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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
Train Your Hair as
An Actress Does

No class OF people devotes as mich
time to beauty as do actresses, and
naturally no class mast be more care
ful to retain and develop their charms.
Inquiry among them develops the in
formation that in hair care they find
1t dangerous 10 shampoo with any
makeshift hair cleanser. Instead they
have studied to find the finest prepa-
ration made for shampooing and bring
Ing out the beauty of the hair The
majority OF them say that to enjoy the
best hair wash and scalp stimulator
that Is known, get package of cam
throx from your druggist; dissolve a
teaspoonfui in cup OF hot water and
your shampoo is ready. 1t costs less
than three cents for this amount AZ
ter its use the hair dries rapidly. with
UNIFORM color. Dandruff. excess oil
ana dirt are dissolved and entirely
disappear. Your hair Will be SO fluffy
that 1t VIII look much heavier than il
Is. It's lustre and softness will also
delight you, while the stimulated scalp
gains the health which insures hair
Rrowth.--Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
GINGER ALE POISONS
COUNTY YOUNG PEOPLE

stanton Va. Feb. Miss
Catherine Henderson, of Swoope. is
i'll at the home of her mother. Mrs.
l.. B. Henderson. as the result Of
drinking a swallow of ginger ale re-
Gently. Miss Henderson and a cousin,
Robert Bear, of Churchvtlle, opened
bottle for refreshment one day, and
had only taken a swallow each when
they became violently Ill, the young
woman being the worst affected. Dr.
w. F. Hartman. Of Swoope, attended
them, and took the remainder of the
ginger ale for analysis, An analysis
here showed decided tracts of some
zinc substances and other foreign ele-
ments of a nature to cause serious
illness, and some of the ale has now
been sent to the state chemist for
further analysis.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
GERMANY DEFENDS
SUBMARINE PROGRAM
Declares 1t Is Merely All Imitation of
the British Barred Zone"
Method.
BLOCKADE is NOT CLAIMED.
Defines. However, Danger Zone. In
Which All Who Enter Risk Their
ships and Lives, Ii Is Declared.
BY International News Service.

Berlin. via Sayville, Feb. Ger
many's new submarine warfar- is not
a blockade. 1t is merely ar imita-
uon or the British method in repeat
eddy declaring barred zones" the
sole difference being that the sea dis
tricts barred" by the German de-
cree do not include neutral coasts.
Thus, in substance. the semi official
Overseas News agency today explain
ed the German announcement of jan
uary 81. The only thing a blockade
and barred zones have in common,
it is stated. is the object to cut off the
enemy from sea traffic.
England, the agency argues. on
Novemb Der g. 1914, declared the North
Sea a war zone" thus barring the
entire North Sea to peaceful trade
The statement continues:
But England soon realized that In
spite of this arbitrary declaration,
which was against all laws of ma
tons, she would not obtain the de-
sired result. namely, bring tho women
and children of Germany to starva-
ton.
Neutrais Blockaded.
Therefore. on March IL, 1915, she
issued a new order in council which
was carried out in such a fashion that
neutrals were set in irons and block
AIDED
When even this measure. in spite
OF two years of the most brutal execu-
ton, failed to bring Germany to
death by hunger. England on January
90, 1917, once more declared part of
the North Sea a war zone
Thus England twice declared parts
of the high seas barred. twice declared
that every one who ventured into the
barred zone incurred danger and not
only danger for ships. but for the lives
of all human beings on board.
Without regard for the rights of
neutrais and the rights OF peaceful
trade. England. therefore created the
idea OF war zone. the characteristic
elements OF which are: An announce
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
CHILD BURNED TO
DEATH AT BRANDS

Staunton. Va. Feb. Information
came to the public last night of pitt
fui tragedy near Brands station Mon
day, when the funeral arrangements
for the five-year- daughter OF Ar
thur Desper were announced, The
child was burned to death in the family
home in some unaccountabie way
though supposedly from playing too
near the fire.
The accident occurred on Monday
when the little girl was alone in the
room with the fire. Her oldest sister
heard her cries and rushed in TO find
her In a blaze. The sister seized a
bucket of water and dashed Il on the
child and put out the fire, but the
burns were of ouch nature that the
child passed away yesterday after
noon.
The funeral viii take place this
morning from Olivet chapel at IL
o'clock
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
CHARTER ELECTION
TO BE CALLED SOON

