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Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
REV. CHEEK WINS SUIT.
Holly Contradictions Thou and
Dollars Damages.

The suit Of Rev. f. A. p Cheek.
pastor OF the First Baptist Church.
OF Farmville, Va. against Prof Gre
CORY w. Hayes president OF the
Virginia Theological Seminary and
College at Lynchburg, Va. was con
cluded last Saturday and a verdict
Of $1,000 rendered against Presi-
dent Hayes. The amount OF DANA
ges asked for was ($1O,O0O) ten
Thousand dollars.
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
The cause of the suit was the pub
lication of an article In the Lynch
burg, Va. Christian Organizer allea-
ing that teacher in Farmville had
lost her position on account OF be-
ing improperly intimate with the
pastor aforesaid. This was iRdig-
nantiy denied by both parties TO the
afair. Rev. Check brought both
criminal and civil action against
Prof Hayes. The first case charged
him with criminal libel.
DID NOT WRITE THE ARTICLE.
On the witness stand. Prof. HAYES
testified that he did not write The
communication and that he was not
In the city at the time OF its publi-
cation. The communication did not
contain any signature and he did
not know VINO sent IL to him. He
testified further that ne did not own
the Christian Organizer, but that IL
was the property OF the Virginia
Baptist State Convention. This re-
suited in his acQuittal.
THE OWNERSHIP OF THE JoURN
AL.
This was thought to have an i'm
pOrthnt bearing on the civil suit
but Prof. Hayes antagonists reiouh
led their energies and claimed that
the Virginia Baptist State Conysn-
tion did not own the Christian Or
ganizer. Prominent members of
that body were summoned and IL
became a question of veracity and
construction of the action OF a resp
luton adopted by the convention it.
self. That body contributed S4OO
annually TO the support OF the iourn
al as its organ. Prof. Hayes and
his friends construed this to imply
ownership, while the witnesses for
the plaintiff tenaciously clung to the
opposite contention.
THE VERDICT OF THE JURY.
The jury deliberated AMI gave a
verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Rev
cheek has been vindicated and no
doubt both sides have paid dearly
FOR their experience. Ii is outside
OF the realm OF probability that the
one thousand dollars can be collect
ed by any process known to the law.
Ihe defendants sacrifices for the in
stitution and the Baptists OF Virgin
la have kept him comparatively poor
and the Indications are that the
name and good viii or ill-wilI of the
Christian Organizer will be about all
that will furnish any satisfaction TO
the persistent and victorious minis
ter from Farmviile, Va.
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24

Mr.. George W. Scott. head-waft
er OF the Lexington Hotel, Newport
News, Va. Is one OF the youngest In
Virginia He resides ar 650h
Hampton Avenue, Newport News,
Va
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
AWAKENING OF THE NORTH
Prof W. E. B. Dubois Great Effort An Analytical Dscussio
The Situation Portrayed Appeals History. nadan1e
Mary Church Terrell in Evidence.

that the best interests of this land
demand the disfranchisement. eco
nomic slavery and spiritual death
Of one-eighth of it's citizenship. Now
IL is a serious thing when a great
nation allows itself to drift into
such a state of mind. for outside the
mighty truth that the fate OF no
human soul can fail 10 be OF inter
est to every other human being
outside the mere physical fact that
you cannot discourage ami enslave
ten million men without serious in
jury to the millions who are their
neighbOrs and compantons-out
and beyond these perfectly plain
truths, is the tremendous fact that
when In a republic YOU tamper with
the right to vote. carelessly, ignor-
antly or vindictiyely. you are min
ing the very foundation of the ma
tion. AMI the nation must not, dare
not, look on In silence and apathy.
PROMISES NOT FULFILLED.
Turning, then. TO the interests OF
the whole nation we must first note
that I'm the mere matter of rest
from excitement and argument the
IANAAA0eN VI tAiNNN NAAO WISH 10 settle
this problem by silence and inaction
have not been fulfilled.
We have been told for twenty-five
years, Let the South alone and there
viii be peace. Put a . Negro ont
Of politics and he will be happy AMI
contented. What are the facts?
For a quarter of century the South
has been let alone: not a single fed
eral law, not a single judicial decis-
ION, scarcely an Executive action
save in the case of very few minor
political appointments. have dis
turbed or hindered the Southern
programme. The nation has held
it's skirts aside and let those wa
ters sweep on. Have we peace-is
everybody contented-is there a re-
publican government I'm the South,
or the signs of IL? No, the black
spectre is there, and always will be
there until IL is laid by justice rath-
er than force and fraud. AS a mat
ter of fact, YOU cannot put human
beings out OF politics-you cannot
under conditions of modern indus
trial life totally disfranchise a man.
His very presence as a living. breath
ing, working being gives him a voice
In the cOmmunity
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
WANTED

