Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-04-17
VOLUME. XXXVII, NUMBER %
THE STORY THO WEEK HAS TOLD
asllington Notes.
(By Daniel w. Chase.)

Those who were looking forward
10 startling things" to come to hight
i'll the present investigation into the
public scheal system of Washington,
d. c., are somewhat disappointed to
learn that the District Court OF Ap
pea,s has denied the governments
motion for rehearing in the case
Ct II. NJ, d. Moons, the Dutch anthrop
olol ist, charged with exhibiting Oh
scene pictures. The Appellate Court
had held that the indictment against
MOens was defective In failing to
show that he knew OF tho obscene ma
'urc Of tie pictures. No reason is Civ
| Oh for the d>n Mai, the paper being II,
dorsed merely motion denied"
The special committee Investigate
ing conditions in the local school sys
tom held its sessions in the Senate
office building. No now developments
are reported, save that the character
and work of Superintendent Ernest
L.. Thurston, superintendent of the
| ruhlic schools Of the District Of Col
umbia, were warmly praised Ivy Mr..
j. Is. Larner, former member OF the
Beard of Education. Perhaps the OH
~ strange thing that was brought out
in the investigation during the week
WAS the remark Of Mr.. Larner. that
| the colored people OF Washington arc
far In advance Of the average Of
their race, and that he believed It
would be well to have the white and
| colored schools entirely separate with
| board OF education and superin
tendent for each system. Information
| is desired as to what Mr.. Larnet con
siders the average" OF the race.
Negroes in this city are busy max
| ing business. John w. Lewis, presi
dent of tho Industrial Savings Bank
and of the Whitela Y Apartment Hotel
has organized another company hav-
ing rs its object the formation of Il
chain OF stores. He is aiming to
teach the Negro to help himself and
TO know that to become economic
factors OF worth the Negroes must
learn to do real business. The Victory
Investment Company has been orga-
niZcd and aims to help those of mod
crate means to purchase homes, and
to engage In Il general mercantile
business. The company is made up
OF progressive young men of the South.
Oscar Hayes is at the head.
| Murray Brothers, printers and
| publishers have purchased a large
tract OF land OH which it is proposed
t" erect large building to house
their printing establishment. The
| upper floor will he fitted up as a
| modern auditorium for entertain
| ments.
Thomas West, colored employed
as deckhand on the steamer South
land, was shot in the groin by Eppa
l.. Dodson (whitc) Captain of the
Steamer Endeavor. Dodson who adj
mits the shooting said he did nM
ATTEND To shoot West, but merely fired
10 lrlghten him from the wharf where
ii IS alleged. West was meddling
with the other workers. Dodson was
arrested and released on 81 900 bail.
| KILLS NIECE; SHOOTS SELF
| uncle was drinking something
from Jug" said little BENJAMIN
Jackson, Jr., six years old, "and he
| shot sister because she wouldn't Du,
away some boxes. He told her If she
aldnt put EN- away he'd kill her"
Inns Is what was said of George Jack
sen colorcd, thirty-three years old
WHO SHOT and killed his nine.year
Ola niece, Agnes Jackson, at her home
ill' seventh street, Southeast. The
| police say that Jackson was probably
! crazed by drinking homemade NJ
| cohollc preparation, jug of social
Gu Jump-steady' and two glasses
nelhg found on table in n rear room.
| me form OF Jackson who had fired
a bullet into his head was found in
the room. -Four shots had been fired
J The wounded man was taken to the
| freedman's Hospital.
|