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Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
MELVIN J. CHISUM.
B~ENEFACTOR

The telephone rang the other day, and we
listened to a joyous Hello" from our old
friend Mel Chisuln, who was about to serve
another one, of his famous dinners. You have
probably heard that Chisun is Americas
dinner king" from coast to coast, and that
whether he is at the, Vincennes, the Whltelaw
or Travellers Inn. somehow or other Melvin
Sc ms to be able to induce the chef to put
that same touch into all the eats, from soup
to nuts. In other words, a Chisum dinner is
one hundred per cent perfect-cooked with a
~feeling-and satisfying to the nth degree.
1t was after%iir11er, though, that we looked
deep down into MEL" and we found that
Chis1n. the benefactor. outstripped even Chism
the giver Of dinners. Here was a man who
had imbibed deeply of that theory that it is
more blessed to give than to receive. Hero
was a man who was helping out here and
helping out tfere-a v~eritable friend in need,
as unsel6sFr as tire MONDAY SUN. He had
reached town jrst in time to save the day for
a buddia, and was sorry he could not stay
longer; but friend Bill had wired him from
Chicago and he had to make time to- the
Windy City where he was much needed.
Servicer Service to the Race seerrcT to
be the ace card that Chisum held. and it was
not UP his sleeve by any means IT was rn
the palm of his land and in his f,rtiTe brain.
The only tir>~ we saw him fruw1r was when
an injustice to his peopl>" was mentioned.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27

Ike" charges which usually are
mUc5 c.ore than The purchase or cost
price CT a cal ceases. The U Drive
Taxi Company shoulders the expense.
You'll save money by the process.
The rates quo ed are close to the
actual ccst. of a car should you own
n yourself.
First Street Auto Supply is the
place 20 serve you for automobi e &C.
cess les. gas and OIL. II you do not
own q car here's your opportunity.
II you do own a car. here is the place
TO secure supplies fer it. Polite at
tent on. Supplies furnished at the
most .easonab e pr ces.
Phone Randolph 1919.
U-DRIvE TAXI COMPANY,
403 N r n FRS: Street. ,
FIRST STREET AUTO SUPPLY,
.403 Mr. h First Street. p
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
BROADCASTING
CRIME NEWS.

The boss wired us from the Smoky City to
give him Our opinion regarding the publication
f crime news. asking whether or not headline
space depicting murder and lesser evils was
an acc,lerant or a deterrent of the perpetra-
ton of f%elonies and, misdemeanors. Without
design to pose either as a criminofogist or a
psychologist, we would answer our boss by
SAYING that the broadcasting of crime news is
a patent acce'erant of evil Itself. When it is
considered that the mind is fertile to criminal
intent from the age & seven wears upwards,
and that there are various stages and types OF
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND
IT'S TROUBLES.

SOME PEOPLE are now endeaVor-
ing to make Howard University at
washington, the Storm centre of Ne
gro agitation. We have observed
for sometime the issues involved ana
W. have had our doubts as to the
intimate success of the movement
inaugurated sometime ago under the
tire sss leadership of Mr.. William A.
Sinclair. of both Philadelphia and
washington. He has controlled the
Alumni of the institution by the
launching of a definite campaign.
which has won the active support OF
those in official charge of that or
ganization.
We have been puzzled somewhat 10
understand the mode and method by
VIII CHI his successful campaign Tor
the election Of the trustees OF HOW
ard university should be turned into
, Waterloo OF defeat by the very
people. who through his efforts were
e'evaeed to office. Now he has been
removed from this same Board u
Trustees OF Howard University or at
least. he is no longer registered as a
member thereof. The retirement OF
President Durkee is far away IN IND
future. if we are to judge by the
present outlook.
Instead DR.. Kelly Miller, n OF
Tho most influential educators and
leaders In the country has been tenn
~porar:;v disturbed and Prof. Georgd
w. Cook. who has a great influence
and w with the leading coiored
people in the United States has been
retired. practically in his intellectual
prime. II seems that the leaders or
the other side have been doing soma
brilliant schemfng and have executed
strategical moves, worthy Of a Foch
a Ludendorf or a Won H~indenburg
Still, t is evident that the present
management OF Howard Unlverslt!
has leaned too far backward and ha!
been too drastc in their latter da!
movements. A reaction must neces
sarlv set in unless the rule of reaso'
is applied and conservatism IS giye'
place in the management Of TIL
great inst tuition.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
DIR. DUBOIS DECLARATIONS

