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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12


 first with Miss Lee. They got up to $45, when Paschal Shook topped them with a $50 bid and led the dainty star on the floor. Hundreds of couples danced until past midnight.
 Many other things happened during the party, but not nearly all of them can be set down here. But it is not too much to say that everybody thought it was great.
 Mir. Meighan, Miss Lee, Beery and Nle other players said they spent their happiest evening in months. MT. Meig- han told this reporter he doubted that "such a novelty will be ever be staged again."
 "If the Community Chest fund has been swelled, I am glad," the famous star said, and Miss Lee, Beery and the others echoed his sentiment.
 Cosmopolitan Audience
 The great audience was interesting in itself. It was as heterogeneous a gathering as ever crowded a playhouse. Ministers and bankers, clerks and cor poration heads, shop girls and physi- clans, from persons high in the social, civic and business life of the city to tHOSe WHO tOil III tHe luuuSlTIaI pldHlS- people of every class and every social degree were there-a real community party, with every one getting closeup of the handsome MT. Meighan, the beau tiful Lila Lee, the clever, big-hearted Wally Beery and all the other screen celebrities now in the city.
 An interesting sidelight came during the playlet when Miss Lee, with an AgeHerald in her hands, was trying to solve a crossword twister.
 q want seven letters that spell the greatest word in the world," she ex- claimed.
 Charity" promptly rejoined Mir. Meighan, and the packed house roared its approval.
 It was a great show by n great group of stars for a great cause, and Bir- minghmians unanimously agreed, as they filed out early Friday morning, that it was a great success.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12
INSTALLMENT V The Line-Up

"The transcontinental railroads said one of their opponents in congress. "are wizards at appealing to local interests
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12
Manhattan Days And Nights
By Herbert COrev

NEW YORK, Dec 1Heres certified ghost story If ghost
 ae u enrned to Conenbaoen ber % is he American mins lives old which tragedy occurred The her al through a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12
By WILL IRWIN

fCopyright, 1924, in United States, Great Britain and South America by North American Newspaper Alliance, for The Age Herald. All rights reserved).
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12

If this tong war keeps up Archie Heath is apt to lose his temper. Enough. as he indignantly remarks. although Joe Weber beat him to it. is sufficient. He ambled down to Chinatown the other day to tell the Hip Sing and On Leong tong leaders what he thought about it.
 And a big copper told me to get out" said MT. Heath. 'He said that white folks are not being encouraged to hang around down there just now"
 Mir Heath is directing motion pie ture for which posse of Chinamen is needed, and the Chinese will not leave their bomb proofs on Pell and Mott streets. They have even lost command of English and when MT. Heath hollers at 'em they just act bland.
 Most distressing.
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Tomorrow: The Railroad Side. For Colds, Grip or Influenza

and as Preventive, take Laxative PROMO QUININE Tablets. A Safe and Proven Remedy. The box bears the sig nature of E. w. Grove. 30c.-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12

eration is the purchase of nice new switch at S25 up-mostly up. But be- cause of the war the supply of hair has run short and it is impossible to get switches at fair price. Ladies who have had their hair bobbed and then permanently waved at a dollar a wave are refusing to pay an unfair price for switches.
 Very sad.
 But the bob is going" the hairdress- CTS say. I've are not doing more than 40 per cent as many new bobs as we used to do."
 Shucks. That's no proof. Every bob bable woman has already been. bobbed. I sat in a theater seat last night and counted the un-bobbed heads ill sight. Only seven, and I'll guarantee the sev- en wear ankle bone skirts and the kind of corsets that squeak when you squeeze 'em.
 Let's talk about Chinamen again, for the tong war down town has an unholy fascination for me. That seething cen ter of murder is the finest bit of what the novelists call "color" in town. Mott street carries more or less white folks, for Mott is a business street, but Pell is empty and deserted as midnight all ley. Only now and then a Chinaman pops from one door into another door, his shirt tails flying. No one ever ill sight except policemen. And yet there was a very excellent murder there not long ago. The killers came over the roofs.
 The gun-men do not turn their heads aside and shoot with shut eyes any more, either. They do as well with gats nowadays as the Mulberry street can mons themselves.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12
MRS. DORTON DIES
 AFTER AUTO WRECK
Chattanooga Woman Succumbs To Injuries Received Nov. 30