WANTED - Six good sewing
hands. Good position and good
wages 10 right parties. For partic-
ulars apply to
MRS. r. l.. PANNELL,
Staunton, Va.
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
RED TAG SALE!
- 10 80 Percent on.

Sydnor and Hundley for a few
days are running a RED TAG Sale.
IL is an opportunity for Real Bar
gains. 500 pieces OF Furniture are
Red Tagged and cut from 25 10 so
per cent.
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
A NEGATIVE REBUKE.

Neither is this punishment-it Is
self defense. II is the simple, coli
logic of a nation striving to preserve
its ancient form OF government II
the voters OF New York should re-
move South they would have ten
times the political power they have
here, because they would not only
cast their own votes, but mine too.
Now, / prefer to cast my own vote,
and IL / cannot cast it / object TO
any mans casting it for me. I'd
rather be disfranchised than give
Governor Vardaman my proxy.
Reduction OF representation alone
then will not seize the Southern
problem; eventually every Ameri-
can citizen, white or black must
cast an untrammelled vote. Mean
time reduction of representation is
a temporary measure, to save the
country from the immense danger
Of a rotten borough system. To ac-
complish this ultimate aid the Sc
cond and complementary measure
must be a determined effort o stamp
out popular ignorance in the South.
IGNORANCE NOT SOLE CAUSE.
Ignorance is not the sole cause of
evil in the South, nor will the uni
versal ability to read and write
usher the millennium into Missis-
sippi; but it is a certain thing that
you cannot expect in a community
where the percentage OF absolute ig
norance is as great as IL is in the
South, you cannot expect popular in
telligence wise enough to foresee
the dangers OF race prejudice, caste
peonage and mob vio-
lence. Ignorance must be stamped
out In the South by federal aid to
common school training distributed
among the States according to illit-
eracy and between the races accord
ing to school population. In this
programme OF Southern reform
temporary reduction of representa-
ton and national aid to education
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
REFORMATION FROM THE OUT
SIDE.

There are plenty of men who
know that all l have said is true.
They see the danger in the South
the oligarchical despotism, the null
lification OF popular government,
the rule of the mob and the peonage
of the workingman. but they say,
What can you do about it2 You
can't reform men by act of legisIa-
ton, You can't suddenly make the
South see that race hatred is a poor
investment and ignorance a costly
cup, therefore sit and wait until the
South itself learns better and does
better. Sitting and waiting is not
the duty of earnest men.
Ii Is at all times a Questionable
way of dealing with evil, and some
times 1t Is positively wrong ami dan
gerous. Twice before IN dealing
with this great race question this
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
PLAIN ANSWERS TO PLAIN
QUESTIONS.

Two things can be done: First
II the South insists. despite the let
ter and spirit Of the Constitution. in
denying TO a third of its population
a voice in its government the coun-
try has a perfect right TO say, You
shall not enjoy in the national coun-
ellis an influence based on the very
persons whose political rights you
are withholding. II they are TO be
voiceless in this government, YOU at
least have no right TO speak for
them.
This Is no permanent settlement
OF the matter-it is temporary
stay of prOceedings--it is keeping the
harmful influence of oligarchical
despotism out of the councils OF the
nation until such time as the Fif-
teenth Amendment is respected
throughout the land.
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24

there is nothing revolutionary or
vindictive.
THE RIGHTEOUS DEMANDS.
They are strong measures. but
they are meant 10 cope with a strong
and growing evil. and they 10 not
go n step beyond the righteous de-
mands OF the situation.
II YOU do not strike at this sub
CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.
THE FIFTH BAPTIST CHURCH IN
HER GLORY.
\ Great Day i'm Zion.
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
NEW POLICY A FAILURE.

