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Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses were
issued by the Clerk of the Circuit Court
during the month of September
WHITE.
Robert Harvey Hayden and Emma
Georgia CarriCk.
Walter Archbold and Alice Eloise
Dyson.
Jacob William Peck and Catherine
Ellard.
Maynard Harry Groves and Marga-
ret Carroll.
James Thomas Scott and Mignonette
Janice Carpenter.
Peter Robert Adams and Angelina
Rebecca WEIGH.
Edwin Barnard Moran and Viola
Elizabeth Williams.
CoLORED.
Jesse Bates and Mary Agnes Hen,
derson,
James Oliver Tibbs and Nell Wash.
ington.
Charles Berry Carter and Martha
Banks,
Richard Brown and Nanny NaomI
Shields,
Preston Alexander Gray and Cora
/ Swami.
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Fall Opening

Anticipating an early Fall, T. X.
Farrall y Son announce they are all
ready with new Millinery, Tailored
Dresses, and everything needed for
milady's wardrobe, together with a
full line of Fall Clothing, Suits and
Lingerie.
Lingerie.
Miss Bradley will assist in your Sc
lection and extends a cordial welcome
T. r. FARRALL & son,
st. La Plata, Nd.
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LOCAL BREVITsEs.

Have YOU your exhibit ready for the
Fair
Politics will be on tap from now un-
ill elect on
The County Commissioners will meet
Monday next.
Indications point to an early fall and
a long winter,
The Orphans Court viii be in SEES
sion Tuesday next
Tuesday next, October It'll, will he
your last chance to register.
The registration officers of the coun-
ty had little work to do at their first
sitting
Miss Ethel Graves, Of Baltimore
spent the Weekend with her parents, in
this town.
Judge Digges and Mr. R. Il. HALEY
spent Saturday and Sunday last ID
Baltimore.
The October term of tile Court for
Prince Georges county will convene
Monday next.
Miss Madeline Cooksey has returned
to her home near This town from a two-
weeks vacation,
The Jesuit priests are conducting
Mission at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, this town
Mr. Walter h. Mitchell, OF Balti-
more spent the weekend with reIa-
tives in the county
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Religious Notices.


The Rev. WIN. Hirst Heigham. y d.
sector. Telephone La Plata %.
Service. for the sixteenth sunday
after Trinity, Oct. D
rs a. M, La Plata, Christ Church
Holy Communion.
s.5Oa m., waldorf st. Baruabas
Chapel. church School. .
300 a. IN. Iiuey, Saint Paul
chanel. Holy Communion and Sermon
1000 d. no.. La Plata ChrisJ Church
Church School.
lIuua. La Plata Christ Church
Litany. Holy Cummunl ON and Sermon.
Every Thursday, TO- a. M, La Rata,
Christ Church Holy Communion.
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Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in a rundown" condi-
zion will notice that Catarrh bothers them
much more than when they are in good
health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh is a local disease. II is greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE Is a
combined Treatment. both local and in
treatment Of Catarrh for over forty yearT.
Sold by all druggists.
F. J Cheney & Co.. Toledo Ohio.
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Durham Parish Naujemoy,- Ser
vices at the Brick Church at II "a. ~.
on the first, third and fifth SUNDAYS
10 the month.
Service, at ST. James Chapel at II
a. ~. on the second aud fourth sun
DAYS in the month. Holy Communion
tine first sunday in the month
REV. SETH A. MILLS,
Rector.
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For Sale

