone from canu
meeting.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
THE MOB'S FURY.

The fury of the mob was again DEM
onstrated when PETER JACKSON, an in
nocent colored man was shot and dan
gerously wounded by mob of white
men at Monroe, w. Va, July S5th. 1t
was afterwards found that he was not
the man wanted.
1t seems that Chief of Police VII
MOTH had been fatally shot by three
colored men and as a result JACKSON
and other innocent colored men had been
orderedto leave the locality He obeyed.
His clothes had been sent to village
near by and he was on his way to get
them. He was overtaken by the mob
and ran, whereppon they opened fire
upon him with the above result.
This act has aroused the colored min
ers in that locality, who claim that they
are ready to sell their lives as dearly as
possible. The trouble is that these col
ored men talk too much and do too lit
tie.
The present outrageous condition
could have been prevented if they had
acted promptly. Colored men guilty of
crime should be tried by due process OF
law and this Unceremouious numbering
of innocent people must be stopped at
all hazards.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
ITO TO Beach Park. WestpOint Excnr-
sion and Picnic Groands.-Only
80 Miles, One Hours Ride Prem
Richmond, via Southern Ry.

great many excursions have already
been booked for Beach Park" for lime
and July. The various attractions aud
improvements mt this popular resort
gives it moro prominence each season .
To close proximity TO Richmond. and
the unlimited supply of the most whole
some arteslan water, together with
many other natural advantages. places
1t second to none as a pleasure and
health resort for Richmond people.
King William Pier, a substantial
structure, extending $50 feet in length
and 20 feet wide over the York River
with waterproof roofing as "A protection
from sun and rain, adds considerably TO
the beauty and convenience for nic-nio
and other outing parties.
In addition TO the new Beach Park
Hotel, now being erected, YOU will find
other hotels and many nice boarding
houses, furnishing cheap rates and good
hrst-class accommodations.
The principal attractions are such a.
nne hshng' boating, sailing, merry. ao-
round, shooting galleries, steam and
naptha launches, a large dancing payil-
Ion with band ofsmusic day and night
several wells Of fine arteSian water ON
the grounds, and various other attrac-
tlons Co suit the older people as well as
the little ones.
For any other information apply at or
Write to the Southern Ry. Office, 900 f..
Main St. Richmond, Va.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
KEEP YOUR RECORD CLEAN.


A young man IA love wrote to his
old Sunday school tsaoher, asling him
TO write to the parents Of the young
woman whom he wished TO marry.
and testify as to his good oharaotex.
i am a stranger here. and they do
not know me. and the fathsr Il rath.
er unwilling, TO take my unsupported
word es TO my past win You not
write 10 him ct onoet NY Mfes hap
piness." ha edd~d, ferventiy, depends
upon what you may say about me-
Tho letter put the teacher In q
quandary. for, ss DO said. Ii I ten
the whole truth about thas young
man the father VIII send him of ip
q fifty We are Ices concerned 20
know what the Sunday school teach.
er finally did write, than we are 70
recall the important truth-preamI-
nenely important for oil young folks
that tn every life there comes a
crisis when ell the forces Of It's uast
viii need to be summoned. IL ths
past be such that Il cannot teariess-
y be called sp out OF obscurity, If 4.
be tainted OF married, then the cr.-
sis is likely 10 result In defect. John
B. Cough never said more needed
words than when he pleaded, In the
last sentence that ever crossed his
eloquent lips: Young man, keen
your record Observation-Disclosures
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
ARE YOU A TRUE FRIEND7
Fhe bDie FuII Of Rare, unSOIash
C~SnradsShID Religion Is
FriendshIp with God

The charm Of friendship hes upon
the Bible an light upon the noun tains,
iA beauty enhanced a. elosd shadows
pass. The - disciples, the women that
followed JeSus, were groups OF friends
Paul had q genius for frien dship. The
devotion OF Ruth is radiant a. a rain
bow in the i0lI OF stormy iIn<s. Ths
story OF Jonathan aBd David 10 like
the honey Of the wood. The chamb Der
on The wall that welcomed Elisha out.
iaatS the orumbling stone. The hdsls
ity OF BarueA TO jeremiah gives an i'm.
perishAble aroma TO the bitter Eorrowa
of tho age. By example. by pro~erb.
by precept. by ideals OF feIio ~shiD,
by the great commandments. by the
Golden Rule. by the cross. the Bible
iacitss and counsek srissdship. Aud.
tAdeAd. what u rek9la0. asks tAs
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02