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Dec. H. Mrs. Sisler w. Dorton, of Crossville, a bride of three weeks who was injured on November 30 at grade crossing near Daisey when the car she and her young husband, son of a banker of Crossville, were returning home from this city, was struck by passenger train and Dorton instantly killed, died late yesterday aft ernoon of injuries she received. The young mans neck was broken and his wife received internal injuries.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12

interstate commerce commission which indicates that he for one is about as neutral as General Pershing in the bat tie of the Argonne.
 Roads Can Keep Up War
 When the canal was finished, San Francisco celebrated the event with all exposition. Yet the policy which the attorney of the San Francisco chambe: is endorsing means, if carried to its logical conclusion, the extinction of the canal as a channel for domestic trade. On the surface, indeed, this proposal looks innocent enough.
 The transcontinental lines, faced with competitor, merely ask permission to meet his rates. But anyon" who knows the history of the struggle between rail ways and waterways can vision the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12

"The old time partition has been torn away" said MT. Prince. "The room from which the lover entered is now my dining room. The lady's apartment is my drawing room. Only an imaginary line separates the two.'
 Mir. Prince has two pet dogs, which lie at night before the open fire. in the dining room. But at midnight they un- obtrusively sneak across the line into the drawing room. If forced to remain in the room in which the dead lover walks, they almost go mad with fear.
 Laugh that one off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-12

md waterways can VlSlol tne ne railroads will not stop with catiop. Step by step they will ittle Aown their tariffs to the rts 8htil they reach figure steaIners cannot compete. gurex the Pacific coast carry wiII# profit the railroads no
 the ships. But the railroads lin #this rate war and still siness, through the process of higher rates to intermediate iking the interior pay. As ,es on. and rates to the coast
 and lower, raising the pres t0a intermountain points will e3necessary.
 .Fin a period of high freight When the present confusion ailroads straightens itself out, .siness and transportation fully from the postwar chaos and ap- mality. it will be possible for Us to reduce rates all around seturn that five and three er cent profit which the law In. In that event, it will be in order to finance the rate St the canal, merely to keep mtermountain points exactly [ are.
 te war. if the public or con lot intervene, may go on for cen years before it reaches its end-victory for the land ,ough exhaustion of the sea deantime, general business. tally jobbing. will profit great he Pacific coast ports and the immediately adjacent. When, Il of this period, the inter- inal traffic stops-it may be 1t story.
 Dry Different In South
 ily, il has been different iany parts of the south, where ing war between rail traffic traffic the victorious rail q collected the indemnities and victory. But if you show the usiness man a chance to make Y for ten or fifteen years, he Ito let the future take care of Seasoning on this line. doubt cpmmercial bodies of the coasr ' generally stood squarely be- application of the railroads for ne, it is impossible for a de- l$erver to withhold his symp- n the cities of the intermoun- oh. Whether. as their op- ,1ege, their quandary is due to 1e geographical location, or as they themselves allege it is < of a damnable conspiracy, lathizes nevertheless.
 previous inStalm.ent l have ,w such cities as Boise, Spo- Lake and Sante Fe must un- proposed rates pay $1,25 or freight from Chicago on cer- ssary commodities while Seat ma, San Francisco and Los hundreds of miles further line, will pay only dollar. the discrepancy is even an that. For an extreme eX-
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Richmond planet., 1924-09-06

Cnnoses RECOGNITION Poca
Conditions both Party

Christian Association retains as a
part of .ts title the word Christian"
Would 1t not be better to call the
organization Young White Women's
Association, and the other part of
the organization Young Colored
Women,s Association? 1t is imros-
ssble for me to understand how any
Organization which asssimes such an.
attitude as Is manifest in your COM
munication, can consider itself a
Christian organization.
1T does not. seem possible that
any Individual or any organization
which either tolerates or exploits race
prejudice can consistently use the
teri Christian, for prejudice is Ger.
tainly contrary to the teachings and
precepts of the author of Chr stianity.
II am well acquainted with all Of
the stock arguments about the var.
Gus groups getting along better when
they are separated, and I am equally
we'll acquainted with the very mani
fest good feeling and lack of friction
which prevails in those schools like
Sergeants, where there is no discrim.
nation"
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS:

