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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

Winchester, Va, October ga
sacred concert was held at st. Paul
A. M. E. Church Sunday evening.
Rev. j. w. Stephenson, chairman,
Miss Frances Lewis, of Fredericks-
burg, Va. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
William Lewis, on E. Kearn street.
The Shiloh Baptist Church held
all-day services on Sunday. Revs
Allen Williams, Walker Carter, Bos-
ton Banks were the ministers who
ofiiciatcd.
, ..- ., ";,TT1s." p gag .f'..
Miss Rosa Harmon is spending Il
fow days in Washington.
Mrs. John Jefferson spent last
week in Baltimore with her brother,
Mr.. Alexander Washington.
Mr.. Charles Finley paid a brief
visit to town last week. Mr.. Finley
is engaged in business in Washington
d. c.
The Ladies' Aid Society met at
Mrs. George McGruder's on N. Mar
! kct street on Friday. Everyone was
greatly pleased. Next meeting is
with Mrs. Nora Bell. $50 N. Market
The Junior Glass of John Mann S.
S. had delightful time at their In
door picnic Wednesday last.
Mrs. Powell Gibson Mrs. Robert
Jennings and Mrs. Nancy Briscoe
spent Sunday in Martinsburg, w. Va
! The Junior Sewing Club met al
Miss Rachel Jackson's, N. Mair
, street last week.
! Miss Eliza Boyd, Of S. Braddocl
street rendered reception to Mrs
nj. l.. Brown, Wednesday evening
! Mrs. Brown will leave soon fol-
, Hampton to live.
Mr.. r. D. Cooley is feeling better
than he was last week.
Mr.. James Harding, who under
went surgical operation is mucl
improved.
Mrs. Page Hall, Of Johnstown ad
dressed the Epworth League las
Sunday at John Mann Church.
The Trustees OF John Mann Churcl
are looking forward to. a great da!
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

Mrs. Annie X. Vaughan and chill
dren, Myrtle and Howard, OF Farm
ville, Va. returned to their home last
week, after very pleasant stay in
this city. Mrs. Vaughan was extend
ed many courtecies while here.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

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The Opportunity for the Colored Man is
knocking at your door. Never before have
there been better advantages offered than
those OF the DUPONT Company at Hopewell,
Va. The work is permanent with no lost
time. Good service is rewarded by promo
ton and cash bonus after the first years
continuous work and is increased with your
length OF service. The work is con6enial
with liberal pay, good comfortable living
quarters and a Y. M. c. A. with a free NIGHT
school, which is in charge Of capable in
structors. You should take advantage Of
this opportunity and report at once to the
Employment Department OF this Company.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

FOR SALE-IIot in Washington
Park, suburb OF Richmond Va, Adj
dress; Owner, 1851 Third st. N. w,
Washington, d. G.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

The Shiloh Baptist Church held
all-day services on Sunday. ReVs.
Allen Williams, Walker Carter, Bos-
ton Banks were the ministers who
Ofiiciatcd.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27
A TOLERANT SPIRIT.

Let us pray on that day and every
day for more tolerant spirit of Jus
tice in America toward our people. Let
us pray that the spirit of God NAV
get into the heart OF our Great Prcsi
dent and open his lips in an cxp,es-
sion. the meat of which we can take
TO ourselves, regarding Americas
fight for Democracy as touching and
erecting the status of tho Negro
throughout this land Surely this Ma.
ZION cannot face God next Sunday
with any objection to our added an
peal to specific prayer, even though
we are praying to carry the ultimate
end Of victory step further.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

The Brotherhood will meet at Mr..
G. w. Hall s, Friday, November 2.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

The Harvest Homo ended Friday
last at Mt. Carmel T.. b. Church
with much success.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

Miss Frances Lewis, Of Fredericl1s-
burg, Va. is visiting Mr.. and Mrs
William Lewis, on E. Kearn street
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27
Sund&y. It Is rally Gay.

There. will be a Chrysanthemum
Social Thursday and Friday nights.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27
WINCHESTER NOTES.

