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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
The Matter of Costume

Don't you think our Colonial ances-
tors looked queer in knee breeches 2"
mo, If you want to see some queen
sights come out to the golf links"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
Couldn't Foresee Result

Heck-Were you nervous when you
proposed to your wife?
Peck-No; I'm no clairvoyant.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
Contributed

The duke asked Betty and her ma
To dinner at his place.
Fair Betty graced his board. but. lag
Her mother bored his grace.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25

From stepping on a rusty nail
A lot of folks nave died, alasl
But nothing like as many as
Have died from stepping on the gas.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25

A MERICA for the eighth successive
"A time wins the Olympic track and
field sports. scoring 255 points to 166
for Finland; S51k for Great Britain;
BIZ for Sweden; 1914 for France and
so on. OF the As nations entered only
10 broke into the scoring column.
Twenty-seyen events were held, with
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-07-25
IMPORTANT news
QUICKLY TOLD
Happenings n Various Sections o.
Old Maryland
NEWS ITEMS FOR OUR READERS

Frostburg.-Fif doctors attended
the meeting of the Allegany Garrett
Medical Society, held at the Frostburg
Country Club, on the Casselman River
In all, $50 persons were present. The
principal speakers were DR.. Gordon
Wilson, Baltimore, and David r.
Lyman, Wallingford, Conn. Round
table discussions were held. Lunch
was served at noon and a chicken
dinner in the evening. Dancing fol-
lowed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

message of inspiration for the pupils.
While the tour had no small meas
ure of scientific value its most import
ant result was the deeper appreciation
Of the possibilities of his race which
Frof. Carver inspired in all his hear
ers. This result was most apparent and
was repeatedly commented on by Oh
servers.
The Interracial Commission has also
sent representative colored speakers
into many of the white colleges, of Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ken
lucky and Oklahoma, and always with
the finest results. Probably no part Of
its program Is more effective than this
plan by which thousands Of college stu
dents-the leaders of tomorrow-aro
enabled to see what the best types CT
colored people are capable of and to
lear the Negroes viewpoint presented
by able representatives Of the race
Among those who have made such
tours for the Commission are DR.. J. T.
Hodges. of South Carolina DR.. James
Bond Of Kentucky, DR.. Isaac Fisher,
Of Fisk University, and DR.. H. T. S.
johnson Of Oklahoma.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

else Of my exclusive discretion and an
executive function, for which I am
solely responsible to the people from
whom have so lately received the So
cred trust Of Office.
my oath to support and defend the
Constitution, my duty to the people
who have chosen me to execute the
powers of their great Office and not to
relinquish them, and my duty to the
Chief Magistracy, which I must pre-
serve unimpaired in all it's dignity
and vigor, compel me to refuse compll
ance with these demands.
The President is responsible to the
people for his conduct relative to the
retention or dismissal of public OFF,
Gals. I assume that responsibility,
and the people may be assured that as
soon as I can be advised 50 that may
act with entire justice to all parties
concerned and fully protect the public
interests, I shall act.
do not propose to sacrifice any IN
nocent man for my own welfare, nor
do propose to retain in office any un
fit man for my own welfare. I shall
try to maintain the functions Of the
government unimpaired, t act upon
the evidence and the law as I find T..
and to deal thoroughly and summary
with every kind of wrong doing.
In the meantime. such steps have
been taken and are being taken as full
ly to protect the public interests.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
Industrial Conditions.
(Lincoln News Service.)