IN THE JULY issue of the New
York Crisis, Right Rev. Joseph B.
Gem. in charge of st. Joseph's Mis-
sion in this city and one of the most
liberal Catholc priests, who has ever
beer Installed here, takes issue with
a previous statement made in that
journal that the last of the old guard
of New England men and women,
who went south TO teach black chill
drep has just departed. He cites
the fact that there are probably two
hundred priests and brothers and
sisters from New England and lts
e%nvirons laboring without pay within
the South today.
We do not think that DR.. DUBOIS
can dispute the without pay claim
upon the mere statement that they
are furnished their 'victuats and
clothes. This was the claim OF the
patrollers before the war. DR.. Dr
Bots astounds US when he makes the
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27

md so it is with unselfsh people of the
Chisum type, who discard the L and Me for
You and They. A few more to take the
places of personal profteers would result in a
sincerity in the Negro world which would be
outstanding and helpfully influential internally
and externally, so far as racial endeavor and
progress are concerned. Self-preservat;cu,
OF course. is the first law Of nature; but trait
doesn't mean that a fellow has to fold up his
sheel and keep his hands away from the other
fellows troubles. At least. it doesn't mean
that to Melvin Chisum and other benefactors
of his calIbre.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
Ubis V1ueek
(By Ernest Rice Mckinney
fPreston News Serwice.)
pealed to the commnn

pealed to the commnn
sense of his audience
and asked them to de-
eide the question. as a
jury decides other ques-
tons.
1 wonder If DR.. Morris
would be willing for
that same audience to
decide a technical theO-
logical dispute, or a To-
gal dispute. in which he
was involved, or if he
would be willing for
this same .jury'--using
nothing but common
sense'-to prescribe for
him when he is i'll?
A subtitle to this
Journal and Guide ar
ticle. rather humorously
tells us - "Dr.
Charles Satcheu Morris
Refutes. Evolution
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
DROPPING
A
preston News Service.

1t Is difficult to guess
what will be the results
in the offspring of this
present generation of
dropping and stoop-
shouldered females. 1t
is very rare now that
one sees a young girl or
woman wha walks erect.
They assume the shape
of a question mark
whether walking OF
standing at rest. They
seem to think it immod-
est to throw out their
chests and make their
spines apr zach the per-
rendicular.
I suppose that it has
all come about as the
consequence of the mod
ern dances. 1t may nave
sprung from the desire
to look at ones ankles
to be sure that they are
fit for the gaze Of the
male, or to discover
whether or not the pow
der has blown off their
knees.
At any rate, if, the
young girls don't soon
straighten up locomotion
will be by rolling. like a
hoop, instead Of walking
like a human being.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
EVOLUTION
REFUTED.

And now comes DR..
Charles Satchell Morris,
Sr., with a REPUTATION of
the theory af evolution.
DR.. Morris will probably
be at Dayton, Tennessee
to help Mr.. Bryan save
our youth and the faith
once for all delivered to
the saints.
DR.. Morris argument
Is similar to that of Mr.,
Bryan; he attempts to
discredit a scientific the
DRY by recourse to the
Bible. The Norfolk Jour
nal and Guide describes
DR.. Morris method and
states his argument.
| 1t says, DR.. Morris =.
Embossed a verbal bar
rage against evolution
and it's opponents. Cit ne
an imposing array OF
| Biblical quotations and
| scientific writings on the
subject, and stepping
lightly from one end Of
the large platform t
1.-The other with the Bible
clasped to his bosom. ne
successfully dramatiEet
the situation in a way
that held the audience
wholly within his elo
quence'. Then the Jour
nal and Guide goes OF
to say that DR.. Morris
assailed evolution ant
cited passages from thu
Scriptures to prove hi
contentious. He also ap
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
70. ow NJ declarations:

20. ow ng declaration:
The Ca hole Church in America
stands TO- color separation and dis
elimination to a degree unequalled
10y no other church N America.
We were under the impression thai
it was the other way. We would
ike much to hear the subject dis.
cussed from tbs angle. Certainly
We have been labormg under a
wrong impression ourselves for more
than forty years, if DR.. w. E. B. Du
Bots has vo ced a correct recital and
a statemen, of fact relative to
Catholicism in the United States of
America.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
BEN DAVIS:
IS 1T TRUE?

