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Alderman Robert R. Jackson will
wing his way back into the City Coun-
Gil on the following platform:
My Platform +.
/. promise to represent all the
people Of the Ward, irrespective Of
Color, Religion or Creed, in the fu-
ture, with the same diligence, earnest
ness, fidelity and sincerity as | have
in the past.
2. I promise to look after the
streets and alleys, to the extent Of
every dollar that shall be appropriated
for our Ward by the City Council Of
Chicago. No one in or out of Office
can promise or pledge you more.
3. I promise to see that our Bath
ing Beaches at 39th and 43rd Streets
now under construction and which /
secured, are equipped as modern and
as beautiful as any other beaches IN
the city when completed.
4. I promise to complete my task
(now under consideration to secure
a comfort station at 43rd Street and
Indiana Avenue on the only vacant
city property owned by the city in our
Ward and the only location on which
the city will build comfort station.
5. 1 promise to defend the good
name Of my Ward and our people who
reside in it against the vicious attack
made against our living conditions by
my opponent, his campaign hacker and
his newspaper.
6. I promise never to raise the ques-
ton Of where man or woman was
born and not to teach our Southern
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Member of the City Council from the Fourteenth Ward.
He active member Of the Finance Committee or that
body and hard working member of many Of it's other
important committees.

culties confronting them, and the col
ored people in his ward always regard
him as one Of their true friends at
court.
On Tuesday, February "a, they will
assist him to make a home run back
into the city council.
Alderman O'Toole is a member of
the Finance Committee Of that body,
the committee on gas, oil and electric
light, is chairman of building and zon-
ing committee and member of other
important committees Of that body.
He has never been known to coldly
turn his back on any one and espe-
cially on his true friends.
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Church, Vincennes Ave. Improvement
Protective Club, Quinn Chapel A. NJ.
F. Church, Rev. B. u. Taylor. Rev.
L (. Williams, Olivet Baptist Church,
Crispus Attacks League, Great Lakes
Lodge, No. 43, I. B. p. 0. Of Elks,
Prince Hall Masonic Temple Associa-
ton, Vernon Ave. Improvement and
Protective Club, First Regiment, Uni
form Rank, Knights of Pythias, MI
sicians Union, Grand Boulevard I'M
provement and Protective League,
z min ent Commanders Council,
Knights Templar, Service Mems indie
pendent League, Capt. o. Browning,
Pres, Univ Negro Improvement
Asso. & Univ. Negro Political Union,
VIM Hale Thompson Civic Club, srd
and 4th Wards, f. P. Atkins, President,
Excel Neighborhood Asso., Spanish
War Veterans, Lincoln Women's Re
publican Club, Bessie Graves Smith.
President.
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In 1914 Hon. William r. O'Toole
was elected to the city council from
the old goth Ward, now the new 14th
Ward, and he has been a member Of
that body from that time to this He
is genial and popular, not only with
its members but with thousands and
thousands of people in all walks of life,
including many colored people. It IS
no uncommon thing to see Alderman
O'Toole walking through the various
departments of the city hall with two
or three and sometimes more colored
men and women walking by his side,
bent upon favoring them in some way
or other and helping them in the diff
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ELECT HON. WILLIAM Al
ROWAN TO THE CITY coUN.
Gil FROM THE 10TH WARD