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DE Quick Growers, ready for
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$50 each
Bred GrdJN IIoI,tyiu Cow 5000
Two year 8lhPare Apple cider
Vinegar uy bjtsg. on gallon.
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Registration Notice,
Office Of Board OF Supervisors Of Flee
tious Tor Charles County,

tons Tor Charles County.
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER T. 1874
entitled TO register and not now on the
Reg stration Books ana on
TUESDAY, OCTOBER ~, 1924,
10 revise the lists No new names
added ON Revision Day.
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tend the meetings as well as workers
and secretaries of the Y.M.C.A.'s and
Y.W.C.A's and other national agencies
interested in the welfare of the col
ored people in cities.
In addition to the administrative
problems and policies Of the League
the discussions will take up such sub
jects as "Inter-racial Relations" go
operation Between Social Agencies, /"
and Industrial Problems"
The Urban League is we'll known
for its work among Negroes who
have come to the larger cities in re-
cent years. It places special emphasis
on better race relations and larger op-
portunities for working people.
William r. Conners, Executive Sec
retary Of the Cleveland Negro Wei
fare Association Cleveland Urban
League, 2554 East 10th Street,
Cleveland, Ohio, says that this series
Of meetings will be the banner con-
ference among the eight already held
by the League and will be pleased to
arrange for accommodations for any
persons who plan to attend.
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n a q
LEADING COLORED AND
WHITE WOMEN WILL AD-
DRESS URBAN LEAGUE
MEETING
Jane Addams and Mary Mcleod
Bethune to Appear Together

Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, Pres
ident Of the National Federation Of
Colored Women, one of Americas
leading colored women, and Miss
Jane Addams Of Hull House, recently
selected by popular vote as Americas
greatest woman, and often referred to
as the worlds greatest woman, will
speak on the subject: "Problems Of
City Life" at the National Urban
League Annual Conference to be held
at Cleveland, December End to 5th.
Other speakers at the Conference will
be James Davis, Secretary Of La
Dor, James Weldon Johnson, Execu-
tive Secretary Of the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement Of
Colored People; William J. Norton,
Director Of the Detroit Community
Chest and President Of the National
Conference of Social Work; Eugene
Kinclle Jones, Executive Secretary
of the National Urban League. and
member Of the Executive Committee
Of the National Conference Of Social
Work; 7. Hollingsworth Wood, Pres
ident Of the National Urban League,
Charles S. johnson, Editor Of Oppor-
tunity Magazine and Reverend r. 81
Blanchard, Pastor Of the Euclid Ave
nue. Congregational Church Of Cleve-
land.
Representatives or the local Boards
and Secretaries Of forty cities in which
Urban Leagues are located will at
The broad ax., 1924-11-22
SUIT TO GUST COLLECTOR
w. L. COHEN IS DIS
MISSED
Fight on Federal Official Was in Real
ity an Effort to Disfranchise All
Colored People
CITIZENSHIP ATTACKED
New Orleans Judge Declares Four
teenth Amendment is "American
Magma Charta," a Bulwark
Against Attacks on the
Rights of Citizens

New Orleans.-The suit Of E. Ed
ward Bolte, Washington attorney,
seeking to oust Walter L. Cohen.
Negro Comptroller Of Customs here.
from Office and attacking the legality
Of the adoption Of the Fourteenth
Amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States, was dismissed last
Wednesday in Federal District Court
BY Judge Rufus E. Foster. Bolte as
serted Cohen was not citizen Of the
United States since he was "of Afri-
can descent and could not claim citi-
zenship because the amendment con-
fering it was illegal.
Statesmen, jurists and historians
have termed that amendment the
American Magma Charta,p said Judge
Foster. @And some have termed It
the maxima charta. For So years 1t
has stood as bulwark against at
tacks on the rights Of citizens"
Would Disfranchise Negroes
In seeking to oust Cohen, the plain
tiff would disfranchise all the colored
people on the ground that the Four
~
was never ratified.
Among other things the petition
stated:
Plaintiff further says that Article
IA Of the amendment to the Constitu-
ton Of the United States, or what is
known as the 14th Amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States, Is
not j part Of the Constitution and i
invalid and void and Of no effect"
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% a aR
DAY OBSERVED
BY THE CORNELL CHARITY
CLUB
Mr.. julius r. Taylor was the Speaker
On that Occasion