Although l haven't
seen anything that could
be called documentary
evidence in the case, it
is reported that Ben
Davis, Of the Atlanta
Independent, the Negro
Press Association and
other things too numer-
Gus to mention, is ask
ing Negroes TO buy
B memorial coins
at S1.0O each. This mon
ey is to be used to COM
plete the group of rebel
soldiers and slave own
ers that Will adorn the
face Of Stone Mountain.
That is, these slave
owners will adorn Stone
Mountain if the usual
inefficfency Of southern
whites can be overcome.
If they get this through
it will be one of the very
few things that white
southerners have accom-
plished without the aid
Of northern capital,
brains and executive a.
bility. There Is only one
thing that a white man
, in the South does we'll.
1 don't need to say what
it is for the whole world
knows.
However. it is hard to
believe that even Ben
Davis can he assisting
them to ge; Robert Lees
figure carved in stone
for other Negroes to
look at. 1 suppose tho
that by some process OF
rruaezing the camel thru
the eye of the needle,
this sort of thing will
be called having Sec
tional pride, civic ambi-
ton. forgiving unto
seven times seven times,
turning the other cheek
etc.
Every Negro who gives
one cent to help finish
the Stone Mountain Me,
mortal should have a
red bandana tied on his
head and made to wear
It forever. Should Ne
!. eroes contribute to the
building Of this memor'
ial they should be repre-
| sented in the carving II
. verv concrete way
!, Robert Lee should be
shown riding North witt
, horses hoofs crushing
e over Negro women anC
5 children; slaves pros
i, trate in the cotton fields
/, To properly represen
Their present day rela
: tions with Negroes,
a these Wilde Georgians
should carve a BURNING
8 at the stake on tn
-, mountain.
To make the thin.
y complete all the hand
d kerch 7ef-head Negroe
a should be present. a
:, the dedication to hel
sing Dixie" and Civ
@ the rebel yell.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Goodwill Baptist Church. 41C
v. Monroe street is a new unit to the
Baptist Church. with a very broad
program. Rev. w. Z. Bail. pastor
invites the public and his many
friends to worship Sunday, June
%. 1880 A. NJ. and 8:3W P. NJ
Communion, First Sundays, s P. M.
Sunday school. $3.50 P. M. Special
music. All are invited.
REV. w. B. BALL. Pastor
F. BALL, Clerk.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27

THE WORRIES of this life, if Sc
riously regarded will oon land you
in a lunatsc asylum, heaven or in
the other place. III you wish to live
long IN the land which the Lord, thy
God g'veth thee, do not worry.
~sS4sss
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
HOWARD ON
DRYDOCK.

| The pot keeps boiling
in our educational in
stitutions. An expert
has had Howard Uni
versity on drydock and
has given it a thorough
overhauling and scrap
, ing. But DR.. Durkee. the
president, has been left
intact and in position to
become head Of some
! other school that bars
Negroes from attending.
The reports have it
that Professor Locke has
been let out. also Pro-
fessor T::bbs. 1t is said
that a bandmaster will
take Professor Tibbs'
place IN the department
Of music. Prof. Tibbs is
q graduate of Oberlin
Conservatory Of Music.
This action is similar to
replacing a department
head in a big corporation
with the head janitor.
Perhaps it is thought
that these young people
a. Howard, need more
military discipline and
less formal education .
Perhaps they will have
the band play Hail to
the Chief" (Durkee }
while the students are
marching to and from
classes.
The expert. benevo,
lently, recommended
that the School of Reli,
gion be kept and devel'
oped. This was to be
expected. The whites
can always be depended
on to have some means
of passing their religion
on to the Negrm They
believe in this. Give thu
Negro plenty of religion
i. common labor and mil
: itary discipline. This i!
far better so thew say
J than teaching him II
think and act and d.
!, for himself.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
i'iLT<,N NOTES
(Thomas Page. AGENT

Thomas Page. Agent
P2s-or G.. A. Cobbs delivered q
powerful sermon a. Mt. Calvary Bap
tt5t Church last Sunday morning. He
so spoke concerning his visit to the
General Association. which met last
week in Fredericksburg, Va. The
termination of the rally will take
place Sunday night, at which time a
great program will be rendered.
Last Sunday Rev. c. B. Jefferson
preached at Rice. va Tomorrow
night he VIII preach for Rev. l.. c.
Garland at the Union Baptist Church
South Richmond.
Miss DIVA Woodbridge. one of our
public school teachers and member
OF Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. is
spending her vacation at Cape Cod.
Massachusetts.
Rev. w L. Tuck is do ng a great
work iin the rural districts. His
Madame is a great help to him in
his work.
The Rosary can clean your old suit
and make it look like new. Pants
cleaned and pressed so cents; suits
and pressed 81 up. Work
for and delivered. Rear 901
Denny Street. Phone Ran. 5954-J.
Rev. c.. B. Jefferson, manager.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27