bss o. mcen6 and the subsequent prl-
vaaons had come also @ neglect az
the moral and spiritual side Of life,
q decadenoe OF her bstter self. which
made her . person Of small account
even among her rough neighbors.
A Christian worker In that region,
seeking TO obtain good reading mat
ter for the people In his distrist
wrote and obtained the names OF SO
families In ons weli-known city
church. each family agreeing to send
TO designated family In the woods
its secondhand reading matter. This
was SO dtfferent from the usual send
ing out OF barrels Of oast-oR cloth
ing that some Of the donors entered
into correspondence with those to
whom their periodicals were mailed.
80 IL came about that O refined
woman In the distant city, following
her magazines with q letter, was sur-
priced to receive n reply "a wel-wPtt-
ten ga her own letter had been. and
showing evidence OF no little culture.
To the woman In the logging camp
the letter Of the city woman was a
new contact with q life that che had
thought forever lost To her, end il
qutekened her pulse little TO be writ
Ing again to q gentlewoman-
The oorrespondenoe went on FOR
some time. with profit on both sides
Tho city friend-for such she had
como to be-{mproved the opportuni-
~ to plead with the woman In the
woods to turn again 20 those. bet
ter things In life which she had 90
long neglected, and TO trust God for
help. A penitent but sarnest resolu-
ton. with prayer and promise.
found expression IN the next letter
q promise that she would mako the
efort' would try "a If harself to a
higher plane.
She did try. and ehe succeeded. Eha
Is honored now for the good work she
is doing for her nelghhors; and the
neighbors have not ceased TO marvel
ct the change. But she herself knows
that it's beginning WIS In the Chris
tsan love and fellowshtp that came to
her from far eway.
Why must you polish that leus
with The palm Of your hand3- aalcsd
o man In q telescope factory.
There comes a time IN the malins
OF fine lens" the workman replied,
whom nothing can ha substituted fog
the human touch"
Il Is so with our efPorte 10 helm
men and women to lead better life.
The reading matter OF itself might
have done good, bu4 how blessed was
the Letter thst brought with IL the
sense OF eompaniooship and Sympa.
thyl-YO1th's Companion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
A GREAT APPLETON.

The Legislature Of Virginia has been
with Us and the affliction was almost
more than suffering people could bear.
The unconstitutional convention had
hardly gotten out of sight before it was
Followed by an affiiction equally as bad.
The legislature is very much opposed to
she other body and ominous statements
were made indicative that something
might be done to upset its work
1t persistently refused to appoint a
commission to revise the laws shat they
may conform to the new instrument.
1t is difficult to forecast what the end
will be, When the body reassembles
sosxt Fall, it will undertake itself the
e work of revision.
The colored people in some sections of
Sthe state are much aroused, but when
I'VE zee the predicament in which the
Negro-haters now find themselves, we
are disposed to take philosophic view
of the situation and trust God. In the
acrimonious discussion which has been
xaking place, the colored brother seems
60 have been forgotten.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
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helpseSs; bat sun they'd seen saddsr
things than oven that would be. He re-
minded God. in the next place. how diff
ferent all might have been IL only one
OF their boys might have been spared
them; then bis voice kind Of broke
and q thin. white hand stole from IN
der ths ooverlet and moved softly over
bis snowy hair; then he went on 20
repeat that nothing could be so sharp
as the par ting with those three sons
unless mother and be should be sepa-
rated. But at last hs fell 70 comfort
ing himself with the fact that the dear
Lord knew It was through no fault
OF his own. that mother and he were
threatened with the loss OF their dear
little home, which meant bsggsry and
the alnshouse; q place they prayed
to be delivered from entering. IL II
sould be consistent with Gods will.
And then he fell to quoting a multitude
OF promises concerning the safety OF
those who put their trust in the Lord /;
yes. should cay he begged hard; in
fact Il wss the most thrilling plea TO
which ever listened. And at last he
prayed for Gods blessing on those who
were about TO demand tustice"-the
lawyer stroked his lower limb In Ei-
leuce for a moment or two, then con-
tiuued more slowly than before, "and,
believe, I'd rather go to the poor
house myself. tonight. than 10 stain
my heart and hands with tho blood OF
such q prosecution as that"
Little afraid TO defeat the old man
prayers. chr" queried the client.
"Bless you soul. man, you could not
defeat I'll" rosred the lawyer. ut
doesn't admit OF dsfsatl tell you,
he left II all subject to the will Of God;
but he left no doubt as to his wishes
IN the matter; claimed that we were
told 10 make known our desires unto
God; but OF all the pleading I ever
heard that beat all. You see, I was
taught that kind Of thing myself In
my childhood; and why was sent to
hear that prayer I'm sure I don't
know. but hand the ease over"
"I wSsh." said the client, twisting un-
easily, You hadn't told me about the
old fellows prayer"
"Why so3"
well. greatly want the money the
Piace would bring, but was taught the
Bible al straight when was a young
ster; and I'd hate to run counter to
such harAngus as that you tell about.
wish you hadn't heard a word Of e.;
and another time I wouldn't listen %
petitions not intended for your ears"
Tho lawyer smiled.
MY dear fellow" he said. "you'rs
wrong againt 1t was intended for my
ears and yours, too. and God Almighty
intended it. Ny old mother used TO
sing about Gods moving in a mysteri-
Gus way. ] remember"
well. my mother used to sing 81,
too said the claimant, as he twisted
his claim papers IN his fingers. "You
can call In. IN the morning. II you like
and tell mother and him the claim
has been met"
In mysterious way" added the
lawyer. smiling.-N. w Christian Ad-
yocate.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