I will not deny that there have
been some good results-the discov-
cry of a few friends of the Negro in
the South. the Strengthening OF sew
eral OF our larger institutions of
learning, and, above all, a persist
ent advance OF the masses of the
race in wealth and intelligence. But
despite this you and / must with sor
row acknowledge that as a method
of settling the political questions in
the South and bringing peace and
good will between the races the poi
icy of conciliation and drift has been
miserable failure; that. on the
whole. instead of encouraging the
Southern friends of the Negro to
defend his political and civil rights,
IT has rather encouraged the lower
elements of the South with the
thought that there is no limit to
their forcing the Negro back into
virtual slavery. and that neither the
nation nor the Negro himself is ca
pable OF any effective protest against
this reactfonary policy.
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24

estly AMI intelligently expressed:
that. instead of being able TO study
the great national questions and di~
vide upon them according to their
merits. this part OF the land is vot-
ing blindly on one question. stirring
up the worst human passions TO
keep that question. burning and con
unually and repeated thrusting IL
TO the front. Whether IL be a ques-
ton of money or tariffs, or railway
rates, or expausion-there is in the
South but one Interpretation OF IL.
one question-will II help or hurt
the Negro? IL it will hurt him. then
the dominant political powers en-
brace IL blindly; II Il will help him.
even the best elements OF the South
defend il at their social and politi-
can peril
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
EVERY STEP coMPLIcATEs.

Not only is Il true. then. that the
Negro problem keeps the South
from helping the nation with its in
telligence and sympathy. but it is
also true that the object which the
radical South seeks Is bound TO in
tcnsify and complicate the very prob
lens which the nation faces. Sup
pose the Negro should become more
and more skilled and efficient as "A
workingman, but without vote in
the South? Would he not inevita-
bly, constitute the most disastrous
bone OF contention between concen-
trated capital and organized labor?
Only yesterday in Atlanta a white
candidate was beaten at the polls
by photograph showing his
house being built by black car
penters and masons. Only a few
months ago the striking white
mouluers of Chattanooga host their
places 20 black men because black
men had To work cheaper and didn't
care TO strike. Are not these cases
symbolicg VIII the increase and
spread of this sort OF thing make
the nations labor problems easier?
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24
FIFTY RADICAL STATUTES.

In the last rs years at least
fifty new radical statutes have been
passed in the Southern States ere
ating a caste system for Negro A
mericans against which no amount
of ability or desert can prevail. Ne.
groes have been denied nearly all
voice in their own government, taxa
tion without representation has been
forced upon them, vexatious and
humiliating personal determinations
and insults have been heaped on
them, and by these AMI a hundred
other enactments the Negro has
been segregated. curtailed In his
physical freedom and shut out OF
economic opportunities AMI civil
rights. Moreover. to support this
programme and insure a comp!acent
public opinion, an organized propa-
ganda OF traduction and rsdIcuie
has been carried on In the daily and
periodical press. In books snd On
Richmond planet., 1906-02-24

CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGE.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
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DR.. williams. Pink Pills, a remedy
which has been before the American peo-
pie FOR generation, is still accomplish
ing wonderful results as is evidenced by
the following interview with Mrs. RAJ
chael Gardner, of Wilsey, Bans.
:" 1t was very strange" che says, IL
never could tell what caused it and
neither could anybody else. For long
time had bad spells with my stomach.
The pain would commence about my
heart and was so deadly agonizing that
would have to scream aloud. Sometimes
it would last several hours and l would
have to take laudanum to stop it. Be-
sides this had a headache almost con-
stantly, day and night, that nearly crRze6
me, 80 you see suffered a great deal.
And when 1 think Of the agony en-
dured it still makes me shudder.
" Doctors, did You say? Their medi-
cine made me sicker. couldn't take it.
and I kept growing worse until friend
advised me to take DIR. Williams Pink
Pills, and I did. began TO feel better
and was soon wholly converted to this
wonderful medicine. It did me more
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on with the pills and now recommend
them to all who suffer-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cured
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NY, postpaid on receipt of price, 60
cents per box, six boxes for $3.50.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
SECOND HAND MAIL BOXES.
Why Little Village May Have Big
Numbers In It's Post Office,