Next Tuesday February "a, the
voters Of the 10th Ward Of the CITY
Of Chicago win Be called upon to
elect a representative for their ward in
the City Council.
The aIdermanic race now is between
William a. Rowan, who has been as
ISOLATED with @The Daily Calumet" as
reporter and city editor for the past
70 years, and the present incumbent.
One outstanding fact should Be
borne in mind at this time, and that i
that this is non-partisan election, 50
declared and authorized By law, and
the voters should not permit nm
scrupulous politicians to befuddIe the
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group Of men upon the platform and
passed slowly across the open space
and stood facing the audience. "A
start a whispering sound seemed to
permeate this great field Of humanity,
as if a soft breeze had caused a ripple
on wonderful field OF grain. This
man was the president, and every eye
was directed to him. and It seemed
almost as though those people stopped
breathing rather than miss a single
word. The loose hung figure, six feet
four inches in height, lowered above
them, and then he began the Gettys-
burg address.
-Four score and seven years ago,
our fathers brought forth on this con-
tinent new nation, conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the PROPOSE
ton that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil
war, testing whether that nation, or
any nation, so conceived and so dedi-
Gated can long endure. We are met
on a great battlefield Of that war. We
have come to dedicate portion of it
as final resting place for those who
here gave their lives that that nation
might live. 1t is altogether fitting and
proper that we should do this. But in
a larger sense we can not dedicate, we
can not eonsecrate, we can not hailow
this ground. The brave men, living
and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it far above our poor
power to add or detract The world
will little note nor long remember what
we say here, but it never can forget
what they did here. It is for US, the
living, rather to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus so nobly ad-
vanced. 1t is rather for Us to Be here
dedicated to the great task remaining
before us-that from these honored
dead we take increased devotion to
that cause for which they here gave
the last full measure Of devotion-that
we here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain, that this
nation, under God, shall have new
birth Of freedom and that government
Of the people, by the people, for the
people shall not perish from the
earth"
There was not a sound from the
vast assemblage, nothing but astound-
ed silence. President Lincoln's figure
stood before them erect, at first in
spired and glorifed by the wonderful
swing of his words and then he lapsed
slowly into the stiffness, into ungrace-
ful lines, and as in the deep quiet his
audience stared at him not hand was
lifted in applause, and then slowly the
big, awkward man slouched back
across the platform. sank into his seat,
and then long, long sigh, like ripple
on the waters passed through that
vast assemblage, and in Lincoln's
heart it found echo by throb Of pain.
He thought his speech had been
failure, that his hearers did not under
stand and as he gazed steadily into
the eyes Of those, his countrymen, who
had given him little or no applause,
he felt that disappointment which
wrings the heart and cuts to the soul,
and he then heard and realized there
was music, the choir was singing a
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dirge His part was done, and he him
self did not realize that the words Of
that speech 50 went to the hearts Of
the thousands Of people that heard it
that when it had ended there was
silence, as if the whole audience held
its breath. Not a hand was lifted to
applaud. One might as we'll applaud
the Lords prayer. 1t would have
been a sacrilege and each and every
one so felt. There was long, long
pause Of reverent silence, not sound
from all that great throng. As has
been said, that was the greatest and
most perfect tribute that could be paid
by any people to any orator. That
speech has lived and should ever live
in the hearts Of the American people,
and the words uttered 50 many years
ago, uttered in the years long past,
should be the watchword and the
rallying cry Of every American, and Of
every nation of today.
Tn the ages past, along the shores
Of the sea Of Galilee, there walked a
man humble and meek, and he taught
peace on earth and good will to all
men, the protection Of the weak when
right against the strong when wrong;
he taught the great equality, and for
these principles he was wounded,
mangled and torn and made the great
sacrifice. Abraham Lincoln was i'm
bued by these same principles. He adj
vocated the great peace of his people
and regretted war, he advocated the
good will to all men, he advocated the
protection of the weak when right
against the strong when wrong, and
he did preach the great principles Of
the great equality of all mankind, and
for these principles he also made the
last supreme sacrifice, and his follow
ers, within few years past of the
great World War, responded to the
call Of the nation and proved their
loyalty to the Constitution that Lin
coin loved so we'll by that same sacri-
fee.
Lincoln placed his trust in the peo-
pie that he freed He placed his trust
in the Constitution and the nation. n
am satisfied that you here, my hearers,
irrespective Of class, color or kind,
will stand by this nation as Abraham
Lincoln stood by it, this nation, the
one nation that is the refuge of all op-
pressed, this nation, the one nation
that stands for justice and equality,
the one nation that gives every person
a chance for happiness and security,
the one nation of the world that has
fully endured under its Constitution.
That Constitution must Be pre-
served, guiding the one nation that
stands for the great. true principles of
the world. The nation must Be pre-
served by all, for those that will fol-
low US in the ages to come. Our
every thought should be for the coun-
try and for this nation, and we should
all here highly resolve that this gov
eminent, under God, this government
Of the people, by the people, and for
the people shall not perish from the
earth, and that the rallying cry Of all,
OF every class, Of every kind, Of every
creed, Of every color, shall forever be
For God; for humanity; our country
and the flag"
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MANY OUT OF TOWN PEOPLE
AT ARMORY