Winchester, Va, October ga
sacred concert was held at ST. Paul
A. M. T.. Church Sunday evening.
Rev. j. w. Stephenson, chairman,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

Miss Rosa Harmon is spending a
fow days in Washington.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

Mrs. John Jefferson spent las
week in Baltimore with her brother
Mr.. Alexander Washington.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27
GODS CHOSEN.

Often I see it stated that the hand
OF God is in this horrible and hideous
war. This I do not doubt. But when
see it stated that America Is Gods
CHOSEN vehicle for carrying right and
justice to the world, I begin to wonder
II America is not presuming with
God and assuming to herself an all too
righteous mien. Why America, with
her bloody records Of burning, lynch
ing murder, oppression and wanton
persecution Of her own black citizens
Has God been blind? Has God forgot
SHOULD HAVE CLEAN HANDS.
IF we must approach God-and VIC
must--lct us approach Him with
clean hands and clean hearts. IF We
must beg Gods marcy-and we must
let us come with mercy in our hearts
being prepared to grant mercy to those
who are appealing for 1t here below
otherwise the prayers OF n people, ar
individual and a nation become 9
mockery and an insult to the God O;
all men!
Fellow Negroes, Fellow Citizens
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

Mr.. Charles Finley paid a brie
visit to town last week. Mr.. Finle,
is engaged in business in Washington
d. G..
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1917-10-27

Mr.. James Harding, who under
went surgical operation is mucl,
improved.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
THE PEOPLES RIGHT

Discussing the influences which give Alaska its officials, the Anchor age Democrat says:
 NOW that it seems more than likely that the political powers who hive the naming of federal officers fer Alaska, which means so much toward the good government or bad government of the territory, will mCre than likely be governed this yelr by the samo influences that have impelled them heretofore in making appointments, one commenc es to figure cut the time when the people of this great territory will have more to do about who shall manage their affairs.
 Tt is a certainty that some of the men appointed are just as good as could have been elected, and more than likely if elections were held in the First and Third districts aud the gentlemen would consent to be candidates, there would be no change in who would De judges in those districts. But. on the other hand, how long would Stub Irwin have to live in the Fourth district before he would be elected marshal? How long would Spence have to live in the Third before he would be elected to the position he now hoIds:-and Spence is much more popular than his assistant. Whaf kind of a vote would Brenneman SC for the office he now holds if it was left to the vote of the people? And, may the Lord save us! how long would the man who acts aS mayor of Anchorage h2ve to live here before he could get elected to the office he now administers?
 The privilege Of electing the men who shall represent them is worldwide nowadays. Alaska is the last place left, and the day will come when our wrongs will be righted, but, like the followers Of Moses, the higher-uDs shouldn't be Peeved fl we get resttve once in a while. We've been Oyerlong in the wilderness"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
Tho Great Tropical Belt.

Between the thirtieth parallel of north latitude, which runs through New Orleans, north Africa, northern India and southern China, and the thirtleth parallel Of south latitude, which cuts through southern Brazil, the southern tip of Africa and the southern part of Australia, is half the land area of the world outside the polar regions and one-half the worlds population. Yet the commerce of this great tropical belt, with half the land area and half the world population, is but one-sixth that of the international commerce of the world, and 1t has but one-seventh of the worlds railways de- spite the fact that the temperate zones are anxiouSly calling for Its products of food and manufacturing material
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
New EnnlanG,s Charms.

"I have sumIaCg2d tAe New England CTS and wintered them; they wear" says Rollm Lyndc Uartt in the Gen. tury. q have fought with them and made 1t up. I have tried Montana Paris. too-and been willing to return. Nowhere am l freer. One can spend little or much, dress as he chooses, know whom he will, dGyOur beans or spurn them, dig potatoes, clans or Greek roots, and be a man for a that among friends somewhat slow to take hold, but incapable of letting go. AS warm hearted as the Montanians, they are as liberal; at moments have come near saying, The further east you go the further west you get love the west. love the south. Accident, not choice, brought me to New England. In her own quaint phrase, like here"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27