The man who was spending his
summer vacation in the country was.
looking quizzically at the mail boxes.
In the rural post Office.
Il did not know this was such a.
large place." he said. 81 thought it
had population of only about 4,000r
but the mail box numbers run much
higher than that, and 1 don't supposes
every one in town rents box either"
The postmaster peered out Of his
little barred window.
II can explain that" he said You
see the country post Offices never
get new boxes, but we have those
left over when the city establishments
make over their Offices and get new
boxes. So you see lots Of country
places are bound to have high num-
Der boxes.
Although our numbers run over
1000, you won't find any less than.
1000, some other country post ONCE,
drew the lower ones. myself would,
rather get the big numbers, for it
makes US seem like bustling littlal
CITY,"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
HOW MANY OF Uss
Fail to Select Food Nature Demands
to Ward of Ailments.

A KY. lady, speaking about food.
says: Il was accustomed to eating.
all kinds OF ordinary food until, for
some reason, Indigestion and nervous
prostration set in.
after had run down seriously my.
attention was called to the necessity
OF some change in my diet, and / dis
continued my ordinary breakfast and
began using Grape-Nuts with good
quantity OF rich cream.
"In few days my condition
changed in remarkable way, and i
began 70 have strength thst had
never been possessed of before, a,
vigor Of body and poise OF mind
that amazed me. 1t was entirely new
In my experience.
''GIy former attacks of Indigestion
had been accompanied by heat flashes.
and many times my condition was dis
tressing, with blind spells of Dizziness
rush Of blood to the head and neural
gic pains Ia the chest.
Since using GrapeNuts alone for.
breakfast have been free from these
troubles, except at times when have
INDUCED In rich, greasy foods In.
quantity, then would be warned BY
pain under the left shoulder blade.
and unless needed the warning the
old trouble would come back, but
when I finally got to know where.
these troubles originated I returned
10 my Grape-Nuts and cream and the,
pain and disturbance left very quickly
Il am now Ia prime health as q "a
suit Of my use Of Grape.Nuts" Namt.
giFg ~ postun Co. HatAo Creek
Mich.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20

Maine has long been the great hunt
ing ground for big game, a veritable
hunters paradise for sportsmen of the
eastern states, and that they have
awaited themselves generously of it's
facilities is shown by the fact that for
several years about $4,000 deer and
500 moose have been killed annually,
and this notwithstanding that the
state has laws for the protection of
game and enforoes them fairly well.
But 1t is obvious that Maine can not
stand such a drain as this year after
year, says the Newark Advertiser. If
Maine is to preserve her happy hunt
ing grounds" and make money out Of
the pleasure of others she must still
further restrict the shooting.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
pea as Friend and Food.

The Germans love the dog. They
look after his health; they provide
him bathing establishments furnished
with every modern comfort-hot and
cold water, vapor, douches, friction.
They appreciate his character, his
fidelity, his frankness, and they regard
him as food; they like him as friend
and as victuals. In Prussia alone in
one quarter 526 dogs were recently
killed for food.-Le Journal des De-
bats of Paris.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
A Dream BURGLAR.

A Patterson (Ga.) grocer dreamed
TIE other night that he had a strug-
gle with a burglar who had entered q
window of his room. The struggle be-
came so real that the sleeper jumped
from his bed and tried to kick the
burglar out of the window. The result
was that he lacerated his foot and lee
on the glass, woke up and found him.
self bleeding from numerous wounds.
He is a total abstaineT, and cannot
account for his dream.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
Spread Of Esperanto.

"The other day, at the Cafe. Napo-
litain, a favorite haunt of journalists
and men of letters, French and for
eign," says a Paris correspondent, Il
sat beside three tourist5-an Aus
trian, a Bulgarian and an Italian
who, ignorant of each others native
tongue, talked in Esperanto. To me
It was a revelation, in the sense that
hearing or seeing thing is so much
more conclusive and impressive than
reading about it."
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
Natural QueRtlon.