Many people from Morgan Park,
Evanston, Lake Forest, Glencoe, May
wood and other suburban towns were
in attendance at the basketball game
on Feb. p at the 9th Regiment Ar
mory, at which time The Wendell
Phillips High School Of this city won
from Armstrong High School Of
Washington, d. c. The Armory was
packed and many turned away.
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Eloquent and Brilliant Grafton on the Everlasting
Achievements Of the Immortal Abraham Lincoln
CONTINUED from Page b

CONTINUED from Page p
not the incident Of the great Gettys-
burg address IN some measure COM
mented upon, the greatest tribute to
great man.
On the morning of November is,
1868, there left the city Of Washing
ton, most distinguished company;
the President Of the United States, the
Judges Of the Supreme Court, the
heads Of departments, the general and
the chief Of the army, and members
Of the United States cabinet. In the
midst Of this wonderful company
lowered a man sad, preoccupied and
unassuming, a man Of awkward car
rage and lily clad. man who, as he
leaned against a convenient wall, was
OF no grace Of look or Of manner, and
on whose worn and haggard face there
seemed to be reflected the anguish of
a suffering nation That man jour
neyed with his associates to assist in
the conservation of the National
Cemetery at Gettysburg-Abraham
Lincoln. His mind seemed unsettled
and without hope. On him devolved
the responsibility Of nation. He was
almost the dictator Of a war torn
country, with a responsibility that
came near at times to crushing him
body and soul. The thousands Of peo-
pie would expect their President to
say something to them worthy Of a
people who were making history for
the world, something brilliant, some
thing eloquent, something wonderful
and strong, and he, Abraham Lincoln.
the lad reared in a cabin, trained in
rough schools, fighting poverty and
struggling to obtain a knowledge Of
the world and to know its limitations,
was expected to satisfy that assem-
biage, and upon piece Of brown
wrapping paper he labored as the
hours flew by, fitting word to word
and sentence upon sentence, just as
the sculptor must dream and vision
the beautiful statue still within the
marble, as the artist must dream and
vision the picture yet to come from
his brush, as the musician dreams and
visions the song that He writes, Abra-
ham Lincoln, with clear thought in
his mind Of what he should say, found
the sentences coming to him colorless.
and when he had finished and read the
speech, he dropped it from his hand
to the floor and stared out into space.
and then seizing the torn bit Of paper
he placed it in his pocket.
On the following day a vast, silent
multitude like the waves Of the sea
swept over that which had not long
before been the battlefield Of Gettys-
burg. There were soldiers who had
fought and forced their way across
that field through the FIRE Of shot and
shell and t,d eaa. ~.
die, who were then and there buried,
grave, sad faced and thinking men
who must soon again GO into battle
for the nations sake. All those men,
actuated by the same loyalty as their
leader, were showing respect to those
who had passed for the cause Of free
dom.
Then the tall, spare figure left the
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2. The first novel of modern Eu-
ropean literature, the "Rolandslied, /"
was written by an unknown monk
about the year 1130. In the form of a
story Of love and adventure is given
a vivid picture Of German life Of that
day.
-
8. The greatest drama in the Ger
man language is the tragedy Of wal
lenstein," written by Johann Chris
toph Friedrich Won Schiller.
4. Wagner was the composer Of
the operas, 'Rienzi,' ''Tannhauser, :"
and "Lohengrin."
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I. Two Of the Oldest poems IN Ger
man literature are @Renard, the Fox"
and -Isengrin, the Wolf" These may
Be traced back to the forefathers and
Gods Of the race and we're brought by
the Teutons from Asia.
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THE QUESTIONABLE
Bv Miss Louise BOND