Norfolk. Va, Feb. THE executive
committee Of the Citizens party yes
terday inaugurHted bipartisan.
non-factional campaign for new form
of government for Norfolk by naming
committee to prepare the form of
petition to be signed by citizens and
presented to the Judge of the corpora
ton court. II is the intention of the
committee to have the petitions pre-
pared. circulated and signed within ten
days at which time another meeting
will be held and the petitions made
ready for presentation to the court i'm
mediately.
The Judge OF the court must then call
an election. within not less than thir-
ty nor more than fifty days. The nine
commissioners elected will frame a
charter which will he submitted TO the
voters for ratification or rejection with
In 100 days from the date Of their cleo
ton. The charter. II ratified. goes to
the legislature for enactment into law
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
QUIT MEAT IF YOUR BACK HURTS,
FLUSH YOUR KIDNEYS WITH SALT

the weather is bad you have rheu-
matte twinges. The urine is cloudy.
full of sediment, channels often get
sore. water scalds and you are Obliged
to seek relief two or three times dur.
ing the nigH
Either consult a good. reliable ply
stefan at once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of Jad
Salts; take n tablespoonful In a glass
of water before breakfast for a few
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts IL made from
the acid of grapes and lemon Juice.
combined with lithia. and has been
used for generations to clean and
stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to
neutralize acids in the urine so Il no
longer irritates, thus ending bladder
weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for regular
meat eaters. 1t is inexpensive, cam
not injure and makes a delightful. ef-
fervescent Whitewater drink.-Adv.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
LYNCHBURG SHIP
SHOES TO BELGIUM

Lynchhurg. Va. Feb. THE ship
ment this week of two carloads of
shoes to Belgium by one OF the young
shoe concerns OF Lynchburg adds an
other step in the forward march
which the Hin city has maintained
in commercial progress and industrial
development, The orier was obtained
from the samples taken direct from
the stock Of the company and sum-
mitted in competition with the very
best goods the world has TO offer In
footwear made OF leather.
Lynchhurg fs already one of the
most important shoe markets In the
United States. As a distributing CEN
ter the city ranks fifth The brands
OF Lynchburg footwear are well known
throughout the United States. and
now that the enterprise of it's mer-
chants Is taking its wares across the
seas. the city Is becoming q world
wide shoe distributor
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
Meat Forms Uric Acid, Which
Clogs Kidneys, Initiates
Bladder or Causes
Rheumatism.

When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
II generlly means you have been
eating too much meat says a we'll
known authority. Meat forms uric
acid which ovcrworks the kidneys In
their effort to filter il from the blood
and they become sort of paralyzed
and loggy. When your kidneys get
sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels:
removing all the body's urinous waste,
else you have backache. sick head =
ache, dizzy spells: your stomach
sours. tongue is coated. and when
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08

BURNS TO DEATH
BUT SAVES CHILD

Harrisonburg. Va Feb Mrs, w.
w. Weatherly. formerly MISS Aarsaret
Floyd, of Bridgewater. MAS enrned 10
death Monday when her elotatng caught
fire from an open CRATE in her home
at Phillip. Barbour county. W. Va, Her
body was frightfully scared and she
suffered excruciatins pain for six hours
until her death occurred at . o'clock
In the afternoon
Although Mrs weatheriy was un-
able to save her own life, she succeeded
tn preventing any injury whatever TO
her shree-month-o baby. and the
child probably owes It's life TO the
theughtfulness of the mother. Mrs.
wsatherly placed the child out OF
harms way before she undertook 10
asht the flames which were eating
away her own clothes. She was then
unable to save herself.
Mrs Weatherly was sitting In front
Of an open CRATE nursing the child
about ? o'clock in the morning. when
she discovered that her dress was on
Are, She hastily placed the child in Its
crib. and then turned her attention 10
her burning skirt. She called twice to
her husband and his sister, who were
in the basement OF the house. but
could not make them hear. When Mr..
Weatherly entered the room he found
his wife on the floor almost unconscious
from the smoke and fire. Her clothes
and hair were burned away, and her
body terribly scared
During the burning OF her clothes,
Mrs. Weatherly inhaled the flames. This
together with her external burns. was
the cause of her death. Before she
passed away. she was able to relate
A. 80 fFat
and expressed satisfaction at knowing
that she had saved her baby.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08