A little Philadelphia boy vas taken
by his father for his 9rst visit to the
zoo. Stopping before an Enclosure, he
asked: Papa, what animal is thaS?"
Reading the sign tackled up to one
side, his father responded: THAT, my
son, is a prong-horned antelope"
kin he blow his horns?" was the
question that promptly followed.-Ex-
change.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
slans Of Social PreemInenee.

Mrs. Pod Ruggles, who lives down
on Pea ridge, has become quite a so
cial lioness. She gave a sassafras tea
and pigs feet luncheon last night tc
the ladies' Of the Jesokus society and
1t was quite a swell affair. She wore
her tailor-made suit and Benicia dia.
mond earbobs and presided with the
grace Of a queen. These Pea ridge
social functions are becoming much
talked about in neighboring towns
Edgefeld, s. c., Chronicle.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
Preserved In Alcohol.

Notwithstanding statistics show the
French village of Chailly to be the
heaviest consumer of alcoholic liquors
in proportion to population of any
village of France, it is a fact that the
little hamlet contains also the largest
number of octogenarians.-American
Wine Press.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
penounelnu the Monocls.

A single eyeglass is a thing in its
nature altogether monstrous and dev.
ilish. The man who can put a glitter
ing decoration in one eye and not in
the other is disappearing the balance
and decency of the human form. He
is capable Of wearing trouser on one
leg, or his mustache on one side Of
his face.-G. X. Chesterton, in Illus
trated London News.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
EnuIand's Telephones.

England has the most expensive and
the worst telephone system. No 9TH
er country is so badly served. Norway
and Sweden do duty over again in the
way that all telephone readers will
remember, Australia is far in advance
Of us, and on the continent there is
no country where things are not In
Hnitely better managed.-Electrical
Review.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
Male Deterioration In ENGLAND.

We women are to blame a good deal
for mans deterioration. We do not
exact enough from him. We admit
cubs and Doors to our houses, allow
our ballroom walls to be propped up
by impertinent youths, who find dane
ing "a BORE" and refuse to be in.
troduced to a girl until they have
learned the probable amount of her
in M. A. P.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
Nutnnegs.

The nutmeg, properly cOthed, is
about the size of peach and is an
edible fruit. When ripe 1t breaks open
in halves, and our warm friend,
dressed in a scarlet undershirt, peeps
out laughingly. The undershirt soon
turns brown and is called mace
Stewards Bulletin.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20

But recently there has been awakening these conditions and laws
degradation in the nations capital The
8 not
will dlatory
Row" "Naves Row" and 20 Street alleys"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20
no IMPROVE CONDITIONS on PooR.

Resident of few cities in the country are
more proud of their town than are Washington's,
but they have been deeply Inundated by the dis
coveries that have been made recently by inspec-
tors authorized by law
Within two or three blocks of the Capitol
building there are slums where human beings
old and young, exist in great numbers in habita
lions so small and vile as to stagger belief 1t
has been stated that these buildings are worse
and more oveTcrowded than any to be found in
New York Chicago. Since the agitation of
the question of housing the poor it has been found
that the old army barracks, which did duty away
back In 1861, 80 SO, "a and IS, have been con-
stantly occupied by hordes of the colored popula-
ton. Without any sanitary provision whatever is
needless to argue that such sections of the capital
Mty are hotbeds for the breeding of pestilential
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20

A recent inquiry among experts in
England has resulted in the statement
that the average man should stop
playing football at 80, hockey at 35,
cricket at 40 and lawn tennis and
rowing at co. The two sports that he
may keep at as long as he lasts are
golf and curling-which again illus
trates. the proverbial canniness of the
Scots
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-20

Another western millionaire has
married humble hotel maid. 1t was
love at first sight as she twirled
feather buster with careless grace in
the corridor. This infatuation of our
capitalists for the hotel help is a
theme TO which only Whittier could
do Justice. The American heiress,
however, p not on record as marry.
ing a bellboy or a porter She doesn't
care so much for a uniform IS for a
title.