BY Miss Louise Bond
!. Mention two Of the oldest poems
in German literature. To what remote
times may these poems Be traced7
2 What is the first novel in modern
European literature When and By
whom was it written7
8 What Is the greatest drama IN
the German language7 BY whom was
# written7
= Mention three noted operas to
which both libretto and music were
written BY Richard Wagner.
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EFFICIENT, FAITHFUL AND
CAPABLE, MAJOR ROBERT R.
JACKSON, CANDIDATE FOR
REELECTION ALDERMAN
THIRD WARD
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-04-25
PEARL BOOTH, SENTENCED TO
DEATH GRANTED A NEW TRIAL.
Preston News Servicel

ATLANTA, GA, April 24.-Mrs
Pearl Booth, under sentence to be
e,ectrocuted for the murder of j. l.
Arendale, night Waterman at the
Patterson Lumber Company, on No
vember 8, 1924, was granted a new
trial by the Georgia Supreme Court
Wednesday. -.
The new trial was granted on the
grounds that testimony concerning
other crimes having nothing to do
with the murder charge, was admit
ted as evidence in the case and was
irrelevant and inadmissable under the
Georgia law.
Mr. Arendale was found dying ON
the floor of the office of the Patterson
Lumber Company early at night on
November s. 1924. He had been
beaten over the head and his eyes
gouged out. The Booth woman was
arrested after an investigation last
ing several days, and it was charged
that Mr. Arendale's watch and a
bloc dstained sweater were found at
her home. She was the first woman
sentenced to death under the new
cleo .rocution law in Georgia
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-04-25
JOHN MITCHELL WINS AGAIN.
cleveland o Gazette)

Our longtime confrere and friend,
Editor john Mitchell of the Rich
mond (Va.) Planet. president OF the
Mechanics Savings Bank of that city
that failed, many months ago, has
Won a long drawn-out fight in the
courts of that State to get new
trial and We are glad. As a result
of the bank failure, he was accused
and convicted in lower court of
false and fraudulent entries with
intent 10 defraud the Mechanics
Savings Bank. The Supreme Court
of Appeals of Virginia found that
no fraud on his part was shown in
the lower court and orders a new
trial which we feel sure will result
in the complete vindication of our
longtime friend John Mitchell has
been too long On the firing line
for our people and has done far too
much good, unselfish work for the
race for any of us who know him to
be able 10 believe that he would
defraud the Mechanics Savings Bank
or anything else. especially bust
ness proposition which he headed
thar meant so very much to the race
not only in Richmond but to those
thruOut the country.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-04-25
Union SWdm7DS
So. Paul, 2l<z3.
wv Leroy Williams. II

A six run rally in the second
Inning completely swamped the pep
o. St. Paul's nine here Friday, April
II on Hovey Dield, giving Union the
fifth C. l. A A. game toward the
college championship fer 1925.
Hard hitting by Edgar. Mack and
Bright featured a game which proved
disastrous to the St. Paul boys.
Wallace displaced Lee on the mound
for s.. Paul
Speaks Abbott, Williams and
Shields did the mound work for the
Unionites, as none of the pitchers
have been worked hard since returnl
ing from the Southern trip, during
which they won four out of six games
Score Union. 21; st. Paul ..
Hits-Union, II; St. Paul I Time
of game-2:39. Umpire-Smith.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-04-25

The Pennsylvania General Assem-
bly,, recently adjourned, has seen lit
to let a Jim-Crow bill die without
passing. This was Senate Bill No.
359 and known as the Cheyney Bill
The purpose cs the bill was to make
Cheynev Institute into a state nor
nal school. This, of course, would
have been only an entering wedge to
get separate schools all over the
State wherever the Ku KluX Klan or
OShers desired them
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-04-25
FUN REVUE COMPANY PLAYS
NEXT WEEK.