Last Friday afternoon. the mem
bers Of the Cornell Charity Club, met
at the home Of Mrs. M. E. Roach,
534S S. Wabash avenue, and in a very
fitting manner Armistice Day was
observed.
Mrs. n. Violette Cunningham ably
presided. Mrs. Maud Towles, chair
man; Mrs. Alice Coachnlan, secretary.
Mrs. B. =. Taylor. Mrs. Albert B.
George, who was presented with a
beautiful bouquet Of flowers and Mr..
julius +. Taylor were the guests Of
honor Mr.. Taylor being the only
gentleman present. addressed the
ladies on @Armistice Day and very
briefly pointed out some Of the many
good and permanent things which
have been showered down upon the
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tanned his first citizenship papers in
the city court at Mount Vernon on
March 80, 1895, taking out his second
papers on May "a, 1912, at which
time he signed the oath of allegiance.
Members of Big Church
Citizenship was granted him by
Supreme Court Justice Morris
Schauser. His declaration Of inten-
ton to become a citizen read:
II, George Jones (colored man) So
declare on oath that it is my intention
to become citizen of the United
States and to renounce forever my al
legiance to any foreign prince, poten-
tate or sovereignty whatever, particu-
1arly to the Queen of Great Britain
and Ireland"
The birthplace Of all three children
was given as Pelham.
The Jones family has been we'll
known and well liked in Pelham and
New Rochelle. They are communi-
cants Of the fashionable Christ Epis-
copal Church in Pelham Manor. AT
the parish house it was said Mrs.
Jones, who is light Of hair and
eyes, an English type, was a constant
attendant.
Jones, the father, attended Christ
Church occasionally. The mother and
two Of the girls came to services last
Sunday. Emily and her husband,
Brooks, have little girl, red-headed,
but dark Of skin, who attends the par
ish school.
II seems that no matter how hard
the boss or the head devil may try to
keep the white and the colored race
separate and distinct, they will get
mixed up with each other, some way
Or other and then when the so-called
white and colored blood runs together
and the best medical experts are abb
solutely unable to tell the white from
the colored blood, for all blood is
simply red and not white nor black,
there is hot time in the old town
and the time i fast approaching in
this country when no one will be able
to tell who's white and who's colored.
Editor.
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Mrs. Rhinelander's Father and Sister Re-
ported to Be Listed as sCoIored" in
Official Records.

New York City.-With young
Leonard Kip Rhinelander and his
bride, Alice Beatrice Jones. former
domestic servant, still in impenetrable
retirement, records in Weschester
County illuminated further the course
Of events in secret marriage that has
proved shock to society.
The young scion of New York's
great real estate holding family: to-
gether with his wife Of month and
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Jones, were reported to be guests Of
friends of the Jones family in Con-
necticut.
Tn view OF records made available
speculation became keener as to
the future attitude Of the bride
groom's family and the future position
Of the fashing-eyed Mrs. Rhinelander.
These records show that both
George Jones, father, and Emily
Jones, sister of Mrs. Rhinelander, gave
their race as "colored" in sworn
statements.
Older Than Husband
The father, now in his sixty-sixth
year, asserted that he was a "colored
man" in his declaration to become a
citizen Of the United States. He also
gave the date Of his birth Of his
daughter, Alice Beatrice, as June Is,
1899. She is therefore twenty-five
years and FIVE months Of age, more
than two years older than her hus-
band.
Emily Jones Is the wife Of Robert
D. Brooks, Negro butler. On March
a, 1915, she and Brooks got mar
riage license from the city clerk Of
New Rochelle. Both declared them
selves to be 4colored."
Emily gave her occupation as
waitress and her residence as Pelham
Manor. She said her father, George
Jones, and her mother, Elizabeth
Brown were born in England, but
made no reference to the race or color
of her parents.
George Jones was more specific in
his naturalization application. He OBJ
The broad ax., 1924-11-22
Cohen Bitterly Opposed

Cohen's appointment has been Wig
orously opposed by the white people
Of the South, and his appointment BY
President Harding was rejected by the
Senate, which failed to confirm the
appointment. He was again appointed
by President Coolidge and was later
confirmed by the Senate BY one vote
majority.
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Colored people in this country, as
direct and indirect result Of the world
war for democracy IN concluding
his remarks he highly commended the
ladies for their patriotic and progress
i've spirit in observing Armistice Day,
and urged them to firmly adhere to
that custom, once each year. He was
heartily appIauded at the conclusion
Of his remarks.
Choice refreshments were served at
the end Of the program.
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TRACE LINEAGE OF RE4INELANDER'S
POOR BRIDE
Father and Sister Admit Colored Blood, Is
Report
Society Lifts Its Eyebrows