Mrs. Mamie B. Davis of 103 East
Clay street spent the recent holiday
in Washington visiting Mrs. u. w
Johnson. Mrs. Rebecca Jackson was
also the guest of Mrs. Johnson.
Mrs. Lucy Cross spent her Labor
Day holiday in Washington.
Mrs. Anna Brown is visiting her
sister, Mrs Fannie Smith in Wash
fngton and will remain for two
weeks. While there, she is attend
ing the Lott Carey Convention meet.
ings.
DR.. Al Az Tenant returned to
the city last Saturday" Mrs! Ten.
nant is in a private hospital in Wash
ington, undergoing treatment. An
unfavorable report caused him to
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06

leave the oty TUESDAY morning in
his car. The wheel came off near
Ashland and the car turned over,
slightly injuring his arm and hand.
He thereupon boarded train and
went to Washington, finding his wife
so much improved that he returned
to the city last Wednesday
Mr.. A. Douglass Price is visit 'ng
New York and Connecticut on a
touring expedition. He is expected
home this week.
DR.. A. NJ. Bowles and his attrac.
tive daughter, Miss Eloise, visited
Hampton and Phoebus last week
DR.. Bowles was elected secretary Of
the National Pharmaceutical Asso-
,ciatioR. = A. - ).
Mr.. Walter s. Cowan has opened
business for himself at 707 N. Second
street
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
Y. ". C. A. SCHOOL OF
HYGIENE REFUSES
J AAlfs GTAf: :

| Miss Lydia Gardine, of East Or
ange N, J. has been refused admis
sion. to the Central School Of Hygiene
and Physical Education of the Young
Women's Christian Association by
Miss Helen McKinstry, Director Of
| the school, because Miss Gard'ne is
colored, according to correspondence
made public today by the N. A. A. C.
| p, 50 Fifth Avenue, Now York City
On July oath Miss McKinstry
wrote Mss Caroline that 1--WE are in
receipt of your Eligibility Estimate
blank, and from the information con.
tanned thereon I see no reason why
you are not eligible for admission
to thd Central School if you wish 10
make application for entering this
Fall." Miss McKinstry enclosed ap-
plication forms, asking Miss Caroline
to fill them out and then come to
Now York for personal interview,
and urged her to "attend to the mat
ter of registration at once"
Miss Gardine returned the appli-
cation forms and then received in
reply a letter dated August 5th as
follows:
"My dear Miss Gardine:-Your
letter of August 1st received togeth-
er with your application blank, reg
istration card and check for $40.
81 am more than ever impressed
with the absolute necessity of having
interviews with students before we
have any further business with them
relative to entrance, inasmuch as I
note on your application bank that
you are by nationality an American
Negro. If you had only mentioned
this fact on your Eligibility Estimate
blank, the matter would not have
been carried this far.
Il am extremely sorry to be
obliged to tell you that We are, by
thu terms of our arrangement with
Central Branch, not allowed to admit
colored girls to the school. If I had
only known your race in the begin
ming, you would not have been put
to all this trouble of getting your
SiNhSh'i"io WHiSh dHl HSTSWlIu
obliged to return to you.
again greatly regretting the ne
cessity for writing you in this man.
ner, am
Sincerely yours,
(Signed) HELEN McKINSTRY,
Director. Central School Hygiene
and Physical Education"
The treatment of Miss Gardjne has
aroused widespread indignation
against Miss McKinstry and the Y.
w. c. A. The N. A. A. C. P. has
written to the National Board Of the
Y. w. c. A. asking II Miss McKin-
stry's refusal to admit Miss Gardine
to the ,schyo1 IS officially approved
nv the Board and inuuir'ng further
what will be the attitude Of the or
ganization in this and similar cases
in future. DR.. W. G.. Alexander,
prominent colored physician of Or
ange and former member of the New
Jersey State legislature has written a
vigorous letter of protest to Miss
McKinstry in which he declared:
Z. e.. ~ .;aA>& T..
"I would be CAD If you, oAssome
one associated with you, would ex-
plain to me why the Young Women's
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
iGRIEVOUS ALLEGATIONS.

81 propose to Go this because the
Republican Party today is the Party
of Little America, and Ku Kluxism
GAS a Colored American citizen, 1
propose to work and vote for John
w. Davis, because his record shows
him to be a man of humanitarian
instincts, of broad and universal SYM
pathies.
GAS a Colored American 1 propose
to vote for Mr.. Davis because he
is opposed to the Ku Klux Klan, the
greatest menace to American demo
cracy today. 1t has raised the stand
ard of religious bigotry, race hatred,
and is striving with might and main
for the control of the American gov
ernmnet. to administer it in the in
terest of one group of Americans.
1t is aimed first at the Negro, then
at the Jew, then at the Irishman and
! the Catholic. and finally it has set
|its hand against all foreign born, as.
Aif any man had the say as to the
Srace in which he should be born,
pr in what country.
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06

The attractive. daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Andrew Bowler was in
the city during the holidays. Mrs.
Evelyn Harris returned to New York
hst Tuesday morning.
The mother of DR.. J. L. Peters is
steadily improving.
(Other briefs on page A
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
MISS MAYO IMPROVING.