Washington, D. C.,-Because of his
friendly attitude towards colored wage
earners, anything that is said by Judge
Ebert H. Gary, Chairman Of the Unit
ed States Steel Corporation, is of spec
ial interest to our group which is hop
ing to participate more fully in the in
dustrial activities of the nation. In a
recent interview Judge Gary is quoted
as having said concerning the future
business outlook. "The situation IS
better than it has been in long time.
1t is fundamentally sound in every es-
sential respect. To this time-I en-
phasize that phrase-there IS nothing
that suggests it will not continue TO
be sound, and even improse. Several
basic factors are responsible for these
conditions. Foremost among them, l
should place the firm hand and sound
practices that characterize the present
administrative branch Of the govern
ment, from President Coolidge down
ward. Of hardly less bearing is the in
herently healthy condition of affairs in
the country. Our national income +.
steadily and irresistibly increasing.
The value of far mproducts was never
greater. There is virtually no unem-
ployment.
This encouraging news will be read
by many colored men and women
throughout the country, wage-earners
and business and professional men,
who realize that the economic saliva
tion of the race depends largely upon
the prosperity of such industries as
are represented by Judge Gary WHO
gives employment to thousands of our
people. They will be largely influenc'
ed by his views on industrial and pub
lie questions. to the CONSERVATION Of
the deacons of the mire who thrive
best in the muddy waters of discon-
tent, made turbid by general unemploy
ment and poverty.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
A NEW EMANCIPATION
IS NEEDED.
(Lincoln News Service.)


Norfolk, Va.,-Concerning the fndif-
ference of the Negro of the latter day
towards Emancipation Day observ.
ances, the Norfolk Journal and Guide
says: In the first place. any refer
ence to American slavery fosters into
his imagination a picture Of the abhor
renee of the times. In the next place
he realizes that there is yet so much
to be done to break the bonds of eco
nomic slavery, prescription of oppor-
tunity injustice before the law, ana DE
NAL of citizenship rights, that his at
tention is focused more upon gaining
a newer emancipation, an emancipa-
tion that will flow from the Constitu-
tional amendments that grew out of
the one of 1853 and made him a man
free in opportunity, free in the enjoy
ment Of the privileges and immunities
of American citizenship more than It
Is upon celebrating the issuance Of
Abraham Lincoln's immortal proclama
ton"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
Constitutional Consistency!
Where Art Thou?
By MIS- Phil H. Brown. Hopkinsville, KY.

are upon the tongues Of men
who would, as a Maryland Re-
publican Congressman recently
said, observe all Of the Con-
stitution," no one is louder in
an expression Of fealty to that
historic document, with a pre-
amble which echoes freedom
all over the world, than the
Democratic "Solid South" the
representatives of which expend
their exhaust in pledging their
absolute devotion to and observ-
ance Of the Constitution.
However, the meagre expend-
itures for education of colored
school children, discriminatory
wages, voteless citizens, lynch
ings, peonage, and other ills
give the lie to the vocal tnthus-
iasm which swells the Threats
of Democratic boosters" Of
constitutional rights.
It would be fine thing for
America if, in the place Of
every "jim-crow" sign in the
South, the Democrats would
erect a tablet bearing the fol-
lowing inscription, which is
quoted from a decision Of the
United States Supreme Court:
"The Constitution Of the Unit
ed States, in its present form
forbids, so far as civil and
political rights are concerned,
discrimination by the general
government, or by the states,
against any citizen because Of
his race. All citizens are equal
before the law. The guarantees
Of life, liberty and, property are
for all persons, within the jur-
isdiction of the United States,
or of any state, without dis
elimination against any because
Of their race Those guarantees,
when their violation is proper
ly presented in the regular
course of proceedings, must be
enforced in the courts, both Of
the nation and of the state,
without reference to consider
atoms based upon race"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
Coolidge Text on DENLY.

Washington D. C.-The statement
issued by President Coolidge tonight
IN reply to the Senate resolution call
ing for the resignation of Secretary OF
the Navy DENLY, is as follows.
No official recognition can be given
to the passage Of the Senate resolution
relative to their opinion concerning
members of the Cabinet or other Off
cels under Executive control
AS soon as special counsel can ad
wise me as TO the legality of these
leases and assemble for me the peril.
nent facts in the various transactions,
I shall take such action as seems es
sential for the full protection of the
public interests. I shall not hesitate to
call for the resignation of any official
whose conduct in this matter in any
way warrants such action upon my
part. The dismissal of an officer of the
government, such as is involved in
this case, other than by impeachment,
is exclusively an executive function. I
regard this as a vital principle of ou.
Government.
In discussing this principle, Mr..
Madison has well said:
ct is laid down in most Of the con-
situations or bills ofrights in the re-
pubFcs Of America: 1t is to be found
in the political writings Of the most
civilians, and is everywhere
held as essential to tse preservation OF
liberty, that the three great depart
ments of government be kept separate
and distinct"
President Cleveland likewise stated
the correct principle in discussion re-
quests and demands made by the SEN
ate upon him and upon different differ
Of the Cover nment in
which he said:
They assume the right of the Sen
ate to sit in judgm mt upon the exer-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
Constructs Fine Under
taking Establishment.
(Lincoln News Service.)