MARCUS CARNEY is rapidly gain
ing white support and a general de-
mand IS now being made for his re
lease from the Atlanta penitentiary.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27

MATRIMONIAL BLISS Is too often
followed by matrimonial woes and
few peop,e can successfully withstand
the later.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27

WANT NOTICES for persons desir
, ing employment will hereafter b
published free Of charge. Person
' seeking help will pay full rates.
Richmond planet., 1925-06-27
U-DRIVE TAXI CO.
403 n. First St.. Richmond, Va.
RENT A CAR!
DRIVE IT YOURSELF!

DRIVE 1T YOURSELF!
TOURING Cars, Toe. per nile.
SEDANS, 12c. per mile
Phone Randolph 1913.
Y.u know the embarrassment Incl
dent to borrowing other peoples cars
and the annoyance IN asking favors
of those, who own ears. When you
rent a car and drive vt yourself the
Evening star., 1925-12-06

Q. Do you think that a vigorous
enforcement of the Sherman law
would bring down the cost of living !;
A. I do. High prices come from
monopoly. Monopoly is a source of
high prices. Break up monopoly, re.
store competition and prices will come
down. All economics agree that mo-
nopoly prices are much higher tina N
competitive ones, frequently being 100
per cent higher.
Is Competition Possiblee
q. But, Senator admitting that mo-
nopoly is wrong and that competition
is stimulative Of invention and a guar
antee of fair prices, Matthew Woll
says that competition is inherently
impossible. Start units of equal size
out on a competitive basis and very
soon few gain the upper hand and
crush out the rest and the inevitable
result is consolidation and a trust.
Do you think that competition is pos
sible?
A. The experience of the world is
against such an argument. The
tendency toward consolidation is only
modern development and. therefore,
not necessarily inherent in industry.
Competition has been a prevailing
principle of the world since the dawn
of history. Consolidation can be as
easily curbed as we can throttle COM
petition by encouraging consolidation.
q. Do you think competition is de-
structively wasteful? All of the pro-
ponents of consolidation always dwell
at length upon the wastefulness of
competition and how much could be
saved by consolidation and co-opera-
ton.
a. l think the conclusion that COM
petition is deStructively wasteful is
arrived at from a one sided view of
the problem. The Roman empire fell
because it grew so large that it was
found impossible to administer wisely
its gigantic affairs, particularly IN the
remote provinces from the capital
The British empire today is threatened
with dissolution for the same reason.
have no doubt but that the same
Evening star., 1925-12-06
The Story the Week Has Told

which is the historic spirit of French
liberalism, pacification and just set
Elements will be sought in Syria and
Morocco.
C) 1t is hoped that the same spirit
of Locarno" will operate to justify, in
the near future, reduction of the term
of service with the colors to one year
and a considerable reduction of mill
tary expenditure under this and other
categories.
Louis Loucheur. minister of finance.
followed BRAND upon the tribune. and
presented his bill. providing in chief
for:
tA) Increase of the legal limit of
note circulation of the Bank of France
by 7.500, 900 900 fpaper) francs.
B) Increas of the legal limit of ad-
vanceS from the Bank of France to
the treasury by 5000 900 900 francs.
(On November % Parliament voted in
crease of the latter limit by 500 ,0O0,-
900 francs.)
co Certain retroactive increases of
taxation for 1925 to be paid by March
l, 1926. Owing chiefly to the late vot-
ing of the 1925 budget, there Is an
estimated total of 1000, 200 900 francs
of taxes outstanding.
NJ. Loucheur figures that upon col
lection of these outstanding taxes,
with the increases, the treasury
should be able to turn back 5000 900, :
600 francs to the Bank of France in
March, 1926.
The subject of the huge advance to
Evening star., 1925-12-06

the Treasury is chiefly to enable the
latter to care for maturing state
bonds pending development of the pro-
posed sinking fund adequate to that
purpose, partly, to cover current ex-
penses of the government. OF the
I.50O. 900 900 francs added to the note
circulation of the Bank of France the
bank will use 1900, 900 900 Qeft after
accommodating the treasury for the
current needs of business
Initiation, but intended to be only
temporary. and represented as the
only alternative to repudiation: guar
anteed imitation" some call it,
1t was about 4 pm. Wednesday
VIXEN BRAND mounted the tribune
When NJ. Loucheur had finished pre-
senting his bill one of the most ter
rife logomachies ever known to the
Chamber began, and it continued till
noon on Thursday. BRAND outdid
himself in eloquent advocacy of the
bill. Some amendments he would ad-
NIT, but only of ahe slightest. Five
times the question Of confidence was
put. The final vote lone of confidence)
on the bill as a whole was 257 for and
229 against. Brands victory was one
of the most splendid In parliamentary
annals; his performance one OF the
most gallant, for he is desperately Ill
of arterio scleroSiS.
Vote me down." said Briand, "and
the gravest consequences to the coun-
try may follow" Time and again 1t
turned on a straw; but he won.
Evening star., 1925-12-06

class of citizens on one crop of one
farm commodity and all of US sit
supinely by and content ourselves
with
Il am sorry for the farmers bad
luck"
For this same reason. farm mort
gage foreclosures We're never as nu-
merous as today. OF the six and one
half million farms, reliable statistics
show that about one-half are operated
by tenants. In some States. tenants
are cultivating 65 per cent of the
farm lands. Tenancy is alien to the
spirit of America. Socially it is de-
grading. Economically # means i'm
poverishment of the soil and finally
the breaking down of the institutions
that stand for Americanism.
Right to Organize.
Can any one doubt. therefore. that
the pressing question now is to re-
store prosperity to agriculture? This
can be accomplished only through
permissive legislation by Congress
granting the farmers of the Nation
the right to orga nize and operate
under a Federal charter in the dstri-
button of their products, thereby per-
mitting them to increase their share
of the dollar paid by the ultimate
consumer, just as those engaged in all
other industries handle their busi-
ness.
Tfie .,eleht of the Federal Govern
ment being made rt5r-- =" the job of
m--.-etiHS "a repeilent to every GIaer-
lean principle of democracy. and ws
are assuming that ours is still Demo
cratic Government in spite of the
rapid growth of paternalism and CEN
tralization at Washington.
To make effective plan whereby
the farmers could control and manage
their own business, the CurtiS-ASweH
bill was introduced at the second ses-
sion of the Sixty eighth Congress.
This bill, after being fully considered
by the Senate committee on agricul-
ture, was reported out fayorably and
unanimously.
Evening star., 1925-12-06
THROWS NEW LIGHT
ON DARK CONTINENT PROGRESS

vast economic developments to the
fragile organizations of the native
people. The inSiStent demands for
labor necessary to the industrial and
agricultural activities are dangerously
acute on account of the sparse popu-
lation and the devastation resulting
from death-dealing diseases. Fortu-
nately, the great colonial powers are
becoming aware of the critical condi-
tions in which the colonies and their
people are involved. This is especially
true of Great Britain. the Union of
South Africa, the French and the Bel
gfanS. The League of Nations has
accepted it's mandate responsibilities
with serious interest that, is reas-
suring. Great Britain has appointed
an advisory committee on native edu-
cation which includes men who have
an international reputation for their
genuine interest in native develop
ment. There is, of course, constant
need for care, lest selfish economic in
terests shall exclude the potentialties
of the Africans.
Gratifying to Americans.
1t is especially pleasing to Ameri.
cans to note the desire of colonial off,
cials for American experience. both in
rural and in Negro education. Co.
lonial governments and missions, to
whom education has been largely in
trusted. are accordingly sending their
representatives to America to observe
and to study rural activities and
schools for Negro people. American
educational foundations are respond
ing to these appeals for help and di-
rection with instant sympathy. Owing
to the losses and descriptions of the
Great War the European governments
have been unable to cope with the in
creasing demands for education and
the health needs. However much
Americans may differ as to their par
ticipation in the League Of Nations,
there can be no doubt as to the oppor-
tunity and the responsibility of Amer
lea for participation in the develop
ment of Africa. The presence of 10,-
100000 Negroes in the United States
with all that they have contributed to
the economic development of our
country. is a real basis for Americas
interest in Africa.