Mrs. Leonard Kip RhineIander, Bride of
Son of One of New York's Oldest and
Wealthiest Families, Has Not Yet Re-
ceived the Blessing of Her Husbands
Parents. The Bride Indignantly De-
nies She Has Negro Blood.
The broad ax., 1924-11-22

Mr. and Mrs. 4. c. Gibbs. zoos Wal
nut street, are making rapid strides III
erecting their new home at 65l4 St.
The broad ax., 1924-11-22

Lawrence avenue. They expect to
have it completed BY the middle of
December, and il will Be one Of the
finest homes in that neighborhood.
2 2 a
Hon ;. w. Green Of New Orleans,
Ia, Supreme Chancellor Of the
Knights Of Pythias throughout the
world, and Hon. Ernest 6. Tidring-
ton, Deputy Supreme Chancellor.
spent Wednesday in this city in con-
nection with the Pythian Temple, now
being constructed at S. State street
and 37th place. They were in charge
OF Hon. Edward d. Green, Secretary
Of the Pythian Temple Commission.
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Around the World.

Back to the starting point. The
round-world flyers yesterday reached
the place from which they first hoped
off in their wonder trip. But their
work is not yet finished. They are to
so on to Seattle. where began the Of
fetal flight, and then, when they have
completed the final hop. they will rest
ever set for men to accomplish.
1t is related that the mothers of two
of the flyers, who were on the ground
to greet them, wept for joy as their sons
appeared. 1t is also related that the
hardy aviators wept in return when
they greeted their mothers. Through
the gravest perils, across frozen seas,
over forbidding mountain ranges, over
great desert stretches. thousands of
miles Of perilous flight. these men
have sat in their machines without a
quiver of the nerves. without faltering
for q moment. Yet when they reached
home they wept. More honor to them
for their tears.
NOW Iney Will go OH anu CROSS the
starting line, and the American round
world flight will be history. Nobody
can foretell the result of this initial
encircling Of the globe in the air. 1t
may become only record" 1t may
lead to marvels Of transportation. AT
all events. it has developed four men
who deserve to be borne in the annals
Of fame for heroism in their intrepid
ity, their persistence and their devo-
ton TO duty.
Evening star., 1924-09-23

a source OF information. So facile and
| which he appears.
The only point of immediate interest
is whether Mr.. Daugherty has been
fooled by Means in this repudiation.
and whether Mr.. Davis, in making
the case against Mr.. Daugherty one of
his leading campaign issues, has
pursued a line of procedure which
squares with the ethics Of the law,
of which he is leading exponent.
If Mr. Daugherty was guilty Of
improperly of conduct in Office, if he
used his Office for personal gain or for
the advantage of friends. if he placed
public interests secondary to personal
interests, he deserves all the scoria-
tion that may be administered to him
in the course of the present political
campaign. But the fact remains that,
so far as the proceedings Of the
Senate investigating committee went,
the case against him was such as
would not have been permitted of
prosecution in a court. He was con-
victed, in effect, by the testimony Of
discredited witnesses, by hearsay
testimony, by innuendo. He declined
to make a personal appearance before
the committee. and thereby undoub-
tedly injured himself in the judgment
of the people. He was. however.
technically within his rights in thus
refusing to take the stand. 1t would
have been better for him if he had
testified in his own defense. He re-
fused, and rested his case. Now he
offers a confession of perjury from
one of his principal accuserS. The
perjurer shifts ground and seeks
evasion. The further proceedings
cannot strengthen the case against
Mr.. Daugherty, for the source of
evidence is tainted beyond cleansing.
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Rivals to Work for Davis.