Miss Hattie Mayo who has been
ind d;sposed for the past four weeks
at her residence, sos N. Fourth St.
is now able to sit up and expects to
be out in few days. "a
She wishes to extend ito her many
friends her sincere thanks and ap-
probation for their many acts Of
kindness during her illness.
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
THE KU KLUX KHAN.

There are colored men now living
b remember the Ku Klux Klan of
|ther day. 1t came into being to
the colored voter and citizen
of business. Intimidation, CO.
on, riot, and murder, was there
Fifty years ago the Democrat
Party was the Ku Klux Party.
hy the Republican Party is the
Klux Party.
he debate of the Ku Klux Klan
he Democratic Convention was
most refreshing and wholesome
hing that has taken place in Amer
can politics in a quarter Of a CEN
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
OFFICE OF THE PLANET,
81 North Fourth Street,

Richmond, Va!,. Aug. 80, 1S24 .
Hon. William H. Lewis,
Boston, Mass,
MY dear Mr.. Lewis:-I note in the
New York Times today statement
that you have placed your services
at the disposal of Hon. John w. Da'
Wis, Democratic nominee for Press
dent. / write to inquire If this
statement is correct and also for a
statement as to your reasons Tor
such action.
With best wishes, am
Very truly yours,
JOHN MITCHELL, JR.
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
VOICING A PROTEST.

81 propose to vote against the
Republican ticket this year as pro-
test against the treatment accorded
the colored voter by the Republican
Party in power, VIII 'ch has used the
Negro vote to get into power; and
then turned against it to pursue o
policy of Lily Whitism, exclusion
from office. and segregation in Of
flee. Appeals to the responsible au-
thorities for representation, for plain
justice for colored Republicans, have
fallen upon deaf ears. There is
nothing left for self-respecting col
ored Republicans, except to turn that
Party out of power and to try anoth-
er. Every four years we are given
pat on the back and few kind
words, only to raise hopes and ex-
pectations which are never realized.
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06

tury. Mr.. Davis has taken his stand
upon that issue, and l propose TO
stand with him.
THE STATEMENT OF PRESIDENT
COOLIDGE.
4 vce~-
-"The Republican cand:ha for
President has said nothing up to now
as to whether he stands for the Khan
or against it. Is the Republican
Party afraid to take stand against
the Ku Klux? Is it still the Party
of Lincoln. of Grant, and Roosevelt; !;
'I see no way of putting down the
Ku Klux Klan, except through the
instrumentality of the Democratic
Party. All that has been accom-
plished in Texas. Louisiana, Okla
homa and Arkansas, has been the
work of the Democratic Party. l
propose to join with the great ma
jority of Americans, including the
Irish Catholics, the Jew, and the
fore gn born not only in the interest
of self-preservation, but in the inter
est of my country.
CANDIDATE, NOT PARTY.
"I propose to vote for Mr.. Davis
because as Solicitor General of the
United States, albeit a Democrat, he
made the arguments before the Su-
preme Court upon the "Grandfather
Clause" ef the Oklahoma constitu--
ton. and d>upon peonage, which re-
suited in the decisions by the Su-
preme Court putting an end to the
Grandfather Cause" and giving a
death blow to peonage in this coun-
try. In his argument of the "Grand
father Clause" Mr.. Davis said: The
protection of the Constitution was
extended to an entire race-to all
races-it is true. but it extended just
as much to the humblest member of
that race
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
SPEED OPENING Of
MECHANICS BANK
CONFERENCE IS HELD HERE TO
PUSH PLANS FOR NEW
INSTITUTION.