ment IS under auspices of section r
OF the Woman's Auxiliary OF st. Paufs
Episcopal church. There will be all
kinds Of games for the children di-
rected by able leaders. a fish pond
and many other novelties. As well as
candy and ice cream. Officers OF sec
zion Il are. President. Mrs Armis-
tead; first vlce-p president, Miss Mary
NcGary: second vice-presidcnt. Miss
Ethel Aston Cabell. corresponding
secretary. Miss Anne Ronaldson; re-
cording secretary. Miss Ethel Ruth
rauf; treasurer. Mrs. Charles Grad
dock Barksdale. assistant treasurer.
Miss Julia Grant Moore. custodian of
united Offering: Miss Emily Lyman;
chairman church periodical commit
tee Mrs Sparrow Weddell, All in
terested are invited TO attend.
At the Y. W. G A.
This evening at 8 o'clock at the
Young Women's Christian association
Miss Anna Branch Binford's Bible
study class will meet This is the
second of this interesting series OF
lessons on the Book OF Acts. All girls
and women are invited
Entertainment at Binford High school.
Under the auspices of the Epworth
League OF Par. Place Methodist
on Friday evening at S:1b
q clock. there will he an attractive
entertain ment, consisting OF two his
toricai and two comedy pictures. with
a musical program OF solos and cor
net orchestra,
Among those taking part will be
sir. and Mrs. 'Snyder's orchestra. Mr..
Hopkins. Mr. Wyson, Mrs. Taylor.
Mrs t.ddinEton. Isa belle Morrisette
and Miss Irene Barlow. who will rem
der a piano solo with the left hand.
The public IS most cordially in
sitcd
Wedding announced.
Hr and Mrs. James n. Thompson
have issued cards announcing the
Of their daughter. Fannie
" Montgomery. 10 John Christian
,5odsey Of Mathews The wedding
gok place quietly wednesday after
noon. January 81. at the home of the
brides parents. the Rev +. T.. Os-
good, Of Brook lift, CELEBRATING After
q Northern trip. Mr.. and Mrs. Godsey
WlA be at home in Mathews
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
COLD WAVE DRIVES 100
GIRLS TO THEIR BEDS

Farmyille, Va. Feb. ALI the stu
dents OF the State Female school at
Farmvile We're put to bed to keep
them warm Monday. This was done
in no manner as a punishment for
infranction OF the laws Of the school.
II was due to the cold putting the
heating equipment out OF commission,
and was done To keep the young la
dies comfortable
The seven hundred young ladies
were doubtless delighted that they
could escape ~ Ciass-rooms one day.
even X they were kept IN bed Tues
day the equipment Tas in condition
and Class 2ork was resumed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in NostriIs To
Open Up Air Passages.

An! What relief. Your clog5ed
nostrlls open right up, the air pas
sages OF your head are clea and you
can breathe freely. No more hawk
ing, snuffiing, mucous discharge,
headache, drynsss--no struggling for
breath at night, youl cold or catarrh
is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up: Get a
small bottle of Elys Cream Balm
from your druggist now Apply lit
tie OF this fragrant, antiseptic cream
In your nostriis. let it penetrate
through every air passage of the
head; soothe and heal the swollen.
infiamed mucous membrane. giving
you instant relief Ely's Cream Balm
Is just what every cold and catarrh
sufferer has been seeking It's just
SYSTEMATICALLY.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
IMPORTANT MEETING OF
SOUTHSIDE MOTHERS CLUB

An important meeting or the Wood /
land Weights Mothers club will be /
held this afternoon at $50 O'Clock in
the Methodist church
The president wishes to thank all |
who contributed TO the success of the
Robert Burns entertainment given on |
January %. and requests that all who |
had tickets TO sell to make returns at !
the meeting tod 1ay.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
Auto Stolen.