his stature. His horse must carry, be- sides the trooper with his arms, am- intuition and ratlons, his own fodder sometimes
 A boy accustomed to horses will probably have had fun out of certain "stunts" on horseback which prepare him for a cavalry recruit. The circus rider has taught him bareback riding probably. jumps of from and springs upon his horses back. Equally good Is the fence and ditch jumping of the horse with the trooper in saddle. 4 cavalryman fights chiefly with his rife Or carbine. If airships do the scout Ing the cavalry is the following up force. Troopers are trained to fight on foot as infantry, to intrench and hold a point of vantage until infantry gets to the front
 Hence a cavalryman must be an all round soldier, not merely & show fellow in saddle. Every exercise which develops agility and power of muscle is good preparedness for the would be trooper. He can begin on the ground in the open with arm and leg swing ing. bag punching, bar jumping, vault ing and tumbling, then take bis horse to the tanbark or meadow and proceed many laps.
 A trooper may get "splr in heat of action, may be trodden on unless ha can roll or scramble from under boofs. Man against man fighting comes oftenest in cavalry; hence superb self control and good aim help to make the ideal trooper.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
Ore DapositB,

Men sometimes dream of ehorti6Hs wealth stored deep In tho earth. below the reach of miners, but experts aver that there is little or no ground to be- lleve that valuable metallic deposits lie very deep in the earth's crust Such deposits, 1t is Said, are made by under ground waters, and owing to the pres sure on the rocks at great depths the waters are confined to shell near the surface. With few exceptions ore de- pOsits become too lean to repay work Ing below 3.OO0 feet. Nine mines 10 ten, taking the world as whole, are poorer in the second thousand feet than in the first and poorer yet in the third thousand.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
FEEL LIKE
 GIVING UP :?
Many Alaska People On the Verge
 of Collapse

A bad back makes you miserable all the time
 Lame every morning; sore all day + hurts to stoop-it hurts to straighten.
 What with headache, dizzy spells, urinary weakness,
 No wonder people are discOurag- ed.
 Who do not know the kidneys may be the cause of it all
 Give the weakened kidneys need full help.
 Use a tested and proven kidney remedy. , s
 None endoGsd like Doan's Kidney Pills.
 Mrs. Louis T. Jarvis, S22 E St., Sacramento, Cal, }aays: "Sharp pains darted through my Joins and between my shoulders, My back was weak and lame and 1t was an awful task for me to sweep or do any work a. bout the house. I felt tired and exhausted Headaches and dizzy spells added to my distress and the action of my kidney annoyed me day and night. The kidney secretions were unnatural. Doan's Kidney Phh strengthened my kidneys and re- lieved the aches and pains"
 Price soc, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy - get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that Mrs. Jarvis had. Foster-Mil- burn Co.,, Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
 -A6Tertiesment,
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
ola Tina spsIlIna Reform.

Centuries ago spelling refoPmers published whole works in the rational spelling" and left an interested or un- interested public to take them or leave them. as witness the following, pub llshed in 1885: "AEsopz Fable'8 in tru Orto-graphy with Grammar-notz Heryuntoo ar also jooined the short sentencez of the WIZ Cato imprinted with lyk form and order; both of which Autorz ar translated out of Latin ntoo English. By William BullOkar."
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
WhAra Me Aim.

William Dean Howells in one of his talks about literature said: Good lit- erature Is always condemned on its first appearance. That Is because, be- Ing original, 1t Is new and strange. Shelleys work was bitterly condemn ed at first. So was Colerldge's. So was Wordsworth's. So was Stephen Cranes" Mir. HOwells paused, then added impressively, Stones are only thrown at those trees which are heavy with fruit"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
msolid Gold. T

Commercially speaking, the term "soHd gold" is a mlsnOmer since such gold has not been used for many, many years. Some of the ancient Roman jewelry and some of that of the ren- aissance period was, indeed, made of pure gold, worked up by hand with the crudest of tools, but since the old days there has been a constantly increasing employment of alloys, for the reason that jewellers found that the harder the gold was rendered by good alloys the greater Its wearing qualities and the more secure, therefore, was the setting of the gems it contained. Nowadays jewelry is of IS, II or 10 carats, ac- cording to the design and character of the article, and 1t Is much more fire uuently 10 than IS Carats-
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
Ei,sJ Ammunition,