At conference yesterday between
Main street bankers and John Mitch
ell. Jr. steps were taken which are
hoped to pave the way for speedy
opening Of the Virginia Mechanics
Bank, which was granted charter
by the State Corporation Commission
on July 9, and which will take over
the assets of the defunct Mechanics
Savings Bank.
John Mitchell stated today that the
agreement recently reached with the
receivers of the Mechanics Bank, the
details of which were not given, did
not quite meet with the approval of
the committee Of Richmond bankers
who had assented to act as an ad.
visory committee to- the recently
chartered Virginia Mechanics Bank
and that it had been modified accord
ingly and after consideration by the
committee of bankers will be given
to Judge Moncure for his approval.
When that has been secured, the
new colored banking house will re.
omen at the northwest corner of
Third and Clay streets
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
BANK HAS s1o1,0o0 NOW.

The bank has now 100000 on
hand, according to John Mitchell and
approximately s4S,000 additional is
needed to meet the payment Of 20
per cent. due to the depesitors Of the
old Mechanics Savings Bank. The
former head Of the Mechanics Sav.
ings Bank stated that an Offer had
been made to advance $250.0O0 to
the new institution and he antici-
pated little difficulty In securing the
needed funds. & "a
The organization anda chartering
of the Virginia Mechanics Bank came
after repeated efforts, "a untane1e the
maze of difficulties i1gYhich the Me-
ehanics, Savings Bank twas involved
The new Institution was chartered
with capital stock Of from $25, 900
to $1e0.O00.-(The News Leader.)
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
Offices. LEWIS, FOX & ANDREW
2Aq Washington Street,

Offices. LEWIS, FOX & ANDREW,
249 Washington Street,
Boston, September 1, 1924.
John MITCHELL Jr., ESD,
Richmond, Va.
Dear Sir:
CAS- an American citizen affil 'ated
with the Republican Party for more
than thirty years, l propose in this
campaign 10 act as an independent,
to work and vote for the election OF
the Honorable John w. Davis, Dem
ocratic candidate for President of the
United States.
'I propose to do this because his
distinguished ability, his eminent
public service, entitled him to the
consideration of his countrymen, and
because l believe he will make a great
President. worthy of the highest ira
ditions of that office. If he is elect
ed, as l confidently believe he will
be- the American people will have a
real leader who will give us four
years of progress through the accom-
plishment of needed reforms, rather
than four years of stalking and stag
nation.
Richmond planet., 1924-09-06
CHARGES GROSS BETRAYAL.

-Four years ago I had the honor
of leading the pilgrimage of colored
citizens to Marion, Ohio. I said to
Candidate Harding that we COlored
Americans had more to gain by his
election, and more to lose by his
failure, than any other group of cit
liens. We have lost all save honor.
The Harding Coolidge administration
has betrayed the Negro voter, has
done nothing for him, and will do
nothing for him.
HALF CENTURY OF LOYALTY.
after half century of loyalty
and devotion to the Republican Party
I submit we have long since paid
any debt of gratitude that we ever
owed that Party We gave that
CONTINUED on page A
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-11-28
Monte Vista Dramatic Club.

The Monte Vista Dramatic Ciub pre-.
scnted Comrades to the argcst house
OF the season on Thanksgiving night
al Armory Hall. The improvements in
scenery and decoration greatly added
to the appearance ~ the stage. and the
parlor scene was much more home
liz. than that usually seen on the
stage. All the parts were well carried
throughout the play
Miss Bartlett. ~ May Manning. '
and Miss Clark. ~ Bessie bradley. ''
wcrr natural and pleasing Mrs. Ford
as Nancy Nipprr." imprr>"untcd the
independent American servant girl with
her usual viyncity. MIR W. :. NashS
clurnctrriyntiun nf the spldi.r-trnmp.
Matt Wlu~ur" wns especially well
done, and Mr. Daley. as "i;oyal Man
ming, made an idrai husband aud com
rndc. Mr. Routwrll'> simon stone
was n good pi,'7, nt comedy. aud Mr.
j T., Nash made good lover
The aftrrpic,r' was = Sidr-Splitiius
farcr In one act THE troubles of thc
old farmer imI-r~"nntrd by Mr.. still.
man und the cpm'rsi nu,ic> of Mrs~rs
Snow aud boutwell,. made lots of Fun
for the audirn,r Tlr receipts wcrr
over >luJ. III" largest ever taken In 10y
the club
Monte Vista journal and Monte Vista graphic-reporter., 1924-11-28
Remember the Boys
Concert and Show

The Monte Vista boys band will give
n benefit concert ut the Armory. Fri
day night, Dec. 5. A special moving
picture, "Speejacks.' will be given in
connection with the concert The pro-
used to purchase two large band in
struments for the boys.