DR.. Bowman. of 26 North Laurel
street, reported to the police last night
that his five-passenger Maxwell auto
mobile had been stolen from in front
OF his residence at 1890 o'clock.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
Reporter Loses Fob,

A. r. w. Mackreth, a reporter for
the Times Dispatch, reported to the
police last night that he had lost a
gold watch fob between Ninth and
Broad streets and police headquarters.
The fob was engraved with a family
coat of arms.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08

ing TO r. Llswlsp Clark en. his farm
near niawidase courthouse was de-
stroyed by fre ef sukae~a ertSta Mon
day might, entaiiiaz Ross OF si,see.
on which Mr., Chars bad entN $500 In
surance.
Spie~s nlteA th.
Spicer Blick. son % Ms Rosa !, ana
the late DR.. James \, NlieS. Was taken
to the Petersburg AeSpitai fer treat
ment. Young MIR, Eiiek ess been dan
gerousiy i'll for several aASs with pnea-
monia. His friends *Ee hoping that
he will soon eompictely r~SeNer
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
Valentine Party Today.

Valentine Party Today.
This afternoon from 4 to 6 o'clock a
asAtontine party viii be given at the
hoDe OF Mrs. John Grant Armistead,
tEI West avenue. This entertain
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08

A large stable and grAnAry belong
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-21
NO IS

every Negro pulpit in North Caro-
lima tomorrow should ring clear
cut calls for the cleanest patriot
ism.
"The Negro will respond.
Through no choice of his own this
is his country He has proved his
loyalty in a thousand different
ways, and it challenges the
stretches of imagination to be-
lieve that he will now turn
against the flag that gave him
freedom and against the men who
have labored to give him schools
and colleges and churches-all to
improve his condition in life and
make his work more profitable
and his lot happier.
"The Negroes of Raleigh last
night spoke in no uncertain terms.
Their pledge to a cause of the ma
tion was not a quibble. 1t could
not have been stronger and was
equalled only by their denuncia-
ton of the suspicion of their dis
loyalty as a most foul aspersion
of the Negro race in America"
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-21
THE SOJOURNER
TRUTH HOUSE

On a pleasant side street in the
Harlem District of New York
City, opposite the Colored Music
School Settlement, stands small
thlee-storied house, No. Is West
131st Street, that is flooded with
sunshine all day long and dedica-
ted to the bringing of light into
young lives that have had but a
scant supply of it.
Should we enter during the
morning hours we should usually
find the house empty and quiet,
for its inmates are attending a
nearby public school, but after
three O'Clock it becomes a bee
hive of activity. Twelve little
colored girls between ten and
sixteen years of age are at var
ious household tasks, cooking,
cleaning, sewing washing and
ironing or singing and playing
games, according to the time of
our visit, but in any case, doing
something, under the wise super
vision of the colored superinten-
dent and matron, that will fit
them, by developing their embry-
onic moral and spiritual natures,
to meet later the struggle of life.
During the short time (ten
months) that it has been running,
the Housethaving a capacity of
twelve girls, thirty-six have been
accommodated; eight have been
placed out in exceptionally good
homes and are doing well; eleven
have been returned to their fam
lilies with prospects of better ov-
ersight and brighter future;
while others have been passed on
to such institutions as seemed
best able to cope with their pc
culiar needs. The influence of
gentle and just disipline does not
stop with the girls, but reaches,
out, wherever possible, to par
ents and other relatives, often
arousing in them a dormant
natural pride in and affection for,
the child, and leading to improve
ment in family conditions. =
Southern Workman.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-21
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES

Negro hegira, it is announced
that a host of Negroes will leave
this section of the country for the
north this spring. The move
ment is very active new, to take
advantage of the great northern
drive May Is, 1917. Though it
has developed that several hun
dred will leave from this city in
the course of eight or ten days.
This town being a concentrating
point, covering radius of Is or
100 miles around. 1t has been
indicated according to reliable re-
ports that some of the saw-mill
plants have discharged a number
of their employers owing to their
activity in the movement.
Nine. E. Azalia Hackley is to
turn temporarily from prima
donna soprano, lecture-recital
and folk-song festival roles to
that of a promoter of pageants.
She is to arrange for one in
Washington at Convention Hall
April 10, in which a number of
beautiful queens will be featured
and there will be novel effects in
costumes and music. The func-
tions will be under the general
supervision of Miss Marie A. D.
Madre, president of the District
of Columbia Federation of Color
ed Women's Clubs. Nine. Hack
ley gave a similar entertainment
April A in Philadelphia, and later
on will direct three more in the
West. Nine. Hackley,s S health is
greatly improved and her friends
will be delighted to know that
she is her own charming self
again.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-21
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
LATEST ORDER

Washington, D. c., April 10. =
Orders from the War Depart
ment were received here today
by the army recruiting officers,
raising the age limit for new re-
cruits to forty years. 1t also
was specified that recruits who
can speak English, but cannot
read or write, shall be accepted,
and that Negroes shall be re-
crited for the infantry and cav
airy.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-21
DANIELS NEWSPAPER SCORES
NEGRO PLOT.
German Scheme Is Declared to Be
Failure.