Charleston, w. Va4-Mr. James
Cuthbert Campbell, the most SUCCESS
full colored mortician in the State. mas
just completed in this city fine under
taking establishment The building is
Of colonial design rs feet deep and
about 25 feet wide. and three stories
high, including the basement. The
front is graced by four stalwart COL
umns and balcony above and beneath
The first floor is given over to Offices
reception room, display room and chap
ell. The building also carries large
garage space annie for hearse, amDu-
lance and other cars. Mr.. Campbell is
interested in ether business projects
and is one Of our most prosperous c.ti.
Zens.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

The constitutional oratory Of
the Democrats of the "Solid
South" is not unlike the jubil-
ant declaration of a fly, who
was sitting on one Of the
wheels of chariot which was
being drawn at a rapid pace by
two fiery steeds. Looking at
the cloud of dust which the
horses and chariot raised, the
fly remarked, in a complacent
manner: Gee! Amt we raisin'
lot O. dust"
This is the theme Of the Dem
ocrat specialists upon constitu-
tional questions, where they
seek the rigid enforcement Of
certain constitutional amend
ments, while as to other amend
ments they are as silent as the
early morning zephyrs. The
development of American legis-
lation and Jurisprudence con-
tains no finer example Of con-
stitutional courageousness than
the efforts made by the Repub-
lican leaders, ever since the
Civil War to insure to all Amer
lean citizens the security and
firm establishment of freedom,
and the protection of the newly
made freeman and, citizen from
the expressions of those who
had formerly exercised unlim-
tied dominion over them.
In direct rebuttal to the in
tention to establish a national
freedom for all men, the leg
islatures Of States Of the Dem
ocratic "Solid South" have ever
been busy passing a series Of
laws aimed to destroy the use
fulness of each and every con-
stitutional amendment made
by Republican Congresses and
ratified by States which were
Justly indignant at the injus-
tices heaped upon the freemen.
Despite the Ubiquitous poll
cies of the Democratic party,
so far as the colored man Is
concerned, whenever the con-
stitution and its amendments
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

Our glorious Constitution and all
its parts unfailingly bespeak all that
any American could ask for. Its
amendments are rich in the graces
of citizenship. We, therefore, pledge
ourselves and our devotion to every
constitutional ideal ever announced
in the records of American Govern.
ment. We must share in them un.
stintingly..and to this end do we
pledge ourselves, forever and ever.
e3er fresbsa News Ssrvics)
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
REVEAL KING TUT
SWATHED IN
COLD
Cleaning Gorgeous Figure Appears
as Lid of Mummy Case Opens.
DISCOVERIES AMAZED
Eyewitnesses Are Overcome by Beauty
and Brilliance of the Find.

Luxor, Egypt.-The greatest dis
covery in the history of Egyptology,
even, as many claim in archaeology
was made las. Tuesday afternoon In
the plainly adorned sepulchral cham
Der of Tutankhamen, in the Valley OF
the Kings.
In the presence of a gathering repre-
senting the elite of Egyptology, the lie
Of Tutankhamen's great pink sarco-
rhagus was raised and stupendously
magnificent mummy case, covered
with plates of solid gold, was brought
TO light.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

Leadership, fellowship, hopes and
ideals, one by one, are put upon the
auction block and Knocked down.
to the highest bidder. And then the
secret remerse over what might have
been causes us to lean upon the past,
rather than to take care of the pres.
ent and plan for the future.
A new emancipation is as much
needed as was the old. The pledge
of Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
DYER ANTI.LYNCHING
BILL LEANS ON CON.
STITUION DECISIONS
(Lincoln News Service.)