Care drives TO prayer and PRAYER
drives away care.-RSm's Horn.
What We are required TO love in our
neaghhor In the image OF God In him.
Edward Neyrick Geulburn.
Anger Il not mans proper mood to-
ward ain, but sorrow. because all me n
have siuned.-Henry Afford.
A kind thought Is like blossom. Il
always has tho potential fruit of q
good dad 81 It's heArt.-Wenspring.
II you pray for a man sufficiently
often and sufficiently feryentIy and In
secret, you cannot but love that man.
; even were he Alexander the ooppes-
smith.-William Law.
1t never troubles the sun that some
OF his rAys fall wide and vain into un-
grateful space and only ANAL part
on the rejecting planet Thou art en-
largsd by thine own shining.-R. w.
Emerson.
10 conclusion, Let there be no CEN
'soriousness. How others live and what
. they permit themselves may be a mat.
ter for Christian charity, but it IL nc
matter for Christian ssVerity.-F. W
Robertson.
"Are you not, then, TO pull the mote
out Of your brothers eyer" in no
case and on no ppstenss until you have
pulled the beam ont OF your own eve,
which, fancy, will make the duty OF
finding fault with ones neighbor q
rare one; for who viii venture TO say
he has qualified himself for the task p
f-George Macdonald
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
THE SIGHT GivER.

D Thoo. who Into blinded eyes
Hast poured Thy wondrous light
Thy name We sing. our thanks we bring
For the great gift OF sight
10 Darkness walk We now no more,
For our glad eyes can sea
How earth and sky and mighty deep
Are fun, are nin OF Thee
Prom every ooveS Thy low looks forth.
No beauty doth appear
20 the wide compass OF the world
But tells that Thou art here
D help us. since 80 near Thou art
Thai We may dread no I'll,
Be swift TO hear Thy gracious voLoa
Be strong 70 do Thy will
samuel Lane LOOMS, IN CoogreeatLona3-
lar
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-08-02
REUNITED BY A SONG.
TWO Skaters Restored to Each Other
Who Were Separated During
the Civil War.

John Uri Lloyd, chemist by profas-
sion and author by avocation, recent
~ told of an incident by which he was
enabled to bring together two sisters,
separated by the civil war, who be-
ueved each other dead.
In "Stringtown on the Pike" hee
reproduceS a scene where, a mere Lac
he at0od by the pikeside and watched
a troop OF Morgan's raiders gallop by,
singing as they went: The Girl of
the Homskpun Dress."
In the book the author used the first
copy Of the song that was at hand. Inn
mediateIy he was flooded with letters
saying that he had misquoted il. Wish
Ing TO be accurate, he published q
statement 20 the effect that he would
pay 900 for the true copy of the song.
This only created more trouble, as
there are many variations Of It.
Among those sending what proved
to be the original verses were two sis
ters. one of Philadelphia and one of
Atlanta, Ga. who stated that their
dead sister, Clara Belle St. Clair, OF
Atlanta. had written the song. In an
swering one OF them Mr.. Lloyd men
toned the other sister. He at once
received a reply from her TO whom he
had written, stating that she thought
the other sister dead, and asking him
to send the address. Mr.. Lloyd did
this. and lately learned that they had
been reunited after IS years of separa-
ton.