The following editorial from
THE Raleigh IN. c. News and
Observer" of which Secretary of
the Navy Daniels is president,
reflects the attitude of the South
toward the attempt by the Ger
mans to stir up unrest among the
Negroes:
LOYALTY AND THE NEGRO"
s6T ISTORY fails to recall
more affecting examples
of loyalty than those de-
veloped in Southern civilization
by the general feeling of the
Negro toward the whites, and
only the devilish cunning of
the German, bent on havoc here
as in Europe, would scheme the
marshalling of blacks against the
whites. From every section of
the South, almost, come confir-
nation of the belief that the at
tempts have been made and are
still being made. The mass of in
formation leaves scant doubt but
that the insidious efforts, the
temptations of mysterious prom
ises of power and position, have
failed generally. But there have
been in the history of every ma
tion, traitors who could be per-
suaded to act against the. COM
mon veal and it is not unlikely
that isolated cases of Negro dis
loyalty, unless the better class of
the Negroes in the South, the in
telligent leadership who have the
influence, WELD it for the solidar-
ltS VI AlueilCdHS, "hltS anu
black, in the common defence.
MANY of the leading Negro
educators in the South and others
of the race occupying places of
responsibility have indicated their
belief in complete Negro loyalty.
The statement of James E. Shep-
ard, president of the National
Training School at Durham, is
among the strongest. He de-
clares:
1.-The statements circulated by
various newspapers that the
Southern Negro is not loyal to
the flag or that he could be in
cited.to rebellion or to perform an
act of treason does an injustice to
a race of people who have fought
in every war of the United States
under the flag. No alien nation
can ever incite him to an insur-
rection. He forgets his wrongs
and limitations and even his
rights when duty calls. No truer
American can be found anywhere
than among the Negroes of the
South. They only wait the call
to action, and it will be theirs
not to reason why; simply theirs
to do and die
at is for such men as Shepard,
school teachers, professional men,
ministers of the Gospel, to dispel
from the minds of those who may
have received the poison of Ger
man influence all distorted aims
or treason-born ambitions. From
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-21
WAN

WANTED 900 NEGRO MEN
AND BOYS TO LEARN TO BE
EXPERT AUTOMOBILE ME-
CHANICS AND CHAUFFEURS
POSITIONS WAITING. SPE-
CIAL COURSE IN DRIVING
FOR LADIES AND GENTLE
MEN. FOR FULL INFORMA-
TION AS TO TERMS, ETC,
ADDRESS AFRO AMERICAN
AUTOMOBILE TR AMIN
SCHOOL, 142O-22-2426 WOOD
LAND AVE, KANSAS CITY,
MO. THE LARGEST AUTO
MOBILE TRAINING SCHOOL
FOR N EGR ROES IN THE
WORLD.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-04-21


Harry Smith:
% you
aerlmalng borderifound
chuca Tenth
regimer
away
how the gait throughout the
The thing struck in issue of March 10th
training
regiments
May you always
justice unqualified
equality opportunity These hngs this matterofa old world
viewpoint
by have
that this world the
United
this hour per let alone and lonely
We all actual practice times
cringng, a a
whole loaf is better than half the half beats ALL
eravely.
the
country
nightly spite handcaps the supendous the whose
spilled liberties
freedom in
now. o the that looming
largely baby
bounden instinct of heart will tell
right Let train and
every that heading
guides directs
destnies will bring the haven where
bei crisis" people shall be
pot
icaly
them in the hour of need
colored regiments
They
they they
sleeve of the future fear
For Un
Let do nothing
negative reaconary, but
plan Spingarns constructive
ideasm
the National Guard and regular
army number
University military training under
beginning with deceased friend of
memory John H. Alexander and
the instructor Captain
Davis
efficiency the Wash
the Armstrong Manual
Training furnish good officers the
Achilles suking in his Such
enemes do good and
not loyalty the
(signed, CHARLES