Yesterday was a day of diappoint-
ments at the Democratic headquarters
in New York. 1t was planned that
Gov. Smith and Mr.. Davis should get
together for a conference, and also
that Mr.. McAdoo, just landing from
France, should meet his successful
rival for the Democratic nomination
and discuss plans for his participation
in the campaign. But Mr.. Davis failed
to get to the meeting place in time be-
cause his chauffeur was detained by
the police through a misunderstanding
over a license number. being delayed
until the governor had gone to Al
bany. Mr.. McAdoo, on landing, evinced
an indisposition to rush at once into
the political arena, and preferred to
rest at a hotel overnight, studying the
political situation before meeting the
nominee at luncheon today.
If matters work out as now ar
ranged, Mr.. Davis will gain in the
campaign through the services Of the
two men who deadlocked the nominal
ing convention for SO many days and
so opened the way for his nomination.
Gov Smith, according to present
plans, is to be nominated for another
term by the Syracuse convention Of
his party on Thursday. and his pres
ence On the State ticket viii. it is BE-
Evening star., 1924-09-23

alton. Thereupon he gave the order
and the bankers carried it out Now
aoays, laments Lauzanne, with one
eye cooked in the direction of J. p
Morgan & Co. the bankers take the
lead, and governments follow"
+ x x
Brig. Gen. James A. Drain of Wash
lngton, y. c., the American Legion's
newly elected national commander
has long borne a scar. which he did
not achieve in war. but in connection
with science, in which he is an ex-
pert. He is minus his right hand
which the general lost some years
ago while handling a gun. Drain is
one OF Americas foremost ordnance
experts. Even though he has hand
missing, Gen. Drain was one of tho
first officers brought to France by Cen.
Pershins. who put him in charge of
important activities associated with
the American Tank Corps.
X X +
The Democratic Boston Posts dec
laration for Calvin Coolidge for Pres
loent brings the disclosure that A
NUMBER or prominent New England
democrats are casting party lines
10 the wind and coming out for home
PRIDE James J. Phelan, a member
OF the banking firm of Hornblower
q weeks, Boston. is one of them
Another is Francis J. Horgan. well
known in the Irish movement in New
England. member of the Massachu
setts State Senate when Mr.. Coolidpe
was president of it, and a former
candidate for Representative against
George Holden Tinkham- Roscoe r,
Moody, Springfield banker-Demo-
crat, is also out for cal"
Copyright, 1874
Evening star., 1924-09-23

lieved, increase Mr.. Davis chances
for polling a big and possibly a win
ming vote in the State. 1t had been
planned previously for Gov. Smith to
take the stump in New York and
other States for Mr.. Davis, but his
nomination will compel him to confine
himself to the New York field. Mr..
McAdoo, however, is expected TO take
the stump on a wide swing in the
Davis interest. Thus the country will
witness the interesting spectacle Of
two defeated candidates raising their
voices in appeals for votes for the
man who carried off the prize for
which they fought each other so bit
terly at Madison Square Garden.
Evening star., 1924-09-23
Shades of Ananias!

Population by Castor Means of
his reputation of his testimony before
the Daugherty investigating com.
mittee of the Senate is intimated as
likely, following the publication of his
''confession'' by the former Attorney
General. He seems to have been
interviewed and to have pointed out
that his statement was not sworn to
by him. This suggests that he con.
siders that it might be retracted or
withdrawn. Then there are indica.
tions, from statement by Senator
Whe eler, the prosecutor of the com.
mittee, that he had himself been ap.
preached by Means some weeks ago
The short of the matter seems to be
that Means has been trying to "do
business" with both sides, that he has
written a statement acknowledging
perjury, carefully Withholding from
making oath to it-as if an oath more
or less matters anything with him
and that he is now in the market for
further disclosures, presumably to be
paid for.
Mr.. Daugherty cannot, of course.
be rehabilitated by the confession of
perjury by the chief witness against
him. Nor. will the case in his disfavor
be strengthened by further testimony
from the same source. The fact is,
Means is not a competent witness for
either side. He has sworn himself
out Of court. He Is no longer to be
regarded as Of any value whatever as