It is to Gustavus AdOlphus of Sweden, whose reign began in 1911, that history gives credit for the invention of fixed ammunition. In his cartridges the bull lets and the charge were united in paper case. It was not, however, until 1850 that the first successful metallic cartridge was patented by an American.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
Catarrh Canno: De Cured

,yIth LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of ,hc disease. Ca tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease. and in order to cure it you must take in- ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly upon inc blood and mucous surface. Halls Catarrh Cure Is not a quaCl medicine. It was prescribed by one o. he best phy- slcians in this country fol years and IS a regular prescription. It is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces The perfect c0mbina- tion of the two ingredients is Chat pro- duces such wondeVSul results in curing cutarrh. Send fvr eSt'~lon'als, free. F. !. CHENEY & CL, Props, Toledo, O.
 soIa by Druggists. price 75c.
 Advertisement.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27

THERE IS A sAN-ToX REMEDY for every ordinary household ail- ment. There. is room for san Tox Remedies in your medicine chest. Get a San-Tox Blue Book at Keller Bros, The San-Tox Drug Store.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
Ha Nidn'R Mind.

MT. Hardhead-I have called, sir, to ask you for the hand of your daugh- ter. Old Gentleman with emotion)- She is the only child have, and her mother is gone. Mir. Hardhead (has- tily)-Oh, that's no objection, sir, 1 as- sure you.-London Telegraph.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
No+ MelodIousIy Gifted.

"Don't you love our song, The Star Spangled Banner
 "I do," replied Senator Sorghum.
 'Then why don't you join in the chorusT
 "NIy friend, the way for me to show real affection for a song Is not to try to sing t."-WashingtOn Star.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
A Scientific Question,

Nothing is ever totally lost or de- stroyed," said the professor of physics.
 Tn that case" said the simple and frank person, "how do you explain the fact that everybody loses umbrellas and you never meet anybody who has found One?"
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
AnnarentIX So.

'T can't find that record by Sousa's band. Do you know what became of it.?
 'cNo. I guess somebody stole a march on us."-Harvard LampOOn.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
Quite Natural.

'aThe people in the fiat opposite bought their piano at auction"
 "I suspected as much; it's going, go- ing, going all the time."-BostOn Trap RcrIDt.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
The Euokisf,

l, She-Who would you rather be If you were not yourself? He-I can't say that I have any second choice Boston Transcript.
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27

He who guides public opinion moves the hand that moves the world.-Rufus ChnafP
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
Daily History CIaSs-June 27.

I7O9-Battle of Pultowa; rout of the Swedes under Charles XII. by Rus sian army of Peter the Great lS94-Desperate assault on the Confed- crate lines at Kenesaw mountain, Georgia, by Sherman's troops. 1ST3-Hiram Powers, sculptor, whose "Greek Slave" gave him worldwide fame, died; born 1895.
 1915-General Huerta was arrested by United States marshals on charge of conspiracy against a friendly power.
 1916-Turks repulsed Russians in the Caucasus and in Persia. Germans repulsed at Fleury, French at Thiaumont and Yaux, Yerdun-
 ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS. East-nOrtheast the length of the cross formed by constellation Cygnus is near
The daily Alaskan., 1917-06-27
AsrRoNoMlcAL EVENrs.

East-nOrtheast the length of the cross formed by constellation Cygnus is near
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-19
Ole Miss, dar's sum men dat's such "Slackers" dat when dey feels de leas' DRAFT hit gives lem CT Cole Chill. Yessum!

sweater for her cooks son, who had gone in the army; she said the cook had given her $5 to invest in a sweater, and she had come all the way in from sub- urban town to execute the commission.
 I told her that if she would buy the wool I would ask somebody in my unit if they could knit the sweater for her: I went inside the room where the unit was at work and before I could finish relating the incident, one of the mem- bers said Let me do it. I want my three children to join the Red Cross and I'll knit the sweater for s and give 1t to the Red Cross for membership.
 Doesn't this emphasize another impor- tant by-product of the Red Cross work? !? In the first place, it was an endless chain, each link doing something for the other-the poor old cook saving her money to buy a sweater for her boy; the mistress coming to town with the little money to do the purchasing, I, be- ing tolerant, patient, at being inter- rupted and asked questions by a stran- ger, when at another time might have said in an off-hand way: Oh, I don't know where you can buy a sweater; look about in the store,' or something like that; the spirit of willingness on the part of the Red Cross member to do the knitting in spite of the Christmas shopping and everything else attendant
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-19
ALABAMA FURNISHED
 13,612 MEN IN FIRST
 DRAFT ARMY CALL
Negroes Outnumbered Whites by 29OS, According to Military
 Department Figures