Washington d C..-Students Of his
tory, civics and law would do we'll to
procure and read copies Of the Dyer
Anti-Lynching Bill. which Is rich in
references to the most famous decis-
ions upon questions of Constitutional
Law. Strauder VS.. W. Va. Virginia vs..
Rives, and a number Of other U. S. Su
preme Court decisions. celebrating up
on the constitutional rights of Negro
citizens, are cited to uphold the consti
tutional merits of the Dyer Bill.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
THE KING is WITHIN.

When all had assembled in the tomb
Mr.. Carter turned to- the tain swarth,
figure Of the Egyptian secretary Of
state for public work, and requested
permission 10 begin the work of rails.
ing the lid Of the coffin. This was i'm
mediately granted.
Gentleman" sa;d Mr.. Carter 1--WE
Pre- going to raise the lid Of the sarco-
phagus, and we hope to find the King
within" So saying he placed himself
at one of the ropes running through
pulleys suspended from either end Of
the coffin, attached to four iron clamps
gripping the corners of the lid, and
with four wnite-clad native foremep
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
PLEDGE

should be as much alive in us today
as it was within those who heard the
martyred President on November
19, 1868. To that pledge we should
cheerfully add racial unity such as
the world has never witnessed, lest
the hopes uttered by the dead eman.
cipator die with this generation, and
our children and our children's
children reach maturity enshr0uded
by fear and tormented by "Suprem-
acy."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

The birthday of the great Emancl-
pator, Abraham Lincoln, passes by.
We pause to review the ills that beset
us and pray for a new benefactOr
who will renew the resolution that
the dead shall not have died in vain.
And then we let moss cover our
minds and c0mmercialize, in dollars
and cents, every energy which we
could divert to the resurrection of
the ideals of the dead Lincoln.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
SOUTHERN COLLEGE STUDENTS
CHEER 'GOOBER WIZARD.
HEARD BY $500 STUDENTS
Tour Arranged by Interracial Commits
sion as Part of Educational Plan.

Columbia, S. c., Feb. Especial y
Thirty-five hundred students in lead
ing white colleges Of South Carolina
were recently given new conception
Of the possibilities of the colored race
through tour of the state by Prof.
George Carver, the famous Tuskegee
scientist, under the auspices Of the
Commission on Interracial Cooperat-
ion. Taking along a most interesting
exhibit Of his peanut. sweet potato
pecan and clay products. Prof. Carver
addressed the students of six big
schools and everywhere was cordially
received and made profound impress
sion. In every city visited he appeared
also at the colored high school with
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

SLOWLY anu SWdyiuSiy" Wv "Ae~
noise or mishap. so carefully had ne
work been prepared for, the lid came
ND. Once or twice when one side rose
higher than the other, the lid had to De
lowered again, so that in all the oper-
alton lasted full half hour.
A MASS CT DIRTY BROWN CLOTH
At last a halt was called and the lii
remained suspended a good three feet
above the coffin. Mr.. Carter was the
first to glance within. He saw only
mass of dirty brown cloth, strangely
billowing up. 1t was tense moment.
The twenty-odd men were the flrst
time in history written In the annals
of their science, gazing upon the lnVlo'
late tomb of a King of ancient Egypt.
What the age-stained cloth concealed
vas the question uppermost In the
minis of all present.
Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Calender, an
assistant, bent over the coffin and
starting from the foot began to roll up
The veil. Slowly and carefully they
.,ent about their work At first a
blackened mass appeared. But then
there came a glimpse Of gold, and as
the covering was drawn off there was
disclosed before the amazed and en-
thralled gaze of the little group o.
guests a huge golden figure OF the
King.
AS for the first time in over thirty
centuries light had struck into the saf
cophagus-not the yellow lamp-light I'm
der which the Pharoah was coffined
but the steely, white glare of the pow
erful electric arc lights-it was as
Trough a great golden man lay buried
there. There lay the effigy OF the king
blaze of gold nodded in high relief
like a crusader on the tomb, In sheets
IF solid gold upon the mummy case
shaped to the form of the mummy
which undoubtedly is within.
THE DRESS OF THE SPHINX.
The Ring was shown wearing the
"Lems" or folded headdress seen on
the sphinx and in the center of which
lapis lazuh was the sacred ureaus or
cobra, side by side with a hawks head
Framed in the golden folds of the wax
|. Ike headdress Tutankhamen's face az
peared; it was that wistful beautiful
hoyish face which is seen so often IN
the hunting scenes adjoining his char
lots his bows, his boxes and his chairs
with cleaning eyes of aragonite'
strangely and eerily lifelike, slender
finely curved nose an exquisitely
curved sensitive mouth and q
chin adorned with the traditional curv
! ing beard.
The artistic merit of the work was
designated by those who saw it as OF
the highest description, eclipsing any
thing hitherto discovered m this
tomb. which has been so rich in arts
tic masterpieces of the eighteenth dyn
asty. The dignity of the figure of the
King is superb, with the arms crossed
On the breast, the right mana grasp
ing the crooked scepter the sign of
sovereignty and the left fail, SYM
boil of d ,minion. The hands are beauti
fully modelled. Beneath The crossed
arms down the front Of the case runs
the traditional prayer for the King, 10
s>ther with his two now familiar car
touches, one with the name Of Tutanx
hamen and the other with his official
title, Rakheperuneb.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23
"A CLEANING GOLDEN MAN"