The famous Fun Revue Company
which will be remembered as the
group of versatile young players who
started Richmond by their sparkling
production last year, will again put
On a greater comedy this year. Next
Monday they will play in Petersburg
and next Tuesday night, they will
again appear on the Richmond stage.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1925-04-25

The Planet will be sent to you for
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-10-09

! kin and Misses Annie and Esthe
| Windle spent Sunday with Mr.. an,
Mrs. Bernie Teller.
j Mrs. H. r. Mowery and Miss Naom
Bowers visited Mrs. David Windle oil
! Sunday afternoon.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Gochenoul
and children of Mt. Jackson spen
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. John w. Gochenour.
Alvin and Annie Windle spent Mon
day with their sister, Mrs. Samuel
Crabill, near Maurertown.
Mrs. Hampson Wilkin visited her
sister, Mrs. Adolph Brill, Tuesday.
Mr.. Benjamin Lloyd and son of
Manassas spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. George Shipe.
Otmer Fleming of Washington
spent few days with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Fleming.
Miss Beulah Heishman and Mrs.
Hotel of Mt Scion were recent Wis
itors at the home of Mrs. Adolph
Brill.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Shipe spent
Friday with his niece, Mrs. Walter
Spiker at Saumsville.
Miss Ruth Windle returned home
Saturday after spending week with
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Boyce, near Jad-
wyn.
Miss Esther Windle is spending
some time at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Clover at Fair View.
Mrs. Frank Coffelt of Fair View
spent Tuesday with her sister. Mrs.
John Cook, who is ill.
The condition of Mrs. Adolph Brill.
who suffered paralytic stroke last
May remains about the same.
Mt. Airy School opened Monday.
with Bliss Irene Zirkle of New Mar
ket as teacher.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-10-09
MAURERTOWN. R |

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gochenour
and daughter Ethel, Luther Teller
and little Gilbert Coffman spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Goch-
enour, near Mt Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. P A. Meyers and
daughters Ruth and Gladys were re-
cent visitors at the home of Mrs.
Mike Cleary.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Spiggle and
Miss Annie Rhodes of near Toms
Brook, Mr.. and Mrs. Hampson Will
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-10-09
MAURERTOWN

The U. S. Patent Office issued
patent SEPTEMBER 20 to Carl E. Rhode
OF our town on an apple grader. Thi
grader is especially designed to sup
ply the needs of small growers an,
orchard packing.
The rally day of the Brethren Sun
day School last Sunday was truly :
rally. There was 230 present. The
mems Bible class, Rev. Ed l.. Miller
teacher, climbed to So present. One
year ago there was members. The
superintendent, T. Glenn Locke and
the able corps of officers, teachers
and members were much enthused ia
see the attendance of 81 one year
ago, jump to $50. A souvenir, the
Gospel of st. John was given to all
present, in booklet form.
Lester C. Miller, who is now with
the Singer Sewing Machine Company
was in town last Thursday and Fri
day. He travels from the HARRISON
burg agency. His friends wish him
success.
Melvin Shrum returned from New
Oxford, Pa. last Friday, where he
had been called for several days on
business.
The regular service at the Breth
rem Church will be conducted by the
pastor. Rev. Ed. L. Miller, Sunday.
The subject for the morning at IL
o'clock, "A Model Church. Subject
at night. 1880 o'clock, 1.-THE Foe. The
Fight. The Flight" Sundar School
at 9:45. Christian Endeavor, church
auditorium and basement, $50.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night at
1880 The semi-annual communion
service will be held at $50, October
is. The revival meeting will begin
Monday night, October 10 at 1880. /
You are extended cordial invitation
to be present at these services.
Mrs. Beulah Grim OF Winchester
and Mrs. Minnie l. Miller of Wash
ington, who were visiting the family
of A G Shaver left for their homes
Sunday.
The pastor, Rev. Ed. l.. Miller and
his family of the Brethren Church re-
ceived last Friday night complete
pounding of things good to look at
and to eat by his friends and parish
toner's The parson was absent when
the visitors met at his home but he
soon appeared and a pleasant hour
was spent with him and his family
The good pastor and family are ,
thankful to their friends for their :
gifts and thoughtfulness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. z. Shaver return
ed from Williamsport, Md, Monday,
where Mr. Shaver was called on bus +
mess with the Mountain View Nurs-
cry Company. !
Robert Borden of Toledo, Ohio, ar
rived here Sunday in his car to visit !
his father, Lemuel Borden, his broth /
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-10-09
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