montgomery. December 1s-(Special) ) Records of the first draft of Alabama men for the national army show that the state furnished 5327 white men and s2so negroes, or 1918 more negroes than white persons. Employees of the state military department completed the tabula- : ton of reports from local exemption boards Monday. The large number of negroes is accounted for by the excess sive negro population in the black belt section of Alabama
 With few exceptions, all white men drawn for service in the first quota have gone to the training camps while not more than one-haif. if that many ne- groes have been placed in service The military department stated that it had not been advised when the states re-
 ~ain.ng negro selectmen would be called It is probable that the negroes will no, be called into service until units now in training have been sent to France. thus making room for the training of the se- lectmen
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-12-19
C7T1HE works for the Red Cross cam
 paign for today will be as fol-

C7T1HE works for the Red Cross cam
 paign for today will be as fol- S lows:
 Mrs. E. M. Tutwiler at Loveman. Jo- seph & Loebs, assisted by Mrs. Herbert Tutwiler. Mrs Charles DeBardeleben, Mrs. Hubert Drennen, Misses Bland Tonlinson, Margaret Coleman, Martha LatadY and Susie Haskell
 Mrs. J. Rivers Carter, at the Tutwiler' will be assisted by Misses Helen Terrell Willie Mae Brandon, Lucy Smith, Mar Earet Davis, Jeannette Ebersoie, Emily Irvine, Susie Green.
 Mrs. Robert Daniel at Saks', will be assisted by Mrs. George Watkins, Mrs M. & Barnwell, Mrs. Leroy Percy, Mrs. Robert Brooke, Mrs. David Roberts, Jr' Mrs. Charles Nice.
 Mrs. John F. Til1man will be at Ca | heen's, assisted by Misses Josephine Ev- ans. Elizabeth Wyman, Elizabeth fchoolar. Mrs. Phillip Oster will be at the First National Bank building, assisted by Mrs. Leo Rich, Mrs. H. Markstein, Miss Jean Adler. Mrs. Joe. Walker, Mrs. Leo Ober- dorfer. Mrs. Henry Brittle, Mrs. Faulk, Mrs Schulhofer.
 Mrs John Yeatman will be at Burgers, assisted by Mrs. Robert Burnett Jrp Mrs. Owen Gillespy, Mrs. George Wat kins Mrs. W. F. Dewstoe, Mrs. Robert Gregory, Mrs Hunter Smith.
 Mrs. M. M Baldwin will be at Par ker's drug store assisted by Mrs. J. T. Stokely, Mrs. Charles Marks, Mrs Key Milner, Mrs w. R. J. Dunn.
 Mrs. H. F. DeBardeleben will be at Blach's store, assisted by Misses Agatha Byrne, Margaret Moore, Beverly Leake' Ireta McCrossln, Florence Coffin, Hattie Cullom, Elizabeth Caldwell Locke, Mrs. w. V. Bartlett, Mrs Cecil Gaston.
 Mrs. w. c. Lloyd will be at Drennen's, assisted by Mrs. Overton Fulton, Mrs. R. D. Burger, Mrs. Ira Watson and Miss Helen Jackson.
 GOLDGAR-SHAPIRO
 Miss Annie Shapiro and Mfr. Benjamin Meyer Goldgar of Macon, Ga, were mar ried Sunday evening at the home of the brides parents Mir and Mrs. M. Sha- piro. The house was beautifully deco rated with palms. ferns and pink roses. Miss Gussie Goldstein played the we'd ding march as the bridal party entered. Miss Ida Gingold was maid of honor, and wore gown of pink tulle. trimmed with sequins, and carried Radiance roses Ruth Dessler, the little niece of the bride, acted as flower girl. She wore a white lace dress and scattered rose petals in the path of the bride. The bride wore a handsome gown of