When the lid was raised, the mum
my case was found to be covered with
three thicknesses of linen Drowned
with age. This linen, when rolled up
disclosed to the bewildered eyes Of the
excavators as one of those present told
a correspondent of the Associated
Press "a cleaning, golden man"
The mummy case stands in coffin
on what seems to be wooden sleigh,
on which doubtless priests dragged It
to the Valley Of the Kings.
To picture the scene of this tremea
douS find. one must visualize a narrow
low-roofted vault, the walls of which
are decorated with rather garish religl
Gus scenes, which King Ay had painted
in honor to himself and his predeces,
sors; in the foreground, a group OF
guests, bareheaded, in shirt-sleeves
and unpleasantly warm, jostling one
another in the heat of the tomb; i'll
tie background. beneath scaffolding,
rulleys and ropes, the plain huge mass
CT the royal sarcophagus. brilliantly
illuminated under the binding rays of
an S,000-candle power electric lamp.
OF the Psychologists there. first and
foremost were Professor James H.
Breasted University of Chicago,
whose name holds high place in the
annals Of Egyptology; Professor Per-
cy E, Newberry acknowledged author
ity on ancient Egypt; Professor Pierre
Lacau, head Of the famous Cairo muse
UNI; George E. Foucart and H. E. Win
lock, both of whom, like Howard Car
ter, are practical diggers; Albert M
Lythoe curator Of the department of
Egyptology Of the Metropolitan Muse
UNI of Art, New York, and DR.. Robert
Mond. well known as an excavator and
who at present is conducting interest
ing excavations in the tombs of the
mobiles.
These men formed the bulk of the
critical spectators who presently were
to be thrilled to almost speechTessness
ty what the coffin of Tutankhamen re
Vealed.
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GORGEOUS TO VIEW.

The moment was the most dramatic
in the history of the dramatic discov
cry of Tutankhamen's tomb. BY gener-
al consent of those present, the mum
my-form case. which Individually in
closes the Kings mortal remains, i'm
measurably surpasses in splendor AMI
beauty even the previous magnificent
treasures the excavators in this
tomb have brought to light.
The mummy case is perfectly intact.
1t is described as one of the most Won
derful things of it's kind that ever has
been found. The Pharaoh is presented
in high life, covered with sheets of sol
i'd gold more than twice life size his
serene and beautiful race exquisitely
incised with glittering eyes of aragon
lite and long upcuryed beard of solid
gold. The fail and sceptre which the
King grasps in his crossed hands are
of gilded wood more than three feet
long. From the waist down, the broad
wings of protective goddesses meet
across the knees to shield the Pharaoh
from danger.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

at the other ropes, the work began.
Slowly and swayingly but without
noise or mishap so carefully had ne
work been prepared for, the lid came
ND. Once or twice when one side rose
higher than the other, the lid had to be
lowered again, so that in all the oper-
alton lasted a full half hour.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1924-02-23

AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE